Hindsight: What if Tech had hired Neuheisel over Johnson?
"Hey, do any of you guys know if that job in Atlanta is still open?" (AP photo)
History lesson: Georgia Tech fired Chan Gailey after he lost to Georgia in 2007. It settled on Paul Johnson of Navy as his replacement and hasn’t been sorry. Johnson beat Georgia in his first season and won the ACC title, since vacated, in his second.
In sum: Good hire.
That said, there was another candidate who could have been described as the runner-up and of whom a few impressed Tech insiders would say later, “We hired the right person, but that other guy’s going to do well in his next job.”
That other guy: Rick Neuheisel.
He’s about to get fired at UCLA.
Tech liked Johnson because he seemed to fit the Institute. (Again, can’t argue that.) Tech was impressed by Neuheisel because he’s smart and innovative — not that Johnson isn’t — and glamorous. He played quarterback at UCLA and won the Rose Bowl, tutored Troy Aikman as an assistant coach, won as Colorado’s head coach and won the Rose Bowl coaching Washington. But the part about Neuheisel that made Tech uneasy was his background.
Nearly four years after he left Colorado for Washington, Neuheisel was hit with an eight-month NCAA recruiting ban for violations committed while coaching the Buffaloes. That was strange. Far stranger was the revelation that he’d broached another NCAA regulation by entering and winning an NCAA basketball tournament pool. This, eventually, prompted Washington to fire him.
Neuheisel at first denied his pool winnings, then said he’d been given permission by Washington to enter. The whole thing got so confusing that he filed a wrongful-termination suit against the NCAA and Washington and wound up settling for $4.5 million. Another win! (FYI, Neuheisel has his law degree.)
In 2007, Neuheisel was the offensive coordinator for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens but was looking to get back into college football. Tech didn’t hire him that winter, but his alma mater did. This was a huge story in Los Angeles. Neuheisel spoke boldly of unseating Southern Cal and Pete Carroll and went so far as to hire Norm Chow, the coordinator who’d coached Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart to Heismans at USC. But nothing much has gone right for the Bruins since.
Chow was bought out with two years’ remaining on his contract — seems he and Neuheisel couldn’t get along — and UCLA went 4-8, 7-6 and 4-8. On Thursday they lost 48-12 to Arizona, which had just fired coach Mike Stoops, to fall to 3-4. (The game was enlivened, if that’s the word, by a players’ brawl ignited by, of all things, a fake referee who started ripping off his clothes.)
Afterward Neuheisel told reporters: “My argument is that I’m absolutely the right guy for the job.”
The best Dan Guerrero, the UCLA athletic director, could offer was that he wasn’t going to fire Neuheisel over the weekend.
Maybe it would have been different for Neuheisel at Tech. Maybe he’d have charmed and disarmed this big city and the ACC. (That approach hasn’t exactly worked in a bigger city or the Pac-12, we must note.) On the strength of 3 1/2 seasons you’d have to say Dan Radakovich’s instincts served him well: Rick Neuheisel was a good guy to interview; Paul Johnson was absolutely the right guy for this job.
By Mark Bradley
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DawginLex
October 21st, 2011
11:03 am
With recruiting limitations, you have to find a niche to coach at Tech. The TO is the niche and Johnson does it better than anyone.
Neuheisel would have been a bigger disaster that Gailey.
That being said Mark, Kentucky needs to hire Jeff Monken for 2012 after GA Southern wins the FCS title this year.
Joker is in WAY over his head and KY will never recruit players comparable to Bama, florida, LSU and Georgia
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 21st, 2011
11:06 am
So far, so good. ” GO JACKETS “
GT Joe
October 21st, 2011
11:07 am
Lex, can the SEC handle a TO offense at Kentucky if Monken comes over? I’d love to see it.
George Stein
October 21st, 2011
11:08 am
Tech dodged a huge bullet.
DawginLex
October 21st, 2011
11:09 am
They gotta do something. They are pathetic. The d is actually not bad but when you play 90 snaps and your offense scores 3 points, not too much motivation left.
awbuzz
October 21st, 2011
11:12 am
Well done Mark. Don’t think you’ll get many arguments over this one.
juvenal
October 21st, 2011
11:15 am
“argue that he has” NOT?
Captain America
October 21st, 2011
11:16 am
..well, it they had hired Neuhiesel, they probably would’ve lost to UVA last week. Oh wait…
GT Joe
October 21st, 2011
11:17 am
I gotta say, i was a BIG Neuheisel supporter for the tech job…
After CPJ got hired, it took me about 24 hours to warm up to him…now, there is no coach I’d rather have in the country, college or pro.
That said, it’s hard to say if Neuheisel would be more or less successful than CPJ at GT. Don’t really know the whole situation going on at UCLA, the guy has won at a lot of places…
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 21st, 2011
11:17 am
Would like to see Tech’s passing offense, #105 in nation, catch up to it’s rushing offense, #2 in nation. Make it happen, coach.
Doug the Jacket
October 21st, 2011
11:18 am
you include “vacated” in every article.
GT Joe
October 21st, 2011
11:19 am
I’m all for a triple option offense in the “big boy” conference. Just to shut folks up once and for all about that “high school offense”. I hope Monken gets to UK… I’d tune in to their games actually. Just like I’ll watch Navy play some games.
GT Joe
October 21st, 2011
11:22 am
Thing about Neuheisel, he has the name recognition to go head to head with schools like Bama, Florida, LSU for major recruits. I think the talent level would be higher at Tech if Neuheisel was HC, but can he actually coach them?
I’ll take slightly lesser talent and better coaching any day with CPJ at Tech.
Tech Guy
October 21st, 2011
11:23 am
With a name like Neuheisel, you gotta be wierd.
ty webb
October 21st, 2011
11:23 am
They’d have just as many ACC championships…that’s none, by the way.
Foothills
October 21st, 2011
11:25 am
Not saying that it has anything to do with Neuheisel’s job performance ( It dosen’t) but I recently heard some talking heads speaking of UCLAs lousy facilities. They have fallen far back in the Pac in desired destinations of high school recruits on the left coast. Wow! Jeff Monkin @ Kentucky could be a scary thought for the SEC least.
icedawg
October 21st, 2011
11:26 am
Na, na na. Johnson was the best hire.
T3
October 21st, 2011
11:27 am
GT has Paul Johnson.
GT is a highly-regarded and internationally recognized, top-tier university.
AJC has Mark Bradley.
The AJC is tripe and useful only as a fish-wrapper
That is all the comparison you need.
PigIron
October 21st, 2011
11:32 am
Doug the Jacket
October 21st, 2011
11:18 am
you include “vacated” in every article.
That’s the typical result when a championship is vacated. Honest journalists won’t go out of their way to pretend that it didn’t happen.
