GTsuperfan
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I caution fans to be excited but not be overly sold on him being just a GT guy. Unfortunately, we needed a GT guy back in 2011 before DRad made the debt burden insurmountable. Stansberry for all intents and purposes is a "good guy" and a career AD. He knows the landscape and academic challenges of the Institute. What will be telling in his time here is can he drive revenue generating changes in ticket sales, fundraising and other elements of college sports while devising a plan to aggressively reduce the debt burden. He will have one hand tied behind his back given the debt load for facilities expansion. He was on record for taking the Oregon State job because they were willing to devote "hundreds of millions" to athletic facilities. That won't be the case here. I wish him much success but I hope he's up for the challenge and not just taking the job of his alma mater. His skill set to me doesn't seem to be the perfect fit although he checks a few boxes around unifying the fan base and understanding of the GT culture. He will likely come out of the gate smoking and use his GT familiarity to his advantage with donors. However, when we look back in 5 years, will the debt load still be at $230M and will our fundraising still be last in the ACC only ahead of NC State. Time will tell...