Tech notes: Johnson mum on starting quarterback
1. Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson has it in his mind what will happen this week with quarterbacks Tevin Washington and Vad Lee.
“We’ll see if it plays out in practice,” he said.
After replacing Washington with Lee for the final three possessions of Tech’s 41-17 loss to BYU Saturday, Johnson said “we’ll see” about who would start against Maryland this Saturday. Washington has started the past 25 games for the Yellow Jackets and has largely played well this season, but along with the rest of the team played poorly against the Cougars. Lee led Tech to a field goal, the only points produced by the offense.
Johnson took issue with calling the decision-making a process a “competition.”
“I’m looking to play a guy that gives us the best chance to win the game or a guy that I feel comfortable putting in there,” he said. “I’m not going to put somebody in there just because somebody wants him in there.”
2. Johnson knew about the resignation of athletic director Dan Radakovich even before he came to Johnson’s office to inform him Monday morning. Johnson found out from Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, a good friend of Johnson’s.
“I told him Dan was a great guy to work with,” Johnson said.
Johnson said he was excited for Radakovich and that he’ll miss him. Radakovich hired him as a replacement for Chan Gailey after the 2007 season.
“He’s a good friend,” Johnson said. “He did a lot for Georgia Tech and for me and my family. He’ll still be a good friend even though he’s at Clemson.”
3. Johnson’s assessment of the BYU game after watching game video: “We didn’t play well defensively. Was the offense and special teams worse? Yeah. But the defense wasn’t great, either.”
Johnson said that missed tackles were up “significantly” from the Boston College game.
4. Kicker David Scully is expected to return to practice Tuesday after missing the BYU game with a hip injury. Against BYU, Justin Moore made 1-of-2 field-goal tries and struggled on kickoffs. Said Johnson, “It’s open for the student body if there’s anybody that can kick.” …. Johnson took notice of fans booing after Washington threw an interception that led to a BYU touchdown in the third quarter. “I’m not saying they can’t do it. I’m just saying it’s disappointing.” … Maryland school officials closed the school for Monday and Tuesday due to Hurricane Sandy. The Terrapins don’t practice Mondays. Tuesday’s plan was unclear as of Monday evening.
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gt40pinhd
October 29th, 2012
10:06 pm
i hope vad gets a chance this week. maybe some short passes to stop the linebackers from crashing in like byu did.
10per
October 29th, 2012
10:12 pm
I hope we can run more than the same 5 plays no matter who is under center.
gt40pinhd
October 29th, 2012
10:17 pm
after watching the replay of the byu game, i guess the disappointment comes from my expectations. with a senior qb, senior rb, senior guard (potential all am), tackle who was lineman of the week (acc), experienced db’s and defense. i was looking forward to this year. actually, if we had held up against vt, we would have beaten Miami, and our only loss (potentially) would be clemson. two plays: less than two minutes of football, that blew our season…….
Ken Sugiura
October 29th, 2012
10:19 pm
gp40pinhd – that is the crazy part about this season. i wonder if byu would have won either way, though.
pw12
October 29th, 2012
10:24 pm
Cpj better wake his old arse up and smell the coffee or he will be coaching somewhere else..
Todd
October 29th, 2012
10:27 pm
“I’m not going to put somebody in there just because somebody wants him in there.”
- Thanks for clearing that up coach. We were all wondering if you were going to play Vad just b/c everyone thinks he gives us a better chance to run more than 4 plays, err, I mean win. The respones and demeanor grow tiresome….
...Take The Wheel
October 29th, 2012
10:44 pm
Vad can’t carry the team for a whole game right now. Yes he had good energy, but even after 45 yards of penalties he still couldn’t get the ball in. But I do believe he should get a good amount of playing time against MD. I dont get the obsession who starts as long as they give the team what’s needed when it’s needed. USE them both to our advantage. The season is still not over. BYU isn’t a conference team! We could win the next thre and not only be bowl eligible but possibly ACC game eligible. Crazier things have happened.
I applaud PJ for recognizing how disappointing the booing was. It was out wright tasteless. Something you’d expect from UGA not Tech.
...Take The Wheel
October 29th, 2012
10:48 pm
@todd
What are you talking about? Vads plays resulted in the same thing. He got stopped!!! Why is everybody acting like BYU doesn’t have one of the most competitive teams and best run defenses in the country??
Vad is not the savior! You all are setting him up for disappointment and failure.
gt40pinhd
October 29th, 2012
10:49 pm
byu has an excellent defensive line and aggressive linebackers. very stout defense. hard to run against.
but what if we started to option to the b back, then threw a short pass to an a back where the linebacker was? don’t have to be long passes, we just need to make the linebackers THINK a little….
...Take The Wheel
October 29th, 2012
10:52 pm
@tTodd
What are you talking about? Vads plays resulted in the same thing. He got stopped!!! Why is everybody acting like BYU doesn’t have one of the most competitive teams and best run defenses in the country??
Vad is not the savior! You all are setting him up for disappointment and failure. I don’t see him living up to all the hype. Did he bring good energy To the game, yes – but he should have after the warm round of applause!
fuzzybee78
October 29th, 2012
11:12 pm
BYU held ND to 17 at South Bend. Oklahoma “held um” ND to 30 in Norman. BYU has a hell of a D. Yeah different teams but even the body of work for the year says BYU is very good on D.
