Let's think about it logically

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Yes it is very disappointing to have the team sent to Detroit. Especially for those of us who like to travel to bowl games. But the reality is if I were in charge of picking a team to come to my bowl, I would have a hard time relying on the Tech fanbase to show up after going 7-5 with a loss to uga, in the middle of a coaching search. I don't know how Todd's to blame here. He's about to spend a lot of money we don't have to hire a coach that's going to make or break Tech football. I wouldn't guarantee the ticket sales either. Not at this point. I'm not trying to be Polyanna but after going bowless 2 out of the last 3 years, I'm glad the team gets an opponent they should be favored against and send Paul off with a win.

Onwards and upwards. Keep positive and let's see how the next few weeks play out. And don't forget, it is never as good or as bad as it seems.
 
Akinji07 said:
Yes it is very disappointing to have the team sent to Detroit. Especially for those of us who like to travel to bowl games. But the reality is if I were in charge of picking a team to come to my bowl, I would have a hard time relying on the Tech fanbase to show up after going 7-5 with a loss to uga, in the middle of a coaching search. I don't know how Todd's to blame here. He's about to spend a lot of money we don't have to hire a coach that's going to make or break Tech football. I wouldn't guarantee the ticket sales either. Not at this point. I'm not trying to be Polyanna but after going bowless 2 out of the last 3 years, I'm glad the team gets an opponent they should be favored against and send Paul off with a win.

Onwards and upwards. Keep positive and let's see how the next few weeks play out. And don't forget, it is never as good or as bad as it seems.
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What did you do with akinji?
 
Akinji07 said:
Yes it is very disappointing to have the team sent to Detroit. Especially for those of us who like to travel to bowl games. But the reality is if I were in charge of picking a team to come to my bowl, I would have a hard time relying on the Tech fanbase to show up after going 7-5 with a loss to uga, in the middle of a coaching search. I don't know how Todd's to blame here. He's about to spend a lot of money we don't have to hire a coach that's going to make or break Tech football. I wouldn't guarantee the ticket sales either. Not at this point. I'm not trying to be Polyanna but after going bowless 2 out of the last 3 years, I'm glad the team gets an opponent they should be favored against and send Paul off with a win.

Onwards and upwards. Keep positive and let's see how the next few weeks play out. And don't forget, it is never as good or as bad as it seems.
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What was Belk requiring us to guarantee? We're on the hook for $80k worth of tickets in Detroit.
 
https://collegefootball.ap.org/article/paul-johnson-heads-motown-ga-tech-finale

"Like I tell the players, 'Worry about stuff you can control,'" Johnson said. "We have no control over that. I've heard some really good things about the bowl game in Detroit. We'll make it fun for our players. We'll accentuate the positive."
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Now that I think I have my initial rage worked out, the best thing the team can do is to show up in Detroit with their A game. Boycotting or half-assing it would just look bad on the program. Detroit nor Minnesota had anything to do with us getting snubbed and shouldn’t be punished for it (anymore than a beat down on the field of play). So I hope the team has a good time, plays a great game, and then, during the trophy ceremony, tells the Belk Bowl to eat a sack lunch off their taint.
 
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No. What got broken here doesn’t get to be put together again. Bad start but then showing the fortitude to come back to finish 2nd in Coastal and 4th in ACC. Our bowl should be commensurate with that. theACCand TStan failed.
 
Honestly, now that I'm thinking about it logically, I'm just more pissed off. If I had to take a wild guess, we'd have come close to selling whatever Belk wanted. We aren't gonna sell diddly shit for the Detroit game.
 
EffinDane said:
Honestly, now that I'm thinking about it logically, I'm just more pissed off. If I had to take a wild guess, we'd have come close to selling whatever Belk wanted. We aren't gonna sell diddly öööö for the Detroit game.
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And who are you pissed off at? TStan? What do you know that he did or didnt do?
 
Akinji07 said:
And who are you pissed off at? TStan? What do you know that he did or didnt do?
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At this point, I know that Belk Bowl went with UVA over us due to the fact that we wouldn't guarantee the number of tickets they wanted.

Depending on the number, yeah, I'm ööööing pissed off at TStan. Guarantee the money, then tell the fans what they need to buy to make GTAA whole. We put up the money for the recruiting staff. Engage the fan base instead of being an asshole and "going dark" like our last dickhole AD.
 
EffinDane said:
At this point, I know that Belk Bowl went with UVA over us due to the fact that we wouldn't guarantee the number of tickets they wanted.

Depending on the number, yeah, I'm ööööing pissed off at TStan. Guarantee the money, then tell the fans what they need to buy to make GTAA whole. We put up the money for the recruiting staff. Engage the fan base instead of being an asshole and "going dark" like our last dickhole AD.
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If that's the way it went down then TStan has some 'splainin to do. We would have covered easily imo
 
There is no logic behind being the 4th place ACC team by all accounts yet getting the arguably worst bowl slot in the conference.
 
Guarantee what Belk was asking. The team deserves better than a day after Christmas game in Detroit.
 
Does anyone know for a fact that we didn't guarantee a certain number of tickets for the belk bowl, or is this more worst case scenario conjecture?
 
Maybe we are lucky and TS isn’t a moron. Maybe he’s just saving us the difference on the ticket allotment to put it toward a new coach. Maybe. Please.
 
gtGreg768b said:
Does anyone know for a fact that we didn't guarantee a certain number of tickets for the belk bowl, or is this more worst case scenario conjecture?
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That's what I'm hearing, more or less from the horse's mouth. Take my word for it. Or don't.
 
EffinDane said:
That's what I'm hearing, more or less from the horse's mouth. Take my word for it. Or don't.
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It just seems so implausible... Deny a tier one bowl that is within a couple hour drive because we wouldn't commit to guaranteeing what seems like a totally reasonable number of tickets... There is no upside to doing that at all. I don't buy that this was a conscious decision made by our AD. If it comes out that this is truly what happened, I'll eat crow, but until then, I call bullshit. Stansbury isn't stupid.
 
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