Originally posted by Father WASP:
The Jacket, of course he should be coaching. But we are now into the second year of the regime, and the tone of behavior is set every day of the week with everything the team does.
These things add up. Like last year someone must have explained to CG the Yellow Jacket Alley. First game, I was shocked. He probably was too by the reaction that occurred over time. I'm talking about the get off the bus yapping, old, different colored t-shirts untucked etc. Contrast to our arch-rivals, Georgia, or Auburn, or Ole Miss, where the players either have uniform attire, suits, or at least keep a focused appearance while meeting their fans.
This slack attitude carried over to the sidelines last year, and even on the field - witness numerous "discipline" penalties for stupid stuff.
It does appear when stuff happens he makes some adjustments - except play calling - which I give him credit for. But he is "learning on the job" the college game, which the resume was touting not necessary. Indeed, his own words clearly stated that coming to Tech an inheriting the team he did he expected to keep winning - now we've changed tune to "rebuild"
Curry and O'Leary obviously had discipline with mixed results. But win or lose, and with Curry it was more lose than win, I always felt good pulling for them because they represented Tech, and you would never see the joking around.
I guess you have to go back to Pepper to find the real loose stuff, cause even though Ross and Lewis also had different results, I don't think discipline, appearance or behavior were in question.
Point is that discipline and preparation directly affect motivation, and this team is schizo, which means lack of consistency. For every NC State or Auburn there are the Georgia's and Clemson's and Fresno's.
I'll state my prediction now - there will be more of the latter than the former because the program has been digressing year over year.
