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Tampa Bay announces it has completed its interview with Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken

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  • DawgOnDawgOn Posts: 266 ✭✭✭ Junior

    Monken has proven his value to the degree that were I Kirby, I'd require him to travel less while recruiting. He could be the designated big hitter who goes after the cream of high school players on offense. It would then be a big deal when he showed up to recruit five star QBs, TE's, wide receivers, OL-men, and RBs, where he could show them how they would be used should they choose UGA. He is the real deal, and we need to keep him, if possible. That said, UGA will not fall apart should he depart.

  • DawgTattooDawgTattoo Posts: 423 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    As OC, Bobo averaged 37 points per game in 2013 and 41 points in 2014, his last two years at UGA.

  • BigDawg61BigDawg61 Posts: 2,572 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    "I'm sure some will say "well he'll have better weapons at UGA.. and while true, you wouldn't hire a HC based on that same reasoning would you? "well he's only a .500 percentage winner his last 3 seasons, but if we give him better talent, he'll win the Natty!" LOL!"

    That's what Texas A&M did. 😂

    All that aside...I think you're underestimating Bobo, based on what I knew was a "dead-end job", when he took it.

    Consider this...he learned his craft from some of the best offensive guys, in the business. Ray Goff, Mark Richt and Todd Monkin.

    Toward the end of his run at UGA, Bobo was an outstanding OC, that had only been acting in that roll (officially) for about 4 yrs. His move to HC @ Colorado occurred too fast and went too far, IMO. Not to mention the fact that Bobo was going to be recruiting in unfamiliar territory.

    Everybody knows, that a HC's success is directly proportional to his recruiting successes and capability of his assistant coaches. Bobo went into that HC'ing "Buffalo" fight, blind. Now...he can see. Lol

    You have to figure...the man learned a few things between his 1st stint at UGA...and the current stint. He's a smart Dude. I trust him with the Dawgs Offense, over anybody I can come up with, off the top of my head...and, only slightly less than Monkin.

    Not to mention...it would give UGA,...4...Four...(2 on each side of the ball)... full blooded, AKC registered, certified Bulldogs...all, about the same age...to run UGAs football program to future greatness. That's what Kirby means by "Player Led". Lol

    They all have a vested interest in UGA's success. And, I see, all, but McClendon staying the course. As long as they have this kind of program

    Kirby, Will, Mike and Bryan...sounds like the doggone "Beatles" are taking over. Lol

  • rxmasterrxmaster Posts: 124 ✭✭✭ Junior
    edited January 2023

    I mean, don't let 5 seconds of research get in the way of a terrible point. He never even averaged 25 points a season at UGA, let alone later as OC. He did more with less in most cases and dealt with some significant player health issues at a time UGA lacked the depth they do today.

    2007 - 32.6 pts/game, 34th in the nation - Matt Stafford

    2008 - 31.5 pts/game, 29th in the nation - Matt Stafford

    2009 - 28.9 pts/game, 51st in the nation - Joe Cox

    2010 - 32.1 pts/game, 30th in the nation - Aaron Murray

    2011 - 32 pts/game, 33rd in the nation - Aaron Murray

    2012 - 37.8 pts/game, 19th in the nation - Aaron Murray

    2013 - 36.7 pts/game, 21st in the nation - Aaron Murray

    2014 - 41.3 pts/game, 8th in the nation - Hutson Mason

    4 of the top 5 seasons for yardage


    2015 CSU - 29.6 pts/game

    2016 CSU - 35.3 pts/game

    2017 CSU - 33.4 pts/game

    2018 CSU - 22.8 pts/game - Hospitalized weeks before the season with an autoimmune disease.

    2019 CSU - 28.1 pts/game.

    3 of the top 7 scoring offenses in CSU history.

    3 of top 6 yardage offenses in CSU history.

  • BubbaBillBubbaBill Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Why is it that the haters hand pick specific plays to make their point. The anti Bobo group remembers a series where Bobo called a pass instead of a run down on the goal line….play failed. Those same folks forget that Monken ran 7 straight times inside the 3 yard line against (maybe Kentucky) and didn’t score. I guess I’m blind on this one, but it seems like some folks like to cherry-pick to make their points. Bottom line is Bobo consistently had top 10 offenses with far less talent than Monken. Go Dawgs!!!

  • reddawg1reddawg1 Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @rxmaster

    you conveniently let off SC and Auburn where between those two he in fact did avg only 25 per game. Now who needs to do a little research? I guess we’d be lucky to get him .

