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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 28332" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>Guys, elitism can work if you use it the right way.</p><p></p><p>I think that's what Stanford and Vandy have working for them. The schools on their own are elite. But the coaches made it known to the football players that by going there, they're now in an "elite" subset of a highly sought after subset: college football players.</p><p></p><p>GT football doesn't have that cachet. Just look at the SI article on the smart school football teams. GT football has been performing at a higher level for a longer time than any of the new "smart schools": Stanford, Vandy, Duke, Northwestern. GT was practicing the "smart school model" before there was a smart school model to practice. Yet GT wasn't even mentioned in that SI article. </p><p></p><p>Why is that? I really think it's because our coaches and our Athletic Department failed in selling the specialness of being in that elite subset. It's not this regime or AD, it's going back years ago. Instead, what we have is talk about "GT is a hard school and it's not for everyone." Well, that statement is true, but if you sell it like "GT is a special place for only the elite student athletes, it's not for every athlete"....see the difference? That's precisely how the "smart schools" are selling it.</p><p></p><p>GT doesn't have a plethora of majors and academic offerings to choose from, but it has enough to attract the 15-20 or so SAs every year that can take GT football to the next level. Elite athletes do look and consider GT (see Tuitt, Tomlinson, Megatron, etc.). All you have to do is look at Tuitt's mom saying "GT is more of a regional school" to see that our Athletic Department as a whole has failed to control the narrative through the years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 28332, member: 360"] Guys, elitism can work if you use it the right way. I think that's what Stanford and Vandy have working for them. The schools on their own are elite. But the coaches made it known to the football players that by going there, they're now in an "elite" subset of a highly sought after subset: college football players. GT football doesn't have that cachet. Just look at the SI article on the smart school football teams. GT football has been performing at a higher level for a longer time than any of the new "smart schools": Stanford, Vandy, Duke, Northwestern. GT was practicing the "smart school model" before there was a smart school model to practice. Yet GT wasn't even mentioned in that SI article. Why is that? I really think it's because our coaches and our Athletic Department failed in selling the specialness of being in that elite subset. It's not this regime or AD, it's going back years ago. Instead, what we have is talk about "GT is a hard school and it's not for everyone." Well, that statement is true, but if you sell it like "GT is a special place for only the elite student athletes, it's not for every athlete"....see the difference? That's precisely how the "smart schools" are selling it. GT doesn't have a plethora of majors and academic offerings to choose from, but it has enough to attract the 15-20 or so SAs every year that can take GT football to the next level. Elite athletes do look and consider GT (see Tuitt, Tomlinson, Megatron, etc.). All you have to do is look at Tuitt's mom saying "GT is more of a regional school" to see that our Athletic Department as a whole has failed to control the narrative through the years. [/QUOTE]
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