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Again, your post is full of strawman arguments that no one besides yourself is making (a. & b.).I wasn't disagreeing with you. I just don't get all the opinions which apparently are contrary to mine:
a. Brent Key needs a "training wheels" schedule because he will never win more than 7 games (my number based on comments) without it. If we had 4 crap games we would sometimes win 8 or 9
* I don't think he will in a year or two and 9 wins against crap (see 2016) with 3 crap SEC wins still leaves you on the outside looking in.
b. Bowl game of any type, Shreveport or El Paso or SMU, etc every year is better than Orange Bowl one year, no bowl the next, then Gator Bowl, then no bowl, etc
* I've been to SF, San Jose, Boise, El Paso, Birmingham, etc and frankly outside of extra practice time for the players it sucks
* Yeah PJ Daniels set a record, CPJ wore a funny sombrero, skiing in Idaho is cool, Carmel and Pebble Beach are nice.
I enjoyed the Orange Bowl WAY more than all of those combined
c. Playing gimme games which have backfired on us lately and not only have not enhanced recruiting but caused our program to be ridiculed is better than lining up against Auburn, Tennessee, South Carolina which would have some regional if not national interest because we may get beaten badly, but who know may result in getting significant good coverage if we upset
* We just knocked off UNC and first comment out of people's mouths is how did you lose to BC and BG at home no less.
d. Gettting gimme games with reduced revenue plus playing teams to come to GT ($2M gate at 25k fans minus $500k fee- $1.5M net) is better than getting 45-50k fans with a $4M gate. It's better for concessions, parking, etc too. How does any of this help anything?
* We need money. Sc St, NI, Citadel do not help at all.
There's more relevant arguments but it appears some can't even get to 1st order efefcts, much less 2nd or 3rd or 4th, etc. Just short sighted, defeatist, etc. We're supposed to be a problem solving school & our strategy is to dumb down. My God, how out of step with who we're supposed to be. Key gets it thankfully, so does Batt and Cabrera.
If we don't want to play P5 football, let's drop down to the Patriot league or Ivy or something. You can't become a successful, relevant program by ducking competition. Again, thank God our leaders are not quitting like many suggest. They're attacking the many challenges head on like GT Men are supposed to do.
Your point c. is valid with respect to the unexpected loss to BG, but I don't think anyone, even yourself, believes that is a normal expected outcome for future seasons.
Your point d. is somewhat valid in principle, but aside from uga when was the last time we got 45-50k fans at BDS? Not happening with 3-5 win seasons. A counter to your attendance $ point is that more wins = more fan engagement and increased attendance for all games. I think you would agree that 3-3-3-5 win seasons over the last four years has contributed to our ticket sales slump, not to mention GTAA donations.
What some of us are suggesting is to substitute a lesser program (could still be P5, doesn't need to be Sisters of the Poor) for the slot where we are scheduling the Ole Miss type of games. We already are locked into 8 ACC games plus uga, and Notre Dame every few years, so your comments about scheduling 4 cupcakes ring hollow. We've had one of the toughest schedules in P5 several years running while our peer (and lesser) schools are going to bowls. Your over-the-top reactions that many are suggesting quitting or that we should drop down a league is tiring, disingenuous, and unbecoming of a tech fan as I know you are.