re: 41% graduation rate, lowest in the nation. An embarrassment to the SEC

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the answer is on the chart

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So why can’t you post the answer yourself?

You seem enamored with me. For the record, I’m not interested.

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Saban made sure at every school he coached there was a major a penguin could graduate from. Every school has one. If you want to impress me show me how many graduated with STEM, Business (other than management) or other higher level degrees like architecture or pharmacy.

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The reason Alabama has such a high rate at Alabama is because Saban forced them to go to class etc. It was literally someone's job to go around to every class a player had to make sure they were in their class. Alabama also provides them with any assistance they need etc.

Many of them graduate in 3 years.

I'm sure all schools have those easy classes, and I'm sure there are many of them that go that route. You think Georgia doesn't have them?

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I did, you stupid jackass.

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No, you forgot to. Try again……/

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You simply don't have the intelligence resources to comprehend what you are seeing.

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You might want to look in the mirror when you make this statement because it sure looks like you don’t know what that data actually represents.

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The question for Georgia are they going to be able to keep their players out of jail?

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Maybe you should worry about your own program? NCAA Tennessee 100’s of violations

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Saban made sure at every school he coached there was a major a penguin could graduate from. Every school has one. If you want to impress me show me how many graduated with STEM, Business (other than management) or other higher level degrees like architecture or pharmacy.

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Saban had a sizeable number of his players go on to play in the NFL during his coaching career. The time commitment required to complete higher level degrees like architecture and pharmacy wouldn't exactly fit into a football player's sports career.

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It's a straightforward set of dates.

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It is. The chart itself explains that it ends with measuring the 2016 class as the most recent class.

This is because GSR gives players 8 years from enrollment to get their degree before they get counted as "not graduating. It takes a 4 year recruiting cycle.

That means (as the chart says) that the 2016 class is the most recent one that has had 8 years to get a degree. So the classes included are 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

That means the only Kirby Smart recruited players were from his transition year in 2016, who were mostly recruited by Mark Richt (with a couple of exceptions of guys Smart targeted late).This won't fully reflect on Smart until the results are released for the 2p19 cohort, which won't happen until 2027.

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What a pile of shitty excuses.

First, those people didn't graduate under Kirby, period. It doesn't matter who recruited them.

Furthermore, the number is well below 50%, which means you can't attribute 4 of them to Richt. It would need to be 0% over the Richt era and 100% over the Kirby era to be around 50%.

However, since I know how fricking pathetic you and some other Georgia fans are, Georgia football was in the 80's back then, which at the time was among the top teams on the SEC.

What a piece of shite you are to try and pin this on a former coach.

Georgia football has top graduation rate in the SEC

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It's literally what the GSR measures. It measures classes recruited from 8-13 years prior to the release.

And while Kirby didn't "make" them graduate, he also didn't recruit the players unable to graduate.

And let's be honest here, all schools (including UGA) give players a ridiculous amount of academic assistance resources to help them get a degree. The biggest factors that contribute to a player being able to gradueate are:

1 - Do they want to?
2 - Are they capable?

Both of those are judgement calls in the recruiting process.

As for your link:

"The four-year average of graduation rates tracked the freshman classes which enrolled between 2003 and 2006.:

Yes, when Richt first came to UGA he did target good students. His last 5 years he took way more risks with players he targeted, letting talent outweigh things like academics and discipline. The 2013 and 2015 classes in particular had a LOT of players who didn't finish their careers at UGA. I wouldn't be shocked if many of them left for academic reasons and didn't end up getting a degree.

Do you remember Shaq Wiggins? Tramel Terry? AJ Turman? Shaun McGhee? Chauncey Rivers? Pat Allen? Jacob Park? Detric Bing-Dukes? Shaquille Fluker? Rico McGraw? Chauncey Rivers? Reggie Wilkerson? Tray Matthews? All of these guys were 4-star+ talents that Richt took risks on who ended up somewhere other than UGA either for discipline or academic reasons in his last 3 full classes (2013-2015)

Heck you may remember guys like Johnathan Abram who had to go to community college after failing academically at UGA. Abram ended up at Mississippi State. No idea if he graduated or not, but if he didn't he counted against UGA's GSR. Ended up in the NFL. Brendan Langley had similar issues but made it to the NFL after leaving UGA for Lamar. Those were talented guys that did pan out, but couldn't cut the academics at UGA. They shouldn't have been recruited to begin with.