Booing college kids is CLASSLESS. I was very disappointed as well coach.
Vad gives us the best chance to beat UNC and Duke if he gets a lot of playing time against Maryland.
TW is a fine young man but time to sharpen up Vad. Maryland ’s D is good too!
trueblueeagle
October 29th, 2012
11:13 pm
Time to clean house and start over again.
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 29th, 2012
11:18 pm
Washington is a half of a second slow to make decisions on the option and who to pass to. A good defense exposes that and that’s where the hope for Vad comes. The GT fans are finished with Washington and it’s time for Lee. The booing could just as easily have been for CPJ.
yeller bug
October 29th, 2012
11:18 pm
Maybe we can rent one of our QBs to MD—they both get experience and we make a little money.
I hope we play both—no sense dumping this thing on Vad—let them both play and alter the offense to suit the QB.
We have a chance—I think we can hold MD to under 400 yds and 30 points.
I actually had to see D Rad go—he did do a lot for the school although he has two glaring miscues—the screwup for the NCAA investigation and the poor contract he wrote for CPJ—we didn’t learn anything from Hewitt. I like CPJ (still), but contracts like his always seem to not work out—better to write contracts like a commission for a salesman…you got to keep them happy, but a little hungry.
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 29th, 2012
11:23 pm
CPJ’s play calling is stale and predictable. He needs some help but this is an area that he will never give in to. Much to his demise.
Johnson's Mum
October 29th, 2012
11:30 pm
Pauly shoulda let that Lee boy throw the ball more, sticking with the run when the whole game they have been stuffing us?
I taught ya better boy!
Biff Pocoroba
October 29th, 2012
11:50 pm
DRad should fit in perfectly at Clemson. They have a football team that looks like it will be good every year and when you start to get excited, they choke in a big game and fall apart. They have a baseball team that is in the top 10 every year and then chokes in the post season. They have a basketball team that is good once every five to seven years. Their football team was put on probation after their big season as well. Of course their fans expect more thatn 7 wins a season, so he will probably be gone in three or four year with Dabo in charge.
North Ave Killer Beez
October 30th, 2012
12:01 am
Even if Lee struggles would it kill PJ to give Days a chance? If there was ever a time I think now would be a good one. I think CPJ is so scared the kid might actually be able to play some football. What do we have to lose? TakeTheWheel I don’t know what season you’ve been watching but yea, this one is way over. You must be one of those Dave Braine GT fans that are okay with 5 or 6 wins.
PE Major from Western Carolina is ready to fry some fish
October 30th, 2012
12:02 am
Where is St. Simons? Johnson is a good coach and the TO has scored a lot of points and put up big yards against some very bad defenses. The experiment is over and GT should start over and hire a coach who runs a conventional offense.
Taylor Bennett dressed as Tinkie Winkie at Halloween
October 30th, 2012
12:06 am
These are not the statistics of a college offense.
Georgia Tech Passing
Player Cmp Att Yds TDs Int
V. Lee 3 7 31 0 0
T. Washington 1 5 9 0 1
1 4 GT
October 30th, 2012
12:09 am
The remaining teams on our schedule know we are playing 2 QB’s now. I think CPJ is playing it close to the vest. The Md DC has to game plan for two different QB’s & what each might be capable of doing. TW is a known quantity. VL is a crap shoot for him right now. Might not be such a bad thing to rotate both in & out the rest of the season. Could be a big advantage for us. If they can both make plays. Use them like yeller bug, I think, said. Play to the strength of each one. Make the remaining DC’s scratch their heads. Add confusion & puzzlement to the minds of the defensive players for the other teams. And for God’s sake, somebody take leadership of team in hand & get’em pumped up ala Drew Brees & Ray Lewis. PUUUUULLLLEEEEEEZZZZZZEEEEEE!
DRAD is a traitor
October 30th, 2012
12:09 am
I remember DRad’s comments when he hired Johnson that this would be a program the entire city of Atlanta would be excited about watching. Of course the opposite has happened. We have a boring offense which nobody wants to watch and DRad is wearing an orange jacket and tie on the front of the sports page. Depressing.
Gr8 2B aFuzzyB
October 30th, 2012
12:11 am
Personally I don’t like this prove it in practice every day bit. As long as the guy that gives you rthe best chance to win is not a total head case and slackard, then name him the starter and be done with it.
Vad may not provide the spark anymore because the coach let the season slip away. The moment we lost 2 of the first 3 conference games is when Vad should have gotten the nod, despite all the defensive struggles.
Maybe we should go for it more on 4th down in our own end early in games. Yeah that strategy should work right coach?
PE Major from Western Carolina is ready to fry some fish
October 30th, 2012
12:13 am
Ahh…you’ve figured out my master plan, 1 4 GT…..I have lured Mark Richt and the Mutts into a false sense of security…..this was my genius plan all season….I knew we could not win the ACC so I have intentionally sandbagged this entire year…….please do not let the opposition know my secret….Tevin Washington will light up the Dawgies this year and my guys will get another ring! I am coach Fish Fry…..want some bass, brim, catfish, crappie, walleye, blue gill, flounder, tilapia…..man, I can fry ‘em all!
DRAD is a traitor
October 30th, 2012
12:18 am
Did Drad give a final “Good Word” on the AA site?
1 4 GT
October 30th, 2012
12:19 am
If I wanted comments from the peanuts gallery, I would squeeze them out of your cracked John Brown hind parts. Butt sniffer mutt!
