Agreed. He did a fine job for GT,. As far as effectiveness, he's tied with DRad as our best AD since Rice, IMHO. Maybe by underwhelmed, I meant I didn't walk away from the conversations with a warm n fuzzy for the future. He just didn't seem genuinely happy to be here, so I could just sense his tenure here would be short. Make sense? I'm not glad he moved on at all, but I expected it.
Both very bad things. But I'm not blind to the huge difference between Stansbury and Bobinsquatch in non-revenue sports as well as having an actual f'n plan and communicating it and fundraising for it.
The job was too big for him. Just too many challenges here and this job is only a match for someone wanting a very long term gig. He needed something easier like Sparty. If he does ok there, he can move on to NFL, MLB, etc as some mid-level exec or maybe to a USC, sec blueblood, etc type job as AD. GT is not for everybody. You have to really love what we are and who we are to want to stick around very long.
What was your issue with Fritz?
Brent Key was available.
Why do you think he was unhappy being here?
I was on the fence about Fritz. I didn't think he had enough years left.
Rice was the last AD we've had that really embraced being here and he retired almost 30 years ago.
I like real grass as much as anybody, but in the current state of things, it's a bad financial choice. Staying competitive in college football now requires prioritizing NIL spending and TV revenue.
I don't think he was unhappy, just not happy, kind of in the middle, lukewarm. I'm sure he was happy on payday, and he held up his end for that compensation, IMHO. I have zero quarrel with job he did or the effort he put forth. He's talented and will do well wherever he goes. I just felt he didn't embrace GT and all that we are about. See Liberty's post above, think he nailed it.
The job wasn't too big for him. It was a stepping stone. Not long after he was hired I asked him whether he planned to stay here or move on when he had the chance. He told me that if he moved it was because he had done a great job here, someone recognized it, and GT would be in a better place. I can't argue with any of that, but a lot of it was the easy stuff that we all could accept. He was just hitting the wall now though at the point of finally getting push back inside and outside the AA walls. He was beginning to burn bridges with his decisions that were becoming harder to accept by donors and the key staff he couldn't replace with guys that looked and sounded like him.
You forgot sockless loafer wearer.
J Batt. You guys can poo all you want but it's the correct answer.
I don't think you understood what GoGATech was trying to say.
