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GT has been behind the eight ball since the press, ie. the pundits began the “gimmick” garbage regarding Johnson. Other coaches and recruiters used that mantra for a decade and it took hold. And many GT fans went along with it. So every football player in this state has been told GT is a gimmick since they were 5 years old. That’s why Collins spent his entire first year hitting the rebranding button. The biggest part of changing the”gimmick” mantra is to put GT stars in the NFL. I know Johnson put some guys in the league but none of those guys were focal points or highly visible under Johnson. No QB’s or RB’s that anyone has seen play on Sundays. Our best NFL player is Waller and most are shocked to find out he played for GT because he did very little here.
Collins is fighting hard for all of us GT fans and we all know until we get high quality players we’ll continue to be an after thought. Collins will get us players but right now it’s an up hill battle because everyone is against us. Auburn, FSU, UGA, Tenn, UF, Clemson, Muschamp, etc. all recruit in Georgia and don’t want a viable GT program. Collins is fighting on twenty fronts for us GT fans. I believe he will succeed because he is relentless. And when guys like Brown and Gibbs show up on Sundays the kids who are 10-15 years old now will view GT completely different.
Collins is fighting hard for all of us GT fans and we all know until we get high quality players we’ll continue to be an after thought. Collins will get us players but right now it’s an up hill battle because everyone is against us. Auburn, FSU, UGA, Tenn, UF, Clemson, Muschamp, etc. all recruit in Georgia and don’t want a viable GT program. Collins is fighting on twenty fronts for us GT fans. I believe he will succeed because he is relentless. And when guys like Brown and Gibbs show up on Sundays the kids who are 10-15 years old now will view GT completely different.