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Is Kirby Smart the best recruiter in the SEC?
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:08 pm
There is always a lot of talk about the top HC recruiters - Orgeron, Sumlin, Freeze, Lyle, Boom (AKA The Flipper), etc, but the view from here (the top) it looks to me like Smart is going to be taking over the East for the long-term. UF might get one more year of winning the East, but then it's done. The competition for him in the SEC East just looks to be laying down, and he's running the show over there.
1 - Smart
2 - Sumlin
3 - Orgeron
4 - ?
#neveragain
1 - Smart
2 - Sumlin
3 - Orgeron
4 - ?
#neveragain
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Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:11 pm to IStillMissDanny
This is really bad
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:13 pm to IStillMissDanny
So shiny
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:13 pm to IStillMissDanny
Yes, yes he is.
Saban, who has had the number one class in the country the last 4 out of 5 yrs or 5 out of last 6 (whatever it is), is over the hill and out of touch.
Just look at this years recruiting class. Bama's class was putrid...
Saban, who has had the number one class in the country the last 4 out of 5 yrs or 5 out of last 6 (whatever it is), is over the hill and out of touch.
Just look at this years recruiting class. Bama's class was putrid...
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:21 pm to bbvdd
Honestly, this wasn't about Alabama. I think Alabama is an instance of a program creating so much success that it's selling itself. Granted, Saban takes all the recent credit for building that, but he doesn't have the struggle to build something that most schools are looking at.
Y'all are so negative you can't even accept a discussion topic without thinking it's a hook.
Y'all are so negative you can't even accept a discussion topic without thinking it's a hook.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:23 pm to bbvdd
I see you couldn't pass the bait up, just couldn't help yourself.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:41 pm to IStillMissDanny
No.
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Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:47 pm to IStillMissDanny
Georgia is like LSU. You have to wonder how good Kirby would do if he were at Tennessee or Alabama. He is very good though.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:48 pm to IStillMissDanny
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Is Kirby Smart the best recruiter in the SEC?
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:50 pm to Commander Data
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Georgia is like LSU. You have to wonder how good Kirby would do if he were at Tennessee or Alabama.
or we could, ya know...maybe give the guy more than 1 year to see how good he could be here? Crazy, I know.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:51 pm to IStillMissDanny
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Is Kirby Smart the best recruiter in the SEC? by IStillMissDanny
It depends. Does Freeze get to use his checkbook or not?
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:52 pm to IStillMissDanny
Freeze is in a class by himself.
Everyone else sucks.
Everyone else sucks.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:52 pm to IStillMissDanny
Freeze gotta be in this thread somewhere...
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:55 pm to bbvdd
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Saban
I'd say Smart would be a better recruiter as a position coach than Saban as a position coach
As HCs? Smart is doing extremely well but he isn't getting top 100 kids from out of state grayshirting for him
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:56 pm to WG_Dawg
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we could, ya know...maybe give the guy more than 1 year to see how good he could be here? Crazy, I know.
Look smartass, it's obvious that he is recruiting at an elite level at Georgia already. I think that continues. What I clearly said was I was curious how he would recruit as head coach at a school without the absurd amount of elite high school talent that Georgia has. You know, like Tennessee and Alabama.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:58 pm to WG_Dawg
Well...Smarts first recruiting class was ranked 3rd according to rivals. I think he is a very good recruiter and it helps that UGA is a school that normally attracts top talent especially from the state of Georgia. However, the part I am most interested in is seeing if Smart can take that talent to the next level and win championships...something that Richt fell short on.
This post was edited on 4/10/17 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 4/10/17 at 2:10 pm to IStillMissDanny
If he can pull a top 5 class again this year, I would give him the Title. However I don't see that happening, but you never know. 
Posted on 4/10/17 at 2:10 pm to IStillMissDanny
My vote has Coach O as the top recruiter in the SEC.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 2:10 pm to CobraCommander83
Richt never recruited like this, or if he did, it was a while ago. As I say that, he has Miami at #1. Very early in the process.
Isn't that part of the problem though - schools hire these guys that are supposed to be hot-shite recruiters, but forget that someone has to actually coach and run the program.
Isn't that part of the problem though - schools hire these guys that are supposed to be hot-shite recruiters, but forget that someone has to actually coach and run the program.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 2:16 pm to IStillMissDanny
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I think Alabama is an instance of a program creating so much success that it's selling itself. Granted, Saban takes all the recent credit for building that, but he doesn't have the struggle to build something that most schools are looking at.
Rivals Team Rankings - Alabama
Non-Nick Saban Alabama
2002 - #30
2003 - #52
2004 - #23
2005 - #18
2006 - #13
Nick Saban Alabama
2007 - #11
2008 - #1
2009 - #1
2010 - #5
2011 - #1
2012 - #1
2013 - #1
2014 - #1
2015 - #2
2016 - #1
2017 - #1
Alabama didn't sell itself before Nick Saban showed up. Our recruiting pre-Saban wasn't nearly as good as pre-Smart UGA's.
This post was edited on 4/10/17 at 2:17 pm
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