{"id":64826,"date":"2024-08-08T21:34:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T02:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=64826"},"modified":"2024-08-08T21:34:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T02:34:39","slug":"reading-into-what-georgia-assistants-mike-bobo-todd-hartley-said-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/reading-into-what-georgia-assistants-mike-bobo-todd-hartley-said-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading into what Georgia assistants Mike Bobo, Todd Hartley said on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Georgia sent two more assistant coaches out to speak to media on Thursday. Two phases of the game were represented as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Bobo<\/a><\/strong> started it off and special teams coach Todd Hartley went next. DawgsHQ was there for it all and below we read into a few things they had to say. <\/p>\n

Carson Beck<\/a><\/strong> with some sage wisdom for Georgia QBs\u2026<\/h2>\n

Bobo was asked a number of times about the Georgia quarterback and every single time he had something positive to say. He talked about Beck\u2019s demeanor and how he has been working really hard on the deep ball this offseason. <\/p>\n

But maybe the most interesting thing he had to say about Beck came when he discussed the message Georgia\u2019s triggerman delivered to start preseason camp. <\/p>\n

\u201cCarson made a great statement in our first meeting, tried to set the tone,\u201d Bobo said<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cHe said, \u2018I want to say something to you guys. You need to take this camp like you\u2019re getting ready to play Clemson the first game. I didn\u2019t do that when I was young. I wasn\u2019t taking advantage of every opportunity to get ready to be the starter.\u2019 That\u2019s an easy thing to say rather than do. I\u2019ve been saying it for 27 years coaching quarterbacks. You\u2019re getting ready to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the reasons coaches love having fifth-year quarterbacks around is moments like that one. Beck knows what it takes to become the starter at Georgia. It also seems like he knows how he could have put himself in better position. <\/p>\n

The Arian Smith<\/a><\/strong> project\u2026<\/h2>\n

DawgsHQ has consistently reported this offseason that Georgia coaches are really pouring into fifth-year wideout Arian Smith this offseason. The former track star and Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl hero struggled last season, his first fully healthy season since he got to Athens. <\/p>\n

Smith got a case of the drops during the first part of the season and in a development that was visible to a novice, lost a lot of confidence in the process. Georgia, knowing what it has in one of the fastest players in the sport, has invested a lot of time in him and continues to do so. <\/p>\n

\u201cWell, on a daily basis I get to spend a lot of time with Arian,\u201d Bobo said. \u201cHe\u2019s definitely a big special teams player for us, and that\u2019s been a big role for him, but a lot of times he\u2019s repped so many things in special teams I get to have him during those special teams periods and really work on techniques of running certain routes. We\u2019re not running full speed all the time, but talking about routes and body control, working on the deep ball, adjusting to the deep ball with our eyes \u2014 not necessarily running, you know, a full-speed post or a full-speed go.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEpitomizes\u201d the Georgia program <\/h2>\n

Georgia outside linebacker Chaz Chambliss<\/a><\/strong> catches a lot of flack from the red and black faithful. He\u2019s not the tallest, longest, or fastest player on the field and that\u2019s easy to see when he\u2019s out there. But that\u2019s just the thing, Chambliss is out there a lot. <\/p>\n

He tends to get blamed for things and sometimes they\u2019re even his fault. Perceived mistakes get discussed ad nauseam and that, my friends, is how a snowball is formed. Next thing you know there are folks who love Georgia football who are saying that he can\u2019t play at all. <\/p>\n

Those Georgia coaches, however, disagree. They break down the tape of both practice and games and when it comes to Chambliss\u2019 ability to do what they\u2019re asking him to do, Hartley raised a few eyebrows with his comments on Thursday. <\/p>\n

\u201cFirst I\u2019ll start with Chaz, he\u2019s been here so long and he\u2019s so strong,\u201d Hartley said when asked about the outside linebackers<\/strong><\/a> who give his tight ends the most trouble. \u201cHe\u2019s the savvy veteran of the group, and when we\u2019re going against those guys, you\u2019ve got to have a different plan for blocking Chaz. When we go up to the line of scrimmage and tell the play, Chaz has probably heard that play a thousand times and knows exactly what is coming. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur guys get so frustrated when Chaz is exactly where he needs to be when he needs to be there, so you\u2019ve got to have a different plan for a guy like that that\u2019s played so many snaps. He\u2019s so tough and physical and such a core Georgia guy. He just epitomizes what Coach Smart believes makes this program. You can\u2019t talk outside linebackers unless you start with Chaz first.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen, I get it. Coaches play the wrong guy sometimes. It has happened at Georgia under Smart. It has happened countless other times to every other program in America. But when they\u2019re playing the wrong guy, they don\u2019t often gush about him like UGA coaches seem to with Chambliss at every opportunity. <\/p>\n

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