re: Bobo got an extension…

I will play your game…post your resume so we can replace Kirby Smart with someone with real football knowledge and experience.

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lack of NFL talent across the starting 11.


(Cough) bullshite (cough).

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don't let the "NFL" part get you in a semantics tizzy. Remove it then. How about "talent"? Beck and Bobo were two mainstays from 2023 to 2024 obviously, so you tell me what group you'd prefer at these other key positions:


RB
Kendall Milton/Edwards vs Etienne/Frazier

TE
Bowers/Delp vs Delp/Yurosek

WR
Ladd/MRJ/Dom/Bell vs Arian/Dom/Bell/London Humphreys

C
Van Pran vs Wilson

T
Amarius Mims vs X Truss


RB is arguable and I have no issues at all taking 2024's group. Center could be debatable I suppose. But the rest of them are clearly all in favor of 2023, with some of them being laughably wide in the talent gap. Other positions like guard were also the same dudes year to year so I didn't list them.

As I said already, Bobo can and should improve his playcalling. He's not above reproach. But if you can't recognize a clear and STEEP drop off from our overall talent across the board on offense from 2023 to 2024 you are either blind or simply have an agenda and won't budget off it.

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I can’t take this team seriously anymore if Kirby can’t

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Bye

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As I said already, Bobo can and should improve his playcalling. He's not above reproach.

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I don’t need to hear that message, but several others on the board could benefit from that reminder.
We can pat ourselves on the collective back about the SEC championship all we want, doesn’t change the fact that we didn’t play to the standard Kirby established for the program this past season. Both offense and defense regressed last year and we can have the ‘was it the players or the coaching’ argument until right before the Marshall game kicks off, but I am concerned the talent gap is going to be even larger vs the ‘23 team. Lots of questions/lack of experience on OL, DL, and of course QB. This, combined with the lack of coaching changes, is making me feel like it’s going to be a ‘temper your expectations’ kind of year, but I certainly hope I’m wrong.

There is literally no person on this page who says Bobo is perfect and needs no improvement. It’s just that we are not so emotional that we want to fire a person at the first moment of trouble. The difference between the Derpy Dawgs and normal, well adjusted adult fans is we realize it’s not always going to go our way.

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There is literally no person on this page who says Bobo is perfect and needs no improvement

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There’s also nobody in this thread saying winning the SEC championship or this past year’s accomplishments is a bad thing. On the other hand, if you’re happy with how we looked against Notre Dame and the trajectory of the offense all this past season (In other words, we’re well past the ‘first moment of trouble’.), I don’t know what to tell you. Maybe fully embrace mediocrity and start rooting for Clemson or something. In the words of Kirby, you’re either elite or you’re not. Bobo is not elite and it’s not unreasonable, given our talent, resources, etc., to think that improvements can be made.

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The Bobo Haters were also the Beck haters, and said Gunner was the best QB all along, and we'd shred ND.

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I said none of those things, but you seem to be on a roll, so don’t let the facts get in the way. Gunner’s windup and delivery, his seeming issues with pre snap reads and with check downs all frankly scare the shite out of me. I’m also concerned about his ability to stay healthy over the course of the season given his propensity to tuck and run. We were looking hard in the portal for more QBs for a reason.

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Maybe you weren't one of those people, but you must admit they were there, and still are, here.

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Most definitely are, but that ain’t me. I’m seriously concerned about him at QB1, Bobo’s ability to tailor the game plan to Gunner’s strengths, young OL, RB room depth and health, etc. Major offensive question marks at this point imo.

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Well, I can only say that our offense needs to be better than it was last season, otherwise we will probably lose one or two games again and struggle in the playoffs.

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Ratledge and Wilson at the combine said the problem was execution all across the offense, not play-calling. But the career Bobo-haters in here have their boogyman.

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I mean honestly, whose fault is poor execution?

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Along the Oline? Well I'd start with the OL coach then from there go to his superior, which is Kirby.