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Mostly “Fire Geoff Collins”, some reminiscing, maybe bourbon or other distractions
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<blockquote data-quote="GTLorenzo" data-source="post: 829422" data-attributes="member: 359"><p>Oriental, not sure of your age or when you started following Tech football, but Curry was an absolute train wreck for most of his tenure. Yes, he had a winning record at Alabama, but got a brick thrown through his office window because he couldn't beat Auburn. Many of his recruits were seniors on the 1992 national championship team that Gene Stallings coached, which shows what a real coach can do with talent.</p><p></p><p>Similar to Collins, Curry was in over his head for at least the first four years. Two 1 win seasons, a loss and tie to Furman, up and down game after game. He looked the part, like a model on the sidelines with his Ray Bans and Bike coaching pants, but he was no where near ready to be the coach of a major Division I team, not that we really were one at that point. Dodd certainly helped him and getting in better coordinators helped. Beating Clemson in 1984 helped turn the corner and 1985 was a good year. But we regressed in 1986 and thankfully Alabama came calling and we were able to get a real coach who won a national title in Year 4 after Curry left. </p><p></p><p>Curry was/is a great man and has a bucket full of stories about Dodd, Lombardi, Shula, etc., but I wouldn't want him anywhere near coaching a football team.</p><p></p><p>The comparison to Collins is most applicable in the games they lost that they shouldn't have (Citadel, NIU, Furman, etc.) and the overall feeling of "this coach is lost and is in over his head." Alabama would likely tell you the same thing. They didn't like hiring a coach from GT and ran him out of town to Kentucky as soon as they could, even with a 10-2 team in Year 3 that couldn't beat Auburn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTLorenzo, post: 829422, member: 359"] Oriental, not sure of your age or when you started following Tech football, but Curry was an absolute train wreck for most of his tenure. Yes, he had a winning record at Alabama, but got a brick thrown through his office window because he couldn't beat Auburn. Many of his recruits were seniors on the 1992 national championship team that Gene Stallings coached, which shows what a real coach can do with talent. Similar to Collins, Curry was in over his head for at least the first four years. Two 1 win seasons, a loss and tie to Furman, up and down game after game. He looked the part, like a model on the sidelines with his Ray Bans and Bike coaching pants, but he was no where near ready to be the coach of a major Division I team, not that we really were one at that point. Dodd certainly helped him and getting in better coordinators helped. Beating Clemson in 1984 helped turn the corner and 1985 was a good year. But we regressed in 1986 and thankfully Alabama came calling and we were able to get a real coach who won a national title in Year 4 after Curry left. Curry was/is a great man and has a bucket full of stories about Dodd, Lombardi, Shula, etc., but I wouldn't want him anywhere near coaching a football team. The comparison to Collins is most applicable in the games they lost that they shouldn't have (Citadel, NIU, Furman, etc.) and the overall feeling of "this coach is lost and is in over his head." Alabama would likely tell you the same thing. They didn't like hiring a coach from GT and ran him out of town to Kentucky as soon as they could, even with a 10-2 team in Year 3 that couldn't beat Auburn. [/QUOTE]
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