Bulldog Bites: Coaching furloughs at UGA?
Georgia Athletic Association staff members are expected to be subject to state-mandated furlough days that are to be taken by the end of the calendar year, the Athens Banner-Herald reports. Athletics director Damon Evans says that could include contract employees like coaches, but he’s still waiting for a ruling on that. The athletic association is a private, nonprofit corporation, but is subject to the furloughs because those who work there are state employees, Evans said, adding that they haven’t yet figured out how unpaid days off would be implemented for coaches during the football season. That’s a tough break in terms of timing, with football season essentially taking up the remainder of the year, but if Mark Richt and his staff must take the three furlough days mandated by Gov. Sonny Perdue, it seems like the best solution would be to do a few during the off week in October and the rest in December. …
As Tim Tucker has reported, UGA has announced some more cutoff scores for the cumulative lifetime contributions to the Hartman Fund necessary to buy tickets for individual games this season. They range from a high of $32,500 required to buy LSU tickets to $4,000 to buy Oklahoma State tickets. Cutoffs haven’t been calculated yet for Vandy, Tech and Florida. The cutoff for the 5,000 Oklahoma State tickets was notably lower than last year’s cutoff for tickets to the Arizona State game, which was $27,007. Stillwater may indeed be a great little town, as Cowboys fans have been insisting in the blog comments, but it obviously is not as attractive a trip for UGA fans as Tempe was. …
The Banner-Herald reports a few more details on plans for the first hour of the extended four-hour pregame show on UGA football radio broadcasts this season. Play-by-play man Scott Howard says “the format for that will be a little bit different from the bulk of the pregame show. It will be more of a studio-type presentation. There may be some live interviews, some prerecorded interviews, some phone calls, kind of a mishmash of things. … There will be at least two hosts for that hour with maybe some crossover from the rest of the broadcast crew, including myself.” Sounds like that first hour might be the part of the show based at the new Hotel Indigo in downtown Athens, as was reported earlier. …
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Saint Simons
July 31st, 2009
10:38 am
((((( 45 42 ))))) hahahahahahaha
UGADawg83
July 31st, 2009
10:44 am
Saint Simmons—-you really need to get a life, or a job.
Fort Worth Dawg
July 31st, 2009
10:48 am
How many “Furlough Willie Martinez” comments will appear?
L-Dawg
July 31st, 2009
10:48 am
((((7-1))) (((38-3))) REGGIE BALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol
July 31st, 2009
10:48 am
i hope you dont get paid to link to tim tucker’s blog on your own website
god and greyhound
July 31st, 2009
10:53 am
Uog: Preseason and recruiting champs. Postseason CHUMPS
BugKiller
July 31st, 2009
10:55 am
Couldn’t it be argued that Willie Martinez has taken furlough days for the following games:
Auburn in 2005?
Florida in 2005?
WVU in the Sugar Bowl?
Tennessee in 2006 and 2007?
Kentucky and Vandy in 2006?
Bama, Florida, and Tech in 2008?
That’s TEN furlough days by Soft Willie. At least. I’m sure I’m forgetting a few.
BEATDOWN BY THE HEDGES
July 31st, 2009
10:55 am
45-42.come get some mutts
dawgfanatic24-7
July 31st, 2009
10:56 am
Willie will prove himself this season. Let’s hope.
southsideDAWG
July 31st, 2009
11:21 am
Why not pay these coaches from all the extra money that football brings in to the state/school. I think the players should be getting some kind money to this is crazy. The way the school has all this money and the players get nothing!
Buddy El
July 31st, 2009
11:21 am
If UGA’s or any other coaches are furloughed they should simply report for work as usual whether they are getting paid for that/those days or not. I certainly wouldn’t want my section of the team to fall behind because of the furloughs. Same goes for any other profession whose system will allow such.
Sea Island
July 31st, 2009
11:23 am
Guys…these Tech fans don’t understand normal English. Please refer to your Translation to Warcraft manual if you feel the need to respond to the nerds.
CLTDawg
July 31st, 2009
11:27 am
Wow, losing by 3, what a beatdown! 51-7, now that is a beatdown. Now get back to your bunson burner.
sharecropper
July 31st, 2009
11:28 am
Don’t be silly. These guys make so much money that a “furlough” means nothing. Not to mention that if they don’t show up for work, paid or unpaid, they are history. To suggest they will actually stay home for three or four days is humorous. You are hanging around football locker rooms too much.
