tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post287550936253337441..comments2023-11-03T04:38:20.417-04:00Comments on BULLDOGS BLOG: Ordinary JoeGeorgia Athleticshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00516202366071408182noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-77747271918564533872009-10-16T07:30:29.421-04:002009-10-16T07:30:29.421-04:00David, I think you nailed it with the lack of a gr...David, I think you nailed it with the lack of a ground game. Once other DC's found out that we could not run the ball, UGA was made one dimentional. That almost never works. Cox and probably any other QB we throw in there will fail.Dawgy1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-11630235143580470662009-10-15T20:09:16.640-04:002009-10-15T20:09:16.640-04:00Joe Cox should not be judged too greatly on the UT...Joe Cox should not be judged too greatly on the UT Game. As I have said before, UT had a great D made greater by Monte Kiffin. The only way we win that game is our D holds UT to fewer points. Our D didn't so we lost big. UT as far as I'm concerned is and will be the second best D we will face all year, UF being #1. The UF game will be like UT, our O won't score diddly on the Gators. Unfortunately, our D won't stop their O so it won't be close. Sad but true we are just weak on both sides of the ball this year. Throw in the kick off team and we are what we are.UGA69Dawgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-59603906147861809402009-10-15T18:54:06.351-04:002009-10-15T18:54:06.351-04:00Nice quote at the end of article, but honestly doe...Nice quote at the end of article, but honestly does anyone believe that if Green felt otherwise that he would actually state it to anyone other than his closest friends/family much less in a public statement to the media.<br /><br />Cox needs to realize his limitations and begin to the put the current team and the team of next year first and back the idea that one or two of the younger qbs get some reps because worst case scenario they do just as bad as he has the last few games.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-7230358429075585692009-10-15T16:14:19.041-04:002009-10-15T16:14:19.041-04:00Ashraf - you hit it on the head. No QB can be suc...Ashraf - you hit it on the head. No QB can be successful without a credible running game. You must make the Line Backers commit to the play action to open up the secondary. I am a little more concerned with the knee jerk chicken little's - fire this person or that person - so called experts than I am about MR righting the ship. <br />As a former Infantry Airborne officer, I have seen my fair share of leaders. The helmet throwing - foul mouth screamers work in Boot Camp, but a real leader can get the best from his people with a steady even keeled hand. A few of the best leaders I have ever seen, rarely raised there voices and men would face a hail of bullets for them. He has a great track record and we should give him the chance to right the ship. The players need to get the stars out of there eyes and get to work. Sometime a good old fashioned butt whipping like the TN game is all we need. I bet we will see a little more fire in the future.<br /><br />The sky is not falling, all teams do this. Go back and look at the 10 year records of UF, LSU and AL and you will all see the same dip.<br /><br />Randy<br /><br />PS David. GREAT WORK - you do a great job providing OBJECTIVE information for us. THANKSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-5938657971359044992009-10-15T14:58:59.340-04:002009-10-15T14:58:59.340-04:00David,
I think we can mostly agree that Joe Cox i...David,<br /><br />I think we can mostly agree that Joe Cox is, at the very least, an average SEC QB. However, our run game is absolutely below average. It's terrible. I don't think you can ask any of our QBs, regardless of who it is, to do any more than what is already being done at that position. If we start running the ball with authority, we accomplish so many things that plague our team: 1) We play balanced football. Remember when we did that? 2) We control the clock, keep opponent's offense off the field along with our defense. 3) We open up the pass by providing favorable coverage to not only AJ but Orson Charles, T. King and company.<br /><br />Gentlemen, we need to run the football like a respectable team!Shoaib Ashrafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044677886957338132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-21517214083958384552009-10-15T14:55:24.672-04:002009-10-15T14:55:24.672-04:00Maybe the younger guys should have called a player...Maybe the younger guys should have called a players only meeting. They are the only ones that seem to play hard and make plays! The upperclassman on this team are the last people that need to talk up the young guys (i.e Evans, Jones and Miller so the most lack of discipline and blown assignments of any one on the team)Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-37999336222220049582009-10-15T14:17:02.598-04:002009-10-15T14:17:02.598-04:00spencer - I think thomas answers your question. it...spencer - I think thomas answers your question. it's easy for you to say the young guys should be in and screw it, but do you think a fan who paid for the ticket necessarily beleives it? Or what about the coaches who are hoping to keep their jobs? Or what about the other seniors who want to get a few more wins? Or what about guys like AJ who might get killed when a freshman tosses a floater over the middle when he panics during a blitz?<br /><br />It's not all as simple as it seems, and there's a good chance that if Murray or Gray is back there, the offense is in even worse shape.