Inside a Georgia Tech road trip

In a small, unadorned locker room underneath the Joel Coliseum stands, Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner is trying to set the stage for a second-half comeback against Wake Forest on Feb. 4. In different moments, he is excoriating players for careless offense in the first half, praising them for defensive successes and then imploring them to sharpen their focus on the details.

Pastner’s team is assembled in rows of four. Team members look intently back at him. Hired to revitalize the Yellow Jackets, Pastner is being put to the test on this Saturday afternoon in Winston-Salem, N.C.

For Tech’s road game at Wake Forest, Pastner allowed the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to accompany the team with access to practice, video sessions, meals and the locker room. This is what it looked like.

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