Re: Coach O\'Leary sighting
Dear Driver 8 and those who agree:
I have read your posts and identified with your passion to win. I agree whole heartedly that this is to be the number one goal...period!! I have not come to the place of expressing it as freely or in the same manner as you. Your desire above all, as I read it, is to WIN. I have to agree.
That is also mine and the burning feeling within most of our souls.
You speak as I (normally think, re: "academic integrity). Not being a Tech attender nor grad
I often wonder about the tenacity of others to push this thought; but, I leave them to their
thoughts....even in any/all disagreement I may have. After all, I am not an alumni.
I confess, that I am hurt however when you speak of our Coach and throw "various derisive
religous conotations"his way. It has been proved that Christians can have winning programs
in Pro and College football. So this is a moot point. Whether our coach shall reach such a pinnacle remains to be seen, but I for one am willing to give him a chance.
1. We will never, never return to so-called B.L. days. I lived through those with all others but I
truly hate the manner in which we have degraded this man, his family, and his name. I often
feel sickened as I read ugly words about this man. Let's let B.L. and all his family rest. It is over folks....I was there you were there, but it is over, it is over, it is over. Please all listen: IT IS OVER: B.L. days are over: Bill Curry days (which can be measured very similarly are over), GOL days are over. Bill Fulcher days are over, Pepper Rogers days are over, Bud Carson days are over, let's purge ourselves of all hatred.
It is a new day. Gailey's days will be Gailey's days and none other's. Regardless of what we
like, pull for, judge: Gailey and his staff are the coaches: it does not matter if there are those
who choose to stand with them or against them; they are for the moment "IN CHARGE" and
their prosperity means that Tech is prosperous; their failure means that Tech has failed. It
is the same no matter who is the coach. I pull for the Team and thus for the coaches: PERIOD!
2. To all those who delight in speaking against Gailey in religiously couched terms: That
is your priviledge. None can rob you of it, but really........... I have seen ugly words posted
relative to his religous profession, his (PASSED) positions as a S.S. Teacher, and his willingness
to speak at churches that invite him (during their various services). Would you rather that he
dismiss all these invitations? Would you be happier if he cared not for Christ and the church?
To slanderously condemn the man with negative connotations re: the aforementioned is cheap,
ugly, anti-Christianity, anti-Tech and anti-American. He is (as he has said) a Christian who is also a football coach.
I would ask his detractors:
A. Do you resent his speaking at churches?
B. Do you feel
that his speaking at churches detracts from his coaching duties?
C. Do you know his dailey schedule?
D. Do you know his hours spent on the job at Tech?
E. Do you of know of specific instances or style of life that his Christianity has in any way detracted from his job as coach at Georgia Tech?
F. Do you know what time he wakes up, goes to work, comes home, gives time to his family?
G. Can you say with certainty that his religion has detracted from his coaching duties?
Please be fair and honest: Not only
you Driver, but I speak to others as well who have not considered the above.
Your latest statements:
1.no defense for him when it comes to his atrocious handling of our football progam.
2. Last year was a disaster. The off-season has been worse.
3. He's here to lead our Jackets to the Promised Land,...not to preach to the multitudes.
# 1: Details please. Everyone who has constantly been aware of our programs misfortunes and honestly surmised them would not label his work as be "atrocious".
# 2. Were you around year before last? Count up the injuries,available Q.B., T.B., T.E., other etc. and compare. Which was the most disatrous year? Come on...an honest, open minded 3rd grader could give an accurate answer; as have most on this board and on the Hive. Any others are simply either ignorant or prejudiced.
# 3. Just what do you mean by "preach to the multitudes"? Have you heard him? Do you know his past 6 month, future 6 month schedule? Do you know his dailey scedule? Do you know what % of time he spends on/off the job?
Your following statement is absolute truth......why, oh why do we have to go further???
"But we will see, because he's about to reap what he has sown. This season is a direct reflection on our current head coach."
