Artificial Turf Returns?

smokey_wasp said:
I respect your longevity as a fan, but you've failed to provide any specific changes you feel have been detrimental. I don't see where Tech changes more than most schools, probably less than a lot of them.
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As stated earlier, too many changes to bore you with and many are petty but even the petty changes in sum, can impact the fan experience in a major way. Little things like the water bottle policy where each season ticket holder gets one clear bottle no matter if the have multiple tickets is absurd and reeks of financial desperation. From that extreme which, admittedly is minor, to major changes like moving marquee games off campus all have taken away from my enjoyment of Georgia Tech football. All the opinion of one long time sidewalk fan and obviously, not shared by others.
 
There are plenty of changes I don't really like, but I understand them. And I figured for every person like me there's probably one who DOES like those things.

I agree that the GTAA tends to nickle and dime it's way through things, and it's handling of many things with fans is very clunky. But such is life trying to compete with the big boys without the $$, so I applaud creative ways to make money, as well. Also, the Stones concert at BDS was one of the highlights of my music life so if we can have more cool events like that, I'm all for it.

*my water bottle melted in the dishwasher and my tickets are still wrinkled.
 
Architorture23 said:
There are plenty of changes I don't really like, but I understand them. And I figured for every person like me there's probably one who DOES like those things.

I agree that the GTAA tends to nickle and dime it's way through things, and it's handling of many things with fans is very clunky. But such is life trying to compete with the big boys without the $$, so I applaud creative ways to make money, as well. Also, the Stones concert at BDS was one of the highlights of my music life so if we can have more cool events like that, I'm all for it.

*my water bottle melted in the dishwasher and my tickets are still wrinkled.
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Good news is they’re gonna fix that wrinkled ticket issue for you
 
cbee said:
As stated earlier, too many changes to bore you with and many are petty but even the petty changes in sum, can impact the fan experience in a major way. Little things like the water bottle policy where each season ticket holder gets one clear bottle no matter if the have multiple tickets is absurd and reeks of financial desperation. From that extreme which, admittedly is minor, to major changes like moving marquee games off campus all have taken away from my enjoyment of Georgia Tech football. All the opinion of one long time sidewalk fan and obviously, not shared by others.
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3-9, 5-6 and 3-9 all close together are the main things that have taken away from my enjoyment. If this helps fix it, do whatever is necessary.
 
We should be changing turf for one reason - to improve the football program.

Crap about concerts and stuff should not be in the equatiion.

Build a damn team with a schedule and wins to build the bank account.

One of the greatest reasons to change is because some ars saying we have such a great field - yet we had to resod during the season. That ain't great.
 
One could argue it’s hard to build a team with a schedule and wins without the $$$ though.

At the end of the day we are replacing grass with a top of the line substitute that’s going to make us a lot more money in the next few years. Seems like a no brainer. Once we are a Clemson/Bama level factory where money is no object we can switch back to grass.
 
DeepSnap said:
Happened a lot in the 1971 install at GF, too. We went through adidas, Puma, SpotBilt & Riddell shoes like popcorn at a movie. It was difficult then to get a glue that would hold the shoe together when a big ugly war daddy wanted to move. Seems like adidas finally came up with something for the linemen & something else for the WRs & RBs. By the next year Riddell had figured it out.

New related question: Has something happened to that creek/sewer that runs directly under BDS@HGF & might be effecting this? If yes, thought the "field shift" during the no-Braine(r) renovation/expansion was to have fixed/mitigated the problem.

Much, much prefer the real stuff to a plastic field.
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That storm sewer didn't go anywhere. BDS Peters Park Russ Chandler all sit in a hole and that water has to go somewhere. I think it runs north into Peachtree Creek. If anything that system was rehabbed.
 
BuzzedATL said:
One could argue it’s hard to build a team with a schedule and wins without the $$$ though.

At the end of the day we are replacing grass with a top of the line substitute that’s going to make us a lot more money in the next few years. Seems like a no brainer. Once we are a Clemson/Bama level factory where money is no object we can switch back to grass.
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I have no way to prove it but I believe in 10 years or so almost ( if not all) every college team will have A/T.

I think research will make it safer..
 
I like to play in all of your mom's turf. Then she got rid of it altogether and I was okay with that because she said grass doesn't grow on a playground. Then she got artificial turf and .....it was weird from then on out....but I was still okay with that.
 
My mind of course went right to field design. I hope we can lose the drop shadow on the wordmark in the end zone and maybe use the stinger shapes from the uniforms in some way.

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Pantone4515 said:
My mind of course went right to field design. I hope we can lose the drop shadow on the wordmark in the end zone and maybe use the stinger shapes from the uniforms in some way.

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Those are pretty sweet. How about the gold endzones (with and/or without the stinger stripes) and put GEORGIA TECH in one endzone and YELLOW JACKETS in the other?
 
I also imagine we will see more branding along the sideline/bench area. ATL, 404, etc.
 
Pantone4515 said:
My mind of course went right to field design. I hope we can lose the drop shadow on the wordmark in the end zone and maybe use the stinger shapes from the uniforms in some way.

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Those are nice. Great effort but, personally, if you lose the blue, you'd be golden. I prefer number 3 then 1.
 
Pantone4515 said:
My mind of course went right to field design. I hope we can lose the drop shadow on the wordmark in the end zone and maybe use the stinger shapes from the uniforms in some way.

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I like #4 and #1 the best, understanding that if there is that much navy on the field, some on here will completely flip. I loved the navy endzone in the orange bowl in 2014... We couldn't stay out of it all night
 
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