J Batt Thread

[ee8384]

Just Photoshop the tie color and the lapel logo and he's ready for his next job.

 

[Deke]

I heard he wears socks with sandals to the beach.

 

[GoGATech]

Dunno the terms of his extension, but we should get some buyout $, right? Always preferable to paying someone to go away. I agree with most that Cabrera is the most important piece and he will get another good one.

$2M buyout. MSU paying it.

 

[ClydeBrick]

You heard it here first:

J Batt was responsible for those stupid rings.

 

[MACHETE]

I spent about an hour with J in his office last year around the time he was raising money for the BDS renovations. While he no doubt is a good fundraiser, I left the meeting feeling like he wasn't all-in on GT. At the time, I chalked it up to the fact that I am a fanatic/borderline crazy alumni while he isn't. However, in retrospect, he was just doing a job and was always a gun for hire.

He just wasn't passionate about GT. He had a few framed pics and national championship certificates from ALABAMA hanging on his walls but not Tech stuff. He did not have a "gung-ho, let's do this!!" attitude at all and I frankly left the meeting somewhat disappointed and underwhelmed.

 

[Buzzilla]

I spent about an hour with J in his office last year around the time he was raising money for the BDS renovations. While he no doubt is a good fundraiser, I left the meeting feeling like he wasn't all-in on GT. At the time, I chalked it up to the fact that I am a fanatic/borderline crazy alumni while he isn't. However, in retrospect, he was just doing a job and was always a gun for hire.

He just wasn't passionate about GT. He had a few framed pics and national championship certificates from ALABAMA hanging on his walls but not Tech stuff. He did not have a "gung-ho, let's do this!!" attitude at all and I frankly left the meeting somewhat disappointed and underwhelmed.

This is one of the reasons I believe that generally hiring someone with deep connections, particularly alumni, for these kinds of positions is a good idea. It obviously didn't work out with TStan. Coach Key is the better example.

That said, it's tough to find the right guy for a job like AD who is the whole package. Ideally you need someone who is a really good administrator, personnel evaluator, budget manager, fund raiser, visionary, has excellent PR skills, doesn't need much sleep and is gung-ho for the Institute and really wants the job. Seems the last one we had like that was Homer Rice.

I've already suggested Coach Paul Johnson somewhat tongue in cheek. I doubt he would want anything to do with it.

I'm available if anyone wants to give me a call.

Any other ideas?

 

[georgia_tech_swagger]

This can't be right, can it?

Pure bull****. A photo from the ACC offices of the bowl's preferences was posted on Twitter. The Birmingham Bowl was the only bowl that had GT as first pick.

 

[05GTCorndog]

$2M buyout. MSU paying it.

That buys us back 20% of a UGA home game, right?

 

[ClubSeats]

That buys us back 20% of a UGA home game, right?

Another $500k and we can move the fourth quarter back to BDS.

 

[Dirty Jacket]

We’ve had a Goeff and then a J. Can we just sign a damn Jeff and rip this bandaid off once and for all?

 

[Dirty Jacket]

Superior to the 944. Fight me.

Both inferior to the 911

 

[andrew]

Another $500k and we can move the fourth quarter back to BDS.

Maybe we can switch between BDS and MBS every overtime period this year.

 

[Dirty Jacket]

Maybe we can switch between BDS and MBS every overtime period this year.

Maybe the refs won’t be cocksuckers this year

 

[verdi]

J Batt gone. Glad he got us those rings for our killer season last year. Almost beat SEC

 

[BigDanT]

Maybe the refs won’t be cocksuckers this year

Not likely

 

[JJacket]

Both inferior to the 911

If I'm driving distances across America at triple digits, 928 S4

 

[Deke]

I heard he never puts his shopping cart back in the corral after he’s done grocery shopping.

 

[Vespid]

I spent about an hour with J in his office last year around the time he was raising money for the BDS renovations. While he no doubt is a good fundraiser, I left the meeting feeling like he wasn't all-in on GT. At the time, I chalked it up to the fact that I am a fanatic/borderline crazy alumni while he isn't. However, in retrospect, he was just doing a job and was always a gun for hire.

He just wasn't passionate about GT. He had a few framed pics and national championship certificates from ALABAMA hanging on his walls but not Tech stuff. He did not have a "gung-ho, let's do this!!" attitude at all and I frankly left the meeting somewhat disappointed and underwhelmed.

100%. He did a decent job. Just never seemed honestly happy to be here. Just a job. Talked to him on a couple of ocasions at Calloway,...underwhelmed describes it perfectly.

 

[JJacket]

I heard he never puts his shopping cart back in the corral after he’s done grocery shopping.

You can get a quarter back if you're at Aldi's. Helps pay for the UGAg Tix.

 

[Flywheel]

Yeah... I'm not sure what the hand wringing is all about.

Given the previous near departure and now this, he obviously has been shopping for a new destination for some time.

Fund raising is important. He did a good job at that. Key was selected by Tech not J. Batt. Alumni and power brokers with $$$ made that decision.

I can't thing of anything else in particular he has stood out at. The basketball program is still in the shitter. Hopefully that changes but I'm not optimistic.

I'm confident he can be replaced with someone as good or better. My vote is for Paul Johnson.

I want CPJ around our program as much as possible but he'd be pretty horrid at fundraising. Even the people who threw money at GC3 wouldn't give PJ half the resources he asked for.