Why Todd Grantham Must be Fired as the Georgia Bulldogs' Defensive Coordinator (Only, No, Not Really)
by T Kyle King on Sep 21, 2010 4:30 PM EDT
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PrintMike Bobo has taken a lot of heat from fans of the Georgia Bulldogs in the last couple of weeks, but I believe the Red and Black’s offensive woes have masked the deficiencies of the Classic City Canines’ defense. I was looking at the numbers, and I became aware of this distressing statistical progression. Read it and weep, Bulldog Nation:
| Game | Date | Points Allowed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sept. 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Sept. 11 | 17 |
| 3 | Sept. 18 | 31 |
The trend is as disturbing as it is inescapable.
The Georgia defense has given up more points in each game of the Todd Grantham era ERROR than it allowed in the game BEFORE!!!!!!!
South Carolina scored 17 points on Georgia . . . MORE THAN DOUBLE what the Bulldogs surrendered to Louisiana-Lafayette! Arkansas scored 31 points on Georgia . . . ALMOST DOUBLE what the Bulldogs surrendered to South Carolina! At this rate, Florida is going to score 1,984 points against Georgia! (31 x 2 = 62 v. Mississippi State x 2 = 124 v. Colorado x 2 = 248 v. Tennessee x 2 = 496 v. Vanderbilt (!) x 2 = 992 v. Kentucky x 2 = 1,984 v. Florida! Todd Grantham is the George Orwell of Georgia defense!)
Forget Mike Bobo! FIRE TODD GRANTHAM!!!!!
Fight the real enemy, people.
(Just kidding. Really. I was only trying to lighten the mood and illustrate that, while there are reasonable criticisms to be made, we better serve the program by reacting calmly. To their credit, most critics who have voiced their opinions here have done so rationally. I just want to make sure we keep it that way.)
(By the way, I apologize for using correct spelling throughout the foregoing posting, thereby robbing it of its authenticity. I just couldn’t bring myself to make typographical errors on purpose.)
Go ‘Dawgs!
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I will give my North Carolina for Tennessee Today. Apparently.
You think the Tennessee score is going to be 4-96?
And how, exactly, do you think Tennessee will be getting 2 safeties?
by vineyarddawg on Sep 21, 2010 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
have you seen our line? lol
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
The fundamental problem here is our O-line has sucked thus far, and because of this our offense looks completely out of sorts and everyone looks incompetent. Fix the line and get A.J. back in there, and we’ll go back to scoring points just fine. I still am not thrilled with Bobo’s playcalling in general (then again, is there any fan out there that actually likes his/her team’s OC? Maybe Oregon?)
Now, of course, why the line continues to suck is the mind-boggling issue here. The job Searels did in 2007 and his generally solid reputation lead me to believe the guy is a quality coach, so I can’t quite figure out why this unit has underachieved so drastically to this point in the season.
by get swoll yunel on Sep 21, 2010 5:15 PM EDT reply actions
Texas likes their OC, and so do we, just saying. . )
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
damn, I am rushed and not doing well
That was based on the last year’s of blog discussion about Texas coaching staff.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
They hate Greg Davis, UT OC.
A lot of grumbling on the 40 acres already about a power running game that has not materialized, lack of originality, etc. VY and Colt sure could cover-up a lot of problems.
Run Lindsay Run!
That's ok Kyle, because our D is going to hold MSU to 10 or less this Sat and then we can watch the wild dawg and all of it's glory run into a stacked box.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Just to play devil's advocate to the popular thinking that all is...and will be...well:
Who is responsible for not winning the SEC East and SEC Championship since 2005?
Who is responsible for recruiting NFL caliber talent only to see them leave school early, underperform, be under utilized, redshirted, etc.?
Who is responsible for the handful of players getting into silly or more serious trouble sufficient to keep us in the lead for the Fulmer cup?
Who is responsible for lacking sufficient reserve talent at all major key positions to step-up in the face of injuries, suspensions, poor play, etc.?
Who is responsible for the type of offense, defense and special teams UGA deploys?
I could go on, but it seems that if any one of these questions is taken individually, there is a great deal of statistics, data, conjecture, reasoning, etc. to justify each lapse in the program. And maybe they all make sense…individually.
But when looking over the past 5 years in the collective, something is wrong in Athens. Maybe it’s all CMR, maybe it’s not. The questions are, what IS wrong, how will it be fixed, and most importantly, who is going to fix “it” (whatever “it” is)?
Frankly, I think our depared AD has to shoulder a lot of the blame, so maybe the new regime will be able to provide the guidance, structure and support that is needed for the program to prosper with all of it’s immense advantages.
Just to be clear, I’m not on a “FIRE RICHT!” rant. I actually think he is the guy to fix things, but I’m not so sure the program, from AD down to the walk-on’s on the practice squad have a handle on the essense of what is missing to be a championship caliber team…yet.
Run Lindsay Run!
How about this:
Football is hugely a team sport. The Bulldogs are not functioning across the board very well as a team, and are often vaulted by individual performances. However, we seldom in recent memory perform well in a game in all categories against an SEC team. Wether you blame it on Coach A, B or C, blame it on the D, the O, or the STs, there is usually a pretty big lapse in some element or another in every game, resulting in maddening, heart wrenching, darn near scary games, even when we win.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
So, what you're saying is...
