In-State Recruiting analysis

Thank god for Chan Gailey and his last few recruiting classes or we would have really been in the öööö.
 
DressCheeseSideSeaboard said:
Was there a time when a significant portion of the state’s blue chip talent went to Tech?
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I dunno how this guy defines "blue chip" but if he means 4 and 5 star talent, was there a time when we got a lot of blue chip talent from anywhere? FWIW, we've got 3 blue chippers (by rivals rank, anyway) in the 2018 class; one from TN, one from KY, and one from GA. Last year, we got 4; 2 from TN and 2 from Louisiana. I'm sure we'd all love to get more top in-state guys, but I'd rather get the best players we can get from anywhere. We've got to recruit regionally and even nationally, IMO. Instead of pining over ugag recruits who couldn't even get into Tech, why not pursue academically minded players all over the country who would jump at the chance to play in warm weather, in a world class city?
 
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What did that article tell me that I don't already know?

- That top HS talent in Georgia prefers the SEC? Nope.
- That within the ACC, the top talent getters are Clemson and FSU? Nah.
- That Tech doesn't bring in many "blue chips"? Hardly.

I bet his next piece reveals that we rarely sell out noon games against FCS opponents.
 
smokey_wasp said:
... We've got to recruit regionally and even nationally, IMO.
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In theory, yes. In practice, no.

First of all, we can't spend time, money and resources on fishing expeditions to Michigan, TX, CA, etc. when the odds of getting a commitment are against us and when we sometimes don't find out until close to signing day that a kid can't qualify academically;

Secondly, why leave a big pond full of big fish to fish in a pond where you are a fish out of water? We have a gold mine right here, right now - too many kids are getting away. And I don't mean the knuckle-draggers that flock to Uga who wouldn't make it past orientation at Tech - there are a lot of kids who could make it here who just choose not to short-list us.

Clemson has Six-Flags Over Andersonville, Bama has Niagara Falls in the locker room, UGa offers a curriculum less demanding than a McDonald's job application - those schools sell themselves. We need to do a better job selling Tech.

The US Marines are up front - they don't want everybody - they say as much - don't sign up unless you are ready to man-up. It works for them. They get good recruits. I just don't think we are getting the message out.
 
smokey_wasp said:
I dunno how this guy defines "blue chip" but if he means 4 and 5 star talent, was there a time when we got a lot of blue chip talent from anywhere? FWIW, we've got 3 blue chippers (by rivals rank, anyway) in the 2018 class; one from TN, one from KY, and one from GA. Last year, we got four 4; 2 from TN and 2 from Louisiana. I'm sure we'd all love to get more top in-state guys, but I'd rather get the best players we can get from anywhere. We've got to recruit regionally and even nationally, IMO. Instead of pining over ugag recruits who couldn't even get into Tech, why not pursue academically minded players all over the country who would jump at the chance to play in warm weather, in a world class city?
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Your idea about recruiting nationally was first talked about in 1971.

THE problem is GT had tried, as regards recruiting "Blue Chips" in Ga., to ingrain into GT fans/alums to make excuses and whine instead of finding solutions and demanding results.

Nothing new, either results or execution wise.
 
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00Burdell said:
In theory, yes. In practice, no.

First of all, we can't spend time, money and resources on fishing expeditions to Michigan, TX, CA, etc. when the odds of getting a commitment are against us and when we sometimes don't find out until close to signing day that a kid can't qualify academically;

Secondly, why leave a big pond full of big fish to fish in a pond where you are a fish out of water? We have a gold mine right here, right now - too many kids are getting away. And I don't mean the knuckle-draggers that flock to Uga who wouldn't make it past orientation at Tech - there are a lot of kids who could make it here who just choose not to short-list us.

Clemson has Six-Flags Over Andersonville, Bama has Niagara Falls in the locker room, UGa offers a curriculum less demanding than a McDonald's job application - those schools sell themselves. We need to do a better job selling Tech.

The US Marines are up front - they don't want everybody - they say as much - don't sign up unless you are ready to man-up. It works for them. They get good recruits. I just don't think we are getting the message out.
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I get what you're saying about the expense. I'm sure we spent a lot on the German kid who ended up flipping at the last minute.

And of course we shouldn't abandon our own back yard, nor will we ever.

At the same time, GT's national reputation is really good, and I think we should identify and target talented players who could make it here and might have an interest, regardless of where they come from. We are doing pretty well with out of state recruits right now. I'd like to double down on something that's working.

Now, you say you're not talking about the knuckle-draggers who flock to uga, but the guy who wrote the article is. Who are the Georgia kids who are getting away and where are they going? Does anyone know?
 
1. Just as disappointing as how many "blue chips" we get is what we do with the ones that we do get...
2. Recruiting numbers haven't changed much in a long time so it is hard to pin it on Paul, though he certainly hasn't improved it, either.
3. Are there more kids in Georgia to whom education is important and who could hack it at GT but are not coming because of Paul? I don't know. I do think the rise of many powerhouse programs in the metro area probably means that there are more kids now who could do well at GT, as opposed to kids coming out of rural school systems where resources are squeezed and education suffers.
4. It's hard to remember all of the guys we were in on but ultimately went elsewhere. I do remember recent guys who went to ND, WF, Vandy, Stanford, UCLA, and Michigan instead of GT.
 
Architorture23 said:
1. Just as disappointing as how many "blue chips" we get is what we do with the ones that we do get...
2. Recruiting numbers haven't changed much in a long time so it is hard to pin it on Paul, though he certainly hasn't improved it, either.
3. Are there more kids in Georgia to whom education is important and who could hack it at GT but are not coming because of Paul? I don't know. I do think the rise of many powerhouse programs in the metro area probably means that there are more kids now who could do well at GT, as opposed to kids coming out of rural school systems where resources are squeezed and education suffers.
4. It's hard to remember all of the guys we were in on but ultimately went elsewhere. I do remember recent guys who went to ND, WF, Vandy, Stanford, UCLA, and Michigan instead of GT.
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Well said
 
This is just pathetic. I don't understand how it got so bad. The supply of in-state has increased yet we are still regressing. This really needs to change by whatever means necessary.
 
travgt01 said:
This is just pathetic. I don't understand how it got so bad. The supply of in-state has increased yet we are still regressing. This really needs to change by whatever means necessary.
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I agree - I think everyone agrees. The only glimmer that I can cling to is that TS seems to understand this and is actually making material, substantive steps to address it whereas Braineless, dRad and that idiot from the basketball school had no damn clue.
 
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