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DEL.ICIO.USTech must get rid of its ‘quit’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Terence Moore
For Georgia Tech football to stop continuing as only a tease during Chan Gailey’s regime, it must correct something more egregious than Reggie Ball’s fluctuations between wonderful and wretched. The worst thing you can do in sports is quit, and a whole slew of Yellow Jackets did just that last season.
Twice. Once in Blacksburg, Va., where they rolled over and played dead, even before Virginia Tech fired its considerable cannons their way. Then there was the Jackets’ whipping at the hands of a strikingly average Utah team during the Emerald Bowl. After the Utes finished with 38 of the easiest points you’ll ever see to Tech’s 10, the winners from something called the Mountain West Conference stomped on what remained of the Jackets’ pride even more by boasting that Tech quit.
Which Tech did. Which makes you wonder if a team that has 69 players returning from its disaster against Utah in December in San Francisco has the guts to handle the likes of Notre Dame to begin the season, the Hokies during another trip to Blacksburg, Clemson in Death Valley, Miami on homecoming and folks barking Between The Hedges.
My guess? If you’re among the Tech Nation, you shouldn’t make your reservations for a BCS game just yet. After all, with the Fighting Irish within three weeks away, Gailey said that the Yellow Jackets still are leaderless. That could push Tech in the direction of more listlessness this season at the worst of times.
“Of the seniors, we’re still looking to see which ones exactly are going to be involved there [as leaders],” said Gailey, before mentioning a group of juniors, ranging from running back Tashard Choice to defensive end Adamm Oliver, with the potential to become Tech leaders. Even so, the plain-speaking coach added, “I think the jury is still out on that. I really do.”
The verdict is in regarding this: To paraphrase an old hip-hop guy, when you quit, you’re not legit. Added Gailey, “During the offseason, you evaluate as a coach, who did it upset? Who didn’t it upset? You look at it and say to yourself, ‘OK, this is where we are as far as leadership goes.’ You have to lead on the field and off the field. You just can’t lead out here on game day.”
Linebacker KaMichael Hall sighed after a recent practice, saying, “Against Virginia Tech last year, when they were beating us down about midway through the third quarter, it was like, ‘Coach, just think of something. Let’s go. Let’s stop getting embarrassed.’ After a while, it was like, ‘What’s the point?’ Since I’ve been here, that probably was the only game that we, as a team, quit.”
Well, that game and the Utah game. Even before the opening kickoff, Tech players looked more interested in hopping a cable car to Fisherman’s Wharf than trying to knock the gums out of a toothless Utah bunch in its post-Urban Meyer era. “I really think that’s an unfair statement” said Hall, recalling the gooey conditions of the Giants’ home ballpark. “At the same time, I think it’s a fairly legitimate statement. The field was messy. We’re out there flying around on offense and defense. We have a lot of speed, and when you can’t get your feet, it neutralizes the game. We were slipping and falling everywhere. After a while you’re playing cautious instead of going 100 percent. I mean, you can’t play football if you can’t be on your feet.”
You also can’t play football if you haven’t a heart, and Tech players lacked one last year. Twice. I was there to witness the Virginia Tech and Utah fiascos to see the Jackets give the least amount of effort during any set of games since Tech players had their private mutiny against coach Bill Lewis in the midst of a one-victory season in 1994.
There were no signs of anarchy within the locker room during Gailey’s four previous seasons at Tech. Instead, there were signs of confusion over how a team with enough talent to shock Auburn (twice), Clemson and Miami could lose to Duke, Wake Forest and Fresno State on the way to the mediocrity of four seven-victory seasons.
Just so you know, talent has nothing to do with effort. That’s because the effort that a team displays is directly related to the combination of what lies in the souls of its players and how well that team is motivated by its coaches. If the effort isn’t there for that team each game, then that team needs new players, new coaches or both.
If the Jackets have another Virginia Tech or Utah this season, somebody needs to go.
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By John
August 14, 2006 10:13 PM | Link to this
Terrence, as much as I hate to agree with you, I do. Those two games last year were horrendous. This year will tell the tale.
By Twin Dawg
August 14, 2006 10:30 PM | Link to this
Ain’t it great to be a fuzy bee!!!! I think that is how yall say over there?
Finally a good article by Terrence. It’s sad, but true!
By Ralph
August 14, 2006 10:35 PM | Link to this
I tell you who needs to go is Mr. Terence Moore. All he is doing trying to lay the ground work for another self-fulfulling prophecy.
You see, the problem with Mr. Moore is that he thinks he is so much smarter than anyone else. And in this case, he is for Notre Dame in this game. He does not think Tech can beat Notre Dame, so he is trying to set something up so he can say I told you so.
