$850,000...

Definitely not shown anything to justify the paycheck this year. I get that he's not working with the best tools but he gets paid the money to work with what he's got.

It ain't over till the fat man calls the third straight jet sweep

Honest Question: Has Saban ever had to fire a coordinator?

IDK...but I do know that I've never seen someone so obstinate to continue to do what's obviously not going to work. The ole definition of insanity thing...

It would be the 4th different OC in 4 yrs, we might lose some recruits on that side of the ball.

I'm not impressed. However, the result today is better than Mark Richt did with his own players last year. The gimmick of playing Bauta/Ramsey resulted in 4 INTs and 3 points, more interceptions than points. That game was a joke on the offensive side of the ball, and the defense couldn't stop the run when only 7 passes were thrown by UF.

MY THOUGHTS:

This Georgia offense lacks any true outside threat, i.e safeties and corners can sit on run plays and short passes. Safeties step into the box without a concern of being burned.

The interior offensive line is a joke, i.e. noseguards/tackles don't have to stunt/other to defeat the blocks and create penetration. Once interior defensive linemen can create this type of penetration without creating a hole by stunting/shooting a gap, there are fewer cutback lanes for the RBs. Additionally, the fastest way to gain yards on the ground is through the middle, which is not possible with big DLs in the backfield. Moreover, the fastest way to defeat any play is in the middle, as it results in pocket collapsing and RBs having to cut and not gain speed toward the line of scrimmage. The tackle play is bad too! I dare any offensive mind in the country to take this line and play competitive offense in the SEC.

I have one hope, and that is Eason survives this season in good health without any head issues (yipes). If he does, then maybe some of the young linemen can become good tackles or guards. I believe that this team will need to recruit several tackles, as Madden and Cleveland, who both have size, likely lack the quickness to be tackles in the SEC.

As for Cheney, I would like to see less tight formations. This line appears to do a better job of pass blocking when there are three and four receiver sets. Cheney should review the tape of the Pats, who have done a better job of utilizing the TEs by breaking them out wide and creating size mismatches on running downs. Nauta/Blaze can create the types of LB/TE matchups that are winners for an offense.

I do realize that the strength of this team is the defense and therefore, the play calling has been conservative to prevent mistakes and keep the team in the game. I'm hopeful that Kirby's teams do not become a repeat of Muschamp at UF. The defense will be good, and it will continue to improve. Having said that, D alone will not get it done. It's everyone's first season, but a lot more talent will be needed to win in this league with a vanilla offense. LSU had a great deal of talent and didn't do a darn thing without a better OC. Kirby should look to his boss and hire an OC with more imagination, but i don't think that is likely after only one season.

I hope/think there will be wins against Tech and UK. AU will be tough, but a good home crowd might be enough to get the Dawgs over the hump.

You and me both. Especially since we've been saying that for a while.

Do we have a football genius that can explain why we keep doing this?

frick Gary and frick Cheneys fat arse. How did we spiral out of control this fast? My God, they Sec network bunch just predicted Kentucky to beat us. This has to be a bad dream.