Transfer Portal: Who do we need to target this offseason?

[Techster]

 

[SOWEGA Jacket]

Getting worked up about departures is about the same as getting worked up over commitments. There are plenty of football players out there that can replace all these guys. A 6’2” 195 lb DB is a penny a dozen. Same for WR’s, LB’s, and RB’s. The DLine, OLine, and QB are the only positions that give me pause. Losing Douse sucks but he graduated so can’t blame him. We used him for years to make tackles and he used us to get a GT degree- a fair transaction.

A year ago everyone was freaking out over our RB situation. One converted slot receiver later and we all feel like the RB room is not just fine but a strength. Over the past two years everyone freaked out about losing Brown and McCollum. We haven’t missed them in the least. The simple fact is being in Atlanta will always give us portal pick ups because so many college players are from here and will gladly come home to play after testing the waters elsewhere. The portal is the best tool that could have happened for GT.

 

[Billygoat91]

Checking out On3 to see if we have any new guys projected to come our way and stumbled across this. Welcome to CFB 2023 where you bring the whole team with you to your new job lol.

 

[leatherneckjacket]

At what point does losing bodies on defense become problematic? We are now up to 12 players in the portal on the defensive side. Maybe all of them were poor performing starters, unimpressive backups, or way down the depth chart. Maybe we can bring in a bunch of replacements that can help our program immediately. Maybe we have enough bodies to get us through a season for both defense and special teams. But for a defense and special teams coverage that were both really bad, I am not sure we can handle the lost depth.

 

[Techster]

Checking out On3 to see if we have any new guys projected to come our way and stumbled across this. Welcome to CFB 2023 where you bring the whole team with you to your new job lol.

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Maybe our new DC told Key he would do the same thing...

 

[Billygoat91]

Maybe our new DC told Key he would do the same thing...

That could be the case. KQ said we have like 10 spots open on the roster for freshmen/transfer portal guys for the signing period ending in February. I bet we will hit the portal pretty hard.

 

[Billygoat91]

How interesting would it be to play Gibson at GA State next year?

 

[AugustaSwarm]

That's quite a conclusion to draw from one player going into the portal.

Yeah, that may be a stretch. Lol. I believe interviews will start next week for the various open coaching positions. I would think it would start at DC and then progress from there - it would be odd if the new DC wasn't able to pick his own staff.

 

[Root4GT]

At what point does losing bodies on defense become problematic? We are now up to 12 players in the portal on the defensive side. Maybe all of them were poor performing starters, unimpressive backups, or way down the depth chart. Maybe we can bring in a bunch of replacements that can help our program immediately. Maybe we have enough bodies to get us through a season for both defense and special teams. But for a defense and special teams coverage that were both really bad, I am not sure we can handle the lost depth.

The counter is regardless we can’t be much worse on defense. That’s crazy that we were that bad on defense again.

Regardless of who the new DC coaches are our defense won’t be good. Below average would be great.

 

[gtee91]

Well at least we can offer immediate playing time and actually mean it.

I really don’t like this revolving door means of building a team. It kind of runs contrary to the whole brotherhood/family mantra all teams love to spout (GT included). IIWII.

I feel like the offense has some cohesion and a plan (having said that I likely jinxed and 8 kids will hit portal) but the defense seems like 11 random dudes...here's hoping the next DC can build something

 

[slugboy]

The counter is regardless we can’t be much worse on defense. That’s crazy that we were that bad on defense again.

Regardless of who the new DC coaches are our defense won’t be good. Below average would be great.

Fans say this, and then the results come back clearly with “oh, no, there is no bottom limit”
Maybe we run a 2-4-5 next season

 

[gtee91]

How interesting would it be to play Gibson at GA State next year?

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He may torch our non existing defense

 

[Root4GT]

Fans say this, and then the results come back clearly with “oh, no, there is no bottom limit”
Maybe we run a 2-4-5 next season

Regardless expecting a major defensive improvement for next year at this point is fools gold.

 

[leatherneckjacket]

The counter is regardless we can’t be much worse on defense. That’s crazy that we were that bad on defense again.

Regardless of who the new DC coaches are our defense won’t be good. Below average would be great.

"Our defense sucks so bad that losing a bunch of players cannot make it worse" and "our defense will suck regardless of who stays or goes" are not the responses that makes me feel better about the attrition.

Also, our defense and special teams can get worse. I just do not think we want to find out how much worse they can get.

 

[stinger78]

I hear Deion may be coming as our DC. Rumor has it the entire CO front 7 is coming with him if we can round up enough crayons and get the Hill to look the other way.

 

[Sean311]

I hear Deion may be coming as our DC. Rumor has it the entire CO front 7 is coming with him if we can round up enough crayons and get the Hill to look the other way.

From my sources this is true…which is my 3 year old daughter who has a lot of crayons.

 

[tmhunter52]

Welcome to the new normal. Nobody knows what their fall rosters will look like until May 15, when the spring portal closes. So, right now, I am predicting a 12-win season!

 

[tomknight]

"Our defense sucks so bad that losing a bunch of players cannot make it worse" and "our defense will suck regardless of who stays or goes" are not the responses that makes me feel better about the attrition.

Also, our defense and special teams can get worse. I just do not think we want to find out how much worse they can get.

Keep your pants on. It's way too early in the cycle for the sky to be falling.

 

[GaTech4ever]

Regardless expecting a major defensive improvement for next year at this point is fools gold.

So is expecting a regression when it could just as well be addition by subtraction. This sounds horrible, but if we replaced every departure on defense with an average FBS player, it’s literally an automatic upgrade.

In my opinion, there’s no way our defense is as poorly coached this upcoming offseason (and through the first half of next season) as they were the past four offseasons and first half of last season. Would you agree with that?

 

[leatherneckjacket]

So is expecting a regression when it could just as well be addition by subtraction. This sounds horrible, but if we replaced every departure on defense with an average FBS player, it’s literally an automatic upgrade.

In my opinion, there’s no way our defense is as poorly coached this upcoming offseason (and through the first half of next season) as they were the past four offseasons and first half of last season. Would you agree with that?

Sherrer took over after the fourth game and was Co-DC prior to that. How much better will the coaching be if he stays the DC?