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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 830282" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>It's a well known recruiting adage...neither CPJ or O'Leary was the original source. Coaches from all sports have used that saying.</p><p></p><p>CPJ cared about recruiting. Anyone who said he didn't care about recruiting just has a bone to pick with CPJ. The "problem" with CPJ was that he made recruiting harder on himself with some of his staff choices and the offense he ran. Anyone who is still denying the offense was a problem in recruiting is just denying all the evidence of the last decade, especially the Sports Illustrated article where CPJ pretty much admits it.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.si.com/college/2018/09/27/triple-option-offense-army-georgia-tech[/URL]</p><p></p><p>IMO, the offense was a bigger hurdle in recruiting than GT's "hurdles" everyone use to bring up. CGC's recruiting is starting to prove that correct. What people always forget about recruiting is that the kids you recruit have to also want to run the offense or defense you're running. Very few of the "elite" kids wanted to run it when they could go to other schools and run systems they liked more. </p><p></p><p>I've always said CPJ came to GT a decade too late. He came to GT at the beginnings of social media and explosion of recruiting services. Kids saw their peers pass for 300-400 yards, or have 100-200 yards catching the ball...then they saw GT games where we barely passed the ball at all. Recruits heard over and over on social media that playing in an option offense would ruin their chances of playing in the NFL. Obviously a LOT of the negative stuff about the offense wasn't true, but perception is reality sometimes on social media. IMO, had CPJ came a decade earlier, we would have had many more seasons like the 2008/2009/2014 seasons. GT probably would have been close to what Clemson has been in the last decade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 830282, member: 360"] It's a well known recruiting adage...neither CPJ or O'Leary was the original source. Coaches from all sports have used that saying. CPJ cared about recruiting. Anyone who said he didn't care about recruiting just has a bone to pick with CPJ. The "problem" with CPJ was that he made recruiting harder on himself with some of his staff choices and the offense he ran. Anyone who is still denying the offense was a problem in recruiting is just denying all the evidence of the last decade, especially the Sports Illustrated article where CPJ pretty much admits it. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.si.com/college/2018/09/27/triple-option-offense-army-georgia-tech[/URL] IMO, the offense was a bigger hurdle in recruiting than GT's "hurdles" everyone use to bring up. CGC's recruiting is starting to prove that correct. What people always forget about recruiting is that the kids you recruit have to also want to run the offense or defense you're running. Very few of the "elite" kids wanted to run it when they could go to other schools and run systems they liked more. I've always said CPJ came to GT a decade too late. He came to GT at the beginnings of social media and explosion of recruiting services. Kids saw their peers pass for 300-400 yards, or have 100-200 yards catching the ball...then they saw GT games where we barely passed the ball at all. Recruits heard over and over on social media that playing in an option offense would ruin their chances of playing in the NFL. Obviously a LOT of the negative stuff about the offense wasn't true, but perception is reality sometimes on social media. IMO, had CPJ came a decade earlier, we would have had many more seasons like the 2008/2009/2014 seasons. GT probably would have been close to what Clemson has been in the last decade. [/QUOTE]
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