Richt needs to end speculation about Martinez

Ain’t gonna happen till after the holidays and the bowl game… gotta work out an out package and line up a replacement.

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I agree Jeff, He does need to get out there and announce whats next…. Granted, THAT GAME MADE ME!! HAPPY, but the season still was a mess. SOMETHING needs to happen, NOW!

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Sign him to a 10 year extension!

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Jeff,
You lost all credibility when you (and the ENTIRE rest of the media) were gushing (really, it was a little gross) over Tech and their coach. So why would anyone listen to what you have to day anymore?

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No out package needed Johnny…Georgia’s assistants work on one year contracts.

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Exactly JS- make the announcement now, that way the recruiters can go out now and make good with all the 2010 recruits. Martinez should go out on a high note by stopping the #7 ranked team in the country.

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Jeff, the main question is who would they have a shot at getting and what does this mean to Rodney Garner? We certainly don’t need to lose Garner but if he isn’t given a shot he may be gone as well.

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let the guy go go go go

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the sooner the better

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Hey Jeff, where is the article where you- along with every other AJC hack- admits how badly you missed on predicting the game Saturday night? Tech owns GA, CPJ never loses to UGA, etc. etc. 30-24!
Richt has a plan to address the issues with the team and he’ll do it on HIS timetable, not yours. This is an important decision so give him time to make it. Just ask Obama, he’s been making a decision on sending troops in Afganistan for what, 6 months. If taking time is ok for BHO, it’s good for me. CMR will make the move and you’ll jump all over yourself making a controversial response no matter who he chooses. PLEASE write another 10 articles telling the Tech world that losing to UGA doesn’t matter. Ask any “real” Tech fan and they’ll tell you different. Do you prefer tartar sauce or vinegar for the fish fry?

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answer us!

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Keep Willie. I look forward to another banner game next year. Can Bryan Evans get a 6th year of eligibility?

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Anyone else sense the sadness in Schultz’ tone the last two days? Additionally, anyone notice a relative dearth of college football talk on 790 AM this morning? One wonders why, on both accounts.

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We see you champion change so why not make your title not quite so subtle such as “Fire Martinez” or “Richt or Martinez, One Of You Have To Go”. Your cunning is stunning!! You almost had me thinking that defense was our only problem.

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Sorry but Willie’s defense over the past few years has been awful giving up way too many points. He has to be gone completly. He hasn’t impressed me as a secondary coach either with poor tackling and pass coverage.
Also whoever we bring in needs to quit recruiting cornerbacks that are 5′8″ or so. unbelievable. And glad to see Richt was a little more fired up on the sideline than usual. Great end Saturday to a depressing season. GO DAWGS!!

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JS,

What about the status of Ga. Techs DC since he allowed them to get ran up and down on by a UGA team that had not ran the ball successfully all season?

339 yards on the ground= an article about UGA replacing CWM?

I am not pro Willie, but what about the other side taking a little heat here!

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What a great Monday morning. We don’t have to listen to the Techies again for a whole year, #23, #3 and #14 have played their last meaningful game and now it is time for Willie to bow out as well. What a great weekend. Is it September yet?

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With Richt’s mental capacity, he’ll probably demote Willie to watergirl and promote watergirl to DC.

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Please keep Willie.

He and Richt, Oh well it is what it is.

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Boy, UGA fans, you sound like whiney nincompoops. I sent my daughter there and am now a bit worried. Although, i bet most of you posters today couldn’t get in now.

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CPJ is looking to get outa town and he will be humiliated after Clemson takes care of biz.

He will wind up at Cincy after Kelly bolts. ANYTHING to get outta tech he is thinking after that arse whuppin.

Heard that he might become the Passing coach at Louisville U or maybe at West Florida U in Pensacola. Board hands that Techer has. Board hands. He heard the soon to be laid thud on him. he choked.

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Keep WILLIE, Please. THWG!!!!

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He has to have something lined up for coaching the defense in the bowl game. He has to communicate to recruits and make no mistake, defensive players pay attention to who they are going to be playing for.

This must be handled correctly or it could lead to:

1.) Embarrassing bowl loss if defense is not focused or prepared properly(enter your snide remark now)

2.) Losing recruits

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Hey, Schultz, I think you need to keep your focus on Tech and the ACC. Your understanding of UGA/SEC football has proven to be pretty lame thus far.

As for recruiting, I don’t think Willie has hurt UGA’s efforts thus far.

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Jeff Schultz

November 30th, 2009
11:37 am

WE survived the transition from Donnan to Richt fairly well if memory serves me correct.

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Jeff — You do have my respect in that you do not attempt to censor criticism on your blogs, unlike Mr. Bradley. So kudos to you for that — seriously. However, with no foul language, no racist comments, or any other out of bounds rhetoric, Mark seems to believe it is okay to censor comments that take issue with his nonsense. Censorship is especially rich for someone who make a living from the 1st Amendment.

My apologies to you on the previous post, Bradley is clearly the title holder of “Baghdad Bob”.

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Richt showed what coaching can do, to bad he’s not been interested until the end of the season. We cannot have successful seasons without coaching. Next year will be the end of the Richt era. We had the boys to do the job this year and will again next year. Don’t expect any better results. Richt actually talked to players and coaches during the game, something he’s not done all season. Now with the win he’ll feel that he can go back to doing nothing. Please get us a real coach.

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oops

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Hey maggots, get ready for 362 more days of ((((30-24))))!!!! hahahahahahahaha

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This is reminds me of the Tiger Woods story this weekend. The longer you let it sit there, the more rumors,etc. will start. Richt needs to be pro active and announce one way or the other re: Martinez. Frankly, I say cut him loose or demote him. However, do something now.

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You got at least two teams in this state in need of defensive talent, Tech more so than Georgia. Tech is going to recruit as hard as it can while this is brewing in Athens. Also if you keep Martinez there is a good argument that a player at Tech will be better utilized since Georgia is filled up with five star recruits on defense that disappear one they are signed. Martinez is like the parent that loved his children too much. They ran the streets undisciplined losing games to lesser opponents and coming out against Tech only because of the humility teaching them what a good coach could have save them learning the hard way. Now Martinez will start with a new set of players who have learn nothing from this and chances are he has learn nothing either.

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UGA > Tech
USC > Clemson
UGA > USC

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Agree! Start the inquisition forthwith.

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I don’t need to know what Richt is going to do about Martinez right now. Which means none of you — or even anyone else that matters — do either.

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mcdavidawg,

I knew we could depend on you to come up with the dumbest blog of the day. I had great faith in you. I believe you’ve won that contest 7 days running.

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I’m sure Coach Richt appreciates your advice, Jeff. And after being right on all of your predictions and pontifications about the Georgia program, I’m sure he’ll act immediately.

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We will welcome you with open arms! Blahahahahahaha!

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Four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes. tech/clemson winner takes 5th in the SEC East

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I am all for having the strongest coaching staff, and it is necessary to make some changes on the defensive side of the ball – we have had two years of giving up way too many points. However, since this is the week to make announcements, let Richt make the announcement. Publishing a call to announce first thing on Monday is ridiculous.

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Whoever has Saint Simmons and Yellow Fuzz, please keep ‘em…the check’s in the mail. As far as Willie, I think CMR is working out the details for him to take a coaching job at a smaller school (just like with Callaway); maybe DC at Memphis? I still think Kirby Smart will be our new DC. We have too many Steve Greer positions on the UGA payroll. Perhaps a better solution would be to eliminate some and hire a dedicated Special Teams coach rather than doing it by committee. Anyway, great win by our Dawgs!

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Anyone seen Saint Simmons???

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Garner is the ONLY defensive coach that should stay. AND PLEASE Richt….you need to call the offense.

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I have followed much of the UGA coaching drama from a distance here in Tallahassee this year, so I am not privy to all the talk radio and speculation up there. But, Coach Searles is not the problem. Yes, there are changes needed at DC. Kickoff Coverage and DE, sure. But folks, take a long, hard look at the UGA Strength program. When was the last time a kid came in at 6′4″ 260 and bulked up to 290/300? Has AJ Green gotten any more ripped or faster since his 2 years in the program? No. Coaching starts in off-season drills, get the kids physically and mentally tougher during the off-season so they don’t have to get in shape and grow up in the first 30 days of the fall. Discipline begins with getting up at 6am to go lift weights on those cold FEB mornings. And that is the one area that will affect every position on the field. Go get Dick Bumpas from TCU, Maybe Bill Johnson from the Saints and Chris Doyle from Iowa.

