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What Georgia football is getting in new offensive line coach Matt Luke

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What Georgia football is getting in new offensive line coach Matt Luke

Welcome to Good Day, UGA, your one-stop shop for Georgia football news and takes. Check us out every weekday morning for everything you need to know about Georgia football, recruiting, basketball and more. What Georgia football is getting new offensive line coach Matt Luke There was a case to be made that no position

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ShoottheHooch

Tuesday was supposed to be the day SC announced the approval of a contract with Bobo. Bobo reportedly did leave the door open to having a "change of heart." I haven't seen an announcement. Any word?

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1SICemDAWGS1

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/374266#Comment_374266

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It's official..

rhbatch

I can't think of a better person for OL coach. Might be one but, outside of Pittman, I haven't seen any better credentials.

MLV

This is an important hire. Thumbs up from me. Looks like a Luke will be a strong edition to the coaching staff.

SmartsTheMan

Coming into this season I was convinced Georgia would have a top - 3 O-line, and likely the best in CFB. Despite all the recruiting success with Pittman, it didn't work out that way.

Pittman's line under performed. Was he distracted because of wanting a HC position? Was it because Pittman has been somewhat overrated as a teacher of the craft?

It will be interesting to see what coach Luke does with the talent he's inheriting. I think it's safe to say, he will have more talent and depth than he has ever had before.

This could be the best thing possible for UGA. You know Luke is coming in with a chip on his shoulder after the way he was treated.

Something was missing with the O-line this year. Luke may even prove to be an upgrade over Pittman.

BubbaBill

Love this hire.....great job Kirby. I also agree with many comments regarding Pittman. He’s an incredible recruiter and fun guy, but I think he’s mediocre as an on field coach.

reddawg1

all that talent on the o-line and couldn't dominate

reddawg1

Ok so South Carolina's offense just got better, now what about ours? Maintain the status quo? Nothing to see here so move along?

kirkhilles

That's great to hear that people seem to have a positive opinion on Luke. Commenters seem to be pretty spot-on. They were excited about Smart and he's delivered. They indicated Pittman was a serious recruiter and he was. They thought Chaney was "so-so" and he was. They weren't really excited about Coley and, uh, yeah.

I guess I would've preferred that he be hired as the OC and drop Coley back down, but I guess you need a dedicated guy for the OL.

diesel_7

Bottom line is Pittman recruited a lot of 4 & 5 star guys & the O-line under-performed bigly. There's 3 possible answers; 1) the players he recruited were over-ranked/over-rated; 2) Pittman wasn't a very good hands-on coach; 3) the linemen are too big;

What do I mean by too big? The word 'offense' means the 'aggressor', associated with 'aggressive attack', meaning they are supposed to dictate where the play is going on a run play, opening holes based on the design of the play. If the D-lineman is smaller but quicker, it means the D-lineman is getting to the hole faster than the O-lineman, which means the O-lineman can, at this point, only react.

I'm curious to see if the O-line does better at run-blocking next season.

UGA66

Matt Luke brings a healthy maturity to the offensive slot. Loads of profitable experience...he will replace the Pit-Man easily. I believe Matt will tell Kirby like it is. He has head coaching experience and KNOWS UGA's one-dimensional push will NOT work. This will be beneficial advice for the overall future of UGA's program.....absolutely. Coley could pick up some pointers from Matt as well...! Here's hoping they have ears to hear....GO DAWGS!!!

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maconexpress

I hope the plan is to promote Matt Luke to OC before next season and allow him to run the offense as he sees fit. This will give recruits confidence that Kirby is serious about upgrading the offense to compete at a high level.