<br /><br />And to answer the first part of your question -- a lack of sacks does not necessarily mean the pocket hasn't collapsed. How many times has Joe heaved a ball out of bounds (or last week, to a defender) to avoid a sack?David Halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02872368286061273646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-83354215176938879602009-10-15T13:58:38.617-04:002009-10-15T13:58:38.617-04:00I completely agree that a second QB needs to get s...I completely agree that a second QB needs to get some reps in the remaining games. But I get a little pissed off when I see some fans suggest that this season is a loss so we need to play all the kids, let an inexperienced QB get pounded and wait till next year. Fla, Auburn and Tech are still on the schedule. Anybody who doesn't get amped at the thought of doing everything possible to win those games - well, I question their fanhood. It may not look like we could beat any of them right now, but there's a lot of time left to get better. This season ain't over. Play to win, not to get ready for next year.Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-29072261062370507892009-10-15T13:52:38.432-04:002009-10-15T13:52:38.432-04:00This isn't exactly rocket science. Before the...This isn't exactly rocket science. Before the season we new, or should have known, two basic facts: 1) AJ is the only real offensive threat that we can count on and 2) Joe Cox is not athletic enough to make or create plays on his own. What this meant then and now is that unless the RB's, none of which had proven a thing and still haven't, stepped up AND some other receivers stepped up, we were going to be in trouble on offense. It was clear, at least to me before the season started that Joe Cox would only be effective if he had a lot of weapons at his disposal. I think that this has borne itself out. We have three possible outcomes: 1) the running game comes around and because the other receivers have played at least adequately, that Cox will become effective again; 2) the running game continues to falter and Cox will be as useless as he can be leading to the worse season since 1996; or 3) we put in a guy that can make plays with his feet and arm. We are getting to the point where we were in 1990 when we threw Joe Dupree out there just to have any chance at moving the ball as our slow, unathletic QB's, like Talley and Jones, rode the bench. That being said, I have little faith in Logan. I don't think he will ever be a quality SEC QB, but his ability to run might open up passing lanes and some big plays. I also think that Murray is an exceptional talent and can run around and throw it on the money. I do worry about throwing him in the fire. That kid may be the best to play at UGA and I don't want to ruin him to salvage 2009.<br /><br />All this being said, I would not all be against telling the backs and the OL that we are not throwing a forward pass vs. Vandy so either blow them off the ball or lose to Vandy. I would hope that they would respond out of sheer desperation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-77120433314584858162009-10-15T13:37:02.536-04:002009-10-15T13:37:02.536-04:00What makes you say the pocket is quickly collapsin...What makes you say the pocket is quickly collapsing? Our O-line has done a nice job of pass protection. <br /><br />Also, I don't understand your arguments about putting in a young guy. The benefit is not this year, as you state at first. More than anything else, throw him into the fire, let him get beat up, make stupid mistakes and see how fast the game is. By next year it will have slowed down and (hopefully) everyone around him will have learned from the experience, making it that much better. <br /><br />What's the downside?SDawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11562066999226496400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-25866628128580006922009-10-15T13:12:06.910-04:002009-10-15T13:12:06.910-04:00Anon -- I wouldn't worry about the players-onl...Anon -- I wouldn't worry about the players-only meeting. I think it was more about reassuring the younger kids that all was not lost. Coaches can preach that, but sometimes it means a lot more coming from the other players. It didn't sound to me like there was a groundswell of problems from the players perspective.David Halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02872368286061273646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-88655438666764025692009-10-15T12:58:49.040-04:002009-10-15T12:58:49.040-04:00Do you think the poor offensive scheme and play ca...Do you think the poor offensive scheme and play calling places him in a no win situation. Why do you think Tenn did what they did with their quarterback. Because he was so good? No, they used their offense to hide the fact he is not as good as they would like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-60016657225624869422009-10-15T12:27:53.178-04:002009-10-15T12:27:53.178-04:00I tend to think that this all spells trouble...Dav...I tend to think that this all spells trouble...David you think that this "players only meeting" means that the staff is losing the team...seems to me that generally when you hear about this in the pros and elsewhere it is followed by upheavel...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162716793249150680.post-43466552498390947782009-10-15T11:27:45.439-04:002009-10-15T11:27:45.439-04:00I think LG needs to be given more than one play or...I think LG needs to be given more than one play or one series - not because JC is bad but because it might give defenses something else to consider. At this point anything would help. <br /><br />LG looked pretty good in the spring game but he was playing against our defense :-)JRLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13435267493705547179noreply@blogger.com