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You know what, in the past three years, UGA has had the #1 overall recruiting class, signed two #1 overall players (Justin Fields and Nolan Smith), signed the #1 rated running back (Zamir White), had arguably the SEC's best placekicker, had the nation's biggest (and some say best) offensive line, had multiple players on both sides of the ball get taken in the first round of the NFL draft, dominated the SEC East, won an SEC Championship and a Rose Bowl Championship. But with all of those accolades, the one thing we do not have is a National Championship and the past two years we haven't even been able to play for one. So maybe once we aren't being all #1 at everything that ISN'T a National Championship, we'll work and play harder so that those things can happen, because someone is winning Natty's without having the #1 recruiting class, without the #1 overall player, without the #1 running back, without the best placekicker, etc. Obviously those players and coaches are doing something right to maximize their potential. Maybe we should steal a few pages from their playbooks. Shoot, if it means an undefeated season, an SEC Championship and a berth in the CFP, I'd settle for a 3-star QB like Joe Burrow, a so-called pedestrian defense that held us to only 10 points in a championship game and a no-name, oft-overlooked running back who the SEC's most productive back this season. And I'd even take an offensive coordinator who sat up in the press box and let a 30-something run the offense while he got credit for "checking his ego" at the door.
What's sad is how many of us feel about the current state of the UGA program. In less than two full calendar years, we've gone from a program a mere two plays from being National Champions (and a possible dynasty in the making) to one where people are openly wondering whether the head coach deserves to keep his job. Indeed, that's why my heart was broken back on Jan. 8, 2018. The "2nd and 26" loss to Alabama did far more than cost us the National Championship that night, it quite possibly cost us National Championships for years and years to come!
I understand the loss of Pittman, he was a players coach no doubt. At the same time our over-hyped offensive line VASTLY under-performed this year? We were supposed to be able to dominate the line of scrimmage and run the ball on anyone and I didn't see that occur really all year. 1-2 yards and a cloud of dust... He'll go to Arkansas and maybe win 7 games a year.
The loss of the Pitboss stings a lot, and you are absolutely correct in questioning what and where will we go with his replacement. I can't imagine Kirby turning the offense loose to a modern day version of the fun and gun, that's not who he is at his core.
Let’s not throw our O line under the bus. Teams learned early this season that they could stack the box with 7 or 8 men and shut down our running game . They also knew that our passing game success would be 50% or less . Our defense kept us in the games until overpowered by LSU. The solution is to overhaul the offense with top notch O C and a top notch mobile qb .
Don't forget the cleats...why were we slipping on the turf a good big more than LSU? Even my wife noticed this.
Yes, that's been bugging me. How one team had such an issue with it, and the other not at all. We've played on that field every year that Smart has been here. Why was it suddenly an issue?
Keep Kirby . Replace Coley with a top notch offensive mind and recruit a 5 star qb. Who is mobile.
Absolutely agree Tom1111. When our o-line is matched up against 7-8 in the box, and know a running play is going up the middle, it is hard for the o-line to be successful. Which I believe caused most of the injuries on the o-line. When you put 10 large individuals in a small area, bad things happen. With what I saw, most of the time when they were matched up 1 on 1, they did a pretty good job. Not great, but ok. The play calling, philosophy and execution was what failed this year.
So is Bobo going to SC? I haven't heard either way yet.
I hope Kirby decides to keep the offensive philosophy of the power running game.
Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Kirby can defend Coley all he wants, but when we are trying to run the read option, with a slow-as-heck quarterback who happens to have an ANKLE INJURY, it doesn't take Bill Walsh to know the playcalling sucks.
I would love to ask James Coley if he really thinks opposing defenses are afraid that Fromm will keep it.