Chris to Bama...

JTS said:
Let me assure you that my level of happiness is not affected by the decisions of high schoolers, but you know what has had a large impact on my level of happiness? Getting a top notch education from one of the best colleges out there. Yes, my GT education put me on a career path that has led to a prosperous life for me and my family and that has made me very happy.

A kid passes over a free education at one of the very best colleges and a virtual lock on being a starter one day to go to a crap school, football factory that represents the very worst of what's wrong with college athletics where he will probably be railroaded into some worthless major by the coaching staff in order to maybe get an extra handful of receptions per season assuming he ever sees the field as a WR. That does not have any impact on my happiness, but there is a very good chance that at some point in his future it will have a pretty dramatic impact on his level of happiness. It actually makes me happy to know that we are not wasting a free GT education on someone that does not place any value on it because if you are passing over GT to go to Bama you clearly do not care about your education. I just hope that the guy who ends up taking his slot does.
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:cheers:

Absolutely amazes me when I speak to HS kids about the future when choosing a school. I've finally convinced my 16 y/o that daddy ain't footin' the bill after age 23. I think she finally understands.
 
JTS said:
Let me assure you that my level of happiness is not affected by the decisions of high schoolers, but you know what has had a large impact on my level of happiness? Getting a top notch education from one of the best colleges out there. Yes, my GT education put me on a career path that has led to a prosperous life for me and my family and that has made me very happy.

A kid passes over a free education at one of the very best colleges and a virtual lock on being a starter one day to go to a crap school, football factory that represents the very worst of what's wrong with college athletics where he will probably be railroaded into some worthless major by the coaching staff in order to maybe get an extra handful of receptions per season assuming he ever sees the field as a WR. That does not have any impact on my happiness, but there is a very good chance that at some point in his future it will have a pretty dramatic impact on his level of happiness. It actually makes me happy to know that we are not wasting a free GT education on someone that does not place any value on it because if you are passing over GT to go to Bama you clearly do not care about your education. I just hope that the guy who ends up taking his slot does.
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That is sure a long way of saying "somebody didn't make the same life choices I did and now I'm pouting about it."
 
That is sure a long way of saying "somebody didn't make the same life choices I did and now I'm pouting about it."
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Not really. It's more like a long way of saying "going to school at Bama for anything other than pussy is dumb."

Which I'll agree with. And maybe he does too. Bama does have better pussy than Tech, after all.
 
JacketDan said:
That is sure a long way of saying "somebody didn't make the same life choices I did and now I'm pouting about it."
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Sorry, I agree completely that he made a lifelong mistake going to bammer.

He should view his football prowess as giving him an opportunity to get the best education (free) that he can get while still playing for a good program.

He's no shoe in for a stellar pro career and $10 million in career earinings. Not even Calvin fit that description when he came to GT...
 
JacketDan said:
That is sure a long way of saying "somebody didn't make the same life choices I did and now I'm pouting about it."
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I can understand a guy passing over GT because he doesn't think that he's smart enough to cut it academically, but obviously that's not the case here or he wouldn't have committed in the first place. I can also understand a guy that is uncomfortable with PJ's system passing over GT to go to UNC, UVA, Stanford, Notre Dame, etc...., but we're talking about Bama here. Saying that it is just my opinion that he's making a bad life choice is like saying that "a Rolls Royce is a better car than a Pinto" is just my opinion. I'm sure that there is some small number of rabid Pinto fanatics out there that wouldn't trade their car for a Rolls, but it doesn't make it any less obvious that a Rolls is a better car than a Pinto. The only way this decision ends up working out better for him is if he makes the NFL and the difference between him making it or not making it is because he went to Bama instead of GT.
 
JTS said:
Saying that it is just my opinion that he's making a bad life choice is like saying that "a Rolls Royce is a better car than a Pinto" is just my opinion. I'm sure that there is some small number of rabid Pinto fanatics out there that wouldn't trade their car for a Rolls, but it doesn't make it any less obvious that a Rolls is a better car than a Pinto.
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Rolls' cost way more to fix than Pintos.
 
JTS said:
I can understand a guy passing over GT because he doesn't think that he's smart enough to cut it academically, but obviously that's not the case here or he wouldn't have committed in the first place. I can also understand a guy that is uncomfortable with PJ's system passing over GT to go to UNC, UVA, Stanford, Notre Dame, etc...., but we're talking about Bama here. Saying that it is just my opinion that he's making a bad life choice is like saying that "a Rolls Royce is a better car than a Pinto" is just my opinion. I'm sure that there is some small number of rabid Pinto fanatics out there that wouldn't trade their car for a Rolls, but it doesn't make it any less obvious that a Rolls is a better car than a Pinto. The only way this decision ends up working out better for him is if he makes the NFL and the difference between him making it or not making it is because he went to Bama instead of GT.
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For someone so supposedly successful, you sure are closed minded...

Perhaps he changed his mind and is no longer interested in a technical or management degree?

Perhaps he thinks playing WR at UA presents a better opportunity to play in the NFL?

Who are you to judge what's a good life choice and a bad one, particularly on someone you've (assumedly) never met or spoken with?

People succeed from all schools, and GT certainly doesn't have a patent on preparing young adults for life in the real world...Mike
 
Who are you to judge what's a good life choice and a bad one, particularly on someone you've (assumedly) never met or spoken with?
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We're talking about BAMA, dude.

BAMA.

