Radakovich says Johnson is ‘right person for this job’
After 2-4 start, Tech coach Paul Johnson fired his second defensive coordinator. (AJC/Curtis Compton)
In his first two seasons at Georgia Tech, Paul Johnson went 20-7, including 12-4 in the ACC, and won a conference title (the whims of NCAA investigators notwithstanding).
In the 2½ years since, he is 16-16, including 10-10 in the ACC, and has lost nine of his past 13. He also just fired his second defensive coordinator, hoping to salvage a season that has some fans grumbling and wondering if those early results were some aberration.
Yet to be determined: Is this merely a step back before another eventual ACC title run (most optimistic) or ugly foreshadowing of a Bill Lewis collapse (most pessimistic).
Welcome to today’s sports world, which can be best summed up as: What a beautiful morning/Wait I felt A Raindrop/The Sky Is Falling! (Elapsed time: 12 minutes.)
For what it’s worth, the sky isn’t falling in Dan Radakovich’s office. The Georgia Tech athletic director affirmed Tuesday that he has not lost confidence in Johnson as the school’s football coach, nor has he given any thought to making a change in that office.
“I know there’s some erosion in support right now, but the Falcons are 5-0, and there was erosion in their fan base last year, too, when they didn’t win in the playoffs,” Radakovich said. “That’s the thing about sports now. People can express their opinion quickly.
Dan Radakovich said Johnson's resume makes him worthy of being given the benefit of the doubt. (AJC photo)
“I have confidence in Paul. He’s the right person for this job, and he will continue to move the program forward. We have to get through this bump in the road. We still have six games left for a chance to have a positive season.”
In at least one respect, being a football coach isn’t different from any other job: When somebody’s tenure begins with signs of very-good-to-greatness, the boss is more likely to give that employee the benefit of the doubt.
Johnson has earned that benefit.
What he accomplished in his first two seasons, including Tech playing in its first BCS bowl game and a first-season win at Georgia, went far beyond what anybody could have projected.
Critics suggest he has made consecutive defensive coordinators, Dave Wommack and Al Groh, scapegoats for his own failings. But apply some logic here: Wommack was fired after the 2009 ACC title season (hence: not a scapegoat). Groh was fired after a three-game losing streak that saw the Jackets score 36, 28 and 31 points but allow 42, 49 and 47. There were late-game defensive collapses both this year and late last season.
Is this really the time to pin Tech’s problems on the triple-option offense?
For as much as Johnson’s offense tends to be a lightning rod for criticism in these just-chuck-it days of football, the Jackets have scored fewer than 14 points in seven of 59 games under Johnson and fewer than 20 in 14 of 59. Overall, they have scored an average of 30.5 points.
Is Johnson ultimately responsible for whether his team wins or loses? Of course. But Radakovich doesn’t see any of the other signs an athletic director looks for when contemplating a coaching change, most notably a lack of effort or hopelessness. “It’s not like we’re getting blown out,” he said. “It’s not like we’re being physically overmatched every week.”
He said he understands the criticism. He expected it. He fields questions at booster functions and reads weekly critiques in his email’s inbox. He just doesn’t agree with them.
“Paul has demonstrated to me that he can coach and he can pull a team together,” Radakovich said. “And it’s important to note that it’s not just here. His entire career [including Georgia Southern and Navy] to me has been as big a positive as anything. He has shown that he’s able to sustain success in an organization over a long period of time.”
Radakovich and Johnson speak daily. The AD was a sounding board for him when Johnson was considering firing Groh.
Radakovich: “It was not an easy decision for Paul, and I look at my role as being someone who can give him a 360-degree view of things. But he’s the head football coach, and I want to give him the opportunity to have the staff that he sees fit.”
If the losses continue, it’s logical to assume that Johnson ultimately would pay a price. But Tech isn’t nearly at that point yet.
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Jon
October 9th, 2012
12:29 pm
I hope they keep Paul Johnson a long, long time. Go Dogs.
Answer This
October 9th, 2012
12:31 pm
Safe…..until the AD feels a drop!
UGA = Yawn
October 9th, 2012
12:32 pm
Yeah Jeff but Johnson brought an NCAA violation to our school and soiled the name of GT. What does Dan say of that? Or better yet, why not ask him once?
Sonny Randle
October 9th, 2012
12:34 pm
On the bright side, maybe Al can return to UVa. They seem to be in need of a DC…………..
GT
October 9th, 2012
12:35 pm
CPJ has been in the games, still a very good coach. The defense just couldn’t figure out the fast offenses out there. I wonder if the 3-4 working in this no huddle offense, if it is too complicated for a split second decision making. We will see.
ignition
October 9th, 2012
12:38 pm
@UGA = Yawn.. Ignorance
If any one should bare the blame for the sanctions its is D Rad himself.. He completely botched the investigation. O’Leary & Gailey had sanctions place on them while at Tech as well so the Tech “name” was sullied well before..
Craig
October 9th, 2012
12:39 pm
Yawn, that is revisionist history at its finest! It was RADAKOVICH who brought on the violation. The NCAA said to Dan, “Don’t say anything to anyone”, and he went straight to Coach Johnson. Now you’re saying that’s Coach Johnson’s fault???
TheBabe
October 9th, 2012
12:39 pm
He says CPJ is “moving the program forward.” Is 16-16 moving forward? Is the persistent poor play in the last two years moving forward? Is the caliber of recruits moving forward?
ezekiel
October 9th, 2012
12:40 pm
The problem for Paul Johnson and Dan Radakovich is that there was a major bump in the road in 2010, the first losing season at Georgia Tech in over a decade. Now two years later there’s a BIGGER bump in the road. The excuse in 2010 was that the last of Chan’s recruits were the problem. Now the excuse is that Al Groh was the problem. Talk more GT football at: http://gtsportstalk.com
GTJeff
October 9th, 2012
12:44 pm
Fire the AD & the Coach. Season is lost anyway. I’m sure there are enough boosters who would foot the bill to boot Johnson out of Tech.
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
12:46 pm
Is the persistent poor play in the last two years moving forward?
Since when is winning 8 games considered poor for GT? We weren’t that bad last year and exceed the expectations of most experts.
TheBabe
October 9th, 2012
12:47 pm
To those who write that CPJ has been in the games and still a good coach, I would wonder if playing close for two or three quarters is now what passes for full competence. Is GT now seeing reduced expectations to the point of looking at “moral victories” because they “almost” won a couple of games? That’s never satisfying to fans nor polishes a coach’s resume.
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
12:48 pm
Yeah Jeff but Johnson brought an NCAA violation to our school and soiled the name of GT.
You keep harping on this. How exactly did Johnson cause the NCAA violation?
Paul
October 9th, 2012
12:50 pm
As a UGA fan, I hope he stays.
TheBabe
October 9th, 2012
12:51 pm
GTBob, if you were satisfied with winning 8 games last year and the way the season urned out, that’s fine. Are you also ok with the way this season is playing out?
JustinSyder
October 9th, 2012
12:52 pm
@Paul: I bet USC fans hope Richt stays as well.
USMC
October 9th, 2012
12:53 pm
Tech is lucky to have a headcoach like Paul Johnson.
You have to admit that his offense, whether you like it or not, is extremely productive and at times nearly impossible to shut down.
I also like CPJ’s “no nonsense” approach to coaching and running the program.
At least you can put a finger on what your problems are right now and attack it, ie. improve the Defense. AT UGA, we live in a House of Cards!
Tech4Life
October 9th, 2012
12:55 pm
Why don’t you wait for the rest of the season to conclude before we make more judgements. Every remaining game on this schedule is winnable, including UGA. UGA actually reminds me of a less exciting and overrated Clemson team.
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
12:56 pm
Are you also ok with the way this season is playing out?
No. This season has been pretty bad and people have been fired for it. If it continues then CPJ should be canned. He has time to turn things around though and he seems to be trying.
TheBabe
October 9th, 2012
12:58 pm
I concur, @GTBob. My only point really is that when Radakovich says the program is moving forward under CPJ, I see evidence that is not the case. And like you, I would support firing him if this season continues in the second half as it has through the first.
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
1:02 pm
And like you, I would support firing him if this season continues in the second half as it has through the first.
I would personally give him more time then that. This season is pretty much done. Next year we should have a better QB and a new defensive coordinator. If he wins 6-7 games with those changes then yes, the hot seat talk can begin. I doubt he gets fired before the end of the 2014 season unless we are a Bill Lewis like train wreck.
MC
October 9th, 2012
1:05 pm
You know the end is near for PJ when the AD gives his confidence speech right before he fires him. Drad came from LSU. He saw talent. He knows the correlation between PJ’s 1st 2 years and the Gailey talent from that team that populates NFL rosters isn’t coincidental. No talent…no confidence..no job. See ya PJ.
crackbaby
October 9th, 2012
1:06 pm
Schultz,
Do you ever have any knowledgeable insight to offer on this matter (or any subject you write about)?
Other than poking fun and regurgitating sports “journalists” statements, your columns suffer from blandness and a vacuum of knowledge.
Since you write about football, how about telling us who may be good candidates for Tech’s next D-coordinator hire? Maybe go through a list of position coaches who are excellent recruiters and would welcome an opportunity at Tech.
Meh… probably too much work for you….
ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……..
joet
October 9th, 2012
1:06 pm
Jeff,
CPJ can not recruit the type of player needed to compete at a high level. Period. His ONLY success has come with players he did NOT recruit. The numbers don’t lie, they are right there in the article. If DRAD is happy with a .500 football program, keep him.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
1:07 pm
Without the firing, I was going to be a no show.
With the firing, I’ll be there.
Curious if the newly promoted assistants can right the ship, maybe by blitzing occasionally so the other team’s QB doesn’t have all day to pick us apart.
crackbaby
October 9th, 2012
1:09 pm
@UGA=Yawn
If memory serves, D-Rad actually sparked the NCAA’s ire by telling CPJ about the investigation when he was expressly forbidden to do so by the NCAA.
You may not like CPJ, but let’s keep the mierda in the appropriate pile(s).
MC
October 9th, 2012
1:10 pm
Tech4life….COME ON MAN! UGA will kill this team. Every team on their schedule so far is better than GT with the exception of Buffalo. Think about it. What team in the SEC could this GT team actually beat this year?
crackbaby
October 9th, 2012
1:11 pm
@Jacket Detective – rather than occasional blitzes, how about early and often? Like voting in Chicago, LOL
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
1:16 pm
About Gailey’s recruits.
On the 2009 defense were future 1st round pick Derrick Morgan and 3rd round pick Morgan Burnett.
What about the other none players from Gailey’s recruiting?
They stunk.
We gave up lots of big plays in spite of having two high round future pros.
The other nine had to be 2 stars if that.
Derrick Morgan might have had even more sacks but the lack of talent elsewhere allowed for double teams.
We may not have as many future pros but we do have a higher level of defensive talent now.
With Groh gone, I think we will start to show it.
Groh demoralized the group by getting outcoached every 4th quarter.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
1:18 pm
@crackbaby.
I like the idea.
Good joke too.
TheBabe
October 9th, 2012
1:18 pm
GA likely will beat GT. But I suspect GT would beat Vanderbilt, Missouri, Miss, Auburn, Ky.
Adel Jacket
October 9th, 2012
1:19 pm
Except for a hiccup in 2010, Johnson’s offense has improved each year both in total yards and points scored. His first year they averaged 26.2 ppg and this year through six games 37.8 ppg. This is a huge difference!
In contrast the defense has gotten progressively worse each year. In 2008 it gave up 18.8 ppg and 312.7 ypg. This year the numbers ar 30.2 ppg and 431.0 ypg. If we had the Wommack’s 2008 defense what would our record be? With the defense giving up so much and not creating stops, it puts more pressure on the offense to score on every possession. We are tied for second in the ACC in interceptions with 7. But this has not slowed down or phased any quarterback.
Johnson had no choice but to let Groh go. The definition of insanity is to keep doing what you are doing and expect different results. If Groh had stayed till the end of the season the hangover would be worse. Sometimes you have to cut your losses.
Paul in NH
October 9th, 2012
1:20 pm
D-Rad will give CPJ to at least the end of 2013.
Flat Tire on I95 in Jacksonville
October 9th, 2012
1:20 pm
Johnson would look better in swim trucks than Mark Richt!
walton
October 9th, 2012
1:21 pm
Yeah Jon, everyone knows that the only reason GT doesn’t beat UGA is because of our coaching. Our stadium is better; our fans are better; our school is better; basically our program is better, we just need to find the right coach and then we will beat UGA like we should.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
1:22 pm
I think the NCAA overpenalized us but DRAD handled the situation very poorly.
Part of the problem was the infraction occurred right before the Uga game and we did not want to lose either Morgan or Burnett for that game.
I still do not see why some agent fooling a player by using Morgan’s cousin or friend should be allowed to cause our program harm.
What penalty did the agent get?
None most likely.
