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Where Georgia football goes after latest loss to Alabama hits many similar notes
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Where Georgia football goes after latest loss to Alabama hits many similar notes
ATHENS â A year ago, Kirby Smart stood at the podium after a loss to Alabama and pointed out how Georgia had not gotten the chance to play Alabama at home.
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The first thing CKS mentioned when arriving was that the OL needed to be better. Sadly, these last two or three years it's dropped down a level or two.
The days of younger teams, unproven rosters, and inconsistent results on the field are here to stay for most all teams. The days of hoarding EXPERIENCED talent for years are gone. The days of talented and experienced depth at most positions are gone.
Get used to it Kirby.
They forgot to rate coaching. Er, uh, that would be an F. Kirby Smart has gone from a treasure to a liability. Bama resides in his head, and his lack of confidence toward them results in unwise coaching decisions every time we play them. His leadership is flawed as he places his personal friendship with his incompetent coordinators over the team's success. He has grown to be arrogant and fearless in believing that he is so good he is untouchable. The coaches' payroll is obscene. These elite players deserve elite coaches. In effect, Smart is now Dabo 2.0. Too stubborn to change for the good of the program. I would trade Alabama's coaching staff for Georgia's in a heartbeat. The Bama staff is an order of magnitude more competent than Bobo, Schumann, and their buddy assistants. Our Natty is now four years old. Last night we showed the nation on national TV that we are no longer elite becuase our coaches are not elite. The bottom line is that Kirby Smart is not indispensable. The athletic director and university president need to direct him to make significant coaching changes or else pack up his own bag. The UGA coaching staff has turned into a bunch of good ole buddies with a whole lot of salary money without the eye of the tiger. We should demand better rather than excuses and obfuscation. It was sickening to watch Bama take over our house after the game last night. Sickening. This is not OK.
Fellas, I’m starting to connect the dots- and the shine may be coming off Kirby Smart.
Listening to sideline reports and various insiders, one theme keeps coming up: it’s Kirby who insists Georgia must be a run-first team. That directive puts Mike Bobo in a tough spot, forcing him to balance a run-heavy approach with just enough passing to keep things interesting. It also explains why Bobo never seems to be in hot water, he’s doing exactly what Kirby asks.
But here’s the rub: Kirby’s “run-first” philosophy may be hurting UGA’s ability to land and keep top wide receiver recruits. Todd Monken, for instance, reportedly clashed with Kirby over offensive control. According to Buck Belue (680 The Fan), Monken was fed up with Kirby’s antics and unwilling to compromise his offensive philosophy. That friction, combined with the grind of recruiting, played a major role in Monken’s departure.
Even legends like Champ Bailey have weighed in. In an interview (not sure when it was recorded), Champ admitted Kirby is a hard coach to play for, too intense on the sidelines at times, and noted Kirby was a difficult teammate back in his UGA playing days. Sure, his competitiveness is admirable, but college football has changed. Today’s players won’t tolerate being treated “old-school” for long, they’ll jump in the transfer portal. And we’ve seen that, year after year, with 15–20 guys leaving Athens each offseason.
Did anyone catch Connor’s comments about Kirby being defiant in the press conference? That’s exactly the concern. Instead of owning mistakes and adjusting, it’s always “Kirby and the Dawgs,” when in reality it should be the other way around.
Now, I’m not calling for panic. I still believe Kirby can right the ship. But he has to swallow some pride, modernize his approach, and adjust. Otherwise, the barking in Athens won’t just be directed at opponents. No one,not even Kirby,is bigger than the University of Georgia.
Final thought: recruiting and coaching better along both lines of scrimmage will fix a lot of issues. If we shore that up, we’ll be just fine. But until then, it feels like UGA is leaning on the past while the rest of college football keeps evolving
Thankfully we are not Team USA playing in the Ryder Cup!
With the portal & NIL additions it will complicate rosters and continuity in programs. So, we are in a transition and adjustment phase in college sports. As I looked at our schedule preseason, not only ours, but others as well, I could see that quite a few "premier" schools could suffer multiple losses by the end of the season. This could be the new norm under the "new world order."
No Ga. fan ever wants to address the elephant in the room. Mike Bobo has got to go. His play calling is unimaginative and predictable. Georgia will never, ever will big again until a coordinator comes in with some imagination and flare.
Always the dumbest and wrong complaints on this board. Yes questionable calls were made by kirby at the end. I would have went differently also, but had one guy not completely whiffed their block we score. There is nothing wrong with play calling. There was wide open wr and TE all night. You all just dont pay attention or know what your looking at. At this point I think you all subconsciously dont even know your bias. I give no one a pass, but i evaluate tape and almsot everything people on here cry about is factually untrue. Its purely reactionary and no play caller would have different results with the players making the mistakes they did. You ignore everything that works to over react on one or a few plays that the players let you down and you go right to blaming the wrong people. Its obvious you follow the camera and ball during the game and dont see what is happening off camera or out of focus on the oline or with wr. It was a collection of everything. Gunner has to throw to the wr who were open downfield against zone. There were A LOT. No play call negates a ball not thrown, a ball not caught, a block completely missed, or a ball fumbled. Something called doesnt fix that. You all genuinely just do not know and frankly it seem you do not understand what you do not know. What im saying now is not opinion. It is undeniable truth even if you can not accept it or understand. Idgaf about any coach. I do care about being right and holding the correct people accountable. We had 60 minutes of different players at different times failing to do their assignment or not make the plays that needed to be made. Sure kirby had a decision I didnt love late. Does not change the rest of the game and that had the lineman not completely failed to touch the dl we are not having this discussion. If you cant understand how you are reactionary to the result and not being unbiased then their may be no help for you and you should just quit watching.