GaTech4ever
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Will he try to bring some GT coaches to help him? Coach McCollum maybe?
Why didn't we hire him as DC? I would have rather had him than roof, but I guess we'll never know what could have been.
Yeah, I would say we will never know. For all we know, CPJ may have offered the job to Kelly, but he could turned it down because he had been at Tech for so long and needed a change. He had potential to be a good DC here for sure.
I am glad for Kelly. From the outside looking in, he seemed like a great guy. I hope he doesn't go after McCollum. Maybe he needs an offensive line coach on his defensive staff......
WOW! That's pretty amazing. In a span of about 5 years he went from GT special teams coordinator to FSU defensive coordinator.
We obviously could've had him as DC too at one time.
Wow, good for Giff!Giff is the DL coach for the Titans now.
Paul Johnson has very little appreciation in viewing asst coaches and judging their value. His track record speaks for itself. It's just not one of his strengths, and could be his most glaring weakness.Yeah, I would say we will never know. For all we know, CPJ may have offered the job to Kelly, but he could turned it down because he had been at Tech for so long and needed a change. He had potential to be a good DC here for sure.
I am glad for Kelly. From the outside looking in, he seemed like a great guy. I hope he doesn't go after McCollum. Maybe he needs an offensive line coach on his defensive staff......
If my memory is even partly accurate, the story at the time was that Johnson intended to interview candidates and Kelly was supposedly going to be one of them. But, he decided to take the position at FSU before the process played out. It was also an opportunity for him to move closer to family.
Paul Johnson has very little appreciation in viewing asst coaches and judging their value. His track record speaks for itself. It's just not one of his strengths, and could be his most glaring weakness.
Told ya I wasn't trusting my memory.No, he said that he had indeed interviewed for the job but just didn't get it. The offer from FSU was already on the table and when he didn't get our DC job, he decided to take the FSU job.
What? You mean the track record of coaches who have gone on to become head coaches somewhere else (Navy, GSU, KSU). How dare he for not offering them a head coaching position before they left! Kelly may have left for personal reasons, or he may have known that Roof was interviewing and would be the most likely candidate, we don't know for sure. All we know is that he left for a similar position at another school and a significant raise.
Also, I have a hard time believing that Kelly would have done better with this group in 2013 than Roof.