Ted Roof hired as Tech coordinator

Scott

January 9th, 2013
5:29 pm

Looks like a good hire to me. Can’t be worse that what we’ve had for the last four years.

Simba

January 9th, 2013
5:34 pm

I’m actually pretty surprised with this. This seems like a pretty good hire, which I honestly didn’t expect from CPJ after it was announced Kelly was leaving.

Jarrett Jack

January 9th, 2013
5:43 pm

Looking at his resume, i wonder where he will be coaching next year after he leaves Tech?

GT65

January 9th, 2013
5:46 pm

WELCOME BACK ROOF!
Great job CPJ..Roof will do a good job, now get him some help. Go Jackets.

Silly Mutts

January 9th, 2013
5:47 pm

Great Great Hire!!! He is a former player, a former coach, a former DC, is from Georgia, has head coaching experience and most importantly his defenses never ever SUCKED which is what GT’s has been for 4 yrs straight (save the last 1 and 1/2 games. Love it!!

Matt Ryan's Dad

January 9th, 2013
5:48 pm

Hopefully he can recruit some talent at defense.

Rick James

January 9th, 2013
5:48 pm

Nice hire..

Biff

January 9th, 2013
5:48 pm

Obviously better then Groh but not a huge improvement. Johnson and the budget limits options, so probably about as good as could be expected for Tech.

Scott

January 9th, 2013
5:49 pm

Keep in mind a few things:
1. He went to Tech
2. He played at Tech
3. He formerly coached at Tech
4. He is from Lawrenceville

I don’t see Roof jumping ship in a year or two. The more I consider it the more I like the hire. He’s done a great job both coaching and recruiting at Auburn and PSU, he knows the landscape at Tech, and he knows the state when it comes to bringing in new players.

BuzzBelle

January 9th, 2013
5:50 pm

Thrilled! Welcome home!

fuzzybee78

January 9th, 2013
5:52 pm

Ted, welcome back home! I look forward to an aggressive attacking defense again and I know we will get your best work!

Oh yea— and please get us out of this awful 3-4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GT Girl

January 9th, 2013
5:54 pm

Woohoo! Welcome back Ted Roof! Go Jackets!

gtfanfrom1951

January 9th, 2013
5:54 pm

Great hire the defense will way better

for you nay sayers

January 9th, 2013
5:54 pm

in both his stints at gt and auburn he worked for head coaches (oleary and chitsnick) that were former dc’s. rumolr has it that they both micromanaged ted while he was dc at both those places. so imo the results he got there are not representative of what he can do.

the pros as i see them…

-he has fire in his belly similar to the hc a fla. muschamp
-he has a lot of experience and is still young
-cpj likes him
- he has the rep for being a stellar recruiter
- he had good success at penn state.
- he had good success at minnesota.
- he was part of a team that won a nc while at auburn. a team that held oregon’s o to just over 100 yards.
- he is a tech man through an through
- if he is successful at gt we have less to worry about his using gt as a stepping stone.

fuzzybee78

January 9th, 2013
5:56 pm

Now get Gif Smith back on staff and all my dreams will have a chance to come true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tek

January 9th, 2013
5:57 pm

Ted, can’t believe you are coming home. Excited and happy for you, your family and GT.

Tech Fan Since 1950

January 9th, 2013
5:58 pm

I like it! Great hire for Tech! We now have an experienced defensive coach; a top of the line recruiter; and one of Georgia Tech’s great former football players. Coach Johnson deserves great credit for this hire. Tech people by nature are truly stubborn and I am convinced that 40 percent of the “Hive” followers never like anything and that is why they do not show up at games the way they should with their support(sounds a bit like our country) Get with the program now people. 2013 is the year for the Jackets and Ted Roof will be a big part of it. Crank up the Ramblin’ Wreck! Defensive players (offensive players too) pay attention to Coach Roof. He is a person you will want to be like in the years to come.

for you nay sayers

January 9th, 2013
5:59 pm

one other thing… unlike auburn and gt previously…. ted will have the chance to do it on his own. cpj will not micromanage him but rather let him do his thing.

Ol'JacketFan

January 9th, 2013
6:00 pm

I have to admit I had not thought about Roof but the more I think about it the better I like it. He is a Tech man and lord knows his work ethic can’t be questioned! His D at Penn State was solid and he authored a pretty fair D at Auburn when he was there. Welcome back to the Flats Coach!

Blue Fox

January 9th, 2013
6:01 pm

For all the reasons given, Roof is an outstanding hire for CPJ, e.g., see the PSU performance this year under horrible circumstances. He’s relatively young, recruits D talent well, and unlike Groh, has the correct philosophy that you have to out-hit people, not out-trick them.

MiltonFan

January 9th, 2013
6:06 pm

I would suggest that looking at the real numbers shows the underlying reason that Coach Roof was hired.

tl/dr; He turns around defenses with repeated success.

In 1998 before he became DC at GT, our defense was ranked 82nd. During his three years on the flats, the defense was ranked 100, 22, and 37. That seems like solid improvement for a first time DC. Prior to Roof’s arrival at Duke, their defense was ranked 116. His first squad ranked 83 and his second ranked 76, That was enough to earn him a gig as the HC (yes, it didn’t go well but he was only paid about $300k a year – Cutcliffe got $1.6M to succeed him and it’s taken years to make Duke competitive, but I digress…).

Again, prior to his arrival at Minnesota, the defense was ranked 110. His first year as DC they jumped to 61. In 2009, the Auburn defense was ranked 76. In Roof’s first season as DC, Auburn won a national championship and the defense improved to 53. Only at PSU did the defensive unit rank drop (from 5 to 16) but this year there were a number of issues that PSU dealt with.

For those who say he shifts jobs constantly – not really. In the 15 years since he first coached at GT, he spent 4 years on the flats and 6 years to Duke. He only left GT when Gailey was hired (don’t you wish Braine had felt the same about Chan-the-Man?).

I suspect that CPJ saw a chance to hire an experienced coach who can take our current batch of talented players and make them special. With so much positive going for the offense, it could be a special year.

Wild Bill

January 9th, 2013
6:06 pm

Was thinking about not renewing my season tickets because of Tech’s poor season but this hire will change that thinking. A pleasant surprise!

GTJohn2

January 9th, 2013
6:06 pm

Good news! Great hire! Welcome back coach Roof!

Coach

January 9th, 2013
6:08 pm

Welcome back, Ted! A quality coach to run our defense, and a great recruiter. This guy can deliver!

D

January 9th, 2013
6:09 pm

Go get giff as asst DC, DL coach and RC

AGTFan53

January 9th, 2013
6:10 pm

Any longtime Tech fans are thrilled.

black watch

January 9th, 2013
6:11 pm

Good hire for GT
and IMMEDIATE RESULTS, not some silly 2 to 3 year plan,

Unbiased Sometimes

January 9th, 2013
6:11 pm

Any chance he brings some big time recruits with him from PSU? There is more then one reason this seems like a possibility.

1 4 GT

January 9th, 2013
6:12 pm

From what I remember about Ted Roof as a player, he was pretty dang good. I think his playing style has transferred over to his coaching philosophy too. Tech will have a good, hard hitting effective defense under CTR. Y’all remember, if we can be top 30 or better statistically on defense, GT will be dang hard to beat. All of Ted’s previous years stats show that kind of defense. Welcome home to CTR & family. GOOOOO JACKETS THWGeorgie And good luck to Coach Kelly too!

GT Alum

January 9th, 2013
6:14 pm

Thanks for the background MiltonFan. I had kind of lost track of Roof after he was fired by Duke. I was thinking he had been a part of some of our poorer defenses back in the late 90s, which he was to some extent, but obviously he was part of a vast improvement. Hopefully he will lead the same kind of turnaround now.

GTBob

January 9th, 2013
6:14 pm

Really surprising hire, but im on board with it. Welcome back Ted!

dealrue

January 9th, 2013
6:14 pm

If GT defense can handle the USC hogs up front then why can’t they handle UGA’s. Maybe with Roof the defense will handle all of the Hogs no matter what school??? I would say we have a good chance now of winning 10 games this next season!!

Wrong

January 9th, 2013
6:17 pm

Wow. What a bad hire.Ted Roof’s defenses have consistently under performed! Seriously, he is not a good hire people, but who cares – its GA Tech football.

ignition

January 9th, 2013
6:18 pm

This guy has never coached a Top 10 defense, has been fired at Duke, fired at Auburn after producing the WORST defense in thier recent history, coached a Tech defense that gave up 30+ points per game. His defenses are completely inconsistent and his career the epidamy of mediocrity.

This is an uninspiring retread hire. Blah.

Always a Jacket

January 9th, 2013
6:20 pm

He was run out of Auburn. He had more talent at AU than he will ever have at GT so looks like more of the same for GT defense.

Douglas

January 9th, 2013
6:21 pm

Some of you guys are delusional. He is a terrible DC. I believe he was at GT before and UGA ate his defenses alive. I’m glad he is back so we can kick your butt again and again. Go back over time and see how well he did.

ibidGT

January 9th, 2013
6:22 pm

Meh…mixed feelings about this hire. I guess we shall see next season.

hey ignition

January 9th, 2013
6:24 pm

nobody cares what a closet dwag fan like you thinks.

roof’s black watch . i like it!

gt4ever

January 9th, 2013
6:24 pm

dealrue,,, you funny man… Get off the sauce!

I like Ted Roof.. Good job CPJ. Now get us a good OC…

ha

January 9th, 2013
6:24 pm

Good Hire???? Are you all high as he11? He was terrible maybe the worst coordinator Tech ever had. I was happier to see him go than Groan. This is a very very very very BIG mistake!

WG-GT Alum

January 9th, 2013
6:25 pm

CTR is intense. I just hope that the defense takes on that personality. Wonder if he could talk Glenn Spencer (currently at Okie St.) into coming back as well.

Lee

January 9th, 2013
6:25 pm

I like Ted and the hiring of a good Tech man. Go Jackets!

Tokyo jacket

January 9th, 2013
6:25 pm

When Roof was the LBC, we set a record with 9 consecutive games with a defensive touchdown. We had a decent D back in those days. All we need now is decent.

I like the hire. Roof is a Tech guy. He left AU to coach with one of his friends and former colleague at Tech…a colleague who was focused solely on offense. He was at Duke for several years before ultimately not being able to turn the program around.

I put the hire as a 7/10. He’s not Kirby Smart and he’s probably not the recruiter Lance is, but his teams generally play pretty solid defense. My only concern is whether or not he’s learned to play the run and the pass. My recollection from his DC days at Tech is that he was a stop the run guy, but we would often get torched. The biggest question now is whether or not our players can convert to the 4-3. I think we’ll be able to, and probably well. We’ve got 270-300lb guys in all four DL spots, Watts and Attouchu can cover out of the backfield, and Hunt Days in the middle will be a prototypical guy. Looking forward to Tech football next year.

Smyrna Gold

January 9th, 2013
6:26 pm

Great hire. I think this is the absolute best person available for the job. Ted is a good person and a great defensive football mind. Welcome home Ted.

Tokyo jacket

January 9th, 2013
6:27 pm

@Douglas, we won three in a row against UGA while CTR was on staff (1 as LB, 2 as DC)

White&Gold

January 9th, 2013
6:27 pm

You’re right, Douglas. He was at Tech in ‘99-’01. Both years he was there, we had great defenses. I seem to recall that we won two of those three years. Seems like you’re the one who is delusional.

