Recruiting Rant

[justingroves]

well, that explains Bama's monster class and ND's....I think it's about national perception and coach's effort more than anything. I think ND and Bama have a media perception as programs on the rise, whereas we have one as a program on the way down

Rod Wilks said the exact opposite when he signed.

 

[I40VOL]

it is still early.....phil likes to save his best for last anyway, keep the faith!

that saying is as old as dirt and has lost the luster just as our NC trophy has

 

[BigPapaVol]

Rod Wilks said the exact opposite when he signed.

I'd say that looking for reality in the quotes of a recent signee is a bit off the mark.

 

[justingroves]

I'd say that looking for reality in the quotes of a recent signee is a bit off the mark.

When has rex ever dealt with reality in regards to UT football?

 

[BigPapaVol]

When has rex ever dealt with reality in regards to UT football?

granted, but don't let that oiled slope drag you into the morass as well.

 

[justingroves]

granted, but don't let that oiled slope drag you into the morass as well.

I think Tennessee is staying put, unfortunately, not going one way or the other.

 

[BigPapaVol]

I think Tennessee is staying put, unfortunately, not going one way or the other.

I don't like the sound of that.

Really, I'll consider us drastically improved if we enter games against good teams with a prayer of outplaying them.

 

[justingroves]

I don't like the sound of that.

Really, I'll consider us drastically improved if we enter games against good teams with a prayer of outplaying them.

Well then that will be improved IMO.

 

[BigPapaVol]

Well then that will be improved IMO.

and I earnestly believe that.

I also believe that crap like the Corso / Herbstreit comments about us should serve us well for motivation.

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

Winning will not change the fact that the state of GA produces about 3X the talent TN does... FL roughly 5-7 times... Ark about equal with less people... LA double... MS almost double... AL about double... again according to Rivals star ratings over the past 5 years.

The biggest reason it is harder to recruit to UT and many commits are later is they MUST recruit nationally. They don't have 25 4-5* recruits per year like GA... As we see, a certain % of those will commit early.

Richt acknowledged not long ago that he really doesn't have to recruit that hard any more. There are plenty of great HS players from GA that want to play for UGA from birth. As long as they play pretty decent and are competing for the championship... home state kids will come their way.

I'm pretty sure it was the same exact way in the 90s when we were winning year in and year out...

 

[NochNoch]

and I earnestly believe that.

I also believe that crap like the Corso / Herbstreit comments about us should serve us well for motivation.

I understand your point and I don't disagree with you, but it feels like every year we, mostly fans but some from players and coaches as well, come up with some slight or insult from _____ and we need to use it as motivation. I know everyone involved wants to win every game we play but can we just let that be our motivation, to put another trophy of some type in the case. Forget everything else and what people are or aren't saying about us.