It’s the new charming Al Groh (until Virginia week)
It turns out new Tech assistant Al Groh has a sense of humor. (Johnny Crawford/AJC)
Al Groh walked into his first formal meeting with the media at Georgia Tech Friday, wearing a particularly large ring on his right hand: a Super Bowl ring from his days with the New York Giants.
Was this standard accessorizing for him?
“No,” he said “Not very often. I usually just wear it for other people’s entertainment.”
Press conferences?
“No. Recruiting.”
This ring was from Groh's second Super Bowl with the New York Giants.
Full disclosure here: Groh, while long regarded as a top defensive coach, never has had a reputation of being a charmer with the media. But I figure that working for Bill Parcells all of those years is bound to make anybody miserable.
But Groh seemed at ease Friday when discussing his new role as Georgia Tech’s defensive coordinator, and even cracked a few jokes. When asked about the possible difficulty of going from being a head coach at Virginia to only an assistant again, he said: “You mean, am I going to have to let go of being responsible for players going to class, coming to the Monday press conference, talking to you all after games, meeting with the administrators, justifying our GPA – am I going to miss all of that? Yeah. I don’t know how I can do without it.”
Thank you. Try the veal.
It certainly has been stated enough times in this corner before: Paul Johnson made a terrific hire in Groh. For as much as Groh fizzled as a head coach at Virginia (8-16, including 5-11 in the ACC, in the last two seasons), he long has been regarded as one of the finest defensive coaches in football. But it’s clear there is some lingering bitterness remaining from his exit in Charlottesville and he’s greatly looking forward to the Tech-Virginia game next season. Here’s a few comments that stood out to me from the news conference:
♦ On still being bothered by how things ended at Virginia: “Sure. At one time we had some real good teams, and a lot of people contributed to that. So we were disappointed that our teams weren’t as good at the end. I think I understand the reasons why. But it doesn’t make any difference now . It is what it is. It’s all in the past and we’re looking forward.”
♦ On next year’s Virginia game: “It would be disingenuous to say that it’s not a different type of game. But if I was overly sentimental coaching against teams that I was formerly associated with, then I’d be coaching with tears in my eyes every week. … I hope there’s a lot of people [in Virginia] who feel we did a pretty good job. But one of the things inside of [coaches] is the awareness that you have to prove yourself every week and every year.”
♦ On his playing days at Virginia: “I didn’t have any talent. So all I could be was tough.”
♦ On adjusting back to being a head coach (seriously): “For the last 10 years, pretty much everything that we’ve done is what I wanted ti do. That’s not my role any more. I’m not the head coach, I’m not trying to be the head coiach, I don’t want to be the head coach. Paul Johnson has one of the best records percentage wise in the history of college coaching. He doesn’t need much help from me. It’s my role to adjust to how things are done around here. It’s my job to make the transition seamless, not have other people adjust to me.”
Our Doug Roberson will be posting a story later, and he’ll get more into the aspects of the Jackets’ switch to the 3-4 defense. I just wanted to give you a feel for Groh’s public debut. Early impressions: Positive.
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MatthewH
January 22nd, 2010
1:59 pm
well, I just hope a 65 year old can relate to 17-18 year olds when it comes time to recruit. The might not care about a Super Bowl that he helped win long before they were born.
UA Alum92
January 22nd, 2010
2:05 pm
I didn’t realize both school’s new DC’s were holding their press conferences on the same day (same time?). What was the difference in numbers of members of the press at each?
buzz is wiser
January 22nd, 2010
2:09 pm
If he continues to wear that ring he will relate to 17-18 year olds. Being a high school teacher, every student on the football team believes they’re D-I material and is going to the NFL. He obviously knows what it takes to play at both levels.
MatthewH
January 22nd, 2010
2:11 pm
So, both schools (UGA and Ga Tech) will be running a 3-4 defense? Interesting!!
Vince Dooley
January 22nd, 2010
2:11 pm
wish we had 4 National Championships like our big brother Tech……dead gum it !!!!
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MatthewH
January 22nd, 2010
2:16 pm
Buzz, I hope you’re right about the rings. Living up here in Virginia, I got to see a lot of Groh. UVA never wowed anybody (even though he was coach of the year at one point). Maybe he is better as a coordinator than head coach.
MagnaCarterGT
January 22nd, 2010
2:16 pm
I’m pretty confident that Al Groh will fix up our defense. I’ll never forget how Virginia punked us at our 2008 homecoming game – Tech rushed for only 156 yards (out of 259 total) that day against Groh’s 3-4 defense.
Cuttysark
January 22nd, 2010
2:28 pm
Al Groh is just an incredible defensive coordinator and that is his strength. Being the coordinator of a championship defense means more to him now than being a head coach. Age is not nearly as important as somebody who has been there and done it! A Super Bowl ring transcends all generations of athletes as everyone involved in football knows what that ring symbolizes. Accomplishing a win at that level can never be substituted for youth.
For more articles on Georgia Tech football go to http://isportsweb.com. Go Jackets!
UA Alum92
January 22nd, 2010
2:33 pm
Just reread the article and apparently we learned next to nothing at the press conference other than Tech will be running the 3-4. Why did they hold this again?
Viagra
January 22nd, 2010
2:35 pm
He Al, were interested in using you in one of our commercials.
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
2:36 pm
Wait until those afternoon games make him miss the early bird special at the Silver Skillet, then you’ll see the real Al Groh.
The Real YellowJacket
January 22nd, 2010
2:39 pm
Welcome Al. Get a bunch of LB’s.
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
2:40 pm
Dear Coach,
I didn’t mean to joke about your adopted Grand Daddy. Please don’t punch me in the face.
EW
January 22nd, 2010
2:45 pm
Kinda bummed GT will be running a 3-4 too. That means their offense will see it every week from the D in practice. May or may not help them adjust for Turkey Day with the Dawgs. We shall see. Lots to be excited about for both programs.
Ramblin' Wreck
January 22nd, 2010
2:49 pm
Groh welcome on board. Make us proud and help Johnson and team take us back to the ACC-CG!
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Watch my Johnson Groh!
January 22nd, 2010
2:54 pm
Welcome to Atlanta Coach Groh!
Glad to have you and look forward to seeing the 3-4 during the spring game.
GO JACKETS!
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
2:54 pm
Johnson had better not wear anything low cut around the office. You know how old guys get easily excited. If he sees clevage PJ might be the one who gets punched… right in the pants.
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
2:56 pm
CLEAVAGE… don’t get too excited nerds.
nams
January 22nd, 2010
3:01 pm
yeah, hire a guy as your DC who was fired from a rival school, not only that, but those close to the program said he should have been figured years ago. Brilliant move as always….
