It's a lot easier to go for broke when you're already broke? That's what degenerate gamblers say at the blackjack table after they've gone through the $1000 they originally brought with them and end up hocking the title to the car that brought them to the casino. GT athletics is a business with a LOT to lose, it's not an individual at the blackjack table with nothing to lose. If anyone that's ever owned a business or managed a division of company knows, you don't double down on an unproven idea to get yourself out of hole...that's how businesses go under, and managers get fired.
"Flashy hires" is what got us into this mess (see former OL Will Jackson's quote in the Athletic
“I remember the opening press conference and hearing the two words that got him the job were brand and culture,” Jackson said. “That struck me as odd at the time because Georgia Tech football is not an advertising agency on Madison Avenue. It’s a football team on North Avenue.” https://theathletic.com/3612998/2022/09/20/geoff-collins-georgia-tech/ ). CGC was said "flashy hire" with his slogans and slick media campaigns that garnered GT temporary national attention, how is that paying off now? So you want to double down on another "flashy hire" and roll the dice? At least CGC had some success at an FBS level school before he got to GT.
You have ZERO evidence Deion would be recruiting force at GT, or GT would sell out home games. That's just pure conjecture and wishful thinking...much like when a broke person is down to his last $10 at the blackjack table hoping the next card gets him to 21. Would we get an initial bump in recruiting and attendance? Probably...but none of that is sustainable if you don't win. We've already seen that with CGC...a short recruiting bump, and short attendance bump. Where are we now without the winning? Worse off than when Paul Johnson stepped down.
Even if Deion improved recruiting, he's not going to improve GT recruiting to the level of a top 10-15 school needed to overcome Deion's coaching gap at this level. Recruiting at the P5 level is serious business, and recruiting against those schools isn't like recruiting at Jackson State. Sure he can get a few splashy recruits down there with NIL money, and he can get P5 castoffs to transfer there...but as we've seen with CGC, 4 and 5 star P5 transfers at this level aren't necessarily homeruns on the field, and getting elite level recruits to GT even with NIL money isn't a certainty. Before the season started, GT had the 5th most talented roster in the ACC according to 247. How has that worked out for us? At this level, coaching ability matters..."flash" does not, and trying to out talent good coaches does not. Deion has proven he can win by out talenting pretty much every school at that level, but that's not a recipe for success at the P5 level, and definitely not at GT.
There are PLENTY of non P5 coaches at the lower levels with an established track record GT could go after that GT could easily afford. I actually listed several of them in another thread. If GT doesn't hire a good coach with a winning track record, it's because they're not looking hard enough...and that's what got us into this predicament in the first place.
As I said, I don't hate the idea of Deion at GT, but there are much better options out there for us. If social media didn't exist, would anyone even know about Deion coaching at Jackson State? It seems like some of you are on this Deion train because it sound exciting and cool from social media. The reality is, social media is a red herring and a lazy way to find a coach.
Listen...if Deion does come here, I will 100% back him because he's GT's coach. I'll be more than happy to eat crow (with a lot of Cholula hot sauce and ketchup) if he wins enough to get us back to bowls and pulls in top 20 recruiting class. I'll be the first in line to say I was wrong. However, there are far better candidates for GT at this point and in our situation.
