Paul Johnson: “We’re not really good at anything right now”
There’s a reason Georgia Tech fans love Paul Johnson. Actually, there are two, and the second one is a no-brainer: He beat Georgia. But Tech fans loved PJ long before that rainy day in Athens, and they love him because he says what every single fan wishes his/her coach would say.
He doesn’t sugarcoat. Except for the boilerplate assertion that his stylized offense is never as bad as it might look, he doesn’t seek to cover his assets. (And you can almost excuse that excess, seeing as how he invented the offense.) When his team stinks, he doesn’t remind you of his career record or of what might have happened four years ago. He says, “We stunk.” Only he says it in richer detail.
Like this: “Miami is an outstanding football team, but it wouldn’t have had to be the way we played.”
Also: “The way we played, the way we coached, it was a group effort.”
And: “We’re not really good at anything right now.”
These are snippets from Johnson’s Tuesday press briefing, which was as blunt as any coach’s Tuesday press briefing ever gets. Of an illegal block that wiped out a Tech touchdown in Miami, Johnson said: “It was very poor technique. I don’t know what the guy was doing, really.”
Of Tech’s false starts: “If you can’t go on the snap count — the other team doesn’t have anything to do with that. That’s you.”
Of Tech’s defensive collapse: “We had too much in. Anytime you can’t do what you’re supposed to be doing, you’ve got too much in.”
Of coordinator’s Dave Wommack’s assertion that his defenders will switch to a 4-5-2 alignment for Saturday’s game against North Carolina: “We could play a 4-12-9, but it won’t matter what we play if we don’t get our face on somebody and our eyes where they should be.”
Some among you might call this empty bluster. I’d call it the sort of candor rarely seen in an industry in which head coaches make millions and assistants hundreds of thousands.
Some also might say Johnson is being too hard on his players. I would not. For one thing, he stops short of naming names. For another, he knows those players are all he has: “It’s like having a kid. It’s OK for me to say he’s bad, but I get mad if someone else says it.”
Then this: “You set the bar where you want it, and you don’t give in until you get there. You can’t run from expectations.”
Loading ...For the record, he didn’t feel his offense, at least schematically, was the culprit in Miami. “I probably shouldn’t get into this,” he said. Then, one beat later: “But let me. Go back to our Clemson game, where we played [according to some] so poorly on offense. Did you see what Clemson just did [against Boston College]? Fifty-four yards and four first downs [allowed]. Let’s give Clemson a little credit. Four hundred twelve yards [Tech's yield was 418, actually] doesn’t look so bad compared to that.
“On the first series against Miami we had two missed assignments and kicked a field goal. On the next series — or it may have been the third [it was] — we had a touchdown called back and missed a field goal … If you only have 50 plays in a game [Tech had 54], you’re not going to get 500 yards. [Tech had 228.] Can we get better? You bet. But that’s the least of my worries right now.”
And that’s the other part of a Paul Johnson briefing. You never come away thinking he’s all that worried. You come away thinking he figures he’ll figure it out. He probably will.
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247 comments Add your comment
leland
September 22nd, 2009
2:50 pm
Dear Mr. MB–holding my breath. Your pal, Leland
leland
September 22nd, 2009
2:54 pm
man-o-man!
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2009
2:56 pm
Kudos, Leland.
GT Que
September 22nd, 2009
3:03 pm
Hear come the ignorant UGA fans talking about CPJ being too negative (when in reality, IF St. Richt and Willie did the same, UGA could be an actual contender)
…5,4,3,2,1
GT Brill
September 22nd, 2009
3:03 pm
I have no idea what to expect anymore I really don’t. With Wammock and Martinez, take the over in the UGA/GT game this November.
GT Que
September 22nd, 2009
3:03 pm
*here
bluecole
September 22nd, 2009
3:04 pm
One thing most (opposing) fans forget: CPJ’s been doing this 26 years. Or more. You think he hasn’t been in the position before? You don’t think he’s recovered from this before?
Granted, we do have some large questions to answer. Defense? 10 yard cushions on WR’s? NOTHING on the dive?
But here’s one fact you cannot escape. We have CPJ, and you don’t.
I’ll trust his record, and his results, with this offense.
B.
sharecropper
September 22nd, 2009
3:05 pm
Yep, you do have to admire that. I think it would be wonderful juxtaposition to put Lou Holtz and Paul Johnson side by side.
willwc
September 22nd, 2009
3:05 pm
It’s one thing to acknowledge the problems, it’s another entirely to fix them. I think it’s a lot more important to see how PJ handles this week in practice and how the team looks against UNC Saturday before we heap too much hero worship on him…
BugKiller
September 22nd, 2009
3:06 pm
This is a difference between a man who refuses to proffer excuses for his coaches or players (Paul Johnson) and a man who does nothing but offer them on behalf of his coaches while blaming his players (Mark Richt).
We know Richt is from Florida, so I guess we should start calling him Sunshine Mark. I love our coach to death, because he’s been great for us, but his refusal to deal with truth and facts, especially as it pertains to the coaches on his staff, will be his downfall.
I have to give it to Bugland. They have an outstanding coach who accepts excuses from no quarter.
Hey Dogtards
September 22nd, 2009
3:06 pm
Great article Mark.
Go GT
September 22nd, 2009
3:06 pm
I’m proud to have a coach that is so straight to the point. And I do believe PJ’s team will respond this weekend. Go Jackets
Big ED
September 22nd, 2009
3:07 pm
I’m looking forward to the game on Saturday. I know CPJ will figure this thing out and we will be fine. I am more worried about the defense than the offense.
misterwax
September 22nd, 2009
3:07 pm
just don’t go for it on 4th and long in your own field like you did last year and for God’s sake, hold on to the ball…then you will win!
Hey Dogtards
September 22nd, 2009
3:07 pm
PS GO JACKETS!!
Jack G.
September 22nd, 2009
3:07 pm
Personally I lost all respect for CPJ when he called his player stupid on national TV.
He may be stupid, but if you are his coach you dont tell everyone watching on the telly. Do it in private.
AlabamaRamblinwreck
September 22nd, 2009
3:07 pm
Thanks, Mark, for seeing CPJ for what he is: a common sense country boy who just happens to be a ball coach. Some people are fortunate enough to be in the profession they were meant to be in, and CPJ is one of those fortunate few. He has forgotten more about how to play this game than most of us will ever know to begin with. I am willing to give him as much time as he needs, because I believe in what he is doing. It may not be this year, and it may not be next year, but GT is headed for a special era in football if we can keep CPJ in Atlanta coaching on the flats.
Go Jackets!!
Paddy
September 22nd, 2009
3:08 pm
Love the honest approach. Must be a sports reporters dream to finally talk to a coach that talks like a real human being instead of a wind-up toy. Love this guy..
Jack G.
September 22nd, 2009
3:10 pm
And I still dont like his triple option, wishbone or whatever name you want to call it. And he didnt invent it he learned it from his high school coach in a small crossroad town in NC. He never played college ball.
GT-EE-93
September 22nd, 2009
3:11 pm
Mark,
I agree w/ you about Johnson. He’ll get it right, sooner or later.
Please. QUIT PICKING ON WILLIE!
I like that guy!
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2009
3:11 pm
A Paul Johnson press conference is a bit different, Paddy. I have to stop myself from laughing — and sometimes I don’t quite stop myself — at how forthright he is.
GT Brill
September 22nd, 2009
3:13 pm
“Go GT”, I hope you are right. I’m still a big CPJ fan, worried he doesn’t care about defense enough, though.
Another “Sybil” team is FSU. They damn near lose to Jax State, then come back and humiliate the Latter Day Saints on the road. What is going on around here ?!?!?
GT FAN PA
September 22nd, 2009
3:14 pm
I will go with CPJ based upon his track record he has been a winner everywhere he has been. Bottom line Tech is 2-1 with a tuff strech coming up-right the ship and we should be ok. As long as the Jackets don’t get the ego and look at it as CPJ is picking on me I think they will be fine. The Tar Heels will be a good challenge as they have struggled as well. It is true you can say what you want about your family….but no one else better—same could be said about the sports family as well-look at the blogs- Jackets can say what they want about themselves but don’t let the UGA start and vice versa.
Executive Stinger
September 22nd, 2009
3:14 pm
I have never seen a coach so focused and understanding of what REALLY went wrong than CPJ. His press briefings and post-game comments make more sense to me than any coach I’ve seen or heard. He can tear down the typical fan’s notions so easily and point out what REALLY happened. I have learned so much wisdom just by reading and hearing his comments about this team. When he breaks it down to the fans and media, it always makes sense to me, and I do believe he’ll turn things around quickly because he knows what to focus on instead of stupidly responding to the unmerited rants and raves from the fans and media. A phrase that will define his career at Tech will be “I told you so”. He’ll likely never say it directly, but he KNOWS what he is doing will work. He knows he can correct the problems we have and we’ll have in the future. He knows how to make a team a winner, and he’ll do what it takes and disregard what others say. This will give him success in the ACC, nationally, and in Athens.
Kudos, Paul.
Ryno
September 22nd, 2009
3:17 pm
Coach Paul Johnson: “We’re not really good at anything right now”
Georgia Tech WR’s: “ESPECIALLY PASSING THE FOOTBALL”
Executive Stinger
September 22nd, 2009
3:20 pm
Jack….
You think CPJ thought that would end up on TV? He didn’t say into a microphone for all to hear! And if stupid is the worst thing you’ve ever heard a coach call a player, you’ve probably been around football for about 2 days of your life. Whether watching practice, a game in person, or a game on TV, you can hear much, much worse things said.
He did invent HIS offense, by the way. It’s called a variation, and there are numerous variations of the wishbone-based spread. More than you probably ever wanted to know about. Perhaps you’d like to come up with one yourself since you don’t like his. You wouldn’t be the first one. But your preferred offense is probably run by Mikey and Marky up in Athens, eh?
sharecropper
September 22nd, 2009
3:20 pm
Yep, you do have to admire that. I think it would be wonderful juxtaposition to put Lou Holtz and Paul Johnson side by side. I do have one question, though: what he did he mean by saying “we had to much in”? huh?
