Putting a UGA slant on all these coaching changes
A former UGA player coaching the Gators ... who'da thunk it? (Associated Press)
Will Muschamp, huh? Like just about everyone else, I didn’t see that coming. It’ll be interesting to watch what having a former Dawg in charge in Gainesville does to the rivalry.
And if Muschamp manages to lure Kirby Smart away from Alabama for a lateral move as defensive coordinator, as rumors have him trying to do, what would that say to Mark Richt, who was unable to do the same with Smart last year? Think that would get Smart drummed out of the Georgia Lettermen’s Club?
It’ll be fun to see where Gus Malzahn winds up, too. And how long Dan Mullen remains at Mississippi State.
Meanwhile, what did you think of the UGA team of the decade they announced Saturday night? Do Ben Jones and Clint Boling from the underperforming current offensive line really belong on that list?
So there’s a lot to talk about and you can continue to do that here, even though I’m on vacation this week. The Blawg will return next week. Until then …
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Buckhead Dawg
December 13th, 2010
9:17 am
FIRST!
yoda dawg
December 13th, 2010
9:18 am
first i am- an article by the bearded troll i did sense.
Snoop Dawg
December 13th, 2010
9:30 am
UGA is screwed as long as the wimpy regents, UGA President, and AD procrastinate in firing the most incompetent coach in the SEC, Mark Richt and his entire team of overpaid losers. The rest of the SEC continues to put distance between us and them while we mill around aimlessly.
Daniel's Dawgs
December 13th, 2010
9:31 am
I hope Muschamp has the same success (or lack of success) in Jacksonville that he had as a player, as a coach.
Jamie
December 13th, 2010
9:32 am
Florida is weaker, they now have a guy with no head coaching experience.
Meyer won 2 National Championships in a short span, that kind of quality will not be there.
If Smart heads to Florida, even better, Alabama will nw be weaker too.
The news just keeps on getting better for Georgia fans.
D
December 13th, 2010
9:33 am
Muschamp will own mark richt. Richt had his chance and blew it. His career is over.
Marc Wabich
December 13th, 2010
9:34 am
We’re gonna take him out!! You hear me, Muchamp’s a trader!! YOu heard it here, first, from the HEDGEDAWG!!
CANTONDAWG
December 13th, 2010
9:38 am
Here’s my take of the coaching changes from a Bulldog fans perspective.
Willl Muschamp (Florida) – This is a big win for UGA. UM is one of the top 2 coaches in college football and perhaps the best recruiter and he’s being replaced by someone with no HC experience. I don’t think he will be a Ron Zook but he can only dream of being as good as UM.Big plus for dawgs.
Gus Malzahn (Auburn-Vandy) – This is also a big plus for UGA. Take Malzahn away from a team with talent that makes his offense dangerous and put him at Vandy. His schemes are great but he’ll never get a Cam Newton at Vandy to hurt the dawgs. Another big plus
Dan Mullen (Mississippi State)- staying put. this is a mixed bag for the dawgs. We have to play him next year but he hasn’t left for another job. If for some reason CMR is let go next year then he’s our man to be next coach at UGA. this is a plus also.
I would like to add that i’m a CMR fan and hopes he goes 14-0 and wins the NC next year. However, i’m also a realist that puts UGA first and think that you have to be held accountable for the job you produce. 3 subpar seasons in a row gets you fired at UGA
dawgmania
December 13th, 2010
9:40 am
Mushchamp, Smart, and Bobo have always been close and have dreamed of coaching together. So Smart leaving to coach with his friend doesn’t surprise me.. plus he may get more freedom to actually “coach” the defense. Don’t be surprised if Bobo wants to join him, but as a Dawg fan, I hope he stays. With Gus M. probably leaving for Vandy, UGA could have a decent shot of having a good year next year. Smart wanted to come to UGA with Richt last year, but Saban talked him out of it. These three guys are close and would love the chance to coach together. Let’s hope Bobo stays…. regardless of what the idiotic fans say about him.
