No ‘hot seat’ for Richt
Mark Richt and Les Miles on the SEC hot seats?
That’s the remarkable proposition blogger John Pennington offers at MrSEC.com. He says he came to that conclusion by asking which coaches can least afford a “bad, bad” year, are battling perception problems and face the highest expectations from fans and boosters.
I won’t get into his thoughts on Miles, but using a 5-7 record as the benchmark for a bad, bad year, he thinks such a season in 2009 would result in fans beginning to call for Richt’s head because the perception is “Richt can win a lot of games, but he can’t win ‘the big one’” and the expectations for this season are high “despite the loss of three key playmakers on offense.”
OK, there certainly are elements of UGA fandom that gripe about Richt not yet having won a national championship. And, granted, expectations always run high in the Bulldog Nation. I doubt Richt would want it any other way.
But only the most unrealistic followers of Bulldogs football would even think about calling for Richt to be fired if he were to suffer a losing season in what quite obviously is a major rebuilding year for his offense. (And I think that’s highly unlikely anyway.)
Most Georgia fans remember all too well the feeling of hopelessness during the lost years under Ray Goff and the grinding frustration of mediocre winning seasons and middling bowls under Jim Donnan.
Yes, perhaps we’ve been spoiled a bit under Richt and so can look at last year’s 10-3 season (the sixth time in the past seven years Richt’s Dogs have won 10 or more games and been a year-end Top 10 team) as a disappointment. But that’s what happens when you’re preseason No. 1 and subsequently falter (in no small part because of a ridiculous string of injuries).
We’re disappointed, but we’re not deluded. Georgia fans know we have a good thing going with Mark Richt and that it’s only a matter of time before he brings the Bulldog Nation another national championship. Richt’s golden touch at recruiting shows no signs of slowing down and if he can get a bit of luck with injuries, the schedules after this season look more favorable for Georgia (as does Tim Tebow’s graduation).
Richt on the hot seat? Only in some strange alternative universe SEC.
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Cuz
June 23rd, 2009
10:39 am
Maybe the same alternative Universe that had the Spock with the goatee.
CLTDawg
June 23rd, 2009
10:41 am
Anyone who actually thinks Coach Richt is on the hot seat is a moron. We have a solid program and are on very solid ground. If the defense toughens up a bit, we will do just fine.
olddawg
June 23rd, 2009
10:44 am
You can all laugh and scoff about it now……but a few more 9 and 3 or 8 and 4 seasons and lose to the Golden boys of Atlanta…..It cost Jim Donnan his job….
Horace Butterworth
June 23rd, 2009
10:45 am
I was in school under Goff/Donnan. Life is much better when we’re winning. Richt has turned our program around. While we were ranked #1 last season, we had an inconsistent team and qb. Not Richt’s fault. Would support a 10 year deal.
Will
June 23rd, 2009
10:50 am
No hot seat for CMR. The UGA program has never been stronger as evident by the recruiting class we are assembling for next year. CMR is like a supreme court judge…. He has the job as long as he wants!
dawgstephen
June 23rd, 2009
10:51 am
GOOD POST BILL!!!!!
Let’s see in 2002 we were 13-1. Only unbeaten teams were ahead of us. In 2005 we lost 2 games only due to injury to shockley. (with a week off before the gators, we have DJ in that game). In 2007, UGA was in the National Championship “argument”.
Bottom line, with some of the luck that FLA and LSU teams had in those years, the we would have already played for the NC. Coach Richt is the best Coach we can possibly have on AND off the field.
He is NOT on the hot seat.
Pitbull
June 23rd, 2009
10:52 am
This 1973 grad thinks Coach Richt is doing a fantastic job. He is 82-22 in 8 seasons and he did a fantastic job with all of the injuries this past season. Of course injuries dictate how you practice. Losing a player in practice is just as devastating as losing one in a game.
We are fortunate to have such a quality coach and the only reason that other schools are not beating our doors down to hire him is his statment that “he will remain at Georgia as long as Georgia wants him.” What a great committment.
I know the posers from other schools hate him and there are a handfull of unrealistic Ga “fans” that think 10+ wins over 8 years is not good enough for them. They are all losers, and losers hate winners.
We are indeed blessed to have him and I know we will have a successful recruiting class coming in soon just because they want to play for Coach Richt.
Here is Coach Richt’s record:
Mississippi 4-0
Arkansas 4-0
Mississippi State 2-0
Georgia Tech 7-1
Kentucky 7-1
Vanderbilt 7-1
South Carolina 6-2
Tennessee 5-3
Auburn 5-3
Alabama 3-1
LSU 3-2
Florida 2-6
dawgstephen
June 23rd, 2009
10:54 am
For those who want to point at the record against FLA…remember CMR has beaten FLA 3 times to Donnans 1, and he has a 7-1 record against tech, and a winning record against any other SEC team.
