Last year about this time a movement was started on this site to fund an extended football recruiting office. It was very successful, but was a three-year commitment. Should we follow to ask who is keeping up on their 2nd year commitment?
Yes there is more coming on this front and people need to stay tuned.
I’m interested in understanding more about AI2020 and the foundation TStan is laying to change GT’s stature in CFB. I know getting to a level of the Factories is unrealistic. However, there is no reason to believe we can’t at least be competitive with Clemson and UGA and expect Top 25 every year. What is his plan and how does he intend to execute on it?
So there are multiple facets to it. Ultimately the bulk of it is rebuilding the infrastructure of the key buildings and areas like the locker room renovation that just wrapped up before the season, the Edge building where the SAs spend so much of their time. Additionally there is a push to privately fund all the scholarships to take that out of the athletic budget and to have everything at Tech be stand of the art and cutting edge. Embrace the Tech in Georgia Tech and have money to make hires and expand without having so much overhead from things like those scholarships and bad contracts. Along with the ACC Network blooming it should help the bottom line.
What is YOUR opinion on what changes will take place, if any, with current staff on both sides of the ball?
I have no idea to be honest right now. Everyone is out recruiting and it took until December before I had a better idea.
Is @Temple a dangerous game next year? Not sure why we schedule a home and home with them?
Budget add, needed a home game after Notre Dame rescheduled their visit to Atlanta and that was the best GT could do on short-notice.
Does UGA really only graduate 41 percent of their players?
Yup https://www.onlineathens.com/local-news/2017-11-10/uga-football-sec-s-lowest-ncaa-academic-report
In terms of the OL who are some young guys that have impressed this year?
Austin Smith is one they are very high on. Mike Minihan at guard is the other one that has stood out.
Who are some of the young ABs and WRs the coaches are excited about?
They like Dontae Smith and Tijai Whatley a lot. Smith is dynamic in the open field and Whatley is a big-bodied A-back who can block. Malachi Carter is the big WR they love. Peje Harris has some potential, but is further away.
How hyped should I be about James Graham, because I'm at an 11/10 rn? I do realize it wasn't until year 3 where JT took off though.
I love Graham and think he is a 1/8 type player. I do think the QB competition will be tough. I think a lot rides on Tobias Oliver's ability to develop as a passer and Lucas Johnson's health. Jordan Yates is my X-factor guy.
From a blind eye, our recruiting seems to be about the same as it has always been under PJ, I don't follow it as much as other things, but what do you see that it is getting better?
It has trended up, this class is very solid and the last two were very good. The secondary talent and the number of 1/8 type guys is up from the past. They signed three guys in the last class who could be 1/8 type talent and that is unusual.
We tend to have our best teams when we have a QB that can gun it and a stud WR that can box out a CB on 3rd down. I think we will have the QB piece next year, do you think Camp or Carter can at least be a Rickey Jeune caliber?
Yes, they can do that, the issue with TaQuon was getting the ball to them.
Is this the new norm for clean old fashioned hate?
I mean, UGA has had a clear advantage since Bobby Dodd pulled GT out of the SEC. However after talking with some people close to the team something popped up that I hadn't thought about. The players were pretty low-energy out of the gate on Saturday and the coaches think they wore themselves out fighting so many weeks in a row to get back to a bowl that they partially ran out of gas and emotional energy so when they got punched in the face it was hard to counter. Also the defense got manhandled.
Is Kirby building a dynasty like Dabo?
Will be interesting to see. He is working much harder than anyone has there since maybe coach Butts 60 years ago. It is interesting to see. The key for them will be replacing assistants and mashing the gas as people poach the program and Florida and/or Tennessee or Auburn get better around them. I think this is a scary time if you are a GT fan though.
Can we compete with our rival in the near future?
Yeah, GT could've last week had the defense not no-showed in the first half and tackled guys.
Are you surprised CPJ has made public comments about retirement?
Not at all, why would he address something that he has never said. Ken could've asked but didn't. I wasn't going there after a game in public.
If he stays till 2020, are there any guys TStan should be looking at right now who could be available then?
