Can’t quite bring myself to bail on Mark Richt … just yet

FIRST!!!!!!!

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The thUGA Dwags* are a result of hiring from the FSU Criminoles mentality. But then that has been thUGA since before Jan Kemp. There is nothing about being college athletes at thUGA – these guys have been coddled gang-bangers like their former AD; they just don’t get fired. Vegas no longer has an over-under for thUGA scores, but 2010 arrests. Do you really wonder why there is a lack of respect by the players, fans, and the rest of the country (other than some alums and Mark Bradley who say it is just due to a lack of winning)? No longer the Fulmer Cup – Richt stole it, but his defensive coordinator should claim he EARNED it.

* Dwag

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1. A typically disrespectful, lawless, University of Georgia football player with a low IQ (redundant). Unable to read or write. Mentally slow, dim-witted.

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Georgia’s 3 part formula for winning every game:
1- hold other guys to under 18, richt wins 62 or 72 when this happens
2- score 21+, richt wins 62 out of 70 when this happens
3- get a 100 yard rusher–39-2 when this happens

Figure out how to do #3 for easiest turnaround.

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We keep making the same mistakes over and over. We are weak and timid. We start slooooow every week.

The coaching deficiencies are glaring.

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Is money an issue? Will UGA hesitate to pay $8M for a new coach if that is what the AD recommends? If it is, how much does that drop if he stays next year?

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Excellent idea. Pass to set up the run. Recognize that can not overpower anyone. We must surprise on every play.

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They’ll be luck to win 4. And this was an easy schedule!! Next year they start with the first three at home. Two of those are Louisville and SC. Still as SEC schedules go, it’s not that tough. Richt will never beat Florida ever. That for me is the reason to say bye bye.

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We were 7-5 in the regular season last year and grossly underachieved the year before that. We have not been to Atlanta in 5 years. Tennessee went to Atlanta in 07′ and fired their coach after 08′. Why wait until we have fallen to the 7th layer of hell before making a change (assuming we’re not there already) ?

You wait too long and the rebuilding process becomes much bigger. The fact is that Georgia still has talent in the program. Not for long if this coaching staff continues to get a pass. Georgia is like a falling stock—do you really want to wait until it hits rock bottom before getting out.

Now is the time for change lest we suffer the fate of Tennessee staring a 5 year rebuild in the face.

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I think we should go after more 3 star recruits with a work ethic mentality.
Guys who want to be part of a team rather than the “star” of the team.

Didn’t the Jackets lose 45-28 to N.C. State on Saturday?

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Sounds to me like Ralph needs to get back to this decade after taking a trip back to the 1960s with that behavior on here. Yes, I am calling you out. I’m not overlooking the behavior of the UGA football players, but to belittle the way you have just shows ignorance, not a fervor for your own football team.

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Bill,

I want the Mark Richt that told Quincy Carter that he wasnt guaranteed anything. Hence, he left and David Greene was born. I want that guy to come back to Athens. Coaching changes are never good and i dont want it to happen. But even more so, i’m tired of losing and the excuses that they give us. We have the same problems year after year and the players change from year to year. So it has to be coaching. They(coaches) do need to “look within” and do it pretty damn quick.

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Dawgs73 – and I am tired of seeing them get manhandled by every team they play.
We get blown off the ball on both sides of the line.

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I don’t think Bobo has a basic understanding of the game. I’m positive he does not know how long third and four is. There seems to be no long-range strategy; just random play calling. That didn’t work; let’s try this.

If we should change head coaching directions, we need to have someone that can compete on an emotional toughness level with Saban, Meyer, Miles. Someone with pro experience. I’m thinking Gruden.

I’m not ready to give up on Richt yet, either, but Georgia has fallen from a first to third tier SEC team. We will not get top recruits until we make some kind of change. Perhaps we can do that with a more evolved offensive scheme and a stronger defense. But the proof is on the field, and right now we are the worst team in the SEC.

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Mike, i can answer that real easily. But maybe you can guess what i want to say but dont need to.

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Bill….. its time to cut bait! The pattern has been in motion for quite sometime. I thought the program really dipped in 2007 when the team jumped up and down on Vandys mid field logo.

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Amen, Dawgs73, I’ve been saying the same thing for the past several weeks. I see absolutely nothing that makes me think these coaches and players can turn everything around. Bill, it looks like you’ve been into the blind homer koolaide. The ONLY way to turn this around is to clean house.

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I’m going to be very disappointed if he shows up in Boulder CO with all of the same guys doing the same exact things..he needs to show me, us, that he’s trying everything he can…and as far as all the “what ifs”, well, good teams don’t need the ‘what ifs’…
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I still say Brandon Boykin is our best option at RB, am i the only one who thinks he could be real similar to Reggie Bush if he had the touches..

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Can somebody explain to me our punt return philosophy? We don’t try to block the kick and we don’t setup a return. What are we doing?

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Recruiting was down last year,but there is still a boat load of talent at UGA. Its coaching. And the recruiting will continue to slide if something isn’t done. Then it will be coaching and a lack of talent. The players aren’t thugs. They are like the majority of players, they want to perform well and please their coaches. They are young and need guidance/standards set by the coaching staff. Without that they will do what young men do in college…drink and get into trouble.

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I have wondered aloud about why Ealey just looked at his fumble into the end zone when a MSU guy fell on it. I don’t think he wanted it!!! He ran downfield with the ball in one hand, and when he was busted, he fumbled………. and then just looked at it. Somebody said he was stunned by the hit. He popped up and ran to the sideline. That didn’t look stunned to me. Maybe his jerseys aren’t worth $1,000. Maybe they aren’t worth 2 cents!!!!!!

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Soooooooooft football team! End of story!!!

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Jackar “the hit man”Hamilton. Gimme a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The time has come to make some HARD decisions. Where do you start? Where will the axe fall? The downward slide has made UGA football a laughing stock of the SEC. I support CMR and hope it turns around. But this has got to stop…..

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Jackar “the hit man”Hamilton. Gimme a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Could not agree more…this kid has no business being on the field right now. Also, if we are not going to use our tight ends on offense, let’s put them in at linebacker to cover the crossing routes. Our LB’s are not fast enough.

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Kick the THUG off the team ! NOW !

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We knew coming into to the year it wasn’t going to the best of years but, we had hopes. We would lose a few games with a new DC and a different defense and develop a promising young QB. We expected to lose some. The problem as I see it is neither the new D or the young QB they are actually the high spots. We do nothing good or even mediocre. The fundamentals do not exist and we have a legacy of them not existing 4 years running. What the hell are they doing all week? Is anybody even in the film room? I have never seen a more unprepared football team than my Dawgs. I’ve gone from looking forward to them winning to not expecting them to win. Sad really. I too am done with Richt. He has lost complete control of the players and the program. There is no respect to be found

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Richt and Bobo act like there is only one type of offense, the one that they are running. These knuckle heads have never even considered changing it after repeated failures.

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The TaxJacket, or should we call him by his real name…Saint Simons. I hope you get runover by a car on the way to your minimum wage job tomorrow.

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THUGA !!! That says it all !!! I am sick of this program !!! At least Georgia State is heading in the right direction !!!

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I bet ole Greg McGarritty told CMR to kick Baker off the team. richt was probbably gonna tell the kid to come to prayer meeting and run a few laps.

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You are off your rocker. I didn’t expect anything else from you but a piece that attempts to do what is actually Richt’s job- keep the season from unraveling. Georgia is awful, getting worse, and at this point irrelevant. Have fun using your 5-star recruits to play the upset role the rest of the season.

If I hear one more suggestion that UGA will be okay if they run the schedule, beating UF, UK, UT, and Aub, then it is going to get ugly.

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Clearly CMR and UGA are in a lull. I for one, think CMR will turn things around and that those calling for a firing are premature. BUT I do not believe CMR will be any better in the future than he has been over the last 10 years. That means we should expect CMR to win 8 out of 10 games, occasionally more, occasionally less, and on occasion maybe win an SEC title. So the question for those that want to stick it out with Richt, is that good enough? If it is not, CMR should clearly go, especially since it is more realistic to expect a performance more like that over the last five years (no SEC championships and winning 7 of 10 games).

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The program is in decline. How many donors have wasted their money this year? This year is another disappointment maybe they will split with Vandy and KY.

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The biggest problem with a lot of GA Fans, and I think this includes you King, is that they don’t like to face reality even when its staring them in the face. You just went through a whole litnany of valid troubles and short-commings manifested by Richt, the team and staff and yet you are not ready to give up on Richt at this time? What would it take? You can’t live eternally on past glory.

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So kicking off a hanger on who doesn’t play sends a message? Yea, that message is if you are first or second string – don’t worry – you’ll just sit out an easy game or won’t start. BFD.

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We do not hit anybody anymore. I have not seen Rambo hit anyone from that safty position all year .It has gotten so bad we may not even beat Auburn this year . We need to run a less complicated defense or find smarter players.We play on our heels all game our guys dont know where to be.

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winning in the SEC is a short cycle…..Watching Auburn Beat the “hottest” team in the SEC last night with their “no name” coach last night does not help things. I’m afraid the exposure will continue this year, as I haven’t seen anything that tells a turn around is coming this year. AJ don’t play defense, OL or RB. Saban has ruined it for most winning a NC in year three. McGarity Does not want to fire Mark this year. Maybe Bobo….But he wants to give him every benefit of the doubt. Most Dawg fans already have their doubt, McGarity doesn’t yet. Mark likely returns in 2011 even at 4-8….with a mandate……..I personally see him working out a financial settlement at years end. The mandates will be tough. Fire Bobo, Searles, Maybe Garner……………..and maybe Grantham…………. I’m serious……. That’s what it might take to save himself…………I don’t see it happening….

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Beat Auburn? Man, don’t look for us to beat Tennessee, much less Auburn. Heck, even Colorado is in serious doubt.

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While I’m moaning……………..If Mark leaves, the mess won’t be fixed over night…..We are headed to where Tennessee is…..I think we have a better base of players though. That game will be interesting by the way…………..

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Bill, good article. I agree that I’m not quite ready to get rid of Richt, considering the changes that would happen & you’re not guaranteed to be better off with a new coach. Richt’s a smart guy, and I guess that what gets me so much. If some of us fans can see things for what they are, I know Richt does too, and the fact that he seems to wait until forever & a day to make those changes is frustrating. A new D cord was about 2-3 yrs past due –maybe 4 yrs if you count that Sugar Bowl appearance when the GA D didn’t show up until the 2nd half. UGA’s offense has been predictable for the last few years, and I don’t think Richt will hire another O cord. because that would be like admitting his own plays no longer work, and he can’t juggle the play calling & HC. But the biggest thing I worry about is that the players have lost confidence in RIcht, and if so, that could be the nail in the coffin.

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Chuck Dowdle can LEAVE with the rest of them

DRINK

THE

KOOL-AID Chuck Dowdle

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so uga beat writer, what are you going to do if uga doesn’t win a game on the remaining schedule? Continue to sit there and shake in fear of what CMR may think? That is fine with me just this should teach all you big mouths a lesson about bragging year in and year out about all your 5 star recruits on the most undisciplined team in the country. You want to be nationally recognized? You better believe your 10th arrest made all the national papers. Good luck with that

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BooBoo has to go back to high school with his vanilla play calling……….. He was never off. cord. material……….. Just watch film and see the runs up the gut on first down for a gain of 1or 2 yards…………… Then a pitch out for 2 and 3rd and long – pass with a bltiz on a freshman q.b. . No play action……………WE are the laughing stock of the SEC…………….. So sorry for CMR………….. The buck starts with HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bill, I love the guy as a human being, but as the head coach at UGA I’m sorry to say that it’s time CMR goes. He needs to go to Duke, SMU or some place else. He has stated many times that winning is not everything. Well at UGA it is the most important thing. It is everything. Short of cheating, we got to do whatever it takes to put a winner on the field and CMR is not the type of intense coach to get that done. I could give you a 1,000 reason where he has blown it big time.

