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It's hard to say where the bigger disappointment was - the OL, or the coaching.
Fromm, as badly as he himself played, was under pressure all day long. And running lanes were few and far between.
As I see it, the coaching problem had less to do with play calls, philosophy or whatever talking point people like to throw out (although I do have to wonder why a 55 yarder wasn't attempted on the last play). The team simply looked like they didn't give a sht. I don't say this lightly: it was very reminiscent of the kind of performances that got Richt fired. I'm not at all suggesting that that's what needs to happen here, but the sad truth is that this was exactly that kind of game. Well, the defense played well enough to win. But FIVE turnovers?! Coming out of a timeout on the final play of the game and letting the play clock run down to the point of getting an illegal formation call and losing 5 yards? Letting the ball hit you in the hands in overtime, and instead of picking up the easy first down, you let the defense catch it? Disorganized. Unfocused. Poorly coached. And I say this as someone who has been a strong defender of Smart through the tough losses over the past 2 years. This one is absolutely on him.
Dear uga fans,
buckle you chin strap and get ready for a tough 2 weeks until Florida. We deserve the name calling and such.
favored by 3 scores! USC has 3 losses!
At home!
...Georgia standard was not held up. I don’t think we need to fire people ( coley recruits south Florida too well), but as Kirby says
change is inevitable but progress is optional.
kirby,
progress your entire team! Play calling, special teams, tackling!
larry Munson is rolling in his grave. Didn’t see a single dog today play like a junkyard dawg!
also, is it me or are our offensive players too easily tackled? Or does everyone just tackle better when they play Georgia???
I guess I answered my own initial question.
Well we can dispense with a few myths now:
Still possible to have a good season but this staff ain't gonna beat an elite team.
Where is Smart jumping into the crowd now after SC..huh? He lucked out last week,...really did. UGA is a bottom feeder in the SEC now. The millions spent to get this phenom coach Smart....yeah, right. Let him go...I have seen enough..it is ON HIM. It is embarrassing to have to say I am a UGA alum. How he ever beat Notre Dame is beyond me. He won't beat FL or LSU...no way...! I will wager KY will beat them as well next week. FIRE SMART or we are back in the less than Richt rut!!! Get another quarterback too. Fromm is not top quality....! He just talks like he is. Sorry Fromm....you are no Fields.
Watch the UGA recruits de-commit...although they can probably get a starting position first year with this rag-tag bunch of scrub footballers. Richt all over again.
UGA66, this was the first time since 2016 that Georgia has lost to a team from the East. You seem to be going by a very odd definition of "bottom feeder."
I'm not saying this performance wasn't an abomination. It was. But your ridiculously overstated conclusions are impossible to take seriously.
Stock Down:
Tyler Simmons: Muffed the punt in the Notre Dame game and cost us an interception and nearly a loss in first OT with his shaky hands. He can't haul on a contested catch to save his life, and obviously struggles with wide open catches. He is unreliable.
Kirby Smart: Kickers are mentally unstable. Even Rodrigo. Kirby showed doubt in Rodrigo at the end of regulation and that rattled him. How does a hail Mary have a better chance than RB from 57 yards? Kirby coaches conservatively to "not lose" games rather than win. That will have to change if he is ever going to step out from Saban's shadow.
Secondary: True there have been a lot of injuries in the secondary, but Notre Dame, Tennessee, and now USC have showed we are questionable at corner and nickle. We can't cover big WRs or atheletic TEs. I don't think we'd stand a chance this year against the WR core of Alabama.
RB Depth:
We have elite RBs. Where was Herrien and McIntosh?
I can say Georgia offense increased South Carolina havoc rate
I think the last time we ran a punt was when James Cook started as the punt returner.
How can anyone be surprised by this? Every year they hype up these guys, and the simple fact is they are not even close to being a top 5 team this year. Love the Dawgs but Let’s be real.
They are playing with NO intensity and no heart, unfortunately that’s the culture at UGA and that is squarely on the coaches. Great talent doesn’t mean anything without heart. To me they just look lazy and like they really don’t care.
Credit to Muschamp and staff. Used their two weeks very well. Great game plan well executed. The talent and depth of UGA still gave them a chance to win, but coaching pissed it away. No excuse for not kicking the game winner on third down with 0:08 left. Poor scheme, poor play calling, poor execution. Just poor, period. SC’s defensive weakness was their LBs, and we never exploited it. Constantly ran into their strong DL or threw at their tall strong DBs. Only good adjustments were on D, pitching a shutout for about three quarters. Offensively, as unimaginative a game plan as I remember. Need to see Kirby and Coley “do more.” Still all in front of us but no room for errors, kinda like today. Go Dawgs!
The only differences between Mark Richt and Kirby Smart to date are the CFP and Richt won and blew games with far less talent.
1. Eight wins first season.
2. Richt 13-1, #3 in the country would have made CFP if it had been in place.
3. Richt lost to LSU In the regular season and then went on to lose the SEC Both teams finished 11-3.
4. Fourth season after six games, Richt was 5-1 after blowing a game at home against the Vols. The loss cost the Dawgs the East and a third straight shot at the SEC Championship. Losing to USC today now virtually requires the Dawgs to run the table to get to Atlanta and even then they will need help with such a bad loss on their schedule to make the CFP.
This is an inexcusable loss considering the talent Georgia has. Once again, they did not come ready to play. Talk about youth, injuries, etc... this is about coming to the stadium prepared to do your job and destroy the other team. The way Georgia finishes this season is critical to their future. It's quite obvious now they still lack a lot of talent, desire and heart.
And so many thought we had left these days behind. Pure deja Vu.
It was a bad day. That's all it was. Mistakes were made everywhere. We had zero momentum the whole game. The fans seemed flat and apathetic, the play calling was questionable. The tempo was off. It just ****. All of it.
But the people calling for resignations and firings are just being ****. This is college ball, this kind of thing happens. It's painful when it does, hopefully your coaches and team learn from it, and hopefully it makes you better going forward.