T.O
July 31st, 2009
11:29 am
Nice one Sea Island. 7 out of 8 about to be 8 out of 9. The domination continues!! TECH will always be UGA’s Bitc@%!!
Mandingle
July 31st, 2009
11:31 am
Furlough is the new Black.
Cuz
July 31st, 2009
11:32 am
Fort Worth, the temptation is too great. Let Willie “The Fireman” Martinez take his furlough days on the Okie State game, the JAX beatdown and the North Avenue brawl.
Sorry, I could not help myself.
Sea Island
July 31st, 2009
11:33 am
Saint Simons is just jealous that we have a gate to keep all the nerds off the high cotton district.
Gatorman
July 31st, 2009
11:36 am
CLTDawg, the same can be said for 49-10. That is kinda like 51-7.
turd hater
July 31st, 2009
11:38 am
why are you tech fans so happy that we were kicking your a#*es in the first half of that game and got so bored and fell a sleep on you guys in the second half. You guys go ahead and have your fun, the option is all ready figured out and when you guys get your beat downs this year by everyone and have another uga ass whipping for the next 10 years, you guys can stay off these blogs and enjoy your dork parties with all 5 of your friends.
Sea Island
July 31st, 2009
11:39 am
Gatorman…are you missing the sale down at the Jortarama?
Try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium......
July 31st, 2009
11:45 am
Free GT ticket with Test Drive!!!!! While supplies….. ummm….. last
it's getting close
July 31st, 2009
11:48 am
What do Kiffin, Meyer, Spurrier and Johnson have in common??? They ALL suck!
L-Dawg
July 31st, 2009
11:51 am
What QB in his right mind is going to sign with Tech in the future. Now that LSU taught everybody how to defend the HS offense…. TECH IS SCREWED!!!
Jim
July 31st, 2009
11:52 am
Why do I even read these comments? What cretins. Off to a sports site, as this is obviously an outlet for Study Hall at ALTO STATE Correctional Institute. What a waste of time. Every single day. AND the AJC doesn’t even monitor it.
ESPN BIAS!
July 31st, 2009
11:53 am
BugKiller?? Florida in 2005??? Are you on crack,,14 point and 260 yards for Florida in that game..If the O had not had 4 turnovers in the first half against WV the D would not have give up all those points..AU 2005 came down to the safety not bring in his place, he was at fault not CWM…
CLTDawg
July 31st, 2009
11:53 am
Gatorman, I would (unfortunately) agree, 49-10 is a beatdown, but seeing as I was trying to straighten out a techie, not sure why you mentioned it. Now go trim the mullet and get you freshly washed jorts off the clothes line in the swamp.
Sanford Drive
July 31st, 2009
11:55 am
There is no doubt in my mind that St. Simons works for the AJC.
Gatorman
July 31st, 2009
11:56 am
CLTDAWG, I agree with you on a certain level. My point is that the only games that matter are those that happened most recent. UGA is full of those that live in the past. WE owned the past and will own the future.
Dawgie Style
July 31st, 2009
11:58 am
GUYS IF YOU KEEP RESPONDING TO ST. SIMONS HE WILL KEEP SAYING IT…………..PLUS….ITS OBVIOUS HE WORKS AT THE PAPER BECAUSE HE IS ALWAYS FIRST TO RESPOND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sanford Drive
July 31st, 2009
12:01 pm
It doesn’t matter if you respond to St. Simons or not. He will always post since he is almost always first to comment on any article related to UGA.
Dawgie Style
July 31st, 2009
12:05 pm
THIS SAYS IT ALL:
Since 1964, the Jackets have managed just 12 wins against Georgia. Let me say that again for all of you Jacket fans out there…12 wins in 45 games.
To say that Georgia has dominated this series in the past 45 seasons would be a slight understatement. During that stretch of dominance, Georgia has posted win streaks of five, six and seven (twice). Tech has won three straight once (1998-2000).
Scoop
July 31st, 2009
12:06 pm
I have told everyone time and time again, that this St. Simons guy works for the AJC. It gets them more web hits and forces people to read their crapy stories. AJC, you are the reason the newspaper industry is dead.
Gatorman
July 31st, 2009
12:08 pm
Again, I say: the only game that matters is the most recen. Who cares what the score was in 1984. That is the sad part, UGA fans do care.
BigMike
July 31st, 2009
12:10 pm
Saint Simons, Is that 45 guys you’ve been with, or 42 Transsexuals you’d like to try.
