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JJacket said:
I cheer for them because of Bohannan (yes, I know he played at UGAg) embraces our offense and is an obvious candidate when CPJ ever decides to retire. Obviously Jeff Monkin would be the frontrunner. I really am not sure about Niumatalolo at this point.

I was vocal about the gift of SPSU to KSU. I participated in an online forum where my questions about cost savings and where I could see the data on cost savings were ignored so "RAH RAH" and "Man this is so great" questions could be answered. I never once got an answer from anyone about why it was being done. There is absolutely no studies behind KSU absorbing SPSU other than the BOR is run by morons who just decided offhand to do it. Years before, SPSU had the opportunity to purchase all of the Life College campus, when Life was in dire straits, and expand. The campuses are connected at the south side and it would have made for a beautiful university since Life has some fantastic facilities. The plan was to buy Life, lease back a few academic buildings to them, expand SPSU. Unfortunately, SPSU didn't have a powerful leader at the time (our president at the time was that lady who brought her little dog to work - whatever he name was). Cheshire (Purdue grad) before her likely would have gotten it pushed through.

Anyway, the BOR is staffed with a majority of UGAg grads. UGAg wanted engineering at the time and I truly feel that they granted SPSU to KSU to help raise the status of UGAg. The smarter option would have been to move SPSU back under the GT umbrella and just let GT decide which colleges would locate to Marietta - perhaps the non engineering colleges and keep some of the SPSU majors. As it were, the BOR also obviously has a dislike for all things GT so GT being able to expand to the Marietta campus would put a strain on expanding engineering in Athens - since it would then make no sense to expand Athens with GT having an additional 250 acre campus in Marietta.

Anyway, my rant. The BOR sneakily shut down SPSU with no public input and no data just because they could. I honestly believe it was done to ultimately help UGAg.
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Why would Monkin obviously be the front runner?

Niumatalolo is a joke.

And can anyone explain why Louisville getting a better, if they do, coach is a good thing?
 
Hiring coaches not named Saban is always a crap shoot. Two hottest names last year were Kelly, Taggart, and Frost. Still might turn into good hires, but early returns are not promising.
 
olgoldandwhite said:
Two hottest names last year were Kelly, Taggart, and Frost.
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joeye said:
Baseball has slowly seen less of these guaranteed mega-contracts, which prove to be disastrous on the back end (Pujoks, A-Rod etc)
I wonder if they’ll be a similar rollback on coaches buyouts as we go forward. I get that not having a long-term contract can be used against you in recruiting, but a $14 MM buyout is unbelievably crippling for years.
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No, I think the point is that $14 million buyouts are not all that crippling, and even at Louisville they are merely a cost of doing business. Petrino was buddies with Jurich, the previous AD, and admittedly got a sweetheart deal. But then Jurich and Pitino got on the bad side of the FBI and went bye-bye. But the new AD made the call to fire Petrino even in the face of a huge buyout. I don't think any of us know just how much money NCAA college football is generating right now. Apparently it's a good business decision if your present coach isn't bringing in enough money. If you can get the new coach, the right coach, that wins and generates revenue, then you do it.
 
Yukonwreck said:
No, I think the point is that $14 million buyouts are not all that crippling, and even at Louisville they are merely a cost of doing business. Petrino was buddies with Jurich, the previous AD, and admittedly got a sweetheart deal. But then Jurich and Pitino got on the bad side of the FBI and went bye-bye. But the new AD made the call to fire Petrino even in the face of a huge buyout. I don't think any of us know just how much money NCAA college football is generating right now. Apparently it's a good business decision if your present coach isn't bringing in enough money. If you can get the new coach, the right coach, that wins and generates revenue, then you do it.
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It isn’t football that’s makes them money. Lookup their basketball program. That prints their cash. Their team made $30 million in profit a few years back.
 
We also need some of our uber rich alumni to jump in on athletics and be our T. Boone Pickens, John Schnatter, Bobby Lowder, Phil Knight, etc.

Someone being a consistent source of available funds for our football program would go a long way.
 
savbandjacket said:
We also need some of our uber rich alumni to jump in on athletics and be our T. Boone Pickens, John Schnatter, Bobby Lowder, Phil Knight, etc.

Someone being a consistent source of available funds for our football program would go a long way.
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Rich nerds don't care about football.
 
Luuuuuuvl had the second largest budgeted AA in the conference when they joined. Academically they weren’t a fit, but financially they were fine.

That said, they are stuck in crappy football recruiting territory, and need to exploit the Miami pipeline for talent.
 
gespacho_the_slender said:
Luuuuuuvl had the second largest budgeted AA in the conference when they joined. Academically they weren’t a fit, but financially they were fine.

That said, they are stuck in crappy football recruiting territory, and need to exploit the Miami pipeline for talent.
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They hired Petrino to put themselves on the map, and it seemed like he was on the right track. Won a Heisman Trophy and everything.

His first mistake was hiring Uncle Rico.... All downhill from there.
 
They really should never have parted ways with Charlie Strong. Mutually, those two were a perfect fit for each other.
 
Diseqc said:
That wasn’t ready their choice
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Correct. When Texas calls, you go. That said, Charlie did not get a fair shake at Texas. He was great at Luuuuuuvll. Hindsight being 20-20, Charlie had things rolling there before he left.
 
gespacho_the_slender said:
Correct. When Texas calls, you go. That said, Charlie did not get a fair shake at Texas. He was great at Luuuuuuvll. Hindsight being 20-20, Charlie had things rolling there before he left.
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Strong was who I wanted at GT before we hired CPJ

Of course, If he did well he still would have left for Texas
 
coit said:
They hired Petrino to put themselves on the map, and it seemed like he was on the right track. Won a Heisman Trophy and everything.

His first mistake was hiring Uncle Rico.... All downhill from there.
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You mean "back on the map". They were good in the early/mid 2000's and almost played for an MNC in 2006 except for a Rutgers game.

We should have played them in the 2006 Orange bowl but we had Chan/Nix.
 
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