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@stone...hahaha...you won't let that dog lie, will you?
Nope. My bet is Beck is gone via transfer and that's fine with me. The QB room is too full as it is right now, and Kirby will be flipping a coin to decide who starts next season.
Yeah Stetson looks good against the Tech’s of college football. Bama ain’t Ga Tech. What does Kirby have to lose besides to Saban again? If I’m not mistaken, Mark Richt got fired for 9-3, 10-2 seasons. He’s a top recruiter, but still has to win the Big one to be elite. Richt has quarterbacks for sure. Kirby has two choices as I see it. Get out of the way, or get much better!
This might be more snarky than I'm intending. This whole conversation is exhausting, and I'm trying to get this off my chest before dinner so I can enjoy the rest of my evening. So apologies in advance.
I'll leave this to the million other comments on the subject.
If you weren't there for practice, I don't see how you can question a decision on who should start week one, with all options being untested with any meaningful game reps. And Daniels' "clearance to play" wasn't what we thought it was.
27 mop-up attempts? I'm not even sure what your point is supposed to be here.
There's a lot you're skipping over here. What's left to be said? I'm not trying to be glib here, honestly, but can you tell me what indication there was that Fields was ready to lead a team to a championship in 2018? He didn't do it as a sophomore or junior, with a widely respected offensive coaching staff at an elite program that bent over backwards to accommodate him. But he was ready as a true freshman? And if you're going to concede that he wasn't, then how should he have been the starter on a team that otherwise had championship potential? Surely you don't think he would have been satisfied with anything less than the starting job?
Was there not a noticeable improvement from one snap to the next when Fromm came in for Eason? And what did Eason ever really do before or since? He had a few nice plays his freshman year, but finished with a 50-something completion percentage. And that was including a lot of jet sweeps that were essentially handoffs that were counted as completions. I don't recall what exactly he did at Washington, but I don't think it was anything special.
Wasn't Lambert the starter the whole previous season? I'm not saying he was very good or should have been the starter (like everyone else, I wanted to see Eason). But if, as you suggest, Smart values staying the course above all else, there's no way Eason would have gotten in as early as he did.
Trying to avoid all the debris on the floor from the Octagon battle on the site about who's the best QB for UGA. I have an opinion and have expressed it. And I do find it nuts but typical that some are calling for an untested Freshman to play because they were highly ranked coming out of H.S. The top three QBs coming out with JT Daniels (and remember, he didn't even play his SR year) were Lawrence, Fields, and Daniels (not necessarily in that order) and JT was the Gatorade NATIONAL Player of the Year and QB of the undisputed best H.S. team in the nation (Bryce Young's school, by the way - where JT still holds every passing record).
I'll just say this - which is really the point, IMO.
When Saban pulled his starting QB at the half of the Natty, did he KNOW that Tua would win the game? No. Did he think Tua was the "best" QB on the team? Don't know. But want to know what he said? It's so simple it tells us a whole lot about Kirby Smart at the same time.
Saban's explanation:
"Well, I just thought we had to throw the ball in the game, and I thought he could do it better," Saban said of Tagovailoa. "And he did."
There's the point, folks. What he was doing wasn't working so he changed it. Kirby was on the other sideline, but obviously wasn't paying attention.
Apparently you were correct to worry if Beck does in fact transfer which I agree with you that he will.
one thing for sure there are few programs that have more drama surrounding their quarterback room than the dawgs.
I am anticipating getting a lot of down votes on this. When UGA scored right before the half I told my friend it was a big mistake. Had it remained a one possession game, a game that the dawgs were in complete control of at that time,Saban would have stayed with hurts who was totally ineffective against that defense. He probably would sent Tua in once Bama was down 2 scores but that more than likely would have been late in the third quarter.
what Saban did know was Bama had to pass the ball to win and with exception of the quarterback had th tools to do it. Tua provided the spark to fire up Bama
kirby found himself facing the same set of circumstances
There is a much larger question that needs to be addressed than whether it’s Daniels or Bennett. That question is what is Kirby’s offensive philosophy. To be honest with you I don’t know.
It in many ways appears to be what Saban was doing before Hurts, that being to have a strong defense and a controlling rushing game and play action passing attack. When Hurts showed up along with Kiffin Saban started the long process of moving from a strong defense to an explosive offense. In other words his offensive philosophy evolved. It became a vertical passing attack.
you can look ar the last several Bama teams and see this. The defense is just good enough to get some critical stops and that really is all that is needed because your offense is going to turn it into a boat race.
Kirby needs to own his offense just like owns the defense. He has a strong defensive philosophy. As the HC he needs to have one for the offense.
Let's see. Bennett 2 starts against Bama. Neither was close. Daniels has not had a start against Bama. Daniels has not lost a game at UGA. If Bennett starts and UGA loses to Bama again or Mich.... Look people it is JT's turn. Him and Pickens are a great tandem, have rapport. He will have receivers all over the place too like he has never had. Defenses are not worried about the threat of deep passes over their head with Bennett and that lets them attack in front of them, focus on the run more, focus on the receivers in front of them much more. JT opens up the field for the run game and the deep passes and the rest of the passing game. He has a FASTER RELEASE. If the run is stopped, who you want? If we are losing by 17, who do you want? It is JT's turn. For multiple reasons. End of conversation.
So, would you have benched Justin Fields last year against a weaker Bama team than Bennett faced? Ohio State lost 52-24 and Fields was horrible.
Yeah, that’s me and Aaron Murray (who expressed a very similar opinion to mine)—we are Bama fans. 🤣
Very few things are more certain than the substance that goes along with the "tuff talk" from that South Georgia boy. He makes you a promise with everything he says. If it bends or breaks, he owns it and fixes it. The players had a poor performance vs Bama. Rat Poison makes one slow.
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Mike, you always make good points and present some good analysis, but you continue to diminish Stet's track record and act as if you you have all the information when Kirby keeps his cards frustratingly close to the vest. Georgia's offense is 3rd in the country in points per drive under Stet. That is the best metric because it is independent of defense and tempo. That is hard to bench.
But ultimately, I think you are right that Kirby is choosing consistency early in the season over giving the higher ceiling option time to gel.
Also, I think a big reason the vaunted defense has consistently gotten shredded by high octane passing offenses the last 5 years is that we don't have a chance to practice against anything like it.
My point is that there's a definite pattern and other than Mathis (who wasn't going to cut it), there have been NO starting quarterback changes since Smart started in 2016. Not a single time.
JTD clearly has an arm injury limiting his ability to throw. CKS is keeping it under wraps 1) it is a personal health situation and protected by the HIPAA privacy rule. And 2) it also benefits UGA to make opponents dedicate practice time and prepare for 2 different QB's. That is the only explanation that makes sense. JTD not getting reps in the Tec beatdown was the tipoff. OSU has had 2 QB's hit the transfer portal. It is the nature of the QB room in CFB.