Tech

By MoWreck

November 3, 2005 04:34 PM | Link to this

I have not been happy since the lost to NC State, as far as the win/lost thing and am concerned about the way the win was achieved. I have been unhappy about the play calling all year ESPECIALLY the first half of the Clemson game … PJ had 6 or less touches the first half. then he and Choice started carrying the ball more and looked good doing it. I heard one of the announcers comment that the reason Ga.Tech passed so much is because their offensive linemen were too small against the large defensive line of some of the teams … well, Clemson has a pretty big front four and we blocked those guys pretty good, a.k.a. (second half). And last comment watch out for Wake Forest, they have been scoring lots of points (24 against FSU), as much as I hate to say it they could hand us our heads Sat. if we don’t mix it up more … I predicted 2 weeks ago they would beat us … but the running looked good Sat. against Clemson, so maybe we can keep up and steal one. I don’t want to see us in a bowl game with a 6-4 or 7-5 football team. GOOOOO JACKETSSSSSSSSS!

By Brenda

November 3, 2005 04:47 PM | Link to this

I have not been happy with Tech’s overall performance and play calling since Gailey took over the coaching job. I believe that Tech has enough talent to have a much better overall record if they had the right coaching staff. It is obvious that Gailey thinks like a pro coach

By Alex Patrick Joyner

November 3, 2005 04:48 PM | Link to this

Sounds like a bunch of sour grapes to me. Ga. Tech should be happy they didn’t play the ‘Noles this season.

By Chan

November 3, 2005 04:52 PM | Link to this

To all you Tech fans out there…get used to disappointment, because we suck! See ya’ at the fruit bowl (maybe).

By Peter

November 3, 2005 04:56 PM | Link to this

I have not been happy with Chan since he took over the program. Chan has done nothing for the Tech nation except making us all hope for mediocre seasons. Everyone said we should give him time to get his style of players in, well it has been long enough and he has yet to produce the possibility of a GREAT season (11-1 or even 10-2). With talent like CJ, Bilbo, and PJ Daniels, why are we barely sqeaking out wins. I am ready for a “Can Chan” website.

By Brill

November 3, 2005 04:57 PM | Link to this

I was at the N.C. State game and it almost killed me at the end. That said, we get a coach too good and he will just leave to go to another program. Gailey has never had a losing record and has been to a bowl game every year. I just don’t know who we could bring in that could do better that wouldn’t leave. Given the new teams in the ACC, we are what we are, 6-5 to 8-3 team every year. He may get “Donnened” anyways.

By Joe

November 3, 2005 04:58 PM | Link to this

Are Georgia Tech fans upset they may not get their annual trip to Boise to play on fake blue grass?

By DK

November 3, 2005 05:00 PM | Link to this

What are the Ga. Tech fans whining about? Considering the small recruiting base of Tech as compared to other major schools, they should be estatatic to be 5-2. Ask the ‘ole ball coach’ at Univ. of SC if he’d trade records with Tech.

By BobDog

November 3, 2005 05:01 PM | Link to this

I’m a Georgia alum. Tech fans are as hard to please as our fans are, which isn’t all bad. We should all have high expectations. Pre-season, GA fans and Tech fans deep down probably didn’t expect to be any better than they are now. I for one didn’t think Tech would be a 5-2 team at this point and am more concerned now about how GA will fare against Tech.

By Can Chan

November 3, 2005 05:02 PM | Link to this

To Peter, there is a Can Chan website (http://www.canchan.com)

www.canchan.com

By NYC Tech Fan

November 3, 2005 05:03 PM | Link to this

I am sorry I didn’t get to listen to the radio show, but I called my Dad (season ticket holder) during halftime of last week’s game and told him that that had been the worst coaching performance I’d seen at Tech in the past 20 years (and that’s saying something). They have the talent. They have the defense (Boy do they have the defense!). They have exciting, big time players on offense in Calvin, Reggie, P.J., and Tashard. What they are lacking is leadership and decision-making abilities at the top. Coach Gailey, PLEASE hand over the play calling to Nix! There is no reason for the offense to sputter along like they have been in the past few weeks.

That being said, I am so proud to be a Tech fan and watch this team of tenacious young men who really seem to have a tremendous amount of heart and the camraderie seems palpable. It breaks my heart to think that if the N.C. State game had been well-coached, they might be having one of the best seasons in a long while.

However, looking ahead (and NOT past a solid Wake team), if the Fuzzy Bees can pull together, Miami and Georgia should be scared and Tech will be one of the top teams in one of the best football conferences in the country.

Furthermore, it will be one of the best all-around programs as I am consistently amazed at the caliber of student-athlete that Homer Rice was and Dave Braine is able to produce. There is a reason that Tech graduates do so well in the outside world (this coming from a non-Tech grad).

Go Jackets!

By Matt

November 3, 2005 05:05 PM | Link to this

Let’s face it: GT (thankfully) chooses the combination of ‘speed and meanness’ that seems req’d to win big time football games these days. Given the difficulty of recruiting these days, I’m ok with recruiting the best athletes, especially the smart ones who can be developed, and hoping to have great seasons ‘occasionally’. For me the only reason to expand ACC was for teams like GT to “get more money!”….not to expect to win the conference championship.

By Brad

November 3, 2005 05:05 PM | Link to this

Here’s what gets me - fans and the local media are ready to string Richt up by his feet after a few questionable calls in a game they should have been thrilled to win. Gailey has made five or more questionable calls every game at Tech (play selection, use of timeouts, use of the clock, etc.) and he gets a free pass from fans and the local media because “he’s a good guy”. The same standard can be applied to Reggie. Can you imagine what the fans and media here would do to Shockley, who has started less than 1/3 the number of games Ball has, if he went 7-26 or whatever Reggie’s first half stats were against NC State? But all we hear the next day is what a great game he played because he had over 200 yards. Where’s the voice of reason to praise when praise is deserved and to tell it like it is when it’s deserved?

Last thought - although I believe Gailey to be one of the worst coaches I’ve seen, I think he matched up last weekend with one who is worse, Tommy Bowden. Clemson had such size advantages and looked like they should beat Tech by 4 touchdowns. But again Tenuta (our next head coach) outsmarted Clemson and used our smaller guys to keep them out of the endzone.

Okay I lied, one last thought. The worst thing Gailey is doing is recruiting bottom talent. Each year he gets 2-3 legitimate major college players and fills the rest up with guys who were considering Vandy or Wake. Although a lot of recruiting is overblown and overanalyzed, the bottom line is that the more talent you bring in, the better you should be able to - on average. If you look at the team, we are no longer getting top offensive and defensive linemen and it will not only hurt us soon, it will cripple our program long-term. We’ve got no depth (as our special teams have shown) and I am very scared that he has started us down a path that will take several years to reverse. And all this coming off O’Leary’s rise to prominence for the program and all the momentum that came with it. Put your pride aside, Braine, and give George a call. Or maybe Norm Chow.

