'20 Recruiting Forum: Official Georgia Pregame/Game Thread

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Smyrna ATL Vol said:
Every coach makes mistakes and bad roster decisions sometimes. Do you not think that Harrison had the playbook for a while? He was groomed to play from the start. This is Pruitt going with someone who doesn’t usually turn the ball over and less talent in order to let his defense win games. But when you play a better team, you can’t have an average QB. JG is what is holding us back. Without those turnovers and better decisions, this is a close game that could go to either team.
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It’s possible you are correct.
I think it’s a big leap to believe Bailey would have given us a chance to win today with so little time to prep.

Certainly, we could see a scenario where Bailey or Shrout/Maurer takes the reigns at some point this season and never looks back.

But Bailey probably doesn’t help much at all today.
 
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#3,005
mr.checkerboards said:
So we are a fanbase thats cool with beating nobodies and getting smoked by good teams. Got it. I'll talk myself into being cool with it by next week. Sorry for wanting more.
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Never said that but whatever. Believe what you want.

You want to improve, and I believe we are doing that. We got killed by Mizzou and Vandy in year one (after the same in Butch’s last year). We were in this game halfway through the 3rd. Call it what you want.
 
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C-town Vol said:
One thing that DOES concern me about trying to catch UGA / Bama.

We are trying to build a team just like theirs. Which means the only way to beat them is to catch up with roster talent.

Other teams who do it differently, i.e. Ole Miss with Hugh Freeze / Kiffin, have a better chance of steaming a win because they are so wide open.

But I do think the Pruitt approach is more sustainable over the long haul. Just might take longer.
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Freeze cheated to get there. Had some really good talent.
 
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VolGee4 said:
Never said that but whatever. Believe what you want.

You want to improve, and I believe we are doing that. We got killed by Mizzou and Vandy in year one (after the same in Butch’s last year). We were in this game halfway through the 3rd. Call it what you want.
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Amazing people can’t understand this. There are tiers in CFB. As much as we hate to admit it, UGA is Tier 1, at least talent wise. We are probably Tier 3.

We also don’t have a QB. We hung in tough for a half, then talent and depth took over and our QB proved he’s not very good.
 
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cHiZzLeVOL said:
Doesn’t even make sense. It’s like JG completely forgot how to play QB.....
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Even if JG didn’t fumble those (not defending him at all, he HAS to protect the ball), he still got sacked. The OL was atrocious in this game. And our RB’s struggled to pick up blitzes. All around we were just bad on offense in the 2nd half.
 
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Aesius said:
Amazing people can’t understand this. There are tiers in CFB. As much as we hate to admit it, UGA is Tier 1, at least talent wise. We are probably Tier 3.

We also don’t have a QB. We hung in tough for a half, then talent and depth took over and our QB proved he’s not very good.
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Yep. Kirby is not a great coach. He just uses his talent. He and Chaney lost to Vandy in year one and almost Nicholls State- had Chubb, Michel, Hardmon, McKenzie, Roquan Smith- all on NFL rosters. We just need to keep adding and developing. Need a better QB.
 
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VolGee4 said:
Yep. Kirby is not a great coach. He just uses his talent. He and Chaney lost to Vandy in year one and almost Nicholls State- had Chubb, Michel, Hardmon, McKenzie, Roquan Smith- all on NFL rosters. We just need to keep adding and developing. Need a better QB.
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QB is such a difference maker in a program. I love the kid but I'm over his play. I guess you have to trust the coaches to play the right players but I can't see how Mauer or Shrout could do much worse than JG in the second half.
 
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Orangeredblooded said:
Maybe google it. We all have criticisms, but that’s where you hang your hat.
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Is blind optimism where you hang yours? We’re seeing red flags for any fan that wants more than finishing 3rd in the East every year. Lie to yourself if you want. Suggest the issue is with me to make yourself feel better, or look at objective reality and take note the gap isn’t closing.
 
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Jack Burton said:
Did you forget blue font? That’s a loser mentality.
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You do know our talent gap is almost 4 points per recruit...? Today's challenge was still a nice step forward, but that gap is similar to between us and Pitt. We have a ways to go and it will take a couple more years.

You don't close a 28 point spread overnight.
 
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Jack Burton said:
Is blind optimism where you hang yours? We’re seeing red flags for any fan that wants more than finishing 3rd in the East every year. Lie to yourself if you want. Suggest the issue is with me to make yourself feel better, or look at objective reality and take note the gap isn’t closing.
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Your “objectively” has never been as such, and none of it makes me feel better. I never lie to myself, I wouldn’t believe it. 😉
 
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Devo182 said:
You do know our talent gap is almost 4 points per recruit...? Today's challenge was still a nice step forward, but that gap is similar to between us and Pitt. We have a ways to go and it will take a couple more years.

You don't close a 28 point spread overnight.
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I want to agree with you, but I guess that’s the difference between having a good coach and a great coach. A good coach needs equal talent to have a chance at winning and a great coach doesn’t. We aren’t going to close a talent gap when losing by 3 TDs in every meaningful game. We’re going to be stuck in this limbo until then.
 
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Orangeredblooded said:
Your “objectively” has never been as such, and none of it makes me feel better. I never lie to myself, I wouldn’t believe it. 😉
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I’m still right about Pruitt and our current state. Anyone arguing otherwise is just selling hope. Maybe someday you’ll be right but until then I am unfortunately.
 
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Jack Burton said:
I want to agree with you, but I guess that’s the difference between having a good coach and a great coach. A good coach needs equal talent to have a chance at winning and a great coach doesn’t. We aren’t going to close a talent gap when losing by 3 TDs in every meaningful game. We’re going to be stuck in this limbo until then.
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The last few years, outside of 2 games (one was Auburn 2018), our other 4 games vs big dogs were 25+ spreads...that IS less than a 1% chance to win!

I would give Pruitt a year or two of these 7-14 pt spread games first to see how he does. 1 out of 5 would be par. If he does better, awesome. Let's see if he beats one of the big 3 between now and end of 2021, cool Jack?
 
#3,025
#3,025
UGA's last 4 recruiting classes on the composite were ranked 3, 1, 2 and 1. We are much stronger on the LOS than we were a year ago or certainly two years ago, but it was fool's gold to think we were at that level yet. We are moving in the right direction. We will not see a more talented team than UGA this year other than Bama, 7-3 or 8-2 is still on the table as a reasonable possibility. 8-2 may not be likely but with the way Florida's defense looked today against A&M (who is not good), they are beatable if this team plays to the best of its ability, especially since we have them at home...in December.
 
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