John
October 21st, 2011
11:33 am
Love ty webb’s comment. Hilarious!
PigIron
October 21st, 2011
11:33 am
GT Joe
October 21st, 2011
11:19 am
I’m all for a triple option offense in the “big boy” conference.
They already did that – back in the 1970’s.
Henry D.
October 21st, 2011
11:34 am
Way to go T3, except you gorgot to mention Schultz as well.
George Stein
October 21st, 2011
11:34 am
You really told us, ty webb.
Henry D.
October 21st, 2011
11:35 am
That would be Forgot!
Just Old GT Fan
October 21st, 2011
11:35 am
Good article. Dan R nice work.
John
October 21st, 2011
11:35 am
It’s sad when the mark of greatness is when someone beats Georgia one time.
GTfan
October 21st, 2011
11:39 am
Agree 100%..Johnson will get it done..if D don’t improve CPJ will be looking for new DC.
Punch Them In The Face
October 21st, 2011
11:41 am
He wouldn’t have been near as classy.
KeepDreaming
October 21st, 2011
11:42 am
Dawg fans and the Dawg nation THANK Dan R. for the hire! Richt and the DAWGS have OWNED CPJ!!!!
WE RUN THIS STATE NERDS!
Sad to Say It
October 21st, 2011
11:42 am
Now that the ACC refs have figured out that CPJ’s offense is built around the strategy of keeping the refs from seeing chop blocks and holds, the offense is about to become really stagnant.
Dawglasville
October 21st, 2011
11:44 am
DawginLex – I think that the love you have been shown by the Tech base in very encouraging. I had them turn on me before the Maryland game even after I had said they could go 10 – 2. All I did was point out the obvious that the last 5 games would be the only true test for them and I got labeled a troll by a few. I guess I should have thicker skin. It’s only football for pete’s sake.
GT07
October 21st, 2011
11:45 am
Its not a mark of greatness to beat UGA 1 time, just that Neuheisel wouldn’t have done it that year.
George Stein
October 21st, 2011
11:45 am
So two of three is your definition of own, KeepDreaming?
And you’re right, Sad to Say it. Whatever will we do!
PigIron
October 21st, 2011
11:46 am
@John
“It’s sad when the mark of greatness is when someone beats Georgia one time.”
I know! Especially when it’s a Georgia team whose “mark of greatness” is barely escaping Vandy with a W.
George Stein
October 21st, 2011
11:47 am
We didn’t all turn, Dawglasville.
DawginLex
October 21st, 2011
11:51 am
I just call it like i see it
It is sad though that I spend way more time arguing with some of my dawg brethren than i do arguing with Tech folks.
Thomas Brown, I’m calling you out
Dawglasville
October 21st, 2011
11:53 am
Oh, playing the Lions reminds me of this. When we talk about how 4 and 5 star recruits don’t matter think about this. What if Georgia would have gotten Calvin Johnson instead of Tech? It worked out fine for him.(That is in spite of Gailey and Ball). Richt has some huge years while Johnson was at Tech. He would have played with Green, who for a brief period was the winningest qb is NCAA history. I think he would have made the difference in a couple of the loses we had during those years. I know what you guys are saying about coaching being more important than stars, but sometimes it does matter.
High School
October 21st, 2011
11:55 am
You got a great High School coach, well done!
eddie lee
October 21st, 2011
11:56 am
Mark ,the better question is what if Tech had hired Jim Grobe instead of Chan Gailey….Grobe was available and was mentioned as a candidate only briefly. Grobe worked miracles at Ohio U and is wining at Wake. Glad we have PJ but the Chan hire still torments me.
GT Fan
October 21st, 2011
12:00 pm
UGA fans on here…
PJ’s team in ranked in a weaker conference. UGA is unranked in a stronger conference who should get the benefit of the doubt, but UGA just sucks too bad to get any benefit. UGA is the defeater of the unranked teams, but they can’t hang with ranked teams.
At least UNC was ranked when GT played them this year.
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October 21st, 2011
12:01 pm
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Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:03 pm
@DawginLex.
That’s a common problem in Dawgville.
Your grads are driven crazy daily by the “thinking” in the group that never attended or flunked out.
A lot of them give up arguing with fools.
I’ll give u credit for fighting the good fight.
CPJ is OK but I am not happy with us losing in 2009.
With that many pros, we sure must have stunk at some positions or had the dumbest D coordinator.
QB/DB
October 21st, 2011
12:05 pm
I think the DAWGS not hiring Manny Diaz BUT Grantham was big! Diaz is a wiz. The Falcons hire Smith lesser known then others. GT going with Al Groh at DC instead of the guys on staff like Rick Smith or St. Jean-Mary
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:09 pm
@Dawglasville.
I wondered about that too.
If Tech had dropped football or not gotten CJ.
Course my reason for thinking about it was to point out how we prevented Uga from a NC since we have been unable to on the field.
Gailey probably knows football but he was a deer in the headlights every arch rival game.
Should have paid him less and used the savings on a better O coordinator than the Auburn guy.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:10 pm
There is a Dawg divide over Grantham.
The grads are disgusted for the most part.
At least the ones over thirty.
The fringe thinks Grantham is the man.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:14 pm
@eddie lee.
Agreed.
I’ve wondered who Chan grew up pulling for in Americus. (Uga, FSU, Auburn or Bama.
It wasn’t Tech, I’m sure.
I would not have hired him or Bill Lewis, longtime Uga assistant who children still pulled for dawgs.
Neither ever beat Uga once.
Sad to Say It
October 21st, 2011
12:15 pm
Dawglasville:
Instead of thinking about how UGA would’ve done with CJ, think about how matt stafford would’ve done if he had gone somewhere other than UGA.
You know he would’ve won conference championships if not national championships if he had gone to at least three other schools in the SEC.
Dawglasville
October 21st, 2011
12:23 pm
Sad to Say It – Very possible. Stafford suffered with a terrible offensive line and a star receiver who couldn’t stay healthy. I’m a big fan of Richt but he certainly has his faults. He shares some of the blame as well. That said, I would have liked to have seen CJ with Green and Richt when he had control of the offense.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:24 pm
If Bradley would just join Schultz in picking the Canes, we would be a lock to win.
With the groin hitter suspended at nose tackle, Sims ought to be able to run up the middle.
We need to get more out of the B back dive.
I sure miss Dwyer getting the yardage at B Back.
Dawglasville
October 21st, 2011
12:24 pm
Stafford with Petrino would be scary. (I know he wasn’t with Arkansas then).
