re: Georgia fans, what is the leash for Kirby?

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Last years team should be the least talented team we field over the next 3-5 years

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This is a very odd line of reasoning... I got it to a degree back when Jake was a freshman as well as Andrew Thomas... but at some point, while the "collective talent in Athens" may be rated really highly, you have to remember that there are critical roles that are going to be vacant in 2020 for example.
See: 2016 "composite team talent" vs "actual functional talent" when Kirby arrived.

That doesn't have anything to do with Kirby's leash, which is essentially non-existent right now... but just something worth running through your mind occasionally when you think about what next year's schedule looks like. We rotate Alabama on, we have a (somehow actually good currently) UVA team to open the season, and there is a reasonable cause for a step back in 2020. It may not happen... but anyone who is thinking that it's impossible simply isn't looking at it objectively.