MC
October 9th, 2012
1:23 pm
Has everyone forgotten the declaration that once PJ got HIS recruits in here the juggernaut would have arrived? Well HIS recruits are here now and the juggernaut looks more like the Titanic. LMAO!
Paul in NH
October 9th, 2012
1:23 pm
“Welcome to today’s sports world, which can be best summed up as: What a beautiful morning/Wait I felt A Raindrop/The Sky Is Falling! (Elapsed time: 12 minutes.)”
This depends on the fan base. It took GT a couple of weeks to go from “we can still win the ACC” (after the UVA game) to “fire everybody”.
It only took UGA 3 hours on October 6th to go from “we are going to win the MNC” to “fire everybody”
crackhead
October 9th, 2012
1:25 pm
punch em in da mouf
Jack G
October 9th, 2012
1:29 pm
If DRAD cantd see the problem, maybe he is part of the problem.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
1:30 pm
Ga Tech 31 Boston College 17.
The firing will revive the defense, not to mention the fanbase.
Jamea Thomas will be all ACC before he leaves.
Jabari Hunt Days will also be all ACC with 3 more years after this one.
Attaochu may be the best of the three.
With so little pressure on the quarterback, it is difficult to fairly evaluate our secondary.
The game had passed Groh by.
He got outcoached every 4th qt.
This will be a rivival for the team.
joet
October 9th, 2012
1:30 pm
Jacket Detective – Look at the numbers. They don’t lie. CPJ’s record is getting worse every year. He can not recruit. He’s done.
MC
October 9th, 2012
1:31 pm
Jacket Detective one glaring stat is the rate offensively that we now fail on third down and when we go on 4th as opposed to the days of Dwyer, Nebitt, Bey Bey, et al. Also the amount of offensive plays 20 yds or more has declined. What does that tell you?
Jacket Man
October 9th, 2012
1:32 pm
Although no one dreamed this season would turn out as bad as it has so far, It was expected that next season would be the better year record wise because the schedule set up for that way and, in all honesty, the transition to a new starting QB would be in place.
When Paul Johnson first came to Atlanta, and implemented brand new offensive and defensive schemes, the team managed to go out and compete better than anyone could hope for. Now that the offense is pretty much in place, with the exception of breaking in a new QB next season, which we did when we first started running his TP/Spread Option Offense. Once again, however, the team will potentially go through a transition to a new defensive scheme.
On the positive side is that GA Tech recruits and signs intelligent plays who play as a team rather than as individuals, so making transitions, such as these, are often-times quicker, and easier, for our players than other teams. The only potential issue might be the “physical type” of player who might be needed to play in the new defense, like was necessary in the 3-4.
But if you get a quality defensive coordinator, he’ll be able to work with the players he has on the roster and then bring in players who will fit his future plans. If I were a betting man, which I’m not, Paul Johnson and DRad already have a short list and maybe have even spoken to a coach or two, and it won’t take too long to get someone on board so that the recruiting process can be stabilized. More than likely it will happen after the season ends, as a courtesy to other teams, but it won’t be much after the season ends.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
1:32 pm
I was unhappy with Paul’s hiring of Groh but Paul has too good a contract not to give him a few years to finally get it right (hiring a good D coordinator).
Ted M
October 9th, 2012
1:33 pm
He has to say that because he does not have the cash to fire him.
GT is getting blown out. All the teams that beat GT stink. Va Tech has had a 3 game losing streak. Miami got flat out embarrassed by Kansas State & Notre Dame. MTSU lost to McNeeze State & LA Monroe (OMG) and they physically dominated the Jackets in every way. Even Clemson lost to FL State pretty soundly.
Johnson can’t even beat bad teams.
Mike S.
October 9th, 2012
1:34 pm
ADs are never quick to write off coaches, but your fooling yourself if you think Johnson will ever recruit the talent he inherited from Gailey. Yes the option can perform very well given that talent, but it unfortunately can never recruit it. Johnson scored 28 pts on a MTSU team he scored near 50 on in the two previous years. He managed 31 against a Clemson defense that has been absent most of the year. That’s not numbers you expect from this offense. Johnson still has yet to beat a solid team that had more than a week to prepare for him.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
1:35 pm
@joet.
We are paying Hewitt 1.7 million a year and have 4 more years to go of that.
We finally have finished with paying Gailey off.
We cannot afford to fire Paul Johnson.
Unless we have a Bill Lewis type meltdown which we won’t, then Paul Johnson has 2 more years to get it right.
There are some good linemen coming in.
This team is better than it has played, especially the defense.
ibidGT
October 9th, 2012
1:37 pm
Why do people not allude to the defense as Johnson’s defense? Is it not his? He’s the coach so ultimately everything is traced back to him. As good as his offense might be the defense falls back to him just as much as the offense does.
His offense does enough to win games, but his defense doesn’t, so in the end we lose games. That’s not acceptable, doesn’t matter how many you score if at the end of the day the other team has more. And YES it is CPJ’s fault, because just as much as the offense is ‘his’ so is the defense.
Mike S.
October 9th, 2012
1:37 pm
Fact is, the defense has been awful since day one Johnson took over. Womack was no better than Groh. Johnson’s offense just made up for it. Johnson’s offense was driving the field and scoring a lot of points with Nesbitt, Dwyer, and Thomas. The last two years, the offense hasnt been doing that. That puts more pressure on a defense that has never been up to the task under Johnson.
Herchel
October 9th, 2012
1:37 pm
Johnson’s offense is a problem, no matter how much they score. The defense practices against it every day. They can’t recruit pro style QBs, so they have no one who can throw fades, or back shoulder go routes in practice.
MC
October 9th, 2012
1:38 pm
Imagine if GT had hired someone like lets say Kevin Sumlin when they hired PJ. Does anybody in their right mind think this antiquated offense beats Ralph Freidgens? The Ross, O’Leary, Gailey teams had a product you could sell to recruits. The recruits buying this offense would never see the field under the former 3 coaches.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
1:39 pm
Groh got scapegoated; the real problem is Tevin Washington.
13-13 in the last 2.5 years? Guess who’s been QB for the last 2.5 years…
If CPJ had ANY nuts, he’d actually shoulder some blame himself by admitting to the mistake of playing TW and benching him.
I’d rather see us go 2-4 in the 2nd half of the season with Vad than 3-3 with Tevin. And 3-3 is generous.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
1:39 pm
@ Mike S.
Man this has been gone over a number of times.
Gailey had one good recruiting year and that was ranked about 18th.
Even with that, a fellow blogger averaged Gailey’s recruting class ranks against Johnson’s.
Johnson won.
This defense is better than it has showed.
I would not want to be Boston College.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
1:41 pm
MC: 1st of all, what happened to Ross and O’Leary? They LEFT. For better jobs. Any successful coach with a pro style offense at GT will LEAVE. For a team that can get better talent.
CPJ, on the other hand, won’t leave because GT gets the best talent he will ever get for his offense.
Mike S.
October 9th, 2012
1:42 pm
@Jacket Detective – that’s because Gailey had to build the recruiting up. His first several classes weren’t very good. Fact is, the class he had coming in when he got fired was projected top 20 as well. That would have been back to back top 20 classes. He had recruits looking at Ga Tech, and now they arent. Johnson hasnt come near a top 20 recruiting class. The results back that up.
fuzzyjacket
October 9th, 2012
1:45 pm
How can losing to Middle Tennessee by 3 touchdowns at home not be considered a blowout? PJ has got to go. PJ may continue to have winning seasons but that may be due to a lack of talent at other schools in the ACC. VL needs to come in and get experience for next year.
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
1:45 pm
Johnson still has yet to beat a solid team that had more than a week to prepare for him.
Was the 2008 UGA team not a solid team?
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
1:45 pm
Mike: back to back top 20 classes in Gailey’s 7th and (what would be) 8th season? Give CPJ til his 7th and 8th season and then let’s talk.
Mike S.
October 9th, 2012
1:46 pm
@GT Joe – so what are you saying? We should fold our hands and accept mediocrity which is exactly what the program has devolved to? This isnt a very good ACC here either, yet Tech keeps losing to teams that get blasted by everyone else. The offense has lost its big play ability and cant sustain drives, and the defense has never been good enough under Johnson to make up for that.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
1:46 pm
@GT Joe.
I made the mistake u keep making when I was younger.
I wanted the 2nd string QB to play.
I finally got my wish.
He was lousy and coach Curry and his assistanst were right.
Vad is not lousy and is our future but the coaches watch them every day.
Vad would be playing if he was ready.
Playing a promising QB before he is ready can be a mistake and shake his confidence.
Happens a lot in the pros.
Johnson has to worry about losing his fanbase too.
I guess u failed to notice the 2008 team scored 24 a game while this year’s team has averaged 38.
Mike S.
October 9th, 2012
1:47 pm
Gailey also inherited a program under sanctions. Your never going to fire a coach that has to rebuild a program under those circumstances.
Buzzzed
October 9th, 2012
1:48 pm
In CPJ I trust.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
1:48 pm
Mike: program has “devolved into mediocrity”? LOL, no we’ve been mediocre since 1960. Barely above .500 since then. Wake up.
I love Tech, but face facts. We aren’t a national powerhouse by any means. Going to a BCS bowl game once a decade, and maybe a national title every 25 years is really all we can expect.
ibidGT
October 9th, 2012
1:50 pm
‘I guess u failed to notice the 2008 team scored 24 a game while this year’s team has averaged 38.’
What about PPG allowed this year as compared to 2008? I don’t know the exact numbers but we both know they are way higher this year.
How come CPJ doesn’t get any credit for those numbers? The defense is his just as much as the offense. How come no one gives his credit for the defense?
MC
October 9th, 2012
1:50 pm
And GT Joe what is good for PJ will suck for GT. The way Johnson recruits GT’s best years are behind them. He can’t even recruit ACC caliber players. I bet Duke won’t trade you Cuttcliff for PJ.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
1:51 pm
@Mike S.
It doesn’t take that long to turn recruiting around even at Tech.
Often the new coach has his best year recruiting in his first year.
If u lose the arch rival 5 years in a row, u get fired.
At uga the number is 3 in a row.
Nesbitt would not have played for Gailey because he was a better runner than passer.
Nesbitt thrived in the TO but would have rode the bench with Gailey.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
1:52 pm
Jacket Detective: I made the same mistake u keep making when I was younger. I wanted Drew Bledsoe to start instead of Tom Brady. I figured “Belichick sees Brady in practice every day. If he was ready, he would start.”
Then I realized that coaches make mistakes sometimes.
MC
October 9th, 2012
1:53 pm
And another poster made the point that it is PJ’s defense. He’s right. Ask Mark Richt, an offensive coach, how hot the seat can get because of HIS defense.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
1:53 pm
Meanwhile, 3 super bowls later..
Mike S.
October 9th, 2012
1:54 pm
@GT Joe – you wake up. No one is asking for national titles, but at least we got to see players like Calvin Johnson and Tashard Choice under Gailey. Tenuta’s D was fun to watch as well, not the matador style we have played under Johnson. Gailey played in a tougher ACC and against better UGA teams as well. UGA cant beat anyone good in the SEC, but they can sure beat Johnson. This ACC is as bad as its ever been, and Johnson is lucky to come out with 7 win seasons. Can you look at one game left on the schedule and call it a win?
ibidGT
October 9th, 2012
1:54 pm
Gailey might not have had Nesbitt on the bench actually. He picked up Nesbitt for the Bill’s practice squad. As a defense back, not a QB. Although that obviously doesn’t mean much as we will never know.
just me
October 9th, 2012
1:54 pm
“Continue to move the program forward”? Are you kidding me? The program is not moving forward, it is moving backward. Another DRAD quote…”it’s not like we’re getting blown out”. What do you call the MTSU debacle? What do you call the Clemson game? What do you call giving up 600 yards a game? Have you seen your players absolutely quit like they did against MTSU? Obviously the decline of the GT program is due to both Johnson and Radokovich.
Island Jacket
October 9th, 2012
1:55 pm
I agree with Dan. CPJ is the right man for the job. The offense is moving forward. The Defense just haven’t caught up to the offense. Johnson is a keeper. Now lets get a real good DC.
Go Jackets….
Gordon
October 9th, 2012
1:56 pm
I agree with what Radakovich said, and don’t think it is anywhere near time to consider making a change. That would be at the end of next year at the earliest. But I think it needs to be said that even if Radakovich did think it was time, he wouldn’t do it because he can’t afford to. Johnson makes over $2.5M and is signed through 2016. Tech just can’t afford that, especially since they are paying Hewitt $1.4M not to coach until March 2016.
If you really want to know what Radakovich thinks about Johnson, watch and see if he extends his contract after each year.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
1:56 pm
@MC.
You probably were not around for Curry.
His lost to Duke, seriously Duke, 4 years in a row before finally beating them in his fifth try.
Anyone else would have been fired.
After we had tolerated his poor learning curve and he finally started to build the program, he up and dumped us for Bama.
