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<blockquote data-quote="Vespidae" data-source="post: 255661" data-attributes="member: 2957"><p>I think it is less the school and more of GTAA. We have 15,000 undergrads at Tech, of which less than 500 are student-athletes. I would think Bud Peterson spends about a nanosecond of time on athletics. I heard that when MBob resigned, he kicked the decision to a small team and said basically, "hire who you want". </p><p></p><p>It is the GTAA's responsibility to run the athletic program. Can the Hill help? Yes. They can ... a) raise student athletic activity fees from $127 a semester to $254 and we get another $2MM to spend on coaches and recruiting. They can also help with branding (they manage it), and opening up the Roll Call donor lists to the the GTAA. </p><p></p><p>But the primary responsibility remains GTAA. The biggest gaps to major programs (Top 25) remains the lack of fundraising and booster clubs. If you take the other ACC schools, FSU for example, and strip out the impact of the booster organizations and sustained donations to their AA, FSU is comparable to Tech. Now remember ... their student population is bigger, so per student fees create more leverage there ... but it is the Seminole Clubs that really drive donations to the AA fund. Same for Bama (Red Elephant Club), same for others. </p><p></p><p>GTAA historically has stunk at this sort of thing. The facilities were so bad in the 1980's that Tech was considering leaving Division I sports. Bobby Dodd literally begged Homer Rice to come to Tech and he not only saved the program, we had a golden age of donations followed by an NC, basketball success, baseball success, etc. </p><p></p><p>I remain generally stunned to read that after about 100 years of football, GTAA only now has a structure from which to plan it's future. They winged it year to year and I think that is what frustrates a lot of those involved in the program. We wake up one day and everyone has passed us by. </p><p></p><p>We could hire Les Miles and find the same challenges ... not enough money, not enough focus, not enough recruiting, etc. The simple answer is that we need a GTAA that can raise, year after year, $100MM in annual revenue for annual operations ... ticket sales, student fees, licensing, tv, boosters. </p><p></p><p>I continue to believe that if Tech chose to compete and be a Top 25 program, we could do it. It's takes a plan, a process, and dedicated people to make that happen. So far, we've never had the people in place with the passion to do that. I'm betting on Todd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vespidae, post: 255661, member: 2957"] I think it is less the school and more of GTAA. We have 15,000 undergrads at Tech, of which less than 500 are student-athletes. I would think Bud Peterson spends about a nanosecond of time on athletics. I heard that when MBob resigned, he kicked the decision to a small team and said basically, "hire who you want". It is the GTAA's responsibility to run the athletic program. Can the Hill help? Yes. They can ... a) raise student athletic activity fees from $127 a semester to $254 and we get another $2MM to spend on coaches and recruiting. They can also help with branding (they manage it), and opening up the Roll Call donor lists to the the GTAA. But the primary responsibility remains GTAA. The biggest gaps to major programs (Top 25) remains the lack of fundraising and booster clubs. If you take the other ACC schools, FSU for example, and strip out the impact of the booster organizations and sustained donations to their AA, FSU is comparable to Tech. Now remember ... their student population is bigger, so per student fees create more leverage there ... but it is the Seminole Clubs that really drive donations to the AA fund. Same for Bama (Red Elephant Club), same for others. GTAA historically has stunk at this sort of thing. The facilities were so bad in the 1980's that Tech was considering leaving Division I sports. Bobby Dodd literally begged Homer Rice to come to Tech and he not only saved the program, we had a golden age of donations followed by an NC, basketball success, baseball success, etc. I remain generally stunned to read that after about 100 years of football, GTAA only now has a structure from which to plan it's future. They winged it year to year and I think that is what frustrates a lot of those involved in the program. We wake up one day and everyone has passed us by. We could hire Les Miles and find the same challenges ... not enough money, not enough focus, not enough recruiting, etc. The simple answer is that we need a GTAA that can raise, year after year, $100MM in annual revenue for annual operations ... ticket sales, student fees, licensing, tv, boosters. I continue to believe that if Tech chose to compete and be a Top 25 program, we could do it. It's takes a plan, a process, and dedicated people to make that happen. So far, we've never had the people in place with the passion to do that. I'm betting on Todd. [/QUOTE]
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