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Let me address the second point first by saying my point is not about individual posters and what they say on a specific message board. We actually agree on the impact of what one poster says. I seriously doubt that kids are coming to this, or any other board, and perusing what's said. I...

This thread is too cool! I love it. Keep posting that stuff, folks!

Ah I see where you're coming from. And there's absolutely nothing at all wrong with having that honest dialogue here or anywhere even if the kids are poring over these pages, which I doubt (though I know occasionally parents have been known to peruse board pages). Where I think we sometimes go...

We actually agree because I'm not saying we want kids to come here who can't, and shouldn't be at GT because they aren't equipped to succeed even with the amount of help they can get as student-athletes. But why let everyone else create the narrative before they even get into our sphere of...

I am not at all suggesting that anyone is saying we should not try to get a few. I know everyone here wants to get more difference makers and is hoping that happens AND that we convert that to more wins on the field. I don't ask anyone to believe and am totally understanding of wanting to wait...

Fair question. We aren't talking about the ones who really aren't interested in putting the kind of effort needed to take academics seriously anywhere, much less at GT. We're talking about the ones who can do the work and who can be shown that the work is worth it instead of constantly hearing...

I'm not talking about the phrase "not interested" and you know that. I'm talking about saying things like "kids don't want to play school." To you and I those two phrases MIGHT mean the same thing. One comes across as demeaning. The other doesn't. How often do you see every single word...

The way you said it here is not demeaning. At least not in my opinion. But frequently you do say it in a condescending and demeaning way or in a way that is ambiguous enough to be easily interpreted as such. I'm not suggesting that your one voice makes the difference. But when a LOT of...

Why does any of that matter? None of it changes the fact that by being demeaning in the attitude towards the recruits one hurts our ability to recruit. But I'll answer your question. I don't really care about the other schools. It doesn't matter to me that we make fun of them just like they...

OK. I'll connect the dots. If you insult the kids that's just another way of negative recruiting. I didn't say he was saying something negative about GT. But what the poster is doing is hurtful TO GT. The kids see the arrogance and smugness and they see how far down our noses we look at...

I'm not sure what's worse. Saying GT is very hard academically or insulting recruits. I'm not suggesting that there are tons and tons out there who do want to focus as much attention on the "student" part "student-athlete" but I think there are more who WOULD if they thought it was worth it...

I'm with you on this one. I'm going to make every effort for me and my family to get out there. My 15 year old daughter, who hasn't been to a game since she was little, has been begging to get out to a game (though admittedly it's HER Saturday events that keep that from happening) and this is...

Which part of how I described what Key said made it sound like a crap ton of kids will respond to it? There's plenty of reason for pumping the brakes just a bit so I'm not knocking what you're saying and in fact I think we agree for the most part that it's not going to suddenly be a landslide...

I'll try to hide my "reasonability" a bit better so I don't out myself too quickly... :ROFLMAO: I also completely agree that the extra staff and moola being spent are critical factors without which all the efforts would likely go for naught. I think you're going to see an expansion of the...

You are correct that the limited number of degree programs and the requirement for calc of some kind are limitations to some kids. And yes, there are a great many who don't want to "play school," as you put it. But I think you've under-estimated how many needles there are out there and what a...

Don’t count on them having it playing at the sports bar. I followed some of the cruise discussions on Facebook the last couple of years and there were a fair number of disgruntled folks finding out their game wasn’t going to be available. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm 5'9" and believe me this is definitely something I appreciate. Another place I appreciate being vertically challenged is on airplanes. I have no idea how folks any taller than me survive a flight in a normal sized seat. I have real sympathy when I see taller folks trying to shoe-horn...

Oh yeah! This is the one piece of swag I really want. I love these types of pullovers and while I have a gold GT pullover I'd dearly like to have this white one!

Frankly I'm kind of expecting to see a number of kids more in this situation transfer out. I liked CPJs personality and his offense (when it was running smoothly) and I like CGCs personality and hopefully what his teams look like on the field. But I'm quite sure there are going to be kids and...

I think the new staff spends a lot less time thinking about the previous staff than you think. I don't think they spend time thinking of ways to phrase things so that they will be interpreted as disrespectful to the previous staff. I don't think Brent Key sat at his desk thinking "hmmm, how...