From Athens- No Snow or Ice- Yea!!

Good Morning All,

It is less than a month to spring ball.

While most of the buzz comes from our new defense’s coaching staff it is spilling over to the “O” and ST

We want to see what is being done to make us better

KM is on track and his rehab is going well the same with our other injured starters which is good no great news

The “G” game will have renewed interest

A peek at who is playing were and the absents of the WFT pass coverage will be a noted improvement for sure

Shortly after CJP came on board I posted how one of his FSU players spoke about how CJP offered him the following lesson in life

“You don’t get what you want in Life”
You get what you earn”

Add to this CJP is a say what you mean and mean what you say man

CMR much like he did with IC cut his losses and wished JHC well as he departed

CJP may have played a role but it was CMR who made the final call

Now CJP can start with a clean slate no baggage hanging around until game three- a very good thing

Starts with first practice who wants to play

CJP coaches and teaches you work hard and you will play

Matters not freshman or senior it is how you play that will get you PT and how you maintain your effort that will let you keep it

The subject of how much improvement we can expect from our DB’s has been covered here with many good points made

IMO this may turn out to be an area of pleasant surprise for us

With our new coaches and experience players our front 7 will provide a much better pass rush call it - Bulldog Havoc!!!!

We know CCW was a good coach but CTR is able to hold his own also

Having a more understandable coverage scheme will let our DB play faster and react. We have some gifted DB’s time to let the sunshine

CJP won’t rest until he sees improvement which means the players won’t either

I would say that the Climpson Kittties are not looking forward to being the first team to go up against our CJP coached defense

CJP first game between the Hedges in a word jacked

Ballsack knows that CJP is a real deal not like TG which was a bag of NFL wind

I am so looking forward to CSS sucking lemons on the sidelines Again..........

Come week three we will all have a clearer understanding of how well the off season work has paid off

Spring weather here in the Classic City –love it !

Been a blessing this week not to have snow and ice in our weather forecast

Pause and give thanks

Have a great weekend and a safe week

And as always “Go Dawgs”

Great post Yd1 how's Georgia.

Thanks for a great post and your Friday "loyalty" to all of us.

Not much to say from me except "bring on G-Day"!!! Believe the offensive scheme will look the same, ST's we won't get a clear picture because it will look like punting and kicking practice with zero pressure and the D should show some improvement.

Most will have their eyes on the D and Mason. Said earlier, Mason,imo, will be fine....soooo many weapons. We should see improvement in the overall D but still feel the DB's are going to take the longest to "play fast".....too many bad habits from the last 2 years are ingrained in them. The good news is they are very good athletes and Pruitt is a very good teacher/coach. Front 7 should simply build on last year, they should be a strong unit.....DB's have a way to go and a lot to learn, imo.

Back to a cool one in the frig for your weekend kickoff for us yd1.....hope all have a great weekend.

Dws. Georgia is a happy dog. Her yard is snow and ice free. She and I took a trip to the

South 40 and the deer have moved back in. She loves going eyeball to eyeball with them

She won't chase them just spook and watch them hussle off. Great fun.

Thanks for asking. She is working on her morning beauty nap

Stay well. Go Dawgs

Wlayton. Thanks. I understand your concerns about our DB's As you have pointed out bad habits

This is where a teacher takes over. Problems was they had no clue what was being asked of them

They played like they practice. Clean slate you have nothing to remember because you never

Knew anything worth retaining CJP high school background takes over. That was the last time

This group felt good about themselves and how they played in High School

CJP builds on that. We know with CGM also a HS coach what kind of results you can get by

Keeping it simple and playing with speed. Building skills and good habits

IMO. It won't be as bad as you think or as good as I make it. However I feel it will prove to

Be a vast improvement. Go Dawgs

yankeedawg1, like the fact that you keep returning to the TEACHING aspect of the game.

Believe that Pruitt got much of the defensive (players) talent in what I would call the "fourth grade".

Kindergarten they were a great group to recruit from high school.

First grade, had to hang back and watch the upper classmen.

Second grade got to play with the tinker toys for a short spell.

Third grade, they realized that they had not been TAUGHT. Pruitt takes over in the "fourth grade", reason being third grade teacher was not a teacher.

Many, myself included keep mentioning Jeremy Pruitt, he is the one called on to be the leader, the coaches that will share that side of the field with him will also build their portfolios. That is a very good thing. This group has some or much of the "missing talents" needed to perform like say . . . . Alabama?

Just thinking again . . . .