BarrelORum
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Call it a hunch, but I'll pretty much guarantee that he is not going to be leaving GT. He will be our coach next season. Gailey is not a bad coach, he's just not a great coach in my opinion. I don't think he will ever do more than what he has already done for GT. To me Gailey staying, is a good thing at this point in time for two big reasons.
Gailey has not had much depth at GT since he's been here. Some of that has been his own fault, and some of that is clearly not his fault. Regardless, this recruiting class will do a lot in bringing our overall talent level up and provide us some depth. I'm also interested to see what happens in recruiting this next year. So I can appreciate Gailey staying at GT.
More importantly though, Gailey interviewing sets up next season very nicely. Many people who have been hard core supporters of Gailey have now changed their opinion. For many, the reason they were such ardent followers of Chan has been his apparent commitment to GT. That no longer seems as strong as it once was and these people have now placed Gailey at arms length instead of once embracing him.
The arguement for Gailey is 1.) He coaches up talent and 2.) He needed a Ball-less (pardon the pun) run team. (This is not an arguement about why Gailey started Ball for as long as he did. It was a dumb move). Now that Gailey is at arms length from many of his supporters, that sets up next season very nicely.
First we should have a pretty solid team returning. We will return one of the best Runningbacks in college football. We have depth at QB that is not named Reggie Ball, how can we not improve at QB? We have a strong linebacking core, and more experience in the secondary. Our Offensive Lineman will mostly be seniors.
We lose 5 starters in Calvin-which is huge, Anoai, Kenny Scott, K-Mike Hall, and Wrotto. Notice I did not mention Reggie Ball. We should not feel the loss of Wrotto and K-Mike. Kenny will be tough to replace in coverage. CJ is gone, but Reggie Ball is gone too, so I'd say we probably break even there. Anoai in my opinion will be missed the most. Richards needs to find his old form for next year.
Anyway, back to my point. Next year sets up nicely. There is a very small percentage of me that thinks Gailey could actually get this ship where it needs to be and he has the pieces in place to do just that. The remaining excuses the Supporters of Chan roll out like chess pieces are all gone. The Supporters themselves have dwindled. Gailey either better get the job done, or more than likely, he'll be out the door. We get to keep all of our recruits this year and GT replaces a Coach on OUR terms without having to hurry on a hire. I am sure this experience has given DRad enough information to know how to handle a new hiring if we need one.
If Gailey were to leave now, DRad would be forced to hurry on hiring someone prior to Feb 2nd in order to keep the recruiting class. More than likely, he'd have to hire someone within one week. I don't like that at all, and I don't care how much I trust and respect DRad. I want him to be fully prepared when selecting the next Coach for GT, and under these circumstances, that just doesn't happen.
The stakes just got higher for CG. Whereas before the interviews I thought Gailey could probably go 7-5 next year and be rehired, I no longer think that. I think Gailey could go 8-4 and be lt go. Gailey has to do two things next year in order for him to stay in my opinion:
1.) Go back to a decent bowl game and WIN it.
and
2.) Must beat UGA.
Anything less than that and his supporters won't be there to defend him anymore.
Gailey has not had much depth at GT since he's been here. Some of that has been his own fault, and some of that is clearly not his fault. Regardless, this recruiting class will do a lot in bringing our overall talent level up and provide us some depth. I'm also interested to see what happens in recruiting this next year. So I can appreciate Gailey staying at GT.
More importantly though, Gailey interviewing sets up next season very nicely. Many people who have been hard core supporters of Gailey have now changed their opinion. For many, the reason they were such ardent followers of Chan has been his apparent commitment to GT. That no longer seems as strong as it once was and these people have now placed Gailey at arms length instead of once embracing him.
The arguement for Gailey is 1.) He coaches up talent and 2.) He needed a Ball-less (pardon the pun) run team. (This is not an arguement about why Gailey started Ball for as long as he did. It was a dumb move). Now that Gailey is at arms length from many of his supporters, that sets up next season very nicely.
First we should have a pretty solid team returning. We will return one of the best Runningbacks in college football. We have depth at QB that is not named Reggie Ball, how can we not improve at QB? We have a strong linebacking core, and more experience in the secondary. Our Offensive Lineman will mostly be seniors.
We lose 5 starters in Calvin-which is huge, Anoai, Kenny Scott, K-Mike Hall, and Wrotto. Notice I did not mention Reggie Ball. We should not feel the loss of Wrotto and K-Mike. Kenny will be tough to replace in coverage. CJ is gone, but Reggie Ball is gone too, so I'd say we probably break even there. Anoai in my opinion will be missed the most. Richards needs to find his old form for next year.
Anyway, back to my point. Next year sets up nicely. There is a very small percentage of me that thinks Gailey could actually get this ship where it needs to be and he has the pieces in place to do just that. The remaining excuses the Supporters of Chan roll out like chess pieces are all gone. The Supporters themselves have dwindled. Gailey either better get the job done, or more than likely, he'll be out the door. We get to keep all of our recruits this year and GT replaces a Coach on OUR terms without having to hurry on a hire. I am sure this experience has given DRad enough information to know how to handle a new hiring if we need one.
If Gailey were to leave now, DRad would be forced to hurry on hiring someone prior to Feb 2nd in order to keep the recruiting class. More than likely, he'd have to hire someone within one week. I don't like that at all, and I don't care how much I trust and respect DRad. I want him to be fully prepared when selecting the next Coach for GT, and under these circumstances, that just doesn't happen.
The stakes just got higher for CG. Whereas before the interviews I thought Gailey could probably go 7-5 next year and be rehired, I no longer think that. I think Gailey could go 8-4 and be lt go. Gailey has to do two things next year in order for him to stay in my opinion:
1.) Go back to a decent bowl game and WIN it.
and
2.) Must beat UGA.
Anything less than that and his supporters won't be there to defend him anymore.
