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I agree. It is possible. However, it is not likely. Look at the 36 Blue Chips in the state. How many can get into Tech. That reduces the field significantly. How many can stay in? How many want to play for Tech vs. any SEC school? You see my point? There's the market, then there's the...

Fair enough. I don't disagree with that. Time will tell. The bigger issue I see is not so much as P5 or non-P5 but entrance requirements. Tech is damn tough to get into and stay in, even more so if you're into athletics or any endeavor that is a time suck. Whether it's 4-5 (my guess) or 5-7...

One bird does not make the Spring. How many 4 stars do we sign, on average, every year? That's an answer you can plan a program around.

Fair enough. And a thoughtful comment. We don't have an extra 10-15 million a year. Our debt is staggering. To be fair, I do think we will CONSISTENTLY recruit 4-5 stars per year. I do not think its sustainable and while we will have GREAT years, we will also sign ZERO. So the prudent thing...

What a stupid and asinine comment. So people take you seriously? Geoff will recruit up to the mean and not beyond. I have no expectations whatsoever that Tech is going to lead the nation in NFL talent. Is that yours? That ... is truly sad. It would be nice.... but not realistic.

You're an athlete. Thanks for that. I ran multi hundred million dollar businesses by looking at facts and data and not HOPING things work out. But you seem like a nice guy. Call TStan and tell him he's wrong. He sold me. Maybe you... not so much.

the Hill could not possible care less how many football games we win.

Neither. He has said all along that struggling at Tech is a virtue and that we will recruit 3-stars and develop them into 5-stars. That's what he is raising money on. Is he wrong? Email and tell him.

Those mostly likely to die are optimists. Because their goals are never achieved. Realists thrive because they understand and adapt to the real world. Which are you again?

Easy. There are 26,000 students at Tech. Fewer than 500 are athletes. The President (and the Hill) are not compensated on football wins. They are compensated on research dollars generated. Understand now?

Why are realists pessimistic? Have you ever heard of reversion to the mean? I went to Tech. I did. There's a reality that we will get some percentage of good players. Yes. I agree with that. But what is it? There's roughly 400 Blue Chips a year. And 127 teams competing for them. Our historical...

Totally laughable. Are you even serious here? Look, I want to win as much as anyone. I long for the Dodd days and national championships. But I also live in Realville. Let's assume we get 10 blue chips a year and 5 work out (per averages). That's 5 a year graduating and let's assume all five...

Totally disagree ... but in all fairness for anecdotal reasons. I asked all my football player students if they considered Tech as an option for college. Answer: Zero. Was it the TO that held them back? No. What then? They wanted to play against their friends. West GA and East Alabama used...

Good luck with that. I'm sure Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, and UGA are all going to just lay down ...

I'm sorry ... this is a very lame response. What is "multiple"? You have a limited number of blue chips per year on a percentage basis. Are you arguing that we're going to sign 10 blue chips? I would say you're delusional and need to seek immediate medical attention. If you are saying four ... I...

No. It's not possible. Look at the math. What you 're saying is that you're going to get an increasing number of 4-stars outside of your home zone. That takes money. Big money. Which we don't have. No, sorry. It's not realistic. And it's another reason TStan said this. Three or four, sure...

Five to seven? Not possible. Three to four. Ok.

I don’t disagree. But define “a pile”. It becomes pretty easy to estimate the probabilities of that happening. I’m hopeful Geoff, in 2 years, can hire EXCELLENT assistants. Who may very well make up any of his game day shortcomings. He might start by hiring CPJ. He’s unemployed anyway... (joke)

Sure there is. The number of players in the NFL by college are Alabama (56), LSU (41), Florida (39), UGA (32) and Clemson (29). That's in our "neighborhood". So if you're a talent, you're likelihood of making it to the NFL with any of those teams is pretty high. Georgia Tech has 6. Six. So...

I think we will recruit differently, yes. But TStan has routinely said our strategy is to recruit 3 stars and develop them into 5 stars. He backed that up by saying we will NOT out Clemson Clemson.