How they really stand — from Braves (1) to Jacket hoops (10)
Expect Braves to do some postseason celebrating, and maybe win division. (Hyosub Shin)
I was going to wait until after the NBA playoffs to reveal this year’s edition of the, “How They Really Stand” rankings, just on the chance that Hawks guard Jeff Teague (based on his Monday playoff debut) suddenly morphs into Oscar Robertson and Atlanta’s NBA franchise becomes the standard for area sports teams. But I’ll take a chance. Following are my completely unscientific rankings of the local pro and major college teams. (No Georgia State football yet; longer resume is needed). It’s impossible to do this without somebody reacting, “Schultz, you’re an idiot.” But I get that at breakfast every morning, so I’m OK with it. Rankings are based on current strength of team, franchise/program stability and direction. Last year’s rankings are in parenthesis.
♦ 1. Braves (2): They’ve tripped out of the starting gate. But this is too good of a roster to stay down for long. They have the pitching and hitting to win the National League East over Philadelphia, assuming Dan Uggla remembers that he’s supposed to be good. Success also hinges on limiting those TMZ-like moments.
♦ 2. Falcons (1): The league’s second-best record (13-3) last season isn’t meaningless, but the playoff loss to Green Bay exposed sinkholes. If wide receiver Julio Jones turns into the playmaker the Falcons expect, the draft day trade was a bold and great move. But defensive help is needed in free agency.
Your bipolar Hawks have put it together in playoffs. (AP photo)
♦ 3. Hawks (3): Many aspects of the franchise are up in the air, ownership included. But the elimination of Orlando was bigger than previous first-round series wins over Miami and Milwaukee. Winning the opener against Chicago, minus Kirk Hinrich, certainly wasn’t on the radar. Larry Drew deserves some credit, folks.
♦ 4. Georgia basketball (8): Mark Fox went from 14-17 in his first season to 21-12 with an NCAA tournament bid in his second. Has he proven everything? No. With
Mark Richt is trying to be Mr. Fix-it at Georgia. (Brant Sanderlin)
Trey Thompkins and Travis Leslie leaving for the pros, Fox is going to be more dependent on his recruits now. But there’s no reason to doubt a man who has coached his players up from forgetting to pack their shoes on a road trip to making the tournament. He has changed the culture of Georgia hoops.
♦ 5. This space for lease (6): TSFL moves up one spot. Needed some space before we dropped to the next tier.
♦ 6. Georgia football (5): Mark
Brian Gregory has to do some convincing. (Johnny Crawford)
Richt’s win totals in the last four seasons: 11, 10, 8, 6. Athletic director Greg McGarity is giving him another year to fix the problems, dividing the fan base. But to his credit, Richt has been making staff changes and just put together potentially one of the top recruiting classes in the country. He says he feels “rejuvenated.” We anxiously await to see how he feels after the Boise State and South Carolina games.
♦ 7. Georgia Tech football (4): After going 20-7 with an ACC championship in Paul Johnson’s first two seasons, the Jackets descended to 6-7 last season (Johnson’s worst record since going 2-10 in year one at Navy). Tech had lost its best players to the NFL, but there were too many games when players seemed to be mentally drift. So expect Johnson to be meaner and snarkier in practices. Wait. Is that possible?
♦ 8. Atlanta Dream (9): They’ve come a long way since having a playoff game bumped for Sesame Street Live, reaching the WNBA finals last year. Look at me, talking women’s basketball. Electroshock therapy appointment scheduled for later this week.
♦ 9. Thrashers (10): The Thrashers gave us a couple of good months. That’s something. But in the end, they missed the playoffs for the 10th time in 11 seasons. Not sure what the mathematical probability of that even is. The new general manager (Rick Dudley) and coach (Craig Ramsay) have been solid, but this franchise will go only as far as a thrift store budget will take it. The hope is the Thrashers don’t turn into something only after being unloaded from a moving van.
♦ 10. Georgia Tech basketball (7): Welcome to the bottom. Get comfortable. Paul Hewitt was paid $7 million to go away. He already has landed a job at George Mason. Tech is in a budget crunch and hired Hewitt’s replacement on the cheap. Now administrators are hoping new coach Brian Gregory can hold things together so recruiting doesn’t take a significant hit. Also, Iman Shumpert just went pro. For a rosier picture, see fund-raising pamphlets.
By Jeff Schultz
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190 comments Add your comment
David
May 3rd, 2011
2:38 pm
1st
Chan Gaily
May 3rd, 2011
2:39 pm
Miss me yet?
Bum
May 3rd, 2011
2:39 pm
Hot carl
David
May 3rd, 2011
2:40 pm
Gregory will have Georgia Tech basketball back soon so they won’t be comfortable at the bottom. UGA basketball 4th is a joke….they haven’t won a tourney game since 1996 LOL horrible list
@DanWeiner
May 3rd, 2011
2:41 pm
The Falcons are clearly number one. It’s not even up for debate. The Phillies starting pitching is better and once Utley is healthy their line up is better. Hell, at least the Hawks have won playoff series each of the past three seasons. You’re crowning the Braves who haven’t won a playoff series in years.
@DanWeiner
May 3rd, 2011
2:43 pm
Actually, it is up for debate. In this sad sports city the Hawks may be #1. The Braves are #3.
zzggyy
May 3rd, 2011
2:44 pm
“Schultz, you’re an idiot.” (Just to make sure you were right about at least one thing!)
Jeff Schultz
May 3rd, 2011
2:45 pm
zzggyy — An upset! It took seven comments! (I’ll mail you a certificate.)
Jeff Schultz
May 3rd, 2011
2:45 pm
Chan Gailey: Always.
Jeff Schultz
May 3rd, 2011
2:46 pm
News bulletin: Iman Shumpert is remaining in the NBA draft.
Brock
May 3rd, 2011
2:48 pm
that sounds about right.
AT
May 3rd, 2011
2:51 pm
So you’re going to rank the Falcons and Braves ahead of the Hawks? Forget the Green Bay at home already? And the Braves are #1? Really? The Hawks are the only decent product in town right now and last night they take a huge leap forward.
Beast from the East
May 3rd, 2011
2:51 pm
Jeff,
Your list is way off. It’s springtime in the state of Georgia and that means UGA Football is #1!
MatthewH
May 3rd, 2011
2:52 pm
Even though they have a new coach, does this mean we can put Kennesaw St at 9.5?
