Dudleys87
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Narratives? Articles from "sports journalists"? Well then it must be gospel since some dweeb who probably never played a down in his life wrote about it online or in SI..............Yes, but 99.9 percent of the sporting world simply said we/Peyton choked. That will be the narrative about Georgia. I've already seen articles saying that about them.
Who cares...just look at the track record of Bama WRs. Even when they didn't have great QB play they had guys like Julio Jones.Because things look great when a highly rated QB goes to Georgia only to be replaced by S damn Bennett.
Kirby's main issue other than not being a good game day coach is he has some kind of weird fetish for Georgia high school QBs. He went and recruited some of the best in the nation, Eason and Fields, and then promptly sat them down behind a much less talented Fromm and good ol Georgia boy. We saw how well that worked out for him. Then this year here he has what was a very talented QB with experience at USC benched for what else? A good ol' walk on Georgia boy who in his own mind thought he had SEC foot speed until TooToo squashed that idea like a bug. Kirby's good ol' Georgia went out and produced exactly what Fromm did on the big national championship stage, nothing. Bennett is a weakness at QB compared to his counterpart Young at Bama. Now does Kirby damn the torpedoes and put Bennett back out there if they get lucky to see Bama again or make the change at QB? Bama was playing with them in the 2nd half getting the UGA offense to show them everything and they did. They've got one weapon on offense that can play at Bama's level and it's their TE #19. Bama shuts him down easily if they meet again.
That great Georgia Defense had 0 sacks against Bama...at least we had 2 sacks.Does this finally end the debate that a great defense is more important that a great offense (assuming you have a great QB to lead that offense).
The problem with having a great offense/QB is that the QB can have an off game or a injury where as the great defensive team is more consistent.
Does this finally end the debate that a great defense is more important that a great offense (assuming you have a great QB to lead that offense).
The problem with having a great offense/QB is that the QB can have an off game or a injury where as the great defensive team is more consistent.
It is his best team, but it’s not infinitely better than the Saban team. Not accounting for who all is and isn’t left on each roster, the last 5 classes for each rank 2.2 and 2.8 as an average respectively. There’s virtually no talent difference and we all know one has a much better coach. The last statement doesn’t mean Kirby isn’t a good coach but what knock is it to say he’s not as good as Saban when NOBODY is.Uh...the stats cited are why many think it is a choke job. This wasn't thought to be one of Saban's best teams, and it was thought to absolutely be Kirby's best team.
It is his best team, but it’s not infinitely better than the Saban team. Not accounting for who all is and isn’t left on each roster, the last 5 classes for each rank 2.2 and 2.8 as an average respectively. There’s virtually no talent difference and we all know one has a much better coach. The last statement doesn’t mean Kirby isn’t a good coach but what knock is it to say he’s not as good as Saban when NOBODY is.
Kirby finally, just this year passed Richt’s overall record. Yes there was no Saban during the start of Richt’s career but the East was much tougher back the as well between us and Florida. Even SC got decent for a while during Richt’s career. Then, the back half of of his tenure he had to deal with Saban and Meyer, among others. The SEC was stronger during Richt’s tenure. With that said, Kirby is a little better overall but UGA didn’t fire Richt and hire Kirby to play second fiddle to Bama. Through 5 seasons they have the same number of NCs and Richt has 2 SEC titles to Kirby’s 1. That’s what matters to UGA fans. We will see how year 6 finishes for Kirby but I’m betting there won’t be a NC.First 6 years:
Richt- 61-17 34-14 in conference. Won back to back East titles in 2002-2003. Another SECE title in 2005. 2 SEC titles. 4-2 in bolw games. No Nick Saban at Bama.
Smart- 64-15. 40-9 in conference. Went 8-0 in SEC play this year. Richt never did that. 3 straight SECE titles (something Richt never did). 1 SEC title. As of now 4-1 in bowl games. Already played for a NC. Has had to deal with Nick Saban at Bama.
Stats prove you wrong.