I posted it several times already, but it feels great every time. We've now built a foundation for sustained success. Over the last few years (and culminating with the 11-3 OB champs):
1) We're coming off a season with the most positive press towards Tech in decades
2) Our staff is entrenched - unlikely that our HC/OC/DC are going anywhere
3) CPJ has expanded our recruiting office and gained the trust of the Hill
4) Our marketing team has done a great job with branding (#togetherweswarm)
5) Our AA is scheduling to make fans happy and help SOS (ND and possibly Tenn/Auburn)
This could be a turning point for the program with a few more 10+ win seasons. Vitally important that we keep the ball rolling downhill this season. It's an incredibly tough schedule, but if we can manage to get to 9-3 (or better) in the regular season and stay in the polls all year we set ourselves up for another good '16 class and more momentum heading into JT5s senior season. Exciting times for sure!
A few 10 win seasons turns around any program, (Cept for UGA, for whom 10 wins is a let down from pre-season expectations)
A few 10 win seasons turns around any program, (Cept for UGA, for whom 10 wins is a let down from pre-season expectations)
Drinking the GT kool-aid right now is better than Prozac.
No koolaid, just saying the foundation is there. If we go 6-6 next year (which is possible) then we've squandered a great chance to turn this program into something bigger. But if we're in a NY6 game again, suddenly we're THE option team in college football with a feared offense who is consistently winning bigtime games. Positive press continues, RBs start to view us as the place you go to play, etc.
I'm just saying we've got some momentum and can't afford to squander it. I'd say 9-3 is a reasonable prediction with 8-4 probably more likely than 10-2 given our loaded schedule. No koolaid, just excited for the opportunity that's there.
And to not let this get too side-tracked from the OP, a big thanks to CPJ for putting the offense together and Roof for making the best of about as thin a DL as an 11-win team has ever had. And props to the recruiting staff for parlaying the last 3 years of work and this season into a very solid recruiting class.
But you need a basis for continued success. And that comes from retaining coaching staffs (see VT).
I have felt this way since CPJ got here - long term stability is the way to build an elite program (for us).
Once PJ showed that he was a competitor ('08-'09), I felt the best plan was to keep him here long term, even if some years are down. The 3 year carousel of coaching turnover will NOT build success here (if anywhere). I truly hope that CPJ plays out his career at GT.
I have felt this way since CPJ got here - long term stability is the way to build an elite program (for us).
Once PJ showed that he was a competitor ('08-'09), I felt the best plan was to keep him here long term, even if some years are down. The 3 year carousel of coaching turnover will NOT build success here (if anywhere). I truly hope that CPJ plays out his career at GT.
To all the people who pulled up my past posts that were critical of Coach Johnson for one thing or the other, I wish I had never posted them. I hope I have learned from my mistakes and don't let my frustration show the next time we have a rough stretch.
I was wrong to post anything negative, and I'm sorry that I did. I'm pretty emotional about Tech football, and I need to keep my frustrations to myself. So, all the people who called me out were right to do so.
But I am very happy and excited about Tech football right now. I don't remember when I felt like Tech football was in more solid shape than it's in right now.
Considering what we did this year and the fact that we'll have more experience and quality depth next season, I don't think there's a team in America we couldn't beat in 2015. This doesn't mean we'll win 'um all, but we have as good a chance as Alabama, Ohio State or anybody else to win the national championship.
I think we're improving more as a team than our schedule is getting harder, and I also think having a harder schedule will really help our chance of getting in the four team playoff.
After watching this past season, I just think we've got a great offensive system that will get better, an improving defense that will get better, and more talent and depth than we've had in a very long time.
And, if I'm wrong and we have an off year, I'll do my best to keep my mouth shut.
Kind of like that other message board that spent almost three years trying to get Johnson fired and as this season progressed discovered it had nothing to say about anything. Another kind of afterlife maybe.Dude probably feels like a real bitch in the afterlife right now.
Great season. Great recruiting class. Great future for Tech football.
Tech does it, Tech does it right, and Tech wins doing it.
I would not trade Coach Johnson for any other coach in America. He has a great system, and now he's getting quality depth to run it.
It hasn't been like this since Coach Dodd was here. I am just so thankful that my Daddy brought me up to be a Yellow Jacket.
Like the buttons people wore when Coach Dodd was here said, "I Like Tech."
In seven years, Georgia will be looking for another Theron Sapp.
Give 'um Hell, Tech! To Hell With Georgia!
I'd say he's a keeper, but some do not like his style.
http://www.stingtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79923
Isn't PJ in 2nd place as far as winning percentage just behind Coach Dodd?