Family vs. Factory vs. GATech?

[herb]

Reading it as a negative just shows a prejudice against Saban. What I took from that is being super organized, casting a wider net, being very energetic and cutting edge in getting to recruits and telling our story, you know, looking for those innovative ways to gain their attention and reel them. I thought that’s what we wanted?

That’s how I took it too. If you have ever read about how Alabama does things it is a marvel. This is not a bad thing, this is what we have all been asking for and means that there has to have been a commitment behind the scenes to pour more resources into recruiting than in the past. The Alabama model is fantastic but it don’t work on the cheap

 

[GTpdm]

How about we cap how often a team can go to playoffs.
Finals
1 times in 4 years.m
Invite
2 times in 8 years

Easy to enforce.

Would that do another thing that could help spread the talent ( help gt)?
These factories have easy degrees and great tutors. With the frequency cap perhaps a lot of factory and almost factory players would be ready to grad early. This could/ would have a ripple effect w other top schools to cause top talent backups to hit portal. For a good 4 star on factory getting buried 3 deep would be unacceptable. Great transfer would be an option to get seen.

Simpler: cap the cumulative number of scholarships you can offer over a four-year period (say 90-95), rather than capping the total number of scholarships at any one time (currently 85). Only exception that would open up a scholarship sooner is if a player actually completes his degree.

Offer a scholly to a guy and then show him the door or run him off one year later, when someone better rolls around? Fine, but that scholarship is off limits to your program for three more years.

It’s not really so much about limiting on-field success of the factories; it’s about limiting their ability to stockpile their programs with the best talent, to the point where their (scholarship-in-waiting) 3rd stringers have more recruiting stars than most teams’ first string players (on live scholarships).

 

[Vespidae]

Good points but don't think for a minute that that stuff about "higher number of applications" etc. has any sway over how Coach Saban runs his program. As far as redistribution of the revenues to the have nots, it reminds me of the Marxist creed: "From each according to his ability to each according to his needs" So vespidae what are you some kind of Communist? (joke don't take it seriously)

It’s not sway. The academic side at Alabama complains about the size of the football budget. The administration justifies it because of the massive impact a successful program has on a school.

Re Marx, how does a school like Charlotte or Buffalo ever compete with a Clemson? Either cap it, redistribute it, or implement real academic standards.

 

[Heisman's Ghost]

"implement real academic standards"? You cannot be serious. Academics will never stand in the way of football success at a TRUE honest to goodness football factory. Ain't gonna happen. Not no way, not no how. Re Marx. Would you prefer Engles or Lenin?

 

[Vespidae]

"implement real academic standards"? You cannot be serious. Academics will never stand in the way of football success at a TRUE honest to goodness football factory. Ain't gonna happen. Not no way, not no how. Re Marx. Would you prefer Engles or Lenin?

You never know. Nobody saw Jan Kemp coming.

 

[Animal02]

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/hardest-colleges-to-get-into/

 

[herb]

Nm

 

[Animal02]

Nm

To be fair, there are lots of different reasons that a school can be difficult to get into.

 

[GoldZ]

You never know. Nobody saw Jan Kemp coming.

Unfortunately it only resulted in a speed bump as things stand today. How did ugag's best player just a few years ago get to Junior status without being to read beyond an elementary school level?

 

[ncjacket79]

"implement real academic standards"? You cannot be serious. Academics will never stand in the way of football success at a TRUE honest to goodness football factory. Ain't gonna happen. Not no way, not no how. Re Marx. Would you prefer Engles or Lenin?

Define real academic standards. That’s what progress towards a degree and the various measures are all about. The fact is every school is different and all you can do is try to legislate that athletes are taking real classes towards real majors. But there will never be some standard for what that means. If there was it would mean a Tech engineering degree would be no better than ugag.