What is bothersome about the Georgia game
by srock (2019-09-23 11:15:36)
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is that, even given the limitations of the team and the scheme, it is a game we should have won. The players were ready. They were not intimidated and did not have the "deer in the headlights" look.

We lost because Kelly doesn't trust his players enough to let them play all out, and because Kelly believes that HE must engineer the win by limiting mistakes. On offense, we took the 3rd quarter and part of the 4th quarter off. We lost because Kelly thought that 10-7 or a score close to it might be enough to win, and thus, we shut the offense down. When we HAD to move the ball, we DID move the ball, but only by not running 7 yard ins and outs. However, it was not, and will never be enough.

Now, make no mistake, Kirby Smart is not much smarter than Kelly, and played it vey conservatively as well. Saban tries to score on every series, and break your will as quickly as possible.

Unless we get very, very lucky, and things break just right, the team will never be able to overcome Kelly's insecurities in a big game. Until he is gone, we will be looking up at an echelon of teams with better talent, and in a better position to win these type of games. It is not luck or happenstance that we never win these games.

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