How long did it take Bowden to beat Miami?? (wide right), and how long before Mack Brown beat Oklahoma??? And how many times can Pete carroll lose to UCLA or Oregon State before someone says that about him? What if Penn State had given up on Joe PA? Look at TN and what they get for firing the winningest Coach they ever had????
COACH RICHT FOREVER
BULLDAWG FEMALE GRAD
June 23rd, 2009
10:54 am
IT IS NOT THE HEAD COACH WHO IS 100% THE PROBLEM, 75% TO OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, 20% TO HEAD COACH BECAUSE HE CAN OVERRULE ANY PLAY BOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBO CALL A & 5% PLAYERS- CHEW ON THAT
coachdawg 2000
June 23rd, 2009
10:55 am
I can’t fathom why anybody would place Coach Richt on the hot seat. He ahs brought us back to the collective consciousness of national media. He has brought class and excellence to program that was floundering (thank you Ray Goof and Eric Zier A.K.A. stat-man) and desperate under Donnan. I was in school during those regimes. It was horrible being on the same acheivement level as the chickens and the imposters of starkville.
Pago Flyer
June 23rd, 2009
10:56 am
We always have a Top Ten recruiting class…but nothing happens!
Ty Cobb
June 23rd, 2009
10:57 am
Bring back Ray Goof
COBB IS BASEBALL!
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 23rd, 2009
10:59 am
St. Richt is the best coach UGAg has ever had, period. I’m being serious too. Put him on the “hot seat” for all I care.
I’m just glad Paul Johnson is better.
I think Mr. King is running out of ideas.
coachdawg 2000
June 23rd, 2009
11:01 am
I will concede that is difficult to watch the Gayturds win BCS national championships.
JB
June 23rd, 2009
11:01 am
Coach Richt is very good at getting great Athletes to Athens. What he is not good at is letting under performing coach’s be shown the door. We are a top 10 program with a 25-50 th coaching staff with an exception or two……..Go Dawgs
Otto
June 23rd, 2009
11:02 am
For that think 2-6 against UF isn’t good enough, LSU is 3-5, Tenn is 2-6 as well.
I do think that special teams plays need to improve, Play calling is more predictabe under Bobo and CWM could go after the QB more often. I would start with special teams which the new kicker hopefully helps. The healthy lines will help the offense and defense.
Ramblin Rick
June 23rd, 2009
11:04 am
he will be on the hot seat when he loses to Paul Johnson this November
Frank Lane
June 23rd, 2009
11:05 am
Score is only one measure of the greatness of a coach. Is Mark Richt in the best interests of the young players and men that we recruit? Are their lives enriched by UGA and the experience there? Ask them.
Otto
June 23rd, 2009
11:05 am
CMR best UGA has ever Dooley and Butts had some great teams.
CPJ has had one season. We’ll see how many 10 win seasons he can have in the ACC in 8 years. CMR ran the offense for FSU and dominated the ACC.
BG
June 23rd, 2009
11:07 am
Now this is a funny story. If, Mark Richt is on the hot seat every coach in the SEC better be looking over their shoulder.
TW
June 23rd, 2009
11:08 am
Now that the rest of the schedule has good tape on Paul Johnson’s flag-football offense, GT will have to prepare for teams that are ready for them.
Otto
June 23rd, 2009
11:08 am
Rick the UF game is far more important than the Nerd Herd.
reservoirDAWG
June 23rd, 2009
11:10 am
The answer is no.
BG
June 23rd, 2009
11:10 am
Ramblin Rick Coach Richt is 7-1 aganist your team! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
m
June 23rd, 2009
11:12 am
Sure Richt is a good coach. But once he loses to Tech the next couple of years you dawgies will drop him just like you did Donnan.
Thank God and Greyhound that chan gomer gailey is gone….you dawgs are just beginning to realize how much you miss him.
45-42….just the beginning.
Slow Freddie
June 23rd, 2009
11:12 am
Dawgstephen, I agree that UGA would be utterly stupid to get rid of Richt because of the unrealistic expectations of some UGA fans. He is a very good man and a very good coach. But it gets old listening to UGA fans continually talk about luck and the NC games when LSU and UF are mentioned as well as your crying about DJ not being available against UF one year. Had he been available, there is certainly no guarantee UGA would have won. Heck, look at 2002 when you went 13-1. To whom did you lose? The Gators. In Richt’s 8 year head coaching career, UGA has lost to UF 6 times including 2 times during that dunderhead Zook’s watch at UF.
