Mark Richt’s pay tied to incentives, as it should be
Mark Richt will need to have a high degree of success to increase his paycheck at Georgia. (AP photo)
Mark Richt won 10 straight games last season, brought Georgia to the SEC championship for the first time in six years and generally allayed fears that the football program was starting to circle the drain.
But he is not going to get a raise, and that pretty much indicates where the bar has been set in Athens.
Richt’s contract extension is still not finalized. It unofficially has been stuck on “almost finished” longer than any document in American history.
The most intriguing part of the new deal won’t be contract length but the amount of Richt’s buyout, which is the best indicator of somebody’s job security. (It’s much easier to fire a coach with a $2 million buyout than a $10 million buyout.) But athletic director Greg McGarity confirmed Thursday that Richt won’t be receiving a raise in the new deal.
Speaking to the UGA’s athletic board at annual meetings in Greensboro, McGarity said Richt’s contract will include increased bonuses for SEC and BCS championships and simliar accomplishments. But the coach’s salary will remain at about $2.8 million.
“We want to reward excellence,” McGarity said, and if you have been paying attention, those words won’t surprise you.
McGarity recently fired gymnastics coach Jay Clark after only three years. Last football season, when many fans were going gaga over the Bulldogs’ 10-game winning streak, McGarity pointed out that the team was benefiting in part from a soft schedule. He was correct. But it nonetheless was surprising and refreshing to hear an administrator be so candid.
A recent story on McGarity by Chip Towers examined how he studied under Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley, who dismissed at least 15 coaches while McGarity was in Gainesville.
Foley was quoted in the piece, saying: “All I know is when Greg and I worked together, one thing that he and I talked about — and I’ve got to think it’s part of his management philosophy — is you don’t necessarily judge a program on where it is today. I think you judge it on where it’s going to be or if it’s as good as it can be. Sometimes you evaluate programs and they may be OK. But there are certain places in the country — and Florida’s one and I think Georgia is one — where being OK isn’t satisfactory to people in leadership roles.”
Georgia has a chance to be pretty good this season and again will benefit from a schedule that will avoid Alabama, LSU and Arkansas. But high expectations means a higher bar for success. The fact Richt won’t be given a raise indicates McGarity believes he still has something to prove.
By Jeff Schultz
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My 2 cents
May 24th, 2012
11:36 am
What! No bonus for beating Coastal Carolina by 50?
Spanky
May 24th, 2012
11:39 am
Regardless of what these trolls say, you’re spot on today,Jeff!! Was there any reaction from CMR?..good with this?…minutely miffed?..(crap, I just used the word “miffed”)…need coffee!!!
Land O' Lakes Dawg
May 24th, 2012
11:41 am
Dog fans should all be proud of our coach – one of the few concerned with the overall education of his student athletes. Maybe, one day there will be bonuses for GPA and APR (academic progress). Until then, Richt is the right man for UGA.
Bright Idea
May 24th, 2012
11:46 am
Jay Clark-3 years, not 2
The Ghost of Wally Butts
May 24th, 2012
11:47 am
Hot Dawg!
At least we have an Athletic Director more interested in holding coaches accountable than he is in tooling around Buckhead with red panties belonging to a “Tiger-Woods-Blonde” type.
Sic ‘Em McGarity!!
Jeff Schultz
May 24th, 2012
11:50 am
Bright Idea — Fixed, thanks.
girldawg
May 24th, 2012
11:55 am
I agree with McGarity… he is on the right track!
DawgEd
May 24th, 2012
11:55 am
This is good news.
I’m CMR fan, and believe the program is headed in the right direction. The contract needed to be extended for the good of the program/recruiting. But to have given him a raise based on the performance since the last contract update would have killed McGarity’s credibility on his “reward excellence” philosophy.
I hope CMR’s incentives are substantial, and that he gets to claim everyone of them.
UGA Insider
May 24th, 2012
11:55 am
I would say the seat is still hot but CMR is kicking azz this year in recruiting. Probably going to have the #1 class in the country by Feb.
5150 UOAD
May 24th, 2012
12:00 pm
But McGarity is the one that LOVES and creates Soft Schedules so how can he fault Richt for winning 10 games on the benefit of the SOFT Schedule?
Stop SCREWING the fans by making them pay for crappy home games against crappy teams. it will be fun to see how many Full Attendance Games UGa has this year with that pathetic home schedule.
Baddabing
May 24th, 2012
12:01 pm
McGarity is dead on. Those who were giddy about the 10 win season were brought to their knees by the whooping LSU put on them (2nd half) in the Championship Game. I like CMR and hope he does well, we need more people like him leading young people, but a raise was not warranted.
Dawg Obedience
May 24th, 2012
12:11 pm
Rewarding excellence is a good idea.
SimpleDawg
May 24th, 2012
12:13 pm
If the Dawgs attain the heights of rarified air of the SEC championship, then Richt’s bonuses should reflect those achievements. If the Dawgs play for the National Championship, then his bonuses should reflect that, also.
