dont care what is being said now...but in the spring abunch of members on this site..brought up the fact that richt said we needed speed...yet offered rodney scott and Dingle. Months later we have both decommiot and coach is saying were looking for speed. Sh*t not adding up...im questioning their wr recruiting in the last two classes full throttle. Im a Dingle fan....but like i said folks on the board call this out when the offers went out..how the f he aint know they werent speed guys then when offered?
Did Richt offer these kids or did he accept their commitment based off of the previous staffs eval/offer?
They were offered by Golden.
Scott's timeline:
November 2014 -- Offered
August 2015 -- Unofficial visit
October 2015 -- Golden fired
February 2016 -- Attended Junior Day
March 2016 -- Committed
April 2016 -- Visited by Manny Diaz and Thomas Brown
July 2016 -- Attended Paradise Camp
August 2016 -- Decommitted
September 2016 -- Unofficial visit
Dingle's timeline:
February 2015 -- Offered
August 2015 -- Unofficial visit
October 2015 -- Unofficial visit
October 2015 (the next day) -- Golden fired
February 2016 -- Attended Junior Day
March 2016 -- Committed
April 2016 -- Visited by Manny Diaz and Thomas Brown
July 2016 -- Attended Paradise Camp
October 2016 -- Unofficial visit
November 2016 -- Unofficial visit
December 2016 -- Decommitted
Compared to the timelines of other players who'd initially committed to Golden (Perry, Donaldson, Burns, Steed), it seems like communication with Dingle and Scott dropped off sharply after Paradise Camp. The other guys had far more unofficial visits and/or more multiple visits from coaches.
They committed before spring practice began, so perhaps Richt wasn't yet completely aware of the lack of speed at WR. Why we took their commitments in the first place, I don't know. Maybe to honor their initial offers. Maybe to keep them in place while properly evaluating them. Whatever the reason, they clearly weren't high-priority takes.