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Shultz, just admit it, you blew it. You jumped on the GT bandwagon and the tires fell off. Live with it. Richt can do what he wants to, he’s a coach, you’re a dweeb loser. Like your early days of sports writing you should only charge the AJC $5 per article. You’d still be coming out ahead.

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Schultz is right about this. Gotta look at the season as a whole and not a couple of games in which things went well. There have been way to many undisciplined occurences on the D side the past few years that I’d be willing to bet didn’t happen up under the likes of, say, Erk Russell…If they did then I’ll admit I don’t know what my eyes and stats tell me.

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Bobo’s O gave up 3 or 4 TO’s in 4 out 5 losses.

No DC could win with that kind of ball protection.

Willie’s D gave up 0 100 yard rushers ALL SEASON. Richt NORMALLY wins about 93% of those games.

Willie took on the #1 2007, 2008, and 2009 OC and beat them (Gus’s Aubrun, and Tech PJ).

Bobo got killed when he took on a good D like Tenn or Flo.

Bobo called a 54% pass play mix the 1st 7 games of this year, when teams like Florida are calling a 66% RUN play mix.

Bobo has only RECENTLY SWITCHED to a run strategy under EXTREME scrutiny.

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Keep Willie Martinez!

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We have six weeks after the bowl game to keep recruiting. If any recruit would not come to UGA because WM is not there, we don’t want him.

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I highly doubt anything will be announced until AFTER the bowl game. Recruits? Georgia is doing just fine with recruiting, Shultzy. I don’t think it will mess up our recruiting that bad. And Mark Richt & Co. still has one more game to coach, until the season is officially over, I don’t expect him to say one way or the other about Martinez.

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Jeff
Please stick to writing about sports and leave the coaching to those who do that for a living. You can report on whatever takes place. Coach Richt will do whats right as he has a thing called integrity.

Thanks and GO DAWGS !

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Johnny Test – Why in the world would that happen? My guess is it will be this week or after the conference championships sometime next week. You obviously don’t have a clue. This isn’t pro football.

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I see the Dawg Fans lined up on Bradley’s column and hardly a glimmer here about the UGA program. Is it that you care more about GT and the ACC than you do about the SEC and UF and UT and the other opponents that you have on your schedule? You beat a GT team that was ranked #7 and going to play in thier conference championship….GREAT WIN FOR UGA!!!! But what about your own conference? What about the Fire Mark Richt and Willie Martinez and Mike Bobo chants that were heard for most of the season? I know that most UGA fans are realistic and are generally civil but you have way tooooo many sidewalk fans who talk smack and cannot even tell you who half the players on UGA are!!!!! Please be intelligent folks and make a good argument. You beat GT and wanted to fire your Head Coach, Def. Coordinator, and Off. Coordinator the week before this game you just won.

Where was the defense that played GT been this year? Why did UGA wait till the last game to let the RB run and play? Where was the OL play? All these are valid questions for a UGA fan to be asking….Not calling for a firing of your Head Coach like you were doing. In Bradleys column he said that CPJ said the game was not that important….that is BS in the players and fans mind…..In his mind it is just another game and it is HUGE for recruiting and for the future of the program. But do UGA fans really care more about beating GT or Florida? So then answeryour own question….GT wanted to win that game and a loss hurt GT more than it helped UGA. If (and remember a few years back when UGA beat Florida) UGA would have beat UF then the GT game really means more. As for the smack talked by GT fans….take a reality check pill UGA fans you talk way more smack when you beat UF than GT fans ever talk.

That said…..To Be The Best You Have To Beat The Best!!!!!! UGA played the best game that they played the whole year…..5 penalties for 35 yds when thier avg was 10 for around 85 yds. They got only the 2nd fumble recovery of the yr against GT. They only turned it over 1 time. And the offense moved the ball and the OL played GREAT!!!! So did UGA deserve to win? YES!!! Did GT make too many mistakes? YES!!! So they lost. On to the ACCCG and then see what happens. For UGA some more 5 star recruits that perform like 3 star against UF 3 times every 20 yrs. So does it make you gloat taht you beat a team on the field that you out recruit, that plays in your words a weak conference, and that you have beaten 8 of 9 yrs. Go ahead.

But what you need to think about is what happened to the FIRE chants of the last couple of weeks and is all forgiven and forgotten. You beat GT and lost to the team that is constantly winning the SEC East and doesn’t every team play for championships? Gt is and Uf is and Texas is……..What is UGA playing for? The GA state title in recruiting and beating GT? Guys stop being obnoxious and start realizing that you win some and lose some but it is a game and name calling is childish and asking that someone lose thier job because you disagree is wrong. What if your coworkers, clients, customers asked that you be fired because they didnt like you or your work….How would you feel? This is just a reality check for MOST UGA Fans!!!!!

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Stacy Searles? Thats the first i’ve heard of him being on the hot seat. I considered him one of the stronger parts of our coaching staff. Granted we haven’t run the ball well this season (minus the tech game), but we have had injuries. Also, i think recruits like Brent Benedict choose UGA because of the strength and reputation of our O line coach.

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Achem, check this out ACC FANS!!!!

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HEY JEFF:
Mark Richt needs to make (and will make) his decisions on HIS timetable, not any particular sportswriter’s or Georgia Fan’s timetable. It’s not exactly an easy process to demote (or worse yet) ask one of your best friends and college roommates to resign. He will make the correct decision, he doesn’t have any choice. But a slightly irrelevant newspaper and a bunch of fans aren’t running the Georgia football program. Any anyone who does think they are that important needs to check into rehab. This issue is between Damon Evans and Mark Richt. Period. The rest can taka a hike!

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Jeff. I’m just not sure if Willie is totally at fault here. For example, against tech, he had players perfectly positioned to make plays on two occasions that would have ended tech drives that led to a TD.
1. CB is in position to tackle Thomas on 76 yard gallup, but gets stuffed. That’s not Willie’s fault. The player has got to make the tackle or at least slow him down until help arrives.
2. DE is in perfect position to make tackle for loss on the reverse in 3rd quarter, but does not wrap up. Play goes for 26 yards instead of 5 yard loss. Drive ends in a TD.

These two plays alone led to 14 tech points, but should have ended in tech punts IF the players execute what Willie has schemed.

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Jeff, the guy has had 36 hours since the game ended. Whatever is going on behind the scenes might take a couple more days to coordinate. Go cover Tiger Woods. By the time you’ve gotten Tiger on the record, Richt will be ready to answer your questions.

By the way, Tech is soft.

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Hire Will Muschamp as the new DC. Offer Willie another job where he can’t do any damage, keeping CMR happy. Or let Willie choose another team.

Why Muschamp? He’s a fiery, intense competitor and a proven defensive success. He’s coached with some of the best around … Nick Saban, Mack Brown, and Auburn. He’s a Georgia man through-and-through, with deep roots from Rome GA and UGA from ‘91-’94. Forget the “head coach-in-waiting” thing at Texas … Brown will be there for many more years, plus FSU and Jimbo Fisher are proving that is a dangerous and unproven concept. The lawyers can handle the legal end of things. GA will pay him at least what he is making now.

Don’t think he’ll come? Ha! When Mama calls, he will come. UGA is Mama, the dear alma mater, the loving nourishing Mother, calling Will Home. Ray Charles sang it best:

Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through.
Just an old sweet song, keeps Georgia on my mind.
I said Georgia … Georgia, a song of you.
Comes as sweet and clear, as moonlight through the pines.

Other arms reach out to me, other eyes smile tenderly.
Still in peaceful dreams I see, the road leads back to you.

I said Georgia, ooh Georgia, no peace I find.
Just an old sweet song, keeps Georgia on my mind.

Just get Dooley, and Herschel, and CMR, and Damon, and a few old teammates (though not Bobo), and go see Will Muschamp. And tell him, “Mama’s calling you home, Will. And we’re not going home without you.”

I’ll let someone else handle replacing Bobo.

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Lets not forget that Coach Garner who is a very valuable recruiter and coach for the dawgs may be in the mix and should be if Coach M. is removed. I have a feeling that if he is not named DC he will be going elsewhere…Would Coach M. accept another position on the coaching staff, maybe, but not sure how that would work if Coach Garner was made the DC..What DC out there now that we would want make a lateral move to take over the Dawg defense? Muschamp, Smart, Van Gorder..I hope everyone will not rush Coach Richt into this decision just for change sake…keep in mind whatever happens will affect recruiting very much so and we will probably lose some committments, however if the right choice is made then we also may gain some that were not previously in the picture…Very tough decisiion for Coach Richt as the DC is not the only coach on staff that will be affected by a major chamge…Next year may have to be viewed as an adjustment year and can the dawgnation accept that with alot of changes….