DawginLex
May 3rd, 2011
2:53 pm
Delusional Dawg here:
1.)UGA football after Richt makes all the ahters eat crow
2.)Falcons
3.)Braves
4.)Hawks
5.)UGA basketball
6.)Tech football
7.)Tech basketball
8.)Thrashers
9.)Dream
10.)Kate Upton doing the dougie at a clippers game
DawginLex
May 3rd, 2011
2:53 pm
haters, not ahters
DawginLex
May 3rd, 2011
2:55 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcJScBLIEX4
#10
CantonBraves
May 3rd, 2011
2:55 pm
Of course the Bravos are first….and this where they should have been last year. All teams will have hiccups…Good luck to McDowell and Lowe. Everyone have their moments of poor decisions and any of you who are faultless, then chuck all the stones or boulders you can.
joe
May 3rd, 2011
3:00 pm
After the top 4 and TSFL, I’d rank the following before UGA football:
6.Sprayberry JV swimming team
7. E. Rivers Elementary Dodge Ball team
8. Atlanta Silverbacks Soccer
9. W. GA College Debate Team
10. UGA football
11. Tech football
12. Tech hoops
BYRDDAWG
May 3rd, 2011
3:11 pm
Lex, you hit it right dawg
!!!!
PTC DAWG
May 3rd, 2011
3:13 pm
Will be fun this fall….watching CPJ frying fish.
Jim Bob
May 3rd, 2011
3:14 pm
UGA basketball No. 4 is a joke. No tournament wins in 15 years. When your program is at a high after making the tournament and losing in the 1st round that’s pretty sad. Next year they will be awful.
Jeff is it true the only time you see the sunlight is when Mark Fox smiles?
RxDawg
May 3rd, 2011
3:14 pm
No Georgia Southern football? They at least made it to the playoffs last year.
Gordon
May 3rd, 2011
3:15 pm
Way too low for GT Hoops. You will be surprised. The transition was made without losing our biggest recruit, our best player (probably, will know in a few days), and we already have two great assistant hires. UGA hoops is in general on the upswing, but may take a step back this year. Think about this: as bad as Hewitt was the last two years, he accomplished more than Mark Fox. Both had a losing season and made the NCAA, but Hewitt won a game in the NCAA.
I also think UGA football is too low. They will have a good year. Tech football is just too hard to predict.
Dawgsfan13
May 3rd, 2011
3:17 pm
As a baseball fan I have to insert Tech baseball at 4 and move UGA basketball down one. I would then put UGA baseball just ahead of Tech basketball only because: They play the #1 schedule in the country and have seemingly gotten hot and at the right time.
Give me a break
May 3rd, 2011
3:17 pm
UGA football should be on the bottom, right next to basketball. Exactly where they belong
DawginLex
May 3rd, 2011
3:20 pm
gordon, Hewitt took a highly successful program and destroyed it.
Fox inherited a graveyard of cheating idiots and has made it respectable.
Reid Adair
May 3rd, 2011
3:20 pm
Larry Drew does deserve a lot of credit.
Let us know how your electroshock therapy goes.
rxdawg79
May 3rd, 2011
3:20 pm
@Jim Bob: So who would you place above them? The Dream? Thrashers? Either football team (losing records both)? GT BB? They can’t beat the Dawgs BB, so they have to be below them.
Note that he didn’t say they were great. To me, they are the fourth-largest fish in a small pond.
Gordon
May 3rd, 2011
3:20 pm
Yikes. GT Hoops just fell a notch with Shumpert leaving (big mistake IMO but good luck) but the long term outlook is still good.
Jim Bob
May 3rd, 2011
3:28 pm
rxdawg, I would put UGA football then Tech football. Yes both went 6-7 last year but Uga is a perennial top 15 FB program and Tech a regular top 25 program. IMO both will rebound next year. Yes GA basketball made the field of 68 but they will digress.
Joe Tess Fish House
May 3rd, 2011
3:28 pm
I would of had put the Flacons last for all the dum draftday stuf they do. Starting with drafting Matt Ryan 2 Perrei Jerry 2 Juliet Jones.
Briley Parkway
May 3rd, 2011
3:33 pm
Dawgsfan13 I’m with you. Tech baseball definitely deserves some love, and UGA baseball appears to be on the right track after a pretty dismal season a year ago and a slow start this year.
enz
May 3rd, 2011
3:36 pm
Weird as it is to say it the Hawks have had the most recent success. Sure as heck isn’t the Braves as much as I love them….
Hawks get no love! Only ATL team that can get past the first round of their sport’s playoffs…
Kramer
May 3rd, 2011
3:38 pm
I would have placed tech baseball ahead of tech football. I am a UGA fan but, you have to respect techies baseball prgram. The football program on the other hand is not so good.
rxdawg79
May 3rd, 2011
3:41 pm
@JIm Bob: You may be right, but I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that the rankings were based on the most recent results. I would agree that both UGA and GT FB are historically better than UGA BB (as is GT BB), and that both will re-emerge as stronger teams sooner rather than later. GT BB…I’d don’t see the re-emergence quite so quickly.
The Real JC
May 3rd, 2011
3:44 pm
I’d like to respectfully suggest a 2-3 switch, based on most recent playoff performance. The 10-11 Falcons are like the 09-10 or 08-09 Hawks – they made it past the first round (bye) only to get humiliated in the second. The Hawks, meanwhile, have at least won one second round playoff game. It’s close, for sure, but it’s hard not to give the edge to the Hawks right now.
the real Old Gold
May 3rd, 2011
3:49 pm
UGA basketball? This ranking made the list a joke early on.. didn’t even finish reading.
J Clay
May 3rd, 2011
3:53 pm
If ranking based on expectations – would have to put the Hawks #1 – they have already done more than predicted – while the Falcons did less and so far the Braves have done less.
Crazy stat – they are only 1 of 3 teams to make the 2nd round in each of the last 3 seasons (along with Lakers and Celtics)
PureEvil
May 3rd, 2011
4:07 pm
What are the Atlanta Dream and Atlanta Thrashers? Never heard of those teams before!!
