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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 556566" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>GT was the original "Stanford" before Stanford. The "smart" school known for very good teams in BOTH football and basketball. Our fans often forget that we had the 2nd longest bowl streak at one point behind FSU that wasn't broken until 2015. Think about that. 'Bama couldn't say that. Clemson couldn't say that. Michigan couldn't say that. Florida couldn't say that. Texas couldn't say that. GT, with all the things we have to deal with in the classroom and in recruiting, was able to go bowling for that long means something. The streak started when bowls actually were a reward for having a good season, now you're a REALLY bad team if you miss a bowl game.</p><p></p><p>IMO, the biggest thing holding back GT the last decade wasn't our coaches, but dumb business decisions by our administration. The combination of Braine/Radakovich/Bobinski really let us down. From giving a coach an auto rollover component in his contract (which was really a contract in perpetuity if GT wasn't willing to eat a massive buyout...which is what we did), to continuing with an apparel brand that hurt recruiting and marketing, to trying to financially strangle the HC of our biggest money maker (football). There's probably an entire book that can be written about the dumb decisions those 3 made that hurt our programs years after they left. Our basketball program is still reeling from the decisions those 3 made.</p><p></p><p>For those that want to criticize CPJ, remember this one thing: He could have made it VERY difficult for GT, but he left right way and did not hurt us financially on the way out. If you don't think that means anything, then you don't understand how much the combined buyouts of Gailey/Hewitt/Gregory has set our entire athletic department back. Agree or disagree with some of the on the field stuff, but CPJ should be commended for leaving GT the honorable way.</p><p></p><p>As [USER=1428]@Milwaukee[/USER] has alluded to, GT fans should be excited about what's on the horizon for us. This staff still needs to prove it ON THE FIELD, but they are hitting all the right notes off the field at the moment and it's certainly getting the attention of recruits and the media. GT is, dare I say it, becoming "cool"!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 556566, member: 360"] GT was the original "Stanford" before Stanford. The "smart" school known for very good teams in BOTH football and basketball. Our fans often forget that we had the 2nd longest bowl streak at one point behind FSU that wasn't broken until 2015. Think about that. 'Bama couldn't say that. Clemson couldn't say that. Michigan couldn't say that. Florida couldn't say that. Texas couldn't say that. GT, with all the things we have to deal with in the classroom and in recruiting, was able to go bowling for that long means something. The streak started when bowls actually were a reward for having a good season, now you're a REALLY bad team if you miss a bowl game. IMO, the biggest thing holding back GT the last decade wasn't our coaches, but dumb business decisions by our administration. The combination of Braine/Radakovich/Bobinski really let us down. From giving a coach an auto rollover component in his contract (which was really a contract in perpetuity if GT wasn't willing to eat a massive buyout...which is what we did), to continuing with an apparel brand that hurt recruiting and marketing, to trying to financially strangle the HC of our biggest money maker (football). There's probably an entire book that can be written about the dumb decisions those 3 made that hurt our programs years after they left. Our basketball program is still reeling from the decisions those 3 made. For those that want to criticize CPJ, remember this one thing: He could have made it VERY difficult for GT, but he left right way and did not hurt us financially on the way out. If you don't think that means anything, then you don't understand how much the combined buyouts of Gailey/Hewitt/Gregory has set our entire athletic department back. Agree or disagree with some of the on the field stuff, but CPJ should be commended for leaving GT the honorable way. As [USER=1428]@Milwaukee[/USER] has alluded to, GT fans should be excited about what's on the horizon for us. This staff still needs to prove it ON THE FIELD, but they are hitting all the right notes off the field at the moment and it's certainly getting the attention of recruits and the media. GT is, dare I say it, becoming "cool"! [/QUOTE]
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