07/09/2026
Well, I was having a good week till this headline popped up on my phone. 😩
Y’all ever had a situation that you didn’t have the experience or knowledge to truly fully understand it so that you could develop a reasonable detailed stance on why something keeps falling short of a goal, regardless of how many different ways that situation is rearranged or managed, but you do see a common denominator….so at some point you have to say to yourself “this common denominator just has to be the issue of why we can’t get over a difficult hump”.
Bobo is that type of situation for me. Bobo worked under Richt as OC, working under Kirby as a consultant and OC, has had different assistants and position coaches along the way…. hasn’t ever won a Natty as an OC, or coached in a Natty as OC. Why is that?
Being the OC isn’t just about play calling. It’s about coordinating from Sunday morning to Friday night, too. Choosing your coordinators. Coaching the coordinators. Developing practice schemes and schedules. Identifying recruits. Evaluating recruits. Recruiting recruits. AFTER all that’s done, then it’s about the play calling. But wait, you say, “the players have to execute…. the coaches can’t execute the plays for the players….” Ok well who identifies the recruit’s talents and who is in charge of developing the players. Ultimately, the OC is.
Why do we struggle at times, sometimes the worst possible times at critical moments (play calls inside the 5-10 yd line, 3rd and long, going for it on 4th down, etc)…. not executing plays or not calling the plays to best use the strengths of our key play makers.
I don’t know the details of all these OC responsibilities that we aren’t exposed to as fans, and I’m not sure I need to know all the details - but I do see the common denominator: Bobo.
Then there’s Schumann. Dbacks that give up big plays, a defense that usually looks lost in the first half, etc. What’s the common denominator? Same - the DC.
Now, every team in the country that doesn’t win a Natty could say the same about their shortcomings. But we are no ordinary team. We routinely have top recruiting classes with the best facilities.
I could be way off here but this just feels like the same thing, over and over and over with these two.
All I can say now is, that I’m going to be cheering for them both the whole season, while simultaneously posting about how aggravated I am with both of them. So just go ahead and prepare yourselves for my usual merry-go-round of emotions. Kickoff will be here in no time!
Georgia football coordinators Mike Bobo and Glenn Schumann have signed contract extensions. Here are details including increases in total pay.
