Quote Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg View Post
That would explain a whole lot about their program. I have never understood why UGA can't sustain baseball success. I was lucky to have gone there for a rising SR camp in '90 right after they won the CWS - and Perno was my "team" coach that week. 95% of the kids there were Metro ATL - and most were guys I played against in Cobb HS's or hotbeds like Parkview and Redan or with the East Cobb travel program. They signed 1 kid from that group. They have a lot on their roster now from GA - but they always seem to miss on the top talent. We need to hope that Scott Sticklin's Evil Twin doesn't figure it out either.
It all goes back to Polk's recruiting philosophy, which was carried over by Perno. That's to never chase truly elite talent -- and basically have pinky promises from everyone you sign that they won't go with MLB(which are players you evaluated as unworthy of an early round MLB offer). They were left trying to "evaluate" mid round or worse talent -- and then convince them that UGA was where they needed to be when none of the elite guys(that of course are acquaintances to these players) are even hearing from UGA, leaving it as kinda the "uncool" place to be. It's a perpetual cycle of ineptitude. Occasionally, they would "hit" on the right player and personality -- who would bring along a bunch of buddies -- and would make them a title contender for 2 years before they were back to the drawing board.

Fact is -- if you just hit those East Cobb travelling teams -- and manage to get the majority of them to come to school -- you are a PERPETUAL national title contender. If they ever get their fan support rocking for baseball and become a destination to kids in Ga like LSU is in LA or MSU is in MS, WATCH OUT, because they will be a ridiculous dynasty.