After speaking with my booster friend, listening to Jeff Danzler, and listening to an interview with one of the guys at UGASports.com, I have come to the conclusion that strength may not have been UGA’s weakness, it has been mental toughness and preparation.
I found out from ugasports that the OL turned in their best ever strength records before the season started; I found out that a ton of NFL players from UGA come back to get in workouts because it’s better than the pros. Besides, if you are making kids puke in garbage cans, how much more can you really push them?
IF JT can bring back the mental toughness to the workouts where we refuse to lose in the 4th quarter, then the hire is a good one. But if we are simply expecting our kids to be stronger, that may not happen.
Their view at UGASports was that ever since the Van halenger stroke, he has been considering retirement and family-I don’t blame him. Maybe he just lost some of the meanness needed to GATA.
Strength didn’t make us get burned on 10 bombs this year-new system did.
Strength didn’t cause us to lose three games because we fumble going in for scores-mental toughness did.
Thoughts?