IMO, Crompton doesn't perform well under pressure either, so I expect the same from him that I saw from Snead yesterday. (Hopefully) But congrats for a big win over UGA.True...just hoping you don't hold him to a Jevan Snead performance
Ut 45, UGA 19
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Thanks. It feels good to win a game that we wasn't necessarily "supposed" to win
I think it is fair to say that many REASONABLE Tennessee fans will expect a loss against Alabama, but Kiffin sure did buy some good graces by thumping Georgia.
I know I am repeating what many have said, but I talked to my Bulldog friend yesterday and the fans want Martinez gone and Richt is in their sites, too.
I know I am repeating what many have said, but I talked to my Bulldog friend yesterday and the fans want Martinez gone and Richt is in their sites, too.
Agreed. It is quiet possibly the best team in the country and a 3-3 football team. Not sure, as a UT fan, how some could say..."yeah, we will beat Bama". Can't tell you I won't be hoping for it.
True...just hoping you don't hold him to a Jevan Snead performance
Well, I believe you can pretty much count on it. :smile:
UGA is awful this year. I think Coach Richt is losing them (although i love his character). Of course UGA fans are delusional in their thinking. I think he is safe this year but another one like this and major heat.
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I don't know...Fulmer never appeared to realize he was. Even when he talks today.
Re: Ut 45, uga 19
end of the year coaching staff changes? Richt better, or he will go down with the ship.
end of the year coaching staff changes? Richt better, or he will go down with the ship.
Nobody can argue that Georgia's defense is pathetic, but give Kiffin just a little credit, he developed a gameplan that maximizes Cromptons strengths. Jonathan is a pretty good athlete as far as QB's go, his disconnect is between the ears. Kiffin put him in situations where he didn't have to think much, just find the open man and throw it.
I didn't watch the game, but this makes perfect sense. Last week when I watched the Utee/AU game, that was the biggest issue I saw with Crompton and the offensive gameplan by Kiffin. Sounds like they figured it out. Realistically, its not going to happen that way every week for Utee, but if you guys can get at least some offensive production each game, it may be the difference in at least making it to a lower tier bowl or staying at home.
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Georgia has been the SEC's bi-polar schizo team of the season. You just don't know which team is gonna show up or what voices they're gonna be listening to.
With the talent Richt has on that team, there's no way they should have let UT hang 45 on'em. That's poor coaching. Their coverages and tackling looked like Alabama's circa 1997.
Big win for the Vols and a big confidence builder. They will come to Tuscaloosa thinking they can win.
With the talent Richt has on that team, there's no way they should have let UT hang 45 on'em. That's poor coaching. Their coverages and tackling looked like Alabama's circa 1997.
Big win for the Vols and a big confidence builder. They will come to Tuscaloosa thinking they can win.
Yeah, Jonathan really struggles when he has to stand in the pocket and read the field, I know the season is half over, but it seems that Kiffin finally has an idea of what Jonathan "can't" do. So, it will be interesting to see how he plays over the second half, this fan would be happy with a lower bowl, just want to see the team continue to improve and they're doing that little by little.
And they'll keep thinking that, until the defense "introduces" itself to Mr. Crompton...
Sorry no credit for a great game plan. UT played well but UGA is only a few plays away from being 0-6 for the season . They will be lucky to finish 3rd in the east with their team.
IMO, there have been two major events that have transpired over the last few seasons that have contributed heavily towards UGA's downward spiral: The departure of former DC Brian VanGorder following the 2004 season, and Florida's subsequent hiring of Urban Meyer as head coach.
I like Mark Richt. From what I've heard, he's a very decent human being with a lot of character. He's run a solid program, won a lot of ballgames, and generally represented his university well. But I'm not sure that he was ever a top-shelf ballcoach - at least not from a strategic standpoint. In the early years of his tenure at UGA he had an ideal situation. Florida didn't have the recruiting prowess they do now (in fact, they had an aging Steve Spurrier who never cared much for recruiting, and then the bumbling Ron Zook), and Tennessee had Phil Fulmer in the mediocre twilight of his career. Richt and staff could cherry-pick top tier talent from those states, and they often did. Not to mention the wealth of in-state talent that Georgia usually affords its institutions. Mark also had some pretty good assistant coaches that were given free reign. Without nearly the level of recruiting competition that they face today, and with a pretty competent coaching staff, the Bulldogs flourished and Richt was deemed the golden child of the SEC. During Richt's first five seasons (2001-2005), no one in the conference except possibly LSU was more solid on a more consistent basis. There were a few grumbles that they couldn't beat Florida consistently, or that they always seemed to drop a game that pushed them out of the national title picture, but most fans will settle for a team that consistently recruits well, wins 10 or 11 games and plays on New Years Day, and manages to win a conference title every three years or so.
