Charles Kelly focusing in on task at hand
Charles Kelly thought he was recruiting. In fact, he was interviewing for his job.
In the weeks after Paul Johnson was hired to replace Chan Gailey as coach of Georgia Tech in Dec. 2007, Gailey’s assistants stayed on to coach in the bowl game. Their futures at Tech were, at best, uncertain. In some cases, their commitment to keep recruiting reflected that.
Kelly, then Tech’s special-teams coordinator, kept up with phone calls and accompanied Johnson on home visits. After one visit, Johnson told Kelly that he wanted to be up front with him that he wasn’t necessarily going to be retained.
“And I will never forget,” Johnson said. “He told me, he said, ‘My dad taught me a long time ago, if you’re taking a man’s money, then you should work. I’m still taking their money, so I should work.’”
Kelly’s actions and response helped secure himself a spot on Johnson’s staff. Through his continued work, he has earned an opportunity to make the best of a bad situation and perhaps advance his career. For the remainder of the season, Kelly will serve as Tech’s interim defensive coordinator in the place of Al Groh, fired Monday.
“I’m going to do the job as hard as I can,” said Kelly, who grew up in Ozark, Ala., the son of a high school football coach.
Kelly, who comes across as earnest and team-oriented, assumes leadership of a listing ship. Tech has lost its past three games and given up 42, 49 and 47 points, becoming the first Tech team ever to allow 40 or more points in three consecutive games. Out of 120 FBS teams, the Yellow Jackets are ranked 89th in the country in scoring defense (30.2 points per game), 90th in total defense (431.0 yards per game) and 103rd in defensive third-down conversion percentage (47.8 percent).
His answer is to reduce the scheme, put players in position to succeed and practice with energy.
“The biggest thing we’ve tried to instill is, Hey, listen: What you do on Saturday are the habits that you develop during the week,” Kelly said.
The Jackets also figure to tweak the 3-4 scheme to a style more suited to the players’ s strengths and use more players than Groh had. Coaches also plan to run more full-speed drills to sharpen players’ tackling, a weak spot. Kelly, who has been a defensive coordinator at the FCS level at Nicholls State and Jacksonville State, will rely on the input of fellow defensive assistants Andy McCollum, Joe Speed and David Walkosky, the special-teams coordinator who is taking on the defensive line.
“He’s got us involved and we’re committed to him,” Walkosky said. “It’s really a ‘we’ thing.”
Kelly, 45, has made the work ethic he learned from his father Lavon and from Auburn coaching great Pat Dye, whom Kelly played for as a walk-on, a point of emphasis with his players.
“He made me a better player by never letting me get comfortable, always pushing me to do better,” former safety Rashaad Reid said.
Mario Butler, who played cornerback for Kelly and is on the Dallas Cowboys practice squad, said that besides insufficient effort, mental mistakes also drive Kelly up a wall.
“It wasn’t really nice, I can say that,” said Butler, asked how Kelly reacted to mental errors.
An intolerance for not executing assignments properly – and better yet, a method for avoiding them altogether – would do the Jackets well. Under Groh, players repeatedly lined up out of position and were unable to run the defense correctly. In last Saturday’s 47-31 loss to Clemson, Groh’s last, Johnson said he thought there were 47 missed assignments. Under Kelly’s direction, Tech will simplify its scheme to keep players from being slowed by having to think through their assignments.
Kelly’s players swear by him, not only for his coaching ability but for how he has developed relationships with them away from the game.
“I think he’ll do a great job,” Butler said. “I think the guys are going to respond well and play hard for him.”
Kelly will have the opportunity to win the full-time job, though, once again, there are no guarantees. And, like the last time, the only angle Kelly is playing is the one his father taught him.
“Honestly, what I’ve tried to do is focus on Georgia Tech and those players,” he said. “I think if you work and do your job, do everything you can, work as hard as you can, I can live with the results.”
(I think this should conclude Charles Kelly week.)
In case you missed it…
Notes: Tech defense receives energy fusion
Notes: Jackets move forward without Groh
Jeff Schultz: Radakovich says Johnson is ‘right person for this job’
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Supersize that order, mutt
October 11th, 2012
3:18 pm
OMG, am I first????
Greg
October 11th, 2012
3:19 pm
getting paid by the word Ken?
J
October 11th, 2012
3:19 pm
Could use some editing work there, Ken. It looks like you went wild with the copy-paste feature.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 11th, 2012
3:19 pm
Great article, Ken. Thanks
Supersize that order, mutt
October 11th, 2012
3:22 pm
However, the last half is a repeat of the first half. Like J said, you could use some editing work on it….LOL
Ken Sugiura
October 11th, 2012
3:25 pm
everybody’s a critic. (ha ha) thanks for letting me know.
very funny, greg.
SansWorld
October 11th, 2012
3:25 pm
Glad I stopped reading half way through.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 11th, 2012
3:26 pm
@ Ken…..you’re a good man and a good sport. That’s why we like you so much as our reporter
beezit
October 11th, 2012
3:27 pm
Fantastic body of work there, Ken….I would definitely use that piece in your portfolio when you go job hunting….which really should be soon….maybe you and Al Groh can hook up again…
Give Him A Chance
October 11th, 2012
3:30 pm
Looking forward to the next game. CCK has the right approach and I defensive momentum will build from the first 3 and out.
May not need to look elsewhere for a new DC.
Ken Sugiura
October 11th, 2012
3:31 pm
it’s fixed. you all are way too kind.
FL Jacket
October 11th, 2012
3:42 pm
Ken…I don’t see any mistakes. What is everyone talking about?
(haha)
Supersize that order, mutt
October 11th, 2012
3:45 pm
Ken may not be perfect, but he IS perfectly good for us Tech fans
Agreed, Super...
October 11th, 2012
3:56 pm
…Ken does a “super” job…
Golden White
October 11th, 2012
4:02 pm
Kelly’s pic reminds me of Erk.
Would be really nice if his D reminds me of Erk.
GT Fan
October 11th, 2012
4:02 pm
Clemson’s 1st drive went like this for GT’s D:
7yd gain
5yd gain, 1st down
Incomplete pass
Incomplete pass
Attouchu sack, 7yd loss
4th & 17 …. punt! Clemson only punt of the game.
