Richt’s two main rivals are Urban Meyer and himself
Mark Richt must deal with the what-have-you-done-lately attitude prevalent in college football today. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
We don’t need to get into any of that silly “hot seat” talk about Mark Richt, a man who has averaged 10 wins a year in his nine years at UGA. I think it’s instructive that those stories usually emanate from writers in Alabama, Florida and Tennessee. Some of these folks cite “widespread” concern about the state of the program within the Bulldog Nation, but from what I’ve observed more often than not the talk about the need for a new coach at Georgia is mainly confined to a handful of anonymous Internet trolls.
It is a fair statement, though, that just about nobody at UGA or in Dogs fandom found last year’s 8-5 record satisfying, and that includes Richt himself. In fact, he was so unsatisfied that he fired three of his staff members, including one of his closest friends.
But what faces Richt is more than just coming back from one relatively disappointing season. As the Chattanooga Times-Free Press pointed out recently, while Richt got off to a very fast start in Athens, his two SEC championship trophies “are beginning to gather dust in a league now dominated by Alabama and Florida.”
It’s particularly the situation with Florida, our main SEC East rival, that rankles. A couple of particularly disheartening losses in the past couple of years dramatically increased the frustration already there from the Gators’ domination of the series over the past two decades and Urban Meyer bringing two BCS national championship trophies to Gainesville.
But Richt is competing not just with Meyer, but also with the Mark Richt of 2001-2005.
Vince Dooley summed it up nicely in the Times-Free Press when he said Richt set a high standard of success for himself. “Once the bar is set that high, then the expectations go right along with that, and anything less than that is judged by what happened last year or the year before. It’s about expectations, and expectations are built on success.”
Back in Dooley’s day, a couple of conference championships was more than enough to tide a coach over through a down cycle. Nowadays, you go four years without winning the conference or underachieve compared with expectations, even if you have winning seasons, and media types start speculating about how warm your seat is.
I don’t think most UGA supporters believe Richt needs to be on the hot seat. As for those folks who would entertain the idea of dumping the third-most-successful active coach among major programs at the prospect of maybe getting the latest fast-rising assistant to have created a buzz, well, they are talking about taking a big gamble.
Richt has been a consistent winner at Georgia, and he’s done it with class.
It’s all about perception, though, and the toughest challenge facing Richt is matching that guy in Gainesville and the younger version of himself.
I don’t have any doubt he’s up to the task.
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262 comments Add your comment
JRod
May 18th, 2010
11:31 am
Wow.. first..
And no he shouldn’t be on the hot seat.. DUMB
Dbalcer
May 18th, 2010
11:31 am
Well said.
SoCal Dawg
May 18th, 2010
11:41 am
I wouldn’t say that I have NO doubts but I’m sure pulling for CMR.
Billy T.
May 18th, 2010
11:42 am
This one time At band Camp…
11Dawg
May 18th, 2010
11:42 am
One thing I’ve never heard in all this hot seat bullcrap is who they would get to replace him. Is there some magical coach out there that could do better?
txdawg
May 18th, 2010
11:42 am
Defense wins championships!! Hopefully with the way we are recruiting we can pull in the #1 class this year and take all the top prospects in the state of Georgia!!
knoxdawg
May 18th, 2010
11:43 am
He will get it done. The Dawgs will get back to the SECCG and win it. CMR is the man for the job. I was not happy with him last season because I felt he should have gotten rid of some assistants earlier. However, he did what needed to be done after 09 and now we will see. Offense better live up to the expectations, especially in the running game or some other assistants might be looking for new positions.
Billy T.
May 18th, 2010
11:47 am
Richt would be on the hot seat if doofus (Martinez) and company were still running the clown show (defense). But with the new DC, that should be settled by now. Personally, i hope Richt will be our Joe Pa.
Whopper Dawg
May 18th, 2010
11:49 am
I don’t think he deserves to be on the hot seat, but I think the program got a little comfortable with where they were. We can’t keep getting pounded by FLA, getting beat is one thing, not being competitive is another. A real tough call was made on the D staff and it should have been. Hopefully better days are a head
da man
May 18th, 2010
11:49 am
hi there
yeah whatever
May 18th, 2010
11:50 am
internet trolls like buLLdawg, “me” and Gagator?
ugafan
May 18th, 2010
11:51 am
Coach Richt is the man! He is a class act that wins with grace (and occasionally blunders, but who doesnt?) and now has hired a new defensive staff to put that fire back into the defense. I am super confident that he is going to get it done. And another great point, Bill, who exactly would UGA reach out to to replace Richt? I don’t think there is anyone out there, currently, who could do the same job with as much dignity. Richt is a God send for UGA and I hope he remains here for another ten years. All these red herring “hot seat” stories are baiting from out of state journalists. Haters…
GO DAWGS!
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
11:52 am
Bill….you nailed it.
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gatorbait should be added to the list of internet trolls
Elliot Garcia
May 18th, 2010
11:53 am
Please have Mark Richt stay at Georgia at least another 20 years. He is so nice!
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
11:54 am
OK this topic is on Richt and his not being on a hot seat?
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No he is not and why should he be?
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his record against the mighty SEC
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Alabama: 3-1
Auburn: 6-3
Arkansas: 5-0
Florida: 2-7
South Carolina: 7-2
Tennessee: 5-4
Kentucky: 7-2
Vanderbilt: 8-1
Ole Miss: 4-0
Mississippi St: 2-0
LSU: 3-3
Billy T.
May 18th, 2010
11:55 am
ugafan,
i disagree about who is out there to replace Richt. Statistically, Lane Kiffin will be available between late October and January. Apparently he is a great coach because he keeps getting top jobs with pay raises.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
11:56 am
hot seat?
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6 times finished in the top 10
2 times finished in the top 3
3 SEC Championship Appearances
2 SEC Titles
3 BCS Bowls
2 Sugar Bowl wins
90-27 record over 8 seasons – 79% winning percentage (one of only 7 in the history of college ball to have ever accomplished this)
4 str8 bowl wins
7-2 in bowls (big games)
Mark Richt coached QB coach for Charlie Ward and Chris Weinke = 2 Heismans; Head Coach for David Greene = all time winningest college QB until Colt McCoy this year); and coached Matthew Stafford = very rich #1 draft pick)
No Probations
He has my respect.
Period.
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nope no hot seat
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
11:57 am
Hot seat?
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He is 24-7 against the SEC West.
He is 28-16 against the SEC East.
He is 38-4 against nonconference opponents.
He is 8-1 against Georgia Tech.
He won four of his first five games against Tennessee, but has lost three of the last four against the Vols since then.
He was born the same year as Chuck D of Public Enemy.
Ranks third in winning percentage among active college coaches that have coached for at least five years, now that Pete Carroll left USC for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.
He is 90-27, trailing only Urban Meyer (96-18) and Bob Stoops (117-29).\\yeah he is pretty damn good
Mark Richt is one of only six coaches to win two SEC football championships in their first five years coaching. He is also one of only five head coaches in SEC history to record four straight 10-win seasons
Coach Richt’s Red and Black outfits have never posted a losing record in conference play and six of his last eight squads have finished 6-2 or better in regular-season SEC contests.
Mark Richt’s overall success in Southeastern Conference action—including two SEC titles, three conference championship game appearances, and four finishes of no worse than tied for first place in the East, with no losing records in the process—is without parallel in Georgia football history.
Dawg Rule
May 18th, 2010
11:57 am
Rich has more class than Meyer–that’s all that matters!
SEC Headlines – 5/18/10 « MrSEC.com
May 18th, 2010
12:02 pm
[...] This Georgia writer believes it’s “instructive” that most Richt hot seat stories emanate from Florida, Tennessee and Alabama. Of course, I did a Macon radio show two weeks ago where I had to defend Richt’s record to the [...]
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:04 pm
No way he is on a hot seat…………NO WAY.
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The only difference in richt and meyer?
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USC lost in 2006 and 2008 allowing a 12-1 fla team to get invited to the BCSNC and OSU in 2002 (while richt was 12-1)didnt
TuckDAWG
May 18th, 2010
12:07 pm
How can any coach that is averaging 10 wins a year be on the hot seat? I mean come on we have underachieved a lil in a few seasons but thats what his other coaches are supposed to help him with, now that he has a Defensive coach worth his salt HERE WE COME GATA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
swimdawg68
May 18th, 2010
12:10 pm
Mark made the right move on the defensive changes for this season. If our offense struggles this year with the talent we posess on offense, some changes will need to be made. Much too often last year I knew the play Bobo was going to call in a certation situation before he actually called it, that is not good.
I would take Mark Richt over Meyer and Saben any day, in spite of the lack of National Championships. Mark personifies “Class”, something the others lack. Just review how Meyer treated that reporter at spring training, talk about a lack of class WOW!
DCJohn
May 18th, 2010
12:10 pm
Urban Meyer nor Nick Saban raised the bar in the SEC. We, UT, LSWho?, Auburn, and the rest have lowered it. 2004 was Auburn’s year, and then they started grasping at straws. 1005/2006 was the last time we had a defense that could win a game with less than 14 points from our offense. LSU and UT have been trending downwards by their own accord as well.
And I would take Mark Richt over Les Miles any time. I would rather have Mark Richt and no National Title, than to fire Richt, bring in an idiot that wins a Title and then we run him out of town in three years time. Stay the course. Long term stability is worth much more than flash in the pan brilliance (see our 2005/2006 defense (2005 Auburn still drives me insane(a secondary coach leaves the middle wide open on fourth and a mile!))).
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:13 pm
Nick Saban went 6-5, 6-6, 6-6, 7-5 at Mich St.
He went 8-5 at LSU 2x
He went 7-6 at Alabama.
