D Mo to USC least?

00Burdell said:
Bottom line: beat the dwags and you can keep him.
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If I remember correctly, his job title was changed to something to do with player development after some folks got their panties in a wad over the religious connotations associated with the title of chaplain.

A rose by any other name...
 
GTCrew said:
Well, is there any evidence CGC is Christian?
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CGC publicly professes to be a Christian, and I've heard him give his conversion testimony. Doesn't mean he is or is not currently practicing the faith; I'm just offering a data point. Also, FWIW, CGC has personally helped D.Mo. fundraise his support. (The GTAA only paid a portion of his salary, in keeping with the fact that some of his job duties were religious and others were not.) So if there's been any kind of tension between them, it is a new development.
 
I do think this is a big loss. DMo had a rare combination of two important attributes - terrific motivator, compassionate encourager. To have a capable man in his position has surely been an asset to our program, in recruiting, retention and motivation to excellence.

Having a Team Chaplain does seem to contradict the establishment clause in some ways. But, best understood, the establishment clause does not keep religion out of the public sector. It simply prohibits government establishment of religion. A team Chaplain is akin to providing chaplaincy for military or prisoners. The person in the role should be committed to avoiding proselytizing, accept and encourage religious diversity, and make all religious activity voluntary, careful to create an environment where there is no negative stigma for non-participants. Coaches have to make sure this is the case. I have enjoyed a volunteer role with our local high school team and tried to do it fairly and ethically. But, the lines are blurry.
 
It seems USC could offer a full time, full pay position and GT could not. I think that is the bottomline and GT is not doing well financially.

D-Mo also worked with the Falcons so this must have been a good opportunity; he isn’t just leaving GT.

Collins and D-Mo were friends from way back, there is zero evidence or reason to believe that D-Mo left because of Collins or GT.

The TOS said D-Mo has family in SC.
 
00Burdell said:
I still remember when we had Father Mario DeLella as team Chaplain. I loved Father Mario - an awesome guy - used to run into Cremins at his masses. But not the perfect guy for the job.

And I imagine we will be seeing infomercials for Dmo on the more obscure cable channels real soon marketing his total people program. Oh and a new book, too.

Good luck DMo. And welcome to the SEC - home of not what you thought it would be.
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Father Mario IS Georgia Tech to me. He defines my time there. I'm sorry Father, i didn't read that book every day of my life. But I should have.

He is still with us last I checked, living with other retired Franciscan clergy in Florida.
 
77GTFan said:
I do think this is a big loss. DMo had a rare combination of two important attributes - terrific motivator, compassionate encourager. To have a capable man in his position has surely been an asset to our program, in recruiting, retention and motivation to excellence.

Having a Team Chaplain does seem to contradict the establishment clause in some ways. But, best understood, the establishment clause does not keep religion out of the public sector. It simply prohibits government establishment of religion. A team Chaplain is akin to providing chaplaincy for military or prisoners. The person in the role should be committed to avoiding proselytizing, accept and encourage religious diversity, and make all religious activity voluntary, careful to create an environment where there is no negative stigma for non-participants. Coaches have to make sure this is the case. I have enjoyed a volunteer role with our local high school team and tried to do it fairly and ethically. But, the lines are blurry.
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The GTAA did not pay DMo to provide religious services to the team, just to serve as a relationship/life counselor. When teammates got their girlfriends pregnant or the like, DMo is who they would turn to before raising the issues with the staff. CPJ many times stated how beneficial it was to the team to have someone slightly outside the staff structure who could serve as a player's liaison. He also led Bible studies and the like, separate from his paid position. Personally I don't see any blurriness to this at all. It would be just as much an unconstitutional coercion of faith to prevent a state employee from hosting Bible studies, as it would be an unconstitutional coercion of faith to force players to attend them.

(More to the point, the First Amendment doesn't work where people can't agree what "faith" is. Is the belief that gender dysphoria is best treated by transitioning, a medical conclusion or a religious one? Without a common understanding of what religion is, you'll never get a coherent First Amend. jurisprudence. But that thread belongs in N&P!)
 
txsting said:
Father Mario IS Georgia Tech to me. He defines my time there. I'm sorry Father, i didn't read that book every day of my life. But I should have.

He is still with us last I checked, living with other retired Franciscan clergy in Florida.
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I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that remembers and loves Father Mario. He was awesome.
 
If this is what's best for Moore, his career, and/or his family, then more power to him. For what it's worth, I'm not religious, but he was still one of my favorite people in all of GTAA. We got Bobby Cremins and Andy Demetra from the Gamecocks, and now they've gotten Mr. Moore from us. That's just the college athletics business. I have little reason to believe there's ill will among any involved parties. I hope the move works out well for him, and I would love it if some day the opportunity arose for him to return to Georgia Tech. Until then, as mentioned previously in this thread, I hope he helps the Gamecocks beat the hell out of Georgia!
 
BigDanT said:
Question to the informed and I’m not trying to get political with this but how does an on staff chaplain work at a public university?
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Same way every military unit since before there even was a constitution up to this very day has had a chaplain. A chaplain does not establish a religion - or prevent the free exercise thereof (or lack of exercise thereof) by anyone.
 
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