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<blockquote data-quote="daBuzz" data-source="post: 37082" data-attributes="member: 56"><p>Perhaps it is not "us" who have trouble grasping that the game has changed but others who have trouble grasping that the problem is that GT hasn't. </p><p></p><p>No one wants to cheapen a degree from Georgia Tech but the assertion that allowing more exceptions into the school would do so is myopic to the point of blindness. Many have stated that some of the football players under O'Leary wouldn't be allowed in the school today. Well, that's a damn shame because Daryl Smith would be one of those. Ask him (I have) and he'll tell you that he couldn't get into Tech today. And he'll also tell you that he was one of those whom everyone thought would not make it at Tech. But if you ask him, he'll tell you "I worked my butt off because I knew that I wanted to succeed...and I was able to make it." One very interesting thing he told me was that he was most proud of being named to the 2002 ACC All-Academic team. YET THIS IS A GUY WHO WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED IN THE DOOR TODAY! Does everyone not see the lunacy of that?</p><p></p><p>And please, please, please do NOT bring up the APR as an excuse. Yes, it has an effect but it is more of an academic excuse crutch than it is a burden.</p><p></p><p>It would not be difficult at all to write into a GT coach's contract that he can have as many exceptions as he wants. But make it such that, if the school loses even a single scholarship due to APR, that it nullifies or lessens his buyout clause. That wouldn't necessarily mean the coach was fired, but it sure would give the school the financial flexibility to be able to do so if they felt it was needed. Conversely, reward the heck out of the coach for winning percentages. Throw in an uber bonus if he beats UGA, same with the bowl game (by the way, both of those are in CPJ's contract now).</p><p></p><p>In other words, let the person who is affected most by the APR restriction (the coach) be the one who makes the decisions on whether or not he wants to take a risky chance on an athlete who may not make the grade. After all, the school proudly proclaims that they fail out 1/3 of their freshman class...I know...because in my freshman orientation, they told us to look to our right and to our left...one of those people would not be there next year. For a school so proud and willing to fail out 1/3 of the nerds, the school is hypocritical as hell about even a single football player failing out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="daBuzz, post: 37082, member: 56"] Perhaps it is not "us" who have trouble grasping that the game has changed but others who have trouble grasping that the problem is that GT hasn't. No one wants to cheapen a degree from Georgia Tech but the assertion that allowing more exceptions into the school would do so is myopic to the point of blindness. Many have stated that some of the football players under O'Leary wouldn't be allowed in the school today. Well, that's a damn shame because Daryl Smith would be one of those. Ask him (I have) and he'll tell you that he couldn't get into Tech today. And he'll also tell you that he was one of those whom everyone thought would not make it at Tech. But if you ask him, he'll tell you "I worked my butt off because I knew that I wanted to succeed...and I was able to make it." One very interesting thing he told me was that he was most proud of being named to the 2002 ACC All-Academic team. YET THIS IS A GUY WHO WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED IN THE DOOR TODAY! Does everyone not see the lunacy of that? And please, please, please do NOT bring up the APR as an excuse. Yes, it has an effect but it is more of an academic excuse crutch than it is a burden. It would not be difficult at all to write into a GT coach's contract that he can have as many exceptions as he wants. But make it such that, if the school loses even a single scholarship due to APR, that it nullifies or lessens his buyout clause. That wouldn't necessarily mean the coach was fired, but it sure would give the school the financial flexibility to be able to do so if they felt it was needed. Conversely, reward the heck out of the coach for winning percentages. Throw in an uber bonus if he beats UGA, same with the bowl game (by the way, both of those are in CPJ's contract now). In other words, let the person who is affected most by the APR restriction (the coach) be the one who makes the decisions on whether or not he wants to take a risky chance on an athlete who may not make the grade. After all, the school proudly proclaims that they fail out 1/3 of their freshman class...I know...because in my freshman orientation, they told us to look to our right and to our left...one of those people would not be there next year. For a school so proud and willing to fail out 1/3 of the nerds, the school is hypocritical as hell about even a single football player failing out. [/QUOTE]
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