The one name that people are interested in is George Godsey and he needs to put something on his resume in the meantime to make that make any sense. He needs to either be an OC and be successful in the NFL or go back to college and cut his teeth. Right now he would be a ludicrous hire. Bohannon or Monken's stock might be very different in two years from the CPJ tree as well.
Does us coming out flat against UGA reflect the coaching staff? Seems like they are always ready to play us.
See what I said above, I think the team was gassed. They looked like they were running in mud. It reminded me of the game of 2009 against Miami only UGA is a better team.
Who do you think we open the season with? Clemson or UVA or..... and will it be a weekday game.
It will be UVA, Clemson has to open with another ACC team, I just can't remember who it is.
If you were pushed into a corner, to what extent is CPJ willing to make changes? Give me an example of a couple of deal breakers or non-starters for him.
I don't know, it seems like the OL coach situation is a non-starter as is CLO.
Given the recent comments about possible retirement, is that negatively impacting recruiting with other coaches telling kids PJ won’t be here much longer? I don’t see doing the “head coach in waiting” thing, but for all the gnashing of teeth on the need to improve im this area plus our recent uptick, (last two classes) should we be concerned we may take a step back despite investing more dollars the next couple years?
That stuff doesn't really work anymore. So many coaches are getting canned so fast across football that other than Saban or Dabo no one can use that against schools anymore. They'll just show you how many guys a school has had since CPJ has been here. Most of them are going on three now!
TV booth guys always reference the meeting they have with the head coaches a day or 2 prior to the game. How do those typically play out? Any feel for how CPJ relates to the media aside from 680thejoke and ajcKen? Has seemed Greg McElroy and Herbstriet speak favorably in general about GT. Seems he gets more respect from nationals than locals.
If they are in-town they come up to coach's office on Thursday or Friday depending on the game time and they all sit in there and talk about the game and whatnot. CPJ is great in those circumstances even with someone like Ken. His frustrations with local media are based on how GT gets treated compared and in comparison to other schools.
Do the national guys ask CPJ about recruiting at GT, the challenges, obstacles etc...?
No idea, I've never been in one of those meetings.
Yes there is more coming on this front and people need to stay tuned.
I’m interested in understanding more about AI2020 and the foundation TStan is laying to change GT’s stature in CFB. I know getting to a level of the Factories is unrealistic. However, there is no reason to believe we can’t at least be competitive with Clemson and UGA and expect Top 25 every year. What is his plan and how does he intend to execute on it?
So there are multiple facets to it. Ultimately the bulk of it is rebuilding the infrastructure of the key buildings and areas like the locker room renovation that just wrapped up before the season, the Edge building where the SAs spend so much of their time. Additionally there is a push to privately fund all the scholarships to take that out of the athletic budget and to have everything at Tech be stand of the art and cutting edge. Embrace the Tech in Georgia Tech and have money to make hires and expand without having so much overhead from things like those scholarships and bad contracts. Along with the ACC Network blooming it should help the bottom line.
What is YOUR opinion on what changes will take place, if any, with current staff on both sides of the ball?
I have no idea to be honest right now. Everyone is out recruiting and it took until December before I had a better idea.
Is @Temple a dangerous game next year? Not sure why we schedule a home and home with them?
Budget add, needed a home game after Notre Dame rescheduled their visit to Atlanta and that was the best GT could do on short-notice.
Does UGA really only graduate 41 percent of their players?
Yup https://www.onlineathens.com/local-news/2017-11-10/uga-football-sec-s-lowest-ncaa-academic-report
In terms of the OL who are some young guys that have impressed this year?
Austin Smith is one they are very high on. Mike Minihan at guard is the other one that has stood out.
Who are some of the young ABs and WRs the coaches are excited about?
They like Dontae Smith and Tijai Whatley a lot. Smith is dynamic in the open field and Whatley is a big-bodied A-back who can block. Malachi Carter is the big WR they love. Peje Harris has some potential, but is further away.
How hyped should I be about James Graham, because I'm at an 11/10 rn? I do realize it wasn't until year 3 where JT took off though.
