2023 Recruiting

RoanokeJacket said:
We need to plan ahead and let Jimbo know who we would like for him to recruit for us next year and the year after.
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Texas A&M has something like 26 players in the portal. Someone could build a competitive team with the players they have leaving.
 
cicada said:
Texas A&M has something like 26 players in the portal. Someone could build a competitive team with the players they have leaving.
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Too bad Jimbo couldn’t.
In all seriousness, I’m wondering why A&M? I could see a kid or two getting homesick that lived near Atlanta, but these are guys from all over
 
Olgoldandwhie said:
Too bad Jimbo couldn’t.
In all seriousness, I’m wondering why A&M? I could see a kid or two getting homesick that lived near Atlanta, but these are guys from all over
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I honestly think Chase Lane bought into the program and now he’s advocating as the biggest recruiter for Tech rn. Just take a look at his twitter page. All he’s done is draw his former TAMU teammates to here.
 
How did we not offer?

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Our highest ranked in-state recruit is Gabe Fortson who comes at #77 in the state. I dont view the site rankings as gospel, but that cannot continue if we want to be successful. Cannot let this trend continue. Can't remember the last time we didn't snag a top-75 GA recrtuit...
2022- 4 top 75
2021- 8
2020- 8
2019- 3
2018- 2
2017- 3
2016- 3
2015- 5
2014- 6

I understand that we have a new staff that had little time to make up for doofus, but I really hope to see more of the state's best at least entertaining th thought of coming to school here next class and the ones coming up.
 
JuicedJacket said:
Our highest ranked in-state recruit is Gabe Fortson who comes at #77 in the state. I dont view the site rankings as gospel, but that cannot continue if we want to be successful. Cannot let this trend continue. Can't remember the last time we didn't snag a top-75 GA recrtuit...
2022- 4 top 75
2021- 8
2020- 8
2019- 3
2018- 2
2017- 3
2016- 3
2015- 5
2014- 6

I understand that we have a new staff that had little time to make up for doofus, but I really hope to see more of the state's best at least entertaining th thought of coming to school here next class and the ones coming up.
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Agree. Don't want to be a wet blanket, and I think we may hold our own in the transfer portal when all is said and done. But unless the staff has a something up their sleeve, it looks like a disappointing high school signing class overall. Yeah recruiting rankings are imperfect, and there are exceptions, and all that -- but go back a long way and there is a strong correlation overall to recruiting rankings and overall rankings. Including at GT, where our most talented class on the field was definitely our highest ranked (and it wasn't even close).
 
JuicedJacket said:
Our highest ranked in-state recruit is Gabe Fortson who comes at #77 in the state. I dont view the site rankings as gospel, but that cannot continue if we want to be successful. Cannot let this trend continue. Can't remember the last time we didn't snag a top-75 GA recrtuit...
2022- 4 top 75
2021- 8
2020- 8
2019- 3
2018- 2
2017- 3
2016- 3
2015- 5
2014- 6

I understand that we have a new staff that had little time to make up for doofus, but I really hope to see more of the state's best at least entertaining th thought of coming to school here next class and the ones coming up.
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Just need that one recruit to open that door!
 
JuicedJacket said:
Our highest ranked in-state recruit is Gabe Fortson who comes at #77 in the state. I dont view the site rankings as gospel, but that cannot continue if we want to be successful. Cannot let this trend continue. Can't remember the last time we didn't snag a top-75 GA recrtuit...
2022- 4 top 75
2021- 8
2020- 8
2019- 3
2018- 2
2017- 3
2016- 3
2015- 5
2014- 6

I understand that we have a new staff that had little time to make up for doofus, but I really hope to see more of the state's best at least entertaining th thought of coming to school here next class and the ones coming up.
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This is what happens when you let the AD hang on to a coach who has clearly failed and is a dead man walking. I would expect recruiting to improve for 2024.
 
JuicedJacket said:
Our highest ranked in-state recruit is Gabe Fortson who comes at #77 in the state. I dont view the site rankings as gospel, but that cannot continue if we want to be successful. Cannot let this trend continue. Can't remember the last time we didn't snag a top-75 GA recrtuit...
2022- 4 top 75
2021- 8
2020- 8
2019- 3
2018- 2
2017- 3
2016- 3
2015- 5
2014- 6

I understand that we have a new staff that had little time to make up for doofus, but I really hope to see more of the state's best at least entertaining th thought of coming to school here next class and the ones coming up.
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I thought the reason we brought in Watson to handle recruiting was because he had contacts all over the state
 
ricejacket said:
I thought the reason we brought in Watson to handle recruiting was because he had contacts all over the state
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Yes, but until a few weeks before signing day, he couldn't even tell recruits who the head coach was going to be, much less their position coach. So, he has been using his connections to find diamonds in the rough and depth. We will see what this staff can really do starting next year, but I think we are doing okay, considering a coaching change and GT just now getting some NIL action going.
 
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