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ND is not a good example. It is one of the few schools where the Athletic Dept is a full operating department of the university just like Operations, Facilities and the Provost. That is NOT the case at Tech. As to who fires the AD, typically the BoT would do that but depending on its by-laws...

You do know how boards work don't you? I was the Chairman of several subsidiaries... doesn't mean I called the day to day shots. If your view is correct, then the board isn't independent and that's a violation of state law.

Cabrera. So what? The GTAA runs athletics. That Cabrera is on the board doesn't change that.

GTAA is the sole authority of athletics at Georgia Tech. By state law. TStan does not report to the Hill. He reports to the GTAA BoT. Is this true at Notre Dame? No. University of Tennessee? No. Both of THOSE schools have a governance model where the athletics dept reports directly to the...

Both of those are true. Tech published a strategic plan and laid out expectations and how they are measured. Traditionally, the BoT sets the vision and the AD, as the Executive, executes it. In most sports, the AD delegates that to the head of operations and/or the head coach. I don’t agree with...

Wrong. The organization = GTAA.

Last time I checked, the GTAA was asking fans to buys season tickets. And swag. And donate to the A-T. That means we are stakeholders, not potatoes. You are right, he nor TStan have to speak to stakeholders. And they deserve the support they get. Managing from an ivory tower doesn’t get you...

TStan is the executive in charge. He is the top of the organization and responsible for resources and results. It's up to Cabrera and the BoT to hold him accountable.

Alfred Chandler, professor at MIT, wrote about this in 1962. Glad to see we are finally getting up to speed on basic management.

Leadership doesn't just happen. Leadership is a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, towards the achievement of a goal. How do you determine progress? You have to have some means to measure/monitor your progress towards the stated goal. Geoff, to my view, has...

Back to the topic of Wes Walker ... I once did a project with the US Army where they were evaluating all sorts of non-military organizations for leadership principles and ways to improve their own effectiveness. One of the organizations was the Kansas City Chiefs and I have been to Chiefs HQ...

Not sure what point you are making, but the there is competing in athletics and then there is competing in D1 athletics. Tech, like so many other "Tech" schools, was founded to help industrialize the state, especially after the Civil War. You could argue that Auburn is just like Tech and...

There's an entire infrastructure to support SA's on these things. But the $$$ are tempting and I can easily see them making really bad short-term decisions. I have a few others, starters as well, who seem to have their heads together and are clear-eyed on what they are willing to do. Everyone's...

How do you know who my student is? Fact. He is on offense, not defense. He started last year and is a starter this year. And he is assumed to be a draftee by those in the know. I don't think he has any idea who McCollum was and doesn't care.

He's a 4-star. And he could have immediate impact on offense. Projected NFL draftee. How does AU handle athletes? The Athletic Dept checks progress 3-4 times a semester. They track 100% attendance at all times (athletes are monitored by geolocation on their phones). If they are in danger or...

There's the flip side. A student came to see me yesterday. Plays for Auburn football. He's failing the class and when I asked him what's troubling him, "Man, I just have so much going on!" He's cashing in. But he's not focused on school OR football. I predict he will be out of school by summer.

Cabrera is also the Chair of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association BoT. He hires the AD and fires the AD. How to professionalize? Start with the strategic plan. Is it relevant? Realistic? Achievable? Is there a vision to create a fully professional operation? Look at Staffing ... review the...

A friend sent me his tweet and I was literally, just about to post this. I'm fairly close to the UT sports program. I visit monthly and know some of the administrators, former players, coaches etc. This is my take ... Tennessee runs a professional operation and they do it extremely well...

I wasn't referencing academics as much sheer scale. The $ gap between average programs and leading programs in 1990 wasn't near the level it is today. Tech is in a basically break-even mode and it's tough to achieve escape velocity with zero thrust. That's the question that I don't think any...

That's my point. We have to find a way to be relevant and it's folly to think we are going to overtake any state university. We just don't have the scale.