Is this good? Asking for a friend.
Stupid goal line play call aside, focusing and excelling at the run game is what Georgia needed to do on offense to win. Georgia did it. So, yeah, that’s good.
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UPDATE: Two stats from Seth Emerson ($$):
- “Georgia is one of only two SEC teams to rank in the top 20 nationally in both yards per rush and pass attempt.”
- “Georgia has 48 plays that are 20 yards or longer: 28 passes, 20 rushes. Only 20 FBS schools have a closer split than Georgia’s 58 to 42 percent.”
Get The Picture 
Isn’t this kinda like “tallest midget” debates? We clearly have better backs than any of the other schools and it’s to be expected that Swift & Co. would put up the better numbers. Give Chaney his due but he only did his job Saturday.
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“Only” is doing a lot of work there, brother.
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That stat is why Smart hired Chaney and Pitman. Smart didn’t have any HC experience, but he sure knew how the SEC worked. RTDB.
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But Kentucky ain’t played ‘bama yet. PAWWWLLL!!!
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LSU: 113 and 209 versus 281 and 295
I stil don’t get it.
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I chalk up that loss to “Just one of those days”.
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I think its was mostly a young team in a hostile environment.
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I blame the fake FG for setting a bad tone for EVERYTHING that came after.
Not saying we run them but that’s a 4 quarter game if we just play football like we’ve done since.
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I agree 100%. We lost all momentum with that ridiculous call.
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I think Kirby and Chaney learned from the Georgia-LSU game. The off week was well spent. And for the record, Fromm scored on the QB sneak in the WLOCP the refs blew the call.
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I thought the same thing. It sure looked like he got in.
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At the barners 2017, should have been the learning point for the staff concerning big game, hostile environment, understanding every game, time and location is different year in year out.
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Armchair critics never cease to amuse.
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“Couch coordinators”
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Laugh all you want, but I’m undefeated in my mind.
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Still think we should promote our TE coach to replace that idiot Chaney. Isaac Nauta approves this message.
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lol – +10 points for originality. Chaney approves of this message as well.
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So I didn’t read the comments about the last Cheney post, but here’s the thing- when have we not experienced a time when UGA fans were dissatisfied with their OC? Second question: Other than yourself, who would you rather have as the OC? Asking for a friend.
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Kirby would (have) rather have (had) Dan Enos.
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Still hoping we fire Chaney and hire Enos away from Bama this winter. The dude has done great work with Tua, and that offense. We could easily replicate Bama next year with Fields and Co. with proper coaching.
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Look at what Gus did with Cam Newton. What coaching! That guy is like a magician!
Look at what Ray Goff did with Herschel! He was unstoppable!
Look at what Charlie Weis did with Tom Brady. That guy is amazing!
Seriously? Tua is good because Enos? Sure.
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An OC has nothing to do with an elite player playing up to his potential? Damn we could have saved a lot of money had we just kept Schottenheimer around then.
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It’s a black and white world dude. Either Enos would turn Fields into Tua or Schotty would turn Tua into Greyson. There is no middle ground here.
I’m saying that coaches get WAY too much credit for how well a particularly talented kid plays football and WAY too much blame for how poorly a terrible player plays.
Goff didn’t fuck up herschel. Good for him.
Weis didn’t fuck up Brady. Good for him.
Can we honestly say that any other swinging dick would have done better or worse? Didn’t both do just fine after their position coach moved on. Did anyone even fucking notice that their position coach wasn’t there anymore? Nope. The player just somehow kept playing at a high level.
Great players make average coaches look great and bad players make great coaches look like idiots.
Hire Butch Harmon as your swing coach and tell me when you break 65 from the tips. Hell why not? You could make millions! Because coaching!
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Derek, that’s a gross oversimplification of my point. Bama is doing otherworldly things on offense this year in ways they haven’t previously done under Saban, and Enos is a big part of that. Enos also did good work at Arkansas which is why Kirby wanted to hire him instead of Chaney.
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Oh I’m the gross oversimplifier! The missing element isn’t the kid who throws 60 yard dimes and 4 bad ass wideouts, it’s Enos!
Please. As soon as Tua moves on, Enos will suddenly not be as good. Believe me.
As soon as Enos has another qb throws 25 or more td passes before he throws a pick, let me know.
