re: Got some elbow room on the Smart Cart...

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Forgot Maurice Smith, yet another grad transfer.

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Ah! I forgot him, too. There's nothing wrong with grad transfers. Ideally, you don't want to build a team around them, but Smith has definitely been a pleasant addition.

I'm chill Whopp

We got rid of Richt to compete in big games and win them, correct?

Not only did we not compete yesterday, we got our shite pushed in. I get that this is his first year and we are only 4 games in, but the product on th field is worrisome, imo.

Ill be glad to eat my crow though.

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The 2013 class is really hurting this team right now.

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Nono! I am not arguing that point. You are correct. We lost some good players. I am not sure it hurt us as concerning depth, though. We have the depth at DB, which is where we lost the most talented members of that class. And, I think I would rather have Maurice Smith for the one year over Tray Matthews, anyway. of course, we had a couple of guys that just didn't pan out, but every team has had that. But you are right about the 2013 class hurting us.

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Ole Miss has a lot more talent than we do.

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I'm not sure about that....but I can't argue the point either. I mean, what are you going by? recruiting rankings? Then they are not more talented. Maybe their players fit their scheme better than ours does right now. I can see that. That comes with a coaching change and just has to be worked through.

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Not saying Kirbs is perfect, he is learning on the job but I think that anything he does this year definitely has to be pretty much 50% put on Richt for leaving this mess.

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And here is where i would take issue. Richt won 10 games with MOSTLY the same guys, and I would argue that this roster is as talented and maybe more talented than what Richt had last year.

Eason alone makes the passing game better and more effective. Our running game should be better because we got Chubb back and added Herrien and Holyfield.
Offensively we SHOULD be better, but we are not.

I can see a step back defensively because we lost our two top pass rushers. But everybody (Us, the experts) thought carter was going to be a beast. So far it has not panned out. Is it defensive scheme? Development? Lack of effort on his part? Who knows? but we hardly have a mess. By next year, the 2013 class will no longer be a factor, so everybody wanting to lay this at Richt's feet will no longer have that to fall back on.

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I honestly think you've been hoping for us to fall flat on our face in a game so you could shite on Kirby and

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In fairness a lot of us felt the same way about y'all when Richt was here.
It wasn't true then, and it isn't true now....at least, I hope not.

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I honestly think you've been hoping for us to fall flat on our face in a game so you could shite on Kirby and express your love for CMR. How disappointed were you when we came back against UNC and Mizzou? Be honest, God's watching.

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Why would I pull against success for my alma mater and a program that I have been following for 2 decades?

I will say this, CMR was a great guy and a really good football coach. However, I didnt diasgree with his firing. I didnt like how it was handled, but I didnt disagree with it.

Getting embarrassed in big games is what got him fired. So, I think the new coach needs to be held to that same standard.

I'm not saying fire CKS, but in his first chance to make some noise in the SEC he got embarrassed. And thats worrisome imo.

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I didnt like how it was handled, but I didnt disagree with it.

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If we had handled it like LSU has over the last 10 months then you'd have a point, but we did it cleanly and without causing too much drama so I'm not sure what the problem with it was.

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Getting embarrassed in big games is what got him fired.

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I'd say it was more the fact that he didn't win an SECCG for 10 years and we were tired of playing in the same 3-4 crappy bowl games, or at least that was my take on it.

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So, I think the new coach needs to be held to that same standard.

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If we're getting blown out in games next year and the year after, with teams that are made up of players Kirby was responsible for bringing here, it'll be time to spam the board with threads about him not being a good coach. A lot of people, including myself, just aren't going to freak out about a very very young team getting blown out on the road against a pissed off team with an explosive offense.

Sweet, let me know when you decide to stop pouting and acting like such an insufferable count!

I hoped you would feel better after brunch this morning.

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Nobody does that better.

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Notre Dame is at least competitive.

yeah next year is our year