Fans fret about UGA coaching search

Anyone will be an improvement!!

• Link
• Report this comment

David Pollack for DC.

• Link
• Report this comment

Much ado about nothing. The hire has been made, just waiting until the coach finishes his current job

• Link
• Report this comment

Welcome back Bill, wasn’t the same without you

• Link
• Report this comment

Hold on DAWGS good news is on the way.Let the good times roll.

• Link
• Report this comment

Bill – Just so you know…

UGA never even spoke with Koening. They spoke to his agent, briefly who in turn took a simple conversation about meeting with Koening into an “obvious job offer”.

Why would they do this you say? Well because he got $70,000 more dollars from Illinois than he had previously agreed to. This stuff happens all the time…agents scaring athletic directors with half-truths.

Just please Bill don’t be so quick to jump on a story and believe every bit of it when it is from the mouth of an agent…

• Link
• Report this comment

Pass, Paul, pass, pass, pass! The DAWGS run this state!

• Link
• Report this comment

What me worry?

• Link
• Report this comment

Surely, if he was offered, it was to coach LB’s or something. Too many better candidates out there for DC.

• Link
• Report this comment

I don’t think Koenning was offered the job. I tend to think Tim Tucker had it correct when he wrote, “While Georgia discussed its DC job with Koenning, his reported salary with Illinois — $325,000 — would suggest UGA didn’t aggressively target him.”

We need to remember that Florida was turned down by Tyrone Nix and they too still have an opening at DC. No one seems to be panicking in Gainesville. We need to trust the process and trust our head coach.

• Link
• Report this comment

Enter your comments here

• Link
• Report this comment

Bill,

What are the chances that we would make a run at Lovie Smith? I have heard reports that he will not last long with the Bears

• Link
• Report this comment

Stillman, I doubt CMR is “sitting on his anus” and most likely has his man nailed down for the job. I am getting tired of this man getting crucified for one bad year. We lost key players on both sides of the ball and still had a winning record and a bowl game. Teams like LSU and Ole Miss had higher expectations and did not live up to them. I think some people in Dawg Nation set the bar to high this year and there was no way this team could live up to it. CMR will do the right thing at DC and next year we should be a solid team with 2011 having a solid shot at BCS talk again.

• Link
• Report this comment

that would bother me as well. but i think la jolla hit the nail on the head…

is Koening really that into Illinois, and that morally sound that he would take a $325,000 job at a below-par Big ten school as opposed to an upper-tier SEC school?

If you think $325K is all UGA is going to offer for the next DC, you are wrong my friend.

• Link
• Report this comment

and that would leave you as the one “fretting” dear Bill.

• Link
• Report this comment

koenning said they “spoke”. big deal. this was more than likely koenning’s agent fishing for a higher deal from illinois. there is absolutely no way we offered koenning and he said no to us. his family still lives in the south. he’s going to be making less at illinois than willie made here (and ALL indications are that we’ll be offering a much higher salary to the next dc). and, he’s just not that good of a coordinator. had good numbers at clempson (although not better than willie had here), but was absolutely eaten up any time they played a team with a decent qb. doesn’t sound like much of a change. if cmr was going to offer koenning, he should have just kept willie.

• Link
• Report this comment

Way to spin speculation and gossip. Coach is taking his time and weighing the options. Go DAWGS.

• Link
• Report this comment

It doesn’t matter who is Jawja’s DC. Richt is still HC and Bobo is still OC. Jawja will still lose to Tennessee.

If Richt had a clue, he’d offer Ellis Johnson 100K more than Spurrier is paying him at South Carolina and get him to Athens. But this IS Richt, so that ain’t happening. If Richt REALLY wanted to improve his D, he’d have Sylvester Croom in Athens today. But this IS Richt, so that ain’t happening.

• Link
• Report this comment

I have a female cousin whose boyfriend had a class with a guy on the scout team. The next DC will be Kirby Smart.

• Link
• Report this comment

It would make a whole lot of sense to not expect a DC announcement until the completion of some of the upcoming bowl games…maybe CMR is talking w/ some DC’s that have some class…they don’t want to hurt their present teams chances in a bowl game by being a distraction…call me crazy, but I’d respect a coach with some respect/loyalty for his present team/players, as opposed to grabbing the brass ring and saying the he11 w/ his old team…there is plenty of time to get this done…as far as recruiting goes, it is doubtful that UGA would be after the same players that the DC previous school will be coming from…as far as the DAWG’s recruiting, they’ll still be getting what’s out there after UF and Bama fills their needs…it’s not like the old days before scholarship were limited, when the top tier programs would sign everything in sight to keep them from other schools (there will be plenty of quality players still available)…so, a player will look at educational opportunities, the program, the coaching, the facilities, the program’s future, future teammates, the school, the social life, the prestige, the conference, the location, the environment in and around Athens, etc….so, taking into account the last two NC’s teams, UGA will be going up against Auburn, Tenn, USC, Miss St, Ole Miss, LSU, Ark, etc…do you fans not think UGA is not at least on level ground w/ Auburn, Tenn, & LSU and the rest can not compete w/ UGA

• Link
• Report this comment

The next UGA DC will NOT come from the college ranks! He will come from the NFL and will sign 2 weeks from today when the NFL season ends. His name I can’t spell but I can write his initials…………….B.V.G. That’s right, you heard it here first my fellow dawgs fans. BVG is coming back to Athens and will bring back the intensity and the work ethic that will take us back to the SEC championship. Perhaps as early as next season.

• Link
• Report this comment

suwaneedawg …..well said!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

First guy, BIG DAWG, said it best. Amen! Stop the speculation and wait for an announcement.

• Link
• Report this comment

Bill. I’m just saying it would be nice to hear the more truthful, accurate side of a UGA story these days. I have always thought you were the least likely to get swept away in the rumor cycle and completely over-exagerrate a situation to get more response/fan-fare, but I guess I was wrong. Report what you know is right next time, about something that matters. Not old news, not false news, and definitely not Agent Blabber.

• Link
• Report this comment

Is there such thing as “wasting cyber space?” WTH?

