Oh I agree with you for the most part and I doubt he turns it around tomorrow. I just think it has nothing to do with his fashion sense.
Oh I agree with you for the most part and I doubt he turns it around tomorrow. I just think it has nothing to do with his fashion sense.
? What's wrong with Nukes? (tic)Maybe I’ll start referring to him as Nuke. Someone go get some candle sticks and a live chicken and then let’s go beat Clemson’s a$$ tomorrow!!!
Letting a grown mans wardrobe effect you is worse then anything Collins has ever done IMO.Jesus, who dresses this guy????
I hate to say it, but my dislike for Collins grows more and more every day. I've lived through Pepper, Curry, Ross, Lewis, O'Leary, Gailey and Johnson. Gave him the benefit of the doubt after The Citadel, Clemson, Syracuse, Va. Tech, and UGA, but to lose to NIU, look ok against KSU and then the press conferences where everyone is "ELITE" and the culture and nothing that even hints at "we screwed up, we'll get better, it's on us as coaches, etc.".......he's killing my love of Georgia Tech football. I hope he turns it around and we win every game, but I've never felt to bad about Georgia Tech football. Ever. Even when Lewis was here. At least we had O'Leary waiting in the wings.
This in a nutshell. You can’t run your mouth and then lose games that are easy wins. I’m rooting for him but the data points are starting to show the picture no matter what he says. He really needs a mentor to help him at this point because he’s quickly becoming a parody. Just be honest. We’ll still root for you.
Dude you need to settle down and act like an adult.
I’ve heard from multiple people that CPJ was forced out.Stansbury podcast just came out. Quick summary:
1. Loss hurt, hurt everyone, players, coaches, admin staff. Understands where fan base is (but no other real comment on it). Part of a process.
2. Was in no hurry for Paul Johnson to leave. Could've gone after another option coach, but he was the guru, the best of the best in that offense. The inventor of the modern triple option.
3. Chose to go away from that and it was going to be a painful transition. Even though you know this, it is still difficult.
4. Sees it as Year 3 with an asterisk. In the middle of the transition. Need to establish brand and culture. 404. Location. (Ugh.....
5. Focused on football locker room first. Infrastructure.
6. Why Georgia Tech? Need to recruit. Collins has done a phenomenal job. Then develop them. Still have a ton of freshmen when considering Covid year. Need to get used to playing with each other and at this level.
7. It's a process. When switch goes on, it will be fast.
8. Reminds him of '88 - '89.
9. Mentioned Pepper's transition (but I don't think it was as big of a deal then. We really had players in the late '70s, but after '78 it dropped off).
10. Told Collins to stick to his plan and not panic or change.
11. Look at what Josh Pastner did with patience. Get old and stay old.
12. Need to understand where you are. What levers to pull. Must develop a program over the long haul. Looking for long term sustained success.
13. ATL is capital of college football. Need to be relevant locally to be relevant nationally. Must play to our strengths, main one is location.
14. Talked about some other sports, volleyball in particular.
Depends on your perspective.,The GTAA wanted CPJ out in 2013. But 2014 happened and they were kinda screwed. Did they "force" him out? No. More like starved for oxygen.
Doubt it. I heard from someone connected to the coaching staff.
I have no doubt that is what your friend told you. I’m telling you what the coaching staff said. I suppose there could be a universe where the messages that the AD was giving CPJ was perceived as critical but was not intended to be (in which case we are both right). But I am skeptical of that.
I wonder what would be a legitimate way to compare that time to this time, that coach to this coach? Curry, for instance, emphasized academics and the total person, something that seems low on our agenda now. Now it’s about pro prospects and making football more important than academics and life beyond football. Curry was also rather low key and didn’t brag a lot, which made it easier to accept those early losing seasons. As a former All Pro lineman it was probably also easier to believe he was going to eventually start winning.
