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How time heals all wounds and distorts the past. Everyone who is honest and knows UGA football can remember practically every Saturday, people all across Dawgnation were shaking their heads on a drive or two or in critical situations and wondering what was he(Bobo) thinking. That's a fact.
HIs record in SEC championship games 0-2. Averaging 19 points per game. Hard to win scoring 19.
What about against the Ole Ball Coach? 3W-5L. averaging 20 points per game in those 5 losses. Just couldn't unravel those defenses.
"Well we had crappy players, he''ll do better with our now better players", -revisionist history. During his tenure we averaged 8th in the nation in recruiting. South Carolina averaged ranking during the same time was 21st in the nation.
He averaged 30 points per game in his Bowl games with a 5-3 record. Beating up on the Hawaii's of the world and Texas A&M's .However in the 3 Bowl losses we averaged 18 points per game. Hardly anything to write home to momma about, and I'd betcha those teams we lost to didn't have our recruiting rankings.
THen there was the time we had BAMA on the ropes and didn't spike the ball, to take two shots at the endzone. THat one still hurts.
I will support the decision, and I hope he has improved, HIs last 3 jobs haven't ended well. People on here offering myriad excuses for it. I'm sure he's a nice guy, probaly a nicer guy than Monken, but I thought we got rid of Richt because he was too nice and not a hard patoot(like CKS.)
THe only thing about hiring your best friends is giving them too much lee way when they don't perform like you want them to. I can't imagine having to fire close friends and uproot their families. Hope it never comes to that, seriously.
I could see CKS extending another year to Bobo to turn things around that he wouldn't give to someone he's not emotionally attached to. Again, hope that never happens.
As far as running Monken's offense, most pundits I have listened to today don't believe that will be the case. He wasn't hired to run Monkens offense. Plus you can have all the same plays but the magic is in knowing what the defense is doing what you're trying to get them to do and then dialing up the right play at the precise moment.
Unless Monken left his brain for Bobo to use, that ain't happening.
Go Dawgs!
Not sure about this hire. I never liked Bobo that much and always questioned his play calling years ago when he was leading the Dawg's offense. He frustrated the heck out of me at times.
Only hope Bobo learned a few things from Monken...nothing to do about it but wait and see.
Maybe Todd will leave his playbook and "what-to-do-if-this-happens" answer sheets for Bobo to follow!!
Transfer portal may get active for some folks come May 1st...
Todd Monken needed UGA just as much as UGA needed him. It's not like teams in the NFL were lined up to hire him after getting fired in Cleveland. Bruce Arians chose not to hire him after Jameis Winston threw for 5,000 yards with Monken as OC in Tampa. My point is Monken improved and maybe Bobo has too.
Coach Smart didn’t replace Todd Monken with Mike Bobo, Todd Monken left for the NFL and Coach Smart replaced the vacancy that was left by Monken’s departure with Mike Bobo. Todd Monken is no longer available to be the OC at UGA; if he was he would still hold that position. I’m convinced (as is all of DawgNation) that Smart brought Bobo in specifically for this purpose, just as he did with Muschamp for the Dan Lanning departure. With that being the case, the UGA coaching staff is working a plan that was born for this very moment. Coach Smart is not a fool who was caught by surprise and made a mid-panic decision that he will live to regret. Coach Smart is not going to compromise the offensive production of this team in favor of his friendship with Bobo. Coach Smart has forgotten more about coaching talent than what you and I know combined. Its probably true that Mike Bobo is no Todd Monken, but Todd Monken is no longer available.
GO DAWGS!
There were many times over the last 2 seasons when I scratched my head (or shook it) at some of the Monken play calls. Now granted some of them could have been plays SBIV changed at the line. Remember the 3 and out before the half (what game was that?!) when SBIV changed the play to pass and then incomplete?
The point is remember the dive runs up the middle time after time after time when they weren't working? I know CKS/CTM kept SBIV on a short leash but like Donnan said, "except for AL (SECCG) and OSU, UGA was always the better team". Implying UGA shoulda won all those games with the talent on hand.
With UGA's O back next season , UGA will be fine.