Ryan4VT 4,554 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 I was speaking of recruiting classes which ESPN has Miami ranked #13 right now with a couple of 4 stars leaning that way still too. Tech isn't far behind. Composite has VT in the top 20. Higher than the end of the Beamer era, by far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1inStripes 932 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Richt will have them on the edge of greatness very soon. They may not ever reach greatness but he will get them close. BigWinners, SXSW and EH31 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWinners 1,643 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Richt will have them on the edge of greatness very soon. They may not ever reach greatness but he will get them close. That's Richt in a nutshell. Will win 10 games but lose the biggest ones. GMan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,518 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Tech isn't far behind. Composite has VT in the top 20. Higher than the end of the Beamer era, by far. I only looked at ESPN and they had VT around #32 I think. I trust 247 more than the others though. I agree with the Mark Richt opinions. He's 5x better than any coach Miami has had since Coker. Miami can finally be "back" if he can keep the talent at home. Teddy Bridgewater, Amari Cooper, Dalvin Cook.. just to name a few recent ones that could've helped put Miami back at the top if they would've stayed home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,554 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 I only looked at ESPN and they had VT around #32 I think. I trust 247 more than the others though. I agree with the Mark Richt opinions. He's 5x better than any coach Miami has had since Coker. Miami can finally be "back" if he can keep the talent at home. Teddy Bridgewater, Amari Cooper, Dalvin Cook.. just to name a few recent ones that could've helped put Miami back at the top if they would've stayed home. If you trust 247, they have VT as a top 15 class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1inStripes 932 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 I agree with the Mark Richt opinions. He's 5x better than any coach Miami has had since Coker. Miami can finally be "back" if he can keep the talent at home. Teddy Bridgewater, Amari Cooper, Dalvin Cook.. just to name a few recent ones that could've helped put Miami back at the top if they would've stayed home. Since Butch Davis. Coker was a joke. The players ran things and Coker was only good until he ran out of Butchs players which was 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundercloud 179 Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 What did Richt do at GA? Have to be anxious about the Tech coach, He is to a offense what Bud Foster is to a defense, consistent, just don't believe we have seen his best yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SXSW 557 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 So back to the original topic, Have any of the vacancies been filled on the staff. Jason 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWinners 1,643 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 What did Richt do at GA? Have to be anxious about the Tech coach, He is to a offense what Bud Foster is to a defense, consistent, just don't believe we have seen his best yet. Win 10-11 games every season but manage to lose the games that meant the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 Win 10-11 games every season but manage to lose the games that meant the most. OMG...Richt is Mance! EH31 and SW_VA_boy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWinners 1,643 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 OMG...Richt is Mance! Difference is, Mance has actually won a title, Richt always choked before he could make it to top of the mountain. Ryan4VT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leatherhead Larry 530 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 So back to the original topic, Have any of the vacancies been filled on the staff. No. Interviews were supposed to be started today from what I heard through the grapevine. About 12 solid applicants as of the beginning of this week. SXSW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Difference is, Mance has actually won a title, Richt always choked before he could make it to top of the mountain. People always forget that Georgia won 2 SEC titles under Richt, one of those with a 13-1 team that would have played Miami for a national title if not for OSU going 13-0 against a wretched schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat 2,919 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 The Richt argument has never made sense to me. Georgia won 10+ games eleven times from 1902-2000. They won 10+ games ten times under Richt from 2001-2015. Seems like a lack of perspective to me! Deleted Account 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWinners 1,643 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 The Richt argument has never made sense to me. Georgia won 10+ games eleven times from 1902-2000. They won 10+ games ten times under Richt from 2001-2015. Seems like a lack of perspective to me! But with those loaded teams, how many titles did he playnfor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat 2,919 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 But with those loaded teams, how many titles did he playnfor? Georgia doesn't have the football tradition most would expect them to have based on their over-inflated-self-valuation. Georgia has 1 National Championship in 1980 and played for another in 1942. That's in 113 years of football. They weren't playing for titles before Richt! Richt took them to a level they had never reached before in terms of consistency and recruiting. As I said earlier, a matter of perspective! http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat 2,919 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 But with those loaded teams, how many titles did he playnfor? I should also point out, Georgia has just as many titles over that span of time than traditional powers Centre, Lafayette, Detroit, and Washington & Jefferson! BigWinners 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SXSW 557 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Georgia does indeed have a tradition of winning football, they have the third most SEC titles (behind Alabama's 26 and Tennessee's 13 and one ahead of LSU) with 12. They just have never been a National contender. If the state of Georgia's flagship university can't win nine games a year with all the talent within 200 miles of that campus, they never will. I think Georgia fans and the administration are struck on themselves a little, they ran off one of the best men ever to coach football, for an unknown commodity. Karma will not be good for Georgia going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat 2,919 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Georgia does indeed have a tradition of winning football, they have the third most SEC titles (behind Alabama's 26 and Tennessee's 13 and one ahead of LSU) with 12. They just have never been a National contender. If the state of Georgia's flagship university can't win nine games a year with all the talent within 200 miles of that campus, they never will. I think Georgia fans and the administration are struck on themselves a little, they ran off one of the best men ever to coach football, for an unknown commodity. Karma will not be good for Georgia going forward. My point exactly. Georgia has a tradition, just not the one most would expect to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueinbama 259 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Georgia does indeed have a tradition of winning football, they have the third most SEC titles (behind Alabama's 26 and Tennessee's 13 and one ahead of LSU) with 12. They just have never been a National contender. If the state of Georgia's flagship university can't win nine games a year with all the talent within 200 miles of that campus, they never will. I think Georgia fans and the administration are struck on themselves a little, they ran off one of the best men ever to coach football, for an unknown commodity. Karma will not be good for Georgia going forward. While Richt underachieved, don't underestimate Kirby Smart. He had a "pretty good" recruiting year (#3 in the nation), and his previous experience will be invaluable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 But with those loaded teams, how many titles did he playnfor? He played for 5 SEC titles and went 2-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWinners 1,643 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 He played for 5 SEC titles and went 2-3. I meant national titles, and after 2005, he never won an SEC title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWinners 1,643 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Georgia doesn't have the football tradition most would expect them to have based on their over-inflated-self-valuation. Georgia has 1 National Championship in 1980 and played for another in 1942. That's in 113 years of football. They weren't playing for titles before Richt! Richt took them to a level they had never reached before in terms of consistency and recruiting. As I said earlier, a matter of perspective! http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia/ Ga has as much instate talent as any state outside of Texas, and he still never managed to play for a title when he had guys like Stafford, Gurley, Moreno, AJ Green, Chubb, etc...Not to mention Justin Houston, Geno Atkins, etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat 2,919 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 I meant national titles, and after 2005, he never won an SEC title. Ga has as much instate talent as any state outside of Texas, and he still never managed to play for a title when he had guys like Stafford, Gurley, Moreno, AJ Green, Chubb, etc...Not to mention Justin Houston, Geno Atkins, etc.... How did any other school fair against Alabama during that span? Pick a school, any school! It's easy to say Richt underachieved with the talent he had at Georgia. But nobody else is beating Alabama consistently over that same time frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWinners 1,643 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 How did any other school fair against Alabama during that span? Pick a school, any school! It's easy to say Richt underachieved with the talent he had at Georgia. But nobody else is beating Alabama consistently over that same time frame. Even pre Sabah, Richt never managed to win the big one. His losses to Soith Carolina, and others always held him back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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