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Georgia Tech fires Gailey

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:34 pm
by CurrentStang
ESPN:

ATLANTA -- Georgia Tech fired football coach Chan Gailey after six seasons, two days after the Yellow Jackets lost to rival Georgia for the sixth season in a row, sources close to the situation said Monday.



Gailey
Gailey, 55, was informed of the decision by Georgia Tech athletics director Dan Radakovich in a meeting on Monday morning, the sources said. It wasn't immediately known whether Gailey would coach the Yellow Jackets in a bowl game.

The school has scheduled a 2 p.m news conference to announce the firing.

Gailey, a former Dallas Cowboys head coach, had a 44-32 record at Georgia Tech, leading the Yellow Jackets to a bowl game in each of his first five seasons. The Yellow Jackets are 7-5 this season and are eligible to play in a bowl game for the 11th straight season.

Gailey led Georgia Tech to a 9-5 record in 2006, a season in which the Yellow Jackets won the Coastal Division and lost to Wake Forest in the ACC Championship Game.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:39 pm
by dcpony
I just want him to be our next coach because the "Fake Chan Gailey" was the one of the Ticket's greatest bits.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:39 pm
by SmooBoy
Amazing. He's a winner with the Cowboys and the YellowJackets and gets fired from both jobs.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:43 pm
by BRStang
SmooBoy wrote:Amazing. He's a winner with the Cowboys and the YellowJackets and gets fired from both jobs.


Georgia Tech is ENTITLED to a national championship, don't you know??? :)

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:45 pm
by SmooBoy
Can't wait until we are tired of just 5 straight bowl games...

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:51 pm
by Alaric
dcpony wrote:I just want him to be our next coach because the "Fake Chan Gailey" was the one of the Ticket's greatest bits.


wrong. the fake A Rod was the best

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:56 pm
by Junior
Alaric wrote:
dcpony wrote:I just want him to be our next coach because the "Fake Chan Gailey" was the one of the Ticket's greatest bits.


wrong. the fake A Rod was the best


gotta admit, fake wade phillips is pretty good too.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:01 pm
by friarwolf
fake jerry and motorcycle Greggo.............

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:04 pm
by BrianTinBigD
dcpony wrote:I just want him to be our next coach because the "Fake Chan Gailey" was the one of the Ticket's greatest bits.


Let's bring back Football Half the Way

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:06 pm
by Nacho
It simply amazes me that otherwise sane people listen to the ticket. I stopped on 1/1/01--life has been much better since then. I was at the Rose Bowl parade having a Vietnamese Cappucino when I made the decision. Great parade btw. Don't walk behind the horses.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:12 pm
by dcpony
Nacho wrote:It simply amazes me that otherwise sane people listen to the ticket. I stopped on 1/1/01--life has been much better since then. I was at the Rose Bowl parade having a Vietnamese Cappucino when I made the decision. Great parade btw. Don't walk behind the horses.


The Ticket is pure genius...

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:19 pm
by mustangbill67
dcpony wrote:
Nacho wrote:It simply amazes me that otherwise sane people listen to the ticket. I stopped on 1/1/01--life has been much better since then. I was at the Rose Bowl parade having a Vietnamese Cappucino when I made the decision. Great parade btw. Don't walk behind the horses.


The Ticket is pure genius...


Also stopped listening about 3 years ago. While there are a few funny bits, it is primarily sophomoric drivel. Admittedly I am outside the range of its target audience.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:23 pm
by Nacho
It's pure something.

I was just wondering why anyone would take the Duke job. I know that Spurrier did ok there but now that they are in the expanded ACC it is the ultimate no-win situattion. A guarantee to be fired in 3-5 years. No chance whatsoever to go beyond that. No chance to get another HC job. I can see a 65 y/o taking it but anyone with any kind of coaching future should run as fast as possible from that situation.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:25 pm
by Alaric
Even Jerry Jones likes the fake Jerry.



Good mornin' to you

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:26 pm
by couch 'em
Nacho wrote:It's pure something.

I was just wondering why anyone would take the Duke job. I know that Spurrier did ok there but now that they are in the expanded ACC it is the ultimate no-win situattion. A guarantee to be fired in 3-5 years. No chance whatsoever to go beyond that. No chance to get another HC job. I can see a 65 y/o taking it but anyone with any kind of coaching future should run as fast as possible from that situation.


Sound familiar.