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@Buzzbait, you'd asked about long-term trends on GT football and comparing Gailey with Johnson, etc. Here's the overall SP+, which rates the overall strength of the team (offense, defense, special teams. I marked up coaching eras back through O'Leary. This should give a truer vision compared to wins and losses, since this factors in strength of schedule and margin of victory.
Gailey's teams are really underrated. He came after O'Leary, and didn't elevate from those days, and didn't beat UGA. My frustration with Gailey is that his teams could have been even better and won more, but he never took the next step. By this measure, the average Gailey team would have been stronger than the average Johnson team, and the best Gailey team would have been better than the best Johnson team.
Gailey's teams are really underrated. He came after O'Leary, and didn't elevate from those days, and didn't beat UGA. My frustration with Gailey is that his teams could have been even better and won more, but he never took the next step. By this measure, the average Gailey team would have been stronger than the average Johnson team, and the best Gailey team would have been better than the best Johnson team.