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<blockquote data-quote="Atomic Jacket" data-source="post: 31047" data-attributes="member: 1008"><p>Set aside for a moment the question of whether Johnson should be fired. Speaking generally on the topic coach firings, I think it is entirely appropriate for a fan to voice public support for a coach's firing. And in fact, if a fan does believe he should be fired, not only is it okay, but it's actually preferable that he make that desire known publicly, and not just by a private message to the athletic director. The reason is that it helps to validate the opinions of like-minded fans who may be staying silent out of a false belief that they are alone or at best small in number. It helps to draw out more fans who are in agreement with his opinion, and maybe convinces them to throw their support behind a change. This is the best way to apply pressure to an administration to make a change. I firmly believe that one of the main reasons Gailey was able to hang around as long as he did is that much of the criticism and criticizers of Gailey were censored from the Hive, which was the main source of fan opinion at the time. These fans found a voice on other sites, but there was not nearly the traffic. I think the efforts of the Hive actually prolonged and delayed the inevitable change, because it kept the voices of the dissenters marginalized until the groundswell was too much to tamp down. The cratering of support for Gailey seemed to happen overnight to the casual observer of Tech football, but it had actually been growing very slowly over many years. The point I'm trying to make is that if a fan wants change, it does not help his cause to stay publicly silent about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Atomic Jacket, post: 31047, member: 1008"] Set aside for a moment the question of whether Johnson should be fired. Speaking generally on the topic coach firings, I think it is entirely appropriate for a fan to voice public support for a coach's firing. And in fact, if a fan does believe he should be fired, not only is it okay, but it's actually preferable that he make that desire known publicly, and not just by a private message to the athletic director. The reason is that it helps to validate the opinions of like-minded fans who may be staying silent out of a false belief that they are alone or at best small in number. It helps to draw out more fans who are in agreement with his opinion, and maybe convinces them to throw their support behind a change. This is the best way to apply pressure to an administration to make a change. I firmly believe that one of the main reasons Gailey was able to hang around as long as he did is that much of the criticism and criticizers of Gailey were censored from the Hive, which was the main source of fan opinion at the time. These fans found a voice on other sites, but there was not nearly the traffic. I think the efforts of the Hive actually prolonged and delayed the inevitable change, because it kept the voices of the dissenters marginalized until the groundswell was too much to tamp down. The cratering of support for Gailey seemed to happen overnight to the casual observer of Tech football, but it had actually been growing very slowly over many years. The point I'm trying to make is that if a fan wants change, it does not help his cause to stay publicly silent about it. [/QUOTE]
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