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re: We're taking buses home from games...were in big trouble
Posted on 10/21/20 at 10:51 am to alpinetiger
Posted on 10/21/20 at 10:51 am to alpinetiger
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Like most screen-jockey AU alums here, you sure are great at spending other people's money.
I have no clue what you’re talking about. I’m also a sidewalker.
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Posted on 10/21/20 at 11:06 am to AuSteeler
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The fact is we will. Telling recruits that your school has no problem paying a HC 7 mil a year, but for the players we must bus back 6 hours from a major college football game?
I mean they could try that. It would be much more effective just to say Gus is a lame duck because of that 7 mil a year. Are you telling me Athens and Tuscaloosa aren’t hurting for money right now?
Florida could possibly miss two straight weeks in a row over positive tests. We were denied the postseason in basketball because of the pandemic. All of the luxuries that were once considered certainties were pushed aside, and much of the revenue lost. I think recruits can understand and learn good stewardship of the pocketbook. And it was a 4 hour drive to USCe of all places. Literally a straight shot on the interstate.
Posted on 10/21/20 at 11:39 am to jangalang
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I mean they could try that. It would be much more effective just to say Gus is a lame duck because of that 7 mil a year. Are you telling me Athens and Tuscaloosa aren’t hurting for money right now?
Sure, all of them are, but I think these 2 have deeper pockets to help make up the difference.
And no, I don't think for a second these 2 programs are going to tell their teams we have to bus some to recoup losses caused by a pandemic. They find other ways.
We saw our AD talk about this 10% across the board cuts even BEFORE Covid hit us. I think he is just more frugal than those other ADs.
I don't think anyone should be telling recruits Gus is lame duck(bc rival coaches are probably telling recruits this anyway, and sending them snapshots of this board foaming at the mouth wanting him gone now.
Its the nature of the beast and we have had our share of this when the time is close to make a coaching change. All programs go through this turmoil.
The problem is our optics will be bad bc we could be paying another coach a huge payout to be gone, even though he has taken us to a NC, and 2 SECC, and beaten Saban 3 times.
But all of us know this Gus routine has been going on for awhile ,as he continues to try to find his offense now for most of these last 5 years.
Posted on 10/21/20 at 11:54 am to AuSteeler
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ays. We saw our AD talk about this 10% across the board cuts even BEFORE Covid hit us. I think he is just more frugal than those other ADs.
I agree. That’s why I don’t think it is a big deal. ADAG is frugal pandemic or not. When the pandemic hits he is a tad more frugal. When the pandemic ends, he will probably start talking about building football only facilities or whatever. It’s a process, but because of the pandemic I’m sure he’s already thankful of the budget cuts he made last year. The budget was inflated and the positions in the AD were sometimes redundant. We could have been in worse shape than we are now.
This post was edited on 10/21/20 at 11:56 am
Posted on 10/21/20 at 2:47 pm to jangalang
I get saving money, but is a few grand on plane tickets that big of a deal? When Greene said cutbacks, I was thinking more along the lines of chopping heads in the AD and halting the football facilities arms race.
Posted on 10/21/20 at 3:19 pm to Rhino5
He may be in over his head... if he can’t see the forest for the trees we are in dire straights... Ath Business
Posted on 10/21/20 at 3:25 pm to Luke
Gus should be forced to take the Greyhound to every game - maybe that will force him to resign.
Posted on 10/21/20 at 3:53 pm to Luke
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He may be in over his head
If the following quote from your article is accurate then he seems to doing what he needs to be doing.
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According to AuburnSports.com, inflation in the cost of running the department has begun to erode the budget surplus amassed under Greene's predecessor, Jay Jacobs, and now it's time for a reckoning.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 11:54 am to jangalang
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Like most screen-jockey AU alums here, you sure are great at spending other people's money.
I have no clue what you’re talking about. I’m also a sidewalker.
I think I was commenting on someone else's post, but I quoted your text so I'm not quite sure what I intended. My response doesn't match your text, and we generally agree it seems. Mea culpa.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 11:59 am to AA7
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According to AuburnSports.com, inflation in the cost of running the department has begun to erode the budget surplus amassed under Greene's predecessor, Jay Jacobs, and now it's time for a reckoning.
This is the least suprising news this decade, but I wouldn't characterize what's going on as "...inflation in the cost of running the department...". Try shrinking your revenue by 80%. Who fact-checks these articles? This is not even believable.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 12:01 pm to alpinetiger
That article is from July 2019 FYI.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 12:17 pm to AA7
quote:Ah, my mistake. I think its widely reported and accepted that Jay Jacobs liked his Assistant AD's and a larger department, and Greene was asked to cut that back. I don't think Greene developed a plan to take a chainsaw to the AD, but rather was given directives. That's how most organizations work, and given his lack of experience I doubt he was given much leeway. He's executing a directive.
That article is from July 2019 FYI.
Posted on 10/24/20 at 2:01 am to jangalang
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BTW:
UPDATE: Auburn has changed plans and will fly both ways for Saturday's game at Ole Miss.
Id wanna get out of town fast after that arse whooping, cant blame them.
Posted on 10/24/20 at 3:35 pm to trinidadtiger
Has anybody noticed any 2020 Auburn Edu TV Spots?
I look forward to seeing Auburn’s new commercials during games, but this year I’ve only seen the opponent’s commercials.
I look forward to seeing Auburn’s new commercials during games, but this year I’ve only seen the opponent’s commercials.
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