A dwindling number of us old farts left. The problem? We were around long enough to have at least fleeting moments of success. Our dads took us to Tech games and "on any given day" which permeated every single post Dodd coach - Gailey, O'Leary, Johnson, and Lewis wasn't around long enough for us to suffer too long. Now, the young kids are used to going to a game and have no experiences of upsets, great games, and a full atmosphere at Grant Field. When this rinse and repeat turns into consistency, the new memories are leaving at halftime, empty stadium, and hearing dad say "damn, I think we might lose to The Citadel today". They never come back. The most insulting part of Saturday was not losing to Georgia, that happens often enough and begrudgingly, they are a really good team. The insulting part is seeing them haven taken over not just the east but the west stands, not just the south end zone, but the student section as well. This is a problem that Collins contributed to, but is not entirely responsible for. We all know about the problems because we've been bitching about them for years - limited majors, sub par facilities, etc. We bitch but the problems remain - and so we are caught in no man's land, in a conference that we want to be in for minor sports and basketball, but ill equipped to do more than six wins in football on a consistent basis. In the short term, we need to hire coaches that have demonstrated an ability to do more with less and avoid these guys who spent a year at top ten program with superior talent, avoid the Tech man litmus test and go after the best available coach regardless of conference.