James T. Kirk
January 22nd, 2010
3:02 pm
Now all the pieces are in place. We begin our reign of domination on the nation this coming season. I hope they are in the process of adding an extension to the trophy case, because we will start our consecutive string of National Championships this coming season.
nams
January 22nd, 2010
3:04 pm
figured = fired
Upstaged Dawg
January 22nd, 2010
3:06 pm
Nuh uh, nuh uh. We hired the best DC. Come on all you recruits. Come play for Grantham, our 5th choice who we paid $750,000 for. He’s been an NFL DC too for one year, and he runs a 3-4, and he can get you in the NFL. Don’t pay attention to Tech. They suck. Everyone knows it. Everyone knows the Mighty Dawgs are a top 5 program just like Florida, Texas and USC. UF, Bama, UT, and LSU have all won MNCs since Herschel, and Auburn has had 2 undefeated seasons so we’re gonna win won soon! It’s our turn next year.
drive thru dawg
January 22nd, 2010
3:07 pm
love your comments Dawglasville. Keep up the man on man comments. Right out of your dreams and on to the blogs. Go punch your drive thru manager in the pants…it’s payday loser.
Jackets Keep Rollin'
January 22nd, 2010
3:11 pm
Al Groh = First choice, first class mind. Welcome to the Flats, lets go win the ACC again!!
Go Jackets!
1276jacket
January 22nd, 2010
3:12 pm
James T., I think we will worry about the trophy case whenever we win one. I don’t think we should be like Virgina Tech; they built a case for their national championship trophy. Nothing in it yet.
Until we get more horsepower on the line(s) I wouldn’t be talking national championship.
jealous doggies
January 22nd, 2010
3:13 pm
you doggies are just jealous we hired a more accomplished and experienced DC…see the superbowl ring in the pic…how many rings does grantham have?
James T. Kirk
January 22nd, 2010
3:16 pm
I beg to differ. Our thrower of the ball is returning next year, probably a surefire Heisman Statue winner. Our running halfbacks are the best in the country. Our wideout wide receivers are the best in the country too. Now we not only got the best 4th down field goal kicker in the nation coming to Tech, but now we have possibly the greatest defensive mind to ever be at any level of the game. The dynasty begins now.
hahaha!!!
January 22nd, 2010
3:17 pm
jealous doggies,
How many Super Bowl rings did Charlie Weis have, 3? Great point!!!
Coach Johnsons Paul
January 22nd, 2010
3:18 pm
As long as he learns to use my personal mantra, ‘We have bigger fish to fry” and ‘Just punch the UGA fans in the face” after every time we lose to UGA I am A-OK with Coach Groh. BTW-During our interviews for this position he told me how he sends Scott Norwood a Christmas Card every year. That’s how he got that ring!
wiley
January 22nd, 2010
3:21 pm
Glad to have Groh. Im ready to see some defense!
Unemployment Line
January 22nd, 2010
3:25 pm
My DC can beat up your DC even if he has a big supper ring
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
3:26 pm
Drive thru- I work at a fast food restaurant. Where did you get that line? Did you hear Carrot Top say that?
Crandy Ross
January 22nd, 2010
3:27 pm
This is a much better hire than the one made by that other team in the state, the one that thinks they’re so great when they’re the most overrated, underachieving program in college football.
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
3:32 pm
We are not lucky enough to play in the most overrated, underachieving conference in college football.
Joach Cohnson
January 22nd, 2010
3:33 pm
Dangit Dawglasville. These fries are cold. Now Coach Groh is gonna come through that drive thru window and punch you in the face!
Crandy Ross
January 22nd, 2010
3:35 pm
Yeah, Dawglasville, ’cause you’d be all undefeated and stuff if you didn’t have to play teams like Kentucky and Tennesse, who got knee-dropped by Frankenstein Beamer.
j0eY hAmILtOn
January 22nd, 2010
3:37 pm
I bEe GlAd dAt wEe hIrEd cOaCh GrAoH 2 bEe CoAcHiN’ dAt dEeFeNcE. I kNo hEe BeE dA bEsT cAnDyDiT 2 bEe CoAcHiN dEm BoYz.
keke
January 22nd, 2010
3:38 pm
how did the two best ACC teams do again in their last regular season games? I can’t remember…..
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
3:41 pm
Tech/Bama, Virginia Tech/Florida… on down the line…what do you really think would happen? How many BCS bowl games has the ACC won? Your best team got smacked by… Iowa. Do you really think the ACC matters?
Willie M.
January 22nd, 2010
3:42 pm
Did Todd Grantham wear his Super Bowl ring to his press conference? No? Well then he was probably talking all about his head coaching experience.
go tech
January 22nd, 2010
3:44 pm
Welcome coach! Looking forward to this Fall!
Hargrave Military
January 22nd, 2010
3:45 pm
Sorry we won’t be seeing you anymore Coach Groh. But welcome Coach Grantham. Stop by anytime. As you can see we have excellent academic facilities. Our primary colors chart and letter blocks are all brand new.
jack
January 22nd, 2010
3:46 pm
hell, let’s play football this is exciting
blackprix
January 22nd, 2010
3:47 pm
Hey dawgs, give it up. YOU know that the years of beating the Jackets consistently are over … the playing field has been leveled with the arrival of Paul Johnson. NOW, with Groh leading the D, recruits actually have to great coaches to play for at GT – WATCH OUT!
Cecil34
January 22nd, 2010
3:49 pm
Groh as DC for Tech is a positive – and the 3/4 works – if you have the right personnel to run it.
My concerns are that Tech is somewhat lacking in size with the defensive linemen they have on board. You must have a monster at nose tackle for this scheme to work properly.
Now the linebackers have to be fast and active. This is especially true of the outside ‘backers. Does Tech have 4 that qualify? I was rather disappointed with our linebacker play in ‘09, and I definately did not see the athletism and speed necessary to make it work.
I would like Groh or someone to ID who is projected to play where and what the depth chart looks like.
I know in time they will get the right bodies, but do they have them in ‘10?
James in Doraville
January 22nd, 2010
3:52 pm
I used to hate the fact that people could post comments on every column written. But now I love it, because it reaffirms my belief that 90% of the population are drooling idiots.
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
3:53 pm
Cecil, we have a 6-7 340 Soph and a 6-4 330 redshirt Fr. at DT.
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
3:53 pm
You can plug in anybody to run a gimmick office. There is no gimmick defenses. You have to recruit talent for that. Good luck.
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
3:56 pm
I guess the other 10% are arrogant dillholes.
collegeballfan
January 22nd, 2010
3:58 pm
Yeah I agree, real positive. I think this would be a really good hire anywhere, but for Johnson I think this is an absolutely great hire.
Groh will make Johnson a better coach.
Now to recruit the players needed to get to the top. That is the next, and most important, step in the building process. And the most important.
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
4:00 pm
Talent is all you got, Dawglasville. Squandered talent. Let’s hope smoke-blowin’ Richt can keep his golden egg-laying goose Garner up there another year. Cross your fingers and hope he doesn’t find his professional ambition anytime soon.