Who can blame Gus for wanting to leave Auburn too? His #1 player is leaving to go to the NFL and now he has a chance to doubling his salary? Look out for yourself and your future by padding the wallet… coaching life in the SEC doesn’t last long. Richt is the exception – thank goodness.
Jamie
December 13th, 2010
9:40 am
I feel sorry for Florida. $20 million, and Meyer told them to take the job and shove it. No other head coach would even interview for it.
So, they settled for a coach with no head coaching experience, coming off a 5-7 season.
Pity the Gators folks, it’s a tough time to be a Gator.
Evansdawg
December 13th, 2010
9:40 am
Its Mark Richt’s program to lose. The don’t pay me for making decisions but if they did and I were in CMR’s position after the year we just had…I’d be overhauling just about everything. There would be a come to Jesus meeting with Grantham, Bobo would go back to being QB coach (or gone), I’d either take over the reigns of OC myself (considering that is the talent that made him an HC) or realize that UGA deserves a top tier OC and go get one. Then I would recruit like it was life threatening. At least it would show some authority to the fans, instead of sending messages of complacency and stagnation. Those are the two words that best describe where our program is…complacent, and stagnant.
Snoop Dawg
December 13th, 2010
9:43 am
Cantondawg, what are you smoking? Since when has three subpar seasons at UGA gotten someone fired? Donnan didn’t have three subpar years. They blew it big time when they traded Donnan for Richt.
Al
December 13th, 2010
9:46 am
I hope CMR will turn things around next season, But……If I were McGarity I would already have my short list and be talking behind the scenes. Unless we win the SEC East next season, we are going to need a few new faces on the sidelines.
JaxDawg05
December 13th, 2010
9:48 am
Will Muschamp is an interesting hire to say the least. I will pull for Will every Saturday but one, but not sure what to think without knowing the OC and DC coming in. Not sure why Kirby Smart would make a lateral move one year after not making the same move last year.
CANTONDAWG
December 13th, 2010
9:48 am
Snoopdawg,
What are you smoking. CJD never won an SEC championship and never even played in one. He lost to GT, TN, AU and FL on a regular basis. CMR has won 2 championships and played for another and finished top 10 6 times. Evidently, you have forgotten that under Donnan we were lucky to be in the top 25. Yes, the past 2 years have been bad but the first 8 were damn good.
yoda dawg
December 13th, 2010
9:49 am
almost correct you are snoop dawg. coach goff, we need, not donnan.
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yoda dawg
December 13th, 2010
9:51 am
cantonesedawg- your food i like, your comments i do not. much education you need. coach goff we must have now
Sanford Drive
December 13th, 2010
9:51 am
(((((42-34))))) hahahahaha!!!
Is there a group of fans who vicariously live through another group of fans more than the Techies living through Florida????
9-1. So glad it hurts more than you’ll EVER admit!!!
GatorBait 18-3
December 13th, 2010
9:52 am
Jamie
Don’t worry about poor Florida. The Gators worst team in 20 years still beat their “lap dawgs” UGA.
As I recall, Florida’s DC Bob Stoops had no HC expeerience when he went to Oklahoma—————–how did that work out pal?
yoda dawg
December 13th, 2010
9:53 am
sanord drive- restraint you need or jedi you will not become
Will
December 13th, 2010
9:53 am
No coach in his right mind would move to The Cesspool of the South and try to coach UGA’s gang of illiterate thugs and morons. So you may as well keep Richt, and just forget winning the SEC – it ain’t gonna happen, dawgtards.
yoda dawg
December 13th, 2010
9:55 am
anger so many of you have- resist the dark side you must
jdawgs34
December 13th, 2010
9:57 am
This is what needs to change in Athens, quit treating the fans and supporters that attend the game like children. We have gone to a corporate atmosphere, with the long time supporters left standing on the outside. So what happens, happens. Interesting that they are advertising for season tickets. Probably the year to purchase….
yoda dawg
December 13th, 2010
9:59 am
jdawg34- a fortune teller you are not. but jedi i am- sense i do that 34 is your age and j your name starts with.