How about many more series like that one for the GT D under Coach Kelly!
juvenal
October 11th, 2012
4:04 pm
and he takes criticism much better than CPJ……
RambleOn84
October 11th, 2012
4:05 pm
beezit,
Get a life.
Good stuff, Ken. I love the quote from Kelly’s father. I’m hoping the defense plays well enough for us to retain Kelly for next year as well.
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 11th, 2012
4:06 pm
Looking for the defense to come in fast and swarming. Ken, I think that we have adopted you.
TVFan
October 11th, 2012
4:13 pm
Ken
Even with this being a down year for GT, you have at least made it interesting and have cleaned up the comments section too. You are a credit to the AJC. With the changes made at GT, I’m excited about rest of the season.
www
October 11th, 2012
4:13 pm
so tech had a special teams coordinator in 2007? interesting.
FL Jacket
October 11th, 2012
4:19 pm
http://www…CPJ has always said that Kelly had the title of ST coordinator but not the time to do it exclusively. He was always secondary coach as well. He didn’t hire a dedicated ST coach until Walkosky.
collegeballfan
October 11th, 2012
4:23 pm
“(I think this should conclude Charles Kelly week.)”
I agree. Next week is player week.
GTfan2012
October 11th, 2012
4:42 pm
The good news here is that it is tough to do any worse than the last three games. GT’s defense has allowed the opponent to score points on nearly 75% of its drives and TDs nearly 60% of the time in the last three games. It would be difficult to be worse than that. I believe there is some talent on this team… unfortunately one entire position group seems to lack that talent, D-line. I really thought Izaan Cross would step up this year, but so far I haven’t seen that. The secondary has made some plays and those LBs have shown flashes, but overall the effort has been inconsistent. I’m hoping that playing more players will help, especialy late in the game.
jacket backer
October 11th, 2012
4:50 pm
Thanks Ken…..I’m really looking forward to the BC game…..Want to see a renewed enthusiasm on defense and a team flying to the football….I’m rooting for Coach Kelly!
Go Jackets!!
BigTimeTECHFan
October 11th, 2012
4:51 pm
Ken,
Do you know if GT is having a mid-night madness Basketball practice or anything Friday?
would be cool way to break in rebuilt arena.
I’m going to the BC game, finally. I’ll get to see Tech kick off their 25 game win streak.
University of Georgia Tech Technical Institute of Technology
October 11th, 2012
5:00 pm
The picture looks more like Verne Troyer or a bald Pat Day than Erk.
Hey, GT Joe...
October 11th, 2012
5:08 pm
…aren’t you the guy who has been calling for Vad to play? And now you are jumping on the JT wagon – I guess CPJ will have to spell it out for you re: JT adn why he does not play, just as he did on the radio show last night about why Vad does not play…you, sir, cannot have it both ways, but I guess it does not hurt to hope…
Geesh, www...
October 11th, 2012
5:11 pm
…every team has a special teams coordinator, whether he has an individual title as such or not – you think Urban Meyer and Frank Beamer have the title of special teams coach, too, or does Head Coach who coaches the special teams not fit your agenda?
OldSchoolTechFanatic
October 11th, 2012
5:14 pm
I hope I don’t jinx anyone but I don’t think the D can be any worse than it was. I don’t even see how anyone knew what was wrong with the D except for maybe they gave up on the coach. Good like coach Kelly, if you let the guys play I think this D will be much improved. I hate a wait and react D. You have to be agressive on D. And again good luck and let them ponies run coach Kelly !!!
CT_Jacket
October 11th, 2012
5:29 pm
Ken does do a great job. I wish we had him on the College Recruiting Blog too. Look at Carvell’s last dozen posts. We hardly ever hear who is visiting or what coaches and players think of GT, other than a sentence or two. While we are recruiting just as well, maybe slightly better, under PJ as under CG on average, I’d like to know what is keeping the local 4-star, and occasional 5-star, players from coming. Our classes are mostly loaded with 3-star players, which is good, but I’d love to see more playmakers on the field.
I can understand some objections to the spread option offense, but look at how many schools run the read option. Unless you’re Cam Newton or Tim Tebow, you’re not running that in the NFL. USCe just passed 10 times in their game with UGA. For Olineman, yes, GT cut blocks, but so do NFL teams with a zone blocking offense. (Of course we do have 2-3 big commmits there.) Big WRs can flourish in this offense and make it to the NFL. Dual-threat QBs, like Justin Thomas, should love this offense.
Then there is the defense. There is no reason we should not be able to recruit top local players there. Over a third of the NFL runs the 3-4.
I do think that Tech’s academics limit the pool of available players. Just look at some of the top SE players who have GT on their list of schools with offers from dozens of schools but us. But why do we miss out on the ones going to Vandy, Stanford and ND?
NFL aspirations? While the SEC may be on top, the ACC is still typically third or fourth on draft day. Plus, the ACC has had more Pro Bowl players the last three seasons by a wide margin.
Stadium size? It’s larger than Oregon’s, Stanford’s, Vandy’s and TCU’s, among others.
I’d like to hear it directly from coaches and players.
Coach Z
October 11th, 2012
5:56 pm
Living in Raleigh NC I have seen Vad Lee destroy some HS offenses. It may not translate to the ACC, but I’m a believer. I want to see him start, of course only after TW has no more illegibility. Lee has mobility, an arm and instinct. Ultimately, my hope for Tech is that the program is noted for recruiting premier RBs. Similarly, to when Cremins recruited premier PGs.
Coach Z
October 11th, 2012
5:59 pm
Alas, Linebacker U does have a nice ring to it!
Clyde
October 11th, 2012
6:07 pm
Finally, a change. I’m not going to expect a new quarterback unless we reach the point where it will be a losing record. CPJ and the team must be pretty pumped about simplifying and working in more players to give guys a break throughout the game.
Another nice article on our new Defensive Coordinator
October 11th, 2012
6:16 pm
[...] Defensive Coordinator Ken Sugiura writes another good article focusing on Coach Kelly….. Charles Kelly focusing in on task at hand | Georgia Tech Reply With [...]