Sometime, teams and head coaches appear to have another team’s number. Look at Bruce Pearl and UT basketball. I think they’ve lost only one game to UF even during the two years UF won back-to-back national championships. Is Pearl a very good coach? You bet, but so is Donovan. Sometime there is no logical answer to the lack of ultimate success of a head coach in college. Donovan doesn’t blame his lack of success against Pearl’s teams on injuries or bad luck.
Quit whining and start supporting the Bulldogs!
RxDawg
June 23rd, 2009
11:14 am
I know we have some pretty passionate whathaveyoudoneformelately fans. That said, Richt has solidified his throne for a while to me. He has won championships, with his players and other coaches players. He has a great winning percentage in the hardest division in the hardest conference in America. To me personaly we won that national championship in 2007. I don’t care what people say, we deserved it. Replace that 10-2 ranked #3 in the nation UGA with some crap team like Notre Name and the media moves them up to #1 after the top two teams lose. We literately were campaigned out of playing for the national championship.
Now, is he invincible? Of course not. Richt has 2-3 losing seasons in a row and people’s whispers will turn into roars. But it’s going to take quite a bit more than that to come from me. The man not only wins, but wins with class. As far as I’m concerned he is the head coach of my alma mater until he wants to retire.
dawgstephen
June 23rd, 2009
11:16 am
Freddie, thanks for the comment, and i respect it. Entering my 11th season of season tickets, and the contribution that i make every year, i do support them.
On another note, i have jeff owens on my radio show this week. Links to online archives coming soon.
Go dawgs
m
June 23rd, 2009
11:19 am
I like men;)
reservoirDAWG
June 23rd, 2009
11:20 am
Bill, are you getting paid by the topic?
getthepicturenow
June 23rd, 2009
11:24 am
John Pennington is also a columnist for the Knoxville News Sentinal, coincidence? i think not. i can’t imagine why he would want to point the “hot seat” finger at other schools. shocking. Richt is fine and UGA could not get an “upgrade” for him right now.
guy.
June 23rd, 2009
11:26 am
rebuilding year? what happened to all that ‘we dont rebuild, we reload’ talk?
Coach D
June 23rd, 2009
11:27 am
I think Richt is a great coach. Yeah 10-3 was dissapointing but in comparision to what Auburn and Tennessee went through last year, I’ll take 10-3 anyday.
As for the Florida problem, let’s keep in mind that those Florida teams have been pretty good the last few years. With the exception of last season’s blowout, Richt has had as good of success as anyone in playing and handed Florida one of it’s worst losses to date under Urban Meyer. I can deal with losing to the Gators if they are better than us. What I don’t like seeing is what happened during the Ron Zook era, where Florida would be 8-4 or 7-5 but could still beat UGA. UGA lost those games in 2002 and 2003 because they tried too hard and because Florida was in their head. Richt shouldn’t have lost a single game against Ron Zook. Those loses were terrible to endure.
Tom
June 23rd, 2009
11:28 am
While it’s common to parrot the idea that Donnan’s record vs the Big 3 (and 3 straight L’s to Tech) were his ticket out of SAthens, there were MANY more factors involved. Those “in the know” will confirm that the high-profile losses were a convenient excuse.
Otto
June 23rd, 2009
11:28 am
m, Donnan wasn’t fired for 3 loss GT. It was going 1-4 against UT and 1-4 against UF that cost him the job.
m
June 23rd, 2009
11:29 am
I am still a loser
The DAWG
June 23rd, 2009
11:30 am
olddawg – why don’t you come up with an original name or one more accurate, such as oldbee! Where do you get your numbers. Ever take a math class or look at the record book?
Mark Richt will be around for a long time, and will make Paul Johnson work very hard for any more wins. PJ is a fine coach, probably much more realistic than his delusional fans, and will hopefully be able to turn the rivalry back into something worth watching by producing some decent teams. Hey, some rate GT to win the ACC this year! Not the SEC, but somewhere down the line.
Mark Richt
June 23rd, 2009
11:34 am
Golly dangit, I wish I was Urban Meyer. Or Nick Saban. Or Les Miles. I know we win some games, but we’ll never win the big one. Isn’t that enough? Leave me alone.
PAC 10 Homer
June 23rd, 2009
11:34 am
Doesnt matter how many games UGA wins or loses.
If CMR loses just one more to GT & CPJ, “guaran-damn-tee” CMR will be on the hot seat. This year, go 8-4 or 7-5 AND lose to GT, and there’ll be riots in Athens.
UGA expects to lose to FL. They dont expect to lose to GT.
