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DEL.ICIO.USGailey’s time is up
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mark Bradley
Chan Gailey needs to go. He has neither upgraded Georgia Tech nor driven it into the ditch, but lateral movement isn’t to be confused with success. He has had six seasons, and after his 76th game the best player on what should be Gailey’s last Tech team could offer no real defense of his coach.
Asked if Gailey deserved to keep his job, Tashard Choice said this: “I don’t know, man. I like coach Gailey; he gave me the chance to play here [after a transfer from Oklahoma]. But that’s up to everyone else.”
A minute later, someone asked if the Jackets would be upset if Gailey didn’t coach them in their latest nondescript bowl. Said Choice: “I don’t know, man. I just play the game of football.”
And there you have it. There are technical defenses to be made for Gailey — no losing seasons, always a bowl invitation — but nary a passionate one. He has energized his constituency only in its raging dislike for his coaching. He has taken Tech to the brink of great achievement only to see it slip back every single time. He has had long enough. He needs to go.
What transpired Saturday was Gailey’s stewardship in miniature. His Jackets played really hard and at times fairly well against Georgia — better than in any of Gailey’s first five losses to the hated mutts, truth to tell — but they wound up losing by two touchdowns. When a play had to be made, they whiffed. Corey Earls dropped a sure touchdown on Tech’s second snap. Morgan Burnett seized a botched Georgia lateral but fumbled within sight of the go-ahead score. This far but no further … haven’t we seen that before?
Well, yeah. We saw it in 2004 when Reggie Ball threw the ball away on fourth down, saw it in 2005 when Ball delivered a killing interception in the red zone, saw it last season when Ball’s fumble became a slow-motion Georgia touchdown. But the unloved Ball had nothing to do with Saturday’s game, and still Tech couldn’t win.
“One inch here and there, one break here and there and the outcome of the game could’ve been different,” said Choice, but the outcome of the Tech-Georgia game has been the same for six seasons now. And a Tech coach who cannot beat Georgia even once cannot reasonably expect to remain Tech’s coach.
“I’m not in charge of that,” said Gailey, speaking of his future. “My job is to do the best job I can do.”
His best, sad to say, hasn’t been good enough. He has upset enough ranked opponents — at least one every season — to give Tech fans hope, but never have gains been fully consolidated. For the sixth season running, a Gailey-coached team has managed at least five losses.
Fifty-three weeks ago, the Jackets were poised to break upward. They should have beaten Georgia in Athens and could have beaten Wake Forest to win the ACC title. Doing one or the other would have given skeptical Tech backers cause to celebrate. Doing neither only made it apparent that nothing really good would happen under this coach, and since rising to 9-2 last season this coach has lost eight of 15 games.
Firing a semi-successful coach is a tricky business. (Ask Ole Miss about dumping David Cutcliffe for Ed Orgeron.) But keeping Gailey another year would excite no Tech fan; on the contrary, it would depress more than a few. And those folks have let Dan Radakovich know exactly what they think of Gailey: There were more Georgia backers at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Saturday than at any time in the last 20 years, and there were, believe it or not, pockets of empty seats at kickoff.
If you’re Radakovich, there’s your answer. Nobody would fault you for changing coaches when all the incumbent has done is extend the status quo. Chan Gailey arrived at Tech in 2001 and inherited a five-loss team. Six years on, five-loss seasons have become a constant. He’s a nice man, but it’s clear he’s not the man Tech requires. He needs to go.
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By Mutt Jacket
November 24, 2007 9:46 PM | Link to this
you are correct Mark,it has to be done and Monday it will
By a
November 24, 2007 9:47 PM | Link to this
first
By Chantastic
November 24, 2007 9:48 PM | Link to this
Helll yesss
By gtstudent
November 24, 2007 9:49 PM | Link to this
very well written. When i turn on ESPN tomorrow or before I go to class Monday morning, I want to see/hear “Chan Gailey FIRED”
By gregocraker
November 24, 2007 9:50 PM | Link to this
But he really is a nice guy.
By Joshua Barlowe
November 24, 2007 9:51 PM | Link to this
Bingo. Now if the Athens Journal Constitution would provide fair coverage we’d be in business.
I mean really — the poll question?
By joe
November 24, 2007 9:51 PM | Link to this
OK, enough is enough. Headline tomorrow should read Chan is canned! Guy cannot recruit a QB and is not a motivator. On another note Bennett sucks and looks like a scared little kid out there. We now know why we had to deal w/ Reggie Ball for 4 years. For every dropp he over throws or under throws he just sucks. We need a coach who will develop real talent and create a team with attitude.
By Zelda
November 24, 2007 9:52 PM | Link to this
Gailey does need to go. UGA needs more of a challenge to get ready for their upcoming BCS Bowl games.
By Joshua Barlowe
November 24, 2007 9:53 PM | Link to this
I want to read “Chan Gailey resigns and voids his contract.” If he’s as good a man as people say he is - he’ll tear it up.
By Sports Reader
November 24, 2007 9:56 PM | Link to this
And I think your time should be up at the AJC. Nobody enjoys reading your always-negative articles. You must truly suffer from depression and probably have a lack of friends. You may or may not be right about Tech’s coach, but I have tried to understand for years why your focus on ANYTHING is always so negative and why you must always talk about how BAD everything in this world is. I would hate to live under your roof. The AJC needs to replace you!!
By Chan B. Gone
November 24, 2007 9:57 PM | Link to this
A great and truthful piece of sports journalism. He needs to go.
By ui
November 24, 2007 9:57 PM | Link to this
and the SEC is soooo overrated, ACC is 4-2 against so easy conf this year
By JacketFan
November 24, 2007 9:58 PM | Link to this
As a ‘92 alum and witnessing the greatness of the 1990 championship team, it’s obvious Gailey has to go.
There’s no passion. Georgia is one of the top states for football recruits and Atlanta is a great city that a lot of young men would love to play in.
There’s no reason why we can’t be a consistant top 15 school. Bring in some fresh young blood, please!!!
By I Bleed Red & Black
November 24, 2007 9:59 PM | Link to this
Blah blah blah. Chan is not to blame for the loss today. The dropped pass on the 2nd play and the touchback that developed during the fumble return by Tech were the reasons for the loss. Gailey shouldn’t be blamed for the failure to perform basic skills like catching a wide open pass or holding on to the ball with two hands. What a joke. Try blaming the horrible fans that either didn’t show up or sold there tickets to UGA fans (thanks by-the-way). Oh well, it’s a great day to be a Georgia Bulldawg. Goooooo Dawgs. 7 in a row and counting.
By il
November 24, 2007 10:00 PM | Link to this
Okla, USC, BC, etc…. will hang 50 on the doggies in bcs
By John
November 24, 2007 10:01 PM | Link to this
Mark you are right on target. All this “Chan’s a nice guy” talk has gotten very old. The bottom line is - nice guy or not he has always ALMOST gotten his team to the “next level”. But not once in six years has he been able to deliver that “signature win”. All this has translated a bored fan base. How in the world will they sell tickets if he remains the coach.
By elijah
November 24, 2007 10:01 PM | Link to this
I agree. I am tired of going to games and having my heart broke. I was at the Vt and BC games this year and I was disgusted to say the least. A friend asked if I was going to this game. I said no way. I was not surprised when the showed the blimp view that there was more red than gold. If there is any question Mr. A.D. There is your answer.
By Richard
November 24, 2007 10:01 PM | Link to this
I can honestly say that I will not be buying season tickets as long as Gailey is coaching.
By Chris D
November 24, 2007 10:01 PM | Link to this
Mark Bradley,
By your argument, the AJC’s entire edtiorial staff “needs to go”, too. Right?
According to nationally publicized subscription ratings, the AJC has lost subscribers at a faster rate than any newspaper in the United States.
Your argument is that Chan Gailey should be fired because, while his teams win more than they lose, they still lose too much.
So shouldn’t your standard be held to the AJC editors, too?
Gailey wins more than the AJC in his respective industry.
By Jerry Briant
November 24, 2007 10:02 PM | Link to this
More red than Gold in the stands? Even the TV commentators made note of that…really pathetic and shameful Radakovich….where is Mac McWhorter?
By gt72
November 24, 2007 10:03 PM | Link to this
Per the line in “Remember the Titans” … sometimes you just have to cut a man loose. Well written article. Treading water just doesn’t cut it.
By KSU Alumni
November 24, 2007 10:03 PM | Link to this
tech SUCKS. Wait until KSU gets a football team. We will need an easy out of conference game for homecoming. Just hope you have enough fans that will travel up I-75 to even watch the game. Go Owls.
By Alan
November 24, 2007 10:03 PM | Link to this
The GTAA has serious financial isssues which are mostly the result of Dave Braine’s “stewardship” and failed leadership of Tech athletics. For D-Rad it’s essentially name your poision. Absorb the cost of Gaileys contract(about $4 million remaining)or accept marginally winning seasons and boring football while hoping that the fallout in the Tech fund and ticket/gameday revenues is not that bad. D-Rad is a business person and unfortunately is likely to treat this as a business decision. For the sake of the program I hope Gailey is gone. I just don’t trust D-Rad to pull the trigger.
By GT Athletic Supporter
November 24, 2007 10:05 PM | Link to this
Good points, Mark but why put Tashard Choice on the hot seat like you did. You could have made your points without that. Your highlighting those remarks and introducing your position on Coach Gailey with Choice’s comments puts him in a very awkward position. You guys have no sensitivity.
By AlabamaRamblinwreck
November 24, 2007 10:05 PM | Link to this
You know, it is sad that this has to happen, but Chan really did it to himself. He was not willing to change his philosopy, and he was not willing to change the fact he had a direct impact on play-calling.
If he had been willing to allow his offensive coaches to do the play-calling, I really do believe that he could have made it as a head coach. Tommy Tuberville had to learn to do this at Auburn, and many other head coaches have had to learn this. Chan was not willing to change, and now his life will change. Maybe it will be better for him at his next position. I do hope so.
Let’s get a new exciting coach, and let’s support him 100%. He will need some time, but the cupboard is not bare. He should be able to be successful fairly quickly, but the players will have to adjust to a new system. GO JACKETS!!
By dc fab
November 24, 2007 10:06 PM | Link to this
I am a Ga Tech ticket holder and I attended the game tonight. I am disgusted. We blew numerous chances to capitalize on Georgia’s mistakes, while enduring once again, the terrible officiating. If Chan was a real coach, he would have been on that field, giving those refs what they deserve. After attending game after game, it is apparent that the officiating team has no respect for Chan or Georgia Tech. And certainly no fear of punishment for mis-calls. I’m sure Mark Richt doesnt just sit by and do nothing when his team is mis-treated. But that’s what a coach should do, protect his team. No, Bradley is right, Chan has to go. I just hate to see Chan get millions for being fired. Perhaps there is another job he could do, until his contract is up. AS LONG IT IS NOT COACHING!!!
By Mike
November 24, 2007 10:07 PM | Link to this
Don’t forget Chan’s embarrassing record of graduating players…that’s even worse than his won-loss record.
By Quiet Observer
November 24, 2007 10:07 PM | Link to this
Yes it is time to move on. I believe we need a new direction. We need a fresh start and a coach for todays game. One who wants to build roots in a program and not just coach in one until a better offer comes along. We need someone who is able to take advantage of what Atlanta has to offer and recruit, train, educate and graduate his athletes. We need a man dedicated to his players and his university. I say we need Charlie Strong, an up and coming well respected Assistant Coach with winning experience. As an African American he would be a great fit for a University in a city that embraces diversity. He is young energetic and a class act. I vote for a change and I like the thought of Charlie Strong to lead us.
By rw
November 24, 2007 10:10 PM | Link to this
clue for recruiting GT, tell this to the recruits in a different way: why would you want to go to athens and play in a farm system for a bunch of white folks and to give them glory and they dont really like you and wont help you later, come to midtown in atl where there is prosperity and an acceptance of minorities; GT grads more black eng tahn anyone in USA, UGA has about 2 percent non-athlete balck student body. WAKE UP!!!!
By Protest the journalist as CEO
November 24, 2007 10:11 PM | Link to this
I just want to say that it is despicable when journalists call for the firing of coaches. Analysis please, don’t play CEO. To fire or not fire, that’s your question, Mark Bradley: what a waste of newspaper space! What a wannabe University politician!
By TechieMan
November 24, 2007 10:13 PM | Link to this
Time for Chan Gailey to be fired. He just can’t get the job done. Georgia has no respect for our team or our fan base. Please join concerned Tech fans at: http://www.bbuzzoff.com to discuss how to fire Chan Gailey.
By engine82
November 24, 2007 10:14 PM | Link to this
1990, LOL. Didn’t they remove seats from the stadium in 1991 after winning the national championship.
By MisterT
November 24, 2007 10:15 PM | Link to this
He has to go. No two ways about it.
David Cutcliffe…hmmm…he has developed a QB or two…has beaten uga a few times.
Mark, did you just plant his name for consideration?
By Scooter
November 24, 2007 10:19 PM | Link to this
“Wow” so many missed opportunities. Tech receivers must watch Falcon highlight films. Earls and Smith couldn’t catch a pass if you handed them the ball. I’m really proud how hard Tech played they were just a break here or there of actually of winning. Next year surely someone can beat Bennet out. All year long when you’ve needed him to come through he wilts like a p*** willow. He like Gaily lack a winners mentality. This game sums up the whole season so many lost opportunities. This team should have been 9-3, or even 10-2.
By GT Cheated by SEC RFefs
November 24, 2007 10:20 PM | Link to this
I agree that Chan needs to go, but it is unfortunate that his last chance against the dogs is mared by biased SEC refs. The calls that denied GT touchdowns on a punt recovery in the endzone, def pass interferences called against GT that was actually Offensive pass interference, etc. When the announcers say that the refs made bad calls costing the jackets the game is very telling. This game MUST HAVE NON-ACC/SEC refs. GT would have won this game by at least 14 points if the calls were correctly made. Watch the tape!
By bravesfan
November 24, 2007 10:21 PM | Link to this
Sometimes, change is needed to jump-start a program. Let’s just hope that this is one of those times, and if Coach Gailey is relieved of his duties that the AD will come up with an inspiring hire to instill true progress.
By knowshon knows
November 24, 2007 10:22 PM | Link to this
You need to keep chan I realy think he can win next year!
By Joe Tech
November 24, 2007 10:24 PM | Link to this
Unless you have a better coach under contract shut up! which is what Mark Bradley should do permanently.
By bigdawg01
November 24, 2007 10:24 PM | Link to this
You NERDS just dont get it. UGA is the powerhouse school in the state. We have the edge in recruiting, talent, and coaching. Reggie Ball was the most valuable player for UGA in recent memory. Lets face it, a 9-4 year for a ACC (Almost Competitive Conference) is a good year, while the same is a DOWN year in the SEC. See you LAME A*******es next year when it is 8 in a row. GO DAWGS!!!
By Joshua Barlowe
November 24, 2007 10:25 PM | Link to this
Gailey plays players based on seniority - not talent.
Our Freshman class has more talent than our juniors, but they don’t play b/c of Chan’s ‘SYSTEM.”
It’s disgusting.
By Tom
November 24, 2007 10:27 PM | Link to this
Yes Tech has cash problems. But right now the ACC is weak. If we were marginally better, we’d have a 50/50 shot annually to win the ACC and get BCS dollars.
BCS money would fix our issues. Even if we fall short, the payouts on 8 win bowls is a lot better then payouts on 7 or 6 win bowls.
And you want a coach who would a) Win b) Beat UGA c) and could see this as a job to love and retire from…?
His name is George O’leary, and he’s in Orlando.
By JB
November 24, 2007 10:29 PM | Link to this
I like Furman Bisher’s suggestion….Gailey to the Falcons and Petrino to the Jackets…
By Bee Sting
November 24, 2007 10:29 PM | Link to this
June Jones will be the next coach for Georgia Tech. He is in his final year at Hawaii. He has not signed an extension. Only question is will Tenuta stay.
By bye chan
November 24, 2007 10:30 PM | Link to this
Give it to Tenuta.
By yellowblood
November 24, 2007 10:31 PM | Link to this
I just don’t know. Chan gives us 7 great Tickle Piles a year. Even though no one is in the mood tonight we had a great Tickle Pile last night at Glenn Field. It’s just a dilemma and frankly I worry that we are jumping from the frying pan into the fire. I don’t know if we should risk the unknown for the 7 great Tickle Piles we know we can count on with Chan.
By Tim
November 24, 2007 10:33 PM | Link to this
KSU Alumni…what are you talking about? Are you planning on playing the game in the Brandsmart parking lot? Why say Tech sucks? A, you don’t have a football team; B, guess you couldn’t get into Tech-that is why you are at KSU.
By George P. Burdell
November 24, 2007 10:34 PM | Link to this
Candidates: 1. Chris Petersen 2. Randy Edsall 3. Jimbo Fisher
By **billy g**
November 24, 2007 10:38 PM | Link to this
If not Gailey, then who? You say that Gailey has had six years, but you forget that the team was under severe restrictions. Gailey guided the ship under terrible circumstances.
I know that I am the minority, but I think that Gailey deserves to stay for the duration of his contract. Only a year ago, he was interviewed by NFL teams. Would they both to interview a guy that couldn’t coach?
Change for the sake of change never works out.
If you want to compete at a high level in football, lower the academic requirements. Design an educational program for these kids and help them gain real life skills that they can use once they leave. Stop the arrogance and wake up.
Chan is a good man and a good coach.
By ripkelly
November 24, 2007 10:38 PM | Link to this
Mr. Gailey is a good, if not great, man and as good a coach as most anyone else. Keep Gailey and retain some sense of stability in the program. We’ll win some and lose some, but so will everybody else. Then, once every 5 or so years, the Jackets will have a great year, compete for or win the ACC, and make finish top 10 / top 5.
A change at the top will get Tech no better results. Tech is an average to above average program and that is fine by me. Tech is generally competitive in each and every game, including today against top 10 UGA.
Please keep Gailey as our coach. Don’t make a change simply to make a change (see Nebraska, Ole Miss, A&M, and countless others). Let Mr. Gailey stay as long as he desires, and when he decides it is time to step down, someone else will emerge.
