A.T. Barnes discusses team's different attitude

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Pretty interesting read from the Atlanta Urinal. Yet another person/player admitting how fragile/divided the team was...

Q: How different is the team "vibe" with a new coach (Paul Johnson)?
A: Oh yeah, it's totally different just because of the coaches. The years that I've been here, the beef between coaches, the defensive staff and the offensive staff ... they've kind of been at battle with each other and that rubbed off on us as players.
That was the first thing [Johnson] talked about, that chemistry has got to be as one.


Q: What was wrong with chemistry before?
A: As it went along, we [defensive players] would get mad at them [offensive players] if they weren't doing their job, and they would get mad at us if we weren't doing our job. It wasn't like, 'We got your back,' or 'You got ours.' We were beefing with each other all around.
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http://www.ajc.com/gatech/content/sports/gatech/stories/2008/07/14/techquestion_0715.html
 
I read that yesterday and thought the same thing. It seems that there must have been some running bitterness between the d-coaches and o-choaches creating a rift in the team. This stems from a lack of 1 single dominate authority that everyone answers to. Either chan did not have the balls or tenuta did not have the respect but something was clearly missing.
 
I think this started when Tenuta wanted to beat the crap out of Nix. Then Gailey gave Tenuta total control of the D. Tenuta, not really a team player or very nice guy, made "his team" (the D) loyal to him and didnt do much to create any unity. The response by the O was in kind.

i, personally, was glad to see Tenuta go -- he was not the answer for the type of players we get on the Flats
 
I read that yesterday and thought the same thing. It seems that there must have been some running bitterness between the d-coaches and o-choaches creating a rift in the team.
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You have to admit after watching, say, the UGA game in 2006 for instance, it'd be pretty easy to do that as a player. Our defense was hands down amazing and kept us in many games that we had no business being in because our offense was SO AMAZINGLY BAD. It'd be hard not to point fingers.
 
beej67 said:
It'd be hard not to point fingers.
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I dont remember finger pointing in '99 when we had a Top 5 offense and our defense could not stop Boy Scout Troop 472. Leadership is the difference.

'06-Chan/Reggie
'99-O'Leary/Lil Joe

See the diiference.
 
I dont remember finger pointing in '99 when we had a Top 5 offense and our defense could not stop Boy Scout Troop 472.
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I remember it among the fans. I remember a lot of finger pointing in 99, when we completely failed to live up to expectations because of our defense. George Welsh even said at the end of the season that our defense cost Joe the Heisman.

Did the team finger point? Maybe not. But it must have been hard.
 
beej67 said:
I remember it among the fans. I remember a lot of finger pointing in 99, when we completely failed to live up to expectations because of our defense. George Welsh even said at the end of the season that our defense cost Joe the Heisman.

Did the team finger point? Maybe not. But it must have been hard.
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Of course fans finger point, that is what we're paid to do. And we were pointing at Ted Roof to be exact, which was wrong. I dont think Ted deserved as much criticism as he got. There were a lot of injuries that year (3rd string FB Ross Mitchell moved to starting MLB). Also, the offense scored so fast and often that the D never got to rest.
My point is that great leaders do not let the troops bicker at each other. You win as a team and lose as a team. But you're probably correct that it was hard not to.
 
JWE37 said:
Of course fans finger point, that is what we're paid to do. And we were pointing at Ted Roof to be exact, which was wrong. I dont think Ted deserved as much criticism as he got. There were a lot of injuries that year (3rd string FB Ross Mitchell moved to starting MLB). Also, the offense scored so fast and often that the D never got to rest.
My point is that great leaders do not let the troops bicker at each other. You win as a team and lose as a team. But you're probably correct that it was hard not to.
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I'm not sure Chan had the final say about John T.
 
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