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If TStan is fired/resigns… what AD do we hire?
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<blockquote data-quote="slugboy" data-source="post: 893904" data-attributes="member: 282"><p>Being “laser focused” on Football instead of systemically fixing what’s wrong with the AA seems like misguided focus for TStan. Yes, it’s your biggest moneymaker, but you have a lot of problems at the AA. If football needs fixing, should the AD be fixing it directly, or should someone else (or multiple someone else’s)?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd like to come back to this, and shift the focus to GT President Angel Cabrera</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">You've got bigger and more important things on your plate than the Athletic Association (AA)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The AA was a PR fiasco last year, especially in the last game where Cabrera is wining and dining donors in a skybox over a home stadium filled with opposing fans as part of a blowout loss</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">He has financial oversight as chair of the Board of Trustees of the AA</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Over the past 25 to 30 years, the AA has apparently needed much more effective oversight--we've had two contracts that have gravely injured our two "money" sports, and have gone deeply into debt. Our academic oversight also resulted in "flunkgate" under Gailey. Oversight isn't making things better--or, if it is, not "better enough".</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The fiscal trend is bad, and if it gets worse then there will be more PR repercussions</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If the AA keeps Collins, finances get worse. If the AA fires Collins, finances get worse.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">We have changed out head coaches and athletic directors multiple times over the past 25 years, and the situation is not improving.</li> </ol><p>So, if you're Cabrera, what do you do?</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fire Stansbury and hire a new AD. Would this work? What replacement AD wants this headache? Plus, you've had a lot of ADs, some of whom have gone on to bigger things, none of whom solved the AA problems. Why does repeating the same thing solve this problem?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">You could directly involve yourself in fixing this situation. That's a bad idea for multiple reasons; first, you have bigger items on your plate you can't neglect. Second, you're not a sports management/finance expert--there are better people than you to solve this problem. Third, even if you make things better here, it's got the stink of failure all over it, and you don't want to wear it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">GT is a University. Universities make committees. Do you appoint a task force? I would not do this. Committees are for dealing with support for a project--not for getting things done. This postpones getting a solution.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Appoint someone who knows how to fix this to find solutions. They can either be external (expensive) or internal. My first option would be a senior professor, staff member, or alumnus in a related field that knows how to fix organizations in trouble. The contracts department needs to be fixed. Ticket sales need some fixing. Identify what's broken and come up with a plan.</li> </ol><p>There might be another option, but if I'm Cabrera then I'm looking at option 4 as my best option.</p><p></p><p>[USER=944]@MWBATL[/USER] what would you do?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slugboy, post: 893904, member: 282"] Being “laser focused” on Football instead of systemically fixing what’s wrong with the AA seems like misguided focus for TStan. Yes, it’s your biggest moneymaker, but you have a lot of problems at the AA. If football needs fixing, should the AD be fixing it directly, or should someone else (or multiple someone else’s)? I'd like to come back to this, and shift the focus to GT President Angel Cabrera [LIST=1] [*]You've got bigger and more important things on your plate than the Athletic Association (AA) [*]The AA was a PR fiasco last year, especially in the last game where Cabrera is wining and dining donors in a skybox over a home stadium filled with opposing fans as part of a blowout loss [*]He has financial oversight as chair of the Board of Trustees of the AA [*]Over the past 25 to 30 years, the AA has apparently needed much more effective oversight--we've had two contracts that have gravely injured our two "money" sports, and have gone deeply into debt. Our academic oversight also resulted in "flunkgate" under Gailey. Oversight isn't making things better--or, if it is, not "better enough". [*]The fiscal trend is bad, and if it gets worse then there will be more PR repercussions [*]If the AA keeps Collins, finances get worse. If the AA fires Collins, finances get worse. [*]We have changed out head coaches and athletic directors multiple times over the past 25 years, and the situation is not improving. [/LIST] So, if you're Cabrera, what do you do? [LIST=1] [*]Fire Stansbury and hire a new AD. Would this work? What replacement AD wants this headache? Plus, you've had a lot of ADs, some of whom have gone on to bigger things, none of whom solved the AA problems. Why does repeating the same thing solve this problem? [*]You could directly involve yourself in fixing this situation. That's a bad idea for multiple reasons; first, you have bigger items on your plate you can't neglect. Second, you're not a sports management/finance expert--there are better people than you to solve this problem. Third, even if you make things better here, it's got the stink of failure all over it, and you don't want to wear it. [*]GT is a University. Universities make committees. Do you appoint a task force? I would not do this. Committees are for dealing with support for a project--not for getting things done. This postpones getting a solution. [*]Appoint someone who knows how to fix this to find solutions. They can either be external (expensive) or internal. My first option would be a senior professor, staff member, or alumnus in a related field that knows how to fix organizations in trouble. The contracts department needs to be fixed. Ticket sales need some fixing. Identify what's broken and come up with a plan. [/LIST] There might be another option, but if I'm Cabrera then I'm looking at option 4 as my best option. [USER=944]@MWBATL[/USER] what would you do? [/QUOTE]
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