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If Smith is making his decision based on Ulbrich, this might make sense if Ulbrich were going to UGA and Smith wanted to play for him.  But Ulbrich ends up with an NFL team, say, the Falcons, he still would have no contact or involvement with Smith in college.  So it starts looking like some weird man-crush on Smith's part. 

Maybe Ulbrich is renowned for his creative and "feature" use of linebackers in his defenses. I dunno.  Otherwise, it looks like Smith's desire to play way out west for UCLA was just barely winning out against the pull of playing in front of the homies in GA...and Ulbrich's potential departure ruined the deal.

Nobody likes making a decision that involves an unknown quality; it's just human nature (thus the expression "better the devil you know").  If he goes to UCLA, his defensive coordinator will be completely unknown.  One can understand some trepidation in stepping into such an unknown, even though the chances that even if Ulbrich had stayed at UCLA, he would have remained defensive coordinator for the next four to five years are slim.

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If Smith is making his decision based on Ulbrich, this might make sense if Ulbrich were going to UGA and Smith wanted to play for him.  But Ulbrich ends up with an NFL team, say, the Falcons, he still would have no contact or involvement with Smith in college.  So it starts looking like some weird man-crush on Smith's part. 

Maybe Ulbrich is renowned for his creative and "feature" use of linebackers in his defenses. I dunno.  Otherwise, it looks like Smith's desire to play way out west for UCLA was just barely winning out against the pull of playing in front of the homies in GA...and Ulbrich's potential departure ruined the deal.

Nobody likes making a decision that involves an unknown quality; it's just human nature (thus the expression "better the devil you know").  If he goes to UCLA, his defensive coordinator will be completely unknown.  One can understand some trepidation in stepping into such an unknown, even though the chances that even if Ulbrich had stayed at UCLA, he would have remained defensive coordinator for the next four to five years are slim.

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