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I hope you’re right DP

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Hey Taxjacket, You are insane and GAY. The Jackets lost yesterday too remember,
And oh, By the way, UGA has beaten the Jackets what, 9 out of the last 10?
Go suck a #$@!

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Bo, Boise plays no one…………….. Peterson at Auburn is a 8-4 guy….just say’n

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Richt needs to figure out how you build confidence.

Keys:
1- Win 1st quarter–get Mo’ on your side
2- Scoring margin
3- Win a game–start a streak
4- sell this plan to the team

Believe in yourself!!

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So who’s on your short list folks? As if we have any say in this…

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VA DAWG, I agree Bobo works within Richt’s system, which has never been all that spectacular. It is true that Richt will be calling from the same play sheet. But, hopefully he will make better choices. No doubt, we need a new offensive plan.

BTW, I agree about the whole Carlton Thomas issue. Why would anybody run Carlton Thomas inside the tackles? Sweeps, maybe. Inside, never.

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Richt wins almost every game when he wins the first quarter. Proof that plan works.

Figure out some ways to get there:
1- trick plays
2- fake kicks/punts
3- go for it on 4th down
4- get turnovers
5- block punt
6- special teams td

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Well said Bill. I too am not ready to give up on Richt. I’m hoping he can turn this thing around somehow…but it’s hard to see how he can do it. Step 1 would be to man up and relieve Bobo of full OC duties. Put him back on QB coaching and Richt should do what he can while looking for a full time OC for next year.

I’m not surprised he kicked Baker off the team either. In fact, I would of been shocked if he didn’t. Coming back from a loss like Missy St and that’s the news he gets? Oh man, I bet that was a cold meeting in deed. It’s a shame too, because Baker was turning some heads in practice. Hopefully the rest of our misfits will see that no one is above the program.

Our lone bright spot of the season is Murrary. That kid works hard, plays hard, even when the game is way out of hand. Heck, before the season started we were all grateful that Murrary had a mature offense around him. Now the offense should be grateful that they have Murrary. He’s about the only Bulldog that deserves to wear the G on offense. Durham too. I’ll also give a slight nod to our defense. Yeh, they have given up some plays and that happens. But I sure do feel better about them then our inept offense.

Richt has to step up and do what it takes. I hope he can. Go Dawgs.

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JB , Magarity has to be carefull because IF he were to make a coaching change he needs to be sure that he makes the ‘right’ hire; if things didn’t improve then the heat would be on him, unless, that is, that Adams is really making the calls. Either way I don’t see anything happening until after the season unless we were to drop the next 5-6 games also. Richt’s got enough tenture to by another season if he gets things going to finish with AT LEAST 7 wins. If he were to finish with 7-8 wins & was fired, it my be hard to get another coach. AU & TENN both had 4-win seasons before their coaches were let go.

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I agree with you Bill.

Recruiting has been an issue for more years than most are willing to admit. The key issue is that the personnel being recruited and signed to play do not fit the scheme Richt is running and with the level of physicality the SEC has week in and week out. These small guys playing DB and D line and son on are killing us. We simply can not control the line of scrimmage on either side of the ball.

Richt gave Bobo a shot. I commend him for doing so. But the man has not been successful. Time to replace Bobo. Stacy too!

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No to Peterson ( he ain’t coming anyway) No to Kirby……( told us NO in a dark hour for us)
Muschamp……I like his fire, but can he run the whole program? We can fill the slot ho hum or pick out a target or two ala Bama and go get our man……..Wonder how much $$$ to get Stoops back in the SEC from Oklahoma… Laugh if you will……the SEC is the Best…..This State is Loadedddddddddddddddd and 5-6 mil would do it………………But, We ain’t got a president, in this economic climate to stomach that……..We will NEVER do what Bama did……..We call that Agency in Atlanta and run the regular names through the mill.

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Randy, apparently the UGA play book doesn’t have trick plays, fake punts/kicks, etc. There hasn’t been a rushed punt lately either.

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Joe Dog, UGA hasn’t won a SEC championship with Bobo calling plays either. In fact, they haven’t won much of anything with Bobo calling plays. Why can’t Richt see this problem???

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Richt always starts out slow, just especially slow this year.

Bobo has proven he is his own worst enemy. He calls plays like he has a personality disorder. I remember you guys stuffed it down Oklahoma State’s throat in the opener last year, and then *whoosh*, that gameplan suddenly disappeared. Why?

If Grantham can actually teach the 3-4, if Richt fires Bobo and becomes takes the OC reins (and gets creative) again, he might have a shot.

Richt *wants* to be a CEO type coach. It ain’t working. You gotta get yer hands dirty.

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I agree with “Matt in Athens”. Richt needs to start calling the plays again. He’s a proven winner at both FSU and UGA when calling the plays. Fans need to stick this out with Richt and remember the years before Richt were disasterous. Richt will figure this out. And for all you North Avenue Trade Schoolers that are having fun posting your comments here…….you might want to look at your own problems on North Avenue. Even in our darkest days we always seem to beat your wanna-be football team! GO DAWGS!!!

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Which 3 teams are we going to beat to get to 4-8?

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HIRE JOHN GRUDEN NOW!!!!!!!!!!
all you have to do is buy out his ESPN Contract…
Make CMR our OC…

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Richt took his old plays he learned at FSU with Charlie Ward and that is what Bobo uses. It is the Same S..t Different School.

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Stoops!!??

You are joking right??

That would be a huge mistake. Stoops could not win the SEC!

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a lot of folks on here think Mark is coming back next year, including me…………….BUT, if we continue to “melt down”. ( lose to Tn, Vandy,KTY,AU,Tech) I think he leaves on his own with a Financial Settlement.

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I forgot to throw the Fla. beat down in there

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(((( Promote Bobo to Head Coach! ))))

Glory, glory to the Jackets, their truth is marching on!!!

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If Richt stays………. and if Richt wants to be CEO……. Then he needs to act like one and surround himself with coaches that have experience, knowledge of developing & implementing a game plan, and most of all, how to WIN!

Richt needs to allow for changes and creativity.

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RxDawg

Aaron Murray yes is our best player

Played 3 SEC teams and all 3 Opposing Quarterbacks were MUCH BETTER

# 80 Total Offense NCAA

# 73 Scoring Offense NCAA

# 52 Turnover Margin Aaron Murray threw 4 int dropped

# 80 Sacks Allowed all Aaron Murray

In 3 SEC games NEVER have had even a lead for second

Aaron Murray great runner, 27 carries for 24 yards vs SEC

Aaron Murray 0-3 vs SEC as only QB played

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I like Mark Richt. I think he is a good man. But his time as a SEC coach is behind him. When the Nick Sabans, Urban Myers and Bobby Petrinos invaded the conference Richt became over matched. He tries to be a CEO coach without a strong supporting cast. If he wants to remain coach he needs to take back control and start getting his hands dirty again. He needs to take over the play calling from Bobo and let it be known that every job on the offensive line is up for grabs in practice this week. If you are a senior and aren’t showing leadership and doing your job then sitting on the bench is where you will be because as of tonight we are building for next year. And if Richt doesn’t take any action this week to show that he still cares about being the head coach at UGA then Greg McGarrity needs to take a page out of Richt’s book and Finish the Drill (and fire Richt) at the end of the season!!!

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PLEASE,,,PLEASE,,,PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS

CMR won early in his career at UGA with Jim Donnan recruits. What is so hard to understand about that? CMR and Bo Who can’t and don’t recruit the size, speed and intelligence to win championships.

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To clarify, I do NOT approve of using the “f” word, but I bet my last dollar that word gets tossed around alot at other schools……… That language is, unfortunately, what many of the players have grown up with and what gets their attention.

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Can’t seem to post any comments. Testing…

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Smart money is betting heavily on Idaho State.

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What did Richt teach Charlie Ward or Chris Winke to be Hesiman winning QBs? He he teach Ward how to run around and not get sacked to then heave the ball down field to a WR that got behind the slower D? Did he teach Wienke how to have a 26 yr olds confidance and a Baseball players arm? FSU got Great talent on bothsides of the ball and that made Richt lok great.

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Anybody who has ever followed Mike Bobo isn’t surprised at how poor he is at his role – He wasn’t a good quarterback at UGA, so who on earth ever thought he could coach ANY quarterback or ANY offense to greatness? Obviously, he can’t.

I really like Coach Richt like the rest of you – He’s got good morals, and he has that suave, Mr. Cool look on his face all the time. My complaint has always been that he’s too nice of a guy who is just too stoic to harness any urgency when it is needed or demand results when they’re expected. As a result, our teams (especially our squandered #1-preseason ranked 2008 team) are never lossless, we rarely blow any team out of the water, and mistakes linger much longer than they should (i.e., assistant coaches, playbooks, penalties, etc.).

But Coach Richt was successful at FSU, and he was successful, at first anyway, at our UGA. He can’t possibly be, and isn’t, an incompetent coach.

My solution? Fire Bobo (I think that’s a given after this season), move CMR over to offensive coordinator, and bring in a high-caliber head coach. That way, Coach Richt stays in Athens (which he says he loves), we can circumvent his probable lack of *head* coaching leadership, and we still get to grace ourselves with his offensive prowess that blessed the ‘Noles during their reign.

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It’s funny that Tech fans come on this board and talk trash. We both stink. Yeah, we’re 2-7 in our last 9 SEC games. That’s the truth. But it’s also true that we are 8-1 in our last 9 games against them.

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Was the play calling that bad? Opening kickoff return hurt hopes of a good opening drive – return to the 13. A beautiful drive resulting in Ealey fumbling again at the goal line. A second very good drive that results in Ealey coming up a yard and a half short on 3rd. We mixed up 1st down calls and had very few that resulted in negative plays. The little draw to Thomas after the int was a tough play – we lost 6. We really passed a lot on 2nd down when you look at the numbers. Special teams and penalties hurt a lot. We moved the ball but could not capitilize on some key plays. Careful with all the talk of firing and getting new folks. Plus – Peterson at UGA – are you guys kidding me? Plus – someone mentioned the Criminoles. Charlie Ward, Warrick Dunn, Derrick Brooks, Chris Weinke. etc. Maybe a few bad apples can’t spoil a bunch. 2 National Championships with pretty good guys and a few bad apples in the mix.

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Look at Zach Mettenberger with his LSU scholarship now. March 7 Zach gets thrown out of the bar AFTER Spring Practices had begun here at UGA for Coach Richt and Mike Bobo. He bounced on the sidewalk outside the bar. Police standing there and he bounces into the Police. They ask him for ID and hands them 1 then another – FAKE ID. Then, he gets into it with the Police. Then, they decide maybe they should test him for Public DRUNK. He fails that TOO, saying he is QB at UGA.

We ALL come in here and report that a gal, coed Valdosta State and Sorority Sister has her Sorority ISSUE A PUBLIC STATEMENT that Zach needs to get EVERYTHING that is coming to him. We even report that sexual battery is what was witnessed BY NO LESS THAN 4 WITNESSES who CAME IN HERE AND REPORTED IT HERE.

2 MONTHS LATER Coach Richt KICKS HIM OFF THE TEAM when he pleads GUILTY TO ALL THIS. He even let him practice. HE KNEW ALL THIS. Don’t give me this Coach Richt did NOT know. He DAMN SURE knew. 2 months LATER Coach Richt ? A gentleman doesn’t do this Coach Richt. Coach Richt you are NOT OF THIS WORLD.

Damn, Coach Richt. Just DAMN.

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I just don’t know what to think if this team anymore i have never seen such big melt down you see on the field he looks like he out in some other place since he got that fat contract team has fallen apart 11 arrest Green and Jersey gate its sad .

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Starting to wonder if CTG can coach defense.

Ealey got his bell rung. Most everybody on this blog would be in the hospital after that hit.

