Stacy Searels leaving Georgia? Can I offer him a lift? (Update II)

First for the second time today!!

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It’s not like Searels is going to some directional school in the Sunbelt Conference. He’s going to Texas. I would see this as more of a sign of an assistant jumping ship rather than UGA getting rid of dead weight. (Although, UGA may be better off with a new OL coach based on past results.)

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Dude won’t be able to wear that “5 Straight National Championships by the SEC” tee he just bought if he leaves.

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Mack Brown not going anywhere? One or two seasons max. This would have been his last season but he didn’t want to go out on a 5-7 note.

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Jeff, You really hate Mark Richt don’t you? You take a jab at Richt and UGA every chance you get.

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Chris Scelfo, welcome back to UGA!

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BFD

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If anything, this should make recruiting easier! Glad to see this underachiever go. Any word on possible candidates to replace him?

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Wisconsin always seems to turn-out first rounders, year after year? Could we lure an assistant like that or is going to be a small school guy?

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Funny how 2 really great programs (Texas & Oklahoma) are happy to get UGA coaches (Searles & Martinez) that we all wanted to run out of town.

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Good Blog Jeff. Searels needs to go. I just hope CMR can replace him with someone who is good and talented, unlike Bobo. And Jeff, keep up the good work, I enjoy your writing.

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You bull-pup fans think this is a good sign… I am so sorry, but you’re wrong. Texas can have pretty much any OL coach they want in the country, and now they’re like buzzards picking off the carcass that is the UGA program.

Searels was limited at Georgia. It’s not so simple as our OLine didn’t play well, it’s his fault. It was a failure of the UGA football system as a whole, and now he’s jumping off the sinking ship.

Look for Richt to hire someone from Southern or something, no one that will make a splash… Because no one with any kind of reputation is about to sign on for a one-year crapshoot in Athens.

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Jeff Grimes is the OL coach at Auburn, not Hugh Nall

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At the risk of speaking heresy in Georgia, isn’t going from UGA to Texas a step up career wise? Texas is a perennial national powerhouse, UGA isn’t.

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Hoefully, we can get a big name guy, possibly an NFL guy who will woo linemen to UGA. An energetic motivator, recruiter and line coach all in one.

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Do you not get it, AthDawg? No one with any kind of hot reputation (read: big name) would ever jeopardize their career for the off chance Georgia would turn it around next year.

Too much wrong with the program for anyone but someone looking to move up into a BCS league to take this job.

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Don, you hit the nail on the head. Shultz always has a negative spin for things, huh? Last time I checked the hot seat board, Mack Brown’s name was up there too. Lost Muschamp and their def coordinator and wasn’t even bowl eligible, so is Texas a “sinking ship” program as well….? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining CSS possibly leaving, our o-line has underperformed greatly, but I do respect him enough not to smear his name like Shultz does….

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sounds a little like sour grapes to me there jeff…there’s a reason why one of the top football schools in the nation would be looking to get him…and i’m sure it’s not because he’s a bad coach….

but, like you say, get him outta here, he don’t let his guys talk to the media…he needs to go!!!!!

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yeah, you should never cross train you OL, ya know, cuz college teams are so loaded with depth at that position, it just doesn’t make any sense at all..

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Yeah, Jack Bull, ask Clint Boling why he could never play consistently. Probably cost him three rounds in the draft.

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WDE (Which I assume is War Damn Eagle, and if so, congrats!): People forget that coaching is a profession. It is how these guys support their families and save for their eventual retirement. Most of the decisions are based on “what is best for me and my family” not some misguided loyalty. Kirby Smart doesn’t stay at Alabama because he would not LIKE to return to his alma mater, but because it is the bust business decision for him and his family.

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WDE, Hugh Nall was the Line Coach under Tuberville at Auburn, your not very bright are you, look at the Years first next time, before you show how stupid you really are.

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Get back to advertising, Don Draper. He simply made an argument based on an opinion. He didn’t say, “He’s abandoning ship.” He brought up a thought that might make others think…and then backed it up with his reasoning for having that thought.

Blind faith doesn’t do us any good. It’s ok to question things…especially with the way they are going.

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Buck Commander…and I’ll buy you a first class ticket if you’ll leave!

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Jeff, there is a chance Grantham could bail after signing day, although he has 2 years at 750k coming to him, coaching or not. The NFL is a tight fraternity ( See John Fox hired ASAP) and Grantham has probably had feelers. I don’t think he his happy in Athens.

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JS,

Wasn’t Van Halanger PROMOTED to executive in charge of sucking up to Mark Richt?!

Plain and simple, looking out for his own azz. Richt is gone after 2011 (three years too late, I might add) and this man wants a stable office.

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Word is that this may have been in the works for awhile and don’t be surprised if RG is gone after Feb 2 too. This may only be news to us out in the weeds. Time will tell. GO DAWGS!

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This guy was the most sought after OL coach when UGA got him from LSU. TX is a big time program (duh). They want, can afford and can get the very best assistant coaches. And yet TX wants him.

