Fans are all the same. We are no different. What we think means nothing. Collins is smart enough not to care one flip what any fan thinks. Everyone with any knowledge knows what is going on. We have very little along the offensive and defensive lines, hence we probably won’t win another game. Whose fault is it that our best Olineman transferred and our best DLineman died? And then our next best is out for the year. Collins is recruiting his butt off and that is the name of the game. Until we get an offensive line that can block and a defensive line that won’t give the opposing QB five seconds to torch the DB’s we won’t win a game. That’s not Collins fault.
I like our DB’s but they can’t cover for 6 seconds every play. I like our QB and WR’s but our QB is getting crushed within 2 seconds of getting the snap. Knight is going to be a beast at LB. Collins will get us players and no one will care about 2019 when he does.
Is CGC the next Bill Lewis? Yes ( ) No ( ) Don't know yet (x)
In so many words, Liberty Turns said below that fans' opinions do matter because they are the paying customer. There is some legitimacy in what he says. It's certainly true for professional sports. Without the fans, franchises pack up and leave for another city or they fold. In reality, college football is a little different, especially at a small-market school like Tech. I'd imagine the major donors, influential alumni and the Hill matter more in the end than the great mass of us fans. Our opinions mean nothing, and yet at the same time, they mean something...
In the words of Ken Dryden, who once wrote about referees in hockey, you can argue and argue a call till you're blue in the face, and the referee is not going to change the call. (The same is true in baseball.) In these situations, the player or coach is not trying to get the call changed. What he's actually trying to do by voicing his displeasure is influence the referee's next call. As fans, we may not have that great of a say in what goes on, but we can be influencers with our opinions.
I'm willing to give CGC the benefit of the doubt. If he's learning on the job and is aware he's in over his head, the first thing I'd do is find some successful retired coaches and go for advice, if you're not fortunate to have a successful mentor already. Read the philospohies of good winning coaches in the offseason. Also, look far and wide for good up-and-coming young coaching talent. "Coaching geniuses" don't become that way overnight. Usually they're already geniuses to begin with, before they ever get to the P5 level. I watched a replay of Hawaii playing a bowl game in '91 or '92 with CPJ in the booth. It was obvious then he was already a great coaching mind. The idea, as a hypothetical HC in CGC's shoes, might be to find those young guys, let them do their jobs the way Coach Swinney does, and concentrate on what you do best.
why people might compare him to CBL and not CBR.