Coleman Rudolph was right!
October 30th, 2012
12:29 am
those passing stats are embarrassing. TW and VL looked like two 8th Grade QBs on Saturday this is a nightmare season. Maybe we can beat MD with its LB QB.
Cutlass81
October 30th, 2012
2:36 am
Ugh, I keep seeing that word “disappointing” or some form of it since the loss. It was used by every person who responded on the loss in the post game interviews. Is it just me or has an apathetic nature infected the team these last 2 years? Where is the angry PJ that characterized the first 2 seasons? The one who made you feel things were going to be fixed in practice or God help him he’d find somebody else to do the job he needed done?
BUZZ Fan
October 30th, 2012
4:27 am
Johnson is an “embarrassment” on the Institute!
Richard
October 30th, 2012
4:42 am
Tevin is a great kid. I vote for him to start.
Then start Justin Thomas next season.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
5:37 am
@gt40pinhd
ESPN has wrecked many a season by scheduling an important matchup before either team is ready to play.
If the team that loses that first game expected to be good that year and gets another tough loss early, it is often “look out below”.
The team loses its mojo.
I remember this happening to Alabama about ten years ago.
They finished 3rd in the ranking the year before and thought they had a shot at then NC.
They lost the first game, then a 2nd and by the end of the year they had fallen apart.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
5:43 am
@Charles Kelly.
Blitz more.
So far, you have just shown yourself to be a Groh clone.
Use a safety blitz more and just bring 4 or 5.
Get creative.
What is going on??
October 30th, 2012
5:48 am
Now from historic Grant field ……….
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
5:48 am
Would Bill Curry survived 3 or 4 years if the internet existed when he started at Tech.
Curry, Goff and Shula were all hired at the colleges they played for before they were experienced enough for the top job.
People remember Bobby Ross’ time here as being better than it was.
Curry did us wrong by leaving for a college where he would always be on the hot seat because of the Granning incident.
Add to that his inability to beat Auburn and you have a hated coach.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
6:03 am
Mark Richt survived his fanbase turning on him so maybe Paul Johnson can too?
Uga blogs during 2009-2011 seasons were a lot like ours are now.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
6:51 am
DRAD = Bill Curry.
We greatly helped their careers just to find out they considered us a stepping stone.
Gofitz
October 30th, 2012
7:35 am
I can’t understand CPJ not putting the ball in Days’ hands. He’s yet to disappoint.
TripleOptionSpread
October 30th, 2012
7:57 am
Coach , stop blaming the “D” your “O” stinks also.
Old Dog
October 30th, 2012
7:58 am
To Hell with Tek, today,tomorrow and every other day!
TechApp fan
October 30th, 2012
8:14 am
The QB does not matter against MD. Tech wins.
WnE
October 30th, 2012
8:22 am
re:
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
5:37 am
@gt40pinhd
ESPN has wrecked many a season by scheduling an important matchup before either team is ready to play.
If the team that loses that first game expected to be good that year and gets another tough loss early, it is often “look out below”.
The team loses its mojo.
I remember this happening to Alabama about ten years ago.
They finished 3rd in the ranking the year before and thought they had a shot at then NC.
They lost the first game, then a 2nd and by the end of the year they had fallen apart.
______________
What a chicken-ish mentality!
TV provides the dollars for the Athl. depts. to pay HCs like CPJ $2.6MM per year to start with, so once the salaries are ramped up to insane levels then every once in a while the Team has to open the season with a NON-cupcake opponent.
If GT would never play lower level Teams and only play Teams on their level they would open the season each yr. with legit opponents each yr. anyway.
Very WEAK comments on your part to blame ESPN for CPJ’s poor coaching job this season.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
8:28 am
Ken,
When does Tech practice and can fans watch and make suggestions?
Tech needs a walk on Defense coordinator because Charles Kelly (Groh clone?) doesn’t cut it.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
8:29 am
@WnE.
It has happened before per the example I gave.
U are no Tech fan.
U just come on the blog to aggravate us.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
8:30 am
Johnson big mstake was hiring Groh.
Groh refusal to blitz has demoralized the team
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
8:33 am
But I refuse to pile on like so many other Tech fans do.
We are stuck with Johnson so getting on his back will not help.
Charles Kelly needs to step up and blitz more than Groh and less than Tenuta.
That is my suggestion made weeks ago.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
8:34 am
Will Herchel’s cousin be impressed if Tech fans stay home against Duke?
We can blast Johnson on these blogs until the end of time but all it will get us is another fired coach getting millions to do nothing.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
8:36 am
Not cousin but nephew.
Tampa Wreck
October 30th, 2012
8:48 am
Wasn’t at the game (fortunately), and can’t say exactly what happened regarding the booing, but I will say that I never boo at college kids. I do, however, boo college coaches, and CPJ deserved some booing when her put TW back out there for the first two series of the second half after a very bad first half performance.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
8:50 am
Does George Godsey become the same successful QB if the early game vs Virginia Tech is played and not canceld by the weather?
He developed confidence gradually and maybe he would have anyway but would we really want to chance a VT beatdown to start the season?
I also disagree, extra money be damned, with scheduling the Penn State game at a northern site after the National Championship season.