The first major blow was the departure of VanGorder, who was replaced with the schematically inept Willie Martinez. For the first couple of seasons, the new defensive coordinator's ineptitude was masked by the wealth of defensive talent Georgia had amassed. Then Urban Meyer entered the picture and proceeded to wipe the floor with Georgia, both on the field and on the recruiting trail.
The product on the field today bears some stunning similarities to Mark Gottfried's later UA basketball teams. Robbed of top-shelf talent and competent assistant coaches, we find a team that lacks discipline in almost every phase, gives only cursory attention to the notion of fielding a defense, and consistently drops games it has no business dropping. I conclude that Mark Richt is the football parallel to Mark Gottfried - a very likeable guy who has had a lot of success in the past, but who's program is on the decline because it's getting out-recruited off the field and out-coached on the field. I will say this: like Gottfried, Richt has shown a tendency to do some of his best coaching with his back against the wall, and it wouldn't shock me to see this UGA team go on a tear and piece together a respectable finish to the season. But I think eventually UGA will have to ask itself if it thinks it can do any better. Based on yesterday's game, they may be wise to ask that question sooner rather than later.
RTR.
I like Mark Richt. From what I've heard, he's a very decent human being with a lot of character. He's run a solid program, won a lot of ballgames, and generally represented his university well. But I'm not sure that he was ever a top-shelf ballcoach - at least not from a strategic standpoint. In the early years of his tenure at UGA he had an ideal situation. Florida didn't have the recruiting prowess they do now (in fact, they had an aging Steve Spurrier who never cared much for recruiting, and then the bumbling Ron Zook), and Tennessee had Phil Fulmer in the mediocre twilight of his career. Richt and staff could cherry-pick top tier talent from those states, and they often did. Not to mention the wealth of in-state talent that Georgia usually affords its institutions. Mark also had some pretty good assistant coaches that were given free reign. Without nearly the level of recruiting competition that they face today, and with a pretty competent coaching staff, the Bulldogs flourished and Richt was deemed the golden child of the SEC. During Richt's first five seasons (2001-2005), no one in the conference except possibly LSU was more solid on a more consistent basis. There were a few grumbles that they couldn't beat Florida consistently, or that they always seemed to drop a game that pushed them out of the national title picture, but most fans will settle for a team that consistently recruits well, wins 10 or 11 games and plays on New Years Day, and manages to win a conference title every three years or so.
The first major blow was the departure of VanGorder, who was replaced with the schematically inept Willie Martinez. For the first couple of seasons, the new defensive coordinator's ineptitude was masked by the wealth of defensive talent Georgia had amassed. Then Urban Meyer entered the picture and proceeded to wipe the floor with Georgia, both on the field and on the recruiting trail.
The product on the field today bears some stunning similarities to Mark Gottfried's later UA basketball teams. Robbed of top-shelf talent and competent assistant coaches, we find a team that lacks discipline in almost every phase, gives only cursory attention to the notion of fielding a defense, and consistently drops games it has no business dropping. I conclude that Mark Richt is the football parallel to Mark Gottfried - a very likeable guy who has had a lot of success in the past, but who's program is on the decline because it's getting out-recruited off the field and out-coached on the field. I will say this: like Gottfried, Richt has shown a tendency to do some of his best coaching with his back against the wall, and it wouldn't shock me to see this UGA team go on a tear and piece together a respectable finish to the season. But I think eventually UGA will have to ask itself if it thinks it can do any better. Based on yesterday's game, they may be wise to ask that question sooner rather than later.
RTR.
IMO, UGA has recruited too much talent not to be better than they are. What I am seeing is that Richt is just an average coach. If wholesale changes aren't made I would pull the plug on Richt.
I forget where I read it but some analyst described there being mutual fatigue between Richt and UGA fans. I think that about captures it.
No doubt, the dogs are pitiful on defense. Plenty of work to do in that area.
From what I have been able to pick up, Mark Richt is a decent guy. I have to admire that in him. But, winning in the SEC is about much more than just being a good guy.
I find it interesting that fans in this conference expect their team of choice to be world beaters every year. Assuming each member school plays eight SEC schools every year, somebody has got to come up short (no ties anymore). Forty nine SEC games have to be lost by somebody. Since Bama is expected to grab 13 victories every season, those 49 have to be split up among the eleven other conference members. That averages almost 4 and one half losses per team.
Thank goodness for the Vandys and Miss States of the world. They help a lot of other head coaches keep their job.
From what I have been able to pick up, Mark Richt is a decent guy. I have to admire that in him. But, winning in the SEC is about much more than just being a good guy.
I find it interesting that fans in this conference expect their team of choice to be world beaters every year. Assuming each member school plays eight SEC schools every year, somebody has got to come up short (no ties anymore). Forty nine SEC games have to be lost by somebody. Since Bama is expected to grab 13 victories every season, those 49 have to be split up among the eleven other conference members. That averages almost 4 and one half losses per team.
Thank goodness for the Vandys and Miss States of the world. They help a lot of other head coaches keep their job.
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