Bobby20 said:McGuire hasn't proven (an elite college HC) dick yet. But can't fault him for running for the cash while one can. Everyone else in his profession does....PartyBear said:
The pressure will be very intense on McGuire going forward. That is the downside of bragging about how much you are paying players. I don't really see any other XII school that hypes their pay quite like Tech. I personally think their approach isn't going to serve the actual staff and perhaps as well the athletic administration very well. I'm not even a Tech partisan at all and I'm thinking for all this money they keep announcing they are spending, it is a imperative for them to make the XII title game this up coming season.
He hasn't proven anything yet. My point though is that the folks in charge of doing all the PR about what they are paying new recruits are putting him in the position of having to now accomplish at least a conference title game or things are white hot for him if not over already based on their thinking. Keep in mind, other than the weird 5 way SWC tie in 94 we were also a part of, they have not won a conference title or played for one since the 50's in the Border Conference days. So they have an historical albatross around the neck of their collective psychology. That is why I say bragging about specific figures for this or that commitment may not be serving the staff longer term, if grand things aren't happening on the field.