Tech to make football hire soon
Georgia Tech will probably fill its coaching vacancy this week, coach Paul Johnson said.
The coach will replace co-offensive line coach Todd Spencer, who resigned Jan. 27 after violating NCAA rules banning text messages to prospects and their guardians or parents. Johnson would not offer more detail about the hire and did not specify which position he would coach.
“I have not offered anybody the job yet, but I probably will in the next day or two,” he said Tuesday.
Johnson did say that he did not foresee any more changes on the staff. He said he interviewed “three or four” candidates, and that he didn’t have a prior working relationship with all of them.
He laughed at the rumor that former Maryland coach and Tech offensive coordinator Ralph Friedgen had been a possibility.
“There wasn’t any truth to that,” he said.
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GTJason
February 29th, 2012
12:37 pm
Looks like he has offered the job and it has been accepted by Dave Walkosky for ST coach: http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=389133
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
12:38 pm
SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR! THANK GOD!
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
12:38 pm
Hey, Augusta Jacket…..Augusta here too. Do we know each other?
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
12:39 pm
By the way, was the headline written by Stephon Marbury?
HighTech
February 29th, 2012
12:40 pm
Right, George. As you watch CPJ’s offense, you can see one play sets up the other. CPJ also has the tendency to run a play until the defense can stop it. If we had an effective passing game, he would probably throw the ball all day if that was the play the defense couldn’t stop.
A good example is when Dwyer was lighting up defenses with the B-Back dive. Eventually, they would key on him and Jones or Allen would burn them on the outside. The problem came when it was 3rd and long and there was no effective option.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
12:40 pm
LOL @ George. You would think the media would actually know the name of a school.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
12:41 pm
So who is the guy? I can’t find any bio on him anywhere
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
12:42 pm
We have an answer for that, too, HighTech! See the first play:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUHmDzjhmkk
HighTech
February 29th, 2012
12:42 pm
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
12:39 pm
By the way, was the headline written by Stephon Marbury?
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Blame Canada!
Georgia Tech University...
February 29th, 2012
12:43 pm
…does UGA have that problem?
FL Jacket
February 29th, 2012
12:43 pm
UGH…”GEORGIA TECH UNIVERSITY”
I hate Canada even more now…
HighTech
February 29th, 2012
12:44 pm
Georgia Tech University…
February 29th, 2012
12:43 pm
…does UGA have that problem?
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With hashbrowns?
Good video, George...
February 29th, 2012
12:44 pm
…how do you come up with this stuff so fast?
Uh, HighTech...
February 29th, 2012
12:45 pm
…that is a different problem, not a name recognition problem…
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
12:46 pm
I have tried to teach myself the offense as best I can so when I watch us play I have some idea as to what Johnson is trying to accomplish on a play. YouTube is a great resource for learning this stuff.
HighTech
February 29th, 2012
12:47 pm
Uh, HighTech…
February 29th, 2012
12:45 pm
…that is a different problem, not a name recognition problem…
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Oh. You mean like telling a cop what your middle name is?
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
12:47 pm
Interesting that Augusta Jacket found the announcement on a Canadian website, and yet the AJC hasn’t posted anything about it yet. You would think there would have been simultaneous announcements.
HighTech
February 29th, 2012
12:48 pm
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
12:46 pm
I have tried to teach myself the offense as best I can so when I watch us play I have some idea as to what Johnson is trying to accomplish on a play. YouTube is a great resource for learning this stuff.
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Sounds like you’ve done a good job. Have you tried guessing what the halftime adjustments will be?
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
12:49 pm
There’s not even anything about it on the Tech website.
Yes, HighTech...
February 29th, 2012
12:49 pm
…kind of like “Cesspool of the South” or “Joke by Coke” or “North Avenue Trade School”…but, GT University?
HighTech
February 29th, 2012
12:49 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
12:47 pm
Interesting that Augusta Jacket found the announcement on a Canadian website, and yet the AJC hasn’t posted anything about it yet. You would think there would have been simultaneous announcements.
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I hate to say it, because Ken does a fantastic job, but often times it seems the Jackets have better coverage from the Augusta and Macon papers than they do from the AJC.
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
12:50 pm
I typically have an idea what they’re going to do because you usually see what the defense is doing midway through the first quarter. It’s usually just a blocking change, though, and not much more.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
12:51 pm
HT, I can assure you, Tech doesn’t get better coverage in the Augusta papers. Macon had great Tech coverage until the man doing it left there, but Augusta NEVER has any decent coverage of anything going on at Tech. Believe me; I live here and have to read that garbage daily
HighTech
February 29th, 2012
12:52 pm
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
12:50 pm
I typically have an idea what they’re going to do because you usually see what the defense is doing midway through the first quarter. It’s usually just a blocking change, though, and not much more.
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Right, I’ve seen that, too. But also watch for B-Back dive gap selection as well as the blocking adjustments. Also see which side of the defense gets picked on with the option.
