Agree with just about everything......but isn't the M/F ratio about even now? Compare to the 10-1 when I was there, the 60-1 when my older brother was there.........and were women even allowed at Tech when Supersize was there?
I can get on-board with most of this. CPJ's been around a long time. I think he has a clear understanding of what he thinks is important and what's not. We may not agree with him, but you're right in that we're not going to change him at this point. He's a straight shooter in every facet, and that sometimes contrasts with the rah-rah guy. He'll never be that guy. But is that what we really need? Maybe it is, I truly don't know. Its hard for this 49 year old to understand today's youth, and I have children 20, 18, 15 and 9/9.
I was not a fan of the CPJ hire, just because the offense was so different and would be difficult to recruit top players like we got in 2007 on offense. Over the past 10 years I've changed my opinion about CPJ. You say he'd have multiple NC at a more factory school, but that means he'd have better recruits. Kind of contradicts not being a decent recruiter. I'm just not fully convinced he's a bad recruiter.
But your point has been proven right. We can't recruit top players with CPJ as our coach
I guess the never to be known question is “would his offense be such a negative in recruiting that it would cancel out the factories recruiting on their own?”
Tech can't recruit top players regardless of who is the head coach..
How many “top players” want a STEM school experience?
Well there it is. Let's just give up.
We've never recruited top players at Tech. Is that on CPJ or is that Tech? Occasionally we would get a good crop of kids, and every once in a while we get a star, but we still do that.
I agree that many schools recruit themselves. But there's a world of difference between being a worldbeater recruiter and being a bad recruiter. The discussion, as I've put it isn't whether CPJ is a worldbeater recruiter, it's whether he's a bad recruiter. I'm just not convinced he's a bad recruiter. I don't believe anyone would classify CPJ as a worldbeater recruiter.
And you make quite the stretch trying to connect dots that are not there. Nobody is saying give up. Most people accept the limitations and road blocks at Tech, prefer that they remain, and appreciate a football program and it's coach that can still be competitive.
Excellence at what it is!
If the offense has a weakness -- in my small opinion -- it is that it requires an particular kind of QB, and a very good one of that kind. And in 10 years Johnson has had one of that kind. That led to a glorious blowout of MSU in the Orange Bowl and an almost shot at the NC before FSU hung on in the ACC championship game. I have no clue what happened the next year. (Let's not forget in all the figuring that Johnson has been in that game three times in 10 years, and now very quickly, name the coaches who have matched that.) The right QB over 10 years and I doubt anybody would complain at all and the offense would be a no-brainer. But there's the rub, isn't it? One who can run the option, run the ball, and pass the ball, doesn't mind calculus and physics courses and there you have it. We tend to get one of the three and probably never the fourth.
Ouch. This isn't fair.
Army, Navy, and Rice are FBS. More FCS schools