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I was speaking more to the gravitas of Gailey and Johnson's resumes before GT more than to the actual age of Collins. Both had and have more 'clout" (imo) in the football world based on work experiences if you will when they first stepped on to the Flats.

the two guys who proceeded him were grizzled, respected and savvy vets who managed to somehow squueze out 7 wins per year on average in a pretty bad situation. Say Collins had somehow managed to get 5-6 wins per year over the last 3 which doesn't seem unreasonable. But to think our fanbase would...

I have thought about your question a bit before responding. While i would question the motives and intelligence of any one who would take this job, i reflected back on to myself in my younger days. Twice I took on tasks or jobs that people cautioned me not to take. I refused to listen because...

The conundrum is that the game has shifted in a lot of ways such that a proven, good coach wouldn't want this job. As a student in the late 70's/early 80's the glory days weren't that far in the past such that we retained a sliver of hope that they would come back. In today's world, no one below...

This is a great topic as I think getting players into the pros is the number one recruiting today pitch in most sports that have professional opportunities. It used to be staying close to home, how many times will I be on TV, playing for dear ol' State U, or chance to get early playing time...

there is one other possibility at work here imo....our defense has been undisputably bad ( we may quibble over the varying degrees of bad from year to year but the point remains) for 15 or so years under two HC's and multiple DC's. Perhaps there are systemic issues that are at play. I think...

You make really good points although I did not see any clearcut advantages that you mentioned in your earlier post outside the possible advantages of hiring a minority candidate. This was offset imo by the lack of having HC experience (although 2 years is certainly NOT a long tenure). Again, we...

Of course there will be a lotta "what if's" as we seem to love to do that but at the time of the hire CCG was a much better candidate on paper....been at GT before so he knew what he was getting into, success as a coordinator, been at Bama and other SEC schools, two years HC experience, Georgia...

One on hand, I knew too much about this fanbase to want the job. On the other, I will not dismiss it summarily without hearing details about base pay, benefits, bonuses, etc. I have a pretty damn sweet gig here at the Swarm but am willing to at least listen to other offers.

GT should throw our name into the transfer portal as an entire school. Of course we may have to drop down a level or two before anyone would accept us. But maybe the SWAC, OVC or the Patriot league would want a presence in the ATL market for recruiting porpoises.

@slugboy - kudos on the title. It caused me to look at this thread to see the backstory. Funniest thing i have seen here in awhile.

I thought that Hunter Renfrow at Clemson was a gritty, feel good type of walk on type of guy that us average schmucks like to root for. I would have laughed at the idea of him playing in the league tbh. Seeing Keith Brooking in HS, I thought he was the kind of guy who might contribute on ST's...

My CEO pushed this project into this years capital plan. She decided instead to pull up the kitchen remodel and several other projects ahead of it on "our" priority list in Q3 and 4. Actually, I have not yet pulled the trigger for a number of reasons...can't make up my mind on what/which brand...

I do tend to agree with this. The game is now set up such that the guys who get these gigs can't really truly fail. I am sure that all of them do want to win. But if they don't it's a pretty soft landing. take the buyout and go coach at North Macon State and do what you love,knowing that you...

I tend to agree with this. I would wager that 50% or more who post here have mad bade hires and/or fired other people's bad hires. But I am willing to bet that NO ONE who posts here has fired a guy with a 7 figure contract and a guaranteed payout upon being fired. And for most of us who have...

One possible and plausible theory...some people can learn what their strengths and weaknesses are. If Collins doesn't like being the heavy hand maybe he has figured out that he needs that on his staff.

This implies that we behave in an acceptable fashion only when we are forced to when the boss is watching. As Coach Wooten said awhile back, "character is what you do when nobody's watching". I have always maintained that the anonymity aspect of these things embolden people to speak to and...

I have debated this question with some of my GT buddies for over two decades. And we havenot settled this question amongst ourselves. I'm not sure who I would pick but it's like choosing between Pat Mahomes and Josh Allen. Or Brady vs Montana. You would be very happy if you lost a coin toss and...

Dewberry gets some bonus points on any list...he got two wins against the Dawgs along with Joe, Justin and Shawn.

Yeah...me too. Man, i swore that this year was going to be the one where I kept my New Year's resolutions! ;)