Bowl practice kicked off yesterday and the old and new staff commingled.
Check out Jim Chaney’s reaction here:
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Is that a “oh, Lord, what have I gotten into here” look, or what?
Not to be outdone, here’s Sam Pittman’s take.
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Not exactly your typical happy camper look.
Have at it in the comments.
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I hope they are dissatisfied with what they see.
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They have to be. Pittman is used to being surrounded by 320lb lineman on his roster. Serious road graders that hold their ground. I can’t imagine he is impressed with our 290lbers.
Chaney has to be wondering where his play makers are but then again neither of these guys are from programs that were any better by any stretch than ours.
The lack of roster management just has to jump out at you. That costs us at least a loss a year. Look at what we have coming back next year on paper. It will cause you to lose sleep.
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Playmakers? Like Michel, McKenzie, Blazevich and Godwin?
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Yeah, he has to be focused on getting something out of the QBs because he has the weapons at WR, TE, and RB.
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I don’t think I could use the plural of weapon at WR. It was pretty much Mitchell (who’s a senior and not coming back) and Godwin at WR making plays this season.
Still not sure how the coaching staff saw all the injuries at WR in 2012-13, but also the success of the offense with big WRs like Brown, Conley, and Bennett, but didn’t land recruits of similar size who could be ready and play in 2014.
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Richtonian roster management.
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I don’t think it is a coincidence that CMR’s best year was his second one and that almost all the players were leftovers from Donnan.
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No, a player has to be named to the All-SEC Team in order to be any good. Also, another way we know that we have no talent is that we played poorly for long stretches this year.
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BLAZEVICH? I can’t name a single play he made all season.
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Nor can the fired coaching staff.
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Yep… Pruitt made an impact on the administration and pretty much fixed the defense roster wise. It’s too bad he wasn’t in charge of the offense too.
With Chubb out we have one sec running back… we don’t have enough receivers to put on a spring game without starters playing both red and black… offensive line is worse. Our tight ends are good and Lilly is gone. Imagine spring without Eason.
Good luck Miami. People don’t change.
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Not to worry, Eason is an early enrollee so he will participate in Spring practice (he’s gonna need it…_).
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The last 2 years Ga has had 85 scholarship players as of cut off date, believe that is all allowed. Are all SEC caliber no, but every school misses on recruits. Coming back is a 10 win team and up until recently a top 3 recruiting class in country coming in. What am I missing here?
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Don’t let facts get in the way of a good rant?
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Chaney: “What’s with all the rap music? How do they even hear the coaches?”
Pittman: “They don’t. Obviously.”
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They are probably like, “damn they FIRED the guys who went 9-3 with this crowd?”
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+1
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I took an extra $25k for this?
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Pittman for the best dressed new coach award for day one.
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You could cut diamonds with those creases.
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I find the contrast with his wife to be very funny…..seeing her in holey jeans and all.
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Holy shit, the Mean Girls are back.
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. . . and the high sheen of those Johnson & Murphys.
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If Pittman gets the best dressed award, Chaney gets the Belichick award.
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Chaney: “There’s no way in hell that Lambert kid is my QB next year.”
Pittman: “Why did I wear loafers?”
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Chaney: uh oh
Pittman: Is that shit I smell
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Are you referring to the players?
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Guess you don’t get it
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Guess not.
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These two have their work cut out for them. No doubt. Pittman looks like an OL coach. I hope he can change the culture of just having enough decent linemen.
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Indeed, player development and recruiting. Better coaching and more functional S&C should have an immediate impact in 2016 as our returning OL, albeit short on quantity, has good talent. Pyke was not highly ranked in HS but has made All-SEC teams in 2014-15, Kublanow was Rivals #2 Center, Sims a Rivals #18 OT, Wynn a Rivals #6 OG, K. Baker a Rivals #10 DT, and Allen a Rivals #13 OT. Wonder to what extent Pittman’s blocking scheme[s] will differ from Sale’s.
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{Chaney} Does this sweatshirt make me look fat?
{Pittman} Does this black shirt make me look thin?
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When’s the last time we had a fat guy coach?
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He’s going to be a busy man what with being our new S&C coach too.
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Garner was kinda portly I thought ….
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Chaney: Lets see, what do I want for lunch?
Pittman: I AM smiling!
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+1
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“Man, Field Goal Jesus’s roster management damn near ran this program in the ground.”
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This. Plussage. Infinity.
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“Who in their right mind would’ve ranked these guys as a pre-season top 10 team”…..or “Now I understand how Bama and Florida made us look like a junior varsity squad”
Cheney: “God, I really hope we get that Chubb kid back fully healthy by August 30th!”
