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<blockquote data-quote="Boaty1" data-source="post: 503976" data-attributes="member: 2631"><p>I love data. It's what has to drive debate. Unfortunately this data leaves out the O'Leary years which were just before this. Oleary had brought in 3 consecutive top 25ish classes before he left. I've tried to research this but the current databases only go back to 02. What I was able to find was a ranking by Tom Lemming on the 00 class that showed us 12th in the country. This was 3 spots ahead of UGA. The 01 class I couldn't find a ranking but was able to find quotes about GT becoming a major player in recruiting and similar quotes on the 99 class. Look at who we beat out for some of those players and you will see our recruiting took a giant step backwards in Gailey's when Gailey was hired from where O'Leary had us. One of the reasons I'm sure was the fact that Gailey came from the NFL and didn't have connections established to recruit the way O'leary and staff did which is one of the concerns about the potential hire of Whisenhunt. The argument can be made that he made the adjustment however and reeled in the 07 class and was on the verge of another borderline top 25 class in 08 before he was fired.</p><p></p><p>If you view the 99-01 classes as top 25, and I'm sure 00 & 01 were, then 4 of the 9 classes signed before Johnson were top 25. If you remove the 99 class which would have been the only one in question then that is 3 of 9. I believe Johnson's highest rated class per Rivals was 39th. In 11 years he was never able to figure out how to recruit to GT. I know people have different views on why this is. Some point to the changing landscape while others point to his offense and there may be merit to both sides. Regardless, taking a look at GT and gauging our recruiting potential off of what we have done since 02 will give you nothing really other than what our floor should be in recruiting. We had one coach transitioning from the NFL to college and another coach running an offense that potential recruits want nothing to do with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boaty1, post: 503976, member: 2631"] I love data. It's what has to drive debate. Unfortunately this data leaves out the O'Leary years which were just before this. Oleary had brought in 3 consecutive top 25ish classes before he left. I've tried to research this but the current databases only go back to 02. What I was able to find was a ranking by Tom Lemming on the 00 class that showed us 12th in the country. This was 3 spots ahead of UGA. The 01 class I couldn't find a ranking but was able to find quotes about GT becoming a major player in recruiting and similar quotes on the 99 class. Look at who we beat out for some of those players and you will see our recruiting took a giant step backwards in Gailey's when Gailey was hired from where O'Leary had us. One of the reasons I'm sure was the fact that Gailey came from the NFL and didn't have connections established to recruit the way O'leary and staff did which is one of the concerns about the potential hire of Whisenhunt. The argument can be made that he made the adjustment however and reeled in the 07 class and was on the verge of another borderline top 25 class in 08 before he was fired. If you view the 99-01 classes as top 25, and I'm sure 00 & 01 were, then 4 of the 9 classes signed before Johnson were top 25. If you remove the 99 class which would have been the only one in question then that is 3 of 9. I believe Johnson's highest rated class per Rivals was 39th. In 11 years he was never able to figure out how to recruit to GT. I know people have different views on why this is. Some point to the changing landscape while others point to his offense and there may be merit to both sides. Regardless, taking a look at GT and gauging our recruiting potential off of what we have done since 02 will give you nothing really other than what our floor should be in recruiting. We had one coach transitioning from the NFL to college and another coach running an offense that potential recruits want nothing to do with. [/QUOTE]
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