College football is cyclical. Take the good with the bad.
By Navigator
November 24, 2007 10:39 PM | Link to this
I know many of you don’t blame the coach for this loss. Examples: Dropped touchdown pass, bumbled return of UGA fumble, over thrown pass, receivers that simply can’t catch the ball. A simple answer for all of these is that these are Chan Gailey recruits.
By GT88
November 24, 2007 10:40 PM | Link to this
Does anybody have Paul Johnson’s phone number at Navy?
By Fish
November 24, 2007 10:41 PM | Link to this
Tenuta for HC
By Fish
November 24, 2007 10:42 PM | Link to this
Tenuta for HC
By KRIS
November 24, 2007 10:44 PM | Link to this
June Jones would be the most exciting hire by far.
By Yellow Dog Dem
November 24, 2007 10:45 PM | Link to this
RW,
Nice one about farm system in Athens…More black eng than anyone else in the nation? That is like shooting fish in a barrell….How many graduated last year? 10? lose the chip on your shoulder
By chris
November 24, 2007 10:46 PM | Link to this
Sorry, but I doubt Chan is leaving for several reasons.
1) Radakovich is likely leaving for LSU in April
2) Chan’s buyout is too hefty a sum, especially for a program suffering from an $11 mil visitor seating expansion (see North end zone behemoth)
3) Do you really want to be looking for a new coach in a season where more than several top programs are looking for coaches?
If there is a change, it’s probably because someone is already lined up. We’d have a chance at Paul Johnson, maybe. If we’re lucky. Otherwise, let’s chuck another $600 into the “Tech Fund” for another mediocre season and another trip to “Obscure Corporate Bowl 2008.”
By Chan B. Gone
November 24, 2007 10:46 PM | Link to this
What do you all think about Chris Hatcher and/or Paul Johnson?
By GM
November 24, 2007 10:52 PM | Link to this
This game is not the best example of why Gailey should be fired, as the players played hard and well. All the breaks went UGA’s way (and this is not crying about the officials or anything else, just facts that it was UGA’s night tonight).
I would be shocked if Gailey were still employed at Tech by the end of this week.
Go Jackets. Congrats to the Dawgs on another nice win (darn it).
By InsectInside
November 24, 2007 10:53 PM | Link to this
Ken Whisenhunt
By SlimG
November 24, 2007 10:54 PM | Link to this
You Techies don’t know football. Who brought in Calvin Johnson? Oh yeah, all you fools saying that Nesbitt is the answer, he can’t even throw a pass. All I here is the 1990 bs, remember a UPI national championship if you like, it was a fluke. You also had 3 pro coaches on staff, and some illegal activity, but hey you did win. Gailey was the best coach you could get six years ago. Who will want this lackluster fan base to impress? Not Paul Johnson! Fire a coach with a winning record and reached the ACC champ game last year. Great idea!
By John
November 24, 2007 10:54 PM | Link to this
Thanks Mark for finally saying he must go. We have said it for some time now. Texas A&M upset Texas and then they fired their coach the same day. Why has the word not come out that Gailey is fired? It should have happened right after the game.
By GaTechAlum1965
November 24, 2007 10:56 PM | Link to this
Galey should never have been hired in the first place, he is MEDICORE and his record has been medicore everywhere he has been. Firing is 6 years too late in coming. Let’s move on or else the stands will be empty every game except UGA. Remember nice guys finish last.
By GM
November 24, 2007 10:58 PM | Link to this
Do you not think D-Rad has a plan? Even if he leaves in April, he’s no Dave Braine. He’d leave Tech without a coach before he left us stuck with one. Have some faith in this man. Trust me. Gailey is gone.
By kris
November 24, 2007 11:02 PM | Link to this
Hate to say it-bet Tech is a second tier job compared to all the other openings. They better have somebody in mind before they pull the plug.
By GM
November 24, 2007 11:03 PM | Link to this
SlimG: Thanks for your comments about our program. We will pass these along directly to the AD for careful consideration. Should you have anything further to add, please write your comments on a roll of toilet paper and use as necessary.
By GaTechAlum1965
November 24, 2007 11:03 PM | Link to this
The coach is 80% of winning, here’s why. 1. He is responsible for the players recruited, players on the field at any one time. 2. He is responsible for the strategy, play books, calling the plays, etc. 3. He is responsible for training schedules, routines, intensity, etc. 4. He is responsible for motivating the team. 5. The players execute. 80% coach, 20% players. In any sport it’s deliver or depart, Galey must depart but it’s doubtful the powers to be have the guts!
By Tech/Ga/Falcon Fan
November 24, 2007 11:04 PM | Link to this
Bradly, you are one of the sports writers that hounded Falcons ownership in firing the only coach who led them to a super bowl. Now years and two coaches later, where are they? You have little knowledge of football and less than average skill as a writer.
By boulderman
November 24, 2007 11:04 PM | Link to this
Whoa Jacket Fan, Colorado won the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1990. Come to Boulder sometime and you can touch the TROPHY.
By another GT grad
November 24, 2007 11:04 PM | Link to this
GT could’ve won had Earls caught the first pass for a TD, and the freshman CB hadn’t fumbled near the goal line. GT players aren’t coached as well as UGAs. Yup, time for Chan to go.
By another GT grad
November 24, 2007 11:07 PM | Link to this
And Tech surely shouldn’t wait til after the Nut Bowl to fire him. It’s after 11 pm and no announcement? We’ve waiting too long already!
By m
November 24, 2007 11:09 PM | Link to this
Hiring Chan Gailey was the 2nd stupidest decision in Tech history. Keeping him for 6 years was the absolute worst decision in Tech history. We should have called timeout during the game to fire CHAN. He sucks in epic proportions. This nightmare must end NOW.
By TechFan
November 24, 2007 11:11 PM | Link to this
Ripkelly,
I understand what you are saying. But at some point you must be willing to say that anything is better than what we have now. I think 6 yeas is at that point. I would rather take a chance with the uknown, no matter how bad it may be, than continuing on with what we have. We need, at the very least, a glimmer of hope to do something more than the emerald nut bowl. If we fall short then change. But the definition of insanity is doing the same wrong thing again and again. I’m not sure who we can get at Tech but we MUST try to make a change.
By another GT grad
November 24, 2007 11:14 PM | Link to this
Get Chris Hatcher. Wisenhunt’s too smart to come, as is June Jones. Don’t want the run & shoot anyway. Hawaii is crazy if they let him get away.
By fortebuna
November 24, 2007 11:15 PM | Link to this
It’s time? No it’s past time. Gailey if he is indeed the man of character he says he is the he would resign. But Gailey is not a man of character. Rad fire him tonite and I will come back to ATL to see the Jackets until then I’ll stay home and save my bucks. Bye Bye Gailey and don’t come back!
By Techfan
November 24, 2007 11:15 PM | Link to this
How many of Tech’s players on the offensive side would start at UGA this year? Answer = zero. Terrible QB, decent running back, clueless receivers and tight ends, and average O-line. I say keep Tenuta as HC, fire Gayley, and bring in a young offensive coach. OR if June Jones is interested, hire him as HC, contingent on keeping Tenuta.
By Hairy Dawg
November 24, 2007 11:20 PM | Link to this
I think Bill Lewis is available for all your Tech coaching needs…Most young nerds at Tech probably don’t know who he is. All you bunch of bandwaggon jumpers complain about the head coach but yet will not support the program. Seems like the stands were full last year when you were on top of the world…You only lost to ND last year by 4 at home…fan base was giddy and zits were a popping…couple of losses and now it is back to bashing the coach and tickly piles at the Star Wars conventions.
By GM
November 24, 2007 11:21 PM | Link to this
boulderman: this argument died long ago but in case you’ve forgotten, CO lost a game, tied a game, won one on fifth down, and another on a dubious penalty. Nearly 4 losses versus an undefeated Tech team that year? Go to bed you idiot.
By Tom
November 24, 2007 11:23 PM | Link to this
The problem is the failure to develop of talent. Chan can recruit, yes. But far too many players have come and gone, and have either not developed, or have regressed.
Look at Matthew Stafford. He’s had his challenges, but he gets quality coaching and UGA and gets better each game he plays. That’s good coaching.
Look at Reggie, and Taylor Bennett. If Chan was the 1/2 of the recruiter and/or Coach the Pro-Chan crowd claims, then Reggie would have been better in year 4 then year 1, and in fact I think Freshman Reggie was better then Senior Reggie. And over those 4 years, we were not able to recruit nor train a better qb then Taylor? That’s BAD COACHING!
Would you let you Son commit to GT with the record that Chan has wasting talent and the fact that it’s not a question of if he’ll go, it’s simply a question of when?
Think of the coaches from the past..
Would Bobby Dodd, John Heisman, Bobby Ross or George O’Leary ever say “we just need to be happy with a winning record and any bowl we can get?”
O’Leary just won the C-USA with the talent at UCF! Hire George. He’ll see the fact that he’s back at big time football that he’ll respect it and stay here until he retires.
By GM
November 24, 2007 11:25 PM | Link to this
June Jones? Get real.
By GM
November 24, 2007 11:30 PM | Link to this
Hairy Dawg: Thanks for your comments about our program. We will pass these along directly to the AD for careful consideration. Should you have anything further to add, please write your comments on a roll of toilet paper and use as necessary.
By jch
November 24, 2007 11:32 PM | Link to this
While we’re at it, lets get a new basketball coach too. While the football program has remained a boring status quo, the basketball program continues to be abysmal.
By UG-GAY
November 24, 2007 11:33 PM | Link to this
chan is the best coach since lombardi. and he’s much sexier than richt. vote for gailey in ‘08.
By belby
November 24, 2007 11:42 PM | Link to this
Wanting to fire a coach? Bradley, you’re as crass as they come
By Hairy Dawg
November 24, 2007 11:42 PM | Link to this
GM,
NP. Glad I could help. BTW, I prefer GT memorabilia instead of tp. Good luck in whatever bowl you attend during the middle part of December.
By Brian
November 24, 2007 11:43 PM | Link to this
Let me first say that I am not a Tech fan nor am I a UGA fan.
I don’t understand why this paper or the writers have the right to decide the future of any coach. COVER the games, don’t use your forum to change the lives of the people that are doing a good job of molding young people. This is not the NFL, this is amature athletics.
In the microwave society we live in, the teams that you cover are expected to win every game…that is not reality.
I don’t have the opportunity to express my opinions for a major newspaper like you do. If I did, Mr. Moore, and Mr Wyche, and you would not be working for me. Think about the impact of your saying that the coach should be fired? If you want to fire people, go take a management job or take a coaching job. A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing. This paper should cover the games, offer insight to the readers, and support the local teams.
That is what the paper or this web site should be about, not changing the lives of the many coaches (assistant coaches) that would be out of work…It is just not right.
By IWrecken
November 24, 2007 11:43 PM | Link to this
Money, money, that’s all we’re hearing. All GT has to do is ask US the fans if we’d like to give to the cause. I’m not talking about the Big $$$ people, but those of us who can afford a couple hundred.
I know a hell of a lot of GT fans/alums who have no problem ponying up that kind of money to help move Chan out!
Speak up GT fans!
By JustMe
November 24, 2007 11:45 PM | Link to this
Knowing that Chan has 4 years left on his contract at $1 million per year. That is an expensive fire!
What would the Tech nation feel about Dan R. telling Chan to stay on as a ‘father figure’ type coach to the players only under the conditions that he hire a great offensive coordinator (and for Chan to leave the offense totally up to him) and also hire a great QB coach?
Otherwise, get rid of Chan all together…
By NASCARfan
November 24, 2007 11:48 PM | Link to this
Typical stupid comments by the Dawgs on this board. Not a single intelligent comment among them. But that’s what you expect from morons in Athens.
Let’s get a decent coach and regroup. Too many missed opportunities but at least this should be the last straw to get rid of Gailey.
Go JACKETS! And to HELL WITH GEORGIA! UGA Sucks! Always has, always will!
By Custis
November 24, 2007 11:49 PM | Link to this
I hope Chan gets a contract extension. If he doesn’t, let’s hope Pepper Rogers comes back.
By junejones
November 24, 2007 11:51 PM | Link to this
Tech, Please call me asap. I have something to tell you. Sincerely, June Jones
By Reggie come back!
November 24, 2007 11:51 PM | Link to this
Fire Chan Gailey. Hire Reggie Ball.
By BOBCEE
November 24, 2007 11:51 PM | Link to this
College football is a business and in any business when there is no success the CEO usually is let go. This will happen to Chan. The only proble is WHO would want to come to TECH. Sure you could mention Bill Curry or any other Tech grad but Tech needs some new blood - need to be able to attract not only good athletes but also good students. Send the money and go for Tuberville, or even the the former coach at Michigan. For the right $$ either one would consider the opportunity.
By GM
November 24, 2007 11:53 PM | Link to this
Brian: If you’re not a fan, find something else to do at midnight on a Saturday. Really!!
Hairy Dawg: Thanks again. I would not be able to sleep tonight without your helpful comments.
By Correction
November 24, 2007 11:58 PM | Link to this
*By rw -
GT grads more black eng tahn anyone in USA*
Sorry, North Carolina A&T State University holds that honor. I do hear that you guys are second though, and first among predominately white colleges.
Let’s just be clear, and correct.
By Concerned Fan
November 25, 2007 12:02 AM | Link to this
Hey I thought this was college football. Has this sport gotten so out of hand that winning is the only thing that counts. Hey who dropped the passess, who fumbled at both key and un-key times, who missed tackles, who did not complete a pass when needed - For all of the answers it is young 18-21 year old kids. All of them are not NFL material, but we in society think they should all be superstars. Come on giveme a break. I thought they were there to get an education and be able to have a successful life. Quit bringing up the goof os Reggie, or in this case putting Choice in the middle- Lighten up people football is ONLY A GAME not a process to put undue pressure on its participants.
By BOBCEE
November 25, 2007 12:05 AM | Link to this
How about we judge you on your writing skills? Maybe you should be looking for a job too.
By Hairy Dawg
November 25, 2007 12:06 AM | Link to this
Nascar fiend,
Thanks for the compliments. Try not to contract ink poisining on the next tatoo. 7 in a row in FB. Nice job on the bold…it really gets across your profound statements.
By Chanmustgo
November 25, 2007 12:13 AM | Link to this
Why wait till Monday - Ole Miss and Nebraska did it today? Can-the-Chan - A different coach might have made a difference today. But the SEC can’t be as great as the lovefest that the networks give them; Wake beat Vandy pretty good (remember UGA had to wait till the end to win, needing help from a Vandy fumble) and Clemson (who GT beat) beat SC (who beat UGA). Get rid of Gaily now and be done with his sorry a@@
By Gwen
November 25, 2007 12:16 AM | Link to this
To reverse a famous quote from Jerry Maguire: Chan, you lost me at 52-7. It doesn’t matter that he’s a nice guy or a just over .500 winner or that he brings the team to cold and muddy bowls known for care packages or shelled nuts, it’s that he never “got it” about the rivalry things. He’s just not a college level coach, and it’s time to get young, fresh ideas and motivations on board. He was the worst thing Dave Braine ever did to Tech.
By Russell
November 25, 2007 12:17 AM | Link to this
Chan Gailey rocks. The moron that wrote this article would lead the team to 0-13 for 6 years straight. I’m surrounded by idiots.
By Chanmustgo
November 25, 2007 12:19 AM | Link to this
Why wait till Monday - Ole Miss and Nebraska did it today? Can-the-Chan - A different coach might have made a difference today. But the SEC can’t be as great as the lovefest that the networks give them; Wake beat Vandy pretty good (remember UGA had to wait till the end to win, needing help from a Vandy fumble) and Clemson (who GT beat) beat SC (who beat UGA). Get rid of Gaily now and be done with his sorry a@@
By ben
November 25, 2007 12:21 AM | Link to this
College Football has passed us all by. Watch the Real Sports report on T. Boone Pickens giving Okie State 160 million to produce a winner. We don’t have the fan base or the money to be a big time winner. It’s over, I’m sorry to say. Let’s dumb down the schedule, go 10-2 and complain we didn’t get considered by the BCS. See TCU.
By granny g
November 25, 2007 12:22 AM | Link to this
All of you ignorant Dawg fans who think we can’t find a decent coach are oblivious to your own rightous bullshiiiat. GT is a great school w/ tons of potential. Just look at their latest recruiting class. There IS potential and we need a young coach who can run the west coast offense. We have the personnel in place to make it happen. Come on.. If you give the alumni what they want, they’ll pay enough to get us out of debt. Otherwise, if this keeps up, the debt will continue to mount. All it takes is one 10 win season and a BCS berth and all debts are erased. Now I’m not a UGA business major but I can bet that the math adds up. Gailey has to go…debt our not. Give them what they want and the money will follow.
PS: This was the worst officiated game I’ve ever seen and I’m not one to blame it on the refs. UGA is the better team but the officating was horrible. GT deserved better.
By BC
November 25, 2007 12:24 AM | Link to this
One name that might surprise some folks AND scare others…Mike O’Cain. He coached ECU to many many competetive games and is the offensive mastermind that this team needs. Mike O’Cain is your man.
By BigPapa
November 25, 2007 12:26 AM | Link to this
Brian:
This is an OPINION FORUM. But, you’re right…We should all give big hugs for mediocrity and pleasant complimentary opinions, so nobody gets their feelings hurt.
GIVE ME A BREAK!
If a product is crap, people are going to say that it’s crap.
By Scott
November 25, 2007 12:29 AM | Link to this
I love all the UGAg fans complaining about the Tech fans disappointment with Gailey. We aren’t whining fans that only want the latest and the greatest. We are tired of 7-5 every year. We win games we really shouldn’t win because our guys come out and play their guts out. Our coach continues to put an offense on the field that kills our defense and causes losses to teams we shouldn’t lose to. By the way, wasn’t it UGAg that fired Jim Donnan after 2 8-win seasons and a 40-19 overall record? Didn’t he lead Georgia to its first 4 consecutive bowl wins? Even your precious Dooley didn’t do that. Keep your opinions where they belong, in Athens. I think you saw today just how close you were to being beaten by an unranked Tech team. What would that have done for your BCS bowl bid?
