I agree and we are one slot above them for 2020 right now,but obviously premature. 8th place vs 9th place. It was suggested that we be 3rd or 4th every year. I'm just asking if that is a realistic goal. Most of our "challenges" are still in place.
Nerd Privilege !!
Yes, he offered them, but did he really "recruit" them?
Meeting Tech's requirements has never been the issue. The issue, even for non athletes is: " do you want to go to Georgia Tech?" The subset of incoming freshmen that meet the requirements to Tech. also meet the requirements at a dozen or more other schools. They can go any number of places. We need to find those guys that are "leaning" towards Tech, and sell the hell out of our benefits. I see that happening already. There has always been enough players for us to field a team. What we should strive for is a couple dozen better players.
Hasn't this been covered many times....... offers are not committable offers. The "offers" you reference were basically letters of interest.
Just a small amount of understanding of the educational status of the pool of the better players in HS from the Southeast, will make it obvious to anyone that Tech's requirements have been and still are an issue. If we get say half or even less of the South Georgia DL that ugag has lived and thrived on for many many years, I will change my mind. Does anyone think our past 5-6 coaching staffs have been stupid and or ignorant of who the best DL players in the State have been the last 30-40 years!? How many have we signed?
I'd agree with you if we needed five 5-star DL every cycle. What we need is a couple of 4 or 5 star DL each year to make significant improvement. A few game changing players make the players next to them better. And if Collins and company can get us to a nice bowl game, preferably New Year's Six, it will be a shot in the arm for recruiting. And our players having higher SAT's doesn't necessarily mean those with lower scores couldn't be signed. They just weren't signed, went elsewhere, didn't fit our system, etc.
Some of the DL you mention did indeed just not sign, and some just couldn't even they wanted to due to requirements. As for signing two 4-5 star DL each class, this has been rare if ever (I'm really talking about interior war daddies like Daryl Richards, not DEs). If CGC can pull it off, then our program will be transformed. Here's hoping he can smother and cover em AND keep em in school.
No, they were not at the time the "offers" first went out, which is what the people who say we offered 60% of the 5 stars mean. Letters of interest are a universe away from a committable offer.
If a 4-5 star wanted to commit early, CPJ or any other coach we have had would make a conditional offer, and then when his academic background check showed he had at least a reasonable chance to survive at a very high ranked Institute with no place to hide, he would make a committable offer. If that's called "waiting", then it's simply reality.
The hype is so high right now that there is 100% chance that it WILL be crushed by reality. But not living up to the hype does not equate to abject failure. We will get better players than we have been getting, but we probably won't out-recruit our rivals. Coaching has to be part of the equation.
I think most of us realize that this staff is largely made up of snake-oil salesmen. The "Tech guys" know they have to sell our particular brand of oil differently than the Tuscaloosa or Spartanburg variety. I am glad they have a plan and a high motor. And we are lucky that their audience is receptive to the sales pitch---which is fundamentally different than the Tech pitch of the last 30 years. Today's recruits have nothing like this to compare to. It could very well be very successful---especially if the wins materialize.