Dan
May 3rd, 2011
4:07 pm
falcons certainly had a debacle of a playoff game, but they did have the best record in the nfc last year. Hawks wouldn’t have made the playoffs in a football format. Braves do look good but they are still second in their division. Falcons/Braves/Hawks/Thrashers and minor league teams should have their own ranking
Heath
May 3rd, 2011
4:08 pm
I’d put Kennesaw State football in there somewhere. They’re still undefeated!
RxDawg
May 3rd, 2011
4:09 pm
Jim Bob, I thought you were talking to me. I was thinking huh?
PureEvil
May 3rd, 2011
4:10 pm
1. Braves
2. Falcons
3. Hawks
4. UGA football
5. Gwinnett Braves
6. GT football
7. GT Baseball
8. GT Hoops
9. Gwinnett Gladiators
10. Gym dogs
11. UGA baseball
PureEvil
May 3rd, 2011
4:11 pm
Sorry meant UGA Hoops at 8 not GT hoops.
ugaclassof2004
May 3rd, 2011
4:19 pm
I would put the Falcons 1#, Hawks 2#, Braves 3#. The Falcons are working their way towards a legit Super Bowl push.The Hawks and the Braves are playoff caliber teams that aren’t likely to make it past the first couple of rounds. Plus, the Falcons have had to overcome more due to the Michael Vick/Bobby Petrino debacle. That’s why I rate them ahead of the Braves and Hawks.
One thing is painfully clear though, UGA football is at 6# and falling fast. In fact, I might be tempted to put Tech ahead of us due to the fact that at least Tech has won a conference title and played in a BCS bowl as recently as 2009. UGA football on the other hand has completely crashed into a ditch the last 3 years. All this ” Coach Richt has my full support” is a bunch of baloney. Make no mistake about it, Greg McGarity is there to clean house.Richt loses those 1st two games and he’s gone, mark it down.
BIG BUFF
May 3rd, 2011
4:19 pm
If the Dream were playing in my backyard, I would close the curtains.
No respect for the Thrash but that’s typical. Hockey, the only sport that hasn’t been taken over by money and thugs and police reports and PEDs, gets no love. If you watch the game and realize how much these guys (not necessarily the Thrash, although they do play hard, this year but the good teams)care and play for each other and play with so much emotion and play so dad gum hard, I’m telling you, you’d love watching the game.
Braves .....lol
May 3rd, 2011
4:20 pm
I am boycotting Braves till that joke of a coach is fired. Distant 3rd already in standings, no stolen bases, (wait maybe 1), DUI for starting VETERAN pitcher, and Pitching coach gettin inna back and to with a couple of queens from SF. This is baaaaad people.
Lum
May 3rd, 2011
4:25 pm
You are far too enamored with pro sports. The college game (though it IS inching towards pro-dom) is still the creme de la creme in Georgia. I do not live or die with the Braves, Falcons and Hawks like I do with the Jackets and the ‘Dogs. But maybe that’s just me.
JSS
May 3rd, 2011
4:28 pm
@ Jeff Schultz…
You know I’ll be back later to take care of that crack about the Dream! You’re like those commentators cracking on the Queen’s yellow dress. She can wear grey wool re-enactors uniform like Larry and Sid; but she is still the Queen!
Sesame Street, Peachtree Street… The Banner hanging in Phillips Arena will still read; 2009 Eastern Conference Champions! Tell the Braves to shine that Wild Card one up before Roger gets back and threatens a large segment of the Metro communality with some lewd act after his little vacation! Maybe he’ll go and get one of those Julio Bow Ties off layaway and hang out in Hall County with Dick Dastardly (Blank) and Muttley (Coach Smith)? what’s Dudleu Doo Right doig since he can’t sign anybody till after the Appeals Court rules?
Hey, I thought you were going to carry the bag for Smoltz? +27, good grief, was BugKiller or Izzo must must have been giving him advice? he should have gone all John Daly on Day 2!
Hoopster
May 3rd, 2011
4:30 pm
This bogus column isn’t worthy of a response. Sadly the only way to convey this message is responding. Rat farts!
Kramer
May 3rd, 2011
4:30 pm
Braves….lol, you should boycott the Braves based on the fact you don’t know squat about the game. The loss of you as a fan means nothing.
Nebraska, the next Big Ten champions
May 3rd, 2011
4:35 pm
You know, all the teams in Georgia sux.
Larry
May 3rd, 2011
4:35 pm
GT football should be 9th and GT basketball should be 10th, both of those teams are AWFUL, Go Braves
tonyb
May 3rd, 2011
4:38 pm
Though I do understand you reasoning, I have to say Falcons should be 1 and Braves 2. I think Falcons have a little more to get to the top than do the Braves.
Ted Striker
May 3rd, 2011
4:40 pm
I’m still peeved that we don’t have a lingerie football team.
Shannon in Athens
May 3rd, 2011
4:42 pm
This is crazy. You have to ask “which team has the best shot of winning it all?”
It’s not the Braves.
1. Falcons.
2. UGA Basketball (easier to do than NBA)
3. Ga Tech basketball (ditto)
4. Braves
5. UGA Football
6. Hawks (NO FREAKIN CHANCE)
GTBob
May 3rd, 2011
4:42 pm
This list makes me sad for Georgia Sports. Most of these teams couldn’t win a tournament game or playoff series, or bowl game. UGA and GT sports in particular are pretty bad.
Let NONE in
May 3rd, 2011
4:45 pm
no way the Thrashers are NOT in last place. 11 years of sucking and still going strong.
JSS
May 3rd, 2011
4:49 pm
@ Ted Striker…
What day was the last day of the semester in Athens? Brother, you’ll get all that you’ll ever need to see the next morning! You should have gone to see The Raveonettes wth us along with my Goddaughter! It made me glad I’m old man and out the game!
Jackets21
May 3rd, 2011
5:02 pm
Schultz, do you actually live here? I can’t believe you are a sports beat writer for this city. The only thing even close to the popularity of UGA football might, and i say might, be the Braves. The Falcons following comes and goes with the performance. The Hawks are maybe a touch more popular than the Thrashers but it wasnt too long ago that most people couldnt tell you whether an NBA team even existed in Atlanta. Actually, I thought the Dream were Sesame Street Live. BTW, I’m a GT football not UGA fan, just telling the truth.
Najeh Davenpoop
May 3rd, 2011
5:05 pm
How many second round games have this incarnation of the Braves and Falcons won?