Ohio Jacket
October 11th, 2012
6:25 pm
Ken, I think this is one of your best articles in terms of its focus on the situation and realities at hand and learning about the new person in the position (Coach Kelly). Thanks!
Ice eater 1969
October 11th, 2012
6:29 pm
As I have said groh should let the players go at it so they can be seen on tv making crushing tackles or scoring defensive touchdowns.
He would not let them go so we had to let him go.
Recruiting will be easier to an aggressive defense than to a read react defense.
I am not sure about the practice squad differences. With read and react the slower weaker practice squad guy is engaged by the faster stronger first team defender who then easily holds him off until he breaks down on the play. Without good coaching this results in sloppy play when on Saturday we find the first team opponent shows up.
With aggressive defense schemes -especially blitzes it maybe easier for coaches to see if we are not hiding or blitzing the proper running lanes….?. I remember undr bud Carson . The lb coach was jerry Glanville. He came in and really shook up the gentleman tackling. Went nuts in practices. The cub bard was bare and he did what he could and it was fun to watch.
Great to say it with gusto. To hell with ga ( except for the cool ga guys that are on our blog)
Next question is what academic adjustments and course offerings are needed. …?….
I th
GTpack
October 11th, 2012
6:32 pm
Would love to see our team tackling runners around the knees and below. Watching a couple of games last week, when really good runners are hit high, they tend to gain another 4 to 5 yards. When hit around the ankles they seem to drop right there. Also many times when hitting high, they bounce off, taking a runners legs out from under him is a good way to stop him in his tracks.
Any thoughts on this?
Clyde
October 11th, 2012
6:34 pm
I think if the receiver had been tackled like that in the last minute of the Virginia Tech game, GT would have an another win in the column, GTpack.
Delbert D.
October 11th, 2012
7:12 pm
As a Navy guy, I really like the “listing ship” metaphor.
1 4 GT
October 11th, 2012
7:12 pm
Clemons TV announcers said CU ran 93 offensive plays. Ken quotes CPJ as saying our defenders were out of position on 47 of those plays. That’s just a few hundredths over 50%. Is it any wonder we lost? It’s a wonder we made the game as close as it was, IMNTBHO.
Delbert D.
October 11th, 2012
7:16 pm
GTpack – I had a closeup view of one of Tech’s OLBs in the Middle Tennessee game (who played only the first half, won’t mention his name) diving at Cunningham’s and receivers’ feet with his shoulder pads, turning his back. It didn’t work at all. They really need to form tackle.
1 4 GT
October 11th, 2012
7:18 pm
I know I like reading CCK is going to cut ‘em loose & play aggressively. IMO, that’s the way defense should be played. I would add one word to their vocabulary though, “play with controlled aggression”.
Delbert D.
October 11th, 2012
7:19 pm
However, an example of a guy who goes down on the ankle tackles is Michael turner of the Falcons.
1 4 GT
October 11th, 2012
7:21 pm
Delbert….this ship was close to “listing” completely wrong side up. I believe it is coming back upright now!
Clyde
October 11th, 2012
8:10 pm
Still might get beat up and down the field but I’m feeling a little better about it right now at least.
1 4 GT
October 11th, 2012
8:15 pm
No negativity allowed!
GT1990
October 11th, 2012
8:21 pm
For once i can say that i have a little faith in coach kelly. I love that these coaches FINALLY made the move to fit the d scheme around the players. That was something dumb dumb groh couldnt’t do!
HighTech
October 11th, 2012
8:22 pm
Any momentum that is gained for the rest of this season should carry forward to next season. Let’s get bowl eligible and win! Beat the dwags in Athens, too!
Gr8 2B aFuzzyB
October 11th, 2012
8:30 pm
I think CPJ is starting to feel his oats again now that our other head coach is out of the picture. I expect the results will be better and hopefully, assuming we beat BC, we get on a roll. This team seemed to have so much potential after the opener, but the Miami collapse really took the wind out of the sail. A win or two will round out that spinacker again.
GT1990
October 11th, 2012
8:32 pm
Im not sure we can get to a bowl this year. I really hope we do but the remainder of the schedule is going to be tough.
GT1990
October 11th, 2012
8:41 pm
@14gt- Maybe things will turn around for GT and me and you could see eye to eye hahaha.
GTfan2012
October 11th, 2012
8:59 pm
GT1990,
If we play like we did against MTSU, every game will be tough. If we play like we did against UVA, we can win every game, including UGA.
GT1990
October 11th, 2012
9:02 pm
Very true
Clyde
October 11th, 2012
9:06 pm
I was being positive, 1 4 GT!
I love Jan Kemp
October 11th, 2012
9:47 pm
I was encouraged when CPJ fired Wommack after ‘09 I was encouraged because they’d just won the ACC and he wasn’t satisfied. Groh turned out to be a mistake but he was man enough to admit he made a mistake. I’m hoping Kelley can get it out of em because he deserves a shot after his loyalty to GT. Playing Ds about attitude as much as anything and I hope they start showing some! Go Jackets!
GTOC.clone
October 11th, 2012
10:10 pm
Rise up Artificial Inelegance Engineers, clone the pj genius to a virtual OC, and free up his time to run the D like he did at GA Southern, winning championships!
Signaling straight from your dorm room to A.I. helmets. Please do not tell the NCAA, or D-rad.
Lets go!
GTOC.clone
October 11th, 2012
10:21 pm
I like Kelly’s hair cut. Reminds me of Erk Russel.
and i misspelled intelligence, that is just not like me.
yeller bug
October 11th, 2012
11:34 pm
Would love to see a defense that’s aggressive and flies to the ball. I hope they can earn the nickname—The Swarm. Right now, we’re known as The Swatted.
Ignition
October 11th, 2012
11:55 pm
I hope he installs some passion to the defense .. I would like to see an aggressive swarming defense. Stout in fundamentals and crisp tackling .. Idealing a defense that put constant pressure on the qb that produces a ton of sacks and tackles for loss and be able to get off the feild on 3rd Down.
Jacket Detective
October 12th, 2012
12:06 am
Looks like a lot of positive energy was just waiting to burst out among both the team and the fans.
