re: What to expect from your team this season?

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How did UGA fans feel about Kirby Smart's first year? I didn't watch much georgia football, but did you improve over the year?

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We kinda did, a little. I feel very good about Kirby though, there is simply not too much you can tell about a guy in his first year ever as a head coach (with a TFr QB to boot). We had some bonehead games and calls and our record stunk but pretty much everything was starting from scratch. I don't think you can really judge a guy until he has a full 4 year recruiting cycle under his belt.

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they said the talent Smart inherited wasn't great -- I thought Richt consistently had top 15 classes, was that wrong?

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That isn't wrong but it's very misleading. Richt did routinely bring in top ~10 classes but the catch is that they were usually good for about 3rd-5th in the SEC. Two other things to note are that the good talent we do have was certainly not on the OL which is critical, and a lot of it is awfully young. Kirby had a top 10 class in 16 and the #3 class last year. So yes there is "talent on the roster" but much of it is young and inexperienced. We were woefully depleted in both talent and depth on the OL, so regardless of how good your RBs or QB are you aren't gonna do much without a line.