Richt needs to end speculation about Martinez
If Willie Martinez has coached his final game in Athens, we should know soon.
I’m not sure what to read into Mark Richt’s sudden decision to cancel his scheduled Sunday night conference call with media members because of a reported “family function,” other than, well, a reported family function.
But with strong and protracted speculation that there are going to be significant changes on his coaching staff at Georgia — including either firing or demoting defensive coordinator Willie Martinez — Richt should not let this matter linger much longer. Either announce the staff will remain intact or make changes. The public guessing game helps nobody.
This generally is the week firings happen. (Virginia already has fired Al Groh.) It’s an important time in recruiting, and teams also want to get an early jump on potential replacements. There’s no reason to wait until after bowl games. Bowls generally are inconsequential, as it relates to a coach’s job security.
All that said, it would stunning if Martinez is back, certainly as coordinator. Martinez’s supporters shouldn’t get too drunk over the 30-24 season-ending win over Georgia Tech. The Bulldogs played better defense at times against Tech than they had this season. But the Jackets were held to only a field goal in the first half largely because Georgia’s running game kept Tech’s offense off the field. They had only four possessions. (The others: missed field goal, interception, time expired.) If any coach redeemed himself Saturday night, it probably was offensive line coach Stacy Searles, not Martinez.
In the second half, Tech scored touchdowns on three of its first four possessions and fumbled to end another drive near midfield.
As our Tim Tucker points out, Richt has done little to defuse speculation that he’ll make changes. Sometimes saying nothing on the subject — as he has done most of the season — is a greater indictment than anything else. Bottom line: Martinez’s body of work, and certainly the Dogs’ defensive problems the last two seasons, speaks loudly. Change is needed.
But regardless of Richt’s decision, he needs to clear the air quickly.
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Johnny Test
November 30th, 2009
11:32 am
Ain’t gonna happen till after the holidays and the bowl game… gotta work out an out package and line up a replacement.
Jeff Schultz
November 30th, 2009
11:37 am
Johnny — Good luck selling that to recruits.
UGA LIVES ON!!!!
November 30th, 2009
11:40 am
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!
Tom, Resident Georgia Fan
November 30th, 2009
11:40 am
Keep the guy but not as a DC.
Pete Orr
November 30th, 2009
11:41 am
Sign him to a 10 year extension!
chemdawg
November 30th, 2009
11:42 am
Recruits aren’t going to athens for Willie Martinez. They’re going because every position will be up for grabs for new starters.
Barkley Dawg
November 30th, 2009
11:42 am
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?
Jeff Schultz
November 30th, 2009
11:42 am
Pete, are you channeling Dave Braine?
dwf
November 30th, 2009
11:42 am
No out package needed Johnny…Georgia’s assistants work on one year contracts.
Jeff Schultz
November 30th, 2009
11:43 am
Am I now off of the Tech bandwagon? Can I please dash all of these Jacket fans with a little bit of reality regarding their football program? Do I finally realize that Tech’s football program will never be as good as UGA’s even in their best season in two decades and Richt’s probably worst season ever? Can somebody for the AJC please acknowledge how weak the ACC is? Ok, I will…
The winner of Clemson and Ga Tech would be 5th in the SEC east…
Chew on that AJC flip-floppers
MiltonDawg
November 30th, 2009
11:44 am
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.
chemdawg
November 30th, 2009
11:45 am
Offense will have some talent with Murray, Ealey, King, AJ Green, Orsen Charles. Georgia needs playmakers and a new coach in the secondary. Who wouldn’t want to come play defense for a team with so many offensive weapons?
Peter Venkman
November 30th, 2009
11:46 am
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.
SSI gator
November 30th, 2009
11:46 am
Typical Richt attitude. We won – I think the coaches deserve a raise at the end of the year. All for beating a team with more leaks on defense than a screen door on a submarine. Next year – another verse same a the first. Beat the weaker teams lose to the stronger ones. Get used to 8-4 and 9-3 years with mid-level bowl games UGA. But he is such a nice guy.
dawgs
November 30th, 2009
11:46 am
let the guy go go go go
Jeff Schultz
November 30th, 2009
11:46 am
can an AJC writer now write something about UGA’s dominance? About the SEC’s dominance. About Paul Johnson getting out-coached? About how the UGA/Tech game was much more of a blowout than the numbers showed? Anything? Quit by-passing your previous mistakes in assumptions and predictions by talking bowl games and future coaches…
Stir the pot in the favor of UGA for once this season you low-class columnists.
haywood jablome
November 30th, 2009
11:46 am
the sooner the better
Ryno
November 30th, 2009
11:49 am
Jeff – I’m familiar with coordinators accepting head coaches jobs prior to the bowl games (like Coach Richt) – but can you think of any coordinators who took other coordinators jobs prior to bowl games?