By Tony

November 3, 2005 05:09 PM | Link to this

Ga Tech cannot fills the stadium. Pathetic. Ga Tech has no decent tailgating. Pathetic. Ga Tech fans like to blame everyboyd else for their poor showing year in and year out. Fave it…you’d be better in Division 1-AA!!

By Biggest tech fan you'll ever meet

November 3, 2005 05:09 PM | Link to this

As a fanatic tech fan yall need to just suck it up and get over it. Be gald we haven’t lost more games. Most really good football players don’t want to came to tech. For what we have, and we have some outstanding players, we doing great. So my suggesting is to you is either suck it up and be proud of tech or go and join the Georgia fans because we don’t need any fairweather fan that everytime the team doesn’t win we want to kill the coach.

By Jason

November 3, 2005 05:10 PM | Link to this

I don’t want to ever hear Tech fans call UGA fans stupid or ignorant. MoWreck, the word you are looking for is loss not lost. When you lose a game, it is a loss. When you can’t find your way, you are lost. I learned that in elementary school. You must be a former Tech football player.

By GT

November 3, 2005 05:12 PM | Link to this

I read Moore’s column yesterday by mistake….something I swore I would never do again. Moore had allied himself with Bill Curry and was telling his few readers why the SEC didn’t have the giddy up they use to. He and Sour Grapes Curry basically said it was because the SEC was a bunch of cheats and recruits wanted a school with a better representation. They as usual both missed the boat. What made the ACC better was money. They went out and bought four additional teams with TV money. If they didn’t have those four teams the ACC would still be the sleepy little conference just north of the Southern Conference, but now they are the major leagues. Chan was hired before this sea change. The conference before this was a way station for coaches on their way up to better jobs. Now it has the money and it IS the better job. The resumes Tech will receive for an open coaching job today would be far different and better from the ones they received when Chan was hired. Great coaching is what made the SEC and now it is making the ACC. The ACC has a better television audience, in major markets. This makes lots of money which pays for great coaches. Va.Tech, Miami, FSU, Maryland have some of the best coaches in the game. Until we can get a man to match wits with the likes of a Beamer or a Bowden we are a lost cause. Gailey is just passing time til retirement. This use to be a great place for that or to wait for a better job to come along. It took us 40 years to right the ship from leaving the SEC, but now we have and there has got to be a young Bobby Dodd out there somewhere that can take advantage of this situation.

By jakesdad

November 3, 2005 05:13 PM | Link to this

here’s what I don’t get: beating Auburn was an unexpected win, losing to NCS was an unexpected loss. net those two and we’re exactly where anyone with any sense would have said we’d be (Miami/hurricane thing being unforseeable; what is it w/us & weather?). sure, some games have been closer than we would have liked but football ain’t figureskating: there’s no points for “artistic impression”. having had season tix since late 90s my take is:

1. Coach Gailey knows the game of football far better than the people attacking him
2. he ain’t Ralph Friedgen but there’s only one of him and we’re not getting him back - deal w/it!
3. until we consistenly (re: ever) FILL our stadium and show we’re going to stand by our team come {$}/high water we’re not going to attract a Fridge-caliber coach, especially if we toss one with a winning record.

By Sam

November 3, 2005 05:15 PM | Link to this

Tech has a football team?

Gailey has a radio show?

People call in to the show?

By keeping it reai

November 3, 2005 05:16 PM | Link to this

poor tackel by defence cb’s w that’s the thing that killed us. play calling, run to set up the pass. you put your big play reivicer in a bad spot every body know’s you are going to throw to him. Tech is a good school get better player to come to the school and you can get them too. beat georgia. .Do a better job geting kid’s from georgia to play for tech. GET TEACHER SET UP TO HELP PLAYER ALL 4 YEAR’S THEY ARE AT TECH IN THERE LESSON THIS IS TECH YOU KNOW NOT GEORGIA!

By miles

November 3, 2005 05:16 PM | Link to this

chan is the worst coach georgia tech has every had. CANCHAN!!!!

By Mike

November 3, 2005 05:17 PM | Link to this

I think Tech should be happy with their record. Got one win they probably shouldn’t have (Auburn) and one loss they probably shouldn’t have (NC State). All in all, 5-2 is right where you would have expected them at this point. Now, let’s hope they beat the Dogs.

By Will

November 3, 2005 05:17 PM | Link to this

5-2 in the TOUGHEST conference in the nation isn’t bad. Patrick Nix needs to go but Bill O’brien wouldn’t do any better. Ralph was the reason behind O’leary’s success and your crazy, or don’t remember the season after he left with O’leary to think otherwise. It’s embrassing how fair weather GT fans are. Support would go a long way if he could get some. It’s hard not to blame Curry, Ross, and O’leary leaving with the “fans” we have. I remember FSU pounding us in the days of O’leary like VT did this year, at least Chan came closer to beating them than O’leary ever did. One dropped pass and we’re 6-1 and the same people would still be complaining. I’m glad I didn’t hear the call in show, the only thing stopping us from getting more Blue chippers are the empty seats on Saturday’s from all the cry babies sitting at home…probably the ones calling in.

By Will

November 3, 2005 05:26 PM | Link to this

Hey TONY

You obiviosly most be a DAWG Fan, You can’t even spell four letter words, and let’s not get started on the tough ones like, everyboyd.

By Lawdog

November 3, 2005 05:30 PM | Link to this

For all you Chan haters, please tell me WHO you would choose to coach Tech and HOW you would get them to take the job. Answer these questions, THEN tell me how much you hate Chan.

GO JACKETS!

By GTaGrip

November 3, 2005 05:31 PM | Link to this

Chan is the only coach that Tech has had without a losing season. He is 5-2 and Tech is overachieving. Tech is just a few games above .500 over the last 30 years and you guys act like you’re USC or something.

By Tech = DONKEY

November 3, 2005 05:34 PM | Link to this

Tech will be LUCKY to make a bowl.

SISSY’S

By Flat Fan

November 3, 2005 05:40 PM | Link to this

You people who are constantly saying we should “just deal with it and be happy” amaze me. Nonsense! When you see something that needs to be changed or improved you suggest it, regardless of how everything else is. Why shouldn’t we try to make things as good as possible? No one says Chan is not a good coach, but is he the RIGHT coach?

By Bert

November 3, 2005 05:43 PM | Link to this

The GT Athletic Department needs to make a decision regarding its head football coach. Coach Gailey has had a winning season his first 3 years at GT and appears on the verge of another. No other GT Football Coach has ever achieved this milestone.

Reward him now with a contract extension, which will help with recruiting. Kids need to know that their is a realistic chance the coach that recruited them will be there. Or terminate his contract and get on with hiring the next “great” coach. Which means there will be more years of building a program, more what ifs, and possibly 4 or 5 years out the program will reach another plateau.

I believe the program is close to having a good team each year and a great one every now and then. GT doesn’t have the flexibility of UGA, FSU, or VT to recruit everyone. It takes time and patience, which there is little of in today’s society, to get the right student athletes in the programs.