How does that jive with UGA having a crappy OL the past few years? Something else is at play here.

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Jeffery in the words of Eddie Murphy in coming to America ” Once again you have judged correctly” Stacy really can leave. But my lord if I may speak, the bigger issue is the lifeless, no-fire-at-all players who reside in athens currently is it not? Journey back to that classic game in memphis. Brandan Smith intercepts a pass if…if…IF.. IF… IF… Bacarri Rambo blocks a teeny tiny bit smith gets a 30 or 40 yard return on interception instead of getting tackled on 15 or 20. and Rambo looking like was I supposed to block??? Sooooooo my king it is not so much Richt or any of the coaches as it is the lifeless, no-fire-at-all players. um…oh king I gotta go just gave myself a headache, but lets do him like me and my prized pet feline, Kazat (african for cat) do when other cats or dogs or birds or possums come in our yard we run their butts out!!! get him outta here!!!

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The word will come out in the long run that Richt was soft and was killing the program ….and didn’t realize it. I can assure you the S&C guy was replaced at McGarity’s urging. I don’t think wholesale changes will be made due to the obvious sense of urgency in Athens. Nobody’s coming worth their salt for a one year gig.

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Hugh Nall is in the trucking business in Albany.He’s been out of football since Tubberville left Auburn.

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searles is a bust—he needs to hit the road and take his mediocre coaching to texas.

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1eyed Jack-Boling had to shift to several different positions..Probably cost him production in college, but will make him more in the NFL..Kinda’ like Jonas Jennings.

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Texas has big problems ahead so you might wish to withhold all the flaming of Stacy for he like the AU OL coach just might be back in Athens come Thursday. Sometime that green grass just over the hill is not what it appears. I wouldn’t blame any of the UGA coaches for looking this year. UGA should be about 8-4 in 2011 however that will not be get Mark another year. The UGA job is a good gig and the admin will have no trouble hiring a good coach.

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Its Nick Fairley’s fault.

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Coach Grohbo: Martinez was fired (not retained technically). He did not flee. A big difference between that and taking a lower position (position coach v DC).

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Would anybody argue that CMR is on the hot seat? Each of the last three seasons has been worse than the previous ones plus our players being arrested grows each year. No one is doing a “hack job” on CMR. Former UGA and NFL great Fran Tarkenton has expressed disappointment and frustration with Richt as have most UGA fans in general. I like Coach Richt personally but he hasn’t been hacking it lately and is being paid millions. It’s time for CMR to get it done or be forced out of Athens plain and simple.

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Right there with ya Schultz. I got on this blog late but look at the facts-outside of a few good performances by our running game (see-UGA/GT 2009) we haven’t had a lot of run game since Knowshon left (and Knowshon mainly did everything by himself mind you). Searles can go to Texas, but I’m afraid of what might happen if he’s coaching a future up-and-coming back like Malcolm Brown on a Texas O-Line who’s always heavy and can be disciplined with the right direction (which Searles’ pedigree implies). Let’s see..if he goes, he goes. I’m sure Richt will make the right move (like he did with Tereshinski taking over the strength program) in his potentially “hottest” year on the seat..

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Either way, I think they all will be gone by the end of next season given some divine intervention.

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Jeff, Georgia’s problem has been their failure to keep Division 1-A calibre offensive lineman in state. They’ve lost a tremandous OT prospect, Jason Peacock, to Arkansas where he enrolled last week. They are going to lose Xzavier Ward to Auburn. Last year they lost Rontavious Watkins to South Carolina where he was a significant factor in their defeat of Georgia. Tennessee is touting N. Gwinnett’s Jujuan James as their next All American tackle. Chance Warmack from Atlanta and James Carpenter from Augusta started at left guard and left tackle on Alabama’s national Championship team, as did Auburn’s OG Byrom Isom this year. Richt is not only losing the talent, he’s effectively empowering the very teams he needs to beat to keep his job.

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cute.

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You keep doing it. Who are you? I am attempting to point out some of the in – state talent that has gone elsewhere and has come back to compete vs. Georgia. You really wield a lot of power!

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Jeff

Searles’s departure is more like the rats scurrying on a sinking ship. I expect they’ll be more before the start of next season. The program is not in a good place and if I were an assistant I would be dusting off the resume too.

Do you think perhaps Richt suggested to Searles that he start looking?

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Schultzie:

Stacy Searels is an overrated piece of garbage. Good riddance to this man who stole money for years. And if the problem wasn’t Searels, then the problem was that anyone who coaches under Richt apparently suddenly becomes retarded.

MARK RICHT IS WORSE THAN RAY GOFF. FIRE MARK RICHT

HT

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Wow seems UGA fans feel the same way about this guy as we Texas fans felt about McWhorter. As far as UT being a “sinking ship”, no not really. They had a bad season like UF and OU did the year before after coming off of a title appearance. That’s what can happen when you lose a bunch of starters to the NFL, have a rookie QB starting, and a bunch of freshmen at two deep. No UT should never have become a 5-7 team, but that is the coaches fault more so than the players. Alot of those coaches became complacent. They won a title in 06, almost played for one in 08, and played for one in 2010. Players adopted the attitude the coaches had. The only coaches who seemed to be worth anything were Muschamp and Applewhite. There was said to be a rift between the young and older coaches on staff when it came to how to doing things.

