Re: I think the main reason I want B\'OB to ..................
Wrecked, I will respond to you, no use in responding to BeeWares's #1.
Braine did not demote Roof, that was Gailey's idea. Braine only hires the head coach and could not demote Roof. It is the responsibility of the head coach to decide on the previous staff and new staff. It was Gailey's call to reassign Roof.
Gailey gave consideration to Braine's recommendation of retaining both O'Brien and Roof, but he could have turned them both down. I believe we are in a mediocre offensive position because Gailey listened to the recommedation to retain O'brien.
It hindsight, it would have been better for Gailey to clean house and start with a completely new staff. The only member I would have kept from the old staff was Spencer.
Cremins should have been gone long ago. Braine did not act classless with him. Cremins had reached a point in his career where he was completely innefective and destroying all he had built at Tech. It was definitely time to go.
Braine performed an extra-ordinary job in hiring Hewitt. He will turn out to be the best basketball coach at Tech over the long haul. All we have to do is keep him.
Braine did nothing wrong in his refusal to hire Mac. Braine issued a written statement that appeared in the AJC, as soon as O'leary quit, that none of the present staff would be considered for the head coaching job. It was set in cement from the very beginning.
The only classless exhibition was Mac trying to force himself into a job that was impossible to get. He even went as far as letting the players become involved in his fight to get the job. Braine only relented to give Mac an interview to prevent the players from revolting prior to the bowl game.
Mac was classless to place his effort to force Tech to hire him and put himself above the effort to win the bowl game. Braine had already assigned him to be the coach of the bowl game to build up his bio for his next search in a job.
If you think it was Braine's idea to say none of the present staff would be considered for the head coaching job, you do not see the whole picture. I can assure you the entire committee assigned to find a new coach had made that decision, and Braine was carrying out the criteria for the search.
Braine did the only thing he could do, search for a coach outside the present staff and bring the candidates back to the committee for approval.
When Mac kept forcing the issue, Braine agreed to hold the job open until after the bowl game. He did just that and was justified in doing so to keep the players from revolting.
Mac did still have a mathmatical chance for the job at that time, but it was something like .0000000000001% chance he would get the job. Braine and the committee had already found the next coach for Tech, but agreed not to sign him until after the bowl game to satisfy Mac and the players partial to him.
Now, almost anyone can look at this situation and probably 95% of all Tech fans would agree Mac was classless in trying to force himself on Tech, and Braine was only doing the job appointed him by the committee.
There would not have been one AD in the world nor one CEO in the world that would have hired Mac under those conditions. All the rest that think so are only fooling themselves.
The irony of it all, is the few that wanted Mac, were wanting a Bulldog to coach Tech. It would not have happened in a million years.
