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<blockquote data-quote="Essobee" data-source="post: 21600" data-attributes="member: 715"><p>There are lots of great stories about Bobby. The slogan of the day was "In Dodd We Trust". I recall him addressing the players immediately after the last practice before the Kentucky game. He said, "Fellas, the odds makers have us at 50-50 going against Kentucky. That's all we ever ask...just an even chance."</p><p></p><p>There was little question in anybody's mind that Bobby was the best sideline coach in football. And it was a near certainty that if Tech was still in the ball game at halftime, Tech would win the game. When players had to play both offense and defense, Bobby recruited for defensive ability. There were a lot of low scoring games, especially with Tech quick-kicking on third down a lot, but Bobby didn't want to beat himself. He figured that if you had to go eighty or more yards to get a touchdown, you would probably make a mistake. He would rather the opponent make the mistakes...which would generally wind up being fatal.</p><p></p><p>I recall another time Bobby addressed a local alumni group and was introduced by Billy Shaw. This was a number of years after Bobby had retired from coaching. In his introduction, Billy said, "A lot of alumni had the wrong impression of Coach Dodd. You may have thought he was a kind, easy-going and gentle man that spoke softly but carried a big stick. Well, if you ever played for Coach Dodd, you know that he was easy-going only when we won. The last thing you wanted in life was to go to practice and face Coach Dodd on a Monday after a loss on Saturday."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Essobee, post: 21600, member: 715"] There are lots of great stories about Bobby. The slogan of the day was "In Dodd We Trust". I recall him addressing the players immediately after the last practice before the Kentucky game. He said, "Fellas, the odds makers have us at 50-50 going against Kentucky. That's all we ever ask...just an even chance." There was little question in anybody's mind that Bobby was the best sideline coach in football. And it was a near certainty that if Tech was still in the ball game at halftime, Tech would win the game. When players had to play both offense and defense, Bobby recruited for defensive ability. There were a lot of low scoring games, especially with Tech quick-kicking on third down a lot, but Bobby didn't want to beat himself. He figured that if you had to go eighty or more yards to get a touchdown, you would probably make a mistake. He would rather the opponent make the mistakes...which would generally wind up being fatal. I recall another time Bobby addressed a local alumni group and was introduced by Billy Shaw. This was a number of years after Bobby had retired from coaching. In his introduction, Billy said, "A lot of alumni had the wrong impression of Coach Dodd. You may have thought he was a kind, easy-going and gentle man that spoke softly but carried a big stick. Well, if you ever played for Coach Dodd, you know that he was easy-going only when we won. The last thing you wanted in life was to go to practice and face Coach Dodd on a Monday after a loss on Saturday." [/QUOTE]
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