I like the idea of keeping Andy Mac and the defensive staff intact. I think Woody’s defense is a great fit for us. Mac is known for his recruiting, has HC experience, and has been at GT long enough to know what he’s getting into. I like the idea of Cook at OC because he’s very familiar with CPJ’s system but has his own ideas that are quite different. I remember an interview with him where he chose his words very carefully talking about how our staff was “comfortable” running the offense from under center. I’m still a big believer in CPJ’s system, so I’d also be happy with Monken as HC and Woody as DC. My fear would be that we would have largely the same thing we had minus a legend who is known for his ability to see the field, adjust to anything the defense does, etc. However, Monken has his own ideas too and what he’s been doing at Army doesn’t look exactly like what CPJ does. I really don’t want a vanilla, NCAA, read-option offense that everyone else is doing. We’ve always been successful in the modern era doing something different with an innovator at OC. I’m also intrigued by Woody as HC.
I do think whoever we get as HC, we need a guy with swag and someone who gives us a recruiting advantage. Gailey was such a boring, wimpy-seeming guy, it was difficult to get behind him. As much as I wish CPJ didn’t leave, it would be nice to have a HC who is a promoter and salesman of the Institute. CPJ gradually got so frustrated and focused on our limitations, he became less of a promoter of Tech than he was at first. To his credit, he made a decision to let everyone know our program needs fixing and didn’t care what people thought about his saying so. However, after the pitt loss their coach ended his interview with “Hail Pitt” and it struck me that we could use some of that, too.
