Read an article on the internet that brought attention to the offense that has been a huge conversation piece for some time. I repeat these two words again “some time”.
Coach Smart is the reason that Jake Fromm decided to not attend Alabama. Jake came to Georgia when it became clear that Kirby Smart would be the head coach.
Jake Fromm knew that Kirby Smart was a run first offensive supporter. Statistics point that out clearly. Stats that had many beginning to question just how good was Georgia going to be under the new head coach. Defensively, awesome.
Many believed that the hiring of Jim Chaney was predicated on also getting Sam Pittman. Seemed to work at first, then the eyebrows began to raise. Losing a couple of games each year, but the overall play was sometimes as good as any team in the country. Chaney departed, soon after Pittman left.
Any doubts that elevating James Coley into the position of offensive coordinator were not noted until the 2019 Season. There were some rumblings prior to 2019, but . . . . it got a lot louder in 2019. James Coley did what the coordinators before him had done, run first and often because we had the biggest, baddest offensive line in college football. I bought into a large portion of that and I still do not point my finger at James Coley for the offense that we ran. He did not more or less than those before him. Before him being prior to and including the arrival of Kirby Smart. Coach Smart said loud and clear for all to hear that he was a run first believer. Since Kirby arrived our offense did just that.
Takes me to this. What changed Kirby Smart’s thoughts about offensive play calling? Was it LSU? If that is the case, then I can get on board with that decision. Appears Georgia is going to “dump” ages of run first, move up to the way football is being taught in high school and forward thinking college coaches. Kirby had problems with Jim Chaney, had problems with James Coley. Call it like it is . . . . Kirby hired both. Have said this before, even before the latest offensive hiring, Kirby do what you do best and that is not play calling on the offensive side. That has been proven to be factual in some of the decisions he made prior to the hiring of Todd Monken. Ball now goes into the air and many, many times that will be on first, second maybe third down. Coach Todd Monken will run the same play over and over until the opposition defenses those plays. Did that while offensive coordinator in Tampa.
Much more to say, maybe later. High powered coaching changes like the one that just occurred in Athens tend to get the FANS attention. Got mine.
