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<blockquote data-quote="Rodney Kent" data-source="post: 26783" data-attributes="member: 923"><p><strong>GEORGIA TECH COACHES</strong></p><p><strong>John Heisman: 1904-1919; 104-29-7; 77% (A)</strong></p><p><strong>William Alexander: 1920-1944; 134-95-15 58% (C+)</strong></p><p><strong>Bobby Dodd: 1945-1966; 165-64-3; 71% (A-)</strong></p><p><strong>Bud Carson: 1967-1971: 27-27; 50% (C)</strong></p><p><strong>Pepper Rodgers: 1974-1979: 34-31-3; 52% (C)</strong></p><p><strong>Bill Curry: 1980-1986: 31-43; 42% (D)</strong></p><p><strong>Bobby Ross: 1987-1991: 31-261; 54% (C)</strong></p><p><strong>Bill Lewis: 1992-1994: 11-19; 37% (F)</strong></p><p><strong>George O’Leary: 1994-2001; 52-33; 61% (C: HC) (OC: A-)</strong></p><p><strong>Chan Gailey: 2002-2007; 44-32; 58% (C+)</strong></p><p><strong>Paul Johnson: 2008-2013; 47-32; 60% (B)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>All these coaches had basically the same restrictions and conditions at Tech. Of course, it is a fact that some of the entrance requirements have been tightened as time progressed with each coach. The coaching sagged for five coaches, but then began to revive some at the arrival of Friegden, Gailey, and Johnson.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Also, it is to be noted that O’Leary had a record of 18-20 without the services of Friegden, and never won a game against UGA (0-4) without Friegden.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The point of this post is to show that individual coaches were the catalyst for winning as opposed to the types of athletes that come to Tech.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Tech did not have a Head Coach for 11 years until Heisman took over the job. The record was 10-32 until Heisman, he immediately won big time 77% of the games for 16 years.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Alexander won 58% of his games in 24 years. Bobby Dodd won 71% of his games for 22 years.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Football was doing well at Tech until Dodd retired. Bud Carson won just 50% of his games basically with Dodd recruits in his 5 years. Pepper Rodgers did little better with the Wishbone (52%) in his six years. Bill Curry could only muster 42% in his 7 years. Bobby Ross barely won with 54% in his 5 years, but did have one good year winning the National Championship.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Bill Lewis dipped to 37% in 3 years. George O’Leary had a losing record for 2+ years and then his winning percentage jumped when Friegden came in as Offensive Coordinator with the same material. Friegden did not recruit, so he had to use the players O’Leary recruited, but was excellent with his offenses.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>O’Leary lost to UGA (0-4) without Friegden, but beat UGA 3 times with Friegden. O’Leary finished with a 52-33 record (61%), but I attribute the winning to Friegden and his offense.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Chan Gailey won 58% (44-32) of his games in 6 years, but did not blow the roof of at Tech. As of now, Paul Johnson has won 60% (47-32) in his 6 years. He started off with a bang, but has seen his performance drop since the first two years.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The picture is to paint a portrait at Tech of the main ingredient to winning. It is apparent that the winning or losing is directly proportional to the quality of the coach and not the athletes. Some of the coaches had the same quality of athletes as others, but their coaching performance was not the same.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The records show the same school, different coaches and different results. Even O’Leary could not win with his players until Friegden arrived.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Another caveat: Bobby Dodd left the SEC because the other schools would sign way more than the allotted quantity of athletes allowed on a team. The others would cut the players who did not make the grade in the Spring Practice. They lost their scholarships so the schools could get down to the allotted amount required. Dodd would not recruit more than the allotted amount and always insured that each player who signed with Tech would remain on scholarship even if they were not quality players. The entire time Dodd was part of the SEC, Tech was always at a disadvantage in terms of quality of athletes, but he still won because he was a good coach.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rodney Kent, post: 26783, member: 923"] [B]GEORGIA TECH COACHES John Heisman: 1904-1919; 104-29-7; 77% (A) William Alexander: 1920-1944; 134-95-15 58% (C+) Bobby Dodd: 1945-1966; 165-64-3; 71% (A-) Bud Carson: 1967-1971: 27-27; 50% (C) Pepper Rodgers: 1974-1979: 34-31-3; 52% (C) Bill Curry: 1980-1986: 31-43; 42% (D) Bobby Ross: 1987-1991: 31-261; 54% (C) Bill Lewis: 1992-1994: 11-19; 37% (F) George O’Leary: 1994-2001; 52-33; 61% (C: HC) (OC: A-) Chan Gailey: 2002-2007; 44-32; 58% (C+) Paul Johnson: 2008-2013; 47-32; 60% (B)[/B] [B]All these coaches had basically the same restrictions and conditions at Tech. Of course, it is a fact that some of the entrance requirements have been tightened as time progressed with each coach. The coaching sagged for five coaches, but then began to revive some at the arrival of Friegden, Gailey, and Johnson.[/B] [B]Also, it is to be noted that O’Leary had a record of 18-20 without the services of Friegden, and never won a game against UGA (0-4) without Friegden.[/B] [B]The point of this post is to show that individual coaches were the catalyst for winning as opposed to the types of athletes that come to Tech.[/B] [B]Tech did not have a Head Coach for 11 years until Heisman took over the job. The record was 10-32 until Heisman, he immediately won big time 77% of the games for 16 years.[/B] [B]Alexander won 58% of his games in 24 years. Bobby Dodd won 71% of his games for 22 years.[/B] [B]Football was doing well at Tech until Dodd retired. Bud Carson won just 50% of his games basically with Dodd recruits in his 5 years. Pepper Rodgers did little better with the Wishbone (52%) in his six years. Bill Curry could only muster 42% in his 7 years. Bobby Ross barely won with 54% in his 5 years, but did have one good year winning the National Championship.[/B] [B]Bill Lewis dipped to 37% in 3 years. George O’Leary had a losing record for 2+ years and then his winning percentage jumped when Friegden came in as Offensive Coordinator with the same material. Friegden did not recruit, so he had to use the players O’Leary recruited, but was excellent with his offenses.[/B] [B]O’Leary lost to UGA (0-4) without Friegden, but beat UGA 3 times with Friegden. O’Leary finished with a 52-33 record (61%), but I attribute the winning to Friegden and his offense.[/B] [B]Chan Gailey won 58% (44-32) of his games in 6 years, but did not blow the roof of at Tech. As of now, Paul Johnson has won 60% (47-32) in his 6 years. He started off with a bang, but has seen his performance drop since the first two years.[/B] [B]The picture is to paint a portrait at Tech of the main ingredient to winning. It is apparent that the winning or losing is directly proportional to the quality of the coach and not the athletes. Some of the coaches had the same quality of athletes as others, but their coaching performance was not the same.[/B] [B]The records show the same school, different coaches and different results. Even O’Leary could not win with his players until Friegden arrived.[/B] [B]Another caveat: Bobby Dodd left the SEC because the other schools would sign way more than the allotted quantity of athletes allowed on a team. The others would cut the players who did not make the grade in the Spring Practice. They lost their scholarships so the schools could get down to the allotted amount required. Dodd would not recruit more than the allotted amount and always insured that each player who signed with Tech would remain on scholarship even if they were not quality players. The entire time Dodd was part of the SEC, Tech was always at a disadvantage in terms of quality of athletes, but he still won because he was a good coach.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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