Chuck
October 21st, 2011
12:25 pm
With Georgia connections (2 championships at Geogia Southern) and a winning record at Navy, Johnson was a no-brainer as a hire. It’s obvious the man can coach. Neuheisel is best remembered for being the losing quarterback for UCLA when they played Georgia on Labor Day night in 1983. On a potential game-winning drive, he threw a pick-6.
dawgfan
October 21st, 2011
12:26 pm
Johnson is 1-2 vs. Georgia and has been unable to beat us in two of our most down years in program history. He is 0-3 in bowl games. He just had a losing 6-7 season last year. He is going on his 4th straight season of having one of the worst defenses in the pathetic ACC. Despite all of his supposed genius, he cannot teach his team how to tackle. He has never been able to develop a legitimate passing attack anywhere he’s been. He cannot develop quarterbacks beyond teaching them how to run the 10 plays that make up his offense. Paul Johnson quarterbacks throw a football like a girl.
Don’t get me wrong. Despite the fact that I think he’s an arrogant smug punk (ie. a good fit at Tech), I think he’s a good but not great coach. When that offense is rolling I don’t think there are many teams outside of an LSU or Bama that can stop it. It would just be nice to have a little perspective on this man instead of the usual Mancrush BS we’ve been getting out of the AJC since he took over at Tech. Its ridiculous.
Thanks.
Herschel Talker
October 21st, 2011
12:26 pm
MB:
How about writing this for a blog: Hindsight: What if UGA had fired Mark Richt last year and had hired Kirby Smart? The answer that you know and I know is that UGA would probably be undefeated right now and in the top 5 and looking at a BCS Bowl. Enough of Richt dragging the program to mediocrity.
HT
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:27 pm
I almost pitty Miami’s coach.
A rouge fan gets half the team suspended and embarrasses the heck out of grads.
Fringe may well think him cool like fringe guys everywhere.
Then the NT hits a downed UNC WR on the ground where it counts.
Ought to be kicked off the team though.
The DAWG
October 21st, 2011
12:27 pm
What if Johnson could recruit like Chan Gailey. He won with Gaileys recruits but now his team is going down hill fast with his own recruits
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:29 pm
I agree HT.
Pitiful performance to start the year and a new guy klcking butt would have done a whole lot better.
Probably won both as you’re thinking.
GTJeff
October 21st, 2011
12:30 pm
Gailey was a Florida grad & didn’t give a d.amm about Tech. I hate that man & I hope he flames out with the Bills. I still remember that idiot at halftime of the 51-7 drubbing we got by UGA sounding like a bumbling fool.
layinlow
October 21st, 2011
12:31 pm
Yes PJ over Neuheisel for Tech. However thats not saying much because Neuheisel has been a disaster at his alma mater. PJ for the most part wins the games he should win against less than stellar competition. However, he has been soundly beaten when playing better competition. His 0-3 record in bowl games is a testament to that.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:31 pm
@The DAWG.
U need some new material.
We’ve been told that a zillion times already.
The jury is not in.
BTW Gailey only had one great year of recruiting, late in his tour here.
Alphare
October 21st, 2011
12:33 pm
Recruits are attracted by 2 factors: coaches and school.
Gailey might not win, but recruited well, KJohnson etc, remember? Gailey’s failure has a lot to do with RBall if you ask me.
Stanford attracts good players the last few years.
BAMA’s recruiting was mediocre when Shula was the head coach.
O’Leary was pretty good. He beats UGA even at UCF. WV was a nobody but now has bigger name than UGA.
Newman
October 21st, 2011
12:34 pm
What if? What if my aunt had a moustache? She’d be my uncle.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:34 pm
@GTJeff.
I remember the expression on his face when he was hired.
Like he could not believe we were that dumb.
Deer in the headlights every Uga game.
He could motivate one time vs undefeated NCState and Rivers.
Why couldn’t he do that more often?
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:39 pm
@Alphare.
Riddle me this.
Reggie Ball won the QB job 4 years in a row.
I am sick of people trashing him.
He didn’t have Freigen but dumb auburn guy hired and fired also by Canes.
Godsey not a big deal without Ralph.
The huge mistake made was not pushing George out the door and promoting the brains of the outfit, Ralph Freigen.
BTW Reggie Ball had some damn good games beating clemson at the last minute and starting our 4 in a row vs Canes.
Also beat auburn twice.
If no one could beat Reggie out for 4 years, then we must stink if he was so bad.
George Stein
October 21st, 2011
12:40 pm
His bowl record is a testament to the fact that games played a month apart tell us next to nothing, layinlow.
Ernest T. Bass
October 21st, 2011
12:42 pm
Gailey is allot better coach than CPJ.
All Paul Johnson has done is win with Gaileys players.
Heck he even has Buffalo at 4-1.
Think CPJ could do that ??
Didn’t think so.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:42 pm
funny Newman.
But r u sure?
The DAWG
October 21st, 2011
12:43 pm
2011 GTs new material is the same as the old material. CPJ can’t coach nor can he recruit, period.
Ernest T. Bass
October 21st, 2011
12:44 pm
His bowl record is a testament to the fact that games played a month apart tell us next to nothing,
Actually its a testament to his offense being a gimmick and when the other time has to prepare it tends to do a lot better. Every opposing coach ive heard go up against Tech has said basically the same thing.
Now that they have time to prepare for it it isn’t a big surprise.
Then its athlete on athlete and Tech is gonna lose that one.
Alphare
October 21st, 2011
12:44 pm
Jackets 2011,
Ball would have some flashing moments, but played dumb most other times. Wasn’t he DQed for his last bowl game?
GT '08
October 21st, 2011
12:45 pm
Do any of the puppy fans really think GT people take offense to being called nerds, or any other supposed “insult” ignorant people use to try to close the ground between them and their intellectual superiors?
I’d rather have an degree from one of the best schools in the world and a great job, than a drunken, hill billy, whose sole existance is based on how a bunch of 17-23 year old boys perform on Saturday.
That being said MOST actual uga alums I have met are very classy and are just as annoyed with the trailor trash fans (if not more) as any GT fan.
THWG!
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:45 pm
@Ernest T. Bass.
A lot better coach would have done better than 0-5 vs the arch-rival.
I’m not a grad.
If Tech can’t do better than 1-10 vs Uga, I may find something else to spend my season ticket money on.
It sure looks to me like others have already left the fan base because of that.
George Stein
October 21st, 2011
12:48 pm
Uh, coaching at the pro and college levels are different, Earnest.
Every coach would do better with extra time, genius. Also, lose the loaded terms. You make yourself look like a clown
The DAWG
October 21st, 2011
12:48 pm
GT08 what the heck does your comment have to do with sports. Aren’t you smart enough to realize this is a sports blog and sports fans do care about football on Saturdays.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:48 pm
With Ball, he had academic issues at the end.
A 4 year starting QB can have problems with the fan base.
Happened to Chris Rix at FSU.
Both starting QB and fan base may start to despise each other or at least resent.
QB may think he gets too much of the blame.
Fans think he has not produced.
U need a good O coordinator.
