Official 2024 Signing Day - Dec 04

[Dirty Jacket]

I'm praying!

Not wasting a prayer on an 18 year old to play football here. Would be great to have a talented kid like that here, but it’s pretty clear that even if he comes here, it won’t be hard to lure him away with a shinier toy. Unimpressed.

 

[THWUGA]

Kind of growing ambivalent to this. If he's this hard to bring in as a high schooler I doubt we retain him long as a contributor.

Then go ahead and give up on the next 20 years because this is how it’s gonna go for the foreseeable future. I appreciate that we are playing ball.

 

[33jacket]

Not wasting a prayer on an 18 year old to play football here. Would be great to have a talented kid like that here, but it’s pretty clear that even if he comes here, it won’t be hard to lure him away with a shinier toy. Unimpressed.

Yup. Starting to sound like a drama queen money chaser that if he comes here could be in the portal in a year.

Hell man. If i was a school paying 800k for an unproven freshman. I would make his sign a three year commitment or no money. öööö this. Whats good for the goose is good for the gander. Nfl they have to sign years in contracts. Ncaa is wild west right now. Something has to be fixed fast. This isn’t sustainable

 

[JoeCakeEater]

This pisses me off. Would almost not care if Tech pulls his offer at this point. Do this shit behind the scenes and before NSD. The fans (who are truly the ones paying your ridiculous salary) deserve a little respect too.

 

[smokey_wasp]

Then go ahead and give up on the next 20 years because this is how it’s gonna go for the foreseeable future. I appreciate that we are playing ball.

Yeah, I am glad we are playing the game and seemingly holding our own against some heavy hitters. That said, I feel pretty good about my decision to no longer follow recruiting year-round like I used to. Let the staff and the bag men deal with it and I'll cheer whoever shows up on the field.

However, maybe we are close to ironing it out with Petty.

 

[GoGATech]

 

[Dirty Jacket]

Hope he signs with us obviously, but super unimpressed with his handlers for making this messy on signing day.

 

[GTLiebs]

Then go ahead and give up on the next 20 years because this is how it’s gonna go for the foreseeable future. I appreciate that we are playing ball.

Not like I'm against trying to sign him, but can make an estimate of what path this may take in the future. It's also not like the entire class is having this happen.

This pisses me off. Would almost not care if Tech pulls his offer at this point. Do this öööö behind the scenes and before NSD. The fans (who are truly the ones paying your ridiculous salary) deserve a little respect too.

To be fair to the guy, it also could just be bureaucratic/legal nonsense holding it up and not negotiation.

 

[Diseqc]

Surely this dick kicking machine won’t kick me in the dick again!

 

[StingThing]

Welcome to the new age of recruiting. With the higher ranked guys it’s all about $$$$. Look at any professional level contract negotiation. Ohtani named his price and shopped around. If we have the $$$$, we get the guys. Loyalty is dead for the most part on elite recruits.

 

[white&gold]

Kind of growing ambivalent to this. If he's this hard to bring in as a high schooler I doubt we retain him long as a contributor.

Agree. It will be hard to hold on to him even if we get him.

 

[RoanokeJacket]

We don't know who is responsible for the holdup and neither do the people posting on X.

He is light, maybe we should let someone else pay him and feed him a year and we could purchase him in the portal for the 2 years he will be full grown.

 

[fakelegzz]

Its easy to forget that we are in a fight for a kid that never would have even considered us 2 years ago. We have progressed light years. Get used to seeing this in the years to come.

 

[GTWannaBee]

This pisses me off. Would almost not care if Tech pulls his offer at this point. Do this öööö behind the scenes and before NSD. The fans (who are truly the ones paying your ridiculous salary) deserve a little respect too.

Are we sure this isn’t just speculation by others to get clicks and engagement for their sites?? A lot of conflicting information has come out over the last 24 hours.

 

[GoGATech]

Are we sure this isn’t just speculation by others to get clicks and engagement for their sites?? A lot of conflicting information has come out over the last 24 hours.

This. The whole thing has been about contract language and protection. He hasn't entertained offers from other schools, nor are we having to "up the ante" or even "match the pot." According to recruiting sites, all is good now and signing should happen soon.

 

[fakelegzz]

We may be actively trying to flip others that have not signed as well. We now in the big leagues.

 

[ThomsonJacket]

Let him go now. He won't be good for the team.

 

[Dirty Jacket]

LOL (all caps). You guys notice that when he hadn’t yet signed and tweets were about factories making a push, he was referred to as a 5*. Now that he’s expected to sign with Tech, just a 4*. Classic.

 

[Architorture23]

Hope he signs with us obviously, but super unimpressed with his handlers for making this messy on signing day.

Or maybe it was GT making it messy. Would it be the first time GT screwed something up?

 

[GahseyFan]

Or maybe it was GT making it messy. Would it be the first time GT screwed something up?

yeah, I hope the lawyers that handled our NCAA investigations are not the one crafting the verbiage in the contract