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
12:52 pm
One of the hardest things about next year will be the loss of Roddy. If you paid attention the past few years, he didn’t get many carries because he was such a devastating blocker. It always blew me away that the defense didn’t expect the play to go to his side.
HighTech
February 29th, 2012
12:54 pm
Roddy will be missed for more reasons than that. As I understand it, he was a tremendous leader and a great ambassador for the school.
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
12:55 pm
Agreed, HT.
AugustaJacket
February 29th, 2012
1:01 pm
Supersize, are you a lifelong Augusta native? I’m one of the few Jackets in this area it seems.
HighTech
February 29th, 2012
1:05 pm
I’m waiting with bated breath to read about how Coach Kung Fu Panda made a bad hire.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
1:06 pm
@ Augusta Jacket, I wasn’t born here, but my family was from here and moved back here when I was age 3. Other than going to Tech and working in Tennessee for 2 1/2 years, I have lived here all my life. I have created a temporary email account for getting in touch with some of the bloggers here (actually met some at some games last year). If you would like to contact me and find out if we know each other, that address is supersizerorder@yahoo.com. Anybody else who is a real Tech fan and would like to establish a line of communication is also welcome to email me. Just provide some kind of “proof” that you are who you say you are, and I will then give you my “real” email address.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
1:07 pm
LOL @ HT. You KNOW it’s coming. The Wiener will be here soon, I am sure
AugustaJacket
February 29th, 2012
1:08 pm
Bio on GT’s new hire…
http://www.stampeders.com/team/football_op/profile/?id=152
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
1:08 pm
@ Augusta Jacket, I went to a fund-raising banquet in Augusta last night and re-connected with several old friends here who are also Tech fans (graduates even). So we are not alone here.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
1:10 pm
@ Augusta Jacket, thanks for posting that link. I couldn’t find anything when I Googled earlier
AugustaJacket
February 29th, 2012
1:11 pm
Supersize, Been here all my life, sans a few years for college and the military. Graduated from Westside in the early 90’s. Actually live in N Augusta these days.
HighTech
February 29th, 2012
1:11 pm
I don’t know, AugustaJacket. He looks mean. Who would want to play for him? lol.
The Stamps logo reminds me of the SMU Mustangs.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
1:11 pm
Augusta Jacket, I DO hope you will email you. I would love to find out if we already know each other. And even if we don’t, it will be good to meet another Jacket in the area
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
1:12 pm
oops, I mean I DO hope you will email ME…..LOL
FL Jacket
February 29th, 2012
1:13 pm
High Tech…
Are you talking about Kung Fu Panda Moobs Fish Fry Idiot CPJ?
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
1:13 pm
I’ll help you out, HighTech.
Coach Kung Fu Panda has Lost games because of his gimmicky Triple SLOPtion and now he hires a Special Teams Coach? It sounds to me like playing for CPJ has caused the Players not to have Special Teams FUNDAMENTALS.
This also will NOT help Coach Kung Fu Panda get Elite Recruits and now my fellow GT Alums will keep talking about Elite Academics as the reason why we can’t get Elite Recruits. CMR would have hired a Special Teams coach with Strong Recruiting CONNECTIONS to be the Special Teams Coach. CPJ the GENIUS HC won’t do that because of his EGO.
Get mad all you want you Boot Licking Toadies, but the Truth hurts.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
1:14 pm
George, you have them down pat. LOL
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
1:15 pm
You just have to remember to capitalize random letters to make them either a proper noun or a defined term. Also, throwing in “gimmicky Triple SLOPtion” helps.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
1:17 pm
George “your an idiot”…..LOL
HighTech
February 29th, 2012
1:18 pm
George…you nailed it!
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
1:19 pm
Their you go, Supersize and HT. Your getting it now!
FL Jacket
February 29th, 2012
1:19 pm
George…
‘The way YOU tried to imitate WnE is ABSOLUTELY histerical. Imagine that guy who is so KNOWLEDGEABLE and connected never conceding any positive POINT because “Moob McFish Fry” CPJ is intent on sucking whatever is goond out of THIS program and sinking it to THE level of a FCS team because HE is OVER his head.’
Did I come close?
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
1:19 pm
LMAO @ George
Supersize that order, mutt
February 29th, 2012
1:20 pm
FL Jacket, you need to have several paragraphs, instead of just one.
HighTech
February 29th, 2012
1:23 pm
Good one, FL Jacket. If you’re answering George, he should first be addressed as “icehole”. Also, you need to mention how smug and arrogant the GT FANBASE is but not ole Wrexie.
George Stein
February 29th, 2012
1:25 pm
“Your” getting there, FLJ. I would suggest you also capitalize the first letter of more random words. For example, I might have capitalized the s in Sucking. Just understand that it makes no sense. “Your” just going to have to go with it.