Not Sanford Drive
December 13th, 2010
10:03 am
It has just be reported that Sanford Drive voted for Hussein Obama in 2008.
Boz
December 13th, 2010
10:04 am
One problem with promoting a top assistant to HC is that you don’t get top-rank assistants to join the staff. (Case in point: when CMR came to UGA he served as his own OC and he hired Brian Van Gorder as DC.) Why would Kirby Smart leave Nick Saban’s staff take the same position under an unproven head coach? You could say the same about Malzahn or Halgorsen or any other top coordinator. They’re looking to move up, and taking a lateral to Florida is not an upgrade. In the end Muschamp will probably be his own DC and will hire somebody like Applewhite as OC.
By the way I haven’t heard anyone say it but I think the reason Florida couldn’t get a top-flight head coach is that Urban Meyer WON’T LEAVE. He’s going to have an office there, he’s obviously going to continue giving interviews and stating his opinion on everything, and he’s the exactly the type of jerk who’ll stick a shiv in Muschamp’s back if he ever decides he wants to be HC again. Nobody know this better than Dan Mullen, which I suspect is the reason Mullen is still in Starkville.
moron dawg fan
December 13th, 2010
10:05 am
sanford drive: there havent been any tech fans on this blog living vicariously though florida. settle down. it seems to mostly be uga fans making (fairly) reasonable statements. (if not misspelling ‘traitor’). obsess much?
as far as what snoop dog is smoking. i think that’s probably pretty obvious.
McDawg
December 13th, 2010
10:08 am
why would kirby smart make that move-become a DC under a defensive guy but if he did he will be officially persona non grata in the state of Georgia
Time for a Change!
December 13th, 2010
10:16 am
I’m loving all these changes! Was I disappointed to see Muschamp go to UF? Absolutely I was, but that mean Dan Mullen will still be available next year after Richt has another sub-par season that WE all know he will have. He has become complacent in his duties as HC of one of the most prestigious coaching jobs in college football and let the program fall apart. He has lost control of the players which means they do not respect him. They are an organization of thugs and hoodlums! Its pathetic the way the program has descended the last 5 years. YES 5 years? With the exception of 2007 which in my opinion was a fluke. He needs to go and after next year Dan Mullen will be the lead DAWG at UGA!! Remember he and McGarity know each other and I’m sure they’ve had many conversations already behind the scenes we just have to suffer through one more year of mediocre Richt football!!! GO DAWGS bring on Mullen!!!
GatorBait 18-3
December 13th, 2010
10:22 am
Time for a Change!
Totally agree, Mullen would be great for Georgia. That said, I hope he goes to Texas.
Class of '98
December 13th, 2010
10:22 am
Haha Muschamp is a “trader”? Is he on E-Trade, does he play the market?
Anyhoo, he was 0-4 in Jacksonville as a player. Lets hope the losing streak continues.
Go dawgs. Sic em.
DawginLex
December 13th, 2010
10:23 am
If Kirby Smart goes to florida as DC, he makes Nick Saban look like a fool after last year with his “I don’t believe in moving from one school to the other for the same position.”
DawginLex
December 13th, 2010
10:25 am
What if Bobo gets hired as Florida’s OC to coach with his buddy?
bill
December 13th, 2010
10:25 am
Maybe Applewhite will turn Will down, and he will hire his pal Bobo to be UF OC…we can only hope.
bossdawg
December 13th, 2010
10:34 am
yoda,Stop acting like a dawg fan .We all know yoda is a techie and nobody that short and ugly would be a dawg.
Dawg_Mike
December 13th, 2010
10:35 am
I personally don’t give a rats hiney where Muschamp played ball. If he coaches the Gators, then I hate him as much as anyone else that wears the orange and blue.
Dawg_Mike
December 13th, 2010
10:36 am
Guck the Fators. Period. End of story.
