Rodney Garner’s rebuilding job
ATHENS – In his 13th season at Georgia, defensive-line coach Rodney Garner has quite the rebuilding job on his hands –- replacing three NFL draft picks and converting the returnees from a 4-3 to 3-4 scheme.
So how’s it going?
“We got to get better,” Garner said Wednesday evening. “Like I told them the other day, they got a lot of room to improve. The guys we lost off last year’s team, changing of the scheme and all of that -– there are lot of big shoes to be filled. And I’m not for sure we’re there yet.
“I see [Demarcus] Dobbs trying to take ownership, trying to be a leader. We need other guys to step up and be leaders, too. To be a good football team, you got to have leadership up front. And that’s one thing that has to emerge. Hopefully, as they become more confident in the system and become better fundamentally, maybe some of those characteristics will start to come out.”
Dobbs, a senior, is the projected starter at right end, and sophomore Abry Jones and senior Brandon Wood are competing at left end. “I can’t say Wood or Abry has taken over at that spot; they’re 1-A and 1-B,” Garner said.
DeAngelo Tyson would be the starter at the nose position “if we had to play tomorrow,” Garner said. “If you ask him, his choice would be to play one of the ends, but we’ve got to play the personnel that gives us the best chance to win.”
Converted offensive lineman Justin Anderson got some snaps at first-team nose in Tuesday’s scrimmage so that Tyson could shift to end, Garner said.
“He’s improving,” Garner said of Anderson. “He’s got a long ways to go. But he’s improving. I like his attitude. I think he’s trying to take the teaching and trying to implement it. But obviously it’s something different than he’s done his whole career here. . . . I’ve been pleased with how attentive he is and how he’s been able to retain the information.”
As for the other player at the nose, redshirt freshman Kwame Geathers, Garner said: “He’s coming. Slowly.”
Dobbs started at end in the old 4-3 defense last season and has adjusted smoothly to the 3-4, Garner said.
“I think he’s done an excellent job of adjusting to it,” Garner said. “His motor runs so high, and he plays with a lot of energy and emotion. I think the kids really respect him.”
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It was just one pass in one closed-to-the-media preseason scrimmage, one of hundreds of balls Aaron Murray has thrown this month, but it must have been a really bad one.
“Sometimes an interception is a tipped ball at the line of scrimmage, and sometimes it is just a foolish decision,” Mark Richt said Tuesday. And then, leaving no doubt which category he put this one in, Richt added: “And this one in particular was not a very wise decision.”
Putting it more colorfully, offensive coordinator Mike Bobo told reporters Wednesday the pass was a “bonehead decision.”
On balance, Richt said Murray is “progressing very well,” and Bobo has had much more praise than criticism for him, too. But the coaches clearly want that ill-advised pass, picked off by freshman safety Alec Ogletree, to be a learning experience for Murray.
“Just got to make sure every once in a while, when things aren’t the way they ought to be, you don’t have to be a hero,” Richt said. “Throw it out of bounds. He just tried to force one down in the red zone, and it got picked.”
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robdawg08
August 12th, 2010
10:01 am
Slow down dude. You trying to set some kinda blog number record ?
robdawg08
August 12th, 2010
10:03 am
You could go post a new blog for Jeff Schultz though. He still has Hinske’s shaved bald haircut as his latest blog. I think Hinske’s hair is shoulder length now…
TuckDAWG
August 12th, 2010
10:06 am
Aarron needs to slow down it will come more patience is needed but its good to get them out of the way now instead of on gameday GATA!!!!
Bobo
August 12th, 2010
10:07 am
How is the Green Machine looking?
http://sportscrack.com/tees_thegreenmachine8.html
Dawg '94
August 12th, 2010
10:15 am
What QB hasn’t thrown a bad ball? The Dawgs are fine at QB and will win the SEC this year.
GO DAWGS!!!
GeoffDawg
August 12th, 2010
10:15 am
Murray doesn’t have to be the hero on this offense. Hand off left, hand off right, throw to Green. Rinse and repeat.
NOBODYYOUKNOW
August 12th, 2010
10:20 am
I could be wrong, have been before but I think its gonna be a very average season for the dawgs. They have some talent returning, but also have some big shoes to fill.
BirdDog
August 12th, 2010
10:28 am
Personally I’m not sure what to think of the Dawgs chances this year. I’m always optimistic, but I was also optimistic last year. I actually went on record saying that Joe Cox was gonna be pretty good and surprise a lot of folks (which my friends remind me of a lot). Ugh!!!
Lipscomb Dawg
August 12th, 2010
10:29 am
Uh, the kid throws “a” bad pass in Practice, and it’s worthy of a headline? Good grief. Glad we don’t pay for these insights.
jaglaw
August 12th, 2010
10:31 am
The D line scares me. I know they are young and will be very good in the future. However, I wonder if they can withstand the punishment from a team with a good O-line that can run the ball. If UF had a power back, I would say UGA had no chance to win.
Glad we dont face Bama and LSU this year. If Spurrier was smart, he would run the ball against us until our D linemen showed they could stop them…….perhaps that is what he WILL do.
How about Beating FL coach
August 12th, 2010
10:31 am
I know one thing
I dont want to listen to or read again where these coaches make statements that the players did not execute
Willie Martinez loved to use that line everytime he looked stupid
If thats your excuse coaches, then refund your salary and let someone who knows how to coach players take your job
PRODUCE WIZ
August 12th, 2010
10:33 am
have to agree with Lipscomb. 1 bad pass in practice. that’s why it’s called practice. do it there before the S.E.C. eats your lunch
Mark Walberg
August 12th, 2010
10:34 am
I hope Murray will be much better than Joe Cox. He was a let down. Any thoughts???
