(10-05-2021 01:33 PM)Pervis_Griffith Wrote:  Is a coaching change really a good idea?

Most of the time, losing fans at games causes such financial strain that there really is no choice BUT to move on from a coach. But apparently, Georgia Tech is flush with cash right now. Football results hasn't seemed to hurt fund raising at all.

It seems to me that whoever took over for Paul Johnson's "flexbone spread option" would need enough time to change the roster over to suit a more traditional style. And that there would definitely be some lumps taken on the way to this transition. We're not even 3 years into this. AND .... there is the absurdly difficult "covid year", where you had severely restricted contact with your team, no spring, no summer ball, to teach systems and all that jazz .... this only makes the transition harder.

From the outside looking in, it would seem to me to be a knee-jerk reaction to can Collins now. Just my two cents.

Ok, let me try and spell out what is happening on the FLATS.... BILL LEWIS PART II... Why do I say this? I went to an alumni club meeting this summer and the GT Alum Assn folks were talking up how much Coach Collins was saying he was ready to win this season. However football still requires fundamentals such as blocking and tackling. Regardless of schemes. Most Georgia Tech fans and alum are smart enough to want to see a good offense and good defense. Not get blown out several times a year. (Which is what the Geoff Colins Clown show has done) This explains why there was 30,000 empty seats for the Georgia Tech vs Pitt game.

So a week ago most Fans and Alum (who have not put down the Coach Collins kool aid yet) had the belief that if GT beat Pitt we'd be in the driver's seat for the coastal, however its hard to say Coach Collins could never win an ACC championship. However beating a top 10 opponent? No way, I don't think so, unless its an early season win over a grossly overranked team. (kinda like the recent North Carolina game) A 10 win season? Not without some major staffing changes. Given enough time, he could maybe, possibly accomplish all three. But that might take 10-15 seasons at the rate we are going and I don't think he will be here that long along with the fact that most fans hope he is shown the door sooner than later. All you have to do is listen to the 30,000 empty seats at last weeks game.

We can thank Coach Collins for the uptick in recruiting and now the AD needs to bring in a P-5 coaching staff to get us back to winning 7 games annually with a few 9 & 10 win seasons in between.