BigTimeTECHFan

January 9th, 2013
6:27 pm

Douglas – he was the DC at Auburn that smoked UGA and won National Chanpionship.
Come back when UGA has a national championship winning DC instead of a reject NFL position coach.

ha

January 9th, 2013
6:27 pm

Good Hire…someone should kick you in the sack so you can reset your brain.

Tech1986

January 9th, 2013
6:29 pm

The years with OLeary we beat UGA 3 times, he was going with OLeary to ND and when he came back after that mess, he was going to coach Linebackers, but Gailey said he’d only pay him about 1/2 of what he was making, he went to Duke from there. He was a nasty leader of the Black Watch Defense. Just need the Jimmy and Joes, Roof knows the X’s and O’s.

Destin Dawg

January 9th, 2013
6:30 pm

great hire no surprises…. he knows GT and his family must like Atl… very affordable big City.. good luck except against the SEC East Champ UGA Dawgs !!!

Pelican

January 9th, 2013
6:31 pm

Yea…The return of the “Leaky Roof D”. Maybe he’ll get a shot at the HC job when CPJ is canned. He lost his last shot when O’Leary walked. I’m sure Duke, Auburn and UCF will give great endorsements.

black watch

January 9th, 2013
6:32 pm

dAWG dOO — idiots

George O’Leary and Ted Roof coached

GT teams whipped UGA and Jim Donnan almost every year.

McBuzz

January 9th, 2013
6:41 pm

Roof’s “to do” list … 1) get out to your alma mater, Central Gwinnett, & sign that LB that has
given a verbal to Ohio State. 2) Then hire Giff Smith & recruit, recruit, recruit ….

Marietta Buzz

January 9th, 2013
6:41 pm

These trolls should turn their angst toward Obama, public schools, gun control, etc. You know, things that really matter. They probably don’t vote.

O'keefe

January 9th, 2013
6:45 pm

McBuzz I couldn’t agree more. We need good LBs and Smith to recruit.

OldGold1964

January 9th, 2013
6:45 pm

Here’s to the Great Black Watch !!!! Great hire – IMHO. Hope it works out better than some alum hires, but definitely step in right direction and one that will being the faithfull together again. Head job at Duke aside (and i think we all know just how much the hierarchy got behind him), Ted’s various stints as defensive assistants has produced great results. Let’s continue some of that magic at GT.

Side note: good luck to Coach Kelly with your new FSU position.

GT1990

January 9th, 2013
6:48 pm

Better than groh but guys THE D was not good when o’leary was here. WHo was the d cord then?? Not the same guy we just hired is it?? hahahaha CPJ you will be fired after next year!

SoCal_GT_Fan

January 9th, 2013
6:50 pm

Looks to be a great hire. Glad to have you back on the Flats!

So, are we going to hire another assistant coach since Charles Kelly took over for Al Groh when he was fired but no one really replaced Charles Kelly as secondary coach? So we are one assistant coach short compared to what we had in place at the beginning of the season. If we are planning on hiring another assistant, will it be as a secondary coach or a coach for a different position?

now that Giff is availalble

January 9th, 2013
6:50 pm

dear Ken, will you please just contact CPJ and point blank ask him about Giff Smith, let him know there are numerous gt fans and bloggers that want him back as recruiter…

Dear Ted, just keep it simple like they did against USC Trojans…

OkieDawg

January 9th, 2013
6:52 pm

An Auburn University reject…great hire.

ramblingbuzz

January 9th, 2013
6:53 pm

You gotta admit TR has a ton of coaching experience. And I imagine he and Johnson have had some very in-depth discussions about what needs to happen to the D at GT. Like the fact that he will scrap the 3-4. Sure hopes this works out for Roof, Johnson & GT.

chc4

January 9th, 2013
6:56 pm

This is Roof’s 4th DC job in 13 months. Hilarious.

GT FAN ATL

January 9th, 2013
6:57 pm

FEAR THE BEES……GO GT

Therut

January 9th, 2013
6:59 pm

My daughter’s former boyfriend (Roof) from Central Gwinett is coming home. Hope it works out!

molar roller

January 9th, 2013
7:02 pm

The most important hire CPJ will make. CTR will either resurrect the defense or the whole experiment will go down the tubes. THWG

cewbee

January 9th, 2013
7:04 pm

Awesome! In my hear of hearts Ihad hoped he’d be considered. Kickass! Go Jackets!

George P Burdell

January 9th, 2013
7:05 pm

Man I hope he can teach tackling better than he did last time he was hear. He cost us a Heisman Trophy

Uncle Mike

January 9th, 2013
7:06 pm

Hope it works out, surprised, but hopeful!

West Coast Jacket

January 9th, 2013
7:09 pm

Best thing about this hire is fact that he always played with passion. If he can get the D to play that way as well he will be an improvement.

Rico

January 9th, 2013
7:10 pm

Awful and disappointing hire for sure. Friegen had to score 35 pts per game to cover up the horrible defenses until Roof. I really am shocked at this hire. Coach Johnson probably just made his last hire.

Tokyo jacket

January 9th, 2013
7:10 pm

Ken, any word on how hiring CTR will affect the rest of the defensive staff? I’m guessing with CPJ’s penchant for offense and CTR having been a head coach in the past, I have to assume that he will have total control over the defense. Knowing that, would he want Groh’s staff?

Now that Giff is available has a good point. A lot of us really want to know how and if CPJ plans on directly addressing recruiting. I have to think Roof still has contacts as he’s only been out of the are a little while. But, will he be allowed the finances to build a staff that will be better than the previous one?

Full Metal Jacket

January 9th, 2013
7:14 pm

Welcome back and best of luck to Coach Roof. Let’s’ hope that he and Johnson get along. Coach Wommack was a good DC, and has done well at Ole Miss this year. Coach Groh was a gamble because of having two strong-minded head coaches working together. Roof will be a really good one for recruiting and coaching, and when CPJ is gone, he’d likely make a good canddate for HC.

Tokyo jacket

January 9th, 2013
7:16 pm

@ George P – my friend Joe Hamilton not being able to lead us to a score on four tries from the UNC 1 yard line cost us a Heisman. That said, 22 of 25 for 385 yards with 4 passing TDs and a rushing TD against FSU’s national championship team was pretty impressive.

Full Metal Jacket

January 9th, 2013
7:17 pm

I agree that this hire may well determine CPJ’s future as Tech’s HC. He’s basically 0-2 in hiring DC’s so far.

Asst DC

January 9th, 2013
7:17 pm

Go get Giff for D line coach, asst coach and head recruiter. That would make to D better.

RAMBLE ON!!!

January 9th, 2013
7:19 pm

I hate this hire.

This is Ted’s first time getting a job, where he wasn’t fired previously in a looooooooooong time!

HE COST JOE HAMILTON THE HEISMAN HIS SR. YEAR, BECAUSE THE DEFENSE COULDN’T STOP ANYBODY!!!

We went 8-3 and should have won every game. PERIOD!

Hello, does anybody remember 1999!?!

THEY WERE TERRIBLE, I MEAN TERRIBLE!!!

Man, this really has taken the wind out of my sail. I’d much rather have Kelly.

RAMBLE ON!!!

January 9th, 2013
7:21 pm

Looks like George P Burdell beat me to the punch.

Hate it, hate it, hate it!

Asst DC

January 9th, 2013
7:21 pm

Ramble on ramble on

Charlie Bee

January 9th, 2013
7:23 pm

It doesn’t matter who we get as a coach. We can’t get the top recruits because we have a higher academic standard for our athletes.

Island Jacket

January 9th, 2013
7:23 pm

Nice Hire…. Welcome Back Ted…

Graphite

January 9th, 2013
7:24 pm

Love to see something worked out so Tech could open with BAMA this year. We would see what a great hire it is. The Granning-Holt thing is in the past,so step up Techsters and play with the big boys.The SEC hasn’t been the same since ya’ll tucked tail and ran off.. ….RollOn…

RAMBLE ON!!!

January 9th, 2013
7:24 pm

Tokyo.

you are talking about Shawn Jones. 1990

Ike

January 9th, 2013
7:25 pm

This will put the last nail in CPJ”s coffin. It’s over. Seems I remember his last years at tech were not good. Last year at AU not good. Handwriting was on the wall left for CF. NOT A GOOD HIRE!

ice eater 1969

January 9th, 2013
7:25 pm

what a good hire. All the read – keep good position now break on the ball defense of the last 4 years is gone. It made no sense with a TO to rest the other teams defense while we bend but dont break – till we go to the break break defense in the third quarter. We should put pressure on the QB by sending 5 minimum each down. The offense need possessions! Now we will have a defense to match our offense – sure we will lose to good passing teams and teams with good defense – but we will also have a chance at some big upsets. With and agressive defense we can recurit some 4-5 star kids that want to show thier talents – what a mistake the GRO_OLD defense was by CPJ! This could be the start of a major turn around too = with some PISTOL and even some BAYLOR OFFENSE the TO could be fun on the FLATS. Wish i lived near by! GO jackets

Full Metal Jacket

January 9th, 2013
7:27 pm

Giff Smith may be the most popular coach of the last decade at Tech. He was an effective recruiter and has a solid resume, but I don’t know if Tech has the money or position to lure him back now that they’ve hired Roof. And given his proximity to CPJ through Ga. Southern and Tech I gather there is some personality conflict or adversity between the two of them.

Drew Miller

January 9th, 2013
7:28 pm

I think it’s great. His name is recognized in the area, so it will help recruiting. I hope he brings fire with him and Johnson tells him to turn it up a notch. I can’t wait.

YouBet

January 9th, 2013
7:28 pm

LOVE THE HIRE!!!

cw

January 9th, 2013
7:31 pm

I would think that Coach Roof is a different and hopefully much better coach than his last stint as DC at Tech. I too remember Roof as a player and one of Tech’s all-time greats, but the defenses under Roof and O’Leary were not very good. This is a safe hire for Coach Johnson as Ted Roof is a “big” name to Tech fans and comes from two bigger football schools, Penn State and Auburn. I know he is leaving Penn State on a fairly high note, but Auburn fans all but ran him off just a year after their national title.

I know the 3-4 experiment has not gone well at Tech, but switching back to a 4-3 potentially means two or three years of additional transition and defensive confusion. Tech and Coach Johnson need the defense to really step up next year, no excuses.

Techster

January 9th, 2013
7:34 pm

Dare we hope for the return of a Black Watch-esque defense? Roof was a pretty nasty, physical player in his day and, hopefully, he can get that same effort and attitude from his side of the ball.

ToccoaDawg

January 9th, 2013
7:40 pm

Good hire, Now if Tech only had a HC to go with the D Coordinator. No reason for some many instate guys going out of state. Georgia can’t take them all. And don’t give me all those excuses, O’liary won at Tech. It can and SHOULD be done at TEch. No reason Tech can’t compete for the ACC EVERY year.

GT1990

January 9th, 2013
7:40 pm

If Roof was so good? Why was he fired at AU with all the talent down there????????? HELLO JOHNSON!!!!!!!!!!

Paul in NH

January 9th, 2013
7:40 pm

Please tell me this is a joke

GT1990

January 9th, 2013
7:43 pm

The only the JOKE is CPJ!

lance manion

January 9th, 2013
7:43 pm

Great hire! Congratulatons Coach Roof!

GT1990

January 9th, 2013
7:45 pm

How in the H3ll can this be a GREAT hire??????????????????????????????? Hiring KIRBY SMART WOULD BE A GREAT HIRE!

