As far as in-State Recruiting goes, we used to regularly compete for Recruits ranked in the Top5 at their position in GA.
2 yrs before Boss Ross won the MNC, the Top2 HS QBs in GA were Shawn Jones and Charlie Ward, we got Jones won a MNC, Fla State got Ward and he won a Heisman, maybe a MNC also.
Compare that to CPJ's Era, we never had any shot to sign Top2 QBs in GA, guys like Watson, Fromm, Fields, Lawrence, this was due to CPJ's gimmicky offense that Recruits hated.
After Jones, Todd Rampley was also a Top5 QB the year he came out of HS.
At other Positions Guys like Dwyer, Burnett, Calvin, Key Fox were Top5 at their position in GA .
The hard facts are that GOL and and Chan competed for that level of in-State Recruit, but once CPJ arrived that stopped almost instantly.
Your little smug, smarmy remark above shows you might not know GT FB as good as you think you do.
Also during those Eras mentioned above the Gap between us & UGA wasn't that wide, but the longer CPJ stayed the wider the Gap became with UGA and Clemson too.
Explain why an Offensive Genius couldn't get a Top2 In-state QB, after all he was a genius why wouldn't elite Recruits want to be developed by him?