Looks Like Georgia Tech Needs To Do A Better Job …

Seems like I recall when GOL was our head coach, he had long-time Georgia High school coach at Washington-Wilkes, Butch Brooks on his staff as
a liaison between Georgia Tech and the high schools throughout Georgia. Perhaps the new coaching staff needs another well-known high school coach in this same capacity.
 
I would focus my attention on the perrenial top 3 schools in for each region and classification. Build those relationships and you'll learn about other potential recruits in the region through conversations. Probably don't have the budget though.
 
ThomsonJacket said:
I would focus my attention on the perrenial top 3 schools in for each region and classification. Build those relationships and you'll learn about other potential recruits in the region through conversations. Probably don't have the budget though.
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An easy and good start is dividing the state up into districts and hosting all of the HS coaches from that district for a day of meet and greet with our staff. Go to them and do it and spend some time with them. If you can’t make it to every school, at least give all of them the chance for some face time.
 
2 vs 20. That’s just comparing the recruiting staffs of Tech with DUKE during the CPJ era. I’m no Collins or Key fan but it’s hard to blame them when THE PROGRAM ISN’T FUNDING RECRUITING AT A COMPETITIVE LEVEL.

This is not a coaching staff problem..it’s a systemic problem of The Institute with regards to competing in athletics. Gailey wasn’t playing on a level playing field, ditto CPJ, ditto Collins, ditto Key now. It may have gotten a boost from the dismal low during CPJ but the competition since Gailey (probably since Ross) has been on a ICBM trajectory while Tech was digging a bunker to nowhere.

And some of y’all are surprised that state high school coaches (yes a bunch of prima donnas) are pointing out that Tech hasn’t been competitive? Have y’all been in a recruiting news coma for 3 decades? Damn a lot of y’all are dumb.
 
savbandjacket said:
An easy and good start is dividing the state up into districts and hosting all of the HS coaches from that district for a day of meet and greet with our staff. Go to them and do it and spend some time with them. If you can’t make it to every school, at least give all of them the chance for some face time.
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Logistically stupid. Good luck finding a day all of those coaches are free to meet on that given day. If you want to give them some face to face and vip treatment on campus give them a standing invitation to come at their convenience and create a hospitality staff to accommodate that and connect them with our available coaching staff as best as possible for each individual visit.
 
GTCrew4b said:
öööö these high school coaches. I hate the pandering up and down the line in college football. Sorry if you want a job or money or references because you have a stud athlete who happened to live near your school or your booster club brought him in. It is so asinine and obvious that everyone is trying to cash in on recruiting madness.
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So just stop all recruiting initiatives at high schools. That’s just…brilliant.
 
77GTFan said:
These high school coaches simply want to help their players have great opportunities. Plus, the more players in their program who get offers, the more attractive their schools are to kids and parents. High school coaches lose players to more successful programs all the time, usually justified by their parents believing their kid will have the better chance of being recruited

My son has coached for the past thirteen years here in the Raleigh area. Somehow, they hear more from and enjoy better relationships with one staff above any others. Somehow Dabo and his staff have the time for Clemson to show a Wake County school in NC more attention than Duke or Wake. I will say NC State’s staff does a great job with establishing good relationships with local staffs. UNC only works on that relationship when there is a recruit on their radar. It is worth your time to get to know the staffs, and to learn which ones you can trust their evaluations of how well their players might fit your program.
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The somehow involved a recruiting staff and budget that dwarfs the others you mentioned. It can quite adequately overcome geographic distances.
 
whiskey clear said:
Logistically stupid. Good luck finding a day all of those coaches are free to meet on that given day. If you want to give them some face to face and vip treatment on campus give them a standing invitation to come at their convenience and create a hospitality staff to accommodate that and connect them with our available coaching staff as best as possible for each individual visit.
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Logistically stupid. Do you think we have a crew of people and coaches sitting around on their asses waiting on high school coaches to come to Atlanta?

dumbass
 
savbandjacket said:
Logistically stupid. Do you think we have a crew of people and coaches sitting around on their asses waiting on high school coaches to come to Atlanta?

dumbass
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It was a viable improvement on the asinine suggestion you made to begin with. But yes it’s difficult polishing a turd of an idea. Dipshit.
 
I am the last to speak up for Collins, but this sounds like some jerk saying something that is totally unverifiable. I think Tech has been in the hunt within the state as long as I remember. Our roster has alot of Georgia kids on it. Reality is your top tier recruits are getting raided by the entire country now, and your primary competition of Alabama, Georgia, Auburn are liked by alot of players due to geography. Heck now we also have to fend off Notre Dame, Ohio State, and almost all of the SEC/Big 10. I don't know which high school the guy coaches at, but I see no evidence Tech isn't trying to recruit here. The last three years with Collins has made it difficult for someone to be interested in Tech.
 
While it takes a larger budget, you are recruiting fans as much as athletes. Dropping off swag, info packets, and just chatting with the coaches seems easy to do. Even if a school doesn't have anyone that's the right fit, that doesn't mean they won't appreciate us dropping off swag and scouting them enough to post it on social media. Making the school cool when discussed with the next class can be invaluable - it may be the X factor in 2 years when a recruit is playing the hat game.
 
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