Is Tech's A.D. Going Down The Wrong Road?

[zharkins]

one of the reasons that we play these big teams, is that it can help our recruiting. if a player wants to be seen playing a good team, then they would be more willing to come to tech. it also helps out with the slogan, "anytime, anywhere". we already have reputation that are balls are the biggest, so why not continue that.

What good is having the "biggest balls" when you have the smallest .....?

[DONW]

I don't think we would be playing Tennessee if we had fired Bicknell and hired a new coach. If we do not show improvement in our first 4 games next year, our home attendance will be awful. We will need the money and Jim Oakes knows this. We will have a new coach in 2005 and hopefully be in C-USA and probably will never play more than 2 BCS schools again.

[StrayDawg]

Rob,

You bring up a good point about scheduling, but I think our AD is doing the right thing. The Miami game is repayment for them coming to Shreveport this year.

We usually schedule a few bigger name teams every year. You hit the nail on the head when you brought up last season and the poor record we had. That's the key, because we have a coach who doesn't BELIEVE he can win those types of games. We have won our share of the big games before, but we lose our share too. The thing is that we are at least competitive and this season we were the least competitive team in D-1 because of poor leadership on the field by the coaching staff.

Next season will probably be ugly in more ways than one. The record won't be great, but the AD shouldn't make up for that by scheduling patsies. If we do that, then we give the whole world the idea that we have given up and resigned ourselves to play weaker teams.

Jim Oakes (the AD) does a good job and should keep scheduling the way he always has. However, he should also hire a head football coach who doesn't give up on Wednesday afternoon. Bicknell makes others see Oakes' decisions in a different light, his defeatist attitude spreads to the players and assistant coaches and, in general, makes the entire school look like losers.

[DawgyNWindow]

what i dont understand is why we are playing k-state in shreveport in 2005, when we arent getting the amount of money that we would be getting if we played up in kansas. also look at the record we have with k-state, it is horrible.

I think if we pull a good crowd - and K State will bring some fans - we will probably come close to getting what we would have gotten by going to Kansas. We save the travel costs AND we get the respectability of having a program of that caliber play us as one of our home games. I'd rather play them all at home (or Shreveport).

[FriscoDawg]

next seasons schedule is something i can understand. what i dont understand is why we are playing k-state in shreveport in 2005, when we arent getting the amount of money that we would be getting if we played up in kansas. also look at the record we have with k-state, it is horrible.

Florida and Georgia are already scheduled on the road in 2005. Tech's third and final OOC game has to be a home game regardless of who it is against to meet the 5 home game requirement.

The 2004 Miami game completes the 2-for-1 deal that started on the road in 2000.