56dog

January 9th, 2013
7:46 pm

who cares you need players to win .

Iluvnutella

January 9th, 2013
7:46 pm

Can he recruit?

RAMBLE ON!!!

January 9th, 2013
7:51 pm

Hell, Let’s fire Gregory and hire Paul Phewitt back again.

Uncle Mike

January 9th, 2013
7:52 pm

Bottom line is CPJ wants to release the DC to someone who can Handle it…looking forward to a NC IN 14 or 15…Old School aint that bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Biff Pocoroba

January 9th, 2013
7:55 pm

PJ gets mad when people way he doesn’t care about defense and then he hires a washed up old man run out of Virginia and then replaces him with a guy who coached some of the worst defenses in Tech history. Roof was horrible at Auburn and got run out of town. He has been job hopping around since then trying to move before people see how bad his coaching is once he gets his own players in. With a tougher schedule, new QB, and retread Roof leading the D, we are looking at 3-9 next year and no money to buy out PJ.

Tokyo jacket

January 9th, 2013
7:56 pm

@ramble, actually I meant WF in 1999. Plus, two interceptions. Loss to Wake CTR’s d only gave up 26.

NOD

January 9th, 2013
7:57 pm

Great hire CPJ, now we’ll only lose to UGA by 40points.

JimmyJack

January 9th, 2013
7:58 pm

Let’s face it. This hire could go either way. As c w points out, we will once again undergo a fundamental restructuring of our personnel on D and, in the meantime, must force fit Groh’s 3-4 players to Roof’s schemes. As for his years under O’Leary, it was widely known at the time that Roof’s hands (as a first-time DC) were tied by O’Leary, and he was forced to play a bend-but-don’t break style that wasn’t very successful. In recent years he has shown himself to be a seasoned coach with good results. But an immediate turnaround with Tech’s D may be a tall order.

Wet Willie...keep on smiling

January 9th, 2013
7:59 pm

Good hire for Tech.

Moving Forward

January 9th, 2013
8:03 pm

Good hire. I definitely believe we can win 9 or 10 a year with CPJ/Roof and the level of talent that we have now… And then we’ll go from there.

Glad to have him back and glad to have Groh and Wommack further behind us.

Tokyo jacket

January 9th, 2013
8:06 pm

Honestly, I honk we’ve got good talent for a 4-3. Along the line, we’ve got kallon, gotsis, green, dieke, Cummings on the line. Hunt days, watts, and Attouchu at lbs. watts and sneezy can cover and hunt days can hit. This is a big, fast 4-3 defense coming in next year. Hopefully it will work out.

hit a single

January 9th, 2013
8:06 pm

Good hire! Now maybe the rivalry will get back to just that, a rivalry because us Dawg fans had kind of got bored with the way it was.

GT1985

January 9th, 2013
8:12 pm

Welcome back Ted!

crackbaby

January 9th, 2013
8:13 pm

“you don’t trick people. You have to out-hit people. There won’t be much tricking going on.”

If CTR can get us to do that alone, GT will be much better. Aggressive, disruptive defenses are far more exciting to watch.

GO JACKETS!

Jacket Fan

January 9th, 2013
8:14 pm

Great hire. He knew it was time to skeedaddle from the loveliest village on the plains; have you ever been to State College?

dawgEd

January 9th, 2013
8:15 pm

Hate to say it, but this is a good hire for Tech, mainly because it will give them a solid, natural alternative to CPJ in a year or two. Oddly enough, if CTR fields a decent defense next year, it may keep him from getting the bigger job.

Paul in NH

January 9th, 2013
8:16 pm

Ted Roof was DC from 1999 – 2000 after being LB coach in 1998.
GT defensive players drafted:
2001 – Zero
2002 – Nick Rogers LB (6th round); Chris Young S (7th round)
2003 – Zero
2004 – Daryl Smith LB (2nd); Anthony Hargrove DE (3rd); Key Fox LB (3rd)
2005 – Zero

GT Alum

January 9th, 2013
8:18 pm

Funny how those who are ripping on Roof for the defense in ‘99 – his first year as a DC at a FBS (then I-A) school – don’t give him any credit for the Godsey years in ‘00-’01, when the defense stepped up and made up for the fact that the offense wasn’t as prolific as it had been the past couple of years with Hamilton. The defense was better those 2 years than it was in ‘98. He also improved the defense at Duke and Minnesota. Honestly, Auburn is the only place he’s been a DC and not been pretty successful.

It’s not a sexy hire, but I don’t think it’s the train wreck some people are making out.

HighTech

January 9th, 2013
8:21 pm

Welcome home, Ted.

GT Alum

January 9th, 2013
8:26 pm

Paul in NH -

Well, you can look at that a couple ways. You can say he didn’t get more of his players drafted or higher draft picks, or you can look at it as he did pretty well without great players. To really put this in context, I think you’d have to look at how his players were viewed when they were recruited. That would help determine if he coached his guys up, down, or if the draft results were pretty much entirely based on the players’ abilities and his coaching didn’t impact them much at all.

BirminghamJacket

January 9th, 2013
8:28 pm

Terrible hire.

Anyone who applauds this hire doesn’t remember “The Leaky Roof” days when Fridge and Godsey were scoring 40+ per game and the games were still close or we lost.

Not surprising though that Paul Johnson would mess up the hire, like everything else.

lance manion

January 9th, 2013
8:33 pm

The ardent naysayers here would not be happy if God himself was hired. Roof is a great hire. Let’s get behind our team. Welcome back coach and Go Jackets!

Jacket Man

January 9th, 2013
8:34 pm

For everyone who has doubts about Ted’s abilities as a Defensive Coordinator, look back to what he was able to get his defense to accomplish against Oregon’s daunting offense in the National Championship game in 2010. They only scored 19 points against the Tigers that night. They had been averaging 49.6 points/game that season.

Ted’s been successful everywhere he’s coached, and it’s great he’s coming home.

George Stein

January 9th, 2013
8:35 pm

Definitely not the hire I had hoped for, but I’ll try to be open-minded.

On a separate matter, has anyone else found loading the sports page brutal on an iPad?

Maurice (Jeff) Jefferson

January 9th, 2013
8:41 pm

Great hire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BirminghamJacket

January 9th, 2013
8:46 pm

@ Jacket Man

LOL…

How many of those Auburn football players from 2010 are in the pros now?

I’ve never coached or even played the game, but I think I would have been successful with that group!

GT1990

January 9th, 2013
8:51 pm

THIS IS NOT A GREAT HIRE! Some of you TECH people have no clue!

George Stein

January 9th, 2013
8:52 pm

You likely would have failed miserably, Birmingham. Nonetheless, your point is well taken. The Auburn title team had the least imposing defense of the BCS era (for champions, as the 2008-2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have fielded the worst defenses in the history of the game).

Kicking it with Cremins

January 9th, 2013
8:52 pm

I always felt that if Joe Hamilton had a D his senior year, we wouldve had a great chance to go undefeated, chance for the NC & he wouldve won the Heisman. That was Roof’s first year as DC & we gave up leads time & time again. How many Joey miracles we had to depend on? Tech fans are skilled in playing the “what ifs”.
Bad hire, disappointed, hope I’m wrong. THWG!

1 4 GT

January 9th, 2013
8:52 pm

@ the half….NCSU 37…GT 38!!!! Good 1st half….channel 36 out of ATL

GT1990

January 9th, 2013
8:52 pm

Reminds me alot of the west stands!

Kicking it with Cremins

January 9th, 2013
8:57 pm

or watch online @ the accnetwork.

Uncle Mike

January 9th, 2013
8:58 pm

Biff is a tool, just as he was a bravo….TOOL!

davidinloganville

January 9th, 2013
9:01 pm

Good luck with the hire!

Paul in NH

January 9th, 2013
9:02 pm

“How many of those Auburn football players from 2010 are in the pros now?”

1 – Nick Fairly (1st round, 2011)
There was been one other Auburn defensive player drafted – Zach Clayton (7th round, 2011) – but he is not on an NFL roster.
Auburn did not win the MNC because of their defense – they gave up 26 to Ark State, 34 to UK and 31 to Ole Miss FFS

Paul in NH

January 9th, 2013
9:06 pm

@GT Alum
You make a good point about how highly ranked were GT’s defensive recruits when Roof was DC but one of GT’s problems right now is lack of playmakers on the defensive side of the ball. Smith and Fox were certainly playmakers for GT but there is a lack of them rght now – although Hunt-Days looks very promising

Biff Pocoroba

January 9th, 2013
9:08 pm

Yes I’m a tool but I was smart enough to not get tickets to watch this year’s awful defense and I certainly won’t spend money to watch Roof and crew give up 40 a game again. Bad bad hire but PJ doesn’t want a strong defense so he can try to win with offense instead to help his ego.

GT GRAD

January 9th, 2013
9:08 pm

GREAT hire!

Welcome back Mr. Roof!

Paul in NH

January 9th, 2013
9:10 pm

@George
Since you are keeping an open mind, you are definitely a better man than me. I think Roof is a very disappointing hire. I would hate to think GT hired anybody because they are an alum – I want the best peron for the job.

George Stein

January 9th, 2013
9:11 pm

I’m hopeful Chris Milton can be one, Paul. In limited experience on special teams, he has been all over the place.

Joe

January 9th, 2013
9:12 pm

bwahahahaha, thanks Coach Johnson for the comedy gold…why doesn’t Gtu just move to 1AA where they belong?

Delbert D.

January 9th, 2013
9:13 pm

I think there may have been some influential alumni pressure to hire Ted Roof. Johnson set a deadline, and there is now a DC. Now focus on getting some recruits in the door.

Joe

January 9th, 2013
9:14 pm

There is obviously no dedication to even trying to win a championship. Seems like Paul Johnson must have wanted a yes man more than a great DC. Heck, maybe Al Groh was right?

Delbert D.

January 9th, 2013
9:14 pm

Paul – Looks like we were thinking the same thing.

George Stein

January 9th, 2013
9:15 pm

I’m a better man than very few, Paul. But I agree, I’m not thrilled. I suppose part of that disappointment is based in my idea that we needed an ace recruiter – for offense and defense – and a simple system. I’ll never understand why Johnson allowed a complex defense for almost five years (he had the same criticism of Wommack’s defense) when he runs such a simple but effective offense. Use the same principles on defense and be successful.

I keep coming back to the idea that we needn’t have a dominant defense. Just a competent one would have had us at 10 wins each of the past two seasons.

dawgfan

January 9th, 2013
9:15 pm

This is about the most Tech could expect, so congrats I guess. I doubt he’ll be invited back to the SEC anytime soon. He’s D’s at Auburn weren’t that great.

gtkenz

January 9th, 2013
9:25 pm

Very good player, fair defensive coach at Tech, lucky opportunity in year one at Auburn, terrible in year two, actually good to very good at PSU this year all things considered. Not my first choice, more so becuase I question his ability to recruit and that is what we need more than anything, but he’ll probably be an improvement. Duke doensn’t count even though Spurrier won at Duke. With what he has returning, it will be a better defense under Roof’s leadership. Here’s hoping that NC at Auburn left Mr. Roof wanting another one more than anything else in life, i.e. Nick Saban. Time to go to work.

ahsoisee

January 9th, 2013
9:26 pm

Huge mistake. Paul Johnson needs to go. He cannot even evaluate an effective or innefective assistant. Ted Roof was here once already and was not effective. He is very poor in pass defense. Paul Johnson has made a huge mistake in thinking the recruits at GT are equivalent to the last place Roof coached. Tech should never, never, never, never, never, etal get a coach from a school who recruits the high star athletes. Ted Roof will be no better than Groh, nor the coach who was here before Groh. Paul Johnson has provent that he does not know how to hire assistants.