By Chanmustgo
November 25, 2007 12:31 AM | Link to this
Hey - Concerned Fan - if it is “ONLY A GAME” why do coachs make millions of dollars a year to coach? If it is “ONLY A GAME” why do 95,000 fans show-up in Athens every week? IF it is “ONLY A GAME” why does UGA Football make $60 MILLION dollars a season - IF IT IS “ONLY A GAME” then sir - I ask YOU - DO you make that kind of money? I think not - IT IS NOT JUST A GAME
By 1992
November 25, 2007 12:31 AM | Link to this
Tech geeks, you people SU@K. You’re the No. 2 team and the No. 2 school in this State; always have been always will be. You can’t stand it and that’s why this game is soooo important to you. Say what you want about somebody putting up big points on us in our bowl game, blah, blah, blah…Have fun at the ‘whatever Bowl’ your coachless team will be playing in. Since the inception of the BCS, when was the last time tech played in a BCS bowl? How about NEVER!!! This will be our third. Take your beating and shut the f@#k up!
By DJ
November 25, 2007 12:33 AM | Link to this
Chan is not a bad coach, but something has to be done to change the status quo. Tech needs some inspiration, but needs to make sure there is a good process in place for replacing him before he is dismissed. With all of the coaching vacancies and more to come, it could get difficult to get the right man.
By Chuck Uga
November 25, 2007 12:36 AM | Link to this
HEY MARK, I DON’T SEE WHY ANYONE, SPORTSWRITER OR OTHERWISE, THINK THAT SOMEONE (ANYONE) CAN TAKE THE TECH JOB TODAY AND EXPECT TO DO WELL AGAINST AN ANNUAL TOP 10 TEAM FIELDED BY MARK RICHT. HOW? THE MAN IS RAKING IN THE RECRUITS AND NOTHING IS GOING WRONG OTHER THAN YOUTH (WHO COST US THE SEC EAST). CERTAINLY IN 2008 THE ONLY TEAM ON THE SEC EAST SCHEDULE WHO CAN BEAT US IS UF (LIKELY). LSU AND BAMA WILL BOTH BE TOUGH, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE WIN 9 OR 10 GAMES AGAIN? TEN IS MORE LIKELY. TECH MAY GET LUCKY AND UPSET US IN A YEAR OR TWO, BUT THE 6, 7 OR 8 STRAIGHT WINS WILL BE THE NORM UNDER RICHT AGAINST A PROGRAM THAT SIMPLY CANNOT KEEP UP.
By TechBuzz
November 25, 2007 12:45 AM | Link to this
Gailey needs to go, now. Tech needs to get a real coach, like Steve Spurrier, who knows how to beat georgia or some assistant at Florida who knows the spread offense.
By bh
November 25, 2007 12:47 AM | Link to this
I think Mr. Mark Bradley’s time is up. He needs to go. He tried to fire everyone in the world.
By GT Fan
November 25, 2007 12:48 AM | Link to this
All the pathetic Tech fans should be the ones that go away. Since the late 80’s there have only been fair weather fans. You don’t show up for the games and you complain, you show up late and complain, they win you complain and of course when they lose you complain. If your truly a GT fan then put your money where your mouth is and sell out the 55,000 seat stadium. Give the players something to be proud of your full support. I’m willing to bet that 95% of you guys have never even put the pads on in pee wee football much less ever tried coaching a team. You guys make me ashamed to call myself at GT Fan. You as well as Mark Bradley are pathetic. If I was coach Gailey and the players I fire you guys!!
GO JACKETS!!!!
By coz109
November 25, 2007 12:48 AM | Link to this
Scott, do you really think two touchdowns is close? Tech played hard, and deserve credit, but the fact remains 14 points isn’t close. Granted, it’s not a blowout. However once again, as I’ve always said, your defense was out of gas in the 2nd half from blitzing every down. Losing to an unranked team would surely have killed any shot at a BCS bowl, but the fact remains, we didn’t lose. In fact, we won, by 14 points.
By Sportswriters and crybaby jacket fans
November 25, 2007 12:54 AM | Link to this
Coach Gailey’s drop of that first pass was just awful A guy in his fifties shouldn’t drop passes that way. He’s got to look those balls in. Shame on you Tech crybabies. The coaches can put the players in position, but the players have to make the plays. Did you see Coach Gailey scoop up that errant UGA lateral only to fumlbe it down near the goal. He must have missed out on the portion of practice dealing with securing the ball last week. Coach Gailey still plays, and his drops and fumbles must be accouted for.
Shame on a sportswriter who calls for a coaches firing. You who only have to write about the game, but who have never had to go down into the arena. You sit with the other timid souls in the Tech stands and criticize the coaching and players and then go to a player and take what he says or doesn’t say out of context to help make your point to fire the coach. You are one who would hide and watch the battle from a safe distance, then swoop in to kill the wounded who were unable to defend themselves. It is obvious that you and Coach Gailey don’t gee-haw, so you will do your best through your gallons of ink to do a good man and a good coach in. For the most part, the Tech coaches are playing with guys UGA never recruited, yet are very competitive year in and year out in the in state rivalry. This is really a tribute to the coaching staff, as Tech never has the athletes the Dawgs have. There is no Matthew Stafford at Tech. Follow the Ole Miss lead, let a Cutcliffe go who is doing a good job, in order to rise to the next level. Ask the Ole Miss folks if they have gotten to that next level yet. Get over it, quit blaming the Coaches, and sportswriters write sports and get out of the business of hiring and firing coaches. Maybe you are learning to be controversial from your sidekick Terrance. Let the micromanaging go. You guys at the AJC can earn a good salary, not as much as Chan, by sticking to writing sports and let the AD Rad make his choices without your help. By the way, there are Nick Sabans, Tommy Tubervilles, Pete Carrols,Urban Meyers etc, etc, just waiting on that great high paying Tech job with all that talent to come open. Don’t get so upset about losing to the Dawgs, a lot of others are losing to the Dawgs also… Selah!!!
By Ross
November 25, 2007 12:55 AM | Link to this
I’m not a big fan of musical coaching chairs but I agree.
Bring in Howard Nutt!
-drl
By Buiceman34
November 25, 2007 1:02 AM | Link to this
I don’t know if anyone else will say it, but the SEC is not stupid. They had about $13 million reasons to tell the officials Tech is NOT to win the game. It looked a little too obvious. Say what you will, I hate to blame refs for games, however, it looked a little too obvious.
Just ask Alabama when they played LSU a few weeks ago. Some pretty horrid calls in that game also, to keep the SEC in the National Title hunt. The SEC isn’t stupid, and now $13 million richer.
By Kevin
November 25, 2007 1:03 AM | Link to this
Typical classy tech fans. Blame the refs for the loss. Wake up- you d******* just got smacked around by a better football team. 14 points…..
By 2000 Tech grad
November 25, 2007 1:12 AM | Link to this
Chan should only be fired if a suitable upgrade is available. Your mention of David Cutcliffe is well chosen. Cutcliffe was never well liked and was axed too quickly. Look at Ole Miss now! I have a feeling Chan will go but this Tech fan doesn’t like the look of it. Whoever coaches Tech in 2008 and 2009 will inherit some great talent.
By Can Chan
November 25, 2007 1:12 AM | Link to this
I doubt there’s ANY Dawg fan that truly believes the boys in red & black would be 4-0 if Chan Gailey were coaching UGA the past 4 seasons…mostly b/c they would’ve “Jim Donnan’d him” before he got to 0-4!
Too much talent and very winnable games the past 4 seasons for Gailey to be 0-6 vs. Tech’s ‘hated’ rival! Ath Dept. has got to man-up, and make a change … even if it means taking a step back.
This bum wasn’t hired b/c Tech couldn’t find a better coach, he was hired by his friend, Dave Braine. Thanks a million, Braine … you arrogant **!!
p.s. Don’t let Tenuta off so easy … he blitzes WAY too much, particularly on 3rd and long, putting his DBs in too many man-coverage situations, only to continue sustaining opponents’ drives.
By Ben
November 25, 2007 1:16 AM | Link to this
Hey 1992. You say tech is No.2 school in GA, and where is UGA? We all know who is the boss in the corporate world. Getting in UGA…so easy a caveman can do it.
By GT Grad 2000
November 25, 2007 1:18 AM | Link to this
To Hell, To Hell With Georgia. The Cestpool of the South!
By Boycott AJC
November 25, 2007 1:18 AM | Link to this
Fire Mark Bradley. For as long as he has been at the AJC Sports desk writing trash, the sports department has no credibility outside the state of Georgia. It is laughed at across the Southeast and Nationally it doesn’t even get a tagline. It has to fire Bradley now, or its time to get your sports from ESPN or some free paper, like Aquarius. I know the Red & Black wouldn’t have him.
By Mike
November 25, 2007 1:19 AM | Link to this
“Kiss this, nerds”
By George P. Burdell
November 25, 2007 1:26 AM | Link to this
Of the beloved coaches mentioned earlier, Heisman, Ross, and O’Leary couldn’t get out of town soon enough. Bobby Dodd, the most beloved, admitted later that he made a mistake not taking the Texas job. Even Gailey has tried to get outta town. You guys need to look at the UMass coach, a younger version of O’Leary and a guy who might see Tech as a dream job because he’s presently stuck in 1-AA. At least, he doesn’t sound like he fell off a turnip truck.
By GT-GRAD 1999
November 25, 2007 1:26 AM | Link to this
I know many fans and most alumni would donate more money to the football program if GT will fire Gailey. Yes there are some $ issues but i think 60-80% of that could be covered by fans/alumni
By Mark
November 25, 2007 1:31 AM | Link to this
Bobby Petrino is our Man! Fire Chan!
Falcons will always suck so might as well get a coach to turn things around at GT.
By ColaTechFan
November 25, 2007 1:38 AM | Link to this
It was the story of GT’s season. Missed oportunities. Against a team as good as UGA (as much as i’d hate to say it) you have to capitalize on the given opportunities. One’s of Bennett’s few good throws, a guaranteed td dropped. Burnett fumbles a fumble return into the endzone for a touchback. All of this along with poor officiating. Tech has plenty of talent, especially on defense. There offense is actually better than it was last year with the exception of not having Calvin. If GT had Calvin this year, they wouldn’t lose a game. Look how he did in the Gator Bowl. Taylor Bennett is no allstar, but he’s better than Reggie Ball. But even without the best tech receiver ever, they should have only lost a couple games this season. A defense that leads the nation in sacks should not be seven and five. The jackets aren’t put in a mindset to win games. this is Gailey’s fault. It seems like he doesn’t even care if he wins the game or not. Last year against Clemson, he was running the ball on third and eight. He’s way to conservative. Get someone else.
By surfrider
November 25, 2007 1:51 AM | Link to this
The details have killed this programs chance for top 15 rankings since 2000. It’s the lack of execution in QB and Wr’s that is hurting the team. At least 5 if not more balls were dropped and another 5 or more passes thrown off cue it seemed. The offensive playbook should be better than this with Bond, but again it was somewhat predictable. Why did Bennett have to always make the most difficult throw and not have more vision or coaching to see the field better? Why was’nt Booker given more opportunities since he seems to have a strong arm and presence and some accuracy? There are things like short and med. passes and screen plays, bootlegs, options, play action, etc..that seemed to be lacking with this offense as well as basic Fullback running. My guess is Gailey can probably find another position with all the other jobs that will be open that will help him out too. Let’s don’t forget many who have been competitive at Tech can take it to another level elsewhere…Curry, Ross, O’leary, Fridge, Carson, Pepper, Spurrier, etc…Whether an assitant or head coach. The key for Tech I believe is to keep some of the good that Gailey has built like Tenuta, Smith, and even Bond possibly and bring in a head coach who has some experience at Tech and with recruiting. A name that comes to mind is either Mcwhorter at Texas (too old to go to Ga. down the road), and Curry. If that does’nt work then Fridge may be an option or even O’leary. Or even promote Tenuta to HC. The OC has to feel like it’s their offense and not being too closely controlled by the HC. This was part of Roof and O’brien’s problem with O’leary since they were somewhat inexperienced at the time. Danny Smith and Brian Baker are also two names to look at if still in coaching. The key is to not reinvent the wheel at Tech. Gailey did one good thing at Tech and that was remain competitive from day one in having a winning season. A new coach could have a couple of rough years at first before winning more than 7 games. The way to smooth that out is to try and hold a few of these assistants on board if possible. But there is no question our QB play has been erractic for whatever reason for too long now. The wr’s will probably be better next year catching the ball. There was also one terrible pass interference call that lead to UGA td, however the outcome probably would not have changed. We are not that far way from being a 9 to 10 game winning team year end and year out.
By pack
November 25, 2007 2:03 AM | Link to this
Now come on, what did you all expect Chan Gailey to do when he came to Tech? Win National Championships? Be for real, you got what you got when you hired Gailey and no more and no less.
By I've Got a Gailey On My Back
November 25, 2007 2:15 AM | Link to this
Sportswriters and crybaby jacket fans:
You need a refill on your meds. Since you’re such a Gailey-Lover, why don’t you take him to coach whatever team you do support…He’ll be available very soon. He can take your team to a new level of mediocrity.
Tech coaches are “very competitive year in and year out in the state rivalry”??? You need to sleep this one off. Gailey and his crew are 0-6 against UGA which is actually NOT COMPETITIVE BY ANY MEASURE.
Timid souls in the Tech stands? Maybe next time you can prop your eyes open with toothpicks long enough to see that there AREN’T many souls left in the Tech stands — Timid, Ferocious or otherwise. They have been DRAINED of all hope and enthusiasm by a waddling and nearly lifeless blob of lard wearing headphones on the sidelines.
Tech never has the athletes the Dawgs have? The NFL’s highest drafted player from a GA school attended Georgia Tech.
The Head Coach is ALWAYS to blame when FAILURE has grown roots. Recurring dropped passes, critical fumbles, the QB not knowing when to throw it away, the QB not knowing when to run out of bounds after picking up a 1st down, poor play-calling, inability to motivate, alienating fans in historic numbers, lack of player development, player regression, failing to learn from mistakes, inability to make adjustments, poor judge of player talent, sitting players in the pine because they lack “seniority”, sleepwalking along the sidelines, a legendary degree of stubborness, the lowest grad rate in the conference, stating that “if I knew what was wrong I would fix it”, stating that the UGA game is just another game when winless in the series, never a Top 25 finish in 6 years, architect of some of the most embarrassing losses in school history, timid souls who no longer contribute to the funding of athletics because of the head coach, timid souls who no longer buy tickets or show up for games, etc, ad nauseum.
Fortunately there are progressive Tech Supporters who agree whole-heartedly with Mark Bradley…Your pathetic “solution” is to keep Gailey. Gee, thanks for stopping by. Is there a MORON CONVENTION in town?
By m
November 25, 2007 2:33 AM | Link to this
It was Mark Bradley’s time to go a long time ago, but we are atill stuck with him. And Terence Moore. Clearly, no other newspaper wants them and the mediocre sports writing that comes with them.
Mark Bradley’s never coached a football team, never ran anything, even a newspaper sports section. But somehow he is presumptuous enough to talk about firing folks. I, for one, could care less what his midget brain thinks.
That said, Randy Edsall of Connecticut, a former Tech assistant coach, is the next Georgia Tech coach.
By Dwag'nTN
November 25, 2007 2:34 AM | Link to this
Here’s a suggestion for your new coach: Ed Orgeron. I just heard he’s available now.
By Dan
November 25, 2007 2:35 AM | Link to this
Remember this puppies, you won the 1980 title because of Georgia Tech. Tech beat #1 Alabama and tied #1 Notre Dame to grease the skids for your championship. You should be on your knees, thanking Tech everyday. You have not been nationally competitive in 27 years. Under todays NCAA rules, UGA would have suffered penalties for recruiting violations while pursuing Herchel Walker and no national championship would have been won. You were lucky yesterday as you have been all year. A team with two losses should not be in your position but everyone has lost in this flukie year. Have fun in your BCS Bowl but I doubt we’ll see a UGA National Title in the next 30 years either, but you can be the best team in the state. Whoppee. The Bullpups have too much talent to accept that year after year.
By surfrider
November 25, 2007 2:36 AM | Link to this
If Gailey goes then there are several names Tech would hopefully look at. First copy the success at Tech and that is Bobby Ross. The names associated with that are O’leary, Fridge, Mcwhorter (through O’leary and Brown at Texas), Danny Smith, Brian Baker, Sylvester Croom (MSU), Jimmy Robinson, Randy Edsall (UConn & O’leary). Then there is Tenuta under Gailey now. Then there is Bill Curry assuming he does not reappear as AD candidate if Rad goes to LSU later. Whisenhunt (is a long shot due to the money of the pros but what a candidate), Ted Roof (assuming he is fired at Duke-he has the intangibles to be successful at Tech at some point) can recruit and is aggressive. Additional candidates would be Paul Johnson, June Jones, Bobby Petrino (assuming it does’nt work with Falcons). Hey things are not working too well for Spurrier and even Nick Saban at this point. Tech should be able to pony up some money for a coach and really the operating deficit will close quicker than many inside the institute realize. If there is not a change we need to recruit better faster.
By n.y.dawg
November 25, 2007 2:38 AM | Link to this
Be careful what you wish for! Syracuse fired coach Pasquonni(sp1)and it’s gonna take 15 yrs to go from bowl games to absoulute dog$&*t
By Malone
November 25, 2007 2:54 AM | Link to this
Names that won’t consider Tech or we shouldn’t conisder: Saban, June Jones, Roof, O’Leary, Croom, MacWhorter, Petrino.
Names to consider: Edsall, Fisher, Tenuta, Johnson, some smaller conference winner…
By uga student
November 25, 2007 2:57 AM | Link to this
it doesnt matter if Tech got Don Shula to come outta retirement and coach them because the talent level is lower at Tech than at UGA. its that simple. Bennett is another Reggie Ball in the making. Your receivers took a not from our playbook last year and cant catch the ball. Your secondary is suspect and if GT cant get a lotta sacks then they fold quick.
