I was going to leave this out, but now that u’ve opened up that can,
@nycane You are absolutely right. Al chitting on the Wilson’s has had a detrimental affect. It even turned off our new DB coach off. I remember us, as fans, BEGGING for us to go after Quincy. I didn’t realize the ramifications at the time, but it was soon felt thereafter.
Golden caused so much damage, it wasn’t even funny. Part of the reason I wanted Butch was b/c of the freggin 30/30 and parents, former players all know what he did and believed he could remedy the damage faster simply b/c of the ESPN propaganda.
But I’m happy w Richt; but I’ll be honest, I knew we would have some struggles recruiting, particularly on def. Honestly, we’ve done a masterful job in identifying under the radar kids that are blowing up and we’re ahead of schedule.
We just gotta take care of biz this year. This is probably the most important season, to date, regarding the long term health of our program. We can snipe all these $EC & Small10 volutures.
We’re still going to lose guys can, but we’ll keep more elite talent home then bleed them out.