And not only that, we're talking about what education Bama football players receive.

e.g. Zero.

"Maybe he doesn't want to be an engineer" is a great excuse for going to Auburn or UNC over Tech. There is no excuse to picking Bama over Tech unless it's for the pussy or because you're being paid under the table. Bama is that bad.
 
TampaJacket said:
For someone so supposedly successful, you sure are closed minded...

Perhaps he changed his mind and is no longer interested in a technical or management degree?

Perhaps he thinks playing WR at UA presents a better opportunity to play in the NFL?

Who are you to judge what's a good life choice and a bad one, particularly on someone you've (assumedly) never met or spoken with?

People succeed from all schools, and GT certainly doesn't have a patent on preparing young adults for life in the real world...Mike
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I agree with this. Who are any of else to tell a kid to stop chasing his dream and willingly go to a place where he doesn't think he can fulfill it? Bama may suck for a textbook education, but for a wide receiver football education it is much more of a sure bet than GT. Even if he is buried on the depth chart, he at least knows he will have a shot, which is more than you can say about GT right now.

If he went to GT and didn't feel he got a good shot at developing as a WR, he could very well be looking back at it in a decade and saying, "That was the worst decision I have ever made in my life." Of course, it could end up going the other way too...but that is his choice. Hopefully he made the correct one.
 
beej67 said:
"Maybe he doesn't want to be an engineer" is a great excuse for going to Auburn
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QFT. As a group, Auburn engineers are the worst I have ever worked with. They are full step down from the engineering technology majors from Southern Tech. At least the southern tech grads know there are things they don't know.
 
TampaJacket said:
For someone so supposedly successful, you sure are closed minded...

Perhaps he changed his mind and is no longer interested in a technical or management degree?

Perhaps he thinks playing WR at UA presents a better opportunity to play in the NFL?

Who are you to judge what's a good life choice and a bad one, particularly on someone you've (assumedly) never met or spoken with?

People succeed from all schools, and GT certainly doesn't have a patent on preparing young adults for life in the real world...Mike
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I think alot are assuming this decision was solely chris's and that he wasn't influenced negatively by people in his life that are looking out for their interest more than chris's.

Its amazing, how people who shouldn't have any role in one's recruitment can influence it.

I feel bad for him.
 
As a group, Auburn engineers are the worst I have ever worked with.
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...at least they were able to get jobs engineering.

I haven't worked with many Auburn engineers, but one I did work with is now the director of the National Center for Asphalt Technology, and holds an undergrad degree in Civil and PhD in Materials Science.

Maybe an Auburn degree is bad, but a Bama degree is completely worthless. I'm not even sure I've met a person with a Bama degree in my entire professional career. And I've met two engineers with undergrad degrees from West Georgia College.
 
beej67 said:
I'm not even sure I've met a person with a Bama degree in my entire professional career.
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I don't think I have either. I just assumed Bama didn't have an engineering school (like UGA). I interact with very few non-engineers (or at least scientists).
 
Are you serious about talking about engineering? This player is probably not going to study engineering or doesn't have the skills/time (as an athlete) for engineering, most likely he will study something sports related, or some liberal arts, so it doesn't matter if he goes to auburn or bama academically.

Bama is substantially worse than Tech, but they have some good stuff. For example, Bama does have some good departments, 15 Rhodes Scholars, 20 Goldwater Scholars and 10 Truman Scholars. FYI Tech has like 4 Rhodes scholars.

Tech is still lacking in non-engineering non-complete-business related studies which I am sure doesn't help recruiting. As Tech continues to expand, I believe we will have 'fun' majors like sports studies :P
 
beej67 said:
We're talking about BAMA, dude.

BAMA.

And not only that, we're talking about what education Bama football players receive.

e.g. Zero.

"Maybe he doesn't want to be an engineer" is a great excuse for going to Auburn or UNC over Tech. There is no excuse to picking Bama over Tech unless it's for the pussy or because you're being paid under the table. Bama is that bad.
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You might paint things with such a broad brush, but I don't. Respectfully...Mike
 
[quote/]Maybe an Auburn degree is bad, but a Bama degree is completely worthless.[/quote]

I have a Bama MBA. And could you please bring me a new refrigerator box, I'm under the bridge at I-75 and Howell Mill.

You are one closed minded SOB. I know a lot of people with degrees from Bama whom I would bet are a helluva lot more successful than you can ever think of being.
 
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But your Masters degree wasn't in general studies, like 26% of Bama football players undergrad degrees are, should they be one of the few, proud, 39% who actually graduate.


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My comments above are directed towards the kind of education Chris is going to receive, since the topic is about Chris. Additionally, many terrible schools have pretty good graduate programs. Even UGA has some graduate study programs that don't completely suck. But simply because UGA churns out a few PhDs every year does not mean that their librarians know how to spell, or that their undergrad students are taught anything meaningful, and UGA > Bammer for academics. I do not deny that graduates of UGA and Bama undergrad programs cannot be successful, merely that their success should not be directly attributed to their education.
 
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cyclejacket said:
I have a Bama MBA. And could you please bring me a new refrigerator box, I'm under the bridge at I-75 and Howell Mill.
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As does the President/GM of the Gwinnett Gladiators, who was named the ECHL Executive of the Year for the last two years in a row (the only two time winner in league history) and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the league. If you have an extra box, how about tossing it beneath the overpass at Sugarloaf & 85?
 
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