Remember the Falcons fired a winning coach and they were forever climbing the proverbial mountain afterwards.

By GTaGrip

November 3, 2005 05:45 PM | Link to this

And the first thing that needs to be changed is all the whining and crying from the bandwagon fans. Fill the seats! Quit making excuses about everything from parking to academics to your cold free hotdogs. Tech fans are the very reason that good recruits and coaches aren’t coming to Tech.

By Alex

November 3, 2005 05:48 PM | Link to this

For the most part, I think Coach Gailey does a good job of maximizing the production of the talent in the program. Furthermore, we have been in some games until late with teams that have a much greater overall talent level. However, I think that our recruiting has slipped since O’Leary left. We don’t have as much size, we don’t have as much depth, and after the first team we don’t have as much speed. The speed factor realy shows up on kickoff coverage.

By Karl

November 3, 2005 05:53 PM | Link to this

5-2 is not bad but the Tech offense is underachieving big time, especially with the talent that tech has on offense… best receiver, and arguably the best running back in the ACC. I’m not asking for Chans head, but I do believe that he needs to step back into a management position and hire an offensive coordinator. Tech has much more money to spend than the majority of the 1A programs… There are plenty of OC’s that would love to coach Tech’s offense. I’m thinking we need to bring someone in from out west. They coach the high powered/high scoring offenses out there. Combine that with our current defense and Tech is one of the most dangerous teams in the ACC.

By GTaGrip

November 3, 2005 05:57 PM | Link to this

Finding a real QB might also help.

By Marcos

November 3, 2005 05:59 PM | Link to this

He should have been let go after the first season. He has destroy Tech Football. As a fan and a season ticket holder, I can’t wait to see him go.

By Will

November 3, 2005 06:00 PM | Link to this

I agree Karl. I think Chan’s loyality is the only reason Nix is still here. After this year, maybe he’ll realize he’s given him enough time/chances.

By Flat Fan

November 3, 2005 06:01 PM | Link to this

Let’s take a step back and equate what we’ve got here with the football program, and equate it to the basketball program. Everyone says, “why would any coach of any stature want to come to Tech?, and if they did, they’d bolt for greener pastures and more money after a modicum of success and national exposure.” Is that necessarily true? Coach Hewitt was a total unknown when he came to Tech from Siena, now he’s getting interest from all kinds of top tier Div. 1 programs and even the NBA! Guess what, he’s chosen to stay at Tech because he wants to continue working towards something bigger and better. In fact, he could have had an excuse to leave after the Final Four year AND after Jarrett decided to go pro, but he STILL wanted to stay. Now who knows how long he stays, but I don’t think that if he’s planning on leaving, it is because he’s looking for a “better” program. Our next football coach could do the same thing. Gailey’s just got too much of the “Professional” mindset to be as effective as we could have with our players. Getting a new, younger coach can be just the shot in the arm the football program needs. Agree? Disagree?

By chad

November 3, 2005 06:01 PM | Link to this

Does Tech even have a football team?

By Will

November 3, 2005 06:03 PM | Link to this

5-2 is destroyed? Ever heard of Bill Lewis. Thank God you don’t sit around me on Saturday’s…the games you go. Will you be there Saturday?

By Tech 9

November 3, 2005 06:09 PM | Link to this

1990 national championship team was not a team with a bunch of all americans but it was a team that was coached well and had size and speed. we had some JC players also. Bobby Ross was an excellent coach with an excellent staff that put players in position to make plays. Chan, as Michael Irvin said on the stew’s interview, should be an assistant coach. After future losses to Miami, Virginia and blowout to Ga, please D. Braine spend the money and bring in a big name coach.

TECH 9 the shiznic V coming soon!

By James

November 3, 2005 06:10 PM | Link to this

I guess the UGA fans are out coming out of the woods to bash on another school again. I guess they are over the fact that they will not be playing for the National Championship. Why don’t you mutts just play on your own blogs? Inferiority complex?

See you in AU’s home away from home in 9 days. DJ better have his lateral mobility back or he’s done for the year.

WAR EAGLE!

By JERRY

November 3, 2005 06:10 PM | Link to this

i wish the blogs were still a premium service, since AJC made them free, it seems the majority of the people responding are retards, rednecks, and riff-raff. they should 1. learn to spell or keep their opinions to themselves 2. learn a little about sports in general 3. learn a little about reality 4. get a life

By GTaGrip

November 3, 2005 06:13 PM | Link to this

Give the guy a break! What could you do with “the Ball” as your quarterback?

By Chris

November 3, 2005 06:14 PM | Link to this

Tech is having a standard Tech season. Not great, not bad. Minor bowl at the end of the season. They have an average coach, a below average QB and one great offensive player in Calvin Johnson. Until Tech can beat UGA consistently for the top talent in GA they will be stuck as a mid-tier program at best. That is the reality of the situation.

By Chris

November 3, 2005 06:15 PM | Link to this

Hey James, this is the yellowjacket blog. Obviously being an Auburn fan you can’t figure out the website on your own. And the last time you played at UGA you lost, so much for home away from home.

By Chisled

November 3, 2005 06:18 PM | Link to this

If it were not for the NC State lose in the equation, I would take 5-2. Face it. Tech cannot, and will never, compete with the powers of College Football. They have no recruiting base and no recent legacy to lure the type of talent it takes to be a present day “power”. Chan Gailey can take some of the blame, but Tech will always be at best an upper middle tier program.

By GTaGrip

November 3, 2005 06:19 PM | Link to this

Chris you got it! Looks like we’re a mid tier team forever. We’ll never out recruit UGA. Impossible.

By Todd

November 3, 2005 06:20 PM | Link to this

Look, I also love Tech but to the fan that said we are nothing more than a 6-4 or 8-3 team. You are right and that is my point, if we got a high profile coach, and paid him. He would stay. Our recruitment would go up and so would attendance and profile. We are already in a conferance that many consider the best in the country so where else would a coach want to be ? Tech’s program would be like Virginia Tech or Miami if we got the right coach, which we do not have, and therefore would be the program others wanted to go play and coach at, not the one used as a stepping stone to another school.

By Patrick

November 3, 2005 06:23 PM | Link to this

A few things here people. Any old fogies out there know why Tech left the SEC? It seems so natural for them to be in there. Although I love ACC hoops, best in the land. Know why the BCS shuns the SEC every year? Because of their lame a* non-conference schedules, especially UGA, Bama, and Auburn. They never leave the southeast. I laugh at the whining!

By GTCrew

November 3, 2005 06:27 PM | Link to this

Please learn English before pretending to be GT fans on the internet.

There is this amazing coincidence that most of the anti-Chan rants contain hideous grammatical and spelling errors.

By charles

November 3, 2005 06:32 PM | Link to this

I have not heard a more ungrateful group of people. Sure, we could be better, sure, there could be better play-calling… But during the season as Tech fans we should at least support the team, not bash the coach. Wait to start the bashing until the end of the season.

