Interview process a farce.....

1gtfan said:
Not flaming you, just an honest assessment.

Is that what your basing your push for Muschamp? Recruiting?

We can hire a slew of candidates that can recruit as well or even better. Hatcher, Johnson, Fisher the list goes on...Tell me all of the qualifications to why Muschamp is the absolute best Guy for our job? Over Hatcher, Edsall, Tenuta, Johnson, Niuehiesal, and others out there. He doesn't come close to these guys in qualifications. He makes a good u-tube though.
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Yeah, i think the same thing, i have advised JT to make his own you tube video. That seems to be the main qualification you need.:bowdown:
 
law_bee said:
I hope the interviews were a farce. I stated from the very beginning that the ONLY way to get rid of CG is IF YOU ALREADY have (what you believe to be an upgrade) someone in place. And if this is true I have MORE respect for DRad. This decision is TOO BIG to go through an LEGIT interview process. You need to already have a done deal b/f you get rid of a winning coach.
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Whoa here partner, aren't you the on posting another thread about character?
 
PLEASE hire someone & make the announcement...I think the longer things linger/simmer the more anxious everyone becomes...
 
hiveredtech said:
There are now some rumblings that Will Muschamp was actually unofficially hired (just by DRad's word) a couple weeks prior to the UGA game and had already started calling prospective assistants.

Not saying this is substantiated fact...just saying that this appears a possible scenario. These other interviews are to try and bring credibility to the hire.
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Would not surprise me.

The process has had sort of a pre-determined feel to it and I had heard a couple of weeks before the end of the season that there had been talks with Muschamp and that he had talked with current Georgia Southern OC Rance Gillespie about joining him on the new staff.
 
ramblin_man said:
PLEASE hire someone & make the announcement...I think the longer things linger/simmer the more anxious everyone becomes...
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Agreed. There was about a 10-minute window last Monday when everyone was happy and united. THEN the coaching search started and everyone turned into little school girls not getting their way.
 
Tenuta is considered a total non-factor in the recruiting game.
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And we get great linebacker and D Line recruits for no reason whatsoever? I think this is a crap excuse and honestly extremely unfounded.
WM is considered one of the best in the southeast.
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Link?
Tenuta is awful with fans and media,
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That's total BS. Tech fans love him. So does the media.
WM has a great personality.
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Their personalities are nearly identical. Both yell and curse during practice and games. You can sometimes even hear Tenuta shout stuff very similar to "Boom MutherFer" in the background of Wes's broadcast, when he's one booth over from the Tech coaches. The only difference is JT likes to be in the box to see the coverages / alignments / etc.
We aren't hiring a DC, if i was hiring a DC, both have done a good job.
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Both have done a nearly identitcal job, have nearly identical intangibles, and Tenuta's done it at GEORGIA TECH, so he already has the report with our players, recruits, administration, and the coaching transition issues would be reduced dramatically.
However, I'm not putting Tenuta in front of a mic and heaven knows what would happen if some alumnus asks him a dumb question or a smart one for that matter.
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Lol. Clearly "BOOM MotherFer" is so much a better response than Tenuta could ever think up.

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Have you even HEARD any of Tenuta's recent interviews? Do you even pay attention to our team?
 
I am warming up to the idea of Tenuta being HC. At first I was unsure. I guess some part of me just wants to kill all ties with Gailey as if his mediocrity has infected his entire staff.
 
Come on folks. Every single interviewer has an opinion of who his favorite interviewee is. So what? The process can however change people's minds and does often. Leave it and DRad alone on that.

Now as to DRad pulling the wool over your eyes...Are you kidding me? He's done nothing but pull the wool over your eyes, time and time again. Remember PSL's?

But that's okay too. It's his job to market the program. There is not one single product in the world that is perfect. Marketing pushes you in a direction, hopefully toward a products strength. It's his job to manipulate you.

Too many here think that you are actually a part of the program. Guess what, you're not and DRad proved it when he went for the money instead of keeping the AA's relationship with its fans intact.

But that's okay. The GTAA is all about "Show me the money" and DRad was hired to "Bring in the money." Right now, he has the full and complete blessing to do what he thinks is right to do that. So let him.
 
midatlantech said:
Come on folks. Every single interviewer has an opinion of who his favorite interviewee is. So what? The process can however change people's minds and does often. Leave it and DRad alone on that.

Now as to DRad pulling the wool over your eyes...Are you kidding me? He's done nothing but pull the wool over your eyes, time and time again. Remember PSL's?

But that's okay too. It's his job to market the program. There is not one single product in the world that is perfect. Marketing pushes you in a direction, hopefully toward a products strength. It's his job to manipulate you.

Too many here think that you are actually a part of the program. Guess what, you're not and DRad proved it when he went for the money instead of keeping the AA's relationship with its fans intact.

But that's okay. The GTAA is all about "Show me the money" and DRad was hired to "Bring in the money." Right now, he has the full and complete blessing to do what he thinks is right to do that. So let him.
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You realize that the AA was in the red last year, right? You realize that GT is still $90+ million dollars in debt from the stadium expansion, right? You realize GT football brings in the most revenue, right?

DRad is so greedy it makes me sick. Damn him for getting the AA in the black this year.
 
hiveredtech said:
There are now some rumblings that Will Muschamp was actually unofficially hired (just by DRad's word) a couple weeks prior to the UGA game and had already started calling prospective assistants.

Not saying this is substantiated fact...just saying that this appears a possible scenario. These other interviews are to try and bring credibility to the hire.
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part of this may be true, part isn't. I don't think he was unofficially hired.