Johnson will get at least two more years.
We are going to beat BC.
The defense is going to start playing a lot better.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
1:57 pm
Hey Mike: yeah CJ and Tashard were great. And don’t forget Chan’s best, most favorite player Reggie Ball!
I guess you will just never accept the fact that Johnson outrecruited Gailey (look at the average rankings), and you will never accept the fact that Gailey never won more than 7 games. Ever.
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
1:57 pm
No one is asking for national titles, but at least we got to see players like Calvin Johnson and Tashard Choice under Gailey.
Yeah, we got to watch them go 7-5 every year because the players around them were all 2 star players. Was that really that much better then what we have now? You really want to go back and relive the Gailey days?
Mike S.
October 9th, 2012
1:57 pm
Oleary also proved you can win at Tech. If a coach leaves, line another up. That’s how it goes. Tech is hardly the only program that has to sit back and hope their coach doesnt leave for a brand name job. A lot of programs deal with that and keep on rolling. Tech? Lets just throw our hands up and make excuses to keep Johnson and a philosophy that is getting worse and worse every year.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
1:59 pm
Uh Mike, just what exactly do you NOT like about scoring 30+ points a game?
MC
October 9th, 2012
1:59 pm
Nesbitt was a warrior. I feel bad for him. After PJ arrived his NFL aspirations were done. Wonder if he ever thinks about playing safety at UGA and where he might be today? Probably more than a practice squad strap hanger trying to learn new positions at this point.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
2:01 pm
Yeah MC. If only Chan would have stayed, Nesbitt would have enjoyed 7 win season and never sniffed the Orange Bowl. And oh yeah, he’d be the next RG3 right now.
He came to Tech because he wanted to play QB. Not Safety.
Rick James
October 9th, 2012
2:01 pm
@JustinSyder
@Paul: I bet USC fans hope Richt stays as well.
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What about Tech fans? Actually Spurrier is 4-4 against Richt at Carolina.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
2:02 pm
Rick: PLEASE keep Richt. Any other coach with UGA’s talent would be winning NCs.
Sincerely,
A Tech Fan
MC
October 9th, 2012
2:03 pm
Where might Jonathon Dwyer have been drafted had he played tail in a pro style offense. Tashard Choice had less talent than Dwyer but a more stable NFL carreer. You think today’s recruits don’t know all that history?
Michael Veli a.k.a. Jim Donnan's financial advisor!
October 9th, 2012
2:03 pm
WnE for Defense coordinator!
Buddy Landell
October 9th, 2012
2:05 pm
MC- CMR would’ve made him a TE
JoeFan
October 9th, 2012
2:05 pm
CPJ will be in the head coaching chair at least until the end of the 2013 season. We all might as well sit back and relax because unless he losses the players there will be no coaching change before then. His buyout is just to steep at this point. Lets hope he gets a decent defense to go with the offense and the right quarterback to take the offense up a level, whether it be Vad Lee, Justin Thomas or someone else.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
2:05 pm
If Brady had started the season, he might have been the one injured instead of Bledsoe.
The injury made the decision simple.
The QB decision is best left to the coaches.
Groh has wrecked this team, not Tevin.
Groh’s getting outcoached every 4th quarter has been a cancer on the team.
Don’t say Tevin is the cancer.
With a average D, we have victories instead of defeats.
Nesbitt occasionally needed help as I have pointed out in the 2009 Wake game where Derrick Morgan saved the season with a sack
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
2:06 pm
Tech will crush BC with a revived defense.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
2:07 pm
MC: Dwyer would have been a 2nd rounder (according to ALL the draft projections) until he tested positive for some sort of ADHD medicine. Regardless, he’s at Pittsburgh and can’t win the job. He’s exactly where he would have been without CPJ.
Tashard maybe had less talent, but more drive and better work ethic in the NFL. Both are 3rd stringers anyways, whats your point.
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
2:07 pm
Oleary also proved you can win at Tech.
O’Leary had one double digit win season and two other seasons of 8 or 9 wins. That is hardly a big winner. He was also working under much more relaxed admissions policies then Chan or CPJ have had to.
jfreak13713
October 9th, 2012
2:08 pm
Its easy to score a lot of points on Duke and Wake Forset but Tech has NOT proven it can score enough points against Georgia, Virgina Tech, and any other school they play that has more than 1 week to plan for them. I’m sorry but this offense has had plenty of time to work / win but it has a ceiling and I believe they have reached it! Sure they look good the first couple of years but they had better talent recruited by prior coaching staff running a very different offense. Furthermore, the top schools are just faster and bigger than Tech so wining against good teams has goot much harder with less talent.
This does not end well I’m afraid. Unless of course Tech is okay with wining 7 or 8 games a year? If they are then I’ll take my time and money elsewhere.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
2:09 pm
@MC.
Dwyer fell to the 5th round due to a slow 40 yard time at the combine and rumors of attention deficit drug use while young.
Not sure about the rumors but am about the slower time.
It wasn’t the offense.
Why would Derrick Morgan have gone in the 1st round if it was the offense?
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
2:10 pm
Where might Jonathon Dwyer have been drafted had he played tail in a pro style offense.
Dwyer was a projected late 1st round/early 2nd round pick until he decided to show up to all of his workouts over weight and out of shape. He has himself to blame for ruining his draft status.
dawgfan
October 9th, 2012
2:11 pm
Of course Johnson is the right person for the job. He’s arrogrant, insecure and convinced of his superiority over all others despite very little, if anything, to back it up. He doesn’t take criticism well. He talks tough in the media but his teams play like a powder puff team. Are you kidding me? This guy is PERFECT for Georgia Tech football. He’s a walking emodiment of everything that it stands for.
Thanks.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
2:11 pm
Jacket Detective: here’s what you are failing to see: Brady WAS ready for the job. Belichick thought Bledsoe was better. Brady got into the game because of injury and PROVED he was ready by winning the friggin super bowl.
So was the coach right or wrong on Brady?
Just because Vad isn’t playing doesn’t mean he “isn’t ready”. All it means is, CPJ doesn’t think he is ready. And CPJ could be wrong.
This whole thing about ruining a kid for life by starting him too early is comical. Did Tevin’s career get derailed because he was thrown into the game at VT in 2010 and threw the pick to end the game? Oh wait, nevermind.
GStateBen
October 9th, 2012
2:11 pm
Jeff,
Out of those 16 wins, only 11 are vs. BCS schools. Tech fans should win 6-7 FBS games per year and going to a bowl (who is still in very much doubt in 2012).
Buyout Info for Paul Johnson per Eric Thompson of Rivals.com:
Post 2012 season – $10.2 million
Post 2013 season – $7.7 million
Post 2014 season – $5.2 million
Post 2015 season – $2.4 million
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
2:12 pm
Tech gets to the top about every ten years but doesn’t stay there.
Our rep may be as a coach killer.
Ross and Curry were fast to leave when more money came calling.
Rick James
October 9th, 2012
2:12 pm
@GTBob
Yeah, we got to watch them go 7-5 every year because the players around them were all 2 star players. Was that really that much better then what we have now? You really want to go back and relive the Gailey days?
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Bob I think Tech fans would like to see Johnson sign caliber of players that Gailey did.There is no denying the fact that his teams have gotten worse as Gailey recruits have left. The last he beat Georgia it was with Gailey’s players..He does not recruit as well as Gailey but you keeep denying it.Is there one starter on the current team who could start at Georga? Its not a knock on the team just CPJ..How many tackles did AL Groh miss against Middle Tennesee?
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
2:12 pm
Unless of course Tech is okay with wining 7 or 8 games a year? If they are then I’ll take my time and money elsewhere.
How many wins do you expect out of GT every year?
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
2:15 pm
Rick James: CPJ has outrecruited Gailey on average, per recruiting rankings.
Try another argument.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
2:17 pm
@GStateBen.
Where ya been buddy?
Too embarrassed by your team to chide us as much lately?
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
2:18 pm
He does not recruit as well as Gailey but you keeep denying it
Here we go again. Recruiting rankings for both coaches:
Chan – 63, 50, 79, 62, 57, 18 — Average: 54.8
CPJ – 49, 49, 43, 41, 56, 48 — Average: 47.6
Chan had 15 four stars and 47 three star players, the rest 2 stars or lower
CPJ so far has had 12 four stars and 80 three star players, the rest 2 stars or lower
And you wonder why I deny it? Chan was an awful recruiter.
Ted M
October 9th, 2012
2:20 pm
“This whole thing about ruining a kid for life by starting him too early is comical.”
I agree with that for every sport.
ramblingbuzz
October 9th, 2012
2:21 pm
Gotta give CPJ the benefit of the doubt here. Everyone may be saying 2 years from now that we should have fired him 2 years ago. But at least he is willing to make the change most fans were calling for, dismissing Groh. I am board with the argument that if we had a good defense, our W-L in the past 2+ years would be a lot better. But ultimately CPJ is the head coach and he’s got to find the right combination of coaches and players on defense. I’m pretty sure he already knows this.
Paddy
October 9th, 2012
2:21 pm
GT could beat Mizzou!!!
Ben
October 9th, 2012
2:22 pm
People talking about coaches choosing to leave GT after they win some are fools. Bobby Ross left… For the NFL! Does that mean LSU is a bad program because Saban left for the NFL? IS Florida a bad program because Spurrier left for the NFL?
And O’Leary left to coach at Notre Dame. What a surprise, an Irish coach considers coaching at Notre Dame as the pinnacle of his career. If Notre Dame hadn’t wanted him, he’d probably have stayed at Tech for a long, long time.
Also, Tashard Choice wasn’t recruited by Gailey, he was recruited by Oklahoma, and transferred to Tech because his mother lives here.
Johnson’ offense, even with the current not so great QB, is still putting up plenty of points. And he’s smart enough to know he’s no defensive genius, which is why he’s trying to find one. So far it hasn’t worked out, but he’s not the first coach to have to fire a coordinator when things aren’t going well, and he won’t be the last.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
2:22 pm
I’ll put my theory to the test that Groh was the cancer that demoralized the team.
We will beat BC easily and win 4 or 5 of the remaining games.
If I am wrong, I will come on the blog and admit my mistake; something most bloggers usually won’t do.
ramblingbuzz
October 9th, 2012
2:22 pm
“on board”
dick whiskey
October 9th, 2012
2:23 pm
i’m sure i saw groh working as the door greater at the north peachtree wal-mart location this morn.,pretty sure i overheard him telling somebody johnson would be joining him soon
Coach Johnson Supporter
October 9th, 2012
2:24 pm
I believe in CPJ. I love watching the triple-option and I have no doubt that over the “long term” CPJ will be very, very successful. THWG!!! GO JACKETS!!!!!!!!
MC
October 9th, 2012
2:24 pm
And GT Joe…Nesbitt was a drop back passer coming out of high school. Players don’t always know where their talent lies either. The warrior in him made him successful as a QB in that offense. But he couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn throwing the ball. Who knows where he’d be if he’d listened to coaches who knew where his natural abilities were. Hines Ward was a QB in high school too. Look where he went from there.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
2:25 pm
If a coach had a choice between the Tech job or Florida – the money being equal – where would he go?
tooltime234
October 9th, 2012
2:29 pm
I hear ya Jacket Detective. A few years ago I thought the Falcons screwed up by not taking Glen Dorsey and drafting some other I guy instead. I was wrong about that one.
MC
October 9th, 2012
2:31 pm
Derrick Morgan played defense Jacket Detective.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
2:32 pm
MC: I guess you think Nesbitt would have played Safety at UGA? Is he not getting a shot at Safety in the NFL right now? What else could he want?
Kid was the #1 QB in Georgia when he graduated, #9 dual threat QB in the country, and #12 overall QB by scout.com.
Kinda hard to turn your back on all that go be a DB at UGA.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
2:35 pm
Why didn’t Reggie Ball play well vs Uga?
He quareterbacked two wins over Auburn and started our 4 game winning streak vs the Canes (now past history) with back to back wins against them.
I think they got in his head his freshman year and stayed there.
Or maybe we just are not in Uga’s league.
Reggie had some good games.
His rep with many fans is solely due to his 4 losses to Uga which were all coached by deer in the headlights Gailey.
Gailey lacked the confidence and fire to beat Uga.
At least one of his 5 losses (and I think two) was winnable.
Nix was an average O coordinator at best and hurt Reggie’s development.
Best Idea
October 9th, 2012
2:35 pm
If it was up to me, I would fire the GT President, Drad, and CPJ. All three were involved with the NCAA mess. We deserve better. CPJ can’t recruit, Drad has never looked like a good AD to me and GT’s President is not doing his job if only 50% student body are Georgians. We are State Supported and need to support the taxpayers that support us.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
2:36 pm
Why didn’t Reggie Ball play well vs Uga?
He quareterbacked two wins over Auburn and started our 4 game winning streak vs the Canes (now past history) with back to back wins against them.
I think they got in his head his freshman year and stayed there.