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The correct spelling is: S-e-a-r-E-L-s. He’s been at UGA three years now. It’s past time you sportswriters learned how to spell his name.

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Why do we keep losing to Florida?

If he can figure that one out, he will beat Florida every year, win the SEC, and be playing for Natl Championship many times.

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There was an election Saturday night. There was a new Sheriff elected. His name is MARK RICHT. He had little hope, little to run on and not many people to listen to him. No one at the AJC gave him ANY chance. Some said the old Sheriff, this Johnson fellow, had a tongue as silver as Obama, and nearly cussed as well also. But low and behold, the people spoke, and THERE is a new Sheriff in town. His name is Mark Richt. law and order is restored. His first act was to put out a APB on this “m” fellow. LMAO.

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With Saturday night’s victory, the Jackets continued their reign of dominance in this series. Georgia Tech has now won 8 of 9 in this series and there is no sign that Georgia will be able to turn the tide during the tenure of Paul Johnson. Tech imposed their will upon the Dawgs and were clearly the more physical ball club.

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True Dawg and Chuck you are right on. CMR will make his decisions on his timetable. After all, he is the only one out of all the writers, bloggers and posters here who can claim he gets paid $2M plus to coach football. So, I think he would know a thing or two about running a program.

That said, I think even he realizes sometimes you need new blood, some new perspectives and new ideas. So, I expect he will make some changes. But he is still the best football coach in GA and I trust he will do what is best for UGA football.

Fort Worth, I will venture he has already been given a phone call.

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Garner is gone. History. Been a done deal for 3 weeks

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If he strikes out a lot, he could take Greg Norton’s old job.

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Willie is gone. Garner is gone. One rumor I have heard is that the DC is already on the staff.

goober, why would Muschamp leave Texas, as the heir apparant to Brown, to be DC for a team that is peaked and is spiraling downward? He’s making big cash at Tx and it’s a much bigger program.

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About 50% of the dogs fans posting here are idiots. How do you morons get through the day without getting chewed up in a piece of machinery or killed driving the wrong way dwon an interstate? You win your biggest game of the year and all of the sudden, all sportswriters are fools. I hope Richt keeps the whole staff. We bounced Tech last year. You morons gort lucky at the end.

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Can Willie’s ass NOW…. Let him coach in whatever bowl game… However, let all know that he’s (like so many other coaches this time of year) a lameduck coach…

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Jeff, I agree that timing is everything but Richt has proven to be very weak when making needed changes. I honestly don’t think Martinez will be gone. Here’s my rationale.

If Mark was to going to make a change, it would have already happened. He will allow slick Willie to remain in place and whatever weak opponent UGA plays (in whatever bowl they go to)will be Richt’s reason to keep him. He will refuse to look at Martinez’s complete body of work and excuse the HUGE deficiencies that slick Willie has displayed.

My suggestion: Keep slick Willie as the assistant to Mark’s wife and anoint him the prestigous title of Water Boy. He could serve up the finest H20 and still allow Richt to weasil his way out of firing him.

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Yeah we “gort” lucky alright. 339 yards rushing and only needing 14 passing plays is getting lucky. We’re definitely not 50% idiots, but you’re definitely 100% azzhole!

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Where’s VanGorder??????????

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Jeff Schultz is just being a sore loser. He clearly wanted tech to win, and now has to find some other way to attack the bulldawgs. What a queer

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Willie better be let go from the whole damn staff. HE is terrible. And Jeff and all Georgia fans, have you gotten how bad Bozo The Clown is too? C’mon people. This whole thing falls on Richt. HE’s dedicated to the point of self-desctrucion.

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Shultz Brilliance:

This season has confirmed what we suspected last season: Tech is a program on the rise and Georgia is the one sliding.

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Once again people, Georgia Tech and Paul Johnson handed the Dawgs yet another humiliating defeat. Wishing it didn’t happen doesn’t make it go away. Tech continues to dominate this series and Saturday night was no different. Tech stopped Georgia’s ground game cold and Dwyer ran wild. I knew this was going to happen and I went to the game and I saw what I saw, so you need to embrace reality. The Dawgs LOST.

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Any truth to the rumor that Coach Martinez is in Charlottesville today?

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What’s queer is people who say “queer”….you moron!

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Jeff Schultz you are a moron! You suck at your job

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Jeff,

i respectfully disagree.

if we have to sell a DC to recruits we have bigger problems. the announcement of a new DC (or that there will be a new DC) is not the most pressing matter for Richt.

Georgia has had excellent recuiting and that has not translated to more wins so i find that the “it will affect recruiting” argument irrelevant…in my humble opinion.

agreed change is needed but that Richt needs to publicly announce that in the next 30 mins is debatable.

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People are stupid and they are led by AJC sports writers.

Jeff, you need to go back to playing second base in little league and stop telling professionals who run football programs how to do their jobs. You’re a sports writer, how, I don’t know. If keeping a job were based on performance, as it should be, you’d be long gone before Martinez. What in the world gives you the authority to announce that someone, ANYONE at THE University of Georgia should do ANYTHING you say? Just go back to your love affair with Tech. They played nobody and beat nobody, that was obvious after Saturdays results.

WOW says: “Where was the defense that played GT been this year? Why did UGA wait till the last game to let the RB run and play? Where was the OL play? All these are valid questions for a UGA fan to be asking….

That’s a pretty easy answer. They were busy playing the SEC not Tech. Nothing was any better, the opponent just wasn’t as good.

DAWGSTER: Why in the world is it that coach Garner always gets a free pass when it comes to how the defense has played???? He recruited these bozo’s first of all. Then we can get no pressure on the QB from the linemen he coaches. So why in the world does nobody blame him as much as Martinez? Martinez calls the plays, but whatever the schemes or techniques used are derived from input of all the coaches, the D-Line coach being the one of the most influential. So why does no one ever mention that he has to go???

WILLIE MARTINEZ SHOWED UP says :LAST in the NCAA in # of running plays called after 7 games.

LAST in rushing in the SEC for most of the season.

LAST in time of possession for most of the season.

LAST in offensive giveaways per game.

But last year he had the number one offense in the SEC, which of course includes UF. What’s the difference? He actually had talented, experienced players. Just like Willie had the number 2 defense in the whole nation two years ago, when there were talented, experienced defensive players.

Fort Worth Dawg : Why would we want someone from TCU? I bet Tech could beat TCU. They play NOBODY. Them along with Boise State will get their butts handed to them in what ever bowl they play in. Cinci would, too if they were gonna play anyone besides the ACC chump.
Not sure what will transpire, but I really don’t believe any set of Defensive coaches could have done much better with the players, circumstances, and turnovers UGA had this year. Look at it this way. Without really bad officiating in the OSU and LSU games. Those are two wins. Without losing to LSU, we don’t lose to TN. And the meltdown against KY doesn’t happen again in 100 years. That’s 4 wins and 4 less losses. I realize if frogs had wings…..still those are real possibilities. The team wouldn’t have been any better, the coaches wouldn’t have been any better yet all you “fans” would be thinking the coaches could do no wrong. And yet everything would really be just the same.

HBTD is right in that Martinez has yet to miss a tackle or drop an interception. Bobo has yet to throw one or miss a block. This bad season is on the poor performance of our players, period. And it’s sad to see that the livelyhood of good families depends on the whims of 19-20 year olds who while maybe talented aren’t robots. We’ve had one bad year. A year that is as good as all but 3 in our conference. You people need to get a life and have some pride in something besides a kids game.

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Another thing that your humble sportswriter saw this Saturday was the on-going dominance of the ACC. Once again, the SEC was exposed as being an over rated and inferior brand of football. In the head to head match ups, the ACC teams were clearly more physical and the true National Championship game will be played in Tampa as the two sub-conference titans (GT & Clemson) square off for the game of the century. It will be a packed house with a Super Bowl-style vibe. It will be ELECTRIC as the college football nation turns it’s eyes upon the match-up of two dominant programs of the 2009 campaign.

The BCS will be anti-climactic as we will all witness the National Championship this coming Saturday in Tampa.

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I just want hope and change for the future we can all believe in.

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We beat Tech because they were and are way overrated and play in a weak conference. Beating Tech was no big deal and it was no surprise. UGA plays in the SEC and Richt needs to fire his inadequate, incompetent coaches. That list included Martinez, Jancek and Fabris! Fire them so that the dawgs can compete with Florida, Alabama, LSU, etc. Those are real teams from a real football conference, not some pansy wannabe like Georgia Tech and the ACC.