He is so anti-Tech, it’s shameful. Funny how never says such things about the Muttlanders. The reason is that he is in their pocket.
The next time Terence writes something negative about Muttland, will be the first time he does so.
For the AJC to allow him to be on the Tech beat is scandalous.
By reality check
August 14, 2006 10:50 PM | Link to this
You are wrong, Ralph. Terence is an equal opportunity insulter.
Georgia fans don’t like him. He considers that a point of pride. Carter Strickland, the Georgia beat writer? His raison d’etre is to criticize Georgia. He does it subtly compared to what Terence just said, but it was just Tech’s turn in the barrel as far as ol Terence. He loves to be outrageous, and this is about as outrageous as it gets.
Seems pretty clear he has insulted every Tech fan as bad as it gets. Says you are quitters. Wimps. Pussies. Dayum.
He writes outrageous stuff to get attention. That’s because their circulation is tanking.
The point is, where are the Tech fans? It isn’t my job to defend you. I’m a Georgia fan. I do hope you beat ND.
By WirelessBuzz
August 14, 2006 11:15 PM | Link to this
I simply would like to know how you define “quit?” Is it simply getting beaten by a large margin? Because I did not see Calvin Johnson quit against VT when he laid out to make a diving catch in the third quarter when we could see the probable outcome. Did we quit against Utah? I am not sure though I will concede we were not very motivated. Though that is not an excuse, it easy to understand after we were robbed of a decent bowl that we earned on the field and were sent to SF partly due to regional ACC politics. Yeah, we should have showed up mad and ready to play, but I can understand some amount of the lack of motivation. Throw in the sloppy field and you had the making for a dissapointing loss. But there is a different between being unmotivated in quitting. Did we quit? Well I am going to wait on a definition.
By allenlaw
August 14, 2006 11:17 PM | Link to this
The “quit” label is the worst in sports (at least cheaters try to win), but it certainly seemed to apply to the VT and Utah games. One can’t help comparing Tech’s response to these situations with Georgia’s second-half effort against West Virginia. Georgia was manhandled and embarrassed in the first of that game, but never quit, coming back hard from a four-touchdown deficit to make a game of it.
Does the current Tech team have that kind of heart? I guess we will see when they fall behind a couple of touchdowns at some point in the year.
By chris
August 14, 2006 11:22 PM | Link to this
Wow, Terrance at it again! Slamming Tech. How original. Did you EVER think you might want to write one POSITIVE article on Tech football?
Or is that just too much to ask? You’ve just about used up all of your negative Tech topics for the year.
By bmc
August 14, 2006 11:33 PM | Link to this
T. Moore, no one takes your writing seriously, especially since you are nothing more than a racist…
By Ty
August 14, 2006 11:38 PM | Link to this
Folks,
You must always remember that T. Moore’s key purpose in writing the articles is to drive responses…which he usually does….
That said, when K. Hall says “I saw the quit”, you can call him a “malcontent” or “a give-all player with drive and heart that is upset with ‘status quo’” (I obviously choose the latter).
It’s real simple. Chan’s got his recruits, system, QB, etc. in place. This is his LAST CHAN’ce’…. He delivers or it’s time to move on. I (for one) am not going to suffer through another Duke-Samford-Troy-VT embarassment…. I’ll see you guys in October when the course of the season has taken shape. (and, “no”, I’m not your fair-weather fan… I’ve been a season-ticket holder for over 10 years and followed the Jackets for over 25…I’ve just gotten tired of trying to “explain” the mediocrity of the Chan era).
By kevin
August 14, 2006 11:41 PM | Link to this
Hahah…”Did you EVER think you might want to write one POSITIVE article on Tech football?” What is there positive to write about Tech, Chris? Oh, they re-upped Gailey for another 5 or 6 years of medicore football. Maybe Reggie turned the corner and will quit choking in big games? Or how about the Tech placekicker making a fieldgoal in something other than practice. Phish, quit being so sensitive you cry babies and TRY To win games—maybe you’ll quit playing in the emerald bowl or whatever sad sack bowl Tech plays in each year. Good luck against the Irish..hehe
By Josh
August 14, 2006 11:53 PM | Link to this
A. I don’t like Moore
B. He is correct in this particular article…although I would add the team quit in Athens 3 years ago
C. I love when a doggie attempts to talk trash and then misspell a word like “fuzy”, ahhh, makes life good again. What can we expect from those that can’t even spell dogs (their own mascot) go “dawgs” !!!
By Hater
August 14, 2006 11:53 PM | Link to this
TM,
You are the biggest racist in Atlanta since Cynthia McKinney has been canned. Now it is time to turn the focus on getting you run out of town. The next thing out of your mouth is going to be “Tech Needs a Black Coach” Chill out for a while brother and write one positive story for a change.