• Link
• Report this comment

You know Bill, It was refreshing to have a real Georgia blog when you first started writing. You have since become just another pot stirrer for the nations worst staff of sports “journalists” ever assembled and are a disgrace to the bulldog nation.

• Link
• Report this comment

Thank you C. Strickland your words couldn’t be any more accurate.

Bill please take these comments to heart, as we really did like you before you started taking “Blog Response” lessions from peons named Schultz, Bradley, etc….

• Link
• Report this comment

Bill:

Like you said, nobody really knows what has happened. The guy saying that you should get a subscription to Rivals is lying. They repeatedly publish things as fact on a whim, just to try to sell subscriptions. They are wrong so much that they lose credibility as much as they get something right.

However, I don’t think Koenning was offered the job. Again, this is just speculation but I will tell you why. Richt has publicly stated that he hasn’t offered anyone the job. Richt doesn’t lie often. Not to recruits, not to his players, and not to the media. Instead of lying, he will sidestep the question if he doesn’t want to share the information publicly. He didn’t. He answered and answered truthfully.

Koenning has been itching to get back to the south since he left Clemson. Zook is in a win-or-your-fired situation at Illinois. They love him up there, but he has underachieved the past couple of years. He saved his job by firing his staff and hiring a new one. Do you really think Koenning would have chose to go to that situation instead of UGA if he had a UGA offer? I don’t. It isn’t about being a man of your word. It is about not being offered the UGA job.

Richt has said that it will be until the first or second week of January until we hear anything. I believe him, his track record says you should as well. The only way we won’t until then is if someone falls into his lap that we weren’t expecting (i.e. Tubberville, Groh, etc.).

• Link
• Report this comment

The only mess has come from the media. Go figure

• Link
• Report this comment

SHREEEEEEEVEPORT, BABY!

• Link
• Report this comment

Alabama Jack, if somebody knows about being irrelevant, it’s Bama from 1995 to say 2006. Ya’ll get to sit with the rich folk for a year or two and have a brain fart from the last 10 years or so, while Mark Richt was winning more games than ANY SEC program. Jack that up you pipe.

• Link
• Report this comment

Close source tells me Richt is making Van Gorder tell him NO face to face. Smart will be the next DC.

• Link
• Report this comment

Maybe as fans we really need to get a grip on who is available and who wants to step in after a defensive staff just got fired. It is a different situation when your defensive coach leaves for a head coaching job or maybe to the pros, but when you fire the staff that sends up red flags all over the country. I wonder if Richt was forced to fire these coaches or did on his own accord. If he was forced, look for Richt to leave on his own accord in the future, as this may be the beginning of some difficult times in the future.

• Link
• Report this comment

Hey Jackets fans, Shrieveport full of Bulldog Fans will be better than a half full orange bowl. Well Iowa will bring twice as many from three times the distance. Tech should win though, they have way too much team speed and Iowa is missing the starting QB and the starting RB. Should be a great win for the Techies. TOO BAD you couldn’t handle the only real team on your schedule this year.

• Link
• Report this comment

If Diaz is “the man” we’ll know before sundown. Otherwise, I think we’ve got a deal with Kirby Smart.

• Link
• Report this comment

The word in the Rockies is that his agent was contacted by Richt about the LB job. The LB job at UGA would have paid more than the DC job at U of I, but then it would not be a coordinators job. It is said that Foster was contacted for interest or recommendations. If you look at it from that point of view, you can ease your mind and know that this is going to be a good, yet predictable hire for UGA and CMR.

• Link
• Report this comment

Man, there sure are a lot of experts on this blog today. I, for one, respect Mark Richt a lot for keeping this whole thing on the DL because that’s the way it should be. I am not worried at all. Quite the opposite actually. It wouldn’t surprise me at all to get a guy totally out of left field that hasn’t been mentioned at all.

• Link
• Report this comment

I checked on Iowa’s QB a week ago and he was practicing with the team same with RB looks like they will play against Bugs.

• Link
• Report this comment

richt knows what he wants to do and where to go for a DC and that is the only guy i trust to pick uga next DC….its not a mess at all, the only i mess i see is this blog with fans on here that think they know more than coach richt…bill find something else to blog about because this topic brings out all the crazies..reporting things that you know might be false is not cool at all. i think you should blog about what this program was like before richt was coach and what it is now…that would really quite down the crazies…

• Link
• Report this comment

I’m not worried a bit. I’m glad coach is waiting for the right situation. I still hope Ellis Johnson is in the mix too.

• Link
• Report this comment

Pollock: ‘Outside the Box’ Hire for DC @ UGA

Most great coaches agree coaching starts with understanding people, and the ability to motivate players to reach their greatest potential.

It’s a hunch, and indeed would be an ‘outside the box’ move by Mark Richt. Nevertheless, I believe the best hire for DC @ UGA is in our own backyard. It’s David Pollack, former All American standout at UGA.

He’s young, extremely energetic, very bright, extremely motivated, motivates others, played ‘outside the box’ himself on every play, and would do so as DC.

In addition, he lives on a high moral plane, and would lead with a great example.

He brings the intangibles and instincts that no experience in that position would ever, could ever bring. He would have the fan base behind him overnight.

Not to mention the sensational recruiter he would be.

Richt, go ‘outside the box’. Hire David Pollack. I think he’s Erk Russell with hair, and possibly even more.

• Link
• Report this comment

If we’ve never gotten ‘the true story’ about how the Erk Russell ‘non’-hire went down, then I doubt that we’ll ever know what transpired with this guy Koenning – and I care a lot more about Erk than this other guy. Various, long-time, Bulldogs – ones a lot closer to the program than anybody posting here, I’ll bet – are hinting that CMR has his guy and we’ll be pleased. I’m willing to go along with that. What’s the point of agonizing over speculation about who’s playin’ who?

Frankly, I’m more worried that the questioning of Coach Richt will shake his comfort level with being as UGA…the last thing we need is a few ‘hun-yuks’ rousing the rabble and getting him to thinking ‘What’s the point?’ and thus being open of other offers.

