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<blockquote data-quote="GTRX7" data-source="post: 542759" data-attributes="member: 1045"><p>I don't want to answer for Takethepoint, but I think the answer is more in how the opinion is framed than a difference of opinion. There are some that say "expect championships," anything less is accepting failure and mediocrity. There are some that say, "woe is me, we will never compete." I don't abide by either camp. Instead, I am with those that say, "lets aim to be the best we can be but also set realistic goals and expectations based on a reasoned evaluation of the factors at play."</p><p></p><p>It is those of us in the third camp that I think get frustrated with allegations of "accepting mediocrity." I fully believe that Tech is capable of winning a national championship in football. And I am also 100% confident that CPJ also believed that it was possible for Tech to win a national championship in football. That is a guy who went to multiple national championship games at Ga. Southern and was honestly pretty close to getting Tech to a national championship in 2014. IMHO, anyone who thinks CPJ wasn't striving for or didn't believe a national championship at Tech was possible are way off base and, frankly, demeaning. </p><p></p><p>Instead, like me, I think CPJ understood the institutional and infrastructural issues at Tech that make winning a national championship more difficult than at other places. Not impossible. Not something that we shouldn't strive for. Just more difficult. The difference between, "if everything comes together, I think we can win a national championship" and "we should <em>expect</em> to win a national championship every year." </p><p></p><p>The other part of the "reasoned evaluation" viewpoint is that things are always changing. We now seem to have a staff that is inherently better at recruiting. It leaves to be seen if they are as good at coaching, but that changes the analysis. We also seem to be putting together a bigger staff and devoting more resources. Those factors also change the analysis. With these institutional and infrastructural changes, expectations can and should also change. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I am hopeful that all these changes will elevate the program and, like in 2014, we are in the running competing for a national championship within the next 5 years. Not expecting. But certainly hoping and believing it is possible!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTRX7, post: 542759, member: 1045"] I don't want to answer for Takethepoint, but I think the answer is more in how the opinion is framed than a difference of opinion. There are some that say "expect championships," anything less is accepting failure and mediocrity. There are some that say, "woe is me, we will never compete." I don't abide by either camp. Instead, I am with those that say, "lets aim to be the best we can be but also set realistic goals and expectations based on a reasoned evaluation of the factors at play." It is those of us in the third camp that I think get frustrated with allegations of "accepting mediocrity." I fully believe that Tech is capable of winning a national championship in football. And I am also 100% confident that CPJ also believed that it was possible for Tech to win a national championship in football. That is a guy who went to multiple national championship games at Ga. Southern and was honestly pretty close to getting Tech to a national championship in 2014. IMHO, anyone who thinks CPJ wasn't striving for or didn't believe a national championship at Tech was possible are way off base and, frankly, demeaning. Instead, like me, I think CPJ understood the institutional and infrastructural issues at Tech that make winning a national championship more difficult than at other places. Not impossible. Not something that we shouldn't strive for. Just more difficult. The difference between, "if everything comes together, I think we can win a national championship" and "we should [I]expect[/I] to win a national championship every year." The other part of the "reasoned evaluation" viewpoint is that things are always changing. We now seem to have a staff that is inherently better at recruiting. It leaves to be seen if they are as good at coaching, but that changes the analysis. We also seem to be putting together a bigger staff and devoting more resources. Those factors also change the analysis. With these institutional and infrastructural changes, expectations can and should also change. Personally, I am hopeful that all these changes will elevate the program and, like in 2014, we are in the running competing for a national championship within the next 5 years. Not expecting. But certainly hoping and believing it is possible! [/QUOTE]
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