By Coach Bobo

November 3, 2005 06:34 PM | Link to this

You nerds need to relax. 5 and 2 isn’t that bad. Ask Notre Dame. Now get back to watching Star Trek. Dweebs.

By AJC

November 3, 2005 06:37 PM | Link to this

Speaking of laughing at the whining…there will be lots of whining from Tech fans & plenty of laughing from UGA fans when Tech ends the season 5-6.

Wake - L @ Miami - L @ UVA - L UGA - L

5-6 and nine year bowl streak snapped (if you can actually call the Hanes For Her Silk Stocking Bowl a real bowl).

By bj

November 3, 2005 06:38 PM | Link to this

Oh, I’m sorry.

I must have missed the huge pool of coaches with proven talent and experience at all levels of the game, climbing all over each other to coach at a school with the most severe academic restrictions in the most difficult conference in the country whose fans will run them out of town even if they make it to bowl games every year because they “don’t accept mediocrity.”

homer voice: Stupid Dave Braine, always accepting mediocrity.

I hear there’s a whole farging convention in Vegas every year of scholastic football geniuses capable of winning no less than 9 games in the newly upgraded ACC. I hear they have seminars on how to teach high school peanut farm hands calculus, geared directly towards beating UGA in the in-state recruiting battle.

homer voice: Stupid Dave Braine, skipped the convention in Vegas.

And I’d almost forgotten when the whole coaching genius club camped outside Dave Braine’s office, hosting candlelight vigils every night praying to get hired as our head coach the last time around, when George O’Leary left. Geez, Dave had the pick of the litter then, didn’t he?

homer voice: Stupid Dave Braine, didn’t go to the candlelight vigil

I hear the candlelight vigil is even stronger now, since members of the coaching genius club beg to go to schools where the fans blame the head coach every time a player drops a pass. I hear some of them even have medical processes where they can surgically replace receivers hands with bionic replacements like Inspector Gadget.

homer voice: Stupid Chan Gailey, doesn’t even have springloaded knees or a helecopter hat.

Are you serious? Do you think running Chan out of town after going to a bowl every year at GT in the ACC is going to spur a good coach to come here?

—-===—-

Here’s the deal. Tech fans are never happy. The school breeds happiness out of you. Tech fans weren’t even happy when we won the National Championship, because we shared it with Colorado.

Currently, Tech is either of 2 missed fieldgoals, or 1 less busted coverage, or 1 less miracle interception, away from a 6-1 season. That’s damn good.

Gailey is an offensive mind giving free reign to his DC and has low scoring teams that win close games. O’Leary was a defensive mind giving free reign to his OC and had high scoring teams that won close games. Both coaches lost games they should have won, and won games they should have lost.

Tech fans complained about both, because that’s just what we do. I hope to god Braine or whoever else is in charge after he leaves understands this, and doesn’t make snap decisions based on the fact that Tech grads complain by nature.

BS: Civil Engineering MS: Fluid Mechanics

Go Tech.

By Rutuger

November 3, 2005 06:54 PM | Link to this

I tried to read some of these posts but the grammar and spelling were so p**-poor that it made my brain hurt.

By craig

November 3, 2005 07:15 PM | Link to this

I think that folks who have enough time in their lives to follow sports with as much energy and enthusiasm as most fans do need to get a life. Are you spending enough time with your children? Your wives? Husbands? Lonely hurting people out there who may need your attention. Shameful!!!! Living your lives through ball players efforts……good grief! Same with you golfers….I watch you all week out there instead of at home with your families, and we’re wondering how the erosion of values has happened. Get a clue.

By wcoastjere

November 3, 2005 07:23 PM | Link to this

give chan a break…they beat auburn on the road and if not for that dropped pass would be 6-1 with only loss on road to maybe top team in country!!!!!!!

By john

November 3, 2005 07:38 PM | Link to this

The coachs do a remarkable job considering the intelligence their players have to have just getting to Tech. It’s a wonder a coach will even go there knowing he’ll never win big.

By Tina

November 3, 2005 07:40 PM | Link to this

I’m a Tech alum, and frankly, people, quit whining. Down years happen. OVERALL he’s doing a great job - I was there from 92 to 97 and we SUCKED then. We’re doing good compared to then. And nobody was complaining like you babies are. He’s as good as we are going to get. Period. End of Story. Get over it.

By Russell

November 3, 2005 07:42 PM | Link to this

Chan rocks. He’s a great Coach and Tech is a better place because of him. It’s not always about W/L; it says a lot about a program when they have a man of Mr. Gailey’s caliber running the program.

By Chan G

November 3, 2005 07:43 PM | Link to this

You Techmites should be happy with the record you have. Did you see how bad Clemson beat the NC State team that beat you. You were lucky that you were even able to stay in the game. If it were not for Whitehearst’s up and down nature you would be looking at 4-3 going into the Wake Forest beating. With Ball at QB you are lucky to win any games.

By Chris B.

November 3, 2005 07:51 PM | Link to this

Looks like alot of UGA fans posting on here as GT fans. Anyone close to the GT program knows that Gailey has kept us in winning seasons and bowl games despite some major obstacles and while competing against UGA at the height of their program’s success.

This team is simply different from the old O’Leary teams that had great offenses and no semblance of a defense. How many games did we lose because our defense couldn’t stop anyone?

Now we have a great defense and an offense that is struggling.

The guy claiming that the first half against Clemson was the worst he has seen obviously didn’t pay much attention. We didn’t get any offense because Clemson was eating up huge amounts of clock. We can’t score if we don’t get the ball.

The offsides helped Clemson quite a bit, but a couple of those were on Henderson who was rusty coming back and because Clemson was using trickery and snap counts to draw us off.

The guys bashing Gailey are also completely leaving out any mention of the excellent half time adjustments we have made in the last three games.

By Mike C

November 3, 2005 07:51 PM | Link to this

Chan Gailey coaches “not to lose” games rather than to win. He is old school and too conservative. Yes, I know he does not suit up and he doesn’t make plays, but his strategy, game plan and play calling are archaic. Run, Run, Run, Punt gets old.

By GTNE80

November 3, 2005 08:02 PM | Link to this

Here’s a radical suggestion. Can the whole football program.

I’ve always said if you don’t care enough to do it right, don’t do it at all.

Since the early 60’s it’s been obvious that the school doesn’t have the commitment to run a consistently competitive program. Okay, I’ll give you a few years when Joe Petit was the President and Homer Rice was the AD, but other than that the whole administration has been satisfied with excuses and mediocrity.

I know that the critics will point to 1990 and the successes of Bobby Ross and the O’Leary/Friedgen duo, but those number but a few years out of the last 40.

Let’s give it up. Quit trying to rebuild that old hulk of a stadium. Tear it down and sell the high priced real estate and invest the money in scholarships for deserving low-income students.

Basketball and baseball are less expensive sports and we could stay competitive in those sports. Of course, without a football program, the ACC will likely kick us out and those programs will die on the vine also.

The real estate on the north side of the campus probably isn’t as expensive as that facing North Avenue, so we can use it for classrooms and dormitories.