“Say hi to your mother for me?
It aint gonna happen1
August 12th, 2010
10:35 am
Beatdowns will continue because of the midget:
http://www.dawgsports.com/2010/8/8/1612664/three-reasons-why-fans-of-the
Smiling Jack
August 12th, 2010
10:36 am
I bet the Dawgs will have a great year! Murray will be just fine. Dawg lovers will be proud and go on supporting. The usual Dawg haters will go on hating. Go Dawgs!
Gatorzone
August 12th, 2010
10:38 am
I think the UGA defense is going to struggle this year. Where is the info on the injured linebackers?
Also, the murray pass is a lot to do about nothing. What QB doesn’t throw an Int in practice?
As in the words of AI…
“We talkin bout practice?? Practice??”
aLLEN iVERSON
August 12th, 2010
10:38 am
Practice? Ya”ll are talking about practice?
Billo
August 12th, 2010
10:39 am
It sounds like its time for the coaches to start earning there money. Coach em up.
Well, yeah...
August 12th, 2010
10:40 am
…at some point the kids DO have to execute, and if they are coached correctly they will, and when they don’t we HAVE to look at the coaching….
Dawg House
August 12th, 2010
10:46 am
This is one of the reasons I LOVE college football. A redshirt freshman makes a bad decision in the first scrimmage of preseason practice, and we are still discussing it 2 days later. Throw in the HATERS of another school coming on our blog to remind us that we suck, and will never win another game in the history of our program because said redshirt freshman made a bad decision in the first scrimmage of preseason practice.
23 days!!!!!!!
WonderDawg
August 12th, 2010
10:46 am
Sounds like Garner is trying to lower expectations for a lot of UGA fans who think this will be a great season.
Bottom line:
1) it took Saban a full year to get his 3-4 defense going at Bama. A full year. 12 months.
2) Mike Bobo is still the OC at UGA.
Lower your expectations for ‘10, Dawg fans, give Grantham a year, and hope like hell Richt raids the NFL for a OC for ‘11.
Red
August 12th, 2010
10:47 am
It’s not just practice, it’s scrimmage and that means you play it like a real game and get chewed out like in a real game. It looks like he tried to throw a hail mary when he was in trouble. That IS a bonehead decision.
WonderDawg
August 12th, 2010
10:48 am
Yeah, but Gatorzone, we are talking about a QB who has never taken a snap in a college football game.
Murray is a great talent, but he is about to get baptism by fire (see Columbia, SC).
JB
August 12th, 2010
10:49 am
I think Coach Richt firing Willie and Company was a good start and him getting back in the mix with the offense should help also, be my fellow Dawgs friends, we need to hold our breath this year, we could hit some rough spots. I think we will be more mentally ready to play this year, but Aaron will need to grow as will the defense…..I think the Defense will play with more ” horsepower and determination, but we’ll see. I think we are on the right track, but I’m not saying we will 10-11 games……
robdawg08
August 12th, 2010
10:49 am
It sounds like we’ve got another Joe Cox…
I was hoping we had another Matthew Stafford…
JB
August 12th, 2010
10:50 am
That s/b win 10 or 11 games
GaTruth
August 12th, 2010
10:50 am
Well, leave it to Forbes to add concrete to the chip on the Tech shoulder. Ranking of best colleges in ther US? UGA comes in at 150 (out of more than 600). Tech? 242.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/94/best-colleges-10_Americas-Best-Colleges_Rank.html
Hunker Down
August 12th, 2010
10:51 am
this is why we practice to get a lot of the bugs out and reemphasise that a throw away gives you another chance or possiblly at least 3 points vs. a turn over. Good to make these mistakes now and try and correct that in a game. He is a freshman and is going to make a few but hopefully they will not be game changers.
Waiting to See
August 12th, 2010
10:52 am
Imagine Bobo referring to someone else’s decision as “Bonehead”. What a joke. An example of the pot calling the kettle black. Homeboy better hope Richt hangs around UGA for a long time.
How about Beating FL coach
August 12th, 2010
10:52 am
I can tell you this
We lose to S.C you can gaurantee a loss to Arkansas and another against either Miss St or Ole Miss take your pick
JB
August 12th, 2010
10:53 am
I think Aaron is better than Cox….remember, Cox Sat for 4 or 5 years without any game action, college action at that….That’s a long time……. Put a NFL OB out for 4-5 years and bring him back….He’d struggle……..Aaron has only sat one year…..
WonderDawg
August 12th, 2010
10:53 am
“It ain’t gonna happen1″, you conveniently failed to mention who your team is. Hope it ain’t Tech, cause the “midget” is a huge upugrade over Joe Cox, who spanked Tech in Atlanta last November. . .
true story
August 12th, 2010
10:54 am
I felt bad when I woke up in the morning and saw a picture of her boyfriend… until I found out he goes to Tech.
Articles on practices? Can we get some insight on their water breaks and stretching routine while we’re at it? dumb
Gatorzone
August 12th, 2010
10:55 am
Didn’t think like that Wonderdawg… Maybe you are right to worry, but I think Murray will grow into his own fairly fast. Richt and bobo know how to ease him into it, and with the running game you have that should be easy.
SC will be a real test.
CDAWG
August 12th, 2010
10:56 am
Ok, I don’t know what to think at this point. What I do know is that Mett was the man. I think Murray made some bad decisions in the G-Day game. I am just not buying into the Murray hype the Coaches are dising out right now. I really, really hope that he proves me wrong this year.