An extra $2.5 million should fund a bunch mission trips……
……and the additional wins should sooth the savage beasts.
toga
May 24th, 2012
12:24 pm
No raise means your gone. If he hasn’t proved himself to admin by now, only a NC will. That ain’t going happen. Can’t wait for MO to beat GA.
Roll Tide
Vain Jangling
May 24th, 2012
12:25 pm
I think I’m buying into McGarity’s management philosophy. Being self-employed, the harder I work, the more I’m going to pay myself. Plus, sometimes I set the bar kind of low, because I don’t want all my hard work to be all that hard. And I like the idea of incentives. Mine is, “No work – No pay!” Hence, I work. Hey, if this lawyering thing doesn’t continue to pan out, I could probably be a D1 coach. Or maybe a double naught spy. Beats work.
cattledawg
May 24th, 2012
12:28 pm
This makes sense to me. Jeff, you found a waffle house birdhouse yet?
Columbus Dawg
May 24th, 2012
12:29 pm
The offense will be lights out this year, along with even more improvement on D. Couple that with the hunger that the players SHOULD feel, and the SEC should be within reach. To get to Miami will require undefeated season, and a little luck from BCS tools. I think Richt really believes he has a formidable team this year, though. We’ll see.
Columbus Dawg
May 24th, 2012
12:30 pm
Oh, and by the way, toga is a blithering idiot.
Paul in NH
May 24th, 2012
12:31 pm
Bonuses for excellence on the field are a good idea, but there is no reason that part of a bonus cannot be tied to graduation rate and APR.
Hankie Aron
May 24th, 2012
12:34 pm
toga- Don’t sleep on that MO prediction son
Hankie Aron
May 24th, 2012
12:37 pm
Trolling should come with a fine. toga- please pay $1 to the Jeff Schultz charity of choice for trolling on a UGA blog. Oh and you guys are still even with LSU 1-1. Saban= Mulligan Man
GTBob
May 24th, 2012
12:38 pm
As someone who has criticized Richt about a million times, I would say that McGarity is pretty spot on here. It’s good for UGA that they have an AD that isn’t as blind as its fans.
harold
May 24th, 2012
12:41 pm
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECORD AND MOVE THE EMOTIONS OUT OF THE WAY RICHT IS NOT THE GUY TO TAKE UGA WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. CONSIDER THE FACTS:
FACT: RICHT IS 24-16 THE LAST THREE SEASONS.
FACT: RICHT IS 9-30 AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS.
FACT: RICHT HAS NOT EVEN MADE IT TO THE BCS NATIONAL TITLE GAME
FACT: RICHT DID WELL WITH DONNANS PLAYERS DOWNHILL SINCE VAN GORDER LEFT
FACT: SABAN HAS MORE NATIONAL TITLES THAN UGA.
FACT: ALABAMA, LSU, AND FLORIDA ARE CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMS–UGA IS NOT!
FACT: TENNESSEE-ALABAMA–LSU—AUBURN–& FLORIDA HAVE BCS TITLES-NOT UGA!
FACT: JOHN CHAVIS AND UGA’S OWN KIRBY SMART “REJECTED” UGA OFFERS AS DC.
FACT: NICK SABAN & ALABAMA ARE KILLING UGA IN RECRUITING IN THEIR OWN STATE.
FACT: UGA FANS ARE HAPPY TO “DREAM” AND JUST COMPETE–NOT WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS
FACT: IF UGA WANTS TO WIN NATIONAL TITLES LIKE BAMA & LSU—RICHT MUST GO!
GTBob
May 24th, 2012
12:46 pm
Bonuses for excellence on the field are a good idea, but there is no reason that part of a bonus cannot be tied to graduation rate and APR.
Im not fully against the APR incentive idea, but what does Richt really do in this regard? I am guessing the academics of the players are monitored by some group of people who tell Richt when someone is slipping. Richt then tells them to straighten up, or makes them run some laps, or whatever. Is that really worth a bonus? If Richt is actually sitting down and helping them with their Housing homework then I could see it, but a head football coach isn’t exactly an academic leader.
5150 UOAD
May 24th, 2012
12:50 pm
If BONUSES are dependent on Graduation Rates more Football Factories will get a new course of study added that is so easy all the football players will take it. Remember the good-ole-days at UGa when Jan Kemp exposed the Joke of UGa academics for athletes or that test with the value of a 3 point shot? If Bonuses are part of graduation that will just start those days up again.
Paul in NH
May 24th, 2012
12:52 pm
GTBob
Since the HC controls who he offers scholarships, he has a great deal of influence over APR. Giving extra money for a good record on the field and none for a good academic record makes a statement about a university’s priorities.
Bill
May 24th, 2012
1:02 pm
Whats wrong with AJC Sports.Com..DOB and few more missing from front page….ajc needs to get it together. Thanks Jeff, I thought they had fired everyone.
Hankie Aron
May 24th, 2012
1:08 pm
Paul in NH- That statement has been made over and over again in big time college football. A D-1 or FCS university is to win football games 1. and 2. try to get the kids to pass their classes if possible.
