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<blockquote data-quote="RamblinRed" data-source="post: 899399" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>Some of my current thoughts.</p><p>Collins failure was twofold - first he truly believed he could recruit his way to success at GT above all else, second he and his staff were probably the worst i've ever seen at GT at player development and gameday coaching.</p><p></p><p>If your definition of wins is competing consistently for National Championships and avg double digit wins, that is not realistic.</p><p></p><p>I think the ceiling for GT is an avg of around 8 wins per year (over a 5 yr period). GT has only 9 double digit win seasons in its entire history. It has only avg 9 wins over 1 period - 1951-1955/1952-1956.</p><p></p><p>GT has had some periods where it has avg 8 wins a year, most recently 2005-09/2006-10/2007-11. (end of Gailey era, beginning of Johnson era).</p><p></p><p>The blueprint for how to win at GT has been around for 40 years. Recruit decently (middle of the P5 pack - GT is unlikely to ever be a consistent Top 25 recruiting program due to the academic restrictions and lack of non-science majors), strong player development and strong game day prep/coaching.</p><p></p><p>Ross, GO'L and Johnson were all way above avg college coaches. Gailey was also above average, but not as much as the first 3. You need a coach like that. GT has had 1 consensus Top 25 class this century - 2007 (The 2020 class was the next closest but it wasn't a consensus Top 25 class). That doesn't mean we forego recruiting, it just means we understand that it is just one piece of a winning program and we shouldn't prioritize it over the other two important pieces. Personally I'm looking for someone who looks like Dave Clawson at Wake or Pat Narduzzi at Pitt. Guys who build tough, hard nosed programs that win consistently.</p><p></p><p>One last thought, competing for conference championships is going to get harder starting next season. Getting rid of the divisions means you have to be one of the top 2 teams in a 14 team conference in order to make it to the championship game. That is likely to occur less often for GT than it was to be the best of the 7 teams in the Coastal division before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RamblinRed, post: 899399, member: 1776"] Some of my current thoughts. Collins failure was twofold - first he truly believed he could recruit his way to success at GT above all else, second he and his staff were probably the worst i've ever seen at GT at player development and gameday coaching. If your definition of wins is competing consistently for National Championships and avg double digit wins, that is not realistic. I think the ceiling for GT is an avg of around 8 wins per year (over a 5 yr period). GT has only 9 double digit win seasons in its entire history. It has only avg 9 wins over 1 period - 1951-1955/1952-1956. GT has had some periods where it has avg 8 wins a year, most recently 2005-09/2006-10/2007-11. (end of Gailey era, beginning of Johnson era). The blueprint for how to win at GT has been around for 40 years. Recruit decently (middle of the P5 pack - GT is unlikely to ever be a consistent Top 25 recruiting program due to the academic restrictions and lack of non-science majors), strong player development and strong game day prep/coaching. Ross, GO'L and Johnson were all way above avg college coaches. Gailey was also above average, but not as much as the first 3. You need a coach like that. GT has had 1 consensus Top 25 class this century - 2007 (The 2020 class was the next closest but it wasn't a consensus Top 25 class). That doesn't mean we forego recruiting, it just means we understand that it is just one piece of a winning program and we shouldn't prioritize it over the other two important pieces. Personally I'm looking for someone who looks like Dave Clawson at Wake or Pat Narduzzi at Pitt. Guys who build tough, hard nosed programs that win consistently. One last thought, competing for conference championships is going to get harder starting next season. Getting rid of the divisions means you have to be one of the top 2 teams in a 14 team conference in order to make it to the championship game. That is likely to occur less often for GT than it was to be the best of the 7 teams in the Coastal division before. [/QUOTE]
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