GT signing day update ...

[wrmathis]

Did Deddrick Mills - redshirt?

no, he was a true freshman that won the starting job during fall camp

 

[TheSilasSonRising]

aww, first/last ... why not both?

Winning post., well done.

 

[MaconBacon IM88]

At gt Twitter they have video clip of each recruit!
We are no longer engineering for success. Are we are engineering and marketing for success. ?

We do have a darn good business school btw....

 

[GTRock]

Is it too early to give cgc a contract extension? I feel like he's already earned it

Already got that extension built in to his first contract (7 yrs) lol. TIC I know

 

[GTRock]

Kirby Smart on Finebaum live:

"We're a top 15 public university in the entire nation and we're very proud of our degrees"

"The Super Bowl being held in Atlanta helped us altogether, with us having the most players in the Super Bowl between the 2 teams and IT WAS IN ATLANTA WHICH IS OUR HOME BASE, it was a tremendous week for us"

He's trying to throw shade at the new staff?

Firing back... gonna to be a lot more of that in the coming years

 

[slugboy]

Kirby Smart on Finebaum live:

"We're a top 15 public university in the entire nation and we're very proud of our degrees"

"The Super Bowl being held in Atlanta helped us altogether, with us having the most players in the Super Bowl between the 2 teams and IT WAS IN ATLANTA WHICH IS OUR HOME BASE, it was a tremendous week for us"

He's trying to throw shade at the new staff?

The US News list has been seriously gamed: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public
We're #8 (which makes sense to me), and I love my home state, but how UGA comes in at #13 ahead of Texas, Ohio State, Illinois, and Wisconsin/Madison on the US News list escapes me. If you go by academic reputation, well just SMH.

 

[Gtbowhunter90]

Kirby Smart will be eating another serving of humble pie in 2k19... Mr. Homebase is about to drop the SEC East to Florida.

 

[Milwaukee]

 

[Whiskey_Clear]

Kirby Smart on Finebaum live:

"We're a top 15 public university in the entire nation and we're very proud of our degrees"

"The Super Bowl being held in Atlanta helped us altogether, with us having the most players in the Super Bowl between the 2 teams and IT WAS IN ATLANTA WHICH IS OUR HOME BASE, it was a tremendous week for us"

He's trying to throw shade at the new staff?

Our negative recruiting vs mutts should be “You don’t really want to play in a artsy cow town where the cops just try to lock you up for four years do ya?”

Cops have better things to do in ATL than chase football players around all the time. And there are a ton more things for you to do in ATL also.

 

[YellowJacketFan2018]

ESPN sadly didn't think much of Geoff Collins first recruiting class at Georgia Tech and gave it a grade of C. I think this was a very good recruiting class and it showed how good Geoff Collins and his coaching staff are at recruiting.

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...-signing-day-grades-every-power-5-program#ACC

 

[GTfan4Life]

ESPN sadly didn't think much of Geoff Collins first recruiting class at Georgia Tech and gave it a grade of C. I think this was a very good recruiting class and it showed how good Geoff Collins and his coaching staff are at recruiting.

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...-signing-day-grades-every-power-5-program#ACC

This doesn't take into consideration any transfers or signings after the early period.

 

[dressedcheeseside]

Amazing. In two months I have seen a transformation that I thought not possible. 404 and Waffle House had no connection to Ga Tech prior to a young man coming home. Now we are a hat trick double winner on signing day! Can we MARKET Can we RECRUIT Can we COACH

Add Can we DEVELOP, Can we GRADUATE, Can we MAXIMIZE POTENTIAL and Can we KEEP OUR NOSES CLEAN to the list.

 

[iceeater1969]

ESPN sadly didn't think much of Geoff Collins first recruiting class at Georgia Tech and gave it a grade of C. I think this was a very good recruiting class and it showed how good Geoff Collins and his coaching staff are at recruiting.

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...-signing-day-grades-every-power-5-program#ACC

247 average rating of gt classes.
07 .87
08 .82
09 .85
10 .85
11 .83
12 .85
13 .83
14 .84
15 .85
16 .83
17 .84
18 .85
19 .85+
We finished strong w one .89+ recruit and a couple .85+ recruits that have high potential.
For us it's a definite improvement but next year we need to have no reaches (.82) more high 3 stars and 5 4 stars to get a .87 class.
Still it's not how you start it's how fast you get better. A 3 star w potential that works hard is a the heart of our program

 

[YellowJacketFan2018]

247 average rating of gt classes.
07 .87
08 .82
09 .85
10 .85
11 .83
12 .85
13 .83
14 .84
15 .85
16 .83
17 .84
18 .85
19 .85+
We finished strong w one .89+ recruit and a couple .85+ recruits that have high potential.
For us it's a definite improvement but next year we need to have no reaches (.82) more high 3 stars and 5 4 stars to get a .87 class.
Still it's not how you start it's how fast you get better. A 3 star w potential that works hard is a the heart of our program

Wow,thanks for that info!

 

[iceeater1969]

Add Can we DEVELOP, Can we GRADUATE and Can we KEEP OUR NOSES CLEAN to the list.

Did u have to remind me of Shamire and Mills.?

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Kirby Smart on Finebaum live:

"We're a top 15 public university in the entire nation and we're very proud of our degrees"

"The Super Bowl being held in Atlanta helped us altogether, with us having the most players in the Super Bowl between the 2 teams and IT WAS IN ATLANTA WHICH IS OUR HOME BASE, it was a tremendous week for us"

He's trying to throw shade at the new staff?

Unfortunately Uga has claimed Atlanta as its home base for at least the last 40 years. When they chose Atlanta for the site of the SEC championship it just further cemented the narrative. Even fast food franchises started by Tech alumni are often referred to as dog turf. I could go on but this has stuck in my craw a long time. I hope the new regime gives a 1000% effort to re establishing Atlanta as OUR HOME TURF.

 

[iceeater1969]

Wow,thanks for that info!

The average is really not that indicative of the quality of one class. The last 4 classes have a few too many reaches - but they sometimes are players that have intangibles.
If we can add another .86 ish class and then snag a few .92 true athletes in a .87 class we will have a dangerous mix.

 

[gtstinger776]

Our negative recruiting vs mutts should be “You don’t really want to play in a artsy cow town where the cops just try to lock you up for four years do ya?”

Cops have better things to do in ATL than chase football players around all the time. And there are a ton more things for you to do in ATL also.

Kirby’s academic pitch is remarkably silly given that uga is dead last in the sec in apr scores. Yes, the sec, the dumbest conference in the country. Kirby couldn’t care less about academics or whether his players graduate.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

The US News list has been seriously gamed: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public
We're #8 (which makes sense to me), and I love my home state, but how UGA comes in at #13 ahead of Texas, Ohio State, Illinois, and Wisconsin/Madison on the US News list escapes me. If you go by academic reputation, well just SMH.

When I was at Emory there was a discussion about the metrics used for these rankings and whether or not it is worth it to do the political lobbying to raise your ranking. Emory decided it was not worth it and it isn't necessary if you are a good school attracting top students from around the country.

But, no. No way Uga is better than those other schools. A friend of mine teaches there and both my wife and I have done work for them. It is not a class organization.

 

[ATL1]

Still near the bottom of the conference. No where to go but up.