When GT start to get more 4 and 5 star recruits to come play for them, then they will challenge us. until then its an annual beatdown.
By jimmy
November 25, 2007 3:12 AM | Link to this
hey you f*ing tech maggots! where r ur terrible blogs now? you still suck and r 0 and 7 here lately. in case u missed the memo….. u suck d@#$! lic “em buzz buzz…. nice game “choice” game plan douche bags!!!!!
By jimmy
November 25, 2007 3:20 AM | Link to this
excuses, excuses….. you maggots…. you still suck….blah blah well what if …. what you actually knew how to play football? yea right….
By USuck
November 25, 2007 6:23 AM | Link to this
Typical Georgia Tech mentality from the so-called star player - no loyalty. News Flash: Choice you’re not that good.
By Nikki
November 25, 2007 6:37 AM | Link to this
Gailey is a decent coach. He just can’t beat UGA. That being said, Jim Donnan was a decent coach for the Dawgs but just couldn’t beat GT. He was fired for not beating GT.
By GT71
November 25, 2007 6:41 AM | Link to this
Chan should be retained - for the reasons some use to demand his firing - he is a good man, a decent coach and will never embarrass Tech. Ask yourself if you really want to sink to the level of schools like UGA (note their outpourings on this blog for an example). Truthfully, we can have a great INstitution (NOT a ‘university’!) to once again rival MIT and CalTech - but the cost is not having a slime football program like those being developed at such schools as UGA, UT, Michigan, LSU and OK - those ‘schools’ have basket-weaving majors for ‘athletes’ who can’t put a full sentence together without a ‘you know’, several ‘ughs’ and the ubiquitous ‘unnerstan wha ahm sayin’. What TEch stands for is HIGHER education, the STUDENT athlete and the development of our future engineers and scientists. A so-so football program is fine if the Institution is doing it’s job - educating America’s future leaders. So what’s more iomportant? Since the mid-60’s it’s been proved you can’t have it both ways - either a great educational institute or a cow college football mill. You choose.
By Lil' Buzz
November 25, 2007 7:30 AM | Link to this
We are being VERY unfair to Chan. He is a great guy and the players love him. We’ve played close to UGA and are on the brink of beating them. I’m behind Chat 100% and think all true Tech fans should be also. This coming year WILL be that break-out year!
By deep
November 25, 2007 7:33 AM | Link to this
Remember the Jackets have overachieved every year Chan has been there. Look at the preseason polls those years. GA only this year and it aint over yet. Play calling has been pitiful for sure but give the man credit for his actions. Who can do better. At least he doesnt do the showboat routine. Richt flaunts his christianity in public but watch out on monday. GO TENN AND LSU!!
By Dawgfan
November 25, 2007 8:02 AM | Link to this
Mark, you are entirely wrong. Only a select few teams will ever have a legitimate shot at the National Championship. Running a clean, competitive program is MORE important than turning into another Miami - a school that should have been on probation for about 20 years.
GT, (like Wake Forest, Navy, etc.) is too small a school to realisticaly compete with OSU, USC, UGA, OU. These are mega-schools. Statistics bear me out. This isn’t the 50’s anymore.
Set up a division for the mid-sized schools. Like basketball, some will be more than capable of beating the larger schools. They just won’t have to sell their soul to do so.
By CAS
November 25, 2007 8:03 AM | Link to this
New quarterback, but same results. Oh well, Tech is still Tech. At least Reggie kept it close. Can it be that Reggie was not the blame for Tech losing 7 in a row to a better team? Maybe, Georgia and The SEC is a superior team and conference. When you are content to win 7 or 8 games a year, what do you expect? Thanks Tech, every team need a whipping boy, you just happen to be Georgia’s..high expectation in academics but low expectations in Football. And you blame the last 4 loses prior to this one on Reggie Ball..look again and see you next year for another beating..
By T
November 25, 2007 8:14 AM | Link to this
Mark Bradley is scum… why dont we talk about the AJC journalists that should lose their job? What about a shakeup with the editors who do such a lousy job? Whats the matter Mark, didnt care to write about your beloved Wildcats losing to Tennessee?
I will comment on these blogs, but do not and will not spend a penny on an Atlanta paper, will not spend a penny on anything associated with Cox Communications, why? Because of slime and scum like you and the other sportswriters at the AJC.
You certainly havent upgraded the professionalism (compare yourself to Bisher.. its not upward, its not even lateral)… lets talk about why you should remain… I will bet that you do not have the guts to ask the question about yourself on these blogs. Go ahead, ask the public whether or not you should keep your job…
Gailey should keep his job. He has forgotten more about football than you have ever been exposed to.
You are simply trash !!
By Fat lady has song
November 25, 2007 8:16 AM | Link to this
Time to get people who know how to win at tech. The powers to be has to do a better job they are a big part of this mess. Get a good black coach that is a coach and there are a lot of them. We could get a lot of good player from the southeast. The school has to do a better job in this ! Get good players and help them get there degrees! Tech can do better than Georgia but you first must want to and make step to get the best! Just the best baby and just do it!!!!!!
By G. Bice
November 25, 2007 8:19 AM | Link to this
I also think it time for you Mark Badley) to go.
By m
November 25, 2007 8:21 AM | Link to this
Let me simplify this for you idiot Chan lovers. CHAN SUCKS. He sucked before he was hired…he sucked the day he was hired…..he has sucked every day that he has been here….and he will SUCK TOMORROW. Chan Gailey is the worst mistake in TECH history. He is the worst mistake in American history. He is the worst mistake in world history. Plese, GOD, let this nightmare end. Drad, if you haven’t already fired CHAN then you should be fired with him. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
By otto
November 25, 2007 8:28 AM | Link to this
Any southern football coach who has seven strait losses to main rival SHOULD be fired. Scoreboard and record show the final tally.
I cannot believe we gave large contract extension to Chan with such a record against UGA. Pitiful that GT will now have to buy out him.
Chan never really succeeds, but does “good”. Good is not enough. If it were not for the “one quality win” vs. Auburn, etc. each year, he would have been gone in year 4.
The walnut bowl, blue grass bowl, and cold North West bowls are not the destinations a team of importance should be playing in.
Bye Bye Chan.
By raymond
November 25, 2007 8:28 AM | Link to this
This is Ga Tech we are talking about, what do they expect? There are never going to be many 11-1 or 10-2 seasons and BCS Bowls due to the academics it takes to get there. Ghan has done a good job and I think for Ga Tech to go to a bowl every year he is there is really above what they are capable of. He overachieved!!
By WFC
November 25, 2007 8:34 AM | Link to this
Well… GT’s loss to UGA was, as usual, very frustrating. However, the refs didn’t steal the game. We simply didn’t take advantage of our opportunities and the Dawgs did. The only truly bad call was the pass interference on Morgan Burnett just before the half. Good teams must be able to overcome one bad call. Some reasons (not excuses) for this loss:
GT gets some great players, just not enough for modern football. I’ll take my chances with Calvin out there on the second play of the game.
Matt Stafford is significantly better than Taylor Bennett though not nearly as good as the UGA faithful believe. He’s no David Greene though he has the tools. Booker’s passes sure looked sharper than Bennett’s.
Depth on both lines of scrimmage was the key to this game. UGA had it and GT (though they played hard) didn’t. Showed up in the 4th quarter. Those fewer scholarships made a difference.
Gailey’s responsibility lies in his absolute lack of offensive imagination and total unwillingness to take any chances. I’m sorry, Chan, you aren’t coaching the 1972 Dolphins in the NFL.
By Marcos
November 25, 2007 8:37 AM | Link to this
This is 5 years too late. He was never a college coach and should have been let go 5 years ago…As a Tech fan I feel that he never understood College coaching, never made the game exciting and was never a fit for Tech. His time has come and gone. Now is time to get him out of town.
By mark
November 25, 2007 8:37 AM | Link to this
We all know O’leary’s resume now ask him to leave Central Florida..I think he would take the Job and groom a new coach
By Allen in Cobb
November 25, 2007 8:39 AM | Link to this
I think the better headline would be MARK BRADLEY FIRED.
By Corliss
November 25, 2007 8:46 AM | Link to this
Same ol Tech mentality:”at least our SATs are higher and we have a cleaner program than UGA.” None of which has ANY relevance after the opening kickoff. The only number that matters is who has the highest score after 4 quarters on that particular day/night. If GT fans think that their “institution” is in the class of MIT/CalTech that’s fine also. Their snobbery/arrogance/pride is why they accept mediocrity so much(ESPECIALLY when they lose to UGA). BTW, UGA is no Ivy League School.Here’s a newsflash: neither is Tech. Again, there’s a % of the Tech fanbase who has NO problem w/the Jackets not playing to their potential. Why, because “we’re a better academic school” and we’ll ALWAYS have a built in excuse for losing(to UGA but seemingly to no one else). Once again, UGA wins and Tech fans are inventing new flavors of haterade as well as reaching for rationalizations as to why Tech lost…….again.
By Babs Dooley
November 25, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this
HIRE PHIL FULMER. He has figured out how to beat the Dawgs and CMR. And by lopsided embarrasing scores, too.
By recruitdad
November 25, 2007 9:01 AM | Link to this
The hard job…taking young boys, some still not mature enough to be on their own, and make them into men. Coach Gailey didn’t drop the pass, lose the ball through the end zone…It is easy to sit in the AD’s chair and mirco-manage, which may include bending to the whims of alumni. Coach Gailey is a class act who is a good coach…and one Tech should hold on to. If he is so bad, why is Tech’s signing class always so high? Parents of recruits like what they see in Tech…which sometimes isn’t always about WIN NOW!
By JCK
November 25, 2007 9:01 AM | Link to this
First - I’ve been saying that Gailey needed to go since his third season with the Jackets. It was clear by that time that he was only going to produce mediocre results. He has neither the personality nor the ability to inspire his players to pursue excellence or greatness. A coach’s ability to fire up a team is critical at the college level (much more so than at the pro level where the players have money and superbowl rings to motivate them).
Second - Everybody, get off Taylor Bennett’s back. He has a good arm and can hit his receivers in the numbers all day long. The problem is that Tech’s cast of receivers simply can’t catch the ball!! How many times have Corey Earls and James Johnson dropped passes that hit them square in the hands this year? It is so pathetic, when the broadcasters (who are just looking for something to yap about) keep saying “Bennett has been so inconsistent this year”. The more insightful comment would be to note how many of Bennett’s incompletions should have been easily caught.
Oh and by the way, anyone who says Bennett’s is becoming another Reggie Ball….Ball was a worthless moron who couldn’t throw a decent pass to save his life! Gailey’s decision to play him for four years is reason enough to drop kick Gailey worthless butt.
By G.P. Burdell
November 25, 2007 9:08 AM | Link to this
Georgia had two Rhodes Scholars announced last week. Tech has three in its entire history. So much for insect intelligence.
By Joe Martin
November 25, 2007 9:11 AM | Link to this
Its time to let Gailey Go…it’s the right thing for him, for the kids in the program and for the GaTech faithful. Gailey can’t be comfortable with mediocrity and the players need a coach with some intensity and fire in his belly. Thanks to Coach Gailey for stewarding the kids but shame on the institution for allowing him to flounder for this long.
By billgt
November 25, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this
Mark, if you , Jeff and Terrance are so damn smart about effective football coaching, then why don’t you enter the profession? Or do you already make $1 mil per year? Ya’ll are typical of the media constantly searching and publishing the negative whether it’s GT, Iraq, housing market, etc. Why ask or publish any of Choice’s comments. You did a great job of baiting and creating dissension.
By Doug Romine
November 25, 2007 9:29 AM | Link to this
Chan Gailey is a “C” coach. He’ll always manage to win 5, 6, maybe 8 games but will never be able to consistantly win 9+. If the Tech AD is fine with “average” then keep him. But, if Tech wants to compete with the best, he needs to go.
By ahyes nowisee
November 25, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this
KEEP CHAN! signed, A Dawg Fan.
By Go Jackets
November 25, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this
Just to throw this out there…. The real problem with the GT football and the GTAA is Dan Radkovich. He is a terrible fit at our Institute. He just doesn’t get it. Honestly, who thought Big Boi as halftime entertainment was a good idea for a bunch of middle aged white people? What about Brandon Adams hawking burritos on every TV timeout, killing the atmosphere in the stadium? Georgia Tech is an elitist place and we like it that way. Yet, Radkovich has become so interested in expanding the Georgia Tech fanbase into the Atlanta “community” that he does not have a clue that he is alienating the alumni. The very same alumni that, as a percentage, give more than any other group of alumni in the country and stepped up to give Tech Fund dollars. If Radakovich thinks anyone in the “community” is going to pay $2000 for two tickets like I did this year, he is smoking crack. I know exactly what Radakovich’s plan with a new coach is too. He is going to use the revenue created by our Tech Fund contributions to buy out Gailey and then hire an African Amercian coach (whether the person is qualified or a good fit or not) because he thinks it will expand the interest of Georgia Tech in the “community” (note: I could care less if the new coach is a martian if we can start being more consistent). However, Radakovich needs to realize that by hijacking our Tech Fund dollars to buy out a coach and by turning Tech games into a hip hop concert, the alumni are going to start calling for his head next. If basketball keeps going the way its been going, Radakovich is going to have some very unhappy alumni on his hands. With that said, the first time he gets a call from a big SEC or Big Ten school, he’s probably gone anyway. Good riddance.
By michaelgee
November 25, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this
Mark, If Gailey leaves and is in the Bowls again next year and GT gets a new coach and he loses, what wuill YOUR explanation be? If Gailey has winning seasons, gets into Bowl games every year how can you compare him evenly to UGA? UGA has a much better recruiting systems than does GT. I say let’s give Gailey your job, he has definately been to more Bowls games as a Head Coach that you and/or the entire ajc writer clique has. Have you ever coached a game at any level? No
By Chris
November 25, 2007 9:34 AM | Link to this
Tech Fans….
Shut the f—k up, and quit complaining about the bad calls. UGA is 14-3 against you over the past 17 years, and it should be 16-1 if not for blown calls by the refs in 98 and 99. Remember when your beloved Joe Hamilton fumbled the ball in 98 and we recovered, which would have ended the game with a UGA victory? Do you also remember in 99 when Jasper Sanks did NOT fumble the ball, wich would have resulted in another UGA victory? You better count your blessings that there wasn’t any instant replay in those days or you would only have ONE victory over the past 17 years. Quit complaining about bad calls, you deserve it!
By gtne80
November 25, 2007 9:34 AM | Link to this
Dr. Clough needs to be called to answer for allowing this mess. Dave Braine did not act in a vacuum when he signed Gailey to the millstone of an extension.
I want to make it clear, I did not want Gailey as a head coach. I wanted McWhorter. I have complained and groused about Gailey’s hiring since BEFORE the first snap of his first season. If he is fired, I will not shed a tear.
That said, this is the absolute WORST time to make this move. It should have been made two years ago at this time of year. Instead, our administration gave him an extension.
We have repeatedly blamed Dave Braine for this decision. But what of Dr. Wayne Clough? Where is the Tech administration in all of this? Dr. Joe Petit was the one who brought in Homer Rice and turned around a floundering program. Seems to me that Clough has either washed his hands of the football program (which is unthinkable) or he is as much to blame (or even more) than Braine.
I can’t believe that I’m typing the words, but I say that it’s the wrong time to get rid of Gailey.
So, what should be done? How about DRad getting involved instead of sitting with his back to Chan and not speaking to him? Remember when the program was struggling under Bill Lewis? Our AD went out and re-hired O’Leary and installed him as Defensive Coordinator. Why shouldn’t Rad do the same thing? Hire a REAL OC and tell Gailey that he can stay as Head Coach, but keep his nose out of the offense.
Typical of this administration, however, they will probably make the WRONG decision, at the WRONG time, for the WRONG reasons and will shift the blame to someone who is long gone. Dr. Clough needs to be called to answer for allowing this mess.
By Southside Drug Rep
November 25, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this
Dear Mark,
I appreciate your optimism. However, it’s seven in a row…not six. Tech last won in 2000. Folks, it’s not very nice to publicly call for Chan’s firing. However, he’ll cry all of the way to the bank. Your next coach should hail from Navy, Vandy, or UCF. This UGA grad wishes Tech the very best. I want you to win every game until November 29, 2008.
By Doggone
November 25, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this
Tech fans need to recognize that they have a pretty darned good coach and recruiter. They ARE inferior to UGA, so what, who are you going to replace him with that will bring kids in to the ATL (what a college atmosphere) to beat UGA. Hang on to Chan and be happy with what you have. Quit chasing that pot o’ gold- or pretty soon you will be as bad as Notre Dame
By doc jones
November 25, 2007 9:45 AM | Link to this
The treatment of Tech in the AJC is shameful. I canceled my subscription to the paper two years ago because of the pro UGA extreme bias of the ajc, and I urge all Tech fans to do the same.
By gtne80
November 25, 2007 9:48 AM | Link to this
By the way, I want to personally thank all of the UGA fans for their sincere concern and their informed opinions in this blog. It’s heart warming that those who would be called our “rivals” are so sympathetic to our current trials that they would take time from their busy day to weigh in on this topic. Really guys, thanks so much….but P** OFF!!!
By gtalum in NC
November 25, 2007 9:48 AM | Link to this
Gailey is a marginally better-than-average coach, hired to maintain a marginally better-than-average football team. He plays to Not Lose. By this measure, he has been successful. Those that have pointed out that Tech got exactly what they should have expected when they hired Gailey are absolutely correct.
Of course, this makes for painfully uninspiring football.
The fact of the matter is that Georgia Tech is an educational institution first, and a specialized one at that. It is difficult to get into and even more difficult to get out of (with a diploma).
To be sure, there are some seriously smart football players at GT (and at UGA, and many other schools) who will go on to great careers that have nothing whatsoever to do with football—and this is a good thing. But let’s be real: how many guys in the NFL had to pass calculus, statics, EMag, or PChem? Getting top-tier recruits to come to Tech is very, very difficult, regardless of who is doing the recruiting.
