I saw high level and closed itErrin Joe back on the flats in a recruiting role. Hadn’t seen this reported yet.
JacketsOnline - Sources: Former OL, recruiting staffer leaving Alabama to return to GT
After one season away from Georgia Tech, a familiar face is returning to The Flats. Errin Joe, an OL fromgeorgiatech.rivals.com
With his dismissal by Key, there was no option where Long was going to be retained: any other coach would have let him go, and key did too.
The rate of inflation for coaching and staff salaries has to be unsustainable at many schools. Even factoring in the increases in media revenue some conferences are experiencing, I'm not sure how any but the richest 20% or so of college teams can afford to keep doubling salaries every 4-5 years, which is what it seems to be doing. Top coordinator's compensation is in the range of what head coaches made just a few years ago. This situation is exacerbating the trend of haves vs. have-nots in CFB.
It will only stop when tv stops paying these conferences outrageous amounts of money. It is already overexposed as far as I am concerned. Virtually all our games are on tv and it is killing attendance but tv money still rolls in.
No doubt TV contracts are responsible for the initial acceleration in Power 5 salaries over the last 20 years or so. But, even considering TV revenue as a factor, I still don't see how the rate of inflation for coach/staff compensation can be sustained. When TFG was hired, he was in the low range of ACC compensation, but at least he was in the range. Just 4 years later, we are seeing new hires at average schools making 40-70% more. Conference TV revenue is not increasing at a rate that can sustain the recent salary ramp-up.
I’ve never really understood the “it’s better to watch on TV than it is live” opinion. To me it’s clearly not. Does anybody really care to watch the same replay 9 times over? Or to have a closeup of some kid on the sideline after he made a big mistake? The convenience factor of not having to actually travel to the stadium is one thing, but the viewing experience is so much better live than it is on TV. Plus, having a bad commentary crew can make watching a game on TV extremely unpleasant. You don’t have to worry about that live, although I guess you could be seated next to some obnoxious fans which is basically the same thing.
My friend, I get down there once a year. My GT buddies and I picked the Ole Miss game this year to attend. Most of us are 6 to 10 hours from Atlanta. e were excited thinking maybe the novelty of playing a unique opponent from a major conference would bring back fond memories of the 'good old days". That crowd, and it was decent, had all the buzz of a high school volleyball match. At least imo. And that was well before the beatdown started happening.
I never said anything about this year’s GT football team having a good atmosphere. It was more of just a general statement. Even still I remember as a student the 2018 Duke game might’ve been the least energetic crowd for a football game I’ve ever seen. Plus we played like garbage that day and lost to a pathetic Duke team. But I would’ve much rather been at BDS that day than watching it on TV.
You’re talking about traveling to the game, which is a separate issue than the viewing experience, specifically. Getting to the stadium and back home again can be a hassle, especially for somebody who doesn’t like in the immediate metro area. But that’s true for any team who plays anywhere, not just for Tech in Atlanta. I’m talking purely from kickoff to the final whistle, or tip-off to the final buzzer, or first pitch to last pitch. The actual game viewing experience is better in person than it is on TV 99% of the time, and that’s not exclusive to just GT sports. That’s for everything, IMO. There’s really not even an argument the other way when we’re talking purely game experience. Arguments about travel time, traffic, concession lines, etc have their merits, but to me the in-person experience outweighs those the overwhelming majority of the time.
Disagree. I do not experience near the excitement of a game watching it on TV as I do from the stands. When there is a big crowd and an exciting play, there is nothing like being there to me. What has ruined it for me in person or on TV are interminable TV timeouts. They have to do something to decease the length of those.
Apparently, there is a distinction between thread drift and thread hijacking. The response of the mod is important when distinguishing between the two.
Sir, your post has definitely pushed this thread into hijack territory.