I disagree with risking the longest non loss streak in the nation for money and especially at a site where Joe Pa will get all the calls and did.
old dog
October 30th, 2012
8:53 am
Hopefully ya’ll will get better QB play. However, QB is not a position (at Tech) that a REAL quarterback will come play in. Nesbitt was as good as ya’ll had, and he is a db in the NFL.It is hard to get a true D-1 quarterback in ya’lls system….he has to be more of a runner/athlete than a true skill player, and he is absolutely going to take a beating….period! I wish my Tech buddies the best, I really do. I know times are tough, and eventually they will get better. Can’t blame the A.D. for leaving…..a promotion is a promotion. However, I do think it may be time for the football program to start over. It is not the academics, etc. Ya’ll have showed in the past what you can do. If the crowd that is there now stays, it could get ugly. Ya’ll should field a competative team every year….period. you are losing fan support, and can’t get the folks out. It is not ALL about winning, but when the wheels are off the race car, nobody watches the race.
Wes
October 30th, 2012
8:56 am
I was booing Paul Johnson for keeping Tevin in there.
But I did it at home with “class”.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
8:57 am
@Tampa Wreck.
We have a sinking ship that DRAD just jumped off of after raising our debt.
We were outcoached in all phases of the game.
Only great plays by Isaiah Johnson and Jamal Golden kept the game from being even more embarrassing.
Charles Kelly needs to step up with more blitzing.
The new special teams coach needed to try something different on kickoffs when the other team’s wedge is so successful.
An example of coaching?
BYU tweeked their shovel pass that went for 5 yeards in the first half so it would go for a TD.
That was impressive.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
8:59 am
@Wes.
Funny.
But with a sinking ship and not a righted one, if all us Tech fans blast players and coaches every week and stay home, will things get better?
Maybe we will feel better but I doubt it will help.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
9:02 am
Just ike Tevin Washington and Deon Hill were denied status as heroes due to our defense in the Virginia Tech game, I have not heard much about Isaiah Johnson’s great pick 6.
For some reason, many have complimented Jamal Golden on his great play but not Isaiah.
George Stein
October 30th, 2012
9:03 am
I understand the thinking around the early schedule, and I think if we had hung on versus VT and Miami, the MTSU loss doesn’t happen. However, we got drilled Saturday. I think the result would have been the same.
The frustrating part is that we were pretty close to a good season, but probably because the level of competition wasn’t as good as we thought. We just aren’t a good team this year.
observer
October 30th, 2012
9:04 am
During his tenure I have heard Johnson repeatedly blame his players for “poor” reads on bad offensive plays, blame his defense and special teams for losses, blame poor defense on bad tackling, and even fired DC in mid-season. Never have I heard him accept responsibility for bad play-calling, bad game planning, bad recruiting, and the total lack of toughness of his team. The problem with this program now is plain and simple, Paul Johnson. He doesn’t even realize, apparently, that his team has given up on him, which accounts for their lack of effort. GT program is going to get worse as long as he is in charge.
Perfectly said, observer...
October 30th, 2012
9:10 am
…he has ALWAYS thrown “whomever” under the bus, never, ever looking in the mirror and asking if he could have done anything better…
Tybee tech
October 30th, 2012
9:11 am
Defense played poorly? Really? You offense scores 3 points mainly aided by penalties and you condemn the defense. I say no more trash talking the defense until your famous offense scores more than two touchdowns against a top 30 defense.
George Stein
October 30th, 2012
9:17 am
Perhaps you should be a better observer, Observer.
http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports/2012/09/24/notes-johnson-calls-loss-my-fault/
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
9:20 am
One similarity between Bobby Dodd and Bear Bryant is that they both stepped up after losses to take the blame.
Example: Auburn 29-21 about 1962 home loss.
Dodd: “I wasn’t much help to Billy (Lothridge) today.”
The score would have been worse had not Jordan respected Dodd so much that he refused to run up the score.
You don’t see that much in the college game anymore.
Mike Smith may have had that approach vs Andy Reid Sunday.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
9:24 am
Many on the Falcon’s blog Sunday wanted the Falcons to run up the score.
Andy Reid has lost a son recently.
I think Mike Smith decided it was worth the risk to take the foot off the pedal and trust his defense in order not to be brutal to a hurt father.
Some things are more important than the game.
A lot of fans don’t know that.
And then he said, G Stein...
October 30th, 2012
9:25 am
…quoting from the article you attached:
“It’s like I told the team [Monday],” he said. “You get beat like that, it’s my fault. I’m ultimately
responsible.”
“After playing fairly well in the first three games, Johnson said he thought the defense’s giving up 609 yards to Miami was “an aberration” and called the fourth-quarter play more of a concern than any specific defensive shortcomings such as the pass rush or secondary play.”
“And I’m also concerned that we didn’t score any points in the fourth quarter,” he said.”
“Johnson said that there is not a “hard-and-fast rule” regarding the number of audibles that the quarterback can make at the line of scrimmage. Following the game Sunday, quarterback Tevin Washington said he is coached to only make one “check” at the line, which helped lead to a 4th-and-1 play in overtime resulting in no gain. Johnson accepted responsibility, saying that Washington may have misinterpreted being told to not get in “a checking contest.”
While he may have said it is his fault, he sure went on to give examples of who he seemed to think was really at fault…
Uh, Jacket Detective...