GT FAN PA
September 22nd, 2009
3:20 pm
@ JACK G- go back and listen—CPJ said “ARE YOU STUPID?” NOT You’re Stupid! And anyone that has ever played any competitive sport I’m sure had the coach or heard a coach come down on them hard. It’s about correcting mistakes and these are men now not little 12 year olds.
TDone
September 22nd, 2009
3:25 pm
To Mr. Jack G., what planet are you on? Apparently you have never played football on a varsity level. If you had, you would know that most coaches call players something worse than stupid. I believe Coach Johnson’s statement was, “Are you that stupid?” And guess what, it was stupid what the player did because it could cost us a chance at a two-point conversion. That’s mild and the only reason you know about it is that the on-field microphone picked it up. Man, clutch the pearls!!! That is mild compared to what is said by coaches.
As for the triple option, Coach Johnson has had more success running his offense on teh collegiate level than you have had running yours on the collegiate level. Oops, you mean you haven’t? My bad.
Go Jackets!!!
GT-EE-93
September 22nd, 2009
3:28 pm
jACK g:
Poker on TNT most nights.
GT Que
September 22nd, 2009
3:30 pm
Jack G.
You’ve obviously never been near Nick Saban, Charlie Weiss, or Mike Krzyzewski during a game
Buzz Belle
September 22nd, 2009
3:34 pm
Thank you Mark! I am hoping this will be the catalyst that will turn this team back around. I was out of town for the game but the little I saw of it in the airport during a layover was not pretty. We have not played one game this year a full 4 quarters. We can and will do better. At the end of the day, win or lose, we are Ga Tech, and that’s better than being UGA! I still want to win though! GO JACKETS and THWG.
Blackberry Cobbler
September 22nd, 2009
3:39 pm
I’m not a Tech fan and not a PJ fan…………………….
but I like the way his doesn’t try to sugar-coat things and make up lousy excuses for his teams performance.
CMR could take a few lessons from him. Rather than lay the blame where it should be (on WM and the defense) he tries to blow smoke up our rear ends by blaming field position, fumbles, etc. etc. etc.
PJ, I’m betting, will get in some peoples faces and the corrections will be made. CRM is too much of a girlie man to do this.
4 jacks
September 22nd, 2009
3:40 pm
Paul Johnson didn’t call his player stupid. He asked the player “are you that stupid”. The player needs to decide. There is a difference in being stupid and/or acting stupid, or doing something stupid. You people must be under 30 and from the politically correct society we now wallow in. You should have had my high school coach. No, you would have gone home crying to your momma and would have quit because you couldn’t handle it. We have a very good coach, and in 2 or 3 years when we are always competing for the conference championship, I hope you guys that “lost” all respect for CPJ will also lose your way to Grant Field and Bobby Dodd stadium. You are “girls” (P)….hope you get my drift.
Techjock
September 22nd, 2009
3:41 pm
Having too much in – means the defensive game plan was too complicated, too many coverages, disguise, line games, blitz’s.
Our O-line, D-line are so bad. If it were not for the option we would be 1 and 2.
Players are called a lot worse than stupid on a regualr basis. If you do not want to be called stupid on national tv then dont do anything stupid on national tv
We will see what we are made on Sat, NC has a great defense
Tech fans, you better love the option, its the great equilizer…
Herschel Walker
September 22nd, 2009
3:43 pm
Jack G: Paul Johnson didn’t learn his offense in high school. He installed it when Erk Russell asked him to at Georgia Southern because they noted how hard the old wishbone attack was to stop.
And, oh yeah, I still can’t read.
Furman Bisher
September 22nd, 2009
3:43 pm
Paul Johnson is the greatest coach alive today.
Now get the hell off of my lawn.
Hillbilly Deluxe
September 22nd, 2009
3:44 pm
It’s nice to hear a coach come out and tell the truth now and then.
PTC Dawg Fan
September 22nd, 2009
3:44 pm
Enter your comments here Techies,the gimmic is over,the mask is off the whole country saw your problems exposed. QB cannot play dead. After JDwyer no other back legit. D Line average at best. ACC very week and you guys are right in the middle.Thats okay Techies, average is all you will ever be.
GA Tech Insider
September 22nd, 2009
3:45 pm
Jack G.;
I have to agree that sometimes Paul Johnson seems to get riled with his players on game day – not appearing as cool as Bobby Dodd did when he roamed our sidelines, but times have changed and his way of getting his point across and motivating players is just different than we may be used to since Bobby Ross (and George O’Leary).
Personally, I like the competitive spirit of Paul Johnson and the fact that he holds everyone, including himself and his coaching staff, accountable, and he’s striving to maintain the same level of excellence at GA Tech character-wise, and academically, that it has been known for through the years.
Paul has embraced all that is GA Tech rather than shied away, and isn’t afraid of competing for titles. If he didn’t know the Yellow Jackets could be successful, I can assure you, he wouldn’t be on our campus, and I can assure you that he wouldn’t be as angry as he is when the team doesn’t execute the way he knows they can. Paul Johnson is a winner, and he’s going to make GA Tech a winner.
Paul’s a good old country boy, like me, and sometimes we get a little riled but the good thing about him is that he’s honest – no tap dancing with Paul Johnson; he’s more of a clogger. He’ll stomp his way through the questions rather than tip toe because that’s the way he is – open and honest. He’s a breath of fresh air, just like the mountains of North Carolina where he came from.
So, Jack G., calm down a bit and try to understand that Paul isn’t a bad man or a bad coach; he’s just someone who was raised to be open and honest, and is as competitive a man as you’ll ever meet. He gets upset when guys make dumb mistakes, and they get over it together with a laugh in the locker room after the game – you don’t get to see that side of him.
This is not meant as an insult to any other coach, but as an endorsement of Paul Johnson; for me personally, I would rather have someone roaming our sideline with the vim and vinegar of Paul Johnson over someone who seems to be ready to go home and read the newspaper any day of the week.
Buzz Belle
September 22nd, 2009
3:45 pm
Careful 4 Jacks! I’m a girl! However, there is worse language than that in high school. This is football – college football. These are not kids! My son was in Iraq with a rifle and grenades at 18 – if you guys think asking someone if they are that stupid is bad, you really shouldn’t play, watch or discuss football. Did you guys even hear what Tenuta was saying on the field a few years ago?
Burdell
September 22nd, 2009
3:47 pm
Jack G.- What credible individual not from Great Britain or Australia uses the term “telly”? I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you are a foreign national and thought this was a “football” blog.
Personally, I have faith in CPJ righting the ship. We all need to show up on Saturday (morning, uggh, I so prefer 3:30 games) and be LOUD as hell and show our support for OUR team.
GO JACKETS!!!!
4tix4dogs4cokes
September 22nd, 2009
3:47 pm
Mark — I am going to go on faith that your “you can almost excuse that excess, seeing as how he invented the offense” quote was made with tongue firmly planted in cheek. I think Emory Bellard, while coaching under Darrell Royal at the University of Texas, is widely considered to be the “inventor” of the option or wishbone or whatever euphemism you wish to describe a multi-option running attack. Newsflash, this went down about 45 years ago, while CPJ was in a diaper and still picking his nose. So, let’s put away that narrative that CPJ is the “inventor” of this warmed over style of offensive football.
PTC Dawg Fan
September 22nd, 2009
3:49 pm
Look where tenuta is, Still cannot stop anyone, the irish have not made a significant stop since Bob Davie left. Techies, stop complaining about how bad you think he is or your team might be. You could still be under Chan Gailey.PJ will do you a fine job as soon as he gets a qb with some heart >
Charles Jackson
September 22nd, 2009
3:50 pm
Put some new looks on the option, get a QB that can pass and a D that an defend against same.
PMC
September 22nd, 2009
3:50 pm
Just one of the 5 billion reasons Dave Braine misspoke and Chan Gailey had to go.
People need to have more patience with thier sports teams. Look at what Tech lost up front on defense… that’s not getting fixed easily… and Miami… has a VERY GOOD defensive line so does Clemson. Miami was relatively unknown coming into the year outside of the talent. Jacory Harris should be the front runner currently for Heisman and Miami should be top 5 considering who they have beaten already.
Alabama Jack
September 22nd, 2009
3:50 pm
Before everyone abandons hope a reminder:
Year First Three Regular Season
2002 2-1 7-5
2003 1-2 6-6
2004 2-1 6-5
2005 3-0 7-4
2006 2-1 9-4
2007 2-1 7-5
2008 2-1 9-3
2009 2-1 2-10 to 11 -1 ????
Support the team and let them play. Go CPJ and THWG
rduck
September 22nd, 2009
3:51 pm
Sharecropper-What did he mean “We had too much in”? It means that they put in alot of extra plays, formations and coverages on defense for the game. Such as having D. Morgan in civerage on 3rd downs instead of having him put pressure on the QB. I still haven’t figured out why on earth they thought that was the best way to use our best pass rusher.Stick to the basics and read and react on defense is what he is trying to say.
PMC
September 22nd, 2009
3:52 pm
Tenuda was vastly overrated. They had a ball control offense with a substandard QB and a Sack or Touchdown defense. No wonder they couldn’t do better than 5th.
reebok
September 22nd, 2009
3:54 pm
Jack G – I got called worse than ’stupid’ by multiple coaches every time I stepped on a football field. (I deserved it, but that’s a whole ‘nother story.) I’m guessing a Division-I scholarship player doesn’t need to be coddled. IMHO, of course.
Nativebird
September 22nd, 2009
3:54 pm
Im a Tech fan, big time. Year 2 and everybody (me included) still hoping this isn’t “Spurrier-I’m-an-offensive-genius II” the Sequal: It’s all about me. Let’s talk about MY offense. Get real CPJ. YOU sir, don’t have the personnel to run YOUR offense. I’m seeing year 2 looking VERY VERY bad in what was supposed to be, WHATCHOUT everybody, GT is getting back on the national stage. GET REAl. it aint happening.