Hawks #1
(Yes, technically, a first round bye in the NFL is like making it to the second round. Also, getting sh-tted on by the Packers like they did in January is like the equivalent of the Hawks getting swept by the Magic last year.)
Pete The Petrel
May 3rd, 2011
5:13 pm
How ’bout the Ogelthorpe men’s golf team? Conference champs and #8 in the land!
Najeh Davenpoop
May 3rd, 2011
5:19 pm
1. Hawks
2. Braves
3. Falcons
4. fill in the blank
Tech Grad
May 3rd, 2011
5:21 pm
What about Walton girls tennis?
Tech Grad
May 3rd, 2011
5:22 pm
and the Buford High Football team……….
JSS
May 3rd, 2011
5:25 pm
@ Pete…
You got to be kidding? Augusta State won the whole NCAA D-1 Golf championship last year and there was not one line written about the feat! I bet if the Athens or Tech team won, they would haave been put on the front page!
@ Davenpoop…
What’s up with your stalker on the Hawks blog?
I’m still laughing at Braves and Falcons fans puffing up when it has been more than a decade since the former won a series I think… And the latter, well… It is well documented that they spit the bit (road or home)!
lanier
May 3rd, 2011
5:30 pm
Jeff how can you possibly rank the Braves 1st. This was a wild card team and are trending downhill.
The Falcons had the best record in the NFC and are trending upward
You have been here awhile amd should be aware of the local sports situation. Its amazing to me your prospective and I am a Braves fan above all else
Buckeye
May 3rd, 2011
5:31 pm
1. Wesleyan Wolves
2. Ohio State
3. Falcons
4. Hawks
5. Braves
Dead Last: uga
UGASlobberknocker
May 3rd, 2011
5:49 pm
UGA basketball ahead of UGA football.? That surely is a misprint. forme UGA football is #1, but overall in Atlanta I would rank them Braves are #1, Falcons #2 and UGA football #3..Hawks way down the list.
Section 303
May 3rd, 2011
6:05 pm
There is no way…NO WAY the Hawks are not #1. Schultz, you’re totally full of sh#t. Hawks are the #1 team in this town….really not even a debate to be had. Talk to me when the Braves or Falcons sniff the 2nd round of the playoffs.
nyomouth
May 3rd, 2011
6:13 pm
Since when was UGA in Atlanta? Im just saying…
nyomouth
May 3rd, 2011
6:16 pm
when will those UGA rednecks fire rick by the way…..dumbazzes…
mark33
May 3rd, 2011
6:16 pm
DawginLex- nice but you got the order wrong.
1-9. Kate Upton doing the dougie (man that chick is hot)
10. Braves cause they got 1 championship.
11+ everyone else.
nyomouth
May 3rd, 2011
6:17 pm
i call him rick because richt is boring….
@Nebraska, the next Big Ten champions
May 3rd, 2011
6:20 pm
It could be worse. We could live in God forsaken Nebraska, home of the Cornholers.
there are more prairie dogs than people..and thats just because the prairie dogs cant leave.
Oglethorpe golf?
May 3rd, 2011
6:24 pm
they definitely make the Top 10..of all the teams on Peachtree Rd between Brookhaven and 285..but thats if you dont count all of the church basketball teams along the way.
UGASlobberknocker
May 3rd, 2011
6:28 pm
Even I have to put Ga Tech basketball ahead of the Atlanta Dream. The Dream? are you kidding me?
with apologies to th Dream fans..all 14 of them.
Bull Dawg
May 3rd, 2011
6:38 pm
It’s tough being a bull dawg. Everybody calls you a leg humper but, the best you can do is a foot. It’s terrible being short and fat!
Thrashersfan
May 3rd, 2011
6:56 pm
Womens basketball is considered a sport?
D. Lowe (NHRA racer)
May 3rd, 2011
6:58 pm
Section 303, technically the Falcons made it to the second round with the first round bye. I agree with you though:
1)- Hawks ( deeper playoff run than any other team, save the Dream)
2)- Falcons ( Great regular season, bad playoffs, good draft, committed owner)
3) – Braves ( Sub .500 record through April, New coach, 3 ring circus, etc)
4) – everyone else is tied.
Woodsy
May 3rd, 2011
7:03 pm
1. UGA football – defending Fulmer Cup champions;
2. Hawks – won a playoff series;
3. Braves – won a playoff game;
4. Falcons – won their division but not a playoff game;
5. Dream – made the playoffs;
6. Kennesaw State – owned Georgia and Georgia Tech this year;
7. UGA basketball – made the playoffs but didn’t deserve it;
8. GT baseball – kings of the regular season;
9. Gwinnett Braves – beautiful ballpark but no fans;
10. GT football – not so beautiful ballpark and no fans;
11. GT basketball – destroying their ballpark and ran off their fans;
12. Thrashers – are they still in Georgia?
13. UGA baseball – from (almost) first to worst.
St. Clarkston
May 3rd, 2011
7:05 pm
Ha ha ha ha ha. It’s not the braves, falcons, hawks or jackets. It’s a team that doesn’t even play in Atlanta. UGA football.
M10
May 3rd, 2011
7:11 pm
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M10
May 3rd, 2011
7:11 pm
I would easily put the Falcons and the Hawks over the Braves.
Coon-Dawg
May 3rd, 2011
7:27 pm
UGA baseball and gym Dawgs deserve 9-10 slots based on their last 5 year run !
Cletus Dooley Earnhardt SR.
May 3rd, 2011
7:41 pm
Nooo otther spportt exxist toa jOrga white redbloooded amerrricun malle other than UGA FOOTBAIL.
Thee otherr sportts aree for Mexiicans and BLACKSSS
-GO UGA FOITBALLL!
Al
May 3rd, 2011
8:12 pm
Thank goodness we waterboarded kalid steak and shake muhammad or we would have never found bin laden.
Get Real
May 3rd, 2011
8:28 pm
UGA Football #1. Not even close. Tell me how many of those Falcons, Braves, and Hawks fans would make a major contribution with only hopes of being able to buy tickets.
JSS
May 3rd, 2011
8:38 pm
Al… It wasn’t from those, he was done by 2005… It came from an low level underling, and they are saying it was from 2007 and included threatening his family…. The real info came in early 09 when the new FBI tactics got the the whereabouts of them after they had not been located in 2 years…
Sorry, I owe the Dream an apology. The would be the 2010 Eastern Conference champions!!!
