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<blockquote data-quote="Eastman" data-source="post: 448191" data-attributes="member: 1390"><p>To me there is a clear difference between an "excuse" and a valid reason. If Tech is truly harder academically than the majority of teams they compete with, has fewer majors and hold student athletes to a higher standard etc. it would seem to me that those are valid reasons. Of course Tech should own that difference (I already think they do) and use it to sell the value of the education they provide but it seems clear to me that Tech has challenges that many of the other colleges nearby simply do not have. My son went to a private school that didn't give scholarships to athletes and competed with several schools that gave several "art" scholarships every year to exce3ptional athletes. I hated losing to those teams, and we didn't always, but there was a valid reason why our average season had less wins than theirs. No one ever wants to have a less than stellar year but not accepting valid reasons seems irrational to me. There have been a number of great suggestions on how some of the problems can be overcome and it appears we are taking some positive steps (more coaches, adidas etc) so hopefully improvement is at the door.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eastman, post: 448191, member: 1390"] To me there is a clear difference between an "excuse" and a valid reason. If Tech is truly harder academically than the majority of teams they compete with, has fewer majors and hold student athletes to a higher standard etc. it would seem to me that those are valid reasons. Of course Tech should own that difference (I already think they do) and use it to sell the value of the education they provide but it seems clear to me that Tech has challenges that many of the other colleges nearby simply do not have. My son went to a private school that didn't give scholarships to athletes and competed with several schools that gave several "art" scholarships every year to exce3ptional athletes. I hated losing to those teams, and we didn't always, but there was a valid reason why our average season had less wins than theirs. No one ever wants to have a less than stellar year but not accepting valid reasons seems irrational to me. There have been a number of great suggestions on how some of the problems can be overcome and it appears we are taking some positive steps (more coaches, adidas etc) so hopefully improvement is at the door. [/QUOTE]
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