You CPJ need to make a call to a one coach Urban Meyer, former HC at Utah who tried to bring the Moutain West offense to the SEC and got smoked. a GOOD HC ADJUSTS his offense to the circumstances he finds, most pertinent is personnel in your system, and those your playing against.
BugKiller
September 22nd, 2009
3:55 pm
Hey Bradley!!!
Be honest. How refreshing is it to sit in a press conference with Paul Johnson and hear the truth as opposed to having to shovel through the crap excuses proffered by coaches like Mark Richt and Bobby Cox?
As a Bulldog fan, I can only dream of a coach who’s that honest and unaccepting of excuses.
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
September 22nd, 2009
3:55 pm
1. your program simply sucks.
2. your coach simply sucks
3. your “fan” base simpy sucks
4. your offense if simply HILLARIOUS!! I’m sure “CPJ” and Cecil Flowe (Parkview High School) sat together to draw up the “wittle twipple option” playbook.
5. your program simply sucks
6. all of GT’s 22,000 fans worldwide act APPAULED when a UGA fan expresses dislike for Georgia Tech. Explain why that is, when Tech’s entire battle-cry is “To Hell With Georgia”, and that ugly car of yours you parade around the field before every home game has 2 flags on the front bumber that say “To Hell With Georgia”, whether UGA is playing in that game or not. ?????????? Can any Tech “fan” explain the hypocracy there please?? Go to Sanford Stadium and try and find one single thing that degrates Georgia Tech….. there is nothing.
8. Your program simply sucks.
9. THWGT <——— see how DUMB you look!!
Get Real
September 22nd, 2009
3:55 pm
Wow are u Tech fans easy pray for Johnson. He has yet to take the blame for not having the team ready to play. The buck stops with him, not the players. He will stroke you as long as you let him. He hasn’t gotten the job done yet, and this should be a netted year since it is his second.
GT FAN
September 22nd, 2009
3:57 pm
You know if Richt had a quarter of the set as some of these fans think they have man what a coach he would be with all that 5 star hype I keep hearing about-
Also go back and watch the FL/TENN game announcers said with what FL was running some of the same plays they run at GA TECH just different formation. It is a gimmick though don’t forget! THWG!!!
Jack
September 22nd, 2009
3:57 pm
Are you stupid? No coach I made a 1500 on my SAT. CPJ are you fat and ugly? No, but my high school offense has been. H
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2009
3:57 pm
Thanks for clarifying, RDuck. I was going to get around to that, but you beat me to it.
Jack
September 22nd, 2009
3:58 pm
Are you stupid? No coach I made a 1500 on my SAT. CPJ are you fat and ugly? No, but my high school offense has been. Ha ha!
Just Sayin'
September 22nd, 2009
3:59 pm
I think the opponents weren’t quite prepared for Paul Johnson’s offense last year. They’ve had a year to review film and have had more time to practice. Therefore, teams are playing better defense against Tech. At the same time, Coach Johnson doesn’t yet have a team full if his own recruits. He’s still using a lot of Chan Gailey’s recruits. I suspect that in time, Coach Johnson will do very well. Give him time. Go Tech.
Jack_in_Homestead (FL)
September 22nd, 2009
4:01 pm
Just go beat the Blue Sheep of Carolina !
Burdell
September 22nd, 2009
4:01 pm
Tech fans are WHAT?? What a bunch of sophomoric banter! Regardless of what you believe is true dude, check out your spelling…it’s laughable from start to finish.
GO JACKETS!!
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
September 22nd, 2009
4:06 pm
Burdell,
you can tell you have been caught with your stinger tucked between your legs when your only comeback is about grammar or spelling in a post……
please explain why its ok to have the “THWG” all over the place, but when UGA fans express dislike for your pathetic program, we are “classless”.
EXPOSED!!!!!! (((33-17))) hahahahahahahaha
SO GLAD IT HURTS SO SO SO BAD!!!! E.X.P.O.S.E.D.!!!!!!!
Cleveland, OH jacket
September 22nd, 2009
4:06 pm
Get Real, you clearly just post ignorant comments without actually listening to the press conference podcast. He clearly mentions that it was on him and the coaching staff not getting them prepared. CPJ calls a spade a spade….whether they are a player, a ref, a coach, or whatever. Take your ignorant comments somewhere else, please
.
Jay
September 22nd, 2009
4:06 pm
Hey NaiveBird, do you mean the same Urban Meyer that use to call Johnson for tips when he was at Utah? If you do not think he makes adjustments, you are just plain crazy. He is the king of adjustments unlike St. Richt.
Jack G.
September 22nd, 2009
4:07 pm
Stinger TDONE. Et al—-Struck a nerve did I? I am aware of some of the name calling that coaches do, and if you will read the post I said on TV. and if he didnt know there was an open mike close by then he is the one thats stupid.
As to me playing football on a varsity level, you are right I never did.
niether did CPJ other than high school. His high school was so small that if you went out for football you were automaticaly on the varsity. They didnt have enough players to have a Jr. varsity or B team.
I have followed football very closely for more years than you have been alive. I started following GT football in 1930. I have spent more time thanyou could believe discussing all facets of football with many college and pro players and in the process consumed I dont know how many barrels of beer in the process. I have seen them come and seen them go.
NOW where did you play your football?
GT IS A JOKE
September 22nd, 2009
4:07 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHA. UNDEFEATED!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. PERFECT OPTION!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. ACC BEING RELEVANT!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
GeorgiaCoach
September 22nd, 2009
4:08 pm
Homer Rice is generally credited with inventing the triple option , Mark. And he did it for PJ was born.
Cleveland, OH jacket
September 22nd, 2009
4:11 pm
-The triple option is one play.
-The flexbone formation was credited to another coach before CPJ (I forget his name).
-CPJ created his offense out of the flexbone package with option running plays and run-and-shoot passing plays.
All above are facts.
m
September 22nd, 2009
4:11 pm
Thank God and Greyhound that chan gomer gailey is gone forever.
And thank God and DRAD that we have a great college football coach.
Anyone that says Paul Johnson’s offense won’t work is a fool…a complete fool. Yes the defenses are getting better at playing it…and unfortunately our line seems to be getting worse. But when blocked properly, you cannot stop this offense.
We had early success last year (much different than Michigan who went 3-9), but we still have growing pains as we try to get the line up to speed.
Bottom line is this….we have a great coach….he has a great system…it has been a big adjustment from the gailey system to the Johnson system. But the future rewards are going to be something special.
Blackberry Cobbler
September 22nd, 2009
4:11 pm
Just Sayin’
September 22nd, 2009
3:59 pm
I think the opponents weren’t quite prepared for Paul Johnson’s offense last year. They’ve had a year to review film and have had more time to practice. Therefore, teams are playing better defense against Tech. At the same time, Coach Johnson doesn’t yet have a team full if his own recruits. He’s still using a lot of Chan Gailey’s recruits. I suspect that in time, Coach Johnson will do very well. Give him time. Go Tech.
I’m bettin’ another year still ain’t gonna be enough for WM to figute it out.
GT45
September 22nd, 2009
4:12 pm
I haven’t been able to read what has been posted around this week, but has anyone said anything about the fourth and two inches the refs called a first down last Thursday?
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
September 22nd, 2009
4:12 pm
STILL, no GT “fan” can answer the question…..
why is it ok for Tech to have the “THWG” all over the place, but when UGA fans express dislike for your pathetic program, we are “classless”.
THWGT <—— look how DUMB that looks!!!
Plastered Again
September 22nd, 2009
4:15 pm
Tech once again proved that against a team that can play disciplined defense, the offense is inept. North Carolina, Va Tech, and LSU during the ‘08 season and now Miami put the clamps on them. The Jackets will win their share of games but how often will they beat a real top tier team? It doesn’t take much to beat the Mississippi State and Jacksonville State’s of the world.
Cleveland, OH jacket
September 22nd, 2009
4:16 pm
You are right, THWGT does look dumb. You should try it without the “T.”
THWG! See? Much better
Vick=Dog killing thug
September 22nd, 2009
4:18 pm
Dawg fan here. I find that refreshing that Coach Pajamas is a straight talker. With the terrible play of late from UGA, I’d like to see a bit of that from Richt and his assistants.
Ok.. back to the hating… Tech sucks… hahahahahahahah
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
September 22nd, 2009
4:19 pm
NOBODY CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION
why is it ok for Tech to have the “THWG” all over the place, but when UGA fans express dislike for your pathetic program, we are “classless”???
NOBODY CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION
why is it ok for Tech to have the “THWG” all over the place, but when UGA fans express dislike for your pathetic program, we are “classless”.
NOBODY CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION
Tuck Fech
September 22nd, 2009
4:20 pm
HYPOCRITS….
I’d like an explanation from one of the 150 Tech ticket holders on that one as well……
Tech75
September 22nd, 2009
4:20 pm
I’m reserving comment for now. We’ll see how the team responds to 9 or 10 days between games. My bet is that they get recharged and re-motivated.
I SUSPECT we’ll see more simplicity on both sides of the ball based on the “too much in” comment; but I also think CPJ will have answers (or at least strategies) to handle what NC is likely to throw at us.
And they are VERY LIKELY to throw at us!
Osama Bin Laden
September 22nd, 2009
4:21 pm
GO TECH!!!!
Kim Jong il
September 22nd, 2009
4:21 pm
GO JACKETS!!!
GT FAN
September 22nd, 2009
4:22 pm
Wow Jack G and you can work a computer- Good for you- my dad is only 70 and still does not know how to use a computer nor even has the intention to- I guess you could say old school huh?- So again Jack G good for you- turn your hearing aid up next time…CPJ said are U? not U Are!-
Julio Chavez
September 22nd, 2009
4:22 pm
GO WRAMBLIN’ WRECK
Hayseed Dixie
September 22nd, 2009
4:22 pm
You guys are classless because you leave 70 tons of trash on your own campus.
You guys are a bunch of neanderthals. Seriously.
GT Terrorist Cell
September 22nd, 2009
4:22 pm
Thanks Osama, Kim Jong and Julio……
our terrorist cell would be nothing without you
Tech75
September 22nd, 2009
4:23 pm
Hey Tech Fans are HYPOCRITS -
Here’s your answer: Because you ARE classless. In fact, you are a perfect example. Simple enough for you?