If GA went 11-0 and lost to GT, the dawg nation would be in revolt.
Otto
June 23rd, 2009
11:34 am
Tom I agree there was more going on behind the scenes than just the losses. However you can not win once every 5 years against your 2 biggest division rivals in the SEC and expect to keep the job at UGA, UT, UF, LSU, Bama or Auburn.
HH
June 23rd, 2009
11:35 am
Let him get his “axx” beat by Urban a few more years without beating him in return, then see if the tune changes.
coachdawg 2000
June 23rd, 2009
11:35 am
Don’t you techies have your own blog. Oh, that’s right you need a marketing firm to draw attention to your irrelevent trade school. Good luck with all of that.
Cuz
June 23rd, 2009
11:35 am
The only hot seat Richt will be is the heated seats in his Ford pickup.
Cuz
June 23rd, 2009
11:36 am
should be “on” after be.
Gator Fan
June 23rd, 2009
11:36 am
That would suck if UGA started getting tired of Richt all because he couldn’t beat Florida a majority of the time. He is a class act (minus the celebration that “went out of hand”, which ultimately paid dividends in the long run see NC) and does very well against every team e/x Florida on a regular basis. Auburn was stupid to run Tubberville out of town, and UGA would be a fool to want greatness, get rid of Richt who has them at good every season, and end up w/ someone like Kiffin who can only take you to mediocrity. One bad season does not mean you should be fired, see Auburn’s mistake.
Southside
June 23rd, 2009
11:36 am
CMR couldnt hold Vince’s jock. At least VD delvered the NC.
Cuz
June 23rd, 2009
11:38 am
Right now, say in the Urban era, who beats UF on a consistent basis? Anyone, anyone, Bueller?
Otto
June 23rd, 2009
11:38 am
PAC10 I think you need to go back to west coast as you don’t know much about the culture at UGA. UF and Tenn are the big games in Athens and depending on who you talk to Auburn comes in above GT. If CMR beats UF next year and falls to Auburn and GT he will not be on the hot seat. 11-1 with a loss to GT would sure heat up the game but it would not put him on the hot seat with just that 1 game. CWM maybe but not CMR.
camdendevil
June 23rd, 2009
11:38 am
We should have had a national championship by now. If there were a playoff system we would. The championship is media driven. The gaytors, Ohio State and others will always get the benefit of the doubt.
Cuz
June 23rd, 2009
11:39 am
Who would want to hold Vince’s jock? Yuccckk.
Gator Fan
June 23rd, 2009
11:41 am
sadly Cuz, there is one team who has our number, Auburn, 0-2. However, now that those idiots got rid of tubbs, maybe we can finally figure them out. True, the last game, that was definitely not a fumble, as the arm and ball were clearly moving forward, however we got a championship despite/because of it, so who cares.
JenniferGO Dawgs
June 23rd, 2009
11:41 am
Just the thought of Coach Mark Richt in the Hot Seat -LOL! It is only a matter of time, just like it was with Coach Dooley. Everything has to be in alignment for it to happen and it will happen, we are not a mediocre team, we are the BULLDOGS! The true fans knows this and are devoted to this team no matter what. To the so called on and off again fans we do not need you, go to the NFL.
Saint Simons
June 23rd, 2009
11:41 am
I will hold Vince’s jock. It hasn’t been washed, has it?
GW
June 23rd, 2009
11:41 am
I personally don’t see Richt on the hotseat but ESPN, the AJC and bandwagon fans can put him on it in a heartbeat merely with a close win over Vandy, not to mention a couple of losses.
Fools Gold
June 23rd, 2009
11:42 am
Huh? Jim Donnan middling bowl wins? At least Jim Donnan did win 4 straight bowls, something Dooley didn’t do and how great thou art CMR hasn’t been able to do. CMR isn’t on the hot seat yet but could be if he still continues to struggle with inferior opponents and doesn’t start winning more against Florida. BTW Lets look and critique CMRs bowl wins: Purdue almost gave that one away with the late fumble by that running back who didn’t really pan out, Fla .State a proram which was on the beginning of its downward trend, Wisconsin which was a good one but UGA let them hang around and couldn’t put them away when Green threw that stupid interception late in the 4th qtr., Va tech in a game UGA came back and pulled it out of its A$$, Hawaii what a tough tough opponent from the big wacky conference.. whoopee!, Michigan State a mirror image of UGA in the Pac Ten a fools gold program too. I count only two formidable bowl wins under CMR in Wisconsin and Va Tech. Maybe a half to Fla State. Too bad BVG is not still around or CMR just may have been playing for a extra SEC Championship. One thing Richt does have is Coach Stacy Searles which is a positive, the downside is Boo Boo which was thought to great after replacing that Neil Callaway goofball. Another problem for Richt is the strength and conditioning coach for UGA in Van Von whatever his name is. UGAs football team lacks the physical toughness to compete and Richt knows this because of his whining in the scheduling of non conference opponents as of late. CMR needs to really focus on his team and mechanics instead of carpet,Ford, bowling and the high dive at the Ramsey Center. Just maybe IF he does that he can play for a SEC Championship otherwise it will be SOS for the mutt program. Not even going elaborate on the given in that bald headed clueless galoot which is already a widely known problem for UGA…….