• Link
• Report this comment

Coaching Search, you don’t hire coordinators from programs that are currently preparing for bowls or NFL schedules. I don’t think anyone on this blog has any idea about the candidates. I’d expect to see a coach hired that will bring “60 minutes of hell” to the opposing teams. So far, no candidates have been mentioned, save one that would do that. THere are two sided to this. One is that there is a bowl game in which UGA is playing. Look at the distraction going on right now with no DC on the horizon. Think about the distraction if we had a new staff coming in to run things. As this moves forward, there are a few schools looking for a good coordinator, UF, and UGA for one. ND, and some others. We screamed to free Willy, and now we are not happy becuase we haven’t replaced him when all the good people we want are still coaching end of the year football. Let’s find something else to blog about. How about something like the 4 year record of this team, or the QB for next year. Here is a reall good one, Why did Blair Walsh not make All American?

• Link
• Report this comment

Funny how all the best candidates in the nation are lining up and knocking the door down at Thug…..UHhhhhh Dawg nation. The cowpastures at Athhhhhinzzzz aren’t full of opportunities, but full of meadow muffins.

• Link
• Report this comment

NO WHITE SMOKE FROM THE CHIMNEY YET

Sports Anchor Crash Nagurski: We go now to the Athletics Offices of University of Georgia Coach Mark Richt. (Camera goes to Buzz Nutman eating a jelly doughnut and drinking coffee. Buzz does not yet know he is on camera.)

Buzz Nutman: Nice tie coach…is that a clip on?

Coach Richt: No…and get your hands off of it…your getting jelly on it.

Crash Nagurski: (speaking into Buzz’s earphone) Buzz…you IDIOT!

Buzz Nutman: Thanks Crash, we’re here with Georgia Bulldogs coach Mark Richt to talk about the state of the Georgia Bulldog football program. Coach there is some concern out there in the BullDawg Nation about who you will choose as your next defensive coordinator. Would you care to enlighten the BullDawg faithful?

Coach Richt: Well Buzz…

Buzz Nutman: Ooooh….that’s a big stack of papers you got there.
(Buzz Nutman spills his coffee all over the papers on Coach Richt’s desk as he tries to get a peek.)

Coach Richt: You…id…you… (Coach Richt snatches away the papers)

Buzz Nutman: Sorry coach.

Coach Richt: That’s….alright…Buzz…. These are resumes…as you can see I have received quite a lot of them from coaches at top football programs throughout the country, …(looks sideways at Buzz who is playing with the 2005 SEC Championship trophy)…and I want all those in the Bulldog Nation to rest assured… I will leave no stone unturned in finding the next man to lead us back to playing Georgia Bulldog defense. (Takes trophy away from Buzz)

Buzz Nutman: That’s great coach…I’m sure those top five or six weren’t viable candidates anyway. They weren’t in alphabetical order were they?
Coach Richt: Yes….by school.

Buzz Nutman: Why don’t we take a call or two from the audience…here’s a fan from Ludowici…goes by the name “Delbert D”.

Delbert D: Coach Richt…I’m a Georgia Tech fan…and I was just wondering if you would be willing to share some of those resumes with Coach Johnson?

Coach Richt: Well, shucks, Delbert …I’m sure Coach Johnson is happy with his defensive coordinatior… but if you know Coach Johnson personally tell him I have a really good friend that could use a job.

Buzz Nutman: Coach…let’s take another call. This one’s from Watergirl Wants To Know…hey, from right here in Athens!

Watergirl Wants To Know: Coach, would you prefer that your next Defensive Coordinator be bald or have a Buzz Cut?

Coach Richt: Well, Honey, I would prefer someone who knows how to run the Tampa 2 and play man to man…but if I had to make a choice I kind of like the old Beatle’s cut.

Buzz Nutman: There you have it Crash….RINGO STARR is the new Defensive Coordinator of the Georgia Bulldogs!!!! And now a word from one of our Sponsors…

Coach Richt: Sonofa…!!! That’s not what I……
(Fade to commercial)

• Link
• Report this comment

Hey Bill, quick question…. Who did LSU hire as D.C.? i thought i saw something on tv the other day.

• Link
• Report this comment

Ellis Johnson would be the one at the top of the list.

• Link
• Report this comment

I want to personally thank Coarch Urban Meyers for reinstating me to the team for the bowl game.
he man of class

• Link
• Report this comment

To Bill and every other expert on the coaching search, there are reasons CMR and DE are quiet in Athens. In all honesty, would you give out day to day search/contact information to this media and blog crowd? Hell no. Talk about having things blow up in your face.

• Link
• Report this comment

Nu Keese, you have more to worry about besides where you can play football.
Your short little career as a football player might be over.

• Link
• Report this comment

Bill, I don’t think anyone knows enough about the coaching search to have an opinion one way or the other about it. Personally, I don’t see what the big deal is with Richt’s secrecy. Its the post-season. Assistant coaches, good ones at least, are a little busy. If Richt was going to hire some no name Joe Schmoe from East Michigan A&M wouldn’t he have done so already? People just need to be patient.

Whatever happened with Koennig I’m glad he isn’t coming here. His defenses gave up more points in the Big 12 than Tech’s defense gives up rushing yards to a true freshmen running back from a single A high school. He wouldn’t have got it done in the SEC.

• Link
• Report this comment

Everyone needs to calm down a little bit about the coaching search. My cousin is the Associate AD at UGA and has confirmed with me that there has been no offer made to any coach. There has been some phone calls that were merely feeler calls. Also if you are a true UGA fan you would not be worried that the program is in a downward spiral.

• Link
• Report this comment

I wonder if CMR is looking to give Garner a try out as DC?

• Link
• Report this comment

i do find it funny when coaches and programs keep the media in the dark. the guys who write stories for a living really get angry with this and start writing stuff like “fans fret about….” well, i’m a fan, and i’m not fretting, nor is most that i know. and i’ll be the first to admit, that i posted two weeks ago that Koenning would be named, this coming from a very good, lifelong friend who is employed at K-State. now his, and my own, credibility took a hit. but, i don’t think he was ever “offered” a contract to come here. so printing that is pure speculation. not good journalism, but okay, i guess, for blogging..

now i say our next DC will be……. who the heck knows, but i’m sure we’ll be happy..

