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<blockquote data-quote="GSOJacket" data-source="post: 950785" data-attributes="member: 727"><p>Great story, Hjacket. I have one too. Following the misery that was our 1987 & 1988 football seasons, we had Bobby Ross as our summer 1989 Triad Alumni Club meeting in Winston-Salem. Prior to dinner you would have thought Coach Ross had come from a leper colony. Very few attendees were interesting in talking to him. It was embarrassing. At dinner I sat next to him. I asked him how he saw prospects for the coming season after losing most of his starters to graduation. I'll never forget his response, one sentence, no elaboration, essentially: "While we lost most of our starters, and the guys who are going to replace them don't have much experience, THEY ARE MORE TALENTED."</p><p>As you probably know, we lost our first three games in 1989, and you could almost feel the groans all the day up here in North Carolina, but then the turn began with the Jackets winning 7 of the final 8. No bowl - I think we'd been written off early. But that was the prelude to 1990. My son was at Tech in 1990 and experienced our unforgettable football and basketball teams in his freshman year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GSOJacket, post: 950785, member: 727"] Great story, Hjacket. I have one too. Following the misery that was our 1987 & 1988 football seasons, we had Bobby Ross as our summer 1989 Triad Alumni Club meeting in Winston-Salem. Prior to dinner you would have thought Coach Ross had come from a leper colony. Very few attendees were interesting in talking to him. It was embarrassing. At dinner I sat next to him. I asked him how he saw prospects for the coming season after losing most of his starters to graduation. I'll never forget his response, one sentence, no elaboration, essentially: "While we lost most of our starters, and the guys who are going to replace them don't have much experience, THEY ARE MORE TALENTED." As you probably know, we lost our first three games in 1989, and you could almost feel the groans all the day up here in North Carolina, but then the turn began with the Jackets winning 7 of the final 8. No bowl - I think we'd been written off early. But that was the prelude to 1990. My son was at Tech in 1990 and experienced our unforgettable football and basketball teams in his freshman year. [/QUOTE]
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