welp - our best OG is pursing his master's elsewhere

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Better to leave now if he doesn’t want to be here or thinks this move sets him up for a brighter future in some way. This gives us the whole spring and summer to prep a replacement. We would be much worse off if he stuck around and broke his leg in game 1 for example. He flopped around in the dirt for GT for 3 years. No hard feelings (unless he goes to UGA...then dead to me). I wish him well.
 
sthorfinnr said:
It took some time, but it has now been officially confirmed that Paul Johnson is an egomaniacal Lex Luthor. He was going to prove to the world that the dumbass under center option offense was viable or tear the temple down around him like Samson. F you Paul Johnson. Don't act like his influence wasn't involved here.
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Wow. Do you even football bra?
 
I am disappointed in his departure. I might speculate that all of the hype over us moving into the future, recruiting better players, basically rejoicing over the new regime, etc. could all leave a pretty bad taste in the mouth of a CPJ player who has given us his best and perhaps liked his coaches. This was our best returning player and next season he could have been a real leader bridging the two coaching staffs. Instead, he leaves.

What his leaving really means is that we all need to realize the new staff is going to need our patience. Improved recruiting and heightened enthusiasm for our program is great. But, it takes about three straight solid classes and time for that first class to get some maturity before it yields results on the field. For the next two years our results will depend on Johnson recruits. We will need to stay enthused and supportive through what might be a couple of really bad seasons. I have experience with that as a young alum who stayed loyal during the Pepper to Curry change. It can be done, but it is not much fun.
 
ibeeballin said:
Different doesn’t equate rebuild. They still have to block and defeat the man in front of them. Some of y’all have been brainwashed to believe everyone one of our players have been born outta out of a triple option lab where that’s all they know. How do you know we don’t have the WR/TE required? Guys like Malachi Carter and Dolphus have been dreaming of days like this. Tyler Davis has played 3yrs in a spread offense at TE at UCONN and Luke Johns is already a consensus All American there. I’m pretty sure our OL hasn’t forgot how to block even it looked like under CPJ sometimes with trying to block Safeties and passing guys.

Parker Braun didn’t see anything bc I’m still baffled by his decision
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Great post and I appreciate your wit. I agree the team is more in re-tool mode; however, this is an absolute rebuild of our program. It began with TStan’s 2020 initiative and hire of CGC. I love GT, but our football (and athletics in general) program has declined significantly. I’m drinking the koolaid, renewing my season tickets and contributing again.

I was and am a fan of CPJ, but as he acknowledged, it was time.
 
CornerBlitz said:
Great post and I appreciate your wit. I agree the team is more in re-tool mode; however, this is an absolute rebuild of our program. It began with TStan’s 2020 initiative and hire of CGC. I love GT, but our football (and athletics in general) program has declined significantly. I’m drinking the koolaid, renewing my season tickets and contributing again.

I was and am a fan of CPJ, but as he acknowledged, it was time.
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Absolutely! Everything we’ve done off the field is a complete rebuild. Our presence on social media in the past 2 months have been more than we’ve ever seen before. I really believe the Field of Dream line is true

“If you build it, they will come”

Our branding efforts have yielded great results (don’t believe me go check out the dancing exercise view from @GTstrength) and expect them to pay dividends again this weekend
 
ibeeballin said:
Absolutely! Everything we’ve done off the field is a complete rebuild. Our presence on social media in the past 2 months have been more than we’ve ever seen before. I really believe the Field of Dream line is true

“If you build it, they will come”

Our branding efforts have yielded great results (don’t believe me go check out the dancing exercise view from @GTstrength) and expect them to pay dividends again this weekend
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I think you are going to be a bit disappointed at how social media translates to performance on the field.

Or maybe I’m overestimating the thought processes of today’s high schoolers?

I see it as a “necessary evil” so to speak, but I don’t recall hearing a recruit say they picked a school because of social media.
 
