Why won\'t Coach Gailey talk to the media?
Is this the most PR shy HC & staff in history? I mean, most HCs of any program size will stand on their head if they can get on radio or TV or in the local papers & get some publicity & excitement going for their school &/or team. It seems that our HC (who also 'allows' his staff to be interviewed) is the most publicity scared coach I've ever been associated with .
Even O'Leary has done more live Atlanta radio shows in the past 3 months, to use Beau's phrase 'for crying out loud', than has Gailey. Coach Hewitt is a regular on talk radio even when it is off season in Aug, Sept. Braine does his 'live' radio talk & interview show each week during season, which is phenominal for an AD. Even Tuberville does 'wrapup' recruiting radio shows in Atlanta. These folks know the value of good PR work.
Brian Murphy, whose column is picked up by Macon, Columbus & Savannah papers is about the only one to quote Coach Chan in the past 3 mo. Is he the ONLY one that calls our HC? Is he the ONLY one our HC will talk to?
I'm flabbergasted that HC Gailey has NOT done MORE to drum up support for Spring practice, the Spring game & season ticket sales for next season. We will NEED to sell many more tickets than we've been selling recently. This is NOT the time to hide behind a veil of secrecy with absolutely no public persona. He may think he is protecting himself from slings & arrows, but he may be seriously hurting the Ga Tech football program.
We need someone putting on the best public face possible, pointing out the positives, & hinting that the coming season should be less confusing. That the new season will bring new excitement. Just name me one single major program that has had less publicity that GT in the past couple of months. With no leadership from the HC, the precious few articles that have been written, have taken on the thoughts of the writer, rather than the HC. Even the AD felt he 'had' to say something for the HC. C'mon, Chan, get out there & mix it up with the media! They would love to talk with you, I assure you.
Is this the most PR shy HC & staff in history? I mean, most HCs of any program size will stand on their head if they can get on radio or TV or in the local papers & get some publicity & excitement going for their school &/or team. It seems that our HC (who also 'allows' his staff to be interviewed) is the most publicity scared coach I've ever been associated with .
Even O'Leary has done more live Atlanta radio shows in the past 3 months, to use Beau's phrase 'for crying out loud', than has Gailey. Coach Hewitt is a regular on talk radio even when it is off season in Aug, Sept. Braine does his 'live' radio talk & interview show each week during season, which is phenominal for an AD. Even Tuberville does 'wrapup' recruiting radio shows in Atlanta. These folks know the value of good PR work.
Brian Murphy, whose column is picked up by Macon, Columbus & Savannah papers is about the only one to quote Coach Chan in the past 3 mo. Is he the ONLY one that calls our HC? Is he the ONLY one our HC will talk to?
I'm flabbergasted that HC Gailey has NOT done MORE to drum up support for Spring practice, the Spring game & season ticket sales for next season. We will NEED to sell many more tickets than we've been selling recently. This is NOT the time to hide behind a veil of secrecy with absolutely no public persona. He may think he is protecting himself from slings & arrows, but he may be seriously hurting the Ga Tech football program.
We need someone putting on the best public face possible, pointing out the positives, & hinting that the coming season should be less confusing. That the new season will bring new excitement. Just name me one single major program that has had less publicity that GT in the past couple of months. With no leadership from the HC, the precious few articles that have been written, have taken on the thoughts of the writer, rather than the HC. Even the AD felt he 'had' to say something for the HC. C'mon, Chan, get out there & mix it up with the media! They would love to talk with you, I assure you.