Angie O'Plasty
May 3rd, 2011
9:05 pm
Fredi Gonzalez will be fired after 2012 season.
Akers
May 3rd, 2011
9:13 pm
Yes Braves are the city and entire south’s #1 team…not even close or up for discussion! If there was a vote the Braves would have well over 50%! I know football fans think football is king, but because of TBS and how the Braves have performed over the last 20 years they now have very deep roots. Btw…more kids still play baseball than any other sport!
Clint
May 3rd, 2011
9:22 pm
The Hawks are #1 based on actually winning in the playoffs. That’s something the Braves and Falcons didn’t do. The Braves are below .500 right now too so that doesn’t help their case.
zebra
May 3rd, 2011
9:45 pm
You still really do not get it. In the state of Ga.,even if UGA goes 0-11, they are still #1.
End of story.
BUZZ 2011
May 3rd, 2011
9:55 pm
GT basketball will soar………………Watch them fly..
BUZZ 2011
May 3rd, 2011
9:57 pm
Schultz has always been the fifth best judge of talent in Georgia..
Wait a minote, are there more than four sports writers?
GT willmake you ear crow and we love your picks..
Darryl Blackberry
May 3rd, 2011
10:06 pm
Buzz2011: What’s it like to have one’s ear crow? Sounds nasty. Don’t want my ear making “caw” noises. Nossir.
Jeff: I’ll pick This Space For Rent over the Thrashers. I hear they’re trying to sign This Gun For Hire in the offseason.
Delbert D.
May 3rd, 2011
10:09 pm
Will the 2 major college football teams in Georgia continue to resemble Colorado and Colorado State? Are the Braves one strained oblique away from oblivion? Will Shumpert find glory in a European developmental league? Can Julio Jones produce 3 TDs a game to rescue the Falcons defense?
Rankings Reflections based on previous bodies of work
May 3rd, 2011
10:21 pm
1. Braves – finally made the playoffs after a long absence but injuries and a bad case of Conrad probably cost them a shot at the World Series
2. Falcons – #1 Seed and BYE but got embarrassed and had an early exit
3. Hawks – made playoffs, got past the first round but still got pushed around by the bucks and then humiliated by the magic
4. UGA B’Ball – finished with overall winning record and winning record in the SEC, made The Field fought hard but was still eliminated
6. UGA F’Ball – down year started with loss the S. Carolina, could have beat Auburn with a better D, culminated in an ugly bowl loss to UCF
7. Tech F’Ball – losing overall record, .500 in the ACC. Lost to Georgia .. lost to Air Force in equally ugly bowl loss
8. WNBA – apparently made it to the finals? (I thought the WNBA folded a long time ago or was at least absorbed by the various Women’s College basketball teams? Apparently not, but it should be)
9. Thrashers – why are they even on the list? They’ve had 1 relevant year in their existence. Hurry up and fold them already or at least get them out of Atlanta .. this is a football/baseball state not hockey move em to Canada already
10. Tech B’Ball – bad overall record, horrible conference record, winning home record!!! woot!!! 1 win in 11 games on the road wth? hewitt gone!! woot!!! bad but not thrasher bad (why is that team on the list anways?)
Najeh Davenpoop
May 3rd, 2011
11:39 pm
“Tell me how many of those Falcons, Braves, and Hawks fans would make a major contribution with only hopes of being able to buy tickets.”
Is it really something to be proud of that a fan base will pay for the right to pay to watch a mediocre product in person?
True Champions
May 3rd, 2011
11:58 pm
Jeff – How about the girls’ tennis team from Walton High School in East Cobb County as one of the greatest teams from the Atlanta area ever? They’ve just won 145 consecutive matches becoming the team with the longest unbeaten streak in the history of Georgia High School athletics in any sport, boys or girls. That’s a Dynasty if there ever was one.
Ted Striker
May 4th, 2011
12:15 am
@JSS — Good point about living in Athens. Your concert sounds interesting. I haven’t been to Masquerade in some time.
5150 UOAD
May 4th, 2011
1:21 am
Did the COUNT steal your wifes granny panties to line the inside or his cape in that photo?
DREAM #1
Hawks #2
Drunk UGA Chicks #3
Falcons #4
Tech baseball #5
Damon Evans getting an Ugly White Chick and a DUI in one night #6
Tech losing to Air Force and a Losing season with 3* players #7
Mark Right Losing to O”Leary again and having a losing season #8
UGA Players arrested in a year #9
Bark Madley and Jethro Shitzs still getting a PAYCHECK for this crap #10.
Just kidding JEFF you know I always read and like most of your stuff.
5150 UOAD
May 4th, 2011
1:23 am
What?
5150 UOAD
May 4th, 2011
1:24 am
What happened to my last post?
I gave you a great Top 10 countdown. Can you check and see if you can re-post it? TY JEFF.
BravesFan79
May 4th, 2011
1:55 am
1 Falcons, 2 Braves, 3 Hawks, 4 GT Hoops
5150 UOAD
May 4th, 2011
2:44 am
OSAMA bin Laden Soup! Shark Bowels filled with White Linen dressing hiding behind Tuna, ever so lightly TAP TAPPED with 7.62mm of a Virgin Brass/Lead mixture. An OREO will read from the teleprompter to tell you about how it was prepared(taking ALL the credit). You are required to clap and make a SEAL noise 6 times upon finishing the meal, give the BIRD 5 times a day while facing Mecca. The Meal taste great.
JSS
May 4th, 2011
6:03 am
@ 5150…
An “Oreo?” That is a line too far… You’re better than that stuff…
JSS
May 4th, 2011
6:07 am
@ Ted Striker…
I’ll let you know when they play Atlanta or Athens again… The lead singer is somewhere this side of Grizzly Adams looking; but has the persona and chops of Morrison…
Rabun Dawg
May 4th, 2011
6:46 am
Buckeye, why don’t you just head back to Columbus so you can continue to worship THE OSU! We know you love to criticize everything UGA, and most on here could not care less about what you think. As the late Mr. Grizzard would say to you, “Delta is ready when you are.”
Rabun Dawg
May 4th, 2011
7:15 am
Mr. Schultz, I thought your article was about Atlanta sports teams. I do realize that UGA has a huge fan base in Atlanta, but the last time I checked,Athens was about 60 miles Northeast of Atlanta. Maybe the article should have been about Georgia, rather than just Atlanta. Another question,who is this Dream that you mentioned?
