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<blockquote data-quote="BCJacket" data-source="post: 512678" data-attributes="member: 2332"><p>I appreciate what CPJ did as our coach and I have a ton respect for him. But, I think the response to CGC also speaks to how poorly CPJ's personality was perceived when things got tough. When he was winning the media saw him as confident, exacting and hard-nosed. When he started losing, it quickly seemed arrogant, whiny, and stubborn. He burned more bridges than he built with fans, the media, the community. (His players loved him, which is worth a lot.)</p><p></p><p>After 11 years, it's hard to remember how much optimism and hype CPJ had from fans and the media when he started. After 2009, it legitimately looked like we were going to be national condtenders on a regular basis. 11 wins, ACC championship, ranked, trending up... <em>no one</em> predicted that was CPJ's peak at the time. We all thought the 2010 season was just a down year due to injuries/rebuilding (Nesbitt). The "Chan's players" narrative didn't develop until at least 2011-12. (If you were a GT fan back then and want to claim you didn't like CPJ in 2009... extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)</p><p></p><p>It's natural to be excited about a new coach coming in. Especially with CGC's fun, high energy and exciting personality. I greatly appreciate his positivity and outreach. I'll be thrilled if CGC replicates CPJs successes. I hope CGC is the answer Tech has been looking for since 1991 and he finds a winning formula here. But, heaven forbid, if we start losing; he's going to look like a clown really quick. I wasn't around for Pepper, but iiuc that's how it went with him.</p><p></p><p>But, having watched GT football since the late 90's, our issues long predate CPJ (his scheme was initially seen as an answer to our lesser resources, but somehow it has become viewed as the cause.) CGC might be the best recruiter, promoter, and motivator of all time. But our football budget is less than half of uGa and Clemson. CGC is being given a knife and sent into a gun fight. He's going to have to be some kind of coaching Jedi ninja to win that fight. That's not pessimism, it's reality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BCJacket, post: 512678, member: 2332"] I appreciate what CPJ did as our coach and I have a ton respect for him. But, I think the response to CGC also speaks to how poorly CPJ's personality was perceived when things got tough. When he was winning the media saw him as confident, exacting and hard-nosed. When he started losing, it quickly seemed arrogant, whiny, and stubborn. He burned more bridges than he built with fans, the media, the community. (His players loved him, which is worth a lot.) After 11 years, it's hard to remember how much optimism and hype CPJ had from fans and the media when he started. After 2009, it legitimately looked like we were going to be national condtenders on a regular basis. 11 wins, ACC championship, ranked, trending up... [I]no one[/I] predicted that was CPJ's peak at the time. We all thought the 2010 season was just a down year due to injuries/rebuilding (Nesbitt). The "Chan's players" narrative didn't develop until at least 2011-12. (If you were a GT fan back then and want to claim you didn't like CPJ in 2009... extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.) It's natural to be excited about a new coach coming in. Especially with CGC's fun, high energy and exciting personality. I greatly appreciate his positivity and outreach. I'll be thrilled if CGC replicates CPJs successes. I hope CGC is the answer Tech has been looking for since 1991 and he finds a winning formula here. But, heaven forbid, if we start losing; he's going to look like a clown really quick. I wasn't around for Pepper, but iiuc that's how it went with him. But, having watched GT football since the late 90's, our issues long predate CPJ (his scheme was initially seen as an answer to our lesser resources, but somehow it has become viewed as the cause.) CGC might be the best recruiter, promoter, and motivator of all time. But our football budget is less than half of uGa and Clemson. CGC is being given a knife and sent into a gun fight. He's going to have to be some kind of coaching Jedi ninja to win that fight. That's not pessimism, it's reality. [/QUOTE]
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