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UGA Concerns going into season
Posted on 8/19/23 at 10:38 am
Posted on 8/19/23 at 10:38 am
Will follow up with my reasons for optimism in the next day or so, but I can see the any of the following concerns developing into primary issues for the Dawgs.
Stack 2-3 together and we’re likely to drop a game in-season. Keep all these items at bay, and we’ll see you in the Natty again.
This off-season has easily been Kirby’s toughest coaching job yet, and I’d give him a mediocre “B-” on how he handled it
1) Senior leadership. Who is the alpha dawg on this team? Van Pran? The guys who spoke up against speeding after repeated offenses in the offseason in the name of Willock? Bowers? Watch his interviews, he’s a kid above the shoulders. I haven’t heard anyone’s name mentioned. Maybe JDJ would’ve been my guess but not after his own offseason poor decision-making and public flogging
2) QB. Lots of talent, little in-game forging by fire. Both Stet and Daniels had that walking into ‘22 and ‘21, respectively
3) Who replaces the disruptive role on the D-line with Bear Alexander’a departure? His back-up didn’t get many reps, and Mykel Williams is prone to getting isolating by a mobile passing game. We don’t have a 300lb+ plug-n-play double-teaming gap plugger like JD/Carter/Bear
4) Rara and Lovett: Sure they’re talented. So is Jermaine Burton. What’s between their ears? Rara didn’t do so great in offseason. And can they block well enough? Burton at least could block. See what happened last year when Bama didn’t have a reliable receiving corps.
5) Team guts. Hard to learn perseverance when a) you haven’t had to slay Goliath, or even you weren’t there to see it, and b) you’re so distracted by NIL and off-season drama you forget how to stay focused and dig deep. Type of thing that leads to a 2019 USC loss
7) RB’s. We have a more injured room than any point the past 7 years! Talent is there but capability today is anyone’s guess how far below 100% it is
Stack 2-3 together and we’re likely to drop a game in-season. Keep all these items at bay, and we’ll see you in the Natty again.
This off-season has easily been Kirby’s toughest coaching job yet, and I’d give him a mediocre “B-” on how he handled it
1) Senior leadership. Who is the alpha dawg on this team? Van Pran? The guys who spoke up against speeding after repeated offenses in the offseason in the name of Willock? Bowers? Watch his interviews, he’s a kid above the shoulders. I haven’t heard anyone’s name mentioned. Maybe JDJ would’ve been my guess but not after his own offseason poor decision-making and public flogging
2) QB. Lots of talent, little in-game forging by fire. Both Stet and Daniels had that walking into ‘22 and ‘21, respectively
3) Who replaces the disruptive role on the D-line with Bear Alexander’a departure? His back-up didn’t get many reps, and Mykel Williams is prone to getting isolating by a mobile passing game. We don’t have a 300lb+ plug-n-play double-teaming gap plugger like JD/Carter/Bear
4) Rara and Lovett: Sure they’re talented. So is Jermaine Burton. What’s between their ears? Rara didn’t do so great in offseason. And can they block well enough? Burton at least could block. See what happened last year when Bama didn’t have a reliable receiving corps.
5) Team guts. Hard to learn perseverance when a) you haven’t had to slay Goliath, or even you weren’t there to see it, and b) you’re so distracted by NIL and off-season drama you forget how to stay focused and dig deep. Type of thing that leads to a 2019 USC loss
7) RB’s. We have a more injured room than any point the past 7 years! Talent is there but capability today is anyone’s guess how far below 100% it is
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Posted on 8/19/23 at 10:40 am to Demosthenian
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UGA Concerns going into season
Sec championship game opponent
Posted on 8/19/23 at 10:42 am to Demosthenian
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UGA Concerns going into season
Lack of quality opponents before SEC championship.
They might be good and they might not be
Posted on 8/19/23 at 10:44 am to Demosthenian
I think Georgia’s biggest concern will be staying awake until December as they cruise through that snooze fest of a schedule.