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I’m not ready to give up on Richt, either. But I think if he doesn’t show flexibility in his approach to coaching, which I have not seen all season so far, it might just be his time. He has an extremely talented QB in Aaron Murray, a kid who wants to win, and he should let him play in a way in which he is most comfortable and productive. If the kid wants to run, let him run. He’s better at it than our RBs anyway. I like the spread idea, but I wonder if Richt has the experience or inclination to run it well.

Though I’m not sure a change at the top is what the Dawgs need right now, there are some serious changes needed on Richt’s staff: Bobo should be demoted back to QB coach and Richt needs to resume playcalling, Searels needs to go, Van Halanger REALLY needs to go. I’ve never seen a Georgia team so embarrassingly out of shape.

Grantham will prove to be a good coach once he can get some decent-sized guys to run the 3-4. He’s a smart guy- my friends from Bama say that Saban was all but ready to hire him in the event that Kirby would have left for Athens earlier on this year. It’s been a rocky adjustment so far for the guys on the team (most of whom were recruited for Willy’s 4-3), but I’m confident that the D will get where it needs to be, maybe even later this season.

I agree with you, Bill, about the sense of urgency. They looked fine on the last drive against Arkansas and again last night. But the final drive has been too little, too late. This team should come out of the gate with a desire to win.

I know this team has it in them and I think that’s why this season has been so frustrating for so many Georgia fans, myself included. It’s really up to Coach Richt to make some changes or else I fear he will be one of them. Regardless, I will never give up on this team and hope none of y’all ever will ever. Go Dawgs!!

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Aaron Murray is the best player on the team but the offensive line doesn’t think enough of him to block. You should be able to pick 5 guys out of the stands & within 4 years teach them to block better than these 5.

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UGA Mark

We have given him $25 million dollars

He won, yes, with Jim Donnan recruits.

Once they went to NFL and all were finally gone after 2005 season, Coach Richt is # 21 in wins and # 2 in the nation in arrests / suspensions.

Coach Richt said he wanted loyal assistants who would stay here with him. What he has provided to us in 10 years is the WORST “coaching staff” in America.

3-8 vs Top 10 Final AP Poll teams (SC & Arky are NOT, or worse 3-10)

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9 LOSSES in, 9 years 4 games, vs teams NOT in Top 25 Final AP Poll

17-21 vs Top 25 Final AP Poll teams (SC & Arky ARE, or 11 losses 10 years to NOT Top 25 Final AP Poll teams.)

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That is the 30 LOSSES.

40 games of no more than 2 TD, LOST 30 of them.

2-7 vs Florida

10-11 vs SEC East since 2005 & there is only 1 team we played in bunch

1-5 last 6 games vs SEC East

2-7 last 9 games vs SEC

NO FIRE.

No Discipline.

No QB prepared 2006 & LOST 4 games

No QB prepared 2009 & LOST 5 games

No QB prepared 2010 & LOST 3 of the first 4 games already

Averages # 52 NCAA Total Offense ALL 10 YEARS.

1 Arrest / Suspension per MONTH for all 10 years and counting.

39-17 after 2005 season.

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Throwing Bobo under the Bus Bill will not right Georgia’s ship. OBVIOUSLY, greater changes are needed.

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At the beginning of the season i said that this team would win 5 games or less. People called me crazy and doubted my loyalty to my alma mater. However, fact is fact and i call them like i see them.

When you look at the defense, do you see one first rounder?

I hate it for Richt but it is looking more like a 3-9 season and i doubt even he can survive that win-loss record.

McGarity would take the opportunity to put his stamp on the program with a signature hire for the signature sport.

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Does anyone remember how great of an offensive genius my husband was when we were at FSU?!? I was so proud of him because he knew how to coach and his offense was a scary thing for teams to worry about. Fast forward ten years and i’m even sick of sitting on the sidelines watching this soft and vanilla team playing.

Think about what the common denominator is in this paragraph, it takes Saban 2 yrs to win with Shula’s players and it takes Meyer no time to win with Zook’s players! These are great coaches who coach with an iron fist and their players respect and play for them, our guys are soft and have no passion and you get that from your coaches.

If things dont change me and the family will be moving on and I want to thank dawg nation for the good times!!

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Bama fan that likes Georgia…..Fire Bobo and hire Homer Smith…..the guy can flat coach and his game management is next to none.

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Has SC showed all the other sec teams how to beat your high school offense?

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Once again Mike Bobo’s playcalling costs us first downs, long drives, time off the clock, and touchdowns. When will the coaching staff at UGA understand that when your offense has long slow drives that they are defensive in nature because they keep the other team’s offense off the field and wears down their defense over time subsequently softening things up for plays later on. This is old school basic football. Another thing, on 3rd and 5 or 10 you don’t throw bombs you throw a short pass for 5 or 10. A short pass has a higher percentage of success than a 20 or 30 yard bomb does. It kills me that Bobo is calling the plays because he is completely incapable of calling sensible plays. Yeah, throwing bombs every series will eventually land you a catch but not enough percentage wise, to rely on it so often. Yeah, he looks like a genius the one time out of 5 it works but the other 4 are just wasted plays. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut sometimes! I still believe in Mark Richt but I don’t have any use for Bobo. I can’t even stand to see him on the sidelines and it kills me to see such a stupid person associated with my beloved University. I hope we can get a new OC sometime real soon and keep Mark but the time is ticking and the more time that goes by without any action on Mark’s behalf (and I mean firing Bobo) the more likely it is Mark will get canned as well and I don’t want that to happen. Mark, please get beyond your personal ties to your coaching staff and handle things quickly and efficiently so we can get on with things. You coached the offense very well before and you can do it again. WHATEVER IT TAKES!

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“Can’t quite bring myself to bail on Mark Richt … just yet”

Richt’s teams have been flat, uninspired, undisciplined, and sloppy for 5 seasons now. His numbers during that period are close to Donnan’s during his five year stretch, even worse in SEC winning percentage. Georgia has suffered embarrassing beatdowns to Florida and Tennessee. I’m not sure what else Richt needs to convince you that he needs to go.

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1- Richt needs to figure out how to get his guys to forget about the past 3 games. New season starts against Colorado once AJ gets back—time to show the new Georgia on offense.
2- Give Caleb the ball in the red zone, Ealey just can’t protect the football in the redzone, he tries too hard to get into the end zone. Ealey also missed some key blocks against Arkansas, and fumbled in the red zone against SC & Miss St. Might need to bench Ealey for a game until he gets the message.

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To: Tax Jacket, you lose to KANSAS! I mean KANKSA! Really KANSAS? You get stomped by NC State 45-28 and we whupped you 30-24 and you get on our vent to talk trash! What a JOKE!

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Bobo ain’t the scapegoat–the offense moved the ball.

a) Murray’s making a ton of rookie mistakes
b) the d-line is getting dominated (lost 3 guys to the NFL this season)
c) no aj green, so run game is being overplayed by defenses 8 in the box
d) Washaun Ealey’s mistakes
e) d-line not getting pressure on QB
f) trying not to lose, and not make penalties, instead of trying to WIN
g) Poor gameplans from coaches
h) poor mental attitude/toughness from coaches

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UGA is sub standard on both lines of scrimmage and @ running back. If UGA had two quality backs and a good, even not great O line, with these last 3 sec schools we could have won. We were out muscled by the lower level schools folks. Get it??? This is a function of poor recruiting and player development, gang.

Folks, to sign two great HS QBs will get you some stars and to sign a great corner back athlete like B SMith will get you some stars and a tight end hybrid like O Charles will get you some stars …………….. quality linemen get you some Ws in the SEC. UGA doe snot ahve a boatload of SEC caliber linemen or line coaches. Garner and Sereals must go.

THAT is where we are losing and why we are. Fix this and UGA will be fine again by 2012 and beyond. This is easssssssssssssssssssssy to fix gang. Fire the entire staff and get a recruiter and a HC in here.

Richt and CO. have had 10 years with no good results in the last 4 or 5.

UGA, class of 71 & 73

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Geez, can somebody help Bobo draw up some red zone plays that actually work—where 4 guys arn’t around the football?

Hint:
Watch game film of teams’ the score td’s 90% of the time in the red zone.

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Bill, do you ever answer people on your blogs ? It appears you just write a blog then disappear ? Are you too lazy to reply to Dawgs fans ?

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Please, AJ broke the god d-mn-d rules. Forget this “it was too severe” crap. Obama has failed and that crap does too. AJ SHOULD BE kciked off of the team and within 3 or 4 years, he will not be remembered any more than some obscure third team running back named Carnie Norris in the Hershal Walker era.

Give me a break and also KICK ealey off the team.

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Georgia doesn’t learn well from mistakes.

1- Stop trying to pass the ball to win SEC games. 0-3.
2- don’t call a play for Ealey in the red zone
3- stop putting the ball in Murray’s hands to win, he’s a freshman
4- stop losing the first quarter
5- Stop trying to win games without throwing to your te’s—if middle os clogged, get em’ outside on puick plays or crossing patterns–THERE IS NO LINEBACKER THAN CAN MATCH-UP WITH CHARLES
6- Stop playing too conservative in the red zone

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Bill, thank you for the sanity in this otherwise intolerant newspaper. I like Mark Richt, and he has done the job for many years with personal class and dignity. BoWeevil, the former BuLLdawg keeps writing a bunch of foolish misstatements, innuendo’s and partial truths about the program. He also now thinks he has an audience.

Mark Richt is a good coach, a leader and will right the ship. Good to see today that he has begun a zero tolerance against the missteps of his players. The changes coach Richt will make will come after the season and for those of you that even think that Mark Richt will be fired, well he won’t, so relax. I cannot wait for coach to turn this program around a second time and watch the naysayers grumble.

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Put somebody in there to spark this team, how bout Gray or Mason at QB?

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I was hoping we would lose this game. I think in the long run it will be good. Richt will now find the strength to make the necessary moves he needs to make. Just as Spurrier did at SC the last couple years, like calling his plays. Maybe God was sending him a message. Don’t ask others, what you can do for yourself!

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Ellijay Dog, since we have no running game I could not agree with you more. If I made one more idea, it is time to abandon the idea that we have a power running game. We don’t and won’t, so lets wing it. Play super agressive, throw the ball as many times as Murray can handle, maybe it will open some of the running game.

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Defense needs to use the Ark strategy form here out. They won’t face another Ryan Mallet, and they came closer to winning that one than any other.

8 in the box, stop the run, make them pass to beat Georgia.

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Bill face it, as I said last week, you love Mark Richt more than you love UGA. Your statements betray you. I’ll never understand why you and the Richt lovers can’t see that he’s done. He’s not getting the job done at any price, much less $3 million a year. He’s a shell of himself because he’s been exposed as a small brained offensive guy. He’s done….say it with me, he is done.

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Skipper – When you say “we” what “we” are you talking about? <<<<<>>>> The fact is that CMR has the highest winning percentage of any Georgia coach ever.
Some other moron on this site said that UGA has to decide whether winning 10 games a year is acceptable. (It wasn’t for him). That’s just a moronic statement.
And, quite frankly, I’m tired of this Thuga racist tripe. I’m not one to find a racist behind every rock, but I have to agree that after reading a week of this Thuga stuff, it really is poorly disquised racist comments by ignorant, foolish racists and the AJC should ban the posters.
That being said…….
I think back to the Colorado game back at Sanford Stadium. UGA had stunk the place up for the whole game but had the ball with a chance to win late in the game. NOBODY in Sanford Stadium could even conceive that Georgia wouldn’t win. And sure enough, UGA did just enough to win.
Flash forward to this season. Georgia ties the game against Ark. with the ball late in the game and stalls. Georgia keeps the game against MSU, runs the kickoff to the 50 and stalls. Georgia had the chance to win the SC game late in the game and stalled.
Accordingly, and ignoring 90% of the fools and troglodytes that post on this site, if CMR wants to figure out what went wrong, I would suggest figuring out why UGA stalls this year when it has the ball late in game with the chance to win where in years past, it didn’t.
……………………………………and a one sentence post about firing Bobo is non-responsive (and stupid).
Let’s start with facts. CMR is the longest serving active coach in the SEC. He has the highest winning percentage of any UGA coach ever. He’s won two Sugar Bowls, when even the great VD did not do that. He’s 7-2 in bowl games. But he should’ve beat BC in the Music City bowl, he got stomped by Alabama at home while wearing gimmick jerseys, he got stomped by Florida while wearing gimmick everything. He lost to Auburn at home because he ran up the middle with no time outs and :16 on the clock on a first and goal. He’s been on a downward spiral since 2007. He lost badly to Kentucky last year. He did get ripped off when he didn’t get to play in the NC but instead had to play Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl. Penn Wages has had it in for him since the Florida celebration. and finally, it does appear that he has lost control of the team. I remember when VD was going to punish me at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis because he thought I was one of his players. I remember when VD made players who fumbled carry the ball with them everywhere they went for the next week. I remember VD teams who won games that they shouldn’t have because of smart plays. As I’ve said before, the true Georgia fans would cut Richt slack if it appeared that the team had discipline. The morons who think Georgia should be undefeated and play in the NC every year are morons. And the people from other teams who come on this site just to insult other people are perhaps the most pathetic people around. There. I said it.

