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Poll Question: How Do the Georgia Bulldogs Fix What Ails Them?

All right, we’ve done everything this week that we could do. We’ve talked about which potential offensive coordinators we could hire, which potential strength and conditioning coaches we could hire, which potential head coaches we could hire, which potential head coaches we shouldn’t hire, and to which religions we should consider converting. Speaking of religion, we’ve raised money for charity and sacrificed a goat.

See, Brian? I told you it really happened!

(Photographs courtesy podunkdawg.)

Where do we stand, Bulldog Nation? (Besides having subjected ourselves to restraining orders and message-board mockery in Alabama, I mean.) Let us know by voting in the following poll:

Go ‘Dawgs!

Poll
What should be done to correct the problems that ail the Georgia Bulldogs?
Stay the course. Change nothing.
19 votes
Keep the staff intact, but let Mike Bobo coach QBs and let Mark Richt call plays.
89 votes
Fire Mike Bobo and hire a new offensive coordinator.
45 votes
Fire Dave Van Halanger and hire a new S&C coach.
40 votes
Fire Mark Richt and hire a new head coach.
44 votes
Some combination of the above. (Explain in comments.)
57 votes
None of the above. (Explain in comments.)
3 votes

297 votes | Poll has closed

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And I like your decapitation skills.

What with your excellent skills in circumlocution and your efficiency with an instrument of death, are you sure you weren’t born in the wrong century?

by vineyarddawg on Oct 7, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Have you met me?!?!

I’ve spent my entire adult life convinced I was born in the wrong century!

Go 'Dawgs!

by T Kyle King on Oct 7, 2010 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

This actually made me lol...

… and not just “internet lol.” Touché.

by vineyarddawg on Oct 7, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

I concur.

"You can't print what I said, but they have to catch us." - Chipper Jones

by Jman781 on Oct 7, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

Keep Richt, demote Bobo, find a new OC and S&C coach. Oh, and...

fire Mike Adams.

"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell

by DavetheDawg on Oct 7, 2010 1:21 PM EDT reply actions  

Ditto

That’s two Daves in agreement; we must be right.

by Dawgy45 on Oct 7, 2010 6:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

Let's see if we can get a third Dave to concur.

Then we’ll know you’re right, and we’ll have a broadcast crew for Saturday’s noon SEC kickoff in Athens!

Go 'Dawgs!

by T Kyle King on Oct 7, 2010 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’ll be more impressed when 30 Helens agree.

"It'll only be reviewed because the guys up in the booth want to watch it a few times too." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf16_mw0nxs

by AdamLilly on Oct 8, 2010 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions  

Bobo QB Coach. Richt OC (at least for the rest of the season), sacrifice a bison

And Van Halanger

You’re ******* out!

"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard

by RedCrake on Oct 7, 2010 1:29 PM EDT reply actions  

Let me call the plays!

Over my career I average more than 200 yards passing _and rushing against “All American” Talent in the NCAA video game franchise.

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I will give my North Carolina for Tennessee Today. Apparently.

by bobothevol on Oct 7, 2010 1:48 PM EDT reply actions  

On a more serious note

We need to steal podunkdawg to build us a sacrificial elephant, or something. That looked delicious to destroy. Though, Mr. TKK, you looked about the farthest thing in reality than what I imagined. For some reason I imagined some scrawny, devious UGA-Gremlin sitting behind a computer with slicked-back hair who likes to snarl. When you smiled it was only to reveal the devilishly pointed fangs that littered your maw, and when you spoke little puffs of smoke came out. Maybe not that last sentence…

Here’s to hoping we can spank ya’ll again, but either way sheeesh both of us sure could use a win, huh?

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I will give my North Carolina for Tennessee Today. Apparently.

by bobothevol on Oct 7, 2010 1:52 PM EDT reply actions  

I've eaten a lot of red velvet cake in my life.

And I’ve eaten a fair amount of goat in my life. But I’d never eaten an effigy of a goat made from red velvet cake before Saturday. That said, I’d eat a red velvet cake in the shape of Dave Van Halanger if it tasted like that goat. It was just as good as it looks.

by MaconDawg on Oct 7, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

i have to say

goat is great. and i’m nothing but disappointed that you guys didn’t actually fix one for this. one of the things i love about living most of the year in peru is the availibility of cabrito de leche. i’ve also had it done on a spit and it’s simply superb.