Jimmy
October 12th, 2012
6:31 am
“Out of 120 FBS teams, the Yellow Jackets are ranked 89th in the country in scoring defense (30.2 points per game), 90th in total defense (431.0 yards per game) and 103rd in defensive third-down conversion percentage (47.8 percent).”
Ken, there are actually 124 teams on the FBS level, NOT 120 as you state. Now GIT fans, feel better? The stats aren’t as bad as you all thought, now are they? Life is all about perspective afterall.
Wal-Mart Retards
October 12th, 2012
8:19 am
Wait – this guy used to coach our special teams? Ruh-roh.
Tokyo jacket
October 12th, 2012
9:15 am
@CT, we’ve actually been getting 4- and 5-star guys on campus with CPJ and CAG…actually, quite a few of them. We’ve finished in the top 3 for a lot of them, but landed few of them. That’s why I think Shannon would be huge at DC; I think he could get some of the Tomlinsons, Tuitts, and Vaughters to pull the trigger. CPJ has been getting some higher level recruits on campus, but we haven’t been getting them to stay en masse.
Tokyo jacket
October 12th, 2012
9:20 am
@GT20212 – you’re dead right. If everyone played with the swagger that #6 shows at times, we’d be a scary defense.
GTfan2012
October 12th, 2012
9:42 am
Jimmy,
Actually you are wrong. There 120 full FBS D-1 football members. Those are the only teams looked at when comparaing team stats. Copied from wikipedia: Four schools—Massachusetts, South Alabama, Texas State, and UTSA—began transitions to FBS in 2011. Their last season as FCS members was 2011, with provisional FBS membership in 2012 and full FBS membership in 2013.
Delbert D.
October 12th, 2012
9:52 am
Much has been made of Tech’s defensive line not being able to penetrate and make tackles for loss and QB sacks. Since Tech is now switching to the more “aggressive” 1-gap from the 2-gap 3-4, it is useful to look at how Georgia’s 1-gap defense is faring in the 3rd season of that defense. Here are the stats for tackles for loss and sacks for the defensive linemen this season.
Starters
Tackles for loss
John Jenkins 1.0, 2 yards
Abry Jones 1.0, 1 yard
Cornelius Washington 3.0, 5 yards
Sacks
John Jenkins 0
Abry Jones 0
Cornelius Washington 0.5
2nd team
Tackles for loss
Kwame Geathers 2.0, 4 yards
Sacks
None
Wes
October 12th, 2012
10:53 am
CCK needs to focus on being THE BEST at stopping the “no huddle” offenses that are becoming so prevalent.
Aim high, Coach!
1 4 GT
October 12th, 2012
11:40 am
Hey defense, as the dwags say, “GATA”! GOOOOO JACKETS THWGeorgie
1 4 GT
October 12th, 2012
11:43 am
The team has several days off right now. Hope they relax & get re-energized for. Would be great to see them return & be all rejuvenated & raring to get’em. GOOOO JACKETS THWGeorgie
1 4 GT
October 12th, 2012
11:43 am
“for” not needed………..
yeller bug
October 12th, 2012
12:33 pm
I think we hold BC to under 400 yds total offense [290 P / 110 R]—not a great performance but certainly better than what we’ve seen. Tech wins by 2 TDs.
SS loves Obama
October 12th, 2012
2:17 pm
@1 4….Good points
Beat UGA
October 12th, 2012
2:47 pm
Complexity breeds failure……
William Casey
October 12th, 2012
3:00 pm
It’s amazing how perspective and attitude can change so quickly. After GT’s second possession of the 2nd half of the Miami game, the Jackets went up 36-19, having come back from an 0-19 deficit. I was thinking: “maybe we’ve got something special here.” Optimism was quickly dashed. My projected 9-3 (at worst) season devolved into “can we make a bowl?” Football is an emotional game. I hope the Jackets get the “fire” back. It does work both ways.
JY Dawg
October 12th, 2012
3:03 pm
UGA fan here and hope you guys get back on track. CPJ showed some will to move forward with the changes he has made. Hope it works out for you as GT has some very good talent. Now go win some games!! See you in November.
SS loves Obama
October 12th, 2012
3:32 pm
With CAG gone hopefully we can switch to the 4-3 defense.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 12th, 2012
4:34 pm
@ ….Obama……your posts are generally good, but how much longer are you going to keep that STUPID name, especially after Ken warned you more than once about it. Everybody who posts regularly on here knows who SS, and everybody also know that SS does NOT love Obama. Clean it up, bud.
GTfan2012
October 12th, 2012
4:53 pm
My guess is that “SS loves…” is really WnE.
GT
October 12th, 2012
4:57 pm
We are going to be fine.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 12th, 2012
5:02 pm
@ GTgan2012……nah, I don’t think so. Whoever he is got into it with me one day a few weeks ago under another name (I forget what). I pissed him off, and he came up with that one, except he spelled out my name. Ken was watching the blog and told him to change it or be banned. He fired off an insult at Ken then, which should have gotten him banned. Instead, he simply abbreviated my name and still shows up on here using it. It totally pisses me off, because I am definitely NOT an Obama fan.
SS loves Obama
October 12th, 2012
5:34 pm
Please stop attacking me. Just trying to add my opinions.
C'mon, Super ...
October 12th, 2012
5:36 pm
…don’t be so thin skinned – SS can stand for Super Sport, the car of all car’s back in the 60’s(as you well know) – Ken told him to clean it up and he did, so lighten up…
Supersize that order, mutt
October 12th, 2012
5:47 pm
@ C’mon…….I KNOW what he’s up to, because I was here when he started it. I am not thin skinned. And he did not clean it up, because Ken also told him to keep politics off the blog.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 12th, 2012
5:48 pm
@ …..Obama……it’s fine for you to add your opinions, and the most recent ones, I have agreed with. But GET RID OF THE DAMN NAME !!!!
