Former UGA Players Opinion

gillette wrote:

I don't have the stats at the moment but with the exception of last year, hasn't UGA recruiting classes been ranked in the top 10 for many years?

What about Alabama?
LSU?
Florida?
Auburn?

So the talent is there. Now you just have to have someone that will improve upon that talent and use it.

I wonder what CNS would have done with the UGA football program?
CUM?
CLM?

Where would it be if one of those guys were hired as the UGA HC?

Gillette, your post started the wheels turning and I came up with the following after a bit of research.

High school football players on the 2010 Florida roster from Georgia. . . 10
High school football players on the 2010 Georgia roster from Florida. . . 14
High school football players on the 2010 Alabama roster from Georgia. . . 13
High school football players on the 2010 Georgia roster from Alabama. . . 1
High school football players on the 2010 Tennessee roster from Georgia. . . 17
High school football players on the 2010 Georgia roster from Tennessee. . . 2
High school football players on the 2010 South Carolina roster from Georgia. . . 17
High school football players on the 2010 Georgia roster from South Carolina. . . 5

57 players leave the state. We recruit from the 4 states combined a total of 22.

Something is wrong with this picture. Is it coaching or recruiting or both? I have my thoughts. Recruiting can certainly get worse this season with the problems we are facing. Appears that the surrounding states have Georgia surrounded.

Well my point is that the top 10 recruiting classes for the major SEC teams are doing well and have been doing well for some time.

We've been in the top 10 and what's happening now? It's gotta be coaching because the talent is there.

There's a lack of fire, discipline, and enthusiasm in our coaches. Mainly from CMR (IMO) and it trickles down hill from there.

Tom Landry was a calm sideline coach.
But Landry's players feared him.
I don't think Richt instills fear.

gillette wrote:

We've been in the top 10 and what's happening now? It's gotta be coaching because the talent is there.

Seems to be the concensus across this site and others. Getting it handed to us from schools that are not getting the supposed "top ten" classes in the country and SEC.

gillette wrote:

I don't have the stats at the moment but with the exception of last year, hasn't UGA recruiting classes been ranked in the top 10 for many years?

I know it's a foregone conclusion, but just as proof, here are rival.com's rankings for UGA's recruiting classes from '02-'10--3,6,6,10,4,9,7,6,15. So yeah, top 10 other than this past year, and who couldn't see that coming.

gillette wrote:

I don't have the stats at the moment but with the exception of last year, hasn't UGA recruiting classes been ranked in the top 10 for many years?

What about Alabama?
LSU?
Florida?
Auburn?

So the talent is there. Now you just have to have someone that will improve upon that talent and use it.

I wonder what CNS would have done with the UGA football program?
CUM?
CLM?

Where would it be if one of those guys were hired as the UGA HC?

NC's with both Saban and UM.