Roll 'Bama Roll: The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs.

by kleph on Oct 7, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

At this point, I have to say . . .

. . . that the idea of having an Alabama fan bring us cooked goat as a way of reversing our team’s football fortunes seems to have an enormous amount of merit.

When you say “done on a spit,” do you mean roasted on a metal rod, or do you use Nick Saban’s saliva as a marinade? I’m good with it, either way.

If you bring us cooked goat, kleph, I promise we’ll leave your coaches alone. Deal?

Go 'Dawgs!

by T Kyle King on Oct 7, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

in all honesty

i’ve never done it myself. i’ve seen it done on a spit in peru. but they cook more with the heat of the coals while i’m a taste-the-smoke barbecue man when i’m the cook.

Roll 'Bama Roll: The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs.

by kleph on Oct 7, 2010 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

I must confess

I did not in any way shape size or form create that beautiful tasty goat cake. I ordered it from the Holy Mother of Baked Goods. I’ve known her an awful long time, and she’s terribly good to me and as much as I would love to be able to say such a treat is reserved for those she loves, she will bake you a cake, of just about any variety, in just about any shape and not even think you’re crazy and as a bonus, it will be seriously delicious. The only catch is, you have to pay her and be willing to pick up your treat in Warner Robins GA.

I can bake like a demon.

by podunkdawg on Oct 7, 2010 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Keep Richt...

…and have him call plays the rest of the seaon.
Demote Bobo to QB coach and banish him to the box.
Hire new OC in offseason.
Fire Van Halanger.

by Bard Parker on Oct 7, 2010 2:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Fire S&C CDVH

Fire Bobo, New offensive coordinator who isn’t so offensive.

by Cameron Alme on Oct 7, 2010 3:27 PM EDT reply actions  

I think I said "somebody sacrifice a goat at the arch (or something)"

Obviously, more steps are in order. Vine burned a bunny ( I think) that said goat, and Kyle chopped off a cake goat head. We need to kick it up a notch with something at the arch not cute. The gods aren’t happy until we appease them.

"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker

by tankertoad on Oct 7, 2010 3:38 PM EDT reply actions  

It was a sacrificial lamb that I had named "Goat."

And I burned him at the foot of my coaster that had the Arch on it. So I actually did sacrifice Goat at the foot of the Arch.

Kyle tried with a bigger goat, but it wasn’t at the foot of the arch.

There must be something… oh yeah, maybe we just need to play better.

by vineyarddawg on Oct 7, 2010 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

Whats the closest thing to a real goat at the actual arch? Whatever that is, someone do it Friday night/Sat morning and I promise a win.

Maybe that is what Vegas knows we don’t.

"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker

by tankertoad on Oct 7, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

That, my friend, is a notion so brilliant . . .

. . . that it will find its way into “Too Much Information” (or its equivalent).

The Thursday game night open comment thread (containing special information about a podcast tonight!) is scheduled to appear at 6:30, and this week’s special edition of Too Much Information will be slated to show up at a quarter after midnight.

Based upon tankertoad’s excellent question, I am able to say that I, like General W.R. Monger, don’t just have an idea . . . I have a plan! Stay tuned. . . .

Go 'Dawgs!

by T Kyle King on Oct 7, 2010 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

Some other combination

Let Bobo stay on and coach QB’s, Richt calls plays, replace Dave Van Halanger.

by georgiadawg85 on Oct 7, 2010 3:51 PM EDT reply actions  

Last stand for the "apologists"

Of which I am not one, but believe the masses are engaging in irrational behavior. To wit:
 - we crushed U of Lala with Bobo’s vanilla offense
 - we fumbled away 2 – 3 of our other losses
 - CMR has admitted to his own failure to guide CMB’s playcalling at crucial times…the mess at the 4 yard line in CO being the biggest example
- and the failure of the Athens crowd to sacrifice a true goat. C’mon guys…in Texas, it’s done mid-week for no damn reason at all other than good bbq. Heck, the construction workers next door are doing it now for dinner (odd…my dog is missing this afternoon. Gee, she loves the smell of bbq and would normally be bugging them…..) I digress.