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St. Simons – 30 to 24 back to normal – hahahahahahaha!

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Richt is in the process of having an emotional breakdown over what to do about Willie. Long term relationships are so hard to end. Just ask Urban and Tebow.

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Dallas,

i was once advised to never play cards with a guy named after a city

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If Georgia joined the ACC there would be no players to receive conference awards at the end of the season. The competition would be limping off the field like Saturday night.

I am just saying, Dallas…

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[...] Richt Needs To End Speculation About Martinez – AJC.com [...]

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Cuz, yes-we-can, yes-we-can,yes-we-can, etc…….

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PHIL, you are out of your mind if you think officiating cost us the OSU and LSU games. Nothing else you wrote is worth reading given that’s your frame of mind.

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Jeff, when any of these coaches choose to ask for your opinion, I am sure that they will (don’t wait up…), since you have spent so much time running a program. Oh, wait, you have never actually done this? Any you feel the right to tell everyone what to do based on what personal expertise?

Just shut up and go back to writing arrest reports and obits..

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I hear a report that Georgia Tech is changing their mascot from the “Yellow Jackets” to the Georgia Tech “Cicadas” – you see them about once every 8 or 9 years!!!

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Alabama Jack “you’ll be in Tampa trying to win the ACC ?? ” Loser we already did that? Love it ! You moron two barely bowl eligible SEC schools stomp mudholes in the “Division Champs of the ACC and you what to talk smack…really ?? And Jeff again stick to “writing” about sports..coaching is above your pay grade. CWM’s defense may at times look like the three stooges..but Tech’s looks like the French…

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Schultz–

If think you and the entire AJC sports staff should just shut the hell up.

Your darling GT gets beat (actually embarrassed by the UGA running game) and now you, Bradley, and others feel the need to write anti-UGA columns…. you with this crap and Bradley suggesting CPJ really didn’t want or need to beat UGA (that the ACC championship is the real price) although whoever wins the ACC will be a weak sister (b*tch) to the SEC.

So here’s a suggestion, from now on leave all reporting on UGA sports to someone other than the AJC. UGA still has a bowl game to go and if CMR wants to wait until after the entire season is over, that’s his call. You are a moron. What will be done will be in consideration of the coaching staff, their familes, and UGA administration. It should be done carefully and wisely. CMR doesn’t need to do a DAMN thing to please you or the AJC.

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where are Saint Simons, RAMBLE ON!!! and m?

they usually provide such noteworthy insight…

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Face it, Dawg Fans, we are fortunate CPJ suddenly became Al Davis at the end of the game. The one play he runs a ‘normal’ route, the guy would’ve gotten 10 yards and stopped the clock. GT could’ve easily won if they had stayed with their offense on the last drive. Mark Richt blew it by having the losing field goal mentality at the end, the mentality that called for a middle screen on 3rd and 4 instead of taking a reasonable shot at a first down. Winning coaches like Belichek, Miles, Meyer and Saban take calculated risks to win the game at the end, not get conservative by playing for a long field goal. What those coaches do is actually less risky than the mainstream approach of running the clock, punting, and relying on an ineffective pass prevent defense.

FIRE MARK RICHT.

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PHIL, I think you have selective memory. “Without losing to LSU, we don’t lose to TN”??? Tennessee kicked our ever-lovin butts this year, and 3 out of the last 4!!! Yeah, we coulda pulled out the LSU game, but so could Ark and SC against us. SC just ran out of downs…

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our 5 star recruits won us 7 games, what’s to replace? Now I can strut around and be king of the inbreds. I can laugh and mock 20 yr old GT players while I bask in my 7 donuts that I ate today. You know, I never got to play h.s. ball they made me the water boy but my 790 SAT scores got me in the most pretigious university in the state. I never have to even bend over and touch my toes even though my blood pressure and cholesterol are thru the roof. That is ok, I will just continue to eat all the bacon and sausage bisquits with gravy cause I am D A W G fan. I might be able to get a job at the post office although they seem to be more impressed with the foregin citizens lately than my UGA degree. Do they not know I am a D A W G fan? Just because I have a 40 lb extra weight on my stomach and a bald head with a gray beard, I am a D A W G fan, women will love me. One day, I will ride a scooter around Walmart cause I never did exercise and blame everyone else for my poor physical health cause I’m a D A W G fan.

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((((( 45 – 42 ))))) hahahahahaha

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Richard Dawson …er Dick…if our guys could catch every pass that hit them in stride in the hands UGA wins by 20.FIRE YOURSELF you BUG !

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there you are Saint Simons! how goes it?

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Don’t fall into the two boxes of chocolate covered cherries “deal” at the supermarket. There’s only 10 in the box, compared to 20 in boxes where the cups are transfigured in the right way.

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JB, that’s stench, not stinch. That Tech degree is really paying off, eh?

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sadawg south carolina ran out of downs because uga stopped them…if not for a cox int on a screen they would have lost by at least 10..lsu game was pretty much stolen from us with that lame call and ark couldnt stop us all night but our defense stopped theirs..uga would beat south carolina and ark 8-10 times easy..uga has the better players..tenn recruits just as well as the dawgs but have more seniors on the off side of the ball which gave uga problems when uga couldnt rush the passer..give tenn credit for excuting their game plan very well..

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Hey Phil, I think you have selective memory. “Without losing to LSU, we don’t lose to TN.”??? Man, they kicked our ever-lovin butts!!! Three of the last four years!! Yeah, we coulda pulled the LSU game out, but don’t you think Ark, SC, AR, GA Tech are saying the same thing about games? You’re grasping at straws trying to defend Martinez. Numbers don’t lie, so good luck…

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anyone checked those rosters yet and compared how many upperclassmen uga has playing with the teams ahead of us in the sec?

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tech fan..funny how uga freshmen and sophs ran throuh , around and over those upperclassmen all night..and tech was lucky that uga settled for field goals or it would have been worse..tech was no where near winng that game..not with that high school offense getting shut down ..only 98 yards the first half..what a joke of a team..cant wait until those gaily players leave..i see another 8 year beat down of tech when that happens maybe worse if paul isnt fired first..

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Saint Simons,
As much as I truly do hate you, your posts were often pretty comical. I mean, after the Tennessee game you posted with the name “Saint Crompton.” Even us UGA fans thought that was pretty original. We miss you around here. Come on back. My days are not the same without your stupid, annoying, and sometimes funny posts.

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Hell of a game plan that Richt had Saturday. I hope he gets back into setting up or helping to set up the game plan from here on out. Bobo is still new to his position so I think Richt should still have a handing what’s going on with the O. Can’t complain about the D either on Saturday but I don’t think it saves Willie’s job unless we move to the ACC where 7-5 can win the conference any given year. I don’t think anybody ever said that Willie wasn’t a good guy, he just hasn’t produced results being DC. Demote him to DB coach again. No shame in saying that it just didn’t work out.

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Coach Willie Martinez is a very good DC. If UGA is silly enough to fire him, I pray that he lands a job with another SEC East team.

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so maybe GT would trade for Willie. Might be an upgrade.

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Yeah zoo, Tee a few posts back calls Willie a Jerk, wonder if he knows the meaning of the word Jerk?

For what it’s worth as much as I liked the game plan offensively for this one we still have to execute. A number of games the O-line didn’t execute very well. A lot of good things came together for this one, I attribute it to an increase in CMR’s intensity.

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Phil, why the name calling? Fact is, our defense has crumbled since ‘07. We have allowed 30 or more point 10 times the past 2 seasons, 40 or more 6 times. And, Tech got waxed? We won by 6 after being up by 14!!! So LSU “waxed” us?? Get over yourself…

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Notre Dame will have some great personnel available soon and before the bowl game I bet.

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For once, I agree with Coach Meyer. Willie Martinez is an excellent coach. I can’t believe UGA would even consider letting this guy go. I’m hopeful that Richt will decide to retain him for another year.

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Think about it….UGA’s worse team in recent yrs beat Tech’s best team in recent yrs. Willie’s D played assignment football very well. Tackling was much better…except for Vance Cuff…that guy couldn’t tackle CPJ!

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The idiotic fans who want to sack martinez are totally digustin. Look at the Tech games. The Tech offece was excellent and UGA’s defense shut it down. These fans need to file their taxes and quit trying to fire Richt, Martinez, and Bobo.