GO DAWGS UGA-41 A&M-34

• Link
• Report this comment

I have it on good authority that Willie Martinez is available, and he would come pretty cheap.

• Link
• Report this comment

Georgia proved the ONLY game that really matters is the GEORGIA BOWL and yes, they won it AGAIN !!!! And NO, I don’t want my job back !!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

If someone is not already in place then i would have to say this search has been one huge CLUSTER COPULATION , if someone is waiting for their current bowl game or season to be over then i withdraw my complaint.

• Link
• Report this comment

While I think BVG would be a good DC, I’m afraid if we hire him, we will be in this same situation in two years when his next job offer comes around.

• Link
• Report this comment

I don’t want any D.C. that is not too busy to interview right now, preparing for a bowl game or for an NFL game. Be patient dawg fans and lets get the right guy.

• Link
• Report this comment

From highly reliable booster with direct connections to the board — its a done deal. Kirby Smart will be named DC day after National Championship game.

• Link
• Report this comment

Stinger, who will be your next DC, or is 108th in the NCAA satisfactory for you?

• Link
• Report this comment

I don’t know Bill, your story sounds pretty negative and misleading. I know you well enough so I give you the benefit of the doubts that your intentions are honest

• Link
• Report this comment

go back on vacation

• Link
• Report this comment

Does not matter who UGA hires he will not be as good as Tenn. DC, Fla, or LSU just get use to 7-6 for a long time. The other SEC East schools have moved ahead of UGA.

• Link
• Report this comment

LOOK BOYS THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY DC AVAILABLE. AND THE GOOD ONES WILL NOT MOVE LATERALLY. SO00000! LETS LOOK INTO THE SMALLER DIVISIONS. HOW ABOUT SOMEONE LIKE THE HEAD COACH AT MONTANA. DON”T KNOW HIS NAME BUT HE HAS BUILT A GREAT DEFENCE THERE.

• Link
• Report this comment

Thanks for the response Bill. It seems to me that Smart would make the lateral move to UGA as DC with the designation of CMR’s successor. Heck, maybe even Muschamp would entertain a truly lateral move (DC and Successor Head Coach) to UGA. UGA could likley offer a lower annual salary coupled to such a designtion. However, I seriously doubt that UGA would entertain making such an offer. UGA will end up with a “rising star” from D2 or D3 school.

• Link
• Report this comment

PHIL, it seems Bill is one of those – and there’s a lot of them on AJC blogs – who seem to want to believe the worst about the UGA football program right now. Oh well, like I said, it’s a free country.

• Link
• Report this comment

Got to agree with the suggestion at giving Middle Tennessee State’s DC a look. That team played inspired, played over their heads, made adjustments after falling behind 14-0, and almost totally shut down Southern Miss after that. Seriously Coach Richt, take a look at this guy!

• Link
• Report this comment

TO SHREVEPORT WE GO!!!!
TO SHREVEPORT WE GO!!!
HI HO A CRAPPY BOWL
TO SHREVEPORT WE GO!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

All dogs, and GT since 51, we still stomp your tail 8 out of 10 games per decade, and our defense still dominated the ACC champs. Again, there will be more at the big Indy bowl wearing red and black than the jackets will have at the OBOWL. You couldn’t even sell out the ACC championship game, so run your mouth all you want, we run this state, and probabally the company for which you work. Shine my shoes son!

• Link
• Report this comment

cmr already has his man for the job and bill you dont really think vk was offered do you i mean come on cmr already had his man leave it alone i think it is muschamp or bumpas so just wait until the 1st week of jan likeeeeeee cmr said didnt he say that more than once but yall dont understand what that means

• Link
• Report this comment

Dawgs run this state!!! What else do they have, they certainly aren’t playing on a national stage!!! Embarassed by bugs!!! BBBBBBWAWAWAWAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

(((((((((((((((((( SHREVEPORT )))))))))))))))))
ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

mack browns 10yr extension was the best thing that could have happened to uga these thinds have a way of working out

• Link
• Report this comment

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

• Link
• Report this comment

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.

• Link
• Report this comment

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?

• Link
• Report this comment

“wallah”…..seriously? LMAO

• Link
• Report this comment

No one in or out of the state takes you serious!!!

Glad it hurts so bad!!!

Tennessee runs this state!!!!!!!!!

ROTFLMFAO!!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

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.

• Link
• Report this comment

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.

• Link
• Report this comment

No one in or out of the state takes you serious!!!

Glad it hurts so bad!!!

Kentucky runs this state!!!!!!!!!

ROTFLMFAO!!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

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.

• Link
• Report this comment

No one in or out of the state takes you serious!!!

Glad it hurts so bad!!!

Oklahoma State (really?) runs this state!!!!!!!!!

ROTFLMFAO!!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

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.

• Link
• Report this comment

Wheeeeeeee!!!!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

SHREVEPORT!!!! SHREVEPORT!!!! SHREVEPORT!!!!

I HEAR THEY’RE HAVING MOTEL SPECIALS $10/ROOM PLUS A “INDEPENDENTLY BAD BOWL” TICKET

• Link
• Report this comment

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!

• Link
• Report this comment

especially terrorists from ga tech

• Link
• Report this comment

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!

• Link
• Report this comment

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

• Link
• Report this comment

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”

• Link
• Report this comment

I guess I don’t realize we were in shreveport every other year this past decade. and the funny part is…we lost

• Link
• Report this comment

THE NERD GLEE CLUB WILL BE WELCOMING THE TECH FOOZEBALL TEAM TO THEIR FAIR CITY WITH A RENDITION OF “I AM MY OWN TERRORIST”

• Link
• Report this comment

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 )))))))))))))))))))))

• Link
• Report this comment

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!?