SS loves Obama
October 12th, 2012
6:12 pm
All I can say is someone on the board is trying to control who, what and how is posted on this blog. fascism is a tenant of Obama. So I assume that person loves Obama.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 12th, 2012
6:54 pm
How is anybody on here trying to control anything? That’s the stupidest thing I have ever seen. Maybe none of us like the trolls, and the blogs would definitely be better without them, but most of us have learned just to show them up for the fools they are or to ignore them completely. The only thing any of us want done that is not currently being done is for there to be a “registration” of blogger names, just like every other website REQUIRES. This will prevent name thievery and the ensuing defamation of character, when they make posts which the actual “owner” of that name would never make. Incidentally, I consider you to be defaming my character when you use a name like the one you use. Handling a situation like that is neither censorship nor fascism. By the way, I agree completely with your assessment of Obama, and I guess that’s why I object so much to having my name associated with him. Actually, by doing what you do, you fall more in line with their ways than I do, because you (at least implicitly) lie out your azz and expect everybody to believe you.
SS loves Obama
October 12th, 2012
7:15 pm
I am just glad CAG is gone.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 12th, 2012
7:28 pm
See, I agree with you on that, but WHY do you feel you have to use that name? C’mon, man.
SS loves Obama
October 12th, 2012
8:12 pm
Sorry
Wal-Mart Retards
October 12th, 2012
8:37 pm
weak, dude.
Jmonty
October 12th, 2012
10:18 pm
Why is it Navy can show how the passing game works??? 3 passing TD’s!!!
1 4 GT
October 12th, 2012
11:05 pm
Supersize….I have asked/told the jerk, SS l O, to refrain from addressing me at all. but I see the jerk is back. I resent him posting ANYTHING at all addressing me in any way what so ever. He is nothing more that a butt sniffing mutt troll.
1 4 GT
October 12th, 2012
11:07 pm
BTW, “SS l O” is trying to copy Supersize in his style of commenting.
all i remember is the flamboyant defense fell apart
October 13th, 2012
12:05 am
9-4
RISE UP.
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
6:55 am
A firing at mid-season is very rare. CPJ saw the signpost up ahead that reads the Bill Lewis twilight zone.
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
6:57 am
Some fans have been so polite to Al Groh. He took a bad defense and somehow made it a lot worse.
Old Dog
October 13th, 2012
8:59 am
To Hell with Tek, today,tomorrow and every other day.
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
9:20 am
@Old Dog.
I’m almost glad we lost to u in 2009 and 2010 as that has Uga stuck with Richt and his being always outcoached by the hated Spurrier.
BTW, I went to Florida for a year so I can claim them as a college to pull for with more credentials than half your fans who have never sniffed a classroom in Athens.
Spurrier, Saban and Miles = elite coaches.
Richt = mediocre and 90% of your fans know it.
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
9:36 am
Think where the Dawgs program would be if they hired someone like Spurrier or Saban instead of Goff, Donnan and Richt.
The same knock applies to us.
It starts with the head coach and how good he is at picking coordinators.
CPJ gets more time to right the ship (Ken borrowed my metaphor – imatation is the highest form of flaterry) but hiring Groh was a huge mistake.
I’ll admit a bias against coaches, already multi-millionaires, who hold their past employer to full payment of a contract they routinely tear up when they want to leave.
That bias, had CPJ had it, would have meant a no to Groh.
Should not have been allowed to attend practices either in 2009 after bring fired by Virginia.
Wow, Supersize sure has...
October 13th, 2012
10:32 am
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Wow, Supersize sure has...
October 13th, 2012
10:34 am
…his boxers in a bunch over a stupid handle – if he would take his own advice and ignore it things may get back to normal…
Wow, Supersize sure has...
October 13th, 2012
10:35 am
and the blog filter will take boxers but not p a n t i e s in a w a d…go figure
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
11:06 am
Richt would have his boxers in a wad too if he had the stones to read any dawg blog.
He doesn’t.
He would not be so smooth in all his commercials were he to know that 75% of his fanbase (dawg fan estimate) think he is a lousy coach. (might be closer to 95%)
He wants to deliver the product on those commercials he gets paid for but doesn’t seem to mind shortchanging dawg fans year after year.
What’s his networth?
Over 20 million yet no BCS NC.
GT Fan
October 13th, 2012
11:09 am
GT Fan
October 13th, 2012
11:06 am
Supersize, quit being vague on the “something smells fishy” Fred Holton injury.
Here we are, 6 games played, now the bye week so week 7, and I think FH has already been ruled out for week 8???
We fans were led to believe he MIGHT play vs. Va Tech!? Now, 2 MONTHS later he’s still listed with an “undisclosed” injury? Is this some kind of mental (a.k.a. academic) injury?
That’s what me is startin to believe. B/c a physical injury, which many thought was going to be healed in week 1, would surely have healed by now……
Supersize that order, mutt
October 13th, 2012
11:55 am
@ GT Fan…..I know what I posted is vague and lends itself to “something smells fishy”, but I was asked by my source who knows Holton’s mom on a personal basis not to say what the problem is. I have no idea why that request was made, but I WILL honor it. I will say this much though, assuming my source is correct, Holton’s problem IS physical and not mental or academic.
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
12:11 pm
I sit here watching Game Day on ESPN. I see the new helmets Notre Dame is wearing & I say UGH! ND is the Gold Dome. I say enough is enough! ND needs to stick with their traditional uniforms. GT needs to stick with their traditional uniforms. Tradition is not a bad thing. Tradition says who you are. We need to let our traditional look say who we are. As does ND. Let the others switch their colors to all of these gaudy combinations. Tradition & stability is needed in the lives of young people. ND is the most storied program in the nation & GT is one of the most storied. Let Notre Dame University & Georgia Institute of Technology stand for tradition, stability & excellence in life. Selah.
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
12:13 pm
The programs of ND & GT have been down, but they will come back!
SS loves Obama
October 13th, 2012
12:26 pm
@ 1 4…I think N Dame is back. Hopefully next year for us!
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
1:14 pm
Texas is getting embarrassed.
27-2.
1st half.
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
1:18 pm
Texas D looks like us vs MTSU.
9 minutes left in 1st half against Oklahoma.
At least the competition is better but Texas fans look pretty grim at this point.
Ramblnwrek
October 13th, 2012
1:21 pm
Anyone watching the Blue Devils curb-stomping the Hokies in the first quarter?
