When did PJ lose this team?

Yes, CPJ is only doing this for the money and doesn't care at all about losing. Saban and many other coaches have even more guaranteed money in their contracts. I guess they all sitting high in hog heaven and have no motivation to work.
 
In January. When he signed his $11 million contract extension. What motivation does he have to work hard?

You'd think the GTAA would learn after Hewitt, but apparently not.


Oh my ööööing GOD HE'S BACK.

Where have you been man? I've missed your hysterically ignorant nonsense and the way you've mastered being oblivious to how wrong you've been about Paul Johnson since day one! Everybody else had lost hope but I knew in my heart that your incomprehensible lack of basic human intelligence would one day bring you back, we just had to wait for a rough enough stretch that it would allow you to ignore the fact that Johnson led us to an 11-3 season last year with his second win over a Mark Richt-coached Georgia team, you know, that thing you said would never, ever happen even once and then told us to mark your words?

God, it's good to see you. How've you been holding up, you pathetic, brain-dead, collie-molesting piece of trash?
 
If it starts at the top, where did PJ go wrong?

I think I have an answer but would like yours.

Well, there are bad teams with our record and there are actually pretty good teams with our record. The teams we have lost to have an aggregate record of 25-4 which suggests to me that our team is not as bad as the record would seem to indicate. Also, this team plays very hard with no discipline problems. Characteristics not normally associated with teams that are out of control. The main problem is a team with little experience and virtually no team leaders that is running up against some very good football teams. It happens.
 
In January. When he signed his $11 million contract extension. What motivation does he have to work hard?

You'd think the GTAA would learn after Hewitt, but apparently not.

You're an idiot who knows nothing about football or competition.
 
CPJ hasn't lost any team. This team hasn't performed up to expectations and that is related to the play of the participants on the field.

Comparison(s) in point:

Did Harbaugh lose his Michigan team when the punter failed to perform a task that he's probably performed 100's of times?
-or-
Did McElwaine lose his FL team when containment was lost on the fake FG for TD play, when the players walk through assignments on special teams during practice?

The common denominator in all three scenarios are the players and their failure to perform (execute). People are trying to make football seem harder than it actually is. There's no doubt that talent wins out with all other things being equal, so our team must appear to execute flawlessly in order to succeed, and they just aren't doing so.
 
Agree that CPJ hasn't 'lost the team'. He seems to be trying just about anything to get the ship righted (signaling in plays for example). We just have a ton of problems, not sure why.
 
Agree that CPJ hasn't 'lost the team'. He seems to be trying just about anything to get the ship righted (signaling in plays for example). We just have a ton of problems, not sure why.


Plus, if he had "lost the team" then I can't imagine we'd have seen any improvement to any areas yesterday, which we did. This is a bad year but too many of us seem convinced that it's bad in ways that it isn't and for reasons that simply aren't true. The same sort of mindset that results in people claiming they're "tired of CPJ making excuses."
 
As if anyone wants a "dwag's" opinion...he "lost" the team 1) when the schedule turned out even harder than it looked--and 2) when a couple of aspects of execution that had been taken for granted weren't there.

1) Duke is better than expected. UNC is 5-1. Even Pitt is pretty good. All of three of these seemed like automatic wins. Clemson didn't have the expected falloff on defense.

2) Execution: The defense was improved last year because the offense could keep it off the field. I discounted the effect of losing experienced running backs, who, I didn't understand, where just as important for their blocking assignments. Freshmen don't do that well. I figured RBs were just plug-and-play in this offense. But one thing that IS true of this offense--it's a very tight machine that can't be missing any parts. Too many years one thing or another hasn't been there. In years like last year or '09 it was a thing of beauty. If Tech could have gotten by FSU and into the playoffs, it would have done some real damage.

But this year I think JT is trying to take the team on his shoulders since other aspects aren't working well, and it makes his own game weaker. Offense actually showed sparks against Pitt (which has a strong D) but still, you can see there isn't that slow, steady ability to wear the other team down in the second half. Instead the Tech D gets worn down.

But #1 is the biggest deal, and it's not an excuse. FPI showed Tech with the hardest remaining schedule in America at one point. Just a rough year that seems rougher because last season was so promising. The challenge now is to keep a team focused as some of the goals can't be reached. That's hard for any coach.
 
As if anyone wants a "dwag's" opinion...he "lost" the team 1) when the schedule turned out even harder than it looked...