Jacket

January 9th, 2013
9:29 pm

Enter your comments here

Ignition

January 9th, 2013
9:29 pm

Sneezy is the rover edge rusher for a 3-4 linebacker who will be rendered useless in a 4-3
We’ll see but Ted Roof in my opinion is a good recruiter but horrible DC.

TechMate

January 9th, 2013
9:32 pm

Good hire. If he can work with the existing staff and get another one of his own, this is good news for the Jackets. Going to a 4-3 is also good news. I don’t think you will really be able to judge him for a few years until he gets more of the kind of athletes he wants. He will recruit some great kids because he knows the state. And the current group of players will take to him quickly. Good hire, CPJ.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
9:32 pm

Basketball team only down by two at 53-51 to NC State.
Folks who threw the team under the bus ought to be embarrassed.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
9:34 pm

Roof should be a good hire for us.
We aren’t Bama and have the funds and rep to get whoever we want.

ahsoisee

January 9th, 2013
9:34 pm

Now, I understand why Kelly left Tech. He is much better than Roof. I don’t blame him for leaving after he found out Roof would be selected. I feel sure he would not have felt the same if a very good defensive coordinator was chosen over him.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
9:35 pm

55 all

GTGirl

January 9th, 2013
9:36 pm

I like the fact he was a student at Tech, played football at Tech and has coached at Tech. He has to hate dwags with all that history which is more than we could say about Al Groh. Go Jackets! Looking forward to seeing what CTR can do to help our D!

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
9:38 pm

Kelly much better?
50 points given up the Heels.
Dawgs called of the dawgs after scoring at will.
What he would have done facing USC with their 1st string QB we’ll never know.
Glad to get the bowl win but not an indication he had solved the problem.

Joe

January 9th, 2013
9:38 pm

This hire reeks of the same kind of laziness that Johnson exudes on the recruiting trail.

Just go hire some old boy to his alma mater-as George Stein might say, “one call, that’s all.”

Why put in any effort to go hire a young, enegetic guy who could recruit the heck out of Atlanta and bring some excitement to a side of the ball that gets hardly any attention from the HC?

2013 will be Johnson’s last in Atlanta.

Ignition

January 9th, 2013
9:38 pm

Sneezy should turn pro after hearing this BS..
I’m so disappointed … All the exiciting potential candidates and Tech gets this mediocre retread.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
9:40 pm

Gt 57 NCS 58

Oh That Guy

January 9th, 2013
9:41 pm

Kelly is better than Roof now? We must be forgetting the BYU, UGA, UNC and Duke games. Everybody is judging Roof on what he did 14 years ago at Tech in his first DC position. The man held PSU together with a top 20 defense after everything that happened. He won a MNC at Auburn. But just saying Kelly is better b/c of one game against a freshman QB in 30 mph winds is logical.(sarcasm)

Hairy Dawg

January 9th, 2013
9:42 pm

The good thing about Ted Roof is that he’s more likely to get more out of what Tech has. You can have great individual talent on D (see Bulldogs, Georgia), but if you can’t get the players to play cohesively on a consistent basis (see Bulldogs, Georgia), then you will never have a defense good enough to win titles. Tech has had talent on the defensive side of the ball, but Al Groh, for whatever reason, could not do the job. Roof can’t help but do better.

Ignition

January 9th, 2013
9:43 pm

All the great offenses in CFB Techs gets an antequated O.
The BEST Defenses in the country run 3-4 and Tech abandons theirs..
Running backwards and stupid.

wreckmaniac

January 9th, 2013
9:45 pm

Awesome hire ! I’m really excited. Roof proved that he was obviously headed for great things while he was at Auburn. He brings a variety of experiences from some strong head coaches especially from O’Leary who is a defensive genius.

Biff Pocoroba

January 9th, 2013
9:47 pm

Holsey is playing Paul Johnson ball tonight. He doesn’t believe in passing the ball. Had a chance to win until he inisted on throwin up bad shots everytime he touched it. As long as Carter thinks he is a jump shooter, this team will never win. Looks like 4 ACC wins with this selfish play.

wrecked

January 9th, 2013
9:51 pm

With SEC Auburn talent Roofs defense in 2010 was ranked #60 in the nation.Just think what wonders he will do with the great talent he will have a GT.

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
9:53 pm

You guys really make me sick. Paul NH, to be honest, you are disappointing me tonight too. Roof was definitely not my choice or hope, but hell, he hasn’t even hit the field yet; don’t throw him under the bus already. Give the guy a chance; he may prove all of us wrong.

GIVE ME A BREAK

January 9th, 2013
9:56 pm

You have to love it when the players come back home to coach. Duke is the best at this in basketball. Can’t wait for the season to start. I hope it will be soon. lol ” GO JACKETS “

JetBuzz

January 9th, 2013
9:57 pm

CTR´s leadership in recent assignments shows great promise. Perhaps a work-in-progress (aren´t we all)? Helping the Nittany Lions recover from their train-wreck says much about his character (on and off the field). Here´s thinking that his football pedigree as player/coach, coupled with his extensive State of GA and GT backgrounds, relative youth, and fire-in-the-belly style will do wonders to augment a Jacket football program on the rise, which has serious potential.

Oh That Guy

January 9th, 2013
9:57 pm

GT averaged giving up 19 points a game in 2000 and 22 in 2001. Those are both top 30 defenses. At PSU last year they averaged giving up 19. At Auburn Chizik was the real DC and micro-managed it.
wrecked- yea we can see what Auburn talent looks like without a good coach, see this year. Also try and remember that AU ran an up-tempo offense that score A LOT. The defensive numbers were inflated just like they are at Oregon. But if you guys want to crown Kelly after one bowl game also notice that Auburn held Oregon, who was averaging 50+ points a game to 19 in the MNC game.

Ignition

January 9th, 2013
9:57 pm

@ SS this guy has been getting a chance and keeps getting a chance only to be fired again and again.. I’m disgusted

Biff Pocoroba

January 9th, 2013
9:58 pm

Roof was given a chance. He blew it. If you want to sell tickets, don’t bring back retreads. Bring in some one young and exciting that will excite the fans. With Roof, we can only hope for six wins to keep the bowl streak alive.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
9:59 pm

NCSU 77 GT 64 with a minute to go.
Certainly better than the drubbing the hated Gators put on Uga.
77-44.
Uga has oneSEC calibre player who will probably be gone after this year.

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:01 pm

@ ignition, he was fired from Duke as HC, a job he should never have taken. He was fired from Auburn and probably was glad that he was, all things considered. Like I said, he wasn’t my choice, but it’s been 20+ years since he was on the Flats, and he HAS had some very positive results since then. Until he flops on the field, then he’s my coach.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:01 pm

Solomon Poole looked good in his few minutes.
Has Cremins, Hewitt or Gregory ever used a zone defense at Tech?

George Stein

January 9th, 2013
10:04 pm

The Oklahoma State DC just came available. I’d love to have him.

Ignition

January 9th, 2013
10:05 pm

Kelly turned a defense that was terrible and brought it back from the depths finishing 43rd total D
This guy never had a top 10 D in his 15 attempts and been fired for porous results 3 times

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:07 pm

Final: NCSU 83 GT 70.
A much better effort than the Miami game.
Looking forward to VT Saturday.
Freshmen no longer awed by ACC or older competition.

Oh That Guy

January 9th, 2013
10:08 pm

BYU, UNC, Duke, UGA all say hello to Kelly

Ignition

January 9th, 2013
10:08 pm

And the CBG guy people like to praise can’t coach Offense .
This so frustrating ..

Awesomeb

January 9th, 2013
10:10 pm

Supersize – 20+? wasn’t TR the DC from ‘99-’01? That is only 12 years. Where did 20 come from?

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:11 pm

@Ignition.
Then why was he hired at Penn State where there is plenty of money?
Pretty good results there.
A head coach under fire often fires his coordinators as his fall guys.
Chizik really in trouble at Auburn.

Oh That Guy

January 9th, 2013
10:12 pm

Let’s also remember one of the big reasons Kellys stats looked decent was because he was the DC against Maryland with a LB as their QB.
KELLY AVERAGED GIVING UP 39 POINTS A GAME AGAINST A TEAM WITH THEIR STARTING QB. I’m glad he’s gone so we can get a whole new staff on the defensive side of the ball.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:12 pm

@Ignition.
Then find another team.

Kicking it with Cremins

January 9th, 2013
10:13 pm

AJC = JUNK; why no live BB blogs like FB? threadjack…
Feel good about the BB team; I think they showed great poise for a young team with a lot of freshman contribution. Sure they didnt win but I think they take alot away from this game knowing they can compete with a very talented State team with loads of experience. Once S.Poole starts getting in sync with the rest of the team & gets up to speed!! I think we can do better than .500 acc play. Go Jackets, THWG!

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:13 pm

@ Ignition……did you count the number of Tech freshmen on the floor tonight? FOUR at once, several times. I think they played a damn good game, and folded at the end. Like I said, you guys make me sick to my stomach…….you think you have all the answers to everything, and yet you don’t know sh!t. Makes me ashamed to call you fellow Tech fans.

Paul in NH

January 9th, 2013
10:14 pm

Supersize
I understand why I am disappointing you but this hire has “legacy” written all over it. Perhaps it comes from being a republican (with a small “r”) from a country that is a constitutional monarchy, but I absolutely HATE giving preference in hiring to people “by background/birth”.
Johnson needed a strong DC who is also a good recruiter and I just don’t see Ted Roof as the answer.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:14 pm

Some of our fans (if they are not trolls) should become Shiite Muslims so they can walk around whipping themselves like they do on this blog.

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:15 pm

@ Paul…..like I said, I questioned it too, but I’m willing to give him a chance. As far as recruiting goes, I do think he will surprise you there.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:17 pm

Anyone who cannot see the basketball team is building something good is blind.
It will not be done in a year or two.
But while we wait, two wins over Uga is a pretty damn good way to start.

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:18 pm

@ JC…..the difference is that when the Shiites whip themselves, they’re not hurting anybody else. These whiners on here hurt Tech. If you don’t like it, fine, deal with it in private, but don’t air it in public for everybody else to see.

Paul in NH

January 9th, 2013
10:19 pm

Jacket Detective
I watched the GT-NCSU game on ESPN3 – I agree with you – definitely a nice performance on the road. If you had told me this morning that they would be tied with about 5 minutes to go I would have been ecstatic. NCSU will have a 1st round bye in the ACC tourney this year. Tech played them close most of the night. Gregory looks to have a good plan.
I expect GT to go 2-2 in the next 4 and finish in the 7-11 to 9-9 range in conference with an NIT berth.

Oh That Guy

January 9th, 2013
10:19 pm

Paul in NH- the guy got a 5 star at Duke. He’s known for his good recruiting in the coaching world. He will recruit well.