By Josh
August 14, 2006 11:56 PM | Link to this
Hater,
I think you are in the wrong forum…moron
By Chase
August 15, 2006 12:13 AM | Link to this
poorly written article, no evidence.
By Keith
August 15, 2006 12:47 AM | Link to this
I hate to make excuses, but these are the 2 excuses that make total sense. Against VT Reggie was playing weak, as in he was sick the weak before and couldn’t even muster up the strength to play against the might UConn. Plain and simple without a fully healthy Reggie Ball we had no shot against VT. We tried anyway and we got our clocks cleaned. Vs Utah, we were in the most ungrateful bowl being the 5th best team in the ACC that was played at a Baseball stadium that did nothing to cover the field during some heavy rains. We (as funny as it may sound) are a defense that relies on speed and we couldn’t even get our footing. I was happy to see one Techster (Hall) mention this like I thought that day. Without defensive speed we were toast. But this all begs the question, did we not have the right cleats or something. The Utah recievers did not seem to have any problem running on that field.
By Jay
August 15, 2006 02:03 AM | Link to this
Its funny how many people hate Moore. I dont like him because he likes to use his editorials as a soapbox for what direction he thinks atl sports should do (“trade for griffey” and “braves made a big mistake dropping jordan”. Yeah.)
That said…I cant stand a team that quits, which Tech did twice (along with the Falcons). It’s a reflection of coaching.
Bottom line is Chan has to go. Another coach would have benched Ball (WHY do you keep playing a qb that throws more picks then tds and cant complete HALF his passes?).
By Raymond
August 15, 2006 03:18 AM | Link to this
The problem here Mr. Moore is that you don’t have a clue. It’s easy to sit with your laptop and type such things. Coming from a person who looks like he never played a down of football in his life is even more interesting. These young men dedicate 12 months to GT football and quit is not in any of them. I challenge you to put on pads and call Joe Anoai a quitter!
By Ben Gunby
August 15, 2006 03:41 AM | Link to this
Tech has no heart, at all? They don’t have the heart it takes to win big games? Well, which heartless team won games in Auburn and Coral Gables last year?
By buzzgt
August 15, 2006 04:01 AM | Link to this
HEY JACKETS I HOPE YALL PUT THIS ACTICLE ON ALL YOUR LOCKER ROOM WALLS AND ON EVERY PLACE YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO SHUT MR MOORE AND LIBERAL AJC UP PLAY ALL 4 QUARTERS COME OUT FIRED UP AND STAY FIRED UP IT HAS BEEN HARD TO UNDERSTAND OVER THE YEARS HOW GT COULD WIN A BIG GAME 1 WK AND GET KICKED THE NEXT WK COACHING HAS ALOT TO DO WITH IT THE JACKETS DIDNT PLAY LIKE THAT WITH BIG GEORGE OLEARY ON THE SIDELINES SO FROM ALL THE TRUE DIED IN THE WOOL OLD SCHOOL YELLOW JACKET FANS GO OUT AND PLAY LIKE THE WINNERS YOU ARE WITH THE TALENT AND HEART THAT # 21 HAS YOU PLAY LIKE THAT AND WATCH US SUPPORT YALL GO JACKETS ITS GREAT TO BE A YELLOW JACKET TO H-LL WITH UGA
By buzzgt
August 15, 2006 04:01 AM | Link to this
HEY JACKETS I HOPE YALL PUT THIS ACTICLE ON ALL YOUR LOCKER ROOM WALLS AND ON EVERY PLACE YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO SHUT MR MOORE AND LIBERAL AJC UP PLAY ALL 4 QUARTERS COME OUT FIRED UP AND STAY FIRED UP IT HAS BEEN HARD TO UNDERSTAND OVER THE YEARS HOW GT COULD WIN A BIG GAME 1 WK AND GET KICKED THE NEXT WK COACHING HAS ALOT TO DO WITH IT THE JACKETS DIDNT PLAY LIKE THAT WITH BIG GEORGE OLEARY ON THE SIDELINES SO FROM ALL THE TRUE DIED IN THE WOOL OLD SCHOOL YELLOW JACKET FANS GO OUT AND PLAY LIKE THE WINNERS YOU ARE WITH THE TALENT AND HEART THAT # 21 HAS YOU PLAY LIKE THAT AND WATCH US SUPPORT YALL GO JACKETS ITS GREAT TO BE A YELLOW JACKET TO HECK WITH UGA
By buzzgt
August 15, 2006 04:02 AM | Link to this
HEY JACKETS I HOPE YALL PUT THIS ACTICLE ON ALL YOUR LOCKER ROOM WALLS AND ON EVERY PLACE YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO SHUT MR MOORE AND LIBERAL AJC UP PLAY ALL 4 QUARTERS COME OUT FIRED UP AND STAY FIRED UP IT HAS BEEN HARD TO UNDERSTAND OVER THE YEARS HOW GT COULD WIN A BIG GAME 1 WK AND GET KICKED THE NEXT WK COACHING HAS ALOT TO DO WITH IT THE JACKETS DIDNT PLAY LIKE THAT WITH BIG GEORGE OLEARY ON THE SIDELINES SO FROM ALL THE TRUE DIED IN THE WOOL OLD SCHOOL YELLOW JACKET FANS GO OUT AND PLAY LIKE THE WINNERS YOU ARE WITH THE TALENT AND HEART THAT # 21 HAS YOU PLAY LIKE THAT AND WATCH US SUPPORT YALL GO JACKETS ITS GREAT TO BE A YELLOW JACKET TO HECK WITH UGA
By TMoore Sux
August 15, 2006 05:24 AM | Link to this
Terence, isn’t it about time to write your monthly article about how the Braves need Ken Griffey Jr before he gets hurt again. They could probably trade Andruw and Francour and get him.
