re: Mike Bobo to replace Monken at UGA

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I think Bobo will be fine. He has the same concerns Rees/Steele have - when it's crunch time against an opponent who can somewhat match your normal stuff and you can't overwhelm them, will they be good enough to win the game with their play calling/execution. Who knows. But honestly that question can be asked about almost any coordinator when they show up somewhere new.

Bobo and Steele feel like almost identical hires, IMHO. Their resumes are extremely similar in terms of production level with and without talent, and their familiarity with the programs/coach they are working for is also identical.

I think it speaks to the fact that with so much distraction and constant change with transfer portal stuff that coaches are deciding that they'd prefer solid coaches they 100% trust to be their secondary voice to players than "smart" guys who have their own scheme and may not communicate/fit the program, even if they may schematically be more "advanced" (theoretically).

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Agree on the first paragraph. It's hard for me not to see some things as bad luck though. The last play call in the SEC champ. game. 99 percent of the time the ball falls to the turf and we get one more shot.

The SC game in 2014 people bring up, the QB made a dumb mistake (one that he would make again later) of just assuming he could throw it in the dirt under pressure and it'd be an incomplete pass. He could have thrown the ball in the direction an eligible receiver right in front of him but was not heady enough to do it.

But Bobo's fault for not just handing it to Gurley there.

There are some similarities between Bobo and Steele. I do think Bobo's offenses were a little better than Steele's Auburn defenses with similar talent. Georgia had some good talent at skill positions during Bobo's first run, but when he really started putting out great offensive production with Murray and then Mason, there wasn't a lot of NFL type talent on those teams. Outside of David Andrews, none were really get on the Oline at the next level. Conley at WR has hung around in the NFL, but never was a huge factor in the League. We did have RBs consistently, but that's about it.

As far as offense, Saban and Kirby were gonna hire someone who ran a multiple offense like you see in the NFL. IYAM, the reason the Big 12 and teams like Tennessee never have good defenses is because they likely don't get a good look at offenses unlike what they run in practice. I still haven't seen a good defense yet paired with a strictly HUNH offense.