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Tech offense was excellant and Matinez’s GA defense shut it down. Enough said.

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Right on, booger.

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It seems like Willie would voluntarily make an exit. I think he is a good coach, overall, but sometimes, people just work out in different situations. I wish him every success…wherever else he goes next year.

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Me thinks Mark Richt knows a little more about football and people than you. Just a guess.

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Louis Skolnick

November 30th, 2009
2:05 pm
Richt could be headed back to FSU. Looks like a vacancy there after BB has some downtime.

Jimbo Fisher is the next coach of FSU. . . it’s already in the contract.

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clean house martinez has to go so does special teams coach

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We will not tolerate Willie Martinez for another season. Richt, either fire Willie or convince him to resign because we will not tolerate his incompetence for another season. Send Jancek and Fabris packing also! We rather like you Richt, and would love to keep you, but deliver SEC Titles and an occasional national title to us (you’ll never do that with Martinez, Jancek and Fabris on staff ever gain) or you’ll go the way of Goff & Donnan.
— The Dawgnation

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ajc.com headline: “Bulldog lineman held in Athens”

Heck, Jeff, that’s not news. They been holding everywhere they’ve been until Saturday night. That’s why they’ve been losing . . . all those stupid penalties. When we was playing ball Coach said they was “no holding allowed”.

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1. The fact that Richt has NOT commented about making NO CHANGES indicates change(s) will be made.

2. There is no reason to wait until after a bowl game to announce Martinez’s (or anyone else’s) future departure. Such an announcement will likely come by Wednesday of this week at the latest.

3. An announcement of the replacement DC / OC / Special Teams positions will be made AFTER the bowl game.

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Jeff, who(What Coach) would talk to to replace CWM?

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If Garner is the next DC, expect a track meet against Florida and the other programs that have eclipsed UGA. Garner is an dimwit who can recruit but is a total liability to “coaching up the players.”

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Sonny Clusters the coach was talking about you holding hands with your “friend”

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No way Myer goes to that mess at South Bend. He stays at UF until the NFL comes calling with a U-Haul truck full of money. Seriously, it will be an ego thing. He has nothing left to prove in the college game. Just my opinion.

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If the CBS Story is right about Meyer to the NFL, who do you folks think will replace Meyer next year?

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louis, i thought he had until the 2011 season to become HC

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Clusters don’t hand hold but we know about Toccoa (wink, wink). Isn’t that where Deliverance come from, ToccoaDawg?

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Who is in the mix for a replacement ?

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Clusters,
You stupid uneducated moron. Toccoa was NOT where Deliverence was filmed you nitwit. Deliverence was filmed in Clayton (Rabun County) and it starred your mother as the banjo player!
I just slapped your face!

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Buy Willie a Van, fill it with GAS and tell him to get the hell out of Athens.

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UGA OWNS TECH!! 15 OUT OF 17. And they should have never won last year. ACC = JV football. Good luck watching Tech and Clemson play in the ACC title game. What a joke! Tech is so overrated. Clemson probably wins that game and goes to a bcs bowl with a 9-4 record and embarrasses the league.

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Coach Meyer,

How come I got worse every year here? I thought you said you’d IMPROVE my QB skills? Why do the experts say I won’t even be drafted in the NFL? I got you 2 Natl’ Champ, and all I get is this stupid engraving with my speech????–like that’s gonna pay my bills for the next 60 years. Thanks a lot Coach, I should have gone to Georgia like Matt Stafford.

Confused,
Timmy

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Whoa! Ol’ Sonny must have touched a nerve. Clusters don’t know much about Deliverance but seems like we may have one of the Deliverance boy blogging here with us. Calling a Clusters an idiot, moron, and nitwit is redundant. You can look that up at the Toccoa library on the way down to the gorge.

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Whoa! Double posting. That first one was from the idiot. The next one was from the moron. This is like when we was in school, only better.

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Yeah, I had to laugh at this blog headline. Uh….he’ll do it when he feels the time is right. The Monday after the Tech win, the Friday after, a week from today….it doesn’t matter right now.

I would imagine that Richt is first waiting on which bowl we go to.

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you Jeff shultz need to let Richt be accountable for himself and his program, even if it gets him fired… and you Jeff Shulz need to go write for Sesame Street..you’ll find Paul Johnson, your bed buddy is probably the new host!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Can I go ahead and throw my number one request for DC replacement? Kirby Smart. Sorry, most of his family is in GA and that whole coming whole thing seems to work. Or how about a crazy pick, just to spice it up. Bat poo crazy Eddie-O?

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Still a lot of envy here on this blog about the Gators and Tebow.

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Coach Garner will not return as well as Coach Martinez
This from sports director at Macon Telegraph

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I’ve been called an idiot on this blog also, Sonny, so consider me kin! Just keep the funny stuff coming!!

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Jeff, your job does not involve telling other people how to do their job. Especially when those people have the job skills way above yours that let them make millions of dollars. Learn your place in life and respect professional experts decisions to not tell you anything until they are ready.

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Soulja Boy = sour grapes. HaHa. To the Tech taunting us all game long. I hope you called the suicide hot line and did’nt jump off that bridge.

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Agreed, Jeff. Willie must go! Any thoughts on who might replace him?

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Richt needs to end speculation:
1) How many seconds allowed with the Gatorade bucket when margin of victory exceeds 6 points?
2) What is the TIME OUT for penalties in non-critical situations?
3) What is the ratio of coached-up five star recruits to non coached-up five star recruits?

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Garner not staying. This will be second time passed over for DC

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Weis has officially been fired at Notre Dame (see espn.com). Fire WM, if Kirby Smart won’t take the job, hire Jon Tenuta.

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AJC needs to end speculation about Schultz.A person that could not compete in “putt-putt” hiding
behind a typewriter.

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I would hire Chris Hatcher as my offensive coordinator,
if he would come. Best quarterback coach in the country.
Won the Harland trophy as a player.
Coached Dusty Bonner at Kentucky as a sophomore, led SEC in passing.
Coached Dusty Bonner at VSU, won two more Harlan trophies.
Won national championships as player and coach.
Got a bad rap by GSU.
Guarantee you he would put points on the board with his schemes
and misdirection with the talent Georgia has.

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Their being best friends, to me, will only make this easier. If Willie has his best friend’s interests at heart, he’ll know that a demotion (if offered) is best for the organization and its head coach (aka his “best friend”).

I think Richt’s not making a decision at the moment has more to do with recruits who like Martinez who want reassurances that he’s still going to be there. That’s fine; get ‘em here, sign ‘em, then let the decision-making happen. He’s been instrumental in RECRUITING great talent; it’s at the X’s and O’s that he’s failed the program, not evolving as the S.E.C.’s offenses have.

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Seems to me that Garner has a great position as it is. Makes plenty. Gets recognized for his talents and there doesn’t seem to be any criticism thrown his way.

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Get rid of BOBO and Martinez, put Richt on 1 year probation. Either Richt wins against FL and TN or he is gone…Stop the nonsense with having quiet time with the players, etc…How about running wind sprints up and down Sanford Stadium steps when you draw a penalty or make a stupid play…There is no good excuse for the number of penalties caused by our team – it indicates a complete lack of discipline and attention to detail…The butt grabbing after good plays, etc should be replaced with get your butt back in the huddle and get ready for another head busting play up the middle..Boys we need to get tough and play smash mouth football..Richt needs to lose the hair gel, designer slacks and polo shirts and start jerking some knots in some butts up there in Athens…This team is uncoached and undisciplined…He has squandered talent and opportunities at 2 national championships if he had the testicles to fire martinez several years ago….We need another Brian VanGorder or a reincarnated Erk (God Rest His Soul)….I can still picture the blood on the forehead of Erk from head butting players with his bare head….These players and coaches need to start understanding that it is a priveledge to play football at UGA and start acting like it…Get some testicles and start playing well disciplined tough football instead of playing some panty wearing Miami or FSU leftover trickery…I am fed up with the whole coaching staff…Heck – fire them all and start over!

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Richt is fighting the changes per my sources
Possible he is going too
sorry for Richt

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Richt – biggest putz in the land. Orders his troops in 2007 to celebrate their first score against the worst Florida D in 50 years like a pack of wayward puppies. Then berates his guys for dumping ice on him with 30 seconds left in the GT win. I had respect for him. After watching his “zeros” explanation afterward I nearly puked in my mouth. Putz.

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Surpisingly enough Schultz, I agree with you 100% … But on to more poignant matters…
After Clemson beats Tech too are you going to realize that Paul the Great …ain’t and Tech will always suck hind tit to Georgia…as much as you hate to admit.