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
1:24 pm
SS loves……………………..do not address yourself to me at all! I do not appreciate your silly little boy games!
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
1:24 pm
I’m watching Duke.
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
1:29 pm
Miami vs UNC @ 2:30 PM ESPNU! Interested in that 1 too. & LSU vs USCe @ 8:00 PM @ LSU! Should be a good one.
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
1:29 pm
I accidently clicked on an interview with Roddy prior to the 2009 season.
In the comments, Misterwax wanted fewer turnovers and no going for it on fourth from our side of the field.
He wanted CPJ to consider field position like most good coaches do.
To no avail.
Groh was a disaster but how would the year be different if CPJ punted the time vs VT we went for it on 4th and failed early in the game?
If memory serves, we have done that in the three biggest games; VT, Miami and Clemson.
And failed on all three.
No other coach does that one time much less three.
Blaming the defense is not a good excuse because this is his longtime philosophy.
The better coaches play field position from their side of the field
It just is not the smart play.
The other side can gamble too knowing if they get a stop, they’ll have great field position.
Then against Miami when he really should go for it on 4th with 2 minutes left, he chokes and calls for the punt.
That was the better gamble.
And not from your 37 vs Clemson.
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
1:32 pm
Okla 29 Texas 2. Texas punting after safety.
Texas only points came from a flubbed Okla extra point try returned for the 2 points.
This is making Uga-USC look like a nail-biter.
Step away from the railing, Texas fans.
It’s just a game.
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
1:34 pm
Texs fans leaving or getting some fresh air?
Pitiful if they are leaving.
4:34 to go in the half.
Okla threatening again.
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
1:35 pm
Thanks for the reminder 1 4 GT.
SS loves Obama
October 13th, 2012
1:36 pm
@ 1 4…Duke is strong. Wouldn’t be shocked if Cutcliffe was offered a big time job. On another note, I am worried that TJ doesn’t have the lateral movement to be a 2 gap player in the base 4-3. CCK may need to use somewhat of a hybrid 3-4 until the right players are in. JMO.
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
1:39 pm
Ok 36 – Tex 2 (3 minutes left in half)
Okla fans: party-time.
Texas fans: want some downers? No not needed.
I don’t keep up with that league but I was expecting a better game.
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
1:41 pm
Still over a 1/2, but Duke looking pretty good. Our remaining 6 games are not as easy as some may think, but I am very hopeful of winning at least 5 of them. BC reportedly has a good passing game. D will have to play good. UNC not looking too bad….their number 1 RB had over 200 yards last game. BYU has a good defense. We see Duke now. UMd has a real good D. And Georgie. Who knows? GT will have to play hard & with fire & focus, but they can do it. GOOOOO JACKETS THWGeorgie
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
1:41 pm
Out of respect for a fellow fan, u ought to change your name.
I have a hard time believing u r a tech fan.
Just think where your dawgs would be if they had not hired Goff, Donnan and Richt?
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
1:45 pm
SS lo…………what a jerk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
1:48 pm
I can all but guarantee SS lov………..is NOT a Tech fan!
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
1:48 pm
We should have beaten VT.
This year would have been a good year for CPJ to listen – not to me – but a Misterwax comment after May 2009 interview with Roddy.
Stop going for it from our side of the field on 4th.
Give your defense a chance for a change.
But in the 4th qt, do go for it on their side of the field. (Miami w 2 minutes to go)
Against Duke in 2010, I think we also went for it and failed.
Those 4th downs puts a lot of pressure on your QB.
Well some make excuses for CPJ because he fears his own crummy defense.
If we are going to gamble, how many times has he called for a pass?
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
1:52 pm
He is finding out Supersize has some buddies who don’t like a fake supersize either.
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
1:55 pm
#15 Texas.
I do believe that will be revised downward.
By a lot.
SS loves Obama
October 13th, 2012
1:56 pm
@ Jacket Detective….as usual you make very valid points. However, this is my name now. Thanks, Steve Smith
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
1:56 pm
JD….I agree. I draw up every time he does that in our end. And I have come to hate that same ole lame attempt to get an OS penalty call. Every team is aware of it now. Why not try a pass after the 1st RB shift….catch ‘em “locked down” every now & again.
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
1:58 pm
JD….agreement is on 4th downs.
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
1:59 pm
Steve S…..if I have anything to with it, you will never be accepted here. Fade away little boy!
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
2:02 pm
I’ll be back soon.
SS loves Obama
October 13th, 2012
2:03 pm
@1 4….I respect your opinion.
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
2:04 pm
Well VaT is coming back….just scored after INT….20-17 Duke now. Things to do….see ya JD & all but SS lov………………………
SS loves Obama
October 13th, 2012
2:09 pm
Im out too. Will be back later. Have a good one, Steve
it is coming
October 13th, 2012
2:14 pm
As lousy as UGA is, we will put up 60 on GT, even though, GT likely will control the clock on UGA’s lazy D.
Steve Spurrier
October 13th, 2012
3:26 pm
What good is that to win ten or eleven games if u still can’t beat me?
I still own u, even at South Carolina where most figured I had no chance to even compete with Uga and now 3 straight.
SS loves Obama
October 13th, 2012
6:19 pm
Auburn is in bad shape this year. Little surprised Texas lost like they did. Could have some big time coaches fired after this season.
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
7:46 pm
Ken put that toothless disclaimer about everyone making nice & not acting like children & enumerating bannable (his word) offenses. Too bad he doesn’t have the guts to enforce it. On second thought, maybe that’s why he quit adding it to the end of his articles. Oh well. Guess we’ll just have to endure the stupid jerks using other guys names & mocking them & belittling other legit bloggers that have been here forever.
1 4 GT, you are...
October 13th, 2012
8:17 pm
…the stupid jerk if you think that the handle SS uses is in any way the same as the handle Supersize uses – and, yes, I knpw, as do you and Supersize, that SS changed his handle to what it now is at the suggestion/threat of Ken…so just STFU about it and move on…
And, talk about traditional uniforms...
October 13th, 2012
8:20 pm
…look at the c r a p that South Carolina is wearing tonight at LSWho…
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
8:51 pm
Mett as mediocre as Murray?