WonderDawg
August 12th, 2010
10:56 am
Yeah, robdawg08, Stafford never threw any picks, huh? And that fabulous 52% completion rate. Bet Murray does better than Matt’s freshman year.
One dimensional Dogs
August 12th, 2010
10:57 am
Wait til he plays in REAL games against REAL sec defenses.
There will be a lot of 3 and out’s for uga this season.
JB
August 12th, 2010
10:57 am
In all fairness Ga Truth, that poll was from students, not the pro’s……….We all will admit that Tech ranks up pretty high in most “real polls”….. Now I will tell that they think a whole lot more of themselves than the national folks do who look at that stuff…..Georgia does well to, but ask them, we’re teaching Ac repair and car detailing over in Athens……but, we don’t care what they say really, we know the truth……
Marianela
August 12th, 2010
11:00 am
It’s kind of sad to see all the Dawg fans getting so excited this year (just like the year before, the year before that, etc.). How long is it going to take for UGA fans to realize that UGA is simply no longer relevant in the SEC? In the national picture, UGA isn’t even a blip on the radar, and hasn’t
been since the preseason #1 ranking two years ago.
Sit back and be grateful for the seven or eight wins you’ll get every year. Coaching genius Mark Richt may take you to 10-2 or even 11-1 occasionally, but Florida will still win the SEC, meaning no BCS bowls and no top 10 final ranking. Most years, UGA will be very lucky to finish in the top 25, and only after a big bowl win over a nobody opponent.
It’s a different world now, and Dawg fans need to adjust their expectations downward to reflect reality.
Unfortunately nothing is going to change until UGA changes its mediocre coaching. That’s where the difference is, and that’s why everyone outside Dawgtard Nation just laughs at Dawg fans getting so excited year after year about what a great recruiting class UGA gets. It doesn’t matter how many blue chip high school players go to UGA, they simply don’t get the coaching they would get at Florida or Alabama, to name two schools whose programs are far ahead of UGA. And that’s not going to change as long as Mark Richt is in Athens.
Get your heads out of the sand and face reality. And mediocrity and irrelevance.
Got your red panties ready for opening day?
WonderDawg
August 12th, 2010
11:00 am
Gatorzone, you need to watch more UGA football! Bobo only knows how to be predictable, throw to AJ behind the line of scrimmage, run a draw on 3rd and 12, and hand momentum over to the opponent by 3 and outs in the 3rd quarter.
Other than that, he is a great OC!
My big worry with Murray is the man calling the plays for him . . .
JB
August 12th, 2010
11:02 am
Tech is the poster child for “one Dimensional” for football…..Ask us, Ask Iowa, Ask LSU.
Now, Duke, Wake and like lay awake at night looking at Tech, BCS teams lick their chops…..
OldFan
August 12th, 2010
11:03 am
Good to see a little balance making its way into these reports. We’ve been on the verge of talking ourselves into a national championship based on a week of practice and a suspect No3 ranking. Let’s coach these players to their potential, which would be a nice change for the defense. Then go out and win some games. I don’t recall two early games more important to a season than the SC and Ark games this year. Better get these players ready early , or they’ll be back on their heels for the rest of the year.
CDAWG
August 12th, 2010
11:05 am
Marianela, who is your team?
JB
August 12th, 2010
11:05 am
Good blog, wonderdawg……..you nailed it……………..I’m so sick of running the tailback delay draw from the shotgun on third and 12.., with a guy like AJ green on the team,,,,,put him down field 15 yards and throw the ball JUST NEAR HIM, damn…………….
Vance Dully
August 12th, 2010
11:05 am
Now that we’re in the off-season, wouldn’t this be the perfect time to take an in-depth look at UGA and have a serious discussion about the problems at UGA and why the arrest rate of players is the highest in the country? it’s common knowledge that UGA is a party school, but have any dawgtard players every actually graduated with a real degree? Jan Kemp exposed the school and the coaches almost three decades ago, but there is no sign that anything has improved; if anything, the arrest rate shows that things are getting more outrageous every year while the clueless Mark Richt has absolutely no control over his players. And then there is the infamous “red panties” incident that will haunt UGA for decades.
UGA has a lot bigger problem than hiring a new AD.
UGA has become a major embarrassment to all Georgians, and we want some answers starting now.
Gatorzone
August 12th, 2010
11:06 am
Wonderdawg, I’ll pass on watching more UGA. JK, I just meant that an ex qb can help murray get prepared.
Marianela, ease up.. No call for that kind of junk.
Paddy
August 12th, 2010
11:06 am
Bird Dog….I too said the same thing about Joe Cox! Guess you don’t see “deer in the headlights” in practice? The difference between cox and murray is that cox was not good enough to play and murray is good enough to play.
CDAWG
August 12th, 2010
11:09 am
Alot of people bring up our arrest record; could it be that Athens-Clarke County Police have a zero tolerance and they don’t play.
jsmithc
August 12th, 2010
11:09 am
dobbs is
average as gritts ,
WonderDawg
August 12th, 2010
11:10 am
You’re right, Marianela, ‘08 was a terrible, horrible season for UGA. Won 10 games. Let our in-state rival upset us at home.
Oh wait!! Just like Tech’s last season, its best season in 20 years, with one exception. We won our bowl game. Iowa made Tech look like the calculus class played the game.
JB
August 12th, 2010
11:11 am
Vance, do a little homework. Georgia self imposed higher entrance standards ( excluding Vandy, and they ought to be ACC) than ALL the other SEC schools, and they are still implace today. Look it up…..We lose recruits all the time to the other SEC football schools because of this. Your blog is written out of typical Tech blind hate… We don’t let players get caught with drugs in the trunk of their car and START the next Saturday.