Okay, everyone with a brain (that excludes the Dawgies that are reading this) knows that I’m using hyperbole to illustrate my point.

My point is I’m tired of mediocrity. I went to Georgia Tech because I didn’t want a mediocre life. It sickens me to think that week after week each fall the only impression that most people get of my alma mater is the crappy product of a football team that we send out on the field.

Chan Gailey is the personification of mediocrity.

Let’s get serious about it or hang it up for good.

By Eddie

November 3, 2005 08:09 PM | Link to this

This is fun. The bottom line is that no top prospect in the south is gonna go to Tech when he gets an offer from UGA. Tech football is an oxymoron. Tech may beat UGA once in a while, but they are forever losers. Tech is a downtown security risk, and UGA is one of the most beautiful campuses in America.

By MH

November 3, 2005 08:30 PM | Link to this

If the definition of success is simply win-loss record balanced with preseason expectations, then yes this season is a succes thus far at 5-2. However, I think it is not just success that people want to see. As an alumnus, I personally want to see a well oiled machine for once. A team like the team at USC of the last 3 years or like Miami in the Ken Dorsey years would be a good example. Please do not think that I believe that they did not have there struggles. It was about being able to step up and overcome the rough days with skill and excitement, and not the trying hard just not to fail too much that it costs the game. The basic summary is that I would like to see a team that can have more pretty wins than ugly wins. It is not about demostrating skill and execution more often than demostrating grit and guts.

By Bob

November 3, 2005 08:37 PM | Link to this

Tech is on the cusp of greatness even with one of the toughest schedules in America. I say we give Chan some more time before we quit on him; see what he can do with the remainder of the year. The key would be consistancy and win games that we’re supposed to win. We should beat Wake & UVA and hopefully take either Miami or UGA.

I think all remaining games are winnable. Its all about the coaching and team focus. Anything less than 3 wins is unacceptable; and UGA and Tech would be happy with a 8-3 record.

By craig

November 3, 2005 08:47 PM | Link to this

Everyone of you people are IDIOTS!
Who gives a crap about those games? GET A LIFE LOSERS!!!!! And take off those stupid hats and the flags and bumber stickers off your cars, you Morons! Have a nice nice, I gotta go git me a beer and watch the game.

By craig

November 3, 2005 08:48 PM | Link to this

Everyone of you people are IDIOTS!
Who gives a crap about those games? GET A LIFE LOSERS!!!!! And take off those stupid hats and the flags and bumPer stickers off your cars, you Morons! Have a nice nice, I gotta go git me a beer and watch the game.

By Perception

November 3, 2005 08:58 PM | Link to this

I think a lot of GT fans rip on Chan because he never seems to show emotion or a commitment to fixing the issues that need repair (ex. offense has struggled scoring points for 4 yrs now). Part of his job is to rally GT fans and alum behind the team, not take offense or refuse to answer fans’ questions on call-in talkshows. His answers are usually unacceptable!!!

By joe

November 3, 2005 09:01 PM | Link to this

I’ve been to every home game since 1995 except one in 2001 and I’m just glad that I don’t see Tech home games on television. It’s hard enough on me to see the empty seats on the 50-yard line from across the stadium. Of course, I’d sit there if the retarded AA would make them reasonably priced. How many times do you see empty 50-yard seats at Sanford Stadium? How sad!

By Clem's Son

November 3, 2005 09:16 PM | Link to this

Hey Tech fans - Be glad you don’t have Tommy Bowden for a coach! He makes Gailey look like Einstein.

By Alan

November 3, 2005 09:18 PM | Link to this

There’s no reason for people to roast Chan Gailey after a victory over our main ACC rival. The team is currently 5-2 with the 16 toughest schedule in the nation and currently ranked 26th in the nation. After Saturday, we should be ranked in the top 25 again.

Here’s a couple of facts for you:

1. Chan Gailey has never had a losing season.

2. The acedimic restrictions Chan Gailey faces are the great any Ga. Tech coach has had to face. You can thank the Hill for that.

3. Ga. Tech is one of only 8 schools in the entire country to go to 8 straight bowl games. I know some of them have been lower tier bowls, but if lower tier bowls are so easy to play in, why are there not more schools with the current streak Ga. Tech has?

4. If a player enters the Ga. Tech program and can play muliple positions, THE DEFENSE ALWAYS GETS THE FIRST LOOK AT THE PLAYER.

By Alan

November 3, 2005 09:24 PM | Link to this

It’s time for some Ga. Tech football fans to realize the days of high scoring football are over and Ga. Tech is now a defensive team first, offensive second and that by design by Chan Gailey.

The idiots can continue to trash Chan all they want, they’ll just look more stupid after Tech is 6-2 and ranked in the top 25 Sunday.

By Ken

November 3, 2005 09:36 PM | Link to this

It’s interesting to read the pick-up truck alumni from U-GAG attempt to insult true Tech fans. They’re talking about their boss, and this is a safe forum to boost their deflated egos. I sit in the stands at every home game and a few away games. I’ve seen enough to realize that Gailey needs a couple of more years; sadly, patience is not a virtue for sports fans.

By MUTT H8R

November 3, 2005 10:08 PM | Link to this

Support the team and support Cach Gailey. You guys call yourself Tech fans??? We have 4 HUGE games left this season and recruiting to boot and all you complete moron “Tech fans” want to come onto a public forum and talk about how much Gailey and our program suck?? Shut up until the offseason. We are 1 made field goal away from being 6-1 dammit. GET BEHIND THE TEAM NOW.

GO JACKETS TO HELL WITH GEORGIA

By Ralph

November 3, 2005 10:14 PM | Link to this

Do I want to win? Yes.

Do I want to win more? Yes.

Do I want us to play well and be competitive every game? Hell yes!!!

But do I think that some of the folks who write to this blog and call in to talk shows bad-mouthing Tech, Gailey, and Reggie actually are Muttlanders? Definitely.

Not one of the folks who write to this blog or call into talk shows can do a better job than Gailey.

Folk, I know we should be 6-1 at this point, but we are 5-2. I wish I could come and analyze you on the job as much as you folks analyze Gailey.

By Steve

November 3, 2005 10:42 PM | Link to this

I’ve never liked Gailey. I’ve been saying for several years now that his recruiting skills are seriously lacking. Having said that, there’s no way we should be 5-2. Clemson has much better athletes than us, yet we won. NC State should’ve blown us out, but we were there at the end….good call, not a bad pass, good effort on 21’s part, just a tough break. If we’re going to recruit marginal athletes, who are successful in the classroom, then Gailey’s our man. If we want to be an upper tier program, we need to go out and put our $$$ where our mouth is, give them the ability to run the program (like we did with O’Leary) and fill the stadium!!! Until then, be happy we don’t have Bill Lewis.

By alan

November 3, 2005 11:19 PM | Link to this

As a Tech alum and fan, I will never tap into a UGA blog. If you are a UGA grad/fan, why would you tap into a Tech blog unless you lead a secret life and support Ga Tech and don’t want your friends to find out? It is amazing to read these comments and see how much attention we get from DAWGS.

