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Thoughts? Could Collins turn the program around faster than expected?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lee" data-source="post: 693482" data-attributes="member: 786"><p>Didn't want to quote the whole thing, but I just want to point out again how wrong this line of thinking is for 90%+ of SAs coming in. At least the SAs that are highly rated and feel they have a legit shot at the next level. Almost none of them are thinking about what they want to do when their sport is over. And if they are it's at such a high level that it doesn't really matter. I played baseball at GT, grew up a Tech fan, knew the value of the GT degree and still tell people that I majored in baseball when I was originally there. My only goal was to keep HOPE because that was a significant portion of my scholarship (baseball on got 12.5 for 30+ guys). Now when I went back to finish, that's another story. The education piece was very important. </p><p></p><p>All this to say, the guys we want to bring on to build our program aren't thinking about being a HS teacher or coach in 4 or 5 years. They are thinking about playing in the NFL. This is where Collin's is brilliantly selling the GT education. Having more people like Derrick Morgan only helps sell it. "Come to GT, play 3/4 years of elite football, graduate with an elite degree, go have a great NFL career, and then use your degree and your NFL resources to build whatever you want to build." We can sell Marco Coleman who is on the staff, Calvin Johnson, Michael Johnson (who might still be playing). All these guys had great NFL careers but have either done or are doing great things after the NFL. GT sets you up better than anywhere else to be elite before, during and after your NFL career!</p><p></p><p>I'm sure there are some kids that are lazy and don't really care, they won't fit into this culture anyways and we don't want them. There are many kids out there that are great athletes that know how to put in work. That's all it takes to be successful at GT. If they put in effort, there is no way they will not do well in class. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>20% is way high. I would guess that number is under 5% maybe under 2%. At least for the big 3 sports. In my 3 years, I can think of 2, maybe 3 guys that would have possibly been able to get in without baseball. And we were supposed to be the "smart ones..."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee, post: 693482, member: 786"] Didn't want to quote the whole thing, but I just want to point out again how wrong this line of thinking is for 90%+ of SAs coming in. At least the SAs that are highly rated and feel they have a legit shot at the next level. Almost none of them are thinking about what they want to do when their sport is over. And if they are it's at such a high level that it doesn't really matter. I played baseball at GT, grew up a Tech fan, knew the value of the GT degree and still tell people that I majored in baseball when I was originally there. My only goal was to keep HOPE because that was a significant portion of my scholarship (baseball on got 12.5 for 30+ guys). Now when I went back to finish, that's another story. The education piece was very important. All this to say, the guys we want to bring on to build our program aren't thinking about being a HS teacher or coach in 4 or 5 years. They are thinking about playing in the NFL. This is where Collin's is brilliantly selling the GT education. Having more people like Derrick Morgan only helps sell it. "Come to GT, play 3/4 years of elite football, graduate with an elite degree, go have a great NFL career, and then use your degree and your NFL resources to build whatever you want to build." We can sell Marco Coleman who is on the staff, Calvin Johnson, Michael Johnson (who might still be playing). All these guys had great NFL careers but have either done or are doing great things after the NFL. GT sets you up better than anywhere else to be elite before, during and after your NFL career! I'm sure there are some kids that are lazy and don't really care, they won't fit into this culture anyways and we don't want them. There are many kids out there that are great athletes that know how to put in work. That's all it takes to be successful at GT. If they put in effort, there is no way they will not do well in class. 20% is way high. I would guess that number is under 5% maybe under 2%. At least for the big 3 sports. In my 3 years, I can think of 2, maybe 3 guys that would have possibly been able to get in without baseball. And we were supposed to be the "smart ones..." [/QUOTE]
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