GaTruth
December 13th, 2010
10:39 am
I went to the UT – A&M game in Austin. UT’s D was as uninspired as I have ever seen a team. They got pancaked all year. They couldn’t stop Iowa State – IOWA STATE! But, it’s not unlike other jobs in that Muschamp will br fired up and FL has great athletes. Dawgs better get settled in and ready to fight.
Jamie
December 13th, 2010
10:40 am
Gators, a 7-5 team, hired a 5-7 asst coach with no head coach exp.
Huntsville Dog
December 13th, 2010
10:43 am
Don’t see why Smart would leave Bama for the same job at Florida.
schmeckdawg
December 13th, 2010
10:43 am
Dawg_Mike I am with you 1,000%!!!!
Muschamp or Muschump?
December 13th, 2010
10:43 am
Enter your comments here
DawginOH
December 13th, 2010
10:51 am
The only UGA slant I can put on all these coaching moves is that CMR has been provided with a golden opportunity to take back the reigns not only in the Florida rivalry, but in the SEC as a whole. If he can’t get something done in 2011, it might just be time for Dan Mullen. I like Richt a lot. But I like Georgia winning a whole lot better.
DawginLex
December 13th, 2010
10:54 am
If richt blows it in 2011, you can bet the first call will be to Peterson at Boise and he will listen after the way they got snubbed this year with only one loss.
ATL XMAN
December 13th, 2010
10:55 am
richt is fine. uga is sitting very pretty right now with all the changes going on and uga knows what coach richt can do. look for uga to win a few more sec east titles here real soon. we have the talent pool getting bigger this coming year that will set us up for a pretty good run.
ATL XMAN
December 13th, 2010
10:57 am
richt is not going to blow anything guys. his down years are behind him and it only goes up from here. might be another 6 years before he loses 5 games again
droopydawg
December 13th, 2010
10:58 am
Boling and Ben Jones made the list? Is that a joke?
Foley's Folly?
December 13th, 2010
10:59 am
UF AD Foley is rolling the dice on this one. He’s hired Muschamp for his potential.Potential is a funny thing –Muschamp may have already reached his full limit. The history of football, both on the college and pro level, is littered with coordinators (both O and D) who were fantastic at their coordinator’s job but later proved hapless as head coaches. Just an observation–Muschamp fits that DC profile: very aggressive, a screamer, emotional, a curser–all attributes of a good DC but not necessarily of a head coach. How will he handle fund raising, the alumni, boosters, the media, offensive players, offensive recruits? Does he have the sophistication and temperment to excel as a HC in the SEC. We’ll see. As asked above, will he be Muschamp or Muschump?
droopydawg
December 13th, 2010
10:59 am
Believe it or not, Dawgs fans, but UGA is only about the 10-15th most attractive job in college football. UF is an objectively better job (unfortunately), so it would not be that big a deal if Smart moves laterally there. This is also why firing Richt is unlikely to yield a better coach. We are more likely to end up with a Zook than a Meyer.
droopydawg
December 13th, 2010
11:02 am
Foley Folly: good point about great coordinators not necessarily being great HC’s. That is also why I am not excited (as some fans seem to be) about the prospect of firing Richt to hire Smart. Also, UGA has a zero percent chance of hiring Peterson, Patterson, or Harbaugh if Richt were to be fired. I may change my mind if we have another bad year next year, but right now Richt is definitely the best option UGA has and I suspect we may be pretty good next year in year two of the 34 if we can recruit or a train a legit NT.
ATL XMAN
December 13th, 2010
11:03 am
I Would list it as a top 5-7 job. being in the sec has its advantages.
ATL XMAN
December 13th, 2010
11:05 am
doesnt really matter though as coach richt has it and will for about 15- 20 years. the guy wins. and he knows how to coach. period. end of story. uga would be laughed at if they let a coach this proven go when all these other schools are scraping for coaches.
