Transfers heating up...as needed

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18in32 said:
You really are a different person in this forum. Cuz here our roles are reversed and I'm the one telling you that's pretty naive. There are all sorts of ways that coaches can push players to quit. The way they speak to them, they attitude towards them they encourage other players to have, etc. There are a thousand little interactions that coaches and players have all the time that can be tweaked to silently imply, "I wish you weren't here." I hope our coaches aren't doing that – and I have no reason to believe they are.

As to that woman's Tweet, this is very much the kind of thing where protective friends and relatives might act as if kids are being 'pushed out' when in fact they're just disappointed their friend/relative wasn't quite good enough to get 'above the line.' That's a pretty common human reaction.
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I would like a football team where they really earn their right to go to Tech for free so I dont care how CGC pushes out the players who are not going to contribute to Tech's success. You cant expect a 4 year free ride just because somebody offered you a scholarship due to your accomplishments in high school. Thats how you end up with a high school team that gets spanked every year by its archrival. Especially since the rest of us who are not blessed with their talents end up taking out a mortgage to go to a school like Tech.
 
Ceiling Cat said:
Mike Leach never locked up Adam James. People need to stop perpetuating these myths.
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I don't think he actually did, but didn't the Jameses claim he did and Leach denied it? I'm sorry if my memory was incorrect.
 
Akinji07 said:
I would like a football team where they really earn their right to go to Tech for free so I dont care how CGC pushes out the players who are not going to contribute to Tech's success. You cant expect a 4 year free ride just because somebody offered you a scholarship due to your accomplishments in high school. Thats how you end up with a high school team that gets spanked every year by its archrival. Especially since the rest of us who are not blessed with their talents end up taking out a mortgage to go to a school like Tech.
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I agree. GT is paying our Coach a lot of money to make all decisions. I don’t care how he does it either. Every coach has their style. And this whole concept is a joke anyway. Any of these guys could stay at GT and finish their degree if they wanted. The football coach has no power to kick them out of school. This is the topic that no one ever talks about. Most of these guys are football players first then students second. If any player chooses to leave a GT degree program for a lesser school just to play a sport then I’m fine with them being gone. They’ll be the ones having to live with their decision when they hit the work force.
 
OptionJacket said:
I agree. GT is paying our Coach a lot of money to make all decisions. I don’t care how he does it either. Every coach has their style. And this whole concept is a joke anyway. Any of these guys could stay at GT and finish their degree if they wanted. The football coach has no power to kick them out of school. This is the topic that no one ever talks about. Most of these guys are football players first then students second. If any player chooses to leave a GT degree program for a lesser school just to play a sport then I’m fine with them being gone. They’ll be the ones having to live with their decision when they hit the work force.
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Careful. There’s someone who posts here frequently who left Tech to play baseball at Georgia Southwestern. He claims to be doing well and I don’t get the impression he regrets his decision.
 
18in32 said:
Well, a lot of walk-on's want to. I wouldn't want to do it either, but I admire their desire to be part of a team and to contribute however they can, and to choose a great education over more playing time.
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Yeah, walk-ons are a different breed, as I imagine many of them actually are in it for the education and some turned down full rides at lower levels of football to go to Tech.
 
OptionJacket said:
I agree. GT is paying our Coach a lot of money to make all decisions. I don’t care how he does it either. Every coach has their style. And this whole concept is a joke anyway. Any of these guys could stay at GT and finish their degree if they wanted. The football coach has no power to kick them out of school. This is the topic that no one ever talks about. Most of these guys are football players first then students second. If any player chooses to leave a GT degree program for a lesser school just to play a sport then I’m fine with them being gone. They’ll be the ones having to live with their decision when they hit the work force.
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Yeah suck it up, kids, even if the coaches are influencing you daily to quit to free up a scholarship spot. It's a bitter pill, but we all have to make these type of decisions, or they are made for us. At Tech or any other college, if you can't make the grades, you'll either transfer, quit, or get booted. At work, if you can't perform, you get a new job or get fired. The same should probably be for football scholarships. But for a lot, maybe most, of scholarship athletes this is how they can afford to go to college, by being an athlete on scholarship. So I would show a little compassion for those leaving and freeing up scholarships.
 
smokey_wasp said:
Yeah, walk-ons are a different breed, as I imagine many of them actually are in it for the education and some turned down full rides at lower levels of football to go to Tech.
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One of the many great signing of CTR
 
KC_Jackets said:


She salty
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Would their scholarships transfer to a non-football scholarship or would they be able to just be a student and also pay their own way? I wasn't sure if coaching changes had an impact on how they are handled.
 
We are in an unusual situation with the coaching change, so I don't think CGC would alienate current recruits if he encouraged a few existing players to change their status with the team. It's better to let these players know early on that we might not get enough attrition and a need might arise to eliminate some scholarships, even if it's unlikely to be an issue. Transferring or risking the loss of their scholarship are just two of their options. The third option is for them to have a nagging pain that forces them to accept a medical scholarship. But CGC can't tell them that.
 
Ed Sawyer said:
Didn't we hire some Director of Roster Management or some such? I'm sure he'll earn his keep and we'll be seeing grayshirts, blueshirts, etc just like at Bama.
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Can u confirm blue shirts for a game next season?
 
"just a student" almost assuredly means with a medical waiver, meaning they stay on scholarship.
 
I agree with her. That sucks. It’s something the old regime refused to do. But it’s also something our competition has no problem doing. So it’s a big moral dilemma. Take the high road or compete. I think the choice has been made with the new regime.
 
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