Forget trying to figure it out

This has been a very interesting discussion. The thing that I really like about most of the posts in this thread. . . . agreeing to disagree. On this board we have some . . . a lot of folks that are generally on the same page. Watching the difference in opinions goes to show just how strong not only the board is, but the people that post here.

Several boards/sites have a lot of, how do I say this, less than mature approaches to a particular thread. ANYONE CAN BE FIRST or START THREADS AND NOT READ OTHERS POINTS OF VIEW.

I applaud all of you, makes me feel good to be a part of something special. This board is special, and above all, KNOWDEDGABLE. . . . . What is it we say sometimes, we can agree to disagree.

Enjoyed reading some of the top posters on UGA football laying their thoughts out for all to see.

Some only start threads, others join in the conversation. There are many good posts here that should be read and appreciated.

Go Dawgs!! Time to show your moxy . . .

sadlerdawg wrote:

kentdaddy wrote:

We went 8-5 despite AJ Green. The coaching sucked. The tackling sucked. It really is not that complex.

AJ Green is the best WR UGA has ever seen. He is better than Hastings, Ward or any of the others. He demands double coverage which in turn make it easier for everyone else.

But we still have the same tackling and coaching issues this year, so I'm not really unnderstanding why we would win every game AJ plays this year, but we didn't last year.

We do not have the same issues as last year. To suggest we do makes me think you either did not watch the game or are unsure what you are looking at.

With Green we would likely have won at least one of the SEC games this year. Last year was a different team and Green missed some time. That does not change the fact he is a difference maker across the board.

Ok guys - lets agree to disagree on what's wrong and what needs to happen - all our differing opinions are good - it's always good to have differing views - you never know when you might learn something new - I usually agree with or am intrigued by some part of all the DAWG people posts on here - I always get something out of the post on hear when I have time to read them - one thing I think we can all agree on is clearly something is amiss in dawgville

I'm not sure what it is - but - we've had a lot to deal with this year

The DE and player miscues have hurt UGA in a lot of ways - an all but 1 new D coaching staff

I fell for all the hype about us maybe being a sleeper this year - I had picked us to loose only 3 games (sc/ark/aub) - but now I'm not so sure - think I need to be more realistic - bama was 7-6 in their first year under saban and they had some good players already - they even lost to LaMonroe - saban was able to put together a very good staff - meyer was also able to pull a very good staff together - so far saban has been able to keep his guys - meyer has had some losses and it's beginning to tell - it's hard to keep a good staff together long - the assistants will move on to bigger things - - things seemed to be pretty good till we lost BVG and NC - we didn't fall too much because we happen to have some great players - read somewhere that a couple of our assistants are considered as top black coach candidates for moving up

I'm hoping that the D problems are mostly that CTG is having to make the most out of what he was dealt - the left over’s of wm's bend but not break guys - so far looks to me like they slip back into that mode of play - not sure what CTG is going to do about that - guess he was able to get a few guys this last class - hopefully more this year

Looks like the O problems are caused by not having a consistent running game - not sure if it’s the backs of the line - but something’s just not working - think AM as done pretty good - and yes not having aj has hurt - would having him have helped - not sure - we’ll see when he gets back if he can make a difference - sometimes the chemistry on a team just does not click - not sure what the missing piece is - maybe it’s aj - maybe not

CMR - whatever he told them at the beginning of the 4th qtr - should have been for the whole game - when your earn about 3 million a year - the expectations are high - even if things get better - just think we need a more varied offense or you better have some BIG horses like bama does

Oh well enough rambling - I’m just hoping we get better as the year goes on

GO DAWGS

We do not have the same issues as last year. To suggest we do makes me think you either did not watch the game or are unsure what you are looking at.

With Green we would likely have won at least one of the SEC games this year. Last year was a different team and Green missed some time. That does not change the fact he is a difference maker across the board.[/quote]

Agreed KD. This is not the same team and yes AJ would have made a difference and won us maybe one of two...maybe. Two points about not having Aj in these games. One, the position the star player you are removing is crucial in determining the extent to which he may or may not have impacted the game. Wr is much more dependent on others in allowing him to excel and make that impact (blocking, qb, ability to run...etc) You can, and many are able to, take a great wr out of the game or limit his impact. Yes, if you took the exact situations from the two games AJ would have made a difference, the biggest being in the red zone (Fade, Jump ball) but, point two, maybe our fresh qb relies too heavily on him especially under duress and eyeballs an int...or two. Maybe our other wr don't produce because the qb is, once again, relying on AJ more than he should. So for all of you who just make an absolute assumption that AJ =win in both games, is a little presumptuous. It's not that simple.

Oops. Was trying to Quote KentDaddy in first two paragraphs.

kentdaddy wrote:

We do not have the same issues as last year. To suggest we do makes me think you either did not watch the game or are unsure what you are looking at.

With Green we would likely have won at least one of the SEC games this year. Last year was a different team and Green missed some time. That does not change the fact he is a difference maker across the board.

I'm not sure we're having the same argument. I've said in almost all of my posts that AJ is a difference maker. My point is only, and has remained consistent, that to build a team around one player is absurd, and if you do, you run into the problems we are now experiencing if he is out of any games. If the coaches build a game plan around one player, and have no "trap door" for contingincies, you get what we've witnessed the past two weeks. But what do I know, I don't watch the games and these here dadburn football theories are too "complex" for me.