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<blockquote data-quote="roadkill" data-source="post: 913624" data-attributes="member: 1555"><p>To be clear, the folks who dinged UGA on recruiting were mostly UGA fans who complained about their inability to win the big game and also beat Bama which often stood in their way. The feeling was that they needed another bump up in recruiting to go from winning 10 games a season to winning championships. I don’t have the detailed stats, but the general feeling was their primary weaknesses were in OL/DL. Bear in mind we’re talking about going from 4 stars to five stars.</p><p></p><p>I was only able to go back to 2010 when I looked at 247 composite rankings history, but Richt’s classes were 11, 7, 9, 12, 8, and 6. No top 5’s. Smart’s have been ranked 6, 3, 1, 2, 1, 4, and 3. That’s a significant improvement considering the rarified air that they already were in.</p><p></p><p>I’m not arguing that Smart isn’t a better game-day coach than Richt, but considering he has measurably improved recruiting and also gotten an even greater commitment from the school in terms of staff salaries, etc., he has done more with more. Most years his O-lines and D-lines have generally been regarded as top five or even top 1-3.</p><p></p><p>All this just circles back to the original point I was responding to, which was that having the appropriate recruiting focus on positions of need was more important than simply looking at class rank.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roadkill, post: 913624, member: 1555"] To be clear, the folks who dinged UGA on recruiting were mostly UGA fans who complained about their inability to win the big game and also beat Bama which often stood in their way. The feeling was that they needed another bump up in recruiting to go from winning 10 games a season to winning championships. I don’t have the detailed stats, but the general feeling was their primary weaknesses were in OL/DL. Bear in mind we’re talking about going from 4 stars to five stars. I was only able to go back to 2010 when I looked at 247 composite rankings history, but Richt’s classes were 11, 7, 9, 12, 8, and 6. No top 5’s. Smart’s have been ranked 6, 3, 1, 2, 1, 4, and 3. That’s a significant improvement considering the rarified air that they already were in. I’m not arguing that Smart isn’t a better game-day coach than Richt, but considering he has measurably improved recruiting and also gotten an even greater commitment from the school in terms of staff salaries, etc., he has done more with more. Most years his O-lines and D-lines have generally been regarded as top five or even top 1-3. All this just circles back to the original point I was responding to, which was that having the appropriate recruiting focus on positions of need was more important than simply looking at class rank. [/QUOTE]
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