Brent Key on instilling a culture of toughness at Georgia Tech

[tmhunter52]

I don't know about how tough this team will be but during the Black Watch years, I had a sideline pass for a game against Duke, I think it was. Anyway, on a play that was five yards away, I saw and heard Ted Roof and Pat Swilling damn near decapitate a Blue Devil running back in one of those one guy hits high and the other hits low kind of deals. The runner managed to get to his feet and hobble towards the Duke bench. I can't remember if he made it or not but he did not play another down that game. Scary.

I can still hear a solo stop made in a game by Lucius Sanford. You don’t hear that sound anymore…

 

[GTRhino24]

When Key made the comment about now scrimmaging during week, I knew he was serious and the culture was going to change. AND--that Spring "game " touch football crap was a great example of that.

If Key runs practices like the ones he and I experienced under O’Leary, then these guys will have to be tough. It was brutal. I don’t remember much from those days, likely due to concussions from Tillman and Young.