Monday Happiness . . . .

Quiet time of the year . . . .

I rely on looking back along with many of you folks . . . .

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Thinking about the past.

Seems there was always a lot of talk about quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends on occasion.

Throughout the past 5 or so years, heard little about the offensive line.

Now when any of the more prominent media groups speak to what is being done in Athens, seems that offensive line talk dominates their coverage.

Reading and listening to what they have to report now, one would think that they knew all along this was a major problem in Athens. Really?

Mentioned not long ago that I can only imagine what our quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends could have accomplished if only more attention had been paid to detail. Detail meaning the offensive line.

Maybe this bothers me more than many, it however does.

Takes me back to Smart and Company. Need do nothing more than to look at his hires. Kirby retained a couple of defensive coaches that needed to remain in Athens.

Kirby totally changed the makeup on the offensive side of the ball. What really impresses me with his choices . . . . Kirby has lined up against some of the offensive coaches with his defense while in Tuscaloosa. Who better to know what was needed in Athens than a man that has the experience gained through combat. Yes, SEC football is combat.

Still read some of the scribblings from the media and those that still are in the previous camp that lasted for fifteen (15) years. Yes, I know that is past, never hurts to move forward and embrace the future. At this point in Georgia Football, I would wager we are about 90/95% on board with Smart and Company. Even though we have yet to play a game with this staff.

Appears to me that many of the higher rated athletes in Georgia feel the same way about the new staff. How do I know that? Read it almost every time a recruit speaks . . . . UGA needed change. When the recruits feel as they do, hard for old timers like myself not feeling the same.

What I am hoping for is this . . . . attention to detail. From where I sit, that has been missing for too long.

Go Dawgs . . . . Welcome home Kirby.

Punting in the SEC is crucial.

Marshall Long coming to Athens in my mind is huge.

Below I did the "old" way of counting hang time watching the video . . . . thousand one, thousand two, thousand three, thousand four.

The lift Marshall is getting on the football is really good at this point, that will improve as he trains in Athens.

Marshall Long will end our punting problems this football season.

Just another problem that has been looked at carefully and not "patched".

Marshall Long is coming to Athens for one reason . . . . to punt the football. No different than kicking extra points and field goals, another area that was overlooked by those that did not pay attention to detail. Punting wins football games.

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Thoughts?

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Easy enough for me to come to this conclusion.

University of Georgia (Football) can bring x amount of players to Athens each year.

There is a top number. That is played with by some, but overall most teams end up with the same number or close to the number than can wear the school colors.

We (UGA) have been behind the eight ball many times under the previous head coach. Most or many fans understand that. Some still refuse to accept that fact, but that is what it is.

Along with the way recruiting was (was not) handled prior to Smart and Company, we watched many of the best players going elsewhere. We also watched some years those in charge not taking advantage of numbers. If we were able to recruit above the 25 or so some years, the remaining numbers do not and have not reflected any change in wins and losses. That is close to the truth.

Kirby has said that he is not from the same mold as some others. He does not call names, that is the unwritten rule. What Coach Smart is doing is simple for those of us that wanted change to understand . . . . he is making decisions based on what he believes will move our program forward.

Kirby is in a much different situation than some of our previous head coaches . . . . With all of the media scrutiny and let’s face it folks like myself, what Richt did is not acceptable. Kirby Smart understands that. Kirby Smart could have been the head coach at “many” universities had he chosen to do so.

Kirby Smart wanted to return to Athens as our Head Coach, not our Defensive Coordinator. High fives to Kirby for forcing Greg McGarity’s hand. Yes, he and South Carolina did that, not the ride back from Atlanta to Athens after the GT game as our Athletic Director said.

Kirby Smart not unlike Nick Saban is a “football coach”. That is what they live for. Change makes me very happy in this case.

Going to be interesting to see where UGA ends up in 2017 and beyond with Smart and Company calling the “plays”. Will be hard for me to believe that UGA will not be in the top five in recruiting most years.

Go Dawgs

Reading the article below, makes a lot of sense to me. Matter of fact much of that has been discussed on this board.

Bernie not throwing stuff against the wall to see if it sticks.

My opinion, Bernie takes a realistic look at the beginning of the 2016 Season and passes along reasonable thoughts.

Good read.

www.berniesdawgblawg.com/2016/05/jacob-e...ll-start-season.html