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Yes, let’s talk about the 2007 endzone dance. That’s about as relevant as the Florida Flop.

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Fire Willie Martinez and Bobo!!!!!

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Are all gator fans transplanted yankess?

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I’d MUCH rather see BimBobo hit the pavement. The O put our D in some pretty bad situations, and kept them on the field the entire game because of the 3 and out or the quick hit TDs. As much as BimBobo would like to think he is a pro style play caller, his crap doesn’t work in the SEC. It took him a season and a half to run power football AT Georgia of all places? Good God….the entire fan base knew to keep it on the ground.

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Fire Michael Adams….where the real problem is!!!

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They won Give Martinez a raise & extend his contract!

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Can’t anyone see through the beer induced haze? Ga Tech did not care about this game. It had no real consequences. Georgia was a 5-5 team coming into the game, ranked high at the beginning of the year and failing miserably throughout the season. Tech, even with the loss remains #10 in BCS, 10-2 season so far and will be playing for a conference championship and a major bowl. Georgia, even with the win can not claim anything like this. For a school with close to 60,000 students to beat a school with about 19,000, is like a AAAAA high school team trying to beat a AAA team. WOW, now we can celebrate. This game did not matter.

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South Ga Dawg in Exile: well said.

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Fact is, our defensive scheme is almost cowardly…little pressure on opponents’ QB’s, rare blitz packages…just playing reaction, on our heels. That dog don’t hunt in the SEC—where defenses DICTATE the game to opponents. Throw in horrid tackling skills, no on field leadership, and silly personal foul penalties; and Willie-Fence is a joke. Seems like Martinez must get nightmares about long passes, and puts a near “prevent” plan on the field. We need a DC in Athens that determines how the cabbage gets chewed, that is willing to play traditional aggressive UGA defense. Is there a coach with Erk attitude ready to fill the role? Let’s hope so!

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To: The Entire Dawgnation sorry you don’t speak for all of us..I’ll go with what ever CMR does…and Alabama Jack…rarely have I heard more shivelling…do everyone a favor and just STFU please and thank you…

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Dawg-gone-it

Seems like UGA was right where the Bugs are this year last year and it mattered then..difference will be when we WIN a bowl game.

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We need to fire Coach Richt and here’s why

79% winning percentage – dang should be at least 150% with what we’re paying him.

2 sec titles – dang it he should have 21 now like the Bear

7 out of 8 victories versus GT – Should be 10 out of 8

Needs to get mad more. i DON’T care if he has to manage every aspect of the game. a dang good coach would go kick over the water cooler a couple of times.

so what if he has several 10 win seasons. IF i were coach, i could win at least 15-20 games a year by meself

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Cox Enterprises need to end the speculation and fire Jeff Schultz. Then, Coach Richt can hire Schultz to be the Georgia’s Defensive Coordinator. Jeff can show everybody how to game plan and how to make adjustments during the game and at halftime. No one can do it like Jeff Schultz. Jeff has the best football mind in America. HIRE JEFF SCHULTZ as UGA Football Defensive Coordinator.

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Dawg-gone-it, yeah right it didn’t matter. Might not have mattered to the team (doubt it), but to hear all the smack talk run by the bee’s fans this past year it was the Super Bowl BCS Championhip game all rolled into one when you won last year. We knew we weren’t going to be very good this year. We didn’t think it would be as bad as it was but it is what it is and you couldn’t even beat that. So have fun at your Thursday night championship game and fun in Miami at the Orange bowl. That will at least help pay for the contract extensions that you guys give PJ after every win.

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Apparenty, Dwyer was in the minority. Dwyer was pissed off after the game. So the Tech players really wanted to beat Georgia. The final score: 30 to 24. Georgia!!!!

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Jeff,
Good article. I agree the guessing game is not appropriate.
In regards to the Georgia – Georgia Tech game, I think the better team lost, but I give Georgia credit for playing one hell of a game.
If I were a Georgia Fan I’d be asking for my money back for those five games the Bulldogs lost by not playing up to their potential. They could have won all five if they’d played with the intensity they played with on Saturday Night. I think they cheated their fans in those five lost games.
Georgia Tech will be fine. They are in good hands and will be the ACC Champions by this time next week.

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Look like Tech needs to replace their defensive coordinator…

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I like Martinez’s fire but he needs to be demoted.. What’s his specialization? Do you know what he could be demoted too?

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The UGA-GT game this years shows you exactly why the games are played on the field and not on paper or Mark Bradley, Jeff Schultz and Tony Barnhart’s blogs. Rivalry games are unpredictable and you better not take them for granted.

People complain about CPJ calls at the end but remember if it weren’t for Bay Bay Thomas dropping an easy fourth down pass, UGA would have lost the game.

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I know you’ll find this hard to believe but, last season there were an enormous amount of injuries, and slick Willie probably did his best job ever w/ a patchwork “D”…now, you have offense that not only demoralized the fans, but I’m sure the defense (entire team) were not too happy with the QB’s play concerning turnovers and pick 6’s…the offense were nothing more than moral killers…the best thing that happened to the O&D was Bobo moving to the sidelines and keeping the 5th year senior emotion’s in check…this year was history with CMR’s decision to stay w/ Cox all season…there is no way that “Cox gives us the best chance to win,” and if one of these other QB’s can’t hack it, then why didn’t the DAWGS go after another QB…college ball is a crazy game and especially in the SEC where records can be thrown out the window and most games are their own little rivals…anyone know what the recruiting looks like for the defense next year; any DE, LB, moving players from offense to defense…I’d like to hear something from CMR on where they are going forward…it already is known how badly the offense played the part of momentum killers this past year…this whole season should be on CMR’s head and not on the coordinators

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Dr. Demento I agree on the offensive part. There’s no reason Aaron Murray shouldn’t have started the 2nd game of the season. He got up to school early and even our performed Cox in the Spring game! Luckily we will have Murray for 3 seasons because he will be another top QB takin in the Draft. Bobo’s play-calling is just horrible. I wouldn’t say fire Bobo but atleast take his play-calling away. That’s CMR speciality. This is College Football not pro football. Look at Spurrier he calls his plays and is one of the greatest coaches ever. The Defense is bad yes they were put into bad spots this year but they aren’t good at all. There’s too much talent on that side of the ball not to be a lock down defense. We need to go back to them hunker down dawgs that just love to hit somebody!!!! Go Dawgs and Congrats on the TEch win!!!

That game didn’t matter Tech players didn’t care really? You need to stop talking period. GA/GT is a huge rivalry it always matters.. Just cause Tech beat us last year and have a decent team doesn’t mean it doesn’t matter to them.. Georgia Tech will never be sooo much better than Georgia that the game doesn’t matter!

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That’s really going out on a limb to tell everyone how Richt needs to announce something soon, a couple of days before the whole world knows that he is. Say something about the coaching situation soon?.? Really? Ya think?

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canton, if it hadnt been for our fumble spotting tech the 3, tech isnt with a TD there.. Or if our guy doesnt pull the FG attempt. If if hadnt been for a lot of things, the score would be different. And of cource every event after that would have changed, so the drop would have never happened.

and that was a first down on the 40 , not a TD he dropped. Would have been scary though. I think Bryan Evans would have come off the bench and intercepted the desperation pass to the end zone personally.

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See my 12:42 pm post. Muschamp would come if you ask him. Exactly what does “head coach in waiting” mean anyway? And why couldn’t he become “HCIW” at UGA? He’s 38 so a few more years of seasoning will help him anyway. If I’m Will Muschamp and I get to choose between being the HCIW at Texas with some uncertain future and a lot of big bucks, or the Def Coor and potential HCIW at my alma mater UGA with some uncertain future and a lot of big bucks, then I choose UGA … remember, when Mama calls you home, you can’t refuse.

Not sure about Chris Hatcher as Off Coord … still might be too pass-happy. Remember he was a QB like Bobo, who almost lost it with that idiotic 3rd-and-4 pass call against Tech when we were averaging 7 yds a carry on the ground all night long, not to speak of stopping the clock with the incomplete.

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How about Steve Spurrier to replace Meyer next year afyter Meyer heads ot the NFL? Spurrier’s team could actually THROW the ball.

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You got that right!

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They had better keep them all! We threw the game at Tech in hopes all of the coaching staff would remain intact for another year…or more! I say give them a multi-year extension!! And GO JACKETS!!!!!

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Why did Stafford get better every year statistically for Georgia, while Tebow got worse every year?

