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<blockquote data-quote="OlaJacket" data-source="post: 429211" data-attributes="member: 4038"><p>As many great things Bobby Dodd accomplished as a head coach his time as athletic director was disasterous for Tech football for years to come. We all know about his decision to leave the SEC while he was head coach/ AD but something that is rarely talked about is his handling of Frank Broyles. As a Tech fan since the early 80's I was far removed from Dodd's glory years. As I got older and really became a Tech football historian, I started wondering why Frank Broyles was never willing to leave Arkansas for Tech. It remained mostly unknown to me until recently. I'm sure there are Tech fans that know the story but there may be many more who do not. There were two times we had the opportunity to get Broyles. First was the year that Dodd retired. I can understand why he didn't take the job at that time. For one, he probably wasn't too keen on following a legend and two, he was just a couple of years removed from winning a national title. But the second time in '71 he seemed a lot more willing to listen. Tech alumni were willing to do and pay just about anything to get him and being interested in the job, he consulted with Dodd. Dodd actually told him that he already had so many connections at Arkansas that he shouldn't consider leaving for Tech. Imagine an athletic director telling the best coaching candidate to not take the job at the school he was the AD for. I know times were different and maybe he was looking out for his former player but damn. Dodd made several moves as AD that make you question if his ego had more to do with his decisions than what was best for the program. I just think it's interesting to think of where our program would have been if he had done what was best for the program back then. What's done is done but I would love to hear feedback from anyone familiar with the situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OlaJacket, post: 429211, member: 4038"] As many great things Bobby Dodd accomplished as a head coach his time as athletic director was disasterous for Tech football for years to come. We all know about his decision to leave the SEC while he was head coach/ AD but something that is rarely talked about is his handling of Frank Broyles. As a Tech fan since the early 80's I was far removed from Dodd's glory years. As I got older and really became a Tech football historian, I started wondering why Frank Broyles was never willing to leave Arkansas for Tech. It remained mostly unknown to me until recently. I'm sure there are Tech fans that know the story but there may be many more who do not. There were two times we had the opportunity to get Broyles. First was the year that Dodd retired. I can understand why he didn't take the job at that time. For one, he probably wasn't too keen on following a legend and two, he was just a couple of years removed from winning a national title. But the second time in '71 he seemed a lot more willing to listen. Tech alumni were willing to do and pay just about anything to get him and being interested in the job, he consulted with Dodd. Dodd actually told him that he already had so many connections at Arkansas that he shouldn't consider leaving for Tech. Imagine an athletic director telling the best coaching candidate to not take the job at the school he was the AD for. I know times were different and maybe he was looking out for his former player but damn. Dodd made several moves as AD that make you question if his ego had more to do with his decisions than what was best for the program. I just think it's interesting to think of where our program would have been if he had done what was best for the program back then. What's done is done but I would love to hear feedback from anyone familiar with the situation. [/QUOTE]
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