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Kirby Smart allegedly tried to hire Bobo
Posted on 12/12/19 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 12/12/19 at 4:17 pm
UGA tried to hire Mike Bobo, according to Andy Staples, the longtime Sports Illustrated reporter who now works for The Athletic.
After Bobo was terminated last weekend as Colorado State’s head coach, there was rampant speculation that UGA might like to bring back Bobo as the team’s offensive coordinator. Bobo, who was a player or assistant coach for the Bulldogs for 22 years, was officially hired by South Carolina on Tuesday.
There weren’t any media reports about UGA coach Kirby Smart actually approaching Bobo with an opportunity, until Staples mentioned it as part of an article on Thursday:
“I think Smart will try to change the offense. The question is how far he’ll be willing to go. (Smart) tried to hire (Bobo) … but South Carolina coach Will Muschamp won the tug-of-war between former Georgia teammates to hire their former teammate Bobo. Bobo would have opened up the offense …”
To read the rest of The Athletic’s story, please go HERE.
There’s a lot to analyze from Staples’ article. For background information, Smart and Bobo remain best of friends after rooming together as UGA football teammates in the early 1990s.
Flash forward to now: UGA has a first-year offensive coordinator James Coley, who was promoted from the team’s quarterbacks coach. Coley has been highly-visible this week while out on the road recruiting for the Bulldogs.
Staples did not outright say that UGA specifically offered Bobo as offensive coordinator, although it appears that Bobo would’ve been in charge by saying “Bobo would have opened up the offense.” If so, would Coley have been moved back to QBs coach?
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After Bobo was terminated last weekend as Colorado State’s head coach, there was rampant speculation that UGA might like to bring back Bobo as the team’s offensive coordinator. Bobo, who was a player or assistant coach for the Bulldogs for 22 years, was officially hired by South Carolina on Tuesday.
There weren’t any media reports about UGA coach Kirby Smart actually approaching Bobo with an opportunity, until Staples mentioned it as part of an article on Thursday:
“I think Smart will try to change the offense. The question is how far he’ll be willing to go. (Smart) tried to hire (Bobo) … but South Carolina coach Will Muschamp won the tug-of-war between former Georgia teammates to hire their former teammate Bobo. Bobo would have opened up the offense …”
To read the rest of The Athletic’s story, please go HERE.
There’s a lot to analyze from Staples’ article. For background information, Smart and Bobo remain best of friends after rooming together as UGA football teammates in the early 1990s.
Flash forward to now: UGA has a first-year offensive coordinator James Coley, who was promoted from the team’s quarterbacks coach. Coley has been highly-visible this week while out on the road recruiting for the Bulldogs.
Staples did not outright say that UGA specifically offered Bobo as offensive coordinator, although it appears that Bobo would’ve been in charge by saying “Bobo would have opened up the offense.” If so, would Coley have been moved back to QBs coach?
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This post was edited on 12/12/19 at 8:01 pm
Posted on 12/12/19 at 4:36 pm to FlexDawg
ETA: frick all, I’m apparently getting too god damn old to post a gif so I’ll just say that I’m frustrated
This post was edited on 12/12/19 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 12/12/19 at 4:46 pm to FlexDawg
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but South Carolina coach Will Muschamp won the tug-of-war
How exactly did he do this? Pretty shitty
reporting there Andy.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 4:54 pm to FlexDawg
Tug of war? Uh, lets' see. OC at USCe or position coach at UGA? Easy choice.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 5:04 pm to FlexDawg
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Bobo would have opened up the offense.” If so, would Coley have been moved back to QBs coach?
Coley would have been WR Coach. Bobo would have been QB
Posted on 12/12/19 at 5:04 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
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position coach at UGA?
How do we know they wouldn’t have been Co-OC?
Posted on 12/12/19 at 5:10 pm to FlexDawg
Coley has pics of Kirby coming in and out of the Gaines School Rd asian rub-n-tug.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 5:13 pm to deeprig9
Is this the tug-of-war reported on?
Posted on 12/12/19 at 5:19 pm to deeprig9
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Coley has pics of Kirby coming in and out of the Gaines School Rd asian rub-n-tug.
They go way back.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 5:23 pm to Coach7
I had a friend that used to legit go to that place weekly to get jacked off. He didn't have a problem getting laid either, he just had a fetish for getting jacked off by asian women.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 5:30 pm to FlexDawg
To add to my anger this stupid post is the reason I went ahead and got an Athletic subscription. FlexDawg, you drug-peddling son of a bitch.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 5:37 pm to FlexDawg
Initially I was weary about Kirby hiring from "within the family," but I don't like what this implies.
What's the likelihood Bobo goes to SCe if this were something Kirby thought of as urgent? I really wouldn't give half a shite about if I didn't think it meant Kirby is, if not ok, then less than seriously concerned with the offense as it is.
That makes me concerned.
What's the likelihood Bobo goes to SCe if this were something Kirby thought of as urgent? I really wouldn't give half a shite about if I didn't think it meant Kirby is, if not ok, then less than seriously concerned with the offense as it is.
That makes me concerned.
This post was edited on 12/12/19 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 12/12/19 at 6:04 pm to FlexDawg
Radi Nabulsi confirms no offer was made.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 6:06 pm to Damn Good Dawg
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To add to my anger this stupid post is the reason I went ahead and got an Athletic subscription. FlexDawg, you drug-peddling son of a bitch.
Well since you can read the full article now does it say anything else interesting?
Posted on 12/12/19 at 6:07 pm to FlexDawg
It suggests a few folks Kirby could look at to take over play calling, Fromm may decide to leave or stay based on any offensive philosophy shifts, and etc.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 6:10 pm to FlexDawg
That sounds like a hit piece by Andy Staples. If he knows what position Bobo was offered, why not say so. But if he knows "Bobo would have opened up the offense", then he does know what position Bobo was offered? Or he doesn't?
So he leaves the reader thinking that Smart wouldn't agree to open up the offense and thus Bobo turned down an equal position, despite being a former UGA player and coach. Andy appears to be having a tug of war with the details of what happened.
So he leaves the reader thinking that Smart wouldn't agree to open up the offense and thus Bobo turned down an equal position, despite being a former UGA player and coach. Andy appears to be having a tug of war with the details of what happened.
This post was edited on 12/12/19 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 12/12/19 at 7:01 pm to crispyUGA
Being best friends is really a negative as far as hiring someone in a volatile industry
Posted on 12/12/19 at 7:03 pm to FlexDawg
I think the overlooked part of this is Kirby isn’t going anywhere but if Muschamp loses too many games next year Bobo puts himself in a good spot to take over. We can’t offer that.
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