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Richt's Recruiting- WR edition

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Great read as usual.

I'm concerned about his Coley-esque obsession with tall receivers. The most important physical attribute for a receiver is quickness.

Then again, maybe geography explains his lack of success. What good receivers have come out of the state of Georgia?
 
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DMoney said:
Great read as usual.

I'm concerned about his Coley-esque obsession with tall receivers. The most important physical attribute for a receiver is quickness.

Then again, maybe geography explains his lack of success. What good receivers have come out of the state of Georgia?
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His best wr was from South Carolina.

Just off the fact that s.fla produces wrs on a rope should help....also who is the wr coach. If he gets the class group this year committed it might be a better coupe than anything he has had. Richt does like tall wrs though.
 
Is it me, or is OP missingIsaiah McKenzie?

And can i get links to the QBs & RBs? Thanks
 
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Joecane said:
Is it me, or is OP missingIsaiah McKenzie?

And can i get links to the QBs & RBs? Thanks
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I've got him in the averages, but he's more of a gadget player to me. I mean, he has more rushing attempts than receptions in his career. He's a punt returner, gadget player- of which I had planned to post on their own accord because Richt has actually recruited several of them, but I'll post his profile.

Isaiah McKenzie- 5-8, 165 and 3.67 average stars. From FL and made 7 career starts. 18 rushing attempts, 16 receptions, 15 KO returns and 36 PR.

As for links, they should be in the OP on the first page. Click on QB's or RB's and they should take you to the page. Thanks for your interest.
 
HurricaneVision said:
Joecane said:
Is it me, or is OP missingIsaiah McKenzie?

And can i get links to the QBs & RBs? Thanks
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I've got him in the averages, but he's more of a gadget player to me. I mean, he has more rushing attempts than receptions in his career. He's a punt returner, gadget player- of which I had planned to post on their own accord because Richt has actually recruited several of them, but I'll post his profile.

Isaiah McKenzie- 5-8, 165 and 3.67 average stars. From FL and made 7 career starts. 18 rushing attempts, 16 receptions, 15 KO returns and 36 PR.

As for links, they should be in the OP on the first page. Click on QB's or RB's and they should take you to the page. Thanks for your interest.
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Got it. Thanks, enjoying the write ups.
 
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Don't like the way this looks at all. When I brought up the fact that I seem to remember Richt not pushing the ball down field enough, some told me it was a personnel issue w/r/t QB and that he did it with Stafford.

Judging only the evidence: Richt lacks some flexibility in his recruiting.
 
His first WR offer with his WR coach on board is a 5'10 160-175 guy with great speed. Hopefully the flexibility in recruiting the position continues.
 
I don't watch Georgia that much but I seem to remember when they had Aaron Murray they pushed it down the field. Especially the SEC title game against Alabama.
 
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DMoney said:
Great read as usual.

I'm concerned about his Coley-esque obsession with tall receivers. The most important physical attribute for a receiver is quickness.

Then again, maybe geography explains his lack of success. What good receivers have come out of the state of Georgia?
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I'm extremely concerned that he only goes after certain type of wide receivers. That is a scary thing.. Folks can knock Golden, but Richt has some major recruiting flaws.
QB and WR so far.

I'm interested in the rest of Hurricane vision's recruiting posts.
 
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What's most concerning is that his offense runs routes where the receiver immediately gets tackled when catching the ball. All the highlights of his system result in an immediate tackle from the crossing route to the choice or flat. Rarely do you see a receiver hit in stride in open space and turn it upfield for a long gain.

Can the crossing route be a slant and the choice be a post route? (Serious question as I'm not an x&o's guy.)
 
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The overall picture looks bad
When you look at all the defections and see a lack of true superstar players at this position you might be disconcerted. Much of the lack of star production is due to Richt's system not force feeding the ball to one individual in particular. Even AJ Green averaged 55 receptions per season at Georgia. There are several smooth athletes with talent in this crop of WR's.