Most of the coaches that left UT were forced out with the exception of Akina (left because he wasn’t going any hire than DB coach at UT, as he failed at his one shot being DC at TX in 2007, so he was passed over for Diaz), Muschamp (left for head coaching gig), and Tolleson (retired). UT should improve this coming season. If not, Mack Brown is gone – he has no one else to blame now. He has talented players and he has made some solid hires to replace the coaches that have left. UT has too much at stake to let Mack try to keep figuring it out if they do indeed have another losing season. He’s getting his chance now to fix it now nd won’t have another as the fan base has come to expect alot and will call for is head if something like that happens again.

Most insiders were made aware of the fact before the season ended that a bunch of coaches were going to be let go. Matter of fact, the only surprise was Muschamp leaving although fans always expected him to leave for a HC gig if Mack didn’t step down soon enough. Him leaving for the gig at UF is understandable. What’s interesting is that Seareals had been rumored to be a target of UT’s back in Novemeber. Feelers were supposedly put out, but he told them he wasn’t interested at the time. It was thought that he was being targeted and put in place for when Muschamp took over UT. Tommy Moffitt (sp?) and Kirby Smart were alwso names brought up as targets of UT back in November. But as stated these were thought to be Muschamp’s staff. I tend to believe this is true mainly because of the Weiss hire by Muschamp. Weiss’ family attended a game at UT this past season. Muschamp was going to hire his son and bring him on board at UT. I think I read that his family was in town looking for housing. Since Muschamp has left, Weiss’ son I believe is now apart of Muschamp’s staff as well as Weiss himself. Many have stated Mack was going to leave if we had won the title, then decided he would wait till the end of the season, but stayed because he didn’t want to leave with the 5-7 record. Muschamp got tired of waiting and jumped on UF deal.

As far as the hire goes, UT fans seem to be split on this potential hire. Some hate it because the same issues Georgia’s line had this past year, the UT line also had. Others love it because of his rep from when his was at LSU and to alot of Longhornsl, the fact that he was endorsed by Muschamp is good enough for them.

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You people who are taking up for Searels & Martinez. You can’t be true Dawg fan.

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Jeff,
I would like to offer you a one-way ticket on Greyhound out of Atlanta!! If you knew as much about sports and journalism as Searels does about coaching the offensive line, you would not be at the AJC. Searels is an excellent line coach but suffered from UGA’s very poor S&C program. You guys who think Searels is the problem are really misinformed. What has Searels done at his previous jobs with the line??? Answer: He has been very successful.

UGA is losing a quality coach and person.

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BTW if Searels has been hired which I think he has been – Mack Brown’s wife picked him and his wife up from the airport in Austin – they won’t announce it till tomorrow. Mack Brown likes to give each hire their separate day of recognition. Today they introduced Jerry Gray – the new DB/Asst. Head Coach to the media as well as the ESPN deal they now have. They won’t announce tonight I don’t think. Since this process started, the only two coaches they’ve announced and brought to the media at the same time were Harsin/Applewhite (co-offensive coordinators). If I remember correctly, Manny Diaz and Bennie Wylie did appear in front of the media together but were announced on separate days so each would have their own day. So look for the school to confirm tomorrow if this actually happens which it looks like it has.

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McGarity will have to hire someone that he could retain with a new coach next year if Richt doesn’t pull it out. Wonder if McGarity will call Kirby Smart and get his opinion on who to bring in as OL coach? Also georgia.247sports.com reports that Searels contract is up in June so he is getting out while he still has some value.

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Really, this has to be “give a quarter story”. Congrats Mark for running him off. Talk about poor results out of super athletes. Prayers answered.

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If he goes, good luck to him at Texas.

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Duluth, give us a break!!Yes, he is a nice guy. Coach????? Look at the talent …….Look at the result………..

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@SicEm:

AND, yet another one buys into the notion that record means everything..Wasn’t Mack Brown just in the championship last year with his D-Coordinator dreaming about the job at Florida? Yeah, thought so…

I’m a UGA fan (yet again) but Texas is FAR from being inferior based on their past few recruiting classes and their most recent recruiting class and the fact that they’re getting a new coaching change may NOT be such a bad direction for the program..

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Good riddance…..

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If this is a surprise to CMR, then he really does have too much non-football stuff to do…just an assistant coach looking long term. Having said that, our OL has been an under-performing group the last two years, regardless of where the fault lies. 2011 will either be a great surprise, or the carnage starts after SC…

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Hey Jeff can I get a shout out??? So show I can show my wife and kids and co-workers and my cat (Kazat) Please Jeff??? Just one ol buddy ol pal!!!!

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For the sake of UGA Football I hope this is true.
I can’t understand though why Texas would take him, pitiful last few seasons. I like the “jumping ship” theory.
CMR has such a poor program in Athens right now, who really cares-a “weak leak” is hopefully leaving-If only we could clear out a “few more” in Athens things might start to get a little better.

