Attacking recruits isn't cool

[GTRules]

Whatever boomer..

I boomed your mom.

 

[ee8384]

"Committed!! All glory to God for my GT offer!! I am 100% onboard."

3 months later...

"Re-opening my recruitment. Praying that God shows me the way."

Blasphemous. Let them take their lumps in public with this behavior.

 

[Tampa Jacket]

I am starting to see fans attack kids for decommitting or wanting to transfer out. Saying that they are poor character or "bye Felicia" does not make us look good. I get it. I understand that we feel like they should honor commitments. However; I offer this. If you were working for a company that was failing and you saw no future, would YOU stay or leave for a better opportunity? Regardless people.. Please stop attacking these kids. It's a bad look on us. Not to mention could sway future commitments and / or transfer portal players. I may be the only one that thinks this.. But, stay classy.. Respect the choices these kids make. You don't have to support it. You don't have to wish them the best... But, don't go out of the way to talk about their character and such. rant over.... LOL

I hear you, and agree with refraining from criticizing amateur athletes. But when you start cashing checks for your performance, you’re now a professional. And public criticism goes with that job. Also,as a general rule, people don’t like to be preached down to. I’m not sure what sort of response you anticipated from this thread.

 

[Techfan02]

"Committed!! All glory to God for my GT offer!! I am 100% onboard."

3 months later...

"Re-opening my recruitment. Praying that God shows me the way."

Blasphemous. Let them take their lumps in public with this behavior.

God showed them the light at GT then the darkness with the mutts

 

[Diseqc]

This stuff happens at every school with every fanbase. Making a post on a message board is not likely to change that here or elsewhere.

But it makes him feel a sense of self superiority that he’s lecturing others about how they should behave better

 

[The Jacket]

Pretty sure this is a hallucination. Wonder if I can post in it.

edit: holy öööö

 

[gambler]

The kids wanted to get paid, now they are and have to deal with the associated fallout from their decisions. Some of them we will love, others we will hate and there are plenty more we won't have a care about.

Welcome to grown up land sonny.

 

[CarsonNewmanJacket]

We have the attitude of Bama fans rn when we don’t even know who our next HC is gonna be and what success he’ll bring.

 

[andrew]

The kids wanted to get paid, now they are and have to deal with the associated fallout from their decisions. Some of them we will love, others we will hate and there are plenty more we won't have a care about.

Welcome to grown up land sonny.

Almost, one more step for that. The NCAA still holds that the schools agreeing to fix the compensation they offer at cost of attendance is not illegal price fixing because the players are amateurs who are not and should not be paid based on their performance.

I expect that next domino to fall in the next decade as almost everyone drops the charade of the players being amateurs who are students first. Just needs to wind its way through the court system.

 

[TampaBayJacket]

I am seeing these comments on FB. Which isn't good. At least, in my opinion.

Well that's a relief since none of these kids are going to be on boomers-only-Facebook.

 

[AlabamaBuzz]

Really hard for me to believe any GT fan is stupid enough to say stuff about possible recruits. Just b/c one decommits does NOT mean he won't recommit depending on our new coach/staff. How can GT fans be that dumb?

Maybe some "posers"?

 

[JJacket]

I'd decommit from us right now too. Nobody knows who the next HC will be. He might come in and tell all the commits they will be reevaluated and reoffered if we have a slot for them.

 

[originalwombat]

Frankly, in 2022 these kids ought to know that criticism is part of it. If any of them have gotten their feelings hurt along the way then keep on moving ‘cause you’re clearly not cut out for Tech.

 

[justafan]

First of all, we aren’t any better than any other fanbase. We like to pretend we are, that we’re classier and we have these arbitrary rules about being Tech men and Tech men not behaving a certain way.

I take your point that just like every fan base we have some sorry fans--you can't choose who is a fan of your team--but I think per capita we have fewer than a lot of the teams around us, and that makes us better. No one thinks Georgia Tech when they think "trashy fans".

 

[RamblinWreck92]

Pretty sure this is a hallucination. Wonder if I can post in it.

edit: holy öööö

that's exactly what yer mom said last night!

 

[BigDanT]

I boomed your mom.

Ur*

 

[Liberty]

I take your point that just like every fan base we have some sorry fans--you can't choose who is a fan of your team--but I think per capita we have fewer than a lot of the teams around us, and that makes us better. No one thinks Georgia Tech when they think "trashy fans".

Everybody seems to think they aren't posers.

 

[Vespidie]

Somebody has to teach this generation to grow a thick skin.

 

[The Jacket]

Somebody has to teach this generation to grow a thick skin.

Century of the Gash.