Al Golden linked to Georgia Tech HC position?
This according to ESPN's Pete Thamel. Golden's name is one of a few named as possible candidate for the Tech job.
Replies to: Al Golden linked to Georgia Tech HC position?
Yes. One of many.
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Brent Key, from my alma mater, got the job.
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He's the interim head coach
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Don’t steal my thunder
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Not sure he'd take it...
Paul Johnson left the place with a roster full of triple option players. There weren't any legitimate receivers, or quarterbacks, for that matter.
In the few years that Collins recruited there, he (Collins) tried his best to recruit athletes who could play in a spread offense, but didn't exactly have impact players who could contribute right away.
As a result, it's not surprising that Georgia Tech was a terrible team.
Right now, there are a handful of 4 star players, but most of the roster are middle of the road players. Arguably, their best player, Jahmyr Gibbs, fled the program for the Crimson Tide.
If Al Golden is as shrewd as I think he is, I believe he'll wait for a better opportunity.
GT is a good job.
It's in Atlanta, the capital of the south. With the portal, you can reshuffle the roster quickly.
It's certainly better than Nebraska, for example.
Given they are dumping both the coach and the AD (who may have been dumped because he wouldn't dump the football coach), indicates they may be wanting more than what they are getting for their money which is perhaps a good sign. On the other hand, Nebraska ponied up big bucks to get Frost who could have gone anywhere.
It is at best a 2nd tier program in the ACC which isn't saying much given the ACC. With no division titles to chase, they would have to be lucky to get into a New Year's day bowl.
1) GT actually has academic standards which means they won't take any Tom, Dick or Harry. Perhaps not as limiting as ND or Stanford but there are standards.
2) Being in the heart of the south means they compete with virtually every other Power 5 School that recruits the area. They are unlikely to win many of those battles.
3) The portal is a two-way street for schools like GT. Getting guys in didn't help the former coach very much, did it? At the same time, he lost a number of solid players (i.e., RB who went to Alabama) to the portal.
Possibly. I don't see Golden hanging around past this year
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He hasn't been a head coach for 7 years
He could have had a head coaching job instead of coming to ND.
He's not in any rush.
I think he'll be a quick go, but one more year would be good.
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a mistake for any coach to leap at something that’s not perfect given the turnover these days. GT i
s a shit job.
I understand wanting to be a head coach due to the money. But coordinating seems more interesting
After all, a coordinator is the actual chess player. It seems the head coach is just the, for lack of a better word, the chief referee.
I agree.
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Deion Sanders is the name that seems to keep popping up. Is this viable?
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Yeah. I don't know. I lean the way it sounds you do. Seems to have done a good job, but that's a
different level than Jackson State