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It looks like Pruit will turn out good. But why do some do bad? Why is Smart good at uga. Why did Mullen do good at MSU? Why did Strong fail at his stops? Why did Sarkisan fail? There seems to not be a correlation to offense or defense.
Ding ding ding. One of the most overlooked aspects of Phil's tenure here. What Cut was able to do in 2006 and 2007 with Ainge is still impressive. Phil was a great coach here overall, but he very rarely was able to squeeze all of the juice out of the orange.Yes. Fulmer's tenure at UT had two distinct segments.... with Cut and without Cut. The O's with Cut were excellent and often exceeded the level of talent UT had like the year UT had one of the best passing O's in the country with Lucas Taylor as their best WR... and a very weak OL.
In the 16 seasons from '93 to '08, UT scored over 400 points in a season 7 times (remember the 12th game was added in '06). Six of those O's were coached by Cut. The outlier was 2001 when UT scored exactly 400 points. A Cutcliffe UT O never scored less than 362 points in a season.
In the years without Cut, not only did Fulmer's teams fail to score over 400 save that one year... they scored UNDER 300 points 3 times. That includes 205 points and 208 points on either side of Cut's last two years at UT when UT scored 362 and 455.
Without Cut, Fulmer consistently underperformed his offensive talent.
After the South Carolina loss this last season, I thought Kirby made a very telling remark in the postgame press conference. He strolled up to the mic and the very first thing he says is that the difference in the game was Georgia not creating enough turnovers to even up the turnover margin, which went 4-0 in favor of South Carolina. Notice he didn't say that the difference in the game was that the offense, specifically Jake Fromm, was responsible for 4 turnovers, but that the defense didn't generate enough themselves to make up for it. I thought that was a really stupid and myopic way to look at the game as a head coach. After a loss in which his offense turned the ball over 4 times, rushed for only 4 YPC, and scored only 17 points, his first thought was about how the defense didn't do anything to make up for offensive mistakes.I think a lot of times, it’s ego. Some also (as crazy as this sounds) forget that the whole team matters and worry only about their side of the ball. Buddy Ryan, Will Muschamp and several other defensive guys truly think that the job of the offense is to give the defense a rest.
Spurrier was like that in terms of caring only about offense, but he gave his defensive coordinator complete control.
But, Orgeron is a great example with regard to ego. Is anyone going to give him credit for this season or call him a great coach? Does he care? Some do and can’t let it go. They have to prove how smart they are.
You don't consider a coach who is 44-12 successful yet but Pruitt is 12-12 and he is the answer? Orange Kool-aid by the gallons being served at your house? Smartt's record and coaching ability is about right on part with Fulmer's through this point in their career.
After the South Carolina loss this last season, I thought Kirby made a very telling remark in the postgame press conference. He strolled up to the mic and the very first thing he says is that the difference in the game was Georgia not creating enough turnovers to even up the turnover margin, which went 4-0 in favor of South Carolina. Notice he didn't say that the difference in the game was that the offense, specifically Jake Fromm, was responsible for 4 turnovers, but that the defense didn't generate enough themselves to make up for it. I thought that was a really stupid and myopic way to look at the game as a head coach. After a loss in which his offense turned the ball over 4 times, rushed for only 4 YPC, and scored only 17 points, his first thought was about how the defense didn't do anything to make up for offensive mistakes.
IMO, that is classic "coordinator, not coach" thinking. That's fine for a DC to think that, in fact, that's how a DC should think. If your offense isn't helping out in any particular game then the defense does need to try and make spectacular plays to compensate. But Kirby is the head coach now. If that statement is an indication of his philosophy and how he thinks about the game as a head coach, that would worry me as a Georgia fan.