From Athens- Friday Thoughts 08-02-19

Means a lot to our program(s) overall when several sports step up. Smart and Crean are attempting to raise the level to meet what many of us believe to be needed "repair" from the "ground up". This is not the Athens that was allowed to be run by the "back room" for far too long. Those empty seats that were becoming more and more an issue under the previous watches prove once again that FANS MATTER. Money "still" talks . . . .

As you correctly stated...

Money....talks....

Voice in the Classic City....louder and still increasing....

Go Dawgs

Reading the paragraph below reminds me of times past when our coaching staff chose not to continue our relationship(s) in Columbus, Georgia. Huge part of our football miscalculation(s). Kirby Smart put an end to that stupidity. Tom Crean in his first year as our head basketball coach, moves in the same direction that Kirby Smart did . . . . involved with Atlanta AAU community. Atlanta AAU had been utilized a lot by coaches and universities that truly wanted a basketball program. High fives Coach Crean.

AAU coach Winfred Jordan of the Atlanta XPress, posing with Anthony ‘Antman’ Edwards shortly before his announcement Monday, has long felt that Georgia should do more to engage the Atlanta AAU community and believes Tom Crean will be benefit from an improved relationship. (Chip Towers/DawgNation)