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Quoting CKS, there is only a inch separating Ga and Ala. Guess he must have misread the roster. Pittman Nd Chaney jumped at the opportunity to come to Ga because Ga has terrible players, leaving behind the national champs they were coaching?
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Caption for Chaney: Even without Eason, this kids should be in the playoffs. What did that ex. OC do?
Caption of Pitmann: I can see NFL potential in these kids.
GooooooooooooDawgs. Woof, woof.
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Correction: Pittman.
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Chaney: “What time do the linemen come out?”
Pittman: “Uh, those ARE the linemen.”
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Joe you seriously excel at these type of threads 😉
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I’m glad these guys are hanging around eyeballing things. It’s got to provide a little motivation for some players (especially underclassmen) that otherwise might be missing while practicing under GA’s.
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Yep, they’ll want to impress the new bosses…
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Pittman (a la Ivan Drago): “I must break you.”
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The stupidity never ends. We lost to Bama cause coachin’ so we need new coachin’ for these great players. Any good coach would win with all this talent you said.
Now we get new coachin’ and our players suck.
Here’s an idea: try being consistent in areas other than dumb. Call it a New Year’s resolution.
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Baziiiing!
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Derek, I think you need to turn your sense of humor on this morning … 😉
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Preach!
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“Here’s an idea: try being consistent in areas other than dumb.”
Chuckle…
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Pittman: “This looks like a good practice team OL.”
“What, these are the starters? Girls in Arkansas are bigger than this.”
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“Chaney, wearing a gray Georgia shirt,” and “Pittman, in a black Georgia pullover,”
Who Wore It Better?
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Damn, that’s funny.
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YOU WIN!!
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Chaney (aka Lumberg): “Riiiiiiiiight…so the offense is going to practice 7 times a day….we’re gonna need you guys to come in on Saturday for some extra practice….and umm….go ahead and plan on coming in Sunday, too.”
Pittman: “Not bad for the scout team….oh, wait….”
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Pittman’s pants were loose and baggy until his scowl single handedly pleated them out.
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One thing you can count on about Georgia people is they get caught up way too much into looks and personalities.
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Apparently Saban is more favored by GOD than Richt.
Saban has built an ark.
He has two of everything. Two deep O and D lines. Two DCs. Two HCs.
Think many of we Dawg fans agree with his remarks about Smart being at Bama thru mid January 2016 will hurt the team re staff, recruiting, and getting the whole thing going.
For sure he will be way behind Florida and Tennessee.
Firmly believe it will hurt Smart for at least 2-3 seasons. And by then he may not be able to recover.
You would think he would be putting down more of his staff on a weekly basis now.
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Well….
(A) I doubt very seriously God is worried the least little bit about the talent level of any college football team…
(2) if a few weeks of double duty puts Smart behind UT and UF for 2-3 seasons…then he never had a chance anyway.
(D) Relax, we’ll be back to our 10 win seasons soon enough…
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Pittman : “I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!”
Chaney: “You eat shit for breakfast?”
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Grad assistant next to Chaney (thinking to himself): Whew…glad we got that tarp from the baseball field to fit.
Pittman looked at UGA X and the dog ran away.
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Chaney: Pittman, I know what you’re thinking and the answer is no.
Pittman: Sorry, Chaney. I can’t just stand here and do nothing. B Mac has a gigantic booger in his nose and I’m gonna pull it out through his rectum!!
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Chaney: “Can’t…stop…thinking…of chili dogs…”
Pittman: “Why did I let Chaney talk me into eating lunch at the Varsity.”
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Most of the “captions”. Sound like something from Sting Talk. Terrible.
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Chaney: Why are they repping the punter at QB? And why does he look like the best QB here? Must have been that Schottenheimer didn’t want to risk the starting punter getting hurt playing QB.
Pittman: I guess that’s why we’re here. Chaney, don’t do what Schotty did. I want to stay in Athens for a while.
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Pittman: “Who Farted?”
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Pittman and Chaney: The way these Dawg fans make fun of our stature, you’ll think they’re all underweight, LOL. Hey folks up there in this blog, raise up your hands if your weight is 110 lbs and below.
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I refuse to dis the team for a chuckle, but I will say these two guys look like war tested assets for coach Smart. I don’t know if they can coach worth a damn but they look like what I want around a young head coach.
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Not a caption, but that picture of Pittman reminds of my Grandfather, when I’d lost one of his saws….
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I had no idea we hired Mangino
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