I don;t think Godsey would have been anything special without Freigen.
GT '08
October 21st, 2011
12:49 pm
@Dawg what does calling fans Tech fans NERDS have to do with FOOTBALL? I think that was my point. Take your time catching up…it is ok.
The DAWG
October 21st, 2011
12:49 pm
GT08, is that the way you smart people speel trailer
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:50 pm
I hope CPJ proves me wrong but the Tech offense run by Freigen has never looked as good since Dodd in the fifties.
O’Leary never beats Uga either without Freigen.
Dawgs fans started rejoicing as soon as he left.
JB
October 21st, 2011
12:54 pm
There would be a lot less fish cooked and lot’s of 2X Navy colored Tech wind suits for sale at the book store, just say’n.
Really?
October 21st, 2011
12:56 pm
sad to say it
Stafford would have won exactly ZERO championships at other SEC schools. Remember Tebow?
Ted M
October 21st, 2011
12:56 pm
If only Johnson could coach Special Teams we might have something great goin on.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:57 pm
It is time for a big game from Sims and other B Backs.
Or admit our line can’t block the Canes 2nd string with their injuries and suspensions.
Oh
We could not find a place in grad school for two of our graduating lineman who wound up starting at G State and may have made a big difference there.
Do we want to win or produce players for other team like NC State?
ex-NC State QB may get the Heisman.
Bet their fan base is happy about that.
dawgfan
October 21st, 2011
12:58 pm
Johnson just took the #12 team in the nation and lost to a team that hadn’t won an ACC game since 2009, but Mark Bradley is still singing his praises like he never even happened. Let’s take a look at the 2nd page of Paul Johnson’s resume that the AJC must have lost:
1-2 vs. Georgia. Georgia was a combined 14-12 in 2009-2010 and Johnson could not beat us.
0-3 in bowl games. Got utterly demasculated by LSU. Outmuscled by Iowa. Then lost to Air Force. I’m pretty sure they know a thing or two about calculus at Air Force Techies, so what’s your excuse for that one?
6-7 losing season
Thanks.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:58 pm
I saw two O coordinators in Tech program and no special teams coach.
That has not worked.
And still hasn’t.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
12:59 pm
I mean O line coaches, not coordinators.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
12:59 pm
Ernest T. Bass = Cupcake = Headley Lamar
Enough said
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
1:01 pm
Thanks Super.
Really?
October 21st, 2011
1:01 pm
Paul Johnson is your Jim Donnan. He will take you nowhere.
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:01 pm
GT08 @12:45……….apparently you have never had the time to read the insults hurled at UGA folks on these blogs, who are Veterinarians,Teachers,Lawyers,Bankers and Most important, Farmers to feed your butt. That’s why Georgia people hate Tech for painting with that broad brush you do and that crap they teach you day 1 about hating everything UGA…and I mean hate. The world doesn’t revolve around everything Tech, and Georgia grads for the most part lead a wonderful, enriched, successful Techless life.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
1:01 pm
I don’t know all the cast members yet.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:04 pm
JB, apparently YOU never read the insults hurled at Tech and Tech fans and players and coaches on these blogs by UGA fans who probably never went to school anywhere. Do like Lex does and shut those trailer-trash rednecks up, and then maybe we can all get along. Lex and a couple of other dawg fans are welcome anytime on a Tech blog, but most of the UGA fans who post there are mutt trolls. They demean your true fan base and generate and deserve the hate that they receive.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
1:05 pm
JB
The venom goes both ways.
Could tell u a funny story where someone in same profession as dad decided to befriend me and show me around Dublin, GA.
When we met later in the evening, his best friends were horrified I was a Tech fan.
But they decided I was OK for a techie I think.
I’ve joked since then if he had another week or two setting me up with Uga babes, I might have defected.
Dumbo
October 21st, 2011
1:06 pm
Chan biggest mistake was not recruiting a real QB, instead he gave the keys of Tech Offense to a runt named REGGIE BALL. Bless you Chan, we UGA will never forget you!!!!!!!!!!
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:06 pm
Easier to stop Tech this year knowing the QB won’t and can’t pitch the ball . Takes about 40% away from it’s effectiveness.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:07 pm
JB, apparently you never read the insults hurled at Tech, the fans, the coaches, and the players by UGA hate-spewing rednecks who demean your entire fan base. They propagate the hatred which you perceive, and they deserve every bit of it they get in return. There are good dawg fans like Lex and a few others who are welcome anytime on the Tech blogs. The rest of them who post there are nothing but mutt trolls.
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:08 pm
Thanks Jackets 2011……..Both my business partners are Tech grads and great and SMART guys. The insults get a little vile sometimes….both ways.
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:09 pm
Supersize, true. Where do you live in Augusta? I live in Jones Creek.
Atlien
October 21st, 2011
1:10 pm
To pretend that we know how any coach would have fared versus if he had been hired is foolish. As much as I complained about Gailey, if GT was lucky enough to sign a Philip Rivers or Sam Bradford instead of Reggie Ball, I bet Chan would still be coaching GT. Coaches are never as good or as bad as people make them out to be.
In a sport won and lost on inches, it is amazing how many people can be so quick to credit a single individual for the success or failure of an organization.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
1:10 pm
A big question for Tech.
Can the B back dive play work like it worked for Dwyer?
Can Tevin start to hit his WRs?
Can we stop making stupid penalties when someone is 20 yards downfield and it is best just to get out of the damn way?
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:11 pm
JB, I am in Country Club Hills
JM
October 21st, 2011
1:11 pm
I love the misnomer about Gailey being a good recruiter. Chan did have one very good class, but all the other years, Tech wasn’t in the top 40 in recruiting.
I’d love for us to bring back the Fridge as some sort of QB coach. Our offense could be so dynamic with him and Johnson working together.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:13 pm
Jackets 2011, apparently not, because the B-backs we have now are not in the same league with Dwyer and Allen. But there’s still nothing wrong with 3-5 yards at a time, and they do at least seem to be able to get that much. Also, I think we really miss Bedford at center
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:13 pm
Supersize, you ever run into Elliot Price?
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:13 pm
JM, it won’t happen, but damn, it would be an awesome combination if it did.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:14 pm
JB, I used to see him occasionally at Tech Club functions, but the Tech Club in Augusta hasn’t done anything worthwhile in about 5 years. They are worthless.
eddie lee
October 21st, 2011
1:16 pm
As I sit here thinking about the Lions-Falcons game….I must admit that Chan and Reggie are special…they are the only two people I can recall that have ever shut down Calvin Johnson. There were entire games where Calvin didnt touch the ball when those two idiots were around.
brian
October 21st, 2011
1:16 pm
If you look closer at Neuheisel you will see nothing but an opportunistic individual that is first and formost a me first guy. Where he has won it was early when he took over only to let the program fade, he has never built a team to a winner, only taken solid programs to their depths while making sure his golden parachute was firmly attached. He’s a scumbag…Tech was lucky.
