If Collins Isn’t Fired This Week…

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EastboundJacket

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My wife’s gonna be so impressed with all the yardwork I get done around 4pm on Saturday.

In my entire life, I have never even considered willfully not watching a Tech team take the field. And let’s be real, I probably will regardless — but I can’t be the only one who feels this way.

And if the fans are quitting on the team, how is it possible for him to not lose the locker room? If he hasn’t already?

So the question is: How can we afford NOT to fire the guy right now?
 
EastboundJacket said:
how is it possible for him to not lose the locker room? If he hasn’t already?
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Did you watch the game yesterday?

The locker room is makes Hansel and Gretel look like they never got out of bed.

The locker room is more lost than the boys who hung out with Peter Pan.

If the locker room were a nuclear weapon it'd be known as a broken arrow.

The locker room might as well take place on a mysterious tropical island with polar bears and a similarly dissatisfying ending.
 
Start with firing the pieces of the staff this week. Release a statement that [c]GC will not be released prior to the buyout dropping on xx. Fill the mandatory press conferences with reporters that will ask pointed questions.
 
A friend of mine sat next to the father of a member of the team. The man told my friend that his son says that half the locker room has already been lost, and that he will not return next year if Collins is still the coach. I imagine he is not alone in that opinion.
 
LaFlavor said:
Did you watch the game yesterday?

The locker room is makes Hansel and Gretel look like they never got out of bed.

The locker room is more lost than the boys who hung out with Peter Pan.

If the locker room were a nuclear weapon it'd be known as a broken arrow.

The locker room might as well take place on a mysterious tropical island with polar bears and a similarly dissatisfying ending.
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I'm thinking The Terror. Tragic doomed voyage to the furthest point on earth Above The Line.
 
Supersize that order mutt said:
A friend of mine sat next to the father of a member of the team. The man told my friend that his son says that half the locker room has already been lost, and that he will not return next year if Collins is still the coach. I imagine he is not alone in that opinion.
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I was adamant that CGC wouldn't be fired due to the buyout and how much lower it will be in December. Given that it appears that he has lost the team, this will be '94 part 2. Gotta weigh the extra millions (or some sort of negotiated buyout) versus the (extra) damage to the program between now and then. Attendance will be even worse (if that is possible), recruiting non-existent, etc.
 
Just because he isn't fired doesn't mean we can't move him out of his responsibilities. We could keep him on staff until the buyout decreases. Give him an office in a temporary trailer on the edge of campus. Demand he be in office by 8am every day and put in an 8-5.

Tell him don't put pics on the walls
 
JJacket said:
Just because he isn't fired doesn't mean we can't move him out of his responsibilities. We could keep him on staff until the buyout decreases. Give him an office in a temporary trailer on the edge of campus. Demand he be in office by 8am every day and put in an 8-5.

Tell him don't put pics on the walls
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I keep seeing this posted but I would bet there is a clause in the contract that he can't just be demoted like that without triggering the buyout.
 
GT98 said:
I was adamant that CGC wouldn't be fired due to the buyout and how much lower it will be in December. Given that it appears that he has lost the team, this will be '94 part 2. Gotta weigh the extra millions (or some sort of negotiated buyout) versus the (extra) damage to the program between now and then. Attendance will be even worse (if that is possible), recruiting non-existent, etc.
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Difference between now and '94 is the transfer portal. Keeping a coach who's lost the locker room after three games is far more damaging when players can choose to switch schools with zero negative effects on their eligibility or career.

JJacket said:
Just because he isn't fired doesn't mean we can't move him out of his responsibilities. We could keep him on staff until the buyout decreases. Give him an office in a temporary trailer on the edge of campus. Demand he be in office by 8am every day and put in an 8-5.
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I'm pretty sure it actually does, otherwise buyouts would be meaningless and every school would do something like this rather than pay them. If we were demote CGC then I think he would be entitled to the buyout.
 
andrew said:
I'm pretty sure it actually does, otherwise buyouts would be meaningless and every school would do something like this rather than pay them. If we were demote CGC then I think he would be entitled to the buyout.
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We should at least announce he won’t be retained at seasons end. At which point GC can decide to coach it out, or walk away on his own accord. I can’t imagine GC actually wants to wear the headset, do interviews, be subject to ESPN graphics dept, etc anymore.
Doing/saying nothing this week is another slap in the face to the fan base.
 
The Champ said:
We should at least announce he won’t be retained at seasons end. At which point GC can decide to coach it out, or walk away on his own accord. I can’t imagine GC actually wants to wear the headset, do interviews, be subject to ESPN graphics dept, etc anymore.
Doing/saying nothing this week is another slap in the face to the fan base.
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I hope what's going on is that they're trying to negotiate a reduced buyout with him behind the scenes, in which case it makes sense to not say anything right now.

If they announce he's gone this week, then no one is going to care that they did it Tuesday or Wednesday instead of Sunday, despite the emotional histrionics right now.

But if they let him coach another game without announcing anything then I agree it's like a slap in the face.
 
The Champ said:
We should at least announce he won’t be retained at seasons end. At which point GC can decide to coach it out, or walk away on his own accord. I can’t imagine GC actually wants to wear the headset, do interviews, be subject to ESPN graphics dept, etc anymore.
Doing/saying nothing this week is another slap in the face to the fan base.
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Or maybe he still enjoys the attention, who knows. I think he believes the garbage he says. No one can lie to that level. Insane
 
superjacket21 said:
We literally gain nothing and lose everything by keeping him around. What a joke.
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andrew said:
I hope what's going on is that they're trying to negotiate a reduced buyout with him behind the scenes, in which case it makes sense to not say anything right now.

If they announce he's gone this week, then no one is going to care that they did it Tuesday or Wednesday instead of Sunday, despite the emotional histrionics right now.

But if they let him coach another game without announcing anything then I agree it's like a slap in the face.
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I just don't see this happening. Collins isn't going to willingly give up millions knowing he is out.
 
andrew said:
Difference between now and '94 is the transfer portal. Keeping a coach who's lost the locker room after three games is far more damaging when players can choose to switch schools with zero negative effects on their eligibility or career.



I'm pretty sure it actually does, otherwise buyouts would be meaningless and every school would do something like this rather than pay them. If we were demote CGC then I think he would be entitled to the buyout.
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So having the worst performance of the season will literally pay Collins millions of dollars. Had it been a close game and he stuck around until season’s end, he’d have lost money.

So tanking this game was the best call our head coach has made in 4 years. Amazing.
 
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