False Hope

October 30, 2012 //
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I have intentionally not posted thoughts regarding UGA football for several weeks. I wanted to take a step back and evaluate the Dawgs from a different perspective. I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt after the SC game. After the FL game, I feel compelled to write and confirm my initial gut feeling regarding UGA football. Here goes…

The Dawgs are in trouble. Not the kind of trouble that will land you on probation for 10 years and cost you $40 million dollars but the trouble of false hope, and for two reasons.

(1) There is one key element to being successful in college football and UGA lacks it: COACHING. I know there are many of you that support Mark Richt and although I do not know him personally, I believe he is a great guy. However, I do not believe he is a great coach. The only consistencies of the Dawgs are how undisciplined and inconsistent they are as a team. There is no control over the players, week in and week out. I understand the emotional game against the sea creature from Gainesville, FL, but to have 14 penalties for 132 yards is terrible. It’s uncalled for and should not be tolerated. According to Chip Towers’ article in the AJC this morning, the coaching staff was not happy but they understood and justified the penalties. Unbelievable. So, tell me the last time Bama had 132 yds in penalties. Do they play emotional games during the year? Maybe, since everyone is gunning for them every week. What separates them from UGA? Plain and simple – COACHING. Not screaming at someone (Todd Grantham) until the shat their silver britches, coaching. Fundamental football. Smart football. The kind of football that allows you to score more than 17 points when the opposing team has 6 turnovers. The kind of football that doesn’t allow Kentucky to run on you like they are a dominant SEC running power. Consistent, fundamental, smart football.

(2) Motivation is non-existent. Why does it take a fellow teammate calling out other players for being “soft” before they start to play like they are capable? Isn’t this the job of the coaching staff and ultimately the job of the head coach? I say yes. The first 7 games showed no inspiration and if you look back at the performance it is evident of highly skilled underachievers. This lies solely on the shoulders of Mark Richt.

I have had several conversations with Auburn friends this week and have informed them of their fortune. They will have change long before UGA will have change. How can you fire a coach that ends up in the SEC championship game every other year but rarely wins? How many “big” games has he won since 2008? Maybe 1 or 2, depending on your definition of “big” (sorry GT).

Mark my word(s) – “false hope” is abound and a reality check is forthcoming. IF UGA makes the SEC championship game, look for a disheveled group of young men with a false sense of leadership and a host of excuses. Mediocre coaching leads to mediocre playing and if the bulldogs on the field are a reflection of the leadership then we have now what we will always have, a mediocre team. Live in reality and expect nothing more.

—nomobobo

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Was nomobobo a good investment…?

September 1, 2012 //
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You know Hugh? Hugh Damnright! After watching the opening game of the 2012 season, I am convinced that this site now has value. I spent 8 months hoping Bobo would see the light and learn new plays, maybe something defined as MISDIRECTION. Not sure what I was thinking but the only thing he learned was _____________(you fill in the blank – my suggestion “not a damn thing”).

The Good:
1. UGA won
2. Todd Gurley is a stud

The Bad:
1. Buffalo out gained us at halftime by 55 yards.
2. Defense looked soft.
3. Aaron Murray wasn’t sharp
4. We have too many key D players suspended
5. Mike Bobo is still employed by UGA

The Ugly:
1. For the first game of the year, UGA looked sloppy, both sides of the ball.
2. Play calling sucked, plain and simple. No imagination, smelled like a cabbage poop filled diaper.
3. The players bailed Bobo out, the first half failure to gain yards was no accident, just poor coaching.
4. Mike Bobo is still employed by UGA

The concern after the game tends to have shifted away from losing Crowell to “how the hell did Buffalo score 23?”. Much work is left to be done. The mold of clay is present but are the sculptors up to the task? Missouri will be the first indicator of how well the coaches can do their job, so we will find out soon enough.

Overall grade: C-
Gurley: A+
National Ranking should be: 19

P.S. Cornelius Washington was right, I really didn’t care about his cramp.

Categories mike bobo, UGA football

What’s in the water in Columbus, GA?

July 1, 2012 //
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In response to an article from the local Columbus, GA newspaper (http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2012/06/29/2104723/stephanie-pedersen-did-isaiah.html).

It is unbelievable to me to have such a “What If” article. Ms. Pedersen is completely off base in the assumption that if Crowell chose to go to Alabama instead of UGA, he would have been better off and not in this situation. Ms. Pedersen, if Isaiah Crowell would have chose not to carry a concealed weapon in a school zone with an altered serial number, he would not have been in this position. Are you an idiot? Where I am from we have a saying – I can’t teach you what your mother and father were supposed to. Obviously he failed the course of life’s lessons. Not really sure if he had a teacher. If you don’t have the moral fiber to make wise choices then the responsibility for your choices should lie directly on your shoulders. You should bear the consequences for those actions. The debate about a choice of which school would have served him better makes no sense. Either choice would have landed him in jail simply because he doesn’t possess the moral fiber to make wise choices.

