O’Leary interview by AJC

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I just now saw this AJC interview of OLeary by Seguira from last week. Apologies if it’s a repost but it’s pretty good read I think. Not sure if it’s behind a paywall or not.

www.ajc.com

Influenced by mentors, Georgia Tech’s Brent Key takes command

On Tuesday morning, in his first remarks as Georgia Tech’s interim coach, Brent Key made a declaration about how he wanted his team to play over the final eight games of the regular season.
www.ajc.com www.ajc.com
 
IM79 said:
I just now saw this AJC interview of OLeary by Seguira from last week. Apologies if it’s a repost but it’s pretty good read I think. Not sure if it’s behind a paywall or not.

www.ajc.com

Influenced by mentors, Georgia Tech’s Brent Key takes command

On Tuesday morning, in his first remarks as Georgia Tech’s interim coach, Brent Key made a declaration about how he wanted his team to play over the final eight games of the regular season.
www.ajc.com www.ajc.com
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Great article and very eye opening. He must have been very conflicted working for and supporting a guy (FCGC) whose coaching philosophy was opposed to his own.

The net of the story is winning comes from Results/Accountability, not Effort.
 
I attempted to post a copy of the entire article, but it exceeds the length parameters set forth by the forum. In a nutshell, it talks about Key's connection to Leary, how Leary's influence impacted his coaching decisions. The end of the article was good, with O'Leary saying that what GT players need right now is tough love.
 
EagleSting said:
I attempted to post a copy of the entire article, but it exceeds the length parameters set forth by the forum. In a nutshell, it talks about Key's connection to Leary, how Leary's influence impacted his coaching decisions. The end of the article was good, with O'Leary saying that what GT players need right now is tough love.
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That is exactly what my message has been - men (coaches) need to lead with tough love. These men should not be trying to "befriend" players with some type of wishy washy love. Players will respect a strong stance, maybe not always short term, but always long term. They will know, at least later in life, that taking a tough stand on discipline is actually not easy, but it is what you do when you care about these young men.
 
Reminds me of Patton when he told General Bradley why the outfit he was taking over got their asses kicked by the Germans, "They don't look like soldiers, they don't act like soldiers, how can we expect them to fight like soldiers? In fifteen minutes, we are going to start turning them into razors. They will lose their fear of battle. I hope they don't lose their fear of me."

That's probably who Brent Key needs to emulate

GO JACKETS!!
byteback
 
AlabamaBuzz said:
That is exactly what my message has been - men (coaches) need to lead with tough love. These men should not be trying to "befriend" players with some type of wishy washy love. Players will respect a strong stance, maybe not always short term, but always long term. They will know, at least later in life, that taking a tough stand on discipline is actually not easy, but it is what you do when you care about these young men.
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Exactly. I've never played football, but if coaches are like teachers - the ones I remember the most are the ones who kicked my butt, just hard people unless you actually did give it your all. I'm more thankful now than I was then. If O'Leary really is his mentor of sorts, then I suspect players will play as hard as as the teacher is.
 
" Not exactly a groundbreaking approach, but Key suggested that Tech coaches not demanding discipline and attention to detail at practice was the root of the repeated mistakes, such as the blocked punts and offside and false-start penalties. "

I.E. Collins wasn't actually coaching the kids but instead giving 'em participation trophies.
 
RamblinWreck92 said:
" Not exactly a groundbreaking approach, but Key suggested that Tech coaches not demanding discipline and attention to detail at practice was the root of the repeated mistakes, such as the blocked punts and offside and false-start penalties. "

I.E. Collins wasn't actually coaching the kids but instead giving 'em participation trophies.
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Above the Line being the best (worst?) example of participation trophy crap.
 
I think 90% of the cbk quotes are from the taped radio show. They all seem very familiar.
 
RamblinWreck92 said:
" Not exactly a groundbreaking approach, but Key suggested that Tech coaches not demanding discipline and attention to detail at practice was the root of the repeated mistakes, such as the blocked punts and offside and false-start penalties. "

I.E. Collins wasn't actually coaching the kids but instead giving 'em participation trophies.
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The problem with Collins’ system is good cop/ bad cop only works when the bad cop is the top man. Otherwise, the players wait until the good cop over rules the bad one. Even guys like Sweeney have a bad side.
 
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