Transfers heating up...as needed

18in32 said:
I don't know if his plans have changed but a few weeks ago Nathan told me that he was planning to enter grad school here and play next year. He has been extremely 'into' the new regime.
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I'm glad. I enjoy watching him play
 
thwg said:
Yondjouen is a beast but it will take him awhile to learn the game and the speed of it. I think he will be like Gostis was in his first year. You'll immediately know he belongs but he will disappear at times also.
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May be true to an extent, but I forgot about Clayton coming as well as an upperclassman transfer. If those two are healthy we may have transplanted a quality set of DEs in a single offseason.
 
I just get the feeling that Clayton is determined to play immediately and will probably do everything in his power to get the waiver granted. He had lots of upside out of high school before getting injured, then went through coaching changes and got lost in the shuffle and now wants to shine. He has 2 years left, I doubt seriously he's going to give one of them up without a fight.
 
thwg said:
FWIW, according to the 247 portal link there are only 3 GT players currently in the portal. I would be surprised if any of the 3 end up at an FBS school. Benson is not in there. The site says GT has 2 business days to put him in there so perhaps it happens today.

Cottrell graduated so not sure if he technically has to enter the portal as a grad transfer but many believe he will leave also. Ironically, he has been one of the team leaders during the coaching transition.

Here’s hoping CGC knows of a OL or two no one else knows about at Presbyterian or FAMU or something as grad transfers are the only way we have a legit 2 deep on the OL. The OL is extremely concerning.
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FWIW...

The folks in the portal looking to transfer as of 11:41am today are:
Jaylen Jackson
Zakk McKeehan
Dameon Williams

Showing already transfered:
Parker Bruan to Texas



Incoming Transfers
Tyler Davis - already with team
Marquez Ezzard - sitting one
Antonneous Clayton - does not state eligibilty yet

GT Transfer Portal
Link
https://247sports.com/college/georgia-tech/Season/2019-Football/TransferPortal/
 
Every player transferring from a school with a coaching change should be eligible immediately. Any player who has to sit out a year after transferring should have a six year eligibility window if that is necessary for four years of participation.
 
BrentwoodJacket said:
Every player transferring from a school with a coaching change should be eligible immediately. Any player who has to sit out a year after transferring should have a six year eligibility window if that is necessary for four years of participation.
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I'm on board with this too. If you have to sit, I don't think it should count as one of your eligible years.
 
GTFLETCH said:
FWIW...

The folks in the portal looking to transfer as of 11:41am today are:
Jaylen Jackson
Zakk McKeehan
Dameon Williams

Showing already transfered:
Parker Bruan to Texas



Incoming Transfers
Tyler Davis - already with team
Marquez Ezzard - sitting one
Antonneous Clayton - does not state eligibilty yet

GT Transfer Portal
Link
https://247sports.com/college/georgia-tech/Season/2019-Football/TransferPortal/
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Ezzard is trying for a waiver and was confident about it at one point.
 
Ezzard can’t apply for a waiver until he’s enrolled at GT, iirc. Take that ruling with a grain of salt
 
GoGATech said:
Which IMO is still such bullshit. If spoiled, whiny Tathan Martell can be granted waiver, EVERYBODY should this year. If he had such a problem with the internal stuff going on with the coaching staff, he should've expressed it and left then. His "coaching change" is hardly a change at all either. His HC retired, and the second in command there already has taken over. No new coaches or schemes, etc. He got scared of losing his spot to a more talented guy coming in, ran like a bitch, everybody in the world of college football knows it, yet he still was granted the waiver.
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It is total BS. Clayton's hometown is about 30 miles outside of what the NCAA considers "close to home" for hardship waivers. Which is dumb because there are no FBS schools within that range of his hometown.

So, he wont be able to use geography, necessarily. I still don't know what argument Martell used. His lawyer wouldn't say. My sense is that if you hire a lawyer and just make something up, you can get it granted.

It would be much more fair to give everyone one free waiver. You should get a mulligan for a decision made at 17/18 years old, anyway.
 
smokey_wasp said:
It is total BS. Which is dumb because there are no FBS schools within that range of his hometown.
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Did not think about this. That is an excellent tidbit right there. Could very well squash that "100 mile" rule, seeing as he can't move closer to home at ANY top tier school and be that close... as long as he's moving "closer" to home, then maybe he can get in on that reasoning.
 
smokey_wasp said:
It would be much more fair to give everyone one free waiver. You should get a mulligan for a decision made at 17/18 years old, anyway.
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I respectfully disagree. We already have too many transfers. Players get tired of not playing enough and start looking around – which means coaches have every incentive to poach them... (including making promises they can't keep).

It's like CPJ said about commitments – all the commitment means is that you've got a chance to sign them. Imagine if signing them just meant you've got a *chance* to play them. At some point it's just terribly destructive on the kids and on the teams to have them constantly thinking about the green grass on the other side of the fence. It becomes way too much like free agency.

I agree that a coaching change should probably be a free pass, or a medical/family/etc. hardship. But otherwise, everybody oughta dance with the one that brung them. As you can tell, I'm a committed monogamist.
 
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