7-3 USC (south)
1 4 GT
October 13th, 2012
8:57 pm
What color is that supposed to be? Some iridescent grey?
Jacket Detective
October 13th, 2012
8:58 pm
LSU using quick snap to good effect.
JD , why...
October 13th, 2012
9:32 pm
…are you so focused on UGA’s QB and UGA coaches? For aguy who relly does not like the school in Athens you sure have brought them up a lot when nobody has even mentioned them…
AR is wearing......
October 13th, 2012
9:33 pm
…similar colors to USCe in their game against KY but at least AR’s are solid and not plaid…
Go Jackets
October 14th, 2012
9:51 am
I think this young man is who we should hire at Tech…..up and coming coach, not some tired re-tread…
SS loves Obama
October 14th, 2012
11:29 am
@ Go Jackets….which coach are you suggesting?
GT Fan
October 14th, 2012
1:10 pm
Supersize …
I can appreciate you honoring your source who has been informing you about Fred Holton’s injury, but it’s just odd that what most of us have been told is some kind of foot injuryj is being kept so secrect, at his mom’s request.
Just having fun with my next comment, and no disrespect to girls (or F. Holton) but …
Is Holton recovering from a sex-change opperation? B/c he physically seems to be holding up about a well as a girl would be.
Just baffled that his injury is so secretive.
SS loves Obama
October 14th, 2012
2:01 pm
@GT Fan…please keep that kind of talk off this board. Thanks, Steve
GTGirl
October 14th, 2012
3:02 pm
@GT fan–dude, you need to chill. Fred is hurt! He would love to be out there with his teammates on the field playing. The doctors have not released him to do so. Please don’t insult him anymore. He is a good young man. Find something or someone else to worry about.
GT Fan
October 14th, 2012
3:28 pm
Obama fan & GTGirl,
Figures you two would “overlook” my comment that I wasn’t being serious about FH’s operation.
How many trees have the 2 of you hugged today?
I’m starting to think, GTGirl, that you’re full of it when it comes to knowing what’s really wrong with FH’s injury. Like me saying that I really know who killed Kennedy, but the CIA & Lee Harvey Oswald’s mom would prefer I not tell anyone.
SS loves Obama
October 14th, 2012
4:26 pm
@Gt Fan….accusations, tongue in cheek or otherwise, can be hurtful to these young men. Please clean it up, bubba.
Smyrna Gold
October 14th, 2012
5:59 pm
Wasn’t it refreshing not watching CPJ and the Jackets this Saturday?? Got to watch LSU vs USC and other games while not being upset by poor coaching, pathetic defense, etc. But, you know, the Jackets are like a wayward child you have to love them even though it is painful. Always hoping things will get better.
SS loves Obama
October 14th, 2012
6:59 pm
@Smyrna Gold…I could get used to a stingy defense.
BIrmingham Jacket
October 14th, 2012
9:13 pm
The task is recruiting.
We haven’t done it well for 10+ years.
We’ve got to sign good athletes. Not 2-Stars.
GT Fan
October 15th, 2012
12:45 am
Gee, SS love obama, I hate to burst your “every kid gets a trophy mentality” you candy-arse, but I seriously doubt FH reads these blogs.
old dog
October 15th, 2012
10:13 am
At least y’all saw a problem and adjusted to it……we do not have a top-tier o-line and have NOT adjusted………….
GTfan2012
October 15th, 2012
10:28 am
Birmingham,
Interesting comment. So we recruiting well 10 years ago huh? Let’s see, that waas 2002, and our class was ranked 50th in the country. Ok keep going back. In 2001, our class was ranked about 50th in the country. In 1999 and 2000, we had pretty decent classes, both ranked just inside the top 25. Before that? You can’t find a class ranked in the top 30. Since Dodd left nearly 50 years ago, GT has not been able to recruit top tier talent. I don’t see this changing. Yes, we can recruit a little better. But it won’t move the needle. We aren’t stringing together top 20 recruiting classes, which is what would be required to consistently be in the mix for national championships.
Jmonty
October 15th, 2012
12:18 pm
It’s a proven fact…. If you have a winning program that players want to play in, you get the top tier recruits. Groh totally destroyed the defensive side of our program. Hopefully, CCH can turn that around. If he can get the players to play gap defense, we will be much better. No… we don’t have the 4 and 5 star players like UGA and Alabama do… But, we are much better than what our numbers currently show. Groh was a clueless wonder. His coaching method was nothing short of using a ouija board and sacrificing chickens on the sideline to pick which play to run. Our players deserve better. CCH has got a challenge ahead of him. But, from I know of him… He is a winner. He will adapt and overcome. Until I see different, I will give him my full support.
GT Fan
October 15th, 2012
12:59 pm
Yet another example of what a joke the voters make the polls to be …..
West Va goes to Texas Tech and gets dominated. Final Texas Tech 49 West Va 14. New polls out on Sunday, including the 1st BCS poll, look like this for WV & TT, who btw are both 5-1:
BCS: WV #13 TT #17
AP: WV #17 TT #18
USA Today: WV #15 TT #20
These voters are awesome!
The Dulous, '70
October 15th, 2012
1:15 pm
First half of the fix has been done……”FIRE AL GROH”!
Second half will be complete when CPJ gives the football to Vad Lee and tells him it’s his team NOW!
TW needs to be thanked for his effort, and hopefully he will support Vad as starting QB.
It’s time to get a head start on next year, as this year is history.
Sorry, it is what it is!
WnE
October 15th, 2012
1:47 pm
GTfan2012
October 15th, 2012
10:28 am
Birmingham,
Interesting comment. So we recruiting well 10 years ago huh? Let’s see, that waas 2002, and our class was ranked 50th in the country. Ok keep going back. In 2001, our class was ranked about 50th in the country. In 1999 and 2000, we had pretty decent classes, both ranked just inside the top 25. Before that? You can’t find a class ranked in the top 30. Since Dodd left nearly 50 years ago, GT has not been able to recruit top tier talent. I don’t see this changing. Yes, we can recruit a little better. But it won’t move the needle. We aren’t stringing together top 20 recruiting classes, which is what would be required to consistently be in the mix for national championships.