I understand your thoughts on it being important for recruiting – but not even seasoned coaches like John Chavis left until the season was over. There simply isn’t a history for it happening this early in the process.
Worry @ your credibility instead
November 30th, 2009
11:50 am
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?
RJ
November 30th, 2009
11:51 am
Although this sounds trite, many of Georgia’s defensive problems can and should be blamed on the lack of consistent offensive production which kept Georgia’s defense on the field too long. As the best games this season proved, the Dogs need to utilize the talent they have and pound the ball with their very talented corps of running backs.
Jeff Schultz
November 30th, 2009
11:51 am
answer us!
wolfdawg
November 30th, 2009
11:51 am
Has anyone seen m, yellow fuzz or saint Simmons?
Ryan Mallett
November 30th, 2009
11:52 am
Keep Willie. I look forward to another banner game next year. Can Bryan Evans get a 6th year of eligibility?
Barnacle Bill Bavasi
November 30th, 2009
11:54 am
You make valid points, but it’s starting to be irritating how columnists/bloggers micromanage the program. Just to illustrate how overblown the “damage to recruiting,” angle you raise is, I hope he waits until after the bowl (unless, of course, he hires someone from another program before then).
D.N. Nation
November 30th, 2009
11:54 am
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.
Ted
November 30th, 2009
11:55 am
next year the 11-0 yellow jackets travel to stanford stadium to play the 11-0 bulldogs for all the marbles!
Ricky
November 30th, 2009
11:55 am
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.
mike on lake hartwell
November 30th, 2009
11:56 am
if im willie martinez i get out before my defense has to play
again. maybe future employers will be fooled by his D
holding someone under 35 pts for a change. play again and
risk another 40 point debacle facing, say, a potent miami
offense in the chick-fil-a bowl.
Obama said we need CHANGE
November 30th, 2009
11:57 am
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!!
grillinchef
November 30th, 2009
11:58 am
I agree with worry @. Personnel decisions should not be made based on media pressure, but in consideration of the best interest of the school, team, and the individual. He may not be living up to expectations, but how Coach Richt handles this situation will also speak volumes for the school’s and coach’s credibility.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
November 30th, 2009
11:58 am
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!
Dooley's Cardiologist
November 30th, 2009
12:00 pm
Tech might as well hire him. It sure looked like he was coaching their defense on Saturday.
Carroll Dawg
November 30th, 2009
12:01 pm
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?
I agree...
November 30th, 2009
12:01 pm
…but I also have to give credit to #9 for playing well Saturday. I have long said he is way overrated, and he has played like it most of the time, but Saturday was probably his best game ever. The interception was spectacular; the Tech folks question the play call and the back-up QB throw, but it was a perfectly thrown ball, and #9 made a great play.
Now, if UGA will only keep #3 on the bench (did you see CMR get on him after the Gatorade bath – it can never be said again that Richt has no temper after that display!).
Sanford Drive
November 30th, 2009
12:01 pm
With Richt’s mental capacity, he’ll probably demote Willie to watergirl and promote watergirl to DC.
hop
November 30th, 2009
12:02 pm
i agree with rj the defensive woes are because of the many turnovers of the offense and the lack of committment to the running game.
mike bobo should be the one on hot sit not willie.
the defense has played well the second half of the year and the stats confirmed it as well.
lets keep wiilie and richt needs to take over the offense!
B Davis
November 30th, 2009
12:03 pm
Please keep Willie.
He and Richt, Oh well it is what it is.
Sanford Drive
November 30th, 2009
12:04 pm
Is Bryan Evans a senior? Or do we have to endure this torture for another year?
BillT
November 30th, 2009
12:04 pm
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.
Hey, Ted...
November 30th, 2009
12:04 pm
…where is the “stanford stadium” that will host next year’s game between the 11-0 Dawgs and the 11-0 Jackets? Do we have to go all the way to Palo Alto, CA to watch that game?
