Jake Rowe put together a spreadsheet breaking down Georgia’s roster by position and class. It’s pretty amazing to look at.
Not just the overall depth, but the way it’s spaced out through the classes. There are very few areas, if any, where you look and go “oh, shit, next year” (although that could obviously change if a bunch of juniors decide to jump ship early, I suppose).
You can see how Smart’s recruiting has a purpose to it in keeping the position groups steadily stocked. This is one area of huge difference between his recruiting and Richt’s. Very impressive.
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It’s pretty amazing what Kirby has done in 4 years around the roster. There should be no “Oh, crap” moment that we saw leading to the disastrous 2013 class. I’m nervous at QB due to depth and the Greyson Lambert experience (yes, I know Newman is a different cat in a completely different situation as to why he left Wake). I’m cautiously optimistic about the offensive line because of the talent level (Matt Luke has never had this quality of tools to work with). The WRs and TEs are too young for my liking, but I hope D-Rob can have a breakout year and McKitty can thrive. The defense is going to be salty and deep and looks that way for years to come. I hope one of the walk-OBS or the freshman can replace Rod.
Otherwise, there’s no reason this team shouldn’t be in the playoff conversation. Atlanta is shaping up to be a de facto quarterfinal again.
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That Greyson Lambert of whom you speak EE, isn’t that the guy who was 11-2 in the games he started at the University of Georgia? And didn’t he set the NCAA record for highest completion percentage (96%) in the game against South Carolina in 2015? That Greyson Lambert? I just don’t get how some of you guys will trash former players who played admirably for the Dawgs on this blog.
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He was 9-2. We won one game 9-6, beat Georgia Southern in OT where we scored a whopping 17 points, and scored all of 13 points against Fech. He got pulled in the Bama game and lost his starting job for the Florida game.
My point is that the graduate transfer for one year at QB is no sure thing to pencil you in for a playoff berth.
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Look again about the games he started and won. 11-2 over 2 seasons. And no, your point was to trash him like so many others on this blog have, while making the other point you mentioned.
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Ok – he won the 2 games he started as a senior.
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My point was Lambert lost the job at UVA and came to Georgia for a 2nd chance. Newman could have easily stayed at Wake and kept his job. I never said anything bad about Lambert while he played.
If you interpreted the Greyson Lambert experience that way, it wasn’t my intent.
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Looking at this it’s hard to see where any team in the SECE would be mentioned in the same breath as UGA. I saw your back and forth with Braden Gall on Twitter. He is generally a good dude, I’ve had a couple of back and forths with him about various college football things over the years and found him to be well informed and mostly unbiased. I can’t believe he is regurgitating the “Florida has closed the gap” meme. While the games aren’t won or lost on paper, it’s hard to see UF or UT mounting a serious challenge in 2020 (assuming we have football).
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I have always admired Mark Richt and hated to see him go, but as you say the difference between he and Kirby on roster management is night and day. And it’s the reason Kirby is going to win us multiple titles.
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I get recruiting philosophy changes per coaching/staff changes….this day/night difference in 3/4 years of recruiting, plus staff scheme/vision is not hard to see, just surprised it took so long to achieve (“the process” does work)…having administration in your pocket never hurts…don’t have first hand knowledge of conversations that exist on the recruiting trail, but does appear as though “CKS is on the mutha” with more intent than any UGA coach short of Suzanne Yoculan (not selling ANY UGA coach short no matter their time or sport)
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I would imagine he’ll sign a lot of LB’s in this class?
If Azeez jumps, we’re pretty thin there in 21
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Kirby will load up on the D front 7.
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The Senator has said for many years that CMR’s greatest failure was roster management. Most of us interpreted that to mean not using all available scholarships. But the more insidious failure within that was allowing certain groups to dwindle. CMR almost never fielded a complete team. One year they would be out of DBs. The next it would be RBs. And then there was the ongoing OL problem. Kirby is doing better than Richt but just look at what happened last year with wideouts. Kirby isn’t perfect either.
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88 players? – which three won’t be here in the Fall?
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good chart. would love to see the holes in Floridas, anyone got a copy?
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