Stuart
January 22nd, 2010
4:03 pm
Great hire by Georgia Tech and Paul Johnson. Looks like Groh is making the transition quite easily and is up to the task. Of course the footballs haven’t been inflated and there haven’t been any bad games to explain yet. Talk more Tech football at: http://www.bbuzzoff.com
UGAFan
January 22nd, 2010
4:04 pm
And, MatthewH, UF is switching also to the 3-4.
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
4:04 pm
Other than losing to Florida, almost everyone has, where has Richt really failed?
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
4:10 pm
Richt has won 2 titles in the SEC. Johnson has won one ACC title. What are we talking about?
RealityYech
January 22nd, 2010
4:10 pm
The Joke by Coke is where good coaches go to die. Fortunately enough for Gailey, he has broken that curse for the time being. Yech will never be a serious national player. And once the real programs in the ACC get back on their feet, Yech will not even be a contender in their God forsaken conference again. Your overpaid, overrated, overweight coach has been exposed as a fraud. 0-2 in bowl games, 1-2 against bowl eligible SEC teams. All he can hang his hat on is beating the SEC cellar dwellers soundly, and winning a de facto ACC championship when half the conference finished the season .500 or worse.
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
4:12 pm
Now, you’re the smoke-blower Dawglasville. You’ve really got me convinced dawg fans don’t consider the last 2 years disappointments.
falcon71
January 22nd, 2010
4:14 pm
im sure he can elavate the D scheme wise but im hoping he has the players to make the schemes work. dont think they are there now ut we will see soon enough
Concerned Tech fan
January 22nd, 2010
4:15 pm
I don’t think we have the personnel next year to successfully run the 3-4 and we’re seriously lacking in playmakers on offense except for Nesbitt. Nesbitt is our best player by a mile and that worries me. We also have UNC, UGA, Clemson, and VT on the road. It’s going to be a long fall.
bobby dodd
January 22nd, 2010
4:18 pm
As a Hokie, I for one am thrilled with the Groh hire. If you wonder why, just look at the results of the VT – UVA series over the last 10 years.
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
4:21 pm
RealityYech . . . it’s his 2nd season and he’s already matched Gailey’s best win total his first year, and passed O’Leary’s best in his 2nd. The only thing overpaid is a certain team’s 5th choice DC who got the job because Bud Foster and Kirby Smart didn’t want to attach their career prospects to Richt’s sinking boat. Kirby Not Dumb didn’t take the job because he figures if he’s patient in a couple of years he might be interviewing for the HC at his alma mater.
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
4:22 pm
The players are there at LB and DB. You just couldn’t tell from the incompetency of the last coach.
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
4:28 pm
Wha? Anytime we lose to Tech it is a huge disappointment. You forget how big of a rivalry it is until Tech wins one. Tech’s ACC title puts them in the same boat as Cincy, Hawaii, Boise State. Do you think that nation really notices? PJ’s biggest win is still the Georgia game last year. How long can you hold on to that?
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
4:32 pm
Until we beat you next year.
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
4:37 pm
Wow. We won 11, won the ACC, have an at least even chance of beating you guys, and now we have a DC who at least looks great on paper to go with our 35 ppg offense. You mutts are right. It’s totally hopeless at Tech. We should just drop back to FBS because we lost a couple of bowl games. Oh and our conference is on the level with the WAC according to you. Whatever. Delusional dawgfans.
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
4:38 pm
Prepare for more disappointments, dawggies. They’re comin.
RealityYech
January 22nd, 2010
4:42 pm
Sad your bar for success is what O’Liary and Gailey did, or didn’t do. The ACC was heavily more competitive and formidable during their days in the conference as well. You lose all the way around.
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
4:44 pm
Watch ESPN or listen to national sports talk radio. The ACC will be looked at in a different light when they win something. With Bowden out and Florida in transition, Tech may have their hands full soon with FSU and Miami. How long can those schools suck?
Be a realist...
January 22nd, 2010
4:44 pm
Dawglasville, You ego is only exceeded by your ignorance… Biggest win in the last two years is ACC CG. Don’t get me wrong, coming back in the 2nd half and crushing the doggies in the cess pool was sweet, but winning the league this year was the best!!!
I look forward to this fall when I expect to win both in the same year.
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
4:48 pm
Be a realist…If your happy, I’m happy. You have a better chance every year to win the ACC than you do of beating UGA or winning your bowl game. Enjoy Jacksonville.
Otto
January 22nd, 2010
5:01 pm
Just a couple of asterisk for the Techie who posted as Vince Dooley
*GT has ZERO consensus National Titles
*GT has ZERO weeks at #1 in the AP ever.
GTAnchorage
January 22nd, 2010
5:05 pm
Dawglesville,
You didn’t see Tech beat Virginia Tech while they were top 5? I think that was a much bigger win than the uga one. I do agree with you about Miami and FSU though. They have the recruits to be great, just need the right coaching. Are they going to be there this year? I don’t really know but they will be better. I think Virginia Tech is going to be even better this year as well. As much as I hate to say it, I don’t believe Tech will win the ACC coastal this year. The division is just too strong. May be one of the strongest divisions in the country.
Otto
January 22nd, 2010
5:06 pm
Blackprix, UGA has heard that before but UGA has won 70% of the games over the past 4 decades. Year 2 of CPJ resulted in leaving the option with the game on the line. I can’t wait for year 3.
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
January 22nd, 2010
5:07 pm
I have a source that says the new puppie won’t be ready to be UGA VIII by the start of the season, so I’m getting ready to dump a load all over Groh’s shoes. He can use his Super Bowl ring to scrape it off.
GTAnchorage
January 22nd, 2010
5:11 pm
I’m not sure the point of all of you uga idiots coming on this blog. Go back to your trailers
Dawglasville
January 22nd, 2010
5:14 pm
GT Anchorage- you are right about the VT win. I hope everyone, Dawgs and Jacket alike, have a great weekend.
calvin
January 22nd, 2010
5:16 pm
Does this mean that now every team that plays Tech won’t
take the ball first (win or lose the toss) and march down
the field for an easy touchdown?
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
5:20 pm
The ACC is what it is. It’s the 5th best BCS conference, above the Big East. Surprised other Tech fans think we’re going to be in so much trouble next year. According to Navy fans, the 3rd year in Paul Johnson’s system is when things really get cranking on offense.
Typo Joe
January 22nd, 2010
5:21 pm
Hey Jeff, spell check much?
Golden Rule
January 22nd, 2010
5:39 pm
SEC East = 1 hit wonders…If I am not mistaken half of the mighty SEC least got biatch slapped by the ACC and the Big East in the Bowls. LOL Like I said 1 hit wonders..go UF
DamYankee
January 22nd, 2010
5:46 pm
Every time I forget what pinheads UGA fans are I just have to tune in to a Tech blog. Why don’t you a$$holes wait until someone drops a blog on your new DC before showing us all how great you are? UGA- the most overrated program in the most overrated conference in college FB. Just sayin’.
