Recruiting if Gailey is fired

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Hey guys. My first post on the StingTalk board, so hopefully it'll be a decent one.

Lots of talk lately about Gailey being fired, including the rumors that he is on a very short leash. My question to everyone is, how do you see recruiting being impacted if Gailey goes?

It seems that in the past few years we have just gotten to the point that we are real competition for Georgia in-state, and are beginning to assemble some nice recruiting classes. I'd hate to see all of that go away.
 
GTJosh said:
Hey guys. My first post on the StingTalk board, so hopefully it'll be a decent one.

Lots of talk lately about Gailey being fired, including the rumors that he is on a very short leash. My question to everyone is, how do you see recruiting being impacted if Gailey goes?

It seems that in the past few years we have just gotten to the point that we are real competition for Georgia in-state, and are beginning to assemble some nice recruiting classes. I'd hate to see all of that go away.
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Too many variables at play. A lot would depend on timing, how it's done, how quickly replacement named, who is replacement, etc.

Don't believe you can ever have a coaching change where you don't lose a couple of them though.
 
Wasn't he telling recurits last year that he might not be here if a better opportunity comes? That was a pretty good recruiting class too, and the chance that he may not be there didn't seem to scare any of them off.

I think the recruits are sold more on Atlanta and the Institute itself than the head coach. Its not like Chan is Steve Spurrier or anything.
 
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GTJosh said:
Hey guys. My first post on the StingTalk board, so hopefully it'll be a decent one.

Lots of talk lately about Gailey being fired, including the rumors that he is on a very short leash. My question to everyone is, how do you see recruiting being impacted if Gailey goes?

It seems that in the past few years we have just gotten to the point that we are real competition for Georgia in-state, and are beginning to assemble some nice recruiting classes. I'd hate to see all of that go away.
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Welcome, Josh.

CG's departure would be a double-edged sword. Many believe a new coach will help us rise to the next level while others believe his loss will cause dissent amongst the recruits due to Gailey's involvement in the process. My guess is it is possible both will be the case. We will most certainly lose a few recruits. With the quality of this year's class, it shouldn't hurt too much. The bigger question is can we have the same quality in NEXT year's class with a new coach. That I am doubting and that is where I am more concerned. I am about 50/50 on whether or not we need a change at HC. Give me two more losses this year (or one to uga) and I'll have fallen off the fence.

VPI may be the telling game.
 
MaconGTfan said:
I think the recruits are sold more on Atlanta and the Institute itself than the head coach. Its not like Chan is Steve Spurrier or anything.
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This has been addressed before. Gailey is mentioned quite often in quotes from recruits as being the closer of the deal. That means he had a lot more to do with the decision than Atlanta or the allure of GT.
 
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:laugher: Nice work.
 
Chan has gotten better at recruiting the last few years, I will give him credit for that, but at the same time I don't think it was just by accident that the recruiting turned around about the same time he hired Giff Smith and the other guy who left for alabama, can't remember his name. So IF he gets fired it wouldn't be a bad idea to keep Giff around. We'll just have to wait and see...
 
GTJosh said:
Hey guys. My first post on the StingTalk board, so hopefully it'll be a decent one.

Lots of talk lately about Gailey being fired, including the rumors that he is on a very short leash. My question to everyone is, how do you see recruiting being impacted if Gailey goes?

It seems that in the past few years we have just gotten to the point that we are real competition for Georgia in-state, and are beginning to assemble some nice recruiting classes. I'd hate to see all of that go away.
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Recruits need a grasp of the coaching staff they'll play for before they sign their LOI. The suddenness of GOL's departure and the length of the resulting coaching search hurt the class for the transition year. Same thing with the classes before Chan signed the extension. Recruits didn't flock for a lame duck coach without knowing who would be coaching next.

If DRad does what I expect, buy out Gailey at the end of the season and quickly put a new guy in place, recruiting shouldn't suffer too much. The commits still would want to play for the Institute as long as they like the new coach. Keeping Giff Smith would help things too.

FryTown, I believe the guy who went to Bama was Geoff Collins. Bama apparently more than doubled his salary for an off-the-field job, showing how valuable he's been to recruiting.
 
Good question but I think the only answer is "who knows?" In most cases where coaching changes have been made there are a few key recruits who tend to lead the charge one way or another. If we replaced Chan with somone who can connect quickly with the recruits, get them excited about the possibilities the change may bring and he can generate some excitement among the returning players, things should be fine. But while you hate to lose any good players, keeping a coach that is not right for the program (if in fact that's what DRad decides) is not worth a recruiting class. It will hurt you less in the long run to lose some recruits than have the wrong guy in char
 
Our recruiting success has a lot to do with laying some good groundwork with the HS coaches around the state. Those are long-term relationships and tend to survive a coaching change unless our recruiting director leaves as well.

But Chan is or has gotten really good at closing these deals personally.

Tough to say, really. Let's just beat Georgia by 50 then we don't have to worry about it.
 
I think many kids/big prospects come to Tech due to the coach's ties to NFL.
 
JOJATEC#1 said:
I think many kids/big prospects come to Tech due to the coach's ties to NFL.
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I'm not arguing that it may not mean something to some kids, but just as many top caliber players go to programs were the HC has no pro background. You use what you have, whether it's pro connections, charisma, playing time, style of play, etc. If Chan didn't return, we might lose some kids. OTOH we might get instant interest from some others depending on who we coach. It's a crap shoot and no one knows what the impact would be.
 
Re: Unbelievable

Techbert said:
IPOTY
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I don't know what IPOTY is, but UHPOTY for unintentionally hilarious is the correct answer.

hiveredtech is correct about the status of these two classes from a ratings standpoint. You can say a lot about Chan etc, but he has recruited great two years now.

I also would point out that while it is technically unknown, it is extremely probable that recruiting would get worse.
 
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