Ramble1885
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We are 100 days from toe meeting leather! I interviewed Coach Cremins for my podcast (working on editing that right now) and one of the things I did was ask him about various Tech people. I asked him about Homer Rice, Al Ciraldo, and of course, Bobby Dodd. Cremins told me a fun story. It was summer of 1981, shortly after he had been hired to turn a struggling hoops program around. As Cremins is walking out of the old GTAA building, he sees a familiar face walking in, the Gray Fox himself. He goes up to introduce himself saying "Hello Mr. Dodd. I'm the new head men's basketball coach." Dodd swiftly responds with "I know who you are, Cremins!" Even in retirement Dodd was well aware of what was occurring in the athletic department.
Were any of you fortunate enough to have met, or had a conversation/relationship with the old Coach himself? I am proud of Coach Key, as even with the craziness of NIL I feel that if Bobby Dodd was here today he would be able to recognize the GT football program. We still do things the right way, the Dodd way, while adapting to this modern era. We graduate a majority of our players, we develop our players into good men off the field (cough cough, Athens), and we win a good amount on the field.
Interested to hear your stories, and once again we are 100 days to kickoff!
Were any of you fortunate enough to have met, or had a conversation/relationship with the old Coach himself? I am proud of Coach Key, as even with the craziness of NIL I feel that if Bobby Dodd was here today he would be able to recognize the GT football program. We still do things the right way, the Dodd way, while adapting to this modern era. We graduate a majority of our players, we develop our players into good men off the field (cough cough, Athens), and we win a good amount on the field.
Interested to hear your stories, and once again we are 100 days to kickoff!
