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114 Years of GT Football – How will history repeat?
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<blockquote data-quote="bravejason" data-source="post: 439613" data-attributes="member: 1069"><p>Since the mid 60’s or so, GT has essentially had a .500 football record. Great seasons are invariably balanced by awful seasons and many years are of the 7-6 variety.</p><p></p><p>From what I’ve read, the football program has suffered for a lack of financial resources over the last several years. Stansbury has increased the financial resources available to the program. However, those additional resources are currently only enough to bring the program back to the middle. Apparently, programs such as Duke, traditionally a doormat, have been increasing the financial support and thus have been able to surpass the GT program in some respects. Obviously, it will take a bit of time and sustaining of these additional resources in order for their effects to show up on the field. </p><p></p><p>With respect to teams like Clemson, they are definitely in a whole different level with respect to financial support. They didn’t get there overnight. Clemson probably started some metime after the arrival of Dani, which was a while ago now. To catch up with them, the recent increase will probably have to occur again and perhaps again. Assuming such increases are made and sustained, again, it’ll take a while for the effects to show up on the field. </p><p></p><p>What does this mean for 2018? I expect the coaches to be better prepared for the games. Recruiting improvements are long lead time and it’ll be 2019 if not 2020 before any recruiting gains can start to be seen on the field. The team still has depth issues. If the team is healthy, it’ll be a decent year. If the OL is whacked by the injury bug, it’ll be a struggle. Maybe the new DC will create some gains on the defensive side of the ball, but it will be year 1 of the system, so some hiccups will happen that may cancel out gains.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bravejason, post: 439613, member: 1069"] Since the mid 60’s or so, GT has essentially had a .500 football record. Great seasons are invariably balanced by awful seasons and many years are of the 7-6 variety. From what I’ve read, the football program has suffered for a lack of financial resources over the last several years. Stansbury has increased the financial resources available to the program. However, those additional resources are currently only enough to bring the program back to the middle. Apparently, programs such as Duke, traditionally a doormat, have been increasing the financial support and thus have been able to surpass the GT program in some respects. Obviously, it will take a bit of time and sustaining of these additional resources in order for their effects to show up on the field. With respect to teams like Clemson, they are definitely in a whole different level with respect to financial support. They didn’t get there overnight. Clemson probably started some metime after the arrival of Dani, which was a while ago now. To catch up with them, the recent increase will probably have to occur again and perhaps again. Assuming such increases are made and sustained, again, it’ll take a while for the effects to show up on the field. What does this mean for 2018? I expect the coaches to be better prepared for the games. Recruiting improvements are long lead time and it’ll be 2019 if not 2020 before any recruiting gains can start to be seen on the field. The team still has depth issues. If the team is healthy, it’ll be a decent year. If the OL is whacked by the injury bug, it’ll be a struggle. Maybe the new DC will create some gains on the defensive side of the ball, but it will be year 1 of the system, so some hiccups will happen that may cancel out gains. [/QUOTE]
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