From Athens- Friday Thoughts

Good Morning All,

This week’s BPS…NSDR-Ldrshp-SBSB

We all knew that NSD (rewind) was going to be a circus. It grows each year and finds new ways to mess with our heads.

Current mess with RS doing his dance seems all too much like DaRick Rogers of several years ago..same position .. use his scholarship on another OL please…. It is not like we have a bare cupboard.. talent here already going into year 2… and they understand what CJP expects.

Yes youth and all that…but it’s not like these recruits don’t have time to work the process.

Seems like an assignment of doing a term paper… wonder if they still have such a thing?

Wait until the night before and panic…..

It all just makes me appreciate those who get “It” and enroll early and want to get a start on college. Proactive…. A very good thing

We have had several posts about a recruits star ranking…according to ESPN there were no 5 star college players who started for either team in this year’s Super Bowl……..

No don’t get me wrong… a 5 star guy wants to come to Athens so much the better…but…there is more to the story than that IMO.

We have a very good class coming to Athens. Several players can see PT this fall. This was a complete effort which as NCdawg pointed out includes our HC. This class was a focused to fill positions and not just hitting a number.

Wlayton pointed out that we recruited the top defensive class without question. There will be a new a louder Boom in Sanford..book it

CJP is all about the present but is building depth for the haul

I look forward to CRS having a season under him to recruit….yes early but I think our OL is going to be better and better as he settles in.

Leadership….. Buc’s all time favorite and rightly so

Using CJP ….his leadership is by example.. imo the best kind….

His first year… he understood that the backend of our defense was a cluster.

So he steps up and takes the challenge….. did we see any improvement after he weeded the ME guys off the team? Ya think…

Anyone remember what group CKS coached for the Tide this year? DB’s….. Any question who did a better job with less talent?

CJP be the first to tell you that his front 7 and CTR had a great deal to do with what success his DB’s enjoyed.

My point is leadership takes on many faces….we saw examples from our players and coaches this past season. Have every reason to believe it will continue this year and….grow…… love it… big drive wheel for our success.

Super Bowl Super Blunder….

Woody Hayes is credited as the first to use… three things can happen when you throw the football.. two of them are bad.

Somewhere in the Big Sky Box Woody last Sunday night could be heard yelling “Run the Damn Ball”…..

Without question those of us who follow the Dawgs feel that our HC is the only coach who is capable of stoopid mistakes.
Well we now know this is not true.

Just like CNS won’t try a FG like he did against AU in 2013

We hope that we have seen the last of our “Pooch” kicks.

It is only stoopid when it doesn’t work…..

Spring ball starts in less than two months

Pause and give thanks

Have a great weekend and a safe week

As always “Go Dawgs”

I hate it when Richt's detractors are portrayed in a way that isn't accurate.

The number of people who think our coach is the only one who ever makes bone-headed mistakes is exactly zero.

What they think is that Richt does it more often, often repeating the same mistake. Yes... every coach out there has made and will again make a bad call. It's just the magnitude and the frequency we judge and find Richt too high up the list.

Thanks for your good work YD... The BPS is always good stuff.

The truth is with me, it's NOT only stupid if it doesn't work...

Had we tackled the nerd on the spot he caught the pooch kick, I would have said, "What a stupid call, we're lucky he didn't run it 30 yards to help them get into FG range."

Believe me, the stupid calls richt makes are not just ones that don't work. There are many more that just aren't exposed as much because they don't glaringly blow up in his face.

Bobby Bowden was making the same type mistakes at the end of his coaching career at FSU. As sadlerdawg said, not all of the mistakes made were picked up by the press. Some were actually cover ups.

One of the larger mistakes that our head coach made was following Bowden's hiring practices, actually caused BB's release from FSU.

Hiring family and friends is not the best method, especially in this day and time when social media changes quickly. Jimbo Fisher was brought in as the coach in waiting. Promise this, Jimbo Fisher did not wait. First day on campus he took over. Whether anyone likes Jimbo Fisher or not, he did what all fans want, prepared FSU for a National Championship.

Have tried to stay away from these comments and have but . . . .

Anyone that thinks many of these young players are not going to drink, smoke weed, you are not in tune with what is going on. Did not say all, but willing to wager that more do than don't. Georgia does it the "Georgia Way". LSU and others do it differently. Anyone that believes the young men don't know where they "can and can't" are not living in the real world of college football.

Not arguing the point of our head coach doing things his way. We know that he does for the most part handle players differently. Ever wonder why some of the more successful football programs do not enforce "rules" as heavily as our head coach? Not too hard to figure out.

Pruitt comes to a university that is different than what he has seen both in high school and college. Pruitt also knows what is going on, he does not have his head buried in the sand. Pruitt also knows that it will be tougher to reach the top under the rules that are in place in Athens. Going to be interesting to see how "player development" turns out under Pruitt. He is definitely playing against a stacked deck. By that I mean almost every SEC school is a bit "quieter" about "policy". Yes, again incoming players understand.

Bad game time calls, certain policies in place, hard to win a National Championship. Off subject maybe, but sometimes it is best to call it like it is. I did.

My son and I were at the 2009 South Carolina game. 'dawgs are up 38-37 and all they need to do is burn as much clock as possible and kick a FG to make USCe score a touchdown to win. Bonus if they score a touchdown, but at least get the FG so a FG doesn't beat you.

For some reason Bobo has Cox rolling out on first and 10 from the 14, he gets tackled and the ball hits the ground. Took a couple of fortunate bounces and the RB got it before the USCe defensive player could pick it up with a clear path to a 70+ yard, go-ahead touchdown.

There was NO reason to do anything risky on that play. They almost lost the ball and almost got pushed out of FG range. I would admittedly be a very conservative play caller, especially late in the game, in scoring position, with a lead, but I never trusted Bobo after that.

It stuck in my mind because we were in the opposite end zone with a perfect view of the potential disaster if the ball bounces a different way. It didn't so all was well.....

CMR does less with more at least over the last 5-6 years. The talent that comes to UGA is wasted by going 10-3, 9-4, 8-5 etc etc etc.

As for Bobo he is now a moot point. He has ZERO talent at CSU and he will need all the luck in the world to succeed there. CBS is a MAJOR upgrade from Bobo hence that is why they are paying him the $$$ that Bobo wanted. Still convinced that McGarity wanted that change and if CMR does not win a NC in the next 2 years we will see a change at the HC position albeit 2 years to late....

D and 0 should be strong, deep and talent laden, special teams have shown some improvement but not quite there yet and still has a way to go...QB is talented yet once again NO EXPERINCE because CMR wanted to reward a 5th year mediocre senior...that will be the downfall of this team next year...QB mistakes will cost us at least 2 games next year if not more...IMHO

Be prepared once again for 10-3 and the CMR apologists will once again call that a successful season...IMHO nothing short of an SEC title and a chance to compete for the NC will be a successful season...so tired of the next year BS or now it is 2 years away BS with a QB who has not even signed a LOI or played one down of college football much less SEC football being touted as the new "savior" of UGA football...sez a lot to Ramsey and Park that this kid coming in 2016 will take their jobs...