It didn’t take long for Georgia Tech’s players to realize that higher standards had arrived:
•The Jackets’ offseason conditioning program, which began with 6 a.m. wakeup calls, was so demanding that many players vomited during workouts.
•When spring practice began, players on the sideline were no longer allowed to kneel while others worked. Helmets stayed on unless coaches said otherwise, and all equipment was to be put in its proper place afterward.
•Anyone who arrived late for a meeting or skipped a treatment session would pay with physical exercise.
‘‘I firmly believe that guys want discipline,’’ Paul Johnson said. ‘‘They don’t know they do, but they really do. Everybody likes to get into a routine or a system, and everybody wants to know where the line is. You know, some guys will try to move it a little bit, but everybody wants to know where it’s at.’’