Saban has gone 5-3 or worse in conference 8 times.
Richt has only gone 5-3 or worse in conference 3 times in his first 9 years.
Compare that to Saban’s record and consistency in his 1st 9 years.
Richt has NEVER had a 7-6 or 6-6 season, Saban’s done it 5 times, including once at Alabama
Joey
May 18th, 2010
12:17 pm
Bill, in light of our troubles with the better (and average) defenses on our schedule the past few seasons, do you think a Bobo led offense will ever get UGA back to Atlanta?
The D
May 18th, 2010
12:17 pm
He is the best coach for the job, he needed to get some new guys on defense and he did. I personally have never met a more endearing person in my life. CMR met me for two minutes and I will never forget it. He does more than coach, and we should never forget that. He changes lives through every recruiting class he brings in. People like to let a few bad eggs spoil what is really happening in Athens. He is building ideals that most of the youth today need in their life. He is the best coach for UGA and will be here for many more years to come. YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK!!! GO DAWGS
guy
May 18th, 2010
12:18 pm
did patrick pay you to put up this post bill? and patrick, why do you keep ignoring the 2008 UF title? no backing in needed, beating two #1 teams to win it all. wasnt that the year that uga started #1 and then got obliterated by bama and florida? seems like that could be another difference between richt and meyer, aside from the 2006 season that you seem fixated on.
guy
May 18th, 2010
12:21 pm
another difference between richt and meyer pat: 63 points in the last two years.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:23 pm
There are those in Bulldog Nation who would like to see Mark Richt run out of town on a rail. Such people should be turned over to the custody of Mike Leach, in the hope that he will treat their obvious head trauma the way he treated Adam James’s
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yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:26 pm
oh and add to the list of internet trolls…”guy”
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and “guy”….USC needed to lose in 2008 as well. USC was ranked higher han FLA and lost. meyer has never gone undefeated at florida and has ALWAYS needed help to get in
Clay
May 18th, 2010
12:26 pm
Joey, you didn’t ask me, but I don’t think he can. After the elder Kiffin last season basically made fun of UGA’s offense before the UT game, then stopped it cold, I lost all confidence in Bobo. Several other teams shut down our offense the past few seasons (SC, UT in ‘07, SC, Bama, UF, Vandy, UK in ‘08, OS, LSU, UT, UF, UK in ‘09).
Coach has got to go back to the NFL for an OC.
BAMA STAN
May 18th, 2010
12:27 pm
13 NATIONAL TITLES – 22 SEC TITLES!!!
UGA is in great shape – will have a very good this year – wait and see. Richt has been consistent – but UGA needs to respond to last years season. And quite honest with you – 2008 – although ranked preseason #1 – UGA underachieved and got outplayed by Kentucky and Auburn – which UGA found a way to win – which is what good programs do.
I think UGA is in great shape – will win 9 minimal this year – could win 10 or 11 if ball bounces their way. This will also help out with recruiting – stock at UGA is starting to rise.
Who is ready for some football?
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!!
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:28 pm
by “help”…i mean had someone AHEAD of him not lost (NOT IN HIS CONTROL)he would merely have a decent win/loss record and nothing more.
Diamond Dog's Parole Officer
May 18th, 2010
12:30 pm
Good to see that the artist formally known as “patrick” is now posting under “yeah whatever!”
And Patty, how many NC’s does your boy have compared to Saban or Meyer?
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:34 pm
Today we look at you “Guy” and “Diamond Dog’s Parole Officer” instead of Richt:
Strengths:
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Excessive confidence in his own powers of intellect and self importance. This narcissitic personality enables him to feel superior enough to everyone else which allows him to arrogantly sit in judgement on other bloggers and do so in such a way as to make people actually think he was asked for his opinion.
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Weakness:
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Essentially the same thing. As a narcissitic individual he natually thinks his opinion is superior then everyone elses and he should therefore sit in judgement over his peers. This leads to the ultimate fallaciy that he is totally unaware that no one really cares what he thinks of our fellow bloggers or UGA. This is to be expected because being lost in ones own little world, like his obviously is, and surviving on the idea that he has some magical intellectual superiority over the general CFB bloggers is a hallmark of a true Narcissitic Personality Disorder.
Joey
May 18th, 2010
12:36 pm
Mark Richt is a good head coach, and even better man. I hope he stays many more years. I hope he goes ahead and makes another coaching staff change. I don’t want him to fire Bobo, just make him QB coach again and bring in a true Xs and Os man for the offense.
If Coach Richt does that, with the talent at UGA, we will be competing year in, year out. Until he does, our offense will get shut down by good DCs in the SEC.
Diamond Dog's Parole Officer
May 18th, 2010
12:45 pm
What does “fallaciy” mean???
Diamond Dog's Parole Officer
May 18th, 2010
12:47 pm
Please Patty… enlighten us!
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:48 pm
Its called typing fast….but you get the picture…how about narcissistic? How did you miss me leaving the “s” out in the post?
Dbalcer
May 18th, 2010
12:48 pm
“yeah whatever” posts as kborden8746 on the espn sec blog. His latest comment about Guy and Diamond Dog is posted word for word about another blogger he disagrees with there. I guess he needs to talk down other teams instead of supporting his GATORS. I am sure he will now change his moniker so he can troll again under the radar.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:48 pm
How did your awesome powers miss “narcissitic”…enlighten me.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:50 pm
actually krborden was who I was directing it to………..learn to read
Dbalcer
May 18th, 2010
12:50 pm
Sorry just checked the profile and he is a Bama fan.
whoever "yeah whatever" is
May 18th, 2010
12:51 pm
Enter your comments here
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:54 pm
and actually I have no disagreement with KRborden…I was merely pointing out his strength and weaknesses. A narcissist is a narcissist. Most behave the same and can be lumped together…hence the “guy and Diamond dog”
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:55 pm
and since when is using my own words “word for word” a problem anyway?
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:56 pm
now if I use words “word for word” then THAT is a problem.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:58 pm
Dbalcer…having commented on me unsolicited also fits into that category
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
12:59 pm
I merely mocked Krborden for doing his “strength and weaknesses” comments on others.
ESPN
May 18th, 2010
12:59 pm
“yeah whatever” posts as kborden8746 on the espn sec blog”
Nope, he is jawjadawg12 and Second2noneUGA
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
1:01 pm
ESPN……….and many many more
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
1:03 pm
now back to Richt.
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thanks BuLLdawg for the updated numbers. The ones I was using was from ESPN of the week prior to the ALA game in 2008 when they compared Saban to Richt. Here is the link
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So not lying just didnt properly extrapolate the numbers from then. Now go argue with the world wide leader in sports. Moron
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/467/nick-saban-vs-mark-richt
Alabama: 3-1
Auburn: 6-3
Arkansas: 5-0
Florida: 2-7
South Carolina: 7-2
Tennessee: 5-4
Kentucky: 7-2
Vanderbilt: 8-1
Ole Miss: 4-0
Mississippi St: 2-0
LSU: 3-3
UNDER Richt
Vs. SEC foes: 52-23
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Vs. Top 25 foes: 29-18
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Vs. Top 25 foes away from home: 18-12
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Vs. Top 10 foes: 8-6
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In postseason games (bowls and championships): 9-3
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In games decided by a touchdown or less: 34-14
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Record at home: 46-11
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Record on the road: 42-6 (including bowl games)
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Losses to unranked teams: 6
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Top 25 finishes: 8
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Top 10 finishes: 6
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Fact:………UGA was 12-1 in 2002 (prior to bowl selections)
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Fact ………Fla was 12-1 in 2006 (prior to bowl selections)
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Fact ………Not UGAs fault there were 2 unbeatens that year. “unlucky”
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Fact……….Not Flas credit that there was only one unbeaten in 2006. “Lucky”
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Fact:………Luck (not merit) had more to do with Fla getting an invite to the BCS not that Fla was more deserving to go to a NC than UGA with identical records.
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Fact:………No SEC team has ever lost a BCSNC game and if UGA would have been invited nothing indicates that it would have been different
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Fact……….UGA has 2 SEC titles..same as Fla in last 9 years and equal amount of total wins (90) over all.
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Fact……….UGA has been ranked more times top ten in last 9 years than any SEC team at 6. Fla has only been ranked top ten 3 times in 9 years (real impressive).
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Fact……….In 9 years under Richt the only SEC team with more wins is LSU
Fact………..UGA has won 4 str8 bowls….more than any other SEC team.
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Fact……..UGA has won 11 of last 13 bowls…Thats more than any team (tied with LSU and more than FLA)
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Fact…… UGA has won 8 or more games in last 13 years…more than any other team in the nation including Fla.
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Fact…….UGA is clearly as good or better than any SEC team over last 9 years. Only a fool or a fan of the mythical BCSNC selection process (non playoff) would think otherwise.
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Fact…….UGA had same record when they won the SEC title in 2002 as Fla did in 2006/8 when they won the SEC title. But UGA had the misfortune (luck) to have that record in a year that had 2 other teams with undefeated records.
Hardly an indictment on UGA but rather on the NC selection process.
6 times finished in the top 10
2 times finished in the top 3
3 SEC Championship Appearances
2 SEC Titles
3 BCS Bowls
2 Sugar Bowl wins
90-27 record over 8 seasons – 79% winning percentage (one of only 7 in the history of college ball to have ever accomplished this)
4 str8 bowl wins
7-2 in bowls (big games)
Mark Richt coached QB coach for Charlie Ward and Chris Weinke = 2 Heismans; Head Coach for David Greene = all time winningest college QB until Colt McCoy this year); and coached Matthew Stafford = very rich #1 draft pick)
No Probations
He has my respect.
Period.