Buckeye
May 4th, 2011
7:35 am
Hey Rabun,
Thanks for your feedback. I will take it under advisement.
Otherwise, bite me.
JSS
May 4th, 2011
7:46 am
Ha ha, Delta is never ready “when you are!” No. 15, only 3 airlines have a worse than Delta! Cue Charles Barkley: “Turr-e-ble!”
GTJeff
May 4th, 2011
7:46 am
What a joke.
True list
1. Falcons
2. GT Football
None of the rest matter.
ATLER (ramblin wreck)
May 4th, 2011
7:50 am
J.S. your and Bradley are idiots. No way the Braves beat the Falcons for first place and ugag basketball in 4th?????!!!!!!!!! C’Mon man!!!!!!! We have the terrible two (Schultz and Bradley) back at it writing BS columns again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JSS
May 4th, 2011
7:57 am
@ Jeff Schultz…
“Look at me, talking women’s basketball.”
And you’re still walking and talking! See, a little honey makes the bitterest pill not so hard to swallow!
Go Dream! Oh yeah, Hawks: “Make It Happen!”
DHD
May 4th, 2011
7:57 am
UGA is not ATL.
Rabun Buckeye
May 4th, 2011
8:24 am
rabun dawg,
Beware. Buckeye is not alone.
Shumpert goes, Durham stays and more | Georgia Tech
May 4th, 2011
8:44 am
[...] and Georgia and Georgia Tech basketball). An annual piece he does, it’s always interesting reading. Gregory’s bunch is last, behind even the Thrashers. [...]
5150 UOAD
May 4th, 2011
8:47 am
JSS that was posted on a Facebook Page that I read and cut and pasted on here. I didn’t write it somebody on Facebook did and I don’t think I can edit and cut and pasted item. Sorry.
JT
May 4th, 2011
9:12 am
AJC cannot afford to make a phone call to Statesboro to inquire about the rise of the program that BVG destroyed. Monken did an unbelievable job with those players since he was the third head coaches in the last four years. To end up third Nationally was certainly a story that should have been added to the annals of sports history in Georgia by the AJC. Oh yes AJC to give you a “Heads Up” about Ga Southern’s chances this year….Twenty Four returning starters should be the key to another run for the Southern Conference and National Championship.
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
9:18 am
Cave to UGA’s fans?
Well that was the easy call.
I thought u were tougher than that.
Milburn Drysdale
May 4th, 2011
9:24 am
Georgia basketball over Georgia football?? Don’t think so
BW3
May 4th, 2011
9:30 am
I’m guessin’ that even if the Dream did win the WNBA title they wouldn’t have cracked your top 5. What do they have to do? Seems like the lack of PR is what hurts them with this ranking
lovetravel
May 4th, 2011
9:40 am
Nothing does not bother me at all. It’s all about Money and see who the best. Can everyone at least respect the different team, school and most of all the student. I don’t care for one thing since everyone knows that Atlanta Braves are better than rest team and the rest is history and I don’t agree with UGA at all, they aren’t a fix team to me all they want is some little big attention and who CARE!! I love GA TECH and I am going to stay it all over again, you can’t compare and think the ex coach was at fault, he did all he could do and yet the player and school are different. SHUT UP and be a coach yourself
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
9:54 am
Your sexism is showing.
If you like attending a winning team and not getting crushed in the playoffs like your overrated Falcons, the Dream are top three easy.
You should have done that just to kick the men’s teams in the rear.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 4th, 2011
9:55 am
Buckeye,
Only you could come onto a blog like this and make such an assinine statement. Ohio state will be on so much probation they will not be eligable for anything in Ohio, much less in Georgia.
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
9:56 am
BTW Bowers which Tampa got was the steal of the draft.
To Matt Ryan dismay.
Could we have trade up to get him?
Much, much easier than the giveaway of picks to get Julio.
Bowers and Abraham on the defensive front?
Not to be.
TD had already gambled away our defensive future.
MasterPlan
May 4th, 2011
10:00 am
Mah, the meatloaf, we want it, NOW, the meatloaf!!! I never know what she’s doing………………… back there..
NFL agent
May 4th, 2011
10:01 am
I just raised the asking price to the Falcons by millions.
It’s obvious they absolutely have to do something after doing little for the D in the draft.
The Chargers failed with this approach during Dan Fouts great years.
Because D wins championships as everyone but TD knows.
Definitely take the over on Falcons vs Packers rematch.
DawginLex
May 4th, 2011
10:01 am
Can we have a list of the top 10 TROLLS?
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
10:05 am
UGA basketball #4?
Better check to see if the new intern from Uga journalism school slipped some hallucinogenics in your coffee.
Dream are not high at 7.
You wimped out and protected undeserving male egos.
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
10:07 am
@DawginLex.
That’s funny and would be quite a contest.
And if they did not like their ranking, the whining would go on for weeks.
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
10:10 am
The Hawks could tear this list to shreds and considering the Falcons’ playoff bellyflop, me thinks they already have.
Kudos to Larry Drew and the team.
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
10:14 am
Why do the Packers not miss a beat in spite of injury upon injury?
Even in the Super Bowl.
Their GM knows football talent.
Ours knows the big gamble and a remake of the eighties Charger teams.
The Fouts lead Chargers never made the Super Bowl because defense – as the Falcons’ playoff beatdown clearly revealed – wins championships.
Clinch Buckeye
May 4th, 2011
10:17 am
The DQ opens at 11:00. 2 for 1 Dilly’s!
Daquan Bowers sings
May 4th, 2011
10:18 am
Please allow me to introduce myself (to the Falcons backfield)
I’m a man of force and concussion.
CJ
May 4th, 2011
10:19 am
Given your requirements of based on strength of team/program stability and direction, I don’t see how the Falcons aren’t #1.
I’d go:
1. Falcons
2. Braves
3. UGA Football
4. Hawks (would be higher if not for the program stability/direction part)
5. GT Baseball
6. GT Football
7. UGA Basketball
8. UGA Baseball
9. Tech Basketball
10. Thrashers
As much as I love the Thrashers, I don’t know any team outside of Sacramento headed in a worse direction.