If I was a QB, I’d take note of what Florida does to your QB skils—DOWNWARD SPIRAL NOTED.

Check it on espn.com compare Stafford over 3 years, and then Tebow’s. It’s shocking how much worse he got each year.

No winder NFL experts like Mel Kiper and Jimmy Johnson say the NFL doesn’t want Tebow–at all. He isn’t committed to getting better. Sad.

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Tebow is frustrated that no NFL team is interested in his “QB” skills.

He’ll be flipping pizzas after school to try and make ends meet.

Sad ending to a good guy with serious NFL linebacker potential.

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Look at willies record, not that great. This program has a lot of talent and you have to have a defensive coordinator who will light a fire under their butts and play like a junk yard dog. I hate to see any one loose their job, so place him in a different capacity and drive on.

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Instead of Spurrier, maybe Florida should replace Meyer with Zook after Meyer leaves for the NFL this year. Zook was just getting it going.

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Jeff, you really need to spend more time perfecting your craft and leave it to the folks at UGA to decide when and how to deal with its coaching staff.

I’m sure they are waiting to hear what you have to say with baited breath. In fact, I hear they keep reading your pre-game column just so they can belly laugh over and over and over.

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joe cox will be fine,

Yes i think FL will be much weaker. I believe we will have a good chance at beating them next year. Talent-wise, they will be close to this years team but leadership wise i don’t think it will be close.Fl fans are expecting those 5 star recruits to just step in with no drop-off and it doesn’t work out like that.

i’m not predicting the two losses but i think our 2 toughest games will be Tennessee and Florida. Both of them seem to have our number lately.

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Shultz
Shultz after all the coach bashing and all the downgrading articles that you and Mark Bradley have published this season, all the cheap shots about Martinez and Bobo, and mostly your questioning whether or not our team had heart. Do you honestly think that CMR is going to run to either of you with the latest scoop on the DAWGS?
CMR already made a jab at you in his post game interview with Chuck Dowdle, when asked about Reshad Jones interception CMR said “I hope the AJC got a good picture of that”
AJC picked Jones apart every since last years Tech game about not tackling Roddy Jones.
You should have better things to write about anyway, Tech’s playing Clemson this weekend in that Patty Cake leauge You and Bradley fit in with that crowd..

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I’ve heard rumblings that WM is the reason why the Dawgs have had such good recruiting classes in the last couple of years. Wouldn’t mind seeing him as the full-time recruitment coordinator. Seems to be a nice guy, but he doesn’t need to be coaching our defense.

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Meyer is said t be #1 on list of candidates, they want a “proven winner”. He’s Catholic, named after a Pope, coached at Notre Dame, called it his dream job. Will Notre Dame make the announcement BEFORE OR AFTER the Fla/Ala game?

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You can’t spell OBAMA without BAMA

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Jeff, you’re a lot more incompetent than Matrinez. I say fire the AJC writers. They’re killing the recruitment of readers.

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Hey Jef-fro-bodenie until you sign CMR pay checks why don’t you just report the news rather than try and make it. I hope you and your cronies at AJC enjoyed some fine crow stew on Sunday and a BIG slice of humble pie will go a long way in correcting the wiles of your ways.

On another note. Compare Joe Cox and Matthew Stafford’s first year starting stats and ask yourself where UGA would bee this year if Joe Cox was a 5th year senior with four years in the system and three years starting under his belt.

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Martinez deserves the heat…but do does Janicek (spelling) and the special teams coach. Our OL coach is really good I believe especially when it comes to playing power football — run the FB first to set up the pass. He was good at Auburn and great at LSU — they always had great running games. I think we would be lucky to keep Stacy — he probably gets tired of trying to make OL tough playing for a coach who wants finesse.

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Answer: turnovers. Storyline for last 4 years.

This is the ONLY real question Richt needs to answer when thinking about staff changes. Florida is the key to the SEC and the Natl’ Champ.

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AJC wanted Willie fired last year. Didn’t happen. Richt knows Willie can coach–2007, he shut down 3 big time offenses with brilliant schemes.

the problem is TURNOVERS. The Florida series proves that.

Georgia beats Georgia in the Floridia game 3 out 4 of the last 4 years FALLING ON IT’S OWN SWORD with 3 or 4 TO’s a game.

The game we won? o TO’s.

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Exhibit A- Head to Head Comparison:
Willie’s D gave up NO 100 yard rushers ALL SEASON. That’s a tremendoous stat. Should be good enough for the offense to win, has in the past with Richt before 2009, about 93% of the time.

Bobo only got 2 100 yard rushers this year. 2 great games Bobo called, Arkansas and Ga Tech.

Record when Willie had an amazing NO 100 Yard rusher game:
7-5
Bobo didn’t help Willie much when Willie produced

Record when Bobo had an amazing 100 yard rusher game:
2-0
Willie helped Bobo a lot when Bobo produced

Exhibit B-
Bobo has 3 or 4 turonovers in 4 out of 5 losses. Willie did not give up a 100 yard rusher in a SINGLE LOSS.

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“FREE WILLIE” and “BUMP BOBO” of any association with UGA. If that does not happen, then “ROOT-OUT RICHT”. For what we are paying Richt and his staff, we deserve much better. Richt is an honest man, ask him if we are getting the best. Better yet, since Sonny and Zell want “PAY FOR PERFORMANCE” ASK THEM WHAT TO DO.How many furlough days did they take? I almost forgot, they have been taking furlough days, look at the record.

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Richt will resign before he lets his best friend down. This is a terrible positon for him to be in, but one that may define his career as a coach. Is this what we really want?

And why is a failure in defensive performance not the head coaches’ responsibility, too? How can we sit back and assign blame for things that happen under the head coaches’ watch? It sure doesn’t work that way where I work.

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Proof Willie is Not the Problem!, Interesting stats. I do not think the scheme is the problem. The real problem has been our lack of having a consistent pass rush from the DE’s since Howard’s senior year. I think that problem will be gone next year with the development of Houston, Washington, Robinson and others (including 6 DE’s in this years recruiting class).

The only real criticism I have for him is the lack of take aways. We are not doing a good job at stripping the ball and the CB’s getting their heads around to intercept balls.

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DG, Do not know where you work but I every where I have worked the lowest man always gets blamed for everything wrong and they are the ones that get in trouble. I worked for a place one time where every employee got needs improvement on a year end review and the manger received exceeded expectations.

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richt is waiting for the bowden matter (he’s retiring tuesday) to blow over. he doesn’t want to steal the spotlight. then willie is gone by the end of the week.

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Why fire Martinez. If it wasn’t for his defense putting everything on the line in the forth quarter we would have lost two or three more games. I think we need to move Bobo back to QB coach and hire Weis as the OC. That’s the one thing the ex-ND coach was good at.

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With the falcons season in the tank, Richt should throw big dollars and hire back Van Gorder, who was the best D coordinator in the SEC. He will need big money to come back—at least $1 million per year, but UGA can afford. Money’s no object to get an SEC title—so get out the checkbook and hire the best!!!

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Jeff your wit would be fun. dont just disappear

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You can’t blame the defensive coordinator for everything. No defense, whether it is Alabama or Indiana, will do very well if they are constantly on the field. Our offense has done nothing all season. I wish I could find a stat for number of “3 and outs” in a season. Also, our offense turns the ball over and give the other teams a short field to work with. Our defense will be much improved next year with the studs we have coming back. Look at brandon smith, rambo, houston, and pray that Rennie and Rashad come back next year. PRAY

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The announcement will be made tomorrow after a special meeting with the players to tell them first.

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Richt has to stop promoting from within. Ga is too big a program for that. This is not ‘learning on the job’, people. He has to go with someone he knows can get the job done. Someone who is already doing a good job at Def. Cord. You people quit suggesting unproven talent!!!!!!!!

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Thank you Coach Johnson, for FOUR straight passes to end the game!

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I am leaking it right here guys…Kirby Smart from Alabama will be named the D coordinator..BoBo is staying where he is at

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Fire Willy! We lost to the Vols, we lost to UF, we blew it against UK, and we were one pass away from losing to Tech in THEIR trap game. That is were HE has brought us to. Get rid of him! He couldn’t force Tech to punt once. How many times are we going to beat them if we can’t make them punt??? Can we count on Nesbitt to get hurt? Does he really get credit for the Jaybo (not even a real D1 QB) interception or the QB/RB exchange fumble? Can we count on any of this next year? Do we understand that CPJ is making progress regardless of this game? Writing is on the wall and we better do something.