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I had read recently that one of the keys for Mack Brown was to turn around Texas’ dreadful last season’s running game. I’ve seen nothing to make me believe Searels is the man for that job.

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IT’S TIME TO ABANDON A SINKING SHIP!

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Wait…so UGA had an offensive line coach?

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Great news !!!! There was a reason Saban left him. He had high 3 and four star kids to work with. He had 5th year seniors and 4th year juniors. It’s not Richts falt ( other than hiring Searels ) The man could not mold a tuff physical line…… Please for the love of god hire a f…..g pro OL coach. If our OL would have been physical and tough, we would have won 9 or 10 games. It’ Richt’s choice ! Hire another college loser coach and your done. Hire a bull and with Gratham on defense the toughness should return.

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At the end of this day, I would like to know if he said, I’m outta here….or if he was told, if you get an offer, take it, we’re going in a different direction. Right before signing day?

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The USS CMR ship is sinking fast!

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hot carl spackler

January 19th, 2011
9:22 pm

Wait…so UGA had an offensive line coach?

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I’m not sure – maybe it was just a rumor???

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RE: jim’s comment at 5:39pm. Yea, Martinez did wonders for the Oklahoma defensive backs. They were ranked no. 51 in passing defense (giving up 212 yards per game). UGA? No. 15 in the NCAA giving up 181 yards per game. Give me a break.

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Schultzie:

You keep hammering Richt. You are doing a killer job. Don’t listen to all the bozos who give you grief for calling it like it is.

HT

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Hey Schultz, my first car was a Burgundy Red ‘66 Mustang Convertible. I hear you about the regrets!!!

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Two Clowns down and more to go. Van Halanger and Searles…

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Just sayin’…notice how no one, not the AD nor Adams has said a word about Richt possibly staying beyond next year….and no refute of Tarkenton’s comments, only the AD trying to reach out to him to quiet him down during this recruiting season….Mark, you better update your resume’….

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Our O-Line has been average at best since Callaway left. Our fundamentals were poor this year- especially for a veteran O-Line. On our running plays, were getting off the ball too high most of the time and the D-Line was getting under our pads to stalemate us. Guys were coming through completely unblocked in critical situations. I’m not sure we were recruiting the best talent either or we certainly were not helping them progress. That’s mostly on the O-Line coach.

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Yeah, you guys – you and Bradley – don’t have an agenda, you’re just a couple of sucker fish with your lips firmly planted on Paul Johnson’s haunches…and any ’shaky ground’ that Mark Richt may be on can be directly attributed to you guys keeping the pot roiled…along with the likes of Fran ‘The Jerk’ Tarkenton and the Columbus Bootlegger, Don Leeburn…along with the rest of the ‘troll-like’ loyal Dawgs around here.

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Nope thats not the time !!!!

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It’s because our ship is sinking people. You don’t have to read the tea leaves. It’s going down.

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As a Tech fan I would love it if all the Georgia Convict fans stay off our blogs, I know that is hard because you losers can’t read at all just like your football team can’t read a speed limit sign

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Schultzie, you need to do a story on this oversigning thing. It’s not technically against the rules, but it sure is dirty pool. I will give Saban credit, he’s learned how to exploit it and utilize the “medical scholarship” to his advantage. Don’t get me wrong, I actually like Bama (disclosure-wife is a Bama grad) and I think Saban is a heck of a coach, but it makes it a lot tougher on men like CMR who are trying to be upfront and open with the recruits.

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@Dirty Dawg…great comments…i was wondering earlier how long it would take for Shultz and Bradley to stir the pot with their dawg bashing at every opportunity…they are absolutely the worst journalists that i can remember when it comes to reporting…its one thing to report but another thing when you have an agenda…Its funny you never see the negative articles or if so, very litttle when it comes to Tech…What disturbs me more is all the so called dawg fans that are trashing Coach Searels right now especially during recruiting…Do they actually think that this is a positive thing for the dawgs right now…You can have your opinion about the man as a coach, but he is a very good recruiter, and this could have some negative results especially when the Shultz’s and Bradley’s spin their headlines to put a negative slant towards anything UGA…I wouldn’t have a problem with their articles if they were not so biased in their remarks…Whether you agree about Coach Searels leaving or not, the timing is not good..Thank god that our AD is in charge of our program and not the fair weather fans on these blogs…The dawgs have some issues, no one denys that, and from what i can see alot of those issues have been addressed and we appear to be having an outstanding recruiting class so far….Get this thru you heads guys…Coach Richt will be here next season…try supporting the team and then see what happens…but what is usually true with fair weather fans is that if things turn around you jump right back on and say, hey i was with you all along…go dawgs

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Amen Dawgster. Colorado was the only non bowl team UGA lost to last year. Nobody blew UGA out, and there is something to be said for senior leadership. Last year he had to fire coaches as they weren’t any good and that is a problem. This year good ones get good big jobs and that is a problem. Go figure Pink Elephants that fly and Cam Newton is telling the truth, what is next?

