Freshman DL recruits getting up to 1 mill is absurdity.

We will be able to get some guys from the portal that can plug and play immediately to help us.

I can count on one hand freshmen interior lineman who would make an impact that early.

Imagine being Kirby right now. He is trying diligently to prepare his team for the SEC Championship and potentially College football playoffs. He has been recruiting hard and closed a class this week during preparations for the SEC Championship game. He has been chasing kids at the last moment to flip to us or trying to get kids to not flip away from us. The portal is about to open and he is trying to recruit his own players that he wants to stay. He also must be keeping an eye on players that are going into the portal. He is being pulled in all different types of ways possible. Then you have a kid that visited us multiple times that we have recruited since the ninth grade and was once committed to us. He visits Texas ONE time and signs with them. It’s ALL about the money now days…..there is no loyalty to anyone but the Benjamins. I can’t blame JT at all……I blame the system. It’s really disgusting! The deepest money pool will always win. It’s not about the x’s and o’s but it’s all about the jimmys and joes for sure…..that statement to me has never been truer in this environment we are in! Money talks…..WHY would Kirby or any coach worth a damn put up with this crap? Kirby has made his money for generations of his family to enjoy. Why would a good/great college football coach put up with this bs…..just go to the NFL if you are qualified and you don’t have near the headaches!! Times have changed and either you adjust or you get swallowed up. To the loyal fan it stinks watching what is happening. I’m all for kids getting paid but put a cap on how much you can pay as a whole for your scholarships. This whole environment turns my stomach. I love the Dawgs and will always cheer them on but this is getting harder and harder to enjoy like in the past! This is just not about losing a prize recruit but a summation of the bs that is happening right before our eyes. The genie is out of the bottle…..college football needs to be fixed with some type of guidelines for sure!

It’s a tough ending to signing day—there’s no sugarcoating the results of how things closed. That said, in my opinion, the only way to build a dynastic-level program is to strike a balance: being a major NIL investor while also consistently landing a cross-section of recruits who are willing to forgo the highest offer because they believe in what the program can do for them. For Georgia, we can call it the “Kirby Effect.”

The challenge with being the school known for offering the most money (think Texas or Ohio State) is that over time, fewer recruits will want to be the ones not getting crazy money in a program known for giving out the craziest money. That creates internal friction.

Money, no matter how abundant, isn’t scalable in perpetuity. Going all-in financially can definitely work in the short term. There’s a world you win a Natty and ignite momentum. I get the upside. The other side of the coin is that it risks setting up a future where you’re competing against yourself with dwindling resources if postseason success doesn’t follow.

I’m not making excuses for going 0/3 on the line to close, but just sharing my perspective on why I don’t mind Georgia sticking to its soft cap approach.

didn’t want him anyway.

From insiders who know what we offered...what is the realistic guess for what Texas offered him?

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Does being a “great recruiter” as an assistant mean anything anymore. Are coaches like Coley now useless? should assistants now be more in the model of great teachers?

I want it too much now

Unless conference championship games are bartered away for a 16-team playoff, I don't see any way that's not going to happen.

When FSU was poaching all of our players and recruits. The Dawgs preceded to put up record breaking points on them in a bowl game that FSU pretended didn’t matter. It triggered the end of a momentum building program that was otherwise excelling. Kirby Smart is about to go scorched earth on Texas. In 2 years we are going to be asking what happened to Texas. You heard it here first.

And is this a single year offer or do Schools do multi-year deals? Why does it seem to be so much secrecy involved? Do Schools have a brakedown of what they're paying each athlete?

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All we are missing is a Publix Cake

That should be good motivation for the game as if the SEC championship and a first round bye isn't enough.

Believe what your eyes are telling. They’re just not that interested. It can happen (Bolden) but about 8/10, they’ll sign somewhere else.

How a young man from Manchester, GA commits with USC and then TX is beyond me.

But JT is not as married to us as we are to him. Hope I am wrong but I have seen this story before.

I would like for us to be involved with a couple other guys in the event of a replacement.

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I've got a sneaky feeling that the Terry
story is just beginning. He's a one year rental and next year he will seek another large windfall.
Family influence had to be a big part of this.

Sticking to arbitrary red lines is stupid and has consequences. These are they.

GA schools, like UGA can supposedly directly pay money to recruits without having to use thr NIL sham. (According to the debate we had on this board earlier this week). This only stands until the House is settled and then GA schools must follow their guidelines.

This recruitment felt eerily similar to the Derrick Brown fiasco. I can’t blame anyone for not ponying up the package that would compete with Texas. Our collective would be decimated if we tried that. The reality is that, when a school like Texas or Oregon really wants someone. They will get them. It’s a shame but it seems this new age of recruiting is here to stay. At least for the foreseeable future.

It's SECCG Eve!!

Honestly.....I'm already nervous 😅😅
I'm not even sure why. In my mind I feel like we make it to the CFBPs win or lose but like I said yesterday, I really want this one. Just for the record, I'm 1-0 on SECCGs when I watch in person, so I kinda wish I was going to ATL to block @RightAway's bad luck 🤔 Alas, I'll be watching from the comfort of my recliner and pacing and yelling and texting and hopefully having a celebratory drink tomorrow evening!

If anyone here is going, yellow "Go Dawgs" for me one time inside Mercedes Benz Stadium!

Praying for all those on LDGMDNOPL
and all the GMDN gang too!

Happy Birthday/Anniversary if you're celebrating today 🎉🎉

Love you guys and gals, MEAN IT.....

Go Dawgs ❤️

April

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Our Dawgs More Fire To Beat The LONGHORN Steers In The SECCG, Tomorrow. 'MAN-ENOUGH' !!!