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djtee said:
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Hmm UCF they play ugly ball i`m surprise
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Half the viewers of the first game wanted to watch St. Paige work a miracle, while the other half wanted to see her wings clipped.
 
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Well, Taylor left UGA for ATm, don’t know if it was a good move for her, better talent in Ga tbh, but guess she looking for the next thing And saw what Blair did. She maybe made a big mistake here, time will tell.
 
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Hell, Joni prob should have stayed put for recruiting purposes, but you know, I think she sees herself some kind of wonder coach and was eager to jump ship to a place like aTm, she will have more shops in Texas for her game day attire and probably a short honeymoon if she cannot turn them around quick….I wonder
 
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Texas has talent. It also has way more in state competition for that talent. She was at the boss school in Ga where the talent most years is as good or better than Texas, I think she took her chance at a big raise and hoping it works out, but she has tougher sledding at aTm recruiting wise than she had at UGA. Vic will get his, Baylor also, and the other schools there as well. Joni never had to worry about GT much, now she has 3-5 schools competing against her for instate talent and she isn’t the bomb as a coach tbh, she is good, but not the bomb. She might flounder at aTm.
 
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I think it has more to do with someone just needing a reset. She's been at UGA 7 years and done little to nothing. Resetting the clock somewhere else was probably a good move. Georgia has one big positive--nice recruiting base. One big negative--facilities.
 
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WVU05UT09 said:
I think it has more to do with someone just needing a reset. She's been at UGA 7 years and done little to nothing. Resetting the clock somewhere else was probably a good move. Georgia has one big positive--nice recruiting base. One big negative--facilities.
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If she couldn’t do it at UGA where she was at the only school most in state girls want to attend, she is gonna face hard reality in Texas where they have many choices. And agree, she is not a great coach to begin with, she prob was smart to grab the money when it was there,
 
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Her leaving UGA hurts that program from a stability standpoint, and as far as recruits from the state of Ga it just opens it all up again. She never kept the best from that state most years anyway…in spite of being at the flagship school with only GT as competition.
 
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Rooster1 said:
If she couldn’t do it at UGA where she was at the only school most in state girls want to attend, she is gonna face hard reality in Texas where they have many choices. And agree, she is not a great coach to begin with, she prob was smart to grab the money when it was there,
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Not really sure its fair to say she only had one school (GT) to worry about. Literally every school east of the Mississippi has some recruiting ties to Georgia. Tennessee used to kill it in Georgia.

The other thing too about Atlanta is that it is now a transplant town. 37% of the residents now are not natives of Georgia which is huge for most cities. Those people also tend to be families with the young kids. So you have a lot of people who really don't have the same level of loyalty to the "state" school as someone that grew up in Macon for instance.
 
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WVU05UT09 said:
Not really sure its fair to say she only had one school (GT) to worry about. Literally every school east of the Mississippi has some recruiting ties to Georgia. Tennessee used to kill it in Georgia.

The other thing too about Atlanta is that it is now a transplant town. I can't remember the exact % but its more than 50% of the residents now are not natives of Georgia. So you have a lot of people who really don't have the same level of loyalty to the "state" school as someone that grew up in Macon for instance.
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I said in State girls that wanted to stay home.. let’s see Joni recruit Texas state now…At aTM, they prob think she has big recruiting ties to state of Georgia, maybe. But I think home grown Ga talent will see she did not accomplish a helluva lot at Georgia and now she wants to drag them down to College Station? For what? Blair’s record? ****, she is gonna have a hard time selling that.
 
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VolBall09 said:
Agreed, what she does with them will decide their fate though. I thought she recruited really well at Ole Miss considering, but did nothing with the players she got.

Austin and Scott have not improved one iota under her tutelage. Both extremely talented but coasted under Coach Yo. Austin regressed this season as did Scott IMO. Joni is very similar, can attract talent, but can’t take it from point A to point B.

Coach Jack at Buffalo is a coach who can get a player from A to B. You see her year in and year out take players who are almost there and she gets them ALL the way there. I believe Kellie has also shown she can take a mediocre player and get them contributing at a high level. Rae and Horston both improved immeasurably from Sophomore to Junior under Kellie. Key and Walker were also a ton better this season compared to last.
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Austin is a much better player now than she was at Maryland. So how has she not improve? She will be a top 3 pick. Horston was rated the #2 high school player in the country and you are calling her mediocre.
 
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