College Football Off Topic

[AUChase]

Firing coaches mid-season never helps anyone and it hurts the roster even more with the way the transfer portal, opt outs, etc. works. It mostly serves to keep fans and people with money happy with the AD or in this case the President. I hope Georgia Tech bounces back one day.

[LowerWolf]

My dad's a GT alum, so I have a bit of a soft spot for them. There's really no reason they shouldn't be in the upper half of the ACC. But they weren't really competitive at all under Collins. Hopefully they get this hire right.

With their color scheme, they should have one of the better uniforms too. They moved closer in that direction this season, at least.

[AUChase]

Auburn and Georgia Tech have played 92 times which is more than the Iron Bowl despite the two teams not meeting since 2005.

The series' relevancy was all before I was born though so I don't look at Georgia Tech with any contempt. The series took a hiatus between 87 and 2003 where it was resumed for a home and home. I do remember those games though because Calvin Johnson killed us.

It's a shame with all of the home and home series going on that they couldn't find a way to renew this rivalry once more before the SEC Expansion screws up the scheduling again.

[TheShizNo1]

Should've never fired my man Paul Johnson.

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[RoundingThird]

I have no affiliation whatsoever to Georgia Tech - other than going on a tour there when I was considering schools. I left really loving campus, Atlanta, and everything both had to offer. Too bad I got waitlisted.


One thing I do know is that the Tech fan base WILL show up if the team hires the right coach and starts to sniff relevancy again. They definitely deserve it, and like others have said, certainly do not lack the resources to be able to recruit better.

[KSUowls]

It was always going to be a hard transition going from the triple option, but Collins never showed any progress. They had some decent recruiting under him, but the team just looked bad every Saturday for 3+ years. The entire team is full of Collins players at this point, and so it was just time. It probably should have happened at the end of last year.

They do have a lot of recruiting challenges with the academic standards as well as academic offerings for majors, but they have shown in the past that they can still pull in guys. Paul Johnsons really struggled to recruit, but his best years were with Chan Gailey's players who did recruit fairly well there.

[Tovarich]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheShizNo1

Should've never fired my man Paul Johnson. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

Was there something to suggest they retired him rather than him choosing to retire on his own?

[p_rushing]

Quote: Originally Posted by AUChase

Firing coaches mid-season never helps anyone and it hurts the roster even more with the way the transfer portal, opt outs, etc. works. It mostly serves to keep fans and people with money happy with the AD or in this case the President. I hope Georgia Tech bounces back one day.

It gives them the ability to talk to coaches. With early recruiting, it is probably going to happen more. You can't wait because the players that leave are going to leave anyways. You need to make a hire as quick as you can.

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