dressedcheeseside
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We don't have any 5th year players on D recruited by Roof. Heck, the only 4th yr guy is PJ Davis. Remember, the '13 class was small on signing day (14) with only 5 defensive players. PJ is the only one of those 5 still on the team. Roof is playing with essentially 3, 2 and 1 yr guys. Imo, it's very tough to get a good read on his recruits and the job he's doing with them based on one 4th year guy and zero 5th year guys. A school like GT doesn't get the "oven ready" guys like the Clemsons and Alabamas. GT depends, and always has, on developing project type players to fill out it's defense. We grow our D. As illustrated above, Roof hasn't had the time or good fortune (mass attrition) to do that.So I am confused a bit. This is Roofs 4th year...so aren't his recruits the guys on the field? Or am I missing something? Does he need 6-7 years for his recruits to be on the field at tech?
The austin twins, corey griffin, 2 of the 3 LB's, Step Durham, AJ Gray, Freeman, etc are all roof recruits....
so what am I missing?
In addition, the last two classes and the current one looks very promising on D. I'd love to see how those guys pan out with the guy who recruited them before cutting him loose. I'd also hate it for the Swilling boys to jump ship because Roof is a big part of why they committed.
edit: Wow, just looked at that '13 class, Robbins, Akins and Commissiong would all be 4th year defensive linemen right now if they had stayed on the team.
https://georgiatech.rivals.com/commitments/football/2013
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