By Buddy

November 3, 2005 11:38 PM | Link to this

When Tech hired Chan Gailey he was the offensive coordinator at Miami. Miami had the worst offensive in the NFL. When a team gets beat 40+-0 there is a problem with the coaching staff. A loss like that is due to the team giving up. Anyone who doesn’t believe that coaching is the key to winning should just look at Nebraska. How many people out there thought that Nebraska always had a great season because of their schedule? Well guess what, they still play the same schedule!

By CW

November 4, 2005 12:35 AM | Link to this

Lord, please enough of the comments about coaches not coming to Tech because the fans are too hard to please. On the scale of high-pressure coaching jobs, Tech would likely not rate in the top 50. All most Tech fans require to be satisfied is a team that is competitive and wins 7 or 8 most years and occasionally jumps up and wins more. Nobody is complaining that we haven’t won the ACC but twice since we joined. Nobody is wondering why we haven’t won a national title since 1990. Go ask Phil Fulmer if he thinks Tech is a pressure cooker.

Gailey has several problems, none of which involve unrealistic fans. He is a “professional” coach so his teams sometimes lack fire and are often not too fun to watch. While we love that he’s been able to knock off many ranked teams (NC ST, MD, Auburn), it only p** us off more when he loses to horrible teams (Duke, UNC, NC St).

Because the last three years have been so uneven, everyone looked to this year as a chance for Gailey’s team to finally demonstrate some understandable personality. And maybe the D is beginning to do just that. We’ll know for sure in the next four weeks.

By Alan

November 4, 2005 03:34 AM | Link to this

Because we lost to UNC in 2004? Do you realize UNC beat Miami last year? Do you realize UNC lost to ACC Champs Va. Tech by 3 points last year? Do you realize UNC had a Sr. QB last year that was the best QB in the history of UNC? UNC was far from a horrible team last year. It’s funny these days we’re calling bowl teams “HORRIBLE”.

The N.C. State game this year Gailey put us in position to win the game and that’s all he and the coaches can do, the players have to make the plays and they didn’t that game. Gailey didn’t miss two chip shot FG’s, Gailey didn’t dropped the game winning TD. I know it was a tough catch, but it’s a catch a great WR like Calvin Johnson makes 49 out of 50 times.

You’ll get no arguments from me on the Duke game, that was a HORRIBLE loss.

I’m convinced the people who trash Gailey are people who missed the days when we scored 40+ ppg. What those fans seem to forget was we gave up about 30 ppg under O’leary (I guy who was an NFL defensive coordinator after he left Tech).

I missed those days also, but I’ve realized Gailey is a defensive first coach and we’re going to play tough, defensive games. But the bottom line is we’re still winning and we’re improving as a team and have a bright future (we’re extremely young in the two deep)

The people who trashed Gailey on the air today 5 days after beating our main ACC rival are IDIOTS. Those morons acted like we were 2-5 with nothing left to play for, instead of 5-2 and ranked 26th in the country.

By rich

November 4, 2005 07:11 AM | Link to this

Give the whiners a chance and they will always use it. Doesn’t surprise me that a lot of calls to the show are negative.

Homer Rice said that there are 2 kinds of people - givers and takers. Most of the whiners are takers, negative types that few people like to be around. They do not represent the majority of Tech fans.

The majority of Tech fans are positive people, and see the progress Chan is making in devloping our team. They are supportive but a lot less noisy.

Look at the vent. It is obnoxious and no fun to read anymore. No thank you.

After all, aren’t we 2-5?

By GaReb

November 4, 2005 07:15 AM | Link to this

GT coaching frustrates me. The reason we are not in the Top 25 is we don’t have the killer instinct. With the exception of UConn and Duke all of our games have been such we could have lost them all just as easy as we won them. UNC, Clemson, even Auburn could have just as easily gone the other way. And the reason is poor coaching. There is no reason Bell should miss 6 field goals in a row. Where’s the coach? There is no reason the GT defense should have so many offsides in a home game against Clemson costing us dearly more than once. The Tech offense looks lackluster and just ho humm in the first half and then plays just enough in the 2nd to win provided nothing goes wrong. A couple more TD’s against the AU’s, Clemson’s and UNC’s would have been nice. If we go into the game with Wake the same way GT has been playing this year, we may have won our last game of the season already. As far as whether Gailey should go or stay. I don’t know. Under proper coaching I do believe Tech could be much, much better. Who is out there right now that we can count on? And note that even Bobby Ross had some low points before the 1990 season. And Beamer at VT was horrible the first 4 years he was there before getting things turned around. It’s difficult to decide which way to go just yet.

That being said - GO JACKETS!

By Bill McElhannon

November 4, 2005 07:20 AM | Link to this

Tech got out of the SEC because The conference would not allow them to keep disabled players on scholarship without counting against the limited count allowed. They were expected to drop them off scholarship. Later, when the SEC changed the rule Vince Dooley and others voted against Tech’s readmittance because they thought it would hurt their recruiting in the state. OLD FOGGIE

By dave

November 4, 2005 08:29 AM | Link to this

i’m so sick of reading those defending chan by repeating the claim of going to a bowl every year….don’t give the uga fans on this board a reason to laugh…..those are NOT bowl games….the problem is chan’s play calling… if you were watching the clemson game there was one hilarious moment during the game that was classic….as chan was creating another offensive masterpiece, the announcers in the booth were commenting about chan drawing on his NFL experience in planning his offense and play calling….as the camera zoomed in on chan with his headset, one of the announcers said that “chan insists on no chatter on the communication channels between coaches so as not to disturb him and his train of thought during play selection between plays”…… i almost fell out of my chair i was laughing so hard……so there you have it, he comes up with this excuse of an offense all by himself despite all the talent…..its been the same poor offense for four years…. he STINKS as an offensive coordinator…..if he stays, i guarantee one thing, we lose tenuta next year to some other school as a head coach and then everyone will see just how bad chan is without tenuta around to save his A

By Danny

November 4, 2005 09:29 AM | Link to this

While I don’t mean this to be totally disrespectful, what kind of person spends his/her time listening to a coaches radio show and actually calls in? I can guarantee that those that do so make up a tiny percentage of the fan base and these people are almost assuredly always unhappy with coaches and/or players unless their team wins every game by 30 points. Some people might call them “losers”. I just think they need to get a life.

By craig

November 4, 2005 09:37 AM | Link to this

You people are still IDIOTS today! Why do you even give a crap about the coaches and players as if they have anything to do with YOU. They don’t even know or care who you are, do something with your time and lives!!!!!!!!!!

As if that team winning makes you a better person, that’s pitiful. And you all sound so intelligent in your disection of events. WHO GIVES A CRAP ABOUT SPORTS except you pitiful fools.

By Chris B.

November 4, 2005 09:46 AM | Link to this

Some of you bashers just don’t get it.

Chan has kept GT in winning seasons despite some pretty steep hurdles.