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:16 pm
Played HS ball with him in Atlanta. He was a stud, and of course played at Tech. Great guy.
lefty fielder
October 21st, 2011
1:17 pm
wonder if neuheisel remembers charlie dean
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:17 pm
Well, JB, I guess I have to rethink my original evaluation of you, which wasn’t so good. You actually seem like a decent guy. My apologies for misjudging you.
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:19 pm
Thanks Supersize…….I have lot’s of Tech friends, went to a lot of Tech games growing up and just ended up at UGA. I’m not Tech material I guess.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:22 pm
dumb, huh? LOL Sorry, I couldn’t resist that
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
1:22 pm
I hope Golden laid down the law after embarrassing incident with NT hitting UNC WR where it counts in pile after tackle while he was down.
It makes one wonder if they have any other totally lacking in character guys.
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:23 pm
Maybe….ended up owning one of the biggest companies in The CSRA, so I guess I did all right.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:23 pm
So, JB, I guess since you went to school with Price, you aren’t an old fart like me. What kind of work do you do here in Augusta? I’m a SRS retiree
rogeriter
October 21st, 2011
1:25 pm
Georgia fan here–but I think Tech made a near perfect hire in Johnson. I don’t think anyone else could have done as much with their talent as he has done. I respect him highly.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:25 pm
Sorta figured since you live in Jones Creek, that you had probably done pretty well for yourself. I guess you’re not a doctor or a lawyer, since you own a company.
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:26 pm
I’m 58…..Price just looks young because he looks like he could still play…..I’m in Building supplies.
jay
October 21st, 2011
1:27 pm
Dawg fan here. Neuheisel would have done a good job as well. Johnson
was a really good hire.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
1:28 pm
@JB and Super.
The problem is the teens going to the other fan base just intent on ticking them off.
Like our morons St Simons and m among others.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:28 pm
well, damn, JB, you ARE an old fart too. LOL
WOW, I had no idea Price was that old. Boy, the years have flown by
I’m having some maintenance work done on my house next week. Who knows? Maybe they’re getting some supplies from you. The only building supply company I can think of here in Augusta (although I KNOW there are others) is Maner Supply, and if I remember right David Maner went to Tech.
jarvis
October 21st, 2011
1:29 pm
Neuheisel sux. Best and easiest decision ever made by the local home of genius.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:30 pm
Jackets 2011, m ticked off the Tech fans too. His “thank God and greyhound” crap nearly drove me up the wall. Haven’t seen much of him lately though, and definitely haven’t missed him
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:30 pm
Good guess.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
1:30 pm
Kind of like #34 getting the adult coaches into a cussing contest.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:31 pm
JB, really??? Guess maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned that. Didn’t mean to blow your cover
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
1:32 pm
Agreed concerning m.
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:32 pm
It’s fine. my office is hard to find…LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:33 pm
So was I right or wrong about David going to Tech. I think he’s a couple of years older than me.
KJ
October 21st, 2011
1:33 pm
Huge LOL @ someone with the handle “Supersize that order, mutt” complaining about insults and hatred. Might want to invest in a mirror, kid.
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:34 pm
There’s another JB here…..but don’t get us confused…..He’s a Techie……….
THE DUDE
October 21st, 2011
1:34 pm
I THINK PAUL HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, SO LET HIM STAY, BECAUSE WE LOVE BEATING THOSE NERDS ALL THE TIME. GATA. GO DAWGS.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:34 pm
KJ, first of all, I am far from being a kid. And secondly, I have that name solely because of the reaction it gets from jerks like you
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:35 pm
You are correct, and he stays in the Caribbean in a Big Sail boat……Bought him out 13 years ago.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:35 pm
JB, you sure you don’t have multiple personalities, and that’s just the better half coming out? LOL
gtfanfrom1951
October 21st, 2011
1:36 pm
CPJ did one thing that Chan could never do beat Georgie!!!!
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
1:36 pm
@THE DUDE.
Just like Gator fans love Mark Richt?
The guy who claimed he would know how to beat Florida because he had been at FSU.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:36 pm
Gotcha, JB. I knew him when we were both at ARC. Also knew his younger sister. What ever happened to her? Do you know?
St Simons - we're on Island time
October 21st, 2011
1:38 pm
If Tech had hired Neuheisel, they wouldn’t be running that high-school offense and could possibly recruit some 4 & 5 stars from the southeast on offense.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
1:38 pm
@KJ.
Read the whole thread.
Tech and Ga were actually getting along for a moment before u shown up to stir the pot again.
Notice how adults act.
U might learn something.
CPR
October 21st, 2011
1:40 pm
“History lesson: Georgia Tech fired Chan Gailey after he lost to Georgia in 2007. It settled on Paul Johnson of Navy as his replacement and hasn’t been sorry. Johnson beat Georgia in his first season and won the ACC title, since vacated, in his second.”"
In sum: Good hire.
_________________________________
LMAO…..
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:40 pm
I Have no idea. One of his Daughters went to Tech and the other smart one (LOL) went to Vandy and has like 3 Masters. Very Smart family.
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:43 pm
Supersize, I don’t know about his sister………….and I just have fun on here poking at Techies for amusement…..It’s just entertaining.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:45 pm
Trying to ask you something, JB, but it’s getting blocked. I see you have 4 co-owners, one of whom shares your initials. Are all of you dawgs?
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:46 pm
OK, it made it through that time. That was my question.
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:46 pm
No, There are 5. Two Techies and one PC and 1 augusta st. rounds it out
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:47 pm
JB, I actually read the blogs to get information. It’s for damn sure nothing about Tech ever makes it to the Augusta paper.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:47 pm
JB, when I said 4, I meant 4 others besides yourself. So you’re in the minority, huh? Sweet. LOL
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:49 pm
Correct. The Augusta paper is usually just a reprint from the AJC the day before….And Tech gets no respect in that paper.
JB
October 21st, 2011
1:50 pm
And by the way…Your moniker is probably the best at rubbing Dawgs the wrong way of all on here…LOL
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
1:53 pm
Unfortunately that is what both fan bases love to do: Prevent intelligent conversation.
Like prevent defense.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:54 pm
JB, glad to see we agree about the Augusta paper, but they don’t even rely on the AJC. What they put in there about Tech comes from AP, and is generally worthless. They even had a writeup about a Tech player 2 or 3 years ago never sniffed the field.
And thanks. Yes, I know, it rubs the Dawgs (rather the mutt trolls) the wrong way. Some of them literally hate me, and I LOVE it. LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:55 pm
LOL 2011
jarvis
October 21st, 2011
1:55 pm
I think Morgan Sherlock made the Supersize phrase passe’ at Mickey D’s.
jarvis
October 21st, 2011
1:55 pm
Or Sperlock (sp?) as it as
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:56 pm
JB, I assume you are a BIG UGA fan, if you catch my drift. Obviously don’t want to say too much here.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
1:56 pm
@JB.