Other teams saw the writing on the wall and made their changes (AUB, TN, MSST)..

Good Dawg running game through… best in a long time… thank God Cox didn’t have to make hardly any passes.

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It summed it up for me when I saw Tennessee come out and crush our faces with a hobnail bootleg and we made no adjustments what so ever and the secondary hasn’t played so well either under WillieM MR needs to pull a few strings and get him a high school coaching gig somewhere in Miami or BocaRaton

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Hey Schultz,

What have you got lined up for your next gig once the AJC has gone under and will no longer be the sponsor of your’s and Bradley’s drivel?

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the last thing mark richt needs to do is to listen you and the other so called writers at the ajc.

you guys were already to anoint the tech team and coach johnson as the state champions,but somehow they did decide to go ahead play and the game anyway,and once again you,bradley,and mr.college football were wrong once again!

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I love the way all of you media pundits desperate for breaking news know what’s best for people like Tiger woods and Mark Richt. The first thing CMR needs to do is not listen to anything that guys like you have to say. Stoke the flames with bloggers all you want but the man has a plan that is best for him and his program and we will know it soon enough. I certainly trust his judgement over yours or anyone else’s based on what he has done for the Dawg Program.

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2 words…Tommy Tubberville

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I keep hearing Tubberville as DC but Garner would likely leave in that case and we can’t afford to lose a great recruiter like that guy. Maybe a shared role between Tub & Gar for DC and Richt can go back to calling O Plays – unload Martinez and Bobo completely.

Then there’s the Special Teams Issue – Fabris has to go. Replacement?

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Looks like you’ve been channeling your multiple personalities here on this one too.

You’ve already wasted 4 hours today blogging, you could have had a job by now.

You’ve been thinking too much like Tebow about right now, and forgetting about your career down the road. He’ll be unemployed too next month, the NFL doesn’t want him. He should have gone to Georgia like Stafford, man is Stafford rich or what? And Stafford in gainfully EMPLOYED.

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Two things:
1. All my fellow fans who want to see Willie simply demoted, please explain to me how the performance of his defensive backs unit warrants the same coach.

2. All my beloved Tech geeks, be advised we have been singing “and the HELL WITH GA TECH!” after every touchdown (regardless of who we’re playing) for about 50 years. Your “thwg” is yet another geek failure at being cool. Just sayin’.

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Yes, CWM needs to go on. He has not instilled the “we attack the ball” attitude on UGA’s D. He has had the time and that feature left with CBVG.
Yes, and this is KEY ………C Mike Booboo ALSO NEEDS to go. Why? His side of the ball has fumbled and fumbled and thrown pic sixes ( MS & JC ) and THAT IS WHY the D has struggled. THAT is why. See the Flroida game in 08 ……….MS and No Show fumbled and threw quick pic sixes.

OFFENSE is THE REAL PROBLEM. OFFENSE generated turn overs is KEY to ALL or most of our D probs. Give anyone the ball on our 33 yard line time and time and time again and you have major probs and that leads to a terrible scoring D stat. CWM did not cause that problem, O did.

Second reason why UGA has been lousy ………Special teams on punt and kick off COVERAGES.

With a new hard nosed D coach and continued pic sixes and fumbles near OUR GOAL line, losuy penalties and kick coverages, then there will be no W/L change. See? Bobo and Fabris AND CWM need to go in that order.

We better hope that Gardner and Searels are not hustled away. They will be this year and then, on O line, D line, we will be in very deep dodo. Any great or even good performances this season are due to them alone.

Go Dawgs!!

UGA, class of 71 & 73

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I UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE SITUATATIONS BUT IT’S NOTHING PERSONAL…..WILLIE MUST BE FIRED OR DEMOTED NO MATTER WHAT !!!!
HE HAD ENOUGH CHANCES…

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Sorry I’m late, but had to chime in here. In my mind’s eye, Coach Richt seems to cover up for Willie. Blaming turnovers and field position for the D’s poor performance. Praising the D when few points are scored (usually, it is due to a lack of opponent’s offense… LSU comes to mind).

Whatever happened to this mantra?
“Keep ‘em Out of the End Zone. Period. No Matter What!”

When the opponent gets the ball on our 35-yard line, the fans yell “Hunker Down,” not “Lay Down.”

Hey D Backs, try to at least stay in the receivers’ zipcode. Hey D Line, get a push every third series or so! Hey LBs, when you blitz, try to avoid the RB… he’s blocking you. I know this is confusing stuff, because sometimes you’re tackling the RB.

Coach Richt, I understand how TOs can impact the number of points we give up. I don’t won’t TO as much as the next guy, but they happen (even with a good offense). A TO is not a license for the D to provide little or no resistance at all.

Same can said about long KO and punt returns. Know what else can be said about long returns? I’ve been watching UGA football for 39 years, and I ain’t never seen nothin’ like this coverage. I mean, where are they? If you ever see our cover guys, they’re runnin so fast, they’re outta control. Can’t make a tackle w/o body control, kid! Who runs that show? Fabris? Whenever Willie leaves, you go with him, okay?

One more thought about turnovers. I remember when Willie’s ‘prevent’ defense took over for BVG’s attacking style. Willie’s first year, there was this huge drop in the number of opponent’s TOs from the previous year.

That winter, Willie was quoted several times in the AJC and AHB about how he was gonna change that with a more attacking style. But when next year came, nothing changed. Our D didn’t cause TOs the next year either. Or the next year. Or this year. Willie, you’ve had four years to fix this particular problem. If anything, it’s gotten worse.

Willie, you’re probably a wonderful fellow. And I appreciate your effort, enthusiasm, and commitment to the program. But I’m sorry to say, you ain’t keepin’ ‘em outta the endzone enough for this OldSkoolDawg!

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Dawg-gone-it

While your at the Tech bowl game..buy a T-shirt if recent memory is any guide your not getting a win..so at least you’ll have something to show.To all you big shot “Inside source” types who’s sister is bumping nasties with so and so and overheard such and such PLEASE…STFU..who in Gods name are you fooling? We will know what happens in time..

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The AJC should end all speculation on if Shultz will be a blogger for them this coming year. Remember when they were called sports writers? The AJC should fire Shultz immediately and make room for a real sports blogger to come in and pick up the slack due to declining circulation.

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T-Shirts have been made for the ACC Chipper this weekend! HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SO8Y3MIsoP8/SxMN88MGbFI/AAAAAAAAGqM/eFnge3sjMxc/s1

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This is the REAl story for the SEC in 2010–Urban Meyer’s future? Where will he go? Some, like USA Today, say Notre Dame is a perfect fit and his dream job, others like CBS Sports say, no, not Notre Dame, it’s Urban to the NFL. No doubt he’s OUT in 2010 with the loss of Tebow and Spikes, 9 players on defense, 23 gone, and an inexperienced QB. Confusing, what do you think?
http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12585042/meyer-going-to-nfl-believe-it-numbskulls

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UGA needs a few more play-makers on the D side of the ball to compliment Rennie. I just didn’t see the impact type players on our D as in the past such as Pollack, Thomas Davis, and Marcus Howard.

You either have speed or you don’t. Coaching won’t do a lot to remedy that problem.

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He might be a good fit for the Notre Dame job, he even called it his dream job.

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Why does he schedule SSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Teams

If he is so strong?

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Once again, Schultz is wrong wrong wrong.

What good does it do to “end speculation”? How about let Martinez focus on doing his job for our final game and continue recruiting and retaining the players we’ve got, then make changes when we have the time and energy to spend on them? Oh, right, because we aren’t moronic effing Virginia or Notre Dame, neither of whom have beat 4 teams with winning records under their last coach’s tenure.

When we want to slip into football anonymity, we’ll follow in the footsteps of the ND and UVA “programs.” And we’ll DEFINITELY call on that moron Jeff Schultz to lead us there.

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The only concern is the recruits. What you and me think means nothing. I think it will be a demotion and let Willie decide if he wants to resign or stay. Jeff who do your insiders say they are looking at for the position. That is do you have any insiders. When was the last time you broke a story.

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[...] But I’ll repeat what I wrote the other day: It would behoove Richt to make an announcement as quickly as possible to avoid these fires from breaking out. [...]

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[...] Richt needs to end speculation about Martinez | Jeff Schultz (blogs.ajc.com) – November 30, 2009Georgia coach Mark Richt needs to end speculation about defensive coordinator Willie Martinez and announce if he’s going to make any changes in his coaching staff. … Also whoever we bring in needs t… [...]

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