Granted, 57th blows the bone, and anyone on this board who thinks that was a great haul is indeed a motherööööing idiot. However, under the circumstances I don't know of any coach who could have done a öööö of a lot better.
Anybody remember Gailey's first class? It SUCKED!
Key certainly has an uphill climb. Weinke is starting year 2, Thacker’s on year 5, the co-sort of OC hasn’t been recruiting because I don’t think that’s allowed.
Correct. Our program was a dumpster fire so seniors and juniors in high school have only seen us suck. We are slowly putting out the fire and rebuilding but it simply takes time to remake our football reputation. Ultimately, wins are the only thing that will really fix our perception. I’m an alum and even I’m in the camp that all that matters is the scoreboard at this point in time because that’s the only thing that will get us players. I believe Key is working his plan and that’s all well and good, but if it doesn’t lead us to respectability on the scoreboard then it means nothing.
Great work. I’d just punt 2020. It’s dirty data.Some data:
Basically, recruiting for Tech has been range bound. For the last 10 years the recruiting ranking has been between 40th thru 60th with one exception of 2019/20.
CPJ did a lot more with slightly worse recruiting rankings.
Here are some other programs for comparison over the last 5 years:
Events of 2020 skews the data a bit for everything, but still provides some insights. Wake Forest and K-State have worse recruiting rankings than Tech but have been over achievers relative to expectations. Iowa and Utah are often considered over achievers relative to the power house programs yet you can see that both programs have considerably better recruiting than Tech, Wake or K-State and their win/lose records support those rankings.
I'm optimistic about what CBK and his staff are going to do and I expect the recruiting to improve significantly in the coming years. I would say that Tech, with good coaching, can make an immediate improvement in record in line with what CPJ did and what Wake and K-State are currently doing without much improvement in recruiting. In other words, being range bound from #40-60 ranked classes as Tech has been. I think we've already seen evidence of improved coaching.
With just a little improvement in recruiting coupled with good coaching Tech may be able to produce results more in line with what Utah and Iowa have done. That should be the goal. Tech should aim to recruit classes consistently ranked in the #35-#45 range. I think it can be done and I think the results can be quite dramatic.
Math checks out.
Yep that’s about how many points we’ve been behind the top teams we play
+100%
Offensive players lower their head and lead with their helmets on nearly every play, especially running backs. I understand the intent of the rule, and despite it's major failings, I do think it has helped reduce injuries, but the elephant in the room is still there. Offensive players do it all the time.
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