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<blockquote data-quote="Augusta_Jacket" data-source="post: 666795" data-attributes="member: 1191"><p>I've put a lot of thought into this over the years, and I think I know the answer.</p><p></p><p>Now, before I say this, I think it's safe to say I am a CPJ fan.</p><p></p><p>A lot of posters here, as well as a good portion of our fans and donors, never saw the CPJ hire as bringing in a quality coach to lead a program. Instead, I believe they viewed it as a concession that we weren't good enough to win games the normal way so we had to resort to some gimmick. It was an insult to them in that sense. Then take that initial insult and compound it with the "high school offense" narrative and the insults are not only coming from their own GTAA, but opposing fan bases as well. Now add in the recruiting rankings and you have three strikes against CPJ. He's become an embarrassment to the team that they esteem. Never mind that anyone who knew football knew CPJs recruiting rankings would be artificially lower due to the specific recruits he needed for the AB/BB positions. To them, the numbers were damning. When CPJ won big at first everyone held their tongue, but when JN went down in 2010 and we ended up with a losing season the shine wore off in a hurry. Some marquis wins against Clemson and the 2014 season kept a lot of the donors from coalescing around a firing campaign, and the 9 win season and uga victory in 2016 effectively removed the coals from under CPJs seat after the disastrous 2015 season. 2017 and 2018 didn't help matters and we ended up with a sizable portion of the fan base who never wanted CPJ to begin with ready for him to be fired, which wasn't happening. In essence, to them, CPJ was the embodiment of the Dave Braine statement that we would never be more than a 7 win team running a regular offense.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, CPJ retired and allowed TStan to begin the process of moving GT football in a new direction, which I believe it had to go in. Any of the option coaches, and there is a very small pool of them, would have been a clear step down from CPJ in terms of their knowledge and mastery of the offense so moving back into "traditional" football space made sense. I agree with that. Was CGC the best coach available? Who knows. I know he's the guy TStan hired and if I want GT to be successful I need him to be successful. It's going to take time. It's not just a magical recruiting bump. It's a system, culture, brand, or whatever you want to call it that <em><strong>HAS </strong></em>to be remade completely from scratch in order for this to work. This need not be an indictment on CPJ. I still believe had he stayed and not been burnt out he could have something special next year with Yates and Mason, but CPJ is not here so that is supposition. CGC is the head coach, and he deserves our support.</p><p></p><p>Our support doesn't mean he is free of criticism. It's ok to criticize him when we think he's done something wrong. He's made some goofs this year. I personally don't enjoy his style, but that's my problem, not his. What we need to quit doing is the constant comparison of him and CPJ and blaming him entirely for this season. It is a monumental transformation. In the end, he needs our support, and I plan on continuing to support him. I will continue to buy tickets and attend games and donate to the GTAA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Augusta_Jacket, post: 666795, member: 1191"] I've put a lot of thought into this over the years, and I think I know the answer. Now, before I say this, I think it's safe to say I am a CPJ fan. A lot of posters here, as well as a good portion of our fans and donors, never saw the CPJ hire as bringing in a quality coach to lead a program. Instead, I believe they viewed it as a concession that we weren't good enough to win games the normal way so we had to resort to some gimmick. It was an insult to them in that sense. Then take that initial insult and compound it with the "high school offense" narrative and the insults are not only coming from their own GTAA, but opposing fan bases as well. Now add in the recruiting rankings and you have three strikes against CPJ. He's become an embarrassment to the team that they esteem. Never mind that anyone who knew football knew CPJs recruiting rankings would be artificially lower due to the specific recruits he needed for the AB/BB positions. To them, the numbers were damning. When CPJ won big at first everyone held their tongue, but when JN went down in 2010 and we ended up with a losing season the shine wore off in a hurry. Some marquis wins against Clemson and the 2014 season kept a lot of the donors from coalescing around a firing campaign, and the 9 win season and uga victory in 2016 effectively removed the coals from under CPJs seat after the disastrous 2015 season. 2017 and 2018 didn't help matters and we ended up with a sizable portion of the fan base who never wanted CPJ to begin with ready for him to be fired, which wasn't happening. In essence, to them, CPJ was the embodiment of the Dave Braine statement that we would never be more than a 7 win team running a regular offense. Fortunately, CPJ retired and allowed TStan to begin the process of moving GT football in a new direction, which I believe it had to go in. Any of the option coaches, and there is a very small pool of them, would have been a clear step down from CPJ in terms of their knowledge and mastery of the offense so moving back into "traditional" football space made sense. I agree with that. Was CGC the best coach available? Who knows. I know he's the guy TStan hired and if I want GT to be successful I need him to be successful. It's going to take time. It's not just a magical recruiting bump. It's a system, culture, brand, or whatever you want to call it that [I][B]HAS [/B][/I]to be remade completely from scratch in order for this to work. This need not be an indictment on CPJ. I still believe had he stayed and not been burnt out he could have something special next year with Yates and Mason, but CPJ is not here so that is supposition. CGC is the head coach, and he deserves our support. Our support doesn't mean he is free of criticism. It's ok to criticize him when we think he's done something wrong. He's made some goofs this year. I personally don't enjoy his style, but that's my problem, not his. What we need to quit doing is the constant comparison of him and CPJ and blaming him entirely for this season. It is a monumental transformation. In the end, he needs our support, and I plan on continuing to support him. I will continue to buy tickets and attend games and donate to the GTAA. [/QUOTE]
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