You may be right. I’m just suggesting that if he can’t do it then the real pipe dream is the idea that a new coach can use the portal to be bowl eligible in two years.
You looking at this situation too realistically.You need to get in a gold cloud and bumble along like most have been for last 3 yrs.. lol
Not an unreasonable take if we can keep most of our talent intact. Duke has done it this year with a new coach. I know, they lost to us, but they are currently 7-3 with all their losses by a combined 14 points. You can argue that their schedule is/was easier and you'd be correct, but that's a whole different discussion about scheduling.
With all of our troubles this year and the previous three, I would expect a good hire to be 6-6 or 7-5. If 7-5, then a chance at 8-5 in an evenly matched bowl game.
I think a 7-5 record will be really tough. @Clemson, @Ole Miss and UGA at home all look like virtually unwinnable games. That would mean we would have to go 7-2 in the remainder of our schedule. I think we will have a tough recruiting year (with the unknown of the next coach), lots of transfers (such as Sims) and losing some key seniors particularly on defense.
I dream big.
Someone on the forum brought up a valid point. Their opinion was too much recruiting from the portal will cut down on the interest to Tech from some athletes. The athletes go to a school to compete with the others; I am sure key players look at schools to see who has already committed and their desire to compete with them.
A good time to rate all GT coaches for winning percentages.
Plus sign about 10 total linemen on both sides of the ball.
Better change our OOC scheduling then
I've been wondering that myself. I guess it was a lot easier for them to sign 4-star receivers and D-backs, so they opted for those instead of 3-star linemen. Great to have all those "skill" guys, but meanwhile we're getting mauled up front.
I believe it will be difficult even with the "soft" ACC. There will have to be a total makeover of this program from the roster to the coaches and everything in between. Not a job for the faint at heart but there will be those out there who will relish the challenge as a chance to turn the football world upside down. Challenges abound in every coaching change poor Bud Carson had the enviable task of replacing a living legend who had retired to being athletic director. To make matters worse, Dodd left Carson with precious little talent. Even O'Leary had a mess to clean up after the Bill Lewis debacle. It is usually not an easy transition especially at Tech. The best coaching situation that I can recall was at Florida when Urban replaced Ron Zook. Zook's teams had talent and actually beat UGA two out of the three years he was there, he just had a lot of trouble with any team from the state of Mississippi and a comical way of messing up public relations. Urban stepped in and won immediately with Zook's recruits who just needed discipline and proper coaching.You may be right. I’m just suggesting that if he can’t do it then the real pipe dream is the idea that a new coach can use the portal to be bowl eligible in two years.
Anyone suggesting that this isn’t going to be a long slow rebuild from the damage wrought by CGC is probably already in a cult
Yep. And all those skill guys are just standing on the sidelines and never seeing the field. Look at all the current WR’s we have on the roster yet only about 5 actually play. Same with the DB’s. If we have 85 schollys and we know our problem is the OLine and DLine we should have 22 OLinemen on the roster 22 DLinemen on the roster at all times. That’s 44 of 85. Add in 3 QB’s, 5 RB’s, 3 TE’s, 6 LB’s, 1 Kicker, 1 Punter to get to 63 out of 85. That leaves 22 schollys for WR’s and DB’s which is more than enough. Then make every preferred walk on be a Linemen of some sort. You can’t tell me if we have 22 OLinemen and 5 preferred walk ons from Georgia high schools that 5-8 wouldn’t emerge as solid. Same on the defensive line. Nobody cares what the star rankings say after their freshmen season.