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Uh oh Bill, they caught you. I’m the one that writes this blog for Bill. Bill sleeps 90 % of the time.

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CMR believes we have the best strength and conditioning coaches around. Does he see us getting our butts handled time in and out? Did he read where Spurier stated that Georgia’s not going to knock you off the ball, there just not real intimidating? His time has come and gone!

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you’re hired

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Ok Jump on Mark Richt, Like most Georgia Fans at some point I;ve been ticked off enough to say good bye to him to, but “Not so fast my friends”. Saturday night I saw a Coach fighting for his life, his Job, and more importantly UGA. What I didn’t see was a Asst.Coach and the majority of players(Including the whole O Line) have a clue! Let me start with Washaun Ealey: Young Man right now your clueless(Talented) but clueless. You consistently miss blocks, lack second effort,and show you lack an overall appreciation of the game. To the Receivers, with the exception of Durham, (TE’s excluded) you look like your waiting on A.J. Green to not only comeback, but to tell ya’ll what to do when he comes back. Marlon Brown A 5 star recruit ( what a joke) is lost, Rantavious Wooten is not being used by BOBO(We’ll get to him Last) and King although talented lacks heart in the middle of the field.The O Line simply put, You guys are pathetic. Don’t blame Richt! This is One Man, and he can’t do it all. Defense, Has anyone worked out during the off season besides Justin Houston? The Front 3 look weak and have gotten blown off the Ball so often it’s unreal. the LB’s are out of place, weak, and look lost in the run game.They, with the secondary can’t tackle, and lack discipline. Mark Richt didn’t do this either. Players have got to want to win, and must commit themselves to be the best, and frankly with the arrest of players for all the drinking, this is truly a group of young men who lack discipline in there activities. Again not CMR’s fault. Coach I can’t and want let you completly off the hook, You must move Bobo to QB coach and bring in a OC now. I’m giving Bobo the benefit of moving simply because of his lineage with UGA. UGA is on a downward slide, and this is with players at Fla, Ala, Auburn, S.C. and Tenn leaving our state for opportunities to play at other schools. Georgia in Georgians mind this is a wasted and sad year, and there growing real short on patience. Coach Richt One final word to you. The Fans love you only when you up, and lately you been sliding faster than a Tsunami. Get it right or know that in 2011 a Mayflower moving truck will take you where you want to go, and I can promise you it will be along way from Athens Ga.!!!

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In the last 4 years, Chris Petersen has turned down USC, UCLA, and Washington. Why do mutt fans think he’ll suddenly take a job at a 2nd rate program clear across country? Are they actually so delusional as to believe that UGA is a bigger name program than USC?

lol

((( 45 – 42 )))

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The bottom line is ga need to get better coaching, starting with a OC who can make calls to the players advantage. Quick slants, WR screens shovel pass to the rb a WISH BONE!!!! something to open up the offense and keep the defense guessing, Bobo best coaching came last year against SC and every since it has been bottoms up! Coach Richt will be at ga another year or two, its up to the coaching staff and bulldog nation to stand behind coach Richt.

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As much as I hate Florida, aren’t we UGA fans hungry for a Tebow moment where a UGA player stands up and says “No team will work harder…..but we’ll never let MSU happen again.” ? I am.

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Coaches and players are dazed and confused…..just sayin…

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CMR’s mind is NOT on football!Looks like he would rather be anywhere but on the sidelines (can’t blame him if his wife’s health isn’t up to par). Either way, players of this capability should not be achieve this little! And the capability is there!!

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Lets all find something positive and move forward.

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I know all the Dawg fans could really care less about what a stupid Tech fan thinks but, im gonna put it out there anyway. Im die hard Tech all the way but I have “state pride”. I pull for Georgia at all times except when they play Tech. I pull for Ga Southern and now Ga state as well. Mark Richt is a good coach, he just doesnt have that “killer” instinct. I for one am very happy with Coach Paul Johnson but sometimes I wish he didnt have as much of the killer instinct that he does because it sometimes puts us in bad situations, anyway back to Richt. I think he has done an excellent job at UGA, especially against us!! I dont think his head should be on the chopping block like so many have said, he needs a new OC, Bobo just has no clue what he is doing from my view point. Another thing, stop recruiting the highest profile players without taking into account there personalities. When you get the best of the best you have to many players playing “me” “me” “me”, instead of players that put the team first. The thing that bothers me most about Richt is his double standard. He just kicked this redshirt freshman off the team for his arrest Saturday night (a guy that was not even travelng with the team), yet a starter like Washaun Ealey gets arrested on a similar charge and gets suspended for what, one game, thats a freaking double standard. If your gonna kick one kid off the team for an arrest kick all of them off for an arrest. If that had of been Aaron Murray, Caleb King, AJ Green etc., they would be sitting out one game or a half a game, thats BS! Richt needs to toughen up and discipline his team more. He is good at what he does, he just needs to grow the BALLS to fire BOBO!! A good OC and recruiting some kids that feel its a priveledge to play at UGA instead of a right will turn the program around. Best of luck to the Dawgs this season until the end of November.

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The big difference between top programs like Bama and Florida vs what UGA does is simple- you get results there or else. UGA is content to keep guys around as long as you can justify their short comings with excuses

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(((( Techman78 – not a true Tech fan! ))))

thwg

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i heard Mike Leach is available

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this is a long one, so sorry to all…

bill, i tend to agree with most of what you’ve said here; people much older than me seem to have very short memories when it comes to our dawgs, and what it was like before CMR. he’s had a lot of success and i’m not ready to say he’s somehow forgotten how to coach in the last couple of years. i do think the stability he has given our program has turned somewhat into complacency, and that’s a big concern. but i don’t think screaming for his head (or all the coaches’ heads) 4 games into the season is the thing to do. i’m as frustrated as anyone on this blog, but we need to see where we are at the end of the season before i’ll form an opinion.

having said all that… it’s obvious that we’re underperforming on the offensive side of the ball and have been all year. it looks to me like our “criminally underachieving” offensive line — not playcalling — is at the root of our problems. if anyone should be fired tomorrow, it’s CSS. those boys haven’t moved anyone all year, and it’s a crying a** shame. now i’m not exactly defending bobo, but i don’t think he’s as much to blame as lot of these other folks.

the main thing i want to see in boulder is toughness, urgency, focus, and aggressiveness. the rest of this season has got to be about little things, about process, about finishing the drill — about doing each thing the right way, every single time. forget winning, forget losing–worry about this play, and then the next one. this is what saban preaches to his kids and i think it’s dead on. i’m hoping CMR can find a way to make it resonate with our kids; if they can’t, we need to find someone who can.

but, i guess my major point is that it we need to look at the whole season before we can make that assessment in a reasonable way. you don’t fire a coach in the middle of the year for the same reason you don’t give out a national championship in the middle of the year. so i’m supporting CMR, his staff, and his players until this year is done; that’s the appropriate time to reevaluate.

like the rest of y’all, i want to see the bulldog team who took the fight to a good arkansas team in the 4th quarter in athens. that showed me that these boys can put it together, and that they’re dang good when they do. CMR has earned a little more patience over his wildly successful 10 years at UGA then we’re giving him now; so let’s get off the ledge, put our guillotines away, and see where we are in december.

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And, you SMITTY have figured out to hand the football to Caleb King when we are in the Red Zone. Idiot, if that was the solution, then I submit SMITTY, that that is

COACHING.

AJ GREEN is the ANSWER Smitty ?

Huh ?

Now, that he can play in a game finally now that the damn season is freaking over, how does that change anything ?

He had 88 yards against Alabama in 2008 as a freshman. We gave up a 31 to nothing score at halftime.

He had 91 yards against Florida in 2008 as a freshman. We gave up 42 consecutive points in this game too, and scored to the polite clapping on the sidelines by Florida players like there were clapping like little polite little old ladies. We lost 10-49.

He had 4 catches for 64 yards against Georgia tek in 2008. A team who is not even ranked 2008 had they not beat Georgia. And, we LOST that game too.

He had 4 catches for 52 yards vs Okie State in 2009 and we LOST that game as well.

He had 5 catches for 100 yards vs LSU in 2009, and we LOST that game Smitty.

He had 8 catches vs the vols in the next game and we were BLOWN OUT 19-45.

He had 50 yards against Florida and we got BLOWN OUT 17-41.

He could not play vs Georgia tek and we beat Georgia tek 2009 WITHOUT him for the only meaningful win since beating Auburn in 2006.

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I have asked AJ Green repeatedly

He REFUSES to answer that question

Why did AJ Green TELL US ALL HE HAD NEVER BEEN TO MIAMI ?

LIE

The issue was the NCAA was investigating AJ Green for

ILLEGAL BENEFITS received

And, he lied he’d never been in Miami

Every time someone came in here and suggested that AJ Green was under

INVESTIGATION by the NCAA

The

DISNEYdawgs.com poster ran in here to say he never was in Miami.

Excuse me, I told them EVERY TIME.

You don’t have to be in Miami to get ILLEGAL BENEFITS.

Now, that that by me too is proven out to be TRUE,

DISNEYdawgs.com fans like you Smitty run in here and to tell me

AJ GREEN

will make us great.

B.S.

If AJ Green were on a team I was coaching, I would have sent him HOME

BEFORE THE DAMN SEASON STARTED

The New York Nanosecond he issued the STATEMENT to the PRESS that he had NEVER BEEN TO MIAMI.

Now, you think he is

OUR SAVIOR

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With all due respect, I really do not understand where some of you are coming from with this whole “don’t blame it on the coaches” thing. I am not a blood-thirsty reactionary. In the 10 years of Richt’s tenure, I’ve never screamed for his head. But to say that we’re improperly blaming it on the coaches is just plain wrong. Great coaches make great players. Great players make great plays. That’s how coaches like Nick Saban bring a floundering 6-7 Alabama football team to a 14-0 National Championship season in a matter of just a couple of years. Great coaching is how other programs have risen to prominence even without the blue-chip recruiting class that UGA brings in every year.

No, the coaches aren’t the ones making the mistakes on the field, and some things (like the new defensive scheme and a freshman QB) can’t be overlooked. But if Saban can win a national in championship in 3 years and Meyer can win one in 2 years, there’s no reason why we can’t win one in 10.

For the record, I haven’t yet taken a position on whether Coach Richt should stay head coach. But for sure Bobo has to go, and some major revamping has to be done from the inside out. I bleed red and black, but I honestly do not believe we can win a national championship under our current regime. 2008 proved that.

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Not UGA on the National Stage playing a big damn bowl game. We haven’t won ANY of those under Coach Richt, which is WHY YOU said “instead had to play Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl.” Make up your DAMN mind, sir. Your intent in making this statement that we “had to play Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl” is succinct and to the POINT. It was a DUD of a damn game against a NOBODY football team by a football team who beat NOBODY all year against a football team who beat NOBODY all year long either. The same is true about the 5-Loss FSU Sugar Bowl Game too, a complete and utter afterthought on the NATIONAL STAGE by 2 teams who beat NOBODY all season long.

