Season-ending Georgia Tech mailbag
Georgia Tech will play Air Force in tonight’s Independence Bowl here in lovely Shreveport, La.
With the single game left, it’s time to start looking ahead. Let’s do a mailbag that I’ll publish in the blog next Monday. Post your questions in the comments section below about the team, the players or the coaches by Friday and I’ll do my best to answer.
If you’d prefer, email me your question(s) at droberson@ajc.com.
– Doug Roberson, AJC
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New guy
December 27th, 2010
8:29 pm
And I wonder why I never pull for uga teams of any kind…..
George P. Burdell
December 27th, 2010
8:30 pm
You have to put this one squarely on the offense and special teams. Both of those are on Johnson and he has to pull it together quickly or his ass is in the hot seat. The defense played very well and there is absolutely no way this is put on them. Johnson had better get this in order quickly or his will be a short tenure.
New guy
December 27th, 2010
8:31 pm
Funny how uga recruiting classes are always a lot higher ranked than gtechs, but ol hair gel richt has the same record as tech. Just sayin……
Lmao
Bright Side
December 27th, 2010
8:31 pm
Air Force shoulda let you guys win. After all, your players are gonna be designing the fighter jets their players will be flyin. One misplaced diode and it’s down she goes.
WrecksNEffect aka Ol' Wrecks
December 27th, 2010
8:31 pm
re:
Fire Paul Johnson
December 27th, 2010
8:18 pm
_____________________
Happy Holidays & Best Wishes to you and your family!
You forgot to add that after THREE RECRUITING CLASSES, when CPJ’s 1st Punt returner went down, that he could not find ANYONE on scholly to catch a friggin’ punt to prevent his Team from losing the game.
So much for that “Genius” tag that the Kool-Aid drinkers want to bestow upon him.
I find it funny that the ESPN announcers used the Game as a 3-hr. infomercial as to WHY Air Force’s version of the Triple-O is better than CPJ’s and then they went on to win the game to boot.
I wonder what Vad Lee thinks about the announcer’s comments about him having a much lesser shot at the NFL playing for “Fish-Fry-Johnson”?
I’ve read your Blog BTW, your research is worthy reading for all members of the GT fanbase.
superDawg
December 27th, 2010
8:32 pm
HAPPY NEW YEAR!NERDS.
BehindEnemyLines
December 27th, 2010
8:34 pm
“keen observer” nails it, or at least a reasonable bit of it. Either hire actual WR & ST coaches or put CPJ on the road, because what’s being done currently is an embarrassment. Of course unless Johnson magically develops the ability to identify and recruit legitimate D1 talent instead of the current collection of glorified I-AA “talent” then that only delays the inevitable anyway. Can a Bill Lewis era disaster really be far from happening? Undertalented & undercoached ain’t no way to go through life son.
same stuff different year
December 27th, 2010
8:34 pm
like it or not, Gailey never had a losing record, you cannot be one demensional at this level of football. Seven points against Air Force, let me repeat that, 7 points against Air Force. Absolutely PATHETIC, the time for excuses is gone, DRad needs to Johnson to make changes or needs to be gone, he is 0-3 in bowl games and in all three we looked awful
j
December 27th, 2010
8:35 pm
KEEP PAUL JOHNSON!
New guy
December 27th, 2010
8:35 pm
Oh yeah, one more thing, the only people who use terms like ’slurper’ are middle aged balding rednecks with no life, who make minimum wage working at wendy’s. Glad football is about the only thing a uga grad can brag about. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
question
December 27th, 2010
8:36 pm
I’ve made a few bad decisions in my life that I wish I could change.
I wonder if the person that decided to play #80 has that same feeling…or is he void of hindsight?
An old saying in racing…run what you “brung”. That is exactly what Tech did…fumbles, muffed punts, dropped passes and picks. Same as regular season.
I also wonder if Coach Johnson is so stubborn that next year will be the same as this with no improvment in passing and special teams….do you?
GTBob
December 27th, 2010
8:37 pm
keen observer, most middle school players could have caught the punts that were muffed. I agree we need a special teams coach but muffing easy punts isn’t something great coaching corrects. Most of us on this blog can catch an easy punt. If anything you can say that it was bad coaching to let that guy on the field.
Terry
December 27th, 2010
8:37 pm
collegeballfan, Air Force never really stopped Tech, Tech fumbled the ball four times, that’s what stopped Tech, they loss two of those, one in the red zone. Tech beat their self with turnovers, still had a chance to win even with all those turnovers, interception sealed their fate at the end.
rj
December 27th, 2010
8:37 pm
please fire Paul Johnson now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WrecksNEffect aka Ol' Wrecks
December 27th, 2010
8:39 pm
Instead of this Game being a POSITIVE for GT FB, it ended up being a 3-hr. kick in the groin:
ESPN showed a graphic where only 4 Schools in all of D1-A ran the Triple Option, they were:
Army
Navy
Air Force
GA. friggin’ TECH
If there’s one guaranteed way to scare AWAY TOP RECRUITS, is it to “compare” GT FB to friggin’ Service Academy FB.
