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Agree with everything you said, but DO NOT want Mullen on staff for any reason. Doubt he would come or offered anyway.
Daniels was 1 for 11 on third down conversions against the only winning team he faced last year and this year he didn’t score a TD…not even one against Clemson….only a lone field goal. That’s it folk, JT gave us 3 points and 135 yards against a mediocre team. Your stats Mike were from games against losing teams. JT is not the answer.
It was the biggest moment of the year (so far), and Smart's team produced what was by far its worst performance in a long time. Don't mistake what I say next as defense of the coaching.
I think the fourth down question is very nit picky. If they had kicked the field goal, and lost by 14, and there was an article written about that specific decision, we all know commenters would be coming out in droves to say it was "same old Kirby" being too conservative, playing not to lose, not having any killer instinct, yada yada yada. They'd be saying Metchie was out, we just got a stop, that was the time to take some decisive control over the game and Kirby blew it.
I'm not saying either position is right or wrong. I'm saying it's obvious that no one play call was going to make or break that game. There are plenty of things to criticize about how the game was handled. This is just pointless piling on.
Guys it didn't take a fired coach to tell us this was going to happen everybody knew Stetson wasn't a drop back passer who couldnt put it in the tight Windows. everybody knew this except for Kirby Smart and some of dawgNation BA abs UGA sports....
Whole lot of difference between pointing out s tupid behavior and calling someone s tupid. I would be even more slow in insulting someone when not face to face.
FWIW I posted without seeing your post. The Gator hating thread is one of the all time great threads and I had that thread in mind.
If you act s t u p I d, you'll be called out as such.. Goes hand in hand. And, if you act that way, you best be tough enough to face the consequences. If I ever saw mullet in person, i wouldn't hesitate to let him know face to face he's a joke. I'd bet I wouldn't be the 1st to do so, nor the last. And I'm sure he cares as much for my opinion of him, as I care about his for me.
I think Kirby made a huge mistake not taking Bennett out of the game when he first threw an interception, it was more than obvious by this late time he was having an off tempo very poor game. By placing Daniels in , it would require Alabama to make major adjustments in their game and because of Daniels accuracy he could have kept Ga. scoring, and up beat. Then he had the option to put Bennett in under a running situation or special call. As it was we were sliding into oblivion. By the time the third quarter rolled around we dug ourselves a huge whole. And did not score any points in the third quarter. It was obvious Georgia had to score in ALL Four Quarters to have a chance. I blame coach for ridiculous loyalty to a poor performance day Quarterback, vs the loyalty to the team, sounds like our old coach did with loyalty to bad coaches at the expense of the team. Team first , Kirby ego should be second. Sorry Kirby . You went with your emotions not your facts in this loss.
The real mystery isn't why Bennett wasn't pulled - it's why JT has not seen the field at all in a month or so. Either there's something going on we don't know about or Smart has criminally mismanaged the QB situation. Putting JT in with literally no game experience over the past 4 games, in that situation against that team would probably not have delivered a good outcome. Really, Smart should be the CEO and Chief Recruiting Officer and hire a day to day coach to actually run the team.
Until further notice: The three best coaches in CFB are Saban, Swinney and Smart.
I don't want to hear anybody say Ryan Day is better than Smart. Ohio St has a vast talent advantage over every team other than Alabama or Georgia. No team in the B1G comes close to OS in talent and especially depth. Day couldn't even win the B1G conference.
With that said, I think Kirby needs to learn to be a little more of a gambler. Being conservative works when you have the better matchup. When you don't, like when facing a Heisman QB and great receivers, it's time to gamble. I'm not sure Kirby has that part down yet.
I would be interested in your criteria for making your statement and let’s not pretend that UGA did out talented everyone on their schedule to include Alabama.
The field goal that was returned for a touchdown was one of the most influential plays in Saban’s career. Two weeks later he turned to Kiffin to be his offensive coordinator and you witnessed the results of that play in the most recent SECCG. Bama when from a quarterback under center to what Saban refers to as a fastball team embracing all the things he disliked about the direction of college football.
it will be interesting to see how Kirby responds and what direction he takes UGA.
so for one game it was a bad decision but only for one game.