Dylan Raiola Transferring High Schools

[CrimsonTheory]

What’s sad is they are retroactively calling this a victory for their recruiting efforts in Buford. calling this a win to “open up the pipelines” in the city. And they are taking back that area. Georgia fans live in their own world.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1671570010861338650

It really is sad. 2x defending champ and they still have a inferiority complex.

 

[JohnD]

His brother, the fourth best pro style quarterback in his class did, and the eighth grade kid who’s starting now (doubt they could’ve guessed his potential though).

It doesn’t matter that they didn’t pan out, the Bama staff wanted them and that’s where they ended up. It wouldn’t surprise me if Alabama had been pointing out kids for a while, it’s a mutually beneficial relationship: college finds the kid, the high school gets them into the school zone, and the college has elite talent closer to home to recruit.

If anything, Kirby is slow in catching up.

I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but had the family moved to Alabaster while Tua was a Jr in high school, your comparison would be sound. Moving to the area simply to be near Tua makes more sense.

 

[81usaf92]

I hear what you are saying but that really isn't the same thing. Tua was recruited out of Hawaii to Alabama. Then his family moved to Alabama to be closer to him (plus other reasons maybe) and his brother went to Alabaster.

Yeah it’s a bit suspicious at where he wound up. Thompson before Freeman wasn’t a great high school program in Alabama. Freeman was probably on the shortlist of being known as the best high school coach in the state. It’s more that Lia wound up in Alabaster at a program that only those well connected saw being a pro factory over night. Thompson before Freeman was the door mat of 7A. They were a school too big to escape from Hoover but there wasn’t an area with much talent.

Had Lia gone to a place like Hillcrest then he probably has a decent Highschool career but he doesn’t play against near as much talent or with as much. I just don’t see the tagovalias making the move to Thompson specifically without being somewhat led to it.

FWIW here is Thompson’s history

Thompson

 

[TiderJack]

What’s sad is they are retroactively calling this a victory for their recruiting efforts in Buford. calling this a win to “open up the pipelines” in the city. And they are taking back that area. Georgia fans live in their own world.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1671570010861338650

If this guy is an insider he is not very good. Justin Fields went to Buford in 2017. I guess they don't count him since he finished at OSU.

 

[Tidetwin]

If this guy is an insider he is not very good. Justin Fields went to Buford in 2017. I guess they don't count him since he finished at OSU.

I think he went to Harrison High School in Kennesaw.

 

[TiderJack]

I think he went to Harrison High School in Kennesaw.

You are correct and I stand corrected.

 

[DawgAlum2054]

I can not think of any players that went to Buford that Kirby has recruited. Burford players do not commit to Georgia, and I would not be surprised if KJ bolden does not commit to Georgia either as FSU is picking up steam there. Georgia has had more success recruiting IMG and mater Dei than Buford by a long shot

 

[JohnD]

I can not think of any players that went to Buford that Kirby has recruited. Burford players do not commit to Georgia, and I would not be surprised if KJ bolden does not commit to Georgia either as FSU is picking up steam there. Georgia has had more success recruiting IMG and mater Dei than Buford by a long shot

Buford has historically only had the occasional stud, and most go out of state. Kirby recruited that area for Bama. He brought in Dillon Lee and Kurt Freitag. Then Bama did not have any real involvement there until McLaughlin. They've had more great players recently.