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
September 22nd, 2009
4:24 pm
CPJ is the greatest offensive mind of our generation
macrotech
September 22nd, 2009
4:24 pm
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS, we understand and don’t have a problem with opposing views regarding Tech football…just back it up with facts and then don’t act like a child when they’re refuted. You’re right (See?! I’m agreeing with you!), “THWGT<———– DOES look stupid!!! GO TECH!!!
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
September 22nd, 2009
4:25 pm
Hayseed Dixie…..
You’re avoiding the question… you have NO ANSWER…..
HYPOCRITS!!!!! SNOBBIEST STUDENT BODY IN THE NATION.
THWGT!!!!
Matt
September 22nd, 2009
4:26 pm
Ahhh Jack G. you would be correct in assuming that CPJ learned the wishbone from his high school ball coach, unfortunately we do not run the wishbone. The flexbone is a new formation based on the wishbone that Paul Johnson pioneered. BTW, what say you about the tongue lashing Mark Richt gave to his entire team on the sideline of last years UGA-GT game? In case you missed it, just search for “sideline comparison” in youtube. Boy I hate it when coaches discipline in public……. I tell you what, if he called me on the carpet like that, i would never make that mistake again.
GT9
September 22nd, 2009
4:26 pm
Congratulations to Miami. We got whipped from the beginning of the game to the end. The people in Florida and Miami Gardens are really nice people. There was one group of fans inside the stadium that were an embarrassment to college football and everyone connected to Miami. I’m looking forward to going back down year after next. Excellent job by Shannon getting his team ready.
I believe Johnson can correct our problems. As bad as our defense played, our biggest problem is simply not blocking.
People have been very critical of our QB. Our receivers have not been playing up to par, dropping good passes and breaking off routes early. We have a quality QB.
(The females down in Miami are extremely attractive.)
Mullah Omar
September 22nd, 2009
4:27 pm
Thursday nights at Historic Grant Field are magical
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
September 22nd, 2009
4:27 pm
you “fans” know good and darn well if Uga ran around the field with a bandana or something on saying “To Hell With Georgia Tech”, on a game where Georgia Tech is not involved….. you fools would be screaming “CLASSLESS REDNECKS” all day long!!!
HYPOCRITS!!! SNOBBIES STUDENT BODY IN THE NATION
THWGT!!!!!!
Mullah Omar
September 22nd, 2009
4:29 pm
Tech Co-Eds are the hottest in college football
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2009
4:30 pm
I see our repartee has been taken to a higher level here in the past 30 comments or so.
Ryan
September 22nd, 2009
4:31 pm
After Tech goes 7-5 with a papajohns.com bowl bid, they won’t be acting so kind to CPJ. Just like the Miami players said it, the Tech offense is a gimmick and once you see it for a time or two you figure it out. Tech gets exploited in year 2 of CPJ. Give one more year and he’s out the door. Sorry Techies! Back to being mediocre! Ouch!
Ramblinwreck83
September 22nd, 2009
4:31 pm
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
because UGA fans are normally classless. I’ve seen it first hand. Have you ever been to a game in athens and seen how the majority of UGA fans treat the opposing fans. It says it all. They throw trash at people, yell obsenities at you and want you to fight while their around 20 of their friends. “Classless” is an understatement. I think “THWG” is taking it pretty light compared to what ya’ll say.
Georgia Tech Police Department
September 22nd, 2009
4:31 pm
What is Tech’s record?? I spend 23.5 hours a day completing paper work on our students getting mugged and wetting their pants, and haven’t had a chance to catch any scores….. are we still undefeated like Coach Paul Johnson promised us we will be!!! is that “triple option” still UNSTOPABLE!!!
Please inform!!! I just got 15 new mugging cases since typing this post!!!!
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
September 22nd, 2009
4:31 pm
Prediction #1: Dwyer wins Heisman in ‘09 Prediction#2: GT tops UF for BCS title
Ramguy
September 22nd, 2009
4:32 pm
Hey Saint Simons….. (((((33-17))))) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Hey GT Que…….”.Hear come the ignorant UGA fans” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….Tell us how close The Dawg fans have to be before you “hear” them. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
GT9
September 22nd, 2009
4:32 pm
UG’s fight song says “to hell with Georgia Tech.” What exactly is the point? Oh, you refrain.
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
September 22nd, 2009
4:34 pm
another avoiding of the question and displaying hate “Ramblinwreck83″
ADMIT YOU ARE CLASSLESS WITH THOSE FLAGS ON THE FRONT OF THAT UGLY CAR
Tech Fan in Dawg Country
September 22nd, 2009
4:34 pm
To Tech fans are HYPOCRITS: What is the last line of your fight song???? Something like “and to hell with Ga Tech” ???? And who is the hypocrite ? There is a big difference between good fun and tradition and being rude and antagonistic. Not that any one school has the corner on that market unfortunately. Wish we could ban those from both sides.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
September 22nd, 2009
4:35 pm
UGA followers are infidels
Jack G.
September 22nd, 2009
4:35 pm
Insider
Good post. Sometimes I come across a little to strong. I dont know CPJ personally as you do, but I am sure he is a fine person.
I guess I just dislike his system of football so strongly that I get a little to critical some of the time(all the time).
But I respect the fact that others have a different opinon. Just dont like the name calling
Jack
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
September 22nd, 2009
4:35 pm
GT9….
we add that simply as students and alumni. The record book does not have that as official lyrics….. YOU song does however, and you have flags on your ugly car parading around your dinky half empty stadium every game.
Monticello Dawg
September 22nd, 2009
4:35 pm
I think Tech made a great hire with Paul Johnson, but there are Tech fans and Georgia fans on here blasting Mark Richt for supposedly not being critical of Willie Martinez. I suspect no one on this board knows what has been said in private between Richt and Martinez. It is counterproductive to offer up WM as a scapegoat publically. If Mark were to openly bash Willie in the media I would think less of him. Now, if the defense does not improve and WM remains as DC for another year, I will be disappointed in Coach Richt.
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
September 22nd, 2009
4:37 pm
Tech Fan in Dawg Country……
Look up the official UGA fight song… you are mistaken thinking those are official lyrics…. then go look up your official fight song, and see that its there plain as day.
Go try and find anything in Sanford Stadium that references desired demise of your program….you wont find it.
HYPOCRITS!!!! Snobbiest group of fans in College Football.
Get Real
September 22nd, 2009
4:37 pm
Johnson is right, they aren’t good at anything, especially coaching. The “right now” is just dreaming on his part. It will be the same tomorrow as it is today, terrible.
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2009
4:38 pm
I’m pumped! This is the hottest debate over song lyrics since “Louie, Louie.”
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
September 22nd, 2009
4:38 pm
Mark Richt is the real mastermind behind 9/11, not I…I was at Bobby Dodd cheering the Jackets onto victory!!!!
Tech Fan in Dawg Country
September 22nd, 2009
4:38 pm
AJC, instead of AJC censoring the posts, is there some way the fellow bloggers could “vote off” the offensive posts? That sounds like a great idea … sort of like the other votes, an individual could not vote more than once per hour … sounds better all the time.
Dawg$$
September 22nd, 2009
4:39 pm
Tech will be lucky to win 6 games. UGA blows them out in November–mark it down! The tech fantasy run is over.
Ramblinwreck83
September 22nd, 2009
4:39 pm
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
Another example of UGA being “Classless”. What football team would all go out to the endzone and dance around like a bunch of idiots. Now that’s classless.
Brent
September 22nd, 2009
4:40 pm
We made it nearly an hour before the name calling started, that might be a record. Don’t stoop to their level guys, it’s been a good blog so far. Good column Mark. The Jackets and CPJ will be just fine. GO JACKETS
Cecil34
September 22nd, 2009
4:41 pm
Now that Coach Johnson has clarified the less than stellar efforts put forth last week, I do hope he has some sort of gameplan to work with Josh Nesbitt.
At least to make Nesbitt appear to be able to pass when necessary with some kind of accuracy and with some clue of who he is passing to and why.
I cringe every time I see Nesbitt go back to wing the leather.
Ol’ Dewberry could run this offense real good – and that is what Coach Johnson needs to find.
I simply think Nesbitt is not the answer. And Jaybo will just wind up getting killed.
QB is where it all starts, and GT needs not just a hard tough runner there but one who can actually look like he knows how to throw a football.
Tech Fan in Dawg Country
September 22nd, 2009
4:41 pm
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS: please check the spelling of your nickname. That says it all right there.
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
September 22nd, 2009
4:42 pm
If you are going to tell me im being “classless” and a “trashy redneck” for making fun of your program, show some class yourselves!!!
“To Hell With Georgia” <—– CLASSLESS
"GO DAWGS" <—— supporting OUR team….hence why we sell out a 93,000 seat stadium EVERY GAME, and Tech plays in front of a non-sold out 55,000 seat crackerbox
HYPOCRITS!!!! Snobbiest fans in college football!!!
Brent
September 22nd, 2009
4:44 pm
See what I mean
"Gitmo Detainees for Tech Touchdown Club" President
September 22nd, 2009
4:45 pm
Mark — At the press conference, did CPJ indicate when he will be coming to Gitmo to speak our Touchdown Club luncheon?
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2009
4:45 pm
Another lyric: “Well, we got no class/And we got no principals.”
Hugo Chavez
September 22nd, 2009
4:47 pm
WHO IS JULIO CHAVEZ?
LET’S GO NERDS!
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
September 22nd, 2009
4:50 pm
Mark Bradley,
Will your next article be titled “HATRED and ENVY for a cross-state rival. The reason we cannot sell out a stadium smaller than a Texas High School, or beat said cross-state rival more than twice a decade”
Can i write it? can I please, please, please??
Reggie Ball
September 22nd, 2009
4:54 pm
Who is Paul Johnson?