Reggie had some good games.
His rep with many fans is solely due to his 4 losses to Uga which were all coached by deer in the headlights Gailey.
Gailey lacked the confidence and fire to beat Uga.
At least one of his 5 losses (and I think two) was winnable.
Nix was an average O coordinator at best and hurt Reggie’s development.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
2:36 pm
Why didn’t Reggie Ball play well vs Uga?
He quareterbacked two wins over Auburn and started our 4 game winning streak vs the Canes (now past history) with back to back wins against them.
I think they got in his head his freshman year and stayed there.
Reggie had some good games.
His rep with many fans is solely due to his 4 losses to Uga which were all coached by deer in the headlights Gailey.
Gailey lacked the confidence and fire to beat Uga.
At least one of his 5 losses (and I think two) was winnable.
Nix was an average O coordinator at best and hurt Reggie’s development.
ramblingbuzz
October 9th, 2012
2:36 pm
When you have a GT defensive player quoted as saying after the Miami game, “We weren’t prepared”, you know you got problems on defense. That carried over into the MTSU game. You can’t get rid of all the players which means the only thing a HC can do is fire the DC. Are all the defensive coaches terrible? I have no idea. Maybe they were just trying to teach and implement Groh’s 3-4 as instructed by Groh. Johnson must have an idea that the remaining D staff can change and improve some of the defensive problems or he would have stuck with Groh. Either that or he’s really desperate. Can’t say as I blame him.
macrotech
October 9th, 2012
2:38 pm
Haters gonna hate! I remain a fan of CPJ and will continue to pull for these Jackets!!! I was hoping Groh would work out, but had reservations about the 3-4 D…I like that CPJ didn’t play around and pulled the trigger on letting him go in the obvious need for change. I’ve always liked the results when we’ve “simplified” the D….I’m looking forward to seeing how the season plays out! GO TECH!!!
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
2:38 pm
computer got stuck. sorry about the repetition.
FunnyAsHell
October 9th, 2012
2:39 pm
Thanks to that buyout UGA gets to beat GT at least 4 more years in a row. What dumbazz AD screwed that up so bad.
Yo Yo
October 9th, 2012
2:42 pm
Jeff, thanks for exposing what most people and readers expected. The AD does not have the drive to insure his programs are winning, and not just some, but All of his programs.
The AD should interview all Head Coaching, and Assistant Coaches and tell them:
We EXPECT you to do the following things:
Win
Keep your players in good Academic standing
Graduate your players
Keep your student athletes under control and out of trouble
Win Conference Championships
Follow School, Conference and NCAA rules.
Recruit good student Athletes
Compete for National Championships
Without a strong demanding leadership then you are just going through the motions.
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
2:42 pm
Thanks to that buyout UGA gets to beat GT at least 4 more years in a row. What dumbazz AD screwed that up so bad.
Yeah, because we were beating UGA a lot before CPJ got here. He must be the only reason we lose to them.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
2:42 pm
@macrotech.
As I’ve said today, I think the D will be revived with the removal of the regularly outcoached Groh and the promotion of excited assistants hoping to show CPJ they can do the job.
TCW
October 9th, 2012
2:44 pm
If PJ doesn’t get this turned around look at all that wasted money. Tech is starting to be known for stupid contracts.
Friendly Advice
October 9th, 2012
2:44 pm
Hire Mike Bobo as your new DC. He’s been shutting down our offense for years.
macrotech
October 9th, 2012
2:47 pm
Agreed Jacket Detective!
MC
October 9th, 2012
2:47 pm
Because GT Joe they recruited Nesbitt as a Safety. And he may have arrived in the NFL ready to go at that position instead of just now learning to play it. DUH!
Not Convinced
October 9th, 2012
2:47 pm
Getting rid of Groh might help a little but I don’t expect the GT team to get any better with the bunch that CPJ has recruited. I think near 50 in the recruiting rankings. It shows on Saturday. Pathetic. I think Drad and CPJ need to move on. Fire them. I won’t be back until GT gets serious about Athletics from the President down. By the way, fire our GT President too.
Rick James
October 9th, 2012
2:49 pm
@GT Joe
Rick: PLEASE keep Richt. Any other coach with UGA’s talent would be winning NCs.
Sincerely,
A Tech Fan
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I guess you can always take peasure out of watching Georgia lose to other teams when yours has lost 10 out of the last 11 games to them.
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke
October 9th, 2012
2:50 pm
Wonder what season ticket sales will look like next year?
Rick James
October 9th, 2012
2:52 pm
~pleasure~ Sorry
tooltime234
October 9th, 2012
2:52 pm
Why would we take pleasure in watching UGA lose? We have our own problems to deal with. Also its more adventageous for both teams to be as good as possible if we play each other for strength of schedule, national exposure ect.
Bluto
October 9th, 2012
2:53 pm
When does Dr. Peterson give DRad a vote of confidence? DRad got us on probation (and if you read the NCAA report as well as Tech’s response, CPJ wasn’t even the first person DRad told about the problem in 2010 thus disobeying the NCAA’s instructions), gave a big contract to a football coach we now apparently can’t afford to get rid of anytime soon, and although new facilities are nice, has increased the AA’s debt considerably, all while drawing one of the highest AD salaries in the ACC.
http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2011/07/15/tech-ad-radakovich-still-has-a-job-for-that-hes-a-lucky-man/
BTW, is CPJ really just a glorified offensive coordinator? Every problem with the team is ultimately his fault or he shouldn’t be head coach. Also, when do we stop considering CPJ’s decisions to go for it on 4th down to be gutsy and instead realize that many times the decision is stupid?
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke
October 9th, 2012
2:54 pm
2-4 with losses to MTSU and Miami. That’s pretty grim.
5150 UOAD
October 9th, 2012
2:54 pm
Best Idea
October 9th, 2012
2:35 pm
If it was up to me, I would fire the GT President, Drad, and CPJ. All three were involved with the NCAA mess. We deserve better. CPJ can’t recruit, Drad has never looked like a good AD to me and GT’s President is not doing his job if only 50% student body are Georgians. We are State Supported and need to support the taxpayers that support us.
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Hey MOE RON better than 80% of the Government High School Graduates from the state of Georgia can’t even come close to getting or staying in TECH. You want Georgia kids to go to TECH then get the freaking Government Schools of this state to do their jobs and Educate the children of Georgia
Rick James
October 9th, 2012
2:54 pm
~pleasure~
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke
October 9th, 2012
3:00 pm
Bluto he’s getting alot more stupid and alot less gutsy as time goes by. It’s called going from hero to zero.
How Many
October 9th, 2012
3:00 pm
If you were to take the UGAg starting defensive team and place them at GT. How many would be eligible to begin classes at Tech? How many would remain academically eligible for the entire season? How many would stay out of trouble living 24/7 in the Atlanta metro-area? That my friends is one of the huge differences in the UGAg and Tech football programs. Agree or disagree, like it or not.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
3:01 pm
Rick James: the only thing worse than losing to UGA would be watching UGA win an NC.
That said, the only thing that cures a bad loss by GT is to watch UGA underachieve and get blown out.
Please. Keep Richt. Please.
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke
October 9th, 2012
3:01 pm
Frying any “bigger fish” lately PJ?
GT Dad
October 9th, 2012
3:02 pm
“Moving forward” is not a phrase I would use to describe GT right now…… I do think Groh’s firing was timely and a move in the right direction. I hope this helps shake up whatever funk was embedded in the team this season. Maybe this will light a fire under Johnson and the players. We need leadership and a positive, can-do spirit to at least put forth our best effort.
I will continue to support my Jackets – whether they win, lose or draw. However, I do desprerately want them to play with passion and teamwork. Please don’t let us hear more after-game comments about “coming out flat” or “just not being prepared”. GO JACKETS!
Good Lord
October 9th, 2012
3:03 pm
Johnson would have scored more than 7 points in Columbia
If he was at UGA with Grantham, UGA would dominate the SEC if he was given time to recruit for his offense and let Grantham recruit defense.
Erk trained him. 4 and 5 star talent on both sides of the ball in Athens and he would win big
He can’t compete at GT with 2 and 3 star players who should be playing for Furman
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
3:03 pm
MC: all a college football player can ever want is just a chance to succeed in the NFL. Nesbitt has that chance. What he does with it is up to him.
There are plenty of UGA safeties that didn’t make the NFL or get the shot Nesbitt is getting.
Now, if Nesbitt never even got a LOOK from an NFL team, I’d agree with you.
Rick James
October 9th, 2012
3:04 pm
@GTBob
He does not recruit as well as Gailey but you keeep denying it
Here we go again. Recruiting rankings for both coaches:
Chan – 63, 50, 79, 62, 57, 18 — Average: 54.8
CPJ – 49, 49, 43, 41, 56, 48 — Average: 47.6
Chan had 15 four stars and 47 three star players, the rest 2 stars or lower
CPJ so far has had 12 four stars and 80 three star players, the rest 2 stars or lower
And you wonder why I deny it? Chan was an awful recruiter.
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As always you avoided part of the question..Gailey always had players that could at Georgia.Who on the current Tech team could start at Georgia?
GTJoe
October 9th, 2012
3:04 pm
You cannot blame all the loss on the defense. Some blame has to be place on TW and the offenses execution in the fourth quarter. Many of the games in the fourth, TW would make poor reads and cause 3 and outs. CPJ’s play calling was poor at crucial times. In the fourth quarter, at 4 and 1 you punt, but in overtime on 4 and 1, you go for it. CPJ never helped his defense in the fourth.
Put It this Way
October 9th, 2012
3:06 pm
If Orwin Smith were at Alabama he would be leading the nation in rushing and total yardage.
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke
October 9th, 2012
3:07 pm
Want some cheese with that whine How Many? Maybe you should just give up football and go to techademic bees. Duke fans don’t whine and their academics are head and shoulders above GTs.
Survey of Calculus anyone. LMAO! Ivan Allen School of Liberal Arts? Classes at Morehouse? Drop the excuses How Many. And where in the world is Rueben Houston?
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke
October 9th, 2012
3:11 pm
Orwin Smith wouldn’t see the field as a running back at Alabama. Or LSU. Or UGA. Get real Put it This Way. That’s funny as hell. UGA’s 4th team TB is better than Orwin Smith.
Jon Koncak
October 9th, 2012
3:12 pm
I agree with the AD, the right person for the GT job is one that calls people “retarded”, says “they must have just gotten off from their job at WalMart” insinuating that people who work for WalMart don’t make much money and are much lower than him making his millions, punch the opposing team fans in the face and generally acts like a bafoon. Also, is that a wrist watch or a forearm watch in the picture??
Nativebird
October 9th, 2012
3:14 pm
“Is this really the time to pin Tech’s problems on the triple-option offense?” The head coach is the coach of the ENTiRE football team. This IS the problem with CPJ. He doesn’t like defense, never has. Has no interest In defense. Wants to pretend that defense doesn’t exist…wants to simply “give” it and it’s responsibilities to someone else….a Dc. Fire’em by the dozen if need be. Being interested in defense would take precious time away from his sublime supreme nirvana of being wholly consumed in his brilliance of his invention….uh…er…interpretation of the all knowing all powerful all consuming triple option.
PULEEASE. This guy is a narcissistic jerk that has failed and now wants to deflect blame. Pure and simple. Simpletons who an only evaluate this jerk in terms of how many points the offense puts up are missing The point. Football is more than offense, and being consumed with one damages the other irreparably, no matter how many DC’s you hire.
wxwax
October 9th, 2012
3:14 pm
The next hire is for Paul Johnson’s job.
Get this one wrong and he’s out. And the guy better be a good recruiter, too.
GStateBen
October 9th, 2012
3:17 pm
@JacketDetective Never embarassed by my team. 3rd year program and my expectations are set correctly.
Been busy running two websites and working 3 jobs.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
3:18 pm
This is sink or swim time for the 2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
I think we’ll swim.
Prove me right guys with much better play on defense and some victories.
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
3:19 pm
As always you avoided part of the question..Gailey always had players that could at Georgia.Who on the current Tech team could start at Georgia?
Its not really a fair question. On offense we aren’t going to have any players that could start for UGA. On defense UGA is completely loaded at every position right now. Either way, just because Gailey might have had a few players who were good, that doesn’t make up for the 50 or so players that were bad. You can’t recruit Calvin Johnson and 20 two star players and call yourself a great recruiter.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
3:19 pm
Good 4 u Ben.
Tom Ryan
October 9th, 2012
3:19 pm
Well, it is, of course, imperative at Tech to win the right way (i.e., playing by the rules) and have a head coach who represents the Institute well. That being said, Clemson’s first TD on Saturday resulted from Tech going for it on 4th and 1 from their won 37 and failing to make it. Those are not smart decisions and that was by no means an isolated incident.
tooltime234
October 9th, 2012
3:24 pm
Maybe the going for it on 4th and 1 was a result of giving up 1000 yards in the previous 2 games? Just a hunch.
ramblingbuzz
October 9th, 2012
3:26 pm
Tom…….Some of CPJ’s decisions on offense lately are troublesome. I chalk it up as being under a lot of pressure to get things corrected and win some ball games. Hope I’m right about that.
