Fans fret about UGA coaching search
Mark Richt isn't talking about Georgia's coaching search. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
While off last week, I managed to keep a peripheral eye on the goings-on in Athens concerning the hunt for a new defensive coordinator.
Looks like a bit of a mess.
First came the brief media hubub about Virginia Tech’s Bud Foster, who publicly acknowledged “talking” to UGA before announcing he’d gotten a sweeter deal to stay put. Not surprising; you get a lot of folks using your job search in that way who have no intention of making a move. I’m sure Mark Richt wasn’t at all surprised by that.
Then came the Vic Koenning affair, which was a much muddier picture. Apparently the Kansas State co-defensive coordinator had expressed interest in the UGA job, but Georgia dithered while Illinois made it clear it wanted him. Then at the last minute Richt reportedly made an offer to Koenning but he decided to stick with Illinois.
Whether Koenning was the right choice for the Georgia job or not (and I’m not sure he was), what disturbs some Georgia fans about that scenario was the fact that Richt apparently wasn’t sure whether he wanted Koenning or not and then made a move after it was too late.
Of course, we don’t know the whole story since Richt isn’t talking. Maybe Georgia’s initial hesitation about Koenning had more to do with negotiations with some other candidate than it did with indecisiveness about whether Koenning was the right man for the UGA job. If that was the case, the late offer to Koenning probably means things weren’t going well on the other front.
You expect Richt to be talking to more than one candidate, and a lot of Georgia fans are hoping that Alabama’s Kirby Smart is still in the mix. But the reports of an offer to Koenning, if they’re accurate, would seem to indicate things must not have looked good elsewhere in the search.
We have to keep in mind that media leaks during these searches are often self-serving (a la Foster) and quite frequently much ado about nothing (as in the stories earlier this year about Bobby Knight and the Georgia basketball job).
Still, if what has leaked out is true, it’s bothersome that Richt apparently felt the need to make a late offer to Koenning. It gives the impression of desperation.
How do you feel about what’s transpired so far in the DC search?
Elsewhere, a couple of big woofs are due Mark Fox’s basketball Bulldogs for the weekend win over Illinois. It’s likely to be a loooong season for the undermanned Dogs, but they beat a good team under what was essentially road game conditions at Gwinnett Arena. Hopefully the confidence they gained will pay off down the road in the SEC wars.
Go Dogs!
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Good Grief
December 21st, 2009
12:51 pm
alldawgsgoto is so transparent. We laugh at the idea that you’re here to insult a team that beat the snot out GT. Glad it hurts so bad! LOL
DOG FAN
December 21st, 2009
12:52 pm
1 major bowl in almost 20 years hahahahahahahahahaha and after this one what 6 bowl loses in arow wow impressive
Carty Seay
December 21st, 2009
12:52 pm
Funny, I’ve already had at least a half a dozen Dawg fans tell me that Coach Richt hasn’t offered the job to anyone. Uh, see both the Athens and AJC papers Bulldog fans. Hmmm, who should I believe? Richt gets to go head to head again with Urban Meyer in pursuit of a top notch DC. Wonder if Chad Simmons and the guys at Scout.com can help Coach Richt out by over inflating another recruiting class. Just add some stars here and there and wallah you’ve got a top 5 recruiting class dialed up by your local SE (ah, UGA) recruting experts.
Good Grief
December 21st, 2009
12:53 pm
Everyone needs to stop obsessing over this. He will hire somebody and it’s either going to work out well, or it wont. Whatever. Stop freaking out.
CMR.. Sits on his rear... Probably
December 21st, 2009
12:53 pm
I do not have the necessary faith in CMR to hire the right coach..
This is the same guy that let CVG leave and hired the poor coach named Jancek.
He let Johnson go to WV and hired nother FSU cronie.
CMR is slipping… Yes. I am glad that someone else can see this.
Cn CMR go on a mission to Mars?
D.O.G.F.
December 21st, 2009
12:53 pm
Once again Mr. King, you are an embarrassment to UGA, the AJC (if that is possible) and journalism at large. This time? You wrote, ” the fact that Richt apparently wasn’t sure whether he wanted Koenning or not and then made a move after it was too late.” You state as fact what is only unsubstantiated rumor. I’d wager that you have nothing to confirm that Richt ever made an offer to Koenning. If you have any sense of decency, you will discontinue your blog. This type of garbage appears in your blog all too often.
Good Grief
December 21st, 2009
12:54 pm
“wallah”…..seriously? LMAO
DOG FAN
December 21st, 2009
12:54 pm
i agree terry but the pressure is on him now he cant take no chances must have a proven dc
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
12:56 pm
No one in or out of the state takes you serious!!!