Technophobia
January 22nd, 2010
5:47 pm
UGA fans are such morons. lol
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=ncf&pollId=84764
Tron Carter
January 22nd, 2010
5:50 pm
Coach Groh had sucess with defenses in the past, but Trek doesn’t have the caliber linebackers he is used to like Moses and Methuselah.
Tron Carter
January 22nd, 2010
5:54 pm
30-24 BBBBBBWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAA
73-66 Double BBBBBBBBBWWWWWAAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAA
See you douches on the baseball field.
Tron Carter
January 22nd, 2010
5:54 pm
60-39-5
Tron Carter
January 22nd, 2010
6:00 pm
Already talking about how you will beat Georgia next year?
Remember what that got you last year?
30-24 and a free hotdog and coke
Tron Carter
January 22nd, 2010
6:03 pm
Trek slipped again to #44 in recruiting and still #9 in the ACC.
Looks like the grumpy old men strategy is not working.
Recruits scared off when the cast of Cocoon comes knocking on their door.
DamYankee
January 22nd, 2010
6:05 pm
See, I’m not a Tech fan either, so the anti-Tech comments don’t get me foaming at the mouth, but it doesn’t change the fact that Dawg Nation is predominantly composed of delusional morons.
GTAnchorage
January 22nd, 2010
6:13 pm
Technophobia, thats hilarious. I thought that the country looked at ugay as irrelevant, but now that pretty much shows that they do. uga fans are the only ones that think they are good.
Technophobia
January 22nd, 2010
6:31 pm
Keep trying Tron and Dawglessvill, someday you’ll say something clever.
Blue Fox
January 22nd, 2010
6:33 pm
Wonder if Dave Wommack and Willy Martinez are hanging out together these days??
Illiterate Cokehead
January 22nd, 2010
6:41 pm
I heard both are now on the staff of WPSU or Wet Paper Sack University. Both still have ambitions of making it back to the big time, but it’s doubtful. You know what they say about both those guys.
ASHEVILLE DAWG
January 22nd, 2010
6:53 pm
I see advertising the 5th/3rd bank,what happened to the other four?
Alabama Jack
January 22nd, 2010
7:37 pm
You can always tell a dawg, you just can’t tell them much.
Irrelevant.
Poured myself a vodka
January 22nd, 2010
7:37 pm
Go JETS!!!!
Senior Citizen Discount
January 22nd, 2010
7:42 pm
Hey Jeff, Please be sure to tell Groh to shop on Wednesdays while grocery shopping to get his discount.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 22nd, 2010
7:43 pm
whoever it was who posted that CMR has 2 SEC championships and CPJ only one ACC championship needs to be reminded that CMR has 2 SEC championships IN TEN YEARS. CPJ has one ACC championship in only TWO YEARS.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 22nd, 2010
7:46 pm
Hey, Discount, do you remember Monte Kiffin? In case you don’t, he was DC at UT last year, and he is a senior citizen also. His age sure didn’t stop him from being able to stuff the mutts last year.
Senior Citizen Discount
January 22nd, 2010
7:46 pm
Also… how does Saban get so much credit for his stout defense when he is head coach @ Bama but Groh doesn’t get the blame for his porous defense @ Virginia?
Senior Citizen Discount
January 22nd, 2010
7:47 pm
Hey Supersize, are you comparing Monte to Al? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Senior Citizen Discount
January 22nd, 2010
7:49 pm
Hey Supersize, are you comparing the ACC to the SEC? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Supersize that order, mutt
January 22nd, 2010
7:51 pm
yeah, Discount, I AM comparing Al to Monte, and you will learn soon enough just why. As far as comparing the ACC to the SEC, so what if the SEC has two, possibly three excellent teams; all the rest are middle of the road, at best, and the (according to you) inferior ACC has won more games against those middle-of-the road SEC teams than vice versa over the past couple of years, including the.split between Tech and UGAG.
Train that terrorist, techie
January 22nd, 2010
7:51 pm
MWC > ACC
Senior Citizen Discount
January 22nd, 2010
8:01 pm
Monte Kiffin is by far a better defensive mind than Groh. Heck, even fans of other teams in your conference are happy to see Groh land inside the ACC. Stop dropping the urine colored Kool-Aid if you think that the Tech defense will be any better when you lost your two best D players.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 22nd, 2010
8:04 pm
Discount, you want to see what the rest of the country thinks of Al versus Grantham? Check out the following link, posted earlier by Tron.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=ncf&pollId=84764
The only state in the entire union who thinks that UGAG got the better DC is Georgia. The rest of the country agrees with Tech fans that UGAG is totally irrelevant.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 22nd, 2010
8:07 pm
Discount, I bet the majority of you mutts had never even heard of Grantham before three weeks ago. Hell, on the day when Groh was officially announced, one of your stupid posters called Groh’s 3-4 defensive scheme a “fluke defense.” I wonder what that jerk had to say later that same day when Grantham was announced, and it was revealed that he too would be installing a 3-4 defense. That just proved to me how ignorant most of you mutts really are.
DDT
January 22nd, 2010
8:46 pm
Supersize that order, mutt, in year 2 Mark Richt had his 1st SEC Championship, WON a BCS bowl, and finished #3 in the nation. Now tell us again what Paul Johnson did in his year 2. Dumbazz!
Supersize that order, mutt
January 22nd, 2010
8:51 pm
And what has Richt done since then, DDT? Not a whole helluva lot now, has he, at least not in the past 2 years. I have no doubts whatsoever, that Tech under Johnson will continue to improve, while UGAG under Richt will become more and more irrelevant. And thanks for the infantile name-calling (i.e., “Dumbazz”); you just corroborated everyone’s opinions of you mutt fans.
Get back to your cubicle Supersize that order mutt
January 22nd, 2010
8:52 pm
Don’t you have some CADS drawings to catch up on Supersize? Are you ever going to earn that 12.50 and hour your boss wastes on your sorry butt.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 22nd, 2010
8:52 pm
cubicle, I am very comfortably retired, thank you very much. Maybe after 40 or 50 years serving up french fries, you will be able to say the same.
DDT
January 22nd, 2010
8:58 pm
Just won another SEC title, played for another, WON another BCS bowl and played in 1 more. Finished in the top ten 6 times. That’s all Supersize. Now tell us again what Paul has done other than get his azz beat in 2 bowls 63-17 with his offense scoring a grand total of 10 points and going 1-2 against bowl eligible SEC teams. So who would you say has accomplished more moron?
todd grantham
January 22nd, 2010
8:58 pm
jeff, looks like al is doing the “comb over” to cover up a bald spot. wonder if that will apply to his defenses. heh heh
DDT
January 22nd, 2010
9:02 pm
Oh, and let’s not forget that even Richt’s 2008 team finsihed #10 in the AP final poll. And you Tech fans seem so proud of that #13 finish after going 1-2 in your last 3 games. GT’s 15 minutes of fame is up and you guys know it. You’re Tech. Success is always fleeting.
