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As season comes to an end, Georgia football offense faces real questions about its future
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As season comes to an end, Georgia football offense faces real questions about its future
NEW ORLEANS — You can understand a Georgia offense scoring just 10 points with a first-time starting quarterback against an elite team like Notre Dame. That’s what happened in Georgia’s season-ending 23-10 defeat on Thursday.
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If Georgia's offensive line and the receiver corp struggled all season. Maybe the position coaches for those groups need to be replaced. Kirby and his staff have to stop shying away from playing the younger receivers.
This is on Bobo. Period. It's his staff. The O line coach needs to go. Ask yourself - would Nick Saban put up with this, or would he fire his staff and get someone else. You know he would make the change. I have serious doubts that Kirby Smart will fire his buddy. Major Applewhite was Nick's first OC. He got canned.
Ask the players if it's on Bobo.
What do you think they would say jdatl3?
Players always take up for their coach. But grown ups realize that averaging 3 points in the first half in the last 3 ballgames is a firing offense (And most of the season. And last years SEC championship). At the very least, Kirby needs to get a new offensive line coach and a co offensive coordinator. That would be the least I would do. The right thing is to make a wholesale change. This isn't Bobo's first rodeo. He was terrible at his last three stops. He can coach QB's, but inventive play calling isn't his forte. And his friendship with Stacy Searls is costing him.
If the players can’t catch then there’s nothing the coaches can do but get new players. Give this game to ND’s defense though. They made some plays when they needed.
All those high recruiting classes, the envy of most of the country, and we have kids that can't catch and kids that can't block. And the coaches didn't know?
I'm going to be brutally honest here. If I draw down votes so be it.
First, credit to Coach Freeman and ND. They were brilliant. We were not.
Second, I'm as disappointed as anyone this season has ended. On the other hand I'm relieved to see the '24 Dawgs pass into history. Only in spurts were they fun and exciting to watch. For the most part watching them was frustrating and stressful. These players and coaches are supposed to be the top percent yet they consistently delivered sloppy, inconsistent performances. Coach Smart has to figure out why that is and implement change. Starting with himself.
Yeah, Bobo dropped 50 passes this season, and he can’t block a lick, did you see what a pathetic LT Bobo is? And Bobo fumbled what, 3 times?
Bobo has to go…
George's offensive line has underperformed dismally since UGA hired its current O-Line coach. Same with our OC. Until a change is made we've hit our ceiling.
Exactly Georgia67 I upvoted you because truer words have never been said. Go Dawgs!
I am not into calling for a person to lose their job. But that doesn’t mean all blame for the offensive problems fall on players. The coach’s responsibility is to get them ready to play and to scheme for the players he has to succeed. The coach has responsibility for making the right calls. The coach has the responsibility for teaching fundamentals and inspiring good work habits. I don’t know if our OC and OL coaches have done a good job with those things or not. I can only speak to the lack of solid, fundamentally consistent play. I see the results—sloppy, often lazy play. Critical failures on the offensive line to pick up rushers. Two players on the OL blocking one guy while the edge rusher goes completely unblocked. If the OL coaches bear no responsibility for it, then they need a sports psychologist to work with the players to help them get their heads straight.
We didn't have these problems with Sam Pittman. We ran all over everyone. DIdn't have these problems with Matt Luke. But now we can't push Grandma over, and our starting QB is out due to getting sacked. I don't know if you noticed, but Gunner didn't have time to throw most of yesterday. You can blame players, but it's the coaches that put them there, game after game, year after year. This isn't a one time thing, where we can say, well, they just had a better defensive end. Go watch the SEC championship last year or most of the games this year. Georgia Tech's O Line blocked better than we did, and they are two and three stars.
Monroe Freeling is our starting left offensive tackle—-Really? Protecting the blindside of our QB? He ,especially, and the rest of the OL got dominated by Notre Dame. Take it from an old right tackle—it's man on man in blocking schemes and we were outmanned all night. Has anybody got Matt Luke's phone number?
Bobo is the offensive coordinator, which means he’s overseeing the whole thing, not just calling plays. While I hate to dog one person out, this is Bobo's dumpster fire. Our O-line got whipped last night, especially the tackles. Monroe Freeling, a 5-star no less, got beat time after time after time. Ernest Greene? As Apollo Creed told Rocky: “You’re too slow!” Our O line did not get manhandled like this under Pittman and Luke; facts are facts. You can bring in behemoths like Juan Gaston (6’8”–370” lbs), but if they’re not coached up, well... Bobo seems to have three plays or variations thereof: run up the middle, screen pass (right or left), and “throw it deep and hope someone in your color jersey catches it…” The key term here is “catch.” Our Wide Receivers? Well… Maybe it’s time to channel Lester Hayes and use copious amounts of “stick-um.” While Coley may be able to recruit, he hasn’t shown he can coach them up. Bobo is the manager of the offense, and he needs to hold his coaches accountable. If they’re not meeting the standard, find someone who can… or will. Now let’s talk about Bobo himself. Mediocre (and that’s a kind estimate) OC at best… Sure, he’s not the one dropping balls or missing blocks, but he’s the boss, and the buck has to stop with him. He failed as a head coach and seems to lack imagination, innovation and dare I say refuses to adapt to the current times. Regardless, Kirby has some tough decisions to make: Do I stick with my friend and have him sink the ship, or do I move my friend to an analyst position (where he seems to excel) and bring in an innovative, dynamic, and “think outside the box” offensive coordinator??? I’ve seen some persons wanting Buster Faulkner brought back… Well, that might be a good start.
I think the Dawg's offensive problems were a culmination of bad luck, poor execution, and key injuries. We also were faced with the hardest regular season schedule EVER. No more easy SEC East teams to beat up on enabling the Dawgs to pretty much waltz into the SECCG. Nope. And you can rinse and repeat for next season.
The O-line play was very inconsistent due to injuries and just not executing. Coaching? Probably some of it. The RB room was limited all season due to injuries, and the inconsistent O-line play added to the lack of a dominant running game. Beck threw countless interceptions this season, and the Dawgs led the nation in dropped passes (39 or something like that). Turn even half those big play passes into catches, and the outcome of the season could have been different.
SO, in summary, it was an uncharacteristically strange season for the Dawgs, especially on offense.