October 30th, 2012
9:28 am
…while one would “hope” that such thoughts MIGHT have gone through Smitty’s mind, I honestly DOUBT, very much, that any such thing was thought – he, to me, and this is just my opinion, just went into his usual “play to not lose” mode, and fortunately, it worked this week…
George Stein
October 30th, 2012
9:31 am
I’m not sure what you want out of him then. Is he not supposed to say that player X made mistake Y?
AMG
October 30th, 2012
9:32 am
I was booing, but I was booing CPJ for leaving Washington in. He will start Washington again because he is bull headed and does not want to admit anyone knows bettert han him.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
9:35 am
What if Tech cannot afford to fire Johnson?
Will staying home and saying fire the coach (see Schultz’s column) help?
I had BYU fans on both sides of me Saturday on the 18 yard line in the West stands.
Per lifelong policy, I made friends with them which made the loss easier to take.
On both sides they at least pretended to like my jokes.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
9:37 am
@Uh.
You are probably right.
I was remembering a nicer time.
I think I am right about Shug Jordan and Bobby Dodd though.
Sidle was unstoppable that day.
But who knows?
1234
October 30th, 2012
9:41 am
Johnson needs to understand the crowd wasn’t booing Washington….they were booing Johnson for leaving Washington in the game when he clearly didn’t have it together…
Tired of It
October 30th, 2012
9:41 am
Just getting tired of the negative comments. Nothing good to say, not a word of encouragement. These are not the TECH fans I have known in the years past. Sure a horrible season. However, I can’t help but things will get much, much better. Look at CPJ’s record in the years past. He just didn’t become a bum coach over-night. Somewhere along the line the players themselves have to be accountable. I seen a huge number of missed tackles & blocks in the BYU game. And, it wasn’t from being out of position either. TECH fans are better than what I have read here.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
9:44 am
BTW given a defective game plan by the O coordinator, Lothridge had maybe his worst game as a Jacket.
Since Lothridge was my hero as a ten year old, I have thought about that game probably more than any other.
Jordan kept the margin close enough (in my speculation) so that no one booed either Dodd, the O coordinator, Lothridge or all three.
Maybe that crowd would not have booed a blowout though.
Dodd was not overpaid like all the coaches are today.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
9:48 am
@Tired of It.
I’ll second that emotion.
Do we really want to add Johnson to the million dollar welfare program for fired coaches that exist today?
Did staying home and screaming on blogs using insulting handles “he can’t coach” help the basketball program?
I have sometimes thought to joke it was Hewitt’s daughter doing it so he would be fired and she could get a Mercedes as her first car.
The Necormancer
October 30th, 2012
10:23 am
Let me get this straight – Maryland is starting a freshman LB at QB AND not practicing?
85jacket
October 30th, 2012
10:24 am
I do not think that anyone has really noticed how bad the ACC is in general. Stanford blew out Duke, Kansas St and Notre Dame blew out Miami, BYU blew out Tech, VA Tech gets blown out by Pittsburgh, Tennesee beats NC State. Our only hope as a conference now is Fla State beating Fla and Clemson beating South Carolina. I do not think this is an indictment of Coach Johnson, Tom O’Brien, Cutcliff or Beamer. There is an extreme talent gap and the ACC schools must take notice. ACC will become irrelevant if this problem is not cured. The next AD at TECH has to solve the 55 graduation rate to make TECH attractive. The next AD needs to help the coach in making TECH the inside the perimeter school of choice to all the talented kids that come from GA. How do we do that? Make TECH an athlete friendly institution.
GT Joe
October 30th, 2012
10:31 am
Its funny: folks say “if we would have hung on vs. VT and miami, we would have been fine”.
In reality: If tevin doesn’t throw a pick in OT at VT, then make a bad read in OT vs. Miami, we would be fine.
It really does boil down to Tevin.
Oh, and thanks for coming back, Take the Wheel! I missed you! Is Tevin still the answer? LOL.
old dog
October 30th, 2012
10:32 am
ACC stands for “Ain’t Coaching Championships” when it comes to football. Ya’ll can change that, you know you can. Bring athletes into a system that is better……bring in real QB’s, not athletes who get stuck at QB. (Again, Nesbitt is an NFL db.) You do not have a QB on your team who could start for most D-1 schools. A real one won’t come because under the current system he is human sacrifice. My Tech buddies……..time to start over! There ARE good coaches out there who would love to come to your program. Also, even if they were on an even keel with what is there now, perhaps they could recruit better…….
GT Joe
October 30th, 2012
10:33 am
Nothing is more frustrating than having a REAL D1 QB talent (vad lee) sitting on the bench, while we start a horrific, FCS-caliber QB, making GT look like terrible recruiters of talent.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
10:38 am
I definitely want Vad to start against Uga if not sooner.
We’ll see how good he is on his back the whole game.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
10:42 am
GT Joe.
When will you buy season tickets and become more of a fan?
Do you have any money commitment to the team you say you are for?
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
10:45 am
BYU, by winning special teams except for one great play by Jamal Golden and winning on offense and defense except for one great play by Isaiah Johnson, makes the case about the talent level at Tech more than any deficiency of Tevin Washington does.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
10:48 am
@85jacket.
You make a good case.
The ACC looks like chumps from all their blowouts vs other leagues.
Barely in the games.
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
10:50 am
Someone finish this line with a clever joke: Winning the ACC Coastal division is like…..
