Posts tagged Mark Bradley

I hope your weekend has been great and is not over! For those of you that had to go in today, at least you caught a break from the normal traffic. In my 20 years in the software industry, I do not think a single line of code was written or a single sales call was made on days like today. Today is after all a holiday, and justifiably so.

I try to stay away from politics here, however unsuccessfully, in fact this blog serves as my escape from those realities. As a libertarian minded person, Martin Luther King Jr. serves as a triumph of the individual over government in my eyes. He never sought a place at the table of government. He placed his words and ideas in our collective minds.

His goal, peaceful change, rightful equality.

Today’s leaders drape their true motives in his ideals. They seek profit and power. They march “hit and run” style, only staying long enough to collect. Results matter not to them, personal enrichment and political gain are the only true measures of their effectiveness.

Many will come a calling on Auburn Avenue today. They come to have their picture taken, to associate themselves with greatness. They will make contacts. They will return for their next election. This is how they “pay their dues.”

Today there will be many celebrations of Dr. King’s life and his accomplishments. Teleprompters will be read and pundit’s legs will tingle. Please remember who we are celebrating and why.

Back to football….

Johnny majors endorses Derek Dooley. I believe the time of day the quote was given is relevant here, if you know what I mean.
Orlando Sentinel – College Gridiron 365 Blog – New Vols coach Dooley gets backing of Johnny Majors

Majors told Knoxville television station WVLT that Dooley was an “excellent choice” for the job.

“They say that anybody that can work for Nick Saban for two or three years, you got to be pretty tough. You can’t be a softie and work for Nick Saban, who I respect very much as a coach. He is an outstanding coach,” Majors told the TV station.

Fair or not, I expect Derek Dooley and Skip Holtz are going to be measured against one another for years to come. Right now you would have to give Holtz the edge. Skip did a wonderful job in the sand hills of Carolina. Derek, on the other hand, landed in the SEC East. The Big East pales in comparison.
Orlando Sentinel – College Gridiron 365 Blog – Skip Holtz already cleaning house at USF

No less than a week into his new job and Skip Holtz is already putting his stamp on the South Florida program.

Five USF assistant football coaches, including coordinators Mike Canales and Joe Tresey were let go by Holtz according to a report at the St. Petersburg Times.

Exile takes on Mark Bradley. Good. Now I don’t have to. I think I have figured Bradley’s cadence, it goes some thing like a a a a a b, with every sixth post being positive about Georgia with the previous five being blatant hits. Look, Bradley is a Kentucky man, but he has to be a closet fan of the Dawgs. He enjoys quality collegiate athletics and the Bulldogs afford him the opportunity to witness quality football. I assume the nature of the beast that is professional muckraking requires him to poke the biggest, baddest game in town, or state as the case may be.
A Bulldog in Exile: From the stoopid files

He starts out by saying process didn’t matter, yet for five weeks all he wrote about was process. The he proceeds to say Grantham won’t stir the hearts (and message boards) of Georgia fans, therefore isn’t as good a hire.

The he asks “who had heard of Todd Grantham a month ago?” Well, I have prepared a list:

Bernie puts his always tasty meatloaf on the table, then analyzes his own “dream.”
Bernie’s Dawg Blawg: Monday’s Meatloaf – I Had a Nightmare…of a Dooley in Orange

“No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.” I wasn’t aware Burroughs had ever served any time in the Vol Navy, but I get his drift. Back on point, God bless you Derek Dooley for trying to save a slew of dimwitted mountain folk. You’ve chosen your fate, win or lose. Unfortunately, coaches careers tend not to end well in Knutsville. But surely you knew that going in.

Cousin Walter wants to know if opponent’s QBs will continue to have their career best days against the Dawgs.
What will Grantham’s Pass Coverage be like? « Football on the Brain

What is Georgia’s new coordinator, Todd Grantham, going to do about defending the pass?

In 2009, Georgia had much trouble defending the pass. Was it because of Willie Martinez’s supposive soft coverage? Who really knows? In the South Carolina game, Garcia hit them underneath and while at Arkansas, Razorbacks QB Ryan Mallett hit them deep. They are a few more examples of Georgia’s ineffective pass coverage from 2009 but why put ourselves through the memory.

In case you missed it, Georgia fell to Mississippi State over the weekend on the hardwood. If you have seen the movie “Groundhog Day” you know how Coach Mark Fox must be feeling. Here is my wrap up of the game.
Still Improving Dawgs Fall 72-69 | DAWGSbui 2.0 beta

The Georgia Bulldogs went into to Starkville and continued their growth as a basketball team. Ultimately, they could not finish the drill as Mississippi State prevailed 72-69.