Quote Originally Posted by Brad View Post
App State has benefitted from from short-term success and long-term effort.

First, App State beat A$M (edit) last week. That was huge.

Second, ESPN Gameday was there on Saturday. That was huge.

Third, App State had an attractive season ticket package with UNC playing there to start off the season. They often have P5 schools at home. ... Tech on the other hand, is shying away from it.

Fourth, the App State administration is and has been busting its tail to build a winner and capitalizing on success/opportunities. They strive to win conference championships, and laugh if you want, they strive to win the national championship. ... Tech's administration, on the other hand, historically does not capitalize on momentum and has often taken the easy/lazy road. If it were not for the heat by fans and donors, Dr. Guice would have been more than happy to give us another year of Skippy ball.

Having said that, hiring Cumbie appears to be a good move (as have most, if not all, of Dr. Wood's hires), but at the end of the day, it will depend on whether or not Dr. Guice will allow success to flourish and spread or if he will revert to the mentality that bowl games are good enough in an age in which bowls games really do not mean much.
Tech kinda reminds me of the guy who bought an Armani suit but is afraid to wear it because it may get dirty. Instead, Tech wears the leisure suit from the '70's.
We spent all kinda money on facilities improvements, etc. and fail to do anything for the average Joe fan. We would rather gloat about how pretty the press box is and how nice the paved parking area is, but we put on that leisure suit and expect the fans to like it or leave it.

Guice, in my opinion, is the main problem. He, by either design or complacency, wants Tech athletes to be the local college team that is kinda cute but irrelevant. No forward planning (or at least any successful forward planning). Remember Tech 2020? Someone on here (D80?) noted we need new leadership that is not home grown at Tech like Guice and Reneau. FJ Taylor was the exception and the only one that really gave a crap about athletics. Guice is the leisure suit.