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
10:53 am
Duke 2012 = Ga Tech 2011.
Buzzed
October 30th, 2012
10:58 am
…being the tallest midget.
old dog
October 30th, 2012
11:01 am
………being MVP on an 0-11 team……………
old dog
October 30th, 2012
11:04 am
Well, ya’ll do have round-ball, and the ACC is usually pretty good at that……..and I STILL think Tech needs to stand up, get a quality coach, pick up the recruiting, and live up to the once-proud football history of your school. You can do it. Forget all the UGA hate, etc. Just quit crying and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
GT Joe
October 30th, 2012
11:14 am
JD: I’ll buy tickets to the Duke game if Vad starts.
GT Joe
October 30th, 2012
11:38 am
Also JD: you mention that we’ll see if Vad can throw off his back. Was that supposed to be an excuse for Tevin that the line isn’t protecting him?
Just remember, in Vad’s 3 drives, he had ONE loss of yardage play, when he tripped over an OLineman’s foot. Tevin takes sacks cause he is scared to throw. Vad has pocket awareness that you only get with experience (Vad was a big time passer in HS).
The difference is night and day.
JoeFan
October 30th, 2012
12:21 pm
CPJ knows his days at Tech are numbered if he doesn’t get things turned around but why should he care? Really don’t believe he has much incentive, no matter what happens he’s got his golden parachute.
Jmonty
October 30th, 2012
12:30 pm
CPJ is about arrogant as the captain of the Tatanic… and you see what happened there. Until CPJ can be willing to change and fix what’s broke, we will never get better. Nobody and I mean nobody respects GT’s defense…. and with good reason. Nobody respect’s TW arm…again with good reason. They know he can’t throw it far, so they all crowd the line. They offense has become very predictable. No imagination there. Same play, different look. The other defense just has to go to the same place time and time again. No matter how to run the play, if you go to the same spot every time, other teams do catch on. It’s just an insert player here and here… Then bam… option is stopped. CPJ is getting flat out coached in almost every game. Over-rated and way over paid. He can’t recruit high ranked players. Really?? What 4-5 star recruit would want to play for a team the underachieves? As far as a QB?? Good luck… No player with NFP dreams will ever play for CPJ. No RB with NFL dreams would want to play for CPJ, Further no WR in their right mind would want to play for CPJ. The player we have in the NFL are from another coaches’ recruiting efforts, not his. GT is going to keep spiraling down, until someone wakes up and smells the coffee. Yes, the triple option can work in college football… But, with that said, the QB has got to be able to pass the damned ball. oh forgot to add… to their own teammate.
1 4 GT
October 30th, 2012
12:32 pm
Joe….HMMMM, let’s see here. Under pressure, TW one hopped a pass to the receiver on 1st down. Under pressure, Vad one hopped a pass to the receiver on 3rd down. Different players, same tacits.
1 4 GT
October 30th, 2012
12:34 pm
Difference is night and day. NOT!!
GT TD
October 30th, 2012
12:34 pm
I know I’ll get grief for saying it, but I am really thinking about just watching Georgia games the rest of the year. At least their offense is interesting.
GT TD
October 30th, 2012
12:36 pm
Enter your comments here
1 4 GT
October 30th, 2012
12:37 pm
Joe….most everyone wants Vad to play. If not start, to at least play more. Why, I imagine CPJ feels the same way. I mean, he does know Tevin won’t be able to “play” next year, doesn’t he? Don’t you guess CPJ wants his QB of the “future” to get game time experience?
William Casey
October 30th, 2012
12:38 pm
@JacketDetective: You are right about Jimmy Sidle that day but it was ‘63 rather than ‘62. In ‘62 the Jackets lost to Auburn 14-17 on Legion Field. It’s funny, the 29 that Auburn scored that day seemed like an opponent scoring 63 today. Football has changed a good bit.
1 4 GT
October 30th, 2012
12:39 pm
GT TD….UGH!!!! I think I might upchuck if I did that!!
1 4 GT
October 30th, 2012
12:42 pm
In other words Joe, can’t you make your Vad campaign a little less caustic. Or can’t you control your leg humping go for the jugular instincts?
William Casey
October 30th, 2012
12:47 pm
@Guys complaining about not being able to recruit “NFL calibre QB’s”: When has GT EVER been able to recruit such QB’s? Matt Stafford wasn’t coming to GT regardless of our offensive scheme. What we CAN recruit (and perhaps already have) are Joe Hamilton types. I like CPJ’s offense a lot with Lil’ Joe at QB.
William Casey
October 30th, 2012
12:49 pm
@GT TD: Why not just watch the NFL. They are better.
GT Joe
October 30th, 2012
12:56 pm
1 4 GT: Under pressure, yes, Vad tried an almost impossible throw off his back foot with a defender in his face, and it landed at the feet of the receiver.
Tevin, on the other hand, had all the time he needed, his feet were set, and he delivered the ball into the ground, about 7 yards from the nearest receiver. You can’t miss a guy worse than that. Oh, and we won’t talk about Tevin’s very next pass.
old dog
October 30th, 2012
1:08 pm
@William,
Good point……even UGA fans have to admit that Hamilton was one of the best college QBs in the country when he played. Nobody liked to have to face him……
GT
October 30th, 2012
1:25 pm
Omg this is getting soooo old…. Lets freakin move on GT….. Lets get a well known coach that can recruit and score points. I wouldn’t mind Kirby smart at bama or even bobby patrino
wrecked again
October 30th, 2012
1:31 pm
It will take years for a new coach to clean up the mess PJ has made. The only quality help in the pipeline is Justin Thomas and he should have been on the field somewhere this season.Any coach that keeps his best athletes on the sidelines needs to fired.What a complete joke starting Godhigh, Laskey and Washington (none that would be on another D-1 roster much less starting).
