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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 820377" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>I've pointed out in the past that GT has been fortunate to have coaches who performed two tiers higher than where they recruited. Ross, *skips L$#@%, O'Leary, Gailey, CPJ. All were coaches who mixed good coaching with good development of talent (with a few nice recruits mixed in) to outperform their recruiting. I've always thought that GT needed a guy who could "coach up" the Jimmies and Joes more than recruit lights out...because GT is a place where recruiting lights out consistently isn't realistic. A coach that can develop talent and out coach the person on the other sideline will consistently perform that way until he meets another coach of equal ability that out recruits him.</p><p></p><p>My hope with CGC was that he could recruit at GT to levels most of us didn't think GT could recruit at, and then maintain the "coach 2 tiers higher than our recruiting" history. I think it's safe to say that CGC has met and maybe even exceeded expectations with recruiting. Unfortunately, I think he went the opposite way with coaching. Even if he coached at the level of his recruiting, GT would be in decent shape. Unfortunately, I think his coaching decisions have fallen short of where we've been able to recruit or get transfers. This is a problem at GT because our coaches have to do more with less, regardless of who is coaching us. GT isn't place where you can do less with more...it's an impossible mountain to climb if that's the strategy.</p><p></p><p>I'm trying to find the silver lining here, but it's difficult. The third year is where you want to see real progress. I think our roster can compete for the Coastal, so in that regard I think there's progress. Unfortunately, our coaching is a real liability that negatively impacts any gains we've made with accumulating talent through recruiting and transfers. Losing to NIU hurts, but it's only our pride that's hurt. They are not an ACC team that counts against our league standings. Mathematically (in the strictest sense), GT still has a chance to win the Coastal. However, if CGC doesn't right the ship, we have ZERO shot at the Coastal because other teams have just as good of a roster and better coaching. There is no way we survive the ACC schedule if our coaches don't get it together regardless of the talent we have. IMO, you give this roster to Ross/O'Leary/Gailey/CPJ and it's a 7-9+ win roster. There's no excuse for CGC anymore. This is his ship to either sail into glory, or sink like the titanic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 820377, member: 360"] I've pointed out in the past that GT has been fortunate to have coaches who performed two tiers higher than where they recruited. Ross, *skips L$#@%, O'Leary, Gailey, CPJ. All were coaches who mixed good coaching with good development of talent (with a few nice recruits mixed in) to outperform their recruiting. I've always thought that GT needed a guy who could "coach up" the Jimmies and Joes more than recruit lights out...because GT is a place where recruiting lights out consistently isn't realistic. A coach that can develop talent and out coach the person on the other sideline will consistently perform that way until he meets another coach of equal ability that out recruits him. My hope with CGC was that he could recruit at GT to levels most of us didn't think GT could recruit at, and then maintain the "coach 2 tiers higher than our recruiting" history. I think it's safe to say that CGC has met and maybe even exceeded expectations with recruiting. Unfortunately, I think he went the opposite way with coaching. Even if he coached at the level of his recruiting, GT would be in decent shape. Unfortunately, I think his coaching decisions have fallen short of where we've been able to recruit or get transfers. This is a problem at GT because our coaches have to do more with less, regardless of who is coaching us. GT isn't place where you can do less with more...it's an impossible mountain to climb if that's the strategy. I'm trying to find the silver lining here, but it's difficult. The third year is where you want to see real progress. I think our roster can compete for the Coastal, so in that regard I think there's progress. Unfortunately, our coaching is a real liability that negatively impacts any gains we've made with accumulating talent through recruiting and transfers. Losing to NIU hurts, but it's only our pride that's hurt. They are not an ACC team that counts against our league standings. Mathematically (in the strictest sense), GT still has a chance to win the Coastal. However, if CGC doesn't right the ship, we have ZERO shot at the Coastal because other teams have just as good of a roster and better coaching. There is no way we survive the ACC schedule if our coaches don't get it together regardless of the talent we have. IMO, you give this roster to Ross/O'Leary/Gailey/CPJ and it's a 7-9+ win roster. There's no excuse for CGC anymore. This is his ship to either sail into glory, or sink like the titanic. [/QUOTE]
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