Simple Simon
November 30th, 2009
12:05 pm
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.
Barry from Eastenders
November 30th, 2009
12:05 pm
Jeff — I gotta hand it to you dude, you certainly have a pair. You and Mark have fawned over the brilliance that is Paul Johnson for 12 months. Georgia was adrift with incompetent coaches who couldn’t get out of their own way. Then, wonder of wonders, Mark Richt and Willie Martinez pull Paul Johnson’s pants down on Saturday night and you act like it never happened. You have the balls to start telling Mark Richt what he should do, while Paul Johnson and his mighty 10-1 Jackets got pants’d by a mediocre team.
You and Mark Bradley are fighting for the title of “Baghdad Bob.” I fully expect that the next column from you and Mark will recount how Tech actually won on Saturday night and the whole Georgia victory thingy was just a figment of our imaginations. Nice work gentlemen.
GIVE ME A BREAK
November 30th, 2009
12:06 pm
Keep WILLIE, Please. THWG!!!!
HopefulDawg
November 30th, 2009
12:08 pm
Great point about Searles, Jeff. I thought the D-line played pretty good too. Haven’t seen Dwyer shut down like that before. Do you think Martinez would accept a demotion like DBs coach after being in charge for 5 years?
DawginLex
November 30th, 2009
12:08 pm
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
I agree with Obama
November 30th, 2009
12:08 pm
We need CHANGE.
joe bob
November 30th, 2009
12:08 pm
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.
Carroll Dawg
November 30th, 2009
12:09 pm
hop, are you crazy? Bobo called one heck of a game Saturday night and has kept us in a lot of games where the D didn’t. Willie has to go
Maddog
November 30th, 2009
12:10 pm
Jeff Schultz
November 30th, 2009
11:37 am
WE survived the transition from Donnan to Richt fairly well if memory serves me correct.
Tech Sucks
November 30th, 2009
12:10 pm
UGA — ACC champs!
Barry from Eastenders
November 30th, 2009
12:10 pm
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”.
HopefulDawg
November 30th, 2009
12:10 pm
“I agree” (12:01), Just remember who’s been coaching #9 for the past 3 years! You’ll see how overrated he is come NFL draft day……
mcdaviddawg
November 30th, 2009
12:11 pm
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.
Wozzo the Wonder Dog
November 30th, 2009
12:12 pm
Borrowing from Dilbert, use humor: Coach Richt – “Knock, knock.” Willie – “Who’s there?” Coach Richt – “Not you anymore.”
Ted
November 30th, 2009
12:12 pm
oops
Metal Jacket
November 30th, 2009
12:12 pm
The game should have been won by the team who had the ball last. It was a good rivalry game. Johnson’s play calling was very uncharacteristic and awful on the last series. Johnson needs to get more serious about this game. Good victory DAWGS, glad to see you’re back. GO JACKETS!!!!
Taint Simons
November 30th, 2009
12:13 pm
Hey maggots, get ready for 362 more days of ((((30-24))))!!!! hahahahahahahaha
Billdawg69
November 30th, 2009
12:13 pm
No more turmoil needed. We’ve got a bowl game to play. Let CMR run the team, not a bunch of fair weather fans and newspaper goonies.
jim
November 30th, 2009
12:15 pm
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.
RD
November 30th, 2009
12:16 pm
8-4, 7-6, 6-7. Get used to these numbers bulldog fans, these are your future records with the talent you have and will have with your coaching staff. Maybe you can secede from the SEC and join the ACC to win another championship, it’s your best bet.
GT
November 30th, 2009
12:17 pm
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.
Dawgdad
November 30th, 2009
12:18 pm
Jeff, what do you know about sports anyway? It is noon on Monday and you expect action from Richt promptly on your schedule. How about, you explain how you and the other “experts” continue year after year to fall in love with these teams, who play no one of any quality and beat them by big margins. You then have no explanation for your enthusiam for the overrated teams once they meat a quality team and get their comeuppance. The ACC continues to pile up numbers against their own patsies and you experts get impressed. The first game of the season, FSU will beat VT and oh, you guys just fall in love, FSU is back better than ever. Then as the season progresses, you learn that neither team is worth a bucket of spit, but it is so much fun to get excited during that first game. I remember the hype over the FSU/Miami game this year. Two big powerhouses in full battle to the death. What a joke. Never forgert Terrance Moore and Bill Curry several years ago declaring that the ACC had arrived and was better than the SEC. Oh, we do love you analysts, as your poor judgement gives us fodder to ruminate on.
