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This is 2017, so the numbers are obviously different (as are the bodies) but that wasn't exactly a stellar year at GT so let's just run with it for a benchmark.
GT outspent UNC & UVA on ass't salaries, were within 10% of NC State. They're within 10% of Va Tech if you removed the difference in compensation for Bud Foster vs Ted Roof.
Is it discouraging that GT & UNC are bracketed by ... Kansas & Rutgers? Yeah.
Is it a do more with less scenario? Yeah.
But that's the job.
I've long advocated for GT to accept the REAL reality of their situation ... and join the SoCon or something better suited for them instead of pretending that they're willing/capable (whichever) to be a legitimately meaningful P5 program in D1 football.
But as long as they're going to insist on playing at that level then that's the standard they're going to have to be judged by.