This also gets to the heart of Tech’s tepid fans; unlike UGA, which draws mostly people from Georgia who mostly stay in Georgia after they graduate, Tech gets students from all over who go all over when they graduate. Of my closest dozen or so friends who were there when I was, only two are still in metro ATL. Most are in other time zones. The alumni don’t come to football games in droves because they simply aren’t there. And the non-alumni fan base doesn’t exist…probably because there is a University in the same state with a consistently excellent football program. So unless you are a sucker for a perennial underdog, why choose to root for Tech?
Look, I love my team, and I want to see them do better. Gailey’s tenure has been spectacularly unremarkable and for that, he probably should go. But the roots of Tech’s mediocrity in football run very deep, and it would take a truly extraordinary coach who is for whatever reason willing to stay until he retires to change that. Maybe we could find that in a talented but untested coach from a lower conference.
But I’m not holding my breath.
By steve Marlor
November 25, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this
Listen!! i did not like chan when he was at Dallas, but it is a different game in college. i don’t think a coach should lose his job because he can’t defeat your rival. they have played good football against GA. Remember Tech is not a football school, we are a school of education excellence. we do not have the caliber of atheletes that a football school has. Remember what is important here. a quality education and not a school of criminals. CHAN GAILEY has given us that. SO what is truly a Sccessful Coach?
By bob
November 25, 2007 9:53 AM | Link to this
Being a Bldog…what I have seen is you guys are no fun to play for..your dull…you can’t fill the seats…your always crying about something…yesterday there was no noise….your game show bits between time outs is a joke…you have to include pizza in a ticket package to help sell tickets..if I’m a strong recruit…I’d say..”what’s that about?” Before you get a new coach..you need to improve your fan base…here’s what I envision during the interview for a new GA.Tech coach….
We’ve got this new ticket package that gives away pizzas….
We have halftime shows that feature Rap Stars…we need to expand our fan base…
All those empty seats are from our weak fan base…
During our time outs we play silly games with the fans..so they will clap for something….
Don’t ever read the AJC…they don’t like us…
You can always blame the officials for losing
By Dawg BCS
November 25, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this
First of all, if Tech fans are resorting to cheering for Tenn. or UGA’s next opponent, that is so sad. Worry or cheer for your program… and SCOREBOARD.
I don’t know if Gailey should go, but he isn’t making progress. A proclaimed offensive guru has one decent QB, a back-up that doesn’t fit his system, then two RB’s that take snaps. Huh? Meanwhile, UGA has blue chip QB’s willing to ride the pine at Georgia. Hmmm. That speaks volumes as to Gailey and recruiting. Tech fans… learn from Georgia… never trust a Gator (Gailey)!
Tech needs to find a young up and comer coach who is willing to commit 6 or 8 years to build a program. Then focus on recruiting and a scheme that fits the talent. Once again, learn from Georgia. We had a Gailey, his name was Donnan.
Another thing tech fan, stop the SEC hating. The ACC is a BCS afterthought right now. The “weakened” Big East is more of a foe in the country. Yes, the Big EAST. Heck, a WAC team gets more hype than the best ACC teams. Once again, worry about your own house. I thought you guys were so smart.
Go DAWGS!
By Phildo
November 25, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this
It’s 10:00 AM Sunday, and why is he still here?
By Pensacola Dog
November 25, 2007 10:06 AM | Link to this
As usual Geekies crying about the refs……Just once I would like to see geekies man-up when they get beat by a better football team. Finally what coach would want to surrond himself with nerds and geeks.
By carolia dog
November 25, 2007 10:09 AM | Link to this
i don’t get it? how can all you rich nerds be hurting for money? why don’t a few of those metro atlanta “tech men” i use to hear about scratch out a check?
By VADawg
November 25, 2007 10:09 AM | Link to this
It’s nice to be on top. Let’s enjoy it with a little class - it’s easy to kick someone when they’re down. For those of us who’ve followed the dawgs for more than seven years, we remember all too well that Tech can bring athletes to Atlanta. ‘Inferior’ is the wrong word - ‘down’ is more like it.
Get well Jackets. Go Dawgs!
By neil marlowe
November 25, 2007 10:10 AM | Link to this
I think its time to give up football. We can’t recruit vs. the powerhouses, including UGA, so why not just concentrate on being the best technological school in the nation?
By Jonathan Till
November 25, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this
I think Mark Bradley is way out of line in calling for Coach Gailey’s head. Tech has always had a winning season, and gone to a bowl, but because they haven’t made it passed my beloved Bulldogs over the past seven years the media wants him fired. In football, as well as life, you have sucesses and failures. Its how you carry yourself after you win, or how you pick yourself back up after you lose is what determines what kind of man you are. And I think Coach Gailey has shown that he is a good leader. Why should Gailey be punished when he has winning teams because they don’t win them all? How spoiled can anyone be?
Maybe Mark Bradley needs to lose his job….becase I think most of his articles stink…….. Just a thought……just my opinion.
By dadgum
November 25, 2007 10:29 AM | Link to this
College football is a business folks. Yeah I know it’s a sport played by talented kids but for this blog it is a business. Most of us are reviewed on a yearly basis in our jobs. When production and morale decrease over a period of time those in charge look to change the scenery.
Rad is in that unenviable position of making or assessing a change. His job is to fill 55,000 seats and bring money to the athletic dept. coffers. Since the seats aren’t full and the money hasn’t reached the goal, he ain’t all giddy. Gailey is a great guy and a good coach but not a great fit at Tech. Deep down I really don’t think he wants to stay and knowing that he will walk away with millions is a great consolation. Radman will certainly fire him today or Monday and then look to the masses to recoup the 4 million it will cost. Good luck with that.
Also someone please tell me why we have either ACC or SEC refs in these type games. First I am not blaming the refs although they were wrong twice I am just curious as to why not get neutral refs. Every break went UGA’s way yesterday. Couple that with a botched TD catch by Earls and numerous bad passes from Bennett and it was over. GT was only going to win this early and we/refs botched it all early. If we had made our plays it is doubtful the refs would have been remembered. Gotta congratulate UGA and move on.
By wally
November 25, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this
Someone said get June Jones, if you were Jones and living in Hawaii would you leave for Atlanta? You must be crazy.
By TechDawg
November 25, 2007 10:40 AM | Link to this
All this ranting and for what? The best team won the game. Georgia has beaten Florida and Auburn and is a top 5 team. Tech, is well , Tech. Gailey shouldn’t be to blame. And besides Bobby Ross and O’Leary in the past 25 years, what exactly has Tech done anyway? Gailey’s no different than any of the others. It’s not the coaching, it’s just Tech. I remember moving to Atlanta in 1982. Tech was the same then with a few successful seasons sprinkled in. Give it a rest, the next guy won’t do any better and everybody will want his head. Maybe Petrino can jump ship from the Fall-Cons and that would satisfy everyone. Or if Vince came out of retirement and jumped over the fence to Tech, maybe they’d go 1-10, beating Georgia, and everybody would be happy, and he’d get an incentive bonus for ending the streak and filling that flats.
By Cagey
November 25, 2007 10:45 AM | Link to this
“By ui
November 24, 2007 9:57 PM | Link to this
and the SEC is soooo overrated, ACC is 4-2 against so easy conf this year”
Now let me say this frist, I did my own home work, so I could be wrong. (And spelling does not count) Head to Head
1 SEC West: LSU 48 #1 ACC Coastal VT 7 2 SEC East Ga. 31 #3 ACC Coastal GT 17 3 SEC East Fl. 45 #4 ACC Atlantic FSU 12 2 ACC Atlantic CLMS 23 #5 SEC East SC 21 3 ACC Atlantic WF 31 #6 SEC East Van 17 4 ACC Atlantic FSU 21 #5 SEC West AL 14My math shows 3 and 3. (But your an Engineer, so I could be wrong) Lets brake it down, SEC wins:
1’s in divisions SEC by 41All SEC wins over bowl bound teams Average SEC winning margin, 29.3 ACC wins: ACC Favored in 2 of 3 Average winning margin, 7.6 2 of 3 SEC teams are 6-6 the 3rd 5-7
These are the facts, they are not in dispute.
By GT80
November 25, 2007 10:51 AM | Link to this
If Chan Gailey was such a “Good Man” as is always pronounced by his backers, he should resign and take a minimum buy out on his contract so as not to burden the GTAA. A “Good Man” would not want to take money for work not performed.
Also, I hate when a sportswriter calls for someone’s firing. That said, we fans can call for it all we want. Our donations and season ticket purchases are paying the freight.
By WpinAz
November 25, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this
Why does Tenuta get a pass? For all the praise he gets for his “aggressive, blitzing defense”, they still give uo 30 points a game against the best competiton. Teams have come to know GT will blitz anywhere, anytime, any down and distance. The better competiton adjusts to this very easily. Know why? Because if you blitz like that, you MUST have cornerbacks who can cover one-on-one. Word-Daniels and Avery Roberson are not that type of corner. They get beat more than the drums in the percussion section. I KNOW Tenuta has to realize this. But it seems HE is the one who can’t (or won’t) adjust as necessary during games. I’m not saying he’s a bad coach, but his schemes with the talent currently on hand seem a bad match. The corners (except Burnett) are awful. The linebacker speed is overrated, and they are under size. Why does he get a pass? Oh….and I also agree….playing players based on SENIORITY and not TALENT is the most ludicris statement I have ever heard a head coach make in ANY sport. No way you can win, or generate a “winning mentality” thinking like that. Chan has to go.
By Tech Sucks
November 25, 2007 11:01 AM | Link to this
Hey Losers! You suck! To think that your big bad defense of Tenutas would stop us. To think you would beat us is just ridiculous. You suck, you always will suck, and we will make it 8 in a row next year. Losers!
By hard2batechfan
November 25, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this
Did anyone pay attention to the commentators at the end of halftime? They mentioned that Taylor Bennett banged his left hand (his passing hand) on the last play of the first half. If you ever played the game of football, what do ALL coaches do when a player bangs, bruises or even breaks something? They ice it down. That keeps it from swelling and gives the player a chance to play. That is pretty much written in the 1st chapter of game coaching 101.
So, what did the brilliant coaching staff of Georgia Tech do? They did nothing. They wanted to “see what his hand looked like.” What a bunch of IDIOTS!!!!!! Just like not putting the team in realistic field goal range at the end of the half with maybe a run play to get a few yards, instead of a 10-yard sack for a 62 yard attempt. Oh, did we not see the same play about a month ago against Maryland?
Can you argue that Tech did not get any breaks, missed a wide open TD catch, 2 possible recoveries in the end-zone a botched pass interference call that lead to a UGA TD before the half? Sure, but good coaching staffs put their teams in position to get the breaks. It’s not arbitrary. Yesterday was just a microcosm of Gailey’s tenure at the Tech coach.
He may be a nice guy but he has got to go!
By Navigator
November 25, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this
Based on a lot of comments on new coaches (I doubt there will be one). June Jones is at his home (Hawaii), coming to Atlanta, do you think he’s crazy? Ken Whisenhunt is building an excellent program at Phoenix, and he’s spent a long time in the pros. Johnson is being considered for several other jobs, including Nebraska. I’ve mentioned Randy Edsel, but he still has eight years remaining on his UConn contract. I really think the best choice (should there be one) would be a younger assistant that is waiting for a chance to prove himself, and has established a track record. The easiest choice is Tenuta, and then he could hire back CGailey as his genius offensive coordinator.
By dawginduluth
November 25, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this
Tech is an institution of higher learning, not an institution of great football. They don’t have the pull of a great football program. Has been, always will be. Ross, O’Leary, Gailey, all pretty much the same in terms of elevating the football program. Because of their poor competitive position in the recruiting wars, the best Tech can do is have an excellent receiver and a mediocre passing QB or an excellent QB and a mediocre receiving crew on the same squad. It will be a rare moment when they have greatness at the key skill positions at the same time and that’s what makes coaches good or excellent coaches. Look at Spurrier. When limited by the slim talent pool in the state of SC, he has become just another good coach, no longer the icon to be feared. If Gailey had a stronger talent pool he, too, would be considered a better coach with more wins. Petrino ain’t going to Tech - LSU, Nebraska or Arkansas, maybe. And Spurrier wants out of SC as bad as he wanted out of DC. But he wouldn’t come to Tech - it would be a lateral move. I don’t see any better than Gailey for Tech.
By Jeff
November 25, 2007 11:12 AM | Link to this
PLEASE DON’T FIRE GAILEY? We Georgia fan’s like him alot. He’s our kind of coach… he helps us win every year… give the man a raise.
By Daddy Reg
November 25, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this
A lot of folks would agree with you Mark that Gailey needs to go. Of the candidates available to replace Chan, who would you pick. Get up out of your Monday morning quarterback chair and take a snap on Saturday!! Give us your choice as “the” coach who can consistently beat the Bulldogs and return the Jackets to their days of glory. A guarantee of success with your pick would be nice, such as: ” If my coach can’t deliver a national championship within 3 years I’ll quit my job. “
By Sane Jane
November 25, 2007 11:18 AM | Link to this
I went to Emory but am a passive bulldog fan since my dad & grandfather & others are alums.
But I have to say… the level of discussion on this board vs. Schultz’s UGA discussion is unbelievable.
I mean, it’s not even close. The majority of Tech posters here are civil & actually want to discuss something or make a point.
There’s so much preening & smack talking with Georgia… it’s embarrassing.
Anyway, don’t tell my dad. Just wanted to offer my $0.02 from a relatively even keeled perspective.
By Fan of Chan
November 25, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this
Dear Bees with no stingers, please keep Chan around at least 8 more years so we can get to 15 in a row!
By Gold and White
November 25, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this
No keep him. This was a quality loss.
By 2N4YEARS
November 25, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this
Real good Bradley. I recall when Jim Donnan went 7-4 and lost to GaTech you took to his defence and said 7-4 was exceptable. Now you call for Gailey to be gone??? Expected from a Tech Homer.
By DawgDayAfternoon
November 25, 2007 11:28 AM | Link to this
I like Chan but he needs to find some “fire” in his belly - a visible desire to win that shows on the field. As a former athelete, I assure you that a large dose of fear-the-coach is a potent tonic for winning (and catching passes and hanging on to the football, thank you).
The problem is that Chan may have lost that “fire.” If so, he should be fired.
The doctor is in.
By TomJoad
November 25, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this
Nobody’s mentioned this, I don’t think. Gailey has never been able to develop a QB, and all else aside, that has been the diff in many a game. Tech has had the inferior QB in virtually EVERY game in the past 6 years. Commentators last night even commented on Bennett’s staring down receivers—a la Reggie Ball for FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS. That, my friends, is lack of coaching.
By Sport Fan
November 25, 2007 11:31 AM | Link to this
* Nah keep him. The bigger question is which program is going to snatch up Jon Tenuta? Its time he gets his shot as a head coach!*
By Whiny Braindead people
November 25, 2007 11:35 AM | Link to this
Give George O’Leary another chance? Are you people brain dead? That guy ditched Tech for the most overrated football team in the nation - Notre Dame. Then they caught him in a lie. No one remembers ole O’Liar? You people are lunatics. I sure hope that most of the Tech fan base is smarter than 85% of the people posting here.
By Whiny Braindead people
November 25, 2007 11:35 AM | Link to this
Give George O’Leary another chance? Are you people brain dead? That guy ditched Tech for the most overrated football team in the nation - Notre Dame. Then they caught him in a lie. No one remembers ole O’Liar? You people are lunatics. I sure hope that most of the Tech fan base is smarter than 85% of the people posting here.
By GaDawgsrule
November 25, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this
To all the Tech fans complaining about the officials…Dawg fans remember the Joe Hamilton fumble in 1998 that was not called and the phantom Jasper Sanks fumble in 1999. The only real bad call was the pass interference call. The bottom line is that good football teams find a way to overcome bad calls. Also, the officials did not drop passes or fumble away opportunities. As for Tech, their downfall started with No Brain and his selling of the 3-pack for all us GA fans. See you guys in Athens next year for the annual beat down.
By misterwax
November 25, 2007 11:40 AM | Link to this
I gave up my season tockets last year after 17 years running thanks to the DRAD extortion fund. However, the stadium construction fiasco was a bone which Braine threw to O’Leary before he jumoped ship and it has not panned out financially. And buying out gailey will just add to the mix. I believe as the man abouve writes, that Clough is also partially to blame and he is a frat brother of mine. We are FIJIs. I think Gailey will Stay and I believe DRAD will drift away. GTAA will not be able to hire a $2 million + coach like Tuberville or someone and also serve the debt on the construction. Gailey will ride it out unless O’Leary decides to come back..and he won;t unless Gailey resigns on is own accord, which I doubt will happen. It could but I doubt it.
By ugadawg
November 25, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this
WHAT’S THE GOOD WORD? SEVEN IN A ROW!!!
KEEP CHAN GAILEY!!! HE’S A GOOD COACH FOR THE NERDS!!!
WHY DON’T YOU GUYS PICK A BETTER SCHOOL TO ROOT FOR? THEN YOU WON’T BE SO DISAPPOINTED ALL THE TIME!!!!!
WE’LL BEAT YOU IN ATHENS! AND WE’LL BEAT YOU IN ATHENS WEST!!!
JUST LOOK AT YOUR PATHETIC “CROWD” AT THE GAME YESTERDAY. MORE RED AND BLACK THAN ANYTHING ELSE. NONE OF YOU PATHETIC NERDS WANTS TO WATCH THAT CRAP ON THE FIELD AND I DON’T BLAME YOU.
YOU FIRED DAVE BRAIN-LESS BECAUSE HE STATED THE OBVIOUS. NOW CHAN AND THE REST OF THE NERDS ARE REALIZING THAT PREDICTION. YOU ARE AND ALWAYS WILL ME THE MEDIOCRE, RED-HEADED-STEPCHILD OF THE STATE.
FIRE CHAN GAILEY??? WHO ELSE IS GOING TO BE STUPID ENOUGH TO COME COACH THE BUNCH OF LOSER NERDS???
