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14 years 5 months ago #32221 by LimeyDawg
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Point 1: CMR ought to know the finer points of coaching, such as the benefit/risk of preseason practices. Sure, light contact will save on injuries, but injuries are part of the game here and the long term benefits have to outweigh the short term worries. You need to be tough to play football. CMR should know this. He should have managed this properly during preseason, not admit to such a freshman mistake half way through. Also, how long will it take him to admit to the changed landscape of superstardom in college football. Ken Malcome should not be redshirted. Put the kid in the mix and force our primadonnas to step up or get the heck out of the way. What if Knowshon had played his first year in Athens? What are we gaining by having potential sitting on the bench. Why own a Ferrari if you're only going to park it in the garage?

Point 2: I agree with you on the Alabama/Scu game, but I'm guessing they'll meet again in Atlanta and I can't see Alabama getting caught out twice.

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14 years 5 months ago #32223 by wlayton
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LimeyDawg wrote:

Point 1: CMR ought to know the finer points of coaching, such as the benefit/risk of preseason practices. Sure, light contact will save on injuries, but injuries are part of the game here and the long term benefits have to outweigh the short term worries. You need to be tough to play football. CMR should know this. He should have managed this properly during preseason, not admit to such a freshman mistake half way through. Also, how long will it take him to admit to the changed landscape of superstardom in college football. Ken Malcome should not be redshirted. Put the kid in the mix and force our primadonnas to step up or get the heck out of the way. What if Knowshon had played his first year in Athens? What are we gaining by having potential sitting on the bench. Why own a Ferrari if you're only going to park it in the garage?

Point 2: I agree with you on the Alabama/Scu game, but I'm guessing they'll meet again in Atlanta and I can't see Alabama getting caught out twice.



Agree wth ya LD.

Interesting though, I remember a few years back when we were all complaining about all the injuries our players were having and.......what are you doing CMR?.......don't beat up our players before they hit the field.

Remember all our conversations about that? Guess there's that "fine line" you have to walk and judge.

Interesting, that's all.

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14 years 5 months ago #32226 by Buc
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Good post LimeyDawg.

If the two teams meet again in Atlanta, I want some of that action . . . . Saban/Smart will have the troops ready. Ask Florida . . . . Saban has a long memory.

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14 years 5 months ago #32227 by LimeyDawg
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Yeah, I suppose it's no different than any other management job in that you have to find a balance between risks and rewards. I just happen to think that we exist in the extremes too much, rather than in that middle ground between injuries and coddling that ends up building a solid core of tough kids. Not that they're not tough, I'm just saying tht the season starts at game one, not game six, so we need to be ready out of the gate.

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14 years 5 months ago #32228 by wlayton
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LimeyDawg wrote:

Yeah, I suppose it's no different than any other management job in that you have to find a balance between risks and rewards. I just happen to think that we exist in the extremes too much, rather than in that middle ground between injuries and coddling that ends up building a solid core of tough kids. Not that they're not tough, I'm just saying tht the season starts at game one, not game six, so we need to be ready out of the gate.



Yep....or BUMP as Buc would say. Man is THAT correct!!!

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14 years 5 months ago #32231 by AllDawgs5
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Totally agree wlayton. Seems like Richt is in a catch 22 situation. Hard preseason camp led to a bunch of injuries, and people wondering why risk a players health in camp. A less physical camp leads to Richt being soft. Danged if you do, danged if you don't.

Hate to say this, but I get the feeling there are some out there that would rather see Richt fail. Don't know how people can say they are fully behind a team when they are not behind the coach. Don't know how a divided house can stand.

As far as KM, hope the kid gets a chance. I could be mistaken, but I believe he hasn't gotten a chance to this point because he suffered a concussion and has been dealing with the effects of that concussion.

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