The Fridge Wanted Out of GT...

... or more likely he really wanted his own head coaching gig:

When Ralph Friedgen was the offensive coordinator at Georgia Tech, he applied for almost every head coaching job in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Those schools should have known about him, since his offenses regularly scored in bunches against them.

Friedgen was passed over many times before Maryland, his alma mater, took a chance. He has had extreme success there. Friedgen is white and, by his own admission, not the most telegenic guy in the world.