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:20 pm

@ Paul in NH…..what you posted then is a fair assessment, based on what you perceive, and that cannot be argued with. But earlier you came across as ranting just like all the haters on here do day after day after day. It really gets tiresome.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:22 pm

We got a offensive lineman (guard I think) by transfer who was ranked #26 in Ga by ESPN.com.
He went to Marist and recommended now by his legendary high school head coach named Chawick. Lots of talent is transferring to Tech where they will have a better chance to play.
Doesn’t sound like a sinking program to me.
Can’t wait to see how the competition between Vad and Justin works out.
It will be a good thing to have a good #2 and 3 QBs as we found out in 2008.

Jefferson Davis Hogg

January 9th, 2013
10:23 pm

This ole Dawg thinks TR is a good hire. He is a Tech man and will give it his all. I also think that running more 4-3 will take better advantage of the athletes you already have. I always thought the 3-4 was a bad fit for you guys with the lack of size up front. I expect a turnaround on D and a 9 or 10 win season next year. Of course I predicted the same last year. Too much Mark Bradley in me I guess. Good luck to you guys an go Dawgs!

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:24 pm

@Super.
Agreed.

Paul in NH

January 9th, 2013
10:24 pm

“why was he hired at Penn State”

I presume Roof accepted the DC position at PSU because O’Brien asked him and he felt obligated to help a friend – which reflects well on him. It is hardly as if people were lining up to go to Happy Valley in the wake of the Sandusky disaster.

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:26 pm

@ Paul in NH…….and based on the stats I read earlier, he did a fine job there in only one year. Apparently both he AND O’Brien did much better than anyone expected.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:26 pm

For this year in basketball, a few extra games in the NIT would not be a bad end to the season.

Gt joke

January 9th, 2013
10:27 pm

lol another 7 loss season on the horizon

Happy Stinger

January 9th, 2013
10:28 pm

Since we are obligated to pj thru 2016 might as well embrace it, hope for the best and rub your magic wawa. Rub it real good.

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:28 pm

Get an ffing life, Gt joke. YOU are the joke

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:28 pm

If even Dawg fan Jefferson Davis Hogg can say something good about the hire using sound reasoning, I have to wonder about some of our whiney Tech fans.

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:29 pm

@ JD……..TOTALLY AGREE !!!!

BirminghamJacket

January 9th, 2013
10:29 pm

If you want to read something positive into what I and others believe is a bad hire; then perhaps what Roof refers to as “hard-hitting” rather than “tricks” might mean he is committed to signing better players.

We shall see.

I don’t think any coordinator would have success with our current players.

BirminghamJacket

January 9th, 2013
10:30 pm

Enter your comments here

GT-UT

January 9th, 2013
10:31 pm

Wow! I’ve never seen GT people so united. I can’t remember when 31 of 32 tech people enthusiastically agreed on ANYTHING! I was too young to remember him playing, but welcome Coach. We are all over the country pulling for you…and donating…even with higher taxes!

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:31 pm

@ BJ……I wasn’t one of those lobbying for Kelly to get the job, but he sure seemed to be able to do something with our current players against FSU and SC. All ANY DC has got to do to be successful is to teach them how to TACKLE, and Kelly appeared to have done that in those two games.

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:32 pm

I think Kelly proved that we have far more talent on D than anybody realized when Groh was still in charge

Ignition

January 9th, 2013
10:32 pm

NC State has four freshman as well. I’m tired of excuses.
When this guy was hired Dayton fans said good riddance and that his offenses stunk and I’ve seen nothing to refute that. I didn’t like the hire then, it seemed like well this is what we can afford hire whether than the best for the job hire just like this TR hire. But the difference is that with coach TR we already have seen the results multiple times .. I’m not a negative Nelly but the hire stinks to high heaven.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:34 pm

Dawg trolls.
I know u are unhappy that Bama gets 3 out of 4 NCs while u weren’t even born for Herchel’s days of fame.
Doesn’t seem fair they get three to your zero.
And now u have a basketball team that stinks with an empty Stegesaurus.
So I understand why u have to put down Tech but that won’t make your programs as good as Bama in football or Florida and Kentucky in basketball.
They have better coaches and u r unlikely to ever be better them.

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:35 pm

NC State was also the 20th ranked team in the country, and I doubt that all four of their freshmen were on the court at one time, although I wasn’t able to see the complete game to know for sure. For Tech to have the lead with 4 minutes left, even if we did blow it in the end, speaks pretty damn highly of Gregory’s coaching in my book.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:36 pm

@Ignition.
Well when r u going to fix it by contributing a few mil to Tech athletics?

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:38 pm

@Ignition.
Dude, u r flat out too negative.
What’s your real problem?

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:38 pm

@ JD……RIGHT !!! If these people want change, then they should get off their lazy butts and CONTRIBUTE instead of just whining all the time.

Gt joke

January 9th, 2013
10:39 pm

Ok, 6 loss season. Total joke of a program.
49-28 middle tennessee bwahahaha

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:41 pm

Somebody asked earlier why there was no live blog from the game tonight. It should be obvious that the AJC is not going to spend any money to send somebody to all the away games to cover Tech. And Ken DOES have a life to live and a family to spend time with. I don’t expect him to be online during every game trying to keep us entertained. When ANY blog is open, it becomes by default a live blog, even if there is not an AJC rep there to add his thoughts.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:42 pm

I bought the Tulane/Uga package and midgame vs Uga, I made a pledge (that I kept) that if we beat Uga, I would get the ACC package.
Our whiners need to grow a pair.
And buy some tickets.

Taco

January 9th, 2013
10:42 pm

I thinks this is a good hire and I went to Tech with this guy. He is a baller and a coach. I can still remember seeing him the dorm with his damn nose busted all to hell from a collision at the goal line with Stacey Driver from Clemson (Griffin Ga.). This guys has fire and I believe he can recruit talent. I also like the 4-3 and so do most high school boys.Welcome home Ted.

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:43 pm

By the middle of September next Fall, UGA will be 0 – 2. By the end of September, they will be 1 – 3. So much for jokes.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:46 pm

@GT joke.
Bama has three national championships with no end in sight to their dominance of college football.
Uga missed the best shot they will ever have to win it all.
Close just counts in horseshoes.
Bama has the best coach in football.
Kentucky and Florida have much better coaches for basketball than your dawgs.
Go enjoy your winter beatdowns at the Stegesaurus.
Florida 77 Dawgs 44.
Pathetic.

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:48 pm

@ JD……I heard a commentator today on ESPN Radio say that he thinks Saban is the best coach in the history of college football. I don’t know that I would go that far, but he IS good, and certainly the best around today.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:49 pm

Thanks Taco for contributing.

Ignition

January 9th, 2013
10:52 pm

Ted Roof’s results
I know some other posters have listed the stats, but I figured I’d look up as many stats as I could to try to make me feel better about this hire and compile them all together. These numbers are going to be from his time as a DC only.

2012- Penn State
23rd Rush – 128 yards/game
50th Pass – 255 yards/game
29th Total – 353 yards/game
16th Scoring – 19 pts/game

2011- Auburn (was only at UCF 33 days)
94th Rush- 189 yards/game
51st Pass – 218 yards/game
81st Total – 408 yards/game
79 Scoring – 29 pts/game

2010 – Auburn
9th Rush – 109 yards/game
108th Pass – 259 yards/game
60th Total – 369 yards/game
53rd Scoring – 24 pts/game

2009 – Auburn
78th Rush – 156 yards/game
57th Pass – 218 yards/game
68th Total – 374 yards/game
79th Scoring – 28 pts/game

2008 – Minn
68 Rush – 143 yards/game
93rd Pass – 240 yards/game
80th total – 383 yards/game
61st Scoring – 25 pts/game

2003- Duke
63rd Rush – 158 yards/game
53rd Pass – 217 yards/game
57th total – 375 yards/game
76th Scoring – 29 pts/game

2002 – Duke
28th Rush – 120 yards/game
102nd Pass – 254 yards/game
65th total – 375 yards/game
83rd Scoring – 29 pts/game

2001 – GT
23rd Rush – 117 yards/game
53rd Pass – 216 yards/game
32nd Total – 333 yards/game
37 Scoring – 22 pts/game

2000 – GT
12th Rush – 94 yards/game
114th Pass- 285 yards/game
70th Total – 379 yards/game
21st Scoring – 19 pts/game

1999- GT
89th Rush – 189 yards/game
100 total – 413 – yards/game
93rd Scoring – 30.3 pts/game

You know what all this shows me ?? Crap Coach

OKNOW

January 9th, 2013
10:52 pm

I like the pick – I think Roof will be great, Welcome home, Ted.

Supersize that order, mutt

January 9th, 2013
10:52 pm

I’m outta here. Got a bad cold, and I don’t feel like putting up with the crap being posted on here tonight. Have a good one, JD.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:53 pm

@Super.
This year (5 yards) will be as close as the Dawgs ever get to a football NC.
Their schedule gets tougher.
They lost a lot on defense.
Has Richt made some serious cash (20 to 25 million) never to produce the NC for them?
What a shame.
Not.

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:55 pm

U too Super.

Paul in NH

January 9th, 2013
10:55 pm

Ignition

January 9th, 2013
10:32 pm

NC State has four freshman as well
—
Only 3 of them played (one started) and one of them (Lewis) had 5 minutes.
GT started 2 FRs, and had 3 others play. Out of the players with the top 5 minutes 3 were FRs

Jacket Detective

January 9th, 2013
10:58 pm

@Ignition.
That’s better.

Paul in NH

January 9th, 2013
11:01 pm

GT freshman minutes – 100 (50%)
NCSU freshman minutes – 59 (29.5%)

1 4 GT

January 9th, 2013
11:07 pm

IGGIES stats may show somewhat middle of the pack defenses, but how manr more games (realistically) could GT maybe have won with that good of a defense……VT maybe…just needed 1 tackle with about 20 seconds left on 4th down (or a pass knocked down)….UM…..just one 3 & out without 1 minute left…that’s 2 more wins right there…..MTSU….maybe the guys are so down on themselves & show up & play better….that’s 3 more wins (maybe, but surely possible) & we’re 6 & 0… speculation I know, but we’re not talking about Bammer style defense….just about a defense that would be considered average to good at it’s best……but nooooooooooo, y’all gotta be all wussies and all negative…..HELL, the man ain’t even been fully vetted & y’all are bitchin’

Ignition

January 9th, 2013
11:12 pm

I’d take unknown potential over proven mediocrity ..
I’d venture to say less than mediocre results.
This is bad real bad …

Mike Geigerman

January 9th, 2013
11:14 pm

Welcome .. Welcome Welcome back home…. Great news on the flats
What a superb hire.

GaPigskin

January 9th, 2013
11:26 pm

The real upside to this is recruiting. Ted Roof knows Georgia High School Football and has deep rooted relations with high school coaches in the state. Until now, GT’s recruiting on the defensive side of the ball under Johnson has been lacking. Roof will make an impact.
Great hire for Johnson and the Jackets.

Topp Dogg

January 9th, 2013
11:27 pm

You mean with all the firings pro and college this is the best GT can get, no wonder why you continue to suck.WTF over.

Option Bee

January 9th, 2013
11:31 pm

If Paul is smart, he will let Ted hire the remaining coach needed on defense. Ted has better connections in the coaching community, and knows the good young defensive coaches and recruiters. Paul, turn the D over to Ted, and put your focus back to where it has been completely….the offense! P.S. pass the ball more, so the D sees enough reps in practice! They need it!

GT TN

January 9th, 2013
11:32 pm

@Ignition..2 things for you

1) Look at where the defense was before the coach took over and then while he was there..did the coach show improvements in defense..I think you will see that he did improve

2) who would you have hired??