  • Tom_BomadilTom_Bomadil Posts: 86 ✭✭✭ Junior

    Mike Bobo has no imagination. I remember well the games he was oc under Richt. If the game was close, his solution was to shut down, run three up the middle, and punt. Why was Georgia such an under achiever in games that mattered under Richt? Bobo was part of the problem.

  • rxmasterrxmaster Posts: 124 ✭✭✭ Junior

    Yes, let's compare stops at Auburn and SC instead of his more directly comparable time at Georgia. Are you insinuating SC, Auburn, and Georgia are programs at the same level in the SEC? I'm not interested in what he did at either of those dumpster fires when I can see what his play calling AT GEORGIA accomplished. As an OC at Georgia, he averaged under 30 once, and that was with Joe Cox. He was the QB coach for the winningest QB in SEC history, #2 in yards, #1 in TD, and a #1 overall draft pick.

    More importantly, Kirby saw fit to hire him, and he knows a lot more about coaching winning football than either of us. Could he be wrong yes, but I would take him over the field when it comes to betting on his decision making in hiring coaches.

  • rxmasterrxmaster Posts: 124 ✭✭✭ Junior

    You mean, like we did in numerous games in the past few years under Smart? Georgia, championship game aside, has never been a big run it up team. We tend to get up, and stop playing. That is nothing exclusive to Richt. What is different from then to now is player development and recruiting. We turn it off in the second half now, our second string is deep and talented enough to bring it home.

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  • DallasDawgDallasDawg Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    First of all, Monken is STILL the offensive coordinator at UGA, as of this writing. Second, there is NO GUARANTEE that should he leave, Smart would automatically elevate Bobo into the job. That's just us fans speculating. Third, if Monken were to leave and Kirby were to promote Bobo, I trust Kirby's decision. Not because of anything Bobo has previously done, but just because I think Smart knows what he's doing. There are some exceptions, but I think most would agree that for the most part, he's done a pretty solid job of choosing assistant coaches, including his coordinators. He hit the jackpot with Monken when most of us had barely heard of him (and many of us wanted Bobo). No reason to think he couldn't strike gold again. Go Dawgs!

  • BigDawg61BigDawg61 Posts: 2,572 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Lol...c'mon man. A "year here" and "half a year there", isn't even close to, being in the vicinity of, "enough time" to build an offense.

    Both of those teams were in trouble, long before Bobo got there. He was expected to "feed the throngs from a single basket of fish". And, to no one's surprise, he was unable to perform a miracle at Carolina or Auburn. His STATs at those 2 schools, for that short a period of time, are irrelevant.

    FYI, if I'm not mistaken...and, I may be, Lol...I believe Bobo was the OC and Muschamp was the HC when Carolina came to Athens in 2019, and beat a much better UGA Team in OT.

  • BigDawg61BigDawg61 Posts: 2,572 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    "Mike Bobo has no imagination."

    There it is, right there. That was the Dawg Nation hit on Bobo, the entire time he was at UGA, running up offensive numbers & records. It wasn't true, of course, but, you know how Dawg Fans are. Lol

    When Richt first handed the reigns over to Bobo, he went through some expected growing pains, that earned him that label. But, he rapidly improved, to become one of the best Offensive Coordinators in the game.

    If Richt had straightened that defense out, before Martinez could destroy it...UGA would've won at least 2 Nattys during Bobo's UGA coaching tenure.

    The problem with UGA Fans, is they don't know how to modify their own opinions, based on the facts in front of them, on a month-to-month or year-to-year basis. If a guy is useless when he first arrives...he's always going to be useless...no improvement allowed or more accurately...acknowledged.

    Kinda like Bennett's UGA stay. And, Daniels...best thing since sliced bread...destined to take UGA to new heights, until he wasn't...then, crickets. What's he on...his 4th school, now? There are Dawg Fans, still arguing that he should take over quarterbacking duties at UGA. LOL...talk about hard-headed.

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  • reddawg1reddawg1 Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    My thinking is that Kirby has elevated the UGA brand to an all-time high and that because of all of his hard work and the way it has paid off with 2 Natties that he could have whoever he wanted as OC. JUst take your pick Kirby. Sort of like Nick does, except that in my mind he's on NIcks level now with the ability to just pick up the phone and say, "hey do you want to come be my OC." I've got a mill plus waiting on you.

    JUst go get the brightest up and coming superstar playcaller you can find who is cutting edge or even pull a stud from the NFL again. That's my thinking. Some of you want to just go down the same ole road we've been down before. I get it. Bobo at OC and MUschamp at DC. But excuse me for thinking outside the box.

    I guess with Bobo being such a superstar OC and innovative genuis we'd better go ahead and promise him the job if Monken leaves before NIck comes and steals him away from us. LOL!

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