Those are the TWO MOST CRAPPY SUGAR BOWL GAMES OF ALL-TIME.

“He did get ripped off when he didn’t get to play in the NC” Let’s see now, YOU THINK Georgia should have played for the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in 2007. 2007, we beat a 4-LOSS Florida team who was the DEAD LAST WORST Urban Meyer team. Who else did we beat in 2007 ? NOBODY. Absolutely no one. Who did we LOSE to ? Well, let’s see, there was 6-6 South Carolina WHO DIDN’T EVEN PLAY IN A DAMN BOWL GAME who beat us WITH KNOWSHON MORENO AND WITH MATTHEW STAFFORD.. And, then there was the NEXT SEC EAST game, when at that point we HAD ALREADY LOST TO EVERY SEC EAST TEAM IN A ROW CONSECUTIVELY, and WE LOST to a HAPLESS vols team to make it 6 SEC EAST TEAMS IN A ROW CONSECUTIVELY TO BEAT COACH RICHT. On a side note, we have NOW LOST 5 of the last 6 AGAIN now this year and last year. But, let’s stick with your B.S. about 2007 that Georgia is the NATIONAL DAMN CHAMPION.

B .S.

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Coach Richt did not even PLAY a Top 10 Final AP Poll team in 2007. LSU beat 2 Top 10 Final AP Poll teams. And, you think Coach Richt got JOBBED in 2007.

God

Almighty

God

UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986

Damn HOMER. If you cannot see LSU beat 2 Top 10 Final AP Poll teams while Coach Richt did NOT even PLAY 1, I have NOTHING FURTHER to say to you except that your POSTS should be BANNED for being a DAMNED BLIND FREAKING HOMER.

Now, is there SOMETHING ELSE you want to TALK ABOUT

UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986

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76-DAWG

That is HARD TO BELIEVE, I agree.

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76-DAWG

Correct

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BoWeevil
I wasn’t disagreeing with you I was disagreeing with ca dawg. I accidentally posted before I wanted to and didn’t realize I had.

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look as cfb in he sec evolves so the uga offense obviously needs to as well. didnt think i’d see this coming next yr. though with the way things go nowadays in the SEC. its what can you do for me now, not what have you done in your tenure at uga. at this point CMR must takeover the helm calling offensive plays, and hope he can be krafty enough to get some life back into the line and running game as well. i feel its a shot into the dark from what we’ve known from richt, but im backing him till his final day. whether he resign t’morr or stays another yr or so…. 10 yrs is what about most coaches make it in the sec if they are winning. i doubt we’ll see anybody stay longer than that, or atleast we havent yet…….

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3 wins over Top 10 Final AP Poll teams, ALL HUGE FLUKES.

8 LOSSES to Top 10 Final AP Poll teams.

Do you expect Coach Richt to beat a Top 10 Final AP Poll team ?

HELL freaking no.

IS IT ESTABLISHED or is it not established that Coach Richt

CANNOT WIN THE GAMES AGAINST THE BIG BOYS ?

Is it ?

Let’s study the other side of the coin, shall we ?

How many games has COACH RICHT LOST to teams NOT Top 25 Final AP Poll ?

9

Once every 3 and a third years, Coach Richt will get a FLUKE win and ONCE A YEAR Coach Richt will LOSE to a TOTALLY UNRANKED NOT TOP 25 Final AP Poll team.

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cmr did put UGA back ino the national spotlight win or lose, and people are all over what is going on with the program in athens!

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Much of hitting and winning is attitude and then, of course the teaching of hitting and tackling. On the B-team I was on in high school, I will admit I was a bit of a whimp, but I could have been coached a bit too, or just slowly been brought aside and for maybe 15to 30 minutes a practice they could have helped me with technique. Sometimes maybe players can’t admit that they are lacking and it is up to the coaches to look into this and find talent and help them along—-you know its all about the basics. Football is not a complicated game. And when people complicate it they lose games. Don’t make a science project out of it, just take care of the basics, hitting, tackling, running with technique so that the defender has a hard time bringing the runner down and so forth. I said it was simple not easy. Good luck to the Georgia player and coaches—maybe you will dig down into your guts and find a way to win. Attitude goes a long way. A quitter never wins, a winner never quits.

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…. I’m reading on the blogs about our talent level and how things have or have not deteriorated…. I’m more concerned with developing the leaders on the team….Who are they at this point??? Where are the Seniors on this team and when are they going to step up and take control of the team and it’s attitude???

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Three top candidates – Harbaugh at Stanford, Peterson at Boise State and Patterson the TCU coach. All get more out of little talent than we do with 5 star recruits. I love Richt the man but Richt the coach has outlasted his time.

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Another week, another arrest. No news here.

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Hey! Maybe a new addition to your pre-game, a breathalyzer!

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just a reminder mutties, you still get to play us…and Auburn’s looking pretty good too.

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Time for these goofballs in Athens to go and that includes some of the players.

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Bobo got this team to a #2 finish in 2007, so did Richt, finished #10 in 2008. Pretty good guys up there. You have a brand new defensive staff, who is going to be very good once they get their own players in there, and learn the new system, and you have the 3rd new QB in 3 years, that’s a formula for disaster, the QB is a freshman, just not a leader yet, no experience.

I see the 1 long blogger has been busy here under all his fake names posting a bunch of anti-Georgia posts. Like we all don’t know that’s a Florida fan.

Support your team gang, you can’t win em all, but Georgia’s playing hard, on the 2 turnovers, Ealey was fighting to get in the end zone, and Rambo was blocking for his teammates down field. You can’t fault effort, effort usually pays off. All yuo can ask is for your guys to keep trying, the late scores against Ark and Miss St. show the guys are fighting.

Mark Richt has spoiled fans.

6 top 10 finishes in 9 seasons, Saban has ZERO in his 1st 9 seasons.

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“The recruiting obviously has been subpar for several years…”

Bill, UGA has had top 10 recruiting classes for 10 straight years under Richt. Are you saying that Scout, Rivals, ESPN and the like are jokes?
Either you are dead wrong on the recruiting or the recruiting services are a joke. All have UGA with top 10 classes.

But maybe it is the players, but not the way you mean Bill. UGA has recruiting great high school players for 10 years. Bunch of them in the NFL.

But maybe, just maybe, they are not recruiting with enough emphasis on Character. If the best athlete in the state is a low character type, do not touch him. Earlier this year Richt had to dismiss his top QB prospect from the team. The top QB recruit for the 2011 class was suspended from his high school over a character issue. Yet Richt has not pulled his offer to the kid. Why?

I am saying UGA may have just too many low character, bad attitude, me first types, on the team. Just maybe they need more “TEAM – me” types.

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The racism comment by Season Ticket Holder is saddening at best. This team is comprised of only a few white kids. If race matters not then accept the responsibility of accepting the facts.

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“The recruiting obviously has been subpar for several years”. This Mr. King tells me that you don’t have a clue. We have had top 10 recruiting classes 4 of the last 5 years and the one that was not a top 10 was rated at 16. How can you say recruiting has not been good? I agree that it seems we do not recruit on anything but “stars” and talent, because we certainly do not recruit kids with much character, but to say we have not recruited well as far as talent goes is just a false statement. Richt and UGA have had really one good season simce BVG left. If not for BVG, I woulder if we would even be having this discussion today, as I wonder if Richt would have been gone now for 3 or 4 years. Face it, he might be a good man, but he like his mentor Bobby Bowden he recruits talented kids, but alot of those are thugs. Then when they get in trouble he has handed out slaps on the wrist punishment. He has no discipline and seems to have lost the program.

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Bo weevil, you go to practice today and announce to the players that “the season is over”. I’ll pop some popcorn and sit back and watch.

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Do you realize Richt must go 6-2 from here and then win a bowl (toilet) game just to match last year’s 8-5 season. Best case he will go 5-3, end 6-6 and hopefully win a bowl game. It is very very possible Richt will go 4-4 and end 5-7 and some people say give him one more year to really take this program to the depths of the SEC, battling Vandy for 11th place in the conference.

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Success does weird things to some people.

Maybe it’s my imagination, but does anyone else notice that CMR has gained considerable weight? As in “fat and content” maybe?

I don’t judge the man, after all, if I became a multi-millionaire, I would probably slack off worrying about some things, too.

All real men lay in bed and worry about providing for our family and our children – CMR doesn’t have to anymore. Could this “lack of urgency” in his own personal life be the root cause for the increase in THUG behavior and so-so performance on the field?

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Bobo will be dropped into the grease just like the DC last year. This will prolong GA’s inexorable slide into the abyss. The rest of the SEC is all for you guys keeping Richt.
GBO

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I’d be less critical of CMR if it appeared that the players respected themselves and the game.

Instead, we see them jump up and beat their chests after every play – strutting around like they have won the Nobel prize or something – even when they are behind in ballgames.

Don’t believe that the Head Coach can affect how players act on the sidelines? Watch Saban’s players on the sidelines….they are not jumping up and down and dancing and flashing gang signs to the crowd…they are not all smiles…even when they are beating the crap out of somebody, they look all business.

I’m tired of the thug attitudes. The arrests and suspensions are only the manifestation of the undisciplined environment that our Head Coach allows.

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Sick and tired of these meaningless generalities after losses – where’s the outrage?? What do you think Saban would do with this talent?

“[The coaches] just gotta make sure every thing we’re doing is the right thing to do and that we’re doing it well,” Richt said. “That’s part of my job as a head coach. I’m responsible for everything that happens. I gotta make sure every part of our football program starts to do the things we need to do to win.”

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this could seem like a weird analogy, but in the ford truck commercials during the bama-arkansas game you had the opportunity to see richt, saban, and chizuk all together. richt certainly comes across as the least inspiring, least exciting of the three. if his recruiting and coaching is anything like the personality shown in a commercial then it is no wonder the program has fallen off like it has. i know, i know it’s just a commercial….but it got me thinking. and this was before the miss state debacle.

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Here is the deal. We are all screaming about BoBo’s play calling. Well I agree, but here is the bigger picture. BoBo, as OC, is responsible for the backs, the line, and the receivers. It is his job to make sure that they are conditioned, can execute the plays, and HOLD ON TO THE FOOTBALL. He is responsible for the overall development of the Line and entire offensive team. If I am badly mistaken, his job is much more than X’s and O’s period. Play calling is one thing, but there is serious chemistry missing on the offensive side of the ball. Another thing, I believe we are really not playing the most talented players in THEIR best position. Kianti Tripp is a good lineman. Where is he? Defense and hardly playing at all. Nick Williams- Safety or LB and playing very little. We are in total disaray as to where to play our guys.

Bill, I am with you. I do not want to see CMR gone- Yet. We will see in the coming days just how committed he is to turning this program around and if he really bleeds Red and Black. I hope he does look in the mirror and down deep. He does not appear to be an arrogant man, so let’s hope he is honest with himself and can see the real issues like most fans that are sitting in the seats. For all of those calling for his head- it is in the best interest of the Bulldog Nation to pull together, support CMR, and this team for the rest of the season. Let’s see what he is going to do. I hope he can make the tough decisions because of his commitment to bring UGA a NC and not because he is being forced.

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Everyone saying MR should fire Bozo and hire an offensive genius aren’t seeing the full picture. Yes, I agree, the Bozo must go!

MR may fire Bobo at the end of the season, and hire a new OC. However that OC won’t be what you think he will be. This is MR’s offense, MR is the offensive genius (sic) on this team. This is his playbook, his gameplan, yes he approves everything Bobo does, don’t think any different. He even knows the plays Bobo is calling during the game!

With that in mind do you really think anything will change offensively?

This team still cannot block, tackle or cover anyone in the secondary. Where is the 5 star running back of the future.You mean King and Ealey are the best backs Richt could recruit the last 5 years? Not counting Moreno.

