re: UGA and big time QB recruits

This one must have gone bad as it is my understanding that Kirby dumped him from all social media but has kept Raiola.

What a trashy family for allowing this mess.

National Title contenders aren't going to let you play right away.

This new NIL environment just makes it where recruiting doesn't move the needle for me anymore.

Was talking about this today at work.

Why get excited about a 5* QB that will transfer out if they dont play day 1?

Sure, would be nice to land them, but in the current environment, if they dont play, they're gone.

People are missing the plot - Really good QBs can be found in the transfer portal. Id take a proven guy over a young recruit any day. Stetson Bennett and guys like him are playing at lesser schools just looking for an opportunity.

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Stetson Bennett and guys like him are playing at lesser schools just looking for an opportunity

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That's like finding a needle in a haystack. Those are very, very rare.

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Seems a program like UGA would have put more quality, sustained QBs in the NFL over decades, even more so over the last decade.

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Kirby emphasizes, and I think he's being honest, that he wants men who play for team and love of the game. Personal goals are fine, but they can't take precedence over team. Probably more than any other position, that kind of coaching can make it tough to recruit and retain highly rated NFL Prototype QB's. Fortunately for UGA, that's exactly the kind of coaching that produces sustainable college football success.

Another thing we seem to miss is we have 3 young highly touted QBs right now.

Stockton is a redshirt Sophomore
Pugs is a redshirt freshman
Montgomery is a true freshman

How many young QBs do we need or expect to get?

If you have to start a true freshman QB you’ve already messed up. If anything, this is a testament to how well we’ve recruited the position that were stacked three deep with talented QBs that have a year of separation. Missing on the hot young QB that wants to start day 1 is a good thing…because we don’t want a true freshman QB1.

You’re never going to be 6 deep in QBs of any talent because they’re not going to take the chance of never seeing the field.

Also, kids in the system probably realize just how much they need to improve to make an impact. A HS senior doesn’t know this or their ego is so big they don’t care (Fields).

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Dumbasses think they can play right away, that doesn't mix with teams who compete for NCs every single year

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I think wanting to start day 1 is the opposite of being a dumbass. Sure, it's likely you're going to play on a pretty mediocre team but the NFL doesn't give a shite if you won 3 championships or 0. They want to see talent and the sooner you can start showing the talent and growing throughout each season, learning from in-game mistakes, seeing multiple defenses, the better a draft prospect you'll be.

Team pride and all that are exiting the sport. It's a damn shame but kids nowadays are always looking out for #1 because these schools are always looking out for #1.

Kirby is still clinging to the strategy of finding kids willing to commit to the program, and he's been pretty successful finding them, but you're automatically going to limit your pool of prospects and are opening yourself up to commits jumping ship when the big dollars and playing time are thrown at them.

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Sure, it's likely you're going to play on a pretty mediocre team but the NFL doesn't give a shite if you won 3 championships or 0

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No but they figure out pretty quickly if you’re able to read a defense, call the right play at the line or anticipate a route vs waiting until a guy is open like you did in HS. You may get picked up and good for you….hell you may even go early….but a kid that doesn’t take the time to learn the game at a high level is selling themselves short and taking a chance of being the next Jacob Eason.

Elite teams get far more coverage than crap teams. QBs from Lower schools are generally anomalies and I think even that may end with the portal.

White boy prep football in no way prepared you to start in the sec, only smart thing Arch did but easy to do when they pay you to sit.

High School recruiting has become far less important now that the transfer portal is here. I’d rather spend NIL dollars on guys that have proven it at a D-1 level than a high school senior who has been running/throwing/catching over a bunch of kids who will likely never step foot on a college football field. Not that HS is irrelevant, but it’s not the make-or-break that it used to be. Missed on a big time QB prospect and you were expecting him to be a contributor in year 1? Go grab the best QB from a non-power 5 conference and you’re likely going to get better production from the jump.