O’Reilly transfer ‘not done deal’
The father of Pope grad and now former Auburn guard Thomas O’Reilly said Tuesday that a transfer to Georgia Tech is “not a done deal yet. We think it’s an option, but it’s not a done deal at this point.” Shaun O’Reilly said that there has been conversation between his son and Tech since he decided to transfer, but asserted that no decision had been made.
“We’ve talked,” he said. “We know the school very well from when he was recruited as a [high-school prospect]. It’s a great school and it has a ton to offer.”
During his high school recruitment, Tech was the first school to offer O’Reilly, listed in his Auburn bio at 6-foot-3, 325 pounds, and he made multiple visits to the school during his recruitment.
O’Reilly redshirted this past season and, assuming he transfers to another FBS-level school, will have to sit out another year and would have three years of eligibility. A highly-regarded high school prospect, ESPN ranked him the No. 145 player nationally in the class of 2011 and Rivals named him the No. 19 offensive guard.
Shaun O’Reilly said the decision to transfer was based on opportunities to play and the Tigers’ scheme change, as well as academics. Coach Gene Chizik hired Scot Loeffler to replace Gus Malzahn as offensive coordinator in January after Malzahn left to become head coach at Arkansas State.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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Supersize that order, mutt
May 10th, 2012
1:53 pm
BTW, I thought that Hairy Dawg was going to be academics advisor. Isn’t he the one that has problems with mens and their moths or muoths?
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
1:55 pm
Super, Hairy likes to smash the muoths….thus, str & cond
George Stein
May 10th, 2012
1:58 pm
No cross-training on this staff, HighTech!
Supersize that order, mutt
May 10th, 2012
2:00 pm
@ Lee, yeah, that works
Supersize that order, mutt
May 10th, 2012
2:00 pm
@ George, I bet there’s some cross dressing though. LOL
HighTech
May 10th, 2012
2:01 pm
HighTech
May 8th, 2012
11:27 am
GT Lee…xman is meeting with the strength and conditioning coordinator, superDawg…
superDawg
April 15th, 2012
7:09 pm
ya’ll is puffed up bigger’n aunt jamima at a pancack eaten contest.
HighTech
May 10th, 2012
2:02 pm
Wow. I did it again. I blame the tool bar at the bottom of the page. lol.
HighTech
May 10th, 2012
2:07 pm
My apologies to all for filling up a page.
Supersize that order, mutt
May 10th, 2012
2:07 pm
What the hell was all that?
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
2:08 pm
my bad…I forgot, Hairy is recruiter, not str & cond……
HighTech
May 10th, 2012
2:11 pm
Supersize…it was a mistake. However, the bottom part of it was where GT Lee asked, “Where is Football Guru Gollum and his defensive coordinator atlxman?”
That started the idea of an all-star troll coaching staff lead by “the mythology of Wrecks”.
HighTech
May 10th, 2012
2:14 pm
led not lead. sigh.
Supersize that order, mutt
May 10th, 2012
2:14 pm
I had forgotten the exact content of Hairy Dawg’s original post. Is it possible for a human being to be any more illiterate than that? What a piece of work!!!
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
2:16 pm
Dream Team Coaching Staff so far:
Football Guru Gollum Head Coach
atlxman def coord
Hairy Dawg recruiting coord
superDawg strength and cond coach
headley lamar special teams
drip-dry dawgfan official poo inspector
ghost team chaplain
Really? towel boy
Annapolis Dawg O-line coach
truth waterboy
Birmingham jacket d-line coach
That cover it so far?
HighTech
May 10th, 2012
2:18 pm
GT Lee…you really know how to put together a group of winners. lol.
George Stein
May 10th, 2012
2:20 pm
Is it possible for a human being to be any more illiterate than that?
You don’t spend much time on Carvell’s or King’s Blawg, do you, Super?
George Stein
May 10th, 2012
2:20 pm
The title for dawgfan kills me.
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
2:21 pm
Arkansas should be calling soon. The combined knowledge of this staff would EASILY unseat Alabama and LSU from the top of the SEC West……..
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
2:22 pm
“The title for dawgfan kills me.”
Courtesy of BLT.
Supersize that order, mutt
May 10th, 2012
2:23 pm
I sorta hate to see Ghost in that list, even as chaplain, since he does on occasion make some pretty good posts.
George Stein
May 10th, 2012
2:25 pm
Ghost seems to be well-intentioned and I don’t think he trolls, but I could not disagree more with what he says. I think that’s my way of saying he should not be on that list.
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
2:25 pm
“GT Lee…you really know how to put together a group of winners. lol.”
Can’t take all the credit, had a lot of help from Mr HighTech…..
FL Jacket
May 10th, 2012
2:27 pm
“Ghost seems to be well-intentioned and I don’t think he trolls, but I could not disagree more with what he says. I think that’s my way of saying he should not be on that list.”
Haha GS…Kind of classy…but still flat-out wrong about a lot
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
2:27 pm
Well look at it this way guys….he can use his position as ’spiritual advisor’ to help the other staff members see the light and change ‘there’ ways….
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
2:28 pm
any staff member changes must be approved by HighTech.
Thanks
George Stein
May 10th, 2012
2:29 pm
I think that about captures it, FLJ.
FL Jacket
May 10th, 2012
2:30 pm
“REAM’D Team Coaching Staff so far:
Football Guru Gollum Head Coach
atlxman def coord
Hairy Dawg recruiting coord
superDawg strength and cond coach
headley lamar special teams
drip-dry dawgfan official poo inspector
ghost team chaplain
Really? towel boy
Annapolis Dawg O-line coach
truth waterboy
Birmingham jacket d-line coach”
GT Lee…FTFY
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
2:34 pm
GT Lee…F..T..F..Y
Huh???