1eyedJack
May 18th, 2010
1:04 pm
If the team fails to improve from last year, then yeah, the seat should get warm.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
1:04 pm
now back to Richt:
Ere anyone attempts to argue that Coach Richt’s superb out-of-conference ledger is the product of schedules stacked with the likes of
Northwestern State,
Western Kentucky,
Tennessee Tech, and
Hawaii in the 2008 Sugar Bowl,
I should hasten to point out that he is 21-4 against
Arizona State,
Boise State,
Boston College,
Clemson,
Colorado,
Florida State,
Georgia Tech,
Michigan State,
Oklahoma State,
Purdue,
Texas A&M,
Virginia Tech,
West Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
Even if we factor out Division I-AA teams, Sun Belt squads, and similar schedule fodder, Coach Richt is .840 against teams from automatic BCS-qualifying conferences other than the SEC. (Yes, I’m going ahead and counting the Broncos in that category because the Mountain West will get a guaranteed bid as soon as Boise State is invited to join.)
guy
May 18th, 2010
1:06 pm
patrick, 63 points in the last two games. thats the difference. beat UF (at least somewhat regularly) and then you can talk, until then youre just flapping your gums.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
1:06 pm
Diamond dog
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please educate yourself prior to writing your propaganda. Richt has finished in the top 10 six out of his nine seasons at Georgia (yes he finished #10 in the USA Today Coaches Poll in 2008, the same poll that hands out the BCS Natl Championship trophy). You have to be very lucky to win a Natl Championship – Florida would not have been in the Natl Champ game in 2006 without USC inexplicably losing its final game to Karl Dorrell and UCLA. Look at LSU in 2007 and the circumstances in which that two loss team made the championship game. Richt simply has not had that kind of luck bestowed on him yet – matter of fact he should have been playing for the Natl Championship in 2002 and 2007 if not for some luck of the opposite kind.
ESPN
May 18th, 2010
1:07 pm
How bout’ that lost to Vandy?
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
1:11 pm
guy
May 18th, 2010
1:06 pm
patrick, 63 points in the last two games. thats the difference. beat UF (at least somewhat regularly) and then you can talk, until then youre just flapping your gums.
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Yeah I agree with you. Fla has been a problem…but UGA does not dress out to play Fla only..their main and traditional rivals (Fla only recently became one) is Auburn and GT. He is 14-4 against them. They dress out to win the SEC…Richt has as many SEC titles as Fla does in the last 9 years (his tenure)
guy
May 18th, 2010
1:13 pm
who are you arguing with patrick? no one is really disagreeing with you. everyone knows it takes some luck to get into the title game. regularly finishing seasons with only one loss, and winning your conference certainly make it more likely that youll get in though. uga has failed to do that (aside from 2002). losing to KY, vandy, etc., struggling every year against mid level teams like usc, and getting blown out by the UFs and bamas of the world is not going to impress the pollsters enough to get you in very often. losing to a divisional rival 85% of the time makes it hard to win the division/conference. until uga can start beating florida somewhat consistently (or manage to keep it within 3 or 4 TDs), florida, and meyer as long as he’s there, will be viewed as the better coach/team. i actually like richt and think uga would be stupid to let him go, but im not sure he has the ‘it’ factor to get uga to the level of bama/florida. it would be a huge gamble to try to dump him to find someone that could though.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
1:14 pm
oops last post will not get past the grammar police Diamond dog.
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“their main rivals ARE Auburn and GT”
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
1:16 pm
guy
said “winning your conference certainly make it more likely that youll get in though. uga has failed to do that (aside from 2002)”.
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UGA won the SEC in 2005 as well.
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In fact UGA under Richt has 2 and in the EXACT same time frame (nine years) Fla has how many??? You guessed it…two
RedPantsDawg
May 18th, 2010
1:16 pm
Would we even be having the “hot seat” discussions if Richt had fired Willie and Fabris after the 2008 season? To me, Richt used up a lot of the goodwill he built since he got here by keeping them another year.
Jimmy
May 18th, 2010
1:16 pm
Wow, between all of the blog hopping, it’s difficult to catch up w/ you, Patrick. LOL
This was from a previous post on one of Tucker’s blogs addressed to you, Sir Patrick;
You are a narcissist if there ever was one on these blogs. I bet you a democrat, aren’t you?? Only dems use the facts and statisitcs they want to back their point, while “conveinatly” leaving out others that prove them wrong.
As in your case that Richt is on level w/ Myer or Saban. He’s a fine coach no doubt, but his program is heading downward while Myer and Saban have their respective programs on the upswing.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
1:17 pm
GUY….Did you just say the bammers of the world? Richt is 3-1 against ALA. ALA is Richts biiitch using your perameters about Meyer and UGA
Dawg 3/20
May 18th, 2010
1:22 pm
The incoming freshmen class for UGA is really lame, unlike the Gators who have 16 All Americans coming in as freshmen. Looks like rival Meyer got the best of him there.
Jimmy
May 18th, 2010
1:23 pm
Just another example of Patrick’s dem idealogy when using stats to back his point of view.
Richt is 2 – 0 versus Shula’s Bama team. He’s only 1 – 1 against Saban’s. The victory was three years ago in OT. The loss was two years ago in a blowout.
Add in his 2 – 7 record versus Myer and the fact that those two coaches have a combined four NC’s, two apeice, to Richt’s ZERO and there really is no doubt who the better coaches are.
It’s apparent to all but delusional dawg fans like Patrick. LOL
Bull Gator
May 18th, 2010
1:23 pm
Who would the dawgs go after? It all goes in cycles. UF will not be dominate year in and year out. All schools have schlorships and coaches that recruit and work hard, so some years are better than others, that’s just the way it is.
SEC EAST SPOKESMAN
May 18th, 2010
1:30 pm
Please, please, please, PLEASE DO NOT EVER FIRE COACH RICHT WE LOVE HIM.
Vanderbilt Spokesman
May 18th, 2010
1:31 pm
Don’t fire Mark, UGA is the only visiting stadium in the East we have won in.
I am the dog
May 18th, 2010
1:32 pm
if we ever get past Florida
Ron Zook
May 18th, 2010
1:33 pm
I hope he gets fired at Georgia and is hired by Ohio State.
AceDawg
May 18th, 2010
1:33 pm
I think Richt deserves to be on the hot seat for refusing to revamp especially the defensive coaching staff a couple or few years ago rather than watching them struggle in 2009 when it was largely assumed Martinez was ineffective by a majority of UGA’s fanbase.
That said, I think it is better to say that very few people “want” Richt to be on the hot seat. They, and I, hope he makes it through and are cheering him on.
Count me as one who says he should be on the hot seat for putting off a tough coaching decison and seeing the Dawgs fall on account of poor execution (penalties, turnovers, tackling, coverage), but I do believe he’s done great things this Spring, and I hope he rises to the top and stomps the SEC this year and for years to come.
Dawg observer
May 18th, 2010
1:36 pm
He didn’t fire Martinez because he was passionate about winning; if that was the case he would have fired bobo the clown also or would have fired Martinez the year before. He did it for one reason; his suntanned butt was on the line.
Dawg Fud
May 18th, 2010
1:40 pm
2-7 against Florida says it all. The losses to Zook just add insult to injury.
You’d think a Miami grad and FSU asst would make that game a priority, thus garnering better results.
Beat those epsky Gators two years in a row.
Also, would like to see us beat Tenn, Fla and Auburn in the same season again before I leave this earth.
Gator Bull
May 18th, 2010
1:41 pm
Blah, blah, blah. That’s how it is. Work ‘em, Silly Gators. Mr. Two Bits is a gay.
SEC EAST SPOKESMAN
May 18th, 2010
1:42 pm
These stats are just for Patrick because the rest of the Dawg Nation gets it:
Meyer 80% winning record in SEC
Richt 69% winning record in SEC
Anymore questions lame brain?
Lindsey
May 18th, 2010
1:43 pm
I think Coach Richt is great coach and a good guy! GO DAWGS!! Beat Florida!!
Gator Bull is Patrick
May 18th, 2010
1:43 pm
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Gator Bull
May 18th, 2010
1:44 pm
80% of the time the Gators win every time.
Diamond Dog's Parole Officer
May 18th, 2010
1:44 pm
oops last post will not get past the grammar police Diamond dog.
Or the basic rules of punctuation, Patrick.
chazzo
May 18th, 2010
1:45 pm
If the Dawgs were to only win three games next year, it had better be USC, UT, and UF. End of story. That’s the trifecta. Anything else is gravy. It would be nice to take down Auburn, too, but they are in the west. Tech’s in the ACC. Put everything on USC, UT, and UF. Don’t worry about any other game or goal and dang sure not bowls and polls. Just take out those three teams, and set a course for history.
Dave Dawg
May 18th, 2010
1:46 pm
Well, he needs to keep “bringin’ it” or whatever his younger self was doing. There’s no way we’re going to settle for a Bowden-FSU cruise control decade. Life is short.
Diamond Dog's Parole Officer
May 18th, 2010
1:46 pm
No way that guy is a UGA graduate…
Gator Bull is Patrick
May 18th, 2010
1:47 pm
This is what gayboy does when he cant win a debate: 80% of the time the Gators win every time.
Gator Bull is Patrick
May 18th, 2010
1:48 pm
Diamond dog, he isnt. He got booted out of the marines for sleeping with his chihuahua
itpdude
May 18th, 2010
2:02 pm
There is a character issue with Richt. His acceptance of penalties and the sort has been disappointing.
We beat Vandy-- yeah!
May 18th, 2010
2:03 pm
Hey Yeah whatever– Saban has 2 NCs. CMR has ZERO. Please stop with your useless data…
Me
May 18th, 2010
2:05 pm
I can see “yeah whatever!” aka Patrick is well on his way to another 94 posts. That’s an awful lot of time and effort during a working day for someone who supposedly owns a company. Droid or no droid. Or is that all just a made up fantasy, like the things he posts daily??