5150 UOAD
May 24th, 2012
1:08 pm
Paul but that isn’t really true either. if the HC gives Scholarships to the best players in the South then do you really them staying long enough to graduate? many will not be the smartest students. They will take the minimum classes. Not always take classes in the summer either. If the players are really good they will play as freshman and leave after their Junior year. You can’t expect the Bonus for APR to be very big because if the team is winning and players are not graduating most of the fans will not care.
Hankie Aron
May 24th, 2012
1:09 pm
My point 5150. That train left the station a long time ago.
Hankie Aron
May 24th, 2012
1:10 pm
I love College Football, but it’s such a dirty game behind the scenes, I don’t care which team you root for.
Hankie Aron
May 24th, 2012
1:14 pm
harold- Why must you type EVERYTHING in caps? Are you like 4ft tall and can never be heard over the adults in the room?
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
May 24th, 2012
1:23 pm
The only detail in his contract that matters is the buyout! Richt will never get UGA to the glass ball game…never. Without all the walkon players to help with the graduation rates you would see all your BS about academics at UGA is one complete joke but please continue your denial. It does make me nervous to think the AD is about to blowup the UGA HC position. We need Ray Goff #2 at UGA so please keep Richt for another 3-4 years anyway.
Buckeye
May 24th, 2012
1:24 pm
VOLS tight end arrested:
SEC!SEC!SEC!
Buckeye
May 24th, 2012
1:27 pm
Face it, dogs. You will either lose the SEC!SEC! Least to South Carolina or Vanderbilt or lose the Championship to one of the two teams that is the real SEC!SEC! Don’t bother showing up against College of Charleston or GSU or whoever else is on you cupcake of cupcakes schedule.
5150 UOAD
May 24th, 2012
1:28 pm
Buckeye……………..the count is now 58. What will be the final count by time the season starts?
In an interview Wednesday with campus newspaper The Lantern, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said the athletic department has 12 pending NCAA violations in addition to the 46 self-reported secondary violations since May 31, 2011. The 46 secondary violations were released last week.
Buckeye
May 24th, 2012
1:28 pm
Hey dogs,
Are you going to Occupy Athens given Win With and Theodore Cleaver Grantham are 1%ers?
Aubie-won-knobi
May 24th, 2012
1:32 pm
Buckeye…and your point?
Dawgdad (The Original)
May 24th, 2012
1:36 pm
I think the contract is taking so long because McGarrity is so busy with scheduling. It is so hard to find those schools willing to come to Athens for money, then assume the position. He needs to get on the phone to Bill Curry, before they get too good to qualify.
bucket
May 24th, 2012
1:39 pm
One things for sure, whether UGA and CMR wins or loses all the folks with “UGA Obsession Disorder” will be on the ajc blogs to tell us how awful UGA is! You only hate the things that you fear.
bucket
May 24th, 2012
1:41 pm
I guess Buckeye’s point is that OSU and Big 10 or 12 or whatever players never get in trouble, oh wait… Nevermind! I have no clue what his point was.
Samuel P & Scooby Doo
May 24th, 2012
1:45 pm
$2.9MM guaranteed is exactly “incentive laden”
Keep doing what you do, you’ll keep getting what you get!
Hankie Aron
May 24th, 2012
1:55 pm
Yes bucket- A list of those who are obsessed with UGA football and Richt MORE than the Dawg fans
SSIgator, harold, Still @ the Kool Aid Bar, Wet Willie Keep on Smiling. Crimson Crush, Tide Roll, GTBob
Hankie Aron
May 24th, 2012
1:55 pm
and I’m sure I didn’t name them all.!
Mako
May 24th, 2012
1:58 pm
5150 UOAD….that’s right if old PJ can’t beat em….Tech will out think em….I imagine that what scaring the crap out of Rad…that and how to pay the bonds on the lil’Mac joke of Coke
5150 UOAD
May 24th, 2012
2:00 pm
Mako come back when you can post something that makes sense.
Buckeye
May 24th, 2012
2:20 pm
5150,
Here are some of the examples, across multiple sports, mind you.
Think the NCAA needs to rethink a few things?
• Football: The compliance office approved the use of mini basketballs during a football winter conditioning workout;
A former assistant football coach had an inadvertent contact or “bump” with a prospective student-athlete;
The program understood the aunt of a prospective student-athlete was his legal guardian and provided food and lodging expenses to her for the official visit;
An assistant coach inadvertently posted on the Facebook wall of a 2013 prospective student-athlete, believing at the time he was using the email inbox function of Facebook.
• Institutional: Two baseball prospective student-athletes arrived on campus for official visits before being placed on the request list;
Athletics financial aid agreements were issued to three prospective student-athletes without being signed by the financial aid director.
• Baseball: A prospective student-athlete in grade 12 registered and showed up for an Ohio State camp for participants in grades 9-11 even though he was told he was not eligible to compete at the camp. A T-shirt was given to the individual to defuse the situation when he got upset that he couldn’t compete;
5150 UOAD
May 24th, 2012
2:30 pm
Buckeye….haha but it shows a pattern doesn’t it? You seem to think so if it was the SEC.