Nate
September 22nd, 2009
4:56 pm
I still don’t understand how the students and alumni are “snobby”? Classless – perfect example is your fellow dawg coming on here posing as the Georgia Tech Police Dept. and of course referencing our student body as terrorists. That my friend is classless. Making fun of students that have been in that situation is classless my friend. I may not like you, but I wouldn’t wish that on you man.
surfrider
September 22nd, 2009
5:00 pm
Great Blog and interview. This is a little off but pertinent. I’ve noticed the so called balanced offenses are throwing the ball 20 to 25 times a game on average recently sometimes 30 but sometimes 18 or so. We threw the ball 15 times with no picks. We had one or two passes get away and maybe another one or two WR may be able to pull down any given saturday. That’s 1 to 4 more completions for another 100 yards. This takes our passing game to 7 to 10 completions out of 15 attempts for possibly 200 plus yards. Even with a pourous defense last saturday and 2.5 yards per rush with no turnovers we still “were in the game” until less than 2 minutes. Another 5 to 10 attempts and Tech possibly takes it’s offense to the 300 yards rushing, 200 yards passing level. Hopefully no turnovers on our side. The defense played a little bit better later particularly forcing field goal attempts verse TD’s. More pressure and aggressiveness should help. Also Miami is looking like the old Miami more speed than anyone else. CPJ will make whatever adjustments are needed and let’s don’t forget he was OC at Hawaii no bastion of the wishbone but the run and shoot.
An Observation
September 22nd, 2009
5:03 pm
No one wants to admit that the UGA fans are primarily classless but I will. The display at the Atlanta Falcons’ game on Sunday reaffirmed their lack of class. For them to actually boo the GA Tech Band when they were announced shows just how classless they actually are.
Anyone with any sense would know that none of those kids playing in the Tech band are on the football team. Young people, know matter what college or university they are attending should be applauded for making the effort to get an education. To “BOO” THE BAND shows a lack of intellect!!!!!
I am beginning to think that many of the UGA fans have never ever attended ONE CLASS at UGA. Red necks and trailer park people usually don’t attend college (a stereotype I know, but it is applicable in this instance….GED if their lucky…inbreeding stiffles class).
PEOPLE….OH….PEOPLE…..GROW UP AND START ACTING LIKE ADULTS WITH SOME COMMON SENSE!!!!!
Tech fans are HYPOCRITS
September 22nd, 2009
5:04 pm
Nate…..
I didnt say that, Chief.
But I bet you’d be screaming “classless redneck” at the top of your lungs if Uga came out of his doghouse wearing a bandana saying “To Hell With Georgia Tech” wouldnt you….. don’t even try to deny it…..
SNOBBY….. the way you degrate the UGA alumni as ignorant farm boys, and brag about how much better an institution Tech is. They are 2 completely different schools with completely different ciriculum.
ARE YOU YHAT STUPID
September 22nd, 2009
5:05 pm
CPJ is a hillbilly made good. He looks pissed off all the time and if I had to coach at teck I would too. What can he sugar coat, the team sux. You guys are all getting warm and fuzzy because you like to see a guy call his players stupid and probably a lot worse… now think about that. ARE YOU THAT STUPID? Hillbilly is as hillbilly does.
michael
September 22nd, 2009
5:07 pm
HEY GUYS?? DON’T YOU THINK THAT REGGIE BALL WOULD’VE PLAYED WELL UNDER OUR SYSTEM? ….cricket sounds….JUST ASKING. seriously, a better pass attack would open the run much more and have other teams on their heals.
Tuck Fech
September 22nd, 2009
5:07 pm
An Observation….
Im assuming you are assuming these were UGA fans because they were wearing black and red…. oh… i guess you forgot the team you went to see wears black and red. Aside from the 1,700 Season Ticket holders, EVERYBODY hates Georgia Tech. Not just UGA
Nate
September 22nd, 2009
5:15 pm
First of all, I will agree with your first statement and yes I will agree it is a little degrading to UGA, but we did endure a long stretch of losses to you guys so a lot of anger had built up. Notice I didn’t say it was right, just my opinion.
However, I personally have never called UGA fans rednecks or hillbillies. Personally, I grew up on a farm in south Georgia, my grandparents owned a hundred acres and I know what it’s like bailing hay in the 100 degree weather so I understand. Second, I have a girlfriend that goes to UGA in the Pharmacy program, so obviously I’m not going to degrade her by saying anything about your school. Last, I’m glad I’m at Tech now with a future ahead. Football is entertainment. Getting a degree is obviously more important.
Paddy
September 22nd, 2009
5:15 pm
Jack G… Never been in a locker room or a clubhouse have you? Geez!!
GT92
September 22nd, 2009
5:16 pm
Lost on “HYPOCRITS” is the difference between GOOD ol’ fashion hate and demeaning, disrespectful antics…This “pathetic” program with a “crackerbox” stadium engages in the former while those that masquerade as terrorists and dictactors… well you get the idea.
Brent
September 22nd, 2009
5:16 pm
Good point- I guess we just assumed only UGA fans would stoop that low. HAHA
GA Tech Insider
September 22nd, 2009
5:19 pm
Mark;
I understand Julian Burnett, the true Freshman, is going to start at linebacker this Saturday. I think this young man will be able to add some needed energy and pop to the defense.
Techjock
September 22nd, 2009
5:27 pm
Ok I am over it, Miami played great and we lost. Our O-line and D-line have to pick it up.
I think the boys were tired at least they looked tired. I still think that if we will play hard we can beat anyone. As a matter of fact, if we dont play hard I am going up there and puttin my foot up someone backside. Who’s with me? There is no excuse for lack of effort
gtfanfrom1951
September 22nd, 2009
5:28 pm
The only thing that sucks around here is T.F.A. H. Go crawl back in your dawg house and eat your vomit and your sh**T like a good dawg!
Bob Horner had a sweet compact swing
September 22nd, 2009
5:29 pm
I am not an infidel……Khalid….you need to kneel down towards mecca… Where’s mecca..??
Saint Simon
September 22nd, 2009
5:36 pm
(((((((((((((((33-17))))))))))))))))))))) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
UNRANKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OVERRATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARE YOU YHAT STUPID
September 22nd, 2009
5:37 pm
gtfan1951, you would fit well on CPJ’s staff with that trashy mouth. You’re too old to be blogging. Go take your malox and clean your dentures. You are a ramblin wreck.
gtdave
September 22nd, 2009
5:38 pm
Is it just me or is anyone else extremely concerned about the Georgia game with our lack of pass defense? Two games in a row (or 1 1/2 games) with the opposing QB playing video game offense against us.
ARE YOU YHAT STUPID
September 22nd, 2009
5:39 pm
New teck team motto…. ARE YOU THAT STUPID?
New defensive alignment… SWISS CHEESE
New offense alingment… incomplete
New national ranking… NO RESPECT
ARE YOU YHAT STUPID
September 22nd, 2009
5:40 pm
Teck worries about one game a year.. UGA. That is sad. North Carolina 20 Teck 10.
Saint Simmons
September 22nd, 2009
5:44 pm
33-17 hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Tech75
September 22nd, 2009
5:46 pm
I think we’ve worked those poor dumb farmboys into a frothing ass of incoherence…they can’t even spell their posting names correctly. It would appear we’ve gotten under their skin!
Actually, I think if you looked at the IP addresses of those posting you’d probably find 10 unemployed high-school dropouts posting like crazy under 5 different UGA-like monikers each…
If you just bypass their posts you’ll enjoy some of the ideas discussed; if not, you must have too much time on their hands; although I do like to count the spelling and grammar errors.
Tech75
September 22nd, 2009
5:48 pm
of which, my latest post contains several.
Why don’t you UGA’ers try to find them? Let’s have a little contest, see which one of you really graduated from high school.
Alabama Jack
September 22nd, 2009
5:50 pm
Would someone point out to dumba$$ that hypocrits is correctly spelled hypocrites. Stupid dawgs can’t even get their insults right.
TO HELL WITH GEORGIA.
gtfanfrom1951
September 22nd, 2009
5:54 pm
are you yhat stupid
you better keep the malox for that olay defense that UGA has!
Gator Hater
September 22nd, 2009
5:55 pm
Paul Johnson is a good coach, but you bee’s will be luck to win 5 games this year. If the passing game is throw it up to one kid….good luck with that one, and any team can stop the run when focusing on it.
Georgia 9 & 3
Bugs 5 & 7
Book it.
StraightJacket
September 22nd, 2009
5:55 pm
Perhaps some of the people commenting here never saw the movie “Patton”.
No one will ever confuse football with the seriousness of war, but it doesn’t hurt train young men in a tough environment, and in football, you have the enormous advantage of being able to do it without the very real potential consequences of being killed.
Patton’s explanation of his treatment of troops doing “less than their best” was that he was appealing to their pride and self-respect. Paul Johnson didn’t call the player “stupid” … he ASKED the player IF he were that stupid. The young man SHOULD respond with a resounding NO … and be angered to the degree that he’d feel like he needed to PROVE it. Nothing wrong with that.
In wartime, Patton’s troops did remarkable things. Yes, football is just a game, but training young men to work toward a team goal that is bigger than the sum of themselves is worthwhile. If it requires some “tough love” … then so be it.
The kids should just be thankful that they can learn these valuable lessons on a football field instead of a mine field.
-SJ
Georgie
September 22nd, 2009
5:57 pm
Will you “fans” get off the Stupid thing. It is not like CPJ grabbed the mike from EA. And I think CPJ covered it in his press conference….if you cannot count with the snap, you might be stupid….everyone was on Reggie’s back when he could not count to 4 at the UGA game a few years ago.
LSUTiger
September 22nd, 2009
6:00 pm
It’s one thing to tell it like it is, but it is another to embarrass your players by calling them “stoopid” on national TV. I don’t have any respect. If it looks like a jerk and talks like a jerk and walks like a jerk, it’s a jerk.
Fancy Leotard
September 22nd, 2009
6:02 pm
Sounds like a good healthy rivalry to me.
Jack G.
September 22nd, 2009
6:16 pm
Burdell
Dont get your panties in a wad because I used telly instead of TV.
For your information I am southern to the core. A native Atlantan born 1 short block from the State capitol.