By T
August 15, 2006 05:58 AM | Link to this
Hey Terrance… you know, you could have written about how Tech “quit” against Miami or Auburn last year… oh, my bad, Tech won those games didnt they…
Well, how about the 2004 season when Notre Dame quit against Purdue to the tune of 41-16, or that same season when the QUIT against USC 41-10 …
Hey.. since we are talking about the work quit.. why dont you consider quitting the AJC. Lord only knows why they havent fired you, I am guessing you have pictures of someone with sheep !
By T
August 15, 2006 05:59 AM | Link to this
Hey Terrance… you know, you could have written about how Tech “quit” against Miami or Auburn last year… oh, my bad, Tech won those games didnt they…
Well, how about the 2004 season when Notre Dame quit against Purdue to the tune of 41-16, or that same season when the QUIT against USC 41-10 …
Hey.. since we are talking about the word quit.. why dont you consider quitting the AJC. Lord only knows why they havent fired you, I am guessing you have pictures of someone with sheep !
By john
August 15, 2006 06:05 AM | Link to this
What’s the matter TM? Worried that Tech might take down your almighty Irish?
By FuzzyWuzzyBee
August 15, 2006 07:15 AM | Link to this
The Tech players have repeatedly quit on Chan. Which shows that the players have very little respect for Chan Gailey not only as a coach but as a man. Gailey has humiliated and disgraced Georgia Tech repeatedly with his lack of preparation. Don’t buy a new house, Chan. Your sorry butt will be out the door soon. Right on, Terence, for telling it like it is!
By Bootsy Collins
August 15, 2006 07:21 AM | Link to this
Did this columnist actually quote M.C. Hammer in this lame article? Bah-hah-hah-ha!
By RED FOREMAN
August 15, 2006 07:23 AM | Link to this
TERRANCE,YOU ARE A RACIST…ARE YOU RELATED TO CYNTHIA TUCKER???? FOAD
By BeeTheTruth
August 15, 2006 07:28 AM | Link to this
Tech has had very uneven performances under Chan Gailey. As a Tech fans we think that this has been corrected and we will have a great year. To discus Chan Gailey and Tech Athletics further visit is at: http://www.bbuzzoff.com
By Burdell's Brother
August 15, 2006 07:33 AM | Link to this
Leadership starts at the top and if Chan Gailey if still looking for leadership 3 weeks before the season we are in for it! At some point he has to make someone a leader, but then to teach leadership, one must be a leader themselves and that Chan Gailey is not. If he has any testicualr fortitude this article get plastered all over the athletic department, hell he should make the players memorize it. There is no lower insult than to be called a quitter! If, and I say If, we get routed by ND, and it is appareant that we quit, Gailey should have his office cleared out before the 4th quarter ends…BUT if he uses this the right way….look out boys it is going to be a fun next 4 months!! Go Jackets!
By Amelia
August 15, 2006 07:47 AM | Link to this
Tech has a 4th year senior starting at QB and the coach states there is no leadership? Folks, this team is in big trouble. And T. Moore is right. Recent Tech teams have had no heart. However, the coach making that statement needs to look in the mirrior. The buck stops there.
By Amelia
August 15, 2006 07:57 AM | Link to this
Does Coach Richt and his staff give leadership seminars? If so, the Tech staff should attend.