Huntsville Dog
December 13th, 2010
11:11 am
You can’t get rid of Richt unless you have a really good replacement. I’d rather keep him that be searching for 5-6yrs for someone to duplicate his success. He raised the bar at the beginning and now that success is making recent seasons look even worse.
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
11:11 am
“Will Muschamp, huh? Like just about everyone else, I didn’t see that coming.”
Yeah, that’s because UGA fans are too busy talking about how awesome they will be next season.
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
11:12 am
“It’ll be fun to see where Gus Malzahn winds up, too.”
No one knows what’s going to happen. Wa Post, a washed up liberal rag, reported yesterday that he’s taken the job. Rivals says that he turned the job down.
Gotta love “gotcha jourNOlism.”
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
11:14 am
“Gus Malzahn (Auburn-Vandy) – This is also a big plus for UGA. Take Malzahn away from a team with talent that makes his offense dangerous and put him at Vandy. His schemes are great but he’ll never get a Cam Newton at Vandy to hurt the dawgs. Another big plus”
No team will ever get a Cam. Cam is a one of a kind player.
Glad he played and won the Heisman at Auburn.
droopydawg
December 13th, 2010
11:16 am
6-6 headed to Memphis > 6-6 headed to Shreveport after losing to your main rival.
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
11:24 am
droopydawg
Auburn is 13-0. You were saying?
Observation
December 13th, 2010
11:25 am
Looks like Mark Richt has one of his family members posting on this blog. Good god, talk about delusional.
Observation
December 13th, 2010
11:27 am
The Barn was a whopping 13 – 12 the last two seasons before this. Enjoy this fluke season, because it’s back to the middle of the pack next year.
GatorBait 18-3
December 13th, 2010
11:27 am
droopydawg
Foley Folly: good point about great coordinators not necessarily being great HC’s. That is also why I am not excited (as some fans seem to be) about the prospect of firing Richt
right now Richt is definitely the best option UGA has.
You people kill me. Is everyone on the blog unaware that your great HC Mark Richt
had no HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when he came to UGA from FSU as their OC.
I guess you people forgot that Bob Stoops, the Gators DC had no HC experience when he became HC at Oklahoma.
BTW do you folks know that John Madden had no HC experience when be became HC of the Oakland Raiders—————–how did those two guys work out??????????
Answer——-A lot better than RICHT
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
11:32 am
“Enjoy this fluke season, because it’s back to the middle of the pack next year.”
You mean Auburn will be like UGA? Oh wait, UGA is a bottom of the pack team.
droopydawg
December 13th, 2010
11:33 am
6-6: Cheaters never prosper…call me in 5 years when the championship and Heisman are stripped.
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
11:34 am
“The Barn”
Gotta love southerners in poor southern states, making fun of a school for having a VET school.
Stay classy, 6-6er. Hopefully your thugs will stay out of jail just long enough to help CMR win the Liberty Bowl. LOL
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
11:35 am
“Cheaters never prosper”
Who cheated?
“call me in 5 years when the championship and Heisman are stripped.”
Why, so you can deliver a pizza to me?
droopydawg
December 13th, 2010
11:35 am
Gatorbait: check your reading comprehension. No one ever said that good coordinators NEVER become good HCs. In fact, I suspect that Muschamp will be a pretty good coach. It is just not a sure thing. I love how people amp themselves up to 11 every time they read a comment they don’t like.
droopydawg
December 13th, 2010
11:35 am
I didn’t know pizza delivery went to the sex offender shanty towns.
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
11:36 am
“I didn’t know pizza delivery went to the sex offender shanty towns.”
Now, are you referring to UGA’s AD who got caught with an underage girl or the guy who UGA hired with child porn on his laptop?
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
11:37 am
“check your reading comprehension. ”
Talk about calling the kettle black.
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
11:38 am
“I suspect that Muschamp will be a pretty good coach. It is just not a sure thing.”
Florida could hire Stevie Wonder, and UGA would never beat UF.
