Practice Notes 8/8
ATLANTA-- Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson and some of his offensive players and staff spoke following Monday's session.
"I thought it went well. Today was the first day in pads and I thought the tempo was pretty good and they flew around and tried to compete," Johnson said.
"We are way behind and there is no question about it," Johnson said. "I would like to see (new) facilities and whatever. If you look at the other schools we are behind in most every aspect from facilities to staff to salaries or whatever."
On Saturday at a press conference, Yellow Jacket athletic director Mike Bobinski said he feels like the football program is fully funded and there have been no requests for new facilities or additional staff. Johnson refuted that notion.
"We had a plan for a locker room and a locker room would be great. We had several meetings and they drew it up and it would be big for the program," Johnson said. "It is about recruiting when kids walk in that is their impression (of the school). It is like you guys know it is an arms race. If you are not building you are falling farther and farther behind."
Johnson said as far as he knows any plans for facilities upgrades are on hold and Bobinski has not mentioned anything to him about that.
"I don't know that there are plans to do anything right now. If there are, I'm not aware of them," Johnson said. "We had the locker room plans drawn up and I guess they are waiting for someone to fund it."