When Geoff Collins was hired as Tech football’s head coach, change followed swiftly. Out went the triple option, and in came new assistant coaches, practicing routines and recruiting tactics. And the Jackets have seen returns there. Take the case of freshman running back Jamious Griffin, a four-star prospect who would almost certainly not be at Tech if not for Collins, or the two four-star prospects who have already committed to the 2020 recruiting class. Those acquisitions represent exactly the sort of in-state talent the program struggled to get in the late stages of the Johnson era.
But some changes will not be nearly so seamless, and Tech’s on-field product is one of them.