So PJ record @ Navy is 45-29

The Jacket said:
Just out of curiousity, are you against him if he becomes our coach or just not sold on him?
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For the record I'm just not sold on him. I'll of course give support if he becomes coach... Just think we need a young, energetic coach who can bring bring something different to the flats than a running game.

And, I totally agree that his style of play will not generate new fans at all. Unless we start winning 10 games a season and I just don't see that happening with a TO style in a major onference IMHO.
 
gtfan09 said:
Look at the teams Navy plays every year... They play nobody year in year out... I think he'd cost twice the trouble Chan did... We need Tenuta or Hatcher...
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Look at the talent pool he has to deal with. You have to get an appointment recommendation from your congressman/woman to attend the Naval Academy. Oh, and you have to serve 5 years in the military after you graduate. I'm sure Calvin Johnson would've done that, right?

So, due to this, the talent pool is very drained. How drained? Here are Navy's recruiting rankings for the past five years from Scout:

2007: 118th (13 commits)
2006: 93rd (39 commits)
2005: 117th (8 commits)
2004: 107th (11 commits)
2003: 110th (10 commits)

Do you know how many 5-star guys? 0.
Do you know how many 4-star guys? 0.
Do you know how many 3-star guys? ZERO

In 2006, presumably the academy's best recruiting year with 39 commits, only two of those commits even had video on the Scout.com website.

So, what do you think he can do with Nesbitt and Dwyer?
 
The Jacket said:
Just out of curiousity, are you against him if he becomes our coach or just not sold on him?
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If PJ becomes our coach, then I am for him. I do think that he is a very good coach, but I am not sold on his strategies working well in BCS conferences. Still I will root for him to do well.

However, this change was more than just being about coaching and on-the-field performance.

Gailey was not attracting new GT customers/fans and was even losing some GT fans. With the financial hole in which the GTAA finds itself, the new coach and team have to be able to attract non-GT fans from the Atlanta area to expand the fanbase and to begin to have the resources to compete with the larger state programs.

When many GT fans themselves are worried about the offensive strategy and whether the team will be exciting to watch, can you imagine how hard it will be for the GTAA to sell GT football to current non-GT fans and expand the fanbase?
 
TerminusTechie said:
Unfortunately, if PJ is the next GT coach, then Radakovich is in the unenviable position of trying to get out of a financial hole by selling tickets to non-GT fans to expand the fanbase, when GT fans themselves are worried about the offense being boring.

I do not know too many sales reps that would take or stay in a sales position like that. I suspect that DRad is gone because GT cannot develop or progress as a program without seriously addressing the financial gap that we face compared to the big state schools.

This coaching change was probably part of DRad's plan to improve the marketing of GT sports to current non-GT fans, thereby expanding the fanbase and reducing the financial handicap under which the GTAA operates. The GTAA has a budget that is tens of millions less than the UGA athletic budget, and we won't last very long if that gap continues (and actually the gap is widening).

I hope things work out for the best for GT on the field and financially, but I am seriously worried that the public perception of Johnson's offensive style will not help DRad sell tickets to current non-GT fans.

I am afraid that DRad is now in a lose-lose situation with regard to the GTAA finances.
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I'm afraid you are making assumptions about things you know nothing about...do you work in the AA? Are you DRad?
 
Boring offense? You must be joking. This year, his "boring" offense scored the following: 30, 24, 31, 46, 31, 48, 24, 52, 46, 74!, 35, 38. It's amazing that people think he would come in here and never throw the ball and never score. I'd happily be bored by that kind of offense.

J&J
 
not to mention PJ said himself that if he had a good QB he would throw the ball...The quote is somewhere in one of these threads.
 
The TO will not put up those types of #'s here at Tech IMHO. Guess we'll agree to disagree. Not saying I don't think he's a good coach I just wish it was someone else. ahem insert your choice here everyone has someone different every day
 
TechinItEasy said:
I'm afraid you are making assumptions about things you know nothing about...do you work in the AA? Are you DRad?
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Nope. I have no inside information whatsover.

However, DRad has made plenty of public statements about the financial handicap under which GT operates.

He instituted the PSLs. We have advertising promotions at the stadium during time-outs to try to raise funds. We scheduled a rap concert at half-time to try to attract fans.

The signs of monetary shortages are all over the place.

Furthermore, DRad's press conference said exactly the same types of things, specifically that Gailey had a winning record but was not generating fan/customer interest.