Jeff Schultz
May 24th, 2012
2:41 pm
Cattledawg — I’m still on the lookout for one.
Gary
May 24th, 2012
2:50 pm
FACT: harold STOP YELLING.
FACT: UGA fans who love to complain will live to reget it if CMR is pushed out the door. No Georgia coach has performed as well as this guy. You are not likely to find a better coach willing to come to Georgia and compete in the SEC. We could very easily end up like Tennessee & Mississippi State & Arkanasas (possibly Florida) regretting our coaching change. 1 school wins and NC each year, the rest shoot for the best they can do. Georgia is and will be a best they can do school until we get the luck of schedule, the right players at the right time, and a avoid key injuries. There is only one Saban and he is not coming to Georgia. Everyone else is just lucky to hold the crystal trophy. Some other team had to loose, some one and done player showed up, some major team got upset, the voters left another good team out and picked one, etc. There are things Georgia can control other things they can’t. One day it all may click but probably not. Be happy with SEC’s and Sugar Bowls or fire the coach and go back to the days when you were just happy to upset a team rahther than being the team people are trying to beat. Guy wins ten games in the SEC is a good coach. He had LSU, SC, and Michigan St. on the ropes and the players (interceptions, dropped balls, missed field goals, and missed coverage) gave those away. Too many points left on the field. The comback against Florida was impressive considering the history. The performance against Auburn was perfect. Tech, Kentucky, and Vandy sure don’t like Richt. Bosie cleaned our clock. It was a young team that needed time. CMR did a great job last year. I only hope he is around to keep the momentum going. Or we could hire D. Dooley.
Mad Dog One
May 24th, 2012
3:00 pm
I would like to know when CMR got to set the schedule???? And who is the man that has UGA playing North alabama on the Fla. border??? It would seem that McGarity gets off his a$$ and schedules some one to play he can cxast the first stone GO DOGS & GATA
Desert Fox
May 24th, 2012
3:04 pm
Make CMR earn the high salary by winning the SEC and big bucks w/the BCS Title. He may give more thought to possible coaching changes if ST still reek and the O continues to shoot itself in the foot in big games. If these other coaches can win NC’s he ought to be able to as well.
Gary
May 24th, 2012
3:28 pm
Desert Fox, What coaches? You mean Saban(3), Myer(2)? Les got his because the system voted him in over Georgia (we were better). Auburn got one because they had two of the best players in Football and then collapsed as soon as they left, not because of coaching. Gene did not make the comeback and beat Georgia, it was the quarterback who managed I don’t even know how many third and longs with his own feet on broken plays to get back in that game. Coaching had nothing to do with it. That was talent. You see him in the NFL and realize they had Superman on offense and the Hulk on defense. Saban and Myer are wto of the best coaches to set foot on a field. Every school wants them. If coaching were really the only answer to the NC issue I assume South Carolina should have one because they have a really good coach as well. Nobody there is screaming for Spurriers head. Some Dawgs just have unreasonable expectations. You want and NC, fine, Hire Saban, Spurrier, or Myer…. Could you imagine any of them pretending to be dawg fans for 5 million a year. No one else is better than the guy leading our team right now. It sure isn’t going to be a current coach in the Big 12, ACC, Big 10 or the PAC. None of them will do any better. Most would be overwhelmed by this conference. I promise, when Richt does leave we will look very similar to Tennessee right, much like the Dawgs of the late 80s and through the 90s. Loosing a hell of a lot more games and praying. It might not seem like much but beating Tech evey year sure feels good. I can remember when that didn’t happen. Richt will get us back over SC. Florida will always be Florida. Life has been pretty good under CMR. You really should not take it for granted. Talk to an Ole Miss or Mississippi State or Tennessee fan and ask them how much fun it is to watch college football.
JB
May 24th, 2012
3:32 pm
Smart move by McGarity….2012 will be big in win numbers, but will not impress anyone due to schedule. To make 2012 a success, Mark needs to win 11 games in regular season. He’ll be allowed one mulligan. He loses to Mizzoui and SC and Florida with this team, and it will not bode well for him with this team coming back. It’ll put the light on coaching vs talent, and 2012 is important because 2013 is setting up to be a train wreck with the entire defense leaving and a tougher schedule. There is a ton of young talent coming into to Athens……….But when hasn’t that been the case.
5150 UOAD
May 24th, 2012
3:36 pm
Gary……and Richt was overwhelmed coming from the ACC so I doubt any Big Time HC would be overwhelmed. Meyer was overwhelmed coming from UTAH? Saban was overwhelmed coming from Michigan State?
You SEC people have such an over inflated opinion of your league.
JB
May 24th, 2012
3:36 pm
No Gary, it won’t be like Tennessee. Never. Our program will not be allowed to get in that shape. That roster was depleted, with a state which produces little D1 talent.