In the know
September 22nd, 2009
6:24 pm
I have questioned if CPJ’s football scheme would work against the really good, talented teams. We beat Georgia but their defense sucked. LSU and Miami knew exactly what to do to stop Tech. Clemson really lead the way. He is a good coach, but he needs to adapt a better scheme. Go with the pro style offense and he will be fine.
BS Patrol
September 22nd, 2009
6:24 pm
LSUTiger,
Stay off this blog until you can spell the basic stuff. No one cares what what you think anyway, even the doggies.
THWGT
September 22nd, 2009
6:25 pm
“Hypocrit” (though spelled wrong) does have a valid argument here.
I was watching the Tech/Miami game at a bar in Midtown, Atlanta with my wife, and there was a very heavy prescence of Tech students and fans. My mife and I are both very successful UGA Alumni, and out of the rivaly, were rooting for Miami. After the first Miami touchdown, we high fived, which triggered an older Tech fan next to us to completely go off on us. He told us we have “no class” and “shouldn’t be considered human for posessing such hate”.
I wish I would have thought to defend what he was saying with the “To Hell With Georgia” argument. That term is used freely throughout the Georgia Tech traditions and terms. There are indeed flags on the “Wramblin’ Wreck” car that say “To Hell With Georgia”, and are indeed paraded around the field whether UGA is playing that game or not.
I have to agree that if UGA suddenly adopted this same approach, and decked out Uga with a “To Hell With Georgia Tech” bandana, or wrote it all over our stadium, Tech fans and alumni would scream out “Classless” to us.
Every team wants to pretend their fans are flawless in the class issue. Every team is FAR from innocent. Id say the majority of football fans across the nation are indeed classy, but every school has bad seeds sitting behind a computer where they know they will not have a face to face confrontation. BUT, I’d clearly say that Georgia Tech is the school that shows disrespect toward another more blantantly than ay other out there.
THWGT <—– thats classless right??
(and i didnt feel like spell checking or grammar checking before i get torn up with that defenseless comeback)
gaterhater
September 22nd, 2009
6:27 pm
BUGKILLER THIS WAS WROTE ABOUT CPJ AND GT HAD NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT GA. OR CMR. ARE YOU A GA. FAN OR A GT. FAN . YOU ALWAY’S SEEM TO TALK ABOUT GA. AND CMR NO MATTER WHAT THE BLOG’S ABOUT. YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE YOUR NAME TO DAWGKILLER IF YOU HATE YOUR TEAM THAT MUCH.
long live Paul Johnson
September 22nd, 2009
6:33 pm
There is another reason us Tech fans love PJ as a head coach.
Paul is a football geek, plan and simple.
He knows what he knows and he won’t quit until it works.
UGASlobberknocker
September 22nd, 2009
6:39 pm
Tech fans may be hypocrites, but those who are can at least spell it. Im just hoping the poster above a/buys a vowel and b/ isnt a UGA grad.
GT Brill
September 22nd, 2009
6:45 pm
This blog is cracking me up ! Looks like happy hour started early tonight. How many people are sitting in front of their computer right now with cherry red faces pounding out nonsensical crap that has nothing to do with football. Everyone take a deep breath and relax. As for me I am logging off and going home to eat some chicken that my lovely bride has cooking up for me. Carry on…
Sam
September 22nd, 2009
6:51 pm
Is your IQ above room temperature GT Que?
PaulieOldSchool
September 22nd, 2009
6:54 pm
I’ve supported Georgia since living in Athens as a small boy and eventually got two degrees from UGA. Nevertheless, I really like and admire Coach Johnson, and wish him well in their games except for one Saturday in November. He seems like a really good coach and a even better man.
long live Paul Johnson
September 22nd, 2009
6:55 pm
Anyone notice the leg humpers take the being called stupid thing personally?
Hitting a little too close to home I am guessing.
Sam
September 22nd, 2009
7:05 pm
Executive Stinger at 3:20.
He did invent HIS offense, by the way. It’s called a variation, and there are numerous variations of the wishbone-based spread. More than you probably ever wanted to know about. Perhaps you’d like to come up with one yourself since you don’t like his. You wouldn’t be the first one. But your preferred offense is probably run by Mikey and Marky up in Athens, eh?
In fact I do. That “Mikey and Marky” offense will hang half a hundred on you this year. You can’t run or pass this year. Your offense can’t score. What is it 33 points in games not against Jacksonville St? Count the LSU game and it’s 36. What is it you are being so challenged with here idiot.
Damn right I’d rather have “Mike and Marky” on offense. That O will make GT look silly. Are you stupid Executive (my azz) Jacket. Get a brain poser.
Brad GT
September 22nd, 2009
7:08 pm
MB what’s your opinion? Is UGA’s offense better than ours? Please be honest and objective.
Rabun Dawg
September 22nd, 2009
7:14 pm
I for one would like to see CMR take his team and coaches to task( and himself, since he is the CEO). I think CPJ does a good job of not “sugarcoating” the situation, and I look for him to get results for his style. As for that comment about calling one his players stupid, I didn’t see it happen,so can’t comment on that, but I was called worse than that when I played in HS. Being the punter, I came off the field after a “shank” and got kicked in the butt by one of my coaches in plain view of everyone,and guess what, I deserved it! I did put more effort in the next one, I assure you!
gaterhater
September 22nd, 2009
7:14 pm
With a name like Slobberknocker I would not be grading people’s blog’s. People that post they graduated from the University of Georgia usually has a ged. There is nothing wrong with people that do. Because they do not act like there something there Not.
GT For You and Me
September 22nd, 2009
7:25 pm
Hey Doggies! A little refresher course from last year!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Ji7ke5sQE
Mo Mo
September 22nd, 2009
7:26 pm
Dat Mr Paul johnsen is a good man.He knowed that offense work if it don’t score points or win no games. I tell you mR Paul johnson is going to have thm jackets ready and he gonna beat that north carlonia by 20 points. Put your oven-baked potted meat money on it and you have twice as much sat night. You win big. Mr Paul johnson gonna have oven-potted meat for all thm players on the airplane back.all they want. thm bulldogs gonnawin by 20 to.
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2009
7:29 pm
Georgia’s offense is better than Tech’s at this moment, Brad. Was that your question?
Get Real
September 22nd, 2009
7:34 pm
Burdell- Thanks for noticing my blatantly obvious spelling mistakes. I was wondering how long it would take some goofy and overzealous Tech fan to find the obvious. Now if you could only do the same thing for Johnson and his play calling, then you would really have accomplished something worth while.
Brad GT
September 22nd, 2009
7:39 pm
Yes. Thanks MB. And one thing coach didn’t touch on was the obvious poor conditioning of this team. What’s up with that? My fear is that if we continue to give up 30 pounds across both fronts we will continue to get physically beat. Right now we are not running the ball. passing the ball, or stopping either on D. And really I think the root causes are the lines.
Not Disappointed
September 22nd, 2009
7:43 pm
Lets forget last week and win this week! Oy!
Joey
September 22nd, 2009
7:43 pm
Whether or not his offense will work at Tech, and it does wonderfully at times,(UGA, Miami last year) I like Paul Johnson. He didn’t blame just the players, or the squads, just said “we sucked!” Our guy, Mark Richt, blames everybody but the one guy everybody knows sucks, ex-college-roommate and dear friend, Willie Martinez. He is terrible. Richt knows he will not get a job anywhere in the country if he fires him, so he keeps defending him… That’s okay, Damon Evans will do the job for him after this year.
Don’t worry Tech fans, you will get another shot at Willie, but make it a good one, cause sooner or later we will have a DC that can hold good teams under 40 points. One day……..
Michael Dawgs for life
September 22nd, 2009
7:44 pm
You know what really pisses me off is that these fair weather tech fans now all of a sudden think they are good after haveing a sip of success. GT was a fluke and won’t have any where near the season they had last year and i can’t even remember the last time they won a bowl game.
HWGT
September 22nd, 2009
7:44 pm
What do you call it when you leave 70 tons of trash on GT campus? Tuesday.
CatsFly
September 22nd, 2009
7:45 pm
Are there only idiots on this site! Can anyone break down the Tech UNC game, providing specifics about the two teams offenses and defenses, as well as commenting on the skills of the key players. Enter your comments here
Not Disappointed
September 22nd, 2009
7:46 pm
Oh, Ramblin Wreck!
Lou Holtz
September 22nd, 2009
7:51 pm
Has anyone considered Miami is a Heck of a Football Team and Clemson is too? Has any one considered that North Carolina, Florida State, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech are all very good teams? The ACC is back. Check Sagarin ratings if you doubt.
OldDawg55
September 22nd, 2009
7:53 pm
Enter your comments hereYou may enjoy CPJ’s candor, Mark, but Moms, Dads, and recruits might not feel the same concerning his Bob Knight-like outbursts on the field screaming “are you stupid” at one of his players in front of a national TV audience (whether warranted or not)
ARTC
September 22nd, 2009
7:53 pm
I guess in your world you throw your friends under the bus publicly, huh Joey?
ARTC
September 22nd, 2009
7:54 pm
GT is not a very good team right now Lou Holtz.
Tom Getty
September 22nd, 2009
7:57 pm
Come back down to Georgia Southern where you belong!
Carl H.
September 22nd, 2009
7:57 pm
Sagarin ratings? LMAO!
Tired of classless fans
September 22nd, 2009
7:59 pm
“Tech Fans are hypocrits”, buddy you are the type idiot that makes me ashamed of my school. Are you using an Atari computer in your trailer? Hopefully, your Mom/wife/sister will put you to bed soon.
As a UGA alum, I think CPJ is an admirable, no nonsense type of guy. I think many coaches are far too soft on their players and he has high expectations. CMR is a solid, solid citizen, but I have to admit that I would prefer to see some emotion every year or so.
Habersham Dawg
September 22nd, 2009
8:00 pm
If UNC’s defense is as fast and strong as Miami’s, Tech is in for a long night. Also, every offense will be successful if the blocking scheme’s work. I really don’t see Tech’s defense being capable of causing enough turnovers to influence the outcome of the game. I hope I’m wrong.