UGAfan18
August 12th, 2010
11:14 am
This is off topic, but in response to that horrible “Party in the UGA” song that the orientation leaders put together, it gets much much worse if your a Techie….enjoy fellow UGA grads!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEdkLVzHUO4
JB
August 12th, 2010
11:15 am
Vance, look up and compare Football players who were Rhodes Scholars at Tech And Georgia.
I’ll be waiting, but don’t take to long…….
CDAWG
August 12th, 2010
11:20 am
I have 2 at UGA this year and could not be more proud.
Dumbo
August 12th, 2010
11:21 am
When you’re short….just sail it in the general direction of a receiver…it does wonders for the other teams defense and offensive field position…Yike the QB is a Runt.
You Ain't-Know Gaily Whacker
August 12th, 2010
11:21 am
I pull for Tech and UGA eleven games a year. They always run into at least one of these each year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGDi8TqqeX8
They can’t help it.
Keep America strong, build more submarines.
Vance Duly
August 12th, 2010
11:27 am
As long as we’re living in the past, how about remembering the Jan Kemp trial, which exposed UGA and Vince Dooley for the jokes that they were. My favorite quote from the trial was this one:
O. Hale Almand Jr., a lawyer for the defense, offered a justification for the favorable treatment accorded the athletes, citing a hypothetical player. “We may not make a university student out of him,” he told the jury, “but if we can teach him to read and write, maybe he can work at the post office rather than as a garbageman when he gets through with his athletic career.”
Nothing has changed in the almost three decades since the trial. If anything, the abuses are even worse. Exhibit #1: Jim Harrick and son.
Today the players are even more illiterate and felonious and, well, just plain stupid, as evidenced by their arrest records and record number of penalties. Even Vince Dooley couldn’t have controlled this mob, much less Mark Richt. And now even the AD is a drunk debaucherer.
There’s a reason why UGA is known as The Cesspool of the South.
WonderDawg
August 12th, 2010
11:27 am
“How about Beating FL coach”, I’ll bet you $50 dollars ….no, let’s make it a nice, round, Obama number…I’ll bet you a trillion dollars we don’t lose to Ole Miss this season!
We don’t play Ole Miss, dummy . . .
Dumbo
August 12th, 2010
11:32 am
Vance Dully…..Techie don’t let your arrogance show to much….Still scared crapless of Richt aren’t you butthead…what his record against the MidTown Boys club…uh 8-2….hows the Swedish basketballer doing…still getting her head pounded in by a GT footballer I bet!
PaulPaul
August 12th, 2010
11:33 am
Anyone have any idea how Chase Vasser is progressing. I have not heard anything about him for a awhile. He was highly rated coming out of high school but he seems to have fallen way down the charts. The defense should be much improved with the 3 new coaches. Talent is definitely there just a few breaks are going to be needed. Championships are as much a matter of luck and timing as talent in some instances.
For those who doubt what new coaching can do just look at Tech and Paul Johnson. In two years he produced a champion. We Bulldogs have to give him credit. We have the offensive mind in Richt but we definitely needed the defensive side to be improved. Gantham will make a huge difference in play and attitude.
Looking forward to a very interesting season for the Bulldogs.
DawginLex
August 12th, 2010
11:35 am
If we can beat SC, the confidence level for this group is going to skyrocket. If we lose, we could very well lose the next week but not likely. The motivation factor will kick in big time and plus we are at home.
Beating SC is a must to win the East. Plus I don’t want to listen to Spurrier run his mouth.
The reality is that this team could go 9-3 and lose 2 of its first 3 games.
laguna Darren
August 12th, 2010
11:37 am
I know everone is down on Cox from last year but if he had a top defense Georgia would have won 10 or 11 games. What do you think Alabamas QB would do if he knew that he had to score 30 to win. Stafford would have won National Championships if we had a defense. Georgias offense is fine and our defense will get their. I am sure our defense and special teams will be better than last years. more wins!
Old Dawg
August 12th, 2010
11:37 am
It does take a while to change systems. At the same time Garner is a coach who really pushes his players with tough talk … it’s his coaching style.
As for the interception, always remember that Mr. Am I Gonna Stay Retired Farve leads the NFL record books in TD passes and interceptions and times sacked. It’s like Babe Ruth’s record, third leading home run leader balanced by a ton of strike outs.
True, you don’t want the INTs, but it appears the kids is making progress. Let’s watch him grow into the position and support him when he throws strikes, and let him know we support him when he makes a bad throw.
As for Vance Duly, if you look at a lot of schools they could be considered the cesspool of the south. You’re right, UGA isn’t perfect and neither is any other university of organization run by people.
DawginLex
August 12th, 2010
11:37 am
Vance duly,
You must be mentally retarded.
It is exponentially harder to get into UGA now than it was 20 years ago. Coach Richt has led the SEC in APR scores since 2003.
Why don’t you just do us all a favor and drift away from this blog so we don’t have to read your inane drivel?
WonderDawg
August 12th, 2010
11:40 am
Vance, you are quoting a shyster, who’s trying to make a million dollars, in a trial? If you buy that BS, you probably loved John Edwards mimicking a deceased baby in one of his multi-million lawsuits against a hospital.
Oh yeah, if a shyster says it, Vance believes it!
WonderDawg
August 12th, 2010
11:41 am
Richt vs Tech, Dumbo, 8-1.
LawDawg
August 12th, 2010
11:44 am
Marianela,
Have you got ANY originality? That is the same garbage you have been cutting and pasting on different blogs for the past 4 months. Get lost loser!!