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Hear ye, hear ye:

Jerry at 10:42 is a fool. dcbl is a bigger fool. Two pathetic morons who want our program to be the equivalent of Vanderbilt. Just what we don’t need – fans like those two buffoons.

HT

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Herschel Talker is the biggest DA of the blog, he is the main reason why UGA’s perception that their football team and fans are a bunch of idiots

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There are only a few active coaches that have a .735 winning percentage over the last 10 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_football_coaches_with_a_.750_winning_percentage

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The 5 active coaches with 10 years experience, with a .735 win % or better right now are:
Paterno, Brian Kelly, Mark Richt, Lennon, and Hale.

That’s it.

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Jeff,

I live in KY but have been a DAWG Fan 4 Life especially with all
of the family ties ti GA. I get to games frequently.

Really enjoy your commentaries!!! As to Searls, I’ll buy the gas
if you can shuttle him to Hartsfield!!!!!!!!

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Georgia lost AJ Green for 4 games to start the season and started out rough at 1-4, just couldn’t click. Teams were bringing 8 in the box to stop the run and Murray was learning how to throw the ball deep without AJ Green.

But when AJ came back, Georgia went 5-2, lost to Florida by 3 in OT and late in the 4th Quarter to #1 ranked Auburn, that’s the kind of season Georgia would have had with AJ there for all 12 games. Probably would have gone 9-4 with AJ in all 13 games.

Lesson learned:
Don’t build your offense around 1 guy.

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two words – Hugh Nall ( and yeah, someone else may have already said this, but I’m not going to read 175 comments, half of whom are haters)

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Mack Brown could easily be gone next year…he would’a left this year if Texas hadn’t stunk so bad!

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Hey Tech Stinger…why don’t you worry about what happened with your price recruit Tuitt…he just decommitted from you back to Notre Dame…I just call like i see it…you can agree or disagree…report me for what may i ask?…for disagreeing with Shultz…you have got to be kidding me…I hate to post a comment about Tech, i don’t have a beef with them, but you started it by calling me an idiot…And my disagreeing with Shultz has something to do with my football knowledge…you are kidding, right?…Why don’t you go back and look at the archives and then tell me how many negative stories he comes up with on the dawgs…i don’t have a problem with him reporting news, but i’d like to see some fairness in his treatment of the local teams…I honestly don’t think you can make an arguement for him in that matter…but its so much easier for you to call someone and idiot to whom you know nothing, absolutely nothing about…i didn’t even stoop to calling Shultz that in my remarks…I do totally disagree with him, but i didn’t call him names…now tell me again who should be reported…thank you…

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When your program starts to rise, people raid your coaching stasff.

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I don’t think Diaz thought Mullen was on a hotseat after 1 season, yet Diaz also jumped at the chance to coach in Texas, nor did Tenn’s coach think Dooley was in a hotseat, yet he jumped to Texas too. It’s the best state to recruit in, and almost always in the hunt for the National Championship. It’s a world class program.

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LA-DAWG

January 19th, 2011
10:31 pm
Shultz…you are a complete DA…where do you come up with the idea that Texas is solid program….
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Why would anyone think that Texas is a solid program? Maybe the fact that they are the most profitable program in CFB. That in the 10 years prior to 2010 they averaged 11 wins a year. The fact that they won the MNC in 2005 and played in the BCS championship game just 1 year ago.

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Anyone have Neal Callaways phone number?

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Hey, does Mack Brown need a new OC? Maybe he can have Searels bring Bobo with him!

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The best thing that could happen at UGA would be that the so called fans who do not like CMR just find another program and leave the man alone. He is the coach so let him run the team. Most of these people who knock CMR so much have no clue about coaching a major college team.

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Ok Jeff…here’s the deal. I know CSS personally and i haven’t spoken with him in awhile but he is from my hometown of Trion, GA. I know his momma and his grandmomma and his brother and sister. Now…First off , Searels didn’t like the AJC because of the spin that was put on his daddy in an article released right after he came here. After that he was done with all of you guys. I don’t remember who wrote the article but i know that for a fact because his momma told me so. Secondly..He is one of the top line coaches in the country no matter what you or Bradley think. As we see, he has no trouble getting job offers every year. He turned down Nick Saban and Alabama to come to UGA. He wouldn’t even go to the interview because he said that he was afraid that Saban(who has a dominating personality ) would talk him into taking the Bama OL job and he really wanted to work with Mark Richt at UGA. After taking the job at UGA, he told me himself that he had never seen such a mess with the OL. All we had were freshmen(who weren’t very good with the exception of Sturdivant and a couple of JUCOs who were jokes. Our S&G was pathetic. He told me the first year he was here that our OL was the worst he had ever coached and that Moreno just made those guys look better than they were. Then..2 years ago we had the debacle season that was Joe Cox. Searels had massive injuries to contend with including his best lineman blowing out his knee twice. We have recruited some good lineman (ranking wise) but our S&G is so poor that coaching them up just ain’t getting it done anymore. Searels could have left to go to Florida when Muschamp took the job there but he turned it down because he wanted to be at UGA. His daughters love it there and he really loves Athens even if he doesn’t love the AJC. I could go into more detail but i’m not. I do remember being thrilled when UGA hired him because: A. He’s a close friend and B: He’s a really really good Line coach. But obviously there is something terribly wrong at UGA these days. I heard that CSS and Bobo were pretty frustrated with Richt this year and his “hands off” atittude about everything. He was taking the Bobby Bowdon approach and pretty much “coaching from the tower” as the saying goes. Even with all that, I know the CSS really has a good relationship with CMR and something tells me that CMR knows he is a lame duck this year. Nothing short of an SEC championship will save him and when he goes, all his staff will be gone as well. I believe CMR told Searels that if he is gonna leave he better do it now because the opportunities may be less next year. The bottom line people is that we are going to lose a great coach today and its very rare we ever get anybody with CSS’s reputation coming in. This guy has been successful at every stop he has coached in. From App. St, to Cincinnatti to LSU where he sports a BCS national championship ring until now. The guy just didn’t forget how to coach at UGA. That tells me that the problem lies ALOT deeper with CSS and i have a feeling that after this all plays out, there are gonna be alot of new faces in Athens next year.

