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SMQ: Mandate For Change (Georgia Tech)
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That chart fails to take into account that we now play 13 games and sometimes 14 games a year today. We did not do this in 1990 or 1998. It makes 9-5 seem as good as 9-3 (with a win against U[sic]GA to boot).
It also fails to note success against rivals and "blowout" losses to Duke, VT, Clemson, Fresno State, Utah, and U[sic]GA.
There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.
It also fails to note success against rivals and "blowout" losses to Duke, VT, Clemson, Fresno State, Utah, and U[sic]GA.
There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.
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Don't shoot the messenger, his father is the DA.
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Looks about the same, even when using winning percentage.
Anyway, the article's point is that while the cupboard is not bare, it's not exactly stocked either, and Paul Johnson may be doing well to put up a Chan-esque record this year. I don't think SMQ would disagree with Chan getting canned, though, because as he said, "Turns out no one has much fun on the flat stretch as the car slows to a stop, especially when it keeps losing to Georgia."
Wasn't taking aim at you--I was taking aim at bad stats. Sorry if it came across that way.
In fact, I think SMQ makes some good points in the article. But, given Bill F'tard L#^!$, the change in # of games played, and the addition of a championship game--its a fairly useless graph regardless of what you try to do with it.
I think it's completely reasonable that tech avg 9 wins a year in the 13 season era. (8.5 avg reg. season + .5 avg bowl season).
I'd also add that based on the number of NFL prospects from Tech and other ACC teams, the quality of the league's recruits are vastly underrated. Maybe that's because other conference sell more subscriptions to recruiting services and magazines (or maybe there are less ACC fans interested in the lives of 17 year old boys)? Anyway, I think Chan did a better job recruiting than he was given credit for.
Chan's classes were far better than what the recruiting services gave him credit for, but underachieving with the talent he had got him fired. Well, losing to Ugay and more punts than points didn't help either.