Robot Santa

quote:

---

How would you have attacked a top 5 defense with the players we had available Saturday?

---

I mean, I hear what you're saying. I do. And I agree that there were definitely obstacles that hindered us on that side of the ball. But these guys are paid a ton of money to figure some shite out and at least get the better of them occasionally. Jim fricking McElwain came up with a genuine masterpiece of a gameplan against a 2011 LSU defense that was infinitely fricking better than UGA this year with a first year starter at QB and Marquis Maze as his WR1 before having to pivot to little used Kevin Norwood because Maze got hurt early. Those were different times I know, and I'm not demanding perfection, but they couldn't come up with one goddamn well executed shot play or fool them at all? Not once? Literally anything? Our best plays on offense were well timed defensive penalties. I think I'm a bit more measured in my criticism than most right now, but I understand why people are angry.

Agreed. I don't think the conference championship games are practical going forward though. We might not have gotten punished in seeding but we did get another game of wear and tear and put another week of game tape out there for Venables to prep with. If the upside is maybe getting a bye (which you're essentially negating by playing the extra game) and the downside is injuries or targeting suspensions I just don't see the point.

quote:

---

How the frick was he the player of the year in the Patriot? He should at least be able to give us spot minutes.

---

Your guess is as good as mine. He looks like a Grant or Avery big though. A guy whose primary basketball skill is being tall. I mean thank goodness the light seems to have come on for Sherrell defensively. Otherwise we'd be completely fricked on the interior.

I tend to agree. I don't think Ty is without blame - far from it - but there are so many other factors at play for why this offense has collapsed down the stretch. We don't run the ball well, but we don't throw a lot of RB or WR screens, swing passes, or pop passes, to incorporate "run" plays into our pass game, we don't spread the defense out (we far, far too often run out of tight formations) to reduce numbers, we do very little to stress the perimeter underneath to get them running side to side and soften them up. So we suck at running the ball and don't do anything to alleviate it. But I don't think our OL or RBs are anything special either. It sometimes takes a while, but a one trick pony eventually gets figured out. Our trick was completing passes between the numbers 10-25 yards down field but when that got taken away and teams dared us to run the ball on them we had no counter.

quote:

---

Our running game is dead because our OL cannot move the defensive line.

---

That plus Jam is slow and not shifty, Hill is a short yardage back, I guess Riley is hurt or something, and Dear obviously doesn't know the playbook. So yeah there's no one reliable back there, much less a legit feature back. I get that people are freaking out right now but at the end of the day we have simply whiffed on way too many OL and RB recruits the last 3-4 years and it fully caught up to us this year when we have a non-runner at QB.

quote:

---

Y’all, Deboers seat has to be on fire right?

---

No. We're obviously getting our asses beat today, but we're still in Atlanta in year 2. Next year he needs to build a legit title contender though. There will be a few Saban holdovers left, but the roster will be almost entirely his, with his handpicked QB starting. If we look the same next year I think his job is in doubt.

quote:

---

Don't think KD wants to change QBs because ty will probably be completely done after that

---

We're losing this game with Ty. If we make the playoffs in spite of playing this unbelievably bad, we will lose in round 1 with Ty as QB. Either way, it's not like it's game 3 of the season and if Mack or Russel can't handle it you have tanked your season. Ty is absolutely cooked and I don't see him playing his way out of it.

The defense has been carrying this team for weeks.

quote:

---

3rd and short and grubb always goes full retard. Every freaking time

---

At this point a conventional run play might actually catch them off guard.

I've always thought you should defer against a team you think you're going to be in a 4 quarter game with. Take the ball if you know you're better than them.