Rooty Tooty
May 24th, 2012
4:04 pm
Give CMR a clause where he gets a bonas for keeping all the thugs and dawgs out of jailand he can make $20M plus every year…
1eyedJack
May 24th, 2012
4:14 pm
Rooty Tooty
Fresh and Fruity.
Dewey
May 24th, 2012
4:22 pm
Mark Richt and his henchman Grantham are the two biggest sleazebags in the SEC. No school with any integrity would hire these bozos.
UGA hasn’t had a qualified, ethical head football coach since Harry Mehre, and that was many decades ago. There’s a reason why UGA is known far and wide as The Cesspool of the South.
Buckeye
May 24th, 2012
4:26 pm
5150,
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/05/24/ncaa-rules-exam/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_wr_a1
The si.com article provides further detail regarding the absurdities of the NCAA rules. Interesting read.
hiramtiger
May 24th, 2012
4:46 pm
that blowout loss in the sec championship game sealed the deal. –ga. is known for settling for mediocrity and they’ve upheld the tradition again
5150 UOAD
May 24th, 2012
4:57 pm
buckeye………there are hundreds of absurd LAWS on the books in every state but they are LAWS and you don’t break them. I know stupid some of the NCAA rules are but they are the RULES and you don’t break them. The BS the NCAA did to TECH by taking away the ACC Championship is nuts for the rule that was “Broken” but it is what it is. OHIO ST should have been BUSTED Hard for all the crap they just pulled the last 3 or so years.
5150 UOAD
May 24th, 2012
4:59 pm
Great HiramTaint is now posting as HiramTiger. Move back to the Toilet of New Orleans.
Ghost
May 24th, 2012
5:02 pm
Hiramtiger, Georgia under Richt has the 2nd best record in the SEC behind only LSU, So is everyone other than LSU mediocre? He owns a winning record vs every team except Fla. and is 3-4 vs LSU, Is tied with LSU in SEC for most finishes in the top 25. If you are Auburn Tiger, he is 5-1 vs them over past 6 seasons.
NCDawg
May 24th, 2012
5:06 pm
Coach Richt seemed satisfied with the contract when it was first announced. He obviously believes that a pay increase should be tied to the championships as well. This indicates how level headed he is. Petrino would have jumped ship…again… if he was held to that standard.
How quickly we forget that Les Miles was on the hot seat heading into last season. The word was “if he doesn’t get it done with this group he’s gone”. It was good enough apparently to be SEC champs and make it to the BCS championship. But you have to think a similar outcome might not be enough to save him in Baton Rouge. Coach Richt will probably have to make it back to the SEC championship game and/or win it to keep his job. That being said, winning the SEC is almost a sure ticket to the BCS championship. So I am sure that CMR thinks he can achieve this with these players. We’ll see but the performance incentives have to be a positive as well.
5150 UOAD
May 24th, 2012
5:21 pm
GHOST…………….How many BCS & SEC Championships does Richt have with that Great record? ZERO BCS and 2 SEC. How many BCS & SEC Championships do UF, AU, UA, LSU have in that same time period?
Ted Striker
May 24th, 2012
5:22 pm
Checking in.
hiramtiger
May 24th, 2012
5:40 pm
5150-i heard you were chub rocks punk !
Fidlin1
May 24th, 2012
5:50 pm
It might be harder for Mark to keep that poker face in the last waning moments of a game when his bonus is on the line. Ya think he might have 2nd thoughts on shelling out the suspensions under these circumstances?
Paul in NH
May 24th, 2012
5:50 pm
“He owns a winning record vs every team except Fla. and is 3-4 vs LSU,”
Who knew that 3-4 is a winning record?
5150 UOAD
May 24th, 2012
6:04 pm
Paul in NH and you will want to Hire a UGa Engineer for a job in the future with the math skills displayed on the blogs? LOL
Snoop Dawg
May 24th, 2012
6:19 pm
Instead of a buyout clause, Richt’s contract should have a payback clause so that he will returned all unearned income he received to the University of Georgia. The “unearned” amount would be based on his win/loss record, number of jailed players, number of players quitting the team, percentage graduating, etc.
Otherwise, Preacha Man will continue his laissez faire is everywhere approach to SEC football indefinitely. He probably isn’t capable of coaching at SEC championship level except maybe one year every ten or so…
Bobo for Attorney General
May 24th, 2012
6:23 pm
Jeff, do you think this means we’ll be kicking more FGs on 2nd down instead of 3rd down?
Larry
May 24th, 2012
7:11 pm
Snoop Dawg,
Somewhere out there is a tree tirelessly producing oxygen so you can breath…I think you owe it an apology.
tony
May 24th, 2012
7:37 pm
Mr Richt is a christian so what makes anyone think he will be chasing after those incentives?
Delbert D.
May 24th, 2012
7:43 pm
There is already a clear definition of earned income and example of unearned income in the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. No need to confuse things with wrong statements on the blog.
Delbert D.
May 24th, 2012
7:44 pm
And, no, I didn’t Google for it. That’s from over 30 years ago.
