Odin's Thoughts

Plant Where You'll Bloom There is a saying I consider famous: "bloom where you're planted". I understand it as a way to say wherever you find yourself, make the most of it and find success. On the surface I think that is appropriate and a good mentality, and in a lot of ways you probably cannot control where you are "planted". But when you can control it, I believe the better attitude to have is to plant yourself somewhere you can bloom. Last week College Gameday did a special on Nick Saban's assistants, in what I like to call the Nick Saban Coaching Rehabilitation Program. In short, he has a history of taking struggling coaches under his wing and churning them out like a machine back into the head coaching world, with many finding success in their new roles. I don't hide it at all, to the displeasure of many of my fellow Georgia fans, but I keep Coach Saban in a very high regard and have no doubt his actions help these other coaches out. As highly a

Why Coaching Matters   For those looking for the regular UGA analysis, I decided to switch it up  this season because the pressure is finally out of Athens and certainly no  one at Georgia needs my opinion. There are, however, many programs across the  country who could benefit, and I also want to relate more to life than  to football. So instead each week I’ll discuss a major takeaway from the  games and how it translates to a quality lesson of life. I will also steer  this towards young men, because I feel young men are the overlooked  population in today’s society and they need all the help and mentorship  possible to grow strong and effective in life - that isn’t to say young  women can’t learn from this though because every lesson will be mostly  universal. I really wish my biggest takeaway from week one is how Georgia and Alabama  will be the clear apex predators once again this season. While that’s true  so far in my mind, and it is time to formally recognize Todd Monken as the