Glad it hurts so bad!!!
Tennessee runs this state!!!!!!!!!
ROTFLMFAO!!!!
Terry
December 21st, 2009
12:57 pm
alldawgsgotohell, Yellow Jackets are baby maggots with wings think about it.
santa cruz dawg
December 21st, 2009
12:58 pm
I kep telling you guy if you the creates great discipline, uses multiple shemes, and has brought their Defense into the top 10 overall rankings in just 3 years. They play against the high powered Houston offense in the bowl game. If AF shuts them down. Then we will kow he can do a great job here with our talent, but if Houston racks up a ton of yards and points. The I will admit I overatted him as a canadate.
FLA DAWG
December 21st, 2009
12:59 pm
Traditionally, no news of this type is announced until after the hired coach’s bowl game is over for obvious reasons.
I think the decision has already been made and the rest is window dressing. But we will know for sure if the bowl games conclude and two days pass with no announcement.
The Dawgs deserve a winning DC, tough, no BS, smash ‘em in the mouth kinda guy. We have the talent. We just need a winner to organize and execute it.
santa cruz dawg
December 21st, 2009
1:00 pm
I don’t know what happened to the fist part of my message Deruyter from Air Force if we can’t get Smart or Muschamp.
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:02 pm
No one in or out of the state takes you serious!!!
Glad it hurts so bad!!!
LSU runs this state!!!!!!!!!
ROTFLMFAO!!!!
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:03 pm
No one in or out of the state takes you serious!!!
Glad it hurts so bad!!!
Kentucky runs this state!!!!!!!!!
ROTFLMFAO!!!!
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:03 pm
No one in or out of the state takes you serious!!!
Glad it hurts so bad!!!
Florida runs this state!!!!!!!!!
ROTFLMFAO!!!!
Mikey
December 21st, 2009
1:04 pm
alldawgsgotohell or should i just call you m… You are an embarrassment to this board.
Go back and cuddle with saint simons since neither of you had the stones to come on here after the Dawgs kicked your little hineys.
true UGA fan
December 21st, 2009
1:04 pm
ARE YOU SERIOUS BK, I KNOW YOU OR THE AJCRECEOVED MY LAST COMMENT AND TO NOT PUBLISH IT…WOW
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:05 pm
No one in or out of the state takes you serious!!!
Glad it hurts so bad!!!
Oklahoma State (really?) runs this state!!!!!!!!!
ROTFLMFAO!!!!
true UGA fan
December 21st, 2009
1:05 pm
AND THT WOULD BE RECEIVED LAST COMMENT
Mikey
December 21st, 2009
1:05 pm
By the way, “glad it hurts so bad ” gave you away.
You might want to develop a vocabulary and quit repeating yourself ad nauseum.
Coward.
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:06 pm
I was watching ESPN. I counted how many times they mentioned GT and UGA. Final results:
GT – every time
UGA – not a single time
You’ve been forgotten glad it hurts so bad!!!!!!!!
7-5!!!! BBBBBBBWAWAWAWAWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:06 pm
Wheeeeeeee!!!!!!
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:07 pm
It hurts so good!!!!!
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:09 pm
SHREVEPORT!!!! SHREVEPORT!!!! SHREVEPORT!!!!
I HEAR THEY’RE HAVING MOTEL SPECIALS $10/ROOM PLUS A “INDEPENDENTLY BAD BOWL” TICKET
boomerdawg49
December 21st, 2009
1:09 pm
This is about an useless blog as I have seen. Nobody is all that upset, just the fringe nutcases. Let coach Richt do his job. We don’t need all this woe is me.
Good Grief
December 21st, 2009
1:10 pm
I know one thing for sure, alldawgsgoto certainly doesnt think UGA is irrelevant considering he’s camped out on this blog all day every day. There’s a thin line between love and hate, huh? LOL. You’re a joke!
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:10 pm
Wheeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:11 pm
especially terrorists from ga tech
Good Grief
December 21st, 2009
1:11 pm
I agree boomer…..some of these people have such sad lives. They pretend to know whats going on and at every turn are ready to jump off a cliff. haha
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:11 pm
my mom gave me a sponge bath last night…and then some.\
mmmm almost as good as leveling up in warcraft with a handful of cheetos!
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:12 pm
THE SHREVEPORT TIMES RECENTLY REPORTED THAT THEY WILL BE BLOCKADING UGA FANS FROM ANY OTHER PARTS OF THE TOWN, THEY DON’T WANT THEIR IMAGE RUINED
THEY PLAN ON SCOOPING UP THE FANS INTO DUMP TRUCKS TO LIMIT THE TRASH!!!!!!