5150 UOAD
October 9th, 2012
3:26 pm
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke
October 9th, 2012
3:07 pm
Want some cheese with that whine How Many? Maybe you should just give up football and go to techademic bees. Duke fans don’t whine and their academics are head and shoulders above GTs.
Survey of Calculus anyone. LMAO! Ivan Allen School of Liberal Arts? Classes at Morehouse? Drop the excuses How Many. And where in the world is Rueben Houston?
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You are still STUPID these are not Liberal Arts degrees like PE, Housing, Consumer Economics that are BA that don’t require the MATH that a Bachelor Science requires.
All six schools offer Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees. With the exception of the School of Modern Languages, all Schools offer Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programs. We also offer an extensive choice of Minors and Certificates.
Georgia Tech’s Reserve Officer Training Corps ROTC is also housed within the College.
Schools & Departments within the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
School of Economics
School of History, Technology, and Society
The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
School of Literature, Media, and Communication
School of Modern Languages
School of Public Policy
ROTC
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
3:27 pm
@Tom Ryan.
I am frustrated by that too.
And then by not going for it on 4th and one with about 2 minutes left in the game against Miami when one more first down wins it.
On 4th and one in our territory, like the safety against Clemson, the other team can gamble on defense and win knowing they have a lot to gain by doing so.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
3:28 pm
No excuse tooltime.
No one else goes for it there in the whole country with better offenses than ours and he also did it early in the VT and Miami games.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
3:32 pm
Folks I’m going for a 3 mile run.
Watch the ship.
Dawg trolls a little downbeat after their beatdown?
No NC for Richt again.
25 million (rough estimate) in pay for what?
tooltime234
October 9th, 2012
3:32 pm
Yeah but not many people in the country have worse defenses than us either. I dont mind rolling the dice there. We’ve missed field goals and cant stop anybody. Might as well. We have to basically score 7 on every possession to beat anybody
Rick James
October 9th, 2012
3:33 pm
@GTBob
Its not really a fair question. On offense we aren’t going to have any players that could start for UGA. On defense UGA is completely loaded at every position right now. Either way, just because Gailey might have had a few players who were good, that doesn’t make up for the 50 or so players that were bad. You can’t recruit Calvin Johnson and 20 two star players and call yourself a great recruiter.
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It is a fair question and the answer is nobody,,Simply because of the differences between the talent that Gailey and CPJ brought in.Tech in the past always had players that I would wished were at Georgia.Now? I see nobody.The last and the next projected first round draft choice CPJ recruited? Answer,none.He’s a poor recruiter Bob plain and simple.At Navy all of his players wanted to be in the military so there was no need to really recruit.At Georgia Southern he got the Division 1 fallouts or the kids that were not quite good enough,no real need to recruit.He does not recruit well because he never had to.
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke
October 9th, 2012
3:33 pm
You too 5150 UOAD. Take off your wife’s panties and take your loses like a man. If it’s so darn tough lobby the AD to just give up football. Stanford doesn’t whine. Duke doesn’t whine. Vanderbilt doesn’t whine, and the list goes on and on and on. Or is whining about academics exclusively a Tech thing. And no offense to the GT fans that don’t make excuses. Just the sissies that do.
Jacket Detective
October 9th, 2012
3:34 pm
You don’t mind and that’s fine.
But some of us do.
We’ll agree to disagree.
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke
October 9th, 2012
3:35 pm
Reggie Ball lasted 4 years at GT 5150 UOAD. Can’t be that tough. And what was that degree Joe Hamilton got?
Mark in ATL
October 9th, 2012
3:39 pm
The facts are when Gailey’s players left GT the results went downhill fast…..he only won when he didn’t have his own players….he can’t recruit kids good enough to win at this level.
JB
October 9th, 2012
3:40 pm
Picadilly on Piedmont told to start salting the food again with Groh gone.
JB
October 9th, 2012
3:41 pm
Caption the picture of Johnson above……..” Can you believe I’m getting over 2 mil per year for this smoke and mirrors”.
5150 UOAD
October 9th, 2012
3:42 pm
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke…….Stanford and Duke and Vandy have EASY degrees for athletes to take. If you don’t know that then you are too Stupid to even learn that at this point in your life.
It is not an Excuse it is a FACT that Tech has to work with. There is not a single other BCS or FBS college that has the Academic Demands faced by Tech Athletes.
You keep running your mouth about some Morris Brown or Morehouse classes. you really need to provide some facts with that crap. Wait you can’t but you keep saying it hoping it will be true.
billyBobjacket
October 9th, 2012
3:43 pm
Thank God UGA lost and the Braves did their typical late season/early post-season pucker job, so we have plenty of company in our misery. We have some easy games coming up, so will likely win a few of them, and will probably keep the UGA game close for a while as their players sleepwalk though the first half, and keep our meaningless bowl streak alive…all of which will likely result in another couple of years of maddening mediocrity.
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
3:43 pm
Tech in the past always had players that I would wished were at Georgia.Now? I see nobody
Aside from Calvin Johnson, name all of the players recruited by Chan that would start for UGA’s current team.
GT Fan Since 56
October 9th, 2012
3:45 pm
Okay, here we go again. Wait until NEXT year. There’s this one recruit who will REALLY make us a better team. He’s EARNED the right to fix it. NEXT year we will be better at quarterback (or running back, or defensive end). Blah, blah, blah. How many times do you want to swallow this? He’s 16 and 16 in his last 32. How many of those 16 wins are against meaningful teams? How many of those 16 team we beat even ended the season with winning records? Do not focus on the offense. Johnson is the HEAD coach, not just the Offensive Coordinator. And he just cannot recruit – or thinks he does not NEED to recruit, because he is such a good coach. There are really only two reasons DRAD won’t fire Johnson before next season: either he does not have the money, or he has become infected with Dave Brain disease – i.e. he’s satisfied with mediocrity.
Skeptic
October 9th, 2012
3:45 pm
To those that use the phrases:
- How, EXACTLY…
- You claim AAAAAA, YET you BBBBBB…
- What is this CCCCCC that you speak of…
- REALLY?
I’m sure you think these are clever literary devices, but they’re not. They’re OLD. Please stop. Go find the next hip blog phrase.
JB
October 9th, 2012
3:48 pm
Observation from a distance. Gaily’s skill players and lineman under Johnson….Bada$$ team that couldn’t be stopped……now with Johnson’s players….2-5………Not brain surgery.
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
3:50 pm
Observation from a distance. Gaily’s skill players and lineman under Johnson….Bada$$ team that couldn’t be stopped……now with Johnson’s players….2-5………Not brain surgery.
The vast majority of the starters from the 2010 team were Gailey recruits. How did that work out for us?
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke
October 9th, 2012
3:53 pm
Just give up football 5150 UOAD. If it’s that tough give it up. You’re whining and excuse making is BS and everybody has figured that out. You don’t hear the Service Academy fans making excuses and they are head and shoulders above anything a GT athlete faces. Get those panties out of that wad how about it.
3-4 this
October 9th, 2012
3:56 pm
Groh was an awful coach,
meanwhile over-rated and over-paid Todd Grantham’s
53rd ranked UGA defense is also sliding fast.
3-4 this
October 9th, 2012
4:00 pm
Tennessee – 44 points
South Carolina – 35 points
Todd GrantHam = CHOKE
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke
October 9th, 2012
4:02 pm
Well…no, it shouldn’t. “Clustering,” as it’s called in this story from the AP’s Paul Newberry, is neither a secret phenomenon nor a new one. According to Newberry, there are five BCS schools where more than half of the sophomores, juniors, and seniors on the football team have the same major: Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, UCLA, Wake Forest, and Baylor. If you broaden the clustering criteria to “half the players clustered within two or three majors,” that number grows to 39.
Why don’t those other schools whine like you do 5150 UOAD?
Just do it!
October 9th, 2012
4:04 pm
The dwags will fire Richt at the end of the season. He’s the perfect fit for our conference. Hire him and we will see 10 to 11 wins per season.
5150 UOAD
October 9th, 2012
4:06 pm
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke…………..so now you go to the service academies? They RECRUIT the Best kids in the US and the World. Yes those kids could make it academically at TECH but they are not the best Football players. Very few of the service academy kids have FBS school offers.
We are not giving up football you idiot.
You really are making a bad argument and you are slanting your facts that are not helping your argument.
Jeff Schultz
October 9th, 2012
4:10 pm
Crackbaby — No. 1) Change your screen name; 2) regurgitating? Did somebody else talk to Radakovich about Johnson in the past few days? Maybe I missed that. Or are you just making that up to look tough, because I’m sure with a wonderful anonymous screen names like yours, it’s easy to write bold (and moronic) things; 3) I’d love if Tech brought Tenuta back for defense.
Now go away.
juvenal
October 9th, 2012
4:10 pm
can’t afford paying out a contract that runs to 2016…….will drad think long & hard before extending it again? if not, maybe Taz & the other fat cats will decide drad is the problem….otherwise, what else do you expect drad to say?
The Old Coot
October 9th, 2012
4:11 pm
Ah, so Johnson got the dreaded “vote of confidence” by his AD boss.
A sure sign that Johnson’s end is near at Georgia Tech.
Jeff Schultz
October 9th, 2012
4:12 pm
GT Joe — “Groh got scapegoated; the real problem is Tevin Washington.”
<< Really? Wow.
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
4:15 pm
Tech is good at Calculus and Football here to bring us Techies back to the flats so we can drink whisky get drunk and act silly and then fall out of Bobby Dodd Stadium. Dam we are cool!
Jeff Schultz
October 9th, 2012
4:16 pm
GStateBen — “Jeff,
Out of those 16 wins, only 11 are vs. BCS schools. Tech fans should win 6-7 FBS games per year and going to a bowl (who is still in very much doubt in 2012).
Buyout Info for Paul Johnson per Eric Thompson of Rivals.com:
Post 2012 season – $10.2 million
Post 2013 season – $7.7 million
Post 2014 season – $5.2 million
Post 2015 season – $2.4 million”
Didn’t break down 16 wins and haven’t looked contract in a while — both may be accurate. But I really don’t think we’re close to looking at a buyout situation.
QB/DB
October 9th, 2012
4:16 pm
I applaud CPJ and D Rad for making a hard but necessary move! GT needs to build a fan base, the hardliners will come but this was beginning to be a public relations nightmare! All CPJ wanted was a great deffense on paper Groh looked good but it wasn’t like that on the field. The next DC has to be right, a guy who can x and o’s motivate and recruit. The recruiting program has to be overhauled, GT has to bring in some guys who can close who are the opposite of CPJ personality. CPJ is great, yes great but he is also his own worse enemy, with his arrogance and stubborness. Get a true QB Coach who can teach foot work and release. Put the dollars together to go get Lance Thompson as DC, bring Giff back as D. Coor. switch Waller back to defense and I bet you, that you will see CPJ pure greatness.
5150 UOAD
October 9th, 2012
4:18 pm
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke……………..look at the Degree requirements those athletes need for the degrees they are taking.
You really don’t get the difference and you never will just because you hate tech and are not smart enough to ever understand why it is different.
I have not made a excuse. I am explaining How and Why TECH is a different than every other school in the FBS.
If you just Hate Tech so much you can’t or will not try to understand the difference there is no hope for you.
I you don’t understand that the majority of government school educated children in Georgia have no chance of going to Tech then explaining why it is even more difficult for athletes then you are just to Stupid to ever understand much about TECH.
Jon Tenuta
October 9th, 2012
4:19 pm
Hey guys it’s me Jon. Have you guys forgotten about me? Yeah sure, we brought the house on most plays but sure as heck better than what you guys got now! haha
Hillbilly D
October 9th, 2012
4:19 pm
The Georgia Tech athletic director affirmed Tuesday that he has not lost confidence in Johnson as the school’s football coach, nor has he given any thought to making a change in that office.
Most times in the sports world a “vote of confidence” means get the resume ready and have your suitcase handy.
2dogs2cokesAnotherChoke
October 9th, 2012
4:21 pm
And you don’t have an argument 5150 UOAD. Only excuses. Once again. If you can’t play the hand you’ve been dealt, fold. But whining and excuse making is very unflattering for any program. Lobby your Pres to level the field. Go to a less competitive conference. Drop down a division if you can’t compete. But PUHLEEEEEZE!!! No more excuses.
Jeff Schultz
October 9th, 2012
4:25 pm
General comment since others have touched on recruiting: Chan Gailey recruited some really good players. Problem was that Paul Johnson won more with Chan’s players than Chan did in previous years. If you believe Chan would’ve gone 20-7 in the first two years that Johnson took over, you’re in the minority.
