SoCal_GT_Fan
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So on all tech forums, the gold standard for recruiting classes is the 2007 class. That's usually the class that every other class is judged by/against and is used to show that CCG recruited "NFL quality" players and why CPJ is such a poor recruiter. But I do recall that our 2009 and 2010 recruiting classes under CPJ were pretty good as well. Especially that 2010 class which had 4-6 4-star players (depending on which recruiting site you check out). The problem with the 2009 and 2010 recruiting classes was that there doesn't seem to be any "elite" players of the likes of Dwyer, Burnett, and Morgan.
Now the constant denominator in this whole equation was Giff Smith who was the Dline coach during the end of the CCG era and the beginning of the CPJ era. Also, this was around the time when our DLine was one of the best in the conference and we've had multiple guys along that line go into the NFL.
So, what's everyone's take on Giff Smith's role in those recruiting classes and talent level at the DLine position before/after his tenure at Tech? Was it just by coincidence that he was there during that stretch or was he that good of a recruiter/DLine coach?
Now the constant denominator in this whole equation was Giff Smith who was the Dline coach during the end of the CCG era and the beginning of the CPJ era. Also, this was around the time when our DLine was one of the best in the conference and we've had multiple guys along that line go into the NFL.
So, what's everyone's take on Giff Smith's role in those recruiting classes and talent level at the DLine position before/after his tenure at Tech? Was it just by coincidence that he was there during that stretch or was he that good of a recruiter/DLine coach?