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So every year from now on the good teams have to lose half of their team and virtually all their depth? Can't imagine the coaches will put up with this.
You are correct, your comment is emotional. My comment is frustration, with facts to back it up.
Chaz Chambliss has 2.5 career sacks, including exactly ZERO (0) sacks for the 2023 season. Lassiter and Tykee Smith both DBs and NOT edge rushers mind you, combined, had 2.5 sacks this season. That is Chambliss’ career total. So a guy whose job it is to set the edge, and get after the QB, has a total of 0 sacks, and only 20 tackles in a season, and you are telling me that is elite play? Chaz Chambliss may know the defense in and out, but he gets his ass whipped every play. You cannot reasonably, rationally say he is an impact player when you look at his stats. Chaz is the unequivocally not rare breed.
And, where did I say “play kids that have no business being on the field so they don’t transfer”? Umm, yeah, I didn’t. I said play kids who are talented, when the guy in front of him, just doesn’t cut it. Considering the level of play we didn’t get from Chaz, you’re not risking much by putting in a faster, better player, even if he is less experienced. Kids who are talented, will transfer, if they don’t get playing time. And considering how poor our edge play has been, we need all the talent we can get.
I can say whatever the hell I like. I don’t have to be kind to Kirby or indiscriminately approve of or agree with every decision he makes. Kirby is a human like everyone else, and makes mistakes too. And that does extend to personnel decisions as well. I don’t have to believe he is perfect and never messes up. I am actually allowed to disagree. This isn’t a cult, I can embrace divergent opinions. And my opinion is Kirby is too risk averse and too conservative. And, again, I disagree with Kirby about practice and experience. Playing time doesn’t equal skill or ability. It helps, but it won’t remove a leopards spots so to speak. And how do kids get experience? Playing in games. It’s not the best practicers that win games, it’s the best players. Good players still need to practice well, but practices are not games. Most super talented guys, you will see their best in games, not necessarily in practice. It’s the same with college. When I was in college, the smartest students didn’t feel the need to study, why study when you can get a 95 without studying? Where the students always studying were hoping for a a B, a B+ if they got lucky, and they were ALWAYS STUDYING. I am not saying study and practice are meaningless, but they don’t give you elite traits, they enhance elite traits. And there are some guys playing, Chaz included, they study well, but don’t have any elite traits. For a lot of super smart, super talented kids, their best comes out at crunch time. And Kirby doesn’t seem to acknowledge that. I have been a Georgia fan long before Kirby was the coach, I don’t owe him undying allegiance, or anything, for that matter. I have the right to criticize him. And I believe he is mismanaging the roster.
I should be ashamed? For not thinking what you want me to think? BS I will continue to think whatever I like.
And it’s not “one player”, a lot of guys are leaving. Granted, most of them weren’t going to ever start, but you just can’t lose a guy this talented.
And, what are teams made of? Players! You got it, first guess. Teams are made up of players. And great teams are made of elite players. Not just to beat up on Chaz, I like him as a person, but either you are elite or you are not. Chaz is not elite. Our edge play this year was abysmal.
And no kid wants to wait two or three years behind Grandpa over there who runs a 4.8 and has no sacks on the year. No sacks? Are you kidding? That is his job! And he failed! Kids don’t some to Georgia, or anywhere, to practice. They come to play.
“What are you thinking?” Is that meant to make me feel bad? I can think whatever the hell I want. I don’t need to consult anyone before expressing my opinion.
Yeah…except you can’t replace your entire 2 and 3 deep with transfers. In the past two seasons we have lost 29 players, and already 14 more have entered the portal in the past week. The transfer portal is so you can get a single WR, or a DL, or maybe two DBs. Not make up for this level of attrition. In three seasons we will have lost an entire 1.5 recruiting classes worth of players. That’s like taking an entire year off from recruiting. That’s insane! We don’t have to like what is happening. It’s not conspiracy, it’s reality. We are losing an alarming number of players. True, many of them wouldn’t have started next year, but what has made us better the past two years is quality depth, now we’re losing potential playmakers. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows. No matter how badly you want to force that Kool-aid down our throats, we don’t have to take it.