Dacusville Bill

January 9th, 2013
11:43 pm

I gotta give Pitiful Paul credit—He hit a home run with Ted Roof—Wish Cotton was a monkey–

5150 UOAD

January 9th, 2013
11:45 pm

WHO?
Why?
For how much?
Who?
WHY?
WHO?

5150 UOAD

January 9th, 2013
11:48 pm

I would rather have Suzanne Yonculan. She is an Ex-Dwag and she has more Ballz than any UGa coach and she wouldn’t take CPJ’s crap either.

5150 UOAD

January 9th, 2013
11:49 pm

Being PART of the Black Watch is different than Coaching a New Black Watch.

5150 UOAD

January 9th, 2013
11:54 pm

I am as impressed as I would be if the Stripper at my party was Marilyn Chambers. That would be GREAT in 1978 but in 2013 not so much.

Steve

January 10th, 2013
12:02 am

Sorry GT fans, I see most of you excited for this hire but as the DC at Auburn, our defense was the worst in our history. We lost the fundamentals of tackling on defense. Lots of arm tackles. Defense wasn’t aggressive at all. His Def at Minnesota was dead last in the conf. PSU had a good defense before Roof got there so thankfully he didn’t have more time to tear down their defense too. You’ll be very disappointed.

GT TN

January 10th, 2013
12:13 am

@Steve..funny you should say that because you gave up the same number of points this year as he did last year..defense gave up less yards under Roof last year than you did this year..he gave up 3 more points at PSU than the year before..not bad for what they went thru

Vulture

January 10th, 2013
12:19 am

Auburn finished 2012 @ 79th – GT @ 43rd – Penn State 29th – UGA 32nd

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/1042/p1

Ted Roof Hired as Defensive Coordinator for Georgia Tech – Promises to Tank Defense and Deliver National Champsionsip Like He Did At Auburn | Run Lindsay Run

January 10th, 2013
12:34 am

[...] AP Wire – Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia Tech, the smartest college in the Universe, except the schools taught by vulcans or elves, has hired the only man known to have slowed down the Georgia offense. The collective brain trust at Georgia Tech hired the invincible Ted Roof. [...]

nobowl

January 10th, 2013
12:40 am

why did tech hire this retread again??? it will be more of the next year—bad defense. Why not spend some money and hire a big time D coordinator/?? hello???

pcb mike

January 10th, 2013
1:11 am

I’m excited. Played and coached at Tech, and has an excellent record as a DC. Welcome back, Ted.

5150 UOAD

January 10th, 2013
1:32 am

I would still F a few of my EX’s but I wouldn’t keep them around to keep paying and providing them a living. They were a FUN RIDE ONCE but not for the LONG Roller Coaster Ride at the price. T don’t think Teddie is an answer.

dagnabit

January 10th, 2013
1:50 am

I look to the season ticket sales to go up.

black bee

January 10th, 2013
2:14 am

You put Giff with this and you can recruit and play with the Dawgs. Just don’t know if CPJ will do it!

macrotech

January 10th, 2013
4:29 am

I look forward to seeing him do something with our D….ANY improvement adds a few wins!!! REALLY pumped about next season! Groh was TOO committed to the 3-4 D…I HOPED we’d be able to recruit the players to pull it off, but time proved that wouldn’t play out with favorable results. Roof has proven to be flexible…here’s to the LONG count down to next season! GO TECH!!!

danny

January 10th, 2013
6:25 am

Supersize, and at the end of the year we all know what Georgia will do to tech. When Auburn crushed Geogia in its championship year Roofs vaunted “D” allowed the Dogs 31 points.

gtfanfrom1951

January 10th, 2013
6:39 am

Our offense avg. between 35 and 39 points a game if Ted can match 19 to 24 points a game Tech will be a top ten team again. Its a great hire. One because we go back to the 4-3 where we can get the players. Two he played, coached, and is from here. UGA are drinking the Grantham kool-aid because his defenses have never stop the run and Murry will be like MB and should have taken the money. UGA 7-6 next year

London Jacket

January 10th, 2013
6:43 am

I love it! I was at Tech when Ted was playing and got to know him reasonably well in classes and around campus. He is a great guy and like everyone says he is well known and well respected around Georgia and the Southeast. I remember playing pick up basketball with him, Whsienhunt and Swilling and although I am a big guy they beat the tar out me under the boards! I was bouncing around like a pin ball.

Could we have a return of the Black Watch?

ramblingbuzz

January 10th, 2013
7:40 am

The posters on here citing Roof’s stats from 13 year ago are trying to make what point? That he has not learned anything about coaching in the past 13 years? Well, I guess that’s possible, but TR is a real dumbazz if he hasn’t picked up anything about coaching D since he was last at Tech. Let’s use the most recent body of work, at Penn State, as the best indicator lof his coaching ability and wish him the best at GT. And if he is so terrible, why do head coaches who have worked with him in the past keep hiring him to coach for them? Blind loyalty? I doubt that. Success in the FBS division is measured by one thing, wins on the field not payback to an old buddy.

JB

January 10th, 2013
7:41 am

Good hire for Tech……and my Bulldawgs.

Clemson>LSU

January 10th, 2013
7:49 am

Clemson fans love the hire!

Cecil34

January 10th, 2013
7:57 am

Johnson very well may have hired his replacement….

GThoschton

January 10th, 2013
8:27 am

Hey this is a very solid hire for GT, every football coach knows they maybe fired one day, hell if this board had its way we might change on a game by game basis, CTR has worked under some of the best defensive minds in football and will do well, he will have the opportunity to work his scheme based on the players he has, but the key is the players he has, GT has to recruit better do you think it was the scheme that Alabama used or the jimmys and joes??????

Indydawg

January 10th, 2013
8:41 am

So when CPJ gets fired next year, he could step in and be coach…

Great move…

www

January 10th, 2013
9:13 am

2 questions -

will roof be able to move tech to a 4-3 system successfully?

CAN HE RECRUIT DEFENSIVE LINEMEN?

Sideways 77

January 10th, 2013
9:18 am

Great choice CPJ! Now go hire Giff and start recruiting.

When do we kick-off, looking forward to seeing a GT team play defense for the first time in at least 5 years.

Thanks to Coach Kelly for showing us that the Tech players can play defense. Now lets get better. We have a real tough schedule next year.

Tommy

January 10th, 2013
9:21 am

I like Paul Johnson and his offense.Let’s hope he has made the right decision for DC.

JAdams

January 10th, 2013
9:25 am

Great hire

Topp Dogg

January 10th, 2013
9:32 am

TR is a real mover and a shaker let me tell you,GA has already asked to give up the game and play Duke instead.

GT Fan

January 10th, 2013
9:49 am

IMO, most realistic GT fans know GT is a “stepping-stone” program. With Roof; however, he’s already done what the up-and-comer coaches do … position coach…DC…HC…and then some. Could this stint with GT be a long one for the Roof family? After all, he is a local kid & GT Alum.

In regards to recruiting ….. we all know how the kids these days love by “LOVED” and putting out their top 10, 5 & 3 lists. And I’m sure they all love the “BLING”. With that in my, I’m sure coach Roof will be sporting his National Championship ring when he vists recruits. A ring he acheived not while he was a position coach, instead while he was as a Defensive Coordinator, the title he has now.

GT Fan

January 10th, 2013
9:50 am

….how the kids love BEING “loved” …….

juvenal

January 10th, 2013
9:57 am

JB,i’d worry more about your NT play-explain how us getting rid of the 3-4 helps any of our opponents……..

Jasper Skank

January 10th, 2013
10:13 am

These guys don’t like contact! They love to arm tackle and dance! I say let’s call them “the black twa.”!

Flak Jacket

January 10th, 2013
10:18 am

Good hire for Jackets.He will work hard and that is just what GT football needs.

GT Mom

January 10th, 2013
10:29 am

We welcome back the “Black Watch!” Put those black stripes back on the helmets!

Chris Eagle

January 10th, 2013
10:34 am

So, what happened to all this talk about Rumph and Thompson getting the job? Everybody was spouting “an ALAbama coach will DEFINITELY” get the job. I thought UGA fans had cornered the market on WILD A** GUESSES.

Old Dog

January 10th, 2013
10:44 am

Be carefull in the showers boys. To Hell with Tek, today,tomorrow and every other day!

Tech Troll 13

January 10th, 2013
10:50 am

Super, you were right. Old Dog is a low life.

LawDawg

January 10th, 2013
10:50 am

Tech just hired the next “great defensive mind” who will be fired in 3 years for giving up yards and points in bulk against mediocre to terrible ACC offenses because of the fact that Paul Johnson is an awful, awful recruiter.

I’m not trying to troll your message boards, it is just a fact that as long as Johnson is there, Tech has no real shot at anything with the 2 and 3 star recruits.

ramblingbuzz

January 10th, 2013
10:53 am

Real classy post Old Dog.

Always A Jacket

January 10th, 2013
11:00 am

Roof did not leave AU for PS. He was run out of AU, O’leary gave him a job, then he went to PS because no one wanted that mess. Not a good hire. Letting Kelley leave was another PJ blunder.

Cats hav fleas 2

January 10th, 2013
11:02 am

For GT…probably a good hire.

JM

January 10th, 2013
11:04 am

looks like Gt needs a secondary coach

JM

January 10th, 2013
11:04 am

looks like GT needs a secondary coach

GTBob

January 10th, 2013
11:10 am

I’m not trying to troll your message boards, it is just a fact that as long as Johnson is there, Tech has no real shot at anything with the 2 and 3 star recruits.

Johnson’s recruiting is fine. There is no coach who could do substantially better at GT. Sorry, it just isn’t ever going to happen. Since he has been here he has signed 35 three star players and 7 four star players on defense alone. That is more than enough talent to field a competitive defensive squad.

alco

January 10th, 2013
11:12 am

tech’s having to hire auburn rejects—johnson can’t hire big names since he may be on the way out soon

buzzK

January 10th, 2013
11:15 am

if murray spikes the ball, GA beats alabama and beats notre dame easily—-why didn’t he spike it??

Ty

January 10th, 2013
11:18 am

Ted Roof was a great linebacker and forever will be remembered as captain of the “Black Watch” defense. As a coach, not so much. Having watched Ted’s defenses, he’s earned the name “Mr Prevent Defense” for his ability to always allowing his teams to snatch defeat from victory.

Don’t care about the “stats” (too many factors go into a summarized number and you can’t quote stats from the O’Brien or O’Leary years . . . . we all know those guys were the defensive leaders in the end).

What I see is Ted coming home (why else move DOWN from Penn State after a successful first year), and waiting for the axe to fall on CPJ (which is likely at the end of next season) . . . Yes, a step up from Al “Professor” Groh, but this defense will still get racked (in large part by spending 2/3 of the game on the field and 1/3 by Ted’s ability to go into a shell late in games).

Hope I’m wrong . . . afraid I’m not.

Gus in Marietta

January 10th, 2013
11:27 am

I think the world of Ted Roof as a person and think he was one of the toughest football players I have ever seen. No one got more out his gifts than Ted did on the field. But as a coach, he has been a disaster. His defenses were terrible at Tech. I remember sitting behind his wife in the stands, fans were booing and she was upset. Despite his ties to the school, eventually, it became unbearable and he left. His coaching at Dook and Awburn was no better. Yeah, he had a good year in Happy Valley this year, but that goes against the grain of his body of work.