By tech ex
August 15, 2006 08:02 AM | Link to this
You guys are looking at this all wrong. This article is maybe the best thing that a goofball like TM could have written. Why? Because the guts of it are true, and when a true winner reads something like this, he/she stands up and uses the fuel it provides to ensure that an article like this NEVER is written again about Tech football, baseball, or any other sport.
Thanks and congrats TM, this article will make the board on the wall instead of the bottom of the birdcage.
See you in Novemeber
By Burdell
August 15, 2006 08:09 AM | Link to this
Let me help Terrence out on that last choice: Can Chan.
By ron tallon
August 15, 2006 08:12 AM | Link to this
Moore is right about this. Tech has not played with character very often recently. Not since O’leary left, really. Sure they have had some very bright spots, big wins…only to come crashing back down in the next week or two by blowing a game they should win easily. This is COACHING. No character, no consistency. Also they lack proper preparation, as in the Utah game (they were favored in that game, I believe). It really is a disgrace. Such a great history and tradition come to what is barely mediocrity.
By Jim O
August 15, 2006 08:17 AM | Link to this
Momentum is very important in sports, especially football. Once GT gets down, as in the VT and Utah games last year, they can’t seem to get back on their feet. The big question is “will this year be different?”
With Chan finally acting as a head coach and not solely concentrating on calling plays, he can see the whole picture. Tenuta is a great defensive coach, but sitting high up in the stadium he doesn’t get the vibes of his players – since the ‘quit’ is not just on the offensive side. GT needs a strong on-field and sideline leader – up until now they have not had either since Keith Brooking and George O’Leary left the program.
We need Chan to step up, which he set into motion by handing over the reins to Pat, now we need a player to step up and take charge.
For all of you TM haters out there, unfortunately he wrote the truth this time!
By Mosby
August 15, 2006 08:18 AM | Link to this
Unfortunately this piece is all to accurate.
By Rob Hicks
August 15, 2006 09:21 AM | Link to this
Reggie Ball should learn to count to 4 before he learns how to not quit. He’s the best play UGA never had!!!
By Joe
August 15, 2006 09:38 AM | Link to this
I am a Tech fan. I also care not for Mr. Moore or his daily column. That being said, this article is 100% right on. You fellow Techsters need to face the music, stop being wimps and call it like it is. Everything in this is 100% factual. Good teams don’t lay down. The head coach is responsible. There is also nothing that would lead a reasonable person to believe that Gailey is capable of putting together anything other than continued medicrioty spiced with a few blowouts. Quit spinning for Gailey and let’s get a new head coach and start anew. Until then, make your Buckhead reservations for early departures!
By superdawg
August 15, 2006 09:38 AM | Link to this
Bottom line: Georgia tech is for pussies.
By techaholic
August 15, 2006 09:46 AM | Link to this
Players QUIT because head coaches let them!
We’ve seen this too many times in the Chan Gailey ERROR.
As bad as some Tech teams were back in the day … I never saw a Bill Curry team quit, I never saw a Pepper Rodgers team quit, I never saw a Bobby Ross or a George O’Leary team quit.
Yes, you need team leaders but you ALSO need a LEADER and MOTIVATOR for your program … Chan Gailey is a lost soul when it comes to this part of his job!
Terrance … great article but Tech fans KNOW what the problem is - Chan Gailey.
By McDonoughDawg
August 15, 2006 10:01 AM | Link to this
Any football with half a brain can see that GT has 1 HUGE problem in their program. He wears #1, and he’s the chosen one of Gailey. It reminds me of a chose one of Jim Donnan recently, #17, Quincy Carter.
To all GT fans whining about this article, take heart, the author hates all local teams, not just yours.
By pitbull
August 15, 2006 10:18 AM | Link to this
I would agree that Gailey has humiliated and disgraced Georgia Tech repeatedly during his time at that p***y school, which is actually a pretty difficult thing to do given total lack of character that has been Georgia tech ever since I can remember.
That said, who are you going to hire that is any good at all to replace him? No decent coach in his right mind would want to work there due to the lack of alumni and fan support, the crappy facilities, and the “they ought to just let us go ahead and win because after all we’re Georgia Tech and entitled” attitude of the players and the fans.
You Tech people dug your own hole so go and crawl in it and cover it up with a rock.
By GT80
August 15, 2006 11:02 AM | Link to this
The only problem with TM’s article is that all the time reading it you know that TM is an unabashed ND booster. He’s stated as much continually over the years.
