Jenkins has always seemed like a great kid, so I wish him the best regardless. Hate we missed, but you can't win them all.
The position coach deal is kind of rational and irrational at the same time. It's true that Smart won't be here in three or four years, so that's an intelligent choice on his part. On the other hand, though, the odds of any coach being at any school for three or four more years down the road -- especially when it is a guy like Richt who has been there for more than a decade as it is -- are very low. To that extent, you better commit in large part to a school because the odds are relatively high that you will not finish your career with the coach you signed with.
As for us, in the end I think one of the big things that hurt us down the stretch was the rise of Ryan Anderson as a star prospect. Jenkins went from being the guy at Jack to likely fighting heavily with Anderson just to get on the field behind Dickson and Hubbard. He won't have that same problem in Athens. Grantham will have him on the field this fall and he'll be an every-down guy as a true sophomore.
The position coach deal is kind of rational and irrational at the same time. It's true that Smart won't be here in three or four years, so that's an intelligent choice on his part. On the other hand, though, the odds of any coach being at any school for three or four more years down the road -- especially when it is a guy like Richt who has been there for more than a decade as it is -- are very low. To that extent, you better commit in large part to a school because the odds are relatively high that you will not finish your career with the coach you signed with.
As for us, in the end I think one of the big things that hurt us down the stretch was the rise of Ryan Anderson as a star prospect. Jenkins went from being the guy at Jack to likely fighting heavily with Anderson just to get on the field behind Dickson and Hubbard. He won't have that same problem in Athens. Grantham will have him on the field this fall and he'll be an every-down guy as a true sophomore.
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