What word best describes Chan Gailey? For me, it's mediocre.
He has a 58.9 career winning percentage at GT, and he will likely close out this year having lost at least 5 games a year for 6 years. His career winning percentage is 61 percent regardless of location. He's the meaty part of the bell curve of average.
While he has managed to go 6-1 vs. Miami, Auburn and Notre Dame, he has managed to lose games against horrible UNC, Duke, Wake and Fresno State teams while blowing two layup opportunities to beat his biggest rival (UGA '04 and UGA '06). All the while continuing his career long tradition of not developing an all-star QB (other than 1 year with Kordell Stewart).
The problem for GT...Gailey is hovering around the 55 or so percentile of coaches. That means there's almost a 50-50 shot that they could actually do WORSE with their next hire.
Especially if they go looking in a year where UCLA, Nebraska, TAMU, Michigan, LSU, Auburn, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Pitt, Syracuse, Washington State, etc all may be looking for coaches...not to mention the fact that GT is an inherently hard place to win because of their culture, budget, facilities and curriculum.
So, basically...Gailey needs to beat Georgia. Badly. We're getting their A+ game on Saturday. It's a hungry crew desperate for a win. Vegas knows it. That's why the spread is around 3 points. We didn't fair well when we ran into this type of situation in Knoxville, but our team is nothing like the UGA Crew that was obliterated on Rocky Top.
He's mediocre, but ask Tommy Tuberville if the sting of losing to these guys isn't real. Our boys should win by two plus TDs. But will we?
See Also:
-- Pros and Cons of Keeping Gailey - AJC
-- Rivalry trumps job security concerns - Macon Telegraph
-- No Gimmicks for Tech's Game Plan - AJC
-- Gailey focuses on UGA - Savannah Now
-- UGA should be wary of a wipeout - Savannah Now
Ticket Info:
-- UGA at Georgia Tech - Stubhub.com
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