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Feldman - "Smart is struggling with his overall management style of program"

Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:08 pm
Posted by Chazzy McRamzee
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:08 pm
Make of this what you will.

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Word is first-year Georgia head coach Kirby Smart is struggling with his overall management style of the football program and its effect on the operational aspect of the team. The Bulldogs are 3-2, and though this is a rebuilding project where the Nick Saban disciple has an inexperienced true freshman QB, an underwhelming O-line and only one starter back in his front seven, this is an issue worth keeping eye on.


Kirby Smart has not lost control because he never had control.


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Posted by Piscinin
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bama bangs dooley
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:09 pm to
I hear Les is available.
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Posted by GetCocky11
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Herman to Georgia
Posted by Hullabaloo
LA
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:13 pm to
the article links to a story about a UNC QB
Posted by SECFan1995
Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:14 pm to
There's been a lot of rumors that the upperclassmen that are on the team have completely rebelled against what has been a tougher regime for them. Of the juniors that can't jump to the NFL, I wouldn't be surprised if they leave as a graduate transfer.
Posted by crispyUGA
Upstate SC
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:16 pm to
It's his first year on the job... first year in that position. I expect some bumps in the road. If he's still having in year 3 then I'll be worried and I'll start contemplating who our AD might hire to replace him. We'll likely have a mass exodus of upperclassmen after this season because a lot of them apparently think he's "mean". We're fricking soft, and it takes time to turn that around.
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:17 pm to
Let em leave.
Posted by AgCoug
Houston
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:18 pm to
He's coached 5 games. Is this where we are now in college football?
Posted by Crowknowsbest
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:18 pm to
1. That's pretty vague and definitely doesn't get written if that Hail Mary falls incomplete.

2. Our upperclassmen are soft, have been soft, and most of them have now lost their jobs. I would expect some blowback.
Posted by Triple Daves
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:19 pm to
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He's coached 5 games


And is 3-2, 1-2 vs Top 20 teams.
Posted by djsdawg
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:19 pm to
So Feldman is essentially saying Smart isn't a sunday school teacher like richt and some of the upperclassmen dont appreciate having to work so hard. Was it an issue when we shut down the very guy who Feldman is praising before he wrote that?
Posted by MightyYat
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:19 pm to
It was always going to be a gamble to hire a Saban DC to run a program as big as UGA. We all know Saban pulls those puppet strings.
Posted by djsdawg
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:20 pm to
quote:

And is 3-2, 1-2 vs Top 20 teams.


Better than last year.
Posted by ibldprplgld
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:21 pm to
Saban disciple or not, I'm still very surprised UGA went with Smart without any HC experience. Seems like UGA would have wanted someone with a proven track record at that position. Not an unknown. Just seems very Tennessee of them.
Posted by 3down10
Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:21 pm to
Saban cleaned house when he came to Alabama.

Lots of upper classman couldn't take the bigger expectations.

Posted by Triple Daves
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:22 pm to
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Better than last year.


I meant it as a positive, especially compared to the notion that his tenure is off to some sort of disastrous start.
Posted by ATLdawg25
Atlanta, GA
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 1:23 pm to
quote:

He's coached 5 games

quote:

And is 3-2, 1-2 vs Top 20 teams

So he's a first year coach with a first year QB and we have lost to the two teams on our schedule more talented than us.

If someone had had written that as a preseason forecast of our first 5 games, no one would bat an eye. Yet here we are. Seems like fans of other programs seem to be very concerned while us UGA folk aren't sweating it.
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