Techster
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I think some people are struggling to see the positives of building excitement. The hype is properly serving its purpose and is bringing the intended results. Those results being mass increases in fan support through surging season ticket purchases and the renewed interest in our program from recruits. Jamious Griffin, Marquez Ezzard, Javier Morton, Josh Downs, etc. are all 4* players that have expressed new interest in the program since CGC's arrival. Several recruits have stressed the importance of playing for their city of Atlanta (Baker, Bryant-Strother, Downs), which is a direct selling point of Collins and his staff. I think it's alright for people to be reserved and feel cautiously optimistic about the future, but it's harmful to discourage others about being legitimately excited. It hurts to perception of the program. We're in the offseason. The offseason is where hype and excitement is built, what else are we supposed to do? It's a game, have fun.
Staying home and repping the 404 is starting to build momentum with elite local recruits. It's pretty awesome TBH.
I said it for years, there are quite a few elite kids that want (and wanted in the past) to go to GT and rep their hometown school. It's just going to take the right coach, with a progressive and forward thinking approach to make it happen. My coaching friends think GT in Atlanta can be he equivalent of USC/UCLA in LA: Recruits going to their hometown school, become stars and celebrities in a big city and get treated like royalty. And they get to do it in front of friends and family. GT has to give them a reason to stay home, and looks like CGC is aiming for that.
If CGC can get the dominos to fall, GT will begin to recruit itself. I think a LOT of fans are going to be shocked at the potential of GT because we've held onto an old mindset for too long.