re: There's been a ton of talk the last year about the '13 class....what about '14?

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Folks have whined about richts poor OL recruiting for his whole career. There was tons of poor qb development talk last year because Virginias back up qb won our job. Folks weren't happy when we had 68 players vs bama in 2012. Folks even discussed the awful 2013 class before this year. My advice is to take the Ear plugs out.

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This though I wouldn't call it whining, just objective facing of the facts. As you aptly point out, it wasn't just talent deficiency in the trenches but also the incomplete/non-full rosters due to insufficient recruiting. I get that all coaches miss on targeted recruits but you have to have contingency plans that fill out your roster. Every missing player on an incomplete roster is lost potential for a player who might have contributed at a high level for your team or at least serve as a capable backup.

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Folks have whined about richts poor OL recruiting for his whole career.

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Not his whole career, but yes. that has been a complaint the past 3-4 years.

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There was tons of poor qb development talk last year because Virginias back up qb won our job.

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However, for 12-13 years of Richt being here we had very good QB development/play.

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Folks weren't happy when we had 68 players vs bama in 2012.

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Folks weren't happy when we had 68 players vs bama in 2012.

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And yet we were an eyelash away from a National Championship appearance.

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Folks even discussed the awful 2013 class before this year.

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It began last season. Fairly late I think, but it was there.

However, if you check the article I linked to in my post above you will see that we have out recruited Florida in almost every facet of the game.....including the OL and DL. Florida has done better at the WR and DB areas. We have done better in just about every other area. (Yes, I know Richt struggled mightily against Florida with this talent...but this isn't about Richt. We all (Or most of us) agree it was time for him to go.)