If u grew up in Atlanta, then u must know there are at least as many snotty and wealthy Uga fans there.
I went to Northside, now NorthAtlanta, and graduated 1969.
Lots of Uga friends would ridicule country folks and fellow fans.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:57 pm
JB, am I safe in assuming you are a BIG man, if you catch my drift?
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
1:58 pm
Actually, maybe you shouldn’t answer that question. Forget I asked it.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
2:02 pm
I miss both the Dawg and Jacket vents.
Guess the AJC had to cut back there too.
GT Joe
October 21st, 2011
2:03 pm
CPJ can’t win without gailey’s players? Guy is 6-1 with his recruits, isn’t he? Fools.
Maybe CPJ could recruit better if he sang to them like ol’ Richt!
Doubledawgs
October 21st, 2011
2:04 pm
must be a slow day for news, which this is not. Few people care about “what ifs”. I am fan of neither of these coaches, but it seems that most of what you guys want to talk about is all of the negative stuff that happens to coaches or that coaches do. Why not come up with stories that report the good things that are happening in programs around the State as well as the area. There are plenty coaches that are positively effecting the lives of young people everyday. Get a life and find something relevant to write about.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
2:06 pm
GT Joe, another fallacy often repeated is that other teams have learned how to stop our HS offense. UGA has BARELY won 2 out of 3 against that HS offense, but not because they stopped the offense; both losses were solely because we couldn’t stop theirs when it counted.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
2:06 pm
I see the Virginia loss as similar to last year’s Kansas loss.
A fan base embarrassed lit a fire under the team even if the coach didn’t.
Both teams might have tanked had we done anything to shut up the fans.
JB
October 21st, 2011
2:07 pm
Doubledawgs, I agree, but these blogs are just like the 6 O’clock news….If it bleeds, it leads.
Jackets 2011
October 21st, 2011
2:08 pm
@Doubledawgs.
Long time complaint of many is how the news follows the negative stories and ignores the positive ones.
Your sentiment a common one.
A wonder we all don’t get depressed reading all the negative stuff.
PigIron
October 21st, 2011
2:09 pm
Biggest difference: Less Moob.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
2:11 pm
And then there are the idiots who result to name calling and somehow claiming that a man’s physical appearance has any kind of significance whatsoever. Always makes me wonder about some guys’ fascination and near obsession with another man’s anatomy; strikes me as being rather perverse.
PigIron
October 21st, 2011
2:15 pm
Maybe you guys wouldn’t be so depressed all the time if you had a sense of humor?
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
2:17 pm
I am not depressed, and I DO have a sense of humor, but I consider remarks like yours as being offensive. Maybe you would have more friends, if you had a little class.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
2:19 pm
But hey, if you obsess over other men’s anatomies…..whatever floats your boat
Supersize that order, mutt
October 21st, 2011
2:21 pm
I’m outta here, guys
JB, good chatting with you. Don’t work too hard
Jackets 2011, hold down the fort.
PigIron, get a life
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
October 21st, 2011
2:29 pm
Supersize that order: Speaking of “name calling” reread your 2:11 pm contribution. Idiots?????
Perverts???????????????
Typical Bunglebee
GT Joe
October 21st, 2011
2:33 pm
This just in, Mark Richt sings “You Light up My Life” to 5 star recruit in Tennessee…
DawginLex
October 21st, 2011
2:34 pm
This blog is like an episode of Star Trek
A new frontier
Georgia and Tech folks getting along(albeit brief)
WnE
October 21st, 2011
2:38 pm
Very poor analysis on your part Mr. Bradley.
First of all, CPJ has GT on probation after just 4-yrs. on campus, so Slick Rick’s past is a wash since GT has had an ACC-Title stripped away.
Furthermore, IF CPJ, aka Coach Kung Fu Panda were a HC at UCLA in the Pac-12 he’d play a much tougher Schedule than he has played at GT.
In the Pac-12 they play 9 Conference games, plus at UCLA they have NEVER, EVER played a crappy D1-AA Team like W. Carolina and they NEVER WILL, it is school policy to never play teams below D1-A.
Also how much of a “genius” would CPJ be if he showed up in a Conference and a Stanford AND an Oregon Program out of nowhere became perennial Top-6 FB Programs (both went 12-1 last yr.) and are both in the BCS Top-10 this season thru 7 games.
These kinds of comparisons are usually invalid since Strength of Schedule varies so much on the college level, last season CPJ was 6-7 vs. the 70th toughest schedule in all of CFB, had he played Stanford & Oregon in conference and Houston & Texas & K-State OOC what kind of recrod do you think he would have had.
Make no mistake about it, Slick Rick’s team has quit on him and he needs to be canned, but much of CPJ’s “genius” is closely aligned with the good fortune of happening to be a HC in the ACC during the weakest era of ACC-FB in recent memory.
Through 7 games this season GT has the 100th toughest schedule, at the same time UCLA has had the 16th toughest Schedule so far.
These types of hindsight articles by you Mr. Bradley are usually worthless since each School is allowed to schedule based on their own standards, vs. an NFL model where scheduling is out of the control of the teams where comparisons are much easier.
BTW, Stoops from Zona has been canned and Rich Rod from Michigan has been canned and any GT Fan would have been happy to have either of those guys as HC also.
Last yrs. genius Mullen now looks ordinary at Miss. St. and last yr. hot up-an-comer Muschamp looks more lost than Zook looked at Florida,
GT Fans also would have loved to have either Mullen or Muschamp.
In summary it is hard to judge HCs that don’t have the benefit of GT’s pathetic ACC-Schedule and their even weaker OOC-Schedule.
we steal ruin this state
October 21st, 2011
2:40 pm
JB, I’ll bet you know Brad Thompson?
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
October 21st, 2011
2:46 pm
CMR is simply rehearsing for his NEXT career in case the walls fall in the next few games.
JB
October 21st, 2011
2:51 pm
Brad Thompson…name sounds familiar…..
StingerSplash
October 21st, 2011
3:02 pm
DawginLex,
Your friends in blue Wildcat land better keep their dadgum paws off Monken. He’s ours.
81 Dog
October 21st, 2011
3:03 pm
I agree that the Mini-Skipper is the perfect coach for GTU. They love testy little blowhards who talk big, who obsess over the UGA game, and who think they’re soooooooo much smarter and soooooooo much classier than the programs who outrecruit and outplay them on a regular basis. PJ wont ever admit he was wrong, or that he’s doing less than a stellar job. Tech fans wont ever admit they were wrong, or that the reason they’re not BCS champs every year is not because all the other big mean schools are cheating to get recruits, cheating to win, and ignoring all kinds of NCAA rules.