… that we should fire the whole team? Coaches, players, and all?
I like the cut of your jib, sailor airman.
by vineyarddawg on Sep 21, 2010 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
If it weren't for the endzone security breach with less than a minute in the 4th quarter,
we will be looking at 7, 17, and 24 points given up respectively instead of 31. Still, there is still improvement to be made, and the defense will probably be the strength of the team later in the season. Now, the offense? I’m not sure about that.
by thefirstgenesis on Sep 21, 2010 5:46 PM EDT reply actions
I don't have any stats to back this up
But doesn’t it seem like our defensive special teams has been lacking lately? I think back to our best season in my lifetime (2002) and I just recall Sean Jones sneaking up to the line and threatening to block everyone’s punt. I thought maybe we were getting back to that with AJ being put in on the field goal unit. It seems like a facet of the game we’ve been neglecting recently, even though it seemed to rear it’s head against A&M last year, with special teams basically winning the game for us.
"I need a shot of tequila and a cigarette." -- Don Frye
I can't stress enough
DEFENSIVE SPECIAL TEAMS
I know the other side of the unit is fairly solid. But man, how great would it have been to block a punt when we had Our Kansas backed up deep last Saturday?
"I need a shot of tequila and a cigarette." -- Don Frye
by Anthony Pace on Sep 21, 2010 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
You're right.
We used to block kicks (punts, extra points, field goals) with regularity, but now we do so with rarity. When we do it, though, it matters a great deal. Last year, the Independence Bowl, the Arizona State game (blocked field goal), and the South Carolina game (blocked extra point) all were games in which defensive special teams plays directly contributed to the Georgia victory. When a single quantifiable facet of the game makes the difference in three wins in an eight-win season, that’s a facet you ought to emphasize.
Go 'Dawgs!
The rules have been changed so that it's now un-American to try and block a kick.
Well, ok, maybe not un-American… but really damn close.
The first major change the NCAA made is called the “Boss Bailey rule” because Bailey was so prolific in blocking kicks, and it was instituted the year after he graduated. The “Boss Bailey rule” states that if a player jumps into the air on a kick attempt, he cannot a) use any of his own players as leverage to jump up, and b) cannot land on any of the players from the opposing team. (Boss used to be able to time snaps remarkably well, so he could get a running start and virtually “Superman jump” over the entire offensive line to block a kick. Also, he was 11 feet tall and had 43 arms, so that helped, too. He was almost as prolific a field-goal blocker as Bill Brasky.)
At some later point in time, the rules were further amended to state that a jumping player cannot land on any other players when coming down, making it virtually impossible to legally jump during an attempt to block a field goal.
by vineyarddawg on Sep 21, 2010 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I had forgotten that.
I seem to recall an Auburn-LSU game ending with a final score of 10-9 in one of their SEC championship seasons, on account of that rule.
You’re right, that’s dumb. Perhaps that’s why I blotted it from my memory. I don’t like the rule moving the kickoff back to the 30, but I get why runbacks are more exciting than touchbacks. Can’t a blocked field goal be every bit as exciting as a field goal, though?
Go 'Dawgs!
...said in a drunken stupor voice:
Bill Brasky once sacked a Vanderbilt quarterback and then ate his raw flesh right there on the field.
I was there for that. It was an incredible sight.
I remember this one time that Bill Brasky blocked a field goal, ran it back for a touchdown, then celebrated by swallowing the football whole in one big gulp. Then, he ran back to the other sideline, found the field goal kicker, and ate his helmet.
DGD… Bill Brasky.
by vineyarddawg on Sep 21, 2010 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
That reminds me of a joke that George "Goober" Lindsey told . . .
. . . to Johnny Carson on “The Tonight Show”:
A prospective athlete showed up for football tryouts. The coach handed him the ball and asked him, “Can you pass that?” The young man replied, “Coach, I don’t even think I can swallow it!”
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 21, 2010 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks. I needed that.
like, seriously.
"so, will try to kick one a hundred thousand miles. We're holding it on our own 49 and a half: and Butler kicked a long one...a long one...oh my God! Oh my God!!"
There's no way Grantham can turn it around
I know it’s true because I said it.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
by RedCrake on Sep 22, 2010 12:08 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
The only way it could be worse . . .
. . . is if we had to play a real schedule, like Ohio State does.
Go 'Dawgs!
Youngstown State
has a great program and their line play is outstanding. Their defensive backfield leads their conference in interceptions, the linebackers are the leading tacklers in the league, and the offense ranks 1st in the league in all statistical categories.
I don’t have any idea if any of this is true, but it sounds like something Dooley or Munson would say.
You know the apologists are getting desperate when they have to use overblown sarcasm to defend Mike Bobo.
The foregoing posting was not a defense of Mike Bobo.
It was, as stated above, an attempt to lighten the mood.
Go 'Dawgs!
For what it's worth, shortly before posting the above attempt at humor, . . .
. . . I promoted Afghan Dawg’s well-written criticism of Mike Bobo (which was written in response to my quotation of Ben Dukes’s well-written criticism of Mike Bobo) to the front page. I also criticized Mike Bobo in my postgame writeup. There is a wide gap between not calling for a coach’s head to roll and being an apologist.
Go 'Dawgs!
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