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<blockquote data-quote="GTNavyNuke" data-source="post: 155097" data-attributes="member: 322"><p>I did a post on the last 70 years of GT football before last season to try and figure out how CPJ did against his peers like previous coaches since Dodd did. (<a href="https://gtswarm.com/threads/70-years-of-gt-football-%E2%80%93-comparing-teams-under-different-coaches.2501/" target="_blank">https://gtswarm.com/threads/70-years-of-gt-football-–-comparing-teams-under-different-coaches.2501/</a> ) A lot of change since then when I was trying to figure out whether CPJ deserved to stay at GT. </p><p></p><p>If you can remember there was a wee bit of discussion about keeping CPJ last year. Since going 11-3 last year with the high end of year Power Ranking (see first post 70 years background), CPJ is now at GT as long as he wants. I thought it would be interesting to see where he is all time* at GT. Or at least since Heisman showed up. You can read what people said ….</p><p></p><p>This year I wanted to look at the entire history of GT football which includes Heisman and Alexander in the comparison. I ignored the first 12 years of GT football since football was more a club sport:</p><p><img src="https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a0bb/d0qevgie6jiznu16g.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p><strong>The summary is that CPJ is now the best coach since Dodd and close to overtaking Alexander before him.</strong> This is based on end of year Power Ranking which I consider far better than the single metric of win percentage since SOS and Home/Away varies so much. Here’s the graph of Power Ranking for the big 3 (Heisman, Alexander and Dodd) since 1904 when Heisman took over and began the GT tradition. (Thank you Clemson for letting him go!):</p><p><img src="https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8aff/c9th2rawn6d4b7f6g.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>And the graph I’ve used a couple times recently to show that maintaining high performance at GT is the exception rather than the rule:</p><p><img src="http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e9be/rofvkhdh31zhhov6g.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>And here is the average through the coaching career at GT for each coach:</p><p><img src="https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e74a/lde3fk84rhy9ffl6g.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>Not to gloss things over, but just think about Dodd and Heisman - they <strong>averaged </strong>16th and 19th over their careers. That will never be approached by a GT coach.</p><p></p><p>But CPJ has the opportunity to close the gap on Alexander this year or fall back behind O’Leary. I hope it’s the former, but maintaining high performance at GT is not typical since Dodd left. Regressing has been far more typical. </p><p></p><p><em>“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.” Andrew Grove</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">* Here’s why I like Power Rankings the best – they reflect Strength of Schedule. <a href="https://gtswarm.com/threads/70-years-of-gt-football-%E2%80%93-strength-of-schedule.2489/" target="_blank">https://gtswarm.com/threads/70-years-of-gt-football-–-strength-of-schedule.2489/</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTNavyNuke, post: 155097, member: 322"] I did a post on the last 70 years of GT football before last season to try and figure out how CPJ did against his peers like previous coaches since Dodd did. ([URL]https://gtswarm.com/threads/70-years-of-gt-football-%E2%80%93-comparing-teams-under-different-coaches.2501/[/URL] ) A lot of change since then when I was trying to figure out whether CPJ deserved to stay at GT. If you can remember there was a wee bit of discussion about keeping CPJ last year. Since going 11-3 last year with the high end of year Power Ranking (see first post 70 years background), CPJ is now at GT as long as he wants. I thought it would be interesting to see where he is all time* at GT. Or at least since Heisman showed up. You can read what people said …. This year I wanted to look at the entire history of GT football which includes Heisman and Alexander in the comparison. I ignored the first 12 years of GT football since football was more a club sport: [IMG]https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a0bb/d0qevgie6jiznu16g.jpg[/IMG] [B]The summary is that CPJ is now the best coach since Dodd and close to overtaking Alexander before him.[/B] This is based on end of year Power Ranking which I consider far better than the single metric of win percentage since SOS and Home/Away varies so much. Here’s the graph of Power Ranking for the big 3 (Heisman, Alexander and Dodd) since 1904 when Heisman took over and began the GT tradition. (Thank you Clemson for letting him go!): [IMG]https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8aff/c9th2rawn6d4b7f6g.jpg[/IMG] And the graph I’ve used a couple times recently to show that maintaining high performance at GT is the exception rather than the rule: [IMG]http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e9be/rofvkhdh31zhhov6g.jpg[/IMG] And here is the average through the coaching career at GT for each coach: [IMG]https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e74a/lde3fk84rhy9ffl6g.jpg[/IMG] Not to gloss things over, but just think about Dodd and Heisman - they [B]averaged [/B]16th and 19th over their careers. That will never be approached by a GT coach. But CPJ has the opportunity to close the gap on Alexander this year or fall back behind O’Leary. I hope it’s the former, but maintaining high performance at GT is not typical since Dodd left. Regressing has been far more typical. [I]“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.” Andrew Grove[/I] [SIZE=3]* Here’s why I like Power Rankings the best – they reflect Strength of Schedule. [URL]https://gtswarm.com/threads/70-years-of-gt-football-%E2%80%93-strength-of-schedule.2489/[/URL][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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