George
September 22nd, 2009
8:05 pm
Mark: I have some concerns about the tone of this discussion. Is the incitation of incivility the point of all this?
Bill
September 22nd, 2009
8:09 pm
Leland you can breath.
LSUTiger you do walk and sound like a jerk!
Paul Johnson is a winner! Team might look bad now but I’d bet my x-wife GT will win more than they lose. Will knock off a better team along the way. Go Yellow Jackets.
Can 'O Raid
September 22nd, 2009
8:12 pm
The option doesn’t work in major college football………….it worked at Southern and Navy…………the last time it worked in real football was in 1995………….Nebraska had a special player in Frazier……………..Nesbit……not that special he probably should have tried to play safety……………he’d be better than Reshad Jones in pass coverage…….
SGT CHRIS
September 22nd, 2009
8:13 pm
Now that we have that STINGER out of our butts, and when we get past VATECH this week, we will be in the hunt for the BCS title game with the SEC having 3 of 4 teams in the top 5, and they all eventually will have to play each other. PENN ST will lose to OSU or Michigan if they play them…CAL has USC and OREGON….6TH NATIONAL TITLE WILL RESIDE DOWN IN MIAMI—IS THAT A HURRICANE WARNING ON THE WEATHER CHANNEL LOL!!!!!!!!!
stings to lose
September 22nd, 2009
8:14 pm
Too bad we cannot just add about 30+ lbs to our lines…so you have to run with what you have.
The Johnson option (or the option Johnson runs) is normally continuously variable but lately seems less variable. As pointed out by several, better (more and accurate) passing and better blocking will certainly tend to get the option quickly back to the “continuous” mode.
Tech ran the ball well against N Carolina last year but shot itself in the foot with turnovers/mistakes in the redone.
Have you guys noticed the decline in the number of fumbles…indicative of coaching adjustments.
I’m curious to see how Miami handles VPI.
Michael Adams
September 22nd, 2009
8:16 pm
LSUTiger @ 6:00 p.m. – “I don’t have any respect.”
Oh, don’t be so hard on yourself LSUTiger, it’s really your college that most folks don’t respect, not you personally.
CatfishTechFans
September 22nd, 2009
8:17 pm
A lot of the incivility here stems from the intense fear of GT fans that based on history the 15 minutes of fame they enjoyed up until LSU is about to come to an end. The last 4 games gives them some strong evidence to stoke that fear. GT fans have the tendency to turn on everything and everybody when threatened with their well earned return to college football’s bottom feeder community. Wait and see how vicious they get if they lose to UNC on Saturday. I am already noticing a marked decline in GT hats, shirts, etc being worn in public. The stealth fans are once again in the majority. Soon they will all return to going to their games disguised as empty seats.
CatfishTechFans
September 22nd, 2009
8:22 pm
Bill…..why not bet your present wife. But I can understand the lack of confidence. But that’s ok. Most GT fans would pimp their boyfriends to average 10 wins a season.
ParrisIsland Dawg
September 22nd, 2009
8:24 pm
The offense whether you call it the wishbone, flexbone, triple option, or double slot is all the same: the QB must make his first read on the end. If you have disciplined ends and fast linebackers you will make the QB’s job much harder. Tech will tend to see better athletes with Va Tech, UNC, Miami, and Fl State and UGA like they saw with Miami. If they can’t adjust to the penetration and quicker D ends it will be a long season. Tech does not have the O’line right now to negate the athleticism. If opposing defenses don’t respect the pass and are comfortable in man coverage, GT can’t count on big plays in the passing game. The only way they beat some of these teams is to be disciplined and keep them off balanced and stay out of 3rd and long because at this point in his development, Nesbitt is not accurate in vertical passing game. Mental errors and lack of conditioning (swine flu?) will result in 6 and 6.
Alabama Jack
September 22nd, 2009
8:27 pm
With regard to class, dawg fans have 60% of it – just missing the “C” and the “L”. They have the rest down perfectly.
NY Jacket
September 22nd, 2009
8:29 pm
Jack G,
Dodd was calm on the sidelines but his style could be discribed as “A fist in a velvet glove”. You did something Dodd considered “stupid” and you sat down for the rest of the game if you were lucky or your playing days were over if you weren’t lucky.
Dodd’s assistants however did get quite verbal and let you know exactly how they felt. I remember one game at Tulane when Tech was struggling in the first half. Coach Charley Tate told some of his players to “Turn around and watch the cheerleaders because they sure didn’t have their heads in the game on the field”.
Emotion is part of the game. Deal with it.
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2009
8:35 pm
No, George, it’s not the point. Just a byproduct.
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2009
8:37 pm
And let’s not equate Paul Johnson to Bobby Knight, OldDawg. Come on now.
CatfishTechFans
September 22nd, 2009
8:39 pm
I guess that’s why Randy Shannon got all the results Thursday night huh NY Jacket? All that emotion he shows on the sideline and all.
LizDawg
September 22nd, 2009
8:50 pm
LMAO @ the Techies now that reality of a 7 win season is sinking in – AGAIN!
West Point Grad
September 22nd, 2009
8:52 pm
There is a big difference in what you can do with kids at a service academy and what you can do out here just like the difference between a military work place and a civilian work place. Out here you walk a fine line with personnel and you better know when not to cross that line. If you don’t you lose. Maybe PJ is going to have to take a little of that into consideration. J. Dwyer’s behavior on the sideline Thursday night tells me that PJ may be losing some of these players. Too many of them Dwyer included had that blank, million mile stare, that seemed to say “oh well”. As for the poor conditioning, at the Naval Academy the school took care of that. At a service academy the kids come to the coach in shape from the daily rigors of that environment. PJ could focus on nothing but coaching his system. To win at this level PJ is going to have to be willing to adjust himself or he will fail.
Jack G.
September 22nd, 2009
9:01 pm
Paddy
Been in plenty of locker rooms. Boxing was my participation sport—–what was yours?
GTSUXREALLYBAD
September 22nd, 2009
9:01 pm
GT has been exposed and its obvious how bad they really are! PJ and his highschool offense will never cut it in D1 football. The tech fans should really climb back under that rock they have been hiding under for the past 19 seasons!!!!!
Metal Jacket
September 22nd, 2009
9:03 pm
CPJ did his Bobby Knight impression Thursday night on national TV. I can’t stand Knight, he was a coward hiding behind a title. Seems CPJ is the same. Asking a man if he is “STUPID” is not a very effective method of motivation. I don’t know if he has kids, must be the way he talks to them. Tech deserves better.
CatfishTechFans
September 22nd, 2009
9:10 pm
Ah a punching bag, huh Jack G. Just like the GT football team.
Academy Grad
September 22nd, 2009
9:11 pm
There is a big difference in what you can do with kids at a service academy and what you can do out here just like the difference between a military work place and a civilian work place. Out here you walk a fine line with personnel and you better know when not to cross that line. If you don’t you lose. Maybe PJ is going to have to take a little of that into consideration. J. Dwyer’s behavior on the sideline Thursday night tells me that PJ may be losing some of these players. Too many of them Dwyer included had that blank, million mile stare, that seemed to say “oh well”. As for the poor conditioning, at the Naval Academy the school took care of that. At a service academy the kids come to the coach in shape from the daily rigors of that environment. PJ could focus on nothing but coaching his system. To win at this level PJ is going to have to be willing to adjust himself or he will fail.
Brad GT
September 22nd, 2009
9:13 pm
There is a big difference in what you can do with kids at a service academy and what you can do out here just like the difference between a military work place and a civilian work place. Out here you walk a fine line with personnel and you better know when not to cross that line. If you don’t you lose. Maybe PJ is going to have to take a little of that into consideration. J. Dwyer’s behavior on the sideline Thursday night tells me that PJ may be losing some of these players. Too many of them Dwyer included had that blank, million mile stare, that seemed to say “oh well”. As for the poor conditioning, at the Naval Academy the school took care of that. At a service academy the kids come to the coach in shape from the daily rigors of that environment. PJ could focus on nothing but coaching his system. To win at this level PJ is going to have to be willing to adjust himself or he will fail.
Metal Jacket
September 22nd, 2009
9:14 pm
I didn’t think you would print my comment.
Nate
September 22nd, 2009
9:20 pm
Just beat UNC. What I don’t understand is why our offense takes more crap now that CPJ is here. Obviously, it’s just because of the new look offense. Yet, when Gailey was here scoring even 20 points was a good day. CPJ will bounce back, and our team won’t give up on him. Kevin Cone is in my class and he said Paul gave them a good talk. Let’s go Tech. Beat the Tar Heels and let’s go from there.
SGT CHRIS
September 22nd, 2009
9:21 pm
Only thing both Clemson and Tech exposed were the weak corners GATECH has lol!!! can you say TOASTY!!!!!
traler trash
September 22nd, 2009
9:24 pm
hey Jack G off, go take your prozac and then get back to work, I’m still waiting on my burger. and, don’t forget the fries with that.
SGT CHRIS
September 22nd, 2009
9:28 pm
WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY CLEMSON AND MIAMI LOL
Jack G.
September 22nd, 2009
9:30 pm
Dont do that no more—-i’m retired—–mostly just tired.
SGT CHRIS
September 22nd, 2009
9:33 pm
Correct me if im wrong, but when PJ was at Navy, werent they in the top 5 least penalized teams in the country? or was that post PJ?
Are You That Stupid
September 22nd, 2009
9:40 pm
If the ACC is back then why aren’t any of the teams in the top 10? And Alabama Jack… you are one to talk about class.. Alabama is a real classy place… I bet you live in Bomingham.
murfdawg
September 22nd, 2009
9:52 pm
GT got a couple of really lucky breaks last year that kept them from ending up 6-6. And that is probably where they are heading this year. Also, and I hate to admit this, the ACC is stronger this year. Miami, FSU, and UNC are stronger and I don’t think GT is better than last year. I think the new coaching faces of the ACC are Shannon and Davis. Not CPJ.
p.s. Before any Techies jump on me, I don’t have a clue about what is going on with the Dawgs. So anything you say could be right. This week.