Me
May 18th, 2010
2:23 pm
What did Patrick say when his mother told him to go wash the semi truck?? Same thing he says everyday…yeah, whatever!
Hunt
May 18th, 2010
2:24 pm
Richt repeats mistakes–penalties, turnovers, losing to Florida. He can’t figure out what’s causing them, and how to stop them.
Me
May 18th, 2010
2:25 pm
If I were “Snap” “Crackle” or “Pop”, I don’t think I’d want to get too close to Patrick.
Gator Bull
May 18th, 2010
2:26 pm
Diamond Dog, you want to tickle my undercarriage?
Scott
May 18th, 2010
2:26 pm
I don’t buy this “Richt’s failing by trying to live up to his own expectations” theory. He hasn’t won a National Championship, so it’s not like he’s trying to reach that level again. What happened was, he did better when Meyer and Saban wern’t in the SEC, now that the competition level has increased, Richt hasn’t won an SEC Championship since.
Mr. Two Bits
May 18th, 2010
2:29 pm
You KNOW I do, Gator Bull!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 18th, 2010
2:30 pm
If Richt cant beat FL Bill then unfortunatley we do need a new coach
or
Richt needs to have a serious pay cut because in my opinion 3 million a year is a lot of money wasted on someone who cant beat the team he needs to beat
Hunt
May 18th, 2010
2:30 pm
Why does Richt keep losing to Florida? Because he can’t figure out what’s causing him to lose to Florida and can’t teach his players how to fix it.
coachdawg 2000
May 18th, 2010
2:36 pm
all you “lunatic-fringe” morons need to get a grip. And if you missed it in 2004 and 2007 we beat Floriduh but still didn’t make the SEC Championship game. So the issue isn’t just beating floriduh it is putting it ALL together in one year. We were a couple of plays away in ‘02,’04,’07 from possibly playing for it all. So go back to your IT job and leave evaluating coaches to an AD. We’ve got to beat UT on our strong years. Va Tech stuck by Frank Beamer when they were putrid and now the are perennial powerhouse. So don’t go to Jax and take up following the gymdogs or something else!
Georgia Tim
May 18th, 2010
2:37 pm
Georgia keeps losing to Florida because Richt can’t put a plan together that his players believe in, that has an almost zero chance of failing if executed, and a plan that his coaches and players can actually execute. Meyer has taken Richt to the woodshed on putting together gameplans that have a real high chance of working, that his team can easily and realisitically execute.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
2:39 pm
SEC EAST SPOKESMAN
May 18th, 2010
1:42 pm
These stats are just for Patrick because the rest of the Dawg Nation gets it:
Meyer 80% winning record in SEC
Richt 69% winning record in SEC
Anymore questions lame brain?
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As a HC in D1A football
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Richt averages 10 wins a year (90 wins in 9 years)
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As a HC in D1A football Meyer averages 9.7 wins a year…(97 wins in 10 years)
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Half were against Akron and Northern Ill. All of Richts were against the SEC and the like
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10 wins a year against the likes of the SEC is better than 9.7 wins a years against Akron.
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and you call me “Lame brain”
Gator Bull is Patrick
May 18th, 2010
2:40 pm
coachdawg 2000, leave it to the AD? we were 3-14 against Florida this year in all sports, sport.
coachdawg 2000
May 18th, 2010
2:41 pm
Look players have to execute and ours have n’t at times but in 2007 it was against the chickens and orange hillbillies that we came up short against. We aren’t in the Pac 10 where you are afforded an opportunity to have a 1 game season. If we only really had UF to work then yeah his record versus them would merit his termination but we play in the toughest conference in all of college football.
Me
May 18th, 2010
2:41 pm
Richts got one more year before that seat gets downright tepid. I know that alot of people south of the Georgia border would sure hate to see him go. I don’t know though, UGA fans have sure got used to not winning a trophy here in the last few years, maybe they can get acclimated to 8-4 seasons as well.
Sweeper
May 18th, 2010
2:42 pm
Here’s how to make sure penalities/bad calls/turnovers don’t hurt UGA
Winning each game by 20 points would make penalties, bad calls and turnovers irrelevant. Scoring margin has been a HUGE problem. Fla and Bama both average 20+ scoring margin, UGA is -1.
If the offense can average 7 more points than last year, and the defense can give up 7 less points than last year, that’s a +14 scoring margin right there.
Sweeper
May 18th, 2010
2:44 pm
Scheduling by Georgia has been dumb.
Meyer starts out with easy games to build confidence.
Then plays Georgia in Florida every year.
And then plays Georgia after a 2 week bye.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
2:45 pm
Me
May 18th, 2010
2:05 pm
I can see “yeah whatever!” aka Patrick is well on his way to another 94 posts. That’s an awful lot of time and effort during a working day for someone who supposedly owns a company. Droid or no droid. Or is that all just a made up fantasy, like the things he posts daily??
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It seems you have never owned a company before.
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Having trucks leased to larger comapny (K&R in LA) means the only thing I am responsible for is doing payroll on Thrusdays.
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Drivers drive…
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office employees (K&R) do the paperwork for the loads,
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office girls (K&R) do the logistics as far as insurance and DOT compliance,
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dispatchers (K&R) get the loads and dispatch my drivers….
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Exactly where are you missing the boat on this one?
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I have repeatedly said I am semi retired (Thursdays are the only days I work) unless a driver is sick or on vacation.
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Really not that difficult to comprehend…now is it.
Hang Ten
May 18th, 2010
2:46 pm
Meyer is better ast pyschology, he has a degree in it. Meyer puts his new players in, only when he KNOWS they’ll succeed. Builds confidence.
Richt put Logan Gray in during the Florida game, on his own goal line, and called a pass play.
Gator Bull is Patrick
May 18th, 2010
2:49 pm
sweeper you are retarded, We had the bye last year not florida.
Gator Bull is Patrick
May 18th, 2010
2:50 pm
Patrick you and your chihuahua don’t own a company, you drive a truck.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
2:50 pm
Meyer did nothing more nor nothing less than Richt when both were 12-1.
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How did Meyer get USC to lose to UCLA?
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Meyer and Fla won teh SEC title game Dec 2nd 2006 then WAITED to see if USC would beat UCLA on THE SAME DAY. UCLA was heavy underdogs…USC was ranked number 2 and Fla was ranked 4.
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How is USC losing a result of Meyer being better at getting into a BCSNC than Richt? Did he use the Jedi mind trick on USC to FORCE them to lose to Karl Dorrell and UCLA.
Hunt
May 18th, 2010
2:51 pm
Richt’s record is 39-3 when he gets a 100 yard rusher. But he only got a 100 yard rusher in 2 games last year. If I knew I’d win 39 out of 42 times, by using 1 tactic, no way I’d ever have a game where I didn’t have a 100 yard rusher.
It’s foolish Richt doesn’t give the ball to Washaun Ealey 20x a game, considering Ealey broke Herschel Walker’s record by 60% in High School, and is averaging 5.7 yards a carry at Georgia, above Walker’s 5.2 average, and considering Richt wins 39 out of 42 games when he gets a 100 yard rusher. Ealey also protects the ball much better than King, Thomas, or Branden Smith. This is simply dumbfounding.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
2:51 pm
No you are right…I dont own a truck….they owners just let me put my name on the side of them to make me feel better about myself LOL
#1 BAMA FAN
May 18th, 2010
2:52 pm
Yeah Whatever….what’s the numbers like…say the last couple of years between the DAWGS and TIDE. I like Coah Richt but he is 1-1 against Saban with a win in OT and got the brakes beat off of him the last time. We would love to play the DAWGS in the CHICK-FIL-A in 2012…just sign up.RTR
Patricks favorite Stat
May 18th, 2010
2:54 pm
Richt 69% in SEC and Meyer 80% in SEC.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
2:54 pm
#1 BAMA FAN
May 18th, 2010
2:52 pm
Yeah Whatever….what’s the numbers like…say the last couple of years between the DAWGS and TIDE. I like Coah Richt but he is 1-1 against Saban with a win in OT and got the brakes beat off of him the last time. We would love to play the DAWGS in the CHICK-FIL-A in 2012…just sign up.RTR
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no Richt is 2-3 against Saban
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 18th, 2010
2:55 pm
coachdawg 2000
we need to get a grip
who was it in 02 that kept us out of a NC FLORIDA
who was it that we have had to hope they would lose to allow us to go to all our SEC championship games FLORIDA
But I guess 10 win seasons with no chance to play in the big games unless FLORIDA helps us out by losing is what we should strive for.
GO PULL FOR FURMAN OR GA STATE YOU LOSER
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
2:55 pm
last 4 games against the Tide…..Richt is 3-1….ALA is Richt’s biiitch
PATRICK+HUNT
May 18th, 2010
2:56 pm
He has more personalities than Hershel
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
2:56 pm
and losing by 11 points is not “getting the brakes beat off of him”
Patrick you don't comment on the 2:54 post?
May 18th, 2010
2:57 pm
Please, I am dying to hear it.
coachdawg 2000
May 18th, 2010
2:58 pm
flat tire- you should probably get back to mopping the BK restroom before the manager cans you!
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
2:58 pm
I dont think any team with a 75% losing record agaisnt someone (like ALA is against Richt) is in any hurry to “sign up” for more asz whippins
Patrick you don't comment on the 2:54 post?
May 18th, 2010
2:59 pm
Patrick, Patrick where are you?
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
2:59 pm
Patricks favorite Stat
May 18th, 2010
2:54 pm
Richt 69% in SEC and Meyer 80% in SEC.