So, to the question at hand….
 - CMR needs to be more directly involved in playcalling gameday. Send Bobo to the booth.
 - S&R takes all of spring practice to develop…leave any changes until then. We have a DIVISION to win (see Mark Bradley’s column today…it could happen!!)

And TKK et al….I acknowledge the conspiracy of Michael Adams in shutting-down your ability to roast the goat on North Campus grounds. But the Gyro shop across the street from the Arches (assuming it’s still there) surely has some goat in the back…not 100 yards away. Get creative and a little rebellious man!

I’d go on, but best find my dog and see what the workers have cooked-up next store…

Run Lindsay Run!

by ausdawg85 on Oct 7, 2010 6:01 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

First!

Well, vote for “None of the above” and it’s not (just) because I really, really loved “Brewster’s Millions.” Now, because I follow orders well, I will explain.

1.) Firing CMR is a ludicrous notion only seriously considered by the knee-jerk, bandwagon-jumping, myopic lunatic fringe that have MNC-envy for Saban and Meyer.

2.) Bobo doesn’t necessarily need to go or be demoted, but the man has to find the cajones to let ’er rip. Lest we forget what the offense did last season with basically the same set of players, save replacing Joe Cox with a RS freshman who has already shown arguably better understanding and management of the game, and at least comparable QB skills.

Now, if Bobo can’t figure it out soon or, in “Waterboy” parlance “Get his manhood back,” then something has to be done. I don’t believe you can demote him back to QBs coach and expect him to effectively lead young men, so he’d have to be let go. When Commanding Officers are relieved, they aren’t bumped down to Executive Officers. The point is moot in the short term because I think we now know that CMR won’t make any major changes mid-season.

3.) I’m not sure about Van Halanger needing to be done, but he’s suspect. Remember that we’ve had some physical squads since he came to Athens. I don’t buy into the “but they were Donnan’s players” either, since Richt basically had to recruit his entire O Line for the 2002 season. I think (okay, hope and pray) that full contact practices are going to pay both immediate and long-term dividends on both sides of the ball. The phrase that keeps coming to mind when I think of football practices without full speed and tackling is one from Parris Island – “You fight like you train.”

4.) Searels shares the same suspicion as Van Halanger, and if the defense improves but we keep getting whipped on the O-Line then I think a change is in order there. Time will tell, but at least they’re trying to mix up and motivate with the change in the OL starters and positions for Saturday’s game.

I don’t think that wholesale changes are necessary, I just think the coaching staff needs to figure out what it did well in ’02, ’05 and ’08 seasons and get back to doing that. Or, now that I notice the pattern, wait until next year when the snake goes to bite someone else and we can get back to a BCS bowl.

by Just Some Dawg on Oct 7, 2010 6:46 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

So what you're saying with this comment
Now, if Bobo can’t figure it out soon or, in "Waterboy" parlance "Get his manhood back,"

We need to teach Bobo to look over at the opposing OC and imagine him as a baby? How do you know that someone took his notebook? Maybe Mr. Coach Kline could come by and give a little pregame pep talk to Coach Mike Bobo. Maybe Justin Houston should start making that strange yet funny eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek sound when he rushes the QB.

by EricBDawg on Oct 8, 2010 8:14 AM EDT up reply actions  

I'd rather have a pregame peptalk from Mr. Coach Kines.

Glorious.

And a cookie to the announcer who noted that when two 6-6 teams play in a bowl “one of them might go home with a losing record.”

by MaconDawg on Oct 9, 2010 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

Well, yeah

I don’t care if he goes the puppy route, as Klein did later in the game, but he needs to figure something out. Someone has obviously stolen his green notebook because he’s been calling the same 4 plays all season, with the fade route added inside our opponent’s 10 yard line.

I could be hallucinating prior to my 3rd cup of coffee, but I think Winkler was invited by some team to do just that not long after the movie came out. I have no facts or rational thought to back this up, though.

I would prefer that the whole team learn to “visualize and attack.” Back to the whole under-caffeinated thing, after “Happy Gilmore” came out I saw a lot of guys trying to mimic his swing, if even as a joke. I wonder how many LBs tried doing the same thing with Bobby Boucher…..

by Just Some Dawg on Oct 8, 2010 9:46 AM EDT reply actions  

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