Tech fans like to think their little program is on the up and up, but they’ve been put on major probation twice in 10 years now. PJ wont admit the last one was his fault, and GTU fans wont admit they did anything wrong. It’s a match made in heaven, really. Just like the one with Pepper Rodgers, which was great until they realized he couldnt beat UGA consistently, either. Meet the new boss, nerds. Same as the old boss…..
GT Joe
October 21st, 2011
3:08 pm
WnE: I’m about to destroy your whole stupid post with one link:
http://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/overall-power-ranking-by-conf
First 2 years of CPJ era, the ACC was BETTER than the Pac-12. Last year, Pac-12 was better, this year is incomplete. Done with you. Next.
we steal ruin this state
October 21st, 2011
3:08 pm
JB, played high school ball in or near Augusta (Columbia Co?) played at UGA 73-75. defense
GT Joe
October 21st, 2011
3:09 pm
81 Dog: probation for $200 of clothing isn’t really “probation”. And it’s being appealed. Besides, if you ain’t cheatin, you ain’t tryin.
GT Joe
October 21st, 2011
3:21 pm
Also WnE: GT had a tougher schedule in 2009 than UCLA, #10 schedule in the country. UCLA was tougher in 08 and 10.
Tech fan
October 21st, 2011
3:32 pm
Did not know much about Johnson before the hire and I wanted Rick to come and utilize the seemingly good QB Tech in waiting….was tired of RBall type play.
Did not happen and I’m satisfied…if Johnson would just attempt a few more mid/short range aerials instead of B52 type bombs.
PigIron
October 21st, 2011
3:36 pm
I can’t believe that someone who uses the screen name “Supersize that order, mutt” would attempt feigning sanctimony with me!
That made my day you old fart!
GTBob
October 21st, 2011
3:53 pm
We would be worse then we are now. We probably wouldn’t have beaten UGA or won the ACC. CPJ is a great fit for GT. Bringing in another pro minded coach would not have done us any good at all.
The Ole Ball Coach
October 21st, 2011
4:08 pm
Tech would lose to UGA by a few more points every year.. UGA ’s 4th string would get in by Half time instead of 3rd Quarter as now, I assume.
Nativebird
October 21st, 2011
4:20 pm
We’d have a college football team with quarterbacks that could actually execute a forward pass. (a relatively new phenomenon since oh the better part of the 20th century that we’ve chosen to simply do without).
Delbert D.
October 21st, 2011
5:23 pm
Neuheisel would be an absurd choice for any team. Start a new blog, Mark.
Mike
October 21st, 2011
5:32 pm
It depends, Mark. If Rick had been able to somehow keep Tenuta as D Coordinator, or get one just as good, I think he does better here than Johnson. Gailey had already built up a solid recruiting base here, and there is no reason to think Neuheisel wouldnt be able to continue that. Also, the ACC and UGA were much tougher when Gailey was coaching…especially UGA with that run of teams competing at a BCS level every year.
For those that think Tech is limited in recruiting, you need to pay attention to what Gailey was pulling off. he got Calvin Johnson to come here over UGA. He got Tashard Choice to transfer in from OU. He got Dwyer, Nesbitt, and several others to come to Tech in what ended up being a top 15 recruiting class. He had a projected top 20 recruiting class coming in the year he got fired. You can recruit at Tech if your running a system that translates to the pro’s and you get on TV which Tech does.
Bob
October 21st, 2011
5:36 pm
Neuheisel is that guy we’ve all worked with…nice looking, great resume’, good speaker, writes an excellent letter, even has passion, but just can get the job done. But, he’ll always bounce back into a great position, only to repeat the same routine. I’m not sure ESPN would hire him now.
TheItalianDawg
October 21st, 2011
5:46 pm
Both coaches suck! tell me what Johnson did other than beating Georgia by a field goal?!!!! By the way Tech will lose to Georgia again!
WnE
October 21st, 2011
6:08 pm
GT Joe, it is easy to find something on the Net that supports your agenda, I use sagarin computer rankings that have been around the longest and is considered by many to be the most reputable of the Computer ratings outfits.
BTW, anyone that watched the games on the FIELD knows that the ACC has not been better than the Pac10/12 in ANY of the last 10-12 years. If you think that the ACC has been better thanthe Pac10/12 for 2 yrs. of CPJ’s tenure then you’re being delusional.
Nice try, but deep down inside, you know that CPJ has benefited from the ACC being much worse than it was during the Gailey yrs., this has probably been the worst that ACC-FB has been in the last 30-40 yrs.
1eyedJack
October 21st, 2011
7:07 pm
TheItalianDawg, I’ve heard that 3-point win referred to as a “mudhole stomping” and “the greatest game ever played”.
TheAntiMe
October 21st, 2011
7:42 pm
One thing is for sure, I don’t know about Neuheisel, but I would think that it’s a good bet that you will never hear of Paul Johnson singing Happy Birthday to a recruit like Mark Richt did. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, per se.
Buzz 2011
October 21st, 2011
7:45 pm
We have the right coach.. UGA should be so fortunate..
GO JACKETS..
Buzz 2011
October 21st, 2011
7:47 pm
I’ll tell you Pasta dog…How about 2009 ACC champions???
Tech will blow the Dawgs away…………….
kreedham
October 21st, 2011
8:23 pm
If Monken were to leave for KY then I guess Ga. Southern would have to take another Tech asst. Johnson’s system (now Monken’s) works for GS. If he leaves we’ve got to get someone like PJ.
And another thing…it may be a 1st. If Alabama beats LSU we could have #1 vs. #1 on 11/19
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
October 21st, 2011
8:26 pm
We are comfortable with CMR. CPJ can’t match CMR’s won/loss record including his stint at Navy
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
October 21st, 2011
8:28 pm
CPJ can’t sing. CMR can. BIGGGGG difference.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
October 21st, 2011
8:42 pm
Enter your comments here
Douglas
October 21st, 2011
8:48 pm
I am a UGA graduate and I cannot believe the criticism of Johnson by UGA folks. I like his toughness which Mark Richt is not. He pushes his players…he challenges them. I wish Bobo would act more like Johnsons and we might be going some where in the SEC.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
October 21st, 2011
8:50 pm
Is there something wrong with my GT/NCAA comments?
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
October 21st, 2011
8:55 pm
Mark: Is there a problem with my GT/NCAA comments?