UGA Dawg91
May 24th, 2012
7:44 pm
So what about Bobo’s contract? Have been hearing about Richt and Grantham for months.
Delbert D.
May 24th, 2012
7:47 pm
His contract may be pretty simple. “You are on a short leash. Sign at the bottom of the page.”
5150 UOAD
May 24th, 2012
7:48 pm
Bobo gets all the left over food from the Football, Baseball, Softball, Basketball games, Gymnastic Meets, and Equestrian events to help feed his kids.
Delbert D.
May 24th, 2012
7:50 pm
I don’t think the kids would like oats in a feed bag and raw carrots much.
SEC Observer
May 24th, 2012
8:42 pm
JB is right. Richt should go 11-1 with that schedule. Whether he will is another story.
Paul in NH
May 24th, 2012
8:44 pm
The comments on not tying bonuses to academic performance are interesting – as if you can’t win games and have students graduate. One HC who regularly gets a bonus for the academic performance of his team is some guy named Nick Saban. Richt is also eligible for one but I don’t know whether he hits the number or not.
http://204.11.208.101/s3/site/images/sports/nsli-college.coaches.head.82508.pdf
George O’Leary gets a bonus if none of his players get arrested, indicted or convicted of criminal activity, doesn’t violate the honor code…
http://www.floridatoday.com/assets/pdf/A91677771210.PDF
Snoop Dawg
May 24th, 2012
9:10 pm
Larry, you are the tree that Snoop Dawg likes to water several times a day.
Snoop Dawg
May 24th, 2012
9:12 pm
Larry is probably DawginFex, just using an aka today…
Dawg Obedience
May 24th, 2012
9:23 pm
how bout’ …. a National Championship Mission.
Game Changer
May 24th, 2012
9:36 pm
Mark Richt is going to be paid ( not earned ) over 9M under the current contract through 2013. McGarity thinks he is going to show power with the BS he is playing regarding Mark Richt. HINT to McGarity, your putting your job on the line, handling this situation totally wrong and unprofessionally. Some funny crap, a new coach would cost UGA 20M over 5 year contract and although I am not a Mark Richt fan, remaining professional and being realistic is important, McGarity you are way off base on this one. Todd Grantham still has not signed either, gone after 2012.
McGarity, to date has been very disappointing and pretty much a failure.
Gene
May 24th, 2012
9:48 pm
Richt should get fined for each dope suspension, player arrest, and girlfriend beating.
Dawg Obedience
May 24th, 2012
9:50 pm
The Dawgs ARE the defending SEC East Champions,
kinda’ made ole 11-2 Spurrier upset. so much so the evil genius wants to change the SEC Rulebook and make only Conference games count.
And don’t forget about Muschamp’s Guarantee that the Gators would kick ass at the World’s largest outdoor cocktail party and that Michael Adams tried to change the name,
like The Ole Miss Rebel turning into a black bear.
LakeDawg
May 24th, 2012
10:12 pm
I’m hoping for 12-0 and at least being competitive in the SECCG, but I feel like it will be 9-3. CMR is a good man and I respect him, but in coaching he is stubborn and doesn’t learn from his mistakes. The Dawgs won’t commit to being physical on O, because CMR STILL doesn’t believe it helps you win.
LakeDawg
May 24th, 2012
10:14 pm
BTW I like McGarity’s approach. Give the coaches all the support he can, but then hold their feet to the fire. So FINALLY coach Richt will have to put up or shut up.
Shne
May 24th, 2012
10:19 pm
He shoulda been fired along with McGarity. Not that it matters anyway. After that BCS farce last year with the mulligan Crimson Tide, I imagine feetsball ratings wil take a dive. And a four team playoff aint a playoff. Juts more rigged ratings for cash bs.
Smitty
May 24th, 2012
11:24 pm
LakeDawg I have to agree with you somewhat but Shne…you are a bumba$$
Smitty
May 24th, 2012
11:40 pm
sorry dumba$$
Incentive Pay for AJC Too
May 24th, 2012
11:45 pm
Jeff,
Perhaps the AJC should provide incentive pay for you too. Next time, Yahoo Sports might not scoop the you and your colleagues on Tech’s (home town team) probation. LOL!!!!
irish dawg
May 25th, 2012
2:18 am
Gary, you have to be one of Richt’s kids. I’ve never read more lame shit than what you have just written. I bet you believe every word Obama says and you think Bobo has done an outstanding job. The true fans just want 100% in all phases of the game.
ctg and booboo
May 25th, 2012
2:49 am
We gotta do better or theyll replace coach with a dirty vacuum cleaner!
Score Check
May 25th, 2012
6:03 am
On another topic for another school:
Coach Sick Satan = SCUM
Coach Sick Satan = SCUM
Coach Sick Satan = SCUM
Tweak your knee and he leaves you twisting in the wind
Sopwith Camel
May 25th, 2012
6:53 am
So no one receives extra pay for being a “good” man. You must earn it on the field by winning games.
big dawg
May 25th, 2012
6:55 am
only played 4 ranked teams last year and lost all of them. this, I have to imagine, is what mcgarity has imbedded in his mind….rightfully so. and before that a loss to central FL in the bowl game. If he were evaluated on the Rivals rankings in February he’d be making more than saban and meyer combined.
