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<blockquote data-quote="Vespid" data-source="post: 930927" data-attributes="member: 1436"><p>Don't know about TFG, but CPJ was quite vocal on a few occasions that the level of commitment from the Hill and the donor pool was incongruent with the expectations of the Hill, the donor pool and the GT community in general. I recall one occasion where he addressed it specifically with a reporter or broadcaster in a Q&A after the ACC Football Media Days one year. The interviewer was questioning if Paul was feeling heat because we had become uncompetitive with Clemson since 2014. Paul's answer, not excusatory at all, was rather matter of fact and revealing. He reeled off the number of recruiting staff and off field coaches or "analyst" that Clemson employed in relation to GT. It was like 20:1! (that ratio may be a little exaggeration, but wasn't far from it) He did mention it wasn't as ridiculous a disparity when he started at GT, but we were not keeping up at all, not even close. I think support staff and HS relations was an extremely high priority with Paul, he just understood what the budget was and worked within those constraints. It may have taken the abject failures of the TFG for the message to sink in, and I think it's obvious it has by the administrations' and associations' asking for more $$$ and opening up the purse strings to fund the positions we see Key filling that formerly did not exist. This is more commitment from the administration to the football program than I've seen in decades, maybe ever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vespid, post: 930927, member: 1436"] Don't know about TFG, but CPJ was quite vocal on a few occasions that the level of commitment from the Hill and the donor pool was incongruent with the expectations of the Hill, the donor pool and the GT community in general. I recall one occasion where he addressed it specifically with a reporter or broadcaster in a Q&A after the ACC Football Media Days one year. The interviewer was questioning if Paul was feeling heat because we had become uncompetitive with Clemson since 2014. Paul's answer, not excusatory at all, was rather matter of fact and revealing. He reeled off the number of recruiting staff and off field coaches or "analyst" that Clemson employed in relation to GT. It was like 20:1! (that ratio may be a little exaggeration, but wasn't far from it) He did mention it wasn't as ridiculous a disparity when he started at GT, but we were not keeping up at all, not even close. I think support staff and HS relations was an extremely high priority with Paul, he just understood what the budget was and worked within those constraints. It may have taken the abject failures of the TFG for the message to sink in, and I think it's obvious it has by the administrations' and associations' asking for more $$$ and opening up the purse strings to fund the positions we see Key filling that formerly did not exist. This is more commitment from the administration to the football program than I've seen in decades, maybe ever. [/QUOTE]
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