IL Jacket
October 21st, 2011
8:56 pm
WnE, put me down as not wanting either Mullen or Muschamp. Other than Ole Miss, Mullen can’t seem to beat anyone and Muschamp is just a puerile brat. You can’t throw a tantrum every play and expect the players to listen to you.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
October 21st, 2011
8:57 pm
Now you have done it Mark. Without it being shown all GT people will think it is a TECH negative.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
October 21st, 2011
9:10 pm
GT got hosed by the NCAA bigtime and all over $200 worth of clothing. As a UGA fan I donate more than that to Goodwill on a regular basis. I would gladly repay the $200 if it would remove all the GT NCAA sanctions.
OldSchoolTechFanatic
October 21st, 2011
9:41 pm
Paul Johnson a runner up ? My uncle who use to get seaon tickets to Football and Baseball, told me the year Gailey was considering the Miami job that GT was looking at Johnson and that would have been the year before he was hired. I started watching Navy games Gailey’s last year and was impressed with their offense that was nothing more than 1 star and players that have never been reated. CPJ is a very good coach and I think he will show it. He already has some very good wins here.
Greg
October 21st, 2011
10:01 pm
heard on the radio that miami is near the bottom of the ncaa in rushing defense and with about 6 def linemen out, it could be an exciting game
STINGER1
October 21st, 2011
10:13 pm
Tommy Bowden is available .
Lotto GT
October 21st, 2011
10:39 pm
Big Hype, High Expectation, but you will never win the big prize. Galey’s players are gone, now it is just the Southern Naval Academy.
smyrnabob
October 21st, 2011
10:50 pm
GT Joe that conference power ranking is very skewed since it list mostly records of intraconference games. There is always a win and a loss. A better analysis would be the record and total games played against tough competition out of conference.
just saying
October 21st, 2011
11:17 pm
UCLA got the shaft, however we end up this season, I support CPJ today, tommorow, always…I will say not so crazy about a couple of asst. coaches though and wish they would go
chc4
October 22nd, 2011
7:50 am
What if this column had never been written? The world would be a better place.
Old Dawg
October 22nd, 2011
7:58 am
PJ was the best fit. His TO offense though is a one trick pony until they can learn to pass on a consistent basis out of that formation. Balanced offense and a stout defense are still the formula for winning. Good luck to PJ and Tech until of course they play Georgia.
Ramblin Man
October 22nd, 2011
9:16 am
Old dawg I would say you can pass out of the TO and CPJ has even used the shotgun. I would say the passing problem is more of a QB problem. Hopefullly Vad Lee will be the answer or maybe we land the Fuller kid and either he or Andrews is the answer. I also think CPJ will install some pistol sub the right QB. All remains to be seen.
Dawginlex you mention Monken to UK but what about Ole Miss since Nutt will probably see the door before Joker.
wrecked
October 22nd, 2011
9:23 am
Pj hire will turn out to be worst in tech history, the cupboard will be bare , next coach better be a hell of a recruiter.
RedandBlackDawg
October 22nd, 2011
9:49 am
The question is easy to answer. They would then be struggling to find a decent QB who could throw a lot in the game. It appears it is hard to recruit for Tech. so I think that guy would have been a big mistake for Tech. Then again, exactly what in this guys coaching career has ever made him stand out. I think he was even a lousy bettor when he bet on his own team. Stick with Johnson. He wins some games and knows the TO.
Was the AJC short on material for a story to have this story line?
steverino
October 22nd, 2011
10:10 am
Gailey’s hiring was not a disaster, but his firing COULD have been with the hiring of Dennis the Menace Neuhisel. A choice had to be made after Gailey was undeservedly let go, (business decision), and Paul Johnson was the right choice.
RedandBlackDawg
October 22nd, 2011
10:38 am
Hey,
If CMR i singing to a potential recruit and the kid thinks that is special and signs with UGA, I think the UGA Admin. should make sure, if he needs singing lessons, they should pay for them. Whatever works in the recruiting world. It beats telling a kid, you are my everything and you will start from day one. There are more than a few coaches that do that type of stuff. The kid comes to the school, and is buried so far down the depth chart, he doesn’t see any game time for 2-3 years. It is too bad some of these kids are so easily influenced by tactics like that. IF they ever thought about it a little or had the proper guidance from their parents or present coaches, they would realize, the guy they expect to replace instantly as soon as they step on campus, is better at his position than they are most of the time, and it will take a lot of time and energy to step up into a position to start.
I say, sing away CMR. If it works, at least it is honest.
Miss Mark Bradley
October 22nd, 2011
10:43 am
Paul Johnson is a decent, honest man. It is refreshing and rare these days to see a coach openly speak the truth, or, as the saying goes, tell it like it is.
The fact that he doesn’t sugar coat it with the despicable ‘political- correctness’ is what drives the panty-waisted, feminized liberal journalism graduates bananas!
larenzo
October 22nd, 2011
10:50 am
“Mark Bradley” is Mrs Johnson’s pen name.
Trade School Fools
October 22nd, 2011
10:54 am
Where would they be? They might have gotten to keep that ACC championship since Nueheisel has never had any wins vacated like Johnson has. They might also be closer to landing real future NFL talent at the school. As it is now, only the castoffs noone else wants consider Tech and the gimmick offense. A offense that real, big time, pro prospect recruits want nothing to do with. Calvin Johnson would have been a Dawg without Gailey and his NFL pedigree to lure him there.
Techies, enjoy your supposed good season. UGA, again mired in a down year, will still crush the Jackets.
The Dude
October 22nd, 2011
11:08 am
What if Aquaman played tennis?
George Stein
October 22nd, 2011
11:38 am
Agreed, RedandBlackDawg. If Richt gets good recruits by singing to them, the only idiots here are the coaches that aren’t doing the same.
Burgess
October 22nd, 2011
11:55 am
If they’d hired Neuheisel, maybe Tech could complete more than 2 passes a game for 24 yards.
NBA OWNERS’ DUAL WANTS PUT MORE GAMES IN JEOPARDY – ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION » HOLT, THURSDAY, AFTER, SPURS, FRANKLIN, WERE » DAILY NEWS
October 22nd, 2011
11:58 am
[...] Hindsight: What if Tech had hired Neuheisel over Johnson? [...]
buster brave
October 22nd, 2011
1:00 pm
good article mark.
NBA owners’ dual wants put more games in jeopardy – Atlanta Journal Constitution
October 22nd, 2011
1:51 pm
[...] Hindsight: What if Tech had hired Neuheisel over Johnson? [...]
Hjacket
October 22nd, 2011
7:31 pm
This was a Bonehead article.
Lucius Holtz'
October 22nd, 2011
7:46 pm
Why hire somebody else’s problem (UCLA) ? Tech needs to get Vandy’s coach.
Lucius Holtz'
October 22nd, 2011
7:47 pm
Hire Lou Holtz !
RedandBlackDawg
October 22nd, 2011
11:00 pm
Man, that crunch I just heard tonight, sure sounded loud. Well, at least Tech. had some nice weather to play the game in. Now if only they had played the game.