Jeff Schultz
October 9th, 2012
4:25 pm
General comment since others have touched on recruiting: Chan Gailey recruited some really good players. Problem was that Paul Johnson won more with Chan’s players than Chan did in previous years. If you believe Chan would’ve gone 20-7 in the first two years that Johnson took over, you’re in the minority.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
4:25 pm
Yes, Jeff. Tevin is the real problem.
I wonder if Groh would still have his job if:
1. Tevin doesnt throw that INT in OT at VT.
2. Tevin doesn’t audible to a sneak in OT on 4th down vs. Miami.
3. Tevin doesn’t gain a paltry 4 yards on 19 carries vs. MTSU.
4. Tevin doesn’t screw up on 4th down in the first drive vs. Clemson, basically giving Clemson a TD.
5. Tevin doesn’t fail on 3rd and 4th down in every key situation this season.
6. Tevin doesn’t lead us to a doughnut in the last 30 min. of the Miami game.
7. Tevin doesn’t lead us to a FG in the 4th quarter of the Clemson.
8. Tevin doesn’t lead us to a paltry 7 points vs. MTSU in the 2nd half.
9. Tevin doesn’t go 3-10 with 2 INTs vs. UGA last year.
10. Tevin doesn’t lead us to an 8-13 record vs. BCS AQ conference teams.
Need I go on?
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
4:28 pm
New nickname for Tevin Washington: Teflon Tevin.
Jeff Schultz
October 9th, 2012
4:29 pm
GT Joe — I won’t go down all 10 pts but let me say this: If you believe that Tevin Washington and Groh/defense is responsible for what happened against MTSU, you have some anti-Tevin Washington agenda. That’s fine. But to blame a quarterback for the defense getting steamrolled by a Sun Belt team is just silly. As for the Virginia Tech game, I’d say TW and defense both share blame.
single white dove
October 9th, 2012
4:30 pm
My father was an gt alumni, class of 66. He passed in 08. I think that he would not approve of johnson. If johson wants to be a defensive coordinator, then he shouldnt have a problem going to a different school and being one. He is barely a head coach…js
macrotech
October 9th, 2012
4:33 pm
2dogs….I’m going to go out on a limb and guess you’re a pup fan. For ANY pup fan to cry, “No more excuses” is laughable! REALLY liked the pup fan that came up with the BRILLIANT reason for uga losing to Carolina this past weekend….subliminal messages played through the P.A. system?! REALLY?! EVERY year, the pups are pre-season world beaters and then, when y’all lose…the excuses flow freely and expectedly! STILL laughing at the subliminal messaging one….GOTTA be the best one, yet!!!
taylor
October 9th, 2012
4:38 pm
It seems to me that the 2013 season is going to be Johnson’s most important one at Tech.
GT Joe
October 9th, 2012
4:41 pm
Jeff, the defense doesn’t operate in a vacuum. A QB (and offense) has to be at least moderately successful to take pressure off the defense (works both ways). Was our offense successful against MTSU? Let’s look at the 2nd half:
1. Drive #1: failed 3rd down pass attempt by Tevin.
2. Drive #2: Fumble on 1st play.
3. Drive #3: Tevin rushes for -2 yards on 3rd and 10. Failed 4th down pass.
4. Drive #4: Tevin TD. Hallelujah.
5. Drive #5: Tevin INT on first play.
6. Drive #6: Tevin sacked for 7 yard loss on 1st down, then incomplete passes on 2nd, 3rd AND 4th down.
7. Drive #7: Vad Lee goes 61 yards in 1:17.
Tevin sure doesn’t help that defense at all.
G
October 9th, 2012
4:43 pm
I am not surprised to hear that GT is fine with mediocrity, just surprised to hear Shultz say it.
single white dove
October 9th, 2012
4:43 pm
”
October 9th, 2012
4:25 pm
General comment since others have touched on recruiting: Chan Gailey recruited some really good players. Problem was that Paul Johnson won more with Chan’s players than Chan did in previous years.”
Should tech have chan only do recruiting???lol
macrotech
October 9th, 2012
4:44 pm
Here it is for your perusing pleasure!!! http://www.secrant.com/rant/p/36626842/USCes-Techno-Stadium-Music-Contains-Subliminal-Messaging.aspx
The Old Coot
October 9th, 2012
4:47 pm
Al Groh: “It’s been an honor to be a part of the legacy of Georgia Tech. I feel positive that this is a good time in life to move on to a new situation.”
Interpretation: Georgia Tech promised me every penny of my remaining contract as long as I said positive things about Georgia Tech.
5150 UOAD
October 9th, 2012
4:48 pm
2dogs……………….get back to me.
http://scheller.gatech.edu/programs/under/files/bsba_credit_sheet.pdf
it is what it is
October 9th, 2012
4:48 pm
GT needs to get Giff Smith back as recruiting coordinator. CPJ would do alright with a new DC and Giff back. I mean why hasn’t that happened. Up the ante. Who wants to live in freezehole Buffalo anyway.
dwagdawg
October 9th, 2012
4:54 pm
Where is Superdawg? Will he be at BDS sometime this year?
superDawg
September 26th, 2012
7:50 pm
ss you are a little man that likes to hide behind others.If sc beats UGA I will come down and tail gate with you and your brethren at tek.
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Superdwag, will you be wearing black and red tights? Will you have an S on your chest? No phone booths nearby, but plenty of PortaPotty’s for you to change in. Please RSVP so we can have extra beer/dogs for you.
single white dove
October 9th, 2012
4:54 pm
Shultz, my father was always puzzled at the Chan Gaily firing…
5150 UOAD
October 9th, 2012
4:56 pm
2dogs…..http://www.fcs.uga.edu/hace/undergraduate/courses.html#cp
Now you tell me which is easier. The Tech MGT degree most athletes take or the Housing degree moany dWag athletes take.
Now you do some research on Wake & whatever other schools you mentioned and post their class requirements for a degree from those schools.
Greg
October 9th, 2012
4:57 pm
Is this really the time to pin Tech’s problems on the triple-option offense”
Yes because no defensive stars want to play here because they feel they will be practicing against it and not get prepared for the next level. Look how dismal the recruiting has been on defense. Tech always had a stud on the line or at lb or in the secondary at some point in a year. Now they have no one. But yeah, that’s not pj fault. Riiiight.
Pat
October 9th, 2012
5:02 pm
Another great article, Jeff! Always enjoy reading them and your wit always makes me laugh.
Question: Do you think that the UGA coach would relieve BoBo of his duties following the SC beat down? Also, would AD McGarity give CMR an ultimatum? Just a question but things must be changed in Athens IMO.
Stu
October 9th, 2012
5:04 pm
Tevin has put the defense in many tough situations this season. He is not a qb for this level. For every drive he looks good, he has 3 that are terrible.
redhairedpimplefacenerd
October 9th, 2012
5:05 pm
It’s the white helmets with a stripe
Stu
October 9th, 2012
5:06 pm
True Greg
Michael Johnson and of course that Falcon Vance walker. Not to mention Morgan Burnett for the Pack and D morgan for tenn i think. What has gt’s defense done the past 2 years and going forward? Well they have one guy who played one season who has potential and he couldn’t even start this year on this crappy defense. That says it all. Crappy coaching and recruiting.
macrotech
October 9th, 2012
5:08 pm
Greg? WHICH part of getting off the block, playing assignment football and tackling isn’t covered in Tech’s D? THESE are the things needed to succeed at ANY level of football…including the NFL. Just wondering.
dawghater
October 9th, 2012
5:11 pm
What else is D Rad going to say? He doesn’t have $10.4 Millon to buyout CPJ’s contact. And who’s fault is that, HIS!
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
5:17 pm
What else is D Rad going to say? He doesn’t have $10.4 Millon to buyout CPJ’s contact. And who’s fault is that, HIS!
CPJ had just gone 9-3 and beaten UGA and was getting coaching interest from others who would have payed him alot. What was DRad supposed to do?
Richard
October 9th, 2012
5:21 pm
Stu,
Tevin put the defense in a lot of tough situations? Really? I’ll give you that he put the D in a tough spot against VT, but, other than that, what are you talking about?
If anything, I would say that the defense has been putting Tevin in tough spots all season. When your QB is forced to score a touchdown on every drive because the defense can’t tackle, that’s a tough spot.
5150 UOAD
October 9th, 2012
5:23 pm
dawghater
October 9th, 2012
5:11 pm
What else is D Rad going to say? He doesn’t have $10.4 Millon to buyout CPJ’s contact. And who’s fault is that, HIS!
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You must be a NEW Tech fan.
It is not even close to D Rad fault he doesn’t have $10.4mill to buyout Johnson. it is a guy name Dave Braine and his great financial move to give Paul Hewitt a Lifetime contract.
JetBuzz
October 9th, 2012
5:26 pm
CPJ’s post-game analysis ALWAYS expresses needed improvements for Offense (not just D or ST). As well, a cursory view of his game-time sideline demeanor/comments actually shows more restraint for D & ST play than for miscues on O. By no means does he throw others under the bus before himself; much less does he seek scapegoats. He’s too blunt and bottom-lined for that.
And his famous stubbornness has yielded to major changes, firing two DCs, hiring ST coach, installing more passing plays even w/o a strong passer, etc.
It’s more than obvious he’s giving 100% to build a competitive team, and to respond to his “customers”. It’s a different world than at Navy or Ga Southern. He’s got at least thru next season to mend some fences, and as DRad and Jeff infer he deserves it.
5150 UOAD
October 9th, 2012
5:27 pm
Richard….I have to agree. TW has had to keep the ball away from the other team a lot this year to protect his D for sure.
How many more wait till next year
October 9th, 2012
5:30 pm
Right move year late..Now lets give CPJ and staff a chance to right the ship. Go Jackets kick some a@@.
Can’t wait to see Both BASKETBALL teams in New Home!
Lady Jackets could make the Final four mens too.
How many more wait till next year
October 9th, 2012
5:33 pm
Dig Braine up so we can bury him again.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
October 9th, 2012
5:33 pm
The person that updated his contract is the problem and now you get to eat it. Unless Johnson would accept 500k each year until his contract is paid in full then you’re stuck with the guy as well as awful recruiting. As elite is a Tech education is then all those high paid folks can suck it up and buyout Paul Right? GT is done until PJ is gone. Denial isn’t a great plan. HS recruits aren’t coming to be apart of the trainwreck at GT. GT should hire Mike Leach. Forget the BS at Wash State for nobody will win at that useless place. The Pac 12 should boot them for trying to impersonate a football program.
Big Crimson 75
October 9th, 2012
5:36 pm
and was getting coaching interest from others who would have payed him alot
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Put the sauce down, Bobby!!
Paul in NH
October 9th, 2012
5:37 pm
Rick James does have a point that GT doesn’t have the high end playmakers who are as good as Derrick Morgan, the Johnsons, etc.
However, I watched the UGA-USC game and I am pretty sure that Jay Finch and Umoregie Uzzi could start for UGA.
GT1990
October 9th, 2012
5:38 pm
Hey DRAD don’t let your friendship with CPJ get you fired to!
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
5:39 pm
Put the sauce down, Bobby!!
The reports in 2008 were saying that Auburn was trying to lure him for close to 3 million a year. He then met with DRad, got a pay raise, and told Auburn no thanks.
GT1990
October 9th, 2012
5:41 pm
If CPJ does not take to GT to a bowl then he needs to go. Tech can not afford another season like this.
Fire AD
October 9th, 2012
5:43 pm
I say fire the AD and Coach at Tech. The AD and Coach are bringing the program to its knee’s. Both are bad and I say boycott all games CPJ coaches from now on. When the money goes away, they the President will be forced to listen to the fans and alumni. I will not attend another game for football until he is gone. Lets go Basketball !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and Baseball in spring.
pb
October 9th, 2012
5:45 pm
Do not see things getting better this year in short term under CPJ. But D Rad is stuck with him for awhile, GT cannot afford the buyout. Al Groh and defense were only part of the problem. Firing Groh will not get rid of the offense Johnson uses, which does not work against good defenses.Maybe Johnson is the about the best they can expect at Tech right now. Like someone said, they are accepting MEDIOCRITY.
Big Crimson 75
October 9th, 2012
5:46 pm
Willie — it’s amazing isn’t it??
A lifetime contract to Paul Hewitt!!
A 10+ million dollar buyout to Paul Johnson.
I thought we were suppose to be the dumb ones!!
What calculus genius came up those contracts!?
If they had any sense, they’d hire Jim McElwain, pronto.
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
5:47 pm
If CPJ does not take to GT to a bowl then he needs to go. Tech can not afford another season like this.
CPJ isn’t going anywhere whether we make a bowl or not. You can rally around him and hope he gets it turned around or you can sit in your room and cry. Your choice.
CM
October 9th, 2012
5:48 pm
The problem is the defense has no one to practice against during the week. Who are they going up against that is supposed to mimic that week’s opponent?
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
5:51 pm
A 10+ million dollar buyout to Paul Johnson.