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In the ND – Stanford Game there were at least 6 or 7 high-3* or 4* recruits from the Metro Atl. area that were STARTERS in that Game.
TJ Jones caught the winning TD for ND, Stanford’s 2 starting OLBs were Vaughters & Chase Thomas, Stanford’s starting DE was from Woodward Acad., Tuitt was playing like a 1st rounder as always.
That’s 5 I can remember and Jordan Watkins from Woodward last yr, is a RS Fr this yr.
If CPj could close on more of those guys then GT would have the horses they need.
Please don’t play the Academics Card because Recruits that choose ND or Stanford are NOT scared of GT’s “elite academics”!
WnE
October 15th, 2012
1:49 pm
I meant that Jordan Watkins is RS this yr .and is not playing for Stanford.
WnE
October 15th, 2012
1:56 pm
re:
The Dulous, ‘70
October 15th, 2012
1:15 pm
First half of the fix has been done……”FIRE AL GROH”!
Second half will be complete when CPJ gives the football to Vad Lee and tells him it’s his team NOW!
TW needs to be thanked for his effort, and hopefully he will support Vad as starting QB.
It’s time to get a head start on next year, as this year is history.
Sorry, it is what it is!
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CPJ has made 2 poor DC hires and has burned through 2 DCs in 5 yrs and yet none of the blame lies at CPJ’s feet because the cheap, phony fanbase cannot afford to fire CPJ so they stick their heads in the sand and act like everyone else is the problem and not CPJ.
The HC is usually the closer when it comes to Recruiting and he also has to hire a competent staff.
CPJ has done neither over 5 yrs. and yet no one other than WnE will tell the truth about CPJ.
CPJ is not a glorified OC, he is a HC and a poor BCS level HC at that!
One After 909
October 15th, 2012
2:06 pm
I have a question and would like your opinions.
Tech has 4 tough games out of the next 6. If Tech goes 2-4 in the next 6 games and has a 4-8 year, is Paul Johnson out at Tech?
What do you think?
GTfan2012
October 15th, 2012
3:39 pm
WnE,
So you believe that if someone else is coach other than CPJ, that one or more of those players is a GT, not Stanford or ND. Ok, I’ll bite. Who is the coach that would have made those guys switch. I’d love to hear a name. You named names…. so finish it. Name the coach. Tell me who is the coach who walks in to Tuitt’s house and convinces his momma that GT is a better school than ND?
GTfan2012
October 15th, 2012
3:44 pm
One After 909,
First of all, your question is a fallacy. Coaches will be judged on their actual record, not their percieved record. GT still has the opportunity to go 9-4, so that’s what I believe will happen, until proven otherwise.
However, I’ll answer your question anyway. If CPJ goes 7-6 or worse, 2013 becomes a CPJ’s hot seat year. If we don’t get to 5 wins this year, I think Drad should take a long hard look at the program and make sure he believes in what CPJ is even before next season.
WnE
October 15th, 2012
4:03 pm
re:
GTfan2012
October 15th, 2012
3:39 pm
WnE,
So you believe that if someone else is coach other than CPJ, that one or more of those players is a GT, not Stanford or ND. Ok, I’ll bite. Who is the coach that would have made those guys switch. I’d love to hear a name. You named names…. so finish it. Name the coach. Tell me who is the coach who walks in to Tuitt’s house and convinces his momma that GT is a better school than ND?
______________
I’ll answer your question by saying that you are asking the wrong question.
Maybe we don’t get Tuitt, but we should not WHIFF on all those Academic Qualifiers from the Metro Atl Area.
Shouldn’t some of those guys grow up loving GT FB, shouldn’t CPJ be able to close on some of those guys?
I didn’t mention Jordan Jenkins at UGA that had planned on majoring in some so of engr. in UGA’s new engr School and Josh Dawson (?) that they stole from Vandy right before NSD.
Those 2 Tr- Fr. OLBs reported to UGA at 6-4 250lbs & 6-3 259lbs. and they are both listed at 2nd team and have played meaningful snaps and BOTH were Academic Qualifiers for GT.
Just because CPJ is a terrible Recruiter does not mean that our Academics is the problem.
BS in BUSINESS ADMIN is not that hard that we cannot Recruit excellent FB players, that could put us in the Top-20 every yr.
WnE
October 15th, 2012
4:10 pm
re:
One After 909
October 15th, 2012
2:06 pm
I have a question and would like your opinions.
Tech has 4 tough games out of the next 6. If Tech goes 2-4 in the next 6 games and has a 4-8 year, is Paul Johnson out at Tech?
What do you think?
_____________
CPJ is darn near guaranteed 2 more maybe THREE more yrs. at GT due to his huge contract and the GTAA’s smallish budget and lack of money.
After 2 years the CPJ BLTs were claiming we’ll play for MNCs by year 5, now yr. 5 is here with CPJ’s horrible Recruits and now they are saying that CPJ is the best that we can ever hope for and 8-4 seasons vs. weak schedules is good enough.
NONE of my detractors were saying that 8-4 vs. weak schedules is good enough 3 yrs ago, now that is all they can hope for.
Lots of CPJ fans are too cowardly to eat crow and admit they were wrong about CPJ!
It hurts too much to admit that Ol’ WnE was right about CPJ way back in Dec. 2007.
BTW, not all these comments are directed at you.
GT Fan
October 15th, 2012
4:46 pm
The D over the past couple of years has been bad on 3rd/4th downs more than it has been good. There have been plenty of drives where the D played very good on 1st & 2nd down, only to give up a 1st down on either 3rd or 4th down.
WnE … please explain how these horrible recruits of PJ’s can play good on 1st & 2nd down so many times then, come 3rd & 4th down, they become crappy, DII recruits?
GT Fan
October 15th, 2012
5:01 pm
GT’s 3rd down D (nice that both 3 game spans each had 46 opps):
1st 3 games — 13 out of 46
next 3 games — 31 out of 46 (Clemson alone had as many 3rd down convs as GT’s 1st 3 opps)
I think I see the big problem between these two 3-game spans…..