I love Graham and think he is a 1/8 type player. I do think the QB competition will be tough. I think a lot rides on Tobias Oliver's ability to develop as a passer and Lucas Johnson's health. Jordan Yates is my X-factor guy.
From a blind eye, our recruiting seems to be about the same as it has always been under PJ, I don't follow it as much as other things, but what do you see that it is getting better?
It has trended up, this class is very solid and the last two were very good. The secondary talent and the number of 1/8 type guys is up from the past. They signed three guys in the last class who could be 1/8 type talent and that is unusual.
We tend to have our best teams when we have a QB that can gun it and a stud WR that can box out a CB on 3rd down. I think we will have the QB piece next year, do you think Camp or Carter can at least be a Rickey Jeune caliber?
Yes, they can do that, the issue with TaQuon was getting the ball to them.
Is this the new norm for clean old fashioned hate?
I mean, UGA has had a clear advantage since Bobby Dodd pulled GT out of the SEC. However after talking with some people close to the team something popped up that I hadn't thought about. The players were pretty low-energy out of the gate on Saturday and the coaches think they wore themselves out fighting so many weeks in a row to get back to a bowl that they partially ran out of gas and emotional energy so when they got punched in the face it was hard to counter. Also the defense got manhandled.
Is Kirby building a dynasty like Dabo?
Will be interesting to see. He is working much harder than anyone has there since maybe coach Butts 60 years ago. It is interesting to see. The key for them will be replacing assistants and mashing the gas as people poach the program and Florida and/or Tennessee or Auburn get better around them. I think this is a scary time if you are a GT fan though.
Can we compete with our rival in the near future?
Yeah, GT could've last week had the defense not no-showed in the first half and tackled guys.
Are you surprised CPJ has made public comments about retirement?
Not at all, why would he address something that he has never said. Ken could've asked but didn't. I wasn't going there after a game in public.
If he stays till 2020, are there any guys TStan should be looking at right now who could be available then?
The one name that people are interested in is George Godsey and he needs to put something on his resume in the meantime to make that make any sense. He needs to either be an OC and be successful in the NFL or go back to college and cut his teeth. Right now he would be a ludicrous hire. Bohannon or Monken's stock might be very different in two years from the CPJ tree as well.
Does us coming out flat against UGA reflect the coaching staff? Seems like they are always ready to play us.
See what I said above, I think the team was gassed. They looked like they were running in mud. It reminded me of the game of 2009 against Miami only UGA is a better team.
Who do you think we open the season with? Clemson or UVA or..... and will it be a weekday game.
It will be UVA, Clemson has to open with another ACC team, I just can't remember who it is.
If you were pushed into a corner, to what extent is CPJ willing to make changes? Give me an example of a couple of deal breakers or non-starters for him.
I don't know, it seems like the OL coach situation is a non-starter as is CLO.
Given the recent comments about possible retirement, is that negatively impacting recruiting with other coaches telling kids PJ won’t be here much longer? I don’t see doing the “head coach in waiting” thing, but for all the gnashing of teeth on the need to improve im this area plus our recent uptick, (last two classes) should we be concerned we may take a step back despite investing more dollars the next couple years?
That stuff doesn't really work anymore. So many coaches are getting canned so fast across football that other than Saban or Dabo no one can use that against schools anymore. They'll just show you how many guys a school has had since CPJ has been here. Most of them are going on three now!
TV booth guys always reference the meeting they have with the head coaches a day or 2 prior to the game. How do those typically play out? Any feel for how CPJ relates to the media aside from 680thejoke and ajcKen? Has seemed Greg McElroy and Herbstriet speak favorably in general about GT. Seems he gets more respect from nationals than locals.
If they are in-town they come up to coach's office on Thursday or Friday depending on the game time and they all sit in there and talk about the game and whatnot. CPJ is great in those circumstances even with someone like Ken. His frustrations with local media are based on how GT gets treated compared and in comparison to other schools.
Do the national guys ask CPJ about recruiting at GT, the challenges, obstacles etc...?
No idea, I've never been in one of those meetings.
