Anonymous SEC coaches discuss Georgia in 2020
When it comes to Georgia in 2020, most everyone knows what to expect on one side of the ball while there are big questions on the other side of the ball.
“I think defensively they’ll be as good as they always are,” an anonymous SEC coach recently told AthlonSports.com “They’re great at never making you comfortable. For as athletic as they are, they’re still smart, too, meaning they’re going to throw different coverages at you, maybe more than necessary. You get nothing for free against Kirby Smart.”
“Everything is focused on their offense,” one conference coach offered.
The offense replaces both its play-caller and signal-caller without a normal spring session. One coach openly speculated about how Wake Forest graduate transfer Jamie Newman might look in new offensive coordinator Todd Monken’s system.
“Jamie Newman is completely different than what they’ve done in the past, so expect a quarterback run game and RPOs, not as much dropback,” the coach said. “Maybe none? How can they adapt that offense to fit his skill set? Will they bend with that? With (offensive coordinator) Todd Monken, they will be different, but how much so depends on what the kid can handle.”
Newman isn’t the only big-time transfer quarterback Smart added to the roster this offseason. Former top prospect JT Daniels transferred to Georgia from USC. When Smart spoke to the media ahead of camp, however, he said Daniels had not yet been cleared.
Georgia opens the season at Arkansas on Sept. 26.
Absolutely the worst possible year to install a bunch of new personnel and launch a new offensive scheme.
I wonder if we go run-heavy early in the season and save the fireworks for Alabama.
I wish I had a sideline seat to watch the QB battle.
Go Dawgs!!
Man, you’re the Debbie Downer of DawgNation. All last year you were super-worried about losing to Floriduh like, the entire year, too.
Have you listened to the reports from the first week of practice? They’ve already installed the offense. The players know the playbook cold. The Zoom practices followed by the player led 7-on-7’s this summer have helped a lot.
Now they get like, 10 extra fall practices to make up for missing Spring Practice to get the reps-in, so they’re not losing anything.
Buck up, Chuck. Leave the Munsoning to Larry up in Heaven.
I was never worried about losing to Florida. We had Jake the Gator Killer. I think you have me confused with someone else.
Speaking of last year, you were the one who thought James Coley was the second coming a most holy Offensive Coordinator and all our problems on offense were a thing of the past.
Anyways, yes I’m worried about the offense. I don’t think it’s my imagination. I’ve seen a lot of concern on several other websites too.
Well I’m not usually up this late and I’m rambling a bit. I watched Ryan Bader get KO’d and lose his Bellator LHW title. I gotta go crash.
I thought he would be better than Chaney, who wasn’t that great. He was worse. “Second-coming” is a bit hyperbolic.
Monken, unlike the other two, actually has skins on the wall. Chaney’s best days as an OC were when Joe Tiller was actually running the offense at Purdue. Otherwise, he’s just mediocre. Coley was worse than mediocre, he was bad.
Monken though? He’s had top-5 offenses in CFB. He’s the real deal.
“I think defensively they’ll be as good as they always are,”
“Loss wise, I think they’ll lose one they shouldn’t as they always do.” an anonymous SEC coach recently told Athlon Sports.
The annual Georgia upset…
I know right?
Under Mark Richt we annually lost 3 or more most every season. Alabama always loses one to! But they are treated differently!!!
Tell me an SEC team that doesn’t usually lose at least 1 game? LSU was historic last year. But not the average!!!
PS. UGA under Smart has been as good as anyone. People forget Smart is only going into his 5th season as head man!!!
King Negan
Actually Alabama has begun a habit of losing 2 games a year!!! Including games they shouldn’t!!!! I still believe they were better than ACC clemson. Who came very close to losing ACC games that season!!! And who thought they would lose to both LSU and Auburn last year? Besides me I mean!!! Because I predicted both loses!!!!
King Negan
This is priceless. Yo Negan, even fans of other teams know nottttttTrudawg is just trolling you. Here you are responding to his trolling as if he were serious. What is it, one troll can’t recognize another?
BTW go buy some reading comprehension. Your troll’s line is that you “always lose one you shouldn’t”, not that you lose one game. Can you tell the difference you big dummy?
UGA’s best season under Kirby was a two loss season…
Lol, we can all read the Athlon article and see that no other coach said that. Better luck next time, troll.
Trudy, no need to pout. Just keep telling yourself that you’re pretty enough.
This article really didn’t say anything.
I dont like where others are saying “their offense will suck” when we have more athletes than last year….when it did suck.
While I think every offense will struggle in the first game, I don’t see UGA any worse than anyone else. They have plenty of playmakers and skill. Certainly, I expect the defense will be ahead of the offense and perhaps contribute more than the offense early, but I don’t think the offense will be a liability.
I also think it’s the worst year to install a new offensive – Defensive system with missing on the field Spring practice. Some other teams will be going through the same thing.
Then you throw a brand new QB in that mix and it’s going to put your offense behind other teams who return major skill players from last season who already knew their system.
Having the meat of the schedule so front-loaded like Ga has is also not the best recipe for early offensive success. Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky and UT all ranked in the top half of the SEC in total defense in 2019. Combine all that in the first six games and I think the offense will have it’s struggles.
I do think the offense will gel at some point during those games, but the defense will have to save the day more than usual during the first half of the season.
Wow, SDS. You missed the strongest quote in the Athlon article:
“They certainly went through an identity crisis, and that’s what they have to settle in camp. You could kind of understand their offensive methodology — with those backs they produce, it made sense to stay on the ground, to run pro. The problem wasn’t the talent, it was the predictability.”
That’s why Monken was brought in. The crucial question for Georgia this year is whether they can shake that predictable offensive identity. If they can, they have the talent to play with anybody.
The full Athlon article for all SEC teams is available here: athlonsports.com/college-football/sec-coaches-talk-anonymously-about-conference-foes-2020
Thank you! How long i’ve been saying that PREDICTABILITY has been a HUGE part of our woes on Offense! When there are virtually no surprises, our players have to be superior to every opponent and/or execute better than them on just about every play. ALL of our players, that is. That is just too much to expect. Whether this year or in the future, an OC that utilizes more players in different ways should pay dividends…! Still, it has been great that Coach Smart has already made great changes (focus on OL, greater recruiting in general, etc.) to make our beloved Dawgs consistently relevant!!
For the life of me I cant understand why UGAs offense is going to be considered worse than last year. Mature Pickens. Two mature athletic QBs (both with better physical attributes than Fromm). Stud freshmen receivers. Several good WRs coming back that are maturing. A beast OL. Stud Zeus, Cook, Milton, Etc.
If anyone remembers last years offense sucked bad.
I believe the Georgia offense will go through some growing-pains in the early games & will develop it’s own new identity about mid season…and by that time will have a true starting Quarterback…might see dual QB’s early in the season(practice is one thing, but SEC games are another). After the offense gels and a QB is decided upon…things should go well for the Dawgs from mid season forward.