15 wins in 50 years
August 12th, 2010
11:44 am
Vance Duly : 2005 tech NCAA probation , Academic fraud. And will you please explain the coincidence between flunkgate and Morris Brown losing accreditation?
LawDawg
August 12th, 2010
11:46 am
Vance Dully = dawgtards ruin…
Hey Vance:
cut and paste…cut and paste…cut and paste…
Born 2 Bark
August 12th, 2010
11:47 am
@ Marianela,
Richt has won 2 SEC titles and has gotten us VERY close to a national title, but like with any school it just takes some luck. Besides, it’s our right to be excited and have lofty expectations just like it’s your right (i suppose) to spew your trash. Go DAWGS! I’m ready for the games to be played to shut some of you dbags up.
WDE
August 12th, 2010
11:54 am
The quotes are just to challenge the players into improving. I wouldn’t look into it too seriously, I think the only coach who doesn’t use the tactic is Urban. Chizik did it on the second day of practice, saying Auburn was sluggish and lazy.
That said, I’m looking forward to and planning on a change in fortune this season. We’re way overdue.
Michael
August 12th, 2010
11:56 am
PaulPaul…………saw the Vasser kid in the spring game and he looked lost.
3 Martini Lunch
August 12th, 2010
12:02 pm
Bobo would know a “bonehead decision” when he sees one, given the number of boneheaded plays I’ve seen him call.
PaulPaul
August 12th, 2010
12:03 pm
Michael
Who do you think really stood out. The tackling seemed to have really improved from the previous year.
Fundamentals over all seemed to have improved also.
Thanks for the reply.
Bobo, Bobo, a pirate's life for me
August 12th, 2010
12:05 pm
Anyone else starting to get worried about our Defense? Too many injuries, still too new to the new system, makes me more and more anxious as the Carolina and Arkansas game approaches…
B-ham Dawg
August 12th, 2010
12:08 pm
Saying Murray is an upgrade from Cox is an understatement. The first game we need to develop the run game and then let Aaron air it out so he can get his feet under him. The defense will be much improved. Look for Jakar Hamilton and Alec Ogletree to make big contributions on defense and special teams. I also think that Marlon Brown will have a break out season. I predict 9-3 at worst with the possibility of 11-1 if we get lucky here and there. I still think we are 1 year away.
GATA
Dawg Gone It
August 12th, 2010
12:11 pm
Thanks for the Garner quotes. Pretty funny!
How2fish
August 12th, 2010
12:17 pm
Marianela your back and using yet another name…how sweet! Please even talking about practice is better than listening to the same on drivel from you under that entire HOST of names you use…please blow away!
harold
August 12th, 2010
12:20 pm
GEORGIA GOES ALL THE WAY AND WINS THE SEC AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. TONS OF TALENT.
WonderDawg
August 12th, 2010
12:21 pm
Marianela’s spends a great deal of time blowing, I suspect, How2fish.
How about Beating FL coach
August 12th, 2010
12:33 pm
My honest opinion, I really think we will be 1-2 after the first 3 games
I hope Im totally wrong but with a new defensive scheme against two offenses that can load up points quickly and
With a freshmen QB with no experience with a coaching staff that will continue to be conservative fans we might want to come to reality here.
If we get behind early in these ball games dont expect us to run the ball to victory or hope Murry will bring us back. Im not certain that he is all that
Big Jim
August 12th, 2010
12:40 pm
Rodney Garner has always been there for recruiting. That’s it.
SSIgator
August 12th, 2010
12:46 pm
Last year UGA threw four interceptions against UF in the Gator Bowl. Will Murray be able to rise to that level this year on his own or will he need help from his backup like Joe Cox did?
LawDawg
August 12th, 2010
12:53 pm
SSIgaytor…
Stay classy my friend. Do you not have anything better to do then troll on a UGA blog day after day, all day?
Spike
August 12th, 2010
12:54 pm
Since when is being 6′1″ a “midget”. How tall are you idiots? Isn’t Nesbiit (for Heisman) 6″ 1″?
Garner needs to go
August 12th, 2010
12:56 pm
He recruits well but can’t coach a lick.
AltamahaDawg
August 12th, 2010
12:57 pm
I am a lot less concerned about a completely bonehead decision being made by a RSfreshman in camp than if the INT was thrown slightly behind the receiver because he was throwing off of his back foot, or trying to thread the needle out of arrogance. Bonehead means flat out mistake. You can correct that. Even if just left to nothing more than Time and Experience, boneheadedness is easily correctable, and I think you can accelerate that process too.
Coach or not Meyers
August 12th, 2010
1:06 pm
Hope my Gators are as tough as I am! The Pope and my shrink said that I would be fine but…I miss Timmy so much!! I think I will cut my hair like him now!
Newsflash for Marianela
August 12th, 2010
1:19 pm
“Nothing is going to change until UGA changes its mediocre coaching.”
Coaching change occurred at end of 2009 season. Look for the Dogs to be back like they were in the BVG days.
AltamahaDawg
August 12th, 2010
1:20 pm
Wonderdawg, I’ll up and that bet that Murray’s TD/Int ratio is better than Stafford’s first 2 years.
Although, I think your complete overexageration or rather oversimplification of Bobo’s play calling is not very true. Very few sprint draw since Stafford was a freshmen (and we all better get ready to see more this year with Murray) and Coach called some pretty good games with AJ on the bench. When he was in the game, I don’t recall that many screen passes to him, although that sounds like a pretty good plan.
Dawgtards ruin this state
August 12th, 2010
1:28 pm
How many days till Shreveport?