Dooley's Cardiologist
July 31st, 2009
12:11 pm
Gatorman, I agree and you don’t need a degree in Poultry Science to figure that one out.
AU
July 31st, 2009
12:18 pm
To infer history is irrelevant is stupid. Rivalries developed BECAUSE of history. None of would give two sh-ts about these games if it wasn’t for the rivalries between us.
AU
July 31st, 2009
12:19 pm
*None of us
chazzo
July 31st, 2009
12:19 pm
Hell yeah, they better get their asses furloughed. Every other state employee is.
GT Dog
July 31st, 2009
12:24 pm
St. Simons works at the paper? I think we already cleared this up didn’t we? I’m telling you, he’s a valet parking attendant at the Cloister Resort on the isle.
It’s NOT like he’s going to get a date at work, so he spends all of his free time sitting by the computer waiting for the blogs to come out.
GT grad? Come on, he’s never even seen the campus. Just let him enjoy himself, he’s harmless…but I do get irritated because he ALWAYS parks my car in either spot 45 or spot 42?????????
Sanford Drive
July 31st, 2009
12:29 pm
I never really gave a thought about St. Simons’ posts until recently. I went back to a few articles/blogs and sure enough, he was always first, and generally posted within 10 minuts of the article being published. Discretion is key, AJC.
student
July 31st, 2009
12:31 pm
Bill, I just need to clarify one thing about furloughs; a furlough day does not mean you have to not work, it just means you don’t get paid for those days. Most professors I’ve talked to here at UGA aren’t planning on taking the day off and they can’t in some cases. There’s no way you see the coaching staff just take off 3 days completely during the season. They’ll work through them just like everybody else.
PS- While it may seem like gettting furloughed for three days of pay would be a lot for Mark Richt considering he makes $2.85 million a year, it actually won’t affect him as much as it will other staff members. Of that $2.85 million, only $328,050 of that is actually paid by the UGAA; the rest comes from endorsements.
Dooley's Cardiologist
July 31st, 2009
12:36 pm
I think Bill King is actually St. Simons. I know he says he is not, but I why should I take the word of a newspaper writer. I mean the AJC is not the most credible news source to begin with, they quote TMZ for goodness sake. I’m telling you, it’s Bill King. By the way, he looks like a Chester.
Dooley's Cardiologist
July 31st, 2009
12:38 pm
Correction: there shouldn’t have been an “I” before “why” there. Apologies..
BJohnDawg
July 31st, 2009
12:56 pm
St. Simons works for the AJC. He is posting as quickly at all times of the day on any blog shortly after they come out. Either he is a vampire that can stay away 24/7 or he works for the AJC. Probably someone who works on the blogs. Frankly it is VERY cheesey for the AJC to play this kind of game, but what do you expect from a newspaper that has frankly gone down hill for the most part. At one time it “Covered Dixie like the dew”, now it just covers the bottom of bird cages.
Saint Simons
July 31st, 2009
12:58 pm
Ok guys im going to let the cat out of the bag…. im Terence Moore, you “southern” people never understood my greatness and i will continue to mess with you heads hahaha. by the way im working with the Obama administration trying to figure out how many licks it take to get to the bottom of a blow pop. Im almost there, i just need some more stimulus money.
Dooley's Cardiologist
July 31st, 2009
1:02 pm
More like it “Covered Dixie like the Dung” -The Regular Guys
Houdawg
July 31st, 2009
1:09 pm
Can we have a Penn Wagers ( & crew ) furlough ? Preferably from September thru December ……
Coach Cool
July 31st, 2009
1:11 pm
They don’t call it “Stoolwater” for nothing. Good luck vs. the OK Aggies.
ReptilesRule
July 31st, 2009
1:11 pm
Isn’t it a wonderful day! Just thought I’d try and change the subject. Can’t we all just have a sitdown with a few beers???
bamadawg
July 31st, 2009
1:23 pm
Good job Reptiles Rule. OBAMA SUCKS. Hope all the dems are happy!!!!!
gdawginkalamazoo
July 31st, 2009
1:32 pm
BugKiller, that 10:55 am post was hilarious. Hilarious in that you mentioned Willie’s furlough days, not funny in regards to him actually taking them and the results.
Cuz
July 31st, 2009
1:33 pm
Count me in Reptiles, maybe we could talk about football for a change.