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“Its funny you never see the negative articles or if so, very litttle when it comes to Tech.”

dawgster, a penny for your thoughts. But Tech stories – good or bad – rarely are the subject of a blog because the readership doesn’t give a darn about Tech.

Cripes, if you’re a regular visitor to the ajc.com sports page, you already know if a headline about CMR or UGA v Florida or the Falcons or Chipper’s latest hangnail sits atop their blog it’s is practically guaranteed to generate a 1000 hits.

It’s called passion. Bradley and Schultz know what stirs it among we few, we socially awkward band of brothers who share our tortured syntax, twisted logic and profound emotional dysfunction on the world wide web.

Posting a blog about Georgia Tech is the equivalent of a wet poot. The Hawks too, for that matter. It appears it’s gonna be a long winter. Please keep the CMR blogs comin’.

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You can not blame Searels for jumping ship. You may see others jump before Spring Practice begins. Texas looks good on the resume. Mac Brown also got BO DAVIS from BAMA recently. Mac Brown is trying to get the ship righted. They must love him.

I believe with the 5 BCS Championships you will see alot of SEC coaches in demand ………………..No matter how bad the record is of there team. SEC coaches are in demand.

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Yellow Fuzz:
Hate to do this, but as a Georgia fan I have to agree with you about our moronic fan base….They need a good dose of reality….

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FURMAN PALADIN DEATH DEALER…..lest you forgot….Les Miles had already decided that he wanted a new line coach before Searles bolted for UGA….that tell you anything!

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Need to make a package deal and include BoBo.

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Can we press charges against Searels for theft?

Richt should’ve had the courage to fire him after this season….but didn’t.

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Gee. You mean when a coach of a major football program has a losing season, he replaces assistants (and I know Muschamp left voluntarily)? I thought the head coach is supposed to say, “no changes in the staff,” and, “Bobo and Searels did a great job, not a good job, but a great job.”

Seriously, I think it’s kinda silly to blame Van Halanger for the offensive line’s futility. If it’s really the case that our line is weaker and poorer conditioned than other teams’ OLs, Searels didn’t notice it the past 2 or 3 years?

Seems like he would be the first to report something like this to his head coach . . .

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“No coach or player ever reaches their potential at uga due to the MORONIC fan base.”
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Yellow Fuzz,

I guess I am a part of that fan base, but in my 35 years as a UGA fan, I’ve never gotten to work directly with a player or coach to help them “reach their potential.”

Dufus.

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Jeff, I appreciate your blogs…It appears that many fans do not appreciate nor understand the purpose of constructive critique; many long term UGA alumni and fans do. Hopefully, they don’t apply this mindset in the job place, political elections, etc.

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Well I have to say that Buck called yesterday on 680. Jeff you never disappoint – that’s for sure. “Second thought: Is it abandon ship time to Athens?” He said this is exactly what you would write. I’m not sure you can get any more shallow than you and Bradley.

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Let’s see which of Richt’s clueless assistants gets promoted. Gotta keep the $$ in the Sunday bar-b-que gang.

McGarity should take charge and get a true, knowledgeable, professional OL coach instead of sitting back and letting Richt just throw one of his “boys” into the position (ie. Joe T as S&C).

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Joey,

You don’t know what the crap you are talking about.

Joe T is a military drill sargeant who has hired former players to kick butt and take names. This is 180 degrees from where the program was with Dave Van H.

The next OL coach can only take the program up compared to the underachieving that has been going on with Searles.

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Jeff,
I know the Dawgs had a bad year on the line this year..but it pretty much was a bad year for the entire team. If you look at Searels entire body of work since he was here, The line has been pretty solid with Moreno garnering back to back 1,000 yard seasons and last years performance being solid for the most part. Yes…they did take a step back this year but again….what aspect of UGA football was good this year???