Mobile Dawg
June 23rd, 2009
11:42 am
The only negative I can pin on Richt overall is the team showing up unprepared once or twice a season, consistently, leading to the blowouts, which incidentally have prevented us from playing for the MNC.
CMR’s positives far outweigh the negatives, but among some they do see chinks in Richts armor, i.e. the loyalty to CWM, and others, the laid back demeanor.
If you look at Urban Meyer, he cut his teeth as a head coach at Bowling Green, then Utah, now FL. Richts first assignment was UGA. He has had to learn on the job in the SEC, a tough task for anyone. I look for Richt to continue to learn from his mistakes and continue to improve, develop his staff, and have a spectacular run of dominance similar to that of UF when Meyer goes to ND next year.
Hot Seat, NO….However the seats are always warm in the SEC and the expectations HIGH. Best wishes to CMR on and off the field.
Erik
June 23rd, 2009
11:43 am
I like Coach Richt a lot, but all I read on here is how “solid” he is and how “solid” our program is. All of that is true. But if he is a great coach, and we do have great recruiting classes, and we do have great facilities, then when are we at least going to be a part of the national championship discussion?
Sure. we’re rebuilding this year. But, Florida had to “rebuild” after they won a national title with Chris Leak, etc… I’d say they’ve done a good job of it.
I’m proud of our program and our coaches and I have no doubt that we’ll field a “solid” team every year. But this is starting to sound a lot like the Braves run of 15 years. Division titles all over the place, but could never win the big game or a world series. I mean really, are we any closer to a national title today than we were the first day Richt set foot on campus? I don’t think we are.
Still, saying he’s on some kind of hot seat is just silly. He’s not, nor should he be.
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ChefChuck
June 23rd, 2009
11:51 am
Georgia is overrated in every sport except women’s gymnastics. It’s not CMR’s fault that football, baseball and basketball can’t live up to the hype. He should keep his job as long as he wants it.
Judge Dawg
June 23rd, 2009
11:52 am
Donnan is remembered for Quincy Carter and the life style that surrounded him. Remember the Auburn game when the DC was fired at half time. The program was about to get into real trouble and a change was needed. It is not all about NCs.
BigMike
June 23rd, 2009
11:53 am
If Richt were to go, who would replace him? Ans: Nobody! People we are talking about a coach who averages 10 wins a season, and only 2 losses. He’s Beat Fla more than once, owns Tech, has a winning record against the best in the west(LSU, ALA)and sending kids to the NFL by the truck load. He is a man of family values, and always gives his players a second chance.(Unlike the Falcons) Give coach Richt time, his national championship will come,(It was in his grasp in 05 before Shockley went down in the late part of the season)and BULLDOG nation will put him in high esteem with Coach Vince Dooley.
knoxdawg
June 23rd, 2009
11:53 am
Having been a Dawg fan for longer than 30 years means I have seen alot. I enjoyed the Dooley years and cursed the Dooley years. I haven’t forgotten the Goff and then Donnan years although I would like to forget parts of them. I love having a man of integrity like CMR BUT he is close to being on the hotseat. Sometimes its not the loss that matters, IT IS HOW YOU LOSE THAT MATTERS. The Tech game was a second half embarrasment. So was the second half of the Florida game and the first half of the Alabama game. To be embarrassed on national TV hurts. It is not easily forgotten. CMR needs to look at what happened to Fulmer and Tubberville and realize you have to make hard decisions concerning coaching personnel or you will be gone. Look at the defensive stats for the years under VanGorder vs. Martinez. Has the offense gotten better under Bobo? 2009 is a critical year for this program. Lose and look pathetic while doing it will cost him; lose but be competitive doing it will save him. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. Bill, why not do a piece on Coach Richt’s 10 most glaring losses like the 10 biggest wins. Start w/ Tech last year!!!!
Sanford Drive
June 23rd, 2009
11:57 am
We should all be worried the day Richt is let go (if it happens). I don’t trust Evans or Adams to find a decent replacement. Mark Fox? Really?
Coach D
June 23rd, 2009
11:59 am
No offense Southside.