This pretty much assures that the new AD will fire CPJ at the end of the 2013 season unless we do REALLY well. CPJ better dust off his resume….

GTBob

January 10th, 2013
11:33 am

This pretty much assures that the new AD will fire CPJ at the end of the 2013 season unless we do REALLY well.

After reading the online reactions from GT fans about this hire it seems that most Tech fans will be rooting for us to lose every game next season in hopes that the evil Ted Roof and CPJ will be fired. We really do have a miserable fan base sometimes.

Tech Troll 13

January 10th, 2013
11:42 am

GT Bob

I agree about our fan base. I moved my season tickets after the 2008 season because of the miserable human beings I was sitting around. They were always negative.

@ LawDawg

You failed. You are a troll, so take your Magic 8 Balll with your “facts” and return to court.

Mike

January 10th, 2013
11:47 am

This hire is really nothing to be excited about. Yes Penn St. was good this year on D, but that has been the case for a few years now. Roof inherited a very good unit. The story was much different at Auburn, and I can tell you Auburn people were glad to see him go. He was left with one of the top SEC units, and turned it into one of the worst. Auburn’s defense was MIA during Roof’s tenure. They had to outscore teams to get wins which is why most point to Cam Newton as the reason they won in 2010.

mic-man

January 10th, 2013
11:48 am

Has everyone forgotten about 2001? We had 5 defenders on the All-ACC team and we were horrible. Has everyone forgotten that 2001 Clemson game (Woodrow Danzler)? This is awful, awful.

Mike

January 10th, 2013
11:54 am

Brian Van Gorder took over for Ted Roof at Auburn and didnt have a lot good to say about the state of the program on that side of the ball. Van Gorder likes to dictate to an offense. Roof doesnt. He runs a more passive, gap filling scheme which never worked at Auburn. Anything can happen, but recent history points to a continuation of the defensive struggles at Tech.

Tech1986

January 10th, 2013
11:56 am

Again, he was going to be on Gailey’s staff as a Linebacker coach, but Gailey cut his pay in a third and he went to Duke to DC. It’s not X’s and O’s, it’s the Johnny’s and Joe’s. We need him to recruit talent and then coach them up. We have some guys who have redshirted who “look” good in a clean uni, but we shall see how they stack up. And everyone wanting to get some top name DC, send your checks to the Athletic department.

GTBob

January 10th, 2013
11:58 am

Has everyone forgotten about 2001? We had 5 defenders on the All-ACC team and we were horrible.

2001:
23rd in Run Defense
53rd in Pass Defense
32nd in Total Defense
37th in Scoring Defense

It wasn’t amazingly great but it was nowhere close to horrible. It would be miles better than anything we have had recently.

Mike

January 10th, 2013
11:58 am

Either Johnson is doing this on purpose because he knows he needs a scapegoat on defense, or he just doesnt know how to hire on that side of the ball. Al Groh had a better overall resume than Roof, and I thought Groh was an overrated hire as well. His D at Virginia wasnt that good, so why would he be able to come in here and turn us around? Same with Roof. If Roof cant build a defense worth putting on the field at Auburn with top 10 recruiting classes, how is he going to turn this program around? Go get someone that actually has a standing resume of real success at a level you know will turn this program around.

RAMBLE ON!!!

January 10th, 2013
11:59 am

GTBob,

“most Tech fans will be rooting for us to lose every game next season”

Sounds like you work for the Liberal Main street Media….

It is a terrible hire, but I’ll be pulling for GT at every game in hopes I’m wrong.

I like using history when available making my decision, how bout your self?

Great player, terrible coach.

Nothing will be any different next year. Good offense, no defense.

Tampa Wreck

January 10th, 2013
12:02 pm

OK.. I’m back off the ledge of the Sunshine Skayway… I definitely don’t like this hire! I saw enough of Ted Roof’s Defense the last time he was here at Tech. That said, I’m ready to give him a chance. In my thinking, this is CPJs last chance. I’ve supported him for 5 years, but the D has to improve. If he thinks Ted’s the man for the job.. OK, but he better be right this time.

Mike

January 10th, 2013
12:04 pm

@Tech1986 – its not about getting a top D coordinator. How about just getting one that is good? You dont even need to go get a guy from a top school either. Mark Richt got Brian Van Gorder from Western Michigan I think. Grantham was a linebackers coach at Dallas. There are a lot of good D coordinators at mid-major conferences or that are position coaches. You just have to know what your looking for. That’s where I think Johnson falls short. I dont think he really knows what kind of DC he needs for this program.

RAMBLE ON!!!

January 10th, 2013
12:06 pm

Hell, bring Gailey back. At least we had a decent Defense.

I’d rather watch us punt and stop the opposing offense, than watch the opposing offense run up and down the field on us.

CHARLES KELLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAME DC THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE BOWL GAME.

Mike

January 10th, 2013
12:07 pm

I stand corrected…Richt got Van Gorder from Central Michigan. Still, Van Gorder’s D was top notch at UGA, and his recruits excelled during the first few years Martinez was there. Once they left, Martinez struggled. Point being, you dont have to get a recognized name.

RAMBLE ON!!!

January 10th, 2013
12:07 pm

That ledge is looking pretty good.

Tech Troll 13

January 10th, 2013
12:09 pm

Mike, since you are so wise, who should have been the hire?

Mike

January 10th, 2013
12:09 pm

@RAMBLE ON!!! – I didnt want them to fire Gailey in the first place, not for Johnson anyway. I wanted to see what he could do with those recruits he started to pile up without Patrick Nix at OC, and yes, Tenuta’s D was far superior to anything we have seen since.

gt45

January 10th, 2013
12:14 pm

Welcome back, Ted! Great job C:PJ!

RAMBLE ON!!!

January 10th, 2013
12:15 pm

How bout Giff Smith, best recruiter we have ever had here?

yeah, that ledge is looking better and better.

Mike

January 10th, 2013
12:18 pm

@Tech Troll – if you want to jump up and down about Roof go ahead. Fact is, his defense at Auburn was terrible and was statistically the worst in Auburn history in 2011. They averaged giving up over 400 yards per game in 2011. Its not my job to evaluate coordinators, but it doesnt have to be for me to see there was something seriously bad about his tenure at Auburn, as school that recruits with the best in the country.

GTBob

January 10th, 2013
12:18 pm

I like using history when available making my decision, how bout your self?

Sure I do. I like the most recent history. With a Penn St team in shambles from controversy he managed to have a defense that was much higher in every possible category than GT was. The most points his defense gave up all season was 35 to a good Ohio St team. GT gave up over 35 six times. Sorry we didn’t hire Bill Parcells like you might have hoped but for the money we have to offer and the DC’s available he wasn’t a bad hire and he could possibly improve things whether Tech fans want him to or not.

Drexel Gal

January 10th, 2013
12:21 pm

I hope this Roof doesn’t leak.

Tech1986

January 10th, 2013
12:22 pm

@ Mike, good point and you may be right, he might not know what he is looking for. However, many folks on the blogs want some top notch guy, like Kirby Smart, we can’t pay that kind of money. A young up and comer would be good, but again I would prefer someone who wants to be at Tech and not use this for a larger job, a little selfish on my part, but I believe in loyalty. Look at that Manny Diaz, did a great job at MSU, went to Texas and in his second year, their defense was not that good. I think we need a recruiter who understands Tech’s advantages and disadvantages and can get across to the student athlete that the advantages far out way the disadvantages (Math and science).

Mike

January 10th, 2013
12:25 pm

GTBob, Penn St. was not a unit in shambles from a talent perspective. OK they had to mentally overcome a lot with the whole Sandusky mess. Give O’Brien and his staff a lot of credit overcoming that, but Penn St.’s D was very good in 2011. The most points they gave up was 27 to Alabama before the final game of the year when they fell apart against Wisconsin in the wake of all that went on.

Roof’s Auburn tenure is what is troublesome.

lets be honest

January 10th, 2013
12:26 pm

what is needed more than anything is better talent. You better hope he can recruit better that PJ.

Mike

January 10th, 2013
12:29 pm

@Tech1986 – I agree, we wont ever get a big name guy in here, but then often the big name isnt the one you really want. Like you said, you never know what will happen when they get here. Thats why I think looking at mid-major conferences is a good idea. Often coaches at that level have good schemes, just not enough talent to run them. Tech cant recruit with UGA, but they are better recruiting than a mid-major team.

JB

January 10th, 2013
12:31 pm

Lets me more than honest…… don’t know if Saban could stop the bleeding on that side of the ball with the current crop wearing white and gold. After the whistle blows, the scheme and grease board talk is out the window…it’s time to hit and tackle somebody……I don’t see it…..
Good luck.

Jacket72002

January 10th, 2013
12:37 pm

Enter your comments here

GTBob

January 10th, 2013
12:37 pm

Lets me more than honest…… don’t know if Saban could stop the bleeding on that side of the ball with the current crop wearing white and gold.

Our talent level isn’t nearly that bad. People like to pretend that we just picked up some random students from the electrical engineering building but we actually do have several defensive players who were rated pretty high in high school and were coveted by other major programs.

Tech Troll 13

January 10th, 2013
12:39 pm

@ Mike – Yeah that NC at Auburn must have really sucked.

Jacket72002

January 10th, 2013
12:39 pm

One of the original members of the The Black Watch Defense, always had a bloody nose. This guy will bring some toughness back to the D. I think it’s a good hire, and I think he will be here for more than a a year or two.

Good hire, this guys knows DEFENSE!! Welcome back Ted

1 4 GT

January 10th, 2013
12:41 pm

Simply mindblowing!! One can find a surfeit of comments on the blogs from any perspective you want to look at. However, a lot of these comments today & yesterday on CPJ hiring Ted Roof seem to be on the not too logical side….which I thought would be where Tech people would excel. Some of y’all are the hardest to please people ever. Some of y’all are the most negative people ever. Some of y’all have the thickest, hardest heads ever. People! We have seen the offense control the ball and and score points and win games with an adequate QB. Now that everyone mostly agrees that QB play will be better, thus making offensive play better, all GT needs is a defense that is ranked somewhere in the top 1/3 in the nation instead of the middle 1/3 like we had. CCK had the defense trending that way. The stats for CTR’s past indicate that he can at least do that good a job for Tech. For God’s sake everyone, quit with all the knee jerk reactions and take a deep breath and relax. Enjoy the off season, watch the NFL playoffs & SB, play a little golf, drink a beer or three and see how the guys look in the spring game. CPJ wants to be a success. CTR wants to be a success. Let’s just sit back & watch things unfold and enjoy what I see as a bright future for GT FB….& BB too as the kids gain in experience. Don’t be surprised if they make the NCAA dance this year, by a slim margin. GOOOOO JACKETS THWGeorgie

Dirtybirdsin12

January 10th, 2013
12:46 pm

Am I the only person who remembers Ted Roof’s defence costing Joe Hamilton a Heisman trophy and a shot at a championship?

dry dirt road

January 10th, 2013
12:54 pm

He ran a leaky Roof D at Tech, never blitzing, and teams passed like crazy b/c LBs could not cover receivers well except for maybe tight ends who are more their sizes. He also wore black, half of Georgia’s colors. The prez of Tech Alum Assn came on Tech Topics after Black Watch years and said “black is out”. Ted wasn’t a good D coach then b/c of lack of experience, but for Cam Newton’s Nat Champ team he finally became good at coaching D. So we expect him to drop black tar paper leaks and coach as he did at Auburn. He could remind team to get flu shots during GT Girl pink powder puff breast cancer awareness month. NO pink and NO black unis, no girl powder puff football games. Blitz, safety blitzes, rush DEs to curl around blockers and then back toward the los where qb is looking for receivers.

