CBS Sportsline DDodd reports

We should have no problem keeping Giff Smith with PJ, I think he played for PJ.
 
goldmember, I don't care if people belive this or even if it is true. It is not good that people are saying these things about GT. I think there is some truth in most of what is said by all of these sources but things change by the minute in these searches and everyone is trying to break the story. Alll I KNOW is we need resolution. The longer this drags out the more we get divided which is what DRad and everyone did not want or need.
 
People, y'all are biting on a rumor written by a guy with five total posts (3 from this thread). No offense to the original poster, but with all the rumors floating around, I'm going to wait for someone with more proven credibility before I believe this rumor has teeth.

Edit: I just realized the OP was referring to an article and not a rumor he was told of. MY BAD!!
 
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Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I'm just curious.

Everything I read about Giff is that he's an incredible recruiter and that we can't afford to lose him. I'm not in any way arguing that we should ignore him and take the chance he doesn't go elsewhere. It's an honest question for someone that knows him better.

Is he capable of picking up the DC job right where JT leaves off if in fact he does go? Or are his primary strengths in the living room?
 
BB_Bee5 said:
goldmember, I don't care if people belive this or even if it is true. It is not good that people are saying these things about GT. I think there is some truth in most of what is said by all of these sources but things change by the minute in these searches and everyone is trying to break the story. Alll I KNOW is we need resolution. The longer this drags out the more we get divided which is what DRad and everyone did not want or need.
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I agree with that. There is too much information out there. It is crazy this time around.
 
GTWannaBee said:
People, y'all are biting on a rumor written by a guy with five total posts (3 from this thread). No offense to the original poster, but with all the rumors floating around, I'm going to wait for someone with more proven credibility before I believe this rumor has teeth.

Edit: I just realized the OP was referring to an article and not a rumor he was told of. MY BAD!!
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No offense taken I'm just sharing what I hear. I have been around GT athletics very close at times since 89 but I have no idea what to BELIEVE at this point myself.
 
BB_Bee5 said:
No offense taken I'm just sharing what I hear. I have been around GT athletics very close at times since 89 but I have no idea what to BELIEVE at this point myself.
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I think we're all getting a little bit crazy right now.

I picture us all much like the birds at Lake Mayer in Savannah - scrapping for every little bit of information we can get our hands on.
 
Kirby Smart did work for Hatcher at VSU...but I still can't image him turning us down, that would be embarassing.
 
Macon, They are all very good friends. All I can guess is that we didn't treat WM very well in this process.
 
BB_Bee5 said:
Macon, They are all very good friends. All I can guess is that we didn't treat WM very well in this process.
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If that's true then that pisses me off to no end. It's all because people buy into this UGAy hate so much that they let it cloud their rational thinking.
 
I hope this thing can straighten out soon. I am not advocating that Muschamp or Hatcher should have been hired, but if we have jerked them around and offended them in this process, we will have made some pretty bad enemies.

I have talked with a former Georgia high school football coach who knew them both when he was down there and he considers them to be two of the favorites of high school coaches in the state. It seems we could get close to offending the "thirty-somethings" who are pretty tight friends in the coaching fraternity in Georgia. That could have long term negative implications for recruiting.
 
77GTFan said:
I hope this thing can straighten out soon. I am not advocating that Muschamp or Hatcher should have been hired, but if we have jerked them around and offended them in this process, we will have made some pretty bad enemies.

I have talked with a former Georgia high school football coach who knew them both when he was down there and he considers them to be two of the favorites of high school coaches in the state. It seems we could get close to offending the "thirty-somethings" who are pretty tight friends in the coaching fraternity in Georgia. That could have long term negative implications for recruiting.
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I hope this is all rumor but I would be interested what those coaches think of PJ.
 
MaconGTfan said:
I hope this isn't true! PJ seems like he would be a bore! Maybe he will win but he doesn't strike me as a marketing machine to fill the seats and excite fans.
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You're confusing one fact here - winning is the marketing machine.

O'Leary wasn't "exciting", he was gruff and even a little bit old school. Friedgen wasn't "exciting", but his offenses sure were. Those guys ended up being exciting because they won a bunch of games, and each time you went to the stadium you knew that the other team was going to have trouble stopping our offense. You knew that we could score in less than a minute. That's what gets fans excited, not the head coaches' personality.

Johnson may be a "bore", but if he wins 9 or 10 games and beats Georgia all GT fans will be clamoring about what a fantastic guy he is, how even though he's a little short with the fans sometime its just a lovable character trait. "Sure, Johnson called my wife ugly at a lunch bunch meeting, but did you see how his option attack took apart the doggies? Man, I love that guy."
 
TechPhi97 said:
You're confusing one fact here - winning is the marketing machine.

O'Leary wasn't "exciting", he was gruff and even a little bit old school. Friedgen wasn't "exciting", but his offenses sure were. Those guys ended up being exciting because they won a bunch of games, and each time you went to the stadium you knew that the other team was going to have trouble stopping our offense. You knew that we could score in less than a minute. That's what gets fans excited, not the head coaches' personality.

Johnson may be a "bore", but if he wins 9 or 10 games and beats Georgia all GT fans will be clamoring about what a fantastic guy he is, how even though he's a little short with the fans sometime its just a lovable character trait. "Sure, Johnson called my wife ugly at a lunch bunch meeting, but did you see how his option attack took apart the doggies? Man, I love that guy."
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Agreed. I am going to start posting transcripts of PJ's press conferences. The guy is classic and not boring. You will see.
 
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