Mitchell
May 4th, 2011
10:19 am
It’s sad that the Braves are thought of as the best team in Atlanta when the Hawks, as little as I care about them and as truly bi-polar as they are, at least have won actual playoff series.
Three to be exact, and they almost pulled off an upset against the first seed Celtics in ‘08 which makes them so much more rootable than the aforementioned baseball team that almost pulled off an upset last year as well.
Except, they killed the Giants during the regular season and were statistically better than them in many offensive categories and had only one fewer win during the regular season and it spite of injuries to several key players we still should have won and it’s debateable that it would have even been an upset in the first place.
So then, it should be Hawks, Falcons and distant third Braves.
Mark T
May 4th, 2011
10:22 am
CantonBraves yes everyone makes mistakes, but McDowell and Lowe are not 21. They both need a reality check and act their age!
Yes people the birds got their asses handed to them by the Packers, but three winning sesons in a row is something to be proud of! Hell before TD and Smith we never put together two winning seasons. Now I will agree that they needs to make it past the first round this year, but give credit where credit is due!
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
10:22 am
The Hawks have the confident look of a champion.
And the Falcons?
Get serious.
They can’t stop anyone like the Packers (when it counts) and will have to overpay to get any top free agents.
BD
May 4th, 2011
10:24 am
Last I checked, UGA is in Athens Georgia, not Atlanta – so they are not an Atlanta sports team any more than Auburn is.
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
10:26 am
@CJ.
That a fair list and much better than Schultz’s who did not even consider college baseball I guess.
Obviously I disagree with the Falcons’ draft gamble and that 51-48 football can win a championship but we’ll see.
1eyedJack
May 4th, 2011
10:28 am
Which of those teams you list sells 92,746+ tickets to EVERY game? No. 1 babee!
GT65
May 4th, 2011
10:29 am
Utilizing college baseball in place of “lease” and “Dream”
1. Falcons
2. Braves
3. GT baseball
4. Hawks
5. UGA basketball
6. GT football
7. UGA football
8. Thrashers
9. GT basketball
10. UGA baseball
JSS
May 4th, 2011
10:31 am
@ BW3…
Go to the Dreams Facebook page… They don’t lack PR… They are literally blackballed by the major communications groups in this town. They (the media) will tell us that is because of a lack of interest. But after you see what they’ve been doing around this region up-close and personal as they say; you see that it is not because of trying in a professional nor pro-active manner…
Kathy Betty has been a dynamo! The rest of the country see it too! She been in National business publication being lauded for turning around this team. And the awards have started coming to her and Coach Meadors…
It is best spent sports dollar in Atlanta!
groundfog
May 4th, 2011
10:32 am
I agree putting the Braves above the Falcons. Even as a diehard Falcon fan above all else, the Braves are legitimate championship contenders with their Pitching. The Falcons defense is way too questionable.
1eyedJack
May 4th, 2011
10:32 am
Yet there are more Georgia fans in Atlanta than there are Georgia Tech fans. Heck, there are more Auburn and Florida fans in Atlanta than Tech fans.
Daddy
May 4th, 2011
10:34 am
HAHAHA all the teams from here suck so bad . The dawgs will still be bad one class recruiting will not save tha sinking ship . Th fans here are all bandwagon they only show up when the teams are winning .
JSS
May 4th, 2011
10:35 am
@ 5150…
I know you can walk the razor; but I knew you would not cut your own throat like that post did… We cool?
heartofdarkness
May 4th, 2011
10:36 am
This column the answer to the question: “What do the life forms look like at the bottom of the Mariana Trench?”
groundfog
May 4th, 2011
10:37 am
1eyedJack,
Well said. There are probably more Georgia Southern alumni in Atlanta than Tech fans. I meet alot of Tech grads in places like Seattle, Washington DC or wherever the great engineering firms are. If you graduate from Tech, you are most likely to take a job in another state.
Dennis
May 4th, 2011
10:40 am
Well all know what they say about opinions, but here’s mine anyway:
The same team that was ripped in the playoffs beat the team that ripped them in the regular season. I thought the difference was the way the games were coached. The playoff game seemed to be in “prevent” mode from the start.
Dr. Warren
May 4th, 2011
10:41 am
Falcons are the most respected in their league of all the teams. They have the best owner who is willing and able to spend the most money. They just came off a 13-3 season. This is a no-brainer, Jeff.
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
10:42 am
1) Atlanta Dream
Georgia Baseball
2) Atlanta Hawks
3) Atlanta Braves
4) Georgia Bulldogs (easy schedule)
5) Tech Football (both local college teams will bounce back)
6) Tech Baseball (could be a lot higher if they weren’t like Falcons in playoffs)
7) Atlanta Falcons (need to see the free agents before I buy in, tougher schedule)
9) Georgia Basketball (Can Fox stop saving Bama from defeat and stealing heroism from his own player?)
10) Tech Basketball (prove us wrong)
11) Thrashers (long time Atlantan who has never seen a game)
John Rocker tells magazine he's close to publishing memoir | Jeff Schultz
May 4th, 2011
10:43 am
[...] Last post: How they really stand — from Braves (1) to Jacket hoops (10) [...]
1eyedJack
May 4th, 2011
10:46 am
Hey Schultz, you the only guy working there today?
groundfog
May 4th, 2011
10:50 am
Dr. Warren..disagree
I would say the Braves are one of the most respected organizations in Baseball, more so than the Falcons. The Braves have simply done it longer and have a world championship.
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
10:51 am
Sure my Dream ranking will get laughed at.
But they actually made the finals.
And I think all our male teams need a good kick in the rear, especially the pro teams.
Respected doesn’t bring home the trophy.
Falcons have upgraded their GM from laughingstock to mediocre.
Big deal.
groundfog
May 4th, 2011
10:51 am
If you asked most baseball writers the organizations they respect the most, The Braves would be in the top 3 or 4 imo. The Falcons make the top 10 ..jmo
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
10:53 am
Dream deserve a higher ranking based on actual results and not dreaming about imagined male competence.
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
10:56 am
@groundfog.
Agree with 10:51 post.
Blogs have made Jeff and Mark lazy.
His list looks rushed to get out on the golf course.
Buckeye
May 4th, 2011
10:59 am
There are more Buckeye fans in Atlanta than Tech Fans.
shankit
May 4th, 2011
11:00 am
“Local pro sports and MAJOR COLLEGE TEAMS”
I believe the Dawgs would qualify as a major college team
even though they are not in Atlanta.