Now, did GT quit in those games last year? Not so sure, but I am sure that they were not prepared to play, as they haven’t been in several other games under Chan (51-7 loss to UGA, 35-3 loss to Clemson, loss to Duke). More telling in KaMichaels comments were his wonderings on why the coach couldn’t come up with something to stop the embaressment. 18, 19 & 20 year old kids aren’t naturally quitters but when they aren’t getting direction from the main man then they will probably question their ability to compete and thus get crushed. This year will be a telling year for Chan. If we continue to see the inability to have the team prepared to play every game, then the only option is to have a change in leadership, just as TM has actually stated at the end of this article.
By JMLDawg
August 15, 2006 11:31 AM | Link to this
“Georgia Tech nation”? Are you kidding me? It takes more than handful of fans to make up a “nation.”
By Surfrider
August 15, 2006 12:30 PM | Link to this
Agree TLM. Gailey says he has been recruiting people who don’t quit. The real problem lies with the offensive mindset. We can’t just play defense and expect to come from behind to beat Miami, VT, ND, UGA, Clemson, UVA, etc….Some questions need to be asked. Why did it take 4 years to put the shotgun in for real? Why after 4 years don’t we have an option running game that we can also pass off of? Why is Reggie Ball still assured of being the QB after 4 years of leading a low scoring offense? Why did it take 4 years to learn how to recruit? Why don’t we have a more balanced offensive attack sceme in place? Why did it take 4 years to focus on some of the special teams? How many years are we going to play with this regime if we don’t beat Ga.?
By Surfrider
August 15, 2006 12:32 PM | Link to this
Agree TLM. Gailey says he has been recruiting people who don’t quit. The real problem lies with the offensive mindset. We can’t just play defense and expect to come from behind to beat Miami, VT, ND, UGA, Clemson, UVA, etc….Some questions need to be asked. Why did it take 4 years to put the shotgun in for real? Why after 4 years don’t we have an option running game that we can also pass off of? Why is Reggie Ball still assured of being the QB after 4 years of leading a low scoring offense? Why did it take 4 years to learn how to recruit? Why don’t we have a more balanced offensive attack sceme in place? Why did it take 4 years to focus on some of the special teams? How many years are we going to play with this regime if we don’t beat Ga.?
By Play that funky music whiteboy
August 15, 2006 12:36 PM | Link to this
First off T - Well, how about the 2004 season when Notre Dame quit against Purdue to the tune of 41-16, or that same season when they QUIT against USC 41-10 …, T need I remind you that the Notre Dame Board of Trustees were waiting on the plane when it landed on that return flight from Southern California to tell Willingham his mediocre, stoic services were no longer needed? “Yeah Ty, we don’t even need you for the second tier bowl that we’ll go to, we’ll let your D-coordinator coach that one.”
Second, don’t you dare put Chan Gailey in Ty Willingham’s category, Chan has forgotten more about winning football that “Losingham” will ever learn.
Third, Terrence Moore is a bigger homer for Notre Dame than someone like me who actually went to school there. He grew up in South Bend in the shadow of the dome and he probably thinks he is doing ND a favor putting the “quit” in the minds of the faithful. Thanks a lot Terrence, now even if they get down by three touchdowns, they aren’t going to quit.
My fellow ND fans and I will be “tail”gating at the Cheetah pre-game if anyone would care to join us.
By Steve
August 15, 2006 01:12 PM | Link to this
It’s possible to get your head handed to you in a lopsided loss, and with a score that is not indicative of the talent difference between 2 teams. It really is. “So and so just got OUTCOACHED”, or “the team just QUIT” are easy, reach-up-your butt explanations for a defeat…usually leveled by an observer who: A)didn’t watch the whole game, or B) watched the game, but just doesn’t know what the hell they are talking about. This type of lazy, one size fits all commentary has been going on only forever.
By Twin Dawg
August 15, 2006 01:20 PM | Link to this
Again. TM has stated the facts and the truth about the state of football at NATS. A blogger above mentioned that no coach in his right mind would want to come to Tech, which is quite true.. Who are you guys going to attract? What is so appealing about TECH?
Pretty soon Brian Van Gorder at Georgia Southern is going to out recruit Tech and I predict in the next five years will elevate eagle football to the second best in the state competing with Us year in and year out. GSU will be our top rival in 10 years in the state! Go to HELL Tech!
By OldGoldBee
August 15, 2006 01:38 PM | Link to this
I have been attending GT games for the better of 40 plus years, hardly ever missed a home at BDS@HGF.
But the hiring of CGG has tweaked my desire to watch anymore GT games, until that idiot that calls himself a coach is gone, I will not step foot in BDS@HGF!
OGB
By GT90
August 15, 2006 01:51 PM | Link to this
Terrence X - Look just because you are still upset about Cynthia McKinney losing her seat, doesn’t mean you have to take it out on Tech Football.
