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<blockquote data-quote="Randy Carson" data-source="post: 863119" data-attributes="member: 766"><p>A 3-star high school senior attracts attention from a bunch of schools and receives offers from several including Tech and Alabama. Which one does he accept? Yeah, Bama. Who wouldn't?</p><p></p><p>The thing is, Bama is loaded with 4- and 5-star players, and after his first year, the kid has barely seen the field. A few mop-up plays in the fourth quarter of a blow-out game or two, perhaps. Remember Rudy's buddy who bombed at Notre Dame? Who wants to be that guy in this era? And who has to be?</p><p></p><p>So, he enters the transfer portal and shows up at Tech where he should have signed from the get-go. Eventually earns a spot in the starting line-up and has a great senior season and a greater diploma to boot.</p><p></p><p>I don't fault [insert football factory here] for signing him nor do I blame the kid for taking his shot at the big time.</p><p></p><p>But until Tech has improved its on-field performance sufficiently enough to win those recruiting battles straight up (and honestly, we're never going to win them all or even most), we're going to see a lot of transfers who dreamed big but didn't quite make it at the semi-pro level.</p><p></p><p>So, we're actually recruiting at two levels: some high schoolers will sign with us this year; some will transfer to us next year. Let's make the most of the situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Carson, post: 863119, member: 766"] A 3-star high school senior attracts attention from a bunch of schools and receives offers from several including Tech and Alabama. Which one does he accept? Yeah, Bama. Who wouldn't? The thing is, Bama is loaded with 4- and 5-star players, and after his first year, the kid has barely seen the field. A few mop-up plays in the fourth quarter of a blow-out game or two, perhaps. Remember Rudy's buddy who bombed at Notre Dame? Who wants to be that guy in this era? And who has to be? So, he enters the transfer portal and shows up at Tech where he should have signed from the get-go. Eventually earns a spot in the starting line-up and has a great senior season and a greater diploma to boot. I don't fault [insert football factory here] for signing him nor do I blame the kid for taking his shot at the big time. But until Tech has improved its on-field performance sufficiently enough to win those recruiting battles straight up (and honestly, we're never going to win them all or even most), we're going to see a lot of transfers who dreamed big but didn't quite make it at the semi-pro level. So, we're actually recruiting at two levels: some high schoolers will sign with us this year; some will transfer to us next year. Let's make the most of the situation. [/QUOTE]
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