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<blockquote data-quote="jacketup" data-source="post: 718577" data-attributes="member: 630"><p>That comment got me thinking about what Grant Field was like when I was a freshman in 1970. I ruined a good pair of adidas track shoes on worse cinders than anything I ever saw in high school--yes, the track went around the football field and was "paved" with but cinders. Grant Field wasn't very much different in 1970 than it was in 1952 in all probability. </p><p></p><p>The recent stories on Pepper include comments about how bad the facilities were. They were bad, and didn't get better until Homer Rice--who had fundraising ability--came to Tech in 1980. An example of what Homer did: Clemson was raising more money than us by 1980. Homer figured out that the difference wasn't IPTAY, it was sky boxes. So he built some. He merged alumni and athletic fund raising into Yellow Jacket Clubs, and required the coaches to go on the road to Club meetings. </p><p></p><p>I'll be accused of being a troll, but I have to say that while Bobby Dodd was a great football coach and one of the most charismatic people you will ever meet, he didn't do Tech any favors as an AD. He admitted that he didn't like asking people for money, although with his charisma and contacts he could have raised tons of money. That's when Georgie passed us as a program, and we still haven't recovered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jacketup, post: 718577, member: 630"] That comment got me thinking about what Grant Field was like when I was a freshman in 1970. I ruined a good pair of adidas track shoes on worse cinders than anything I ever saw in high school--yes, the track went around the football field and was "paved" with but cinders. Grant Field wasn't very much different in 1970 than it was in 1952 in all probability. The recent stories on Pepper include comments about how bad the facilities were. They were bad, and didn't get better until Homer Rice--who had fundraising ability--came to Tech in 1980. An example of what Homer did: Clemson was raising more money than us by 1980. Homer figured out that the difference wasn't IPTAY, it was sky boxes. So he built some. He merged alumni and athletic fund raising into Yellow Jacket Clubs, and required the coaches to go on the road to Club meetings. I'll be accused of being a troll, but I have to say that while Bobby Dodd was a great football coach and one of the most charismatic people you will ever meet, he didn't do Tech any favors as an AD. He admitted that he didn't like asking people for money, although with his charisma and contacts he could have raised tons of money. That's when Georgie passed us as a program, and we still haven't recovered. [/QUOTE]
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