This article fails for the following reasons. I'd have to go back to previous GTFLETCH posts to find my previous critiques.
My parents and grandparents came up for every home game for four years while I was in the band. They wanted to eat at the V on every trip either before or after the game. The V and then sitting in the sun in a wool uniform made for some interesting days.
So you believe Key had absolutely no network, no relationship with any HS coaches in the southeast or anywhere else for that matter that knew of any players on the fence or wavering? No aspiring TEs that had the body of an OL but were hanging onto the dream of playing TE but would have jumped at a GT scholarship as a Tackle or elsewhere on our OL? You think it's completely impossible for us to have "stolen" an OL recruit from Citadel or directional Illinois or the likes of Dook or Rutgers or UConn or schools of that ilk? There were no JUCOs, injured OL Seniors we could have taken a flier on, nobody Key knew of that wanted to transfer or anybody he associated with? You believe that every single OL 3 star and up was committed already, all very firmly solid in their commitments and all were unwilling to even hear Key out to come in an be able to immediately compete to play despite we had a HS OL with tiny, weak players only capable of flopping and diving at knees and playing time was theirs for the taking? Maybe none of these guys would/could have started in 2019, but they'd have a year in the system with practice reps and strength/conditioning & maybe ready to go in 2020. None of any of that was possible except for 1 guy you cited above? This was the guy Key to Alabama's OL prowess, highly respected in college football circles but nobody's flocking to him not even under the radar diamonds in the rough, walk-ons that might have been worth a shot, nothing, zippo. The OL landscape late in the 2019 recruiting cycle was as empty as our endzone the last 2 games of last year. None of it Key could have done anything about, all $40k/month of him. Nope. I get it.
What binion index? That term isn't mentioned in the article. That being said, a Jr data analyst youth pastor naming it after himself... I'm going out on a limb and saying that's a pretty good indicator that it's just him assigning a random number based on subjective opinion alone.
I prefer cheese burgers to steak.
Key was not hired until January 10th, 2019. He signed 3 of the top 10 OT's in December (one being Pierce Quick) and a top 11 guard at Bama. So up until and after the first signing period he was recruiting guys to Alabama. So he had 27 days to find and get OL to GT. Yes like you said he could've taken some flyers on some folks, but GT is not in the business of pulling guys scholarships or running folks off so he wasn't going to take a player that he could only steal from Citadel, Duke, or UConn as you say. You also have to factor in getting these kids into GT. You can't just recruit anybody from anywhere. You mention JUCO, probably 90% of JUCO kids won't qualify to transfer to GT. You again mentioned regular transfers, but again did you forget that folks couldn't just transfer and play right away back then? We also already had offers out to two lower tier guys that would be considered projects that we were going to honor. He couldn't risk signing more and have a class full of projects eating up scholarships that needed to also be used in other areas. OL was not the only position of need at the time. He also didn't know that our best OL would transfer out to Texas. Key probably did have folks blowing him up wanting to come to GT but like I said they had to be worth it and those kids were already signed, committed, or had strong relationships elsewhere.
If 3/3/3 100-0 and 6 consecutive losses is an "artificially negative picture" ,
Georgia Tech Football: Recruiting Classes Revisited - 2019
There’s no sugarcoating this one; this class has been decimated, and Georgia Tech continues to pay for itwww.fromtherumbleseat.com
Pretty interesting write-up, but tough to hear with the preseason excitement. TLDR:
He probably did come in with a great list of stop gap, then he was told they needed to get accepted by The Hill and he was all...
Yeah we all know, a bunch of G5 / FCS level talent along the LOS to start a new offensive system with isn’t an excuse. According to people like you, that elite talent should have been plug & play. Do we even need to go over the WR / TE talent? I’ll give you a hint, it wasn’t pretty.