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OK
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Meyer averages 9.7 wins a year…if 80% is the record against SEC then he must REALLY suck against inferior non SEC teams like Akron
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You are nothelping him look good
JayBird
May 18th, 2010
3:00 pm
Richt obviously is clueless when it comes to HOW TO TRANSFER LEARNING.
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May 18th, 2010
3:01 pm
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Patrick you don't comment on the 2:54 post?
May 18th, 2010
3:01 pm
He even has a better overall record than Helen Hunt look a like Pat so that one won’t wash.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
3:01 pm
what is his percentage against the likes of Akron and Nortern Ill? If most of his wins are over teh last 5 years with Zooks recruits why is his percentage so horrible against Akron and Northen Ill?
Patrick you don't comment on the 2:54 post?
May 18th, 2010
3:02 pm
JayBird, he doesnt have to, he has morons like patrick drinking his coolaid.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
3:02 pm
…against Akron and Northen Ill WITH HIS recruits?
Patrick you don't comment on the 2:54 post?
May 18th, 2010
3:03 pm
Can’t answer that one chihuahua boy, but its pretty good against Jawja.
AlleyDog
May 18th, 2010
3:03 pm
If the defense can hold the other guys to less than 20 points, Richt is 60-6. That’s been missing.
Dr. Phil
May 18th, 2010
3:03 pm
Pat is you dont calm down we are going to have to up your lithium.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
3:04 pm
no kool aid to drink….
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He is the third winningest active coach with five or more years coaching
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Althought his win total is below Meyer by 7 wins Meyer has one extra year AND MOST IMPORTANTLY 5 years were aginst the likes of Akron and northern Ill.
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AND Richt had a bad season ALLOWING him to CATCH up last year.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
3:07 pm
from 1999 to 2008 UGA lead the SEC in win totals.
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Last year allowed teams to catch up.
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Richt has had (previous to last years 6 ten + win season more than anyone Except USC and Texas.
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I dont see Fla in that stat.
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Admittedly UGA imploded last year.
Took some time off...
May 18th, 2010
3:08 pm
Just a point. Wasn’t there a previous admission from CMR that he has not been overly involved the past few years and plans on getting back at it. For him to realize, and admit that, says volumes. Glad that he is aware that the team, and Bobo, can use some of his experience(s) and put his offensive mind to work again. It’s good for UGA football, and Bobo should all benefit from it as well.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 18th, 2010
3:08 pm
coachdawg idiot
whats the matter someone at Burger King as better intellect than you
Go pull for Tech, you have their mentality, if you beat UGA thats a great season, doesnt matter where you end up
Heres you uh uh uh we have 10 wins uh uh yea 10 wins now everyone give UGA some respect
Please you retard no one cares about your 10 wins
All anyone cares about is championships chump
Now go pull for Tech or Ga State
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
3:08 pm
correction:
Richt has had (previous to last year) 6 ten + win seasons, more than anyone Except USC and Texas.
Cory
May 18th, 2010
3:09 pm
The more I read what crap you write the more I disgusted I get that you have the nerve to call yourself a Dawg- I wish you would move to Gainsville and buy a trailer- you’d fit right in loser
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
3:09 pm
more corrections:
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Richt has had (previous to last year) 6 ten + win season in eight years, more than anyone Except USC and Texas.
BG
May 18th, 2010
3:11 pm
Are Georgia and Florida on level playing grounds? I don’t see Meyer dishing out multiple game suspensions when his players get into trouble. I very seldom see Meyer throw a player off of the team. Usually if Meyer kicks a guy off of the team the player is very seldom a starter. I think Mark Richt plays by a different set of rules than Meyer.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
3:11 pm
Cory…either correct what ever error you see or admit you are no dawg fan.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
3:14 pm
saying I am not a dawg fan when I sit here and post factually accurate comparisons indicate you are an imitation. You are probably a Fla fan Cory, and you are mad I prove that Richt is as good or better than Meyer. .
You dont like the facts but they dont change just to fit your reality
1eyedJack
May 18th, 2010
3:15 pm
Urban Myer is not a “better coach” than Mark Richt. He simply has access to more and better players than CMR. When Ga/Fla played the annual high school all star games Fla. usually won. CMR could take his’n and beat our’n too. Are you going to try and say Ron Zook is a better coach than CMR? Then why is he languishing in backwater Illinois?
Now Saban could be a different story. He’s done it in multiple places, though his NFL tenure was a flop.
Topp Dogg
May 18th, 2010
3:15 pm
CMR is what is right about UGA and is right about college football.
Patrick fan
May 18th, 2010
3:16 pm
Doesn’t this “Patrick” aka “yeah whatever!” remind you of Niles Crain from Frasier ? A geeky, effeminate, nerdy kind of guy ? I think he’s hilarious. It’d be interesting to see if he’s a teenager.
AlleyDog
May 18th, 2010
3:17 pm
If you cite your winning % when you can’t win a national championship, you’re not a winner.
1eyedJack
May 18th, 2010
3:18 pm
Also: See Steve Spurrier. Great coach at Florida…at SC not so much.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
3:18 pm
UGA haters watch this:
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/10853/video-sec-east-challengers
Dawg 3/20
May 18th, 2010
3:19 pm
12 Under Armour All Americans from the state of Georgia this past year and 10 of them are leaving the state to play ball. There is plenty of great players in Georgia.
Take the Bait
May 18th, 2010
3:20 pm
Oh Georgia fans, you take the bait when writers from Florida and Alabama try to get the fan base fired up to fire a coach THEY ARE AFRAID OF.
Richt is 3-1 against Alabama, and Meyer schedules Georgia during his bye week almost every year and plays him in Florida every year.
That’s fear.
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
3:20 pm
Patrick fan
May 18th, 2010
3:16 pm
Doesn’t this “Patrick” aka “yeah whatever!” remind you of Niles Crain from Frasier ? A geeky, effeminate, nerdy kind of guy ? I think he’s hilarious. It’d be interesting to see if he’s a teenager.
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interested in teenagers? sounds like a gay pediphile
yeah whatever!
May 18th, 2010
3:24 pm
AlleyDog
May 18th, 2010
3:17 pm
If you cite your winning % when you can’t win a national championship, you’re not a winner.
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the NCAA clearly states there is NEVER been a national championship in D1A football.
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There was a National POLL championship and now there is a BCS championship. Its NOT the same as a national championship.
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Its interesting to note that the NCAA uses “National championship” for every sport EXCEPT D1A football and clearly states it DOES NOT ENDORSE OR SUPPORT the method of determining a NPC or BCS in D1A.
georgedawg
May 18th, 2010
3:53 pm
Winning is great and we’ve done a lot of that under Richt. Because we didn’t allow, until last year, ourselves to be competitive with the $ and contracts for assistants the other schools like Florida Alabama and Tennessee out classed us especially since they upgraded their staffs. You haven’t watched much football if you couldn’t see that we weren’t coaching our kids up like these other schools.
It took several years too many but we’ve addressed that now.
Also, I’m proud of Coach Richt and the man that he is. Plus we’ve been in the top ten regularly since his arrival.
I’m excited to see our team this next year and beyond.
Of course, I thought the Braves would be good this year?
Gillislee
May 18th, 2010
3:59 pm
Oh Grantham is going to save us! That’s all we needed was a new coach or two. Oh wait we still have the same players out there and a irrelevant freshmen class coming in.
Old Dawg
May 18th, 2010
4:00 pm
OK, I’ve looked back at Florida’s record vs the SEC since 2000. Below are the records, including SEC championship games. As you’ll see, the Gators have a winning record against all SEC teams, except Ole Miss and their record vs Eastern Division teams is overwhelming. You can hoot and holler all you want to about Richt’s weak record against Florida all you want, but everyone in the east has struggled to win and the Gators have winning records against Alabama, LSU and Auburn.
Florida vs ..
Auburn 3-2
Alabama 3-2
Arkansas 5-0
LSU 6-4
Kentucky 10-0
Vols 7-3
SC 9-1
UGA 7-2
Vandy 10-0
Ole Miss 2-2
Miss State 3-1
Nuff said
Artie
May 18th, 2010
4:09 pm
How could Richt be even considered Meyer’s rival??? He can’t even hold Meyer’s jock strap!!!!! LMMFAO
Artie
May 18th, 2010
4:12 pm
If my math skills aren’t failing me, I think we’re coming up on 30 years since UGA last won a national championship in football…ha ha ha haaaaaaaaa!!!!! Damn, I can’t stay in my chair!!!
Trizzle
May 18th, 2010
4:13 pm
Go Gators…..Good luck this year DAWGS!
Cory
May 18th, 2010
4:20 pm
Yeah Whatever- jerks like you give Dawg fans a bad name. That I am sick and tired of all the bashing and second guessing of our team makes me not a fan????? sick dude
Unforgiving
May 18th, 2010
4:29 pm
He took too long to get rid of Willie Martinez and those defensive coaches.
Patrick fan
May 18th, 2010
4:33 pm
Not gay, not a “pedophile”, but I CAN spell. Yep, I’d say you’re about 16. Not that there’s anything wrong with being 16. I’m still a fan.
Michael
May 18th, 2010
4:43 pm
Coach Saban has also won 2 national championships, dickhead. He’s also made Alabama a legitimate national power that’s actually deserving of a #1 ranking.
Like him don't love him
May 18th, 2010
4:50 pm
I like Mark, but he is not that great a coach. He is a a great recruiter and an ok coach. There is only one stat that matters – number of National Championships – 0
Anonymous Internet Troll
May 18th, 2010
4:57 pm
Just start beating Florida and everything else will fall into place.
KJ
May 18th, 2010
5:01 pm
“Damn, I can’t stay in my chair!!!”
