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<blockquote data-quote="cuttysark" data-source="post: 107756" data-attributes="member: 1578"><p>My recollection was this senior class for the dawgs was called the dream team when they all signed their letters of intent. While all of this is fun to read and gives college football fans something to follow during the very long off season, in the grand scheme it means nothing as college football coaches have been doing recruiting their own way for decades before anyone in the stars system arrived on the planet. </p><p> </p><p>Two recent examples of how GT discovered players nobody else wanted are Tre Flowers a DE at Arkansas who had zero BCS offers out of HS until the Yellow Jackets gave him a ride. Then he flips a week or so before signing day to the Hogs and is all SEC and perhaps an All American this season. Same holds true for the OG for the Seminoles, Tre Jackson, who has been all ACC after doing the exact same thing I believe in that very same class.</p><p> </p><p>But talking about the 1-8 players which means very little to me or any football coach as the team is made up of 1-85+ walk ons, go see how GT traded up after the Mutts stole RB Brendan Douglas from the Jackets again about a week or so out from signing day. That was after he was jumping for joy when Paul Johnson offered him a scholarship after some other kid jumped ship on us and went to either Mississippi State or Miami. Then he turns around he goes to the Mutts and will only see the field after every other RB is injured.</p><p> </p><p>After Douglas left we gave his scholarship to a two stars (for those that care about this stuff) kid committed to Temple named Paul Davis. Do I need to say more how that exchange worked out for this team? What impressed me the most about Paul Davis was he told CPJ after driving up to personally accept his scholarship offer was that "he" was going to be the best recruit in his class, and he has certainly lived up to those words by playing snaps as a true frosh instead of being redshirted.</p><p> </p><p>But my all time favorite example has to be Paul Johnson's former player at Hawaii turning him on to a rugby player from Australia who is tougher than nails and has been a stud since he hit the field. Do they give out stars to folks from another continent? I'll take 82 more like Adam Gotsis and Paul Davis to go along with a Justin Thomas who literally gave up a National Championship Ring at Bama to come play QB at GT.</p><p> </p><p>Stars aside, coaches want kids who WANT to play at GT as opposed to these self-absorbed 4 and five star kids who act like entitled rock stars and need to constantly be wooed. Way too high maintenance in my opinion and team chemistry is developed by players like Davis, Thomas, and Gotsis, along with every other kid on the roster who wanted to get a first rate education and play for a great school with outstanding tradition. THWG!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cuttysark, post: 107756, member: 1578"] My recollection was this senior class for the dawgs was called the dream team when they all signed their letters of intent. While all of this is fun to read and gives college football fans something to follow during the very long off season, in the grand scheme it means nothing as college football coaches have been doing recruiting their own way for decades before anyone in the stars system arrived on the planet. Two recent examples of how GT discovered players nobody else wanted are Tre Flowers a DE at Arkansas who had zero BCS offers out of HS until the Yellow Jackets gave him a ride. Then he flips a week or so before signing day to the Hogs and is all SEC and perhaps an All American this season. Same holds true for the OG for the Seminoles, Tre Jackson, who has been all ACC after doing the exact same thing I believe in that very same class. But talking about the 1-8 players which means very little to me or any football coach as the team is made up of 1-85+ walk ons, go see how GT traded up after the Mutts stole RB Brendan Douglas from the Jackets again about a week or so out from signing day. That was after he was jumping for joy when Paul Johnson offered him a scholarship after some other kid jumped ship on us and went to either Mississippi State or Miami. Then he turns around he goes to the Mutts and will only see the field after every other RB is injured. After Douglas left we gave his scholarship to a two stars (for those that care about this stuff) kid committed to Temple named Paul Davis. Do I need to say more how that exchange worked out for this team? What impressed me the most about Paul Davis was he told CPJ after driving up to personally accept his scholarship offer was that "he" was going to be the best recruit in his class, and he has certainly lived up to those words by playing snaps as a true frosh instead of being redshirted. But my all time favorite example has to be Paul Johnson's former player at Hawaii turning him on to a rugby player from Australia who is tougher than nails and has been a stud since he hit the field. Do they give out stars to folks from another continent? I'll take 82 more like Adam Gotsis and Paul Davis to go along with a Justin Thomas who literally gave up a National Championship Ring at Bama to come play QB at GT. Stars aside, coaches want kids who WANT to play at GT as opposed to these self-absorbed 4 and five star kids who act like entitled rock stars and need to constantly be wooed. Way too high maintenance in my opinion and team chemistry is developed by players like Davis, Thomas, and Gotsis, along with every other kid on the roster who wanted to get a first rate education and play for a great school with outstanding tradition. THWG! [/QUOTE]
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