Since you seem so caught up on this I did some digging on your post history.
You had this to say about our opponent in our first win:
You didn’t post a single thing in the post game thread after we beat Miami. You may have been out of the country as I did see something about China. I would think someone supportive of the new staff would add something positive upon return. Your posts in the NC State post game thread were defending your boy Paul or talking about funding.
I’ll give you credit, you say enough stuff to make it seem like you support the new staff and want them to succeed, but you defend with all you have the previous regime.
As I said in the rest of the quote you cut off, beating the dwags is always great. Takethepoints asked for some facts. The fact is we beat the worst dwag team since the 2010 team (we lost to) in 2016. We had the best GT qb in over a decade playing as a senior and they had a freshman playing qb who threw a dumb pick with just under 4 mins on 2nd down.
Another fact. We should have beaten a bad dwag team in 2009 with arguably the most talented GT team Paul coached. We should’ve won in 2010 playing a 5-6 dwag team as well as 2013 playing against Hudson Mason and a 7-4 dwag team. Had Paul won any of those games we should’ve won, the program would be in much better shape. Nothing like beating the leg humpers to generate money. Imagine beating the dwags 3 in a row to start your coaching career at GT. There would’ve been more momentum than we’ve had in a long time. Instead he won the one he shouldn’t have and lost the two he shouldn’t have in that stretch.
So you can continue to get your feelings hurt about anything that doesn’t pass on adoring praise to Paul if you like. I’ll continue to enjoy any win we have regardless if who the coach is. I’ll also be honest with myself in the process.
It goes both ways. I think if we play the Citadel 10 times with this years team, we win 9. We happened to lose and we were the better team. I think if we played Miami 10 times with this year’s team, we win maybe 3/4. They were the better team IMO. Last year I think we would win 7/8 out of 10 against USF (we were the better team) and lose 6/8 out of 10 against UVA (they were the better team IMO).
To reply to your points:
We were discussing USF at that point and some were painting them as a good team. That was a fallacy. I credited the team with making the stops to win that game, but we should have won that game. I don't dismiss wins. You do, as you did in this very post talking about the 2016 uga game...
As for the Miami win, there is a very good reason I didn't comment afterwards: I was in China at the time and wasn't as active on these boards for those few weeks.
The NCSU game was a Thursday night game and after staying the duration and driving back to Augusta, I checked into a conversation 10 pages deep on that game. I didn't feel the need to rehash the same thoughts several others had posted there.
I'm on record on these boards criticizing CPJ myself, but I a not on record for chalking up our wins to luck. We weren't lucky to beat USF, but we did beat a really bad team.
As far as your "should haves" against uga, the 2009 game is the only one I recall where we were favored to win. That game was a major disappointment, and even I criticized CPJ at the time for his "bigger fish to fry" spiel...
Also, your use the phrase "should have" when talking about beating uga does not make those statements facts. It is your
OPINION that we should have beat uga those years. Many of us share those opinions, especially 2009 and 2013, but they are opinions nonetheless. It is also your
OPINION that beating them those years would have led to the financial input that might have been a "program changer." I do not share that opinion because I have not seen any indication that our donors are interested in funding GT at a competitive level even after our successful seasons. (As a side note, I have a friend who works for the GTAA and he told me once that after successful seasons it's harder for them to get donations in because the fans and donors see success at current levels of funding and don't realize how far below the norm we are in spending)
As for your final paragraph, I'd go even further and say we'd win 98/100 against this years Citadel team with this years GT team. We shouldn't have lost that game and I chalk a lot of it up to new coach/new scheme and the classic tendency to overlook an FCS opponent. I don't think we'd win 3/4 against this years Miami squad, I think we'd beat them 8/10. Yes they have more talent than us but we plain out coached them this year. That was a pretty good win for us. I would agree with last years probable outcomes against UVA and USF. I'd also add that we have been particularly snakebitten in close games against Pitt recently where we were the better team. Those games happen.
As for this staff, I have given them my full support. I buy tickets and commit to driving to and from Augusta on game days. I donate to the GTAA. I do this and I am not even an alumnus of the Institute. I'm just a sidewalk fan who cares. I am one of the few diehard option fans that has been calling for CGC to be given time to get his program installed. Heck, I haven't even called once for CDP to be fired, nor I have I stooped to using the derogatory "nickname" he's been dubbed with by many users here. I've even stated why I think we
HAD to move past the 3O and when everyone was calling for minimum 6 wins this year or bust I was doing my best to pump the brakes. It's no secret I am not a fan of CGC's style, and I have said as much, but that doesn't matter as long as he builds a winning program here at GT in the next few years. You see, it's actually possible to be a fan of CPJ and the option and be a fan of the team under CGC as well. I didn't initially like the CPJ hire, but he grew on me. I am hoping CGC does the same, and I am going to give him the chance. What I won't do is talk bad about our wins, period.