YoungDawg
July 31st, 2009
1:34 pm
There state employees by default because they work for a private company that’s directly associated with a state entity, in reality there privately employed. If no state money goes to pay any AD employees salaries then how is making them take furloughs going to help the state’s budget woes?!?
gdawginkalamazoo
July 31st, 2009
1:40 pm
ReptilesRule, great idea! Make mine a Red Stripe, Corona, Bass Ale, Guiness, Labatt’s, Molson, and what the hell top all that off with a shot of Crown.
Cuz
July 31st, 2009
1:41 pm
Hey zoo, I will be in the neighborhood starting Sunday. I have a hour and a half layover in Detroit, do you know Stafford cell number? I thought Baylie and I could have lunch with him.
Ben
July 31st, 2009
1:43 pm
Bill – I’d prefer no coaches take furlogh during the ‘off week’ in October we have before WLOCP. First week in November looks like a better option if coaches really have to abide by this. Hopefully the Halloween game will be for the East – take advantage of that extra week.
Cuz
July 31st, 2009
1:48 pm
Big storm coming up. I better go tie down the house.
gatorman770
July 31st, 2009
1:58 pm
I can’t wait till Halloween in Jacksonville where the Florida Gator fans, proudly in their cut off jean shorts, can have a few beers with the Ugay Curdawg fans, grotesquely in their undersize red or aqua and white striped Richard Simmons running shorts.
gdawginkalamazoo
July 31st, 2009
2:04 pm
Cuz, I don’t have Stafford’s number but I could probably dig up Duante’s for you. The airport is a lot nicer place now that they have the newer terminals.
gatorman770
July 31st, 2009
2:05 pm
Since the liberal Democrats took over Congress and the liberal National media brainwashed the weakminded into electing Obuma, working Americans and the massive number of unemployed (including me)have very little hope and nothing but change (in our pockets)!
Cuz
July 31st, 2009
2:10 pm
Gatorman, I disagree. I always wear my camo shorts.
Rabun Dawg
July 31st, 2009
2:11 pm
As reported by someone else, furlough doesn’t mean you will not show up for work, just no pay for the designated day of the furlough. Have family members who are teachers and they all are going to show up for work, just no pay! Their rationale is that it is not fair to students not to show up. And, in most of their cases the furloughs will be on days of things such as “pre-planning” or “teacher workshops” when no students are present.I feel sure that the UGA coaches will show up on those days, if they even do come under the mandates!
Cuz
July 31st, 2009
2:12 pm
zoo, General Neyland told me to stay in the airport. I was looking forward to seeing the GMC building now that me, you and everyone else in America owns it.
Cuz
July 31st, 2009
2:14 pm
Furlough sounds like a weekend in Paris after Bastogne.
chazzo
July 31st, 2009
2:23 pm
The govenor, senators, and legislators should be taking furloughs, as well. We are all riding this out together. Everybody’s hurting. Some more than others. But, everybody needs to take their share of it.
Sting 'em Buzz
July 31st, 2009
2:42 pm
Rabun Dawg, School teachers will all have their furlough days on days that the students are not in school. The students are required to be there 180 days and teachers are paid for working 190 days.
Dobearsbare
July 31st, 2009
2:47 pm
What effect would furloughing the coaches have on the state budget? I can’t see where it will have any. They’re not paid with tax dollars.
49-10
July 31st, 2009
2:59 pm
turd hater, that may be the dumbest comment I have read on any blog…UGA fell asleep???..and that is why GT beat UGA??? Please..
As much as you guys may hate it, GT has the bragging rights until you all play again.
Too Easy
July 31st, 2009
3:29 pm
Cuz: Again, the best to Baylie, and have a safe trip.
Cuz
July 31st, 2009
3:46 pm
Thank you Too. That means a lot. Baylie’s first surgery is Wednesday.
shards1967
July 31st, 2009
4:00 pm
I know that St Simons is only about 25 or so years old and a non tech graduate or even a legit fan. Here is why:
When I mention names of Eddie Lee Ivory and his rape charges in Wisc. and the names of Jim Lavin, Mike Mooney and Kevin Salibury that beat up that itty, bitty gal and her boyfriend in the old pizza joint, near where the Tech motel used to be on N Avenue, he does not respond.
Also, the giggles that we UGA folks still get ( like chills up our legs) when we think about big bad QB Reggie ( PE Major ) Ball throwing the ball out of bounds on 4th down, he ought ot have a come back. I mean, that 45-42 thing is it. He has only that?? to chat about.
We can talk about the above illustrious names and:
The frosh recruit of two year back and his APD rape charges or
Reuben Houson and HIS drug issues or the pride of The Flats …
Qb Joey Hamilton and HIS DRUG ISSUES.
