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<blockquote data-quote="finalbuzzer" data-source="post: 752557" data-attributes="member: 2385"><p>One thing that some said when Coach Johnson retired that is worth remembering (although many others did not agree). At that time our football reputation was as a quasi service academy who could give you serious grief from time to time but overall the more often you played us the more likely you would win. Plus we could be overpowered if teams had outstanding defenses as we were in bowl games in 2 of our 3 best years (Iowa, LSU.)</p><p></p><p>By its nature that reputation and the fact that our returning players were recruited for (on offense) and trained in practice facing (defense) the option did not give the greatest incentive for upcoming young coaches to choose us. I believe we were very lucky that Coach Collins had a relationship with us and believed in Georgia Tech as a place which he could build his career and that AD Stanbury recognized that and gave him the room to operate with a long-term deal.</p><p></p><p>You can complain about his marketing and vibe, etc but something was necessary to change us from being seen as the odd duck to being one that is in the mix, especially for recruting.Neither offensive nor defensive recruits view us with the previous lens now and it was amazing that Collins and coaches could get such a class the first time out. Sims and Gibbs are two of the best freshmen anywhere in CFB and they will have teammates that join them in the accolade shower in coming weeks and years.</p><p></p><p>Like the gentleman in the other thread I really feel good about the trajectory we are on. I am will be especially interested this year in how well we compete when we don't lose the turnover battle, We are young and I expect mistakes but I think our talent disparity will be best evaluated when we are even or better in takeaways.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="finalbuzzer, post: 752557, member: 2385"] One thing that some said when Coach Johnson retired that is worth remembering (although many others did not agree). At that time our football reputation was as a quasi service academy who could give you serious grief from time to time but overall the more often you played us the more likely you would win. Plus we could be overpowered if teams had outstanding defenses as we were in bowl games in 2 of our 3 best years (Iowa, LSU.) By its nature that reputation and the fact that our returning players were recruited for (on offense) and trained in practice facing (defense) the option did not give the greatest incentive for upcoming young coaches to choose us. I believe we were very lucky that Coach Collins had a relationship with us and believed in Georgia Tech as a place which he could build his career and that AD Stanbury recognized that and gave him the room to operate with a long-term deal. You can complain about his marketing and vibe, etc but something was necessary to change us from being seen as the odd duck to being one that is in the mix, especially for recruting.Neither offensive nor defensive recruits view us with the previous lens now and it was amazing that Collins and coaches could get such a class the first time out. Sims and Gibbs are two of the best freshmen anywhere in CFB and they will have teammates that join them in the accolade shower in coming weeks and years. Like the gentleman in the other thread I really feel good about the trajectory we are on. I am will be especially interested this year in how well we compete when we don't lose the turnover battle, We are young and I expect mistakes but I think our talent disparity will be best evaluated when we are even or better in takeaways. [/QUOTE]
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