Game Changer
May 25th, 2012
8:18 am
A title using name of Richt and yet McGarity makes the article about himself:
McGarity should be fired immediately and a Business Professional be hired:
At no time did McGarity mention what the mission statement is, what is required of Mark Richt and his job requirements and what the future holds if he does not achieve these goals and objectives.
Idle threats and gray matter talk does nothing but cloudy the issue more, at no point has McGarity stated what the Mission Statement and Goals for Richt are: Oh wait a minute, he fired a girl volleyball coach and a girls softball coach to put pressure on Richt, everyone is laughing their ass off at such child play.
McGarity, either you go on record with what is totally expect in stone of the UGA football program and Mark Richt, on and off the field, or you will find yourself with a pink slip at the end 2013.
Volleyball, Gymnastics — You cannot make this up!
roadrunner
May 25th, 2012
8:38 am
Why are the gay Techies on here?
5150 UOAD
May 25th, 2012
8:51 am
Because it is a story about the HomoRicht and ChokeGrantham.
Let us stop and look at our cousin, GT
May 25th, 2012
9:17 am
G Techers, you belong to a conference that is gasping for air. Brand awareness for ACC football beyond Fulton County, Ga and Raleigh, NC and Charlotte, NC. or Richmond, VA. is non existent. Too bad ……………….GT football RECRUITING is going to continue to struggle, year after miserable year and so will the on the field results.
BulldogBen
May 25th, 2012
9:21 am
Totally agree with what McGarity is doing. Last years record was smoke and mirrors. Didn’t beat a single team in the Top 25. I think we’ll be pretty good this year but it’s clear that management is taking a wait and see approach, much like a lot of the fanbase.
See also: Season Ticket sales
harold
May 25th, 2012
9:41 am
READ HAROLD’S COMMENTS FROM MAY 24 @ 12:41.
Evansdawg
May 25th, 2012
9:58 am
This is a GREAT move. I’m liking McGarity more and more everyday.
Tide Rising
May 25th, 2012
10:50 am
Great article Jeff.
10-2 looks like a great year but when you avoid the 3 behemoths of the west and your 2 traditional foes in the east UF and UT are at there lowest ebbs in decades its really not very impressive.
Add in a loss to a middling Big 10 team like Michigan State that got blasted by Bama 49-7 in the same bowl a year earlier and the season actually looks pretty unimpressive.
Tide Rising
May 25th, 2012
10:51 am
Richt does have one great tan in this pic though. Thass gotta count for something to the dawg nation.
HighTech
May 25th, 2012
10:51 am
I can’t believe UGA fans are okay with treating a coach like Mark Richt like this. If Texas fires Mack Brown, Richt could be on the next plane to Austin. No raise after going to a conference championship game? Wow.
Snake Doc
May 25th, 2012
11:06 am
So the CEO and his team of misfits will play 10 cupcakes next year and the CEO will earn more money for actually accomplishing nothing?
Only in the land of Bone headed maroons!
Snake Doc
May 25th, 2012
11:09 am
@harold – couldn’t have said it better my self!
LHarding Dawg
May 25th, 2012
11:24 am
Snake Doc – You mean you actually read HAROLD! Funny.
Myers
May 25th, 2012
11:48 am
I guess there will be more thugs on the field this year, and more head hunting!
Walker34077
May 25th, 2012
1:00 pm
UGA hasn’t had a quality win since 2009, going 0-9 since against teams that finish the season ranked in the top 25. Throw in 2 consecutive bowl embarassments for good measure. I have to wonder if McGarity simply thinks “good enough” is truly good enough?
Red Stick
May 25th, 2012
1:01 pm
The bowl game against Mich St was a bad loss for the Georgia program. A win would have given the Dawgs 11 wins and momentum for 2012. Unfortunately the 10 win streak doesn’t look so great sandwiched in between 2 losses to the best 4 teams on the schedule.
I think McGarity did what he had to do. Really with the schedule Georgia has, I don’t think any Dawg fan is being unreasonable to expect to go 12-0. However, the OL is an issue which may be the difference in beating USCe. Florida, Auburn, Missouri and UT aren’t sure wins either at this point.
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
Hockeyfan
May 25th, 2012
1:45 pm
Does he get a bonus for how many players get arrested?
Rampdawg
May 25th, 2012
2:17 pm
5150 UOAD
May 24th, 2012
5:21 pm
GHOST…………….How many BCS & SEC Championships does Richt have with that Great record? ZERO BCS and 2 SEC. How many BCS & SEC Championships do UF, AU, UA, LSU have in that same time period?