You’d better stay in your chair, you can’t supersize my order from the floor. And don’t forget my free pie.
cantondawg
May 18th, 2010
5:03 pm
My comment to those who have suggested that we make a coaching change is this. Do we plan on hiring Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, Mack Brown or Bob Stoops? If not, then it’s stupid to fire CMR. Those are the only coaches with better resumes than Richt. Of course those coaches would never leave their current situations to come to UGA so it’s stupid to even talk about firing Richt.
David
May 18th, 2010
5:04 pm
If he ever wears those ugly black Grambling helmets again I hope they run him out of town. He also needs to recruit more players of character rather than a bunch of thugs. He seems to have made some progress in that respect recently. Other than that I haves always liked him.
Blackberry Cobbler
May 18th, 2010
5:12 pm
Just be clear now…………………….
CMR didn’t fire anyone. It was pressure from disgruntled fans that FORCED him to do something he should have done 2 years earlier.
If it had not been the fans displeasure, I think CMR would have been content to keep his friend and 2 other assistants.
I give him 2 more years. He’ll get the benefit of the doubt this year unless it’s just a complete disaster. But 2011 will be THE year of make the grade or get packin’.
dd
May 18th, 2010
5:14 pm
It could be worse.
We could live in alabama or florida.
Jacksonville Bulldog
May 18th, 2010
5:17 pm
Let’s judge Urban Meyer the next 4 years.
Meyer has won big-time with a special player named Tim Tebow. He had 2 lucky breaks and played for 2 National Champioships—and then win them both. Now Tim Tebow is gone and so is Charley Strong.
What would we think of Vince Dooley if Hershel Walker never played and Erk Russell never coached at UGA?
sprouse27
May 18th, 2010
5:21 pm
Hey I think CMR is a classy guy, but I don’t think he holds a candle to Urban Meyer or Nick Saban. Those guys are intense and they produce National Championship caliber teams year after year. The Dawgs have a ton of resources and usually recruit well. But we are not in the hunt for a national championship and I don’t see us winning the SEC anytime soon. I was at the last one in 2005 and the hat I got there is starting to look pretty worn. We’re a second tier team in the SEC, no matter how many wins we rack up. We’ll continue to lose to Florida, and be runner up in the SEC east. We might have had a shot at winning the SEC east this year, but we did NOTHING to prep a new QB for this season. How much playing time did Urban get Brantley to prep him for this year? I like CMR but I think we get hung up on the numbers. He’s a good coach in a lot of ways, but I sure don’t see him bringing a BCS title to Athens.
waiting moderation
May 18th, 2010
5:23 pm
What sweet people we have here, that is why Georgia will never win a NC with CMR. But lets keep him here and give him pay raises, this is a business, you bunch of dumb you no whats, We want NC’s not a nice guy…all we got is Buck, duck buck!!!
Dallas
May 18th, 2010
5:23 pm
You Richt apologists out there, try to remember this time two years ago when UGA was preseason #1 in the polls and ended up #2 in the state and unranked nationally.
And what happened to all those top-5 recruiting classes year after year?
And then there’s Willie Martinez…
It’s the COACHING, folks. Florida and Alabama have it. UGA doesn’t.
It’s real simple.
fulldawg
May 18th, 2010
5:36 pm
Corch Rix do good!
Just asking
May 18th, 2010
5:37 pm
Why does Richt accept all the penalties and arrests without doing anything meaningful to stop this kind of behavior?
Why?
Doc
May 18th, 2010
5:50 pm
Georgia will defeat Florida in 2016.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2010
5:54 pm
Doc -
Maybe or maybe not. I think everyone could agree that the seat is getting warmer Richt.
Correction
May 18th, 2010
5:56 pm
I think Doc meant to type 2061.
1 Dead DAWG
May 18th, 2010
5:57 pm
With class huh? It may have started that way. I doubt you would invite this group over to date your daughter or your sheep for that matter!
delaGATOR
May 18th, 2010
5:57 pm
Fact: No NC for CMR>
cantondawg
May 18th, 2010
6:04 pm
Dallas,
When you post you should at least have a clue what you’re talking about. UGA started off #1 but had a rash of injuries and finished #13 in AP and #10 in Harris poll. They were not unranked as you say. Perhaps you should try to know something before you post it.
CAROLINAMAN
May 18th, 2010
6:08 pm
MARK RICHT IS A GOOD COACH BUT UNTIL HE BRINGS A BCS CHAMPIONSHIP TO ATHENS HE HASN’T DONE ANYTHING. HE SHOULDN’T BE ON THE HOT SEAT BUT THE TEAM FROM STAFFORD’S LAST YEAR WAS HIS BEST CHANCE TO DO THAT AND THEY COULDN’T HOLD UP. SORRY DAWGS FANS WITH THE GATORS AND CRIMSON TIDE IT’S NOT LOOKING GOOD IN THE FUTURE. I PREDICT THE DAWGS WANT WIN MORE THAN 7 GAMES THE SEASON! HEARD IT HERE FIRST.
BullDawgBlood
May 18th, 2010
6:29 pm
The main article and many of the posts that follow are living on the past. We always criticize the 10th Street rivals with taunts of how they have done nothing since leaving the SEC (we argue even the 1990 aberation was a tie and thus not a clear title) but yet we are willing to overlook the fact that Richt has totally bombed the past two years. My goodness we lost to both UT and UK last year. Two very average to below average teams at best. Sure he has a terrific out of conference schedule but other than last year who have we ever played? Georgia Tech is the lone out of conference team we usually play and most of us admit that they are not anywhere near our caliber of talent and thus we should dominate them. With one exception…all of Richt’s best years were with Donnan’s talent (a man that does not get near enough credit for the talent he brought to Athens!). Richt is our (UGA) version of Tech’s Chan Gailey. By all accounts a very good man, a man with integrity and good character but seems to always underachieve as of late and comes up with excuses (I still do not get how we lacked OL depth the past two years when that pitiful ACC team in Atlanta just goes on winning with inexperienced linemen).
Great Man! But I for one am not satisfied with the direction of what occurs on Saturday’s. This should be UGA’s year with UT in disarray, UF with basically an experienced D (they have to replace 10 Def. starters and the QB) and yet we are not in a position to win the SEC (By all the pundits and pre-season polls out there???). Why is that??? Who is to blame??? Mr. King, I understand your job is to motivate the UGA faithful but a better piece of investigative sports journalism would have you asking these hard questions instead of raising the pom-poms when they aren’t justified.
FIRE MARK RICHT
May 18th, 2010
6:31 pm
Mark Richts biggest nemnisis is his own sorry under achieving azzs. He has no one to blame but the man in the mirror.
tdogg
May 18th, 2010
6:49 pm
while I’m a Dawg fan- I don’t think you can put Mark Richt and Saban in the same sentence. I like CMR- but Saban’s outrecruited him in GA, and has taken a decimated Alabama program and taken it to the top…literally. CMR has a couple of nice SEC titles and may have won the whole thing a couple years ago…but let’s not kid ourselves, Saban did it at LSU (2x’s if you count the championship miles won with Saban’s recruits) and Bama. CMR is a much nicer likeable guy, but Saban and staff outwork him.
One, two, free, fo, fi, dem der Gator don't take no jive!
May 18th, 2010
6:56 pm
I really disagree with the assertion that he is the 3rd most successful active coach. I define success by Championships….not just by the total number of wins. That’s like saying Dan Marino was better than Tom Brady because he threw for more yards and won more total games. I say no way. Brady owns the rings and therefore is the best.
Mike Gunter
May 18th, 2010
7:08 pm
45 year Bulldog fan. Coach Richt is a class act. He’s a winner both on and off the field. Yes, i was dissappointed with an 8-5 record, but I look for better things this year. If we finish 8-5 again, i’ll still support the coach…………….he is a good man.
UA Alum92
May 18th, 2010
7:39 pm
Win them all and the discussion is over. Fail, and there will always be doubts.
Herschel Walker
May 18th, 2010
7:41 pm
I thought I was the only Bulldog who could compete with himself.
Uncle Jessie is a Clown
May 18th, 2010
7:45 pm
Most pathetic blog ever written. Bill King is a special needs writer. And even the Bulldog nation isn’t convincing in their “support” for CMR. Did you all not go back and watch Aaron Murray’s highlight tape from high school as your fearless leader suggested you should do? I think you should- it should give you a great read on how he’ll do in the SEC.
I can’t believe guys like Bill King are still employed. He should be paying the AJC to write this garbage.
St. Richt
May 18th, 2010
7:49 pm
Are you still blocking my posts? Testing 1, 2.
Adam
May 18th, 2010
7:52 pm
Meyer hasn’t done anything at Florida without Tim Tebow. Florida will return from the stratosphere of the last few seasons now that their once in a lifetime player is gone.
Gillislee
May 18th, 2010
8:01 pm
“Meyer hasn’t done anything at Florida without Tim Tebow”
Richt hasn’t done anything at Georgia.
St. Richt
May 18th, 2010
8:04 pm
Yes, Mark Richt is a good man. Just like Phillip Fulmer, Mike Shula, Sylvester Croom, Chan Gailey, etc. The great college football coaches are not often referred to as “good men.” Sad but true.
Mark Richt
May 18th, 2010
8:05 pm
I compete with myself and I touch myself too.
Dawg 3/20
May 18th, 2010
8:09 pm
16 All Americans in the upcoming freshman class for Florida Gators
4 All Americans in the upcoming freshman class for Georgia Bulldogs
WestOfAthens
May 18th, 2010
8:20 pm
Bill, well spoken verbal taunt.
Maybe the topic was misinterpreted, but i too feel the true fans need to inspire and not absorb the false hope others try to feed.
