Donors see positives in 30 point loss, but it’s time to ‘put up or shut up’

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A well-connected supporter, Garrett set two measuring sticks that he believes that Tech will need to achieve for Collins to be granted a fifth season.

"I think it's really important that we don't start off 1-4 or worse," Garrett said. "And I think it's going to be critically important that this football team is playing in December."

That is to say, get to six wins and qualify for a bowl game.

"I think those are the two tipping points," he said.


Another donor with a record of longtime and significant financial support, Steve Zelnak, gives Tech and Collins more latitude. For him, given the difficulty of the schedule, getting to .500 might be too high a bar.

"But if they win four or five games and they play better, which they certainly did against Clemson, even though the score didn't indicate it, I think that would likely show progress in the minds of some people," Zelnak said. "At least it would me."


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Georgia Tech donors see positives, but it’s time to ‘put up or shut up’

Despite the final score of Georgia Tech’s season-opening loss to then-No. 4 Clemson on Monday night (it was 41-10, with the Yellow Jackets on the short end), a prominent supporter of the Jackets holds high hopes for coach Geoff Collins’ fourth season.
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gtg970g said:
Isn't Zelnak they one that personally delivered MBobb? If so I can't say I trust his judgment.
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doesn't sound to me like he has any more say than you or I. That must stink donating a million dollars and being so out of the loop.

Zelnak said he was not for or against removing Collins, whose return for a fourth season was confirmed by Stansbury last week.
“(A fourth season) gives him a chance to show if he can get it done,” Zelnak said. “It also reduces the buyout by a year. If he gets it done, terrific. If he doesn’t, we’re going to have to deal with it.”
Zelnak did wonder about one change that Collins did not make.
“My big question mark is why is Thacker still here?” he said. “My understanding is that Collins commented to a GTAA senior staff-level guy that he wanted to keep Thacker because Thacker knew the defense.”
Zelnak then noted Tech’s defensive ranking near the bottom of FBS. The Jackets rank 117th in total defense after finishing 109th in 2020 and 89th in 2019.
“So my question is, what defense?” he asked.
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Clown coach shoulda been fired at end of last year.
And it's clear from the opener he still is one of the worst when it comes to game management as a coach.
Besides, the schedule is always tough. We always have Clemson and Georgia. So we have Ole Miss and Central Florida on it. Deal with it. Either coach up this team to take on this challenge or these deep pocket boys needs to dig down and find a better coach.
Collins is a used car salesman and it appears they're succumbing to his schtick. F'in ridiculous.
 
Zelnak said he was not for or against removing Collins, whose return for a fourth season was confirmed by Stansbury last week.
“(A fourth season) gives him a chance to show if he can get it done,” Zelnak said. “It also reduces the buyout by a year. If he gets it done, terrific. If he doesn’t, we’re going to have to deal with it.”
Zelnak did wonder about one change that Collins did not make.
“My big question mark is why is Thacker still here?” he said. “My understanding is that Collins commented to a GTAA senior staff-level guy that he wanted to keep Thacker because Thacker knew the defense.”
Zelnak then noted Tech’s defensive ranking near the bottom of FBS. The Jackets rank 117th in total defense after finishing 109th in 2020 and 89th in 2019.
“So my question is, what defense?” he asked.
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talent composite was 45 in 2019 and has improved to about 30...
How can the defense not be at least 60th or so as if a P5 quality team?
89/109/117 is negative progress...fans can see that progress i guess
 
Those are fair expectations. If the team can sustain the energy and fight it showed for 3 Qtrs on Saturday then I see us getting to 6 wins. A young team in that environment against that level of talent showed me they can compete with all but probably a small handful of elite teams. Now have to take the next step and start finishing teams off. The remaining ACC teams are beatable. Ole Miss and UCF are beatable.
 
GTFLETCH said:
A well-connected supporter, Garrett set two measuring sticks that he believes that Tech will need to achieve for Collins to be granted a fifth season.

"I think it's really important that we don't start off 1-4 or worse," Garrett said. "And I think it's going to be critically important that this football team is playing in December."

That is to say, get to six wins and qualify for a bowl game.

"I think those are the two tipping points," he said.


Another donor with a record of longtime and significant financial support, Steve Zelnak, gives Tech and Collins more latitude. For him, given the difficulty of the schedule, getting to .500 might be too high a bar.

"But if they win four or five games and they play better, which they certainly did against Clemson, even though the score didn't indicate it, I think that would likely show progress in the minds of some people," Zelnak said. "At least it would me."


www.ajc.com

Georgia Tech donors see positives, but it’s time to ‘put up or shut up’

Despite the final score of Georgia Tech’s season-opening loss to then-No. 4 Clemson on Monday night (it was 41-10, with the Yellow Jackets on the short end), a prominent supporter of the Jackets holds high hopes for coach Geoff Collins’ fourth season.
www.ajc.com www.ajc.com
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The toughness of the schedule? In year 1,2, maybe 3. But year 4 WC, UCF, Pitt, Duke, UVA, and UNC should all be wins. And if you happen to drop one of those, you split Miami and Florida State to make up for it. No excuse not to go to a bowl game with an ACC schedule.
 
JoeCakeEater said:
Those are fair expectations. If the team can sustain the energy and fight it showed for 3 Qtrs on Saturday then I see us getting to 6 wins. A young team in that environment against that level of talent showed me they can compete with all but probably a small handful of elite teams. Now have to take the next step and start finishing teams off. The remaining ACC teams are beatable. Ole Miss and UCF are beatable.
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That environment? A half full Mercedes Benz Stadium?
My takeaway from that game, and I was there, was Clemson's D line was elite. It didn't need to be against our OL, tho.
We have some bright spots.
But Clemson has some issues of its own too. Their OL, a weak spot last year, still isn't very good right now. Their receivers won't be confused with Sammy Watkins and DeAndre Hopkins. And Klubnik will be running with the 1s over DJ 5 in a few weeks.
I won't call this a six or seven win team until we actually beat somebody who is worth a s#!+
 
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