A (Failed) Attempt to Maintain Perspective on the Eve of National Signing Day
by T Kyle King on Feb 2, 2010 10:19 PM EST
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PrintThis shouldn’t surprise us, since it’s been a rough 25 months in Bulldog Nation, but it’s been a rough 36 hours in Bulldog Nation. Christian Green and Jeff Whitaker opted for other schools after listing Georgia among their choices and a couple of guys who told Mark Richt they were coming to Athens (commonly called "verbal commitments"; the adjective is accurate but the noun is false) backed out on their previously stated intentions when Nickell Robey and Da’Rick Rogers had last-minute changes of heart.
Is this the end of the world as we know it? Probably not, although recruiting is the lifeblood of the sport and the division rival we have the most trouble beating seems to have the top talent on lockdown, so it probably means the preservation of the status quo as we know it. I, for one, blame Senator Blutarsky’s optimism for the Bulldogs’ most recent reversals.
Tomorrow is a big day, and the signing day open comment thread will be up and running by the time you wake up . . . and maybe even before you go to bed. Two things worth bearing in mind are that (a) these are young men, given to the impulsiveness and suspect decisionmaking that typify even those 18-year-old boys who have not received the level of ego-boosting adulation heaped upon high school athletes of this lofty caliber, and (b) youth is wasted on the young.
At least, youth was wasted on me when I was young, so much so that I enjoyed what I surely realized even then was lousy television. Nevertheless, I am looking forward to this, which helps me to put national signing day in its proper perspective:
Wait a minute . . . Liam Neeson as John "Hannibal" Smith?!?! With that accent? Are you kidding me? This is the worst casting since that idiot at Pixar came up with the cockamamie notion that Owen Wilson had the acting chops to carry off a role with the range and nuance of Lightning McQueen!
Yeah, this movie’s going to be lousy. I hate it when a plan fails to come together. So much for maintaining an even keel around here. When you expect the worst, your only option is to be proven correct.
Have a happy national signing day, everyone.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!! Go ‘Dawgs!
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Well at least Da’Rick will have his best buddy’s shoulder to cry on when we destroy the Vols over his career.
"Dum spiro spero"
by Bravely going forward on Feb 2, 2010 10:36 PM EST reply actions
Christian Green
Don’t we still have a shot to get Christian Green?
The last I saw, Chip Towers said that Christian Green . . .
. . . “reportedly” had told Mark Richt that he was signing with the Seminoles after taking an official visit to Tallahassee last weekend. Of course, the inclusion of that adverb may indicate it isn’t a done deal, but I’m trying to be as pessimistic as possible, and recent experience suggests that, if a kid is thinking about being gone, he’s gone.
Go 'Dawgs!
I see you "Christian Green is gone"
And I’ll raise you “Chip Towers is a dumbass”
"I Run This State." - Washaun Ealey and Caleb King
by RedCrake on Feb 2, 2010 11:51 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
THE DOGS GOT JILTED AGAIN!!!
They just can’t catch a break! Getting JILTED left and right!!!
Also, Nickell Robey probably won’t sign with Georgia.
by get swoll yunel on Feb 3, 2010 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
Recruiting class
this is what CMR gets for being reactive with CWM instead of proactive. just take our beating and regroup. best thing we can do is show an improvement on d and get people excited.
by Charlotte NC Dawg on Feb 3, 2010 12:00 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Whatever
I’m just glad that the whole silly season of recruiting is nearly behind us. It is not my cup of tea. Give me a handful of mediocre recruits with a great coaching staff and I’ll give you a product that is better than what a great bunch of recruits with a mediocre set of coaches could churn out. Regardless of what happens tomorrow, this offseason has been a positive one for the Dawgs. I’ve now got renewed faith in our coaching staff to make something great out of what we get.
And besides, Lost came back tonight. That has to count for something.
Thank you
I HATE recruiting. There is no more perverse institution in this country than the one that has evolved around recruiting. It is sickening to me that there are seriously grown men that let the ebb and flow of their well-being be dictated by where a bunch of 17 and 18 year olds go to college.
While I acknowledge that recruiting is vital to a football program, the industry that it has grown into over the last 20 years or so sickens me and I don’t follow it at all for that reason. I don’t care if that 5 star can’t miss recruit signs with the Bulldogs today. All I care is that who we sign today ends up making an impact from September – December, not in Feburary.
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