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The good news for TStan is that yes, he will have write up some notes about how much progress the team has made, that Geoff has his full confidence, and that it's a process. And ... after the butt whipping we take next week, he can re-use his notes, so no new work for him. Yay!

I'm afraid this is an Angel Cabrera problem now. You can't allow yourself to be humiliated on national TV.

Expect TSTAN to be on an extended vacation until 2023.

I can write it now. "Tough game today. Difficult environment. But we had a multi-dimensional fail today. Now, I don't want to use a lot of "coach speak", but what that means is we failed on "multiple" dimensions. But we love these kids. I love these kids. I wake up every day excited to put my...

TStan: "We're obviously getting better."

I do think you can challenge players to think differently. I play a lot of golf. My game is decent enough, but I don't think around the golf course as a professional would. I still take too many chances.I have watched enough Saban videos. He never talks about cool plays, tricks or gimmicks. "All...

It's an interesting thought experiment though. When I was an executive and had a team that was struggling, I would ask them about their decision making. They would hem and haw and squeak out some kind of response. Then, I would ask, "What would a Top Ten organization do?" "Oh", they would light...

Not all programs are down. Some are actually up. Like financial results ... your results may vary.

Here's the trend in graph form:

No. It won't. Winning helps, but it does not drive attendance. Attendance has been extensively studied by the NCAA. In short, attendance is driven by alumni density < 5 miles of the campus, a non-urban campus, and the schedule. Tech does not set up well on either alumni density or non-urban...

It's not a theory. The longer underperformance exists, the more fans/people make alternative plans.

It's NEVER going to happen. Bud Peterson said it best: "As President of Georgia Tech, my ONLY obligation to athletics is to name the athletics director." That's it. Peterson, like all Tech presidents, is compensated among certain BOR criteria AND ... research dollars. There is nothing in it...

Bear Bryant famously said he did not care what offense or what defense he ran. While he DID have a game philosophy, he was indifferent with how he got there. Do you remember reading about Bear Bryant whining about dropping the wishbone? No. He completely overhauled the offense MULTIPLE times. No...

Florida is a pressure cooker of a job. Most, even successful coaches, can't last more than about 5 years there. It is not for the faint of heart. Mullen is well-known as an a-hole. He is not well-liked and doesn't care what anyone thinks. When you put a guy like that in an environment like...

Miami wants Kiffin according to some pundits. He would have an easier time in the ACC having 10 win seasons. I don't think he is ready to leave Ole Miss yet but that would be a great coup for Miami. Rumor is, LSU wants him. Kiffin‘s ultimate goal is to prop his feet up on Saban’s desk. (Don’t...

Not sure what this has to do with anything, but this thought struck me. Four games in, Bryan Harsin, coach at Auburn, fired his receivers coach. It took the school aback (Who does that? Four games?) and was the buzz in town for days. Harsin appeared at a press conference and said this...

In the world of finance, after Operating Income, we list all of the Special One-Time charges. This is done to assure business leaders (and investors), that ... except for the Special Charges, we would have made this much more money. The problem is ... when they are no longer one-time charges...

There's a saying in manufacturing ... "Don't size the church for Easter". We have done that with Bobby Dodd Stadium. It is sized for a crowd way out of proportion to demand. As a result, there is a volume of tickets available to anyone who wants them. And UGA(g) does. They could have solved that...

When I lived in Alpharetta, I always took Marta to the game. Get off at North Ave, a bite at the Varsity and sail into BDS. It was the easiest way to your seat of any stadium I've been to.

I'm curious. Do you know how many Tech alumni there are and how many UGA alumni are? How about fanbase sizes? Season ticket holders? UGA TOWERS over Tech in all three categories. Tech has half the alumni base, many of which don't live in GA. Add to that the UGA is the land grant school and...