au701948 997 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 This Thursday my wife and I enjoyed the privilege of taking my football playing grandson (High School Sophomore) to his first Summer Football Camp at UGA. I expected the young football players to be impressed by just being in that environment. However, as a 70 year old Auburn Grad, when I compared what I saw when/where my grandson (and hundreds of others like him) were met, I also was extremely impressed. I did not expect to be that impressed. Having been in the Auburn Marching Band for 4 years when at Auburn I had seen some impressive stadiums and facilities up close and personal. The Stadium was not surprising of course, as I had marched and played there twice. It was the way that UGA has "wrapped" their Football Facilities that caught my eye. A lot of small things stood out to me that the Kids/Campers would not have noticed as individual things but as part of the overall impression. I believe I saw first hand last Thursday parts of what we fans and the Media have come to call "The Process" at work. The landscaping in and around the Football Only Facilities were immaculate, the access roads to and from the Football facilities were freshly paved, street signs and curbs were freshly painted, (only for a few blocks in each direction and that was obvious, but it served it's purpose), everything-and I mean everything-inside the Players Dressing Rooms, Medical and Training Rooms was brand new-nothing worn nor old-looking. The Kids/Campers were impressed, but I saw part of "The Process" at work and it was bothersome to me as an Auburn Fan. The Football Campers were meticulously handled, welcomed, shuttled in first-class touring "Team Buses" to UGA's sparkling air-conditioned Indoor Practice Facility, shuttled again to and through UGA's Recruiting Facility, Player Dressing Rooms and Training Facilities and then finally to their one-on-one handshake and pic (at midfield on the 50) in a pristine and immaculately kept Sanford Stadium with Kirby Smart. I just took this same grandson to the latest Auburn A-Day Game and compared the "setting" presented by UGA this weekend to area conditions in and around Jordan-Hare. There does not appear to be any particular effort to consolidate and/or keep the exterior nor the interior of Jordan-Hare refreshed. The areas next to and surrounding our stadium do not seem to have been given any special attention that would particularly enhance the stadium. There may be good plans in the making with a proposed new Football Only Facility, but new facilities and old ones should be developed to make the structures and their surroundings attractive as well as functional. Mods of course might well move or delete my comment but I think it is fairly relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwillMac6 20,664 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 20 minutes ago, au701948 said: This Thursday my wife and I enjoyed the privilege of taking my football playing grandson (High School Sophomore) to his first Summer Football Camp at UGA. I expected the young football players to be impressed by just being in that environment. However, as a 70 year old Auburn Grad, when I compared what I saw when/where my grandson (and hundreds of others like him) were met, I also was extremely impressed. I did not expect to be that impressed. Having been in the Auburn Marching Band for 4 years when at Auburn I had seen some impressive stadiums and facilities up close and personal. The Stadium was not surprising of course, as I had marched and played there twice. It was the way that UGA has "wrapped" their Football Facilities that caught my eye. A lot of small things stood out to me that the Kids/Campers would not have noticed as individual things but as part of the overall impression. I believe I saw first hand last Thursday parts of what we fans and the Media have come to call "The Process" at work. The landscaping in and around the Football Only Facilities were immaculate, the access roads to and from the Football facilities were freshly paved, street signs and curbs were freshly painted, (only for a few blocks in each direction and that was obvious, but it served it's purpose), everything-and I mean everything-inside the Players Dressing Rooms, Medical and Training Rooms was brand new-nothing worn nor old-looking. The Kids/Campers were impressed, but I saw part of "The Process" at work and it was bothersome to me as an Auburn Fan. The Football Campers were meticulously handled, welcomed, shuttled in first-class touring "Team Buses" to UGA's sparkling air-conditioned Indoor Practice Facility, shuttled again to and through UGA's Recruiting Facility, Player Dressing Rooms and Training Facilities and then finally to their one-on-one handshake and pic (at midfield on the 50) in a pristine and immaculately kept Sanford Stadium with Kirby Smart. I just took this same grandson to the latest Auburn A-Day Game and compared the "setting" presented by UGA this weekend to area conditions in and around Jordan-Hare. There does not appear to be any particular effort to consolidate and/or keep the exterior nor the interior of Jordan-Hare refreshed. The areas next to and surrounding our stadium do not seem to have been given any special attention that would particularly enhance the stadium. There may be good plans in the making with a proposed new Football Only Facility, but new facilities and old ones should be developed to make the structures and their surroundings attractive as well as functional. Mods of course might well move or delete my comment but I think it is fairly relevant. Appreciate the info. We run a Multi Million dollar organization that is Auburn Athletics like a mom and pop store....... WAR EAGLE SIR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman 305 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 32 minutes ago, GwillMac6 said: Appreciate the info. We run a Multi Million dollar organization that is Auburn Athletics like a mom and pop store....... WAR EAGLE SIR! But we're FAMILY! What else matters?😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Who is responsible for this lack of facilities upgrades? Is it the AD? Is it the Board of Trustees? Is it the college president? Is it the alumni association? If we could find out who is directly responsible for this, then maybe some heavy arm twisting could help remedy some of these issues. Who knows, maybe we have some bammers in high places keeping this from happening. We all know there is a problem and in order for Auburn Football to catch up and be on equal footing facilities-wise with the big boys in the SEC, this problem needs to be taken care of... end of discussion and time for action! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,080 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 2 hours ago, doc4aday said: Who is responsible for this lack of facilities upgrades? Is it the AD? Is it the Board of Trustees? Is it the college president? Is it the alumni association? If we could find out who is directly responsible for this, then maybe some heavy arm twisting could help remedy some of these issues. Who knows, maybe we have some bammers in high places keeping this from happening. We all know there is a problem and in order for Auburn Football to catch up and be on equal footing facilities-wise with the big boys in the SEC, this problem needs to be taken care of... end of discussion and time for action! Most if not all those questions have been covered thoroughly in threads in the football forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 48 minutes ago, ellitor said: Most if not all those questions have been covered thoroughly in threads in the football forums I know...I was just being sarcastic!😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Loblaw 636 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Making a "football only" facility is depriving Au of its best recruiting resource in Bruce Pearl. Would be smart to allow the bball team access to these things not only to help bball recruiting but also to let the fball recruits rub elbows with our great salesman Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 7 hours ago, Gene Loblaw said: Making a "football only" facility is depriving Au of its best recruiting resource in Bruce Pearl. Would be smart to allow the bball team access to these things not only to help bball recruiting but also to let the fball recruits rub elbows with our great salesman Bruce If done right, this could work well as long as Bruce is still with us. I think he will be with us for the long haul and have a ton of love and respect for Coach Pearl. Gus should spend some 1 on 1 time with Bruce to learn Bruce's style coaching and interacting with his team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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