• Link
• Report this comment

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 ))))))))))))))))))))))))

• Link
• Report this comment

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!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

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

• Link
• Report this comment

LOOK AT ALL THE POSTS I’M PUTTING UP!!!!!!!!!!!
I OWN THIS BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UG(SIC)A FANS ARE GETTING OWNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

HAHAHAHA YOUR FANS ARE STILL IMPERSONATING UGA FANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WISHING THEY WERE RELEVANT!!!!!!!!!! WISHING SOMEONE WOULD TAKE THEM SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I OWN YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST LIKE THE DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

I KEEP SIDESTEPPING THE FACT THAT WE LOST TO YOU!!!!

I ALWAYS FORGET THE FIRST RULE IN WINS AND LOSSES!

ITS WHO BEATS US NOT WHO BEAT THE TEAM WE LOST TO!

I LOVE MOMMY AND DADDY SPONGE BATHS WITH HAPPY ENDINGS!

IT SURE IS A LOT BETTER THAN THE DOO DOO FACED WOMEN AT TECH AND THE 70% MALES!

O WAIT NEVERMIND…THANK GOD AND GREYHOUND ITS 70% MALES!

I LOVE ALL MALE SPONGE BATHS! WE ONLY USE ONE SPONGE!!!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

• Link
• Report this comment

alldawgsgotohell………… sorry you are not making anyone angry……….just making yourself look stupid!!

• Link
• Report this comment

M AND ST SIMONS CAN RETIRE!!!! I OWN THIS BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

signed, true UGA fan

HAHAHAHA

• Link
• Report this comment

Nobody wants on this sinking ship!

• Link
• Report this comment

can you explain to me what facet ga tech beat uga in?

• Link
• Report this comment

Maybe, Mark Richt already has his man.

• Link
• Report this comment

Caleb King just scored on tech again!! 30 to 24 all year!!!!!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

30-24: THE SIGNATURE WIN OF A 7-5 TEAM!!!!!!!!!!
GLAD YOU USE TECH AS YOUR BENCHMARK!!!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

Bill King:

Usually like your stuff, but your post at 10:12 “if Richt did make him a late offer, that bothers me.” is asinine. Take a second to evaluate that statement. That’s no different than saying “if the sky was purple, that bothers me.” Unless you really know for a fact what is going on with this search, then why don’t you step back and let Coach Richt do his job without riling up an already agitated fan base with hearsay and gossip. Its not helping.

• Link
• Report this comment

All dogs, Empty Stands in a championship game, more visitors in your stadium than home team supporters. Even after the 4 dogs, 4 cokes, 4 peanuts, and 4 jackets. You guys suck. I here that they have cut the plane fares and hotel rates in Miami due to lack of interest. They are even paying the air fares for your wife or girlfriend if you are from IOWA, or your companion if you are a jacket. SHine my shoes son.

• Link
• Report this comment

There is not one bit of “evidence” that Georgia made an offer to Koenning. And I am quite sure that if we wanted this guy, we could have doubled — yes doubled — what he is getting from Illinois. Which makes the rumor that we “offered” him even more unlikely. This is irresponsible journalism. Actually I wouldn’t even want to flatter the author by calling it journalism. It’s tabloid blogging.

• Link
• Report this comment

Hey Techies, speaking of Defense, I see Caleb King just scored again.

• Link
• Report this comment

After much soul-searching and encouragement from my cousin Desmond, I hereby tender my name for Defensive Coordinator of the University of Georgia. After all, a defense should reflect its DC’s personality, and what says UGA defense better than a FLAMING PINK TUTU ??!??

• Link
• Report this comment

One would think that CMR already had a candidate in place before dismissing CWM and his cronies, but the Foster and Koenning “discussions” would seem to indicate otherwise. Plus, as reported, if the salary figure they are offering is $325K, there are only two DC’s in the SEC making less: Kentucky’s Brown and MSU’s Torbush.

If there is a new DC in the bag as some suggest, I think it might be Sal Sunseri, Bama’s Asst. Head Coach / LB Coach.

• Link
• Report this comment

Free Trojans… wait you guys don’t need those.

• Link
• Report this comment

SuwanneeDawg

Richt isn’t getting crucified for one season, he’s getting crucified for the trend of bad football that has been played by his team the last 4 years. Sorry but you don’t lose to Vandy on your homecoming, lose to Kentucky twice, and get blown out by Florida and Tennessee 2 out of the last 3 years, without expecting to hear it from the fans. It’s the same way in any SEC school. But Richt’s biggest transgression is his inability to evaluate talent. He redshirted Knowshon Moreno yet started Danny FREAKIN Ware over him. He started Joe Tereshinski over Stafford over his loyalty to the Seniors. He redshirted and sat Drew Butler the last two years( who just won the Ray Guy award for the best punter in the country) in favor of BRIAN MIMBS?!!!? And he didn’t consistently start Washuan Ealey and Caleb King until the 9th game of the season when they were already 4-4. And I’m sorry, but I refuse to believe that Joe Cox was the best that UGA had to offer. He might be better than Logan Gray, but I’ll almost bet money that he isn’t better than Murray or Mettenburger. Richt’s inability to evaluate talent is a MAJOR problem!

• Link
• Report this comment

For what it’s worth…heard from someone with close ties to a high $$$ booster that’s usually in the know…

Kirby Smart has made it known through Bobo that he is more than just interested in the job and apparently Richt, while moving on with his search has agreed not to pull the trigger on anyone until they speak after the national championship game (which explains the 1st or 2nd week of Jan. announcement). Richt remembers what a distraction taking the UGA job prior to the NC game was when he was at FSU and is very respectful of Kirby’s position. Apparently Kirby’s heart is still with UGA, and he also would like to make himself more marketable by proving he’s not having his hand held by Saban (which because of his young age, many believe is the case). Muschamp has also apparently told him he should take a long hard look at the UGA job for that very reason, as many thought the same of him until he left Saban’s shadow.
Todd Grantham has really impressed Richt and if Kirby doesn’t work out then he’s the guy.
They both are 3-4 guys and it’s making it easier to continue recruiting without having one named as they are able to tell kids the next DC will be running a 3-4 style defense, taking away a good bit of the mystery for recruits without knowing who the coach will be. (Would also explain why we haven’t had anyone jump ship as well.)