HBTD
Todd
May 18th, 2010
8:24 pm
All of you MR supporters love finishing 2nd or 3rd in the SEC apparently? I’ll go along with giving him one more year to win a national title, but after his 8-4 if he’s lucky…it’s time to hand over the keys to the Big Red sports car! Will Muschamp will bring back the fight and desire to beat Florida his first year like all of us are begging CMR to do now. Mark is very arrogant…don’t think for one second he cares what we think! It’s all about him and his arena. Lol Best day of my life is going to be when Adams fires Bobby Bowden Jr! It’s coming soon…
LOL....
May 18th, 2010
8:34 pm
you guys are delusional…..
delaGATOR
May 18th, 2010
8:59 pm
No doubt about it, this is CMR last chance
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fayncdawg
May 18th, 2010
10:02 pm
I for one do not take successfully recruiting Christian LeMay lightly. Remember, his father was Urban Crier’s team chaplan. It’s very refreshing to sense that we got this kid MOST LIKELY because we have a coach who puts God, family, and health ahead of wins. And seems as though the Gator’s were NEVER in the recruiting picture for LeMay! Great job CMR! Now let our bowl victory (ON NEW YEARS DAY PREFERABLY) be win #10 or 11 and NOT win #8! NO MORE EIGHT WIN SEASONS!
Crimson Crush
May 18th, 2010
10:10 pm
My hope is that Richt stay’s in Athens for another decade . The longer he stays put the longer Bama gets to enjoy the services of Mr. Kirby Smart
Crimson Crush
May 18th, 2010
10:15 pm
And to the nut trying to pretend Richt is even on the same college football planet as a Meyer or Saban … get some diginity .
At LEAST the Dawg fans who pretend they prefer Richt’s so called “class” over winning championships acknowledge the obvious … he ain’t no Saban .. Meyer … he isn’t even a Les Miles caliber coach and that is starting to set the bar pretty low
Flo-Ri-Duh!
May 18th, 2010
10:19 pm
It was not only losing 5 games – it was how uncoached the DAWGS looked. Worst turnover ratio in the SEC by far….. penalties and more penalties. Then finally Tennessee, far less talented than UGA, made UGA look like a division II team and UGA gave the game to Kentucky. Losing close, well played games is one thing but UGA won several close games they could have lost and lost games when they were totally outclassed in the coaching department. No use sugar coating it….. this was by far Richt’s worst team since being at UGA.
fayncdawg
May 18th, 2010
10:27 pm
CRIMSON CRUSH, YOU FOOL! LES, AFTER SUCH A PROMISING START IS VERY PLAYED OUT!! LAST I CHECKED CMR HAS A WINNING RECORD AGAINST HIM! CMR IS EVEN (IF NOT BETTER) AGAINST YOUR BELOVED NICK SATAN!! CMR WILL CATCH UP W/ MEYER BECAUSE MEYER WILL BURN HIMSELF OUT! (OR WORSE) In a few years, all the aforementioned will be winning 7-8 games a year. CMR winning 9-10 a year! BTW, Satan might be taking a job in Columbia, SC in a few years (good fit for a never stay in one place coach).
Crimson Crush
May 18th, 2010
10:31 pm
Yah … sure sure fancy
… whatever helps you sleep at night … and whatever keeps Kirby Smart from getting that “come rescue us immediately … we need a real head coach ” call 
Honest Lee
May 18th, 2010
10:38 pm
Richt’s “early” success came while Ron Zook was the coach at UF and Chan Gailey was at GT. Face it mutts, the competition has upped their talent level, so UP YOURS!!
jim
May 18th, 2010
10:40 pm
I live in Tennessee and I get asked all the time about CMR being on the hot seat. I just tell them “NO WAY” They just don’t know what haveing a good coach feels like!
fayncdawg
May 18th, 2010
11:01 pm
Yeah Crimson, CKS COULD HAVE rescued the Dawg’s D. CKS on anybody’s head coaching radar? NOT FOR ANOTHER DECADE! Just remember, your Tide will be needing a HC in five years (or less). Hope Les Miles is a good fit for y’all! Hope the 5+ years of underachievement to follow will make y’all Tide fans happy! PS I like CKS! JUST HOPE HE DON’T CRASH AND BURN LIKE MEYER IS ON THE BRINK OF DOING!
Top Dawg
May 18th, 2010
11:07 pm
No, he should not be on the hot seat, but it should be warm. Firing Willie Martinez cooled it off considerably.
Having written that, the big contracts are part of what is driving this “what have you done for me lately?” attiude on the part of fans. Back in the days where coaches stayed at one place for decades, they were making at best 10% of what these guys make today.
The pressure comes with the multi-million dollar annual salaries.
fayncdawg
May 18th, 2010
11:31 pm
GOOD POINTS ALL-AROUND TOP DAWG! Actually with CMR seemingly recruiting a top-5 2011 class, his job is probably not even warm at the moment! Now if this 2011 class doesn’t bring back a couple (MINIMUM) of 11-12 win seasons, then Richt hot seat will become an ejection seat!
Jay Smith
May 18th, 2010
11:33 pm
The Mark Richt form 2001 – 2005 did not appear on Dalton carpet cpmmercials, Wheaties boxes and movies.
SEC Observor
May 18th, 2010
11:54 pm
Come to think of it Richt was at his best when the Zooker was at UF, Mike Shula at Bama, and Gomer Gailey at Tech. Things are different now. Everyone around Richt is better, especially Alabama and Florida. Tech is now a game to legitimately worry about every year. Even Kentucky has gotten better and South Carolina is never a gimme like it used to be with Spurrier there.
Crimson crush is a little nutty in saying Miles is better than Richt although Miles does have a bcs title. But there is no question that over the last 4 years 10-10 in the sec east that Richt is clearly not in the same stratosphere as Saban or Meyer. No rational person would like at what Meyer has done at UF with 2 bcs titles in 5 years or what Saban has done at Bama in 3 years with 2 perfect regular seasons and one bcs title at a program that was in total disarray when he got there. To say that Richt has been the equal of those 2 over the last few years is to completely ignore reality.
Hilarious
May 19th, 2010
5:52 am
It’s amazing how much the UGA fans here spinning, rationalizing, excuse making to flat out delusional babble sounds SO MUCH like Tech fans trying to do the same to them.
You people are an embarrassment to your University and REAL dog fans.
Florida and Meyer own you. Meyer is a better coach than Richt. It’s not all because of Tim Tebow. Anyone who even states such a ludacris thing should get their head examined.
Serious
May 19th, 2010
7:00 am
Hilarious- You are an embarassment to your own mother, so save your jaded observations for someone who actually cares what you say. You are a non-event. Hopefully, you sent your Census in because that is the only way anyone knows you exist.
Meyer is not a better coach than Richt. The only reason Meyer had ANY success was due to Tebow and a whole lot of good luck.
Gen Neyland
May 19th, 2010
8:13 am
I understand that C-UM and UF have been a thorn in the side of CMR and the rest of the SEC East but now that we enter the post-Tebow years, CMR has a window of opportunity ahead. The next 4 years will tell the tale…
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2010
8:26 am
You know, when you start your argument, and in fact the entire point that you have to make is that somehow YOU have so much higher standards than some other fans, or that somehow your demands give you more standing than the next guy, everything you say past that point gets tuned out. Nobody believes that, including yourself. (and I have a feeling that your standards are direclty proportional to how much somebody else is doing the heavy listing.) How about saying something concrete like, “we need to do this specifically”? The winning every game theory, or the ever so helpful beat X team, isn’t really that interesting. How about why that team has an advantage, where, and what we need to correct? How about something like that?
Because the whole worn out “I guess you like being a 10 game, second best…bla, bla bla” isnt really what I would call a score. In fact based on the inability to record an actual point in that, I would say that you most definetely do NOT have any higher standard than the rest of the room. That ain’t exactly championship debate material.
I am a (school) fan and I demand more from my team/coach than the other 100 million fans! yea, that felt real convincing.
Phillip Hayes
May 19th, 2010
8:57 am
I wouldn’t trade Mark for anybody. He is a good coach, great leader of young men, and the best Southern Christian gentleman of our age!
Gator lover
May 19th, 2010
9:39 am
No. No hot seat yet. Another embarrasing loss to UF and it will get hot regardless of the rest of the season.49-10 AND 41-17 is pretty embarrasing. Although i’m sure most dog fans expected it last year. 8-5 wasn’t that bad considering Cox was running the show, and you guys had pretty much one guy (Curran) playing defense. I think UGA goes 9-3 this coming season with losses to UF, UK and either Auburn or Arkansas.
BurningRedBleedingBlack
May 19th, 2010
9:41 am
Well put Bill, Richt will be fine. GO DAWGS
Meta V
May 19th, 2010
10:34 am
Richt’s dreaming of the days when Ron zook and mike shula were in the SEC—when he could win a title. Those days are long gone–no more titles in athens.
JB
May 19th, 2010
10:51 am
I really think the problem is not so much going 8-5 last year….it’s how we did it. Dawg fans are not happy because the ” brand” has been tarnished. Say what you will about what the Dawgs have or have not done, but know that you were always in a war with a pretty good, well coached team when you played Georgia. That has not been the case the last two years. Blow outs in big games on National TV and getting blown out by average teams ( Tenn. last year) has left a sour taste in a lot of fans minds. Giving up 40 points 5 times in a year is not Georgia football. When Dooley had ERK, he could score 14 points and win most games. Grantham has no idea how much he will determine Mark’s future in Athens.