We’ve increased academic restrictions and reduced the talent pool we can recruit from.

The ACC has gotten tougher with the addition of Miami and VT to our schedule every year.

We’re competing with UGA for in-state talent during the pinnacle of their program in the last 25 years.

We’ve lost players like Greg Gathers and Tony Hollings to injury and sickness.

And despite all of this, Gailey has kept GT in winning seasons and bowl games.

And anyone who bashes any bowl games shows their complete ignorance about college football.

There are NO bad bowls. A bowl game means extra practice time and a reward for the players. Only selfish fans harp and complain about “bad” bowls.

I was at the Champs Bowl last year and I can tell you that the players were having a blast. Ask Mark Logan if that was a “bad” bowl. Ask any of the seniors if they would have preferred not to play another game…

I personally want to see better offensive EXECUTION and better clock management, but I can also recognize the overall good job that Coach Gailey has done despite some long odds.

I find solace in the fact that this blog is NOTHING but the ventings of a very small vocal minority. It does not represent the fanbase as a whole.

And Mike…you need to work on better material…especially if you are getting paid to write this drivel.

By Rickey

November 4, 2005 10:02 AM | Link to this

GT Crew: Many a Hiver can’t spell or write correct grammar.

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By Ala. Jim

November 4, 2005 11:19 AM | Link to this

GT. There is a young Bobby Dodd out there. However we can’t get him. He’s at UGA.

By KneeJerk

November 4, 2005 11:34 AM | Link to this

Surely you are not calling Richt a young Bobby Dodd. A lot of those great athletes that Richt recruits couldn’t get into Tech. I couldn’t see Chan having the continuous disciplinary problems that Richt has, anyway.

By Techaholic

November 4, 2005 11:44 AM | Link to this

Let’s face it - John Tenuta is the coach that we should be thanking for winning records since Chan’s arrival.

Ask yourself this question, what would Chan’s record be without Coach Tenuta’s Defense - NOWHERE! And what’s really bothersome is Chan THINKS he’s an offensive guru - must be the koolaid he’s drinking.

This program has taken many steps backwards under Chan Gailey and it’s not just on the field but in the stands as well. Don’t let anyone kid you, the reason the NEGATIVE CALLS to Chan’s radio show is there are A WHOLE LOT OF THE FANBASE uninspired by his coaching.

Do I think the fans should call and complain … YES SIR! Those fans who buy the tickets pay his salary as well as the contributions the fans make to the GTAA!

They deserve a forum DIRECTLY TO CHAN to vent. IF he can’t take the heat he needs to get out of the fire as soon as possible! We pay this guy a Millin Dollars a year … he needs to answer his naysayers.

By Techaholic

November 4, 2005 11:48 AM | Link to this

Hey Will… Sorry the ACC THIS YEAR is not the toughest conference in the nation.

Take away the 3 BIG EAST teams who are supporting the positive for the conference … the rest of the conference stinks!

Chan has beaten ONE TEAM over .500 … Auburn. Auburn is in the Top 25 and gotten better every week … TECH IS WHERE?????

By Rickey

November 4, 2005 12:42 PM | Link to this

There is no other way to communicate directly to him but here on his show without having privedged access…..Chan Gailey quit accepting email around the turn of the year…..but not before answering one of mine by telling me “not to get back on the bandwagon when we start winning again”

What bandwagon?

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By Chris B.

November 4, 2005 12:51 PM | Link to this

Rickey, you are full of crap. You’ve been down on Gailey since before he coached a single game at GT because you wanted Coach Mac given the head job.

There is a reason you have been kicked off of BOTH the Hive and Stingtalk. Why don’t you just buzz off with the rest of that crowd?

I like the quote you made up from Gailey. You’ve obviously never met the man or attended a practice or a signing day.

By George

November 4, 2005 01:34 PM | Link to this

I’m all for giving Chan 5 years to fully implement his plan. For those who continue to call for his termination, you guys are like the left wing jerks up on capital hill- you just assume compromise the season and hope we loose all our games so that Gailey will get fired- just stop it already. You know (maybe you do not),folks were saying the same thing about Frank Beamer in his first years at Va. Tech, but the AD saw what was going on, and now look at them. By the way, that same AD is the AD down on the Flats. He knows what he’s doing….If I do have a beef with Gailey is him calling the plays. Coach, please let your coordinator call the plays. Steve Spurrior was the only one capable of being the head coach and play caller and taking and keeping a team at the highest level. Someone please show me a annual top 5, top 10 program where the head coach serves as offensive coordinator.I do not believe anyone can. George!

By PM

November 4, 2005 02:07 PM | Link to this

By George….George!….you saved me from having to type an e-mail.

Just ditto that!

By george

November 4, 2005 02:14 PM | Link to this

Thanks PM. We are going to be fine…..We are approaching final stages in the plan. That would be consistency- beating the teams were supposed to beat and surprising one or two others. At that point, you get 8-9 wins a year, and occasional challenge for the ACC championship, and no more freaking trips to the BLUE TURF!

By craig

November 4, 2005 02:27 PM | Link to this

LOSERS ! You actually take this sport seriously……..LOSERS ! GET A LIFE. Spend more time with you families, if they can stand you.

By beebad

November 4, 2005 02:34 PM | Link to this

There are a whole bunch of fans who are upset with chan as head coach and his lousy offense. Check this website out and you will see: www.bbuzzoff.com

Tenuta is chan’s “Sugar Daddy”, bailing out chan’s inept offense time and again. chan told Tech he would beat Georgia and win ACC Championships and take Tech to “the next level.” Little did we know that the next level … was down.

By Rickey

November 4, 2005 03:11 PM | Link to this

Chrissy P, check with ‘wireless buzz’ on the hive or ‘stingtalk’ I forwarded him the email and he could see it was legit because Gailey’s web address at Georgia Tech was there and was returnable.

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By George

November 4, 2005 03:56 PM | Link to this

Observing Craig’s recent posts, does anyone wonder why he frequents this site? He’s one to talk!

By Chris B.

November 4, 2005 04:09 PM | Link to this

Tenuta is carrying Gailey about as much as Friedgen carried O’Leary.

The pro-O’Leary Gailey bashers don’t want to admit that though.

Nice name calling there Rickey. If you can’t argue the point intelligently beyond simple minded bashing…resort to name calling.

Unfortunately for you…I’ve been called worse names by better people and won’t slide down to your level.

The fact is that Gailey has done a good job under harsh circumstances and has at least maintained the level of success we had at the end of the O’Leary era. I remember alot of people being upset with O’Leary left…despite the fact that we won the same number of games that season as we have under Gailey. And despite the fact that O’Leary’s poor coaching and choice of coordinators to replace Friedgen led to OT losses to Clemson and Maryland teams we should have beaten!

While we have struggled against UGA, in a time period when UGA is VERY good and hard for ANYONE to beat, Gailey has had success against both Auburn and Clemson who are also long time rivals for GT.