Milton’s golf team should be mentioned as they finished
a distant second in the state to our South Georgia Lowndes team.
groundfog
May 4th, 2011
11:04 am
Buckey..
Georgia Tech…13k+ undergads
Ohio State…64k+ undergrad
your probably right
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
11:04 am
@Buckeye.
Who cares?
I’d stick to defending your football coach if I were you.
He will need all the help he can get.
JSS
May 4th, 2011
11:05 am
@ GSJ…
I think your list is fine… Not crazy about that UGA football ranking, they have as much to prove as the Thrashers…
General comment:
I always laugh when people talk about the greatness of Arthur Blank. You sound like people on their first date after a bad marriage!
goldmine22
May 4th, 2011
11:07 am
Georgia Tech Baseball???
UGA Rules
May 4th, 2011
11:10 am
Should be based on available talent Jeff!!! Then UGA football would be #10 (the pit) but UGA basketball would be higher. I know what my nightly dreams are but what is the “Atlanta Dream”???
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
11:11 am
@JSS.
Unfortunately billionaires get fawned over regardless of any flaws in their thinking in other areas.
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
11:13 am
@UGA Rules.
Atlanta female pro basketball team that made the finals.
I think they deserve a higher ranking for actually doing something and to give the male teams a deserved kick in the rear.
1eyedJack
May 4th, 2011
11:16 am
There are more sushi chefs in Atlanta than Tech fans.
CLOSATL
May 4th, 2011
11:20 am
ACTUALLY IF YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT ABOUT THIS THE HAWKS #1 BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONLY CONSISTANT PLAY-OFF TEAM WE HAVE AND ACTUALLY WON PLAY-OFF GAMES & SERIES THE PAST FEW YEARS FALCONS #2 BECAUSE OF THEIR POTENTIAL AND BRAVES #3 BECAUSE OF THE FIRE POWER THEY HAVE … ANYTHING ELSE IS A TOSS UP
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
11:25 am
@1eyedJacks.
Man I’m just brokenhearted to learn that.
I do want to thank you for saving me money on sales tax.
I read you guys and spend less.
That Uga teaching degree that is becoming worthless from lack of state revenues makes my day.
1eyedJack
May 4th, 2011
11:50 am
Gen Sherman, what the hell are you babbling about?
J.J.M.
May 4th, 2011
11:57 am
Braves are not number 1
Buckeye
May 4th, 2011
12:01 pm
Gen Sherm,
Prior posts prove I have not defended Tressel’s actions.
But I can say, I am happy for the the sanctity of all things SEC! SEC!
To be so good on the field and so righteous off the field. How on earth do you do it?
SR
May 4th, 2011
12:06 pm
“They’ve tripped out of the starting gate. But this is too good of a roster to stay down for long. They have the pitching and hitting to win the National League East over Philadelphia, assuming Dan Uggla remembers that he’s supposed to be good. Success also hinges on limiting those TMZ-like moments”.
This team? Are we talking about the 2011 Braves? Winning the NL East over the Phillies? Really??
Please send me some of what you are smoking man- I’ll take some and will would also like to get a bet down on this one. Wow.
Gen Sherman Jacket
May 4th, 2011
12:39 pm
Shocker: Tech lacks fans.
Dumb ADs have assured a falling fanbase.
Can we overcome Dave Brainless who had no idea who was a good fit with the Institute and punished us by not just extending contracts but locking us in to terrible ones.
Dave Braine got credit for Beamer Ball that he had nothing to do with.
That is why I question Tech’s ADs hires.
We should have keep O’Leary’s pay low so we could hire the brains behind his success, Ralph Freigen.
The Terps AD must be a moron too.
Kane337
May 4th, 2011
1:44 pm
I disagree with this list. Please create a poll.
Kane337
May 4th, 2011
1:44 pm
Falcons are #1 by far.
CMR in TWO years has .....
May 4th, 2011
1:51 pm
Haters …………. do not imply thatr UGA has been awful for THREE years. We HAVE BEEn awful for two. Three bowls back we stomped a very well respected Mich State team in the Cap One Bowl. THAT BOWL GT for example, would do anything for.
UGA fans will take a Cap One Bowl as a consolation but GT would do anything to be there. For them, it is the Orange Bowl or Boise Blue Carpet Bowl, or that funky Emerald City Bowl in SF or Micron Bowl in Seattle. Both played EST at 2AM in the morning. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
goooooooooooooooooooo Dogs.
Atl teams = Playoff chokers
May 4th, 2011
5:30 pm
Georgia force?
Matt "CHOKE" Ryan
May 5th, 2011
9:14 pm
2004 & Counting…………….
CHOKE can only dream of a playoff win
DawgInVa
May 6th, 2011
3:12 pm
I actually agree with this ranking. I have no clue about the Dream so I will just take your word for it, but other than that I agree mostly with everything you have here. Fox has work to do to prove he really has resurrected the basketball program, but he deserves the respect you give him here. Go Dawgs.
Joseph
May 6th, 2011
10:20 pm
All this Braves and UGA hoops hating is making my skin crawl. Just because the hoops team has a bad history does not mean Fox will not have them on the rise in future years. Oh yeah and the Braves that all you guys seem to think are terrible have just wont their 6th game in a row against the Phillies with Cliff Lee pitching. Pay attention idiots!
Joseph
May 6th, 2011
10:22 pm
They also swept last year’s world series champs btw.
GT VET
May 8th, 2011
2:49 pm
AMERICAN’s GAME!!!!!!..#1.Atlanta Braves…#2 GT baseball…# 3 UGA baseball….#4 Calhoun High baseball…#5 Ga.Southern baseball…#6Ga.St.baseball…#7
Kennesaw St.baseball..after that WHO CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mister T
May 9th, 2011
11:08 am
I think you could fit a pretty strong Georgia Tech Baseball team in this list in the top four…at least until the Regionsal. That is when they typically falter. If they don’t, not bad for a team that lost 7 starters in the ML draft last year.
THWg!
B Saff
May 9th, 2011
5:28 pm
I have to agree with your list, I like the order the Braves are number one and the future only looks brighter. I guess the non baseball fans aren’t aware of the Braves minor league system and current team easy number one. Also love what Dimitroff and Mike Smith have done the Falcons are here to say. Nice list I like it.