Has anyone posted the Taz Anderson email to Rad

ncjacket said:
The problem I have with Taz is that he needs to keep it out of the papers. If he has issues with Chan or anyone else in the GTAA, he has access to the powers that be to let his thoughts be known. When he goes to the media, as he's done in the past, he makes all of us, himself included, look like fools.
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DING DING DING we have a winner!

This needs to be kept in house.
 
Well, let's just say I have two secret powers, which go by the name Lexis and Nexis. I searched for articles from the past about Taz to see if the AJC ever reported on him trying to fire Ross, if thet ever actually happened. Well, the stories don't appear to go past 1991, but I still found this little gem.

Well, I guess we all make bad judgements from time to time.

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HEADLINE: Man-to-man, Lewis gains high praise; Coach respected for diligence, loyalty

BYLINE: By Marlon Manuel and Len Pasquarelli STAFF WRITERSgeorgia/tech; football; leaders; reaction

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For insight into what kind of a football coach Georgia Tech is getting in Bill Lewis, listen to Jerry Glanville recall a late-'70s meeting in Atlanta when Lewis was head coach at Wyoming and Glanville was a Falcons assistant.

"He brought his whole staff over there one day so that I could talk to them about - guess what? - about playing man-to-man defense ," said Glanville, who knew Lewis from several years earlier, when both were assistants at Tech.

"Do you believe it? Hey, a guy wants to talk man-to-man, you gotta love him."

For insight into what kind of educator Tech is getting, listen to Lewis recall a recent conversation in which he reminded athletics director Homer Rice that he has been a believer in Rice's "Total Person" concept, which teaches skills that apply in real life, not just in the classroom, since 1973, when he listened to Rice give a seminar on the subject.

"I told Dr. Rice that I still have the notes from that seminar," Lewis said. "I've leaned on those notes and believed in that concept."

And for insight into what kind of dresser Tech is getting, listen to Dale Steele, his recruiting coordinator who will follow him from East Carolina to Atlanta.

"I've always said that he could put on a $ 300 Brooks Brothers suit and sleep in it and get up not have a wrinkle on him," Steele said.

Aggressive, successful coach, committed to academic standards, looks far younger than his 50 years. And don't forget his reputation for loyalty to his subordinates and attention to detail. What's not to like? Not much, judging by comments from a host of people who know Lewis.

The first thing you notice, of course, is the look.

"He doesn't look 50," said Mark, 24, the oldest of Bill and Sandy Lewis's three sons. "Any person who tries to claim that they are a disciplined person first needs to look in the mirror and see how they handle their body and their life. He's very disciplined in his health, and that's important to him."

Lewis's main exercise is jogging, which he took up only in recent years. Now he runs as much as six miles a day. Or if the boys - Mark, Gregg (21) and Geoff (19) - are home, he might play for two-on-two driveway basketball, Bill and Mark against Geoff and Gregg. Despite Bill's accurate two-handed set shots - an old-school tactic to be sure, but as Mark says, "He's very much old school in all phases of his life" - he and Mark invariably lose.

Lewis also loves to read. His last book was George Will's "Men at Work," about baseball, another of Lewis's loves. He was a minor-league pitcher in the Detroit Tigers' organization. He's also skimmed through the works of Tom Clancy, starting with "The Hunt for Red October." When he's not absorbed in a football playbook, Lewis also may read about political history (Thomas Jefferson is a favorite subject), Japanese culture or the U.S. military.

Lewis passed down a respect for education to his children. "Growing up, my brothers and I were always active in sports," said Mark, who is studying for the bar exam as a student in the University of Georgia law program. "But it was always understood that whenever you got home and finished dinner, your first task was always to go to your room and do your homework."

Lewis still manages to find time for his family. Long after the end of Monday night's news conference to introduce him as Tech's new coach, he called Mark from his Atlanta hotel room sometime after midnight to discuss the day's events.

About the only thing that even hints of criticism of Lewis is this matter of his pedigree. He was, after all, a nine-year assistant (1980- 88) at Georgia. Certainly some fans are asking, has Tech hired itself a Bulldog in Yellow Jackets' clothing?

None of that seems to bother anyone around The Flats, though.

"The way we look at it," says Taz Anderson, a Tech alumnus who was a member of the search committee that helped choose Lewis, "is that he was at Georgia Tech first, and we just loaned him to the university for a while."

"He was a guy who had it together," said Glanville. "I'm glad he's back in town."