RAMBLE ON!!!

January 10th, 2013
12:57 pm

Dirtybirdsin12

No, look at my post on page 2…I think

RAMBLE ON!!!

January 10th, 2013
12:58 pm

“Tech cant recruit with UGA, but they are better recruiting than a mid-major team”

Giff Smith did when he was here.

different year same result

January 10th, 2013
1:00 pm

Like seeing a Tech guy get the job, but folks in the end it doenst matter. If Johnson doesn’t start opening up the offense, able to throw the ball downfield with success and stop running the same 5 plays, it wont really matter how good or bad our defense is. Teams with disciplined and physical defenses (BYU, UGA, VT, FSU) showed how easy it is to stop a one dimensial offense.

GTBob

January 10th, 2013
1:05 pm

Giff Smith did when he was here.

Giff Smith was good at GT but never recruited anywhere near UGA levels. That is basically an impossible feat.

Tech1986

January 10th, 2013
1:07 pm

Joe Hamilton got screwed on the Heisman because the media was into the “lifetime achievement” award theme in 99. Ron Dayne won it because of all the yards he gained in 4 years, setting NCAA career records. The media had a bias that year, Little Joe was the “most outstanding player” that year, he and Tech got screwed.

I bought my GT gear at WalMart

January 10th, 2013
1:09 pm

Doesn’t matter who you get to coordinate if you don’t have good coordinatees.

Al Bundy

January 10th, 2013
1:12 pm

Not impressed with this hire at all. The Auburn people called him Ted “Leaky” Roof because his defense was so bad. I live in Alabama and know lots of Auburn fans and they were thrilled when he was gone! Of course most of these people have an Engineering degree from Auburn and claim Auburns Engineering degree is every bit as good as an Engineering degree from Tech! I just look at them and say “Bless your heart”!

mic-man

January 10th, 2013
1:15 pm

Coach Roof had one decent year at Auburn because 1. he had the best defensive player in the country (Nick Fairley) and 2. the offense had the best offensive player in the country (Cam Newton).

@GTBob
I am not saying that he won’t be an improvement over Groh (or Wommack); but in 3 years at Tech, his defenses never dictated the game (even with all the talent he had in 2001). Both Edsell’s defense in 1998 and Tenuta’s defenses had the ability to dictate the outcome of the game–to come up with big stops in big game situations. I don’t remember Roof’s defenses ever being able to do that.

I disagree with Mark Bradley and others who consistently question our defensive talent–I think that with the exception of a young line, our defensive talent is very good (at least for us). I just don’t think that Coach Roof has the ability to make our defense into one that can influence wins (on its own).

5150 UOAD

January 10th, 2013
1:51 pm

Da ROOF! Da ROOF! D ROOF is on Fire!…….Burn MFer, Burn. Let the MFer BURN.

Chicken Farmer

January 10th, 2013
2:23 pm

WHAT? Call me crazy, but I didn’t see this coming. He was awful at GT as a defensive coach then defensive coordinator, he was awful at Duke as a head coach, he was awful at Auburn, even though he was on their NC team, but Auburn had a quarterback and offense that could outscore everyone. There weren’t too many teams their defense ever stopped. Ok, he had a decent year at Penn State, but what’s the old saying about a blind squirll can find a nut every now and then. Hope it works out, but I’ve got some very big doubts about this hire.

michael

January 10th, 2013
2:49 pm

FINALLY SOMEBODY LISTENS. I’VE BEEN CALLING ROOF’S NAME SINCE BEFORE A.G. WAS PICKED TO BE THE D.O.

GTSETTLESFORALSORAN

January 10th, 2013
3:33 pm

This hire is so GT, we beat the formally #1 ranked team in the nation in our bowl. USC was 7-5 playing with a freshman QB and a team that did not care. Good luck winning 7 games in 2013 and playing in the SUN bowl.

wreckmaniac

January 10th, 2013
5:22 pm

Would much rather yell Roof, Roof , Roof than Woof, Woof, Woof.

wreckmaniac

January 10th, 2013
5:24 pm

To 14 GT: Right on. great note. Roof will do a fine job at Tech.

jeffjacket

January 10th, 2013
5:34 pm

Great hire! I was there when GT defeated a very good ND team in the Gator Bowl with CTR the DC for CGO. Let me tell you something , you guys are going to see some fast, hard hitting defense! This guy knows his stuff , this is perfect timing for him and for GT!!!!!

I keep telling you guys to stop bashing CPJ , he is the Man!!!

GO JACKETS!!!! TO HELL WITH GA!!!

jeffjacket

January 10th, 2013
5:35 pm

Great hire! I was there when GT defeated a very good ND team in the Gator Bowl with CTR the DC for CGO. Let me tell you something , you guys are going to see some fast, hard hitting defense! This guy knows his stuff , this is perfect timing for him and for GT!!!!! Get ready GT is back!

I keep telling you guys to stop bashing CPJ , he is the Man!!!

GO JACKETS!!!! TO HELL WITH GA!!!

Kicking it with Cremins

January 10th, 2013
6:01 pm

For those posting about Roof being a possible CPJ replacement; guy went 6-45 as Duke’s HC. Is that what yall want??
I dont like the hire but I’m willing to give him a chance; If we can be slightly better than Groh’s D with the ability to pressure the QB I’ll be ok.

GTpack

January 10th, 2013
8:26 pm

When Ted would make a tackle (in the 80’s), we would all yell roof, roof, roof. Heck of a linebacker, hardnosed, tough son of a gun.

Welcome back Ted!!

Now go get Giff Smith to help with recruiting.

fatboyslim

January 10th, 2013
8:41 pm

Oh brother, this means that Derrick Cheek will be on the sideline again

Stephen CC

January 10th, 2013
9:05 pm

Welcome Back to Atlanta Coach Roof! Always enjoyed watching you play and have always appreciated your intensity. Hopefully your work ethic and intensity will be contagious. The last part of the season we saw what our players were capable of doing. Now we just need that to be consistent. Looking forward to hard-hitting defense! Maybe even bring back the Black Watch? Go Jackets!!!

Stephen CC

January 10th, 2013
9:12 pm

1 4 GT @ 12:41 pm — Well said! — GO JACKETS!!!

Bobo

January 10th, 2013
10:03 pm

Thank you Lord. FINALLY Tech has a piece of good news. Roof was a terrible head coach but a wonderful defensive coordinator. He has succeeded everywhere he has gone including Tech in the Keith Brooking & Ron Rogers days. I don’t think most people remember just how many defensive guys he put into the NFL. This will also be HUGE for recruiting. I’ve met Roof and he’s really likable and obviously extremely smart and could’ve been just as successful as an engineer. His coaching schemes are really complicated, but he’s a much better teacher than Groh (apparently). Roof also loves to blitz often, so guys will enjoy playing for him. As a hometown guy, he will be able to recruit much better than an outsider would have. This may end up being the thing that finally puts Tech back on the right side of things. Give Johnson credit for thinking of the one guy that fits perfectly and getting him to come back. I can’t imagine that the insane little bubble that is Penn State was very comfortable….probably like being the only sane person in the twilight zone. He was a great coordinator at Auburn too for two years (but had one disastrous year that ended it), by the way….and Chizik can ALSO thank Roof for the national title. Folks, we just got the defensive coordinator from the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP team from two years ago.

Bobo

January 10th, 2013
10:08 pm

For all you folks complaining….yes Roof was a HORRIBLE head coach. No arguments there at all. However, I maintain that other than a really bad year at Tech and one at Auburn, he has otherwise been a good coordinator. He is the best we were going to get right now and this will be a HUGE help to Paul Johnson’s complete incompetence at recruiting (after all you have to wonder what the HELL CPJ is doing. Is he farting at dinner at recruits houses or something?). Bud Foster or Kirby Smart are not just going to come to 8-4 or 7-5 Georgia Tech.

billyho55

January 10th, 2013
11:45 pm

Douglas,
Ga Tech’s record when Roof is associated with Tech against the dwags is actually 5-3. Thank you for playing.

dawgfan

January 11th, 2013
6:42 am

That’s probably true billyho55, but that was before CPJ ruined your program with his stupid offense and poor head coaching ability. Something had to be up at Penn State for Roof to take this job. It makes no sense. Its a step down.

Thanks for playing.

dawgfan

January 11th, 2013
6:47 am

“Chizik can also thank Roof for Auburn’s national title.”

LOL @ this delusional Techie. You might want to go check the stats on that 2010 Auburn defense there Bud. It ain’t pretty. Unless Roof was playing quarterback and called himself Cam Newton he had absolutely nothing to do with Auburn’s national title. Unbelievable.

ylojkt

January 11th, 2013
7:34 am

GREAT HIRE! WELCOME BACK TED!!!!!

Hal

January 11th, 2013
7:42 am

I am sure he has learned a whole bunch since he was last at Tech. Welcome back Ted and best of luck.

WayneJacket

January 11th, 2013
9:06 am

Excellent hire. Penn St. lost 18 players from the mess there before Roof arrived, yet he turned it around and they won with defence. Look at Auburn, they fell off the cliff since he left. Roof will recruit and he will have them hitting and tackling. We are fortunate to have him.

OldGold1964

January 11th, 2013
9:10 am

Bare with m, as my mind tends to wander: Suppose, just for a minute, that we invest in some ‘Just For Men’ to cover up the gray and we put Roof and Brooking on the field for awhile. After a few solid linebacker hits, opponents will abandon going over the middle attack options.

wrecked

January 11th, 2013
10:57 am

Waynejacket, Auburn fell off the cliff while roof was there, they fired him.

Tommy

January 11th, 2013
11:34 am

Roof does not have to have a great defense, but GT needs a defense that is good.

GT Lee

January 11th, 2013
12:03 pm

Dwagfan, something must be amiss at UGA for Garner to take a step down to Auburn.

Thanks for playing.

Wes King

January 11th, 2013
2:17 pm

Bad Hire….piss poor really. Proof that PJC is NOT a Head coach of any standards and GT doesnt really care about it’s football program.

Love my jackets and even love the triple option but I hate the leadership there

11 of 12

January 11th, 2013
2:38 pm

bad hire in my opinion. Tech would have been a top 5 team or better in 1999 if it wasnt for Roof’s defense. I think he stinks and am sorry to see him return.

Just Askin

January 11th, 2013
3:23 pm

Ted Roof was Tech’s DC for three years and then left to be the DC at Duke.

Anybody know why Roof left his alma mater to do a lateral to Duke?

I know he got the HC job at Duke after a couple of years but he went 6-45 as the HC.

So he is not HC material. Why did he lateral from Tech to Duke? Anybody know?

GT Lee

January 11th, 2013
4:57 pm

Just askin, Roof left Tech due to coaching change (O’Leary to ND, Chan Gailey came in. From what I’ve heard, Chan cut his salary significantly)

Exterminator

January 11th, 2013
6:15 pm

If he was any good why would he join a sinking ship like CPJ. Probably just so he could beat Duke in revenge.

Tech Guy

January 11th, 2013
7:08 pm

Roof only has to be a good coach, not a great one. If his defenses can hold opponents to 3 TD’s or less, Tech will win a lot of games. I bet he can do it.

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