O linemen are not ready in a year. This is the type of blind criticism Im always talking about on here.
Where did I say they were supposed to be ready? I layed out the facts of the situation. Richt & Searles have completely mishandled oline recruiting. They were dealt a bad hand, but no one cares about the hand you were dealt three seasons in. Especially when you are in the Coastal Division. We've regressed at oline
- Richt said we won't be back until the 3 players in the 2018 class are ready
- 2014 class - KC and Darling are gone.
- 2015 class - James Coley touted as "the best oline class in the country," never came close to that billing. St. Louis, Gauthier, and Jones are all gone after this year.
- 2016 class - we landed Tre Johnson who isn't here anymore. I can give Richt a pass because it was a transition class, but the failure to find
any capable players can be seen on the field
- 2017 class - have all severely underperformed or not been developed yet. Concerning that Herbert couldn't find his way onto the field despite the amount of upperclassmen who transferred or never play (Brown, Milo).
- 2018 class - one of our commits just flipped to UF while the other is on the verge of joining him. Our top target Evan Neal is a longshot. Flipping Darius Washington looks like a longshot but we have better odds with Maurice Smith. However, we are still extremely thin at OT. We've ignored multiple P5 linemen in Broward & Dade County.
With all this in mind, the 2018 kids (Reed, Scaife, & Campbell) may have to start most, if not all, of 2019. Scaife, Campbell, and Hillary are our returning two deep tackles. Campbell and Hillary have almost 0 game exp. So Richt/Searles better get them ready.