So what coach interviewed today??

[Andewa]

I am glad he is staying, but I'll pose the question no one is asking:

If CMP was not offered the job he applied for, why does he seem so stoked to be at GT? If he is this excited about staying at GT, why apply elsewhere?

Can someone add more data points to this? Did he get a raise here? Was his job here in question? What am I missing.

 

[Oldgoldandwhite]

Maybe he was asked to apply? Maybe he got a raise here?

 

[Skeptic]

I am glad he is staying, but I'll pose the question no one is asking:

If CMP was not offered the job he applied for, why does he seem so stoked to be at GT? If he is this excited about staying at GT, why apply elsewhere?

Can someone add more data points to this? Did he get a raise here? Was his job here in question? What am I missing.

Did not Eric post earlier that the assistants are due raises in spring or early summer, as part of Johnson's contract? And maybe the tradeoff he made for a really not bombshell-like $200k raise? Even with them, and I am just guessing with no internal knowledge, if competitors want to outbid us for assistants -- per Charles Kelly, and it was clear that Kelly really enjoyed working with Johnson -- they will.

 

[cyptomcat]

I am glad he is staying, but I'll pose the question no one is asking:

If CMP was not offered the job he applied for, why does he seem so stoked to be at GT? If he is this excited about staying at GT, why apply elsewhere?

Can someone add more data points to this? Did he get a raise here? Was his job here in question? What am I missing.

to speculate on why he applied: to explore another situation and how much it would pay
to speculate on why he might be happy to stay: he didn't think that highly of the situation at Oklahoma

FWIW, according to an al.com article, Pelton was making $300k in 2011 at Auburn. It sounds like he has been making less than that at Tech last couple seasons.

 

[Eric]

He is stoked to be staying at GT because he feels God is showing him where he should be in life...as he said he was humbled by not being offered the job.

 

[Eli]

Hahaha just a few days ago..."Pelton wouldn't be that big of a loss we can replace him easily."...Today "Hell yeah Pelton is staying 5 star coach." Oh how fickle us fans can be

 

[Eric]

@Eli

Who said that?

I feel the same about him as I did earlier in the thread.

He's a good coach who I wanted to stay but he can be replaced...he wouldn't have been as big of a loss as someone like CAM would be.

 

[Eli]

Well here are two examples

 

[Eric]

@Eli

But where did they say he is a 5* hire now?

 

[AE 87]

Well here are two examples

If you read those two examples closely, they both say they hoped CMP stayed. Neither has come back and said, "Hell yeah, 5 star coach" or whatever.

I'm glad he's staying, and I think he's a great coach for us; however, I still don't think we've seen evidence to say that he was irreplaceable. As I said, in my earlier post, I tend to think that our problem on DL stemmed from being just one of those years with a combination of factors rather than blaming one coach.

 

[Andewa]

He is stoked to be staying at GT because he feels God is showing him where he should be in life...as he said he was humbled by not being offered the job.

That makes sense. Thanks Eric!

 

[GTL]

He's stoked to be staying at GT because we gonna be winning a national championship next year! Yeah baybeeeeee!

 

[awbuzz]

Don't fault him for looking at what may have been a substantial $ increase. With that, I'm glad he's still at GT and open enough to recognize that what we think we want isn't always what is truly best for us.

 

[jwsavhGT]

My personal philosophy has always been that everything works out as it is meant to.

 

[GTHOSCHTON]

Chemistry and Consistently are huge and yes everyone is replaceable but building relationships and trust with staff, players, high school coaches, recruits, alumni, fans should never be under estimated …..It takes time ….so it’s not plug and play. Am glad CMP is staying and hopefully we can continue to keep our onfield coaches here for a while. Also coaching Good Kids who work hard has got to be a pleasure!!! as noted several times by CPJ

 

[dressedcheeseside]

My personal philosophy has always been that everything works out as it is meant to.

My personal philosophy is that God gives us the opportunity, which is a gift, to affect our own destiny with our choices and actions.