Technical Tidbits 9/26: Getting to know Todd Stansbury, remembering Jose Fernandez

Todd Stansbury, the newly-minted athletic director at Georgia Tech, sat down for an interview with the AJC over the weekend to discuss his plans for the future and the journey which led him full circle, from Tech to Tech once more. The Oregon State athletic department that he left behind is not exactly the benchmark for successful programs, but the brevity of his tenure and the fact that he really didn't get the opportunity to make many big personnel changes more or less absolves Stansbury of any real wrongdoing. All things considered, it looks like a very nice hire for Tech. Stansbury is happy to be here, having called the Tech athletic director position his dream job, and his history indicates that he will start making positive changes very quickly. It's unfortunate that he missed the opportunity to choose his basketball coach by a few months, not to imply that the hiring of Josh Pastner was a bad decision. We just don't want to see another situation where he feels stuck with a coach like Mike Bobinski reportedly did with Paul Johnson, a hire made by Dan Radakovich.

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