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“Yes…they did take a step back this year but again….what aspect of UGA football was good this year???”
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I do wonder if the OL’s problems are due to poor S&L, and the OL coach, or more to our predictable offensive schemes and sets?

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GOD BLESS TEXAS !!!

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The thing is, if the recruiting is as bad as all of these coaches are saying on the way out..

Why didn’t they tell Rodney Garner to quit recruiting these guys and go out and find better talent??

CSS was here for several YEARS??? He couldn’t improve a terrible line in several YEARS???

Why has Mark Richt been so hands off? I just don’t understand how these guys who obviously are good football coaches otherwise they wouldn’t ever land those jobs not A) see that there are serious issues with talent and ability and B) DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

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hopefully grantham leaves soon—he’s been a bust and gets paid $750,000 for mediocrity. Hire kirby smart to run the D and be the coach in waiting.

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Not Searels, it’s the play calling and the running design or formations that’s the problem. We don’t know how to run the ball physical because of the formations. Saben loves Searels and so will Mack Brown. Our offense has never been able to smash it inside the red zone the past 10 years

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Yes it is abandon ship at UGA for all of the bandwagon jumpers. That includes you Schultzie.

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Grantham could be hanging on till after signing day. The NFL is a tight knit fraternity ( See John Fox hiring days after being fired at Carolina) and I’m sure Grantham has had some feelers. But, if he’s fired at the end of the upcoming year, he collects $750,000 for 2012, and that big bucks to a career assit.

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Good riddance! We need some new life in our coaching staff.

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Let the guy from Brookwood High in Snellville take it over.You’ll see improvement.

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Let these guys leave. The coaches performances have been sub-par the last few years. Talent is wasted wasted wasted in Athens. The potential of these athletes is never reached at the University of Georgia. I say we let these coaches abandon ship and infect another school with their lackadaisical approach. I want more hard nosed coaches like the stories I’ve heard of Erk Russell, the fire that Van Gorder brought to the table, not this crap where you see them and players laughing and having a good time on the sideline after getting blown out by Florida yet again, or against crappy programs like Colorado. If even a spec of the ability comes out, Georgia would be in the Top 5 every year. Look at A.J. Green and Knowshon Moreno, a spec of their ability was released, and they ran all over opponents. So I say let them run away, and it gives Georgia the opportunity to search for new talent without paying any kind of release.

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There’s ZERO EVIDENCE Mark Richt’s job stability was the reason for Searels move.

Likely, Searels was getting some heat from Richt to shape up or ship out, also had some personality issues with the staff, and then Texas called.

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One can only be thankful for this!

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Why do you have to put a negative slant aimed at slamming GA everytime somthing happens there? Maybe he just wanted to take the job because he wanted to take the job. If Richt was fired, he (Searels) would have not trouble finding employment. At sometime Bradley you need to just relax and enjoy life a little.

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richt’s “job stability”? Really, you can’t be serious. Richt has 1 losing season for the first time since 1985, and you’re saying he has “job stability” issues? According to whom–McGarity disagrees with you, the UGA Board disagrees with you, recurits disagree with you, last time I checked, those are about the only 43 whose opinion counts.

SI & Scout both have Richt pre-season top 25.

Richt’s win % is right up there with a handful of guys that have been doing it for 10 years in Div 1.

Richt’s win % is top 5 for those who have been coaching in Div 1 for 10 years or more, better than Saban, Miles, Petrino, Spurrier, etc.

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Looks like 7576Dawg understands the deal. Too bad those with the poewer to do what needs to be done don’t get it.

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I wish the ajc would fire writers like u, so we could have some1 write orginal stuff besides fire richt & hewitt articles

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Jeff what a great head clip to put on front page on AJC. Your a looser and hate UGA! Its official!

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1985? When did a coach’s time as an assistant count towards his head coaching stats? If that’s so, then Muschamp (Texas) and Smart (Bama) are off to a good start!

Jerry, where does Richt’s last 5 years (win %) rank in the NCAA?

Not nit-picking, just curious.

Recent history usually means more to a coach’s boss(es) than his entire career stats, I would expect. Recent production absolutely means more to most bosses in any career.

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Searels leaving is win for Georgia. The “Veteran” offensive line couldn’t stop a Pop Warner team from getting through the line. That’s coaching!

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…..why then did Mac hire . . . .

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The good thing a bout being a recruit that is considering UGA is that your playing time will start immediately. No more redshirts for the talented.

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Yes, its always the UGA assistant coach’s fault. Never, ever the “Godly” Richt’s fault. I am sure it will be a GREAT season in 2011. Oh wait—not really;-(

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Hope UGA and Richt go after a coach that can also be an OC. Doubt anyone will make a lateral move to UGA….It would be nice for Richt to go after an younger coach on the rise like Diaz was last year (Current DC at Texas from MS). Big day for UGA’s future today. Rome and Jenkins are set to announce later today.