Thanks a lot CPJ, for embarrassing GT FB to any & all “decent” Recruits that might have considered GT.
To be put on that “list” in Nat’l TV with all the Recruits watching will HARM GT’s recruiting efforts for years to come.
Thanks for nothing “Fish-Fry”!
CamdenMark
December 27th, 2010
8:40 pm
Good game techies, hope Tevin is OK.
SP Teams lost it for ya.
gpb
December 27th, 2010
8:41 pm
Bright side, our players aren’t going to be designing anything. Bedford is the rare real degree footballer.
superDawg
December 27th, 2010
8:43 pm
Up and away into the wild blue yonder.
Bamajacket
December 27th, 2010
8:43 pm
This exhibition was pathetic. I’m laughing. Nothing left to say. Pathetic. Our “special” teams are “special” ok. How do you play this way? No coaching. I’m not pulling for CPJs head or anything, but for some guy who supposedly hates to loose, he has sure looked pretty bland all year. I am glad this disaster is over. I have said all year, losing a ball game I can live with, but this display of crap all year is pathetic. No heart, No leadership, no learning from mistakes. We have no one, no one, who can catch the damn ball! Paul better do something about finding some leadership. A special teams coach and a passing game would be good, too. He’s not playing Little League ball anymore.
agree with GTbob
December 27th, 2010
8:45 pm
it really was bad coaching to play #80
TechMom77
December 27th, 2010
8:45 pm
Can someone please give me a reasonable explanation why BJ Bostic was not returning punts? I got the news on Tarrant but BJ was in the house. This made absolutely no sense to me!!
same stuff different year
December 27th, 2010
8:48 pm
As a lifelong Tech fan and a constant defender of the program, I will not defend this train wreck anymore, any comments from any fans need to be forwarded right to CPJ and his bullheaded attitude. One great season in the last 10,that is a fact and damn embrassing. You cannot defend it anymore..
Dwayne C
December 27th, 2010
8:53 pm
Air Force 14 – GA Tech 7
What a miserable ending to an even more miserable season. Look for more of the same in 2011.
Vick=Dog killing Thug
December 27th, 2010
8:57 pm
Independence bowl loss. MAN, that’s low… lowwwwwwww
Coffee Bluff DAWG
December 27th, 2010
8:57 pm
Your 2 min offense is non-existent. You could have beaten UGA earlier this year and AF tonight with any semblance of a passing game.
Bob Davie was right when he said there’s not enough versatility / variety in the GT offense.
notagatechfan
December 27th, 2010
8:58 pm
During the telecast, ESPN Analyst Bob Davie stated that Tech coach Paul Johnson doesn’t want or feel the need to change anything with GaTech’s offense. I hope that’s directly from Coach Johnson and not an impression that Davie has. With a season record of 6-7, I guess I can see where Johnson should feel that way. In other words, there is no need to make any changes to try and improve the offense. Good thing. I love to see Tech lose. Message to Coach Johnson, PLEASE don’t change anything. Losing 5 of it’s last 6 games, it is obvious that Tech’s offense is making opponents shake in their boots and of course there doesn’t need any changes. My favorite football team is any team that beats GaTech. Go Kansas, NC State, Clemson, VaTech, Miami, UGA and Air Force!!
Jack G
December 27th, 2010
9:00 pm
Those of you that have been on this blog. for 3 years know that I predicted just as this team has evolved. I took so much abuse from from some of you that I now take great pleasure in saying I TOLD YOU SO.
The bad part is its going to get worse.Recruiting stinks because no HS football player with any talent (and sense) wants to play in CPJ’s system. He can only recruit the rejects from UGA and other schools with decent systems.
From day one all we heard was just wait till he gets his players—-Well he got his players, and it didnt make for
a winning season. It made for a disaster.
Stay tuned folks there’s more to come.
Oh yeah—-Drad is doing a lousy also. The system is broke and all he does is voice support for his losers. If you dont recognise the problem, you damn sure cant fix it.
n
December 27th, 2010
9:04 pm
Enter your comments here
New Sheriff In Town
December 27th, 2010
9:07 pm
0-3 in bowls.
1-2 vs. Georgia, including losses to the weakest UGA teams in decades.
6-7 losing season.