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
11:40 am
GatorBait 18-3
One thing you have to understand about UGA fans is their lack of common sense.
Grim Reaper
December 13th, 2010
11:44 am
I’m here to collect all you idiot Dawgs again, will you ever learn? You sold your souls for Hushel Walker 30 years ago. Mickey Mouse can coach the Gators and you will still lose the next ten and then you will be 3 and 28 in the last 31 meetings. This is better than where I’m sending you, a living hell with a former player spanking you puppies with a wet rolled up bewspaper, a newspaper with headlines that read: “Dawgs Lose Again!”
Oh, just so you know, Dan Mullen isn’t leaving the Bulldogs for the bullcrap Richt will leave behind, you better go dig up Erk Russell…
Grim Reaper
December 13th, 2010
11:48 am
GatorBait 18-3 said:
“You people kill me. Is everyone on the blog unaware that your great HC Mark Richt had no HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when he came to UGA from FSU as their OC.”
Georgia fans aren’t posting it, but if they did, they would say he still doesn’t have any Head coaching exp….
However, the AD knew how to coach head…..
GatorBait 18-3
December 13th, 2010
11:49 am
6-6ers headed to Memphis
One thing you have to understand about UGA fans is their lack of common sense
That’s not the only thing they lack, these folks have no memory. I guess they think Vince Dooley was HC somewhere before he came to UGA.
I’m afraid it may not be a lack of common sense, but just plain ignorance.
GatorBait 18-3
December 13th, 2010
11:50 am
Grim Reaper
Spot on
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
11:53 am
GatorBait 18-3
I did find it interesting that UF put out a press release right before the Heisman ceremony the other night. Sort of reminded me of when the Red Sox won the WS and how the Yankees announced that A-Rod was coming to town.
Supes
December 13th, 2010
11:55 am
I think this is a great move for Muschamp…I think FLA could have done better.
Is this a “bad hire”…no way to know until a few years down the road.
If Kirby Smart goes to FLA to work with Muschamp, it won’t be a surprise but for Kirby it could be a way to get out of Saban’s shadow. I guess as long as he is working under Nick Saban, he won’t get the full credit for the Bama’s defense and their success (nor should he btw)…
As a UGA fan I have mixed feelings seeing one former bulldog, possibly 2 (if Smart goes there) leading FLA…but it would be understandable.
It pains me to say this, but FLA is one of the top 5 premiere jobs in College Football right now.
I saw where know it all Barnhart already crowned FLA 2011 SEC East champs….I think that’s premature for sure.
Carolina will and should be favorites as long as they are healthy in all the key positions going into the 2011 season. (never thought I’d say that before).
I’d put FLA, GA, Tenn all behind South Carolina (in no particular order).
After SC there is no clear challenger for the SEC East 2011, someone is going to emerge from that group…yes it could be FLA but I wouldn’t be surprised if Tenn or UGA gives SC a run.
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
11:59 am
“I saw where know it all Barnhart already crowned FLA 2011 SEC East champs….I think that’s premature for sure.”
Poor dawg.
Grim Reaper
December 13th, 2010
12:01 pm
6-6ers headed to Memphis said:
I did find it interesting that UF put out a press release right before the Heisman ceremony the other night. Sort of reminded me of when the Red Sox won the WS and how the Yankees announced that A-Rod was coming to town.
Where there’s smoke, put out the fire, kind of like the media sweeping the stealing and cheating under the rug, Cecil a no show and the obligatory “no comment” answer to ANY QUESTION pwertaining to the scandal if he would’ve been there. Of course after the BCS title game is over, slow news, ESPN and others, Thayer Evans, etc will start digging One and Done’s and A’barns graves for them, Midgets with plastic beach shovels, yeah, about five years to strip away the truth….
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
12:04 pm
“Thayer Evans, etc will start digging One and Done’s and A’barns graves for them, Midgets with plastic beach shovels, yeah, about five years to strip away the truth…”
Uh huh.