Its not really a 10+ million dollar buyout, its paying him the remainder of his contract. There is a reason that most teams don’t fire coaches just a couple of years into a contract. Because its expensive and downright stupid.
SS loves Obama
October 9th, 2012
5:55 pm
@GTBob…good point.
GT1990
October 9th, 2012
6:05 pm
@GTBOB-It’s a DAMN shame that the problem is deeper than CPJ. The AD and the whole athletic board need to be removed!
Hal
October 9th, 2012
6:19 pm
CPJ is a solid coach. He has not solved the situation he finds himself in where the top players in the state of Georgia do not want to attend his school because of the conference Tech is in. For the first time in college football history there is less rivalry between schools and more between conferences. This has to be the reason because if you can play at the college level the NFL will find you period. It does not matter what school or conference you attend or are in especially when the truly gifted don’t graduate anyway.
BDodd
October 9th, 2012
6:43 pm
Good point on recruiting today on 680. Trying to recruit GA and FL against GA, FL, Aub, AL, SC, Clemson is stupid. Stretch out in the NE and Midwest like Bobby Ross did and you’ll get more good athletes. I like GA players as much as anybody, but we’re getting killed trying to recruit against the big boys here.
Go Tech….Johnson article from 6th year at Navy….Johnson took over a program that had posted a 1-20 record the previous two years before his arrival in 2002. After a 2-10 mark in his first year, the Navy football program has achieved what many thought was no longer possible at an Academy, as Johnson has brought the Midshipmen back into the national spotlight with a 35-15 (.700) record over the last four years and has led Navy to a school-record four-straight bowl games and a school-record four-consecutive Commander-In-Chief’s Trophies. The 35 wins are the second most in program history over a four-year time span.
Rick James
October 9th, 2012
7:07 pm
@GT Joe
Rick James: the only thing worse than losing to UGA would be watching UGA win an NC.
That said, the only thing that cures a bad loss by GT is to watch UGA underachieve and get blown out.
Please. Keep Richt. Please
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I guess if we never beat Tech I could understand..Sounds quite sad actually.
Rick James
October 9th, 2012
7:14 pm
@GTBob
Aside from Calvin Johnson, name all of the players recruited by Chan that would start for UGA’s current team.
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I’m talking about the current Tech and Georgia teams..I hate it when you pretend to be stupid..Morgan Burnett,Derrek Morgan,Jonathan Dwyer Bay Bay Thomas all could have started at Georgia.And I’m sure there are others.
GT GRAD
October 9th, 2012
7:16 pm
I fully support DRAD & Coach Paul Johnson.
PJ is the best coach for GT.
Face facts: GT simply cannot recruit with the Top 15 teams in the NCAA; however, Coach PJ allows GT to be competitive even against teams that obviously have “better” or more talented players.
Thanks for all you do for GT!!
Spurrier Is Superior
October 9th, 2012
7:38 pm
Does the QB give up almost 50/game to Clempsun and The Middle of Tennessee… or is the defense?
GT needs Division 1A(BCS) defensive talent NOW.
Tech Engineer
October 9th, 2012
7:54 pm
Dan Radakovich is the one who deserves to be fired. His lack of integrity was the reason the NCAA took away the ACC championship, and he has put a debt on tech that we cannot afford. We cannot afford to fire PJ because Radakovich gave him an unaffordable contract after one season which was a stupid move. No wonder he supports Johnson.
Tech Engineer
October 9th, 2012
7:54 pm
Dan Radakovich is the one who deserves to be fired. His lack of integrity was the reason the NCAA took away the ACC championship, and he has put a debt on tech that we cannot afford. We cannot afford to fire PJ because Radakovich gave him an unaffordable contract after one season which was a stupid move. No wonder he supports Johnson.
Gr8 2B aFuzzyB
October 9th, 2012
7:58 pm
You’re onto something there Tech Eng, but you don’t have to be so redundant!
Dawg Fan
October 9th, 2012
8:00 pm
Please sign Johnson to an extension!!
GTBob
October 9th, 2012
8:01 pm
Morgan Burnett,Derrek Morgan,Jonathan Dwyer Bay Bay Thomas all could have started at Georgia.
So Morgan Burnett would have started over Reshad Jones the number 1 safety in the country coming out of high school, Dwyer would have beaten out Caleb King and Richard Samuel, and Bay Bay, a three star nobody would have beaten out AJ Green, Michael Moore or Tavarris King? Sorry, but I dont think so. D Morgan is the only maybe on the list. Just because some guys excelled at GT doesn’t mean they would have ever seen the field at UGA. Please name the others also. There are so many that you should have plenty more to share.
buzzedforGT
October 9th, 2012
8:05 pm
“Is this really the time to pin Tech’s problems on the triple-option offense?”
I for one am not pinning the blame on the offense, but for who want to tout the offensive prowess this year, here’s a little perspective to why they’ve scored so many points.
The ranking (points per game) for the defenses that GT has faced this year;
VT (43rd)
Presbyterian (Really?)
UVA (102nd)
UM (103rd)
MTSU (68th)
Clemson (73rd)
Elite defenses these are not.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
October 9th, 2012
8:16 pm
We know GT is in big trouble with football and I hate that for our good friends at Tech. What we don’t know is whey Jeff is going to give us a great article on how the old ball coach kicked Ron Morris azzz this past weekend. Beating Richt isn’t that big deal since everyone does that but for Steve to whack Morris with all the experience Morris has a bigtime football is amazing. I spoke with Steve and he told me to tell Morris to Clint Eastwood himself. You can’t make this stuff up you know.
rj
October 9th, 2012
8:53 pm
What games are you watching Rad? Are you not embarrassed yet? Fire Johnson now and attempt to salvage the season and prepare for next year. Erosion? It’s more like a landslide.
BehindEnemyLines
October 9th, 2012
9:21 pm
Either that’s the kiss of death vote of confidence or DRad is as much (or more) a part of the problem as Johnson.
Very few legitimate D1 players on the roster, even less coaching up of the “talent” that’s there. If that’s moving forward then I’d sure hate to see what it would take for an AD to feel like things were heading in the wrong direction.
GSUStud
October 9th, 2012
9:50 pm
It’s still looking right on schedule for Ga Tech to have at lease 6 losses. What say you now?
GSUStud
October 9th, 2012
9:56 pm
*least
Burgess
October 9th, 2012
9:57 pm
Quote of the year (after Miami loss) Paul Johnson said ” It was like it just wasn’t meant to be.” He should have been fired on the spot then. How stupid a comment is that for a D1 coach ?
Burgess
October 9th, 2012
10:01 pm
Wow…..the AD really said this ????
“Paul has demonstrated to me that he can coach and he can pull a team together,” Radakovich said. “And it’s important to note that it’s not just here. His entire career [including Georgia Southern and Navy] to me has been as big a positive as anything. He has shown that he’s able to sustain success in an organization over a long period of time.”
The only success he’s had at Tech came with Gailey’s players. And then had to give championship back because his arrogance wouldn’t let him cooperate with NCAA.
in other words
October 9th, 2012
10:21 pm
After Chan Gailey recruits left he can only go .500.
Jeff Schultz
October 9th, 2012
10:21 pm
Pat: 1) Nobody on UGA staff is in trouble right now. 2) What ultimatum? Like, “Win the SEC title or else” kind of thing?
Empty Seats
October 9th, 2012
11:06 pm
Of course D-rad supports the man HE hired. He cannot admit a mistake much less take responsibility for the NCAA violations. Read the NCAA report and related ajc article. (D-rad leaked the info to Johnson so the players could be “coached” – that’s funny – as to what to tell the NCAA investigators.)
One can delegate authority no responsibility. Our athletes would be more motivated if they had an Athletic Department which did not violate NCAA rules an have a championship vacated.
Then D-rad is snotty about the NCAA (who he knows is that way) and is his regulator for years.
And to boot, the Board seems not to care at all.
Can we set up more crappy coaches with GT gold retirement plans?
Tech has been made a laughing stock of the nation in football due to admin, not athletes, and people want to belief D-rad and his administration is doing just a fine job the problem is no adequate athletes want to come play at Tech. Maybe is because of this Admin and its poor choices.
No on cares that matters. This is a bureaucracy after all, where accountability is not required as long as you have excuses.
Nationally shaming Tech is not representative of Tech.
Really, after graduating a multitude of athletes from the School of Management, we can’t find one to manage the Athletic department. Someone more interested in Tech rather than setting crappy coaches up for retirement?
GT has your Golden Parachute if your a crappy coach, just sign up on North Avenue and enjoy. Only prerequisite is make excuses and say it “must not have been our day”, let me “go punch someone” and then “go hang myself” per pj, again very motivating to the athletes who are depending on you to motivate them.
Read the NCAA report if you care about this program. Otherwise enjoy the sand your head is in.
Apparently our Board is ? , I don’t even know the word to describe the magnitude of mismanagement represented. No remorse or apology over scholarships lost from D-rad, ACC championship vacated, not by what any athlete did, but the bureaucracy headed by D-rad.
How many empty seats will it take?
Bobo
October 9th, 2012
11:19 pm
I may be the only one still in Johnson’s corner, but the reality is that he showed Groh great respect by ‘butting out’ of the defense for this long and letting the man coach. He also faced a difficult truth and fired a close friend, which many head coaches won’t do in the face of overwhelming evidence like Richt with Martinez ang arguably Bobo. Johnson DOES seem willing to adapt. The pistol is now part of the offense and I think he is clear on knowing that recruiting must improve dramatically. Right now I can see this breaking either way…..getting fired COULD happen after 2013, but he could also win 11 games again.
Bobo
October 9th, 2012
11:31 pm
Right now I must say I’m at a loss for defensive coordinator candidates. I know Charles Kelly is NOT the answer. I think whoever it is must be told quite forcefully that they WILL run a 4-3 base set with lots of nickel packages and disguised blitzes. CPJ needs to lean on the next guy more to get results during games or else take his headset away. The next guy needs to be young and innovative. Maybe we should look to a 2nd tier SEC
Chan Gailey's Revenge
October 9th, 2012
11:31 pm
Yes, he was 20-7 his first two years… with MY recruits. CG
Rick James
October 9th, 2012
11:42 pm
@GTBob
So Morgan Burnett would have started over Reshad Jones the number 1 safety in the country coming out of high school, Dwyer would have beaten out Caleb King and Richard Samuel, and Bay Bay, a three star nobody would have beaten out AJ Green, Michael Moore or Tavarris King? Sorry, but I dont think so. D Morgan is the only maybe on the list. Just because some guys excelled at GT doesn’t mean they would have ever seen the field at UGA. Please name the others also. There are so many that you should have plenty more to share.
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Like I’ve repeatedly I hate when you pretend to be stupid..Dwyer was much better than Caleb King,Bay Bay was better than King and Micheal Moore he just didnt have the quarterback that they had.Heck,Stephen Hill could have started there too..Rashad Jones was the number rated saftey in the country but arent there 2 on the field? Tashard Choice could have started at Georgia as well as Roddy Jones.Maybe saying these guys would hands down started is a little strong but they would no doubt have been in the rotation and none were recruited by CPJ.I cant look at one player that Paul Johnson has recruited and boy I’d love to have him at Georgia.
JP
October 9th, 2012
11:47 pm
Maybe the AD needs to go too if he thinks PJ is the right person for the job…clearly he is not and the program has/is getting worse under his guidance.
ATLien
October 9th, 2012
11:53 pm
1st and 10 HB option right
2nd and 20 HB option left
3rd and 30 HB option right
Last I checked this was the 21st century when your team is completely one dimensional AND lacking top tier recruits consistently sub par to barely mediocre is the name of the game. GT the new Wake Forest
Top Tier
October 10th, 2012
12:46 am
GT should hire Steve Addazio
Top Tier
October 10th, 2012
12:48 am
Steve Addazio would be a much better than PJ. Kids would actually want to play in his offense.
Stinger1
October 10th, 2012
3:37 am
D’RAD NEEDS TO BE FIRED WITH JOHNSON……………..TAKE YOUR MEDIOCRE CRAP & LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE………………..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Notso Fast
October 10th, 2012
5:39 am
A Coach always gets a slap on the back about the faith they have in him before he is shown the door. Coach Johnson just had his slap on the back. Watch out he better win.
TechRon
October 10th, 2012
5:55 am
If he things PJ is the right person for the job, then he is the wrong person for AD.
lkmantsk
October 10th, 2012
6:14 am
me thinks Danny boy needs to put the bong down for awhile…..
Tennis Rodman
October 10th, 2012
6:51 am
GT has subpar players because of the offense PJ runs. It is a high school offense. Give a team more than a week to prepare for it and it is shut down.
New Edge
October 10th, 2012
6:53 am
Tech Engineer,
I like your comment.
“Dan Radakovich is the one who deserves to be fired. His lack of integrity was the reason the NCAA took away the ACC championship, and he has put a debt on tech that we cannot afford. We cannot afford to fire PJ because Radakovich gave him an unaffordable contract after one season which was a stupid move. No wonder he supports Johnson.”
