re: Eason already looks like the starter IMO

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Would that be up, sideways or down?

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That would be headed in the right direction....but slowly. However, I see your point. It could be argued that it is sideways. But, the recruiting was going well. We got the QB we had been missing. it appears that the defense was getting much needed help. (Although, I give Pruitt a lot of that credit.)

Had we been able to keep Bobo as OC and kept Pruitt, I think we would have seen major improvements. BUT....again, I see your point.

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See...now you're sounding like one of those guys that was pissed when CMR got fired and is looking for the "gotcha" if CKS wins less than 10 games.

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You are correct. that is what it sounds like. that doesn't make it any less true. However, I think we have to give Smart a 3-4 window. That should give him time to get all the pieces in place.

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I give a new coaching staff a pass for year 1 unless they were going into a team that was completely loaded.

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As do it. but let's face it, while we might not be loaded as in "Alabama loaded" we have consistently recruited 6-7 ranked classes, so we are not devoid of talent, either. 3-4 years we should see what Kirby is made of. If we do not see improvement in record by then, then we MIGHT have Mark Richt II and might need to look around. Do you think that is unreasonable? If we were not happy with Richt's results, why would we be happy with the same results from a different coach.....as I said....after 3 or 4 years. He certainly deserves AT LEAST that long and maybe 4-5 years.

Eason has to be the starter no later than the 3rd game. If we fail to win 10 or more and he has not started, Kirby will feel the heat.

If he starts, at least we can say we gave him experience for the future and play the building year game.

Exactly. If we expect Kirby to be better than Richt it is absolute BS for us to lower expectations down to what I've seen like 7 or 8 wins. Screw that. This isn't a Tennessee type rebuild. We got the talent to win 9-10 games and I expect that.

Man, we can adjust expectations all we want, but we all know by the time the season starts we'll all be in kool-aid mode. Can you even imagine the hype if we blow-out UNC in the dome? It could be legit or it could be similar to when A&M skullfricked USC 2 years ago on that Thursday opener, either way - people will be too amped to start adjusting expectations.

I'm just pumped for some new energy and the atmosphere at G-Day was a great start. You have to hope your average fan won't abandon ship when we inevitably drop a few while we get the pieces together.

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BUT....again, I see your point.

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And I see yours. Richt wasn't chopped liver, but after 15 and seemingly stuck in the same gear it was time for a change. Getting our hat handed to us by Florida 2 years running - one by a coach on the way out and one on a first year coach (at Florida) more than sealed the deal for me.

Bobo left and I don't think Pruitt was far behind given the friction between he and Richt.

I feel much better that Smart is here. Sometimes it is simply time for a change, and I think this is one of them.

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no doubt last
year's performance was below par

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that's a nice way to put it. UGA led the nation in tackles for loss allowed while blocking for mostly Chubb and Michel. That's horrific. Saturday wasn't a real great showing for them either.

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Godwin and McKenzie are both bona fide SEC playmakers
and Davis,Chigbu and Wilson all have ability and speed to make an impact.Add this to the way I think we'll be using our TE's and I think you'll see our outside guys having much more space downfield.

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There isn't anybody on Georgia's team that stretches the defense out just by being on the field. Godwin is really good but isn't a burner. McKenzie is more of a specialty weapon. Davis isn't good. Chigbu and Stanley are more big physical guys imo.

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Now,there some unaswered questions on offense but Florida had just as many last year and still won the East.

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They did. They also weren't a particularly good team.

UGA could win 9-10 games, but I just can't honestly say that they are really competitive to win the conference or anything like that.

I think our size at tight end and Reciever with Worner still on the way could cause alot of mismatches for oposing teams. I don't think Chaney is an idiot like the Squats and will use the weapons givin to him by the team.

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I keep hearing this about UGA and the tight ends...it never materializes....not holding my breath

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you have zero sample size to draw from though. Last year's abortion with schott is certainly the outlier, not the norm. We have no idea what this current staff will do with the TEs, but the only thing us as fans can point to bc we saw it with our eyeballs was Saturday and we looked to use the TEs quite a bit.

Here are the total receptions per season the last 5 years, of the top 2 TEs for the season:

2011: 53
2012: 35
2013: 39
2014: 28
2015: 23

So waht does this tell us...the best year for TEs was when we had a great QB and questionable running game. Next highest was a year with great QB and injuries to our top 2 RBs throughout the year. Next was with a great QB and extremely solid run game. 2nd from last was with a new but servicable QB and very strong run game. Last was last year with a dolt OC, lousy QB, and solid run game.

This yeaer, we will (likely) have a new but servicable QB and solid run game. Based on the above (which isn't scientific in any way) we should probably expect around 30 catches by the top 2 TEs.

However, we will be able to stretch the field thsi season unlike the last 2 seasons. We also have an OC who has proven before that he likes to use the TEs. I don't think 40 catches from the TEs is unreasonable.