AltamahaDawg
August 12th, 2010
1:29 pm
A further newsflash would be that, aside from the major overhaul on the defensive side, the coaching staff on the offensive side is fairly new and has undergone several changes in the past several year, including OL, TE, RB, WR coaches. Even old man Bobo is only going into just his 4th year as a co-ordinator.
30-24 Dawgs - We Run This State!
August 12th, 2010
1:37 pm
Coach Garner’s recruits did a great job pancaking gt’s def line all night long en route to 330+ rushing yards and a 30-24 victory as Caleb and Washaun ran WILD over the best the ACC had to offer!
Sambo
August 12th, 2010
1:42 pm
AltamahaDawg,
Of course Murray’s TD/Int ratio will be better than Stafford’s. Stafford came in as the top rated QB in the country. The 2nd half of his freshmen year, the coaches let him throw the ball all over the field. Everything I am hearing out of the Dawgs says they are NOT going to do that with Murray and he will end up managing the game just like Cox did last year (partly because the dawgs have a proven running game and solid OL) and picking his spots to throw to Green. I’d be surprised if Murray averages more than 20 pass attempts per game this season.
Will
August 12th, 2010
1:43 pm
After reading this article Coach Garner has lowered my expectations of the defense. I thought Geathers would be better and it doesn’t sound like Jones and Wood are performing that great. Added with injuries that always seem to happen to UGA and the loss of Smith UGA may be in trouble this season.
UGAfan18
August 12th, 2010
1:45 pm
Vance Duly, your are a moron.
UGA arrests are more pronounced around these parts and message boards b/c you READ THE AJC. The newspapers don’t care about the Ohio U. incident, where over half the team was suspended for reckless endangerment and burglary charges. This kinda stuff happens to all teams across the entire nation. Like they say, you can take the girl outta the trailer park, but you cant take the trailer park outta the girl. CMR cannot be held responsible for an 18 yr old’s actions in the off-season. So take your BS propaganda elsewhere.
Paul
August 12th, 2010
1:47 pm
Murray only has to be McElroy like. Hand off to Ealy 20 times. Hand off to King 20 Times. Throw to AJ 10 times. Even Bobo can call those plays. Let the O line do their job. Then ply defense. Game over.
Let’s see if Bobo has figured out that on 3 and 10, you have a better chance of throwing the ball 10 yards for a first down rather than throwing a screen and trying to run 15 more yards.
It took an entire season for Bobo to realize that he could not call the same passing plays with Cox throwing vs. Stafford. Stafford’s arm strength covered up a lot.
Jason
August 12th, 2010
1:51 pm
Dedicating half of an entire “story” on one badly thrown ball in practice? Come AJC, is it REALLY that slow around there today?
Sambo
August 12th, 2010
2:00 pm
Paul,
Isn’t it that “play defense” part that the Dawgs had so much trouble with last year?
Jacketman
August 12th, 2010
2:01 pm
Just plain football, you dawg fans should be happy to have that big offensive line, with a FR QB. Rather than a small, young, offensive line with a SR QB. And what QB isn’t going to make some bad throws, FR or SR? Better he make bad throws now, than against SC, Ark, Fla.
Would like to see the mutts and my jackets have a strong season, and then a great game to close it.
Dumbo
August 12th, 2010
2:04 pm
LawDawg…just for fun ask SSIGator where Demere Dr is on SSI…then you’ll find out if he really is from SSI, me I have a condo right down by the airport on SSI…he won’t respond when I hit him up to meet me for drink on SSI
beatdowns galore
August 12th, 2010
2:13 pm
Uh Oh…. rumblings in dawgie land. Better go and set your expectations down a couple of notches dog fans. Spurrier is already smiling and will welcome the dogs into the Sandstorm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH5LXz1p30M&feature=related
Oompa Loompa Dawg
August 12th, 2010
2:16 pm
The midget will throw a ton of picks this year. Bank on it ! New D is already having problems. Can you say Visions of 1999 with Kevin Ramsey ?
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
August 12th, 2010
2:16 pm
Not that I personnally give a fat rat’s a$$ about “Too shot for QB/Midget at QB” comments but I remember several vertically challenged QB’s who did fairly well. Doug Flutie, Eddie LeBarron and Heisman winner Danny Wuerfel from UF Gators. All three played in the NFL. Murray is taller than any of those so I’m just going to reserve judgement until he gets some real college exprerience. I believe he will be pretty good. Not David Greene(My alltime favorite) good but better than average.
Bride of Chucky Knapp
August 12th, 2010
2:20 pm
Hey Gator and Bama fans! Get off these comments and get back to work filling my order. I’ve been waiting forever here in the drive thru!
SOS Dawg
August 12th, 2010
2:25 pm
Dawgs must still be out of shape with all the injuries. This just shows once again that the strength and conditioning program is a joke at UGA. Please fire Dave Van Halanger before its too late !
WITHOUT LINDSEY SCOTT,THERE'S NO 1980 TITLE
August 12th, 2010
2:26 pm
MARK RICHT FIRE MIKE CLOWN BOBO
tony
August 12th, 2010
2:27 pm
Mr Richt and Bobo are jokes. How many times were they ever critical of M.Stafford and Cox when they made bonehead dicisions in real games? NONE! They must have something against Aaron because it’s kind of silly to complain about 1 int duing practice. If they wanted just a pocket passer, why did they recruit Murray? He is what he is(A Mobile QB). He didn’t win those hs championships just staying in the pocket. How many championships did Bobo win in hs? NONE! Leave the kid alone and let him do what he does best. He is a WINNER! If he throws too many ints in real games and they see a need to crucify him in public(media) then so be it but stop making a big deal over 1 int during a practice.
