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re: Bottom line.....Georgia Tech Should be in the SEC
Posted on 11/13/15 at 8:13 am to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 11/13/15 at 8:13 am to SummerOfGeorge
Dodd didn't stack his squads via the 140 rule like Bryant and others did.
He thought it was very unfair to offer a scholarship to a recruit and then yank it later from him. Dodd felt that if the coach had misjudged the recruit's talent or found a better player, then the coach should man up and honor the scholarship that he had given out.
I would take Dodd over Bryant any day of the week. If I had son that was being recruited by both coaches, I would advise him to go with Coach Dodd any day of the week.
When looking back on his coaching career, Dodd was most proud of the fact that less than 5 of his players regretted their decision to play for him.
Some of you Bama yahoos are simply not deep enough to understand where I'm coming from.
He thought it was very unfair to offer a scholarship to a recruit and then yank it later from him. Dodd felt that if the coach had misjudged the recruit's talent or found a better player, then the coach should man up and honor the scholarship that he had given out.
I would take Dodd over Bryant any day of the week. If I had son that was being recruited by both coaches, I would advise him to go with Coach Dodd any day of the week.
When looking back on his coaching career, Dodd was most proud of the fact that less than 5 of his players regretted their decision to play for him.
Some of you Bama yahoos are simply not deep enough to understand where I'm coming from.
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Posted on 11/13/15 at 8:19 am to cypressbrake3
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Some of you Bama yahoos are simply not deep enough to understand where I'm coming from.
Some of us know the entire history of Dodd and his elitist, holier than thou approach to everything, how he treated schools and people he deemed lower than him and Tech and the way he went about using the media (specifically Furman Bisher) to destroy his enemies. And, how his ultimate decision to make Tech the Notre Dame of the South ultimately failed. They made their bed and they get to lie in it.
Kids then knew, just as they do now, that when they signed with Alabama or Mississippi along with the other 7 best QBs in that state that there was a chance they would not play and get moved to another position. Kids in Alabama did not care, they would rather be the 6th QB at Alabama and play for Bryant than be the starter at South Carolina. The whole argument was crafted around the idea that those kids were being abused. Find me numerous articles and quotes from kids that felt abused by that system.
This post was edited on 11/13/15 at 8:23 am
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:04 am to cypressbrake3
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I would take Dodd over Bryant any day of the week. If I had son that was being recruited by both coaches, I would advise him to go with Coach Dodd any day of the week.
When looking back on his coaching career, Dodd was most proud of the fact that less than 5 of his players regretted their decision to play for him.
Some of you Bama yahoos are simply not deep enough to understand where I'm coming
The only thing that's "deep" about your rambling nonsensical post is that its Bull shite.
You must be Dodds grandson or something, because no right minded individual would even attempt to make the argument that Dodd was a better coach than Bryant.
Revisionist History is just that, revisionist. It cracks me up when people attempt to make the argument that some how Bryant had an advantage because he could sign 140 players. EVERYONE could do that during those times, so where's the advantage?
As far as the Holt- Granning incident, whatever. Injuries happen! Darwin Holt visited Graining in the Hospital and regretted the injury. But football was a brutal sport back then.
The Atlanta Media had a field day with that and it ultimately led to the Saturday Evening Post story. The same Post that eventually settled out of court with C Bryant because they knew it was bullshite.
This post was edited on 11/13/15 at 10:06 am
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