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<blockquote data-quote="BCJacket" data-source="post: 445106" data-attributes="member: 2332"><p>[ATTACH=full]3915[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So, what was the "direct cause" of CCG's (largely worse) rankings? Except for one outlier good year he was overall worse than CPJ. I'd also argue that CPJ's rankings are skewed by taking underrated players (A-backs, athletes) that are valuable to his system, but don't meet a prototype for the pick-and-choose factory schools. Rankings are entirely based on the perceived quality of a player's offers. 247 isn't going out and evaluating players. If Bama, UGA and Ohio State offer you, you're a 4-5 star. If those writers actually knew how to evaluate talent, they'd be working at Bama making much more money.</p><p></p><p>Ok, "we can have other coaches" besides those two... Who is the coach that: doesn't run the 3O, is available; will come to GT; can raise our recruiting rankings significantly; coach those recruits well enough to beat Clemson, UGA, Miami and VT; coach the game well enough to beat Clemson, UGA, Miami and VT; we can afford; will stay more than a few years; keep our APR on track; not get us NCAA sanctions; and win bigger than CPJ (ACC championship and Orange Bowl victory)?</p><p></p><p>Name a legit name and I'll get behind changing coaches. I can't think of anyone.</p><p></p><p>James Franklin gets a lot of press for being a "great recruiter" and good coach. The 4 years before he got to Vandy their average class ranking was 66, he elevated it to 43, after he left it's been ~50. So, maybe, if we got a coach whose best skill was recruiting, we could move up 10-15 spots on average, with the occasional better class. Have us around 35th in recruiting, that's still never going to be enough to out-talent Clemson, UGA and Miami... IMHO, we have to do something different than the competition if we want to win.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BCJacket, post: 445106, member: 2332"] [ATTACH=full]3915[/ATTACH] So, what was the "direct cause" of CCG's (largely worse) rankings? Except for one outlier good year he was overall worse than CPJ. I'd also argue that CPJ's rankings are skewed by taking underrated players (A-backs, athletes) that are valuable to his system, but don't meet a prototype for the pick-and-choose factory schools. Rankings are entirely based on the perceived quality of a player's offers. 247 isn't going out and evaluating players. If Bama, UGA and Ohio State offer you, you're a 4-5 star. If those writers actually knew how to evaluate talent, they'd be working at Bama making much more money. Ok, "we can have other coaches" besides those two... Who is the coach that: doesn't run the 3O, is available; will come to GT; can raise our recruiting rankings significantly; coach those recruits well enough to beat Clemson, UGA, Miami and VT; coach the game well enough to beat Clemson, UGA, Miami and VT; we can afford; will stay more than a few years; keep our APR on track; not get us NCAA sanctions; and win bigger than CPJ (ACC championship and Orange Bowl victory)? Name a legit name and I'll get behind changing coaches. I can't think of anyone. James Franklin gets a lot of press for being a "great recruiter" and good coach. The 4 years before he got to Vandy their average class ranking was 66, he elevated it to 43, after he left it's been ~50. So, maybe, if we got a coach whose best skill was recruiting, we could move up 10-15 spots on average, with the occasional better class. Have us around 35th in recruiting, that's still never going to be enough to out-talent Clemson, UGA and Miami... IMHO, we have to do something different than the competition if we want to win. [/QUOTE]
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