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First, its not fair to judge Suggs on this game, because he had NO TIME....And you can't throw it from your back......BUT

I thought he missed open receivers all day.
Seemed slow and immobile...

Given that the "true" fridge/BOB offense is HIGHLY
dependent on QB mobility (we saw how restricted our
offense was last year due to immobility at QB)...

I think we HAVE to give Bilbo at LEAST a chance
in a critical situation (ie any series in the last game) to see what he can do..

I wish I could recall, but I remember when J Hamilton started, we had a good passing QB under consideration as the starter when we went with a young J Hamilton...He had his difficult times early in his career, but his mobility and what we were able to do with that aspect (mobility) FAR made up the difference in lack of experience....

Its becoming apparent to me, that for this particular offence to work we HAVE to have great mobility at QB.....How many of those sacks would Bilbo have made a great play ?

I think when we lose mobility at QB, it REALLY stymies out offence........

And one thing I just CAN'T get over....That Time Out allowing Clemson to go for 7 rather than 3...That ranks up there with J Burns run out of bounds in last years MD game.....I think these two were equally boneheaded IMO....
 
What really is scary after reading the papers. Coach Chan did not take responsibility. I know that the players made mistakes, but coaching mistakes from an experience coach is unexcusable. How many times during Georgia glory years that they got outplayed but Vince Dooley never made a mistake. I use to swear that UGA was the luckiest team around, but Dooley waited for the other coaching staff to make a mistake and UGA took advantage of this. Hopefully after reflection coach Chan will take responsibility and not blamed players for their miscues. Clemson players made plenty mistakes ,too (bad snaps, four turnovers) but their coaching did not give us 4 points
 
It is possible Gailey was very disappointed in his OC, DC, and special teams coach. He cannot say this in the media, but he can get them behind closed doors and do some chewing.

He is ultimately responsible for the results, so he should take some blame for the results.

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Didn't he say once that he was leaving offense to BOB and that he, himself, was going to do ST? If so, maybe he should start his chewing out in the morning while shaving.
 
Originally posted by bizzybee:
Didn't he say once that he was leaving offense to BOB and that he, himself, was going to do ST? If so, maybe he should start his chewing out in the morning while shaving.
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<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif">Tommy Raye is ST coach.
 
The question still remains ---&gt; Whats happened to our option attack ?

Its starting to look like, the option may not be an option (no pun intended
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with Suggs, much like it wasn't last year.

With no option package, we've effectively lost 20-30 % of our offense from the past 10 years or so, and thats one reason it looks so vanilla IMO....

I can't understand why, at a minimum, Bilbo can't come in for a few series and run that, much like Hall did last year in the bowl....

Clemson was in a groove defensively against Suggs, and I believe a change-up with Bilbo running the option (yes, weather and all) would have created some interesting match-ups AND more importantly created a diversion for the defense....
 
Originally posted by wgjacket:
What really is scary after reading the papers. Coach Chan did not take responsibility.
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<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif">Not sure where you got this. I have seen Chan quoted in just about every game recap as saying that it was his decision, and he explained why. At the time, he was trying to save some clock for our offense, give them some time to work with before the half expired.

If Clemson had still kicked a field goal, and we use that time effectively to move down the field, it's a good move. In retrospect, it looked bad only because of the outcome.

What I don't get is this: If we were trying to save clock to get the O moving, why after the kickoff did we run teh ball once, then not even TRY to get another play off? We had 40 odd seconds to work with, could have given some effort into trying to move into FG position.
 
Clemson wasn't so much in a groove as Suggs never checked off or audibled. When a defense overloads one side of the line and you know a blitz is coming running playaction is not he best course. Suggs would turn around and have a LB in his face.

Folks we might be in a heap of trouble. Lance Thompson once said that Suggs was a waste of a scholarship. Personally I think he is a decent QB but he is not athletic enough to handle pressure defenses.
 
I think Suggs could be a good, maybe very good QB within certian systems, but I think the system of Fridge/BOB, we need a highly mobile QB to open things up...

With GG and now Suggs, it seems that we use about 1/2 of the playbook we're used to seeing...It really didn't work well last year (ie limiting the playbook) and I don't see it as working so well this year....In the bowl last year, it was Hall coming in and running the option package that really opened things up....

I'd like to see Bilbo come in for AT LEAST a few series and see what he can do with the first team OL etc......In a game like the Clemson game, what would we have lost in trying this ?
 
O'Leary and Fridge didn't think he was a waste of a scholarship or else they wouldn't have taken him.
 
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