Time to cut the Bill Lewis references...We now have a new standard

[Father WASP]

All year long I've read posters refer to different era's of Tech football, well you can say what you want, one thing was always certain - each coach - and I've watched em all from Fulcher to Pepper to Curry to OLeary - had Tech ready to play Georgia. Outmanned? I've seen years where Georgia escaped by the skin of their teeth over Tech teams which physically shouldn't have been on the field.

I've walked away with a dagger in my heart after Georgia would pull one out with a chain breaking or a last second field goal.

This was a new low. Over by the first quarter. A once proud football program relegated to whining about the score being run up and floundering around with Duke.

You people who think this was an aberration do not know football. This team had almost a year but did not have enough fight or emotion to show up against it's arch rival. This team did not improve in one phase of the game (except possibly defense). The special teams fumbled balls and stopped at the 10 yard line. This staff rotated quarterbacks in the last game of the year similar to a spring scrimmage. Supposedly our coach started breaking down film in February. What the hell was he watching?

I would suggest rather than defending him you NFL admirers need to ask - can this man hire an assistant coach who can coach a center to get a snap back to the quarterback?(this started the 4th week of the season). If Jonathan Smith is the type of athlete who can displace every quarterback on the squad in the last game of the year with a week of practice, can he not return a kickoff rather than a fullback type? If Bilbo makes yardage on his given 3 play allotment - a qb draw, a sweep and a pass, can he not run the option instead of Suggs?

This was one pathetic showing for a major college program. As I posted last week, Tech is going to new lows, scrambling around trying to find a bowl game to go to after that fiasco so we can be "happy" after Georgia kicked our ass.

Next year, you apologists can sit in a new, expanded Bobby Dodd Stadium next to the assholes I endured. Auburn, Clemson, Georgia will love the return of Gailey so they can have more seats for their Atlanta home game. I cannot count the number of people who said they were sick of this S__T and not going to buy tickets. They and I are not talking winning and losing, I am specifically talking about a team that could not show up with any more emotion, any better game plan, and more ability to execute fundamentals than what I watched on Saturday. Troy State, MTSU and others at least play for a half or so, but we go and lay down and whine about the score being run up on us.

We pay this guy a million bucks for that?

 

[flatjacket]

Thank you Father Wasp. I agree with your sentiments 110%. I have never been so disgusted in my life. Gailey and staff would not have even ridden the bus back to Atlanta. CG would have been cleaning out his desk by Sunday morning and turning in his keys. And the players who are man enough to admit they quit against ugag would be turning in their scholarships. Anybody who can take this loss and say oh well, we will be better next year, just give him a chance to get his recruits is dreaming.

 

[oldfoggy]

Next year lets take the team to Junction Tx (I do remember that) and the ones that survive will be more than ready to play anybody. CG needs to get his a$$ in gear or get out and right now I don't care which.

I supported him all year saying he needs time to adjust but to hell with his adjustments we need someone to step up and get the job done.

 

[Gold Rush]

Father Wasp
Excellent post...I couldn't have said it better myself

 

[GMC 68]

Father Wasp, I totally agree. The point I have been trying to make all year is, this is a good football team. However they are not motivated. As stated I have seen far worse teams play at a much higher level than this year's team. We had bad teams but were not embarassed by them.

 

[beeware]

I tried to tell everyone last December what a pathetic mistake that hiring Chan Gailey really was.
But virtually everyone on here was blinded by the resume.
There is not one person that was considered for the coaching job that wouldn't have been better than Chan. Chan is the worst possible selection that could have been made.
And that is not a second guess....that was stated in advance many times.

 

[Father WASP]

I hope we don't start this stuff again about who is more true blue. The fact is the "we won't miss you" crowd is growing thinner and thinner as the years wear on. If you will review any of my statements you will see they do not dwell on winning and losing, but this type of display is embarassing to Georgia Tech. As for the center, we have had a problem with snaps all year. Either move him to guard, coach him, or get someone else by the 12th game of the year. This is a major college program for crying out loud, and one can go to most high school games and see flawless shotgun snaps from beginning to end. He killed a possible game winning drive vs. Wake, scored a safety for Duke only to top it with a school record 6 on the ground vs. Georgia. Something wrong here?

 

[Beesnut]

You know this is the first Tech game in the past 15 years I have not been able to finish watching.

This was embarassing. Gailey I hope you do read these boards.

Damn we should of hired Jim Grobe.

 

[ncjacket]

Here's a question FatherWasp...everyone goes on about how good some of our athletes are, such as our center. All year we heard about how good he is and what a good job he's doing. Now all of a sudden it's the coaches fault that he can't snap the ball? Just when did he forget how? I'm not trying to pick on a player but somebody will have to explain to me where his responsibility to make simple plays ends. Why is it great talent when a kid makes a play and lousy coaching when he screws up?

I'm not happy with the results saturday. I'm sure the coaching staff and the vast majority of the players aren't either. (the ones that don't care need to be gone). The fact is CG isn't going anywhere (unless he wants to). Therefore instead of bitching and moaning about why he needs to be fired, or why he never should have been hired in the first place, I choose to believe that the man does know football and can get this mess turned around.

If the powers that be decide something else needs to take place then I'll support whoever is running the show. Until then I'll support the people we have.

I am thrilled overall with how the AA has shaped up over the past few years. Football is the concern now obviously. But Braine has put the overall program on solid ground going forward. He was the AD while Va Tech was building their FB program (I know, he inherited Beamer, but he also resisted alumni efforts to fire him) so I think he does have a clue about what needs to be done.

I also think we need to actually graduate some athletes around here. If that makes it more tough for us then so be it. We're supposed to be tougher than Ugag anyway.

I say complain about what happened. Make it clear it's not acceptable. But for all those who have decided to stop buying tickets and supporting the team I say --- we won't miss you. That may be short sighted on my part but I remember people turning in their Duke basketball tickets during Coach K's first 2 years. Those people can't get back in Cameron right now. Personally I pull for the Jackets, I don't care who the coach is or who the players are (or where they come from). But that's just me.