The Ball Keeps Rolling

[gtowndawg]

[wasabaka]

That's funny! Below is the link if you want to peruse the comment section to see what the other side thinks of the DC swap:

http://www.cardchronicle.com/2017/1/...ve-coordinator

This is my favorite:

"I like that it's a young guy, mostly unproven. Good for recruiting. Bobby knows what he's doing. Have faith, ye cardinal nation!"
Posted by bikerpunk on Jan 11, 2017 | 1:09 PM


I guess every fan base has its sunshine pumpers.

[wasabaka]

And another:


"I wouldn't hold the 1 year as DC at MSU against him

we don?t really know how much control he had there with a defensive minded head coach, and it was just 1 year so he wouldn?t have had time to implement his system much or get many of his guys. Supposedly an elite recruiter, and with good southern connections that will always help."
Posted by YearOfTheCardinal on Jan 11, 2017 | 1:21 PM




These guys should just stick to following basketball.

[Homedawg]

I would trade Hevesy for Klenakis in a heartbeat.

After watching Houston treat them worse than Bama treated us last year? No thanks.

[Nmdawgfan]

"Sirmon's lone season with the Bulldogs was not overly successful. Mississippi State ranked 110th in the country in total defense, and surrendered the most yards and second-most points of any team in the SEC. Here's hoping that had more to do with the lack of talent in Starkville than anything else."

That last sentence caught my attention. Our five year average for recruiting as of 2016 class is 27th nationally. Louisvilles is 39th. In 2016 alone we were 28th and them 38th. They will have some serious buyers remorse come September.

[TaleofTwoDogs]

I'm sure Troy will be pissed when Hev's power move robs them of their 2* tweener OL

Hey, give credit where credit is due, I heard that UMass and USA are in that hunt too!

[SDDawg]

I just keep giving you guys reasons to love me again. Grantham is the next in line of power moves. Just wait til you see the recruits Hev is going to pull to close his class out. I may need a statue in front of Davis Wade & Scooba's going to have to turn my green bars into gold ones.

Let's F-ing GOOOOOO!!!

[ShotgunDawg]

"Sirmon's lone season with the Bulldogs was not overly successful. Mississippi State ranked 110th in the country in total defense, and surrendered the most yards and second-most points of any team in the SEC. Here's hoping that had more to do with the lack of talent in Starkville than anything else."

That last sentence caught my attention. Our five year average for recruiting as of 2016 class is 27th nationally. Louisvilles is 39th. In 2016 alone we were 28th and them 38th. They will have some serious buyers remorse come September.

It just shows you how the perception of our program trumps facts. It amazing how little most people know about us when we play every game on tv.

[Gutter Cobreh]

This is my favorite:

"I like that it's a young guy, mostly unproven. Good for recruiting. Bobby knows what he's doing. Have faith, ye cardinal nation!"
Posted by bikerpunk on Jan 11, 2017 | 1:09 PM

I guess every fan base has its sunshine pumpers.

This is my thought. We all said the same things to ourself last year when he was hired here. We all somewhat spin information to fit what we want to believe.

No spinning Grantham though. I've seen comments about how he will blitz on 3rd down at the wrong time in the game, but I'll take that over our soft coverage, bend but don't break nonsense.

[dawgday166]

This is my thought. We all said the same things to ourself last year when he was hired here. We all somewhat spin information to fit what we want to believe.

No spinning Grantham though. I've seen comments about how he will blitz on 3rd down at the wrong time in the game, but I'll take that over our soft coverage, bend but don't break nonsense.

I like unpredictable play callers. Sometimes it backfires tho. Hope he doesn't do it so much he then becomes predictable to do it. (Like QB draw against Bammer ****)

[Maroons]

I would trade Hevesy for Klenakis in a heartbeat.

Did you watch them even once? Their OL was atrocious.

[TimberBeast]

I like unpredictable play callers. Sometimes it backfires tho. Hope he doesn't do it so much he then becomes predictable to do it. (Like QB draw against Bammer ****)

No spinning Grantham though. I've seen comments about how he will blitz on 3rd down at the wrong time in the game, but I'll take that over our soft coverage, bend but don't break nonsense.

Yeah like a louisville fan would know when it's a good time to blitz.

[Dawg61]

Love how IYOK is telling y'all you're gonna shit your pants when you see who all HEVESY is going to land in this class and some of you still wanna run him outta town. Just wait for the cookie first maybe you'll be impressed

[DancingRabbit]

Apologies if this was discussed elsewhere but what is the story on Grantham's salary? I've seen it reported that he was making $1.3M at Louisville and will make $1.1M at State. Is that accurate? Reason he would take less to come to MSU?

[msbulldog]

Boy if Sirmon didn't like DM, wait till he gets his a$$ ripped by Bobby 'Harley Davidson' Petrino.

[Political Hack]

I've been told by someone I trust that we're about to close really strong. Seems like things are lining up well.

[Lance Harbor]

This is my thought. We all said the same things to ourself last year when he was hired here. We all somewhat spin information to fit what we want to believe.

No spinning Grantham though. I've seen comments about how he will blitz on 3rd down at the wrong time in the game, but I'll take that over our soft coverage, bend but don't break nonsense.

My UGA friends referred to MSU's new DC as "3rd and Grantham" because of the uncanny ability of teams to convert on 3rd down.

[Bob Sacamano]

Is it progress to have a coach that can force a team to 3rd down?***

[TrapGame]

My UGA friends referred to MSU's new DC as "3rd and Grantham" because of the uncanny ability of teams to convert on 3rd down.

They act like he's never been a DC anywhere else. He's had far better defenses than those couple of years at UGA. I guess that's what you get from people that think Kirby Smart is an upgrade over Mark Richt.

[msstate7]

My UGA friends referred to MSU's new DC as "3rd and Grantham" because of the uncanny ability of teams to convert on 3rd down.

Looked it up... 3rd down conversion %

Georgia
'10 -- 12th (last in sec)
'11 -- 3rd
'12 -- 7th
'13 -- 9th

Louisville
'14 -- 3rd in ACC
'15 -- 5th
'16 -- 4th

Louisville was 10th nationally in 3rd down conversion % this season. We were 79th.

Louisville was 35th in '15.

Louisville was 10th in '14.

Georgia was 64th in '13

Georgia was 37th in '12

Georgia was 3rd in '11.

Georgia was 79th in '10.

So in 6 years, Grantham was bad in 2 years and 1 was Georgia's move to a 3-4