So in essence…Gailey is beating 2 of our 3 historic rivals (Auburn and Clemson) while coming very close to beating UGA last season.

I’m looking for better offensive execution and better special teams in the game against Wake. But I just laugh at people who say a coach who is leading GT to winning seasons is ruining the program.

The cancer in this program is “fans” who try to undermine the coaches and the administration.

If Gailey were fired and McWhorter was given the job, would you be happy? What if McWhorter coached us to a 4-7 record instead of 7-4?

By Techaholic

November 4, 2005 04:18 PM | Link to this

Who’S the DIMWIT Tech fan that said all the posts on here are UGAg fans ..

Hey fella, didn’t you know UGAG loves Chan … why wouldn’t they - look at his putrid record against them.

That 51-7 was a killer … and he said he had prepared all year for UGAg???

And then 51-7 against VTech … damn what is this? It sure isn’t good coaching and it sure isn’t being prepared - it’s a sucky coach who is WAY OVERPAID!

And Tech fans who believe there is ‘a small fringe group of fans’ who don’t believe in Chan … are ONLY KIDDING THEMSELVES!

I hope more disgruntled GT fans call in to Chan’s radio show … that’s the only place to get to the guy who is taking the money and offers nothing in return!

Dave Braine MADE A MISTAKE. Dave Braine can change that mistake before it too late!

By Techaholic

November 4, 2005 04:26 PM | Link to this

AT least OLEARY’s teams played better and looked better and helped bring the program back from devastation. GOL did good things w/Ralph.

Chan did and does nothing for this program w/Tenuta. Tenuta saves his arse just to get bye.

If wasn’t for Braine knowing Tenuta - Gailey would probably gone by now … we get stuck with a loser once again! Never thought Tech would make the same mistake twice in such a short time.

By George

November 4, 2005 04:32 PM | Link to this

Hey Techaholic! Just a “what if” but what if we did win out, or 3 of the last 4 that included a win over UGA or Miami. Would you call for Chan to be canned then?….Or as I mentioned earlier, would you be more happy if we lost out and so the he would be fired?

By Gold Seater

November 4, 2005 04:42 PM | Link to this

Give Gailey a break … he calls a good balanced game, and gets a lot from the young men … Reggie is not a Joe Hamilton or George Godsey … the line is light, but talented … this year’s team is a good team, and except for a flat performance in the first half of the NC ST game (after the VA Tech blow out), they have played pretty consistently … changing coaches is not guarantee of future success … revisit the tenure of Bill Lewis if you want a real life comparison … I think the UGA game is going to be a real slobber knocker this year, and upset is in the air …

By Rickey

November 4, 2005 04:44 PM | Link to this

Chris B, my apologies for the ‘Chrissy’…..however you was insinuating I was lying about a email sent from Chan Gailey to me. Fair is fair. But as I said, send a message to ‘Wireless Buzz’. As much as he is a solid as a rock Fan Of Chan he will confirm I am telling the truth about the ‘stay off the bandwagon when we start winning’ quote.

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By KneeJerk

November 4, 2005 04:50 PM | Link to this

Whose defense gave up 51 to UGA? Whose defense couldn’t stop Duke in 2003? Whose defense did UNC run all over last year? Tenuta is one of the better DC’s in the game, but his defenses take the week off sometimes. They say the most popular guy on a losing team is the backup QB, because everybody wants him in. Looks like the most popular guy on a WINNING team is the DC here. Unbelievable. If Tech scores 50 next week, you guys will be calling for Nix to be the next head coach.

By GTaGrip

November 4, 2005 04:50 PM | Link to this

The only upset that will be associated with the UGA-Tech game will be the upset Tech fans after UGA beats the mortal Sh$% out of Tech AGAIN. “The Ball” will be too busy jawing instead of thinking and well…let’s just hope the #4 doesn’t come into play again…or 51…or 7.

By Rickey

November 4, 2005 04:54 PM | Link to this

Chris B…..Would I be happy if Mac MacWorter was here and we was 4-7? No, absolutely not.

But there is no blurring the lines here….whatever success we have had in the last 4 years belongs to Jon Tenuta and his defenses.

Gaileys offense has stank since he ran off Billy O’Brein and kicked Damarius Bilbo out of the quarterback spot. Gailey has ignored special team concerns…..you can argue he has addressed them but whatever action has been neglible.

Neglible doesn’t even describe what Gailey has done to fix the offense…..he ignores the facts and states everyone is working hard. Well fiddledeedee…..grave diggers work hard…..I’m sure many a Tech student who got a ‘D’ in calculus worked hard.

So what. you can either do the job or you can’t…..and Chan Gailey can’t get it done and needs to go.

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By George

November 4, 2005 05:02 PM | Link to this

We are going no where with this back and forth taking jabs at on another people. Just see how things play out the rest of the year, and then we can discuss. This crap does us no good….

By George

November 4, 2005 05:04 PM | Link to this

We are going no where with this arguing people. Get behind the Jackets, and we can discuss this at the end of the year. This bickering crap does us no good!

By George

November 4, 2005 09:22 PM | Link to this

If being a GT fan brings sorrow and bitterness to your life, please go find something else to fill your life. GT does not need you or want you.

By craig

November 5, 2005 12:02 AM | Link to this

The reason I Frequent the site is to listen in on you freaks. You’re so serious about this it’s unbelievable. I spend 40 seconds on this site reading and writing and then I’m gone, you fools spend your entire lives talking about sports. Don’t you have lives? Find something useful to do.

By Mark Richt

November 5, 2005 08:52 AM | Link to this

All you people make me sick! Please leave Coach Gailey alone! Do not be the cause for his demise for at least the next several years. I do not have the time to come up with a game plan for another whipping boy, I have to prepair for the SEC Championship. WOOF!

By JYD

November 6, 2005 01:09 AM | Link to this

You tell’em Mark! By the way, Chan called. He wants to know if you want the leaves bagged or mulched.

By JacketEnvy

November 6, 2005 07:27 AM | Link to this

Why are sport fans and bloggers some of the biggest idiots in the world? I think when you combine the two you are in for some real entertainment. Tech is better this year than the previous years, keep Chan, he’s fine. Brad is an idiot if he thinks the talent was better with O’Liar. Our D-Line is going to be awesome, our talent is fine, don’t worry about the guys not being rateded in those stupid recruiting websites, Chan can evaluate talent. That said, he should hire an O.C. and Special teams coach, he has too many other responsibilities to put in the time and study needed to be successful in today’s college football. I believe he would be a fine O.C. if that is all he did, but he is running a program and that means about 1,000 other responsibilities. I wish some of our quasi-fans would shut up and let Chan continue for at least two-four more years and then re-evaluate.

By Bill

November 6, 2005 11:35 AM | Link to this

Chan Gailey, Bill Lewis, Bud Carson, all’s the same. Mediocrity NOT GOOD ENOUGH! Can Chan

By leon

November 8, 2005 06:38 PM | Link to this

Its obvious from his spelling that “Tony” is a south Georgia redneck who didn’t finish high school!!