BTW- Kirby is apparently building a home on Lake Oconee, not that it means anything, but an interesting twist.

Don’t know how accurate any of this is, but it makes as much (if not more)sense as anything else I’ve read or heard.

Go Dawgs!

• Link
• Report this comment

How about starting Pollack in coaching with something he knows well. Defensive Ends coach, and then work him up the ladder.

• Link
• Report this comment

Don’t look now but I think Caleb…………………… Sorry I got mixed up it is another NCAA investigator heading over to Knoxville. Lane’s friend is in the middle of this Ryan McNight mess. Wait til they get to Bryce Brown. Isn’t funny that the UT investigations, and the USC latest investigations all happened at the same time. Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

• Link
• Report this comment

Slinked? Moi? I say thee Nay!

I take comfort in 51-33, 35-14, and 45-19. A buttwhipping trifecta.

Keep on pitching, Cobb. The funk of fear is STILL wafting over from Jawja. You boys keep my second home nice and tidy when I come down there next year!

• Link
• Report this comment

Lets here it for the Weedeater Bowl. Yeah

• Link
• Report this comment

I think CMR realizes that he only has two more seasons to get this right. Therefore, he will likely choose someone who has a proven track record, and can turn things around quickly.

I do have confidence that he will be able to do so, and think we need to see what he has up his sleeve before we pass judgment.

• Link
• Report this comment

Dawg Trainer, call SMU, they can tell you Rocky Tippers all about the death penalty. You have cheated your last time, you are at a dead end, and you hired a half baked head coach and a half soaked dad to carry your orange panties forward.

• Link
• Report this comment

Weedeater bowl….that is a funny name. Wonder what marketing genius named it?

GT, congrats on making the Orange bowl. Even though you guys lost this year vs. the bulldogs, I’m glad it’s a more competitive rivalry than it has been in the past.

• Link
• Report this comment

CMR has this situation under control, and he’s doing it with class. There is no need to worry b/c no one on this blog gets paid to make the decisions in Athens. Georgia’s got the money to pay a top name for dc and they will let the general public know when they are good and ready be that after the bowl season or sooner.
Hey FLMoonpie get a clue, to call UGA thug u is pretty funny looking at uf’s arrest records lately!
As for the Koening thing, it was just a ploy by his agent to get a little more money out of Ill. most coaches out there want to be in the SEC it is the strongest conf. in the nation, has the best coaches, players, facilities, and is nationally televised every week. Look at any successful coordinator in the conf. they will go a few years as coordinator then its off to be the hc somewhere.

• Link
• Report this comment

FLA ST didn’t miss our beloved coach in their title game as every one seems to think. They were in that game up to the very end. If SNOOP MENECE doesn’t flunk out of school and plays they win. Weinke had so many receivers drop the ball that game. No one wanted to catch it. I’m sorry but Richt wasn’t catching passes that game!

• Link
• Report this comment

Could someone provide me a run down on the DC(’s) prior to Willie, heck, how about the OC(’s)…were the previous coordinators left-overs from another coach, or did CMR hire them…just wondering because of all the faith that some in the DAWG Nation faithful have in CMR…remember he is the one who put Bobo in his position and Willie in his, and don’t forget, he gave you Joe “he gives us the best chance to win” Cox to lead the team…if this is any indication of his judgement, then better hope the AD gets involved…

• Link
• Report this comment

Richt is the HEAD FOOTBALL COACH. The HERAD knows what is needed…He has a :”short” list and a “long” list of what he wants and when he wants this person. (ALL HEAD COACHES do)

Now if Georgia will patientlt let him be the HEAD COACH, time will surface the right person(s) for the job(s).

On a side notr, if he is running in to troubled waters he has his contacts who will provide him the wisdom HE needs. My self, I would talk with my frienddefensive Coordinator from FSU for his wisdom and then also approach Sylvestor C, (former MSU hEAD Coach who undestands Defense, Discipline and Fundamentals, too..Also, keep faith with the Grad. Assts., They are the workhorse of the operation!

• Link
• Report this comment

Hey dawg Trainer….speaking of trifectas how about 44-0….48-3 and 42-15…also know as a Hillbilly beatdown

• Link
• Report this comment

DawginLex GA beat Tenn 2000-2003 because they didn’t have Dave Cutcliff, we never beat this guy, well maybe once when he was there. Tenn has one of the best coaching staffs in the SEC. They will be back in contention and I’m afraid our Dawgs will not. I’m preparing myself for the misery, maybe others should too.

• Link
• Report this comment

interception idiot,

I will only respond to you once so read carefully or get your mommy to read it to you.

I have been on these blogs all season. i hide from no one, especially a retarded tool like you.

go inflate your blow up doll date

• Link
• Report this comment

The stealth candidate is ECU DC Hudson.

• Link
• Report this comment

Bill, thank you for your sanity and honesty in your posts and comments. There are very few thought-out comments posted. Most posts are by clueless (not to themselves) idiots who could not coach a flag football league team. I, too am dying to know who the next DC at UGA will be. I had the good fortune while at UGA 69-71, to see ER coach. My room mate in those years was a def. tackle who worked under ER every day. Most of recruits today have no knowledge of just how good a coach this man was. Keep up the good work. BW

• Link
• Report this comment

The #3 and #4 players on the ESPN150 have just visited Gainesville and they just loved it. They will not be visiting Athens.

• Link
• Report this comment

Athens We have a problem !

• Link
• Report this comment

Here’s his coaching history:
1986 was the last time he coached on the defensive side of the ball,
and he was never more than a LBers coach.

2009- St. Louis Rams- Running Backs Coach
2004-2008 Mississippi State University- Head Coach
2001-2003 Green Bay Packers- Running Backs Coach
1997-2000 Detroit Lions- Offensive Coordinator
1992-1996 San Diego Chargers- Running Backs Coach
1991 Indianapolis Colts- Running Backs Coach
1987-1990 Tampa Bay Buccaneers- Running Backs Coach
1977-1986 Univ. of Alabama – Linebackers Coach
1976 Univ. of Alabama – Grad Asst.