While this one appears to be the most confusing of the transfers, we may never know why. Was he afraid of competition from the 3 talented edge rushers in the class behind him, because they are there? Was he upset that Jalen Walker was making more plays when it mattered? Was he not willing to put in the practice Kirby demands(bloody Tuesdays)? Was he homesick? Has someone convinced him there was more NIL money elsewhere? While I have wondered why he was not on the field more, like some other posts here, I am willing to trust Kirby to put the players on the field that give us the best chance to win. Kirby cannot control what some players decide about the portal. Unfortunate sign of the times.
Why are you so **** condescending? If folks want to engage in conspiracy theories, why do you care? People can think what they want.
And…you do realize in the past 2 seasons we have lost 29 players to the portal? And in the past week, 14 more? That’s 1.5 recruiting classes. That is not insignificant like you are trying make it. We can’t lose that much of our depth. How does losing that many players make our roster better? How is that a win win? Maybe there’s an opening for you…how much would you like a year to carry water for Kirby? No one here hates Kirby. But something is wrong right now, and no matter how hard you try, you can’t spin this as a good thing. It is not. We will never bring in the number of players required to offset attrition. It’s not a one for one.
No one is crying. You seem more upset about people being concerned for the UGA we all love, than the degree of frustration they are expressing.
To quote Morgan Wallen in his song" Last Night"........concerning this thread and MJ Jr....."we said it all"!.......to become a DGD, you realize and accept that a starting position/playing time ain't guaranteed for anybody, you've got to earn it at practice and then demonstrate it every snap you get......remember the McConkey "muffs" last year.....Kirby Smart's success is based on competition....that's how he earned playing time....this philosophy was reinforced under Saban and it has served him well.....Some players can't withstand the constant pressure so they opt out for other programs that don't embrace this standard...I wish MJ Jr the best....there will be plenty of teams that would love to give him a permanent starting position in his home state based on his HS stars and his experience at Georgia. I look at his competition and there are NO WORRIES, as he will soon be forgotten. The only problem is the unregulated nature and timing of the TP and to again quote Morgan, "But baby, baby, something's tellin' me this ain't over yet"!
This one hurts. I was hoping 24 was his year. Our LB room was a mess this year (both ILB and OLB). I hope we figure out a way to turn it around or every team we play is going to know where to attack.
After 65 years of living and dying with th Dawgs I am through with college football. Between coaches coming and going making ridiculous money, and players coming and going chasing NIL money they have lost this old man. Too much like th NFL or Pro sports in general. Think I will hunt, fish and play with my grandchildren more this next fall. it’s a shame but I think th game has been ruined for me.
At least CJ Allen is coming on at the right time. I have high hopes for him. He, I think, will provide an upgrade to our ILB play from the past couple years. We really haven’t had a real stud since Nakobe.
I have to agree there sir. Though only 30, I am sickened by this circus. I have two boys (almost 4 and almost 2) and one on the way. I don’t know how much more time and energy I am willing to give to this sport. I will probably spend all this time next year with them, not watching and enjoying worrying over this sport I don’t recognize anymore.
I'm going to be P.O.d til December 30!!
While I'll stick it out... good for you! I am a diehard CFB fan, basically the long form of that: fanatic 😁
However, one day I'll need to sit back and evaluate the alternatives you mention below too. Honestly, they're probably better than my football screentime fixation from September-December each year.
All that said, I'm hanging in there for a while longer (I mostly abandoned pro sports years ago when player loyalty went out the window; if players have no loyalty to their team, why should I? My loyalty to pro football teams now hinges around how many Dawgs they have on their roster... Hello Philly!).
I'm eager to see how Kirby and co. address the LB challenge in a new world... should at least be some fun sports soap opera in the off-season 😁
You say "something is wrong right now" and it clearly is, but it is the state of college football, not UGA. Look at the transfer portal across the country. Texas A&M is loosing just about it's entire defensive line. Tennessee has lost an unbelievable 6 defensive backs. Kirby will do the best he can in this environment. I hate it, but this is what happens when college football leadership gives in to NIL and relaxed the transfer rules.