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<blockquote data-quote="swampsting" data-source="post: 713667" data-attributes="member: 1062"><p>This is going to be a little long, so ....</p><p></p><p>I’ll take issue with a couple of things CGC said in the interview. At best, they are misleading. </p><p></p><p>I went and looked this stuff up and I am using the results from O’Leary’s complete seasons, including the year he left, rather than the year he took over in midstream.</p><p></p><p>“We were ranked in the top 10 every year.” — The only time we finished the season ranked in the top 10 was 1998 at No. 9. We were briefly in the top 10 in 2001 before finishing the season out of the rankings. In 1999, we were top 10 early on but finished ranked No. 20. For 2000, we weren’t ranked much of the year and finished at No. 17. So to say we were ranked in the top 10 every year during O’Leary’s time, and during Collins’ time with O’Leary, is simply false. </p><p></p><p>“We were playing for conference championships.” Well, not in the conference championship game, since that didn’t start until 2005. Under O’Leary, we won one, in 1998. During that tenure, we were fourth, fifth, tied for third, champs in 98, three-way tie for third, tied for second and a three-way tie for fourth. </p><p></p><p>“We were playing in New Year’s Day bowl games.” Technically, true. But when I think of New Year’s Day bowl games, Rose, Sugar, Orange, and for back then, Cotton, come to mind. Under O’Leary, we played in bowl games twice on New Year’s Day. Both times it was the Gator. Not a bad bowl. But not what I consider a New Year’s Day bowl. It just happened to be on New Year’s Day those two times. </p><p></p><p>From an interview last year, Collins said when he was growing up, Tech was going to bowl games every year. So I decided to take a look. I chose the time from when he was 7 to 18, choosing 7 because that’s around the time most kids start paying attention to sports. Maybe a year earlier, maybe a year later, but around that time.</p><p></p><p>So from the time he was 7 until he was 18, Tech went to a bowl game. Not a bowl game every year. A bowl game. For the entire time. </p><p></p><p>I also chafe when he talks about selling the city and the academics, as if it hasn’t been done before. Hey, those are good things to play up to recruits. I'm glad the staff is doing it. Let me use this quote from a commit (as told to jacketsonline.com):</p><p></p><p>“I chose Georgia Tech because they sold Atlanta to me. It is close to my family, I like how everything is so close and just how strong a degree from there would be. I can say I am a Yellow Jacket. … The Georgia Tech coaches have been on me every day. They have been talking to me, my parents and my coaches. They have been on me hard, so that always stood out to me.”</p><p></p><p>That was from a commit, still on the team, who committed in August 2018. To PJ’s staff. </p><p></p><p>So for all those who think the former staff wasn’t selling the city, and academics, to recruits … well, there’s evidence to the contrary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampsting, post: 713667, member: 1062"] This is going to be a little long, so .... I’ll take issue with a couple of things CGC said in the interview. At best, they are misleading. I went and looked this stuff up and I am using the results from O’Leary’s complete seasons, including the year he left, rather than the year he took over in midstream. “We were ranked in the top 10 every year.” — The only time we finished the season ranked in the top 10 was 1998 at No. 9. We were briefly in the top 10 in 2001 before finishing the season out of the rankings. In 1999, we were top 10 early on but finished ranked No. 20. For 2000, we weren’t ranked much of the year and finished at No. 17. So to say we were ranked in the top 10 every year during O’Leary’s time, and during Collins’ time with O’Leary, is simply false. “We were playing for conference championships.” Well, not in the conference championship game, since that didn’t start until 2005. Under O’Leary, we won one, in 1998. During that tenure, we were fourth, fifth, tied for third, champs in 98, three-way tie for third, tied for second and a three-way tie for fourth. “We were playing in New Year’s Day bowl games.” Technically, true. But when I think of New Year’s Day bowl games, Rose, Sugar, Orange, and for back then, Cotton, come to mind. Under O’Leary, we played in bowl games twice on New Year’s Day. Both times it was the Gator. Not a bad bowl. But not what I consider a New Year’s Day bowl. It just happened to be on New Year’s Day those two times. From an interview last year, Collins said when he was growing up, Tech was going to bowl games every year. So I decided to take a look. I chose the time from when he was 7 to 18, choosing 7 because that’s around the time most kids start paying attention to sports. Maybe a year earlier, maybe a year later, but around that time. So from the time he was 7 until he was 18, Tech went to a bowl game. Not a bowl game every year. A bowl game. For the entire time. I also chafe when he talks about selling the city and the academics, as if it hasn’t been done before. Hey, those are good things to play up to recruits. I'm glad the staff is doing it. Let me use this quote from a commit (as told to jacketsonline.com): “I chose Georgia Tech because they sold Atlanta to me. It is close to my family, I like how everything is so close and just how strong a degree from there would be. I can say I am a Yellow Jacket. … The Georgia Tech coaches have been on me every day. They have been talking to me, my parents and my coaches. They have been on me hard, so that always stood out to me.” That was from a commit, still on the team, who committed in August 2018. To PJ’s staff. So for all those who think the former staff wasn’t selling the city, and academics, to recruits … well, there’s evidence to the contrary. [/QUOTE]
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