per Ryan Alpert two families have invested $10 million each

[Darthdad]

Spend it all on DL's, Edge Rushers and DE's??? Yes please..

QB and DBs

 

[MountainBuzzMan]

I know he was awful but we as a community have got to stop letting him ruining Waffle House for us. We’ve had enough time to heal since our breakup, and it’s time we started asking for our things back.

that was part of my point he is gone and people see a winning plan from a high level but missing details. Now is the time to double down

 

[bke1984]

QB and DBs

DL and LBs. It’s the fastest way to get good. Sacks and turnovers baby.

 

[Mandingo Finkelstein]

that was part of my point he is gone and people see a winning plan from a high level but missing details. Now is the time to double down

Whenever I've asked for extra butter on my grits or extra cheese on my hash browns they have always been accommodating. For an extra fee of course. But, it's worth it. I'm missing why now is any different though. I mean, we are talking about eating at Waffle House, yes? Wait. I'm confused. Which is pretty easy for me I admit. Sorry.

 

[Randy Carson]

After reading many “ the sky is falling” comments on several posts recently, I just think we need to take a couple of steps back from the edge.
We have something at our Alma Mater , that we have had only rarely in our history. And I am very optimistic about the future of sports right now. Why, you may ask ?
Simply put, we have the ideal alignment of a “ pro sport “ President - probably the most “pro” we have ever had. Next, our previous AD was replaced by one at least equal to, if not better. And finally, we have a HC in football that gets “TECH” and loves “ TECH “!
In these turbulent times in sports, we have the perfect people in place to guide our teams through this . Relax !
Just my 3 ( inflation ) cents.

Okay, I get it. There IS reason for optimism.

But what happens if MIT or Stanford come calling? Suddenly our "pro sports president" goes back to being Dr. Cabrera and we get Pettit, Jr. or somebody?

If everyone from the players on up is looking out for #1, who is looking out for Tech?

 

[Mandingo Finkelstein]

Okay, I get it. There IS reason for optimism.

But what happens if MIT or Stanford come calling? Suddenly our "pro sports president" goes back to being Dr. Cabrera and we get Pettit, Jr. or somebody?

If everyone from the players on up is looking out for #1, who is looking out for Tech?

He is a Tech alum. His wife is a Tech alum. He has a son who is a Tech alum. Slice him open and see what color he bleeds to quote a current influential employee of our athletic department. Come on. There are things to worry about. This ain't one of 'em. Sorry.

 

[Mandingo Finkelstein]

 

[Sheboygan]

He is a Tech alum. His wife is a Tech alum. He has a son who is a Tech alum. Slice him open and see what color he bleeds to quote a current influential employee of our athletic department. Come on. There are things to worry about. This ain't one of 'em. Sorry.

Exactly

 

[Sheboygan]

Okay, I get it. There IS reason for optimism.

But what happens if MIT or Stanford come calling? Suddenly our "pro sports president" goes back to being Dr. Cabrera and we get Pettit, Jr. or somebody?

If everyone from the players on up is looking out for #1, who is looking out for Tech?

Well unfortunately that’s the way the sports world is today. Nothing- except death and taxes- is certain. Let’s just say “ the odds are in our favor”. How’s that ?

 

[UgaBlows]

DL and LBs. It’s the fastest way to get good. Sacks and turnovers baby.

Getting after the qb successfully makes everyone else on defense look like all-Americans

 

[Mandingo Finkelstein]

Getting after the qb successfully makes everyone else on defense look like all-Americans

Goes both ways. Willie Clay and Ken Swilling and Thomas Balkcom and Keith Holmes (and Marlon Williams covering as OLB) sure made life easier for Marco Coleman and Coleman Rudolph and Kevin Battle up front too. This is why football is the ultimate sport. Not doubting your comment, by the way. You can have 3 All-American 1st round draft choices along the D-Line but if you can't cover anybody with effectiveness then the opposing offense will negate that rush with a roll out and burn your beehind. We need balance and depth across the board.

ETA: Please give me another duo of Brooking and Rogers at inside linebackers again. They will take care of a lot of things.

 

[Tommy_Taylor_1972]

Tech fans (love em or hate em) are typically smart with their money. They will not put good money after bad (waffle house loser) but will strongly invest in a solid winning plan. That is why I still feel like there is a tremendous untapped potential for additional funding. They want to see strong plans and details of how the money will be used and the expected results of using that money vs downside of not spending it.

I think Tech athletics fund raising really needs to step up and be the best at communications in the industry with their fans/donors. There is a sweet spot missing where I think you could get 20,000-30,000 fans to donate between $5K and $10K based on a clear plan and roadmap. On top of the big donations.

As an example: Put out a 5-10 point document fans can use so they can help convince their significant other this is a smart thing to do

Look at all the friction points to funding and reduce each one

Or the AD just call or return calls from recognized high potential donors. And allow donors to give to the sport of their choosing. If a donor wants a particular sport to improve, let at least part of that donation go to that sport. And let NIL donations be tax exempt. And have a plan for coaches to interact with students, who are the future donors. Bobby Cremins would go to the frat houses to recruit students. Students even dress like him at games Josh Pastner would give away TV sets with his own money. Hmmm? At least he tried. Coach Hyder taught mandatory PE classes and students knew and remember him. Some of his best players early on were recruited from the classroom. Our GTAA through the Legends contracts puts more focus on halftime activities than the GTAA puts on the game being played, saying they want to have a good fan experience. A good game is the best fan experience. Build it and they will come. That movie brought Shoeless Joe Jackson out of the cornfield because everyone wanted to see Shoeless Joe. Treat the athletic letterwinners a little better, just in case some have money to give. The letterwinners club is almost non-existent, with such moves as renaming the Letterwinners Club suit in the North endzone to another name I don't remember and increasing the costs to letterwinners to have seats there.