Timmaaayyyyyy....
September 22nd, 2009
9:54 pm
I think PTC Dawg fan and “hypocrit” boy… number one… neither of you know how to spell. Wouldn’t surprise me if you guys went to UGA. I pray you didn’t graduate. Who have you beaten this year??? Hmmmm… let’s see, hogs and cocks. Sounds like the senior prom at UGA. Learn how to spell. We’ll see you at the end of the season and it will be another repeat of what happened last year. Too bad the “entire country” has figured out our offense and you guys couldn’t. Do me a favor please. Make sure you tighten that filter when you guys are changing my oil.
45ACP
September 22nd, 2009
10:15 pm
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will be okay.
North Carolina did not look that good.
Nesbitt does need some practice on passing the football.
CPJ will get it sorted out.
Paul's Johnson
September 22nd, 2009
10:22 pm
I believe that the parity within the ACC is becoming apparent so far this year with good teams like Miami, GT, Fla. State, UNC and VT starting to show prominence on a weekly basis. The only teams that are rebuilding or are in decline are B.C., Maryland and N.C. State.
I think that GT has a franchise coach in PJ and he will always put a competitive team on the field. As GT’s success grows as an ACC contender, likewise will the recruiting which puts GT on the national stage.
As a UGA fan, I wish that Coach Richt would ignite a fire within his staff as PJ demands accountability amongst his staff.
Go DAWGS, see you in Nov.
ACC Joke
September 22nd, 2009
11:05 pm
If Yech can not win 7 games in the watered down acc what will the fans do next? Can’t fill the 50k stadium now……………
New GT Fan
September 22nd, 2009
11:10 pm
To the Tech fans: Settle down, your team is 2-1. The Miami games was tough, but believe me, CPJ WILL get the issues corrected and tech will bounce back.
As a Naval Academy Alum, I saw CPJ have success at our school as an offensive coordinator and head coach for two simple reasons:
1. His system works and he knows it inside and out.
2. He ALWAYS takes personal responsibility for a loss and works extra hard to get the problems corrected.
This is important because the players know that he is not a do as I say, not as I do type of guy. They know that he will always look at himself in the mirror before pointing the finger.
You all are so fortunate having CPJ as your coach. He turned an ABYSMAL Navy program around in two years and we are still doing very well because he brought a winning attitude to the program. Our kids continually exceed expectations and GT is on their way to being a very solid program. There will be some bumps in the road along the way, but you have a man of character leading your team and that will take you much farther than anything else.
If anyone is interested, check out this post on my favorite Navy blog. It will answer a lot of questions about CPJ’s offense: http://thebirddog.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/five-myths-of-paul-johnsons-offense/
Go TECH!
ardbark
September 22nd, 2009
11:19 pm
Enter your comments here
This is a Tarheel. CPJ is a heck of a lot better than yall have had in a long time. Give him a chance at least he is honest and forthright and if he asks his player if he is stupid, guess what he may be mentally challenged. On the other hand, as a parent, I have asked that question of both of my super smart kids on more than one occasion. Maybe in two years yall will be in the big dance.
ardbark
September 22nd, 2009
11:21 pm
Enter your comments here
Sgt Chris, Miami is in the top ten. Open your eyes before your mouth.
Yellow Fellow
September 22nd, 2009
11:24 pm
Not sure about being in the big dance but we will surely be in the big Tickle Pile……cum if you can ardbark.
ardbark
September 22nd, 2009
11:24 pm
Enter your comments here
Dang, need to open my own eyes. Sorry Sgt.was aimed at stupid.
New GT Fan
September 22nd, 2009
11:30 pm
This one’s good too:
http://thebirddog.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/reading-is-fundamental/
saint simons
September 22nd, 2009
11:35 pm
Paul Johnson: ““We’re not really good at anything right now”.
Correction: “We are not good at all. In fact, we are not as good as the junior varsity squad at the nearby high school. Our offense is really a gimmick and we know we cannot pass the ball. Next year, I will schedule our out of conference schedule against the JV teams at Roswell, Marietta, and Pope HS”.
((((((((((((33-17))))))))))))))))))))) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHA!
Yellow Fellow
September 22nd, 2009
11:38 pm
You be careful where that pistol is pointed, ardbark. Would not want that thing going off prematurely and getting in someone’s eye at the Tickle Pile.
Gt4ever
September 23rd, 2009
9:03 am
It’s almost funny hearing these UGAY fans blather on about nothing…… We will be OK if Coach can recruit….. It will take a couple of years to turn the recruiting battle around to at least competitive. We have been settling for average athletes for so long, its no wonder that we can’t compete. Last year was a soft schedule, this year is much harder. We can’t compete with small “nice” athletes on the offensive and defensive line. We must have the big “nasty s” that all the top tier programs have. We have never been a top 20 team and it was absurd to even think we were top 15. We are going to lose a few more this year, but the future should be brighter. This coach is the best we have had in a long time, lets not lower ourselves to UGAG standards.
Saint Simons
September 23rd, 2009
9:14 am
Get along little doggies!!!!!!!!! 45 – 42 hahahahahahahahahahaha
rlc
September 23rd, 2009
9:31 am
Its hard to have a “triple option” with a QB who can’t throw the ball consistently. Its only a run-run double option so the D can anticpate nearly every play. Then their LB’s play up & let the D-ends cut the run down. Clemson did it in 2nd half and Miami copied it. Play calling sucks as well. More short passes in the middle & flats will give QB more confidence. It’ll force the D to play back which wll give our backs more room to run.
Darindawg
September 23rd, 2009
10:49 am
Well, write this in your diary, a Dawg fan is going to take up for the GT coach. I think your being to hard on PJ. I actually like the guy, and like this offense….(except when it works against us). I’m not even 40 years old, yet, but I just like to see the option work in a day when everyone thinks you gotta have a high-tech pro-style offense. I think PJ will actually get things back on track, but Tech’s problem right now is, JMHO…..Nesbitt and your DL. Nesbitt isn’t a good enough passer to scare anyone into thinking they have to cover a WR…(see Scott Frost, Nebraska QB back when they ran the option). And I told some Tech fans before the season, you will miss your DL stars of last season more than you can imagine. Morgan is for real, but Johnson and Walker are irreplaceable, and will be sorely missed, and sure enough….again, just a Dawg fan’s opinion.
Coach Paul "Fatboy" Johnson
September 23rd, 2009
11:10 am
I will call whoever I want STUPID whenever I want. Just like I call our fans STUPID all the time. I look up into our half-empty stands and see our entire fan-base sitting there like clowns in their piss colored clothing and I say loudly, “YOU PEOPLE ARE STUPID!!”. That’s my right as Head Coach. I call it like I see it.
Neal
September 23rd, 2009
12:12 pm
As a Miami fan……..I hope you guys destroy UNC….
New GT Fan
September 23rd, 2009
12:46 pm
Remember, triple option refers to the three options the offense has out of their base package (dive, QB keep, pitch to A back). The “option” is dictated by whatever the D shows the QB as he is progressing through his reads. Passing is part of the offense and the team needs to be able to hit a few to keep the D guessing, but it’s really about getting better at executing the triple. There were a TON of missed assignments and reads during the Miami game. CPJ will simplify and correct the problems this week-have no fear.
Got Jackets!
Insectinside
September 23rd, 2009
1:20 pm
To: Tech fans are HYPOCRITS – You obviously don’t even know the words to your own fight song. Idiot.
Brad in KY
September 23rd, 2009
1:33 pm
Mr. Bradley,
In the past week or two I get the impression from what you’ve written about Georgia Tech that you think their early season problems have something to do with the scheme itself rather than merely poor execution. If so, could you please provide your reasons for holding such a view? What, based on your analysis of the gametapes, is the problem?
Brad in KY
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10:46 am
[...] think Tech should have dropped out of the national rankings because of one bad game. His fellow columnist Mark Bradley, however, is starting to show a tinge of discontent by writing a column in which coach Paul Johnson [...]
Kevin
September 24th, 2009
1:15 pm
((((((((((((((((((((((((33-17)))))))))))))))))))))))LMAO)))))))))))))))))))))))))out of polls in mid Sept)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))LMAO
Saint Simons
September 24th, 2009
1:17 pm
I am hurt and depressed- i talked smack for the last couple of months and now my stupid team lost bad to meami and now just look- we fell out of the rankings only a couple of weeks into the season and all the UGA guys are laughing at me.
The Other St. Simons
September 24th, 2009
3:31 pm
Hey Saint Simons….. (((((33-17))))) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Isn’t “TECH’s Passing Game” an oxymoron?
Gimmick offense.
Deconstructing: Miami brings bombs over Blacksburg | Newstion.com
September 24th, 2009
8:19 pm
[...] The beauty of this is the freedom it has afforded Jacory Harris. Harris is clearly a gamer, but he’s still a sophomore and Whipple hasn’t asked him to drop back and make the complicated reads usually associated with the "pro-style" moniker. We’re not talking about super complicated stuff here. Yet some of that was also a function of the defenses Miami played in the first two weeks: FSU runs a lot of man-to-man coverage, whereby the quarterback’s job is to keep the ball away from the safety and deliver it to whoever has their man beat. (And the line did a great job keeping Harris from having to throw a lot of quick "hot" routes.) Georgia Tech dropped a lot of guys into coverage but they were just generally bad on defense, as Paul Johnson recently (and colorfully) explained. [...]
UGA79
September 25th, 2009
9:35 pm
I am a loser just like our school and team. I cannnt eben spelll anyding.
Ramble On!
September 25th, 2009
9:36 pm
Kevin: 45-42 hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah. Your team suxs and still loses at least 4 or 5 games. You git lucky against SC and UF, LSU and GT will beat your azzes. THWG! GO ARIZONA STATE
TBOMACHINE
September 28th, 2009
4:58 pm
to GTFAN :”Also go back and watch the FL/TENN game announcers said with what FL was running some of the same plays they run at GA TECH just different formation. It is a gimmick though don’t forget!” TEBOW can throw the football unlike Nesbitt go rambling wrecktum