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Posted on 2/10/18 at 5:34 pm to devils1854
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Were guys like Reggie Ball really that smart?
He couldn't count to four. No clue how he got into Tech.
In all seriousness, they should get rid of Johnson and modernize their offense. Recruiting would be infinitely better and any Johnson team has a hard ceiling because they'll run into one team every year that "hits the curveball", so to speak.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 8:33 am to VinegarStrokes
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Our old alum and donors are going to die off and there will be no one there to pick up the slack.
You are about 20 years too late with this post.
Your old alums and donors have been dying off the last 20 years. It is a big reason you are in this current mess. The best generation of GT fans graduated after wwii (40s and 50s). There was no one to replace them. And now GT has funding issues in the wealthiest college city in the country.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 7:22 pm to meansonny
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current mess. The best generation of GT fans graduated after wwii (40s and 50s). There was no one to replace them. And now GT has funding issues in the wealthiest college city in the country.
There's plenty of wealthy GT alums including John Dewberry who's worth is about $600 million.Others choose to give their money to the school as opposed to the AD.
Point is,there should be no fund raising problems at GT
and if there is its because of CPJ and the idiots who run the AD.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 9:55 pm to RD Dawg
You missed the point. "The greatest generation" ate, breathed, and slept GT. They had plenty to be proud of. And they were of a generation that wouldn't take shite.
They are dead.
There is no alumni base from Tech with that history. With that passion for all things tech. With an inkling of what it takes for Tech to be a winner.
On the flip side... Georgia has the history. Georgia has the passion. Georgia has the fan base that knows what it takes.
Keep johnson. Get rid of johnson. It doesn't matter. Tech is fugged regardless. Combine the facts with the pussified nature of the fanbase... and they know it but don't care any more.
They are dead.
There is no alumni base from Tech with that history. With that passion for all things tech. With an inkling of what it takes for Tech to be a winner.
On the flip side... Georgia has the history. Georgia has the passion. Georgia has the fan base that knows what it takes.
Keep johnson. Get rid of johnson. It doesn't matter. Tech is fugged regardless. Combine the facts with the pussified nature of the fanbase... and they know it but don't care any more.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 11:52 pm to meansonny
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The greatest generation" ate, breathed, and slept GT. They had plenty to be proud of. And they were of a generation that wouldn't take shite.
GT's success in the 40's,50's and 60's had little if anything to d0 with the attitude or spirit of the "greatest
generation".That generation was also saw the demise
of GT football in the late 60's and 70'see and could do
little to stop it.
In the 40's,50's amd 60's GT had the advantage of being
in the SEC and being the only game in town in a large metropolitan area when teams made 75% of their money from gate reciepts and bowl games.GT had just as many sidewalk alums as UGA does now going to games. The Falcons coming to Atlanta along with VD coming to UGA a, the integration of CFB and leaving the SEC was the perfect storm for the decline of GT.
They did fine in the 90's (sans Bill Lewis) because they had the right coaches with Bobby RoSS and O'Leary
coupled with UGA having the wrong coaches.
There's still plenty of money among the GT alumni base who care about CFB but the administration has resigned itself the CPJ's occasional 8 and 9 win seasons and the success of 2014 bought him at least another 5 years.
This post was edited on 3/5/18 at 3:38 am
Posted on 3/5/18 at 5:25 am to RD Dawg
You miss the point.
Having money in the alumni pockets means nothing.
The alumni who would throw it at the university for anything (especially football) are dead.
They aren't coming back.
I'm sharing my personal experiences with GT alums. They hated UGA with a passion. Michigan/Ohio State passion... Nebraska/Oklahoma passion. This rivalry used to mean something serious to a lot of people.
It was easy to see the generational difference in the football fans 30 years ago. This apathy was predictable.
Having money in the alumni pockets means nothing.
The alumni who would throw it at the university for anything (especially football) are dead.
They aren't coming back.
I'm sharing my personal experiences with GT alums. They hated UGA with a passion. Michigan/Ohio State passion... Nebraska/Oklahoma passion. This rivalry used to mean something serious to a lot of people.
It was easy to see the generational difference in the football fans 30 years ago. This apathy was predictable.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:52 pm to meansonny
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You miss the point.
Not at all
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The alumni who would throw it at the university for anything (especially football) are dead.
They aren't coming back
Once again,what happened to all these big time donors during the demise of GT football in the 70's and 80's? John Aderhold,Hank McCammish,Cecil Day,Kim King etc were all still around and making millions.
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I'm sharing my personal experiences with GT alums
Yea,so am I...I grew up around several in my neighborhood in Metro Atlanta in the 60's and 70's and
went to HS with several who went to school there and became pretty prominent alumni.
I gave you specific and logical reasons for their decline starting in the late 60's.
Sure,their fans were obviously more passionate in the 50's and 60's but it was because of their obvious national success and a big portion of their fan base being sidewalk fans simply because GT was the only game
in town.
This post was edited on 3/5/18 at 9:02 pm
Posted on 3/6/18 at 9:24 pm to RD Dawg
It's a numbers game.
The two decades of alumni (40s and 50s) didn't make the program prominent in the 90s any more than the irrelevance of the 70s and 80s. Wins and losses are beyond the scope of how passionate a fanbase is.
But they did sell out their seats. They did have a passionate fanbase. You can look to South Carolina to see a crappy franchise with a crappy history... but it is propped up by a passionate fanbase.
GT can't sell out a game without the opposing team's help if their lives depended on it now. And that isn't because of johnson. It is because no one cares.
Apathy rules on the flats and it isn't coming back. Not in the numbers that they had with those deceased generations.
The two decades of alumni (40s and 50s) didn't make the program prominent in the 90s any more than the irrelevance of the 70s and 80s. Wins and losses are beyond the scope of how passionate a fanbase is.
But they did sell out their seats. They did have a passionate fanbase. You can look to South Carolina to see a crappy franchise with a crappy history... but it is propped up by a passionate fanbase.
GT can't sell out a game without the opposing team's help if their lives depended on it now. And that isn't because of johnson. It is because no one cares.
Apathy rules on the flats and it isn't coming back. Not in the numbers that they had with those deceased generations.
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