Bo
December 13th, 2010
12:09 pm
The only way I see Kirby going to UF for the same position would be if he is unhappy with some people at UA or if he thinks that he has to step out of Saban’s shadow.
In either case, I don’t think that it says anything about Coach Richt. It’s been a year since UGA talked to him and a lot of things can change in a year.
bart
December 13th, 2010
12:14 pm
I have been a huge fan of Mark Richt, and it hurts me greatly to say this; but, he is slowly driving the once great Bulldog program into the ground. He seems clueless since Van Gorder left. He is a very good OC, but a mediocre head coach; and unfortunately, he has surrounded himself with mediocre assistants, with the exception of Van Gorder. Grantham is a joke, and a very expensive one at that. Hopefully, McGarity has him on a very short leash, and unless there is dramatic improvement next year, he and his staff are history.
Dawg_Mike
December 13th, 2010
12:15 pm
@ 6-6 :
Do you realize that the gators are 7-5 which is exactly ONE win better than UGA this year and if UGA wins the bowl game and the gators lose we will have identical 7-6 records?
Or do you need me to do the basic math for you?
7-5 teams chest thumping…amazing.
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
12:17 pm
“Do you realize that the gators are 7-5 which is exactly ONE win better than UGA this year ”
Yes, and I also realize that UGA didn’t beat UF.
“Or do you need me to do the basic math for you?”
If I wanted stupidity, I’d call you up.
“7-5 teams chest thumping…amazing.”
No, more like 13-0, ma’am.
Einsteindawg
December 13th, 2010
12:18 pm
Neither Muschamp nor Smart have any loyalty to UGA anymore. Adams has ruined the game-day experience for the fans and Richt has ruined the game. Guess the inmates are still running the asylum while the fans pick up the tab.
collegeballfan
December 13th, 2010
12:22 pm
droopydawg at 10:59 am
I completely agree. UGA is not the top flight job in the SEC. Here are the records that matter for the last 30 years.
Since 1980, (30 years) UGA has 1 national title and 5 conference titles.
Since 1980 ALA has 2 national titles and 5 conference titles.
Since 1980 FLA has 3 national titles and 8 conference titles.
Since 1980 LSU has 2 national titles and 5 conference titles.
Since 1980 Tenn has 1 national titles and 5 conference titles.
Since 1980 AUB has 0 national titles and 5 conference titles. But AUB is in the title game this season.
In the last 30 years FLA, ALA and LSU have been the class of the Southeastern Conference.
Tenn & UGA, and maybe AUB this year, are the second tier of schools in the conference.
Of interest, the U of Miami has 5 national titles in the 30 year period.
Will they ever return to that form?
6-6ers headed to Memphis
December 13th, 2010
12:29 pm
“Since 1980 AUB has 0 national titles and 5 conference titles. But AUB is in the title game this season.”
And they have 3 undefeated seasons.
“In the last 30 years FLA, ALA and LSU have been the class of the Southeastern Conference.”
LSU has only been relevant since 2003. UF was nothing before Spurrier arrived.
TN won the title in 1998.
The train wreck in Athens
December 13th, 2010
12:33 pm
UGA man here, Class of 71 & 73. UGA football is a train wreck right now. It began with the Damon Evans crap and then the summer of fun and frivolity. Our two year record validates that too. No schools are calling our coaches because they are not top caliber …………..additional validation of the train wreck.
What U of F does with a K Smart or now W. Muschamp, has no real bearing on UGA. Our job is to assemble a team and win games. Now, come end of 2011 ……………and the Dogs are yet one more 7-5 or 6-6 team ……………………. or worse …………… we will get a new train.
For now ……………all we can do is to play ball in September 2011 vs Boise State and everyone else on the schedule ……………….. THAT will take care of everying ……………..one way or other. Every coach now on the UGA football team is being evaluated. THEY ALL KNOW …………….2011 is THE YEAR for them, one way or other.
Let see what they’ve got.
Go Dogs.
