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Posted on 11/1/15 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 11/1/15 at 4:57 pm
Im going to go ahead and give my two cents about this season.
Coaching
Mark Richt's time in Athens is over. He's been our coach for 15 years and the last trophy he won (not counting bowl games) was 10 years ago. He had his best shot in 2012 and found a way to blow a lead. His teams constantly show up in big games flat and not excited to play. It seems like the only thing that fires up Richt and his teams up from big games is either because his job is on the line or because they were embarrassed by that team the year before.
I didn't expect much out of this offense except Chubb being a consistent Heisman candidate carrying the load. I knew we weren't going to have an amazing QB, but I thought it was going to be like Mason a year ago. It also doesn't help Chubb is gone for the year and UGA has a new offensive coordinator. This all falls on Richt for not recruiting a QB to be able to take over the reigns after Murray graduated. We should have done something to keep Bobo. He may not have been the best OC out there, but he did assemble the best offense in UGA history. We have two new coordinators so it's either wait a few more years for the players to pick up the play book and for Pruitt and Schotty to get their guys they want in their system, or we start over and clean house hoping we can grab a quality, proven coach to get UGA over that hump that Richt hasn't gotten over in 10 years.
Players
There is no leadership! Before, we had Murray, Gurley, Shawn Williams, Jarvis MF Jones, etc. We have no leaders. We have good players that wear the "C" on their jerseys, but I don't see any of them taking control of this team. No one is in control and no one leads this team. It's easy to see on the field.
Season
I knew UGA wasn't going to put up 40+ a game like we have been used to seeing via the Murray era. I knew Chubb was going to be our offense like last year, but I thought our defense was going to pick up the slack that the offense was going to leave. Our defense has been moderate at best. Ganus is our best all around player on defense and he's a transfer from UAB. Jenkins and Floyd have either been injured or just not trying very hard. I'm still waiting for either one of them to take over and win a game like Jarvis Jones did. It just seems everyone is going through the motions since Alabama came to Athens.
All in all, there's is no fire left in this program and its time to shake things up. I won't mind if it sets the program back a few years, but we already know what Richt is going to give us. The Bulldawg Nation is ready for a change and ready to have hope again. Not this "it has to be our time eventually" hope that Richt gives us. I want real hope. I want to know the reason our team loses is because we were outplayed. I'm tired of losing games because of terrible coaching, terrible execution, and just the lack of preparedness. I want UGA to not only to show up against bug teams, but I want to hang 50 and blow out teams in big games. It's been too long since that kind of hope had been around the UGA program.
Coaching
Mark Richt's time in Athens is over. He's been our coach for 15 years and the last trophy he won (not counting bowl games) was 10 years ago. He had his best shot in 2012 and found a way to blow a lead. His teams constantly show up in big games flat and not excited to play. It seems like the only thing that fires up Richt and his teams up from big games is either because his job is on the line or because they were embarrassed by that team the year before.
I didn't expect much out of this offense except Chubb being a consistent Heisman candidate carrying the load. I knew we weren't going to have an amazing QB, but I thought it was going to be like Mason a year ago. It also doesn't help Chubb is gone for the year and UGA has a new offensive coordinator. This all falls on Richt for not recruiting a QB to be able to take over the reigns after Murray graduated. We should have done something to keep Bobo. He may not have been the best OC out there, but he did assemble the best offense in UGA history. We have two new coordinators so it's either wait a few more years for the players to pick up the play book and for Pruitt and Schotty to get their guys they want in their system, or we start over and clean house hoping we can grab a quality, proven coach to get UGA over that hump that Richt hasn't gotten over in 10 years.
Players
There is no leadership! Before, we had Murray, Gurley, Shawn Williams, Jarvis MF Jones, etc. We have no leaders. We have good players that wear the "C" on their jerseys, but I don't see any of them taking control of this team. No one is in control and no one leads this team. It's easy to see on the field.
Season
I knew UGA wasn't going to put up 40+ a game like we have been used to seeing via the Murray era. I knew Chubb was going to be our offense like last year, but I thought our defense was going to pick up the slack that the offense was going to leave. Our defense has been moderate at best. Ganus is our best all around player on defense and he's a transfer from UAB. Jenkins and Floyd have either been injured or just not trying very hard. I'm still waiting for either one of them to take over and win a game like Jarvis Jones did. It just seems everyone is going through the motions since Alabama came to Athens.
All in all, there's is no fire left in this program and its time to shake things up. I won't mind if it sets the program back a few years, but we already know what Richt is going to give us. The Bulldawg Nation is ready for a change and ready to have hope again. Not this "it has to be our time eventually" hope that Richt gives us. I want real hope. I want to know the reason our team loses is because we were outplayed. I'm tired of losing games because of terrible coaching, terrible execution, and just the lack of preparedness. I want UGA to not only to show up against bug teams, but I want to hang 50 and blow out teams in big games. It's been too long since that kind of hope had been around the UGA program.
This post was edited on 11/1/15 at 5:15 pm
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Posted on 11/1/15 at 5:17 pm to Shockley03
Granted it's a tough time in Athens right now, and there will most likely be some sort of changes coming...
My gut feeling is that, assuming the wheels don't completely fall of the rest of the season (I.e. Dropping 2 or more of the last 4 games) Richt gets one more year. I think McGaritys message will be "I'm gonna give you one more year, but we need to be in Atlanta in December. If not, you know what's gonna happen."
UGA has been blessed more than most teams with QB play since 2001, with a couple of exceptions, so I'm not gonna throw Richt under the bus for some rebuilding at that position. Every good team has to develop QBs from time to time.
However, there does seem to be some internal dysfunction going on. Call it confusion, apathy, or whatever. But something needs to be addressed quickly.
My gut feeling is that, assuming the wheels don't completely fall of the rest of the season (I.e. Dropping 2 or more of the last 4 games) Richt gets one more year. I think McGaritys message will be "I'm gonna give you one more year, but we need to be in Atlanta in December. If not, you know what's gonna happen."
UGA has been blessed more than most teams with QB play since 2001, with a couple of exceptions, so I'm not gonna throw Richt under the bus for some rebuilding at that position. Every good team has to develop QBs from time to time.
However, there does seem to be some internal dysfunction going on. Call it confusion, apathy, or whatever. But something needs to be addressed quickly.
This post was edited on 11/1/15 at 5:18 pm
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