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<blockquote data-quote="Randy Carson" data-source="post: 931190" data-attributes="member: 766"><p>Okay, having felt the sting of criticism of the premise of my thread, I've decided not to take it lying down. So, let's review, shall we?</p><p></p><p>One coaching posse proposed as superior to our current staff includes: Pepper Rodgers, Steve Spurrier and Jerry Glanville. Pretty impressive, eh?</p><p></p><p>BUT NOT AT THE TIME THEY WERE ASSEMBLED.</p><p></p><p><strong>PEPPER RODGERS</strong></p><p>Pepper Rodgers played QB and K at Georgia Tech from 1951-1953. Under HC Bobby Dodd (cue angelic host), Rodgers led the team to a perfect 12-0 season and a national championship in 1952. Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 12th round, Rodgers chose instead to remain at Georgia Tech to finish his <ahem> Industrial Management degree before joining the Air Force for five years. During that period, Rodgers worked as an assistant coach for the Air Force football team. He then moved on to a series of stops at Florida, UCLA (assistant), Kansas and UCLA (HC) before arriving back at Georgia Tech in 1974 where he compiled a record of 34-31-2 over six seasons. Rodgers was fired after the 4-6-1 1979 campaign. His lifetime record of 73-65-3 as a HC indicates that <strong>Rodgers was not an exceptional coach on the Flats</strong>.</p><p></p><p><strong>JERRY GLANVILLE</strong></p><p>Glanville played his college ball at powerhouse Northern Michigan University. He began his college coaching career at Western Kentucky where he was DC for one season (1967). In 1968, he was hired by Georgia Tech, and he coached the DE/OLB group from 1968-1973 . So, <strong>Glanville had a whopping one year of coaching experience before coming to the Flats</strong>.</p><p></p><p><strong>STEVE SPURRIER</strong></p><p>Spurrier played QB in high school and was recruited heavily by Florida; he was attracted by the warm sunny weather and the head coach's promise that the offense was going to be opened up to a more "pro-style" system. After sharing QB responsibility in his sophomore year, Spurrier went on to win the starting job and to set all kinds of passing records. After graduation, he bummed around Gainesville for a year finally landing a spot on the FL coaching staff in 1978 where he coached the QB room for ONE YEAR. In 1979, Spurrier was hired by Georgia Tech. IOW, <strong>Spurrier had a grand total of one year of coaching experience before coming to Georgia Tech.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>SUMMARY (TL;DR)</strong></p><p>I think it is obvious that this particular group of coaches was not an impressive assemblage at the time they came together at Georgia Tech. While Glanville and Spurrier achieved considerable success <strong><em>later</em></strong> in their careers, at the time they were hired, they had less to show for themselves than our current staff assembled by HCBK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Carson, post: 931190, member: 766"] Okay, having felt the sting of criticism of the premise of my thread, I've decided not to take it lying down. So, let's review, shall we? One coaching posse proposed as superior to our current staff includes: Pepper Rodgers, Steve Spurrier and Jerry Glanville. Pretty impressive, eh? BUT NOT AT THE TIME THEY WERE ASSEMBLED. [B]PEPPER RODGERS[/B] Pepper Rodgers played QB and K at Georgia Tech from 1951-1953. Under HC Bobby Dodd (cue angelic host), Rodgers led the team to a perfect 12-0 season and a national championship in 1952. Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 12th round, Rodgers chose instead to remain at Georgia Tech to finish his <ahem> Industrial Management degree before joining the Air Force for five years. During that period, Rodgers worked as an assistant coach for the Air Force football team. He then moved on to a series of stops at Florida, UCLA (assistant), Kansas and UCLA (HC) before arriving back at Georgia Tech in 1974 where he compiled a record of 34-31-2 over six seasons. Rodgers was fired after the 4-6-1 1979 campaign. His lifetime record of 73-65-3 as a HC indicates that [B]Rodgers was not an exceptional coach on the Flats[/B]. [B]JERRY GLANVILLE[/B] Glanville played his college ball at powerhouse Northern Michigan University. He began his college coaching career at Western Kentucky where he was DC for one season (1967). In 1968, he was hired by Georgia Tech, and he coached the DE/OLB group from 1968-1973 . So, [B]Glanville had a whopping one year of coaching experience before coming to the Flats[/B]. [B]STEVE SPURRIER[/B] Spurrier played QB in high school and was recruited heavily by Florida; he was attracted by the warm sunny weather and the head coach's promise that the offense was going to be opened up to a more "pro-style" system. After sharing QB responsibility in his sophomore year, Spurrier went on to win the starting job and to set all kinds of passing records. After graduation, he bummed around Gainesville for a year finally landing a spot on the FL coaching staff in 1978 where he coached the QB room for ONE YEAR. In 1979, Spurrier was hired by Georgia Tech. IOW, [B]Spurrier had a grand total of one year of coaching experience before coming to Georgia Tech. SUMMARY (TL;DR)[/B] I think it is obvious that this particular group of coaches was not an impressive assemblage at the time they came together at Georgia Tech. While Glanville and Spurrier achieved considerable success [B][I]later[/I][/B] in their careers, at the time they were hired, they had less to show for themselves than our current staff assembled by HCBK. [/QUOTE]
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