This proves that Simple Simon is only a thug kid or a deadbeat with a GED. He only has the depth to throw that out ………we still can giggle however. “Surely coach, we get 5 downs here in historical Grant field” said Reggie.
Festus
July 31st, 2009
4:05 pm
Yawls mite needs a furlow after them thare doagies plaiys them thare cowpokes. Thait bald headed galoot fer Georgee staiys on furlow.
Sting 'em Buzz
July 31st, 2009
4:10 pm
We have some “Tech” fans that are complete morons. I was happy that my boys pulled out a win, but we have been getting our rear ends handed to us since Mr. Richt showed up so I don’t have a whole lot of room to hoop and holler. I will enjoy the 2008 win and look forward to the next installment of Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate.
cuz…I don’t know the story behind the surgery, but my prayers will go out for a successful and safe surgery for Bailey.
SAINT SIMMONS
July 31st, 2009
4:16 pm
I’m stupid. I bought one of the trade in clunker cars because I like wrecks.
Cuz
July 31st, 2009
4:20 pm
Thanks Sting-em. She has had around fifteen to eighteen surgeries, I admit, I have lost count. She has KTS. Google kt foundation and you will get an understanding of what she has. On a scale of one to ten, she has a nine.
Believe it or not, this UGA grad pulls for Tech when we are not playing them. Two of my better friends are Tech fans. One is a graduate of Tech, the other a guy who makes a living as an engineer. The grad and I have known each other since we were kids. He went to Tech the year before I went to UGA. We look forward to our rendevous in November because most times, it is a bare knuckes brawl. College football is the most fun sport on the planet and I am tired of the withdrawals. Start now dang it.
Sting 'em Buzz
July 31st, 2009
4:53 pm
I’m ready for football. My weekly Officials meetings aren’t enough to quench the thirst. But alas, next weekend is a clinic with a live scrimmage so maybe that will help.
Houdawg
July 31st, 2009
4:54 pm
You got it right, bamadog & gatorman770 …….. if it weren’t for the business I own ( still down about 40% in OBAMA’s ” new world ” economy ), don’t know what I’d do. Glad I was accustomed to mac & cheese as a child …… moving back in that direction. Enjoy it Libs …
Sting 'em Buzz
July 31st, 2009
5:59 pm
Houdawg, not exactly the change that was promised back in November.
Gooddawg
August 1st, 2009
10:30 am
First, when will GT fans realize that after SIX years in a row of being pounded by the DAWGS we had to let you win one by a few points so you would keep showing up. Oh that’s right we have to start our new winning streak in your pip squeak stadium.
BetweenHerHedges
August 1st, 2009
1:34 pm
Let? Is that why there was a prayer meeting on the sideline and Richt almost cried when he realized he wouldn’t get the ball back at the end of the game? Right. And since you can’t count, it was 7.
82dawg
August 2nd, 2009
12:01 am
Can Soft Willie take the furlough days for everyone? Just hoping…..
That was no fluke; Johnson let up!
August 2nd, 2009
9:37 am
Went to sleep @ halftime….Yep, it surely seemed that way!
Did the dog fans sleep well that night? Or did that nap hinder?
Pitbull
August 2nd, 2009
10:37 am
How about some sports writer furloughs at the AJC?
Like for the entire football season.
dandydawg
August 2nd, 2009
10:50 pm
Hey, Leave Obama alone. Bush got us in this mess… put the true blame where it should be. If y’all didn’t have your heads in the Bushes, you would have seen it coming. I can bet you this, Bush and Cheney made lots of $$$$ during their eight years!
Now PUNT that!
Go Dawgs! Funny how everybody talks about the only thing that matters is what happens the last time, if that was true, then why do the keep record of it. Ask any Florida fan, they will repeat to you that Florida has won the last 16 of 19 games against us. But look at it this way we are 3 and 2 with the mighty gators the last five years…so it all matters!
UGA Furlough Manager
August 4th, 2009
2:12 pm
Well, here I am on my first week of my new job at UGA. I have my instructions from The Power, aka, the Board of Regents and they want a schedule by the end of the 3rd quarter. Lets see, the dawgs will have played 4 games by the end of the 3rd quarter (Sept 30). Hmmmmmmm. So many questions, so few answers. Coaching furloughs, hmmmmmm. Who? when? how long? Being a state employee, my mind is open to suggestions. Post them here, and I will take them under consideration. Thank you in advance.