Remember your statement on Sports Final in ‘98???
“Jim DUnnan has proved that he is a good coach, George O’Leary has not.”
We all know how that one turned out.
By Twin Dawg
August 15, 2006 02:05 PM | Link to this
OGB,
Finally a Techie who understands the situation. Unfortunately for you people the days of Dodd, Ross, and O’Leary are over. Tech’s image in the world of college football has gone south over the past 5 seasons, for reasons such as has been mentioned above. Tech has a very Lukeworm propensity about it. If you read even the “good book,” it will tell you that God hates Luke wormness. He spits it out. OGB, I think this is how you feel?
Anyway, as I have stated… in the next five years or so, BVG at GSU is going to build a great football program at a school that really wants football to be successful. GSU will compete with us shortly for state championships and Tech will be left in the dust with all of their memories of what it was like to dominate in the prior century. Face it Techies, it’s reality!
Gooooo DAWGS!!
By toemeetsleather
August 15, 2006 02:20 PM | Link to this
u make some good points mr “t’…chan really motivated us against miami and auburn but the v tech and utah games were unsettling…i think this is the year chano puts it all together and the jackets roll to acc title and over them puppies in athens///GO JACKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By George
August 15, 2006 02:20 PM | Link to this
TM, I guess you’re the expert on quitting. You quit being a decent writer long ago.
By yellow1990
August 15, 2006 02:24 PM | Link to this
What a shock..an illiterate dog (note correct spelling.) Twin Dawg (Note incorrect spelling) - did your parents have any children that lived? Thanks so much for perpetuating the toothless, redneck, white trash stereotype of georgia fans with such gems as: “Tech’s image in the world of college football has gone south over the past 5 seasons, for reasons such as has been mentioned above. Tech has a very Lukeworm propensity about it. If you read even the “good book,” it will tell you that God hates Luke wormness.
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS “LUKEWORM”?? I need to find out if the Almighty hates Luke Wormness? ROFL!!!!
By Dawg Fan
August 15, 2006 02:29 PM | Link to this
To the UGA fans that think VanGorder is going to build a power at Georgia Southern, I have ocean front property in Statesboro to sell you. Of all the things I’ve read on here, that one is the funniest.
BVG has proven he’ll leave for what he perceives as “greener” pastures quicker than you can say it.
By fortebuna
August 15, 2006 02:38 PM | Link to this
I see many time people blasting TM for his Tech statements. Gosh T you are popular among the Tech nation. Now listen up Tech Nation TM is correct. Under Gailey Tech has quit more time than TM is talking about. Gailey could not motivate a prostitute in a house of ill repute with a fist full of hundreds ($100s). The guy is about as rousing when I spoke to him as a dead mackerel. Speaking of fish it’s time for Gailey to fish or cut bait or another way to say it is to put up or shut up and as the Atlanta folks said to Gen. Sherman get to heck out of Atlanta!
By kevin
August 15, 2006 03:23 PM | Link to this
I find it funny how Tech fans pick on UGA fans and degrade them over and over again for being redneck and lacking in the intelligence dept. Lol, I’m thinking to myself atleast these “toothless, non educated ppl” can procreate as all of you lonely desperate geeks, dorks, and nerds stare and make love to images on a comp. Get a life Techies, you’ll never be as good as UGA in football or women.
By Reggie
August 15, 2006 03:41 PM | Link to this
All I have to say is that I hope this blowhard pseudo-intellectual bigot hangs around your locker room all year and stays the hell away from Athens (and Statesboro for that matter).
By UGA Blows D*ck
August 15, 2006 03:44 PM | Link to this
Twin Dog and Kevin…
Man, those were some funny posts. TD doesn’t have a third grade education. And Kevin, I’m a Tech grad, and you can ask your mother about your post…
By kevin
August 15, 2006 04:34 PM | Link to this
UGa Blows Dick, your retarded. In that immense mind of yours and that impressive intellect since you are a Tech grad and all, the fact that all you can come up with is something about my mom is just sorry. What a loser…but I can promise you this-I can kick your @$$
By Steve
August 15, 2006 04:38 PM | Link to this
Acting spoiled fits a Tech fan in the same manner that acting morally indignant fits Bill/Hillary Clinton,(it doesn’t). The fact that Moore listed Fresno State, (and to an extent Wake), as teams that have no business beating GT, just shows how out of touch he really is. Both are solid, capable programs with good coaches, as is Georgia Tech. Wish I had the adult diaper concession for all the panicky bedwetters who call themselves fans. You are the semi-informed, band wagon jumping, bad mouthing, ‘only front runners interest me’ type of individuals that a columnist such as Moore appeals to the most. Stick to fantasy football. If you have EVER derived even the slightest bit of personal embarrasment from the results of a college sporting event, then you really need to step away from the whole process, and discover yourselves a relaxing hobby.
