Home
Articles
Photos
Interviews
Forums
New posts
Search forums
Georgia Tech Recruiting
Dashboard
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Chat
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Georgia Tech Athletics
Georgia Tech Football
Conference Realignment
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Tommy_Taylor_1972" data-source="post: 999021" data-attributes="member: 6776"><p>That could be as well, but what I mentioned is what the was said by the captain said to Cool Hand Luke in 1967 - The Captain's speech " What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach." It appears that person to person communications are a thing of the past and that phone calls have gone the way of emails and texts. I guess that is a generational thing. But it is also a barrier to getting money to support our athletes. It makes the potential new high-end donors feel their money is not important. I have heard from others, even a GT basketball All-American could not get a return call from the basketball office, same for a former GT HOF head basketball coach. These are just anecdotal instances I am aware of most recently that are missed opportunities and cause a loss of interest in the programs, even to not buying season tickets and making A/T contributions. I am sure each senior administrator has people who answer the phone and inform their boss of calls (hopefully). If the calls are not at least returned, there is a problem. It was not that way only a couple years ago. If someone takes the time to reach out to the leadership, that means they care. If the leadership does not respond, that means they don't. Even a call back from the staff explaining why the boss cannot talk is helpful. Otherwise, interest is lost and hard to regain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tommy_Taylor_1972, post: 999021, member: 6776"] That could be as well, but what I mentioned is what the was said by the captain said to Cool Hand Luke in 1967 - The Captain's speech " What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach." It appears that person to person communications are a thing of the past and that phone calls have gone the way of emails and texts. I guess that is a generational thing. But it is also a barrier to getting money to support our athletes. It makes the potential new high-end donors feel their money is not important. I have heard from others, even a GT basketball All-American could not get a return call from the basketball office, same for a former GT HOF head basketball coach. These are just anecdotal instances I am aware of most recently that are missed opportunities and cause a loss of interest in the programs, even to not buying season tickets and making A/T contributions. I am sure each senior administrator has people who answer the phone and inform their boss of calls (hopefully). If the calls are not at least returned, there is a problem. It was not that way only a couple years ago. If someone takes the time to reach out to the leadership, that means they care. If the leadership does not respond, that means they don't. Even a call back from the staff explaining why the boss cannot talk is helpful. Otherwise, interest is lost and hard to regain. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
What jersey number did Justin Thomas wear?
Post reply
Home
Forums
Georgia Tech Athletics
Georgia Tech Football
Conference Realignment
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top