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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 228362" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>I think a lot of times GT fans have "local think" versus "global think" when it comes to GT. Which is quite the opposite of GT the Institute itself which has always taught its students to think globally. Obviously we're all protective of GT being fans, but protective also means we eliminate how non-GT fans think. Not everyone is a GT fan, and I will say a vast majority of the kids we recruit are not raised as GT fans so they are naturally not as protective as fans are when someone talks about GT. So to them, the press cracking jokes about CPJ being ornery they may take CPJ is difficult to deal with. As GT fans, and it's obvious by responses, we think "Good for CPJ, sticking up for GT." But there are other ways of dealing with the press, and correcting them. I remember one time Heather Dinich predicted GT would lose to a certain team...as was her job to predict the winners of the ACC games that week. Obviously, half the coaches won't be happy with her predictions. After the game (and a big GT win), CPJ specifically sought her out to call her to the carpet. As a GT fan that's pretty funny, but as the CEO of a company who has to look at the larger picture, CPJ probably could have handled that a lot better...and kept his relationship with a reporter who has since been promoted to a more visible position, intact. I'm not sure Dinich has been very kind to CPJ since then, pretty much calling for his job after the 2013 season. Petty on her part? Probably, but as they say, "The pen is mightier than the sword" CPJ might have won the battle that day and GT fans had a good laugh, but I'm not sure he won the war in the long run.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 228362, member: 360"] I think a lot of times GT fans have "local think" versus "global think" when it comes to GT. Which is quite the opposite of GT the Institute itself which has always taught its students to think globally. Obviously we're all protective of GT being fans, but protective also means we eliminate how non-GT fans think. Not everyone is a GT fan, and I will say a vast majority of the kids we recruit are not raised as GT fans so they are naturally not as protective as fans are when someone talks about GT. So to them, the press cracking jokes about CPJ being ornery they may take CPJ is difficult to deal with. As GT fans, and it's obvious by responses, we think "Good for CPJ, sticking up for GT." But there are other ways of dealing with the press, and correcting them. I remember one time Heather Dinich predicted GT would lose to a certain team...as was her job to predict the winners of the ACC games that week. Obviously, half the coaches won't be happy with her predictions. After the game (and a big GT win), CPJ specifically sought her out to call her to the carpet. As a GT fan that's pretty funny, but as the CEO of a company who has to look at the larger picture, CPJ probably could have handled that a lot better...and kept his relationship with a reporter who has since been promoted to a more visible position, intact. I'm not sure Dinich has been very kind to CPJ since then, pretty much calling for his job after the 2013 season. Petty on her part? Probably, but as they say, "The pen is mightier than the sword" CPJ might have won the battle that day and GT fans had a good laugh, but I'm not sure he won the war in the long run. [/QUOTE]
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