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<blockquote data-quote="daBuzz" data-source="post: 15542" data-attributes="member: 56"><p>Good post.</p><p>1) You and I will just have to disagree on that one. I think getting rid of CPJ sooner, rather than later will also help with #2. I do believe that the system we run hurts in recruiting. I've heard of offensive players saying they absolutely don't want to play in this system. I would also imagine it affects the defensive recruting.</p><p></p><p>Yes, I've heard CPJ say that "it's not like the scout team they're facing is running our offense.". Well, that may be...but in spring practice, the 1's go against the 1's in practice and in the scrimmages. Guess what offense we're running there? I personally believe this is one of the reasons we struggle so much against strong passing teams...we simply don't have that in offensive repertoire.</p><p></p><p>2) I hold the head coach responsible for recruiting. I didn't think Chan Gailey was a very good recruiter, but I find myself wishing for those days with regards to recruiting.</p><p></p><p>3) This is the one that bothers me the most. I am one of those vocal minority who wants the Hill's policies on athletic admissions changed. Here are my arguments for that:</p><p></p><p>Neither I nor any of the other people I have spoken with are in favor of admitting the guys that cannot read or write. We accept that we will never be able to recruit some of the players that UGA, VT, Auburn, Clemson, etc are able to recruit.</p><p></p><p>However, think back to 1990. I was rewatching the 1990 GT vs UVA game about 2 weeks ago on YouTube and it struck me: Bobby Ross had the same recruiting restrictions against him that other coaches at GT have had since. In other words, times in college athletics weren't "different" like they were back when Dodd, Alexander, and Heisman were coaching...they were very similar to the college football landscape of today. The difference is that, during that time, Ross was allowed to take academic exceptions that are not allowed today. Many have said that George O'Leary was the cause of this...or Chan Gailey with Flunkgate. Honestly though, those are weak crutches of an excuse. </p><p></p><p>I have posited before and I will again --- why does the Hill have such as strong voice in which players are admitted to GT? I can understand why that was the case before academic APR's were enacted but I contend that isn't needed anymore. </p><p></p><p>Allow the current GT football coach as many exceptions as he wants. Why? Because he's the one who is punished if we lose scholarships...losing those available scholarships will eventually lead to his firing. Also, write it into his contract that if we lose scholarships due to the APR, that GT has the option to a) dock his pay for losing 1 scholarship or b) terminate with no buyout if he loses more than 1 scholarship. Would we exercise that option? I don't know; but we'd have it. And it gives us the best of both worlds: the coach can recruit the type of players he believes are necessary to compete at the highest level but he also better use judgement. Because if he just stockpiles a bunch of dummies and brings them in, we lose scholarships, he loses money and quite possibly his job & millions of dollars.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="daBuzz, post: 15542, member: 56"] Good post. 1) You and I will just have to disagree on that one. I think getting rid of CPJ sooner, rather than later will also help with #2. I do believe that the system we run hurts in recruiting. I've heard of offensive players saying they absolutely don't want to play in this system. I would also imagine it affects the defensive recruting. Yes, I've heard CPJ say that "it's not like the scout team they're facing is running our offense.". Well, that may be...but in spring practice, the 1's go against the 1's in practice and in the scrimmages. Guess what offense we're running there? I personally believe this is one of the reasons we struggle so much against strong passing teams...we simply don't have that in offensive repertoire. 2) I hold the head coach responsible for recruiting. I didn't think Chan Gailey was a very good recruiter, but I find myself wishing for those days with regards to recruiting. 3) This is the one that bothers me the most. I am one of those vocal minority who wants the Hill's policies on athletic admissions changed. Here are my arguments for that: Neither I nor any of the other people I have spoken with are in favor of admitting the guys that cannot read or write. We accept that we will never be able to recruit some of the players that UGA, VT, Auburn, Clemson, etc are able to recruit. However, think back to 1990. I was rewatching the 1990 GT vs UVA game about 2 weeks ago on YouTube and it struck me: Bobby Ross had the same recruiting restrictions against him that other coaches at GT have had since. In other words, times in college athletics weren't "different" like they were back when Dodd, Alexander, and Heisman were coaching...they were very similar to the college football landscape of today. The difference is that, during that time, Ross was allowed to take academic exceptions that are not allowed today. Many have said that George O'Leary was the cause of this...or Chan Gailey with Flunkgate. Honestly though, those are weak crutches of an excuse. I have posited before and I will again --- why does the Hill have such as strong voice in which players are admitted to GT? I can understand why that was the case before academic APR's were enacted but I contend that isn't needed anymore. Allow the current GT football coach as many exceptions as he wants. Why? Because he's the one who is punished if we lose scholarships...losing those available scholarships will eventually lead to his firing. Also, write it into his contract that if we lose scholarships due to the APR, that GT has the option to a) dock his pay for losing 1 scholarship or b) terminate with no buyout if he loses more than 1 scholarship. Would we exercise that option? I don't know; but we'd have it. And it gives us the best of both worlds: the coach can recruit the type of players he believes are necessary to compete at the highest level but he also better use judgement. Because if he just stockpiles a bunch of dummies and brings them in, we lose scholarships, he loses money and quite possibly his job & millions of dollars. [/QUOTE]
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