re: ESPN: UGA & DC Pruitt's Defense Facing An Uphill Battle

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Georgia may be staring a .500 season in the face this year.

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1/10, there is literally a 0% chance of this.

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I would think Dawg fans would want to move in a new direction with a new coach. It looks like it is time to shake things up over there in Athens.

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People don't realize that changing DC's under Richt is pretty much the equivalent of a new head coach as far as culture change goes. With CMR the offensive side of the ball has been great. We had a lull during the transition from Richt to Bobo, but since around '10, we've been rock solid both on and off the field. People like to talk about troublemakers, but the only guy on O that was ever a major problem was Crowell. That is 1 guy in 3-4 years. There isn't a problem there.

Defense has been the issue with a poor DC that had no discipline followed by a slightly better, but still bad DC that also enforced no discipline. Our DC is literally a "Head Coach of the Defense", not just a coordinator. Grantham had and Pruitt has complete autonomy in recruiting, coaching, play-calling, etc. Cutting that dead weight and pulling the coup that brought Pruitt to Athens was just such a shakeup as you talk about, there is a new direction. It is evident in the way he is handling Wiggins, JHC, and Matthews and in the way he is recruiting. The road may be a bit rocky at first, but we've got a fantastically talented front 7 and one of the best DB coaches in the league with some absolute gems in the incoming class. We'll be fine so long as Tracy Rocker and the LB coaches can handle their units.