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<blockquote data-quote="Lee" data-source="post: 666975" data-attributes="member: 786"><p>It’s not cherry picking stats. 4 years is enough for a trend. Your stats alone show that we were only .500 against the coastal and even worse when adding in Clemson and the dwags. At the end if Paul’s tenure, we beat up on teams that hadn’t seen us in a long time or ever (see Syracuse and L’ville) and inferior teams. The teams we faced on a consistent basis seemed to have figured some things out unless they were young or had a new coaching staff. </p><p></p><p>Some additional facts:</p><p></p><p>-From 2009 through 2013 we were 18-13 against the coastal. Since then, we are 14-14. See downward trend. Why can you take out 2015 but get mad when I don’t include 2014? Double standard much?</p><p>-His winning percentage (including FCS games) after 2009 (mostly his players at this point) was 54.7%. </p><p>-He coached two preseason top 20 teams to losing seasons. Ironically after his two best years. </p><p>-Most important fact of all, He RETIRED! </p><p></p><p>Listen, I was a huge fan we we hired Paul. I’ve said it before, I bet my Bama buddy that we would get back to a National Championship before they would I was so excited about the hire and happy to be done with Gailey. I thought the uniqueness of his offense with the talent we had (compared to Navy or GSU) would allow us to compete with the big boys. And we did that at times. I got frustrated with him when it started to seem like his offense was more important than winning and the conplete inability to pass post JT. I think his ego/pride got in the way of continued success. </p><p></p><p>My personal opinion is that he would still be here and we would’ve had more success if he would’ve opened up the offense to seem more attractive to higher profile kids, he would’ve taken recruiting more seriously (find a young energetic guy to make GT seem more exciting), and taken the reigns off his defensive coordinators. On the last point, he publicly said he wanted to be more aggressive but we never did. I think that was due to him having too much control over what the D did (my opinion). </p><p></p><p>In the end, it was obvious to anyone paying attention that the program was headed in the wrong direction. 2016 and 2014 especially were awesome seasons, but by the end of 2018 they seemed so far away from where we were that we had to make a change. I do respect the hell out of the man for leaving how he did. </p><p></p><p>I didn’t like Paul at the end of his run (pretty obvious I’m guessing), but am still thankful for the things he did for GT and the several great years/wins. I don’t enjoy pointing out his shortcomings, but feel I need to when people like yourself are trying to compare what Collins is trying to do in year 1 with what Paul did in his 11th year and what you THINK he would’ve done coaching this team. </p><p></p><p>The fact is, Paul walked into a much better situation that Collins did. Should we have won more games this year? Yes. Citadel for sure. That was an embarrassment. Maybe Temple, Pitt, or UVA. At best we would’ve been sitting at 7-5 with Paul still here (IMO). Possibly 5-7. </p><p></p><p>If Graham didn’t have eligibility concerns in the spring and wasn’t wearing a boot for the Citadel game, I bet we would’ve won 2 more games this year even with the injuries and attrition we had. Collins had to try to maximize our chances of winning while still transitioning to the offense of the future. I personally think he handled the QB situation poorly at the beginning of the year, but this goes back to my point about Graham. Had he been healthy and no eligibility concerns, he would’ve been the guy from the start of the season and we would’ve looked much better IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee, post: 666975, member: 786"] It’s not cherry picking stats. 4 years is enough for a trend. Your stats alone show that we were only .500 against the coastal and even worse when adding in Clemson and the dwags. At the end if Paul’s tenure, we beat up on teams that hadn’t seen us in a long time or ever (see Syracuse and L’ville) and inferior teams. The teams we faced on a consistent basis seemed to have figured some things out unless they were young or had a new coaching staff. Some additional facts: -From 2009 through 2013 we were 18-13 against the coastal. Since then, we are 14-14. See downward trend. Why can you take out 2015 but get mad when I don’t include 2014? Double standard much? -His winning percentage (including FCS games) after 2009 (mostly his players at this point) was 54.7%. -He coached two preseason top 20 teams to losing seasons. Ironically after his two best years. -Most important fact of all, He RETIRED! Listen, I was a huge fan we we hired Paul. I’ve said it before, I bet my Bama buddy that we would get back to a National Championship before they would I was so excited about the hire and happy to be done with Gailey. I thought the uniqueness of his offense with the talent we had (compared to Navy or GSU) would allow us to compete with the big boys. And we did that at times. I got frustrated with him when it started to seem like his offense was more important than winning and the conplete inability to pass post JT. I think his ego/pride got in the way of continued success. My personal opinion is that he would still be here and we would’ve had more success if he would’ve opened up the offense to seem more attractive to higher profile kids, he would’ve taken recruiting more seriously (find a young energetic guy to make GT seem more exciting), and taken the reigns off his defensive coordinators. On the last point, he publicly said he wanted to be more aggressive but we never did. I think that was due to him having too much control over what the D did (my opinion). In the end, it was obvious to anyone paying attention that the program was headed in the wrong direction. 2016 and 2014 especially were awesome seasons, but by the end of 2018 they seemed so far away from where we were that we had to make a change. I do respect the hell out of the man for leaving how he did. I didn’t like Paul at the end of his run (pretty obvious I’m guessing), but am still thankful for the things he did for GT and the several great years/wins. I don’t enjoy pointing out his shortcomings, but feel I need to when people like yourself are trying to compare what Collins is trying to do in year 1 with what Paul did in his 11th year and what you THINK he would’ve done coaching this team. The fact is, Paul walked into a much better situation that Collins did. Should we have won more games this year? Yes. Citadel for sure. That was an embarrassment. Maybe Temple, Pitt, or UVA. At best we would’ve been sitting at 7-5 with Paul still here (IMO). Possibly 5-7. If Graham didn’t have eligibility concerns in the spring and wasn’t wearing a boot for the Citadel game, I bet we would’ve won 2 more games this year even with the injuries and attrition we had. Collins had to try to maximize our chances of winning while still transitioning to the offense of the future. I personally think he handled the QB situation poorly at the beginning of the year, but this goes back to my point about Graham. Had he been healthy and no eligibility concerns, he would’ve been the guy from the start of the season and we would’ve looked much better IMO. [/QUOTE]
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