For those who take GT Football seriously:

Originally posted by techrod:
If we go with cg one more year and get these same results how far down will we have dropped? Is that worth the risk?
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<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif">Yes it is worth the risk. We will drop infinitely further bringing in yet another new staff and new system. That is why the whole discussion is pointless.

Honestly, who could we realisticly bring in to replace Chan that would do a better job given all the turmoil we would have gone through for 2 years?

Heck who would even want to come here? No one that I can think of off hand.
 
Originally posted by The Jacket:
I am in no way shape or form, happy with a 7-5 season. What I don't understand is why everyone wants Gailey gone after his first season. Coach O'Leary had bad seasons in his first two years, followed by one similar to this year. There were some humiliating losses and good victories. It was two years before we went to a bowl game. I would have loved to have a 10-2, 11-1, or 12-0 season. I would love to have immediate results. Look at Mark Richt. He had an 8-5 season and was landed in the Music City Bowl where he lost to Boston College. Bee right back..
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<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif">I think the difference is that Gailey hasn't done anything to instill confidence in the program. His in-game decisions are questionable at best and he hasn't been as open with the fans and the media as much as people would like to believe that he cares.

Even when the basketball team started 0-7 in the conference last season, did you ever get the impression that there wasn't going to be any improvement, that Hewitt was going to just lay down and die? Hewitt exudes confidence with all things related to Tech basketball. He's a motivator and the players respond to him. Even though he's had a record around .500 in his first two seasons here, I think most of us knew from the beginning that he was the right guy for the program. You can't say the same things about Gailey.
 
I've been having the same thoughts.

Even when the BB team was losing consistently
last year, and I might add, losing far more
than the FB team, I NEVER lost confidence in PH.
The reason was, you could CLEARLY see what he was attempting to do, and it was clear that he didn'thave the horses for his system....But in the face of that , the BB team was always ready to play and always showed determination, grit etc. Plus, it was quite obvious that PH had complete control of the team...Even in the face of many losses, there was a LOT of optimism.

In FB, none of the above fit.

Therein lies the problem IMO
 
Good comparison, and good point. However there is one HUGE difference. I don't say this to prove or disprove the comparison, but to offer something to think about.

In BBAll the team's performance and attitude is a direct reflection of the Head Coach. Hewitt interacts and personally teach every single one of these players on a day to day basis. He can't pass the buck off to any of his assistants, especially on game day. He is the one on the sidleines calling every offensive play and defensive set. What is going on within the basketball is much more visible to the public than football.

In football, the HC MUST surroud himself with good assistants. The scale is so much larger than BBall. So much more responsibility is put on the assistants than the HC in football. When things don't look good in football you can't get caught up in just focusing on the HC. Although the buck ultimately stops with him.

What is that saying.... "Behind every good man is a woman who.., wait I mean behind every Good Head Coach is an assistant..."
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Originally posted by BEESerk:
"Behind every good man is a woman who.., wait I mean behind every Good Head Coach is an assistant..."
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<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif">I'm single and damn proud of it! You're gonna have to try harder on that one.
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Seriously though, you are right that there's a lot more personnel in the coaching staff of a football team and that more than just the head coach dictates the results. We've had a lot of reported and rumored dissention between Gailey and O'Brien. Gailey shut down O'Brien in the second half of the Duke game. I really don't know what to make of this HC and OC duo because there's no real telling how much input Chan has in the offense and I still don't think O'Brien has established an offensive identity nearly two years after Friedgen left. I don't think the coaches are working together very well. That's pretty much the common perception here. However, no amount of confusion or misunderstanding between the two can explain what happened Saturday. The team looked listless in all aspects.

O'Leary didn't give these guys a break, but Gailey seems a little too easy on them. I can see Chan's approach working in the NFL, but these are student athletes and they don't have the same level of experience or motivation as professional players, plus they don't have to live up to any salaries or contracts. I know scholarships can be seen as that somewhat, but it's not quite the same. A scholarship only pays for your schooling and it's not worth six, seven, or eight digits a year.

Anyway, Gailey's approach has not worked with these guys to this point. It's pretty clear that they need someone to be on top of them. You've got to be firm, but not too firm (i.e. Arizona HC John Mackovic) where you end up causing turmoil the other way. It's a balance. You've got to work with the players and instill confidence in them and make them want to go out and play for you. That's something that I'm sure Jimmy Robinson and Mac would have had in their favor. There's other factors that make a successful college coach, so that's not to say those two would have necessarily done better than Chan record-wise this season, but that player motivation factor is something that Chan definitely doesn't have on his side right now.
 
Bobby Dodds Ghost, I will write him and tell him I appreciate the Hewitt hire and to hang in there another year with Gailey. I will ask him to rid Gailey of O'Brien and let Gailey pick his own offensive coordinator.

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I am in no way shape or form, happy with a 7-5 season. What I don't understand is why everyone wants Gailey gone after his first season. Coach O'Leary had bad seasons in his first two years, followed by one similar to this year. There were some humiliating losses and good victories. It was two years before we went to a bowl game. I would have loved to have a 10-2, 11-1, or 12-0 season. I would love to have immediate results. Look at Mark Richt. He had an 8-5 season and was landed in the Music City Bowl where he lost to Boston College. But we didn't get immediate results and there's nothing we can do to change that. But let's say we get another coach and fire Gailey. How will we know if we had the chance for a strong 2nd season. Many of you were talking earlier this season in the manner "I don't expect to beat FSU, NC State, Maryland AND Georgia this season." But now we have beaten one of them and you are acting as though you were expecting a huge triumph. I despise those flea-covered mutts with every fiber of my being, but let's face it - they have the better team this year. We lost because of mistakes and some bad calls. The coach did not cause the excessive horrible snaps, fumbles, muffs, and interception, did he? We lost two games, big - it's not as though we're Navy now.
 
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