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I really dont. The OL isnt a problem nor will it be.
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I think people forget how young our oline is. Not every high end kid wants to jump on board to a unit that has several sophomores starting and several more young options lined up behind them.
Not forgetting anything...
We have 1, maybe 2 sophs starting?
And ya I get it, so that means we only land any of the top targets once every 4 years? Top programs without Cristobal/Mirabal do better than that right?
Again, for the umpteenth time, big picture I'm not worried, and think we will continue to get some kid…It's just extremely weird this season that kids we are heavily involved with…All of a sudden in May and June, we go from top 3 to not even mentioned. At a position that is our "specialty"
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2 sophs starting,1 junior. I was responding to your comment. But was speaking in general. I think it's important to remember y'all are gonna hear what people are supposed to. Doesn't always reflect reality or end results.
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No disrespect but young where, by the time the 2025 recruits get to campus they might sit one year but by their sophomore years most of our guys Will be gone by then only young guys we have are Samson, Francis, Kinsler, and Plazz. The rest are projects that are 2 years away from being 2 years away.
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Top notch kids commit to schools with that same situation all the time. Let alone ones without one of the CMC/Miarabel combo and their rep.
That's fair, and I am doing that…Just observing in the mean time. Really weird
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There's 5 spots and high value targets want immediate playing time.
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Guys don't want to sit anymore and need to play year one now I see
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Several differences that people aren't acknowledging. Yes top tier schools absolutely USED TO STACK top tier talent. Now in the days of nil it's not as simple. Between the kids wanting immediate playing time and the collective wanting immediate justification towards the investment. We're still a long way from the nil that the top tier schools do. Just had to have a conversation with Kirby not so smart. Top to bottom 85 dudes in they average 300k across the entire squad...
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I think we are allocating most of the money to the skill guys this year. D has alluded to it. And we are paying Samson and Francis a ton probably. Let alone cooper and rivers. McCoy could portal out and start so I imagine we are paying up for that
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Thanks for the info. That'd put UGA at around $25M NIL budget. There was smoke that we were set to spend in the $19-20M range this year. And that was before Spring portal I believe. So it seems pretty reasonable. And I think a big difference between UGA and us has to just be QB spending. Beck and Ward are probably in the same pay range. But they also have Stockton, Rashada, and Puglisi who were all top 150 recruits, so any of them individually has to be making more to probably double what all of our backup QBs are making combined. And given QB is the highest Value position for NIL, that's gotta be a large difference.
As you say, we may not be there with the top tier NIL spenders as you say, but I'd imagine most schools are closer to the $15M range right now.
This is kinda the breakdown I went with in a guess on how a $20M NIL budget would be spent ideally as it relates to how NFL teams distribute the salary cap... (Though "Development" doesn't mean 3star guys - more refering to their place on the roster/Depth chart). Obviously you have a better idea of what the numbers truly are. I'd be most interested in Cam Wards NIL figure. If he's making $3M or less, I think that just shows it 100% makes sense to just always go for the top portal QB when we need a starter. Even at that price, it's reasonable for the impact. And if these TOP QBs are making closer to $2M, they are straight steals budget wise. How we choose to spend on QB imo is how we can save a lot of money imo. Spending $3M+ for a stud QB, then like $100k each for 4 backups is the absolute correct move. If you can get that stud QB for $2M thats major impact.
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It’s like people didn’t take enough Ls last year with DT recruiting they’re like hmm let’s freak out about OL
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Yea one thing to add also I think with d-line we can sell players rotating so we can stack there easier than o-line because you only have five
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Also interior Olineman are usually not super highly rated. Like the best center in the country yearly is like a low to mid 4 star. Guards aren't typically 5 stars or high 4 stars either usually. For example, Connor Lew was a 3 star for almost his entire cycle before he flipped from us, and was great as a true frosh.
The tackles are the ones you want to have super highly rated guys. And currently we have two 5 star OTs on the roster, we got the top JUCO OT, and we have a 4 year starter in Jalen Rivers taking one spot, plus obviously a bunch of guys like Kinsler and McCoy who can take the next step and win a job next year.
Next year I'd say is a year we want to recruit one very highly rated OT. This year it's not really needed, and I don't even think the staff views this OT class as being super great. Just get guys that have great build and athleticism that can be developed for 2+ years. Do that consistently, and develop them, and we are good. Like get two 5 star OTs over a 4 yr span, who are high confidence 3+ year starters like Mauigoa, and we are good.
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