{"id":1988,"date":"2010-02-03T20:26:59","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T01:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/03\/average-signing-day-for-georgia\/"},"modified":"2010-02-25T06:22:12","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T11:22:12","slug":"average-signing-day-for-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/03\/average-signing-day-for-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Average Signing Day for Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have always maintained that <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/recruiting\/2010\/02\/03\/uga-recruiting-class-grade-overview\/?cxntfid=blogs_recruiting\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/recruiting\/2010\/02\/03\/uga-recruiting-class-grade-overview\/?cxntfid=blogs_recruiting', 'ranking signing classes');\" target=\"_blank\">ranking signing classes<\/a> was a crap shoot.  You never know how an eighteen year old is going to react in his first year away from home, family, and his sweetheart.  Of course you also do not know what happens when kids start \u201changing\u201d with the wrong crowd.  The real world is just a different situation for some of these kids.<\/p>\n<p>I am not at all surprised to see that Georgia pulled in a mediocre (by their standard) recruiting class.  That is what happens in the midst of uncertainty, but hopefully this is just a bump in the road towards ultimate success.  It has been a long time since 1980!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cRecruiting is about relationships built, and we knew when we went through a process like we did with our coaching changes, that some relationships were broken,\u201d coach Mark Richt said. \u201cIt put a strain on some young men, and we know that some of them changed their minds and didn\u2019t stick with their commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, defensive coordinator Todd Grantham got some nice pieces to play with as he revamps the defense. Freakish athletes such as Jakar Hamilton and Alec Ogletree could contribute quickly and several defensive linemen were added. On offense, the list is short on superstar recruits after missing out on receivers Da\u2019Rick Rogers and Christian Green.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Let\u2019s judge this class in 3-4 years, after the flunkouts, legal issues, and homesickness are resolved.  It is one thing to say that the Dawgs now suck \u2013 such is the dejection of a <a href=\"http:\/\/footballrecruiting.rivals.com\/teamrank.asp?SID=880\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/footballrecruiting.rivals.com\/teamrank.asp?SID=880', '16th overall rivals.com class');\" target=\"_blank\">16th overall rivals.com class<\/a> \u2013 but it\u2019s another thing to see how these boys actually produce a few years down the road.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always maintained that ranking signing classes was a crap shoot. You never know how an eighteen year old is going to react in his first year away from home, family, and his sweetheart. Of course you also do not know what happens when kids start \u201changing\u201d with the wrong crowd. The real world &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/03\/average-signing-day-for-georgia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Average Signing Day for Georgia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-1988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-uga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2286,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions\/2286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}