He’s a great man, great motivator, tough-as-nails, old-school coach, but he is NOT QUALIFIED to be a Defensive Coordinator!

• Link
• Report this comment

Bill, you have no clue what’s going on. All you do is complain on this blog 90% of the time.

We’ve had our guy for awhile now…just waiting for his season to be completed.

You’ll probably find something to complain about when he’s hired, though.

• Link
• Report this comment

Yea Mike, since the tech fans aren’t 80% of the comments on the Georgia Bulldogs discussion boards anymore, the grown men can carry on a conversation again.

• Link
• Report this comment

Didn’t know Croom’s history, do now. During his press conf. he has a commanding presence and speaks like a true leader. He is no DC though. Good post, informative.

• Link
• Report this comment

Richt should take a page from The Meyers Way in dealing with his own TBA co-ordinator questions. “I’m too busy right now”.

translation: I’ll tell you when I tell you, and stop asking me.

• Link
• Report this comment

Your program needs STABILITY!

HIRE BACK WILLIE “Shaken, not stirred” MARTINI !!!

• Link
• Report this comment

Bring in an NFL DC – maybe Van Gorder………….. er, never mind.

• Link
• Report this comment

This “anyone will be an improvement” is a bad mentality to have. We need a top flight DC. There are levels of incompetence. We need all the help we can get. Our strength program is a joke and a few of our pos. coaches are high school quality. Seriously!! Let get someone who can put a blow torch to our lazy wreck-less defender’s asses.

• Link
• Report this comment

Everybody needs to get off the Muschamp bandwagon.. Please!!! He is already DC, and most importantly , he IS the coach in waiting at Texas. That’s why he makes the big bucks. Now Kirby may be a possibility. But a slight one at that. But in the end , I believe CMR will make the right choice.

• Link
• Report this comment

Instead of banning posters who dare to speak out against some of the articles written on the AJC, yellow fuzz posters like “alldawgsgotohell” who do nothing but spam are the ones that should be banned.

I don’t believe for one second that anybody that posts on the blogs with ‘who is coming’ is a true insider. A TRUE insider would have respect for CMR and the program and keep their mouth shut. Furthermore, I don’t believe for a second that CMR has told any little hineys about his plans for that very reason — in other words he knows “Loose lips sink ships”. So dream on with your “inside source” talk. You WISH you knew what was going on.

But all of these distractions before the bowl can’t be good for the team. So keep it up beat writers… just keep negativity going about the DC. I’m sure it’s doing a wonder of good for our team to keep this BS is churning. CMR said he’d make a decision in January. Do you think maybe, just maybe, you could give him that slack and let it go until then?

Instead, how about some discussion about the bowl? Nobody seems to be discussing Texas A&M at all.

• Link
• Report this comment

There happens to be a number of good defensive coordinator positions available and everyone wants the same guys if they can get them. This is a complex process and most likely will not resolve itself until after the bowl games and National Championship.

The UGA job is a high profile job that will pay well and give a DC the opportunity to recruit top talent. Everyone knows about UGS defensive woos so this next DC could be a hero pretty soon. It may wind up being someone we never heard of. No one had ever heard of BVG when he was hired. Relax… Willie is gone and CMR will get a good one.

For the tech fans on this blog it won’t matter who we hire. We can beat tech with Mike BOBO coaching the defense.

• Link
• Report this comment

alldawgsgotohell,

There’s a key just to the left of “A” on the keyboard indentified as Caps Lock. When you use all CAPS it appears that you are either angry or moronic.
Brush up on your computer skills before coming back.

• Link
• Report this comment

ANGRY

• Link
• Report this comment

Usually when all is quiet means that so far not so good. Markie has again fell asleep at the wheel and is now scrambling. Find out the name of the Guy at North Greenville University in Tigerville SC and that’s UGA’s next coach.

• Link
• Report this comment

Willie is free, but da Preacha Man is out selling that Koolaid to the Bulldawg Nation. No justice, no peace until we send him back to the Sunshine State.

• Link
• Report this comment

http://footballcoachscoop.com/Scoop.html

they say that Smart want’s the job now.

• Link
• Report this comment

Please get over David Pollock. He’s never coached and he didn’t play a position that required stewardship of the defense. If you want a former player that bad, beg for someone like Tony Taylor, a guy with who played like a qb/coach on defense, who carried the 2006 defense single handedly to come back. The dude ought to be coaching somewhere right now.

• Link
• Report this comment

Heirbstreet shows his bias again picking his Herbie award winning players:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview09/news/story?id=4432441

Notice how FEW Georgia players make his list of ULTIMATE offensive or defensive players–NONE–nada–zilch—zero (he didn’t even pick AJ Green at WR).

• Link
• Report this comment

Kirby will agree to a interview out of respect for UGA. He is a former player and captain. His wife also went to GA. I can assure you Bobo is in his ear.

• Link
• Report this comment

Being somewhat burned out on all the hoopla surrounding the DC search, all I have left to say is this. I am dead certain that UGA will hire a top notch DC. I am also dead certain that GT won’t. That should pretty much guarantee a very happy New Year and 2010 for UGA fans.

• Link
• Report this comment

alldawgsgotohell,

More Computer 101 basics for you. When you post it’s only necessary to hit the “Submit Comment” button 1 time. The message travels over wires from computer to computer to reach its destination.

This is called the internet.

• Link
• Report this comment

Alt-Dawg, Mike’s got you covered. You DID cut and run this year.

• Link
• Report this comment

Coffee, YOU APPEAR TO BE A CONTROL FREAK…you appear to be a control freak….YoU aPpEaR tO bE a CoNtRoL fReAk.

• Link
• Report this comment

Stillman/Ga. Dawg = A fraud and/or a loser.

• Link
• Report this comment

So what if the DC is on the staff right now? Rodney Garner? Does Garner want to be a DC? Maybe he is happy doing what he is doing?

Otherwise, the only people suffering are the Techies on here worrying about who will be kicking the high school team around next year. WIlie stopped it, and we all know how bad he was. He would have been DC of the year in the ACC. He just couldn’t step it up to the level of the SEC.

Keep this in mind, it will be a good hire albeit from the current staff or the outside.

