Agree with most except this part. "Football only players" tend to like huge crowds, lots of pretty girls that are easy, cash under the table, lots of tv talking-heads slobbering over them constantly, etc. Factories offer all that and more.
OK so we don't 'mix' them. We put the lettermen at one end of the sideline and the recruits about 25 feet away with a row of 'hostesses' in between. Their job is to explain to the recruits, "NCAA won't let you go talk to Calvin Johnson. But if you come play at GT and become a letterman, one day it's going to be you standing over there with Calvin while a bunch of elite recruits are looking at you in the same manner. Have you got what it takes to be great here like Calvin was? Or Dennis Scott...or, or, or."
Take that, Calvin Johnson! In your face, Demarius Thomas! Make room for the big boys, Shaq Mason! And get your canes out of my way.
You had to look up who Dennis Scott was? Really? Would you have to look up Kenny Anderson and Brian Oliver too?
I'm sorry I don't know every GT player who played at GT the year I was born?
There's actually a list of former athletes to be remembered from all sports. One of my great memories is of all things a -- to me -- unbelievable half-court, across-court bounce pass thrown at full speed by Brooke Steppe between two UNC defenders for a fast-break layup in '81 or '82. I was at the game with a HS coach and that was all he wanted to talk about on the way home. He was a great and unsung player and I always wondered what he would have been like playing with Mark Price.
You need to study up some on Tech history. I know plenty of famous players at Tech from long before I was born. Tech has one helluva tradition that unfortunately too many people have either forgotten or never knew about to begin with. Although it doesn't cover much basketball, I highly recommend for starters "Dress Her in White and Gold."
If they are still playing they won't be standing on the sidelines at a college game. Most would be old guys like me that no one gives a crap about. Just keeping it real. Recruits don't give a crap about old players. Will could not name 1 GT ex player when he was being recruited. It's not about the past. They don't care about the past.
y'all are thinking as fans. Recruits are not fans. They don't care about what someone else did. They only care about what they are going to do. Sorry i had to reply to my own post. The " edit time limit"...
It's all good. You just took me by surprise. It's kind of like not knowing who Dominique Wilkins is. He's 8 years Dennis's senior.
This is largely true but we played Clemson and Duke every year and even back then they brought a bunch of people. I was at a Tech vs. LSU game and it was sold out in the early 60s with quite a few LSU fans there as I recall. SEC teams traveled and drew quite well at Grant Field.
I teach high school in south Georgia. What flea is saying is spot on. This generation is totally self absorbed to a degree not understood by most adults unless you work with young people. As flea says "...they only care about what they are going to do" It is just the way it is. Embrace it and channel it in a positive manner.
I have no clue who he is, but I have a excuse
Its all about the money. GT needs a larger staff. They also need to put more effort into the social media part. For example, when UGA introduced their early enrollees , they were in full uniform w the stadium and their info in the background. GT, they were in whatever tee shirt they wore that morning, no background... Its not hard to make a effort to make it special. You do need the staff. Which of those tweets do you believe excited future recruits? Other schools flood mailboxes w information daily to recruits. They have 20 students doing the work. A small group of GT students w their technical knowledge could increase the image of GT football to HS kids. Once they get recruits on campus GT is pretty easy to sell to the players who get it.