June 17, 2013 · 7:17 AM

He can offer the recruits. He just can’t keep the recruits.

Shorter random Georgia Tech supporter:  that Paul Johnson doesn’t actually sign recruits he offers is proof that he’s a great recruiter.

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25 responses to “He can offer the recruits. He just can’t keep the recruits.”

  1. Lrgk9
    June 17, 2013 at 7:58 AM

    Ole Fish Fry can hook ’em but getting them in the boat and into the fry basket is a little tougher.

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    • joyridingdawg
      June 17, 2013 at 8:50 AM

      Yes, but at least they will get to play or sit on the bench. It is wonderful that some of these boys that aren’t good enough to play for GEORGIA will get a chance to play and receive a good education.

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      • Dawg in Beaumont
        June 17, 2013 at 9:54 AM

        Does Georgia Tech provide a good education? Yes!
        Do they have a disturbing recent trend of breaking NCAA rules and ending up on probation? Yes!

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        • joyridingdawg
          June 17, 2013 at 2:44 PM

          Are they on Probation? I did not know that. I am still pissed that that made it to the ACC Championship. They screwed me over on the Farris Pool last year almost every week. They are without a doubt the most inconsistent team in all of CF.
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  2. The other Doug
    June 17, 2013 at 8:00 AM

    It looks like kids grab a Tech offer early just in case they don’t get a better offer.

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  3. DawgPhan
    June 17, 2013 at 8:01 AM

    that is some sweet analysis. he knows who the good players are, he just can’t convince them to come to school at tech.

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  4. Scott W.
    June 17, 2013 at 8:15 AM

    So he’s a great recruiter because he bird dogs prospects for other schools. That will help when he starts his own recruiting service. I like how all the writer has done with that article is point out how undesirable their school is.

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  5. gastr1
    June 17, 2013 at 9:02 AM

    Such a fine example of the excellence of a Georgia Tech education.

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  6. Doug
    June 17, 2013 at 9:02 AM

    I’m reminded of one of the great lines from “Seinfeld,” the episode with the rental car: “See, you know how to take the reservation, you just don’t know how to hold the reservation. And that’s really the most important part of the reservation, the holding. Anybody can just take them.”

    Paul Johnson knows how to take the recruits, he just doesn’t know how to hold the recruits. As a headhunter for other programs, though, he’s terrific.

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  7. harry balzack
    June 17, 2013 at 9:58 AM

    mind…blown….

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  8. Comin' Down The Track
    June 17, 2013 at 10:40 AM

    I see you got an early tee off time on the Nerds today, Senator. I like it.

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    • Comin' Down The Track
      June 17, 2013 at 11:35 AM

      Lemme see if I’ve got this straight… The star system is worthless until it isn’t, like when it shows that the arbitrarily assigned two-star prospect that you didn’t get was actually an arbitrarily assigned five-star that you should’ve never been in on in the first place?

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  9. dawgtor
    June 17, 2013 at 11:27 AM

    Doesn’t this just mean that he is good at scouting, but poor at recruiting?

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    • Joe Schmoe
      June 17, 2013 at 12:15 PM

      This was the point I was going to make. A lot of coaches are good at scouting talent. It takes a great recruiter to sign them.

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  10. Cojones
    June 17, 2013 at 11:51 AM

    Cheez! Does this mean that two of our most recent starless recruits were first discovered by Paul?

    Saw that a blog on Dawgbone seriously questioned a recruit that Richt and staff had evaluated over several months before giving and having the offer accepted. What idiots! Sounds like holdovers from the lynching mob of two years ago. A fan evaluating recruits on the basis of no stars and who pretends to know player selection and evaluation better than the Head Coach and our staff. Horseshit ! Wait until the HS season is over and watch how the recruiting services will follow in lock step evaluation of a guy they didn’t know existed. Just wait!!

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  11. wilk
    June 17, 2013 at 12:05 PM

    That blog is hilarious. That’s like saying Richt is a good recruiter because of Derek Henry and Laremy Tunsil. Not exactly examples we hold up as models of good recruiting.

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  12. Governor Milledge
    June 17, 2013 at 1:39 PM

    Sounds like CPJ is setting himself up for an on-campus staff recruiting position whenever the axe finally falls!

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  13. NRBQ
    June 17, 2013 at 1:49 PM

    Did trying to read that give anyone else a headache?

    That boy can’t write a lick, but he do love some exclamation points.

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  14. Go Dawgs!
    June 17, 2013 at 2:48 PM

    This might be the strangest thing I’ve ever read on a college football website. It’s not even sour grapes, it’s the opposite of sour grapes! It’s boasting about how delicious the grapes were which were out of your reach simply because you were the first person to see them.

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  15. Tom
    June 17, 2013 at 6:35 PM

    That is the funniest blog, and the logic was riveting. Taking into consideration he is a tech fan, it was’nt bad. Shame on Jumbo and Bobby.

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  16. Doug
    June 18, 2013 at 7:31 AM

    Hey, guys, I just wanted y’all to know I think Kate Upton is super hot. I mean, we’re not dating or anything, but I was one of the first people to notice how hot she was, so all of you may now bask in the glory of what a ladies’ man I am.

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  17. joyridingdawg
    June 18, 2013 at 8:22 AM

    Oh really…? Let’s have a look at you.

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