Staff writers Tony Barnhart and David Davidson contributed to this report.; What they say about Lewis

"The way we look at it is that he was at Georgia Tech first, and we just loaned him to the university of Georgia for a while."

-Taz Anderson, a Tech alumnus who was a member of the search committee that helped choose Lewis. "I don't ever think I came across a player - and in college you deal with a ton of them - who didn't like him. He was a guy who had it together. I'm glad he's back in town."

-Falcon coach Jerry Glanville

"I've always said that he could put on a $ 300 Brooks Brothers suit and sleep in it and get up and not have a wrinkle on him."

-Dale Steele, Lewis's recruiting coordinator who will join him at Tech

GRAPHIC: photos: New Tech coach Bill Lewis, shown here as Georgia's defensive coordinator and East Carolina's head coach, gets high marks for his energy, work ethic and attention to detail. / FILE
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Ramblewise 1........you must have tons of request...........I tried to e-mail you, but your box is full.

U need a cleaning up there! :cheers:
 
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That is how most GT fans feel quite frankly ..except for some of the defend at all cost fans here. What does Gailey have to show for all of his time here except a few good, albeit, sporatic wins, NCAA probation, mediocre seasons, and a string of second tier bowls?
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Quite frankly most fans do NOT feel that way.

Now you're blaming Gailey for NCAA probation? Yeah, that's fair and balanced all right.

Do you understand that this coastal division title, flawed though it is in your eyes, was accomplished while on probation and with scholarship reductions? How many schools have accomplished that?

How do you explain accomplishing the above with several recuiting classes that were ranked last in the ACC?

The coach has had a winning record and a bowl game EVERY year he's been here - despite coaching transition, key injuries, and flunkgate. I don't care how much you demean the bowls and the competion, that is an accomplishment.

You and Taz are an embarassment.
 
ncjacket said:
No way you're in the majority geetee.
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I will agree with the above, but no doubt there is a pretty healthy division. I happen to think that Chan will be given another chance by the detractors as soon as the next quarterback wins a statement game...Beating und would do it for sure.

Personally, I am just angry at CG. I don't want him fired, as I refuse to believe he would have played RB exclusively if it was his choice alone.
 
It is amusing how the detractors of Gailey think they're in the majority. Reminds me of how the democrats always say "The American people think this " when trying to make a point about something.
 
Leatherjacket said:
It is amusing how the detractors of Gailey think they're in the majority. Reminds me of how the democrats always say "The American people think this " when trying to make a point about something.
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Several facts...emails are pouring into the AA in support of CG....they far outweigh the detractors. Also remember that it is typical for negative comments regarding any matter to get far more traction than the positive.

Additionally....Taz never wanted Bobby Ross hired and started a campaign to fire him after his second season.

To top it off, Taz helped select Bill Lewis and was a huge backer of Bill Lewis.

Third...Taz still thinks this is the 50's and 60's where the best athletes found a degree to be more valuable than the NFL....because it was at that time!

Unfortunately...I think he has a power issue...it is really quite sad.
 
Leatherjacket said:
It is amusing how the detractors of Gailey think they're in the majority. Reminds me of how the democrats always say "The American people think this " when trying to make a point about something.
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High profile athlete like Taz going public, a whole other message Board appears to have anti-Gailey motives, many on the HIve, and many others (even on this board) express the strong need for change with our coaching... we are simply weary of losing to UGA EVERY year (especially when we were more talented and they were down). We lose to a Wake team with a 2nd string Freshman qb and rb in a year when three ACC coaches, two of the them perinial winners, get fired, and with a senior qb that has the best WR in the country..not just at GT, but the country! A WR who even gets questioned during the Blitnekoff (sp) award about why he didn't get the ball thrown to him more..(what does that say???)...yet, another year of fan division is accepted. You say its not the majority of fans? Maybe just those who don't accept and like mediocrity and losing continually, consistenly, and constantly to UGA. UGA's down year and they beat a division winner in the ACC (again, what does that say???)
 
How about the mods do a poll on who wants to keep, fire, undecided, etc.?
 
Maybe just those who don't accept and like mediocrity and losing continually, consistenly, and constantly to UGA.
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I guarantee you that those that 'don't accept and like mediocrity and losing' are in the wide and vast majority. There is also a big majority that believe the best way to get there is by Coach Gailey.

And guess what? Gailey ain't going NOWHERE anytime soon. Why don't you quit yer boneheaded yammering on and on ad nauseum about what he hasn't YET accomplished and note just ONCE what he has. You are not helping Georgia Tech ONE LITTLE BIT by your incessant bitchin' and whining.

