Transfers heating up...as needed

DressCheeseSideSeaboard said:
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.
Click to expand...
That would be me. I don't regret my decision to go play baseball but I've always hated having left Tech because it's the only thing I've ever quit in my lifetime. In my case, it worked out well for me because my parents really couldn't afford to have me at GT and going to play ball on scholarship saved them from having to try.

Sorry it took so long to respond...I just got back today from 8 days of riding motorcycles in Utah.
59446052_10219185850857510_6527920973579026432_n.jpg
 
daBuzz said:
That would be me. I don't regret my decision to go play baseball but I've always hated having left Tech because it's the only thing I've ever quit in my lifetime. In my case, it worked out well for me because my parents really couldn't afford to have me at GT and going to play ball on scholarship saved them from having to try.

Sorry it took so long to respond...I just got back today from 8 days of riding motorcycles in Utah.
59446052_10219185850857510_6527920973579026432_n.jpg
Click to expand...
Gamma Xi
 
texstinger said:
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.
Click to expand...

I don't believe so regarding the 140 mix. I don't think there was a national limit in that era, thus the 165 FB schollies we had in the Carson Era as an Independent, Johnny Majors & his 100+ signing class at Pitt (including some RB from Aliquippa, PA, named Tony Dorsett - emphasis on the first syllable of Dors'-ett)

The issue Dodd objected to was that SEC schools were allowed to sign 40 FB schollies a year with a total max of 140, meaning Bryant et al was always signing 40 & running off 5 every year. Dodd refused to run kids off feeling that was breaking a promise he'd made to the kid's parents sitting in their living room. If the kid didn't cut it on the field, that was a coaching problem, not the family's.

Going back to Bryant, his practice of recruiting FB players for swimming or tennis schollies is the reason the NCAA regs were changed so that if you play FB or MBB, you are charged to that sport.
 
if we're going to go shopping in the transfer portal, now that we're back under the limit, what are the biggest needs?
There are some interesting names out there - Eric Swinney, the Ole Miss RB, Austin Smith, the Tennessee LB from Buford we offered in his high school recruiting (as did Alabama).
 
DeepSnap said:
I don't believe so regarding the 140 mix. I don't think there was a national limit in that era, thus the 165 FB schollies we had in the Carson Era as an Independent, Johnny Majors & his 100+ signing class at Pitt (including some RB from Aliquippa, PA, named Tony Dorsett - emphasis on the first syllable of Dors'-ett)

The issue Dodd objected to was that SEC schools were allowed to sign 40 FB schollies a year with a total max of 140, meaning Bryant et al was always signing 40 & running off 5 every year. Dodd refused to run kids off feeling that was breaking a promise he'd made to the kid's parents sitting in their living room. If the kid didn't cut it on the field, that was a coaching problem, not the family's.

Going back to Bryant, his practice of recruiting FB players for swimming or tennis schollies is the reason the NCAA regs were changed so that if you play FB or MBB, you are charged to that sport.
Click to expand...
In retrospect this seems ridiculous. In effect, Bryant could sign 160 players over 4 years and we could sign 140. You can only play 11 at a time.
 
swampsting said:
if we're going to go shopping in the transfer portal, now that we're back under the limit, what are the biggest needs?
There are some interesting names out there - Eric Swinney, the Ole Miss RB, Austin Smith, the Tennessee LB from Buford we offered in his high school recruiting (as did Alabama).
Click to expand...
Myles Sims, former 4* DB from Westlake HS. He is transferring out of Michigan. We have a good shot.
 
Last edited:
daBuzz said:
That would be me. I don't regret my decision to go play baseball but I've always hated having left Tech because it's the only thing I've ever quit in my lifetime. In my case, it worked out well for me because my parents really couldn't afford to have me at GT and going to play ball on scholarship saved them from having to try.

Sorry it took so long to respond...I just got back today from 8 days of riding motorcycles in Utah.
59446052_10219185850857510_6527920973579026432_n.jpg
Click to expand...
Rules Jr. took a lesson today at the local Harley dealer where he's stationed in California. Apparently several of his friends in the Navy have scooters, and they ride into the mountains lots of time on weekends. He said it was cool, and it wouldn't surprise me if he bought one soon.
 
