re: georgia underachievers or overrated?

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UGA should be able to hand pick the in-state talent.

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So a guy like Raekwon McMillan, who had his mind made up to go to ohio state, and no school in the region had a shot... We should have hand picked him?

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UGA should be able to hand pick the in-state talent. Nobody is saying they are not getting the talent, they are just not getting what you would expect from the State University without any in-state competition.

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I agreed that we should probably do a little bit better with in-state talent, but I don't think you understand how recruiting works. The relationships that high school coaches have with the coaches at each university is huge. Auburn is about 30 minutes from West Georgia and Florida State is so close to powerhouses like Lowndes it is hard to get some of the talent out of the south. Clemson is able to get into areas like Gainesville and come out with a Deshaun Watson because it is only a 75 minute drive. Norcross and Alabama have had a pipeline for years now. Other universities work to have great relationships with these schools and try to recruit hard in Georgia because there is so much talent here. We have done a pretty decent job recruiting in our state, but have also been able to pull guys like Marshall and Gurley out of NC, AJ Green out of SC, and Theus, Murray and Michel out of Fl. All were high level recruits and had offers from many prominent schools so it's not like it's impossible for us to go out of state. IMO, we would be a top 5 recruiting school on a consistent basis if Alabama and Auburn hadn't won national championships in the last 5 years, but they've won 4 of them so it's harder to keep everyone away from those schools. It's not like the other schools in our area are the Mississippi schools.