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<blockquote data-quote="GTFLETCH" data-source="post: 709471" data-attributes="member: 1668"><p>Everything you just said could also be said about the Post-bowl Poll era: 1968-1992 era... As college football has evolved so has scheduling... I mean there were more college games from 1968-1992 in college football than in the previous era of 1937 to 1967. Your overall sentiment of the fan base basically falling asleep zctually happened in the seventies. You can actually see in Georgia Tech Schedules even after leaving the SEC early on that Grant Field was a draw. We start to see the Independance scheduling effect in 1974 when see UVA instead of VMI and home attendance is 26K (FYI Tulane drew 48K, ND 44K) however where the wheels really fall off is in 1978 when Georgia tech had a five game home stand that only avg 28K per game (Cal, Citadel, Miami, South Carolina, Tulane) were not a draw the fasn wanted to see. That same year Florida drew 44K and ND drew 54K that year and in 1979 Alabama drew 57K, Auburn drew 54K, UGA drew 48K at grant field.. The remaining non SEC teams drew on avg 26K (William & Mary, Duke, Air Force, Navy). Georgia Tech has never recovered from leaving the SEC. The best part of having Coach Bobby Ross, George Oleary, and Paul Johnson is they have given the fans a glimpse of success on the flats post SEC withdraw. The million dollar question can Georgia Tech ever sustain the success you are talikng about winning 8/9 games year in and year out. We haven't seen that since Georgia Tech was in the SEC.</p><p></p><p>Now to your Four Points on Coach Geoff Collins Era and calling folks wishy washy:</p><p></p><p>1. We won 3 games, and were in the following three games (Citadel, Pitt was 17-10 at the end of third, Virginia was 24-21 at half) To be fair it appears that Georgia Tech AD replaced a HOF coach in Johnson with a great recruiter in Coach Collins. The fan base needs to be patient and see if he can grow into a solid Head Coach. IMHO if we have a solid Coach who is a great recruiter we should get back to winning in the ACC shortly. The question is can he be a solid gameday coach. I know a ton of people who are hoping so.</p><p></p><p>2. So part of the double edge sword of having a fanbase except 6/7 win season is that new head coaches better meet that mark or attendance will drop sharply ( just look at 1978 GT schedule) unless you schedule some SEC/National Programs. We do not have that SEC schedule and losing to the Citadel better be the only FCS loss on CGC recorad at Georgia Tech or the fans will jump ship quick.. So it is not aburb thinking with all the Transfers and recruiting CGC has don this far that his team should beat Garderner Webb, UCF, UNC, UVA, VT, Pitt, Duke, Cuse, Miami. enough possible games even after leaving out our National Branded opponents. Again time will tell if Coach Geoff Collins can take the nest step at the P-5 level and coach the boys up to 6 wins (I am surprised that you are even upset that 6 wins is to high a bar when your main point is that the fans have to low expectations for a historic program like Georgia Tech)</p><p></p><p>3. So again I am confused...People who are more than fine winning 7-8 games every year ... You just said that folks should be ok with CGC not winning 6 games in 2020, now you are upset that they would settle for 7 or 8 win season.... Last I checked 7 or 8 wins is better than 6.... (I also think you can see thet Georgia Tech is not ok with winning 7 games a season.. look at CGC... his era was all about winning 7 games he was finally fired & replaced)</p><p></p><p>4. Lastly.... In regards to your comment on {People who think not winning 10+ every year means the season was a failure} that decesion was made when Georgia Tech left the SEC. Winning 10 games or more at Georgia Tech is regarded as a very special season. Our first 10 Win season was in 1928 via winning teh Rose Bowl or last was in 2014 winning the OB Georgia Tech has only had 9 10 plus winning seasons in the Historic program.</p><p></p><p>I think most Georgia Tech fans would agree and like to see 8-9 wins in the regular season becomethe standard for a decent season, not 7-8. However All the Coaches hired to date gave it their best shot and it just hasn't happened yet. Can it happen under Coach Geoff Collins, maybe... The better question is will it. I know one thing for sure the faster he starts becoming bowl eligible the better for the program.