The Hill says 60% of kids in GA we can't recruit

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The Hill says 60% of kids in GA we can\'t recruit

Assume for a minute with me that this stat is accurate.

What should Chan's success rate with the other 40% of eligible kids be? Should it be 50%? With fewer kids in state to focus our resources on, I feel that we should do better than average in closing them.

However let us give Gailey the benefit of the doubt and say that he can only be expected close 1/3 of the eligible kids. That means that Chan and Company should be able to land

6 of the Top 50 in Georgia
3 of the Top 25 in Georgia

In the Southeast, their success ratio would be lower than 1/3 due to broader competition. But we should be able to pull a few across the region.

According to Scout.com we signed zero of the Top 20 kids in Georgia. 1 of the Top 25 kids in Georgia (#22). And 4 of the Top 50 kids in Georgia. Two of the Top 100 kids in the south.

In my strongly restrained opinion, this coaching staff isn't even trying to recruit this state.

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Re: The Hill says 60% of kids in GA we can\'t recruit

So how many young mens names did you send in to possibly help identify potential/recruitable candidates?
 
Re: The Hill says 60% of kids in GA we can\'t recruit

Your logic has a slight flaw. I am not saying we recruit GA as good as we should though, and bringing in Geoff Collins will help that, and hopefully other assistants can help as well.

Back to the flaw.

When you consider that out of 100 kids only a certain amount meet the following criteria, it makes the 60% cut that much more daunting.

1) Does the staff think they can play?
2) Does the kid fit a position of need?
3) If the kids fits a position of need and can play, where does he fall on our staff's rankings?
4) Does the kid only want to play in the SEC?
5) Does the kid care about a degree more than football, which is key to making us a selling point?
6) Does the kid have any interest in GT?
7) Does the kid want to stay in state?
8) Does the kid want to major in either mgt, engineering, physics, biology, etc...or just education, PE, Sports History, Family/Childhood Development?
9) etc.
10) etc.

So...if you first take all of those out of the 100, then take the 60% (conservative) number....it shrinks much further.

I, like you, would love to see more Georgia but ultimately do not care if it is the right players. If we can beat Notre Dame opening game that will be HUGE on the national recruiting scene!
 
I\'m not the one that makes $1 million per year

I pretty much don't feel that it is my responsibility to identify recruits for the coaching staff.

My job is to contribute and help bankroll the program. His job is to find the qualified kids in state. If they are smart enough to know that only 40% fit our academic profile, then they are smart enough to know which ones are in the 40%.
 
Re: The Hill says 60% of kids in GA we can\'t recruit

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9) etc.
10) etc.

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to fill in these for you...9) Does a kid what to compete for a national championship 10)a conference championship.

can see that happening here anytime in the near future.
 
Re: I\'m not the one that makes $1 million per year

If I see someone that I think has potential then I send the name in. If I know they attend a school that has a good rep as far as education is concerned then I send that in also.
 
Flaws?

1) Does the staff think they can play?

Do you think it's fair to say that the margin of error for a Top 25 kid in state is wider than the margin of error for a kid ranked outside the Top 25 in his own state 500-1,000 miles away? I do.

2) Does the kid fit a position of need?

Look at our roster. What position do we not need blue chip players?

3) If the kids fits a position of need and can play, where does he fall on our staff's rankings?

You mean how does he rank vs. kids that they have fewer chances to see play in Ohio versus kids in Georgia? Kids that they could develop more informed opinions on?

4) Does the kid only want to play in the SEC?

Many kids are born with an aching desire to play in the SEC. However, the job of the coaching staff is to make them want to come to Tech. Regardless of their prior notions. If it were easy, anyone could do it. Ryan Stewart never dreamed of playing in the ACC or for Tech, but Ross sold him.

5) Does the kid care about a degree more than football, which is key to making us a selling point?

Ok. That's a reasonable point.

6) Does the kid have any interest in GT?

Again, it is the job of our coaching staff to create that interest.

7) Does the kid want to stay in state?

Although your point isnt without merit, See #6.

8) Does the kid want to major in either mgt, engineering, physics, biology, etc...or just education, PE, Sports History, Family/Childhood Development?

Very good point.


I said, that I didn't think they would sign them all. 1/3 isn't that high of a number among in state kids.

Even if the number is 20% and not 33.3%, we should still see balance across the Top 50 in state. Not just at the bottom of the list.
 
Re: Flaws?

117 D1 schools (I believe), 118 DII schools.
85 scholarships
Over a 5 year period
= about 4000 scholarships per year.

There is a lot of talent that will slip through the system simply because of the various pressures, media hype, star ratings, etc...

I would just rather to help the young men out (if possible) and at the same time maybe help GT make a connection.
 
The academic excuse is getting so old. There is

nothing new in that. GT has always had higher standards than the known "football" factories. I am so sick of a failing "regime" trying to blame its incompetence on that.
 
Re: Flaws?

Listen Yoda...I am not going to argue individual points but tell you that each of those can and do occur and there is nothing you can do about it sometimes.

For instance, while some kids love the idea of being in Atlanta, many hate it because to rural Georgians it is seen as the "gates of Hell" by many parents.

Heck we lost one kid to Clemson once because he had a distant relative murdered in downtown Atlanta in the mid-90's and his mom would not let him sign the LOI.

Look at it this way, if UGA was recruiting my son and we lived in Athens, how successful would they be at "doing their job of selling him on UGA"? Zero percent chance.

If you read what I typed I said that I think we should do better in UGA, I simply stating the numbers get cut down more than you would think.
 
Re: The Hill says 60% of kids in GA we can\'t recruit

Traditionally in our middle to best classes, we bring in 4 kids out of the South 100. This year we have two, so it might be a bit weaker at the top.
 
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