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<blockquote data-quote="Heisman's Ghost" data-source="post: 542926" data-attributes="member: 4015"><p>I am not inclined to believe Points but recognize that three, perhaps four years from now there is a very real possibility that this was all smoke and mirrors by a modern day Pepper. Personally, I am thinking that there are enough good players who want what we have to sell in its entirety: the Atlanta experience, the 404 effect, the 40 year plan and all the rest to make this experiment worth while. For the first time, in living memory a football coach has attempted to articulate a vision that is both revolutionary and utterly outrageous in its goal of flipping the long standing tradition of Tech as being staid, not a player, a second or even third choice for high level high school players. Coach Collins is attempting to rebrand Tech so that we can get our share of metro Atlanta players and increase the footprint to reach areas that will produce players in hard to recruit positions. Going to Europe, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio etc. to get linemen. A Tech football program built on continuous emphasis on recruiting higher level players is something that has not been consistently done in nearly a half century. </p><p></p><p>It should be noted that the college football landscape is littered with the carcasses of football programs that sought to build programs with glitz and dazzle with an all in approach to recruiting. Florida came to grief a few years ago when Ron Zook took over for the "Head Ball Coach" promising salesmanship and being a "players coach". If nothing else he was entertaining...for a while but losing to Mississippi State and Ole Miss will get you fired in Gator land, recruiting rankings notwithstanding. I write this to caution that the realities of the Institute have not gone away. Coach Collins and TStan should try to change minds on the Hill in lobbying for expanded curriculum, increased resources for recruiting and anything else they can think of. In the meantime, we have made a good start and now let's see if our coaching staff can develop and encourage players to get better between now and August.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Heisman's Ghost, post: 542926, member: 4015"] I am not inclined to believe Points but recognize that three, perhaps four years from now there is a very real possibility that this was all smoke and mirrors by a modern day Pepper. Personally, I am thinking that there are enough good players who want what we have to sell in its entirety: the Atlanta experience, the 404 effect, the 40 year plan and all the rest to make this experiment worth while. For the first time, in living memory a football coach has attempted to articulate a vision that is both revolutionary and utterly outrageous in its goal of flipping the long standing tradition of Tech as being staid, not a player, a second or even third choice for high level high school players. Coach Collins is attempting to rebrand Tech so that we can get our share of metro Atlanta players and increase the footprint to reach areas that will produce players in hard to recruit positions. Going to Europe, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio etc. to get linemen. A Tech football program built on continuous emphasis on recruiting higher level players is something that has not been consistently done in nearly a half century. It should be noted that the college football landscape is littered with the carcasses of football programs that sought to build programs with glitz and dazzle with an all in approach to recruiting. Florida came to grief a few years ago when Ron Zook took over for the "Head Ball Coach" promising salesmanship and being a "players coach". If nothing else he was entertaining...for a while but losing to Mississippi State and Ole Miss will get you fired in Gator land, recruiting rankings notwithstanding. I write this to caution that the realities of the Institute have not gone away. Coach Collins and TStan should try to change minds on the Hill in lobbying for expanded curriculum, increased resources for recruiting and anything else they can think of. In the meantime, we have made a good start and now let's see if our coaching staff can develop and encourage players to get better between now and August. [/QUOTE]
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