Transfers heating up...as needed

Deke

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I'm less worried about it this year with the scheme changes and all, but (if the Benson stuff is legit) I believe this could make it the 3rd year in a row where we'll have a new starter at RB after an unexpected departure or injury.

2017 - Mills kicked off team, Marshall transfers (both before season starts)
2018 - Benson injured
2019 - Benson transferring
 

Ish

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5.4 two star recruit with offers from Ball State, ULM, and Samford
 

Yukonwreck

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Doesn’t have good speed and ball security issues. Wish him the best.
I imagine that the pass blocking responsibilities in the RPO are considerably different that what is expected from the BB in the option based spread. Just a guess.
 

ramblin57

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CFB is a business and it's lonely at the top. A good CEO makes decisions for the whole, not for one individual. You don't drag the whole down for any one or group of individuals, that defeats the whole organization. Really good CEO's are tough minded and smart and are about doing whats the best for the whole and thereby making more people happy and successful. Being in my 80's I am constantly shocked at how few people understand this. I found long ago I could not do life out of my feelings, I had to do it out of my head. GT did not teach me this, life taught me the hard way.
 

BackstreetBuzz

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Transfers can be a good thing for these players and GT. These players are in college to play football. You can get a good education and be successful with a degree from any school. You can only play football now. I don’t blame them a bit for transferring. Best of luck to them in a place where they can play.
 

smokey_wasp

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CFB is a business and it's lonely at the top. A good CEO makes decisions for the whole, not for one individual. You don't drag the whole down for any one or group of individuals, that defeats the whole organization. Really good CEO's are tough minded and smart and are about doing whats the best for the whole and thereby making more people happy and successful. Being in my 80's I am constantly shocked at how few people understand this. I found long ago I could not do life out of my feelings, I had to do it out of my head. GT did not teach me this, life taught me the hard way.
Spock taught me this.
 

oldgold68

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Why would you think I won't accept that? I wasn't aware we were discussing how CPJ or other prior coaches did things? If any prior coach was forcing out scholarship players who were giving their all, then that's disgraceful. I know Dodd never did that.

This thread is an excellent example of the lesson that people remember 10% of what you tell them but 100% of how you make them feel.
As I remember, one of the reasons GT (Dodd) left the SEC back in the 60's was he felt the competition was over signing, picking the best ones, and dumping the rest. He felt by not doing that GT (Dodd) was at a disadvantage. And he felt by doing that he was not honoring his word to the recruits. And the scholarship limit was 140, not 85. He would have preferred to remain in the SEC, but only if the playing field was leveled. We all know that didn't happen.

I am not implying either of these approaches is the "right" way, or the only way. If we ignore history, we are doomed to repeat it.
 
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texstinger

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As I remember, one of the reasons GT (Dodd) left the SEC back in the 60's was he felt the competition was over signing, picking the best ones, and dumping the rest. He felt by not doing that GT (Dodd) was at a disadvantage. And he felt by doing that he was not honoring his word to the recruits. And the scholarship limit was 140, not 85. He would have preferred to remain in the SEC, but only if the playing field was leveled. We all know that didn't happen.

I am not implying either of these approaches is the "right" way, or the only way. If we ignore history, we are doomed to repeat it.
As an aside, and not having anything to do with Dodd, was not that 140 limit to include FB, BB, Baseball, Track? To be used in any combination perhaps?

I can not remember.
 

JJacket

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Dodd pulling us from the SEC nearly led to the shuttering of our program. Shouldn't have pitched his damn fit and should have just stayed in the SEC and continued to push for the changes he desired.
 

Flywheel

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There are several players on another GT board saying that PJ did exactly this. As well he should've.

I don't recall this much attention paid to the numerous guys who transferred under PJ? Why the attention now?
We don't cut block anymore. They're bored.
 

oldgold68

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As an aside, and not having anything to do with Dodd, was not that 140 limit to include FB, BB, Baseball, Track? To be used in any combination perhaps?

I can not remember.
I am not sure the exact timing, but at one time there was no limit to football scholarships (we're talking early 20th century). 1973 - limit went to 105, 1978 went to 95, 1992 to current 85. Those are football only. So to my recollection, 140 was the football only limit in early 60's. The only reason I have any ides is because I was naive enough to think I could play big time football starting in 1964. At 140 or whatever the number was then, most of the "good" players that wanted to play got scholarships, and a lot of players that were not very good got schollies, too.

An even further aside, I do know if you were a multi-sport player and one of those was football, you counted against the football limit.
 
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