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I put this one on the coaching staff.
Way too conservative defensive gameplan. How did they come into this game and not go after Young right from the start?
Watching Michigan steamroll Iowa. Not sure how you cannot move them up to number 1. Bama at 2. Cinn at 3 and then UGA backs into #4. Georgia is lucky that there is not another deserving 1 loss team. If OSU had beaten Oregon, UGA would be watching the playoffs and playing Baylor again in the Sugar Bowl.
There’s Truth in what you say whether people want to see it or not. People ASSUME that JT would be an upgrade over Stets with IF they are honest Very little work Shown by JT before he came to UGA and since he’s been at UGA. We simply Don’t Know. HOWEVER Kirby Did blow it Big Time by not getting JT into Numerous games and Early so that he could be Properly Evaluated in Real game action. PLUS no amount of blame on Stets removes the 34 points that the Dawgs Defense allowed. I don’t mean to sound like a broken record but Auburn made Bama go to 4 OTs to beat them and they only scored 22 points Not the 30+ points that Some Dawgs fans have indicated are some sort of Requirement. If the Dawgs D contained Young and stopped him and held him to say 14 points or you can even add in the pick 6 (7) by Stets would not the Dawgs have won 24-21 ?? No this was a Team loss and a Kirby Smart Failure !! And KIRBY allowed and placed Stets as the starting QB !! What was Stets supposed to say No Coach I Refuse to be your QB ??!!?? I think it’s Convenient for Some Dawgs fans to vent their frustration out on Stets. And Assume that JT would have done better with Zero, Zilch, Nada, Nothing to SHOW he was a better choice than that he was a 5 star at a west coast high school and did fairly decent in his limited time at USC and limited time in games since being at UGA. Now he Might well have done better. He just might have. SO did Kirby keep JT on the bench for a Valid reason ?? Or did Kirby go with Stets because of the wonderful story line ?? IF it’s the later of those two questions then Kirby Smart GROSSLY failed his Team and Dawg Nation !! AND all that doesn’t answer Why the Defense ( Kirby’s specialty) just totally Fell apart !! P.S. Saw a couple of Dawgs fans comment “Like Mark Richt”. NO Mark Richt won TWO SEC Titles and another SECE Title in HIS first five years at UGA !! And they’d was no playoff system when Mark was here. And the Powers at UGA have just tremendously rolled out the $$& for Kirby where Mark had to plead and beg. So Until Kirby bests Mark Richt record I don’t think that’s very fair to Mark !! I have Nothing against Kirby. I’m Very glad he’s the HC at UGA. But it’s Time for Kirby to take a long look in the mirror and challenge HIMSELF to be Elite !! Lastly Kirby needs to start JT the next game and See what he can do. I hope JT can be Very successful. I Want the Dawgs to WIN !! The Defense has GOT to do light years better to !!
I don't often agree with you Mike, because you mostly write stuff for clicks...BUT THIS ONE IS 100% THE TRUTH. Kirby has squandered 3 leads against Bama with zero to show for it because he's doesn't know how to adjust when he get's behind. He can't manage the QB position and I have ZERO idea why the defense looked so slow and uninterested. Missed tackles, poor angles, and a secondary that looked uttlerly lost like they'd never played football before. Inexplicable. It's like Kirby coaches himself OUT of games instead of going for the jugular like Saban. Bama definitely smelled blood in the water after that first blown coverage and instead of adjusting, the defense looked even more lost. The bottom line: Bama EXPECTS to win while UGA hopes to win. I thought this was our year, but UGA isn't beating Bama if given another chance and Michigan will blow Kirby out just like today. Michigan's D and O are much better than Bama's. Maybe STET will stay another year while we lose two more 5 stars to the portal. Wouldn't surprise me a bit. I have a good friend who said earlier this week that "Georgia always chokes in the big games" and I couldn't disagree. It's become a punchline and part of the Georgia brand unfortunately.
“…we had the vastly more talented team”
This is a serious question - at what positions did you see “vastly more talent?” QB - no. WRs - no. O-Line - no. D-Line - even. D-Backs - no. LBs - yes.
My opinion.
Yep. We’ve got a phenom TE in Bowers. He was the Only consistent positive I saw. And Even he can’t win the game all by himself.
I didn't recognize the Dawg D today. And it wasn't just the Bama QB and receivers carving them up.... for the first time all year (and most of last), from front to back, they generally looked tentative (versus attacking), tired (versus relentless and fast), and confused (versus fully ready). As for our QB, I'd hoped JT would have gotten real playing time in the many blowouts during the season, just to keep the rust off and be truly game-ready when called on to turn things around. At this point, it's hard to imagine he can have elite timing and recognition against Michigan or Bama (who are primed), with so little running of the offense and playbook on Saturdays .. but I reckon it's worth finding out. Go Dawgs!
Yep. Spot on. Sad thing.
Well I’m gonna Try to get some sleep. Sad sleep. But my fellow Dawgs fans, let’s Try as best we can to hold on to Hope. Maybe Kirby and staff can look at the film and get things back on track. I know we’re all super disappointed but maybe a better day is around the corner. Sometimes a team plays better with a chip on their shoulder. Well our Dawgs should have a bolder on theirs !! I don’t know what the answers are, wish I did. STILL Love our Dawgs though. Always have and Always will. Go Dawgs !!
Kirby still believes that his team can run the football into a win, even against the new #1 team. How many losses to Bama will it take for Kirby to see the light, that recent HCs saw, to get them a title? Saban, Orgeron, Dabo. Monken has to be tired of it, and has one foot out the door.
The reason is the secondary cannot cover man to man unlike Auburn
He has built a team that can beat every team in the SEC East but when it comes to the West it often times is a different story be it LSU or Alabama. All the blow out games this year did not help prepare UGA for the post season
My observations:
Once again, we were out-coached. Let's face it, Saban is a God. He can review tape, find your weaknesses and exploit them. Of course, the players have to play, but the coaches have to coach as well. And last night, we were out-coached and out-played.
Three plays that doomed us: 2 long passes for TD's and the pick 6 from Bennett. That's 21 points right there.
And now a little sour grapes. Was it just me or did Alabama's OL hold play after play and never get called for it?