• Link
• Report this comment

Wow. 4 pages of comments and not a single mention of the Hoop Dawgs victory or the pathetic showing by Dawg fans at Gwinnett Center. Just a bunch of idiots speculating and arguing over a coaching search to which they have no insight. (I did find a reference to basketball but only in a derogatory reference to supporting the Lady Dawgs and a hit on “hoop” but only as in “hoopla surrounding the DC search”).

Bill – you should really write a scathing article about how few Dawgs showed up for the hoop game IN GWINNETT! Were you there? Or was it too far to drive?

• Link
• Report this comment

Hey Wreckmaniac; Nobody, yet, but we sure beat your wimpy tails at that high school stadium, against a high school offense, and more UGA fans there than Tech. Wow what a program you have there. How about that half empty stadium for your so called championship game. Don’t look now but Caleb King just scored again, and yes Tech is now fourth in the academic race in Ga. So you don’t have much really to talk about on a UGA blog now do you loser? Oh yeah We beat you 8 out of 10 this decade so put that in you little rat hat pipe and smoke it.

• Link
• Report this comment

Kirby Smart’s the Guy
December 21st, 2009
6:23 pm

You’ve got it fairly accurate. For what it’s worth on this blog (not much)…I am very close to the program. I like to see from time to time what’s being reported and fan’s perception. I thought this article was very misinformative to the public…. and considering most fans and columnists don’t really know, it’s not surprising b/c UGA Ath.Dept isn’t giving very much information to the public, for which I am proud…for these very reasons. Information being leaked can have very negative effects when dealing with sensitve candidates at current job.

In case anyone is wondering how Joe Schad gets his information, he’s in bed with all the sports agents. That’s how the Willie info got leaked early. Anyways……

In short…Here is what happened regarding Vic K:

He lobbied VERY hard to get the job in Athens and was pressing us for an offer. Getting the DC job at UGA was ABSOLUTELY first choice and he made that very clear. (that was reported correctly in the media outlets).

UGA Admin. were not in an immediate position to move forward with him. We decided to remain neutral until we conducted FULL due diligence with other candidates. Considering most of our top candidates were not in a position to negotiate at that point, there was no way to respond to him positively or negatively. He ‘could’ become a serious candidate but just not at that point. Illinois job opened up and then gave him another option to fall back into. Bird in hand for him and also hope for perceived leverage at UGA.

Vic K and Illinois moved forward together and agreed to terms in principal. Before his deadline with moving forward at Illinois (last Friday) there was basically posturing going on between Vic and Illinois (possibly for money out of fear from Illinois to go to GA). As well as posturing going on between Vic and UGA, trying to create a bidding atmosphere and using lllinois job as leverage to get a job offer. UGA NEVER OFFERED VIC K AN OFFER. All it was, was negotiating and jockey play created by him and his agent. That’s it.

Was it possible he could have recieved an offer down the road from UGA if other candidates fell through…possibly. But we never wanted to burn that bridge with him. He came down to needing an immediate decision. I guess you could say we did dangle the carrot for him, but it all came down to him falling on something more concrete with a program more motivated.

Hope this puts some clarity to the whole situation and helps everyone understand what comments Vic K made at the press conference last Friday. Much ado about nothing.

• Link
• Report this comment

[...] Junkyard Blawg on coaching search [...]

• Link
• Report this comment

Our school is better than your school! I really like men!!!!!!!!!!

• Link
• Report this comment

“Looks like a mess.” ???? Maybe there is some confusion because Coach Richt isn’t telling the media what is going on. Let the man do his job. Do we really think he should make public everything that is going on, what candidates he’s talking to, that he is or is not interested in? Man, I’m glad I don’t have thousands of people trying to look over my shoulder while I do my job.

• Link
• Report this comment

I guess you got me patsy. Anyone that tires of the rivals and fakers taking over what used to be a decent discussion forum can’t possible be supporting thier team anymore. Certainly not somebody that did so, for decades before these blogs came along.

Speaking of cutting and running, why isn’t 80%the Georgia Blogs just tech fans anymore? I got feed up over a long time, you guys ran away in a matter of a 5 minutes. Something must have happened that one night.

• Link
• Report this comment

Bill, you did a good job on this story. I also have not seen anywhere where Richt denies offering Koenning the job. Glad you’re not just giving the party-line like georgiadogs.com, thanks for being a good reporter. I agree, if Koenning was offered the job, it’s a bad sign. Richt could clear it up with a simple statement that the job was not offered to either Koenning or Foster. That might help Georgia’s recruiting, from perception, if nothing else. We don’t want a perception out there that Georgia is desperate, as we certainly are not. I tend to think it’s Kirby Smart for a bunch of reasons, time will tell.

P.S. Your last few articles have been a lot of fun to think about–keep up the good work.

• Link
• Report this comment

Kirby Smart is Smart and does not want to commit career suicide. That’s why he will not be the DC…head coach down the road maybe but not the DC.

• Link
• Report this comment

It is amazing where our football program has progressed the last few years. Richt has chosen to rely on his Head Assitant’s to coach-which has gotten us no-where. Reminds me of FSU football-where Bowden turned most everything to his assistants, that didn’t work out too well for Bobby the last 5 years or so. As far as the defense goes- I hope I am wrong but it is going to be difficult to replace “Martinez” (did I say that). A “warm cup of beer would be a better coach”. Richt just does not command the “respect” anymore so recruiting a Defensive Coordinator will be a challenge.
Richt has proven he nor his staff can actually coach when they don’t have “star quality” players like Stafford, Moreno, Greene, Pollack and others. Why would a “respectable defensive coordinator” come to Athens. It is going to be “UGLY” in Athens next year. Unless Richt pulls one out of the “proverbial hat” maybe it is time to start thinking about a new “head coach” also.

• Link
• Report this comment

Old Bulldog Fan

You sir have all of my respect and I consider you a true college/old school dog fan. I recall fans leaving Sanford Stadium during the Dooley era and were cussing a blue streak at him for bonehead calls.

Dog fans need more fans like you.

• Link
• Report this comment