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I get it. I prefer the stadium experience from the 80's. But if you read the fan preference surveys for new stadium design, clearly tastes have changed. A new stadium recently went up, 20K attendance and parking is super easy. It looks like it will be very fan friendly. I'm not sure it...

There’s a great interview with Saban, and he made changes, but not because of players. He said it was due to changes in rules on defense. His current thinking is that winning ball games is all offense now. Score 50 and it’s a W.

Since the thread is about stadiums, I’ll stick to that. BDS is one of my two favorite stadiums to watch a game, the other being Ole Miss. By today’s game day experience expectations, it is woefully out of date. There are no visible sight lines to the field from the concourses, luxury and loge...

Nobody cares. Bill Bellicheck said it best ... “We look at how the best talent plays against the best talent.” The SEC has the highest percentage of 4&5 stars In the country. He could care less how Bama does against Wake Forest. He’s interested in the Bama - Georgia game. Regardless of the...

I've heard that for 45 years. At some point, you have to realize that is not going to happen.

I agree! They should also have special lanes for STH's to enter the stadium.

As a career marketer, I disagree with the AA’s approach. It’s the concept of reciprocality. Donating to Alabama gets you the annual football guide, great polo and ball cap. All high quality. My guess is they just don’t want the hassle. Someone has to administer the program and if they don’t...

I have been through all of the transitions for Alabama since Bear Bryant. I discussed this very point (the quote above) with my brother in law who has been involved in Alabama athletics (student, donor, booster) for 50+ years. His thoughts were that the Alabama athletic department today bears...

I'm so over Covid. It's a means to control at this point. Authorities are simply making rules up as they go along. The takeaway: "I'm smarter than you." Oh really? As a citizen, I have rights but it's amazing how fast those right erode.

Doesn't change the strategy.

This. I love all the optimism that GT is going after 5 stars. But TStan was very clear ... “We can’t do that! Our strategy is to find 3 stars and develop them into 5 stars.” So few want to believe him.

That's the point I'm making. I can enter a contract for 100,000 60Hz cables for X. I can order another 100,000 50Hz cables for X-Y. Say the manufacturer (or distributor) offers another discount to move obsolete inventory. OK. I get 200,000 cables for 1/2 of what I planned and a promise to move...

You don't know that. When we shipped, we included multiple power cords because we didn't know where the product would end up. So include everything. You may mot need it, someone else may or it's part of a larger contract.

Doesn't matter. I manufactured instrumentation. The volume discounts on components is high enough to overcome the labor cost to separate. Cheaper just to include and let the customer toss what he doesn't need.

This isn’t complicated. Often, a “standard” design is the most cost effective because of volume discounts on components. Pricing is used to steer customers to the most cost efficient offering. We like to think in terms of “custom” but the reality is most customers choose from a very limited set...

After Tech, I got my MBA at Emory. A wonderful experience and mentally challenging in a completely different way that GT. Emory encouraged sports and athletics but wasn't obsessed about it ... just another part of the whole person concept to be developed at university.

It’s funny. I was terrified. But ... that class gave me enormous confidence. It just helps eliminate fear as a variable. My two cents ..

You may be right. I’ve taught athletes across 3 universities, including SEC. Athletes in tennis, golf, swimming ... tend to be A students. Football and basketball, honestly ... can barely string coherent sentences together. Many of these are not ready for college. This is the ugly side of...

Mine was "Striated"

I had Coach Decubas. The trick to the swim test was to hyperventilate until you felt your fingers tingle. That was to maximize the oxygen in your blood. (Who knows if that's true?) I was breathing deep and when he said "Next", I shot my hand up and in I went. Got an A. I loved the class. It is...