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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 564093" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>This whole thread is indicative of one of the reasons I liked Paul's approach to our program: we could win without the shenanigans we see in the factories.</p><p></p><p>With the TO we could get "out-recruited" every year and still win. And win with the kind of students we normally get at Tech; remember, even our exceptions are usually better students then what you find on the team at UNC, Clemson, or Bammer. It wasn't a secret sauce and needed a lot of support that Bobinski ended up not supplying. But the idea was to have a winning program adapted to the institute and based largely on students who could get in and stay for graduation.</p><p></p><p>Now, I see a lot of people here who appear to have forgotten the main goal: <em>the football program should be accommodated to Tech, not Tech to the program</em>. All of the recruiting advantages Coach has noised about so far are based on the unique character of Tech as a school; remember, "we have a better product to sell." And, in fact, I think Tech does have a unique product to attract young people and their families: graduation with a degree that actually means something and that can start them on the road of life with a real boost. But the main thing there is the degree; we commit to the player and he decides to stick or not. Talk about doing the normal tricks found at the factories has forgotten that. This does <em>not</em> mean that you can't be square with the player about his chances to play; all good coaches do that so that the young man can make a decision in his interests. But if we start to fudge around the edges on the grounds that "everyone else does it" and get caught, The Hill will squash P5 football at Tech. Take that as read.</p><p></p><p>I'm not writing this because I think Coach is likely to do what some above are asking for. I don't think he's a trickster by nature and I'm sure he wants to win without he kind of stuff we see elsewhere. But it's disheartening to me to see so many here suddenly so consumed by "winning big" that they are willing to subvert institutional policies to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 564093, member: 265"] This whole thread is indicative of one of the reasons I liked Paul's approach to our program: we could win without the shenanigans we see in the factories. With the TO we could get "out-recruited" every year and still win. And win with the kind of students we normally get at Tech; remember, even our exceptions are usually better students then what you find on the team at UNC, Clemson, or Bammer. It wasn't a secret sauce and needed a lot of support that Bobinski ended up not supplying. But the idea was to have a winning program adapted to the institute and based largely on students who could get in and stay for graduation. Now, I see a lot of people here who appear to have forgotten the main goal: [I]the football program should be accommodated to Tech, not Tech to the program[/I]. All of the recruiting advantages Coach has noised about so far are based on the unique character of Tech as a school; remember, "we have a better product to sell." And, in fact, I think Tech does have a unique product to attract young people and their families: graduation with a degree that actually means something and that can start them on the road of life with a real boost. But the main thing there is the degree; we commit to the player and he decides to stick or not. Talk about doing the normal tricks found at the factories has forgotten that. This does [I]not[/I] mean that you can't be square with the player about his chances to play; all good coaches do that so that the young man can make a decision in his interests. But if we start to fudge around the edges on the grounds that "everyone else does it" and get caught, The Hill will squash P5 football at Tech. Take that as read. I'm not writing this because I think Coach is likely to do what some above are asking for. I don't think he's a trickster by nature and I'm sure he wants to win without he kind of stuff we see elsewhere. But it's disheartening to me to see so many here suddenly so consumed by "winning big" that they are willing to subvert institutional policies to do it. [/QUOTE]
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