As for his character he said many things that embarrassed Tech and he said them on radio etc, remember the time when he was asked about a certain Ugag player and he remarked I didn't know that per the AJC in an interview. My gosh man it was his job to know that. Remember he also said UGag was just another game. He also said the QB position was open in the spring then proceeded to name the 1st, 2nd and 3rd QB position some who had never played a down.
Really OF, this is reaching. If this is all you can come up with as to why Chan didn't exhibit any strong character, then its quite apparent that you just don't want to admit when you are wrong.
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Do you know what happened the morn Gailey was terminated? I do and the things that happened did not show me any character. They showed me a man filled with hate, and disgust.
What you explained above doesn't seem to reflect hate and disgust, only he was disappointed and upset that he was fired. Who wouldn't be? The fact that he showed up to lunch bunch to speak after he was fired showed a lot of class and certainly not someone who was filled with "Hate and Disgust". Stop reaching.
Now you answer me how do you know he was such a man of character. As for his recruiting we had 4 yes four years of substandard recruiting. I guess the light went on for him like he said it did for A J Suggs. I actually feel sorry for A J, Ball, and TB to have played for a guy who knew nothing of the QB position. Don't believe look at all the QB transfers, example Hall who transferred and then was drafted by the NFL didn't play but was drafted.
Chan Gailey's lack of recruiting skills early on and failure to develop a viable quarterback are completely irrelevant to this discussion. Chan Gailey failed miserably in developing a QB at GT and his recruiting for about 3 years stunk to high hell, but it doesn't mean he was a man of little character. I also met the man on more than a few occassions and one thing that always impressed me about Gailey is how much he cared for his players. Go ask people who were recruited by Gailey and played for Gailey how they felt about him. They care for the man deeply.
Your examples of O'Leary's recruits disliking Gailey are also irrelevant. Most coaches experience the same thing Gailey did. Would it surprise you to know that the MAJORITY of Curry's recruits who played for Bobby Ross did not like Ross? That's the truth. I played golf with some ex-GT football players who graduated in 88 and 89. I asked them if it was common for players recruited under one coach to dislike the new coach, and they all agreed it was very common. They even told me that they didn't care for Ross and were quite shocked he won a NC.
As far as Gailey goes I met the man several time and the best way I could describe him he had no personality......Was he a good man with character I don't know and I doubt anyone who posts here really knows. From his actions I would personally call into question his character. But like I said who knows.
Yeah really, who knows? You obviously think you know. Again, these are blanket statements with no evidence only an opinion that he has little character. Everything we know to be true would indicate that you are wrong Old Foggy.
You have yet to make any significant statements that would indicate Chan Gailey has no or very little character. The man is gone. He was a slightly above average coach who coudln't beat his main rival. But to trash him that he doesn't have character now that he is gone is pathetic.
The actuality of your problem OF is that you need to rationalize to yourself that Chan Gailey has little character so that it would support your actions in trashing Gailey. Thats the real issue here. You keep stating over and over again that "BO WAS RIGHT!!" No they were not right. They acted like little maggots who trashed anything and everything about our program, and you are making your best feeble attempt to somehow say that was justified because Chan Gailey had character issues. No it's not justified. Chan Gailey doesn't have character issues... some of our fans do.
That board has never been right about anything. Each year the majority predicted this would be the year we would lose our ass, and we didn't. We always won slightly more than we lost. And that drove them crazy because they so desperately wanted Chan gone. The opinion that Chan Gailey was the wrong man for the GT job is not an opinion that was patented on Buzzoff. I know many Stingtalkers and people who frequent the Hive that felt the same way. In fact, there are many famous Hivers who have not been a fan of Gailey for a long long time. They just don't see the need to come on a message board forum and trash him as it serves no purpose.
Anyone who thinks BO had any influence in the decision making process to fire Chan Gailey is off their rocker. There may be two posters on BO who contribute anything to our program financially. 33Jacket I believe is one of them. The rest of them even with this coaching change which is what they wanted, won't pony up the dollars to support our program. The eternal excuse is: "I'll give when they prove to me they have have a real program". I doubt DRAD is holding his breath on that money. It won't ever come. That idea of contributing is what is wrong with those fans.
You guys praise Taz Anderson for being a beacon of rationale because he was so outspoken about our program and Gailey. Taz Anderson also gives signifcant dollars that most of us cannot afford to, EVEN WHEN THE PROGRAM IS NOT LIVING UP TO HIS EXPECTATIONS.
That's the difference between guys with balls and guys with no balls. The majority of BO, has no balls.
