re: 2016 UGA Recruiting Thread (commits, offers, visits, etc.)

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Just because Hines Ward was a great WR doesn't mean he'll equate to a great WR coach

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exactly. It always surprises me when some of our fans just pick out a former player that was good at playing and is like "hell, bring him on as coach!" as if EVERY player that he coaches will end up having the career he had.

You don't bring in a guy with zero coaching and recruiting experience at a big boy job like this simply because he played here 20 years ago.

There's no way I can remember where I saw it, but I remember several years ago reading an article about playing in the 97/98 Outback bowl against Wisconsin. They had a big dinner a day or two before the game with both teams there. After the game when we'd beat the mess out of them, Hines said he knew we were gonna win big when he walked into the dinner. When asked what he meant he said something like "man they don't have near enough brothas".

So yeah, seems a bit cocky lol.

I'd rather be taught how to play WR from a future HOF'r and Super Bowl MVP over just about anyone. He certainly knows the ins and outs of the position.

That said, he's not leaving his current gig.

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I'm pretty dynamic at shooting 3 pointers but I wouldn't know where to begin teaching someone else how to.

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I get what you're saying about having somebody with actual coaching experience rather than Hines but this is a poor example. Huge difference in you coaching a kid how to shoot compared to somebody like Reggie Miller teaching some how to shoot (Somebody who dominated professionally and regarded as one of the best to ever do it but has no coaching experience, similar to Hines).

Ideally Hines would get some experience coaching at a small school and depending on his performance and enthusiasm at the job we would give him a shot. Not sure he'd be willing to do that.

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Lol at thinking that Hines "doesn't know what he's doing." He's an extremely smart player. At the highest level no less

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and that has n-o-t-h-i-n-g to do with how well he can coach. Or recruit. Or gameplan.

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Hines is not coming. Kirby didn't want him anyway. This is the recruiting thread, let's get back to reality here.

I see what you did there MC Skittlez

Maybe he just wants to be a part of the game again which is why he would be willing to give up the easy analyst job, but yeah I don't see it happening at all

Idk if anybody has posted this or not but look at Jim Chaneys Twitter page. He only follows people who are committed with the exception of a couple of players. The last guy he followed at Jajuan Seider, the RB coach at West Virginia. Just something to watch for.