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Georgia offensive line blunt after season-ending loss: ‘We just got to get better the next season’
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Georgia offensive line blunt after season-ending loss: ‘We just got to get better the next season’
NEW ORLEANS — Georgia’s offensive line was once a strength of the program.
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How do you teach toughness and quickness?
AMEN!!!
People been talking about getting better for a while now. I'm a subscriber to the "Don't listen to what people say, watch what they do" school of thought. As draft-eligible guys now, if Fairchild, Morris, Wilson want to come back one more year, really step up their game and become the maulers they were supposed to be, thereby placing them high in the 2026 draft, then by all means bring it on. Otherwise, I kinda don't want to hear anymore about needing to get better (duh). Go Dawgs!
1st thing, get rid of Stacy Searls.
I don't want to be harsh towards our players, but I'm very glad to hear them taking responsibility. Perhaps they've worked as hard as possible and have reached their ceiling. Perhaps there were slight injuries. Perhaps the coaching was not top tier. There are various possibilities as to why our offensive line wasn't as good as it needed to be for us to win against Notre Dame.
I tend to be the ultimate responsibility on the coaches.
Go, Dawgs!
Yes, you are correct Connor. We're probably beating a dead horse at this point with the criticism, because it's an obvious issue.
You can blame it on injuries to a certain extent which has caused multiple shifts in the lineup. However, Ohio State's O-line was in much worse shape than ours with injuries and strength earlier in the season, and they have managed to figure it out and are gelling at the right time now. So, basically, using injuries as an excuse will only take you so far when the Dawgs have always prided themselves on a great O-line, a deep talented bench, and an effective running game.
I don't think there's any question the coaching/development is also "under-performing"… just too many high-star recruits, 3 deep no less, to not have a more consistently imposing OL. But as one dawg nation poster said as a prior OL, blocking is a matter of straight-up physicality, just whipping the guy in front of you. Hey, as I said in a previous post, this is a "collective" problem requiring a collective solution. But make no mistake, it's a problem that needs to be fixed if the program is to reach its potential. One could argue OL is the position group more responsible for Ws than any other, and improvements in ours will surely impact our trajectory. If our current guys want to be part of that, then they need to have a mindset of putting their head down and making it happen. Actions speak louder than words. Go Dawgs!
will not single anyone out but will just say that unless the O line improves , we can forget that RBU tag.
the stats presented were surprising here ( rushing and sacks). I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again . The o line has to be more offensive in order to correct this. I don’t believe anyone deep down after 4 games this year thought UGA was going to make it to a natty much less win. Top of the hat to Kirby for getting this far. I do firmly believe change starts at the top tho. Kirby has to fire searles and coley. No one can convince me otherwise.
agree for the most part and agree fully with Fairchild and Greene coming back, but the unit needs go play as one. RT has been an issue for a while. Also thinks Freeling can be developed, whether it is at RT or LT, the rest, hard to say without being there.
But ultimately, it's up to the coach/es to get this fixed.
The offense goes nowhere without the OL, no need to throw the baby out with the bathwater as some are suggesting……hope Pollack is reading this (suggesting 35). He is just a "shock jock" and it has become worse.
I just found this out a couple of days ago that we were next to last in the SEC in rushing yards per game! Hard to even comprehend. 15th out of 16 teams. WHo saysyou have to be able to run the ball to win , but dang. NExt to last?
Good thing we had a defense that only allowed 20 points per game and a QB that could toss it around pretty well when the chips were down and yes even receivers who though very much imperfect could make catches in big moments.
Stacy Searles has to go away this offseason…. Can't count how many teams have passed him around like a drunken wh***. Why was he ever hired in the first place? I love Kirby Smart, and hate that his dad passed away yesterday. I hope he expands his candidate pool to replace Searles ad Bobo and some others as well past his old friends and teammates…. It is critical if we ever hope to remain in the ranks of the elite. The assistant coaches are almost as important as the players themselves…. We have atrophied in that department mightily since 2021.