ACC champions!
November 30th, 2009
12:20 pm
UGA > Tech
USC > Clemson
UGA > USC
Kennesaw Dawg
November 30th, 2009
12:20 pm
Well, as I said about a week ago…. I heard UGA VII already went to Richt and said, “It’s either me or Willie…one of us has to go”. And we all know how that turned out. So I don’t expect that Richt is going to dump Willie now.
Saluki Mike
November 30th, 2009
12:21 pm
Agree! Start the inquisition forthwith.
dawggirl
November 30th, 2009
12:21 pm
What happened to the genius on Saturday . . . got beat by a team that is on the downward spiral? Jeff, why can’t you remove yourself from PJ’s backside for just a minute and admit that he . . . got out coached, out played and give UGA the credit that they deserve. They came out and wanted it more. Maybe CPJ will now understand that maybe this game is important to the Tech program.
Ted Striker
November 30th, 2009
12:21 pm
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.
SaintSimonsPlaysWithMyNuts
November 30th, 2009
12:21 pm
Martinez is gone — so is Saint Simons stupid year long posts.
After 7 strait loosing seasons, tech gets lucky. Not this year…
((((30-24))))!!!! hahahahahahahaha
((((350 yards rushing))))!!!! hahahahahahahaha
cantondawg
November 30th, 2009
12:21 pm
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.
Bobby Cox
November 30th, 2009
12:21 pm
Keep Wilie. He’s a decent man and winning isn’t everything..great recuiter
Bubba
November 30th, 2009
12:22 pm
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.
Shannon
November 30th, 2009
12:24 pm
I agree with Tom, the Resident Georgia Fan.
Keep Willie but not as DC.
Please come back Saint Simons!
November 30th, 2009
12:25 pm
We will welcome you with open arms! Blahahahahahaha!
Mark "Baghdad Bob" Bradley
November 30th, 2009
12:25 pm
This just in, Tech defeats Ga on The Flats 30-24!!!!!
With a daring last drive offensive strategy, Paul Johnson orchestrated a thrilling comeback with an aerial assault reminiscent of Joe Montana’s last minute heroics against the Cowboys in the NFC Championship. Paul Johnson is 2-0 vs. Georgia and is closing in on Paul “Bear” Bryant, Eddie Robinson and Joe Paterno as the greatest coaches of our time. Truly, he is the new standard by which all other coaches are measured.
Big time?? Not
November 30th, 2009
12:26 pm
Four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes. tech/clemson winner takes 5th in the SEC East
mcdaviddawg needs a brain transplant
November 30th, 2009
12:28 pm
To all fellow dawg fans,
It’s become obvious that base upon his comments that Mcdavidawg’s brain has stopped functioning. Can everyone please pitch in $1 to help him get a brain transplant. It won’t take much to replace the one that he has now since it’s very small.
boots
November 30th, 2009
12:29 pm
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.
Marco Escuandolas
November 30th, 2009
12:29 pm
Give Me A Break…methinks your are m, Saint Simons, or Yellow Fuzz with a new name. Which is it? Why can’t you just take your medicine like a man you coward?
I think we need to get rid of Martinez…and that will happen soon judging from his teary eyes towards the end of the game. We also need to get rid of Bobo. He is not good.
As for DC? Get the guy from TCU and pay him enough to keep him for at least 5 years. Garner? If he wants to leave after the next DC is hired so be it. If his recruiting was that good, we wouldn’t have busts like Bryan Evans and frankly Rashad Jones before this past Saturday.
Incidentally, Rashad looked great Saturday.
Fabris should have his bags packed already. Even on a night with a great showing by 2 sides of the ball, Special Teams were still not special.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul!!!!!!!!!
Einsteindawg
November 30th, 2009
12:29 pm
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!
Ronnie Reagan
November 30th, 2009
12:30 pm
Consider appointing him as a defensive czar! You don’t have to be qualified to be a czar! It would help if he owed back taxes! It’s only taxpayers oops………………athletic funds you will be spending!
Charleston DAWG
November 30th, 2009
12:30 pm
Anyone seen Saint Simmons???
