beej67
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Agreed. This place has devolved into a delusional circle-jerk of bigrcry. People are either delusional as to the realities of how Tech fits in to a modern college football landscape, or they're ready to completely retool the entire Institute to win a few more games. Like most political discussion these days, there is a total lack of perspective or moderate opinion/understanding.
I laugh the most at the idea that we are somehow terrible.
My dad's a UVA alum. I know terrible.
Or mediocre. A good friend is a Syracuse alum. I know mediocre.
GT is a good not great football school who has reached our glass ceiling of 8 +/- 1 win per year, because football is a sport played (mostly) by huge dumb jocks, and our school is definitively comprised of small smart nerds. Because the board of regents is dominated by our football rival, who is willing to move politically to ensure an on the field advantage. Because GT is hard, and unfun. Because GT's fanbase is small, and hamstrung by the UGA dominated media. Because our town is a pro sports town. Because of a million things.
We feel inadequate because we compare ourselves routinely to SEC football powerhouses. Compared to similar programs, we do öööö well.
GT fans should be proud of our team, and what our team accomplishes. Those guys study really freaking hard, and practice really freaking hard, and have made a choice to play football at a school that doesn't do them any favors. When we come up short to Ole Miss, we need to be proud that we played well, gave them a game, and almost came out with a win. We need to be proud that our football graduates aren't going to be riding garbage trucks in ten years if they don't make the NFL.
GT fans need pride. And the first step to pride is not crying like a bunch of toddlers about firing a coach. The first step to pride is taking a step back, realizing exactly how amazingly the deck is stacked against us, and smiling. Realizing that the UNC win and the Pitt win and the Syracuse win and (this year) the Duke win are good wins, for a bunch of guys who actually have to go to class, and who aren't being paid under the table like the last mega awesome highly nefariously obtained Ole Miss recruiting class was.
The team this year fell very short of my expectations, but it doesn't reduce my pride in them.
GT fans could use a little perspective.