One of PJ's coaching philosophies...

[haywire83]

I just remembered something interesting from the Navy v. ND game this year. The sideline reporter said that PJ asks his defense for 3 stops each game. He is confident in his offense to not be stopped 3 times a game.

I realize he played a ball control offense at Navy with long, sustained drives - but how good does it make you feel to have a coach that believes that much in his offensive ability?

I think he'll open it up a little bit more at Tech (which means quicker scoring drives and potentially more mistakes) much like he did with GSU in the '80s and '90s, but it excites me to think about what Tech can do if we keep our defensive performance in the same general ball park.

 

[beej67]

If 3 stops per game won us games, we'd be undefeated the past four seasons.

 

[fattyjackson]

We would be absolutely crushing people if that were true. (that would be sweet)

 

[TechinItEasy]

beej...were we confident in the defense NOT stopping our offense three times? That was the second part of it.

 

[GTMensLax&SoccerD1Soon!]

That quote of him was tken out of context. He made the quote at half time under the context that he said he knew he did not have a great and talented defense and he knew his offense was good enough that all he asked was that his defense make three stops in the second half and they would win. That was by no means ever stated as a coaching philosophy!

 

[haywire83]

That could be the case, I'm just saying it like I heard the sideline reporter tell the story. We know they don't always get it right. I never heard the words come out of PJs mouth himself.

I think it was understood that he was only asking his defense to make 3 stops because they weren't that good and he trusted his ball control offense to burn the clock and score on nearly every possession.

 

[1gtfan]

I just remembered something interesting from the Navy v. ND game this year. The sideline reporter said that PJ asks his defense for 3 stops each game. He is confident in his offense to not be stopped 3 times a game.

I realize he played a ball control offense at Navy with long, sustained drives - but how good does it make you feel to have a coach that believes that much in his offensive ability?

I think he'll open it up a little bit more at Tech (which means quicker scoring drives and potentially more mistakes) much like he did with GSU in the '80s and '90s, but it excites me to think about what Tech can do if we keep our defensive performance in the same general ball park.

He better be COMMITTED to building a strong defense while here at GT, or it will become just like the Oleary years of all offense and no defense and thus, NO championships. The old adage you entertain with offense but win championships with defense still holds true after all these years.

Hopefully, P.J. realizes this and will be committed to defense. Bobby Bowden and Spurrier finally learned this and made changes a few years back , once they committed to defense they started competing for championships. It wasn't till they both brought in great Defensive coordinators and committed to it, did they start winning championships and they both admitted it. I remember when Bowden brought in Mickey Andrews (Bobby's teams were up until that point, known strictly for high scoring offense, he said Mickey changed all that and thus Fsu started having nasty defenses)
Spurrier finally had enough after that one season of all offense and no defense and I remember him saying he went out and looked all over the country for the best DCoordinator he could find, it was Bob Stoops and the rest is history.

So, I hope PJ understands this and will do the same.