————————————————————————————————————————————–
Hey Toad, how many does Tech have ? 0 How many Ws does Tech have against CMR? Uno
If UGA is a cesspool, then it’s filled with Tech turds seeing how UGA makes a meal out of that pathetic team of yours every year.
harold
May 25th, 2012
4:37 pm
READ HAROLD’S POST @ 12:41
old dog
May 25th, 2012
5:30 pm
Get a good o-line that is SEC caliber, and all else will take care of itself. Defense will be good, and we have skill players….but our whoppin’s (all of them) last year came due to our o-line gettin’ their butts handed to them by Boise State, Michigan State, and LSU. We got stacked up front….period. Murray was running for his life and even though our backs could have played better, our run blocking (x-cept when we played bad teams) was awful. Often times they caused our defense to be on the field too long. We’ll get better, but we can harp on any and everything and until that line is up to snuff we are BEHIND Alabama and LSU…period. Incentives, no incentives, etc. Get a 1st rate o-line, and watch all the coaches (magically) earn their bonuses!!
Paul's Johnson
May 25th, 2012
7:00 pm
I admit it folks…. I just CAN’T beat Georgia. My high school option attack doesn’t work against the DAWGS but I’ll keep trying it. I’ll have folks wishing for Chan Gailey to return after this year.
Paul's Johnson
May 25th, 2012
7:06 pm
You might RUN this STATE but we run this STREET. Well wait a minute… no coke and the varsity run this street. I’m off to see John Smoltz’s shrink.
Florence
May 25th, 2012
7:12 pm
Dog fans should all be proud of our coach – one of the few concerned with the overall education of his student athletes.
What utter tripe. 90% of Richt’s recruits are illiterate “special admits” who will spend 3-4 years stumbling through remedial studies and still won’t be able to read.
Ther’s a reason UGA is known far and wide as The Cesspool of the South.
A little reminder for dawgs with short memories...
May 25th, 2012
7:15 pm
GEORGIA TECH OWNS THIS STATE!!!
Chris
May 25th, 2012
9:02 pm
If the coaches are being paid based off job performance, Bobo’s salary should have been cut in half.
Summmer is nearing and with that, are the arriving editions of College football magazines
May 26th, 2012
8:40 am
GT’s CPJ will be the poster boy for all of the football magazine covers in this part of the USA. His face will be there with the caption HOT SEAT in Atlanta.
The problem though, is that beyond Dekalb/Fulton County and metro Atlanta, no one has ever heard of the guy, because his record has NO ACCOMPLISMENTS.
ESPN will soon do their preview of the 2012 football season upcoming and they will probaly do 10 minutes on Why Coach Pual Johnson IS on the coaching HOT SEAT and how that likely IS HURTING Tech’s recruiting.
The next GT football coach will inherit wishbone kids and likely, he will employ the spread attack or a pro attack and it will take him 2 or 3 years to purge GT of the triple option kids (chop blockers) and get his type of kids …………….then he too WILL BE on the Coaching Hot Seat carousel. Sad.
sense of worth by others is insane
May 26th, 2012
10:26 am
Since when is a $2.8 million base chump change? He’ll make PLENTY in additional income with media deals, commercials, and gaining those incentives. He’s not losing sleep and neither should anyone else.
Things are out of whack, when this thinking becomes the norm.
I’d like to see all contracts heavily incentive based, from all pro sports to general businesses.
Shankit
May 27th, 2012
1:24 pm
Richt has third highest winning percentage of active coaches, Ahead of Satan, miles and sputtered.
01HAWK
May 27th, 2012
10:27 pm
I guess CMR can ask MR. SABAN for a loan…………………………………Since Nick makes a bit more cheese than the CHOIR BOY……………..LOL
It is all about winning the BCS , and CMR is showing a BIG ZERO.
SHANKIT…………………………..All of the coaches you mentioned have won a BCS TITLE.
I hope you are happy with CMR, because BAMA is pleased with him and his staff and hope he stays forever.
Sabanstampon
May 30th, 2012
2:49 am
Just stopping in so the Tide folks can lap up some of my menstrual flow. Suck it boys.
LemonThrower
May 30th, 2012
6:18 pm
How long will it take to fire mark richt web site?
trey
May 30th, 2012
7:45 pm
FACT: UGA owns the N. Ave program of yellow
FACT: there are more GeeTee fans on the dawg blogs than there are UGA fans (lmao)
Jeff — good article. Richt doesn’t deserve a pay raise into the upper echelon of coaches as that area is maintained by coaches who win NCs. BTW, do you know what the buy-out is on Richt’s new contract? In fact, if you know the current buy-out it’d be interesting to know.
Thomas Brown
May 31st, 2012
7:25 am
After 2008 :
Steve Spurrier is not in the Top 25 Won/Lost Record :
27-13 Won/Lost Steve Spurrier South Carolina after 2008
24-16 Won/Lost Mark Richt Georgia after 2008
whiskey breath
May 31st, 2012
8:53 am
Big schock, Jeff is a CMR homer! How about listing the games he flat out blew it? Michigan State was the last game he was ahead at half time and State wanted it more.
It is true about Ga, it’s ok to be ok. McGarity has no love for CMR, but he has no other choice.
He can get away with firing the gym coach, but CMR is untoucheable and what is sad, is CMR knows it
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