Are you happy with Fritz hire? 11-27-2022

[Flywheel]

Nothing against the guy’s age or his football knowledge, but do we really want to hire a 63 year old guy who will be crucified by our fanbase after his first loss and then picked on by the buzzards called Atlanta sports media? How long is he gonna want to do that? When you look at his resume you can see he turned programs around in lower levels of competition but do those schools come with the expectations of our fanbase? I don’t see one program on that list that’s as stressful as being Tech head coach. How long would you want to do that if you’re 63? We’re going back to this bullshit coaching search in 5 years maximum if he can survive that long and that’s not saying he will be dog öööö, that’s saying he won’t put up with it. I don’t know if I would at 63 unless it’s my school.

+ If you're a stud edge rusher from Grayson, you're probably not getting fizzy over a retirement-age coach who's been at Tulane since before puberty and who posted a losing record there.

 

[Akinji07]

+ If you're a stud edge rusher from Grayson, you're probably not getting fizzy over a retirement-age coach who's been at Tulane since before puberty and who posted a losing record there.

Maybe he’ll tell him “Hey remember that 2014 Georgia Tech team that was ranked top 10 at the end of the season? I almost beat that team.”

 

[Flywheel]

Maybe he’ll tell him “Hey remember that 2014 Georgia Tech team that was ranked top 10 at the end of the season? I almost beat that team.”

Good argument, Geoff. Where do I sign?

 

[The Champ]

Did we use that same uga executive search firm for this? I’m starting to see a pattern emerge.

Yep. Used the executive search firm and their list of candidates came from the initial Stingtalk poll.

 

[The Champ]

+ If you're a stud edge rusher from Grayson, you're probably not getting fizzy over a retirement-age coach who's been at Tulane since before puberty and who posted a losing record there.

We’ll they got fizzy over an almost 50 year old in skinny jeans with a squirrel pelt on his head; maybe the old man can get them worked up too. He may actually coach football too

 

[andrew]

We’ll they got fizzy over an almost 50 year old in skinny jeans with a squirrel pelt on his head; maybe the old man can get them worked up too. He may actually coach football too

I wonder what all day breakfast establishment Fritz frequents.

 

[Flywheel]

I wonder what all day breakfast establishment Fritz frequents.

Which ones take medicare?

 

[Buffalobuzz]

If we are contemplating taking a chance on a 62 year old coach, I think I would’ve put my money on Gary Patterson instead. I would’ve been much more excited about him.

 

[georgia_tech_swagger]

 

[GTFLETCH]

Disappointed it is not Jamey Chadwell... Should have hired Fritz in 2018 after CPJ retired...

 

[asharp12587]

The stupidest ööööing hire. With Chadwell out, its either Key or bust and we're actively ööööing choosing to bust. I'm not happy with a Key hire. But bare minimum hes a 5 win coach with a 7-8 win ceiling. Fritz is just no......just no.

 

[ScionOfSouthland]

At this point I can’t tell if I would be more surprised that he’s hired or that his agent used this to get him a bigger contract at Tulane

 

[justafan]

At this point I can’t tell if I would be more surprised that he’s hired or that his agent used this to get him a bigger contract at Tulane

You don't think 10-2 would get him a bigger contract?

 

[andrew]

You don't think 10-2 would get him a bigger contract?

Not as big as 10-2 with a competing P5 offer.

 

[JJacket]

You’re happy with everyone.

I've always liked happy endings

 

[GoldenIsle]

Nothing against the guy’s age or his football knowledge, but do we really want to hire a 63 year old guy who will be crucified by our fanbase after his first loss and then picked on by the buzzards called Atlanta sports media? How long is he gonna want to do that? When you look at his resume you can see he turned programs around in lower levels of competition but do those schools come with the expectations of our fanbase? I don’t see one program on that list that’s as stressful as being Tech head coach. How long would you want to do that if you’re 63? We’re going back to this bullshit coaching search in 5 years maximum if he can survive that long and that’s not saying he will be dog öööö, that’s saying he won’t put up with it. I don’t know if I would at 63 unless it’s my school.

Brent Key will be our man when Fritz retires. Brent will be in his early fifties 6-8 years from now.

 

[TechRush]

At this point I can’t tell if I would be more surprised that he’s hired or that his agent used this to get him a bigger contract at Tulane

It will be a very sad day if we got punked by a Tulane coach. It sounds like the Coastal Carolina coach already told us thanks, but nah.

 

[rain]

I wonder what all day breakfast establishment Fritz frequents.

Cafe Du Monde

 

[QuadF]

I'd rather have monken than fritz. Similar lack of p5 hc exp, but better results and has succeeded at tech. I guess fritz may have better ga hs connections.

But at this point I'm inclined to ride it out with key over monken. He's done about as well as we could've hoped given the situation. Looking back at the post-game analysis for our first few games seems like years ago with how bad we were at everything then. Tell him to take a mediocre contract for a few years while he establishes himself so we can dump it into the recruiting budget and build.

 

[Supersize that order mutt]

So JBatt is willing to spend $8 million in addition to the $10 million we are already going to have to pay Collins??? Tech athletics will never recover.