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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 964159" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>The more I think about it, this thread serves a couple of important functions besides just being cathartic for getting over the worst period in the history of Ga Tech football.</p><p></p><p>First, talking about the past is the very definition of sports talk. Historic games, blown calls, magnificent victories, and comparing stats and performances is the stock and trade of what fans do. Several excellent films have been made about this phenomenon but perhaps one of my favorites is “Buffalo ‘66.” Why is this important for fans? It’s how fans bond to each other and to a program. Without these shared memories and discussions a program atrophies. Spend any time at all with uga fans as they rehash games and coaches endlessly and you will understand why their culture is so strong.</p><p></p><p>Second, reflecting on the disaster of the previous coaching experience can provide a healthy perspective on where we are now. Anyone who doesn’t cut CBK a lot of slack right now isn’t paying attention. Anyone who thinks that it’s simple to turn around a program that had gone this far in the dumpster hasn’t learned the lessons of the previous regime and is going to be susceptible all over again to the next slick talking con man who promises an “elite” program. We better not skim over this lesson.</p><p></p><p>What sets the previous coach apart from any other coach in Tech history is not just the incompetence and ineptitude, it is that it happened at a time when the Institute was having serious questions about whether football should even be a thing at Tech anymore. It happened when Tech was wondering if we could ever compete again. It happened when social media, in relation to sports PR, is perhaps at its most toxic level, where reputations can be destroyed for a generation. Had this coaching tenure happened in any other decade it would not have had near the destructive level on this program.</p><p></p><p>We better never forget what the last regime did. Going forward we need to be far more realistic about how long it takes to build a solid foundation at a school like Tech. We all want to see Key turn this around sooner rather than later but if we don’t “give an extra year of support” for every 3 win season in the previous regime we are still very unserious about what it’s going to take here.</p><p></p><p>Had not thought much at all about the previous guy of late until this thread brought it back up. Now I think there is a valuable lesson in this. We BETTER NOT try to move on too quickly or we will have learned nothing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 964159, member: 1640"] The more I think about it, this thread serves a couple of important functions besides just being cathartic for getting over the worst period in the history of Ga Tech football. First, talking about the past is the very definition of sports talk. Historic games, blown calls, magnificent victories, and comparing stats and performances is the stock and trade of what fans do. Several excellent films have been made about this phenomenon but perhaps one of my favorites is “Buffalo ‘66.” Why is this important for fans? It’s how fans bond to each other and to a program. Without these shared memories and discussions a program atrophies. Spend any time at all with uga fans as they rehash games and coaches endlessly and you will understand why their culture is so strong. Second, reflecting on the disaster of the previous coaching experience can provide a healthy perspective on where we are now. Anyone who doesn’t cut CBK a lot of slack right now isn’t paying attention. Anyone who thinks that it’s simple to turn around a program that had gone this far in the dumpster hasn’t learned the lessons of the previous regime and is going to be susceptible all over again to the next slick talking con man who promises an “elite” program. We better not skim over this lesson. What sets the previous coach apart from any other coach in Tech history is not just the incompetence and ineptitude, it is that it happened at a time when the Institute was having serious questions about whether football should even be a thing at Tech anymore. It happened when Tech was wondering if we could ever compete again. It happened when social media, in relation to sports PR, is perhaps at its most toxic level, where reputations can be destroyed for a generation. Had this coaching tenure happened in any other decade it would not have had near the destructive level on this program. We better never forget what the last regime did. Going forward we need to be far more realistic about how long it takes to build a solid foundation at a school like Tech. We all want to see Key turn this around sooner rather than later but if we don’t “give an extra year of support” for every 3 win season in the previous regime we are still very unserious about what it’s going to take here. Had not thought much at all about the previous guy of late until this thread brought it back up. Now I think there is a valuable lesson in this. We BETTER NOT try to move on too quickly or we will have learned nothing. [/QUOTE]
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