But #1 is the biggest deal, and it's not an excuse. FPI showed Tech with the hardest remaining schedule in America at one point. Just a rough year that seems rougher because last season was so promising. The challenge now is to keep a team focused as some of the goals can't be reached. That's hard for any coach.

It is an excuse at 2-5. It would be a legit reason at 4-3 or even 3-4 maybe.
 
It is an excuse at 2-5. It would be a legit reason at 4-3 or even 3-4 maybe.

Our P5 opponents are something like 28-4 on the season, I wouldn't say it is an excuse. Outside of Clemson we've been in all of those games. Everyone on our schedule has had an argument to be ranked in the top 25.

With that said, we've got some major issues.

Lack of age and depth are an issue, primarily at running back. Our "tune up" for our schedule consisted of a couple of patsies and Notre Dame. Not how you want to learn on the job. Our best blocking is coming from Lands-Davis.

The offensive line is an issue, but they played decently against Pitt. They still struggle against shifts. They are getting waxed against good defenses - Notre Dame, Clemson, and Pitt.

No legitimate safety net at wide receiver is a problem. Summers and Jeune struggle to come back to the play when the backfield gets blown up. Smelter was great at this, and the backfield is getting blown up every pass play this year.

No pass rush and soft defense is a problem. Our blitzes don't get home and we play our secondary with a large cushion. Combine the two and we've got big holes in the secondary while all of our guys are left on islands.
 
In January. When he signed his $11 million contract extension. What motivation does he have to work hard?

You'd think the GTAA would learn after Hewitt, but apparently not.


I've known PJ a long time. I like to think I'm competitive. But I have nothing on PJ in that regard. This losing streak is killing him, believe me.

And he had more money than he knew what to do with before he got to Tech.
 
In January. When he signed his $11 million contract extension. What motivation does he have to work hard?

You'd think the GTAA would learn after Hewitt, but apparently not.

Oh man, you're back? Last time you posted was after last year's UNC loss, right?
 
I've known PJ a long time. I like to think I'm competitive. But I have nothing on PJ in that regard. This losing streak is killing him, believe me.

And he had more money than he knew what to do with before he got to Tech.

Why can't presumably intelligent fifth year offensive linemen block somebody? That's the group we relied on to make up for all the youth and they are not good.
 
Why can't presumably intelligent fifth year offensive linemen block somebody? That's the group we relied on to make up for all the youth and they are not good.

I posted a thought a couple of games ago that I'll restate differently - this offense is a high wire act. It relies on a level of OL orchestration that is difficult to teach and perfect. It is therefore very difficult at the P5 level to put a consistent product on the field year in and year out. There are streaks of excellence but it's catching lightning in a bottle.

This year the team fell off the wire.
 
I posted a thought a couple of games ago that I'll restate differently - this offense is a high wire act. It relies on a level of OL orchestration that is difficult to teach and perfect. It is therefore very difficult at the P5 level to put a consistent product on the field year in and year out. There are streaks of excellence but it's catching lightning in a bottle.

This year the team fell off the wire.

If you ever expected it to be perfected, it would be with this year's experienced line. I think the teaching sucks and that falls on Sewak.
 
Why can't presumably intelligent fifth year offensive linemen block somebody? That's the group we relied on to make up for all the youth and they are not good.

This is main issue. Reliable WR is a secondary one. My optimism going into the year was having an experienced, upperclassman filled o-line. They have been pretty poor.

The D being soft is a bit of a headscratcher too. Even without getting the turnovers they got last year, they should be better. Zero pass rush is killing the team.
 
This is main issue. Reliable WR is a secondary one. My optimism going into the year was having an experienced, upperclassman filled o-line. They have been pretty poor.

The D being soft is a bit of a headscratcher too. Even without getting the turnovers they got last year, they should be better. Zero pass rush is killing the team.

Just like it did last year until Roof was told to be more attacking after UNC game.
 
Last season was what a 3o team with a credible passing threat looked like. Most of our other teams had a mediocre passing theeat. This year we can't pass because we can't block. The OL blows pass blocking and it must be coaching. Never have I seen 4 DL go unblocked on a pass play where the qb is undercenter. Not at a college level, high school level, or middle school level. Shotguns teams may attempt that once or twice a season at most. It is insane how poorly we pass block.

We have improved our blocking on the dive. Against Pitt our wr and abacks were getting enough blocks for big plays. But when we pass it is a crap shoot where the dice are loaded towards 'sack' .
 
And CPJ clearly hasn't lost the team. The they are playing hard, just without any confidence that they can overcome a mistake.
 
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