Demand excellence. Don't settle for medioricity. Let's fire a coach that just won a division championship, is going to a New Year's day bowl, and has the best recruiting class in GT's history coming in. Yep. Fire him! That'll get us excellence, all right. That's the way Alabama is doing it with 4 coaches in 5 years (or is it 5 in 6 years?). That's the ticket!

Now, to me that just sounds stupid, but then again, I try to live in the real world.
 
Geetee said:
High profile athlete like Taz going public, a whole other message Board appears to have anti-Gailey motives, many on the HIve, and many others (even on this board) express the strong need for change with our coaching... we are simply weary of losing to UGA EVERY year (especially when we were more talented and they were down). We lose to a Wake team with a 2nd string Freshman qb and rb in a year when three ACC coaches, two of the them perinial winners, get fired, and with a senior qb that has the best WR in the country..not just at GT, but the country! A WR who even gets questioned during the Blitnekoff (sp) award about why he didn't get the ball thrown to him more..(what does that say???)...yet, another year of fan division is accepted. You say its not the majority of fans? Maybe just those who don't accept and like mediocrity and losing continually, consistenly, and constantly to UGA. UGA's down year and they beat a division winner in the ACC (again, what does that say???)
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"In individuals, insanity is rare, but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule." - Nietzsche.
 
Geetee said:
... we are simply weary of losing to UGA EVERY year (especially when we were more talented and they were down). Maybe just those who don't accept and like mediocrity and losing continually, consistenly, and constantly to UGA. UGA's down year and they beat a division winner in the ACC (again, what does that say???)
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What does that say? For the ump-teenth time you have bantered on and on and on about GT losing to UGA. I know what it says about you. As I have said regarding you before, the gig is up ...time to move on.
 
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What it says is something about how individuals process and make decisions. Some are impatient...any deviation from what they want is grounds for immediate change. Some see progress even though it may not be obvious from simple results. Some change their mind over time. What it says, is that Tech fans, like every other group of people is made up of every kind of individual.

What is interesting though is reading posts by people like you geetee. Because someone may disagree with you, you immediatly go to personal insults. They must "like to lose and accept medicrity". Not "they have a different time frame in mind, or have a different vision of where this is all leading".

What if I could predict the future and told you that Chan has laid the groundwork and won't lose to ugag again for 8 years? What if we are on the verge of winning the ACCCG 4 years in a row? You say that's impossible. I say I don't know what will happen next year. You've had enough, I say Chan will be back and I'm optimistic about next year. When I'm not optimistic about the future of the program, I will change my tune and decide it's time for a change. My question to you is if we win 10 next year including beating ugag, will you do the same?

On the subject of Taz, my recollection is that he wasn't that much of a player, but is a letterman who happened to hit it big due to either his hard work or luck (don't know the man or how he made his money). Either way he's bought his influence with GTAA. But if he really didn't want to hire Ross, or wanted him fired after his first 2 years. And if he was really a big supporter of BL (as has been claimed) then I don't really care what his opinion about much of anything related to Tech athletics is. He's kind of forfeited the right to have an opinion IMO if those claims are true.
 
GEETEELEE said:
I guarantee you that those that 'don't accept and like mediocrity and losing' are in the wide and vast majority. There is also a big majority that believe the best way to get there is by Coach Gailey.

And guess what? Gailey ain't going NOWHERE anytime soon. Why don't you quit yer boneheaded yammering on and on ad nauseum about what he hasn't YET accomplished and note just ONCE what he has. You are not helping Georgia Tech ONE LITTLE BIT by your incessant bitchin' and whining.

Demand excellence. Don't settle for medioricity. Let's fire a coach that just won a division championship, is going to a New Year's day bowl, and has the best recruiting class in GT's history coming in. Yep. Fire him! That'll get us excellence, all right. That's the way Alabama is doing it with 4 coaches in 5 years (or is it 5 in 6 years?). That's the ticket!

Now, to me that just sounds stupid, but then again, I try to live in the real world.
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Damn good counterargument GEETEELEE. :biggthumpup:
 
Geetee said:
High profile athlete like Taz going public, a whole other message Board appears to have anti-Gailey motives, many on the HIve, and many others (even on this board) express the strong need for change with our coaching
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Message boards are not necessarily an accurate representation of the will of a fanbase.
 
Taz Anderson is a bonafide dummy with too much time and too little sense.
 
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