tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20559458.post8236660720118091068..comments2023-12-28T17:21:26.528-05:00Comments on The Joe Cribbs Car Wash: Review of DEATH: the pre-seasonJerry Hinnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097537044668238939noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20559458.post-68598958968136480732009-05-05T21:36:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:36:00.000-04:00If it makes you feel any better, I said we'd go 12...If it makes you feel any better, I said we'd go 12-2, with losses at UGA and vs. UF in the SECCG, and win the Capital One Bowl over Ohio State...J.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02815352716110506399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20559458.post-30978432301836010422009-05-05T21:26:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:26:00.000-04:00@Marmot
"I should note that if Benton had been on...@Marmot<br /><br />"I should note that if Benton had been on the team last season, it wouldn't have mattered since the quarterback coaching was atrocious."<br /><br />I am cherry-picking here, but I think we can all, maybe perhaps, agree that—while the coaching might have been terrible—the quarterbacks were equally bad. <br /><br />Todd and Burns were both atrocious. Hard to damn Ensminger and Franklin for all of their shortcomings. (well, maybe Ensminger, screw that guy)Benhttp://thepigskinpathos.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20559458.post-85407752246358577532009-05-05T16:22:00.000-04:002009-05-05T16:22:00.000-04:00In keeping with my "Ben Tate was wearing ankle wei...In keeping with my "Ben Tate was wearing ankle weights last season" comment, I submit the first third of the 'Rock Lee vs Gaara' Naruto episode. Sorry it's so long. Go to the 4:25 point to see what I imagine Ben Tate did just before the A-Day game this spring.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPMDyYOkLVUMarmothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03587702763493049517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20559458.post-56544111697594460962009-05-05T16:06:00.000-04:002009-05-05T16:06:00.000-04:00Looking back at last season, it really looks like ...Looking back at last season, it really looks like our problems were largely coaching related. Sure, we had personnel issues, but those issues will be even worse in 2009 (O-line, linebackers, receivers, D-line), and yet I'm somehow optimistic that we will be a much better team because the coaching seems much more up to the task (or maybe I should say "pulling in the same direction" or "enthusiastic").<br /><br />The only personnel upgrade I think we have this year is with Onterio's home run threat (which was non-existent last year since apparently Tate was wearing ankle weights all season) and Benton at his specific wideout position. I should note that if Benton had been on the team last season, it wouldn't have mattered since the quarterback coaching was atrocious. So once again, all my hopes are on improved coaching to do much much more with a little bit less.Marmothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03587702763493049517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20559458.post-56954310646179852442009-05-05T15:49:00.000-04:002009-05-05T15:49:00.000-04:00OH THE PAIN OF SEENG YOUR GIRLFRIEND WALK AWAY FOR...OH THE PAIN OF SEENG YOUR GIRLFRIEND WALK AWAY FOR GOOD. 2008 was painful. Thank God it has walked away for good. Sometimes, however, I scratch my head and think WTF season was that??<br /><br />I am hoping you can explain WHY!!easyedwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402326512841716437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20559458.post-74451664026069576002009-05-05T14:51:00.000-04:002009-05-05T14:51:00.000-04:00I dunno, Philip. It's true, we could have won 5 of...I dunno, Philip. It's true, we could have won 5 of those 7 losses without TOO much more effort, but a) that's still a lot of losses b) we were also a missed Miss. St. FG and a Tennessee fumble into their end zone away from being 0-8 in the SEC c) it's not like we outgained or outplayed LSU, Arkansas, Georgia, etc. I think 5-7 was a pretty accurate measure of how good our team was.Jerry Hinnenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097537044668238939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20559458.post-47943199084055048722009-05-05T13:50:00.000-04:002009-05-05T13:50:00.000-04:00I feel your 10-2 prediction isn't that absurd as w...I feel your 10-2 prediction isn't that absurd as whenever I look back on the 2008 season 5 of those 7 loses could have been wins. To me that is the most disheartening aspect of last season; just how close that team was to being a conference contender and yet how far away they were as well. I remember thinking to myself numerous times, "the 2007 team would have won that game" and they weren't much better. Oh well...Philip Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550957086822009364noreply@blogger.com