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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Someone needs to take charge
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Our coverage of UGA recently included back-to-back columns, one by Jeff Schultz, one by Terence Moore, saying the Bulldogs wouldn’t amount to much unless their coach started raising his voice and kicking some butts (Schultz) or a player started raising his voice and kicking some butts (Moore). Then Georgia went out and beat Alabama, and I don’t know if anyone’s saying that anymore.
I wonder if their theory is more true about Georgia Tech.
This is a team that ought to be better. It’s a team that makes you shake your head and wonder, from the slow starts on defense to the failures in the passing game to the inability to run the ball consistently the past two weeks.
Mark Richt pointed out in Jeff’s column that he has to be himself, that if he tries to turn into something he isn’t his players will see him as fake. I think that’s true, and I don’t think Chan Gailey can all of the sudden become a hard-cussing, give-‘em-hell kind of guy.
But maybe a couple of Tech players need to get that way, and soon. I know Tashard Choice has a lot of fire in him and the willingness to speak his mind to whoever he thinks ought to hear it. I wonder who else on this team will speak up and have the credibility to get teammates’ attention.
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