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I'm hoping Jared Curtis isn't watching Bobo's offense and comparing it to Grubbs.
THat's the talk on all the sports podcast and comments from other coaches was how Grubbs was two steps ahead of Kirby's defense. A thing of beauty. MOst 3rd down conversions ever allowed by UGA in school history.
team hasn’t been the same since Lanning, Pittman and Monken left.
The state of college football with NIL and the transfer portal makes it more difficult for coaches like Kirby and saban because they based there teams on stock piling talent and keeping them on the roster to have more talent than the teams they played. It’s not like that anymore for Kirby. That’s why saban retired so abruptly. I still think Kirby is one of the best coaches in the game, but he’s got to surround himself with better coaches and not friends. With Pittman being fired, hopefully Kirby will at least bring him on as an analyst, but he may want to retire. Kirby has to get rid of Booboo and sorry Searels. Hopefully he does and can find another Monken type OC. Hopefully Schumman will get a head coaching job and Muschamp will come back as DC. I know he’s Kirby’s friend, but it’s the only coaching friend that has worked.
Go Dawgs and go Vandy!
Don’t understand All this dissing on Bobo and suckling on Grubb, just plain silly. Grubbs o scored3 more points than Bobo’s. If you blame anything , blame the HBC who went for it on 4th down with his 4th string RB. And blame the sticker coach for not putting enough sticker on Taylin’s receiver gloves. Blame our overrated DC who had two weeks to prepare after the fiasco of a defense he threw at the Vols…only to get torched again in the first half. I guess the shining light on this is that I don’t think Kirby has to worry about replacing his DC next year due to a HBC offer from another school.
You've perfectly echoed what I said after the game. And I said that about not worrying about Schumann getting taken away.
One more thing about the Taylor play…that was 2nd and 9. You see the problem? That only left 3rd down to get 9 yards after the dropped pass. I was so disappointed, I forget the play we ran on 3rd down…I think it was maybe a screen or short pass. It's just simple math really…
So sick of getting whipped by these guys. Nightmare once again. Hope we do not play them again for many years. I know Kirby has god status on this site, but this one is one him for both prep work with two weeks to plan and poor, lackluster game management.
Man, that was my worry watching the game. What are '26 recruits saying now???
The back and receiver rotation was concerning…why did we put Sacovie-White in later in the game??
Why was the pass to Taylor not thrown to Zach Branch or Colbie Young? It shoulda been a 1st down play anyway.
Nate's fumble was perplexing…has the RB coach not been working on that??? Can we get Dell McGee back?
And where were our tight ends? I don't even remember seeing London Humphreys.
@Gramster
No one is "suckling on Grubbs" anymore than you're suckling on Bobo. A relative or close friend perhaps?
I wasn't talking about a final score but just the optics. While I love UGA, I'm not a homer, too blind to see the obvious. I've listened to several podcasts just this morning of people who just so happened to be UGA fans and one with former players like David Pollack and Aaron Murray doing it.
THey are all raving about the game Simpson(best QB inthenation right now they say) had and the play calling by Grubb in the first half. He was 2 steps ahead of Kirby and the DC . THat's not me saying that, but UGA fans and former players. One podcaster said he was receiving texts during the game from coaches of other teams raving about Grubbs play calling. Same guy who beat Lanning while he was with DeBoer at Washington, twice!
Maybe you watched a different game but I saw one QB look like a Heisman potential and one QB who looked merely average. One team won by passing it and another one tried to win by running it and limiting the responsibility of the QB.
If I'm an elite QB, and not loyal to the UGA name do I want to come to UGA for ground and pound and taking an "occassional shot" as Kirby keeps saying, or do I want to go where there's obviously an innovative OC and excellent receivers every year? Just being honest .
SufferinginAtlanta succinctly stated. I have been saying this for some time now. The loss of Lanning, Pittman and Monken has affected team performance over time….especially Monken. I truly feel he could develop Gunner far better than current staff. Gunner is still on his training wheels. as he attempts to navigate football's toughest position.