It seems MR rebuilds every 3 years. Why can’t he recruit to fill the holes while rebuilding. Truth is other then Stafford, Moreno, and AJ Greed, who has he really recruited. OK, I’ll give you Murray!

MR is just not getting it done anymore, his heart ain’t in it. Its as plain as the nose on your face!

MR needs to go and take the spray on tan with him!

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LAST IN THE SEC:::GSU RUNS THIS STATE….HE HE HA HA

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Bill,
I think you are on the same page as a lot of us. I look at things from 2 points of view.
1. If we replaced Richt, who would we go with? A. TCU Gary Patterson – Perhaps the best choice. He has an inside to track to recruit Texas and the pedigree of good Defensive teams. B. BSU Chris Peterson. The Dan Hawkins experiment at Colorado leaves me a little wanting for this direction. C. An NFL pedigreed coach… D. some other coordinator I am not thinking of… Either way, I don’t really see a lot of options on the table that would indicate Richt would be easily replaced. We all may want the hottest coach in the land but having said that, let’s look at two recent events. 1. Tennessee… A top level program that has to find its coach on down the line with Derrick Dooley. I think he will be a good coach at some point but I am sure it wasn’t Tennessee’s first choice. 2. Todd Grantham was definitely not our first choice. These two items make you wonder where we would be able to plug and play a head coach.

Secondly, if we review what Mark Richt has done over his tenure, I am more and more inclined to believe that Brian Van Gorder had more to do with our success then people give him credit for. He is now the D coordinator for a much improved Falcons D and is on the fast track to getting a head coaching job in the NFL… much more prestigious than a DI college football program (think 32 vs 117 teams). Having said that, when Richt was the offensive coordinator, we saw better success than we did with Mike Bobo. Also, I think the fact that Neil Callaway is a head coach speaks to the fact he must have been a better coach than Stacey Searls. Put all of those things together and there needs to be some changes in the offensive side of the ball as well.

I don’t place all the blame on the offense. After all, we are paying a guy $750,000 to coach our defense and we are not getting bang for the buck at all. We do not have the personnel to run an effective 3-4 not do I see us being able to find the players to really run a true 3-4. The D coach has to run schemes that fit the team not make the team fit the scheme… I learned that in kindergarten…. round peg does not fit square hole. Grantham has got to figure out what he is doing and quick.
Offense… My analysis on our offensive woes does not start with the O-Line. It starts with our play packages. Murray has an arm but is slow on his release which is why you see the deep ball coming up short. My biggest concern is our inability to get the ball into receivers hands on the short routes…think west coast style plays. There does not seem to be an effective package to do that. Additionally, and this is all Mike Bobo, we are not running multiple threats out of the same package. We line up in the I formation and either run the ball or play action deep. Very predictable. Where are the shorter routes. We have a mobile QB, why aren’t we changing the launching point? Where are the WR screens and the jail break screens? Where are the zone read blocking schemes? If we can block one on one, why aren’t we doing a better job running the counter tre or scheming a one step and read play? Just my thoughts Bill on the state of affairs at UGA football.
As for the arrests, what more can a coach do? I have said it once, I will say it again. CMR must institute a big brother program. Upperclassmen are paired up with underclassmen… Seniors with Sophomores, Juniors with Freshman. These should be guys who can be called night and day to help each other out of jams. If one of the pair gets in trouble, the other gets in trouble. I.e. the situation on Saturday night would have resulted in 1, player getting kicked off the team and 2, his mentor would have been suspended for the next game.

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I’m not ready to bail either. Who we gonna get? Neither Muschamp nor Smart are likely to leave there present circumstances.

“…But Georgia is as soft up the middle as I’ve ever seen them…”
Yeah, I reckon. But, haven’t most of the “big plays” we’ve given up been toward the perimeter? Guys just way outa position.

“…With our undersized line…”
That’s why when everyone was drinking the koolaid of Grantham’s hire and going to the 3-4 puzzled me. You gotta have certain players for that D. The old rule of putting players in the best position suited for them. I’m not sure we had enough of those type players, particularly the line.

And, you run the draw thinking you’ve got one of the best O-lines and they should be able to block and the runner should be able to bust one out every now and then. And Carlton did bust one out. Problem is, it was only one (that I can remember).

I don’t think recruiting is particularly “down”. We’ve got quite a few 3 and 4 star players. How many do Boise St and TCU have? Heck, far as that goes, how ’bout Cincy from last year (top 10 team)?

I’m not ready for us to turn into another Vowels nor Awbun. It’s shameful the way Fulmer and Tuberville were treated. It’s bad enough the way Adams treated Coach Dooley.

I do agree we pretty much gotta win out the rest to be “respectable” again. Yall notice how other teams think of UGA as a “major” opponent and think their season is made when they beat us? EG they were delirious at S.C., Ark AND Miss St; “…one of the greatest wins ever for the program…” reactions.

Letting Baker go “should” send quite the signal. Hope it works. BTW, he’s a 4-star recruit.

Now is the time to support the team. Let’s go to Colorado and GATA!

Go Dawgs!!!

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He should fine each asst coach 2k for every player of theirs that get arrested.That would clear up all the off field crap in 1 season.

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BTW, Ealey din fall on the ball probably cause he got his helmet knocked off and his bell rung just a little. But, that WAS an easy seven points for the other bulldogs. AND, the case can be made that the ground caused the fumble. A coupla plays here and there for both the O and the D, and we could be undefeated. Damm if it aint a game of inches.

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SouthGADAWG- Now there is a dang good idea.

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One thing to consider on kicking guys off your team to please the public.Meyer will play and START players with Dui’s and failed drug tests.He will take those players and kick UGA’s ass with them too.

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UGA needs to step up recruiting out of state. Just took a look at UGA’s roster. Looks like 90% is from GA. Where are the CA, TX and FL players? UGA seems to stay in the state exclusively. http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/geo-m-footbl-mtt.html

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Somebody has to be your Dawg. Haven’t you ever heard the line, when you’re mad, go home and just kick your dawg? CMR just went home and kicked his, maybe he still has a pulse, anger can be a good thing when channeled in the right direction. I’m not changing my position, just looking at all the perspectives. Poor Baker. Shouldn’t he have known better?

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Didn’t see the interview on CTG, what did he say?

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Quick question Bill- DO THE DAWGS HAVE TO WIN FOR YOU TO STAY A FAN……PRETTY QUICK TO CAST VOTE ON COACH RICHT….TAKE A LOOK TO THE NORTH YOU IDIOT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE QUICK TO GET RID OF A GOOD COACH…do we have issues that need to be addressed…yes! do we need to get rid of a few assistant coaches…yes! but UGA fans better be very careful about wanting to get rid of coach richt….you think its bad now…..again, to the idiots that even thuink about this crap- take a look in hillbillieville

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Fire is the most overrated phrase thrown around in coaching!Whopeedoo I guy yells and screams so what?Goff and Donnan both had more “fire” than Richt…and?So did Lou Holtz and Spurrier…so?Searles has that “fire” they say….so?

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Why do people keep saying ” We have the talent but…”?

I agree with everyone when they they that our coaches are idiots( I have also said that Mark Richt is the problem for the last 2 years, so the current predicament doesn’t suprise me). But except for a few key positions, this team isn’t that talented! So this notion that the Dawgs should win on talent alone is a dumb one. Other teams have talent too you know!

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I have been a supporter of Mark Richt and Bobo. I will tell you that am now concerned about the psyche of this team. I have never been 1-3 to start a season as a coach, but as a player my junior year we got out of the gate 1-4 and i can tell you you start to wonder if you’ll ever win another game. You also start to play tenative and you start think too much. I will support the players and coaches until the end of the season and then maybe we all take a deep breath and look at where we are versus where we should be. When I watch our guys there seems to be an arrogance that I think believes that we can just roll our helmets out there and the other team should just concede the game. We have seemed to have lost our mojo since the “Blackout Beatdown” against Bammer. Since then we’ve just kind of stumbled around. I can barely remember us being this shameful in our effort and intensity. We are ABSOLUTELY SOFT! We’ve been out physicaled on the line by everybody we’ve played including Louisiana Laff-a-lot(we just out-athleted them). We need to do something that inspires some anger/passion/intensity. In football you are either the hammer or the nail. And I am tired of being the Nail.

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Fire is a good thing when used appropriately.

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By the way, I do not advocate the firing of anybody. i do think that they need to examine carefullly how they do business.There is an absolute lack of confidence in the players.

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We continually sign in the top 10 in recruiting classes. Do not tell me that our recruiting is down and that we don’t have the players. That is a bold faced lie!!! The athletes are there. You think if Mack Brown, SToops, Meyer, Saban, Spurrier, Tressel, Chris Peterson were in Athens we would even be having this discussion?!?!?! This program has failed expectations and underacheived every year since ‘05 and now we are hitting rock bottom.

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I thought Martinez was the problem? Lets just fire everyone, from the teachers down to the A.D. and all the coaches. That should solve everything. Maybe our players are the ones that suck. Just because they were good in high school, doesn’t mean they will be great in college.

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1Dawg-
numbers 1,2,and 4 won’t come here and Kirby Smart is a joke. He doesn’t coach anybody. Saban does all of the coaching. Kirby just signals in the plays.

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The program is really not in that bad of a state. The main problem is that our offensive line is so soft it is almost unbelievable. There was one play in particular during the first half when the RG and RT (not sure who they were) got up into their A pass blocks just as three MSU defenders overloaded that side. Decent OL would have blocked two and left one player free and let the RB block him if there was one, or make the QB scramble. What actually happened is both players looked left, looked right, saw they couldn’t block all three, and ended up letting all three go through untouched. It should be noted this WAS NOT a screen pass. It was one of the most pitiful performances i have ever seen by an OL.

If our OL was what it was supposed to be, and if Ealey had grabbed the ball instead of his helmet in the endzone, we could easily be 3-1 rather than 1-3. Let us not forget that we always knew we did not have the right personnel for the 3-4 yet and that this was a rebuilding year. A lot of fans went crazy thinking we would win the SEC this year, but that was never going to happen. Bobo and Searels probably need to go based on the OL problems and the horrifically bad offensive playcalling, but lets not go nuts here. If we end up as a .500 team next year, maybe it is time for Richt to go, but even though we are 1-3, it is not the end of the world.

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As the Outlaw Josey Wales said, “Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you’re not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. ‘Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That’s just the way it is.”

If the coaches and players can get plumb, mad-dog mean, then they can make this a season to remember. But nothing short going rabid-dog crazy will do.

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Cant bring yourself to turn on Mark yet?? Dude wake up! He hasnt done crap since beat fla in 2007…THREE YEARS ago. We are int he same realm as Kentucky!

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I reallly think we should run it up the middle again inside the 20….

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I think play action is the new offense…lets give it a few more years and see what happens…Ever notice how smaller compnaies try and emulate bigger ones…same theory here…How about running some spread or pistol offense like great teams like BAMA AND FLA

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1dawg…., Brian Bellick…., great coach. Both, College and NFL experience. Plus his wife’s sister is married to Mike Smith, Falcons H/C…… He certainly would make it interesting….

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Hey Richt…Ever heard of a fake field goal or punt??? its what great coaches call in the first half of games inside the oppenents 20 ( see urban meyer tenn game) when you are playing crap teams like MSU and you have superior talent and you need a big monentum lift….runnning on the field is not the lift we need nor is a jersey change. Get lost and leave town…Please! You are pathetic. One more thing get a real punt returner you moron

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I imagine we could emulate Meyer if we stop suspending players and kicking them off the team for stuff he wont.

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The problems with this team are right in front of our faces if we’re just willing to look.

