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I think that Jim Weaver fought a good fight trying to keep our athletic program in the black. A lot of big schools have athletic departments that lose money every year. But a side effect of that is losing a competitive edge when attracting coaches and assistants to Blacksburg. Luckily, they all seem to like it enough to be paid less.
Does AB follow Grimes to NOLA? Hokie Club needs to step up its game or else some big corporate donors need to be wooed. Did Weaver's illness hurt efforts at finding more money?
Wait! I just read the HC rules and regs.
Get this: TKP TURKEY LEGS DO NOT COUNT FOR HC PRIORITY! What. The. Hell?
Haha, I definitely had to do some digging to figure out what the heck you were talking about.
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/forum/recruiting/2013/02/bill-king-the-pon...
so we lost $4M this year?
This seems like a great topic for my first TKP post.
I do donate to the HC. I split the cost with my dad. We started giving right after I graduated in '09, mainly so that we can get football tickets at face value. When the home schedule is weak, like this year's was, tickets at or well below face value are common, however, when we have good home schedules, ticket prices sky rocket. I think it was absolutely worth it. We did not start out giving much since I had just started my first post-college job and we got great seats when I was expecting to be put up in the top of the south end zone somewhere. We also got parking. We upped our donation a few years ago to try and improve our seats even more with the stadium reseating (which we did). As my career progresses and salary increases (in theory) I hope to up my donations a little more. While I initially joined the HC for football, it supports VT athletics as a whole and recently I have been trying to take off the football and basketball blinders. I would be lying if I said football wasn't still my main focus with basketball a distant second. Having said that, it has become clear as of late that if VT football wants to start really hanging with the big boys, we need big boy donor support. The recent conversations about assistant pay is a prime example of this. Obviously the little I give each year isn't going to change the financial status of the athletic department but I'm of the mindset if more of us do join the HC and give what are comfortably able, it'll start to add up to something. Recently it seems there have been a lot of people wanting out of the HC because of their displeasure with the state of football and basketball, however, while it sends a message, it won't help in the long run. I'm not a long tenured HC member like some, but I'd rather keep giving so that the few dollars I give each year can go to the solution (another "in theory"). Weaver has done a great job with facilities at VT with these dollars and hopefully our new AD will use them to make great hires in the near future (a large Weaver pitfall).
I have seen a few posts about not being aware of the HC. That seems to be a big problem as of late. The guys over on TSL have been mentioning this more and more lately. People are not aware of it and how it helps VT athletics. The young alumni and students (students can join the HC if memory serves) presence is missing big time. The HC really needs to start doing a better job of educating people about the organization as well as reaching out to young alumni, other prospective members, as well as current members.
Essentially, yes, I am in the HC. It was mainly for football tickets but as of late, I'm becoming a big advocate of joining to help grow the athletic department so that we can hang with and beat the top dogs.
Awesome.
Ditto!
I really want your 2 cents to be reality.
That was too good.
Of the reported salaries, Clemson's Chad Morris was the highest paid assistant in the country last season. Clemson DC Brent Venables was 7th.
VT could potentially be one of the more financially well-supported universities in the entire nation with all the top-shelf engineers and architects it's churning out lately.
French would need to be placed in a mental institution.
My 2 cents: a) he is arguably the best hire of the 3 new coaches b) he seems to be more about relationships than money c) his family, according to some reports, love it here
My prediction: he is offered position, but the increase in money isn't enough to lure him away. Will choose to raise his family in the Burg while re-affirming Beamers desire to build-and maintain a yearly contender. Geaux away kitty cats!
I was just thinking this exact same thing... If that's announced I'm leading a riot through Blacksburg.
sorry, not a dash we and everyone below us are all negative.
Who does have that money? Very few schools can do that. One thing to consider is that along with that money comes higher expectations and risk. You could be out very quickly.
I hope the backup plan doesn't involve Newsome Part 2....
So Rutgers had $27M in net profit? I'm confused.
Some of the benefits are nice but some are kind of a waste...for instance.
"Opportunity to buy ACC Championship Game Tickets-if available"
First off, ACCCG tix are easy to get for anyone...and then they throw in the "If available"....come on.
I am sure they bump the price on the ACCCG tickets anyway...and then the game doesn't sell out and you overpaid for the tickets.
I agree.
Getting an AD that can engage the alumni/fund raise will be critical.
It's pretty straightforward:
If we want to get and hold onto the coaches we need, we will have to be competitive with the salaries of other schools, which means the alumni will have to pony up.
This kind of fan is a big reason Texas and Alabama do so well, hats off to you!!
Offered doesn't mean accepted. Have faith!
I want Grimes to stay as much as anyone, but if he does leave, it is in no way an indictment of CFB. Assistants move around a lot. I don't particularly like it, but that is the norm in college football right now. Look at FSU. They just lost their defensive coordinator to UGA. He was only with the Noles for a year, because last year Mark Stoops (one of 6 assistants they lost last year) left for Kentucky. Hell, even Saban lost his OC this year to Michigan.
If anything, LSU's pursuit of Grimes is further affirmation that CFB made a great hire. Again, if Grimes decides that this is the best move for his family and his career, I will hate to see him go. But there are other coaches out there and we have absolutely no reason to believe CFB won't be just as prudent with his next hire.