AJC: As losses take toll, pressure rises on Georgia Tech’s Geoff Collins, Todd Stansbury

infinijacket said:
It’s quite simple. In today’s world, it’s about the money. Until gt collects and spends big dollars for a good coach and assistants and competitive facilities, nothing will change.
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infinijacket said:
It’s quite simple. In today’s world, it’s about the money. Until gt collects and spends big dollars for a good coach and assistants and competitive facilities, nothing will change.
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So, put up or quit complainning.
 
My source is checking his source, but I just received a very long and detailed explanation of where things stand currently, and whoever supplied it says that Collins will be gone after the Duke game. When my source confirms his info, if possible, I will paste the statement here. Sure hope it's right, although I would have preferred it happen sooner
 
Supersize that order mutt said:
My source is checking his source, but I just received a very long and detailed explanation of where things stand currently, and whoever supplied it says that Collins will be gone after the Duke game. When my source confirms his info, if possible, I will paste the statement here. Sure hope it's right, although I would have preferred it happen sooner
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The source just checked with me and I said "mebbie"

Now let's go out and beat UCF and save Collins and Stansbury's jobs!!!
 
DeepSnap said:
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Collins will be gone after the Duke game. Buyout's been raised. The process has started, but it is by necessity & fairness a lengthy legal road of due process. You can thank Pepper Rodgers for that - you YoungFarTekkers can go look up why.

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From this ajc article:
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Larger than life, Pepper Rodgers led inimitable tenure at Georgia Tech

Standing out was no challenge for Rodgers, who quarterbacked and kicked on Tech’s shared national championship team in 1952 and returned to coach the Jackets 1974-79. Even as a young child, he found the limelight, singing and dancing on the stage of Loew’s Grand Theater in downtown Atlanta
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He finished with a 34-31-2 record at Tech.



Let go with two years left on his contract, Rodgers then filed suit against Tech – his alma mater. He argued that he was owed more than the remaining base salary, including benefits like profits from his radio and television show and the use of a car and country-club memberships that were agreed on, but not written into his contract.



The suit was not settled until 1983, when Tech gave him a reported $100,000, less than a third of the $331,000 he originally sought. It likely changed how college coaching contracts were written, enabling coaches fired before the end of their contracts to receive what they were originally offered.



“It took nerve to do what I did,” Rodgers said at the time. “I knew it was an injustice, and I wanted to do something about it.”
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