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Dawg 3/20
May 19th, 2010
11:13 am
“The only reason Meyer had ANY success was due to Tebow and a whole lot of good luck”
Ha Ha, Tim played defense when we held a Oklahoma team that was averaging over 50 a game to 14? Sooners score half their season average perhaps we don’t win that game?
ugaclassof2004
May 19th, 2010
11:14 am
Let me ask all you Dawgs fans this: If UGA goes 5-7 this season, will Richt be fired? If the answer most of you give is NO, MAYBE, or “They will give him one more year to turn it around”, then we will know for certain that Richt’s job is safe and we as Dawg fans will have to accept mediocrity.
I think better questions to ask are: Is Mark Richt still hungry? Is winning a National Championship even an actual goal for him? My answers to these questions are ” I don’t know?”. I will say that when I, as a current Dawg fan; in year 10 of the Mark Richt era can not accurately gauge the current condition the football program, that is rarely if ever a good thing!
Paul's Johnson
May 19th, 2010
11:21 am
Suntan continues to get a pass for his failure against Jorts U. Why? I think its because the streak of futility began long before Richt came on the scene. Georgia’s football inferiority to Florida is now an institution. The Mutts expectations of success are so low, that if he can beat the Gators once every three or four years, that’s fine and dandy.
Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho
May 19th, 2010
11:22 am
classof2004, CMR fired his best friend (he is hungry) and is working on one of his best recruiting classes ever (he wants a MNC) any more ?’s
ugaclassof2004
May 19th, 2010
11:40 am
Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho
Richt fired Martinez after his defenses gave up the most points in UGA history in back to back seasons! He should have fired Willie after 2008, but he kept him around another year. That doesn’t represent hunger to me, that represents apathy. And it wasn’t like this was Willie’s first year as DC. It was his 4th year on the job!
Gillislee
May 19th, 2010
2:04 pm
“Richt is working on one of his best recruiting classes ever”
Ha Ha, keep dreaming. The top…top players in the state and the country want to go elsewhere. 10 of 14 All Americans from the state of Georgia this past year are going to be freshmen at out of state schools in September. Look at these numbers of the upcoming freshmen class at UGA..
4 All Americans signed with UGA in February
16 All Americans signed with Florida in February
messin with sasquatch
May 19th, 2010
6:59 pm
wow. wish we had cmr.
A Blackmon
May 19th, 2010
8:19 pm
coach richt is one of the top coaches in college football today ! period !! and with the class this coach conducts himself with he will only get better ! you can carry that to the bank !!
rolling tide 73
May 19th, 2010
8:58 pm
There’s only one true SEC Team ALABAMA, so hot seat he deserves to be in! Oh yeah don’t count on his getting the job done, it won’t happen!
sminingsgator
May 19th, 2010
9:04 pm
Fact of the day. Richt has achieved his success with class while leading the SEC in arrests?
UCDAWG4714
May 19th, 2010
9:08 pm
I wonder if that yea whatever fella and the people arguing with him realize they wasted about 2 hours of their time arguing about a moot point.
If Richt is on the “hot seat” then all fans who want to see our team do well, and do things the right way should be on the hot seat with him, if Mark Richt gets fired for going 8-5 or whatever once every nine years then I refuse to support them.
Lane Pimpin
May 19th, 2010
9:11 pm
Love to read how the Poodle posters can conclude that Richt and Urban are even. Let’s see: Urban won a national championship two out of three years, graduated the classiest football player in history, had nine guys drafted this year.
Mark Richt = Jimmy Swaggart without the sex, speaking ability, alcohol, and personality.
Tom
May 19th, 2010
10:01 pm
The Richt of 2001-2005? Who cares? Still no NC. Urban Meyer has already won 2 NC’s in less time. CMR has taken us as far as we’re gonna go.
Rich
May 19th, 2010
10:46 pm
I would like to see Richt replaced, but I am a Tech fan.
If he can not keep his job, no college coach will ever be safe. Bobo may not be up to the task, yet.
east side
May 19th, 2010
11:12 pm
slick richt..how bout that yall? whats this cmr bs??
east side
May 19th, 2010
11:14 pm
sminingsgator
May 19th, 2010
9:04 pm
Fact of the day. Richt has achieved his success with class while leading the SEC in arrests?
somebody’s never been to athensss
Gatormeat
May 20th, 2010
3:48 pm
2-7 and richt and georgia is supposed to be a rival to Meyer and the Mighty Gators?! You are not a rival, you are scrimmage. georgia will always be second rate compared to Florida and you dog fans just need to accept that fact. See you in Jackonsville to give you yout annual beating
papadawg
May 20th, 2010
4:57 pm
Hey gatormeat ya’ll going to have a coach this year or not
Paul (You doesn't have to call me Johnson).
May 20th, 2010
6:51 pm
Gatormeat Florida has a loosing record to Georgia, Georgia Tech (What?) Yes! And most of the teams in the SEC. You’ve had a nice run for the past 20 years. It’s time for the established teams in the Conference to re-establish themselves.
Alabama may if they don’t get caught again by the NCAA for Recruiting violations and Rules Infractions.
LSU, Auburn , Georgia, Tennessee and Ole Miss will once again rule
Racine Dawg
May 21st, 2010
10:21 am
Richt beats UF in 2010—mark it down. Ga starts a long winning streak and meyer will leave again after a beatdown.
Half Century Dawg Fan
May 21st, 2010
11:04 am
Gatormeat, If the Dawgs are not your rival, what are you doing posting on a Dawg blog?
KBank
May 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
>>>>>>>>>>.Why does richt always act like the underdog in this series. I owuld go in like the top dawg and blown them off the field. Break their will, scoring margin so high they start to feel their “fate is sealed”.
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Fandemonium
May 21st, 2010
5:16 pm
coach richt needs to quit obsessing about bad calls—penalties—turnovers—lock in on scoring margin—don’t lose focus—it’s all that counts.
King Gator
May 22nd, 2010
9:11 am
Don’t worry about the Gators. We’re going to field team, probably have a coach, mix it up on Saturdays, show up in Jax (and probably win as usual), compete for the SEC East, fight to play in ATL in the SEC Championship in the Florida Dome (we’ve played the more, sorry pupps) and just maybe compete for a National Title in ‘10 (but for sure in ‘11). Go Gators. Leave CMR alone, he’s a good coach – maybe a little to loyal to his upperclassman and asst coaches; but still a top 10 college football coach.
I bleed Blue and Orange
May 22nd, 2010
12:36 pm
He might as well get out while he can.
jay
May 22nd, 2010
10:00 pm
I don’t believe anyone questions Richts character and/or coaching ability….however, I believe it’s fair to point out that Richt has been questioned in his “Big Games”. If you take what I consider to be the top 5 programs within the SEC other than UGA (Auburn, Tennessee, Florida, LSU and Bama) Richt is ONLY 19-18…1 game above 500….and only 2 wins over UF but one of those wins shouldn’t even be counted since Ron Zook was fired the week prior to the game and the school continued to let Zook coach. He snuck one by Meyer but I can promise you with the onfield endzone celebration Urban will always have his team ready to play Richt’s Dawgs. I’m a big UGA fan…been to countless games, bowl games, UGA-UF games, own hats, shirts and decals on my truck but a fact is a fact. Richt doesn’t do so hot in the really big games that count. GO Dawgs!
techfan
May 22nd, 2010
11:58 pm
pleeeeeeeease get rid of richt, he OWNS us…….
James T. Kirk
May 24th, 2010
10:51 am
His main rival is the new sheriff in town. You man call him Sir Coach Johnson
BAMA WORSHIPERS
May 24th, 2010
1:40 pm
Take a look at Saban’s career record including 7-6 record at Alabama losing to Louisiana Monroe in the same year.He was very average at Michigan St.Saban’s win at all cost will be exposed at Alabama because all the red neck fans and alumni believe the same thoughts,to win at all cost= PROBATION
Dwill
May 25th, 2010
1:35 am
CMR is the best on and off the field. Bringing young men to christ is far more important than football. I think he has done a fine job at UGA.
OrlG8r
May 25th, 2010
7:28 am
The gators haven’t considered the Dawgs as rivals in somewhere around 20 years…. Get into real-time…
http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20100524/ARTICLES/100529719/1136?Title=UF-wins-SEC-All-Sports-title
ckgator
May 30th, 2010
9:58 am
Pick your coach. Any coach. Doesn’t matter.
Gator dominance will continue.
YO_DOG
May 30th, 2010
11:12 am
Bring on those gatars and then the tide!
Maretta
May 30th, 2010
11:30 am
How can UGA keep such a mediocre person at the helm!
Mad Dawg
May 30th, 2010
2:07 pm
I believe Mark Richt is a class act and will continue to post excellent records along the lines of those he’s had his first 9 years at UGA. However, I also think he will never put UGA in a national championship game, especially as long as Meyer and Sabin are coaching in the SEC. If GA fans are satisfied or happy with 9-3, 8-4, 10-2, etc, seasons for the next 9+ years with no national championship opportunities, then Richt is the perfect coach. Obviously that was not good enough for FL and AL fans who apparently have much higher expectations. Richt is good, but he is not in the same league as Sabin and Meyer when it comes to competing for national championships.
Dave from Milstead
June 2nd, 2010
1:05 pm
You’ve been guzzling too much kool aid (and probably a lot of the hard stuff too) if you think Mark Richt is not on the hotseat this year. He’s not being paid several million dollars a year to finish second or third in UGA’s SEC division. For that much money, he’s clearly expected to win the SEC and play in a BCS bowl.
He’s not getting the job done, and I assure you that he IS on the hotseat.
It’s time for Richt to bow out and stop stealing the big bucks from UGA. Let him go to a lower division school where expectations and competition and less, and let UGA hire a qualified coach who can win in the SEC.
Richt is just masquerading as an SEC coach, and nothing is going to change at UGA until he’s gone.