SufferinginAtlanta succinctly stated. I have been saying this for some time now. The loss of Lanning, Pittman and Monken has affected team performance over time….especially Monken. I truly feel he could develop Gunner far better than current staff. Gunner is still on his training wheels. as he attempts to navigate football's toughest position.
Reddawg brings it strong! I stay quite most of the time but i don't understand why Schumann isn't taking serious blow back. Puts the team behind the '8 ball' nearly every sec game. Shut us all up and put UK away…..(prob not tho)
Man, you've hit the nail on the proverbial head. I appreciate Stockton's comments but I hate when players do this because the coaches who are really to blame, NEVER DO. This is on Kirby Smart (and his coordinators). I, too, am highly concerned about his "10 out of 10 times" comment. As I've said elsewhere, why is he so stubborn about NOT kicking the FG? Why not take the tie and just play it out from there? It would have been a huge emotional boost to the team after the way the game started, and I think it would have deflated Alabama for the same reason. As much as people want to deify Simpson and Grubbs now, Bama's offense did zilch in the second half. I'm not bailing on Kirby and I agree that far too many people are overreacting to a three-point loss (thanks to a UGA fumble on our own 10-yard line). But we have issues that need to be fixed (and I'm not talking about our freshmen O-linemen), beginning with our coaching staff, especially defensive. @reddawg1 had it right; even pedestrian QB's repeatedly look all-world against us. It's honestly like they're just at a walk-through or something. For it to repeatedly happen, not just this season but over several seasons, HAS to be coaching.
@Kudzu's comment:
"All that said, Kirby's "10 out of 10 times" comment is the most disturbing thing I've heard in his UGA tenure. It's a concerning indication of a lack of self-awareness, shifting blame elsewhere, and (frankly) a regression toward immaturity for a seasoned, no-longer-young leader."
Spot on. I posted a similar comment after the game and I am still fuming about Smart saying that. Calling the play is one thing but a total lack of situational awareness is infuriating. I'm not even as bothered by the fact that we went for it, although I play for the tie at home and count on my defense and the crowd. Rather, it is the call. I love Cash Jones, The play failure was not his fault. It called for power and, as good a runner and receiver as Cash is, he is not power. Power was on the sideline during that play and scored 2 power touchdowns the week before.
I remember many years ago, sitting in the stands watching us play auburn. Our defense had stopped them and Terry Bowden called for a punt. For no good reason, Ray Goff called a timeout. I leaned over to my brother in law and said "That timeout just cost him his job." It did. Bowden changed his mind and they went for and made the first down, leading to the winning score.
I don't expect (or want) Smart to go anywhere but that 4th down is the kind of call that costs a coach his job.
@MikeGriffith
The question that needs to be asked: why was Cash Jones even in the game? Yes, some guys who didn't get major program scholarships out of high school and walk on prove themselves to have major scholarship talent. Cash Jones is not one of those guys. He lacks the size (5'11" 185 lbs at most), strength, speed and quickness to be an SEC tailback. Jones getting minutes in 2023 was understandable: due to injuries, transfers and questionable recruiting UGA was extremely thin at RB. Now? It makes no sense at all to have a Conference USA talent at best on the field when trailing by a score in the red zone.
I can hear the reasoning already: Nate Frazier puts the ball on the ground and Bowens, Phillips and McCray don't know the offense. First off, this was the 4th game of the season and the 2nd SEC game. If there aren't multiple tailbacks who don't know the red zone offense by now, that is a coaching issue. (A coaching issue like … giving Cash Jones the reps in practice and in games that other RBs should get.) Second, there is another guy who is just as experienced in the offense, except he is 6'1" 210 lbs and was talented enough to be a 3 star recruit with several major offers from SEC, Big 10 and ACC schools and who has lined up at tailback several times: Dillon Bell.
But who are we kidding: we all know the answer already. Why Jones was on the field and continues to get playing time: Kirby Smart likes him. Which begs the question: how many other guys get on the field and stay there because Smart likes them better? And how many don't?