NOW GET YOUR CALCULATORS OUT AND GO BACK TO CLASS. LEAVE THE WINNING TO THE REAL TEAMS IN THE STATE- GEORGIA, GEORGIA SOUTHERN, VALDOSTA, AND WEST GEORGIA.
SEVEN IN A ROW, MANY MORE TO GO!!!
By yellowblood
November 25, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this
I finally found a Tickle Pile last night. Lamda Chi had a great one. Everyone just got drunk, got naked and started tickling.
By John
November 25, 2007 11:45 AM | Link to this
I’ve been reading this newspaper and listening to GT fan reaction for some time and I’ve decided that none of you get it.
All I ever hear is negativity! The student body and Atlanta fans do not support GT. Its amazing Chan gets the results they do.
Your first mistake was hiring the new AD you have. He suffers from the same arrogant misconceptions that you guys do. Championships require “team effort” and hard work! Gaily seems very capable of delivering in the coaching and recruiting areas. He need support from the administration and all you “so called” fans to build the program.
By Ga. Tech Rat '65
November 25, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this
You are two years late firing Gailey! Where’s Ray Goff these days? He would do a better job! Fire him now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With no one in the stands to watch my beloved Jackets you’d think Gailey would take the hint and quit!
By Norv Turner
November 25, 2007 11:50 AM | Link to this
Maybe I will get the job
By Norv Turner
November 25, 2007 11:50 AM | Link to this
Maybe I will get the job. I’m a nice guy also.
By BigDawg
November 25, 2007 11:50 AM | Link to this
What’s the good word?
How ‘bout them DAWGS!!!
By A. Football Guy
November 25, 2007 11:53 AM | Link to this
First off, shame on Mark Bradley for seeking and publishing the opinion and comments of a GT player in a column concerning the future of the player’s Head Coach. Bradley is a sorry “jock sniff”.
Chan Gailey is a man of character and integrity. If such traits produce “mediocre” NCAA Division 1 Football program, so be it. Who would you rather have Nick “losing to UL-Monroe is like 9/11” Saban? He’s had three jobs during Gailey’s tenure at GT. How about Pete “If I didn’t see it, it didn’t happen” Carroll? All Gailey has done over the past 6 years is take Tech to bowl games and the ACC 2006 Championship Game.
If he was to be fired, it should have occurred last year (earlier this year) when he expressed interest in the Miami Dolphins job. If such behavior was deemed acceptable to the GA Tech AD; 7-5 records and bids to second tier bowl games should be OK as well.
Of course, the majority of the nit-wits who are calling for Gailey’s head probably never stepped on a football field, let alone coached at a the major college level.
Again, shame on yoy Bradley. I’d like to say I expect better of you, but the truth is, you’re a hack and I guess, your pathetic stab at “journalism” is EXACTLY what I expect from you.
By jrvoyles
November 25, 2007 11:54 AM | Link to this
get chan out of Georgia Tech…. thats all i have to say.. he cant win with georgia tech..
By A. Football Guy
November 25, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this
First off, shame on Mark Bradley for seeking and publishing the opinion and comments of a GT player in a column concerning the future of the player’s Head Coach. Bradley is a sorry “jock sniff”.
Chan Gailey is a man of character and integrity. If such traits produce “mediocre” NCAA Division 1 Football program, so be it. Who would you rather have Nick “losing to UL-Monroe is like 9/11” Saban? He’s had three jobs during Gailey’s tenure at GT. How about Pete “If I didn’t see it, it didn’t happen” Carroll? All Gailey has done over the past 6 years is take Tech to bowl games and the ACC 2006 Championship Game.
If he was to be fired, it should have occurred last year (earlier this year) when he expressed interest in the Miami Dolphins job. If such behavior was deemed acceptable to the GA Tech AD; 7-5 records and bids to second tier bowl games should be OK as well.
Of course, the majority of the nit-wits who are calling for Gailey’s head probably never stepped on a football field, let alone coached at a the major college level.
Again, shame on yoy Bradley. I’d like to say I expect better of you, but the truth is, you’re a hack and I guess, your pathetic stab at “journalism” is EXACTLY what I expect from you.
By CB
November 25, 2007 12:03 PM | Link to this
Ok, fire Chan. It doesn’t matter. Because as long as Tech has the narrow curiculum they have they will never be able to attract enough athletes on the offensive and definsive lines to change from being a seven and 5 team year in and year out. Look at UGA, LSU, FSU etc. These guys have at least 10 guys over three hundred pounds on their first and second team lines. Tech avg’s around 280 to 300 pounds…and there talent level falls way off on the second tier.
If you have granduer thoughts of Tech being a national football power, I promise you, and you can call me on it at that time, that the next coach will do the same as Gailey. And so will the next one…and the next one. It’s the way things are now in college football.Tech should be happy with 7-5 seasons in football and build the hoops team back. 15 years ago we would be very happy with this. Remember Bill Lewis? The early 80’s?
By ugadawg
November 25, 2007 12:05 PM | Link to this
OH YEA I LIKE MEN TOO!! UGA AND I LICK EACH OTHER ALL DAY!
By smart
November 25, 2007 12:08 PM | Link to this
to il they may hang 50 on us but atleast we will be in a bcs game but I have to ask were will tech be probably watching us hope you enjoy.
By Rod
November 25, 2007 12:11 PM | Link to this
Tech has unrealistic expectations for there program. Chan is doing as well as anyone. UGA is simply better than Tech. Just deal with it morons!
By ron yeomans
November 25, 2007 12:15 PM | Link to this
Gailey or not, one thing will remain constant. In a few years, Tech player will be in the boardrooms and Ga. players will still be riding the backs of garbage trucks.
By JB
November 25, 2007 12:15 PM | Link to this
CHAN MUST GO!! THE FACT THAT WE CANT BEAT UGA IS PATHETIC.THEY ARE A GOOD TEAM BUT ITS THE SAME RESULT YEAR IN AND OUT. WE HAVE TO HAVE A COACH HE UNDERSTANDS YOU CANT BE A TOP 10 OR 15 TEAM WITHOUT A GOOD QUARTERBACK! GAILEY IS SO STUPID WE OFFER A KID {BENNETT] A SCHOLARSHIP WHO PLAYED 1 YEAR IN HIGHSCHOOL?? WHAT? HIS CHOICES ARE TECH OR FURMAN? THIS GUY IS OUR STARTER? GAILEY IS AN EDIOT. RECRUIT A FREAKIN QB WHO CAN THROW! WITH OUR DEFENSE AND A PROVEN QB, THIS LOSING STREAK WOULD BE OVER! AND YOU UGA FANS HAVE NO CLASS. DID ANYONE NOTIVE THIS LOOKED LIKE A HOMEGAME FOR UGA? D-RAD,WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? FIRE THIS MAN TODAY!!!!
By bye chan
November 25, 2007 12:27 PM | Link to this
Give it to Tenuta.
By flackjacket
November 25, 2007 12:31 PM | Link to this
Well, I have realized the deep seated hatred I felt for the dogs while a student has transformed to envy and admiration. They are the antithesis of Tech. They find ways to win. Tech doesn’t. When the dogs got to 31 you knew the game was over. There was no way Gailey would ever find a way to win. I never felt that way when Fridge and Oleary were in charge.
Did you see that great commercial featurning UF QB Doug Johnson describing how Spurrier drew up a play on the sideline in a big game against FSU? Johnson takes the play in the huddle, they run it. TD UF!
Do you think Gailey has learned a new play since he “left” Dallas?
-fJ
By biscodawg
November 25, 2007 12:35 PM | Link to this
IMO a pathetic fan base deserves a pathetic coach. Tech can’t fill their stands at home game or sell their share of ACC championship tix, and they expect coaching excellence. What a joke. The Joke by Coke.
By Jorge
November 25, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this
Sorry Chan… You’re a good man and a decent coach with an NFL pedigree, but that simply isn’t good enough. I’m sick and tired of being sick n tired…..
By jz
November 25, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this
I believe in DRad as our Athletic director, he is a business man and will do what he can to get money, fans, and a winning team at Bobby Dodd Stadium. That starts with giving Chan the boot. I hope Tenuta is still around, it scares me that he might leave. When need to do something to keep him, and we need a new OC, we haven’t been the same since the fridge took off for maryland. Good luck with all that DRad, Go Jackets.
By E Hale
November 25, 2007 12:46 PM | Link to this
Tech lost 5 Games this year 4 of them to top 20 teams Georgia, Va Tech, Virginia, and Boston College. and 1 to Maryland. Gailey never dropped a pass or threw an interception. SO no he should not be fired
By Artie
November 25, 2007 12:49 PM | Link to this
Hire Bill Callahan!!!! Bring “real” West Coast football to Tech.
By Charles
November 25, 2007 12:56 PM | Link to this
Hey Bradley, aren’t you the one who said “Sign Leftwich now!”
Oh yeah, I really trust your ability to make football decisions.
The fact is, there are some major job openings. Firing Gailey is sheer stupidity. You fire your coach now and you have limited options in a year when even Nick Saban looks like a sure fire.
GT just had the best recruiting class of Gailey’s tenure and you’re ready to bail on him?
You hide behind your ink pen and make idiotic statements from your perch at the AJC.
The only really bad decision Gailey made at Tech was to not play the Manley kid from Buford at QB.
But in the future, the Nesbitt kid is for real. He’s an exciting player with a little experience under his belt as a true sophomore coming into next season.
Jonathan Dwyer is the real deal. Gailey worked those kids into the offense. Choice has been injured, Grant went down.
You can’t blame injuries and misfires on the field on a coach. And you’re taking a lot of credit away from a Georgia team that for the past six weeks has been among the best teams in the country.
I agree that someone should be fired. That someone should be you Mr. Bradley. You stir the stick pretty good, but your football judgment is severely lacking.
The same can be said for your judgment in baseball, basketball, hockey and girl’s volleyball.
Crawl back underneath that rock that you slithered out from under. If you hate the sports teams here in the south so much, maybe you should go to work for the paper in Boston. The weather is fair right now at The Garden with Garnett under contract for the long haul.
By gdd
November 25, 2007 1:02 PM | Link to this
Just as naval captains are relieved for anything that goes wrong onboard a vessel, so too head coaches are accountable for the performance of the team. Certainly given how much these coaches are paid, they must be accountable. That’s business. Being a Dawg fan, I hope Chan stays much like Hugo Chávez wants very badly for Hillary to become president again. It’s self serving.
UGA dumped Jim Donnan, 40-19. Not a bad coach but not a great coach. Now, UGA’s recruiting is stellar and potential is being realized.
Tech - get it?
Wish the best for y’all in the ACC.
By Drexel Gal
November 25, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this
Bobby Ross is available —- the only man alive who has coached the Jackets to a national championship. Well, half of one, anyway. In fact, the poll that named his team champions (UPI) no longer exists.
Wait … I know … Bill Callahan!
By booby dodd
November 25, 2007 1:11 PM | Link to this
ui must be a tech grad because he can’t count. The ACC is not 4-2 against the SEC. Fla beat FSU (higer learning school) LSU beat West Vagina (ACC conference winer) Ga beat Tech all blow outs. Clemson barley beat Caroline and god help you, your counting the Weak Forest win over Vandy. Get a life.
By Bri
November 25, 2007 1:11 PM | Link to this
The prudent choice would be to keep Chan for another year or two. He needs to develop a QB that can read defenses and process more than one passing route per play (not Bennet). I wish S. Threet would have stayed.
At the same time, I’m not buying season tickets until something changes with the Offense, with or without Chan.
By Suck it, nerds
November 25, 2007 1:15 PM | Link to this
Keep telling yourself that, Ron. Hopefully it’ll help you sleep at night, because the humiliating losses you keep enduring surely won’t. The closest thing I’ve seen to “business flair” among the Georgia Tech team lately is Reuben Houston slinging sixty pounds of dope. Then again, I don’t keep up with Division II football.
By Peter Howard
November 25, 2007 1:23 PM | Link to this
The best coached game in the last 7 years was coached by Asst. Coach Mack MacWhorter when O’Leary resigned. The play calling was phenomenal -wishbone, options, re-allignments, it was fun to watch. The coaching decisions for the last 6 years have been extremely questionable. Throwing the ball out of bounds of 4th down is a coaching error. Not giving any back up quarterback experience when games are lost are bad decisions. Gailey has always coached to be safe. Not to be creative and win. Tech players are among the smartest…now they need to be coached smartly.
By T. Cho
November 25, 2007 1:29 PM | Link to this
As a Tech grad, I hate seeing us lose yet again to Georgia. I agree with those saying maybe we should start investing more in basketball and just focus on that like Wake Forest and Duke have. We only beat the Dogs 15.8% of the time and that is when they are having some freakishly bad year.
With respect to coaches, I think we should aim for Spurrier, June Jones, Tuberville, or maybe Patrino.
Go Jackets!
By trademe
November 25, 2007 1:35 PM | Link to this
Mark, I say let ‘em stay…we rather enjoy the W at the end of the year! Dawgs eat “cupcakes” too!! Go Dawgs!!
By Top Dawg
November 25, 2007 1:43 PM | Link to this
Keep him, and bring back Reggie Ball!!!
By DawgGrad311
November 25, 2007 1:43 PM | Link to this
Dawgs #4 in the AP poll!
By Brent
November 25, 2007 1:47 PM | Link to this
Chan isn’t to blame for Tech’s 7 straight losses to my Dawgs. What’s to blame is the fact Tech can’t compete with other schools that do not weigh academics as much as Tech does. Tech is one of the hardest schools to get in to. Believe me I tried even though I am a die hard Dawg fan. Until Tech can start recruitting solid tallent at QB it’s going to be a long road for tech, and one in UGA’s favour. Gailey is a great coach, but for Tech’s supporters he should go. This is just like Zook at UF. Had Florida given Zook a little more time the SEC East would have gone to them every year. Zook just had the ability to recruitt without regard greatly to recruitting. Plus, with Richt turning GA back into a national powerhouse the recruitting battle for the state is going to go to UGA for as long as Richt is in Athens. Go Dawgs!!!! BCS something or other here we come.
By UGAgrad
November 25, 2007 1:51 PM | Link to this
I am a huge Dawg fan and REALLY enjoy beating the Nerds every year. However, I feel for Chan Gailey. I hope if he does get fired, that he goes out with a bird finger in the air to all the Tech “fans” out there. It’s hard to rally a team when you have zero fan support. The only time their stadium is full is when they are playing a big team! That’s sad. It’s hard to build up a program when you don’t have a fan base.
By gtne80
November 25, 2007 1:54 PM | Link to this
There was a blog earlier in the week asking the question of “Why Tech Hates UGA.” Anyone wondering why should read the vile, classless, and filthy posts in this blog by UGA supporters. And these posts are in a blog with the topic asking about whether Tech should replace their coach, a topic that should be of no interest to a UGA fan. I hate you because most of you are classless, cousin-marrying, knuckle-draggers that have nothing better to do on the day after winning your in-state rivalry game but to get on a blog on the Tech page and tell us how badly we stink. You are all pathetic.
By KFDawg
November 25, 2007 1:55 PM | Link to this
“unloved Ball”??? What are you talking about? Every UGA fan loved Reggie Ball.
By Tech Fan
November 25, 2007 1:59 PM | Link to this
We will see how Dan Radakovich wants to be remembered at Tech. Does he want to be remembered for a guy that held out a year too long? Or does he want to be remembered as a guy who took a chance against predictable year-end results? I’m sick of this whole “He takes us to a bowl game every year.” Less last year’s bowl game, all the others have been “honorable mention” bowl games. I’m tired of people saying “He’s never had a losing season.” Thats a strong sign that the individual accepts mediocrity.
Take a chance DRad. I will accept a couple of losing seasons in return for a really good one. Status quo isn’t acceptable. Ultimately, DRad’s decision directly reflects where he stands on his business philosophy.
By Hitman
November 25, 2007 2:03 PM | Link to this
Mark, you nailed it. Great piece — nuff said.
By ChrisD3
November 25, 2007 2:05 PM | Link to this
Great post, ChrisD. I must repost your comments (yes, I am a DIFFERENT ChrisD):
Mark Bradley,
By your argument, the AJC’s entire edtiorial staff “needs to go”, too. Right?
According to nationally publicized subscription ratings, the AJC has lost subscribers at a faster rate than any newspaper in the United States.
Your argument is that Chan Gailey should be fired because, while his teams win more than they lose, they still lose too much.
So shouldn’t your standard be held to the AJC editors, too?
Gailey wins more than the AJC in his respective industry.
By Mike T.
November 25, 2007 2:06 PM | Link to this
47-37-2 Georgia owns the Crocs Fl won 15 of the last 18 and stills trails in the sreies by 10 games.
59-36-5 Georgia owns the Gnats Tech won a few back in the leather helmet days.Oh well those games count too,unlike the Gators who don’t think anything before 1990 even matters.
By ET
November 25, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this
Seems fair enough for Mark Bradley to write this column, when so many of us have been saying it is time for Mark Bradley and Terrence Moore to go.
By Sean
November 25, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this
I know it’s unrealistic but what about Bill Cowher? He’s a motivator and I imagine alot of top recruits would come to Atlanta to play for him.
By Leslie Wilson
November 25, 2007 2:09 PM | Link to this
Tech has truly underachieved for the level of talent that it has. At times they play flat; uninspired, unmotivated football. At times Chan Gailey has them up for the game. But too many times they look unprepared.
The recruiting classes are better than average. But once the players arrive at Tech, they don’t develop. They don’t get better. And Chan never makes adjustments during the course of a game when he needs to. When Tech is losing at halftime, they come out of the locker room with the same losing game plan with no changes.
Tech will never be more than a seven win team with Gailey, and they will never beat the Dogs with Gailey in charge.
By B
November 25, 2007 2:10 PM | Link to this
I hate to see anyone get fired but to get fired and take home 3 million . That’s what I call a blessing from above. Dan will pick the right man to take his place. Mack, Tenuta, big O, etc.there will be others fired in few weeks.God bless you a’ll.
By Rebel
November 25, 2007 2:20 PM | Link to this
Send Chan to Ole Miss…we will take 7 wins a season!