And Peterson should be fired too. He was in the loop in the NCAA fiasco. Peterson has also failed the State of Georgia and taxpayers by turning his back on Georgia students.
Tennis Rodman
October 10th, 2012
6:55 am
It appears to me DRad looked at the numbers and can’t afford to hire a legit coach. DRad should consider working for the Atlanta Spirit – prop up coaches when they suck.
GTalan
October 10th, 2012
7:02 am
CPJ average recruiting class is 47th. Is he worth what we are paying him? The future is not bright with this kind of recruiting. And do not compare CPJ to Gailey, Gailey was fired.
HAL
October 10th, 2012
7:31 am
Read the College Recruiting section and you will understand CPJ problem.
It is coming
October 10th, 2012
7:38 am
UGA, as dreadful as we are, will score 60 on GT and amass 600 total yards; with GT scoring 28 and accruing 350 yes. 120 yds will be by passing the ball to WIDE OPEN receivers.
Wait and see. It will be a track meet of two crummy, coddled teams.
Thomas Brown
October 10th, 2012
7:41 am
Georgie tek is on NCAA PROBATION in FOOTBALL back-to-back repeat Offenders of the Major Infractions Database.
Yes, Paul Johnson beat Georgia in his 1st season and won a ACC Championship Title; but he CHEATED. He talked to players under Major Infractions Investigation, although he has been head coach college football for 31 years, and knew he could not discuss it with the players while the investigation was just starting. They told him there was an investigation and he still interviewed the players in question, when he knew he could not talk to them. It has been standard for all 31 years he has been head coach not to talk to players in an NCAA Major Infractions Investigation.
He had to therefore VACATE the ACC Championship Title. If he had not LOST to UGA the year he won the ACC Title, he would have had to VACATE THAT WIN OVER US TOO. Only problem ? He LOST.
Gator Jim Bob
October 10th, 2012
7:51 am
I”m a Gator fan who likes GT too. I love to watch the explosiveness of their offense! There defense is a total wreck, maybe that’s where “Ramblin’ Wreck” moniker comes from. Back to my observation; PJ is a great coach, an offensive genius second to few.
I have been taught, my entire life (66 yrs) that you win with DEFENSE and put fans in the seats with OFFENSE!! PJ might have lost sight of that simple rule, but he is smart. All Tech needs to put their program among the elite is a Defensive Coordinator that takes exception to giving up points like they were a DIII program!!
One last note GT, I’m still waiting on that scholarship promise you made to me in ‘64!!!
GFJacket
October 10th, 2012
8:21 am
Folks, Tech got probation because DRad copied Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny. When asked by the NCAA why he discussed the fact of the investigation with Johnson after being told not to do so, DRad asked… “You were serious about that?” The NCAA said if you wanted to let everyone know about the investigation, you should have done was UGA did with AJ Green, and simply hold a press conference….
MC
October 10th, 2012
8:27 am
Drad has 10.2 million reasons he HAS to say that. I’m sure UGA fans thank you for this unbelievably stupid contract.
GT man
October 10th, 2012
8:29 am
CPJ and his smart ass attitude, who wants to play for him.He is to busy working on his personality to coach.
Fladawg
October 10th, 2012
8:35 am
What a revelation… Do you expect radakovich to say that johnson is the wrong man for the job and that is why he supports him?
Cecil34
October 10th, 2012
8:44 am
When you are the person responsible for a bad or questionable decision (hiring Paul Johnson) then you certainly are not going to make public statements that indicate that you have failed or made a mistake.
Thus basically demonstrating that you are an idiot and not a good judge of head coaching talent.
You will in fact do what Rad is doing and say all the right things, all the nice things, all the good PR things, so as to deflect blame and responsibility.
In his heart of hearts (which we and the media are not privy to) he knows that he quite possibly has hitched his wagon to the wrong horse.
He is in fact just delaying the inevitable.
Johnson will continue to disappoint in the recruiting front, and Tech’s program will continue to sink to D-2 levels.
Once he has lost the confidence of fans, boosters and potential recruits, he is doomed.
That time is very fast approaching, and it may be in December, after Tech goes 6-6 or 5-7.
Thomas Brown
October 10th, 2012
8:44 am
4 cokes 2 hot dogs 2 bags of boiled peanuts free parking pass and still had to blow-up half your seats with still empty seats. Only tickets you sell are seasons’ tickets to UGA fans who throw away all the games except against us. Your fans are the dead-last worst poor sports in the history of college football. You don’t care about anything for your # 36 national university except that you beat Georgia which you have done 1 time in the entire history of our coach 1-10.
NCAA PROBATION 2012 FOOTBALL MAJOR INFRACTIONS DATABASE
You cannot recruit your way out of a wet-paper bag, averaging # 52 recruiting ranking every year of Paul Johnson, and you wonder why you cannot play football, and keep-on keeping-on firing defensive coordinators like that will fix anything.
The problem is talent, talent on the fans’ parts, talent on the players’ part, talent on the head coaches’ part and talent on his coaching staff’s part.
You have no talent anywhere in sight.
Thomas Brown
October 10th, 2012
8:46 am
6-7 ?
How in the name of Heaven Above is Paul Johnson going to go 6-7 in 2012 ?
You don’t care; as long as you beat Georgia, all is well in the world.
Thomas Brown
October 10th, 2012
8:49 am
4-8 Paul Johnson 2012
Supersize that order, mutt
October 10th, 2012
9:10 am
D-Rad needs to fire Coach Paul Johnson before sundown, then Tech has a shot. Until then, I just can’t bear to watch a game.
Tech4Life
October 10th, 2012
9:34 am
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many fair-weather fans in my life. This time last season, we were 6-0 and “Tech fans” were screaming for contract extensions. Now that things have started going sour, people are showing their true colors, and they’re not white and gold. It’s sad.
Thomas Brown
October 10th, 2012
9:58 am
Supersize that order, mutt June 13th, 2012 9:52 am
“Thomas Brown, do you even have a clue? Go back to the cesspool and spread your drivel. So what if 70% of Tech football players major in business (management, actually), of course the UGA graduation rate is higher than Tech’s.
Get a life, Thomas Brown”
_____________________
Supersize that order, mutt September 17th, 2012 12:46 am
“Troll hard, Thomas Brown……You have historically one of the most screwed up athletic programs in the country, so if it gets you off trashing Tech for two minor probations, then enjoy it. You apparently care more about what goes on at Tech than any of us care about what goes on in cowtown. Sure, we would like more wins against the dwags, but it is what it is.”
AMG
October 10th, 2012
2:45 pm
I am tired of listening to people say Tech does not have good recruits, do any of you saying that actually follow recruiting. If you do then you know that every year we get some guy ranked 4 stars that if he had gone to Alabama he would be lifted to a 5 star recruit. He ends up a 3 star recruit and then people on this blog act like he isn’t any good. Our D has 9 guys that will end up in the NFL. That is really, really good. Not that they are future pro bowlers, but still very good talent except maybe four or five teams in college today. Our offense is still really good and I wish Alabama had not canceled the home and home series between us. Stop acting like spoiled rotten kids, Tech will be fine, this season may be shot as far as the high goal, but long term if they can improve the D to be decent, not even great, just decent we will win almost every game.
AMG
October 10th, 2012
2:50 pm
Thomas Brown, we are not recruiting from the parole board. UGA has won the Fullmer award every year for 7 years. They are renaming the award the Rick award after this season. Graduation from UGA is no more than a high school degree but much less difficult to attain.
BB Jacket
October 10th, 2012
3:03 pm
Bring back Tenuta . . . I’m serious . . . I think the talent level we have now on D is about the same as it was back then. We have good D backs . . . Nobody can last forever back there, though. Throw the kitchen sink to get a pass rush and some negative yardage plays. Even if we still give up a lot of points, at least it’s more fun to watch and it feels like you at least have a chance. Our defense is a sitting duck right now without a pass rush.
Hmmmmmmm
October 10th, 2012
6:45 pm
Hose$hit the right person for the job. What is DRAD supposed to say. This program is in shambles and it’s not getting better.
MORGANTECH
October 10th, 2012
8:01 pm
From C.P.J / Should i stay or should i go, If I stay there will be trouble, If i go there will be double.
Tech1986
October 10th, 2012
8:05 pm
Gailey lost all 7 years to UGA, the worst being the first year, 51-7, with O’Leary’s players, got much worse with his recruits and we had a QB who couldn’t count to 4
blazer
October 10th, 2012
8:34 pm
Just wish PJ would tweak the offense by hiring Air Force O.C. and let him add some new formations
to the offense as well as a passing attack. PJ can still call all the plays!
not oldschool
October 10th, 2012
9:15 pm
you can’t work against on a running offense all week and expect the DB’s to stop a passing attack on Sat. If the other team was running this HS offense, we would not be firing the DC. CPJ is a DC killer.It is going to be ugly when everyone realize CPJ is the problem.
techmule
October 10th, 2012
10:12 pm
AS long as the coach gones for it on 4th and 1 and (Dont get it)the defense will always be 2 tired to be a force 2 stop any offense. and i mean ANY offense.FRom start 2 finish the whole D looks tired and way out of conditioning and i mean way———— out of shape.No reason 4 them 2 be so slow – - – - – -.Please someone tell that number 6 or 8 to stop putting his arm out everytime the opposing qt over throws the rec. that he is covering and thinking he was the reason was a good play .When he gets (Burns) which he does a lot he puts his head down and walks really slow back to the huddle and does not put his arm out when this happens 2 him.
techmule
October 10th, 2012
10:25 pm
There is no way you can have a decent defense when you have a option offense when there only option is to pratice against it (option).You will never be able 2 won on regular bais.the whole off season is what they pratice against is the option.Defense you will never have TECH sorry
Thomas Brown
October 11th, 2012
12:59 am
AMG,
Your team is the team on NCAA PROBATION in FOOTBALL back-to-back Repeat Offenders of the Major Infractions Database, has LOST to our current coach 10 of the 11 games, is ranked # 52 in Scout.com Recruiting Rankings every year of Paul Johnson, cannot graduate your recruits with the worse graduation rate, and plays in a stadium half the size of our Stadium with empty seats after offering 4 cokes, 2 hot dogs, 2 bags of boiled peanuts, and a free parking pass.
T-man
October 11th, 2012
4:35 am
Well… I hope so for your sake Dan. But I would suggest that you don’t tie that knot too strong if in fact the U.S.S. Johnson is sinking and it’s more than a “bump in the road” as you would have us believe. But we still have offensive problems Dan. Who’s going to fire the offensive coordinator? Oh, that’s right. It’s CPJ isn’t it? Maybe being in denial isn’t such a bad thing after all? One thing is for sure though, even if we continue to get our heads bashed in we can still go to Bobby Dodd and have some more “fun on the Flats”. I can’t think of a better way to spend a fall afternoon. GO JACKETS!!!
homeradams
October 12th, 2012
1:33 am
Radakovich goes before Paul Johnson.
MC
October 12th, 2012
9:06 am
Drad has 10.2 million reasons that he CAN’T fire Johnson. We’re stuck with him unfortunately.
MC
October 12th, 2012
9:15 am
I remember when Johnson was hired the rationale was that GT “can’t win doing what everyone else does”. Still scratching my head over that one. What would lead one to believe that this offense and that coach was the answer. Looking at the results some other coaches that might have listened had GT called it really makes you wonder. Kevin Sumlin and Dana Holgerson (sic) at WVU come to mind. And the fact that CPJ has never had to really recruit before arriving at GT makes the hire all the more confusing. You do have to recruit in the ACC. This offense will never allow GT to recruit the talent it needs to compete with Clemson, FSU, VT, NCST, and now even Duke might become a threat. Furthermore, look back at PJ’s history and you’ll see he has NEVER had a defense. THis hire was a monumental screwup. If he lives through the life of this contract just how bare will the cupboard be?
BUZZ50
October 12th, 2012
11:18 am
Name a top 20 team who runs the triple-option….just saying
hopeless
October 13th, 2012
2:19 pm
ughh send him off. so sick of this faux offense. get a real offense hat the fans actually want to watch. Get an offense that recruits will actually want to play in. Get an offense that can actually score in the last 2 minutes of a game when down.
hopeless
October 13th, 2012
2:19 pm
ughh send him off. so sick of this faux offense. get a real offense hat the fans actually want to watch. Get an offense that recruits will actually want to play in. Get an offense that can actually score in the last 2 minutes of a game when down.
tsan
October 14th, 2012
7:18 am
I find it funny that all of you critics are always so negative. It takes defense to win titles. We have an offense that has averaged 30+ pts. a game and has lead the nation in many stats. But without a defense that can hold teams to less than 30+ pts. per game especially when they are close in the last quarter tells me that we need to change. Remember the days of R. Ball? Our offense stunk, but the defense kept us in many games.