1. Of the 10 arrests this off season 6 have been alcohol related – This is a major red flag that there is a pervasive “party atmosphere” on this team. Demetre Baker obviously was led to believe by what he’s seen that it’s okay to be in downtown Athens drinking until 2-3 in the morning. He’s a freshman who I’m sure has been taken out downtown by some of the older players. Kind of hard to play your best when you’re nursing a hangover.
2. UGA named the nation’s top party school – see above comment.
3. Other than the new defensive coaching, the offense is stale and predictable- when the average fan can sit at home and call out the plays and be right on the call most of the time it’s no wonder we get out coached and out schemed. I don’t want to hear any excuses about us having a redshirt freshman QB either, A.Murray is playing at high level it’s the play calling PERIOD. Prime example- Why does Bobo insist upon running little Carlton Thomas straight up the gut and not get him the ball in space? The one time they did the delayed draw and he actually had some space to run he rips off a 15yd run.
4. Whether people want to admit it or not, the fact is PLAYERS TAKE ON THE PERSONA OF THEIR COACH. We have a non-chalant, aw-shucks, “win some lose some” coach and we’re surprised when we see the same demeanor on the field?!
5. There is an obvious problem with morale and even perhaps a divided locker room that the public is unaware of. Did anyone watch as the team came out on the field? About a third were jumping up and down and looked excited to be there and ready to play. The rest of the team just walked out and looked like they had already lost the game or just didn’t care. Body language tells A LOT if you know how or are willing to read it.
I may not be an expert, but who needs to be one to see this team has major problems.

Take a walk back in history, Donnan if you remember was fired not only because of the losses but because his team had become a bunch of party hounds. Goff had lost his team as well at the end and had a similar start to his final year.

Richt has been on cruise control since his last SEC title in 05. He even admitted as much himself when he said we’re doing the same things today that we’ve done the past 10yrs, and again we wonder why Manny Diaz can out scheme Bobo?!

I think part of the problem too is Richt, outside of coaching is an OUTSTANDING human being and all around good guy, and let’s be real we all want to root for a guy like Richt to succeed, but as a football coach I don’t know maybe he’s too nice. (Bobby Bowden even said as much) Maybe some of the talent we’ve had in the past has covered up poor coaching.

What I do know is there are MAJOR problems in Athens regarding this football team and unfortunately I think we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg. I’m confident howver, that McGarity won’t put up with it for long.

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Having lived through the Johnny Griffith years, I am not yet ready to unload the current coaching staff. Even if Kirby Moore, Will Muschamp, or BOTH of them were willing to come back to Athens, it is unlikely that changing coaches now will alter to outcome of this season in a major way.

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I wouldn’t be afraid of a change, things really, at this point, couldn’t be worse unless we were 0-4.

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You’re right SouthGA. Let’s start comparing ourselves to the Vandy’s, Miss St’s and KY’s. We’re much closer to them than to the Bama’s and UF’s.

South, my fellow Dawg fan, you are part of the problem ! ! ! Get out of the past and into the present.

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Ivebeenworkingontherr – My brother and I discussed that possibility in reference to Billick. I think he would be a great fit. Having said that, I don’t know if he would be interested. Might as well put Cowher on the list of wouldn’t it be cool but… I just think when you go through a long list of replacement Coordinators, it makes you wonder what kind of high level coach you can bring in.

As for the coaching, I just don’t know what to say. We need to bring in a group of coaches that are on the same page working towards the same goal. I don’t see that right now. Having said that, I am underwhelmed by the D coaching staff. When you talk coaching up, you talk about improving fundamentals and installing unique play design to create advantages for your team. Martinez got the axe due to tooooo many personal foul penalties (which we have drastically improved upon) and lack of fundamentals. Grantham brought in a lot of coaches who on paper showed they were solid position coaches. Having said that, I am disappointed with the D line play, the LB play, and safety play. CB has been pretty solid. Include that with an inability to correct problems at the point of the attack, and we are in trouble. If you can’t stop the run with 7 in the box, you are going to struggle everywhere. Take that in step with the fact our blitzing is picked up because we are not getting penetration, it places an undue burden on the secondary.

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Fact is we recruit from the base of the #5 state in the nation. There are only so many scholorships available at the top schools so we will get our share of them. Ingrams from Michigan. Kids will come from everywhere to play for a winner. We need strong Leadership, CMR’s simply not that, unfortunately. Two border states, Bama, and Florida, are also fertile recruiting grounds. UGA has a long history of putting kids in the NFL. Build it and they will come….

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Joe Dog

September 26th, 2010
7:22 pm

Richt needs to learn LEADERSHIP 101.

Go to team, survey them, to find out who leaders should be. Go with what they say. Because they believe in certain guys, and will play harder for them.

Georgia has NEVER won an SEC Championship without a QB from the state of Georgia.

CORRECTION!..1966 SEC CHAMPIONS….QB KIRBY MOORE..WAS FROM DOTHAN, ALABAMA.

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We have had top ten recruiting classes nearly every year but last when we were 17th. Last year Arkansas was 44th and Miss ST was 38th. I don’t want to here recruiting as the excuse. The problem lies somewhere else.

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That’s why you have to either live with what we have, or start from the top SOUTH. We have gotten to the point that as far as anyone that’s up and coming, or aspiring for success won’t come to Athens.

Did you read my 10:54 post, there are bright, hungry guys out there looking for opportunity.

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This blog makes me want to dance in the end zone!

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SOUTHGADAWG88, just in case you were not aware of the atmosphere in Gainesville, UF is the only Institution other than Vandy that belongs to the prestigious American Association of Universities which Tech was just recently invited to join and which UGA has not. By the way UF has been a member since 1985.

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SouthGaDawg- ‘06 Knowing that Shockley was going to leave and the best we can do is Joe T 3 or a true frosh? Shouldn’t lose to Vandy or Kentucky any year. ‘07 we were plenty good enough to win the SEC. Managed 12 points to S.C. and got blown out by UT. ‘08 we are preseason #1 before getting BLOWN OUT at home by Bama (score does not tell the truth), and Florida (once again). 09- Thats the best we can do with a RS Senior QB??? Most coaches would love to have that kind of experience taking snaps. Problem was he wasn’t experienced because Stafford was trying to put up 40 points a game so we could get a W.

Richt is 10-12 in the East since ‘05 and he’s 8-8 in his last 16 home games. I would hardly call this anything but “underperforming” and “failing to meet expectations”. He was brought here to beat UT, Fla. Auburn, and Tech. The only 1 of those he beats on a regualar basis is Tech, not in our conference.

Stop making excuses.

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MARK RICHT DESERVES TO GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP,HE MUST BE FIRED FOR KEEPING MIKE BOBO SO LONG,IM GLAD A.D MCGARITY IS NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS LOSING COMING FROM UGA!

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SouthGaDawg- not sure what you expected from the D this year with new coaches and new scheme. I believe the majority of people in here thought the D and the freshan QB were the biggest concerns going into the season.

Murray has looked good, just too much being asked of him and he’s getting absolutely no help. Considering how inept our offense has been I’d say we are lucky we haven’t been blown out 2 of the last 3 weeks, i’d say that is a credit to the D.

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I think we forget how tough the sec really is we have a higher % rate of all confrences and the last few years the most NCs. even what we call our lower or middle tier teams are better than most other confrences. it does not take to many mistakes to loose a game esp playing on someone elses homefield

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Richt’s top 5 in wins, and top 20 since 2005. you guys don’t know what ya got.

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I CANT BELIEVE MARK RICHT IS THIS STUPID FOR KEEPING BOBO ON FOR SO LON?

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Just SAD!!! Mark, Time to make your U-Haul reservations!

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Barry

September 27th, 2010
11:37 am
It is absolutely amazing how many “experts” there are out here in cyber space.

Barry- you don’t have to be an expert to see UGA has major problems. I’m tired of all the head in the sand fans who refuse to see the problem for what it is. This team is undisciplined, unmotivated, and uninspired. Look at the body language not only of the coaches but the players. Look at the effort or lack thereof.

Look at the idiotic offensive playcalling. You don’t have to be an expert to know it’s probably not a good idea to rush Carlton Thomas up the middle when he is SOOO much better in space. He has neither the size nor strength to break tackles going head on into the d-line.

Being an “expert” has nothing to do with this. You can see it week in and week out. Look at the teams that are winning and/or competitive in their games and then look at the teams that have gotten used to losing over the years and tell me whether UGA looks more like the winning programs or the losing ones.
Since Richt has been hired at UGA:
-Nick Saban won a national championship at LSU, left for the NFL, came back and won one at Bama in 3yrs.
-Les Miles – Saban’s replacement at LSU has won a NC.
-Urban Meyer has won 2 at Florida and coached a heisman trophy QB
- Now it appears Petrino, Mullen, Spurrier, and Chizick are all passing Richt by with lesser overall talent.

Sorry my friend but it doesn’t take an “expert” to see these things only a willingness to wake up and smell the coffee!

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For all of you wanting to bail and fire MR. Then don’t be suprised if our next coach uses us a stepping stone job. Every coach knows which jobs are characterized by a disloyal fan base and administration.

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Top five recruiting classes year after year and how many top five finishes? One. He needs to go and take BoBo with him. Then we need to find a coach that can teach fundamentals, you know, blocking and tackling, because right now the Dawgs can’t do either and that’s poor coaching, period.

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Hang in there you puppy Dawgs, you’re in for a lumpy ride………

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On another note,how bad is tim couch as commentator? He uses incorrect grammar constantly. I know he was a good QB at Kentucky, but how bad is he as a commentator? He used incorrect grammar the entire game. His broadcating is like his career with the cleveland browns.

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certainly something needs to change, since hanging 55 on ULL we have scored 6,24,and 12. That’s not getting it done. Maybe it is time to fire Bobo and let Richt re-take the play calling..

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Dawgs are useless. The Coach has to go. Bradley actually makes the case himself but then runs from it. Maybe Mr Cox can do a better job…

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Honestly, i was disgusted with both teams, GT and UGA. The Miss State game was probably the worst game I have ever had the agony of watching. And the Tech NC State game was just as bad on the Jackets part. At this point i think both coachs are predictable. And thats a sad situation for Fans in the state of Georgia to be in. God i hope both coachs turn things around but at this point it doesnt even look remotely possible.

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Termigator the atmosphere that I was referring to at FLA was the keeping on the team and starting players who fail drug screens and get DUI’s etc.

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“Hire muschamp or smart now’

It’s not like either of those guys will fix UGA’s problems in one year. Gotta love fair weather fans.

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look…UGA is a fumble in the SC game, a last minute drive away in the Ark game and a fumble and penalty that a TD away in the Miss St game from being 4-0. Dont get stupid. All of this without Green

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CMR “IF YOU KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU’VE ALWAYS DONE, YOU’LL ALWAYS BE WHERE YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN.!” Bill Purvis,pastor cascade hills church columbus Ga… Coach Richt, START CALLING THE PLAYS FOR THE OFFENSE, ITS YOUR STRONG POINT! GO DAWGS!

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Patrick-
You show some amount of perspective. Are you lost, most everybody else on here a charter members of the “lunatic fringe”. Sometimes you have to ride out the storm and then assess the damage. Maybe we run the table end 9-3 or maybe we tank and end 1-10. Until then we don’t know. Let’s just stand proud and believe until all hope is lost. Like Rhett Butler once said”I’m a sucker for a lost cause”. Fire Bill King it is his fault that we couldn’t move the ball versus a stiff breeze (that isn’t any less rational than its Bobo’s fault our guy got blasted and coughed up the ball).

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I wonder if PETA will be our sponsor next year?

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so if UGA beats Flan (should not be that hard they have looked horrible against very weak teams),
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Fla beats SCar and
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SCar already beat UGA and
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all three have 3 SEC losses, how is the eastern champ decided?

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Patrick you are very optimistic but sadly mistaken.

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Rincon-
Since you know the future. Can you give me the winning megamillions numbers please. Working is for chumps, just ask Obama.

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CMR 2-7 against FLORIDA

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CMR 0-0 this year versus Florida.

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The reason we never win anything around here is because we accept mediocrity. Right now UGA can only wish for that.

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Anytime MS State beats an SEC team, a coach get his wings at the end of the year. Look it up.

Signed,

Zook, Shula, Tubberville, Orgeron, (and soon Nutt).

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On September 4,2010 at 11:59 a.m. did we think we would be where we are ? Sad just Sad!!