Let’s debate the choice of (1) should I go to this bar, even though I am under age?; (2) should I, knowingly, drive around with a pistol under the seat?; (3) should I put 4 other teammates and their futures at risk in such an environment; (4) do I need to be out at 3 a.m.? etc., etc.

Those are just very simple questions he could have answered without debate. He answered, by his actions, every one wrong.

So Ms. Pedersen, let’s try to focus on more pertinent, relevant questions in your next masterpiece. Sounds like you should look in the mirror as well and determine who is at fault for such a ludicrous article? Your school of higher (LOL) education? Your local law enforcement agencies? Your parents? YOU?

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Categories isaiah crowell, mark richt, mike bobo, UGA football

Crowell Arrested….oh my goodness, what do we do now?

June 29, 2012 //
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I’ll tell you what we do. First we should kick Crowell off the team immediately. No questions asked. No excuses received. Next we should send a strong message to the others hanging out with this thug (4 young players in the car with him) that this behavior will not be tolerated. If we fail to do this and do this fast we should fire Mark Richt immediately.

We should also fine the coaches for each player arrest. If we hit the coaches, and I mean EVERY COACH, where it hurts, we may be able to save this program yet. Put the raised funds into FUNOC (Find us a new offensive coordinator), a well guarded charity for the sustainability of UGA’s offensive prowess.

If Coach Richt does not stop this behavior and, as Barney Fife so eloquently put it, “nip it in the bud”, we should clean house. It is embarrassing to be a part of Dawg Nation and support people who (1)break the law on multiple occasions and (2) tolerate it.

For those interested in supporting FUNOC, please contact me directly.

–NOMOBOBO

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Opportunity knocks

April 14, 2012 //
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With the clouds parting in Fayetteville, AR and shining light on the true Petrino, new opportunities abound. I feel, as a lifelong Dawg, it is my duty to show my unselfish side by offering the Hogs a Dawg. I would like to officially begin the petition to offer Mike Bobo as a front runner in the head coaching vacancy at the University of Arkansas. With 50,000 signatures, all of which I anticipate would come from a stretch of road between Duluth and Athens, I believe we could convince the Razorback nation to take an official look at the offensive genius. The prolific, offensive brainiac juggernaut of Mike Bobo. This would spark emotions in HogNation that they have never felt….except that time William Jefferson Clinton asked for the definition of “is”. Do they not teach that in Arkansas? I digress. My point is that the Razorbacks should do nothing less than replace one offensive genius with another. Enter Bobo. I’ll even throw in a Harley.

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OMG, RWNFB. Here’s why!

November 4, 2011 //
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A long week this week to take in the results of the GA FL game has generated brain freeze. Too many things to now consider. To start at the beginning of the week I was still trying to understand why UGA does not have a special teams coach. I was puzzled…..until I read Mark Bradley’s (I think – could have been Chip Towers, etc.) article in the AJC where someone asked Mark Richt about the decision to not have a special teams coach. His answer:

Well, if Bobby Bowden used to do it, well then we should all do it….right? The problem is that Mark Richt started out, I believe, as the quarterbacks coach under Bowden. Bowden groomed him to become the OC. Sound familiar? Bobby was also known for being too loyal to his coaching staff, to a fault. He did not fire or hire the right coaches for the right jobs, i.e. Jeff Bowden. Again, sound familiar?

Does Mark Richt really see himself as the next Bobby Bowden? And does he see himself in Bobo as a young OC that just needs a chance and mentor? When I realized this I knew Richt Would Not Fire Bobo. The problem is that Mike Bobo learned college football play calling from Ray Goff, I know, I was there. Richt was educated under Howard Schnellenberger who installed a pro style offense at Miami. When Richt took this knowledge to FSU, look what happened. Now, Bobo, who was educated under Ray Goff, who was educated under Vince Dooley, runs an offensive scheme that is 45 years old….and he doesn’t understand why people are upset. This is where Mark Richt doesn’t understand that Mike Bobo isn’t being mentored by Richt. He is implementing his tutelage from Ray Goff, much like Richt implemented his tutelage from Schnellenberger.

Bottom line is that loyalty to mediocrity and a 45 year old play book is not the answer. Unfortunately UGA has a coach the embraces both.

Bobo’s true mentor sums it up nicely:

“They’ve gone out on a limb, there’s no doubt about it.” (Goff, after his hiring in 1989)

We are certainly out on a limb. Thanks Ray.

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