DDT
January 22nd, 2010
9:05 pm
MY bad…it was #10 in the Coaches poll. You know. Those guys that get paid to know football. Maybe one day GT will sniff a top 10 finish. Unfortunately for GT though that season’s end choke thing will always get in the way.
Kay
January 22nd, 2010
9:07 pm
For good, interesting article on Groh go to: http://isportsweb.com.
Get back to your cubicle Supersize that order mutt
January 22nd, 2010
9:11 pm
Yeah right Supersize, and I’m the president. Do something productive and maybe one day you’ll get to that 15.00 per hr. plateau.
Hired from the Scrap Heap
January 22nd, 2010
9:14 pm
Thanks Tech for giving me a second chance of screwing up another ACC program. I’m glad you were impressed with my 59-53 record while @ UVA. I’m glad you overlooked my embarrassing loses to William AND Mary, Duke, Southern Miss, UConn, Wyoming, Western Michigan, East Carolina, Colorado State. Yet at the same time I was 6-3 against Tech. Does that say less about me or my new employer???
Jack Nicholson
January 22nd, 2010
9:17 pm
Old DDT hit Supersize that order, mutt with what hurts the most. Facts and the truth. When faced with facts and truth old Paul doesn’t look quite so great now does he. 63-17 in 2 bowls and that sorry record against bowl eligible out of conference teams says it all. Big fish in a minnow pond but just chum outside the kiddie pool.
Jack Nicholson
January 22nd, 2010
9:18 pm
YOU CAN”T HANDLE THE TRUTH, can you Supersize that order, mutt.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 22nd, 2010
9:29 pm
All I can say, mutts, is wait and see who’s still talking after CPJ has been at Tech for 10 years. Until then, none of your rantings mean a thing, nor, to be fair, do mine. Although I HATE LIKE HELL that we blew it against UGAG this year, the fact is, regardless of end-of-season rankings, I guarantee you that Tech fans are far happier after the past two years than are any of you mutts. And that’s the truth that you guys can’t handle. If you weren’t so insecure about the state of things, you wouldn’t be on a Tech blog posting crap. And furthermore, cubicle, why would I lie about being retired. I am a senior citizen just like Groh, and I’m proud of it. Maybe one day you will be there too, if you don’t drink yourself to death first or die from disappointment over your delusions.
John 8:32
January 22nd, 2010
9:30 pm
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Or in the case of Tech fans make you mad.
Jack Nicholson
January 22nd, 2010
9:32 pm
Of course you are happier Supersize that order, mutt. The bar is a lot lower at Tech. Finishing #13 in the country is like getting to the top of Mt. Everest for you ACC posers.
Dan Gates
January 22nd, 2010
9:34 pm
I’ve seen you on plenty of the UGA blogs Supersize, so don’t even go there.
.
January 22nd, 2010
9:37 pm
Age hasn’t got sh!$ to do with it…its what you got to sell that makes the deal and Groh knows what he’s selling…amen. Forget the old crap!
RCH
January 22nd, 2010
9:40 pm
Based on your miserable football history I would say the evidence points to you GT fans as being the delusional ones here. You can’t keep a coach. You can’t win consistently and you can’t beat your in state rivals more than about 10% of the time of late, but you are all that? I would say the above facts point to you being the delusional one Supersize. The facts and the history don’t work to your advantage.
GT Fan
January 22nd, 2010
9:41 pm
At least at GT winning a cross State non conf. game is not our # 1 goal, like it is at UGA. What the hell would you have had to be proud of other wise?
John 8:32
January 22nd, 2010
9:45 pm
If you think Paul Johnson will be at Tech 10 years you are certainly delusional. Of course if he continues getting his butt handed to him in bowls and by occ opponents nobody else will want him. And who’s to say after he keeps getting beat by UGA that you nats won’t fire him and move on to your next victim. That’s what GT does.
Supersize this, beayotch
January 22nd, 2010
9:48 pm
Which program gave out rings for beating their in-state rival?
John 8:32
January 22nd, 2010
9:49 pm
Tell us just what Tech has to be proud of GT Fan. Your annual season’s end choke is still your curse. Like Jack said above, when a fan base crows about a #13 ranking after the said choke against UGA and another bowl loss, obviously your team hasn’t done much for a long long time. It must really suck to be a Tech fan and know it’s always just 15 minutes of sunshine before eternal winter sets back in. My condolences.
2 cokes, 2 hot dogs, 2 tix
January 22nd, 2010
9:51 pm
and still can’t sell out your joke of a stadium
RCH
January 22nd, 2010
9:52 pm
When you nerds can finish the drill come back and talk smack. Until then you just sound stupid. The joke by the coke will always choke and you miserable techmites know it that as sure as the sun rises in the east.
Jerry M
January 22nd, 2010
9:54 pm
I watched the Orange Bowl at Rocco’s Pub in Marietta and after about 10 minutes every Tech fan in the place knew they were going to lose. It’s like GT fans expect to ultimately fail when it counts the most. The most common sentiment in the pub was SOS.
The Sad Truth
January 22nd, 2010
9:58 pm
is that there were more people at Rocco’s Pub than actually at the orange bowl.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 22nd, 2010
10:10 pm
Dan Gates, you have NEVER seen me on a UGAG blog. I have absolutely no interest in anything that is said there. I know there are a few Tech fans who post there, but I AM NOT ONE OF THEM. As far as the rest of you guys go, I’m watching Spartacus now, so I won’t bother to take the time to respond to any of you. But suffice it to say, in the history of the two programs, Tech has a far more illustrious past than does UGAG. That, unfortunately, has not been the case recently, but if you really want to live in the past, then go back and look. Until Dodd retired, the Jackets pretty much owned UGAG and, other than Alabama, the other southern schools as well. And by the way, make up your minds—is CPJ so bad that he will be fired after 3 or 4 years (HA!!!) or so good that other schools will want him? You jerks talk out of both sides of your mouths. And do you want to tell me which other schools have ever come knocking on Richt’s door hoping to get him from UGAG? I can answer that one for you—-NONE!!!!!
Leroy
January 22nd, 2010
10:11 pm
You will probably hear a lot of that’s your fu__ing fault from Coach Johnson, and the most will be directed at his new DC, Al Groh….Look for those 2 to clash…It will be hysterical!!!
Delbert D.