Skyhook
August 12th, 2010
2:36 pm
Get off Bobo. You simply don’t know what you are talking about or have no clue what it takes to coach a football team.
Mike Bobo is one of the brightest assistant coachs in the country, and will make a fine head coach one day.
I have followed his career since he was a All Region Quarterback at Thomasville High School. His father George, was one of the finest High School Coachs in the country.
Mike Bobo was named after and is the God son of legendary High School Coach and former Georgia Southern Offensive Coordinator Mike Hodges.
Mike Bobo has been around football since he was in diapers.
The real season is getting close so we are entering the season of the poor mouth. Bear Bryant and Vince Dooley both were the best at down playing there own players abilites, and making the other team seem like Supermen. It is nothing more than Coach Speak, and part of the pyschological and mental prepartion leading up to the season.
Talked to one of the defensive stars parents this morning. They said their son said team is more focused than ever, and said although the 3-4 is different, they are making great strides in figuring the nuances of it out.
SOS Dawg
August 12th, 2010
2:41 pm
CMR should have fired Garner too. That clown has never impressed me and all he has ever done is recruited players with character issues. Too many pipe dream smokers like dawgstephen and others who think UGA will go 10 – 2 this year. Wake up idiots and lets get a coach who can coach and knows how to win championships !
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Things that make you go hmmm.....
August 12th, 2010
2:53 pm
tony
August 12th, 2010
2:27 pm
Please impress us by proving your resume which highllights your many football accomplishments.
Things that make you go hmmm.....
August 12th, 2010
2:55 pm
David Green Sells Avon Products
August 12th, 2010
2:51 pm
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Things that make you go hmmm.....
August 12th, 2010
2:57 pm
SOS Dawg
August 12th, 2010
2:25 pm
I’m not a big fan of his either.
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August 12th, 2010
2:58 pm
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Red Panties
August 12th, 2010
3:09 pm
How can you have alot of “big” shoes to fill on that sorry defense from last year?
Let’s be honest and say we are building up from scratch.
Marianela
August 12th, 2010
3:24 pm
I steal other people’s negative posts about UGA from other losers that don’t have a team with a blog and use them as my own….wow am I cool
BDAWG
August 12th, 2010
4:02 pm
If the pass was that bad, get you butt out there on the field and tell him what he did wrong. He neeeds to know right there not afterwards. You have to teach now, because when the game starts it’s too late. Coach Saban stays on the field during practices. Get your hands dirty Bobo and get off of your sorry a$$. The same excuses won’t be accepted this year that you made last year for the Oklahoma State game. Quote,” it’s my fault that they weren’t prepared.” If that happens CMR better fire him and don’t wait till the end of the season. He should already be looking for a replacement because Bobo is a joke.
Relax, Bobo likes Murray
August 12th, 2010
4:08 pm
If Bobo feels comfortable enough to make a statement like this to an unproven RS Freshman QB after the first scrimmage, then they must a very good rapport. It was probably Murray who told Bobo that he made a bone headed mistake. For every mistake Murray makes in a practice will just make him work all that harder and learn from these mishaps. From what I read, and what the older players say, he is just consumed with football. I wouldn’t try to read too much into this.
AltamahaDawg
August 12th, 2010
4:11 pm
Sambo, I guess I am reading that we agree on this.
But just to clarify. Stafford didn’t average many more attempts than that first year either. I don’t think they had him slinging the ball all over the field particularly the second half of the year. Actually towards the later part of the year his attempts actually went down. (as did Ints). His best game IMO were Auburn and VT, in which he had but about 20 attempts. So you may be correct, that Murray will be better off in only doing that as well.
But Stafford probably only averaged about 25-28 attempt a game over his career, so I don’t think we can say that the coaches overusing his Arm explains his poor stats as far as ints.
I was more addressing the fact that he had twice as many Ints as TD as a freshman. So that’s not very hard to beat. Nor is one int for every 2 TDs his second year. Some folks are critical that our QB doesn’t have better stats before he plays his first game, than our former #1 draft Pick took 3 years to get a handle on.
Saturday in Athens
August 12th, 2010
4:12 pm
Word to ya motha
NYC Dawg
August 12th, 2010
4:12 pm
Bobo is a bonehead.
Dawgtards ruin this state
August 12th, 2010
4:27 pm
Where’s Aaron Murray’s mug shot?
anybody but gt
August 12th, 2010
4:49 pm
Rodney and DeAngelo are a waste. They both suck.
ugag is irrelevant
August 12th, 2010
4:56 pm
yawn ……………………………..
No mug shot for Murray
August 12th, 2010
5:05 pm
Word is that he’s a choir boy. Church every Sunday. Word has it that he thinks there’s too much to loose.
Things that make you go hmmm.....
August 12th, 2010
5:10 pm
ugag is irrelevant
August 12th, 2010
4:56 pm
If “ugag” is irrelevant as you say, then why do you spend so much time posting rants about them? Talk about a loser.
Old Dawg, New Tricks
August 12th, 2010
5:32 pm
you guys CRACK me up. Hahahaha. It’s practice. You’re SUPPOSED to make mistakes in practice. That’s how you get better.
SSIgator
August 12th, 2010
6:27 pm
Dumbo -
Wow, that name fits well. FYI there is no Demere Drive here – only Demere Road and Demere Way. Are you sure you own a condo here? Doofus.
AltamahaDawg
August 12th, 2010
6:27 pm
Good, because skin-so-soft is a big hit down here, once the fall sand gnats start showing up, and we need a reliable (and beloved) source.