By jager Tech
November 25, 2007 2:24 PM | Link to this
Tech will always suck. It won’t matter who the coach is. Stick to the girlie sports.
By GT 1991
November 25, 2007 2:25 PM | Link to this
Well, GTAA is in a financial problem. Firing Chan only makes it worse. I hope GT keeps Chan, because I am not convinced that we will be able to hire anyone better. I would like to believe we could, but we cannot afford it on top of having to find $4 Million for Chan. With Texas A&M, Michigan, Nebraska, and probably others looking, we will get a 2nd tier or 3rd tier coach if we are in the market. We are not UGA, we actually have academic standards, and that limits us on who we can recruit, this is not a slam to UGA, it is just reality. We do not take non-qualifiers and most schools do, that creates a problem for us. Good luck Jackets.
By GTSting
November 25, 2007 2:26 PM | Link to this
Let sgo get Spurrier. He’s won in the ACC, coached previously at Tech and Hates the Dawgs! Do what it takes!
By Scott
November 25, 2007 2:28 PM | Link to this
Radakovich is more of a problem than Gailey. The reason why there were more red seats and/or empties this year - the AD misjudged the market - we simply don’t have the alumni base to take the price gouging done this year. It’s not the job of coach to sell seats - it’s the AD, and those incompetents who run the Tech ticket office.
This team is nowhere near the disaster it was in 1995, when the coach (a Georgia grad) had to be fired. The team played hard yesterday, but got no breaks and came up short. What about that game says that the coach should be fired? Certainly better than those pre-Shawn Jones years of Bobby Ross, when he spent two seasons running sweeps to the short side of the field…
We have a miserable year in terms of breaking big plays, and getting gamebreakers, turnovers, etc. Look at the three stupid touchbacks yesterday - those are all essentially coin flips, and we end up in the 12.5% chance that none of them go our way. That’s been the year.
Bradley has no cred on this topic anyway. 1-Georgia grad. 2-Hoops guy (c’mon, we all know he just marks time in the fall until basketball starts).
I like the coaching staff, I like the play calling, and I look forward to seeing what we do with Garner and Jones in the backfield next year, and whether Nesbitt wins the starting job over Bennett.
By Guck Feorgia
November 25, 2007 2:42 PM | Link to this
A name is worth a thousand words.
By Doug
November 25, 2007 2:43 PM | Link to this
Long gonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne
By James
November 25, 2007 2:43 PM | Link to this
If you EVER wrote one positive thing about any single sport at Tech, you’d have the right to say this. You never have. Suck it, Mark.
By Halsey
November 25, 2007 2:43 PM | Link to this
Sure Chan is a great coach, but he’s just not a nice enough guy to be leading the Jackets. It’s time for him to go.
By Bob H.
November 25, 2007 2:44 PM | Link to this
Amen, enough said. Clean out an office on Boddy Dodd Way and quit insulting the name on the street and stadium.
By D
November 25, 2007 2:47 PM | Link to this
if ya like losing and mediocrity, than keep Chan, if you want to get serious about your football program, he’s got to go.
By Chan B. Gone
November 25, 2007 2:47 PM | Link to this
Bradley graduated from Kentucky, not UGA.
By Jimbo
November 25, 2007 2:48 PM | Link to this
Mark Bradley (who looks to be at LEAST 19 in his photograph) needs to get over himself and so do the rest of you idiots. Who appointed you rulers of the universe? We have kids going to bed hungry at night and you whine about season ticket costs and act as if Tech football, tailgating, and/or beating Georgia, is the most important thing in the world. Grow up and live in the real world!
By GOD made me a Dawg
November 25, 2007 3:09 PM | Link to this
Wake up TECH. The answer is right in front of you! Or rather, about a 7 hour drive south. Call George O’Leary back. UCF has put the resume issue to rest. Get over the fact he left you for ND. The Irish weren’t to smart either on that count.
By GT GRAD
November 25, 2007 3:10 PM | Link to this
Chan is a good man and a very conservative football coach. He either needs to be told to open it up and make things happen on offense or we need to let him go.
The peoblem is we might end up with a worse situation if we let him go prior to finding a better replacement. Be careful what you ask for if you just want change. I would support a change as long as we get a solid coach who has an approach which is better suited for the college game.
JUNE JONES as head coach with Tenuta controlling the defense would be a great combination if we could make it happen!!!!
By Mike T.
November 25, 2007 3:17 PM | Link to this
We have kids going to bed hungry at night and you whine about season ticket costs and act as if Tech football, tailgating, and/or beating Georgia, is the most important thing in the world. Grow up and live in the real world!
Jimbo, Wrong Blog.This is a football one.
By BuzznMad
November 25, 2007 3:21 PM | Link to this
FIRE CHAN NOW! Being a nice guy, which Gailey is, does not make you a successful coach. Where’s the passion? Where’s the ‘tude? I probably won’t agree with “GOD made me a Dawg” much, but I agree with him on bringing back O’Leary. He’s proven he can be successful, who the heck cares if he fudged his resume? I want to see aggressiveness on the field when the offense is on the field. If our offense would perform half as good as our defense, we wouldn’t be having this discussion. Let’s move on! Until we do, I may follow the games on T.V. or on the radio, but I won’t be spending my money and time at Grant Field.
By Darren P.
November 25, 2007 3:29 PM | Link to this
The sweat, tears, and ink are dry—but the memory remains the same. Next topic of business: Head coach, Offensive Coordinator, quarterback and wide-receiver coach.
There are two types of coaches: 1. the one’s who have been fired. 2. The one’s who have been fired. College football is not “just a game” anymore; it is a business; A very lucrative business, especially for BCS contenders. For instance, the SEC will receive approximately 13 million—that ought to buy you something. Now with that being said, the University of Georgia is a very talented and exciting football team. Name calling is a measure of one’s cerebral capacity and character. Mark Bradley’s, as a journalist, job is to write objectively and to SELL papers—PERIOD. Either UGA or Georgia Tech, it is not personal. It is strictly, business.
As an avid Georgia Tech fan, I have taken this defeat without subjectivity in regards to the firing of Chan Gailey. In the “real” world, winning seven out of twelve would be considered a success. In college football, a loss to an arch rival is considered a failure, and after repetitive losses, is a ground for termination. College football has been called by some a religion. Most fans choose a team that wins or is the most popular. Maybe this gives one an identity. College institutions were established to educate our young for the growth of our country. Now, there are several great institutions that supply our business world with educated graduates without the help of athletic financial returns, although in our capitalistic society it is not enough. Look at our job force today. Non-college graduates are employed by lower paying jobs, and the immigration influx has taken most of cheap labor-paying jobs.
UGA and many other college athletic programs in the NCAA have lower enrollment standards than that of Georgia Tech. Lowering Academic standards is not only degrading to the institution, but to society as a whole. In defense of the argument, Georgia Tech has a very talented football team. However, “effective” leadership may be warranted. Gailey is a great Christian person, a man with vast knowledge of college and Pro football. He is a man of character, and yes, he is a nice guy, and a good football coach. The consensus is that the GTAA does not want to allow Gailey as the head football coach. Money can buy anything these days. The University of Alabama has spent millions for “Iron Bowl” bragging rights and a National Championship on a coach with success. However, their season is a disappointment by Roll Tide fans.
Solution: On one hand, assuming the current athletic director, Dan Radakoich, leaves Georgia Tech, move Gailey to AD. On the other hand, lose ties with the athletic director. Vince Dooley of UGA and Tom Osborne of Nebraska have shown that they can handle it. The 4 million that was once pondered to buyout Gailey’s contract can now be used to lure a BCS successful winning coach, and an offensive coordinator with a lucrative offer and possibly, save a couple of million. Tenuta stays as defensive coordinator.
By thwg
November 25, 2007 3:32 PM | Link to this
everybody bleeds red you morron
By Bark Madly
November 25, 2007 3:43 PM | Link to this
BARK BARK BARK WOOF WOOF POOT
By The Alpha Male
November 25, 2007 3:45 PM | Link to this
rw… you are a sad and pathetic human being. Prosperity in downtown? Yeah, the Tech campus is a real paradise. You are a loser in life.
By Yellow
November 25, 2007 3:54 PM | Link to this
It’s tough being a Jackets fan on days like this. Better days ahead.. Remember…It’s always better than being a Georgia Fan who has nothing better to do in their life than read blogs about Georgia Tech sports. Sooo SAD!! :=)
By miles
November 25, 2007 3:54 PM | Link to this
I’ve heard UGA might go to the Rose Bowl. I pray they do. Then the world will see how overrated there when they have to play a team that has a defense and offense…Go Trojans!!!
By Head Coach Chan Gailey
November 25, 2007 4:26 PM | Link to this
Now I can tell some of you are upset with me. Just let me remind you that I am a nice man. I also have 4 years left on a contract that will cost you $4 million to buy out. I do not know what all this fussing about won-lost records is all about anyway. Someone I once knew and loved said “It’s just a game, dog.” I think we should all think about that. If you get upset about a tech loss, then concentrate on your SAT score. If the team has a bad day, think about the amount of money you THINK you will make when you graduate. Of course it won’t be as much as me. As for hiring another coach, I cannot for the life of me think of anyone who realistically would take this job. Tech is a trash heap.
By ACC Fan
November 25, 2007 4:30 PM | Link to this
After reading most of the comments on this site, I would like to respond to a few. 1) Many Tech grads do accept jobs out of state and don’t just return to rural Georgia and rather meaningless jobs such as selling cars or insurance. Therefore, there is a big Tech fan base, but many are not in the stadium on game day. 2) Georgia has a lot of fans who never attended school there (or anywhere in many cases) who like to dress in red and go to games. You should see all the G’s on the front of the pickup trucks in rural Georgia. If you see some of these characters in these trucks and in the stands, you may wish you didn’t have such a large fan base. 3) One of the main jobs of a good coach is to improve the abilities of his players by practice and motivation. Gailey has not been able to get this done with some of his offensive players such as quarterbacks and receivers. The winner of most close games is the team whose quarterback and passing game is better that day. Tech has got to recruit and develop better quarterbacks (Booker and Nesbitt were highly rated but don’t seem ready). Tech has a commitment from a good one for next year. Let’s hope he will develop and improve as Stafford has. He has the potential along with the good freshman class and returning players to help Tech consistently win more than 7 games a season (if the right coaching is in place!)
By gtalum in Huntsville, AL
November 25, 2007 4:45 PM | Link to this
Mark, your Ole Miss example should be seen here as an excellent example as to why we should keep Chan. With openings at traditional football powers Nebraska, Michigan, and Texas A&M, now is not the time to look for a new coach. That, and the fact that the athetic department can’t afford a $4 mil buyout, are plenty of reasons to keep him another year or two. Besides, I never read that Mark Bradley is a good writer, but he’s never won a Pulitzer, so it’s time to let Mark Bradley go.
Firing coach Gailey would be a huge mistake.
By realyellowblood
November 25, 2007 4:47 PM | Link to this
Even if we can’t buy out Gailey’s contract, something has to chance. I would rather go without a head coach. Pay Gailey what we have to pay and tell him not to show up. I would rather continue losing with someone else or nothing than continue the same course.
Concerning UGA, this is best team they’ve had during this ridiculous streak. You can understand losing to this team. Its losing to their 2nd rate squads of the past 6 years that hurts. Even this year they still can’t win their half-conference. Thats not a critism of UGA but a critism of Tech’s inability to beat a team that is 2nd in their half-conference.
By spike
November 25, 2007 4:50 PM | Link to this
ACC FAn.. A little red jealousy? At least we have fans who are supportive and are fired up about UGA football. Who cares if they went to school there or not, you elitist snob. I’d rather have those people as fans than the Tech “fans” who are venting their spleen on here wanting the coach fired. And yes, I am an alumni, so no cracks about never having gone to school there. And if you guys could not beat us last year, just wait for the next two.
By matt
November 25, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this
lloyd carr is available and would be a great hire!
By Voice of Reason
November 25, 2007 5:04 PM | Link to this
The truth of the matter is that Georgia Tech is headed in the right direction. Every year Tech tightens its academic standards and becomes even more elite. Only the top high school students are admitted. This is one of the 5 best engineering schools in the U.S. That level of academic excellence does not mix well with big tome college football. Many yeard ago, I used to tutor football players at a major university with an elite football program. For every player with a 3.0 GPA, ther were 10 who were on the verge of flunking out of a university witha run of the mill academic standing. Here are the facts.
By Go Tech
November 25, 2007 5:11 PM | Link to this
Gailey should have stayed in the pros, these are college kids and he cannot relate to them. He’s so intimadated by uga and Richt, that we’ll never beat them as long as he’s here. Bill Lewis was the worst up until Gailey came in. Being an alumnus, I’ll not renew my season tickets til he’s gone. Any young coach, such as Randy Edsel would be a great plus for GT.
By Buzzard
November 25, 2007 5:12 PM | Link to this
I was at the game and it was very clear that GT had plenty of chances in this game, none of the breaks went Tech’s way and the team kept playing hard. This was no blow out and we all know blow out i.e. VA Tech, and BC.
I agree with letting Gailey go and hiring a new coach. My picks: 1) Randy Edsall, 2) June Jones, 3) Chris Petersen 4) Ken Whisenhunt, 5) Paul Johnson 6), Jimbo Fisher, in that order.
By Rich
November 25, 2007 5:18 PM | Link to this
Get ready guys and gals, the #1 candidate to replace Gailey is Jimbo Fisher, OC for Saban at LSU and now OC for Bobby Bowden @ FSU. Rumor has it that the job may be filled sooner than later.
By Unrealistic Fans
November 25, 2007 5:20 PM | Link to this
Tech fans are the most unrealistic fans I have ever seen. What makes you think with a different coach you would have won more games or beaten Georgia over the last 6 years? The last AD made a correct statement and you all wanted him gone. TECH will never be a consistent 10 win BCS caliber team. You are a great great acadmic institution and every so often you will get enough talented kids who qualify and make a nice run, like last year. Over the last 30 years how many times have TECH had consecutive 10 win seasons.
By Ga Tech Alum
November 25, 2007 5:23 PM | Link to this
I doubt that the Ga Tech powers brokers are reading this blog. I suggest you let them know how you feel. Dr. Wayne Clough, President at wayne.clough@carnegie.gatech.edu and Mr. Dan Radakovich, Athletic Director at drad@athletics.gatech.edu. (These emails are public information on the Ga Tech web site.) Maybe if enough people respond and clog up their email server they will get the message.
By Lost and confused
November 25, 2007 5:33 PM | Link to this
GA TECH 222, CUMBERLAND 0 91 years ago, huh, seems like yesterday
By meb
November 25, 2007 5:38 PM | Link to this
Chan isn’t going anyhwree as long as the AD ofr GT keeps the mindset that he doesn’t expect GT to do better than 7 or 8 wins per season. The AD set the expectation and Chan has met that expectation. The AD at GT needs to demand better or he should get the boot also. I say both of them need to go.
By GM
November 25, 2007 5:41 PM | Link to this
Rich: where are you getting your Jimbo rumor?
By MariettaDawg
November 25, 2007 5:43 PM | Link to this
Even as a Dawg fan, it’s sad to sit back and watch what Chan the Man has done to your program. You guys have decent talent year after year, but the coaching over there is p**-poor. Sure, for us it’s great to beat Tech…but it starts to lose it’s luster after 7 straight years. Y’all should can the Reggie Ball of coaching!
By GM
November 25, 2007 5:44 PM | Link to this
meb: where have you been? That AD is gone.
By kurt
November 25, 2007 5:57 PM | Link to this
Chan has strived for mediocrity and, unfortunately for all of us, has achieved his goal. Repeatedly! Chan must go.
By RamblinDawg
November 25, 2007 5:58 PM | Link to this
I’m one of those rare breeds, a Tech and UGA Alum., and love both programs. Let’s face it the man knows how to coach, he’s led NFL teams to the playoffs, he’s won Div. II championships and he’s taken Tech to many winning seasons and bowls. Like Reicht, Gailey is a builder of young men as well. UGA is having a great year and should be proud not only of the win Saturday, but also of a still unfinished season with lots of promise. The one difference I see between the two programs (and this is a year after year thing) is that the UGA coaching staff does not have to look over their shoulders every time a pass is dropped to see if the fan base is still cheering them on. Keep Gailey, but Tech Fans and Alums how about supporting the man.
By Tech4Ever
November 25, 2007 6:05 PM | Link to this
Bradley - Great propaganda and taking a “no comment” from Tashad after a tough loss and spinning it like he didn’t support his coach. How about printing a balanced article…maybe Macon’s Telegraph article.
**Tashard Choice, who joined the program from Oklahoma, said Gailey brought him to Tech.
“I have the utmost respect for Coach Gailey,” the senior tailback said. “He has taught me more than football.”**
And maybe from Philip Wheeler also from the Macon Telegraph
**Gailey recruited Philip Wheeler when the linebacker was a senior at Shaw. Counting a redshirt season, he has been at Tech for five of Gailey’s six seasons.
“I think he has done a great job. This game should not be a measure of the him,” said Wheeler, who recorded 11 tackles against the Bulldogs in his final home game at Tech.**
Gailey may indeed be leaving GT but you sir are a liar
By Head Coach Chan Gailey
November 25, 2007 6:08 PM | Link to this
Now I can tell some of you are upset with me. Just let me remind you that I am a nice man. I also have 4 years left on a contract that will cost you $4 million to buy out. I do not know what all this fussing about won-lost records is all about anyway. Someone I once knew and loved said “It’s just a game, dog.” I think we should all think about that. If you get upset about a tech loss, then concentrate on your SAT score. If the team has a bad day, think about the amount of money you THINK you will make when you graduate. Of course it won’t be as much as me. As for hiring another coach, I cannot for the life of me think of anyone who realistically would take this job. Tech is a trash heap.