Posted on 8/19/23 at 10:44 am to Demosthenian
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Who replaces the disruptive role on the D-line with Bear Alexander’a departure? His back-up
He didn’t have a backup.
Posted on 8/19/23 at 10:46 am to Demosthenian
You're not going to see your #2 happen during the regular season campaign this year. Y'all joke about an ACC schedule, and yet, UGA doesn't even face that level of competition this year, till post-season.
Posted on 8/19/23 at 10:58 am to cutigersfan
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Y'all joke about an ACC schedule, and yet, UGA doesn't even face that level of competition this year, till post-season.
Uga schedule is still tougher than ACC one
Posted on 8/19/23 at 10:59 am to cutigersfan
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You're not going to see your #2 happen during the regular season campaign this year. Y'all joke about an ACC schedule, and yet, UGA doesn't even face that level of competition this year, till post-season.
Sad but true. This is very reminiscent of Clemson’s late teens’ schedules / performance. Hopefully will turn out like y’all’s 2016 campaign.
This post was edited on 8/19/23 at 11:18 am
Posted on 8/19/23 at 11:01 am to djsdawg
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Uga schedule is still tougher than ACC one
It’s really not.
SC at home
TN on road
FL neutral.
Auburn on road.
Those are ACC quality in 2023.
That’s it.
Posted on 8/19/23 at 11:03 am to Demosthenian
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Who replaces the disruptive role on the D-line with Bear Alexander’a departure?
Bear got all of 8 tackles last year. He admitted himself he left because he wants more snaps and didn’t see that coming at UGA…
Whose alter are you?
Posted on 8/19/23 at 11:03 am to Tigertown in ATL
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Those are ACC quality in 2023.
> ACC quality.
SC > Clemson until proven otherwise
Posted on 8/19/23 at 11:03 am to djsdawg
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Uga schedule is still tougher than ACC one
Pre season metrics disagree... But we will find out
Posted on 8/19/23 at 11:16 am to djsdawg
Keep telling yourself that, you'll believe it eventually.
Posted on 8/19/23 at 11:24 am to Demosthenian
You just said Jermaine Burton could block. He may can now. Idk. But at Georgia he was terrible as a blocker.
Posted on 8/19/23 at 11:24 am to dhuck20
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Bear got all of 8 tackles last year.
That position is to absorb double teams in the center of the line, and open up non-offensive-schemed gaps for the DL’s and LB’s to penetrate. Do you watch the games or just buy the merch?
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He admitted himself he left because he wants more snaps and didn’t see that coming at UGA
He left because he didn’t have the maturity to buy-into the expectations held by his coaches when it came time to step up from being an underclassman, and so he shopped himself to the highest realistic bidder. Same thing he did coming out of HS, just got the formula wrong in thinking he could handle UGA’s NFL factory
Posted on 8/19/23 at 11:25 am to Demosthenian
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Do you watch the games or just buy the merch?
Such an alter thing to say
Posted on 8/19/23 at 11:25 am to cutigersfan
Its funny how everyone keeps on putting down our schedule before the season even starts and no one even has a clue how tough or easy anyone's schedule is going to be. Not only do we play at UT, who took down mighty Bama and prison-raped LSU, in game 3 we play the same SC team that trashed Tennessee and sent Clemson and their playoff hopes packing. And who knows how good Auburn, Ole Miss or Florida is going to be?
Posted on 8/19/23 at 11:27 am to claydawg09
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Jermaine Burton could block
He just hated to block, and rather wanted to run deep routes. There’s a video floating out there where he trained with Pickens, and he learned how to nasty block like Pickens did, had good fundamentals when he committed to it. Just wasn’t what he wanted to buy into
Posted on 8/19/23 at 11:29 am to Tigertown in ATL
They will be better than good, they will be a top team even if they had a tough schedule
Posted on 8/19/23 at 11:29 am to cutigersfan
UGAs schedule is still better than what you got. But, my concern will be schedule until we play a great team. Although I have confidence in our QB room, they don't have much experience, which on the flip, it might be good to have a easier schedule so our QBs got time to dial in.
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