I’m not saying the guy can’t coach but the idea that somehow, Enos is the reason the guy is lighting it up IS the oversimplification.
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He’s not THE reason. He’s A reason. Also Locksley is the OC, Enos is the QB coach, something we could use as Fromm continues to struggle with basic things like handoffs and PA.
I’d wager if you hand over UGA’s current offense to Locksley/Enos, we wouldn’t have to settle for a field goal after 8 goddamn tries from the 1 yard line.
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Have you called butch Harmon yet?
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Dang man do you really think Goff coached Herschel ?
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In name only.
He was georgia’s RB coach in 1980…man. Dang!
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Ck that. 1981 and 1982. Herschel got more yards in both years than 1980. Coachin!
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If you get your wish and Chaney gets let go, say adios to Pittman also.
Still willing to make that move?
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Not me.
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Based on years of fan commentary, here is what I believe are the MINIMUM qualifications for a UGA OC:
RTDB while also taking advantage of our elite skill set players
Rotate backs but only so far
Get everyone involved (especially the TE) in the passing game in the 20 or so throws each game
Never get stuffed on short yardage
Run the Jet sweep but only when it works
Run the WildDawg but only when it works
Run the occasional trick play but only at the right time
Score at least 30 on the good teams, 40 on the Cupcakes and the occasional 50 on one of our rivals.
Get the backups into every blowout and have them able to continue to run up the score (without appearing to do so)
Never call a bad game (although a bad series or two is OK)
Start and end each half strong and maintain our momentum
No Turnovers
Recruit at an elite level
Accept being yelled at over the headset by the HC on National TV
Politely turn down other HC opportunities if it is the “wrong” time for UGA
Did I miss any?
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don’t be overweight?
There sure seem to be some people that can’t let that one go…
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Right…look the part
Also maybe preference given to former UGA QBs
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You kinda just described Bama’ current OC so I guess it isn’t too unreasonable.
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At first I thought this was serious, then could tell it was a joke, but now I think you should send it to Kirby. 😉
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I am quite happy with Chaney as OC. I caught a huge amount of shit here for defending him and Pittman after the 2016 season. We do have to recognize that Chaney was, at best, Kirby’s 4th choice. His ideal OC is Mike Bobo. Since Bobo was HC at CSU when filling out his staff, Kirby’s first choice then was actually USC interim HC, Clay Helton. Helton told the USC admin if he didn’t get the fill-time job, he was headed to Georgia. The no-compete clause with Enos was quite public. That is still a lot better numbers-wise than Tennessee has done for the HC position the last four times they went looking.
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“I caught a huge amount of $#@! here for defending him and Pittman after the 2016 season”
You’re not vindicated yet.
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It IS good, no doubt. But turning 14 points into 6 points is not a good thing. That needs to be fixed before Atlanta, if not sooner.
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Let’s just enjoy the ride. I’m not getting worked up about the SEC Title game. No way we beat whatever spread that’s going to be.
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Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
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Hell no and its not over now!
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Saban wouldn’t have stopped at Pearl. He would have invaded the mainland & taken all the pretty women. Left us with nothing but northern women. So. You’re comparing apples & grapes.
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I just hope Chaney was on the receiving end of the Dawg cussing that Kirby was giving the booth during the KY game. It would make me feel better.
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Oh I’m sure he was, but based on the shot of Chaney’s reaction after the play, I still believe Fromm checked into that sneak.
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I agree.
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Chaney is doing a solid job. I dont think he is getting the absolute most out of this offense and that maybe by design to some extent.
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I don’t see Chaney going anywhere unless he gets a better offer from someone. Why? Because no one person fits every situation perfectly. Bobo did a great job, but still there were references to his box of crayons. Then, when he left, we got Schittenheimer. Bobo said, “Miss me yet?” As long as the numbers this team is putting up continue, he is not going anywhere. Kirby is not stupid.
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I never could fathom why some coaches never realized the importance of a dominant offensive line. Thank God Smart does. How satisfying. It seems common sense would indicate that.
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I don’t understand the breaking point, where a Mullen and Pruitt come to the realization that they’re no going to recruit 8 five star players every year and need to build a program that works around what they do they both, especially Pruitt, appear to be hedging their futures on copying Alabama and Georgia. It’s not going to happen for a long time.
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Enos also rode with his daddy chasing the Bandit in Smokey and the Bandit. How did that work out?
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