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Dawg Tell-
NO!

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Who cares about wins and losses? If you win BCS it dont matter COACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I agree if we tank (3 wins or less) then he needs to go. But it is just too early.

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Patrick……….are you on drugs? We will lose to Kentucky, fla, Aub., and maybe Tenn. As far as the article, anybody that can’t bring themselves to say it’s time for Richt to go either isn’t bothered by losing or has an agenda(idiots like belue, dowdle, etc) The Richt era is OVER. Just a matter of when we decide to stop the madness. We went thru a few years of this with Goff. hopefully McGarrity will so more leadership than Dooley did in the mid 90’s and pull the trigger at the end of the year. although I think there is a good chance Richt takes a nice settlement and quits. He has no fire left in him, he’s always been Mr. Excuses(as someone already said compare his reaction to Mack Brown’s) he’s soft and likely to just quit when the going gets tough. I don’t care how he gores as long as he’s gone.

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Rincon- if he was paid $30,000 does that make losing more acceptable. When we talk dollars it loses its impact. We all wanted him locked in contract after 2007 so don’t jump off now.

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Obviously you accept mediocaty why dont you become a vandy or kentucky fan because I am not accepting it at all.

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Plenty of good seats still available.

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Mark nneds to do trhe play calling the next couple of games and let Bobo set out like he would one of the players if they miessed up.

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If Tennessee looks like they are in the huddle with us again (like EVERY defense we have played so far this year), heads will have to roll.

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Can we buy our way out of the Fla game this year or do we have to play them?

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Is the blackout still on for the Tenessee game? Ohhhh. Even if we lose it will be soooo exciting! I love you. BJ

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UGA doesn’t have the def players to execute the 3-4 much less learn it in a season. They’re undersized and their backups are very young or out for the season. It’ll take years to recruit the right players and by then I doubt these coaches will still be there if this current trend of losing continues. Its dumbfounding why the DC continues to run the same defenses where oppenents are eating our lunch. GD it blitz a few times!!!! MSU sent the entire student body time after time and it worked!! There’s a whole lotta blame to go around on both sides of the ball and the entire coaching staff. Terrible playcalling time after time. Bobo has a whole playbook he’s ignoring by calling the same running plays up the middle that work less than half the time. And forget our special teams. They’re lost, especially punting, not the kicker, but the coverage and returns. For crying out loud go for the block!! There is nothing there but when other teams try trickery on our special teams they get away w/it. It’s coaching or lack of it.

Petersen isn’t coming to GA but the Stanford HC may. He’s a heck of a recruiter and has landed a lot of GA HS players. UGA has lost that recruiting battle for several years now. Even when they had Stafford and Moreno they couldn’t win the big ones. Players just weren’t coached the way Saben runs his team at AL. They’re tough and hard as rocks. They make great players even better. UGA will never break this trend of down hill exhibition w/the current staff. Its time for a change, now.

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Operator: “Information, what city please?”
McGarrity: “Boise, Idaho.”

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go play with willie the chihuahua again.

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It’s hard to believe that Richt really wants to coach at Georgia anymore. If he did he would have taken over calling the offensive plays and let Bobo handle cleaning up the showers.

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Here’s the status of things at UGA: Our place among the SEC’s elite programs-GONE. Tailback U-GONE. The fear that opponents once had when playing us-GONE. Our ability to recruit the best players-GONE. Our collective faith that we could out muscle, out think, out play and/or out coach an opponent on any given Saturday-GONE. Our confidence that our coaching staff could keep good players from making bad decisions off the field-GONE. The chance that I will, next year, support this grease-fire with my donation and season ticket purchase-GONE. And Dog-GONE-it, I’m sad.

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Bill, I hate losing just as you and everybody else does. As one of the players put it last week, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth until you win again. Our players don’t play to lose and the coaches don’t coach them to lose. Time for us to hunker down with these young players and some of these newer coaches and support our team.

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Sound’s like “Disappointed” is a fair weather fan. Alabama is looking for more fans, maybe you can end up over there.

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If we dont play not to lose then why do we just stand around when the opponet punts the ball? Why dont we ever set up for a return? In order to win you have to fight to win.

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First UGA is the only BCS conference school to play 3 conf games in the first 4 games.

Second if UGA had played Ohio States schedule they would be at least 3-1 and ranked between
15th to 20th.

Third change is a good thing if you make the right choices. With the wrong things just get worse like the economy Huh!!!

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LHardingDawg: Fair weather? You got it wrong, sparky. I’ve had season tickets for 34 years and have been with Dogs over both wonderful and woeful stretches. And guess what? The worst of those stretches have ended in a head coaching change. (I’ll wait while you go look it up.) Fair weather? I’m flying to Boulder on Friday to follow the Dogs and yell like hell for ‘em no matter what. Where will you be?

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Bobo was an idiot in college, on and off the field (I know, I was there). He is an idiot now….mostly on the field. I couldn’t stand him then and I can’t stand him now. New Campaign: NOMOBOBO!

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OSU GRAD – What a role model! How many arrests have we had this year? He is influencing the wrong people. If he wants to influence the playas he should listen to crap music and wear a kangol. I’m starting to believe the thUGA moniker.

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Unlike the rest of you fair weather fans I believe that CMR is no better or no worse than the rest of the coaches in the SEC. I also believe he has recruited players well enough to compete in the SEC and the nation. It is my firm belief the bulk of fault for the performance of the past few years should be laid squarely on the players themselves. They continue to behave like a bunch punk thugs off the field and a bunch of scared sissies on the field. It is way past time for the players to man up and act like they give a crap about the outcome of the games. For goodness sake all you offensive, defensive and special teams players hit somebody and make a play!

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Richt has already had a couple of bad years that should have set off change. He hasn’t coached for at least 5 years. I don’t think he has it in him to do the hard work it would take to bring this team back. I will likely not buy tickets next year if Richt is still head coach. Thankfully, I had already decided to never go back to Jacksonville until Richt was gone. He doesn’t want to coach but I guess the money is just too good. It time for a change.

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Quote from the Wikipedia entry on Jim Donnan: **Read the last sentence**

“Donnan was fired by University President Michael F. Adams, against the wishes of athletic director Vince Dooley, in 2000 after the Bulldogs struggled to two consecutive eight-win seasons, and three consecutive losses against Georgia Tech. Donnan’s inability to return the program to the national prominence of Dooley’s era and to compete with longtime SEC Eastern Division rivals such as Tennessee and Florida, combined with certain off-the-field problems for players, are believed to be the reasons for his dismissal.”

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Youre a football genius..even a seven year old could figure out boo boos offense. Thrown in five or six spread plays, use the shotgun, maybe a few draws out of the shotgun and use brannden smith at least 3 to 5 plays a game. Boo boo is making over 300K to waste talent and not use the talent he already has. Come one Richt man up!!!!!

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SC, Ark and now MSU = F-UGA-LY!

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Patrick, I don’t know what kool-aid you’ve been drinking, but I’d like to have some of it myself before I try to watch the UF game!

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More arrests than wins or touchdowns in the last two years. We’re #1. Go Dawgs!

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Delbert you are leaving out the records against GT,AUB, there aren’t you?I think it was Donnan’s last year that he said he “didn’t know the GT and AUB rivalries were such a big deal”In his last year at the school and he could say something like that out loud?He hung himself.

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I solidly support Coach Richt and the players. The momentum must turn around. In the words of Larry Munson, “Hunker down!”

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Richt is softer than warm butter, and the team on the field is emulates his softness.

Die Hard Dawg Fan- From reading your post, it sounds like you should change your name to Die Dumb Dawg Fan…perhaps Die Delusional Dawg Fan…or at the very least, Die Ignorant Dawg Fan? Either way, buying into a coach that has too much tolerance for poor play, poor coaching, and undisciplined actions, is about as dumb as it gets. Do you watch the game, or do you just listen to Richt’s watered-down accounts of the games on the radio? Georgia does less with more than anyone in the nation. I’ve been a Dawg fan for 30 years, and I’ve never once been satisfied with the seasons that ended without a championship. Apparently, that same disatisfaction doesn’t resonate through the coaching staff or players, and definitely not through the thick-headed morons like you that seem to blindly follow anything Richt says. If you’re happy with losing, no expectations, and coaches that are “just happy to be here”, then you should trade in your Dawgs gear and start cheering for an Upward Bound Flag Football team at your local church.

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So let me get this stright, like every college program in the nation and every pro team out there, the Dawgs hit a few bumps in the raod and everyone is ready to hang the coach. It wasn’t that long ago that CMR had a job for life and was being compaired to CVD. I agree that the play calling and the way he has delt with some of the off the field issues could be a lot better, but he can’t make the tackles, throw and catch the passes or block. Even CVD went through some down times. If CMR were to go to another program (either his choice or gets fired) and does well, then all everyone will be saying is, “I told you we should have kept him”. Where is the common ground on the diciplin? If you are to tough, the players won’t want to come to Athens, if you are to easy, then you get what you have now. Which way do you want it?

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Rumor has it that the big-time donors are working on pooling the funds to both buy out Richt and bring in a coach with an aire of toughness and success. Being “competitive” doesn’t cut it- that’s for the SC’s KY’s and Vandys of the world. Until another football NC appears in Athens, this Dawg will not be satisfied. Do your job and bring in a winner McGarity!!!!

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I would just like to hear Richt say, “We will turn this season around. We will win next week.” Instead of stuff like, “I’ve never been 0-3 as a player or a coach.”
If you can’t say it, it won’t happen. Just say it to make the fans feel like they can get behind the team. Unbelievable.

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I love dogs, but it is fun to kick a Dawg while he’s down. Your obnoxious fans have done it for years – enjoy eating it again in Colorado!

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I think we need Pat dye to challenge our manhood. Because I don’t think we’re man eough to beat Buford high school. Also if you watched/recorded the game watch some our guys grinning and talking to the opponent. I am all for good sportsmanship but these guys are not our friends. We have the fight of George McFly (until Maty’s intervention)

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First Tech fans, look at your own disgusting program before you say anything about ours.
Second, didn’t Richt stop making play calls a few years ago because he wasn’t doing it well. Now you want him to go back to it???
Bobo needs to go before the season is over to make a point. The play calling was freaking horrible, and had been under Bobo!!!

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last year all we heard was get rid of defensive coordinator. now we hear get rid of offensive
coordinator. these things are never going to work. we need to rework the entire program as
rot begins at the top. richt has outlive his usefulness to uga. from recruicting to his assistant
coaches. i hope the new AD can see this and make this last year georgia fans have to
endure a season like this and the last three.

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I can’t bail on Mark either Billy Kingdawg. Is it time for another field general though? I agree with you about so many worthless run it up the gut plays.

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All you UGA fans – Please believe me when I tell you this. Even if our new coach wins out the rest of the way and Mark Richt doesn’t win another game this year, I would fire Brian Kelly on the spot and hire Mark Richt to coach Notre Dame. You people have lost your ever-lovin’ minds if you get rid of this guy.

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Bama fan living in Ga for 25years. All I’ve heard for a long time is how good a coach he is. In my mind he is average at best. He has had some of the best talent over the years and never even played for one national championship. His teams are almost always undisciplined and he needs to play silly uniform changes and backflip diving board tricks just to get his players ready to play a big game. No doubt he is a nice guy and has a great future in politics. I vote to keep him. Roll Tide!!!!

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Folks the staff we have is the staff we have and there are eight games left. Lets run this rabbit and then talk about things in December.

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Dooley would never ever be considered a disciplinarian good guy but that was NOT something he was known for.

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Richt needs to go b/c there is a curse of bad luck over the program. One person made a good point about getting someone with the mental toughness to beat Saban/meyer. here is a short list of whom I think may be the answer:

1. Jim Harbaugh/Stanford -a bigger jerk than Saban
2. John Gruden
3. Bill Cowher

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Saban and Meyer are 31-1 in the SEC in the last 2 years.I didn’t see anybody else having success against them either.

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