But I don’t think Vince Dooley could hold Mark Richt’s jock! Yeah Dooley won a national title and had some really great teams( early 80’s, 1976, 1968), but for the other 15-16 seasons he was at UGA he only averaged about 8-7 wins a season. Florida and Tech were usually mediocre during Dooley’s tenure and once Pat Dye arrived on the scene and got his program going in Auburn, he pretty much owned Dooley in the late 80’s.
Richt on the other has averaged 10 wins a season, and has winning records against every SEC team except for Florida, and is 7-1 vs. Tech( compare this to Dooley who was 6-2 vs. Tech his first 8 seasons). Also, Dooley didn’t play in a National Title game until 1976( his 13th season at UGA) and didn’t win one until 1980( his 17th season at UGA).
I’ll take nothing away from what Coach Dooley has accomplised at UGA as a head coach and AD. He has done great things for former players and the Athens community. But this revisionist notion that “everything was so much better in the good ‘ole days” is innaccurate at best and delusional at worst.
Otto
June 23rd, 2009
12:00 pm
Gator Fan, Auburn and FSU were the 2 teams that even SOS had problems with. I would be careful about the Auburn comments. Tubbs was constantly at odds with boosters and admin. He refused to fire some of his coaches which caused fighting. Franklin firing off to the press about Auburn was just the tip of the problems. The new staff is fresh and working as a team with much more potential. Yes Chizik could be a bust but the team is buying into the new staff and it looks much better than the press is printing. We shall see this fall.
Cuz
June 23rd, 2009
12:02 pm
knoxdawg, remember homecoming 1979. Virginia 31 UGA 0. Now that was embarrassing. Thankfully, my date was a farm girl and toted me the last block home.
Sunday morning Coach Dooley woke up with fifty “For Sale” signs in his yard. Can any lawyers out there tell me what the staute of limitations is on that transgression.
dwayne
June 23rd, 2009
12:02 pm
Jennifer, please go to the womens gymnastic’c blog. Oh, they don’t have one.
Saint Simons
June 23rd, 2009
12:03 pm
Mark Richt might not be on the hot seat, but PAUL J kicked his butt!
randy c
June 23rd, 2009
12:05 pm
RAMBLE ON, YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!! PAUL JOHNSON WILL NEVER WIN 10 GAMES WITH THAT MICKEY MOUSE OFFENSE. YOU SAW WHAT LSU DID WITH A BAD DEFENSE TO IT. JUST THINK WHAT EVERYONE ELSE WILL DO AFTER LOOKING AT THAT FILM. ENJOY YOUR ONE WIN EVERY 8YEARS GEEK!!!
TX DAWG
June 23rd, 2009
12:06 pm
When 10-3 is a bad year you know your program is in good shape. Richt is a first rate coach, great recruiter and a class act. And he does it all the right way. Also, all national championships are is luck. We all know the BCS is garbage but keep talking about winning that national championship. I will take an SEC title rather than a BCS championship any day. At least SEC championships are won on the field.
richard cranium
June 23rd, 2009
12:07 pm
45 – 42 was only the beginning.
Learn it, live it, love it.
Mobile Dawg
June 23rd, 2009
12:09 pm
Cuz, I remember the whipping, what I don’t remember is anything for the next 3 days.
Fools Gold
June 23rd, 2009
12:11 pm
Richt aught to put that bald headed galoot in the broadcast booth hot seat with Z man , Scottie Howard, Loran and Hondo.
Cuz
June 23rd, 2009
12:13 pm
When CMR loses seven straight to Tech, then we will have something for discussion. And fire the AD while we are at it. I hate to inform you Techies, but Paul Johnson is not the second coming of Bobby Dodd. If Coach Pajama’s wins the ACC you better flatten the tires of his U-haul. He will be out of there faster than you can say, helluvaengineer.
Coach D
June 23rd, 2009
12:16 pm
Knoxdawg,
I couldn’t agree more. The way UGA lost against Florida,Alabama, and Tech this year was pathetic. What happened to “finishing the drill”? That was one of the things I loved about Richt’s teams from 2001-2005. They might not win every game, but you knew they were never going to quit and would fight you until the end. That last second win in Knoxville in 2001? The 2008 Dawgs would have lost that game because they would have quit. The 24-21 win over Auburn in 2002? The 2008 Dawgs would have lost that game too because they had no heart, no fortitude.
I don’t know where the heart and the fighting spirit that was a trademark of past Richt teams went last year, but the Dawgs need to find
it, or else this season will be a long one.