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Come on! One coach leaves for more money and its jump ship. Now if another one leaves, then another one maybe its jumping ship, but one coach leaving for more money. Thats not jumping shipe

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Searels should have been let go this offseason anyways. for all u so-called dawg fans that come on these messege boards constantly putting our dawgs down are not true fans at all. there are several other college teams out there to root for so do us true dawgs all a favor and go find yourself another team. also i know a lot of bama, allburn(auburn), tech and other rival fans come on here posing as dawg fans leave negative comments as well but you can tell the difference bc they dont know what the hell their talkin about.

Jeff Schultz is the most hated man in Bulldog Nation!

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Since 2002, Richt and Tubberville are the only Head Coaches to win a SEC title and not play in the National Championship Game, it has happend to Richt twice….(2002, 2005)………Richt had great success when:
A. Most of the key players were recruited by Donnan
B. Before Urban, Saban at ‘Bamam,
C. Van Gorden was DC

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[...] shooting to his team.2.  With offensive line coach Stacy Searels heading to Texas, this writer wonders if its “abandon ship time” in Athens.3.  The departure of Searels hasn’t hit Georgia in the commitment list yet.4.  This writer [...]

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“It was pretty clear to anyone that follows Mark Richt knows he helps relocate his staffers when he can”
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I wish Richt would help “relocate” Bobo . . .

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@ Mean Machine…………You are right. I hope the new Strentgh and Conditioning program works out.

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Great!

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Richt will name Joe Cox as the new O-line coach

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Malcome, all the folks in Valdosta and Georgia will be reading
and blogging about Jay for the next four years.
Not too many folks in Valdosta and Georgia read or blog
the Birmingham news, only the Tide and Tiger fans cussing
each other.

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Shhh!!! , don’t all you ga fans hear that? that is CMR crashing your once proud program into the bottom of the league!!!

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Should hire an NFL O-LIne Coach maybe from the Texans or someone from a lower ranking school like an FCS school.

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Interesting how someone takes close to a 100K pay raise and he is considered as jumping ship. Only ones who could spin it that would be Schultz and Bradley.

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I don’t know, AltimahaDawg, I think that one move (not firing – just demoting Bobo), and getting a top flight OC would energize the disenchanted part of Dawgnation, and buy Richt 2 or 3 more years.

I know it would ease the depression I feel about the program.

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Jump ship time? Why not? Every year there is a different scapegoat. Richt will be gone after another 6-6 year next year anyway. Might as well go somewhere while you can.

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Hopefully CMR will not make an in house promotion but go outside.

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Lets see, only 4 plays away from going from 6-7 to 10-3. I dont think its the coaching as much as the fumbles(colorado,miss.st,sc) and ints(gaytors). They had us in every game this year and as much as some of dumbazz people think we are NOT loaded with nfl talent all over the field.

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Jeff-

And certainly not a solid program like Texas……..Mack Brown’s not going anywhere. Really, most folks realize that a mass exodus of assistants in one year is a very good sign of a program in disarray. Changing out six assistants in one year at UT, and you think Searels is leaving for more job security? You think maybe it’s for more $$$, and based on his performance at UGA, they weren’t going to match UT? I know none of that supports your overriding premise that Mark Richt’s days at UGA are numbered. Only pick and choose those facts that support your personal opinions. You are a “hackmaster spin doctor”. Believe what you like.

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wonder how many recruits will do like Coach Searles and jump ship

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Just read where Peachtree TV dropped THREE Georgia games for next season.

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Bobo: we’ll put up 60 on UCF.

Searle: The line has got their part covered.

Richt: Y’all are doing a good, no, GREAT job!

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@ Yellow Fuzz

You mean the Fan Base that has sold out 63 games in a row between the hedges.

Or the fan base that cannot sell out your high school stadium

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His leaving speaks volumes about his committment to UGA or lack thereof. Let him go. He can’t leave soon enough. Also, his leaving undermines CMR’s ability to keep his staff together and what fans perceive as rats abondoning a sinking ship. This ought to teach him a lesson and not think too much of his asst coaches interests because in this case they don’t give a damn about his.

Get a outside GA man to replace Searles. Don’t need another AU grad.

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Hogs on the line are the folks that make the skill players look good. Without them, we’ve got the familiar Caleb and Washaun story.
The line coach is very important, particularly in recruiting prime USDA beef every year and knowing how to age it.

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SO, Mac Brown isn’t going anywhere? Yeah, let’s see what happens when they go 5-7 again. And with the addition of Searels that’s very possible. He did Richt a favor since Richt doesn’t have the nerve to get rid of him. Does TX need an OC??

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[...] Texas hires Stacy Searels from Georgia to coach offensive lineDallas Morning News (blog)Second thought: Is it abandon ship time in Athens?Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)Report: Searels To Texas A Done DealMrSECESPN (blog) -Fort [...]

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You and Bradley should do an experiment whereby you do not allow commenting for a day or so. Then the AJC could check on productivity changes in the Atlanta area and it would find an increase in burgers flipped, floors mopped and GED school attendance.

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YES!!! Richt couldn’t pull the trigger on Searels, but he is gone anyway. Hallelujah. It is also nice to know that Texas will not have a running game or reach national prominence for the next 1-5 years.

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