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Supersize that order mutt said:
VERY interesting commentary about the power play going on at Tech right now. This was posted on "the other site" by someone name Techsterl Take it for what it might be worth, but apparently others on that site have confirmed it ---

I have a business client that donates a LOT of money every year. He's friends with a lot of the donors that were privy to high level decisions...BEFORE Batt was hired. Batt and Cabrera have put the clamp down on information. The only information leaking out is negative info because the old boys club, the same group that led to Collins and Stansbury getting hired, have been pushing back on everything Batt and Cabrera want to do. Make no mistake, there's a culture change happening inside the GTAA and a small, but very powerful (i.e. RICH) group are not very happy. Things are messy right now inside the GTAA. He would never give me any names of candidates, and I would never ask. I just won't go there. He didn't tell me who, but he did say Batt had an "understanding" with his first choice (from reading between the lines, I'm guessing Chadwell), but the old boys club made a power play to send Batt and Cabrera a message. I'm not sure Key ever had a chance because Batt, under the direction of Cabrera, wants to clean house and start fresh for Batt's tenure...and the way a certain group has operated since Batt was named AD has made Cabrera dig in even harder. Everyone understands the infighting has made GT unattractive, right? It appears we had a very popular coach committed, but the infighting scared him off. This is on Batt/Cabrera and a group of donors. There has been meddling going on with donors, and Batt/Cabrera have been hard headed about changing the culture inside the GTAA from the old boys club that has had free run of the GTAA for a long time now. GT is a tough job, and doesn't pay as well as other P5 jobs, the last thing a new coach wants is infighting and the threat of resources being withheld because the GT family can't get along. If Fritz is indeed the choice, it will be Batt and Cabrera telling a certain group we're about to do this without you. There are also other donors, who collectively have more money than the "old boys club", but they are apolitical and will not get involved and choose sides. Also, Cabrera and Batt are currently working on a way for GTAA to become less dependent on donors, but inconveniently he hasn't crossed the line yet and it's affected our coaching search. Fritz looks like the "bridge" to get GT across the line where GT is less dependent on a small group of donors. You know the saying "it gets harder before it gets easier"? Well, we're about to live through that. If you're a GT fan, you better hope Fritz starts winning soon. If Fritz start winning like he did at GA Southern, it will have proved Batt and Cabrera can do this without a certain group, and that will embolden other donors to start helping out more. One thing I've learned in the past 2 months is GT's issues are REALLY deep. It's just not a structural issue of the school versus the GTAA, nor is it just an issue of two bad hires at AD and HFC (Stansbury + Collins). Way too many egos are in the kitchen right now trying to cook at the same time.
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If those donors where in any way involved with the decision on Techman TStan and Collins, then they never need to be part of a decision ever again, no matter how many millions they have. Let the professionals do their jobs.
 
TechRush said:
If those donors where in any way involved with the decision on Techman TStan and Collins, then they never need to be part of a decision ever again, no matter how many millions they have. Let the professionals do their jobs.
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It’s probably the same two who were interviewed last year and gave the ultimatum. The same ones who got us Bobinsky and Pastner and then pushed for Todd and later forced in Collins, only to later make the demand for Collins to get canned.
 
RamblinWreck92 said:
It's a meh hire to me. Would rather have Prime, Key or Chadwell but this is better than BOB. Fritz's ceiling is 7-8 wins. We won't beat the mutts with him as HC.
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I can't disagree with everything outside of the first sentence, though I can understand the thought.
 
GTLiebs said:
I think he meant to say Techmen. They are a religious group that attributes mystical powers to anyone who has ever played or coached at Georgia Tech in the past.
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I want to laugh, but what you said actually makes a certain degree of sense --- nonsense though it be.
 
AlabamaBuzz said:
It is beyond sad. So many people can’t see that what we are trying to do, compete in P5 football as a STEM school - the only one in a P5 conference and except the academies, the only 1 in FCS. It cannot be done like the factories.
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The saddest thing is that some of those people who can't see what we are trying to do are actually on the athletics board and have lots of money.
 
Supersize that order mutt said:
Way too many egos are in the kitchen right now trying to cook at the same time.
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One problem us Tech alums have (generally speaking) is that we're used to being the smartest in the room, but we carry that outside our field and it usually doesn't translate. The big donors need to STFU and let Batt and the other professionals work.
 
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