\'CG couldn\'t be as involved in daily academic progress as O\'L\'?
Man, did he make a bad, bad mistake. In today's AJC (linked in toto at bottom) it says:'As a result of this change, Gailey could not be as involved in the day to day academic progress of his players as was O'Leary, who was almost obsessive in riding herd over his players when it came to academics'. IMO, O'Leary, nor Ross, would've put up with this garbage of not being in total knowledge of the academics of their players.
The AJC also reports what could be another bad, bad mistake, but the paper attributes this as only what 'others' said:'Others, however, said that Gailey was not as demanding about class and study hall attendance because of a management style that came from his NFL experience. Gailey chose not to address that criticism'. IMO, this style is very laisse-faire & OBVIOUSLY doesn't work @ GT.
The AJC goes on to quote O'Leary directly:"I was very hands on to the point where I probably annoyed a bunch of people there. I knew when the tests were going to take place. I had people checking classes and study halls to make sure kids were there. I probably spent 50 to 60 percent of my time on academics. But that's how you have to do it because it is such a different situation academically." IMO, I agree totally with O'Leary. @ GT you have to be completely on top of the academics.
To sum up: I believe Gailey made a horrible, awful mistake by putting up with anything where he didn't have full control in keeping up with what his players were doing academically. If true about Gailey's mgt style, then CG made another terrible mistake by not demanding academic competence. What Gailey is doing is not working & must be changed, either by him or someone else. Ga Tech has paid a huge price.
AJC says Gailey couldn't do what O'Leary did
Man, did he make a bad, bad mistake. In today's AJC (linked in toto at bottom) it says:'As a result of this change, Gailey could not be as involved in the day to day academic progress of his players as was O'Leary, who was almost obsessive in riding herd over his players when it came to academics'. IMO, O'Leary, nor Ross, would've put up with this garbage of not being in total knowledge of the academics of their players.
The AJC also reports what could be another bad, bad mistake, but the paper attributes this as only what 'others' said:'Others, however, said that Gailey was not as demanding about class and study hall attendance because of a management style that came from his NFL experience. Gailey chose not to address that criticism'. IMO, this style is very laisse-faire & OBVIOUSLY doesn't work @ GT.
The AJC goes on to quote O'Leary directly:"I was very hands on to the point where I probably annoyed a bunch of people there. I knew when the tests were going to take place. I had people checking classes and study halls to make sure kids were there. I probably spent 50 to 60 percent of my time on academics. But that's how you have to do it because it is such a different situation academically." IMO, I agree totally with O'Leary. @ GT you have to be completely on top of the academics.
To sum up: I believe Gailey made a horrible, awful mistake by putting up with anything where he didn't have full control in keeping up with what his players were doing academically. If true about Gailey's mgt style, then CG made another terrible mistake by not demanding academic competence. What Gailey is doing is not working & must be changed, either by him or someone else. Ga Tech has paid a huge price.
AJC says Gailey couldn't do what O'Leary did