Eric, team psyche?

[Sheldon's]

Eric, coming off of the huge win this past weekend, and receiving a tremendous amount of praise from various sides, as well as FSU being seen as villains in the general media, do you feel like the team is drinking their own Kool-Aide this week or are they focused and ready to bring the hammer for 60 minutes of hard fought football? Wondering what kind of vibe you are hearing from practice.

 

[Eric]

This team is a special one, a group that actually wants to practice and shows up each day to get better....it really is amazing to see.

The team knows what is at stake and the chance they have in front of them...Knock off the king that is FSU, stop the streak, win the ACC, etc.

This doesn't mean they are going to win...but they aren't pulling the foot off the gas...things are fired up around here this week. Exciting to see.

 

[Minawreck]

yeah I kind of expect nothing less from this group than what you've described. I just hope that mentality is one that becomes contagious once the young guys have seen the results.

 

[SidewalkJacket]

To that end, @Eric , who do you see emerging as leaders among some of the younger players?

 

[jeffgt14]

To that end, @Eric , who do you see emerging as leaders among some of the younger players?

Lol Justin Thomas?

 

[gtg936g]

I bet CPJ and the staff are having a great time coaching this team. CPJ loves winning and competing and so does this team. You know CPJ is ready to play for all the marbles, and I think this team has a lot of fight left in them. It is probably a lot of fun for the team and the coaches.

 

[GlennW]

You know I was starting to worry a bit about FSU coming in "fired up" because they were "disrespected" by the Playoff Committee and then I remembered that FSU just had 10 of their players named 1st Team All-ACC and none of our players were, and this is a continuation of the disrespect our team has had all season. The guys have been feeding off of this kind of treatment of our players and team, and I don't think the way we'll react this coming Satuday will be any different than we have been doing recently.

 

[SidewalkJacket]

Lol Justin Thomas?

I understand that JT is a leader. I wondered if there were others. Specifically the vocal kind. That's not JeT's style, and I'm fine with that. In fact, I like having such a "smoove" QB.

 

[Yaller Jacket]

Yeah, someone on one of the boards said something about how GT always pisses in its pants when on the big stage. But this team isn't like past teams. Past stuff just doesn't apply.

 

[vamosjackets]

Yeah, someone on one of the boards said something about how GT always pisses in its pants when on the big stage. But this team isn't like past teams. Past stuff just doesn't apply.

We were already on the "big stage" 4 times this year ... VT(sic), U(sic)M, CU(sic), and most notably U(sic)GA.

 

[UgaBlows]

how in the hell can the coastal champ not have a single 1st team all acc player?

 

[MidtownJacket]

yeah it is plain old dumb

 

[Whiskey_Clear]

Next years potential team leaders.....JT, DJ White, Golden, Gotsis, Burden, PJ Davis.... Just off the top of my head. We will have good team leaders IMO

 

[Declinometer]

Did Broderick make it to the game in Athens and is he going to make the trip to Charlotte?

 

[GTJake]

IMO, this is a new kind of big stage, not only national prime time TV but basically the whole college football world watching us to see if we can knock-off FSU.
In the past, we haven't done well with the spotlight on us, but as was said and I agree, this team is special and I think we have a great shot at pulling this off.
My concern ... Deandre Smelter is a HUGE loss.

 

[B Lifsey]

Just read article at https://gtswarm.com/threads/meet-the-writer-who-gave-ga-tech-the-1st-place-vote.5351/ posted by @GlennW .

It's not "team psyche", it's "family psyche"!!!!!!

 

[MWBATL]

IMO, this is a new kind of big stage, not only national prime time TV but basically the whole college football world watching us to see if we can knock-off FSU.
In the past, we haven't done well with the spotlight on us, but as was said and I agree, this team is special and I think we have a great shot at pulling this off.
My concern ... Deandre Smelter is a HUGE loss.

Losing DeAndre is my fear as well....not as much because the other receivers are not good, but frankly I think there was something special between DS and JT, and I fear that JT does not have the same confidence with his other receivers, and may not throw as well to them. It is one of this intangibles that makes for great stuff when it is there, and cannot be easily replaced in one week. Not a physical thing. That is my fear.

 

[ibeattetris]

how in the hell can the coastal champ not have a single 1st team all acc player?

Might have a bit to do with having the coach of the year.

Note: I thought Shaq got hosed.