There's a Civil War story involving Lincoln and General George McClellan that makes me think of Fox. Lincoln grew exasperated by McClellan's failure to pursue the retreating Lee after the battle of Antietam. The President complained to his cabinet members that the cautious General "has a bad case of the slows."
Lincoln finally gave his general a deadline on which to put the Army of the Potomac into action. When that day came and went without any troop movement, McClellan was called upon to account for the delay. An indignant McClellan wrote a detailed reply explaining that his army's horses were worn out and in no condition to launch any offensive.
Lincoln wrote him back a wonderfully biting reply: “I have just read your dispatch about sore tongued and fatigued horses. Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since the battle of Antietam that fatigue anything?”
When even that didn't spur McClellan into action, a frustrated Lincoln was overheard to exclaim, "If General McClellan isn't going to use his army, I'd like to borrow it for a time."
That's the way we all feel about Fox not starting his most talented scorers and his playing at such a slow and emotionless tempo. It makes you want to stand up during a game and shout down, "Coach Fox, if you're not going to use your roster, we'd like to borrow it for a time so that the Steg can see what a UGA fast break looks like!" Seeing the supremely athletic Crump, Harris, Hightower, Hammonds and Diatta tightly tethered to the bench for entire halves of games makes a Bulldawg fan's heart feel sad.
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Lincoln finally gave his general a deadline on which to put the Army of the Potomac into action. When that day came and went without any troop movement, McClellan was called upon to account for the delay. An indignant McClellan wrote a detailed reply explaining that his army's horses were worn out and in no condition to launch any offensive.
Lincoln wrote him back a wonderfully biting reply: “I have just read your dispatch about sore tongued and fatigued horses. Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since the battle of Antietam that fatigue anything?”
When even that didn't spur McClellan into action, a frustrated Lincoln was overheard to exclaim, "If General McClellan isn't going to use his army, I'd like to borrow it for a time."
That's the way we all feel about Fox not starting his most talented scorers and his playing at such a slow and emotionless tempo. It makes you want to stand up during a game and shout down, "Coach Fox, if you're not going to use your roster, we'd like to borrow it for a time so that the Steg can see what a UGA fast break looks like!" Seeing the supremely athletic Crump, Harris, Hightower, Hammonds and Diatta tightly tethered to the bench for entire halves of games makes a Bulldawg fan's heart feel sad.
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