Al Bundy
October 30th, 2012
1:31 pm
Jacket Detective
October 30th, 2012
8:28 am
Ken,
When does Tech practice and can fans watch and make suggestions?
Please tell me your question above was a joke? You don’t really believe CPJ or any college football coach is looking for ideas from the fans do you?
GT Joe
October 30th, 2012
1:37 pm
wrecked again: a 169 pound QB (Justin Thomas) is our “only quality help”?
Oh my, it’s worse than i thought.
Tech Troll 13
October 30th, 2012
2:09 pm
@ GT
Kirby Smart would never take the job and Tech would not hire Patrino because of his baggage.
fuzzybee78
October 30th, 2012
2:20 pm
Tevin, thank you for your hard work and best effort to put you an your teammates in the best position to win every play you have ever played, even the plays that didnt work out well or wish you had back or whatever, nobody bats 1000. You have my support 100% of the time as a member of the GT football team as do all of your teammates. I am proud to have you as an alum of the Institute and hope to meet you in person some day.
With that said, If CPJ determines its time for Vad to start against Maryland Im sure you will have his back and support that decision. Vad is the future and it may be his time to try and make a play.
Please ignore the classless fans who Boo’d you and then lie about it by saying they were booing CPJ. We both know better, some people were not raised right, and Im sorry to say some are GT fans.
Ken Sugiura
October 30th, 2012
3:04 pm
Tech practices are closed. sorry.
GT Joe
October 30th, 2012
3:20 pm
For the record, I’ve been internally booing Tevin since the UGA game last year. But this displeasure has been aimed at the wrong guy; CPJ is at fault here. It’s his poor decision making; it’s his poor QB development.
Blame CPJ for the boos, Tevin. That said, there’s nothing like some boos to show players that the fans actually give a damn. We know YOU are disappointed in the season, but did you know HOW MUCH the FANS are disappointed? The boos are probably the first time you truly understood. And you needed to hear it. Now get on it!
Tech Troll 13
October 30th, 2012
3:28 pm
@fuzzybee78
Good post. Did you graduate in ‘78?
Team Leadership
October 30th, 2012
3:32 pm
CPJ Noted tha TW had emerged as the natural team leader based on his hard work – bravo for him.
However, the results have been anything but positive. This team got whipped by BYU, severely out performed physically, huge lack of toughness. Their hearts are not in it and they looked like they were just going through the motions. The sidelines need some heart also. Those team “members” in jerseys but not dressed out are detached and act like critics.
Where is the leadership!!!!!!.
Player development
October 30th, 2012
3:34 pm
Tech will probably never recruit to SEC standards, but seemed to be better at player development in years past. Who at Tech would start for an SEC team?
fuzzybee78
October 30th, 2012
3:34 pm
GT Joe,
The shoe fits.
fuzzybee78
October 30th, 2012
3:37 pm
@Tech troll 13
yep but my class was 76, its a long story:)
...Take The Wheel
October 30th, 2012
3:42 pm
You like who you like. Not much one can say to that, but its absolutely classless to boo someone on your own team.
Instinct tells me you will all finally see Vad start Saturday (if the game is not canceled)! Must be nice to have gotten almost all your chants answers – No Groh, No D-RAD gone and now Tevin. We will see if you really want what you’ve begged for and if thats actually the answer.
...Take The Wheel
October 30th, 2012
3:58 pm
@fuzzy – That was a very classy
@Team Leadership – if your’e out sized, out conditioned and out schemed, leadership is only going to take you so far! BYU is not a milk-toast team. Their defense was well executed – with the exception of the 3 back to back penalties while Vad was on the field which we still couldnt take advantage of. The team is clearly disheartened, but they’re human! The fans are dead and disheartened but I guess you figure fans have that right but not the players??
big gt fan
October 30th, 2012
4:24 pm
tevin shouldve been benched long time ago for that matter he shouldnt be a quarterback at any d1 school. i didnt see tech winning any more games with him at the qb position, so this pityfull season is not a suprise to me. pj should left with dan as far as im concerned.
Tech Troll 13
October 30th, 2012
4:28 pm
@ fuzzybee78
I was Class of ‘78. That’s why I was asking. Don’t worry with GT Joe. He said yesterday he would boo his own kid. He also said “he’s never had season tickets and never will”
big gt fan
October 30th, 2012
4:33 pm
why wouldnt kirby smart take the job tech has a proud history and any coach who knows what the hell they were doing as far as recruiting and coaching can be very sucessfull at gt ;george oleary, bobby ross.the players are here the coaches just have to go get them and be smart enough to play them.
Tech Troll 13
October 30th, 2012
4:55 pm
@ big gt fan
Bobby Ross – .543 winning %
George O’Leary – .612 winning %
Paul Johnson – .639 winning % (that includes this season)
If Bobby Ross & George O’Leary were good coaches….
fuzzybee78
October 30th, 2012
4:56 pm
@TT13,
That proves he doesnt have any, or God help um if he does!