Cuz
June 23rd, 2009
12:16 pm
Already been done on pre-game and post-game shows Fools Gold. I take it you do not listen to Dawg broadcasts and I understand. I don’t listen to Tech radio shows, but I will watch a Jackets game. And it would probably surprise you who I pull for to win.
sanity
June 23rd, 2009
12:18 pm
I sure hate to hear the way some of you seem to accept losing to UF. Also lets not forget that CMR has lost to some BAD florida teams as well. He couldnt beat Ron Zook! I never will forget 2002. If we have ANY offense at all we win that game. Guess who was calling the plays in 2002… I”m not saying we need to fire the man but it sure does get old losing to our #1 rival. And yes they are our most hated rivals Tech is a joke and no one takes them seriously”(including willie martinez).
stoopid
June 23rd, 2009
12:18 pm
I think the tires have already been flattened, stripped, the rims taken, and inside is just the gear shift. thats what happens when you leave your vehicle on that safe Tech campus!
Fools Gold
June 23rd, 2009
12:20 pm
OHHH Please stop it with that silly “finish the drill ” mantra its really getting old already. Dawgs cant even finish off Vandy and gamechickins if their life depended on it. so please stop it!
blue fox
June 23rd, 2009
12:21 pm
Dawgs, PLEASE ride St. Mark out on a rail (and his @#$% recruiting prowess along with him)! Goff/Donnan were the best hires to ever happen for GT, maybe the next UGA coach will live up to their ideals!
Neutral perspective
June 23rd, 2009
12:22 pm
CMR has been an excellent coach. But its not that far of a reach for him to be on the hot seat. Not far at all in fact. If he loses the next 2 to UF as he likely will he will be 2-10 against his biggest rival. If he loses his next 2 against an ever improving Tech team on top of losing to UF he is definitely out. Its not that far fetched that he could lose the next 2 against Tech.
The thing that could get it started is if his team stumbles this season and goes 8-4 which is also not far fetched with a sure loss to UF, a likely loss to OK ST, and toss up games against LSU, Tech. Not to mention that they will get upset some where along the line by UK, Vandy, Carolina, Tennessee, Auburn, or Arky. Dogs will probably split between LSU and Tech and get upset in 1 of the other lesser games to go 8-4 in Jim Donnanesque fashion. If the losses to UF or Tech are embarrassing on top of everything else than he is really in trouble.
Also, the year after he will be starting all over again with a new starter in Murray or Mettenberger. Remember Stafford’s 1st year when the dawgs lost 4? 2 straight 8-4 seasons with embarrassing losses to the gators and Tech and he is gone. The only thing that is helping Richt is that UT and Auburn are going through down phases and Richt avoids Bama the next 2 years.
But what if Auburn actually turns out to be decent or for that matter if UT turns out to be decent even with an idiot as a head coach. In any normal year where Tubbs or Fulmer like coaches were there UGA would normally lose to at least 1 of these 2 programs. The fact that they are both down could be the one thing that saves Richt. But even then I just don’t see it.
I’ve got nothing against Richt but I think he is gone in 2 years. The dogs go 8-4 or worst the next 2 years including a few embarrassing losses, a subpar record against both UF and Tech, losses in games the dogs have no business losing, and he is gone.
If it can happen to a good coach like Tubbs in 1 year then it can certainly happen to CMR. And its not just Tubbs. Guys that quickly had 1 year meltdowns like Nutt at Arky, Fulmer 1 year after winning the division, Croom 1 year after being sec coach of the year, Shula 1 year after winning 10 games, etc. It can and probably will happen with Richt.
Fools Gold
June 23rd, 2009
12:24 pm
Cuz….. yeah I listen to the broadcast but remember IM NOT a TECHIE as I have been labeled or accused of. They need to put Willie in the booth permanently!
Gator Fan
June 23rd, 2009
12:25 pm
Of the following pick one team for UGA to…. Absolutely Clobber, Lose to by one point, beat in the SEC CG, be Clobbered by, beat by one point, Lose to in the SEC CG…. GO! (only one per category)
Alabama, Ole Miss, LSU, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina
Nuggs
June 23rd, 2009
12:25 pm
Bill-How sad that you had to throw in something about Tebow graduating as possibly changing anything…Just showing your ignorance as a fan…I don’t know if you noticed but Tebow didn’t play one snap on defense last year when UF held Stafford, Moreno and MoMass to 3 points…and the defense that did that was made up of mostly Sophomores and underclassmen…I also don’t think Tebow suited up for any game prior to 2006 in the last 2 decades this “Florida” problem has gone on.