By pitbull
August 15, 2006 07:15 PM | Link to this
Tech is more suited for Conference USA or the Sunbelt Conference as a school and as a football program than it is for the ACC. The ACC has surpassed Tech, and would be better off replacing it with West Virginia or Georgia Southern once it becomes a 1A program.
Also if Tech people are so superior and smart, why did they allow academically ineligible students to play football for five years if it was not intentional? Tech is either stupid, incompetent, or both.
By Silent Scream
August 15, 2006 07:24 PM | Link to this
1st off I want to say that I do not like T Moore at all. Racism and lack of talent(can only find one angle-negative) But he is PARTIALLY correct on the quitting. He is a Tech hater and that’s his MO, usually to p**s off the Jacket Faithful with splinters under the nails just when we get more confidence in our program. Gailey wasn’t my first choice but he is still in his window this season to turn the corner. He’s taken some steps in the right direction and even the recruiting is picking up this year. I say Chan still can. But for TM to even suggest that Tech will quit in this game is reDICKulous. You’re reaching!
By Tech will beat ND (and UGa)
August 15, 2006 07:39 PM | Link to this
This will be the year all the can boys will hate! Coach G will prove that Chan wins!
Senior RBall and Nix. No “quit” in that bunch!
Ball to Johnson, Ball to Johnson…get used to it!!!
ps/AJC looking for crazy fans….I thought BuLLdog had that job?
By Silent Scream
August 15, 2006 07:56 PM | Link to this
spitbull - The ACC has surpassed Tech? Although I’m not thrilled with being in the middle of the pack in the ACC each year, that hardly qualifies as being left behind by the conference. Georgia Southern in the ACC? I’m sorry but you don’t jump straight into 1a and into the ACC. They are a good program, hardly a top tier quality ACC team. Go hang out with TM!
By Tech will beat ND (and UGa)
August 15, 2006 08:25 PM | Link to this
9/2/07 stinGTime
2/2/07 Gailey did!
By tim
August 15, 2006 09:34 PM | Link to this
Terrence is exactly right.I am a Tech fan and have been for 50 years and always will be. The sad truth is that as long as Gailey is the coach we will never be consistant or beat uga. Motivational skills are just one of many attributes that a coach needs to have that Chan doesn’t have.
By Gamblin'wreck
August 15, 2006 10:15 PM | Link to this
I can’t believe the crap that I’m reading. Why do reporters from the AJC find it necessary to talk crap about Tech. Doesn’t anyone remember the Clemson game in Death Valley two years ago. Come on! Tech scored three touchdowns in like four minutes with a sophmore quaterback and a freshman reciever. That was the greatest comeback that I have ever seen at tech. Clarence Moore needs to do his homework.
By Gamblin'wreck
August 15, 2006 10:19 PM | Link to this
Maybe I need to do my homework. I believe his name is Terence. OOps
By techaholic
August 15, 2006 10:32 PM | Link to this
Reports DON’T talk crap about Tech when things are going well and the program is competing on a high level.
Chan’s yo-yo coaching and lack of leadership, control and pure football coaching ability is why this TEAM HAS QUIT! In 4 years … GA, Clemson (in ATL), VA (in ATL), Utah .. getting beat by DUKE!!!
Any victories against Auburn or Miami and worth nothing if in the same season you get clobbered by Utah (and YES this team quit) and the to Duke!
QUIT is about those in charge of the program allowing that to happen without repercussions to those who did. We don’t even have a coach who can handle that!
I’m like OldGoldBee … as long as Chan is the HC at GT, I won’t be there and I was there for 40 seasons until I saw enough in person.
Dan Radakovich … I hope you read this because the fan base is sick of this crap!
By techaholic
August 15, 2006 10:34 PM | Link to this
Reports DON’T talk crap about Tech when things are going well and the program is competing on a high level.
Chan’s yo-yo coaching and lack of leadership, control and pure football coaching ability is why this TEAM HAS QUIT! In 4 years … GA, Clemson (in ATL), VA (in ATL), Utah .. getting beat by DUKE!!!
Any victories against Auburn or Miami and worth nothing if in the same season you get clobbered by Utah (and YES this team quit) and the to Duke!
QUIT is about those in charge of the program allowing that to happen without repercussions to those who did. We don’t even have a coach who can handle that!
I’m like OldGoldBee … as long as Chan is the HC at GT, I won’t be there and I was there for 40 seasons until I saw enough in person.
Dan Radakovich … I hope you read this because the fan base is sick of this crap!