J Batt interviewing for USC(e) AD job

bucknellbison31

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I think what a lot of people are missing here is that even if USC isn't a great job, they aren't deeply in debt like we are. They don't have football attendance issues like we do. There are unique institutional challenges that exist at Tech, and Batt may have gotten tired of constantly fighting an uphill battle.

I fully expected him to leave at some point, and while I didn't think it would be a mid-to-low-tier SEC program like SCar, can you really blame him if he chooses a path of less resistance?
 

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I think what a lot of people are missing here is that even if USC isn't a great job, they aren't deeply in debt like we are. They don't have football attendance issues like we do. There are unique institutional challenges that exist at Tech, and Batt may have gotten tired of constantly fighting an uphill battle.

I fully expected him to leave at some point, and while I didn't think it would be a mid-to-low-tier SEC program like SCar, can you really blame him if he chooses a path of less resistance?
Yes. The path of least resistance is for pansies. Real leaders step up to a challenge.
 

JTS

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The outgoing USCe AD makes ~1.1M vs J Batt making $750K (some say $850K). He will not be making 2-3 times more unless he becomes one of the highest paid AD's in the entire country. We can easily pay J Batt on par with the average SEC AD if we choose to.
 

Darthdad

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If we have to replace him is it too late to get the UGA game back?

We don’t have immediate coach hires to make so there’s no rush there at least if something happens here.
It would have been nice if fans had been informed of the decision to move UGA to MBS while it was still under consideration rather than when it's a done deal. For all the money Tech will get for it, how much of that will actually come from Tech ticket buyers, since the game is not included in the season ticket package?
 

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For all the money Tech will get for it, how much of that will actually come from Tech ticket buyers, since the game is not included in the season ticket package?
Well, that depends on how many Tech fans buy tickets to the game. Based on the last decade+ of games at BDS, I’d say less than 50% is a fair assumption. Tech season ticket holders have first access to COFH tickets even if they aren’t in the season package. If they don’t buy tickets and dwags do, it’s nobody’s fault but their own. Lots of red in the gold seats at BDS
 

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I think what a lot of people are missing here is that even if USC isn't a great job, they aren't deeply in debt like we are. They don't have football attendance issues like we do. There are unique institutional challenges that exist at Tech, and Batt may have gotten tired of constantly fighting an uphill battle.

I fully expected him to leave at some point, and while I didn't think it would be a mid-to-low-tier SEC program like SCar, can you really blame him if he chooses a path of less resistance?
Moving from a mid-tier ACC school to a mid-tier SEC school is a step up for a career-minded individual.

The SEC will have a chair when the music stops. The ACC's future is far less certain.
 

bke1984

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It’s an AD guys. His football hire was from the existing staff and his basketball hire is looking terrible right now. Fundraising has improved, but I’m not convinced that has more to do with Cabrera than Batt.

But even if it hurts, look on the bright side. Maybe he gets South Carolina back to a state where they can beat georgia often!
 

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It would have been nice if fans had been informed of the decision to move UGA to MBS while it was still under consideration rather than when it's a done deal. For all the money Tech will get for it, how much of that will actually come from Tech ticket buyers, since the game is not included in the season ticket package?
Based on the past several games in Atlanta, UGA fans will pay 80% and Tech fans will pay 20%. So from a business standpoint, and looking to fill the coffers of a school saddle with immense debt, it makes sense.

As a sidewalk Tech fan for the past 45 years, Tech fans have no one to blame but themselves for these predicaments. if we were filling the bleachers at BDS, this would never be necessary. it saddens me that with the amazing job CBK and his incredible staff has done, fans are still not selling out our stadium even for a number 4 team like Miami. Fortunately, we have a great and loud student fan base. Without them, we are on par with Duke and Wake. I have always thought that we have had better coaches and teams than were warranted by our fickle fan base.: Ross, O’Leary, Johnson, and now Key. When we have bad teams, we say there is no reason for the fans to come until the team gets good, but then when the team gets good, attendance increases only modestly. We either have to accept that we are going to be second tier or do something about it. But with all Canrera and Batt and Key have done, a sell out for a home game would be a great way to express our appreciation. We cannot expect to keep a good AD with these obstacles. Having said all of that, I will stay loyal because ai love going to the games. Go Jackets!
 
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