DeepSnap said:
I don't believe so regarding the 140 mix. I don't think there was a national limit in that era, thus the 165 FB schollies we had in the Carson Era as an Independent, Johnny Majors & his 100+ signing class at Pitt (including some RB from Aliquippa, PA, named Tony Dorsett - emphasis on the first syllable of Dors'-ett)

The issue Dodd objected to was that SEC schools were allowed to sign 40 FB schollies a year with a total max of 140, meaning Bryant et al was always signing 40 & running off 5 every year. Dodd refused to run kids off feeling that was breaking a promise he'd made to the kid's parents sitting in their living room. If the kid didn't cut it on the field, that was a coaching problem, not the family's.

Going back to Bryant, his practice of recruiting FB players for swimming or tennis schollies is the reason the NCAA regs were changed so that if you play FB or MBB, you are charged to that sport.
Click to expand...

Very true Snap. And I know Dodd tried to honor all the ships, but honestly, he did somewhat lose the very slightest of the high ground because there was natural attrition even then. Not like now, but it did happen.
 
GTRules said:
Rules Jr. took a lesson today at the local Harley dealer where he's stationed in California. Apparently several of his friends in the Navy have scooters, and they ride into the mountains lots of time on weekends. He said it was cool, and it wouldn't surprise me if he bought one soon.
Click to expand...

Encourage him to take the MSF two and a half day course. It was $50 when I took it in Georgia many years ago. But regardless the cost, it is worth the investment in safety. In Georgia, it was also the easiest way to get a license.
 
daBuzz said:
That would be me. I don't regret my decision to go play baseball but I've always hated having left Tech because it's the only thing I've ever quit in my lifetime. In my case, it worked out well for me because my parents really couldn't afford to have me at GT and going to play ball on scholarship saved them from having to try.

Sorry it took so long to respond...I just got back today from 8 days of riding motorcycles in Utah.
59446052_10219185850857510_6527920973579026432_n.jpg
Click to expand...
A high school classmate of mine lives in Utah. He has a BMW adventure bike he explores the state on. Beautiful state
 
GTRules said:
Rules Jr. took a lesson today at the local Harley dealer where he's stationed in California. Apparently several of his friends in the Navy have scooters, and they ride into the mountains lots of time on weekends. He said it was cool, and it wouldn't surprise me if he bought one soon.
Click to expand...
Motorcycle Safety Foundation teaches a 2-day safety class that culminates in the riding test for your license. Once you pass it, you take the certificate to the DMV and just pay the required fee and they give you your motorcycle license endorsement. It saves you about 20% on your insurance but the accident avoidance lessons they teach are very useful. I highly recommend it to anyone considering riding because it's not just you that you have to worry about; it's all of the cars on the road, too.
 
JJacket said:
A high school classmate of mine lives in Utah. He has a BMW adventure bike he explores the state on. Beautiful state
Click to expand...
That's what I ride as my normal riding bike...a BMW R1200GS and Utah would be perfect for that. We saw a lot of those while we were out there.
</motorcycle thread> Back to transfer discussions.
 
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.
Click to expand...

Yep to both
 
Last edited:
Techbert said:
I'm less generous than most here. Scollys are one year commitments by the school. If you are rold to tale you med waiver or transfer, you should take your medical or transfer, smile, and thank coach for the opportunity.

Getting a GT degree for free without a sideline yet full time job of running into the equivalent of brick walls is a feature not a bug.

Even if they are off scolly altogether they are ahead of where they were.
Click to expand...

I think schollys are four year things now.
 
BrentwoodJacket said:
In retrospect this seems ridiculous. In effect, Bryant could sign 160 players over 4 years and we could sign 140. You can only play 11 at a time.
Click to expand...
There were many stories at the time. Supposedly The Bear made a couple of quotes about this. One was that he had rather have someone on his bench than seeing him start for an opponent. Another was about recruiting. You make two mistakes in recruiting a bad apple. One was signing him and the other was keeping him.
 
daBuzz said:
Motorcycle Safety Foundation teaches a 2-day safety class that culminates in the riding test for your license. Once you pass it, you take the certificate to the DMV and just pay the required fee and they give you your motorcycle license endorsement. It saves you about 20% on your insurance but the accident avoidance lessons they teach are very useful. I highly recommend it to anyone considering riding because it's not just you that you have to worry about; it's all of the cars on the road, too.
Click to expand...
That might be the one he's taking. Apparently it's today as well.

Back to the transfers.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top