Killick
“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
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Richt saw Donnan lose three in a row to Tech and get fired, so he made sure uga was always uber ready for Tech. Smart just saw Richt go 13-2 against Tech and get fired. Hopefully he won't bring the same level of intensity that Richt did to that game. I know Johnson didn't in 2009. Richt recruited very well, but wasted a lot of talent. I expect Dabo, McElwain, Jones, and Saban to take a bigger share of that talent for the next two to three years until Smart either proves himself or collapses. Basically, how much worse can we do against Smart than we did against Richt?
Luckily all those new and improved coaches in the Coastal will still have to play each other. 4-2 against the Coastal has always given us a pretty good shot at the ACCCG. The other two conference games will be against Clemson (whom CPJ has a winning record against), and typically against one of the Atlantic bottom feeders. I would lean toward at least one of the hires at VT, Miami, and UVA being a bust. CPJ's record against those three is worse than his record against the other three division foes. How much worse could our record be against VT and Miami in the next 6 years than it has been in the last 6 years? We've lost 5 of 6 to each, so there's nowhere much but up.
Last year, we caught lightning in a bottle. This year we were stuck by lightning: the worst injury year I can remember combined with the toughest schedule (4 top 10 teams), the wettest fields, and loss of all skill players on offense.
Luckily all those new and improved coaches in the Coastal will still have to play each other. 4-2 against the Coastal has always given us a pretty good shot at the ACCCG. The other two conference games will be against Clemson (whom CPJ has a winning record against), and typically against one of the Atlantic bottom feeders. I would lean toward at least one of the hires at VT, Miami, and UVA being a bust. CPJ's record against those three is worse than his record against the other three division foes. How much worse could our record be against VT and Miami in the next 6 years than it has been in the last 6 years? We've lost 5 of 6 to each, so there's nowhere much but up.
Last year, we caught lightning in a bottle. This year we were stuck by lightning: the worst injury year I can remember combined with the toughest schedule (4 top 10 teams), the wettest fields, and loss of all skill players on offense.