BOBBY CATHEY
August 12th, 2010
6:34 pm
get ready for the (3)dawg nite attack
DawgInLex the retard
August 12th, 2010
7:24 pm
I been playing this same broken record for 30 years now.
Dumbo's Realtor
August 12th, 2010
8:23 pm
He most certainly does own a condo on SSI. I just listed it for sale for half of what he paid for it.
CTDawg
August 12th, 2010
8:29 pm
What does GATA mean?
AltamahaDawg
August 12th, 2010
8:36 pm
Georgia’s
Always
Tech’s
Addiction
GATA
August 12th, 2010
10:26 pm
Get After Their Arses
LilburnDawg
August 13th, 2010
1:51 am
You guys need to just breath. We’ve got the best O-line in the SEC and two good backs. That alone will keep the defense off the feild because of the ground game and keep Aaron Murray from having to play superman. Relax guys. Relax.
Yellow Fuzz
August 13th, 2010
9:08 am
Can’t wait to return to Athens this November.
Can’t wait to defend our last ((((((((((((((((((((((((( 45-42 ))))))))))))))))))))))))) bitc slapping there and more importantly, our (((((((((((((((((((( 26-0 ))))))))))))))))))))) 3rd quarter, total butt whoopin, beat down. I look forward to experiencing that erie silence of dog fans in TOTAL shock. Priceless.
Rodney
August 13th, 2010
11:28 am
Has there ever been a coach at UGA that has produced as many NFL players that did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING while under the direction of Garner? Garner is one of the best recruiters in the nation. He’s one of the worst position coaches. Instead of Richt selling him as a recruiting coordinator, we have to make him a position coach just to keep him happy. Another coach under Richt that is grossly overrated.
anybody but gt
August 13th, 2010
4:07 pm
Rodney, I couldn’t agree more! Plus Garner holds us up for more money each year with the threat of going to another school. I say, Go Rodney, Go Rodney, Go Rodney!
I-DOG
August 13th, 2010
5:16 pm
Garner has developed player after player along the d line, I have confidence in him and while the talent isn’t PROVEN. There is a lot of talent to work with in this group. I notice he didn’t mention Kiante Trippe?? I thought he would fit into the DE in the 3-4 scheme very well. Anyone know if he will make a contrib this year?
How about Garrison Smith, thought we would be hearing his name some as a Freshman the way we did Abry Jones last year?
Did Markiri (spelling?) Pugh quit the team or did he get hurt. I don’t remember what happened to this cornerback.
anybody but gt
August 13th, 2010
5:22 pm
I-DOG, I want some of what you are smoking! Garner has squandered a lot of talent. He has developed none. Some of the talent that has been at UGA would have made great players at Savannah State.Duh.
RED DOG 77
August 14th, 2010
1:32 am
I am so dadgum tired of “crybabies” worrying about Aaron Murray and his scrimmage interception. Come on people, this is the University of Georgia BULLDOGS you are talking about ! You would think by reading the posts, that a red shirt FR. has never been a winner in the SEC. Aaron Murray is not Joe Cox nor is he Mathew Stafford, he is Aaron Murray, thats right, the kid that broke his leg, yet came back, with the blessings of coach Mark Richt, and won a state championahip about six weeks before he was even supposed to be back on the field !…………This young man is a winner ! he has already proven that, now he might not win a National Championship his first year under center, but I will assure you Aaron Murray will give it all the guts it takes to be a winner that all of BULLDOG NATION can be proud of…………..So dry those eyes you nervous ninnies, you debbie downers of Georgia football, and get behind this kid with all you have on opening day, and let him know, we know, he’s gonna………….GATA !!!!!!………….GO DOGS !!!!!!!
tony
August 14th, 2010
3:46 am
Things that make you go hmmm…..
August 12th, 2010
2:53 pm
You’re obviously a unreasonable young man. Even if I told you I had impressive accomlishments as a hs athlete you wouldn’t believe me anyway and it would sound like I’m bragging on myself. I will never put myself in that position and besides it’s irrelevant for you to ask me to do something like that because I’m not the 1 who call that young man(Aaron Murray) a BONEHEAD for throwing 1 int in practice.
Aaron Murray is a very smart young man so why would anyone call him a bonehead? Do you know what the word mean? Look below.
bone.head (bnhd) KEY
NOUN:
Informal
A stupid person; a dunce.
I can assure you, Murray is not a stupid person. He threw an ill-advise pass into coverage, BIG DEAL! He is a WINNER and believe me Aaron will waste no time correcting his ill-advise decision because WIINNERS hate to lose. Ill-advise is the proper word to use in this case.
I-DOG
August 14th, 2010
10:31 am
Anybody but gt:
How has Garner squandered talent at UGA? The one player I think could have been a lot more was Jeff Owens, and I think conditioning and diet were a major reason why he didn’t get better during his 4 years in Athens. If you want to hang that on Garner, that is fine. I look at the interior lineman that come in and the vast majority of them get better after being coached by Garner. How many times has d line been the weakness in Georgia’s football team the last 10 years? Not many that I remember.
This year, it is one of the major question marks because three of the interior lineman from last year’s team went to the pros and the players currently on the roster don’t have much playing experience. I think we will be fine on the D line. Garner has high expectations for his players and is not afraid to call them out when they aren’t living up to their potential. He isn’t one to sing his players praises in the press, especially pre-season. He is using this as a motivational tool.
bitter joe cox
August 15th, 2010
2:35 am
all this talk about me being the cause of 5 loses, i was the only tallent on the club, go figure, ps bill king sux!!
Wreckmaniac
August 15th, 2010
12:19 pm
GA TRUTH The only ranking that counts is the US News and World Rpt ranking