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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce Wayne" data-source="post: 145532" data-attributes="member: 231"><p>“<strong>Before I came in,</strong> I talked to some older players who were on some of the teams that weren’t really winning, and so I was like, ‘We’re going to do some great things at Georgia Tech,’” defensive end<a href="http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/3116620/keshun-freeman" target="_blank">KeShun Freeman</a> said. “<strong>One of the guys was like</strong>, ‘I don’t know. You have to work hard because you’re at Georgia Tech and we haven’t been doing our best lately.’ I was like, ‘Whatever. I’m coming in with the mentality that we’re going to be winners. We’re not going to settle for anything like that.’</p><p></p><p>“After we started winning, <strong>that guy came back to me </strong>and said, ‘I know what you’re saying now <strong>you guys are rocking,</strong> keep fighting.’ The whole mentality at Georgia Tech changed.”</p><p></p><p>Because of the tenses in the bolded parts I am reading this as while Keshun was still a recruit <em>even </em>if committed to sign with GT that some guy on the team actually did some accidental negative recruiting by being pessimistic about the program. So this speaks really well to Keshun and makes him an instant favorite. I mean look at his offer <a href="http://247sports.com/Recruitment/KeShun-Freeman-26803/RecruitInterests" target="_blank">sheet</a>: Arkansas; Clemson; Miami; UNC; Stanford; all the "smart" schools, etc. He committed and wanted to do great things at Tech <em>even after</em> getting to hear a Tech player downplay expectations. Then he comes in and becomes a Freshman All-American. Now that older and former Tech player comes around and Keshun says his entire mindset about the program changed seeing what everyone did last year.</p><p></p><p>The psychology of the individuals in a team sport is such a big factor in team success. "Mind rite" is a necessity. Keshun is a winner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce Wayne, post: 145532, member: 231"] “[B]Before I came in,[/B] I talked to some older players who were on some of the teams that weren’t really winning, and so I was like, ‘We’re going to do some great things at Georgia Tech,’” defensive end[URL='http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/3116620/keshun-freeman']KeShun Freeman[/URL] said. “[B]One of the guys was like[/B], ‘I don’t know. You have to work hard because you’re at Georgia Tech and we haven’t been doing our best lately.’ I was like, ‘Whatever. I’m coming in with the mentality that we’re going to be winners. We’re not going to settle for anything like that.’ “After we started winning, [B]that guy came back to me [/B]and said, ‘I know what you’re saying now [B]you guys are rocking,[/B] keep fighting.’ The whole mentality at Georgia Tech changed.” Because of the tenses in the bolded parts I am reading this as while Keshun was still a recruit [I]even [/I]if committed to sign with GT that some guy on the team actually did some accidental negative recruiting by being pessimistic about the program. So this speaks really well to Keshun and makes him an instant favorite. I mean look at his offer [URL='http://247sports.com/Recruitment/KeShun-Freeman-26803/RecruitInterests']sheet[/URL]: Arkansas; Clemson; Miami; UNC; Stanford; all the "smart" schools, etc. He committed and wanted to do great things at Tech [I]even after[/I] getting to hear a Tech player downplay expectations. Then he comes in and becomes a Freshman All-American. Now that older and former Tech player comes around and Keshun says his entire mindset about the program changed seeing what everyone did last year. The psychology of the individuals in a team sport is such a big factor in team success. "Mind rite" is a necessity. Keshun is a winner. [/QUOTE]
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