January 22nd, 2010
10:14 pm
Why all this teeth-gnashing about “Richt has 2 SEC titles” “Johnson has 1 ACC title” “Tech is 1-9 against Georgia in the last 10 years” blah-blah-blah. The only thing pertinent to Tech-Georgia *now* is the “common era” concept. Johnson has been at Tech for the last 2 years. Only those two years are relevant to Richt vs. Johnson. It’s 1 – 1, with Georgia having the current honors.
For goodness sake, keep Dodd and Butts in their graves, and don’t drag Gailey, Donnan, Lewis and Goff into any intelligent discussion of Georgia vs. Tech in current football terms. History has been writ, and let it remain mementos to be cherished or despised, but don’t confuse it with the here and now.
Naval Academy Grad
January 22nd, 2010
10:15 pm
When PJ first left Navy it was disappointing. Not now. We are actually a better football team under Coach N. Coach N has installed a very effective short and medium passing attack that he can run from the shotgun or a mainstream spread option. PJ would never have done that. And he never will at Tech. After 2 years of Coach N most Navy fans and grads are glad PJ is gone. PJ will win some at Tech but will eventually hit the wall. PJ will never modify that offense to compete with good out of conference teams. He’s too stubborn. To do what Coach N did would in PJ’s mind constitute failure and would be an admission that he can’t win it all the way he does it now. Paul’s a good coach but his ego is his worst enemy and you Tech fans will see that eventually. And when you start complaining about it he will leave you.
wahoomark
January 22nd, 2010
10:23 pm
groh talks a good game, and he may do a decent job as your defensive coordinator, but the guy is a arrogant jerk, who talks a bunch of crap, if u like bend but dont break defenses, giving up lots of yards, then u will like groh as your dc, he ruined what george welsh had built at uva. good riddance to him
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
10:27 pm
Naval Academy Grad, you’re a Dawg poser. I’ve never heard anything but positives from Navy fans about CPJ, so please cut the bull.
Cleveland Browns fan
January 22nd, 2010
10:28 pm
Yeah, well if you ask me, Georgia got sold a bill of goods on that Grantham guy. He was with Crennel for one year, and he was so bad they got rid of him fast enough to make your head swim.
George R.
January 22nd, 2010
10:32 pm
Delbert D. the point of all that was that all you GT fans were crowing look what Paul has done in just his second year”. Compare Richt’s second year to PJ’s and there is no comparison. PJ has really done nothing until he can stop the traditional choke at the end of every GT season. Maybe you Tech fans should drop all the Johnson is God lunacy until he actually does something outside the ACC. Until then it’s still same old Tech, different coach.
Naval Academy Grad
January 22nd, 2010
10:44 pm
I said nothing bad about PJ Wha. Everyone that knows coach knows he has that ego and is going to live or die by his offense just the way it is now. He won’t change it. I just said we are more than happy with Coach N. Now that PJ is gone we have someone to compare him to. I can state with truthfulness that while all of us from the Academy respect PJ for what he did at the Academy nobody is going to start a petition to get him back. That’s all I’m saying. Coach N is our guy now.
Dawg76
January 22nd, 2010
10:49 pm
Wha you dumbazz, All the man did was point out the obvious. Navy is better and more diverse. And just because most things said about PJ are positive it doesn’t mean they want him back now. But if you insist on your man love for Paul that’s your business. To each his own.
Jack Nicholson
January 22nd, 2010
10:50 pm
I’ll bet that “bill of goods” stuffs that TO up your little techmite butts next November Cleveland Browns fan.
Jack Nicholson
January 22nd, 2010
10:53 pm
wahoomark being an arrogant jerk makes Groh a perfect fit at GT.
AARP
January 22nd, 2010
11:16 pm
That old guy out at Iowa that stuffed that triple option offense up Paul Johnson’s butt proved that age doesn’t matter.
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
11:17 pm
The offense is the last problem we’ve had, you ineducably mentally retarded Dawgs. You SEC experts keep on with the ‘Triple Option won’t work, triple option won’t work’ crap. We scored 56, 49, 42 and 39 this year, oh, and 45 on you ‘tards last year. The offense isn’t what needs work. It’s the defense that gave up 31, 44, 31, 34 and 42 in the games with the aforementioned offensive results. I don’t know how good Groh will be, but anything’s better than Wommack. Losing two bowl games is just that . . . two games. The Iowa game had nothing to do with the ‘time to prepare’ myth. It had to do with a 260 lb. converted TE trying to block that beast Clayborn. CPJ has already recruited better OL than Gailey ever did. 9-4 and 11-3 vs. 10-3 and 8-5. Even you cow college idiots can do the math. We’re improving and you’re getting worse.
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
11:22 pm
Pro-style offenses get it stuffed up theirs too sometimes. Just like that pile of manure Okie St defense that regularly gives up 40+ in the Big 12, but somehow held the mighty Dawgs and all their 5 star stud recruits to 10 points.
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
11:33 pm
With all due respect, Naval Academy Grad, the numbers don’t support your opinion. After CPJ’s first year at Navy, which was obviously a rebuilding year, his teams averaged 30.5, 27.8, 34.2, 28.2, and 38.5. The lowest year, 27.8, was actually the team’s best year under him with a 10-2 record. Coach Niumatololo’s teams have averaged 27.2 and 28.0 his first two years, neither of which are as good as CPJ’s offense averaged in year two when he was still building the program. I’m glad you like your current coach, and I think he’s pretty good myself, but CPJ built that program and Coach N just took it over. Without CPJ, you’re a doormat getting crushed by Air Force and splitting with your archenemy Army, whom you now own.
Wha?
January 22nd, 2010
11:46 pm
FWIW, CPJ has already stated that one of the main goals between now and next year is to work on the passing game. I guess a guy who won 2 FCS championships and made a winner out of a Naval Academy team with impossible restrictions is just a stubborn ole idiot who never adapts. I think the stubborn one is Richt, who hangs on to crappy assistant coaches too long and squanders preseason #1 talent because he refuses to make a change when there’s an obvious problem. Richt is another Gailey, continuing to play a 5th-year senior QB who sat the bench for 4 years after it became obvious he just didn’t have it. That’s all I heard dawg fans gripe about all season.
Not Disappointed!
January 22nd, 2010
11:57 pm
I really look forward to seeing Coach Al Groh at work!
Jeff, this is two really good articles in a row. First Coach Fox at Georgia and now Coach Al Groh on the Flats. Forget Scotch……….Lets pop a bottle of VSOP. You decide.
Ramblin Wreck Out!
PragmaticMan
January 23rd, 2010
6:59 am
If your offense isn’t a problem Wha explain 10 pts in 2 bowl games. Paul Johnson turned down a lot of money at Auburn because he knows he can’t run that offense against SEC teams game after game.
PragmaticMan
January 23rd, 2010
6:59 am
Wha Cox was playing behind the NFL’s #1 draft pick. You’re not real bright are you?