It’s sad and somewhat pathetic some of you have been reduced to pointing to Tebow’s graduation or praying Urban Meyer goes to ND (won’t happen anytime soon)in hopes of overcoming Florida’s hold over you. Stick to the Jean Shorts jokes and series record lead over UF unless you guys have finally realized how stupid both of those sound when try and use it as some sort of equalizer smack talk to combat the FACT of being owned by UF for the better part of the last 50 years. Congrats though on those wins from the World War era that give you that series lead.
Okefenokee Dawg
June 23rd, 2009
12:26 pm
Evidently, nobody read the article. The article is based on the premise that the Dawgs would go 5-7 next year. Now I understand that no one expects the Dawgs to go 5-7 next year, but if they did, I think that even CMR would think he was on the hot seat.
Jim Doannan as in Doans Pills
June 23rd, 2009
12:27 pm
Please dont compare me to Ray Goof ! I won 4 straight Bowl Games!
MH
June 23rd, 2009
12:32 pm
…Florida Gators National Champs,Georgia Tech State Champs.Good bye Richt.
Gatorzone
June 23rd, 2009
12:36 pm
Mobile dawg, that is a really good point that is often overlooked. CMR seems to be still learning and will do nothing but improve. With his recruiting and consistency, how could any dog fan complain. The last thing you guys want is another Tubberville situation. Richt is a good coach in a difficult league and will get better as time goes on.
Fools Gold
June 23rd, 2009
12:37 pm
Knoxdawg…… Precisely in a nutshell !!! It is the way the mutts are both winning and losing games is to why it isn’t getting the respect that UGA thinks its deserve. This is why as an outside observer that I have been reminding these rose colored dawg fans that the program is merely fools gold and not seeing the real whole picture.
Cuz
June 23rd, 2009
12:39 pm
Nuggs, the Tebow graduating and our problems are over is a joke used by Dawg fans. Just like him parting the river and walking to the game from the landing. When Tebow leaves we will have to find another thing to joke about. I personally think he is a great kid with a good head on his shoulders. You won’t find him in a fight at a bar. It is humor, don’t take it personal.
Saint Simons
June 23rd, 2009
12:39 pm
Fools Gold, m , pi$$onadawg, Helluvaengineer and I are having a huge gay tickle pile party this weekend. All Tech, Star Trek and D and D fans are welcome:)
Cuz
June 23rd, 2009
12:41 pm
Well then change your name to iron pyrite.
Ed
June 23rd, 2009
12:43 pm
Richt is a fine coach and an even better man. The record speaks for itself. I don’t see him being on the hot seat for at least another 3 years – I think his 10, 11 and 13 win seasons have bought him several seasons of security.
He’s not perfect, though. His pride and loyalty to friends may have caused him to be blind to Georgia’s obvious defensive coaching problems. The missed tackles in the Tech game alone would have cost a lot of SEC def. coords. their jobs, but when you add the defensive implosions against West Va., Tennessee (twice), Auburn in ‘05, Alabama in ‘08, Florida in ‘08, several poor performances against mediocre teams in ‘06 (recall the long drives by the worst Colorado team in recent memory and the inability to stop Vandy or Kentucky when it mattered), then Richt seems to be one of the last people in America to recognize the problem. That may have to change one day if he wants to stay off the hot heat.
But as of today? Not even close.
Fools Gold
June 23rd, 2009
12:44 pm
I’ll pass on that Saint Simons. not a tech fan anyway
Saint Simons
June 23rd, 2009
12:46 pm
Well you came to the last one.
Festus
June 23rd, 2009
12:47 pm
Im sur glaid to sees sumbodie heres members thait Waste Virginny Bowal gaime a few yers baick!
reservoirDAWG
June 23rd, 2009
12:48 pm
This is a lame topic. As Ed said he is not even close to being on the hot seat.
Fools Gold
June 23rd, 2009
12:49 pm
That was an imposter, you know them well dont you?
pritdapit
June 23rd, 2009
12:51 pm
BigMike shutup you fool the falcons made the right choice in letting vick go he may deserve another shot but he doesnt deserve it with the falcons!!!!! If your an owner and you give a guy millions of millions of dollars to be a leader, a quarterback, and a good example for future stars, and he turns around and shows you how much he cares about it by running a dogfighting ring and spending close to 2 years in prison because of his dogfighting ring no he doesnt deserve another shot at being a falcon once he blew it he blew it and HE BLEW IT!!!!! Besides the falcons future is so MUCH BRIGHTER WITH MATTY-ICE THAN IT EVER WAS WITH I CAN RUN BETTER THAN I Can THROW THE BALL VICK
Beakerdawg
June 23rd, 2009
12:54 pm
Let Richt lose to the nerds a couple more times and he can ask Donnan how the hot seat feels, at least Goff knew that the Techsters were our biggest rival