Also, the financial records of the GTAA and the UGA Athletic department are public knowledge, and GT's budget is tens of millions less than UGA's budget.

I cannot read DRad's mind nor do I have any information from conversations, internal meetings, or emails inside the GTAA.

However, I can read the external economic signals of activity that indicate the financial handicap of the GTAA relative to the larger state programs.

Based on those economic signals and DRad's public statements, I tend to think that his plans at the GTAA were only feasible if he could raise more money to narrow the financial gap relative to UGA and other large schools. Narrowing that gap required raising the donation level for existing GT fans and also attracting new customers/fans who previously had not followed GT sports. Attracting new fans without ties to GT requires offering an exciting entertainment product beyond just wins and losses.

While the existing hardcore GT fans are generally most concerned with wins and losses (at least when considerations affecting the long-term financial survival of GT football are ignored), the casual fan who currently does not follow GT would want an exciting game day experience to attract him into purchasing tickets.

The problem for us long-term fans is that if the financial situation is not addressed, then the survival and/or relevancy of the GT football program may be at stake.
 
OK; maybe he wouldn't put up those numbers here. But I just think it shortchanges the guy to say that he runs a boring offense when that offense averages 39.9 ponts per game with substandard talent. J&J
 
TechinItEasy said:
not to mention PJ said himself that if he had a good QB he would throw the ball...The quote is somewhere in one of these threads.
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Uh-oh, what does that have to do with us?I think this is a good hire - as good as anybody else under consideration.
 
but he beats Army

isn't that terrific.

He beat the UL-Layette of service academies. That must mean he's worth pursuing.

Just look at all the schools clamoring for our coach. Why, SMU and Duke are ravenously anticipating his next interview. We'll show them.

Of course, Nebraska won't return his calls. Nor Arkansas. Nor any other BCS team of note.

I think the Western Michigan coach always beats the Central Michigan coach. If Johnson doesn't work out, let's hire him!

It breaks my heart to see how this ends.
 
gtfan09 said:
Look at the teams Navy plays every year... They play nobody year in year out... I think he'd cost twice the trouble Chan did... We need Tenuta or Hatcher...
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Oh yeah, there's the answer. Instead of hiring someone who is pretty much universally considered a very good coach, who hasn't had his BCS shot yet, let's hire a DC who's never been a HC anywhere. Genius.
 
ncjacket said:
Oh yeah, there's the answer. Instead of hiring someone who is pretty much universally considered a very good coach, who hasn't had his BCS shot yet, let's hire a DC who's never been a HC anywhere. Genius.
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Chronic name caller: have you stopped to consider where Richt had been a HC before? Seems like he had no problem with our now ex Div II Championship and NFL head coach.

Have you stopped to count the number of this year's BCS bowl coaches who are head coaches for the first time at their current school?

Have you stopped to notice than Johnson has NO coaching experience-assistant or otherwise-at a major conference school? How many of this year's BCS bowl coaches had no previous major conference experience in any coaching postion like Johnson (hint: it is a very short list)?

Once again, you need to look in the mirror before you call other posters names.
 
TechinItEasy said:
2006 9-4

Also, their next best year was 9-3 in 1996, and then 1978
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Paul Johnson was actually the offensive coordiantor for the 1996 team (sadly, they beat Tech that year). He left for Georgia Southern the following year. In 1997, Navy fell to 7-4 (even though their stand-out starting QB Chris McCoy was returned). They didn't have another winning season until Johnson came back.
 
nathogt said:
Paul Johnson was actually the offensive coordiantor for the 1996 team (sadly, they beat Tech that year). He left for Georgia Southern the following year. In 1997, Navy fell to 7-4 (even though their stand-out starting QB Chris McCoy was returned). They didn't have another winning season until Johnson came back.
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PJ :bowdown:
 
What kind of teams has Navy played under PJ while compiling that W/L record?
 
gt_ee your about 4 pages too late. The point is it's NAVY. They get Awful recruits every year, only giving 8-12 scholarships, but they still manage to win under PJ. Look at the Navy W-L records w/o PJ. In fact it was recently brought to light that even there decent 9-3 season before PJ was head coach he was their as the OC!!

Plus there's the whole GSU championship thing...
 
I think PJ wants to prove himself. It will take him longer to do so at SMU than at GT.

If he does well here, the money will flow for him no doubt. I'm guessing he believes in himself and commits to us tomorrow!!!!!!!
 
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