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Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:11 pm
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:11 pm
Kirby just finished with one of the greatest all time classes.
UGAs 2019 class is on track to be #1 also, maybe better than this class.
Alabama had a long run of #1 classes with Kirby.
Kirby left and the #1 class syndrome followed him to Athens.
Maybe....just maybe....all of those Bama #1 classes had a tad more to do with Kirby than with Saban? Just saying. Not wanting to discredit Saban but starting to wonder if he pulls all those #1 classes in a row minus Kirby doing the actual work.
UGAs 2019 class is on track to be #1 also, maybe better than this class.
Alabama had a long run of #1 classes with Kirby.
Kirby left and the #1 class syndrome followed him to Athens.
Maybe....just maybe....all of those Bama #1 classes had a tad more to do with Kirby than with Saban? Just saying. Not wanting to discredit Saban but starting to wonder if he pulls all those #1 classes in a row minus Kirby doing the actual work.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:14 pm to Dick Leverage
The proof will be in the puddin'...
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:16 pm to Dick Leverage
Probably has more to do with getting a real man to lead our progrum... not a preacher who doesn’t put winning first you know.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:17 pm to Dick Leverage
Saban is a legend and unltimately wins matter not recruiting championships. That said, Athens is a better college town, Atlanta is close, and I wonder if players would just prefer to play for a younger more relatable coach at this point...if championships are a real potential. No disrespect to saban or Bama.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:18 pm to thomass
2019 class already has 7 commits
Three 5*
Four 3*
Damn
Three 5*
Four 3*
Damn
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:19 pm to Dick Leverage
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Kirby left and the #1 class syndrome followed him to Athens. Maybe....just maybe....all of those Bama #1 classes had a tad more to do with Kirby than with Saban? Just saying. Not wanting to discredit Saban but starting to wonder if he pulls all those #1 classes in a row minus Kirby doing the actual work.
Alabama's 2017 class is arguably the greatest class of all-time at this point given their freshman year on-field play and their recruiting points. They obviously must continue that and grow and have great overall careers, but at this point it's completely reasonable to make that argument. Kirby was not a coach at Alabama in 2017.
Kirby is a great recruiter. Today was a great day for Georgia. You guys are seriously getting out over your skis constantly trying to find ways to prove to yourself that things in Tuscaloosa are over and somehow the Saban era is dead.
Do we need to drag out the gifs of all our true freshmen (the ones from that GOAT 2017 recruiting class) beating you in the national title game again or can we end this by agreeing both teams are stacked and it should be a fun next few years?
This post was edited on 2/7/18 at 10:23 pm
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:22 pm to athens-ga
Definitely no disrespect. Saban is the GOAT CEO of any college football program. I just wonder now if the run of #1 classes was more attributable to Smart than Saban. No doubt that the 2 together were the strongest of all time.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:23 pm to Dick Leverage
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Maybe....just maybe....all of those Bama #1 classes had a tad more to do with Kirby than with Saban?
Yes. If I were an offensive standout, I would choose the school to go to based on the DC and not the HC.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:23 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Alabama's 2017 class is arguably the greatest class of all-time at this point given their freshman year on-field play.
not even close to accurate.
This post was edited on 2/7/18 at 10:24 pm
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:24 pm to athens-ga
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not even close to accurate.
Find me a class that contributed more as freshman on as big a stage and had the signing day credentials that the 2017 Alabama class had.
I'll wait. And yea, I'm including some of those GOAT Miami classes, GOAT USC classes AND our 2008 class. None of them did what that group of freshman for Alabama did last year as true freshmen. None of them.
This post was edited on 2/7/18 at 10:25 pm
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:26 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Do we need to drag out the gifs of all our true freshmen (the ones from that GOAT 2017 recruiting class) beating you in the national title game again
Sure...I saw the game. Bama depth won out again and that will be challenged moving forward. What is lost is uga starters bested Bama starters for three quarters. Kudos to your freshman though, it’s true.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:26 pm to SummerOfGeorge
You are taking offense where none was offered.
I don't think things in Tusaloosa are over or that Saban is done.
I don't think things in Tusaloosa are over or that Saban is done.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:28 pm to Dick Leverage
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You are taking offense where none was offered.
I'm not taking offense. I offered direct evidence contrary to your point.
The 2017 class is quite possibly the best class of the Saban era and Kirby Smart had very little to do with it.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:30 pm to JesusQuintana
Right now, 5 people on page one were interested enough to discuss.
Right now, one(you) claims she was not but posted anyway.
Interesting data.
Right now, one(you) claims she was not but posted anyway.
Interesting data.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:30 pm to Dick Leverage
We already have like 9 million threads on this. Let's not become (or at least be less) unbearable.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:30 pm to Dick Leverage
Kirby’s a good recruiter but let’s not kid ourselves, Saban is the greatest recruiter of all time. Had some of the highest ranked classes at Michigan State, including getting Plaxico Burress there and was able to start getting Louisiana kids to come to LSU instead of going to other SEC schools. He’s had like 10 #1 Recruiting classes at Alabama.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:31 pm to Dick Leverage
Let's just see what happens to UGA first time Smart is caught with coaches paying players like Saban. Let's see if he can just fire the coach and it all go away.
This post was edited on 2/7/18 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:33 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Okay. I never said it wasn't. I did say that this years UGA class was ONE of the best ever. Not the best.
Do you not think Kirby was recruiting any of these Freshmen when they were sophomores and juniors in HS? He probably had more to do with it than "very little."
Do you not think Kirby was recruiting any of these Freshmen when they were sophomores and juniors in HS? He probably had more to do with it than "very little."
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