PragmaticMan
January 23rd, 2010
7:13 am
10 best college football programs of the decade. UGA ranks 8th. Where does GT rank. Paul Johnson won’t be at Tech long enough to accomplish what Mark Richt has. And until he can win bowl games and out of conference games against bowl eligible teams he’s just another good coach in a bad conference living off beating a bunch of pansies.
GT IS NOW A 6TH RATE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
January 23rd, 2010
8:30 am
JELLO JOCKITCH AND AL GROhIN IS A REALLY GOOD ANATOMICAL MATCH. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
GT IS NOW A 6TH RATE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
January 23rd, 2010
8:31 am
JELLO JOCKITCH AND AL GROhIN THE BEST ANATOMICAL MARRIAGE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Senior Citizen Discount
January 23rd, 2010
8:31 am
That old guy from Iowa was the perfect choice to go against Tech’s so called perfect option. He was in the prime of his life when the option was in vogue and had years of experience with it.
Half Star Kicker
January 23rd, 2010
8:34 am
I’m glad I had a change of heart and switched my pledge from Miami of Ohio to Tech. I’m now the highest rated Tech commit.
Osama Ali Bing Bang Boom
January 23rd, 2010
8:37 am
The perfect option is the best thing in this country since the invention of the mixed slurpee.
GT IS NOW A 6TH RATE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
January 23rd, 2010
8:38 am
AL GROhIN IS WHERE THE DISEASE CALLED JELLO JOCKITCH IS. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA FOREVER AND EVER.
Buford Wolves
January 23rd, 2010
8:39 am
Can we open next season in the Corky Kell against Tech?
Meadowcreek Mustangs
January 23rd, 2010
8:44 am
Where do we sign up to play Tech in the Corky Kell?
Shortbus Dawg
January 23rd, 2010
8:46 am
How dense are you, pragmatic? It’s 2 games. Why can’t you do anything with UF for like 20 years? What’s wrong with your coach and program? Did they give you extra time when taking standardized tests in school? It doesn’t matter who Cox sat behind. It was obvious to most dawg fans he had no business on the field this year. Crompton of UT, who can’t get out of his own way most Saturdays, was better by the end of the year. And as far as top teams, you better worry about the next decade.
Joe's Vienna Sausage
January 23rd, 2010
8:49 am
I’m sure glad we didn’t have to play Iowa. Those guys hit really hard, and they might have made me tinkle my silver britches or even eat my chinstrap. Then again, the thought of those big strong arms wrapped around me makes me shiver. I can’t wait to graduate and leave Athens so I can go live in Midtown Atlanta.
Hayseed Dixie
January 23rd, 2010
9:26 am
RealityYech
“where good coaches go to die.”
Are you really THAT stupid?
Chan (our worst coach in awhile) is the head coach of an NFL team.
O’Leary got called up by Notre Dame (before he messed it up on his own).
Bobby Ross went to the NFL and hit the Super Bowl in year two.
Bill Curry went to Alabama. If you went to the *blackout* in 2008, you might know who they are.
What’s Goof, Dooley and Donnan been doing, besides wasting the time of everyone around them?
Hearing Donnan comment on UGA football on the radio is farking hilarious. He’s like the UGA program’s herpes. He just won’t go away.
Former UGA coaches are the joke that writes itself.
Senior Citizen Discount
January 23rd, 2010
9:26 am
Tech fans are quick to jump on the Gator bandwagon since their Tech is 4-14 against Georgia since 1992. Must be nice to hang your hat on another’s schools success against your main rival since your team fails against them.
Seminole Sam
January 23rd, 2010
9:28 am
Don’t forget Tech is only 2-12 against Florida State since 1992.
Wahoo
January 23rd, 2010
9:30 am
… and Tech is only 6-12 against powerhouse Virginia since 1992.
Wha?
January 23rd, 2010
9:54 am
LOL. Seminole Sam, we barely ever play you since the conference got divided. All those wins were in your glory days. Which are now LONG gone. 2-0 is the record the last 2 years and with our current coach BTW. Oh, and Wahoo . . . 1990 is the one that really matters now isn’t it. Ouch, bet that still hurts.
Doug Edwards
January 23rd, 2010
10:52 am
Yeah Shortbus Dawg it’s just 2 games. 63-17 is all. Offense scored 10 points in 2 games. But yeah it’s just 2 games dimwit.
Not Disappointed!
January 23rd, 2010
10:52 am
I believe this years Jackets can be better than the year before.
Lets go Jackets!
Doug Edwards
January 23rd, 2010
10:55 am
Keep believing Not Disappointed. You sound just like the Dawg fans did last year. You’re no better than 3rd in your division in 2010.
Delbert D.
January 23rd, 2010
11:24 am
Tech is 2-0 against FSU in the “common era” (Bowden-Johnson.) A new common era begins with the 2010 season, which is the Fisher-Johnson common era. I think that FSU will reach heights under Coach Fisher that have not been realized in recent years. I’m pretty sure that other schools used the “you know Coach Bowden won’t be there” line for several years on prospective Seminole recruits.
The ‘Noles will help the ACC on the journey back to national recognition.
Urine colored jerseys
January 23rd, 2010
1:02 pm
Wow, Tech wins the worst conference in the BCS and all of a sudden is a powerhouse. They sign a coach as DC who just was fired and the fans rejoice because he wears a Super Bowl ring. Show that and the ring they wear for beating Georgia and I’m sure all of the one and two star recruits will be tearing down the walls to play in a high school offense or a defense run by a man the age of Moses.
Unoriginal G
January 23rd, 2010
4:08 pm
Doug Edwards, 38+24=62, not 63. Not all us Tech fans are math geniuses, but we can handle 3rd grade arithmetic problems. I’ve got another 2 game total for you: 86-36. Let me remind you. The SEC East goes Florida, Tennessee, THEN Georgia. Kind of cuts down your chances of getting into a BCS game, doesn’t it?
Alabama Jack
January 23rd, 2010
6:32 pm
irrelevant dawgs.
HooGotRidOfAL?!
January 23rd, 2010
6:57 pm
good luck with this man, fellas. he alienated every high school coach in the state, and posted defensive stats in the past 9 years that are basically middle of the pack. not to mention he could never ever ever gameplan for VaTech.
Unoriginal G
January 23rd, 2010
7:33 pm
Doesn’t matter Hoo. Frankenstein Beamer can’t gameplan for cut blocks.
