Sprints Wonders If a Meme Is a Meme If Your Coach Repeats It // 02.05.10
by cocknfire on Feb 5, 2010 2:24 AM EST
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Another person echoes mainstream media meme about Georgia's defensive coordinator search
Why can't these anti-Georgia commentators stop talking about how the hiring process hurt the Dawgs? The latest is ... Mark Richt?
"Recruiting is a lot about relationships," Richt said. "Anytime there is some kind of change on your staff for whatever reason, the relationships that had been built throughout this recruiting process were broken. I think the timing of the hire, taking as long as it did, it did put a strain on some of these young men who had committed. We know some guys changed their mind."
That's obviously different. Just because.
Mark Richt should quote Jim Donnan -- really
So says Weiszer.
"I would say our recruiting class is a lot like our year this year. We didn't have the kind of year that I wanted to have, but we still did a lot of good things. We won eight games. That's not good, but ... I'm not going to try to paint a picture that's any different than what it is ... we definitely lost some good players."
Those words could have been uttered by Georgia coach Mark Richt yesterday on national signing day as Georgia's run of signing top 10 rated recruiting classes ended after eight straight seasons.
They actually were spoken by Jim Donnan on Georgia’s signing day in 2000 when Donnan lost some in-state recruits to Georgia Tech and top linemen Sean Young to Tennessee. ...
Who did Donnan sign that year? Guys like David Greene, Sean Jones, Musa Smith, Johnathan Sullivan and Will Thompson, who all were starters on Georgia’s 2002 SEC championship team.
NEXT STOP: ATLANTA!
Mississippi State recruited the state better than Southern Miss
Seriously, Dan Mullen is boasting about this.
"Over the last two years, since we've been here, we've signed twice as many players than Southern Miss from the state of Mississippi and three times than the school up north from the state of Mississippi," Mullen said.
Leaving aside how little sense it makes to say "than the school up north" followed by "from the state of Mississippi" when "the school up north" is called Mississippi, out-recruiting a Conference USA team is kind of expected when you're in the SEC, right?
Dooley holds post-recruiting event, doesn't self-immolate
This is progress for Tennessee.
OTHER NEWS
Tee Martin headed to Kentucky
This would be sort of like a Michigan star coaching for Michigan State, I suppose.
Tiger vs. Tiger
Clemson will play Auburn in the Greater Opelika area this year.
Renardo Sidney might play basketball in 2042
That appears to be the takeaway from documents in the case given to Kyle Veazey.
Sixth year for Aairon Savage
The Auburn player's request was granted by the NCAA.
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Richt's DC search
I’m not sure anyone was complaining about how observations that the DC search might have an effect on recruiting was “anti-Georgia”. As a matter of fact, there was a general consensus from the get-go that the change and the duration of the search might cost UGA a recruit or two — and we were fine with that if the alternative was keeping coaches we thought shouldn’t be kept.
I suppose an alternative to the relatively late hire could have been to rent an NFL coach’s name during recruiting’s home stretch and worry about the long-term hire when the lease on that name expired the day after signing day.
Yes, this seems like a strawman argument.
The implication here is that there are people — presumably chomping crazy pills by the fistful — who have argued that the DC search wasn’t hurting Georgia’s recruiting efforts. Who are these people? Can they be linked to? Nikell Roby was very open weeks ago that Martinez’ firing caused him to reopen his recruitment. That’s not a meme, that’s empirical evidence.
by aproposdenada on Feb 5, 2010 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
There were several people who took exception to media criticisms of the hiring process
Blutarsky did so on a few occasions. So did Westerdawg.
I’ll admit that in Westerdawg’s case, in particular, he actually said a loss of recruits wouldn’t worry him that much. But the fact of the matter remains that anyone raising concerns about the hiring process was accused of following a meme, so the same should be fair for Richt.
Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.
I read those criticisms differently
I don’t think the “meme” (when can we retire that word, by the way?) accusation was leveled at media criticisms that the hiring process was costing Georgia recruits. Offhand, I can’t remember Mark Bradley or Jeff Schultz leveling that criticism, and it certainly wasn’t the main thrust of their critiques.
The “meme” was that Mark Richt was botching the search by dragging it on for so long and by whiffing on so many big-name candidates. It was all that ridiculous “hot seat” nonsense. Obviously, the delay cost Georgia some recruits; just as obviously, the gain was worth the loss. Taking exception to ignorant criticisms from the Bulldog-bashing Atlanta Journal-Constitution isn’t the same thing as saying the time-frame of the search was wholly without consequences.
Go 'Dawgs!
I'm really surprised that this Florida DC thing isn't getting more scrutiny.
Honestly, I don’t see how you could look yourself in the mirror after lying to kids for a week and then abandoning them the day after they can’t change their minds. Implicit in this situation is the approval that Urban Meyer and the Athletic Department must have given the coach to do this.
I guess the assumption is that these players are still going to be at Florida, a pwerhouse program, so they won’t be all that bad off in any regard. Still, the whole situation reeks of flawed character and loose morals.
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina
by The Feathered Warrior on Feb 5, 2010 7:06 PM EST up reply actions
I agree completely.
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina
by The Feathered Warrior on Feb 7, 2010 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
I think that Dan Mullen is showing his true colors (of ignorance).
He makes big claims about being the “program on the rise” and out-recruiting Ole Miss. The reality is that he was way behind Ole Miss in recruiting rankings and only touts this “in state recruiting” thing because that is the only thing he can twist. IF signing players from your own state is the only thing that matters, then FIU out recruited Florida.
by BrianWalker'sElbow on Feb 5, 2010 8:42 AM EST reply actions
Judging recruiting classes...
…is a speculative artform at best. While this looks like perhaps the worst class of Richt’s tenure, in 2-3 years it may look like his best. I know that the aggregate recruiting numbers say that the more 4-5 star guys you get, the better you are, but let’s not forget about guys like Tim Jennings, a undersized 2-star late addition to one of Richt’s first classes. You can see him play this Sunday for the Colts…
Of course, a greater percentage of 5-star guys become NFLers than do 2-stars, but I think CMR is more concerned with getting guys that buy into his philosophy than guys only worried about not getting seriously injured for 3 years before they can cash their big paycheck…
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