@JackG
December 27th, 2010
9:08 pm
The best player in NC is heading to Tech next year.
same stuff different year
December 27th, 2010
9:14 pm
Folks if you want change things we need to make our voices heard, because DRad doesnt want to deal with anything (just look at the Hewitt fiasco). I have stopped spending my hard earned money on this crap, we need to bombard DRad and let him hear it from the real fans. Here is the email address -mcandeto@athletics.gatech.edu
dawgfan
December 27th, 2010
9:14 pm
This time last year I didn’t think there was anything worse than playing in Shreveport. But then as I watched the Joke by Coke lose its SIXTH..that’s right sports fans…SIXTH bowl game in a row something occured to me. LOSING in Shreveport is the lowest of the low.
Georgia Tech=JOKE.
Pablo
December 27th, 2010
9:16 pm
Those of you asking for an off-season of soul-searching by Coach Johnson will be disappointed, I’m afraid. I really don’t think he has any idea what went wrong this year. He has never faced a season like this, and I think his response will be more of the same. Next year either the team will bounce back and he will be proven right, or they will stink again and he will be fired. We’re in a race with UGA to see which coach retains his job. Maybe both, maybe neither.
college football
December 27th, 2010
9:17 pm
AIR FORCE 14, blowflys 7….SWEET
RAMBLINWRECK
December 27th, 2010
9:18 pm
Doug, will this team be any better next year? They can’t pass, can’t catch, played terrible defense almost all year and the special teams is pitiful. There are 2 offensive line coaches and no special teams coach?? What the heck? 6 straight bowl losses and how will a losing season effect recruiting? Even chan didn’t manage a losing year! We had 15 guys back this year and to lose 7 games is beyond me. Look forward to your reply.
san diego dawg
December 27th, 2010
9:21 pm
Who knew that the Air Force Academy had both superior engineering programs and a superior football program than the Georgia Institute of Bowl Losses?
comedian
December 27th, 2010
9:23 pm
we should have won the game we are tech you know.
RAID
December 27th, 2010
9:29 pm
Middle school offence against the same……..Difference is, one team is a little better than the other….Tech people, you, in the ACC can’not recruit top knotch athletes who have any aspirations of going to the next level to play in such in college……..For all of you who post “fire CMR” should sit back and take a good look at what your own coach is setting you up to be!….
Paul Watson
December 27th, 2010
9:30 pm
Open letter to DRAD:
Until you make significant changes to the sports programs (i.e. fire all coaches named Paul), I hereby surrender my 6 season tickets and all future financial support to the GTAA. Under your tenure we have slid back to the same performance we suffered in the early 80s. Do your job or quit. It’s time you earned your 7-figure salary.
RAID
December 27th, 2010
9:31 pm
How many bowl losses in a row?…….
RAID
December 27th, 2010
9:34 pm
Lets see, uhhhhhh, Fresno St, Iowa, and now Air Force just to mention a few…………..Geeeezzzz…..winning an ACC title seems to be easier than winning in a mediocre bowl game!
dawgfan
December 27th, 2010
9:39 pm
That’s 6 bowl losses in a row for the nerdherd RAID. Big time? NOT.
Dawg Style
December 27th, 2010
9:41 pm
paul johnson won with gailey’s recruits, but can’t win with his own. Tech fans will be giving him one more year to get it turned around. 6-7 seasons don’t cut it, even at tech.
RAID
December 27th, 2010
9:42 pm
Dawgfan, I knew it was sumpm like that!…….Just lost count…..LOL…..
Truth
December 27th, 2010
9:45 pm
Nice effort NERDS!!
WTH
December 27th, 2010
9:47 pm
>> You are obviously a dawg fan, bc you know that by stopping your contributions,
>> you lose ALL athletic points from previous years.
Points are almost meaningless with the Tech Fund. You want good seats, you pay the seat license. There will be plenty of spare seats. If you decide to drop your season tickets for a year or two, there is no penalty to speak of.
DRad really, really screwed up when he forced the Tech Fund down the fans’ throats. He destroyed years of fan loyalty, and next year will see the full fruit of his decision.
Truth
December 27th, 2010
9:51 pm
looked you nerds left about 60,000 tickets for your boy Burdell today and he didn’t show.
GTFan
December 27th, 2010
10:01 pm
No doubt that was a terrible game. But I will still give Johnson 2-3 more years (and I think DRad will too) to prove he can win with HIS players. But at this point, I am definitely more skeptical than optimistic. It was a questionable hire because of exactly what seems to be happening now. Other teams are finding ways to stop the no pass offense and it is seeming like we can’t recruit the players needed to run the base offense or give us a passing threat. Only time will tell, but at this point I wouldn’t put money on it.
Red Dawg
December 27th, 2010
10:02 pm
So UGA beating Yech was not that big a deal. Heck if the Air Force Academy can whip yech, UGA ain’t got nothin to brag about.
Looks like UGA and YECH will both be looking for new coaches after next season!
Wahoo
December 27th, 2010
10:03 pm
Dear Friends,
The turn overs were truly a killer?
Al’s D not getting a stop in the 4th cost you all the game !
GO JACKETS