Re: Geoff Collins out at GT

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Sep 25, 2022, 10:18 PM

I posted on here last week that it was a matter of "when" and not "if" on Collins' getting canned.

The Ole Miss annihilation was a tipping point. The UCF loss, where we outplayed them, but lost by 17, was the final straw.

And it appears that AD Todd Stansbury is also likely out. We'll see if that holds up. He tied himself very strongly to Collins after 2021, and bucked against the big-money donors that wanted Collins fired after last season. I think Stansbury pays some sort of price for that.

Going forward, the most important decision for Tech is deciding how badly they want to win at football. If they go forward with the same half-a** approach they've had for the last 20 years, then the next coach will be hamstrung. Even if he's better than Collins - and he very likely will be - he'll hit a ceiling at Tech that's self-imposed.

If Tech goes all-in on facilities, recruiting, academic support, coaching & analyst salaries, and truly tries to reach out, then Tech can become a very strong ACC Football program. We don't need another clown like Collins. We need a serious football coach, and an administration behind him that is willing to spend what it takes to rebuild that program.

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In the short run, we just want to compete.

We've gone 10-28 over the last 3.25 seasons. We've gotten beat by over 40 points six different times. Our last 4 games against P5 competition has a total score of 183-10.

UCF actually didn't play well. We outplayed them, but we STILL lost by 17 points.

In the short run, we just want to compete. I think a school like Tech could easily get to the 9-3 or 8-4 type range, if we were more serious about competing. There's so much talent in Atlanta & the broader state of Georgia.

I'm just making the larger-picture comment that our admin has to decide how badly they want to win. If they go half-a**, like they did for Gailey & CPJ & such, we'll be a 6-6 type of school, with an occasional good team.

And I understand we can't keep all Atlanta kids in Atlanta. But we can get more than we've been getting. There's no reason we can't be a very good ACC football program.

Geoff Collins out at GT