I was ruined early, my father and uncle were Tech men, I graduated in ‘78, and my good lookin like her mama, smart as a whip & certainly improved the ratio daughter, is a recent grad:)
Remember, the dark days of Bill Lewis brought us Oleary and Fridgen and Hamilton, we will rise again!
Go Jackets!
Tech Troll 13
October 30th, 2012
5:03 pm
@ fuzzy
First in my family to graduate from college, but my Dad had me listening to Al Ciraldo describe the passes of Kim King and the runs of Lenny Snow. I became a Jacket for life. Didn’t apply anywhere else. We’re going to be fine despite what the keyboard coaches say.
GOJACKETS
October 30th, 2012
5:14 pm
Who is the best linebacker maybe he could be starting QB for Jackets,bahwahhahahahaha
...Take The Wheel
October 30th, 2012
5:21 pm
lolol…
Well going up against Marylands 5th string freshman linebacker (at QB position) shouldn’t be too hard for Vad. He seems to shine in those situations.
Silly Mutts
October 30th, 2012
5:22 pm
@ Tech Troll 13….you are kidding right? maybe 15 years from now. What are you basing your observations on? it sure couldn’t be the last 2 years of football from GT! Is GT moving to the Southern Conference? That might be a keen observation if so.
...Take The Wheel
October 30th, 2012
5:23 pm
@big gt fan – why dont you take the job. you seem to know a hell of a lot about everything today!
GOJACKETS
October 30th, 2012
5:37 pm
maybe Bill Curry will come out of retirement since he is having a great season at GSTATE
Bill from Dacusville
October 30th, 2012
5:47 pm
Dabo asked Pitiful Paul how to put the touch on ole Danny boy for one of those 10 million dollar buyouts–’Cause Dabo knows even Frank Howard couldn’t lose to the Gamechickens and keep his job—
Option Bee
October 30th, 2012
6:18 pm
When is Pis_Poor Coaching going to finally be admitted? This staff has to be restructured. OL, the strength of the team in preseason has stunk it up! QB’s barely get the ball in the shotgun before someone comes pouring up the middle untouched…….every time! (Missed Reads) QB’s not looking at the dive hole, and handing off directly into a LB standing in the hole! Time after time! So, where is the blame for Bohannon? I could go on, but all of you have seen the same games.
If Tennessee cans Dooley then use some of that $2+ million to go get Coach Faz as DC (great recruiter). Was at Alabama before, and knows what it takes!
PJ Surround yourself with guys with strengths where you have weaknesses! Trooper Terry would be worth a scholarship for his son at Auburn High…..but I know that you cannot do these things because…..well because someone else suggested it!
Trooper Terry? Coach Faz?
October 30th, 2012
7:13 pm
…here is an idea – before you post names at least have some clue as to whom you are referring and then AT LEAST know their names…
GT Fan
October 30th, 2012
8:02 pm
As General Berringer @ NORAD would say…..
I’d pis$ on a spark plug if I thought it’d help
Living in Utah since just before GT’s Sun Bowl debacle, I’ve gotten more than my share of Ute & BYU coverage/exposure to know that BYU’s D, while good, isn’t as good as what I saw at BDS on Saturday. But it wasn’t their D that bothered me. Unfortunately, the sorry Cougar O, and believe me, it is SOR-RY, was made to look like BYU should be 9-0 not 5-4.
I’m still befuddled at how bad GT’s D has been this season. It’s so bad it’s become sadly amusing.
TECHIE
October 30th, 2012
8:52 pm
Why do a lot of other teams have freshmen who are so successful and we may not see ours til they’re jr or sr’s.?
Home Crowd
October 31st, 2012
12:00 pm
I was NOT booing at the kids!! I was booing at Coach Johnson. We pay him over a million dollars a year, so I have every right to boo any friggin’ time I feel like it. Chit, I’ll sit in front of CPJ’s house and boo all effing’ night long if that’s what I takes to get his but in gear and start winning again.
...Take The Wheel
October 31st, 2012
2:57 pm
… Yes you were! The boos came at the precise time of one individuals error. Sure you have the right to boo whenever you want but ITS STILL TACKY AND UNCOUTH to boo players for your own team. And if they are already doing their best your boos are certainly not going to uplift them to play better – it would be quite the opposite dummy.
You spoiled brats make my skin crawl. So you’re having a losing season, … the first in over 10 years, what are you gonna do line up the firing squad and kill the whole team? Cry me a river, build a bridge and get over it!
atlgnt
November 1st, 2012
1:13 pm
Old dog makes some good points. The only issue I have is the play calling. First on defense,,,you have to have lemons to make lemonade. Many teams in college football don’t have strong defenses. But on offense I am concerned. Even when we score a lot early and get leads we seem to sit on the ball. I have been to every game and I notice the same play calls in the first and second half. We run the same offense that opposing teams see on film. The offense BYU ran is what I have been begging to see. If you jump all over the option then i will hit you with short passes over the middle and near the sidelines. I know TW can throw the short passes. We just don’t it enough in games. We need a hybrid offense. But our coach continues to run the same plays. Even though we have some big kids at WR ..we never utilize them. Once we get a lead we run dive plays until the other team gets momentum. We may not have the best talent as the SEC schools but we have good enough talent to win 7-8 games a year. Please can we get a new hybrid offense?