Discontinuing the annual letterwinner basketball game after 35 years is another example of not caring about legacy athletes. The Jan 3 Boston College game is designated Basketball Alumni day. I know of only one letterwinner, whose number among the retired, who is going to the game. He cancelled his season tickets several years ago when the Legends ticket seller did not sell him the seats he had every year, and did not even know his name. There is no connection between the basketball office and letterwinners, except emails from the assistant basketball operations person. I don't think that is an oversight.

This is what Bobby Cremins thought of Basketball Letterwinners in his 4th year as coach at Tech. He took the time, effort, and expense to do bring us in to support him and the team, and his idea lasted 35 years. We had 84 year old letterwinners on the court with their great grandchildren in the stands. And a pretty good crowd of fans in the stands. Bobby finished that year ACC regular season champion, ACC tournament champion, 6th in the final AP poll and lost to Georgetown in the NCAA Regional final. He and AD Homer Rice knew the value of the student body, legacy players, and fans. Things are so different now and not in a good way.

 

[UgaBlows]

Don’t think this will go to recruiting the portal… probably upgrading the Dodd and for some reason the basketball facilitiesaNo gd-it! Frick all thqt noise, We need to buy a defense

Goes both ways. Willie Clay and Ken Swilling and Thomas Balkcom and Keith Holmes (and Marlon Williams covering as OLB) sure made life easier for Marco Coleman and Coleman Rudolph and Kevin Battle up front too. This is why football is the ultimate sport. Not doubting your comment, by the way. You can have 3 All-American 1st round draft choices along the D-Line but if you can't cover anybody with effectiveness then the opposing offense will negate that rush with a roll out and burn your beehind. We need balance and depth across the board.

ETA: Please give me another duo of Brooking and Rogers at inside linebackers again. They will take care of a lot of things.

The best db’s in the world will look like crap with no pass rush, but a good pass rush will make avg db’s look great, but we all know that. I loved Brookings and Rogers, what a combo! But imo those guys would be too slow against modern offenses

 

[4shotB]

Or the AD just call or return calls from recognized high potential donors. And allow donors to give to the sport of their choosing.

TT, I feel you bruh. Your example is just one in a thousand. Or million. Every time we flip AD's, I keep hoping one will attack not just the teams on the field and their performance but also have an internal focus on improving the game of the GTAA itself. I feel like in many ways it has the same lack of customer service and disdain for continuous improvement culture as do our local DMV or our local Sears department store big box store. FWIW, I emailed our new guy with an issue I experienced at the Pitt game and didn't even get a response. Not even a form response from an underling. The more things change at that department, the more they stay the same imo.

 

[Mandingo Finkelstein]

The best db’s in the world will look like crap with no pass rush, but a good pass rush will make avg db’s look great, but we all know that. I loved Brookings and Rogers, what a combo! But imo those guys would be too slow against modern offenses

Great DB's will make average DL's look great. The point is you need quality and depth at every position if you want to be a legit playoff contender, might as well a national title contender. Tech has had great offenses with terrible defenses and very good defenses (see Gailey era) with crap offenses. Last time we were excellent in all 3 phases was 1990 and we see what we got. Don't put all your stock into one position group as they all feed off one another. The one position I don't worry over is the 3rd string punter. But old Vince Dooley always brought up Vanderbilt's backup punter in the week leading up to their scrimmage as a huge difference maker so perhaps I should be. He's a Hall of Famer after all and what do I know?

 

[ldsmith]

I know he was awful but we as a community have got to stop letting him ruining Waffle House for us. We’ve had enough time to heal since our breakup, and it’s time we started asking for our things back.

Waffle House should have a 3 for $9 deal and call it the Goof Error Special.

 

[Richland County]

Two anonymous families gave 10 million dollars to the Georgia Tech athletic dept. National media was all over the turkeys in VA for the same thing but crickets when the real Tech does it to. Tech football has some serious backing. Great job by Brent Key and AD.

 

[Richland County]

The best db’s in the world will look like crap with no pass rush, but a good pass rush will make avg db’s look great, but we all know that. I loved Brookings and Rogers, what a combo! But imo those guys would be too slow against modern offenses

Maybe Ron but Keith was fast and played many a year in the NFL. Brooking maybe the best success story in Tech football history.

 

[MountainBuzzMan]

Okay, I get it. There IS reason for optimism.

But what happens if MIT or Stanford come calling? Suddenly our "pro sports president" goes back to being Dr. Cabrera and we get Pettit, Jr. or somebody?

If everyone from the players on up is looking out for #1, who is looking out for Tech?

There is always something to be found to worry about. Either learn to look at thingss positively or negatively (Not attacking you specifically with that) But life is much better being the glass half full type

 

[Northeast Stinger]

There is always something to be found to worry about. Either learn to look at thingss positively or negatively (Not attacking you specifically with that) But life is much better being the glass half full type

The age old existential debate, “Would you rather know the truth, or be happy?”

And my all time favorite joke about this:

What’s the difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist believes this is the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this might be the case.