Get real guys. The move makes complete sense, and there's no world in which it doesn't. Wake up and take a big bite of the regime change sandwich.

He's got his GT degree, and the degree is our biggest (and most pain in the ass) selling point. He's already banked everything we can offer him. If he stayed on at all, it was going to be for regime loyalty. He's the #1 returning guard in the entire country, and can literally pick ANY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY, and they'd give him a scholarship and a free degree. He doubled (or more) the number of rich alumni that can give him a job if his NFL career doesn't work out. And moving to any good established program to feature in their good established offense will get him on national TV every week. His NFL chances are probably better than going through a turbulent coaching transition too.

Theres a very real chance that GT sucks next year. Theres very little chance that any school in the top ten sucks, and he can literally call any of them up and they'd bend over backwards to sign him.

He'd be an absolute idiot not to leave. Let's congratulate him for not being an idiot.
 
coit said:
I think you are going to be a bit disappointed at how social media translates to performance on the field.

Or maybe I’m overestimating the thought processes of today’s high schoolers?

I see it as a “necessary evil” so to speak, but I don’t recall hearing a recruit say they picked a school because of social media.
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Social media puts you in the conversation amongst the rest of P5 and is a way to get info out faster. For instance, the “Winter is Coming” hashtag is doing very well and is marketing our offseason program. Same goes for 404 Friday, #NewEra #4theCulture. If this new marketing strategy does not yield more results, yes i will be disappointed, but i don’t think it will be the case
 
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He very well may have been transferring out even if CPJ hadn't left. He wants to get a masters somewhere else, which is a good life strategy, and he likely wants to get it in a field we don't cater to.

The regime change makes this an even easier decision for him.
 
77GTFan said:
I am disappointed in his departure. I might speculate that all of the hype over us moving into the future, recruiting better players, basically rejoicing over the new regime, etc. could all leave a pretty bad taste in the mouth of a CPJ player who has given us his best and perhaps liked his coaches. This was our best returning player and next season he could have been a real leader bridging the two coaching staffs. Instead, he leaves.

What his leaving really means is that we all need to realize the new staff is going to need our patience. Improved recruiting and heightened enthusiasm for our program is great. But, it takes about three straight solid classes and time for that first class to get some maturity before it yields results on the field. For the next two years our results will depend on Johnson recruits. We will need to stay enthused and supportive through what might be a couple of really bad seasons. I have experience with that as a young alum who stayed loyal during the Pepper to Curry change. It can be done, but it is not much fun.
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I will not be enthused if we don't go to a bowl next year. No reason why a good coaching staff can't put together 6+ wins with the talent we have/had. The Pepper to Curry transition was bad because Curry was the wrong coach at the wrong time; it took Curry those 3 years to learn how to coach.
 
I wonder how the GT community will welcome him back 10 years from now when he wants to stand on the sideline and all that stuff.
 
DAMN this is a gut punch-but-it's his life and his life decision. I'm sure his reasoning (whatever it is) is in his own best interest and that is his personal business. Wish him the best, but it STILL hurts as a fan.
 
coit said:
I think you are going to be a bit disappointed at how social media translates to performance on the field.

Or maybe I’m overestimating the thought processes of today’s high schoolers?

I see it as a “necessary evil” so to speak, but I don’t recall hearing a recruit say they picked a school because of social media.
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It’s for the recruits and the fans as well. It’s marketing for the program. It’s about building a consistent brand.
 
aeromech said:
I will not be enthused if we don't go to a bowl next year. No reason why a good coaching staff can't put together 6+ wins with the talent we have/had. The Pepper to Curry transition was bad because Curry was the wrong coach at the wrong time; it took Curry those 3 years to learn how to coach.
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IIRC, Spurrier was dismissed by Curry although he had done a pretty good job of handling the offense once Rodgers gave him a bigger role in the offense about 2/3rds of the way thru Pepper's last season. The improved offense did not go unnoticed by some people at Duke. Of course, my recollection may be clouded by old age.
 
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