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTFLETCH, post: 709471, member: 1668"] Everything you just said could also be said about the Post-bowl Poll era: 1968-1992 era... As college football has evolved so has scheduling... I mean there were more college games from 1968-1992 in college football than in the previous era of 1937 to 1967. Your overall sentiment of the fan base basically falling asleep zctually happened in the seventies. You can actually see in Georgia Tech Schedules even after leaving the SEC early on that Grant Field was a draw. We start to see the Independance scheduling effect in 1974 when see UVA instead of VMI and home attendance is 26K (FYI Tulane drew 48K, ND 44K) however where the wheels really fall off is in 1978 when Georgia tech had a five game home stand that only avg 28K per game (Cal, Citadel, Miami, South Carolina, Tulane) were not a draw the fasn wanted to see. That same year Florida drew 44K and ND drew 54K that year and in 1979 Alabama drew 57K, Auburn drew 54K, UGA drew 48K at grant field.. The remaining non SEC teams drew on avg 26K (William & Mary, Duke, Air Force, Navy). Georgia Tech has never recovered from leaving the SEC. The best part of having Coach Bobby Ross, George Oleary, and Paul Johnson is they have given the fans a glimpse of success on the flats post SEC withdraw. The million dollar question can Georgia Tech ever sustain the success you are talikng about winning 8/9 games year in and year out. We haven't seen that since Georgia Tech was in the SEC. Now to your Four Points on Coach Geoff Collins Era and calling folks wishy washy: 1. We won 3 games, and were in the following three games (Citadel, Pitt was 17-10 at the end of third, Virginia was 24-21 at half) To be fair it appears that Georgia Tech AD replaced a HOF coach in Johnson with a great recruiter in Coach Collins. The fan base needs to be patient and see if he can grow into a solid Head Coach. IMHO if we have a solid Coach who is a great recruiter we should get back to winning in the ACC shortly. The question is can he be a solid gameday coach. I know a ton of people who are hoping so. 2. So part of the double edge sword of having a fanbase except 6/7 win season is that new head coaches better meet that mark or attendance will drop sharply ( just look at 1978 GT schedule) unless you schedule some SEC/National Programs. We do not have that SEC schedule and losing to the Citadel better be the only FCS loss on CGC recorad at Georgia Tech or the fans will jump ship quick.. So it is not aburb thinking with all the Transfers and recruiting CGC has don this far that his team should beat Garderner Webb, UCF, UNC, UVA, VT, Pitt, Duke, Cuse, Miami. enough possible games even after leaving out our National Branded opponents. Again time will tell if Coach Geoff Collins can take the nest step at the P-5 level and coach the boys up to 6 wins (I am surprised that you are even upset that 6 wins is to high a bar when your main point is that the fans have to low expectations for a historic program like Georgia Tech) 3. So again I am confused...People who are more than fine winning 7-8 games every year ... You just said that folks should be ok with CGC not winning 6 games in 2020, now you are upset that they would settle for 7 or 8 win season.... Last I checked 7 or 8 wins is better than 6.... (I also think you can see thet Georgia Tech is not ok with winning 7 games a season.. look at CGC... his era was all about winning 7 games he was finally fired & replaced) 4. Lastly.... In regards to your comment on {People who think not winning 10+ every year means the season was a failure} that decesion was made when Georgia Tech left the SEC. Winning 10 games or more at Georgia Tech is regarded as a very special season. Our first 10 Win season was in 1928 via winning teh Rose Bowl or last was in 2014 winning the OB Georgia Tech has only had 9 10 plus winning seasons in the Historic program. I think most Georgia Tech fans would agree and like to see 8-9 wins in the regular season becomethe standard for a decent season, not 7-8. However All the Coaches hired to date gave it their best shot and it just hasn't happened yet. Can it happen under Coach Geoff Collins, maybe... The better question is will it. I know one thing for sure the faster he starts becoming bowl eligible the better for the program. [/QUOTE]
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