By Mr.Wrestling #2
November 25, 2007 6:20 PM | Link to this
Go ahead and can Chan. The truth is that Chan is a fine man, and a good coach. The truth is that he has done a good job making something out of nothing. The problem is that delusional Tech fans think they are living in the days of Bobby Dodd. Those days are long gone. Tech is rapidly becoming Vanderbilt and in ten years will become Duke. Tech is what it is—the North Avenue Geeks
By Mr.Wrestling #2
November 25, 2007 6:20 PM | Link to this
Go ahead and can Chan. The truth is that Chan is a fine man, and a good coach. The truth is that he has done a good job making something out of nothing. The problem is that delusional Tech fans think they are living in the days of Bobby Dodd. Those days are long gone. Tech is rapidly becoming Vanderbilt and in ten years will become Duke. Tech is what it is—the North Avenue Geeks
By Reality Dawg
November 25, 2007 6:22 PM | Link to this
Enough complaining about officials, should we remind all Tech fans of some of the worst calls in the history of the series (1999 - See Sanks non-fumble and Tech’s recovery as he (Tech defender) runs out of the side of the endzone which should have been a safety at the least. The Dawgs lost a number of games in a row to Florida and it wasn’t the officals fault. Face it your just not as good!
By Reality Dawg
November 25, 2007 6:22 PM | Link to this
Enough complaining about officials, should we remind all Tech fans of some of the worst calls in the history of the series (1999 - See Sanks non-fumble and Tech’s recovery as he (Tech defender) runs out of the side of the endzone which should have been a safety at the least. The Dawgs lost a number of games in a row to Florida and it wasn’t the officals fault. Face it your just not as good!
By DogFan
November 25, 2007 6:23 PM | Link to this
I pull for Tech to win all of their games each year except for one. I don’t feel strongly one way or another about their coach, however, Bradley needs to go. You have to be the most negative sob in town, but then again the ajc is the worst paper. Go Dawgs and go away Bradley.
By ed
November 25, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this
Paul Johnson will NOT leave Navy. Anyone familiar with his career and history knows that. Never happen. Navy is his dream job, and he is a man of great integrity.
By Greg Mueller
November 25, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this
No one will do better. Tech fans have dilusions of grandeur. Why do they think that Tech should be better than any other ACC school except for Duke?
By ac77gt
November 25, 2007 6:27 PM | Link to this
Mr. I Bleed Red & Black:
You are justifiably proud of your football team. Do not for one minute confuse your football team’s excellence with your own. One has nothing to do with the other.
And one other thing: you and all your team’s fans have nothing to do with how good your team is. They are good players and coaches and administrators independent of you. They would have won whether all of you showed up or not because they wanted and needed to win. Just the same as their losses have occurred whether or not any fans were there.
So enjoy it for now, but beware having your entire identity and self-worth tied up in the fortunes of your football team. It’s great when they win, but watch out if they ever start to lose a lot.
By Tech Mom
November 25, 2007 6:30 PM | Link to this
Braine extended Gailey’s millions-dollar contract for five years, sort of like eleventh-hour Presidential pardons, but did not do Tech any favors. As a Tech Mom and retired staff, I have not renewed my season tickets….they asked me for a premium to do that, but that’s another story. Gailey must go, nice guy that he is, but nice guys finish last sometimes.
By DawginLex
November 25, 2007 6:38 PM | Link to this
Here in Lexington, I sat through the game yesterday and discovered first hand what it is like to be a second tier citizen in a football rivalry. Tech’s answer is difficult. Competing against Coach Richt, who has locked down the in-state recruiting and is now recruiting nationally.
I know you folks don’t like to hear Coach Richt say that he is a Chan Gailey guy because you think it is only because Richt has never lost to him. Remember, Richt says the same thing about Tuberville and he has lost to him 3 times.
I don’t think Gailey being fired is the answer. I also don’t think that Tenuta is all that great of a DC either. UGA evenly divided 400 yards of offense yesterday between running and passing with a young OL. A “great” DC takes one or the other away.
Let Gailey bring in someone to run the spread and get rid of Bond. Firing Gailey might turn you into Ole Miss-be careful what you wish for……………..
By ac77gt
November 25, 2007 6:39 PM | Link to this
Mr. KSU Alumni:
You are almost as delusional as Mr. I Bleed Red & Black. You don’t have a hot f-ing clue about what it takes to build a D1 program.
You’d be lucky to find someone of even Chan Gailey’s caliber to coach that team for at least ten years if not ten more. Then, getting top recruits to go to KSU when they have so many other opportunities to go to established D1 schools is even more difficult than getting the coach.
What flavor of Kool Aid have you been drinking????????????
By rodney
November 25, 2007 6:41 PM | Link to this
Even I can coach mediocrity. Great recruting classes, terrible coaching. If Tech is happy with mediocrity, at least try an unproven young coach who is passionate about the game.
By Charlotte Jacket
November 25, 2007 6:42 PM | Link to this
Where to start?
-Chris, thanks for reminding us twice not to complain about the refs, then complaining about the refs from games nearly ten years ago. Point made. No more complaining about the refs from 2007 (until 2015). Impeccable logic.
GT Fan, I’m with you. Being a fan means working through the down cycles, too. There were way too many UGA fans around me last night (but it made it easier to find out UT and UK were doing). Get in the seats, Tech fans. You can’t hire Spurrier or anyone else to replace Gailey without selling a lot of tickets. Clemson, VA Tech, and UGA won’t sell our stadium out for us forever. Get butts in the seats! $$$ Talks. Richt has 92K people paying his bills every week.
Booby Dodd (cute play on that one, genius - is this where I post as Limp Drooley? I think all Tech fans have too much respect for CMR to mock him here), LSU beat VA Tech, not West Virginia. And they’re not conference champions yet. Just like BC, LSU, and UT, they still have a conference title game to play next week (you can watch both of them on TV from home). You can still use your stupid Vagina joke, but it’s Vagina Tech. And yes - we’ll count both the Clemson/SC and WF/Vandy wins because SC beat UGA and WF beat Vandy much worse than UGA did. Two of your wins against the ACC came against FSU, the fourth place team in their division and sixth place team (tie) in the conference. SC squeaked by 4-8 UNC. And 14 points does not a blowout make. Despite the Tech turnovers and touchbacks and the gift on 3rd and 24 (our gift to you or the refs, whichever you prefer), that game was up for grabs in the fourth quarter.
Last night was very frustrating, and I give the UGA fans around me a lot of credit for winning with class.
Can we get a basketball win on 1/9/08 to stop the bleeding? Go Jackets!
By truefan
November 25, 2007 6:46 PM | Link to this
Jimmy you sound like such as angry person though. Perhaps you can go to the clinic and they can give you some medicine. Doctors say that the new anti-psychotics are wonderful. I bet they would make you feel all better.
By truefan
November 25, 2007 6:46 PM | Link to this
Jimmy you sound like such as angry person. Perhaps you can go to the clinic and they can give you some medicine. Doctors say that the new anti-psychotics are wonderful. I bet they would make you feel all better.
By truefan
November 25, 2007 6:46 PM | Link to this
Jimmy you sound like such as angry person. Perhaps you can go to the clinic and they can give you some medicine. Doctors say that the new anti-psychotics are wonderful. I bet they would make you feel all better.
By NYJacket
November 25, 2007 6:47 PM | Link to this
I guess the AJC is trying to put a final nail in Tech’s recruting season with this article.
And, why do you put a great kid like Choice is such an awkward position?
By theedge
November 25, 2007 6:59 PM | Link to this
Tell me who they are going to get that is any better? There are already several high profile jobs open jobs that most would consider better than Tech. Let us also remember a few facts: 1. The AD is crying poormouth 2. Gailey only makes 1 mil/yr who are you going to get better for less 3. Gailey has had reduced scholarships the last couple of years for things not of his doing. He had his best recruiting class last year and this one was looking good until the media started with this crap. 4. He only just gave up the play calling and had a first year OC. If Bond puts in more of his system the offense will inspire.
Gailey is a good man graduating his players and to fire him now would cause a step back that would cause 3-4years of cellar dwelling. Do the right thing and let Gailey and the staff reap the benefits of full scholarships and these recruiting classes of late.
By Charlotte Jacket
November 25, 2007 7:04 PM | Link to this
Yay! The geniuses are multiplying: - Who is KSU? I thought Kansas St was miles from I-75. Kentucky State? No record of such an institution. Hmmm.
Thanks, RamblinDawg and Tech4Ever. Nice to see some common sense on here.
Reality Dawg: Thanks for complaining about Tech fans complaining about the refs by complaining about the refs from ten years ago (and by complaining that you didn’t get a safety ten years ago - that is priceless last night given the number of “touchbacks” you had). Do you need this response posted twice since you can’t seem to figure out this “addin’ machine”?
1/9/08: Next installment of the Tech-UGA rivalry. Get ready, Jackets!
By GM
November 25, 2007 7:05 PM | Link to this
Charlotte Jacket: Nice post.
I also was sitting near several dog fans in the stands who won with class, 4 guys directly behind me on the 50 yard line upper west. They were extremely respectful of where they were sitting. Tailgating was also fun and friendly with the Dog fans mixed in. Even some of the UGa posters are respectful and provide interesting comments. However, most dog fans on this blog are just a-holes.
By Muttertech
November 25, 2007 7:06 PM | Link to this
This year Tech was having a mediocre season and UGA a good one. I gave my tickets to friends of mine who went to UGA. I would have liked to go to the game but felt they would enjoy it more. Does that make me a poor fan? If you think so you’re crazy. I’m just a better friend than fan. BTW I have been to the 1990 National Championship game and the San Antonio final four as well as sitting thru too many 1-10 seasons.
During the 1990 season I watched Tech win in a skybox at Stanford stadium (different friends). I suspect many of the red shirts got their tickets the same way. Sorry rabid GA fans less than 750 tickets changed hands on Ebay – even fewer on Stub hub.
By Goober
November 25, 2007 7:24 PM | Link to this
Too the very obnoxious Ole Miss fan behind me cheering on UGA because they are an SEC team…….
Do you know what South Carolina says about being 49th in education? Thank you! Mississippi!
Do you know what the rest of the world calls the “Egg Bowl?” - The Tooth less Tussle.
You really could have gone to Clemson with only a few remedial courses in English. BTW I hear Danny Ford is back teaching again.
No, I will not hire you even if you get a law degree.
Yes there is a difference between a safety and a touchback.
No I really don’t think Ole Miss is a really good school.
By theedge
November 25, 2007 7:30 PM | Link to this
Tell me who they are going to get that is any better? There are already several high profile jobs open jobs that most would consider better than Tech. Let us also remember a few facts: 1. The AD is crying poormouth 2. Gailey only makes 1 mil/yr who are you going to get better for less 3. Gailey has had reduced scholarships the last couple of years for things not of his doing. He had his best recruiting class last year and this one was looking good until the media started with this crap. 4. He only just gave up the play calling and had a first year OC. If Bond puts in more of his system the offense will inspire.
Gailey is a good man graduating his players and to fire him now would cause a step back that would cause 3-4years of cellar dwelling. Do the right thing and let Gailey and the staff reap the benefits of full scholarships and these recruiting classes of late.
By Dawg BCS
November 25, 2007 8:04 PM | Link to this
Enough with the nerd vs. jock school talk. For those who know, UGA and Tech have very similar national rankings with their common degree programs. *Obviously, Engineering is unique to GT. Enough with the academic standard crap for the players. NEITHER school is cranking out Engineer, Lawyer, and MBA football players. That academic debate is overrated. Graduation rates are overrated too. What is it for the plain old student? Look, the schools benefit from the players and the players from the school. Symbiotic relationship for sure.
UGA is committed to football. It provides a very healthy bottom line for the school. If Tech wants it they can do it. They just need to commit to a winning system. *See Wake Forest. Not only does Wake have “academic challenges” but a MUCH smaller enrollment too.
Georgia is the most profitable athletic program in the US. Something like 23 million net profit. I believe #2 is like 17 million. Not a bad job of finances. It is a business. UGA sells out 92K+ every week and doesn’t need pizza give-aways or gimmick ticket packages. Put a winner on the field and watch your stands turn yellow and blue. Otherwise, we will buy the seats. Go Dawgs!
By Brent
November 25, 2007 8:15 PM | Link to this
I don’t know that he should be fired. Why, because he can’t beat UGA? UGA is simply better than Tech in football, and will be as long as Mark Richt is coaching there. You could let Bill Belichick coach GT and they still wouldn’t beat Georgia.
The only times GT has had success against Georgia has been when Georgia is weak (see early, late 90’s). It has had nothing to do with Tech’s coach. If O’Leary was still there he’d be riding a seven-game losing streak too.
By Brent
November 25, 2007 8:21 PM | Link to this
Also, who is Tech going to get that’s better? Gailey is an accomplished coach with NFL credentials. I’m sure he can beat UGA eventually. I mean, hey, Matt Stafford and Knowshon Moreno will be gone after two more seasons! 2010 is your year, NERDS!
By Spinx
November 25, 2007 8:26 PM | Link to this
Tech needs Navy’s Paul Johnson
By ET
November 25, 2007 8:40 PM | Link to this
Johnny Wooden coached 16 years at UCLA before he won his first NCAA championship. Fortunately he never had to measure up to the standards of Mark “Never Could Win the Pulitzer Prize” Bradley.
By Charlotte Jacket
November 25, 2007 8:45 PM | Link to this
Dawg BCS- Wow. After the nonsense on the “Tech Fan” Blog comments, I appreciate your post. (1) A Point, and (2) Enough to say without resorting to name-calling.
You’re right: WFU can do it, and we could, too, but it takes an investment of time in a coach and his system (Grobe red-shirted his first few freshman classes, and he’s benefiting from fifth-year senior leadership now). We just have too many people who buy tickets when we’re 9-2 and don’t when we’re 7-4. We need butts in the seats, and not the butts who got a free hat and hot dog for showing up.
Congrats on your win and pending BCS bid, Dawg BCS. Slips by Mizzou or WVU could make this your year.
By Pack
November 25, 2007 9:15 PM | Link to this
Here’s a suggestion on who should be the Yellow jackets next coach. BILL LEWIS. ha ha ha.
By Chip Oester
November 25, 2007 9:46 PM | Link to this
Word has it that George O’Leary has created an overachieving team down in Orlando. Who wouldn’t be happy to see him return to the flats as head coach of his old team, Georgia Tech.
By Chip Oester
November 25, 2007 9:50 PM | Link to this
Word has it that George O’Leary has built a pretty good team down in Orlando. Who would not be happy to see him on the flats coaching for his old team, Georgia Tech, next year?
By Chip Oester
November 25, 2007 9:52 PM | Link to this
Word has it that George O’Leary has built a pretty good team down in Orlando. Who would not be happy to see him on the flats coaching for his old team, Georgia Tech?
By realyellowblood
November 25, 2007 10:15 PM | Link to this
DAWG Fans: Why do you care who is coaching at Tech ? Who needs your opinion ? A change is needed. Bob Davie left a high school program to coach Notre Dame. There are thousands of coaches who can do better than Gailey for 10% of the income. Bring back Ted Roof. Anything is better than what we have. Do we need to get the approval of the UGA atheletic dept ? Hello ?
By loveJC
November 25, 2007 10:31 PM | Link to this
Hey Dawg BCS.. there is NO comparison between GaTech academics and UGA academics. GaTech is world renowned, UGA isnt. Your precious UGA MBA is ranked MUCH lower then GaTech’s.. and we’ve only had an MBA program for a few years. Stick to football, leave the academics to us.
By Gailey Can't Coach
November 25, 2007 10:34 PM | Link to this
Boy, the Chan-Huggers are really fearful now that “their man Chan” is out of a job…Of course, that would make my season. Chandler Gailey speaks in sentence fragments (when the synapses are actually firing in order), and this explains his FAILURE as a head coach. He’s the original guy who fell off the turnip truck…
How else can ANYONE explain PUNTING AWAY the ACC Championship last year to Jim Grobe??? I’m waiting, waiting, waiting…Right, there is NO PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION for EVER EVER EVER PUNTING ON 4th DOWN WITH 2 MINS TO PLAY — And your team is BEHIND ON THE SCOREBOARD BY 3 POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And how can this man, born in Gainesville GA and raised in GA, endure LOSS after LOSS after LOSS, etc. to Tech’s arch-rival and STILL, even with coaching, prodding and picture-perfect interview setups, NOT be able to utter these simple words: “The UGA game is the MOST IMPORTANT GAME on our schedule!!”…Even if he says it AFTER playing every other game and the UGA game is the only one LEFT on the schedule? Answer: Because he is a LOSER Head Coach for GT. Once more for the slow crowd: Chandler Gailey is a LOSER Head Coach for GT! PURE POISON for an AD…
If Tech had a head coach who is a WINNER, then contributions wouldn’t be FALLING, seats wouldn’t be EMPTY, he wouldn’t be getting BOOED by the Fans and the media wouldn’t be (rightly) calling for his head. Instead, Chandler Gailey ONLY excels at one thing: FAILURE
And at $3,000 PER DAY, he is earning MORE than 99.99% of ALL FANS reading this blog…Only UGA Fans are getting their money’s worth. Please TURN THE PAGE and END this dark, nightmarish chapter of Tech Football…Before BD Stadium is completely DEVOID of Tech Fans…
By J
November 25, 2007 11:03 PM | Link to this
In my opinion it’s not the coaching. It’s the athletes and talent which Tech doesn’t have. Like someone said above Tech could hire Bill Bellichick but still wouldn’t win because they have no talented players. See—-> Reggie Ball and Taylor Bennett.
You can’t blame it entirely on the coach. The coach doesn’t play the game.
By kool$kat
November 26, 2007 1:26 AM | Link to this
Can’t let J have the last post with that stupid comment…you say its the athletes and talent that are to blame for Tech’s problems, not the coach…WHO DO YOU SUPPOSE IS IN CHARGE OF RECRUITING??? THE COACH!!!
But its the usually predictable play-calling, the frequent losses in games that should be won, the failure to acknowledge how important the UGA game is, the inability to find and/or develop a quality QB…etc etc etc
CAN CHAN!
THWG
By PACK
November 26, 2007 2:18 AM | Link to this
HERE’S A SUGGESTION ON WHO SHOULD BE THE NEXT HEAD COACH AT GEORGIA TECH. REGGIE BALL.