Richt only recruited two All-SEC WR's in his time at Georgia, but did bring in several talented players who fit their role and produced. Perhaps more than any other position, Coach Richt is looking for specific attributes out of his WR's and he especially requires his split end to block on the perimeter. Some good players listed, but traditionally Coach Richt does not recruit WR's to the level that he does RB's and QB's.
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pretty spot on.
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What's happening at WR right now with Richt isn't new, but it's still disconcerting nonetheless. Both Georgia and Florida are talent-rich states that produce highly rated WRs. For him to only produce two All-SEC WRs is worrisome. I'm not sure how he managed to pull AJ Green, but if he didn't his WR recruiting and production would be downright awful. And truthfully, AJ Green is the outlier, not the norm.

No reason for our best WR commit to be Evidence Njoku.
 
In the 21st century NFL there has been three position trends. 1. TEs are basketball players 2. RBs can be found at any round in the draft 3. A group of Small, fast wrs can be dominant. Speed kills, I'm fine with a group of mighty mouse wrs as long as they can get open and don't drop passes. Richards is the no 1 and will draw double coverage making life pretty easy for any speedster on the other side. I had high hopes for Berrios, but I just don't think he has consistent hands (yes on fair catches, not so much when it comes to actual passes)
 
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DMoney said:
Great read as usual.

I'm concerned about his Coley-esque obsession with tall receivers. The most important physical attribute for a receiver is quickness.

Then again, maybe geography explains his lack of success. What good receivers have come out of the state of Georgia?
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Going back through the years, I'm noticing a pretty common trend of the best WRs in the state of Georgia picking schools other Georgia.

Megatron in 2004 to GT.
2005 looked like a bad year in the state with the highest WR being a 3-star that went to Bama.
The top 2 WRs in 2006 went to UF and Auburn respectively. That year also had BeBe Thomas, but he was lowly rated and went to GT. 247 says he had an offer, but I'm not sure if he was heavily pursued by UGA or not.
2007 UGA got the top in-state WR, but GT got 3 of the top 5.
2008 the top two WRs from Georgia went to Oklahoma and USCw
2009 looked like a mediocre year in state, but the top two ended up at Stanford and Bama. That year also had Stephen Hill in state that ended up at GT
2010 the top 5 WRs (Da'Rick Rogers, Markeith Ambles, TJ Jones, Antonio Goodwin and Shaun Kitches) all went to schools other than UGA
2011 Got the top 3 WRs in state (Justin Scott-Wesley, Chris Conley, Sanford Seay)
2012 The top 3 WRs (JaQuay, Savage, Jason Croom, CJ Curry) all went to schools other than UGA
2013 Looked mediocre in state. Demarcus Robinson was the Georgia's only 4 star WR and he went to UF. Savage from 2012 back on the board and this time signs with Texas A&M
2014 Four 4-stars, only one signed with UGA
2015 Top two in state signed with Tennessee and Auburn

Of course, I didn't look at the WRs UGA actually signed in those classes. Still, it seems like the trend for Richt to lose on the trail for top WR talent WR prospects. AJ Green is definitely his outlier.
 
LuCane said:
Don't like the way this looks at all. When I brought up the fact that I seem to remember Richt not pushing the ball down field enough, some told me it was a personnel issue w/r/t QB and that he did it with Stafford.

Judging only the evidence: Richt lacks some flexibility in his recruiting.
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Sure does.

Butch is laughing his AO.
 
UMFarArcher said:
LuCane said:
Don't like the way this looks at all. When I brought up the fact that I seem to remember Richt not pushing the ball down field enough, some told me it was a personnel issue w/r/t QB and that he did it with Stafford.

Judging only the evidence: Richt lacks some flexibility in his recruiting.
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Sure does.

Butch is laughing his AO.
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Yikes, man. Since I made the "rigidity" point earlier today, I thought this post was from today. It's actually disheartening to see I wrote that nearly a year ago. HurricaneVision killed this OP and I just interpreted the data.
 
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LuCane said:
UMFarArcher said:
LuCane said:
Don't like the way this looks at all. When I brought up the fact that I seem to remember Richt not pushing the ball down field enough, some told me it was a personnel issue w/r/t QB and that he did it with Stafford.

Judging only the evidence: Richt lacks some flexibility in his recruiting.
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Sure does.

Butch is laughing his AO.
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Yikes, man. Since I made the point "rigidity" point earlier today, I thought this post was from today. It's actually disheartening to see I wrote that nearly a year ago. HurricaneVision killed this OP and I just interpreted the data.
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And STILL. Dead, nuts-on.
 
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