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Meh. I recall Bud Peterson saying two things. One ... "I am not going to spend a lot of time on 400 student athletes at the expense of the 25,000 students I have responsibility for" and ... Two, "My only obligation to Georgia Tech athletics is to hire the Athletics Director. Nothing more."...

I was talking to my nephew, an Alabama alum, about football once and he quipped, "I've never seen them lose." (Of course they lost, but usually that was at an away game or in a post-season game which he did not attend.) Four years of attending games and he never experienced a loss. I cannot...

Not at all. I watched a few games at Hudson's and it was great. Lots of Tech folks there.

Wouldn't it be more fun to watch it at Taco Mac or Hudson's?

I was lucky enough to be in one of the suites at BDS with several of the boosters during CPJ's time. And they HATED the offense. ABHORED might even be too weak. (You know, I've always liked that word, "abhor", and I so rarely have an opportunity to use it in a sentence.) Give Geoff credit ...

The issue I have with TStan is based on one of my close friends who works at the AA and close to TStan. He has said, "TStan is laser-focused on fixing football". He's been "laser-focused for 3 years. It's the sports he is not "laser-focused" on that have done well. To be honest, other than...

TStan tied his job to Collins during the rear-end chewing at the end of last season. IF ... TStan is positioning himself by hiring AROUND Collins as a means to usher him out, I think he will likely stay. If it is clear that he is still letting Geoff call the shots (I don't see this), TStan will...

I respect your opinion and always have. I see the Auburn program up close and personal. Many of my students are athletes. In short, Gus was not well liked. He was aloof, arrogant, and did almost nothing to endear himself to the Auburn community. To a man, all are glad he is gone. Would Gus...

There's a great bar at the Georgia Terrace. +1!

Of what year? In this, CPJ was correct (IMO). Tech is much, much closer in mindset, recruiting and funding to a service academy than anything else. We are NOT shopping for a coach who is considering State U. And unfortunately, we have folks calling the shots who think we can take on Alabama and...

There are few, random thoughts. No one wants the job. AD at Tech is challenging. Personally, I'd rather have a proctologist (preferably, female) probe my nether regions, than be AD. I give TStan kudos for wanting the job and EXCEPT for football, he has done a pretty good job. The Hill doesn't...

You really can't go wrong with anything along the Marta line ... Midtown, Arts Center, Lindbergh, Lenox, Sandy Springs. Personally, Midtown will give you a great set of restaurants you can walk to, just keep your eyes open. All things considered, I'd probably opt for something in or near...

Gus is 57. Work a few years and retire. I don't see him going anywhere.

You can't win an arms race. So, GT's options are to hire an unproven coach, a coach who has fallen from grace but could be useful at GT, a coach that is older than average and enjoys a less stressful (lower expectations) job. I would love to see a return to the days where HC's were promoted...

Did the donors push Geoff? I recall that TStan was all in on Ken W and when that didn't work out, Geoff campaigned for the job with GOL support. Maybe you're right. I know they wanted CPJ out.

He cleaned house after CPJ. He can't clean house again. That's not a good look. He has to offer some kind of stability. I'm thinking it must be bad ... I've received two calls since Thursday asking to renew my season tix. I think I'm up to 16 calls this year? Last year, I think it was 3 total.

Join the club. This is exactly why powerful boosters tried to get Harsin fired after Year One. They said, before NIL ... he was the right choice. With NIL, he's the wrong choice. The belief is, with enough NIL money, you don't need great (expensive) coaching and that's exactly what they were...

Just remember who TStan's mentor is ... Homer Rice. And Homer used to say, "Don't fire anyone until you have the replacement in sight." Tech cannot go on a coaching shopping spree with all the other teams also shopping. It's a guy either on staff now or someone they are already talking to.

Gus was not particularly well-liked at Auburn. On the charisma scale, he's about a 1. He had, as I recall, a decent win rate against Alabama at 3-5. Arkansas was interested in hiring him (he's from there), but I don't think Gus was the least bit interested in going back. There's no mystery as...

I agree. This is another reason why I think Chip Long as hired.