HoosinRich
January 23rd, 2010
7:51 pm
Here’s the deal. AG is a lovely guy, and anyone who gets to know him will like him. He’s a great teacher, and the kids will love him. Given a little time, he can game plan without parallel. The bad news is that his version of the 3-4 is not what you think it is. If you are thinking Steelers, aggression, blitzing, combos – you’ve got the wrong scheme. He basically runs a 5-2 with the three inside guys playing 2 gaps. From looking at the GT depth chart, other than a huge NT (which will be great for this D), none of the front seven meet AG’s version. He really needs 3 DTs (hard to recruit) and then convince big DEs to stand up and play both run and pass. His vision of a DE is 6′5″ and 250+lbs. It’s not that a 3-4 isn’t legit in college, it’s that AG’s version of it is a pro model that doesn’t correlate very well with the college game. That said, the Hoos did have some pretty good defensive efforts, but considering that you are going to have to commit to his model (you will hear that a lot), you’re looking at 3 years minimum.
Filament
January 23rd, 2010
8:10 pm
Lots of dique-wagging. So entertaining to read.
Tokyo jacket
January 24th, 2010
3:08 am
Have people even looked at our depth chart when they say that the 3-4 won’t work at Tech? Wow! Obviously Barnes is the DT. Peters is 6′4″ 278 which is the PERFECT DE in this scheme (played DT last year, but recruited as DE). Logan Walls is at 6′2″ 280 on the other end. Again, this is the perfect size for the 3-4. In the waiting is Cross at DE, who could be another Derrick Morgan.
For the LBs, look for Hall to convert to OLB, which will give us some size on the ends. Jefferson and Sylvester up the middle will be a scary combo. If they can put on 5-10 lbs of muscle each, they’ll be lighting up defenses.
For people who question our talent, don’t forget that GT lost a starting safety, LB, and DE (followed by the backup DE) for the season early in the year. We get that talent back this year and it should make a significant impact. As good as last year’s team was, we’re going to be better this year on D. CPJ has a tendency to do what’s necessary with the O to win. The combination of CPJ and Al Groh will have this team in the NC picture before long, if not this year.
snapshot
January 24th, 2010
7:46 am
Very good DC about to hit the flats. Just cause there is snow on the roof, does not mean the fire is out in the kitchen!
#1 GT FAN
January 24th, 2010
9:17 am
He did not look like he had good years at Virginia because………………..he did not have any talent on D.
And from the looks of things right know recruituing wise……………… he will finally have some talent to work with!!!!!!!
GO JACKETS!!!!!!!!!!
Dawghater
January 24th, 2010
10:26 am
Hey whining puppy dawg fans. There are no facts and there is no way you can compare Al Groh’s NFL accomplishments vs. Grantham’s! NONE. So make your age jokes and ridiculouse comments. Need I remind you both Parcells and Belichik wanted Groh for their D Coordinator in the NFL. Grantham was fired from his last D Coordinator job in the NFL. And Groh wasn’t our 4th choice to be the D Coordinator either!
pete
January 24th, 2010
10:29 am
I have one rule and one rule only when dealing with uga fans: kick em in the balls and punch em in the face, repeat till they are dead, dead, dead.
Homer L Ferguson
January 24th, 2010
12:12 pm
Don’t be fooled the way UVA fans were initially fooled by Al Groh. He is a spotty talent evaluator and will always go for an NFL body, with or with BCS athleticism. He makes decisions at the last minute and cannot adjust to his plans not working. He’s made his rep on having coached LT, but come on… how hard was that? Look at the way he handled Ahmad Brooks at UVA, and you’ll see why he is overrated. He couldn’t get along with the UVA media, which is a bunch of boot licking creme puffs. He’s only in this to get even with UVA and make sure his idiot son Mike can ride his connections when, inevitable, Mike doesn’t cut it at Louisville. He left UVA with so little talent that it will take years for the program to overcome. You didn’t get a winner in Al Groh!!
messin with sasquatch
January 24th, 2010
2:57 pm
last??
ooh the dogg posts are not even funny here. no reference to crime, not selling out bobby dodd, cokes and tickets…
I am soooo disappointed in you pathetic losers.
and no allcaps posts.
and where is the doofus in toccoa, boogieman?
uga graduate
January 24th, 2010
3:46 pm
Would you like fries with that, mam?
short bus dawg
January 24th, 2010
4:03 pm
I doodied in my pants.
Urine colored jerseys
January 24th, 2010
8:54 pm
match the piss hole stadium they play in.
mash a bug
January 25th, 2010
12:09 am
hey Al, 30-24 baby, 30-24…….
FSU
January 25th, 2010
9:48 am
JUST LIKE FOOTBALL!!!! JUST LIKE FOOTBALL!!!! JUST LIKE FOOTBALL!!!!
Almost Competitive Conference
January 25th, 2010
10:05 am
Winning the Acc this year is akin to winning the Sunbelt , Gimmicky offense doesn’t work against better teams, what quality talent Tech had was recruited by Gailey, and the best of those are gone.
Acc had a pathetic out of conference records against bcs schools, and managed to lose to 2 games 1-aa schools, yes that’s one tough conference.Techs obsession with UGA is hilarious.Win over UGA in 2008 was a fluke, Get pounded by Uga in 2009, get totally dominated by Iowa in Bowl game, and lets not forget the Ass whipping LSU , when CPJ teams play against good out of conference teams they get thrashed.
Spike
January 25th, 2010
12:14 pm
Boy, the nerd nation has a serious man crush on their old as dirt DC. Nice record he had at UVA.
Suspiciously Eligible Conference
January 25th, 2010
2:05 pm
Yeah 30-24 was a real pounding. That’s why we were driving for the go ahead TD at the end when our WR dropped a first down pass. Boy, if UGAg was only as good as their Camo-wearin’, Skoal-dippin’ fans thought they were, then they might actually be a Top 5 National program instead of not even a Top 5 team in their crooked, probation-prone conference.
NFL messaging for Ga Tech
January 25th, 2010
6:39 pm
Groh’s secret, double secret card to play with recruits will be personal testimonials of his NFL days. He will talk about seeing Francis Trakenton and Gayle Sayers and the tech recruits will wonder when they allowed girls to play in the league. Groh will really have a contemporary message from the NFL for today’s recruits. HAHAHAHAHAHAH
He can talk about Unitas and Slinging Sammy Baugh and Norm van Brocklin, George Halas and Paul Brown and they will be REALLY IMPRESSED with him. He will be REAL relevant. HAHAHA
CPJ? He will scream “slap me in the face for hiring that guy” come signing day. HAHAHAHHA
Tuesday Countdown: Fans, enemies, Peanut Dog and Tebow | Jeff Schultz
January 26th, 2010
9:51 am
[...] last week, I wrote with some amusement about how jovial new Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Al Groh seemed at his introductory press conference, even cracking jokes. And I kinda speculated that his decision [...]
bayers
January 26th, 2010
12:20 pm
Recruits are rejecting St. Johnson and Groh left and right this week!!! LOL!!!
LOL!!!!
January 26th, 2010
12:22 pm
Suspiciously Eligible Conference,
That is is absolutely hilarious!!! I’m a UGA fan and alum, but I gotta give you props on the moniker!!! But the same can easily be said of your ACC, just to be fair