HighTech
May 10th, 2012
2:40 pm
There’s at least a flimsy reason for each one of the staff appointments. Ghost, by virtue of his name, is team chaplain, as in Holy Ghost. Also, he is the most conflicted troll. He says he wants CPJ signed to a lifetime contract, but then spends a good deal of time trying to convince us how awful he is. Ghost also has the father/son dynamic going on. Because his dad taped ankles, ghost has greater insight into CFB than the rest of us. We should follow his divine guidance, but we reject his message. I hope I didn’t crucify him too badly.
Anyway, that was my thought process. If my fellow boot licking toadies disagree, I will listen.
George Stein
May 10th, 2012
2:40 pm
Nice, FLJ.
George Stein
May 10th, 2012
2:42 pm
Because his dad taped ankles, ghost has greater insight into CFB than the rest of us.
Speak for yourself.
- WnE
FL Jacket
May 10th, 2012
2:46 pm
GT Lee…
FTFY = Fixed That For You
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
2:47 pm
somebody please help me out with the last line of FLJ’s last post….
FL Jacket
May 10th, 2012
2:48 pm
” Because his dad taped ankles, ghost has greater insight into CFB than the rest of us”
HT…this barely qualifies ghost to have greater insight into ankles
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
2:48 pm
OK Thanks
George Stein
May 10th, 2012
2:48 pm
He changed the name from Dream to Ream’d, Lee.
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
2:49 pm
Because his dad taped ankles, ghost has greater insight into CFB than the rest of us.
Speak for yourself.
- WnE
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And THAT’s why he’s HEAD COACH
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
2:50 pm
hey 1st on page 6…..take THAT, 5150……lol
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
2:51 pm
“He changed the name from Dream to Ream’d, Lee.”
Yeah George I saw that but I didn’t understand the Fixed That For You abbrev.
George Stein
May 10th, 2012
2:57 pm
Oh, okay. Keep the Urban Dictionary open in a tab. That should help some.
HighTech
May 10th, 2012
3:02 pm
Ghost
April 21st, 2012
8:18 pm
Jim Donnan won National championships at Marshall , but had experience as offensive coordinator at Oklahoma under Switzer. Spurrier also was ahead coach in USFL . Johnsons never had to recruit and it show in his recruiting for tech. I can look at the roster he inherited had some very good talent and the roster he’s built doesn’t compare. He’s tried to sign better players , but they aren’t buying into the system. My Dad coached college football (mostly in the SEC)with some very great coaches, and he always said that recruiting was the lifeblood of a program, Pjs being out recruited by just about everyone and honestly he’s a good /average coach with a very average to below average staff.He recruits like a 1aa school.
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
3:27 pm
Ghost = team Chaplain
FL Jacket
May 10th, 2012
3:29 pm
“Jim Donnan won National championships at Marshall , but had experience as offensive coordinator at Oklahoma under Switzer. Spurrier also was ahead coach in USFL . Johnsons never had to recruit and it show in his recruiting for tech. I can look at the roster he inherited had some very good talent and the roster he’s built doesn’t compare. He’s tried to sign better players , but they aren’t buying into the system. My Dad coached college football (mostly in the SEC)with some very great coaches, and he always said that recruiting was the lifeblood of a program, Pjs being out recruited by just about everyone and honestly he’s a good /average coach with a very average to below average staff.He recruits like a 1aa school.”
HT…
Ghost sure loves that narrative doesn’t he? I bet he worships at the altar of Vince Dooley and Erk Russell. Well, not exactly. Because if he did, he’d realize that CPJ was a prized assistant to Erk Russell.
I’m sure ghost would love to explain how is it that CPJ takes every team he’s ever been a HC for to the best W/L record in the Modern Era for each school (Georgia Southern, Navy, Georgia Tech).
I would love for ghost to explain why the list of kids on NSD is more important than the W/L record of that class 2-3 years down the road. If that were the case, he should be more critical of Mark Richt than he ever should be a CPJ.
Gotta love the narrative though…it’s easy for dumb people to comprehend and make themselves feel better.
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
3:37 pm
Ghost is also infatuated with how many Undrafted Free Agents Tech has
BLT
May 10th, 2012
3:57 pm
dawgfan posted his own qualifications. He has first hand knowledge about the size of CMR’s poo.
Ghost post many of the same arguments that WnE does. He just does it in a civil manner.
WnE, well he’s just “Ol Wrexie”.
HighTech
May 10th, 2012
4:08 pm
The Grinch needs a job, too, GT Lee. What do you suggest?
BLT…are you wanting to leave ghost off the coaching staff because he is not an ELITE TROLL?
BLT
May 10th, 2012
4:27 pm
HighTech, I don’t remember Ghost ever calling people names. I know he does not like CPJ. That’s fine. I’m not sure why he wants to convince people of how “bad” CPJ is since he’s a bulldog fan. Seems like he would want Tech to have a terrible coach. I have my opinions about CPJ and some Tech people would not agree. I do believe he’s a good coach and will do good things for Tech (he already does and has… we just don’t read about them). Personally, I hope all the naysayers get it out early so this season will be much sweeter.
FL Jacket
May 10th, 2012
4:28 pm
“I have my opinions about CPJ and some Tech people would not agree.”
BLT…
Do you think we should be passing the ball more?
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
4:37 pm
Haven’t dealt much with The Grinch, HighTech. Locker Room Attendant? He can pick up the dirty jocks and do laundry…..
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
4:40 pm
“dawgfan posted his own qualifications. He has first hand knowledge about the size of CMR’s poo”
That’s true…I was only trying to give you credit for coining the phrase “Official Poo Inspector”, Mr BLT