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I really hate us losing Braun, I see him as our next Cade Mays. Hopefully, he'll be open to Luke and come back to us.
Hate to hear Braun has jumped off the "great wall". He would have been a huge asset in years to come at Georgia. I'm sure he is disappointed that Sam left and it may have been that he was already thinking of decommitting before Sam left. I'm not sure if the Dawgnation writer was told he would not be considering Georgia moving forward or that was just the writers opinion "(That said, it is not expected that he will consider Georgia going forward)".
These young men build relationships with these coaches that recruit them and I'm sure Josh feels betrayed to some degree. Hopefully he will have a change of heart and commit to the G, but my gut tells me this had more to do with something else rather than just Pittman leaving. Pittman leaving just gave him an easy out.
I mean, on 1 hand I kind of understand wanting to play for a specific coach. But everyone knows you are committing to a school not a person. Football coaches are constantly getting shuffled around. It seems foolhardy to approach recruiting like that.
Sorry to hear the news but understand his decision.
Getting off the OL subject for a minute - who do we have to replace Blankenship?
I'm a bit more worried about his replacement.
Georgia only has 14 commits.........Hopefully Kirby is out there working 20 hours a day to improve recruiting....it could go either way...I would love to see a top QB but I don't think there are any out there...
Just a word on Big Sam.......no doubt...the best out there....but, in reality, just how much better...having the best front four this year didn't seem to do us a lot of good
Committing to a coach simply does not make sense in this day and time. I understand the attraction but any given coach could leave any given program at any given time (I know I used "given" a bunch of times). If Arkansas had made the decision a week or so later, he would have already signed with us. If this came next year, what then?
I appreciate the lure of being coached by Pittman but we need athletes to commit to play for UGA because they love UGA. Just my opinion on this matter.
You commit to a school because of academics. You commit to football or basketball because of the coaches. In that light, decisions like this doesn't surprise me. I don't know about college baseball of other college sports but nothing is more true in football and basketball. Kids were not clamoring for Bama like they are now before Saban got there. True for the Gators before Spurrier and Meyer, True to a large degree since Smart at UGA. These schools have always had talent but not like they've had it under these coaches. In basketball, do you think UK is the reason or Calapari? I totally get Josh Braun with the caveat, why not go to Arkansas then if it's all about Pittman?
Yup, see first post way down below. He's a gator.
Braun seems hacked off at UGA about Pittman leaving. "My comment is void". His reaction gives me the feeling he was leaning toward Florida before Pittman left. I think most guys would express some regret about changing their commitment and appreciation for the opportunity offered by the school. I see Braun as requiring a lot of attention if he had come to UGA. Sometimes things work out for the best even it's not obvious initially.