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:13 pm
that’s right techie. go upstairs and tell mommy on me. your program is a waste and always will be. your best year in 20 years and our worst in a decade and we still win.
we run this state and i run your mom
twice…while she’s bagged
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:13 pm
now take your trash back to your pointless nerd blogs
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:14 pm
THE SHREVEPORT GLEE CLUB WILL BE WELCOMING THE UG(SIC)A FOOZEBALL TEAM TO THEIR FAIR CITY WITH A RENDITION OF “I AM MY OWN GRANDPA”
Good Grief
December 21st, 2009
1:14 pm
come on alldawgs is that the best you’ve got? weak. Try again…..and I dont want any of the recycled BS either.
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:14 pm
I guess I don’t realize we were in shreveport every other year this past decade. and the funny part is…we lost
John
December 21st, 2009
1:15 pm
The DC is already on the team.
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:15 pm
THE NERD GLEE CLUB WILL BE WELCOMING THE TECH FOOZEBALL TEAM TO THEIR FAIR CITY WITH A RENDITION OF “I AM MY OWN TERRORIST”
true UGA fan
December 21st, 2009
1:17 pm
here it is again….,i know we are not here making a fuss about VK, who is VK? ok, let me tell you. VK is the gut whowas passed over by Clemson for there HC job, which subsuquently hired Dabo Sweeney who unconsciously fired VK the same day hat he was hired as HC at clemson. are we making fuss over that guy, we as dawg fans should trust the fact that our coach will make the best hire possible. we do not know who it will be and CMR does not owe us that to tell us before he makes the hire. it’s like playing poker, you do not show your hand before you go all in, and if that is the way you operate, i have a mean poker game going on at my place tonight. there is a process people, allow that process to take place, stop being caught up in all the hoopla…..Go Dawgs
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:17 pm
SHREVEPORT WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE UG(SIC)A ON MAKING IT TO A TRUE BOWL GAME. THEY’RE STILL MAD THEY COULDN’T GET A REAL TEAM TO PLAY THERE THOUGH, THEY WERE HOPING FOR VANDY!!!!!!!!
((((((((((((((((((((( SHREVEPORT )))))))))))))))))))))
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:18 pm
mommy! someone is pretending to be me! tell them to stop! and on your way down can you bring me some Acne medicine?
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:19 pm
I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FOOTBALL! I INCLUDED VANDY IN MY JOKE OBVIOUSLY NOT KNOWING THAT THEY HAD US BEAT UP TO THE 4TH QUARTER! WOW I AM SO DUMB!
MOM CAN I HAVE ANOTHER SPONGE BATH WITH A HAPPY ENDING!?
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:20 pm
UG(SIC)A HAS NO OTHER VICTORIES TO CELEBRATE EXCEPT A WIN OVER A “WEAK ACC CONFERENCE”. THAT’S ALL YOU HAVE TO BRAG ABOUT BECAUSE YOU CAN’T COMPETE IN YOUR OWN CONFERENCE
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:21 pm
EVEN YOUR BLOGGERS HAVE TO PRETEND TO BE GT FANS TO BE RELEVANT
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’M MAKING SOMEONE ANGRY…GLAD IT HURTS SO BAD!!!!!!!!!!
((((((((((((((((((((((( SHREVEPORT ))))))))))))))))))))))))
DawginLex
December 21st, 2009
1:22 pm
Kentucky would beat Tech.
so would all the other teams on our schedule except Tenn Tech and Vandy
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:22 pm
hey look at me I’m a GT fan and I’m going to be a nerd forever!! UGA fans are jealous of me!!! They want to make money too but forgot they’re majoring in Turf Management!!!
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:22 pm
MOM!!!! I JUST MADE FUN OF MY OWN CONFERENCE! COMPLETELY DEFEATING ANY PRIOR POINTS I WAS TRYING TO MAKE! O WELL! I STILL HAVE YOU AND ALL 300 LBS OF YOU TO SHOW ME THE REAL RUFFLE SHUFFLE. MMMMMM! I LOVE SPONGE BATHS. CAN WE BRING DAD IN ON THIS ONE?
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:24 pm
HAHAHAHA YOUR FANS ARE STILL IMPERSONATING GT FANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WISHING THEY WERE RELEVANT!!!!!!!!!! WISHING SOMEONE WOULD TAKE THEM SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL I HAVE TO DO IS SHOW UP AND YOUR BLOG IS ALL ABOUT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! I OWN YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST LIKE THE GATORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
alldawgsgotohell
December 21st, 2009
1:24 pm
I LOVE IT WHEN DADDY JOINS. IT REMINDS ME OF PAUL GOBBLER JOHNSON AND THE SPONGE BATH WE ALL GAVE HIM LAST WEAK.MMMMMMMM