However, it is VERY common in NCAA football for a school to ask the new coach to get a prospective staff together in the event they are hired. I know for a fact, Jimmy Robinson was asked to do this 6 years ago; and didn't get the job....
 
MaconGTfan said:
Boom M'Fer! You ain't hurt!

I think that sums it all up...sounds like a great DC to me but being a HC entails a little more than being intense and breaking dry erase boards. I'm sure RAd knows what he's doing but I think we could do better and that there are better candidates w/ a larger upside given the gamble.
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Did you see Stoops in the Big 12 Championship game. That guy is intense, and it works for them. He got in the face of a kid that committed a personal foul on a kick return....and then kept yelling at the entire bench! Guys like that are good motivators.

Did you know that Muschamp was a walk-on at Georgia but ended up being the team captain? What does that say about leadership abilities to you?
 
TechPhi97 said:
Did you see Stoops in the Big 12 Championship game. That guy is intense, and it works for them. He got in the face of a kid that committed a personal foul on a kick return....and then kept yelling at the entire bench! Guys like that are good motivators.

Did you know that Muschamp was a walk-on at Georgia but ended up being the team captain? What does that say about leadership abilities to you?
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It tells me he has a lot of heart and loves the game. I'm not saying he won't be succesful just that he won't be succesful based solely on the fact that he is a good motivator and high energy. There are unkowns surrounding all candidates, I just think Muschamp has the most unknowns surrounding him. Rad knows more than I obviously, so I will abide by his decision, but he's coming in w/ one strike against him already to many fans.
 
Come on now

Understand that in the interviews the coaches have to present who the staff will be and have to have proof that they can get those guys to be with them. They have to have all their plans in order for the future and present themselves as the next coach, meaning they had to do some homework before interviewing. Muschamp wasn't unofficially hired, the interviews took place to seek the best candidate.

The board still has to approve of a hiring, something that hasn't taken place yet.

Dan is going to hire who he feels is right to bring GT to a championship level.
 
demjackets said:
Come on now

Understand that in the interviews the coaches have to present who the staff will be and have to have proof that they can get those guys to be with them. They have to have all their plans in order for the future and present themselves as the next coach, meaning they had to do some homework before interviewing. Muschamp wasn't unofficially hired, the interviews took place to seek the best candidate.

The board still has to approve of the hiring, something that hasn't taken place yet.

Dan is going to hire who he feels is right to bring GT to a championship level.
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Interesting, I always wondered how the actual interviews went and what was involved.
 
savbandjacket said:
Does that mean than a decision has been made and just needs board approval?
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I interpreted that to mean that Radakovich can't just unilaterally pick "his guy," which is what this thread is implying. I obviously have no way of knowing, but I would think that the search committee is more involved that simple approval or disapproval - and by that I mean that they would talk to the prospective coach as well.
 
MaconGTfan said:
It tells me he has a lot of heart and loves the game. I'm not saying he won't be succesful just that he won't be succesful based solely on the fact that he is a good motivator and high energy. There are unkowns surrounding all candidates, I just think Muschamp has the most unknowns surrounding him. Rad knows more than I obviously, so I will abide by his decision, but he's coming in w/ one strike against him already to many fans.
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You are certainly right, he's not going to win games because he is high energy. I would say that being highly motivational will help win some games, though. At the college level, being able to motivate kids is critical, and having a guy that is teaching in-game and on top of kids is important. That was a huge knock on our most recent staff - kids were left on the bench without instruction during the game.

What are the qualities that you believe would make a coach successful? What are his unknowns - from a AD perspective, not because you don't know much about him. I think his unknowns are how he will perform as a HC rather than as an assistant. The fact that he's worked under such strong head coaches can lead you one of two ways - he's either learned from the best or he's hiding behind the best. That is an unknown, but its also a matter of personal opinion and how a person feels about any coach in that situation. I saw a quote today where Jimbo Fischer said Muschamp didn't get enough credit for his work at LSU, so that's one data point that leads me to believe he's learned from the best.

On the flip side, Hatcher is an unknown in that he's never been a coordinator or HC at a D1 school. How will he handle the increased work load? He's certainly not hiding behind anyone, because he's been an HC. But there are big unknowns on the experience side with D1 schools. Does he have enough connections at the D1 level to find the right quality of assistants? Those seem to be the unknowns there.

Johnson probably has the least amount of unknowns - D1 coordinator, D1 head coach, successful in almost everyone situation he's been in. Biggest unknown is can he run a more comprehensive offense, although I think its proven that he can and will (Hawaii experience, Tracy Ham at Southern).

I'm actually fine with any of these guys, I think they all have the potential to do a good job. The key is going to be finding the staff that fills in the blanks.
 
I like a number of the candidates that are out there. WM is my first choice but I would be happy with a number of others that have mentioned.

What bothers me is people making totally uniformed statements about WM.

1. Go to LSU fans and ask them what kind of recruiter he is.

2. Go to people around the SEC and ask them if he knows his X and Os.

3. Go to Auburn and LSU fans and find out how good he is with players, fans, and media.

Someone in this thread said that Tenuta and WM have the exact same personality or they are the same thing. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

All that being said, I'm open to this process and like a lot of the names being mentioned. I trus DRad to pick the right guy.
 
TechPhi97 said:
Did you see Stoops in the Big 12 Championship game. That guy is intense, and it works for them. He got in the face of a kid that committed a personal foul on a kick return....and then kept yelling at the entire bench! Guys like that are good motivators.

Did you know that Muschamp was a walk-on at Georgia but ended up being the team captain? What does that say about leadership abilities to you?
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Yes we saw Stoops, he is proven,if you can get him i say go for it. Have you seen Orgeron, have you seen Bunting,have you seen Roof, have you seen DAVIE.
 
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