2025 Transfer Portal: Who do we need to target this offseason?

Northeast Stinger

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MtnWasp said:
Not to disagree but seriously, how do we fans have any idea what the market will bear on these players?

Everyone is in the dark right now. Everyone is just feeling their way. It is a fascinating laboratory exercise in economics.

There have been emerging markets, but what about a market that has been kept in a corked bottle for decades and then we just uncork the bottle???

This is all really fascinating to me!

As for GT, we'll be okay. We've got a school with a hefty endowment, a school president who understands the relationship between sport and branding, a forward looking AD and a solid football coach.

Gt is okay.
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Sure, I get it. And I’m not being argumentative either but there is such a thing as irrational exuberance.

A few years ago I was having some art work framed and the owner of the shop, whom I know, showed me a couple of works of art that he was framing for a client. This was when NFTs were a thing. They had been “bought” on the internet and had a worth of over half a million . So, when I say a particular player is not worth over $2 million, I’m not saying nobody is willing to pay that. I know better than that from watching people pay millions for an image on the internet that they will never physically own. But I am giving my opinion that the actual worth is not the same as the imagined worth.

Yes the portal stock exchange is percolating right now but there seems to be a lot of overvaluing going on.
 
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Eli said:
This is what I don’t get. You have a free education at Ga. Tech and you don’t try to compete and get on the field while getting a world class degree?
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Did I see speculation somewhere that he and his brother who is in the portal would possible go somewhere to play together?
 
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Spalding Jacket said:
I feel like this is where Key can excel is paying above market value for top interior oline which often gets neglected vs other positions. Grab a dominant center and guards and they’ll pave the road for us to run the bawl. Also find another stud run blocking TE like Hawes and we’ll be off to the races.
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We also have to keep scouting and finding portal pieces from smaller schools who were underrated out of high school, or late bloomers.
 
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MtnWasp said:
Not to disagree but seriously, how do we fans have any idea what the market will bear on these players?

Everyone is in the dark right now. Everyone is just feeling their way. It is a fascinating laboratory exercise in economics.

There have been emerging markets, but what about a market that has been kept in a corked bottle for decades and then we just uncork the bottle???

This is all really fascinating to me!

As for GT, we'll be okay. We've got a school with a hefty endowment, a school president who understands the relationship between sport and branding, a forward looking AD and a solid football coach.

Gt is okay.
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I don’t know if we’re OK or not. Yes, this is a disruptive “innovation” which is defining a completely new s-curve. No one knows where it will go and who’s OK and who’s not. Uncharted territory.
 

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UgaBlows said:
For a fast slot receiver with meh hands/route running skills? Thats not a smart use of money for any school imo. Supposedly Ole Miss spent $20 million on their roster this season with disappointing results and no playoff appearance, how long will they keep this up? Auburn spent close to the same i bet and had a 4th in a row losing season. Interesting to see how long some of these fanbases keep throwing good money after bad and how high it will all go…
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Depends on how deep the well is.
 
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GCdaJuiceMan said:
If we're to believe roster stats I wouldn't agree with your body type comparison.

Eric: 5'11'' 190
Allen: 5'8'' 170 (reminds more of Malik) but hey maybe he hit a growth spurt and his recruiting pages aren't updated.
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IDK and I’m not kicking you in the shins but does anyone have Singleton’s physique stats two years ago. I think the point with the comparison is that Allen is lot more singleton than Darren Waller.
 
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LongforDodd said:
I think the point with the comparison is that Allen is lot more singleton than Darren Waller.
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That's fair and I wasn't trying to knock anyone's opinion either. Should have emphasized the stronger comparison to Malik. Watching Allen's JR/SR film (extremely impressive) he relates, at least to me, more to how Malik is used in our offense. This kid is going to be an absolute weapon for us. Routes are sharps, great hands and has the explosiveness needed to break away from defenders in confined spaces, short route trees. His punt returning ability is exciting too - shifty and low center of gravity allows him to be able to break through arm tackles easily.

I did find a reference to Singleton at 5'11'' 165 from 2023. I can definitely see Allen's game speed on film and he does have the ability to blow the top off and be a threat there too like Singleton. Just happy to chose Tech over Louisville.
 

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GCdaJuiceMan said:
That's fair and I wasn't trying to knock anyone's opinion either. Should have emphasized the stronger comparison to Malik. Watching Allen's JR/SR film (extremely impressive) he relates, at least to me, more to how Malik is used in our offense. This kid is going to be an absolute weapon for us. Routes are sharps, great hands and has the explosiveness needed to break away from defenders in confined spaces, short route trees. His punt returning ability is exciting too - shifty and low center of gravity allows him to be able to break through arm tackles easily.

I did find a reference to Singleton at 5'11'' 165 from 2023. I can definitely see Allen's game speed on film and he does have the ability to blow the top off and be a threat there too like Singleton. Just happy to chose Tech over Louisville.
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Allen looks built very differently than both, especially the legs. Almost more JHaynes…
 
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MtnWasp said:
In economics textbooks, irrational exuberance is a bug. In the real world, it is an intrinsic feature.
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Depends on how phony the culture is. 😊

In my most recent trip to Scandinavia I was struck all over again by a certain “wholesomeness” in the culture that valued family, craft and vocation. High standards of living did not require huge wage gaps and the average citizen doesn’t seem to channel their whole identity into how big their salary is.

Irrational exuberance is fueled by the get rich quick or get something for nothing crowd. It is not how capitalism started and it’s not the heart of it. But some people don’t know the difference between needs and wants, admittedly.
 
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