Thoughts on Year Four and Todd Grantham

I don't think our O will back up either, but I'm not going to
be complacent about that side of the ball.

So I will always warn the O not to back up even when my biggest concern is our D stepping up.

Excellence is often achieved through constant vigilance. As great as our O was this past season, I will still remind the guys coaching that side to stay on top of their game.

I have said it more than once....even Bobo cannot screw up with this talent. AM has the "knack" of putting the ball right where it can be caught. He makes a bonehead play or 2 but what QB doesn't......he is a playmaker and sometimes he tries to force it.....they all do it.....even the best.....granted the play calling is much better and the RB/TE have been more in play than past years but I attribute that to more of CMR calling more of the plays or at least over ruling some of the calls.....if Bobo was so good he would be a HC somewhere else by now......was hoping to see him in Hattiesburg right up the road from me....lol

ogredawg, thinking about Mike Bobo and him being a head coach. My guess is that he is a lot closer now than ever. If our offense comes out firing and having a lot of success this season, many will watch and some will offer. That is just the way it is.

Also, some coaches are not meant to be head coaches. At this point Grantham who has been in organized football for many years is yet to wear the crown. This is not knocking your point, actually think we have some agreement here. Know that we do.

Another thing that I have accepted with Mike Bobo which I refused to accept before. Mike has recruited many of these young athletes that are performing and performing well on Saturdays and Sundays. I know Bobo is a very good recruiter. Think maybe there were many circumstances looking back that prevented Mike Bobo from moving along a bit faster.

In my mind Mark Richt had not become the coach that he is today, and that played a huge part in overall coaching development. Some lead, some follow, but for sure there were parts missing from the top. Again, think that conversation between McGarity and Richt bore fruit.

Back to Mike Bobo and Mark Richt. They are joined at the hip, do seem to remember Grantham getting a substantial raise and Bobo left sitting on the fence. Not a peep from Mike Bobo about that, moves me closer to his camp. He did not belly ache, put his hard hat on and went to work. Not much for cry babies in my camp. Get your feelings hurt or ego bruised, do something about it.

As you say, even Mike Bobo cannot screw up with this talent. Takes me to this . . . . someone did a very good job of recruiting and coaching these young pups, results speak for themselves. Voices will get louder from the outside in the near future, and Mike Bobo will be the subject of many of those voices.

One thing that impressed me in Atlanta. It pitted Bobo and Smart against each other. We had our problems on defense, so did Alabama. Just a thought.

To be honest our defense scares the crap out of me. I think in the off-season There needs to be alot of tape reviewed and figure out what our problems were against the run and how we can solve them. It's been said before and I'll say it again if your scheme is so complacated that your are confusing your on players maybe you need to rethink your approach.

Mention was made on this board about the "possibilities" of a strained relatioship between Garner and Grantham. For those of us that aren't privy to much of the "inside talk" found the following article interesting.

Standing a player and his coach up does not really show a lot of class, especially when an invitation was rendered.

Some good thoughts come from the fact that our new defensive line coach was involved with this player some time back and showed a lot of moxy by staying in touch with Bellamy.

blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2013/01/09/davi...fid=blogs_recruiting

The D....

1. Year one.....I give CTG a pass
2. Year two.....very happy with what I saw, thought CTG was "all that"
3. Year three...overall, not very happy with the D considering the players on the roster
4. Year four....this will be the year that really shows just how good/bad CTG is as a DC

In the SEC, the old adage of "run the ball" and "STOP the run" has never been more correct.....CTG has GOT to figure out how to do that to help get us to the ultimate level.


Bobo/CMR can't mess up this offense up with the talent they have.....imo, a BIG part of being a good coach is being a great recruiter....grade, A (A+ if they had recruited more OL in past)