10th Season Article from RambinWreck

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DrJacket said:
http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/080817aaa.html

Yep...he's out of touch and the players hate him. ;)o_Oo_O You can tell it by their comments here.
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The best part:

"Many college football fans around the country would have no idea what to say to a coach who's won 67 percent of his games over 20 seasons as a head coach, has had only three losing seasons versus eight double-digit-win seasons, has won two national championships (and was runner-up for another), owns five conference championships, has taken teams to three conference championship games in nine years while playing in a Power 5 conference, has finished first or second in that conference six times..."

Yet some folks still call for his head. Unbelievable.
 

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DrJacket said:
http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/080817aaa.html

Yep...he's out of touch and the players hate him. ;)o_Oo_O You can tell it by their comments here.
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I have been a Tech fan since 1960, we go back a ways as they say in South Georgia and no one has gotten more out of the talent than Coach Johnson. He commands loyalty and respect from players because he has earned it. I know the article is one sided and sugar coated but it captures the essence of what a successful coach at Georgia Tech looks like. GT is a unique environment and requires a different coaching touch than most places. When Bear Bryant went to Alabama he just basically out recruited everybody else and turned the Capstone into a football factory. That approach was copied by Johnny Majors at Pittsburgh, Joe Paterno at Penn State, Daryl Royal at Texas, Switzer at Oklahoma, Dooley at UGA, and many others. It does not work here. It takes patience, hard work, and very selective recruiting to a proven system to be successful at Tech. He has done it and will, in all likelihood be enshrined in the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame. IMHO
 
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deeeznutz said:
I don't disagree with you at all, but it's an article on the official athletic department website...they aren't going to serve up anything negative unless they absolutely have to.
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Clearly it's going to be a friendly article coming from them. You are exactly right. But the soundbites aren't made up. I enjoyed that the guys could-be specific in their praise.

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Based off of some of the comments CPJ says he hears after losing a game you'd think he's been reading posts from some GTSwarm members.:whistle:
 

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Sideways said:
I have been a Tech fan since 1960, we go back a ways as they say in South Georgia and no one has gotten more out of the talent than Coach Johnson. He commands loyalty and respect from players because he has earned it. I know the article is one sided and sugar coated but it captures the essence of what a successful coach at Georgia Tech looks like. GT is a unique environment and requires a different coaching touch than most places. When Bear Bryant went to Alabama he just basically out recruited everybody else and turned the Capstone into a football factory. That approach was copied by Johnny Majors at Pittsburgh, Joe Paterno at Penn State, Daryl Royal at Texas, Switzer at Oklahoma, Dooley at UGA, and many others. It does not work here. It takes patience, hard work, and very selective recruiting to a proven system to be successful at Tech. He has done it and will, in all likelihood be enshrined in the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame. IMHO
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I started going to games with my parents in the late 50's. My father was not a fanatic, but was white and gold through and through. Two of his golfing buddies were also Tech grads, and they were over the top. I can still recall the banter after a loss --IN THE LATE 1950'S mind you, after and unprecedented six year bowl run, all wins (there were only six bowls then) the complaining that Dodd needed to go, Dodd couldn't win the big ones anymore, Dodd had gone conservative. Bobby Freakin' Dodd!!! It's kinda in the Tech DNA to a certain extent. But I agree with you 100% what works at Ohio State won't work at Tech. And I have said for a lot of years, Bryant, and Jordan, and Devaney, and Devine would have had trouble winning consistently at Georgia Tech. I believe that Bud Carson proved to be a great coach, and he couldn't win consistently at the Flats.
 

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Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau said:
I started going to games with my parents in the late 50's. My father was not a fanatic, but was white and gold through and through. Two of his golfing buddies were also Tech grads, and they were over the top. I can still recall the banter after a loss --IN THE LATE 1950'S mind you, after and unprecedented six year bowl run, all wins (there were only six bowls then) the complaining that Dodd needed to go, Dodd couldn't win the big ones anymore, Dodd had gone conservative. Bobby Freakin' Dodd!!! It's kinda in the Tech DNA to a certain extent. But I agree with you 100% what works at Ohio State won't work at Tech. And I have said for a lot of years, Bryant, and Jordan, and Devaney, and Devine would have had trouble winning consistently at Georgia Tech. I believe that Bud Carson proved to be a great coach, and he couldn't win consistently at the Flats.
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Well, in Coach Dodd's defense, the late 1950s were a down time in recruiting for Tech and he had to, shall we say, reinvent the wheel and make changes. He went to the split T and recruited more in Florida and it worked. Dodd could change gears when he needed to. The SEC was a tough neighborhood even back then. Playing Tennessee, Alabama, LSU and UGA every year was not an easy way to make a living but he managed.
 
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