Herschel Talker
November 30th, 2009
12:31 pm
Schultzie –
Completely agree. Especially since everyone already knows what’s going to happen, so why prolong it and keep people/recruits in the dark. Watching Martinez on Saturday night, he was wearing it on his face. He is a goner.
Dawg'94
November 30th, 2009
12:31 pm
Garner is the ONLY defensive coach that should stay. AND PLEASE Richt….you need to call the offense.
Robert08
November 30th, 2009
12:31 pm
One more time … 30-24
Coach J
November 30th, 2009
12:32 pm
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.
backroads
November 30th, 2009
12:32 pm
Jeff — PJ obviously didn’t use his 2-weeks effectively to prepare for the Georgia game. Coach Richt had less than a week and the DAWGS were extremely well-prepared. According to you and Mark Bradley, PJ is a superior strategist. I think this proves that PJ may just be a “flash-in-the pan” coach who has had some luck. It also doesn’t hurt to play in a weak conference where the best teams would be in the middle to lower part of the SEC. After the first quarter, it became obvious that Tech isn’t used to the physical and hard-nosed game that is played in the SEC every week.
Give it Up Shultz
November 30th, 2009
12:32 pm
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.
LCDawg
November 30th, 2009
12:32 pm
Our recruits are fine. Read dawpost.com, uga.rivals.com etc NOT the AJC for those updates. If the recruit only wants to go to UGA because of Willie…oh well. NEVER let a recruit(s) dictate that kind of decision. Rumor has it that Tuberville is all lined up. Maybe Willie is willing to stick around as a DB coach?
Gen Neyland
November 30th, 2009
12:32 pm
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.
JB
November 30th, 2009
12:32 pm
I’d hate to be Mark Richt this week…..Willie Martinez is not only a friend, I think they are BEST friends….
I’ve heard rumors that Coach Martinez has/will resign, because he knows it’s the right thing to do for his BEST friend and that Mark is trying to figure what he ( willie) can do at UGA, based on other rumors we’re hearing, aka Garner leaving. He could become Recruiting Cord. ????? We do need help on D, and the man just can’t improve it. Mark has been around the college game long enough to know that just because you get a new Def. Cord, things will improve. Then here ya go. We lose a lot of beef on the front defensive line, and for the sake of me, who’s coming back. I think we’re pretty darn good on offense next year, and regardless of who is coaching the Defense, they will be in for a tough job.
Willie Martinez Showed Up
November 30th, 2009
12:32 pm
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.
Dawg Days
November 30th, 2009
12:34 pm
The speculation also needs to end for any promising defensive recruits that might be coming our way. “Are you going to be there Mr. Martinez?”
VolNation
November 30th, 2009
12:34 pm
Keep Willie Martinez!
Alabama Jack
November 30th, 2009
12:34 pm
Darn, we gave up 3 BCS points from 7th to 10th to keep Willie’s job and allow the dawgs to be in the final regular season top 50. Don’t go throw all that away. Besides, I hear the red head one has at least one half year eligibility for the games this year in which he did not actively participate.
Also would the dawg who left the extra small jock strap in the ladies room at BDS come forward and claim same.
murfdawg
November 30th, 2009
12:34 pm
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.
Mark "Baghdad Bob" Bradley
November 30th, 2009
12:35 pm
The keys to the Jacket victory over the Dawgs this past Saturday was the determined effort at stopping the run. Georgia tried time and time again to run against a stalwart Jacket defense, but to no avail. Dave Wommack matched Bobo in a battle of wits and was the clear victor. The other keys to the game were the dynamic running of Jonathan Dwyer who repeatedly gashed Georgia up the middle in what almost certainly was a Heisman solidifying effort. Colt McCoy will be invited to the Downtown Athletic Club, but it will only be a formality as Dwyer is the presumptive winner after his 320 yard performance against the defeated Dawgs.
30-24 GO DAWGS
November 30th, 2009
12:36 pm
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.
Dawg Days
November 30th, 2009
12:36 pm
And why weren’t we running the ball up and down the field all season instead of just this last Saturday? Cox is not talented enough, as we have all seen, to pass the ball consistently. Did Bobo think he would somehow morph into a Stafford?
True Dawg Fan.
November 30th, 2009
12:36 pm
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 !
Dawg Fan
November 30th, 2009
12:36 pm
Garner will be the next DC.