Supes
December 13th, 2010
12:39 pm
The arrogance by SOME FLA fans is amazing…
Do you believe that RIGHT NOW you are better than South Carolina??? The same team that gave you a beat down in your own stadium this season to win the SEC East???
This is the people who believe Barnhart who already crowned FLA’s a&&es as 2011 SEC Champs.
This is why nobody like FLA fans…arrogant and obnoxious to no end.
GatorBait 18-3
December 13th, 2010
12:40 pm
Einsteindawg
December 13th, 2010
12:18 pm
Neither Muschamp nor Smart have any loyalty to UGA anymore. Adams has ruined the game-day experience for the fans and Richt has ruined the game.
You are right about Muschamp and Smart, they played at Georgia but the learned their trade under Saban.
As a matter of fact, they now think SEC stands for “Saban’e Ex-Coaches”
Honky Talkin'
December 13th, 2010
12:41 pm
UGA has become irrelevant in the SEC. There are 5 or 6 other schools wih a better head coaching job than Richt’s mediocre position. The Dawgs better get used to being a 2nd tier SEC team for many years.
Grim Reaper
December 13th, 2010
12:42 pm
Supes said:
This is why nobody like FLA fans…arrogant and obnoxious to no end.
Kind of like Gawga fans of the 70’s thru 1980, before they became obsolete…
'94 UGA Grad
December 13th, 2010
12:48 pm
Hey Canton Dawg,
Excellent posts on here. Thanks for the good reads.
Vince Dooley
December 13th, 2010
12:49 pm
Florida’s program is light years ahead of UGA, even with a 7-5 season. With CMR running the show, you better accept mediocrity at best. Kirby Smart and Dan Mullin wouldn’t think about taking over UGA’s 2nd tier program.
GatorBait 18-3
December 13th, 2010
12:56 pm
Some of you folks have shown concern for the Gators new head coach.
NOT TO WORRY, BUT THANKS FOR THE CONCERN
QB recruit Jeff Driskel spoke with Will Muschamp, still committed to Gators.
Muschamp made a strong impression on Driskel and his family in their phone call, and Driskel’s mother said he remains intent on joining the Gators.
“He’s fully committed,” Mary Driskel said. “He got his classes set up. He’s on his way Driskel (6-4, 230, 4.5 in the 40-yard dash) is rated the No. 1 quarterback prospect in America by Rvals.com and No. 2 by Scout.com. He was the Gatorade Player of the Year in Florida as a senior this season.
We will be alright.
UGA Alumnus
December 13th, 2010
1:04 pm
You people are out of your minds if you think Bobo is going to the University of Florida as the OC. It’s not happening. Muschamp won’t even pursue Bobo.
Observation
December 13th, 2010
1:31 pm
Muschamp would be insane to hire Bobo the clown as OC. The only coach that is clueless enough to think he’s doing an awesome job is Richt. Don’t you find it interesting that absolutely no school in the country at any level has shown any interest in Bobo or any of Mark Richt’s coaches?
Look at Mark Richt’s coaching tree, or lack there of. Outside of Van Gorder, none of his coaches have been pursued by other schools, and I’m not counting Calloway because he was UAB’s last choice, they only reason they went with him was because of Alabama politics preventing them from getting who they really wanted (Bama rules that system).
1eyedJack
December 13th, 2010
1:53 pm
It appears there is going to be devastating disappointment on North Ave. when UGA does good next year.
Kenai
December 13th, 2010
2:07 pm
No decent coach will be going to Athens anytime soon. The culture of recruiting illiterate gangbangers, the all-out drunkeness of students and players, and the memories of sleazebags Jim Harrick, Vince Dooley, and Damon Evans will keep decent people away.
Glynn
December 13th, 2010
2:11 pm
I’ve never understood how anyone – even an alumnus – could support and take pride in UGA’s football team. When you look at their history for the past forty years, how can anyone ignore Jan Kemp and the “remedial studies” scam, the Jim Harrick fiasco, the DUIs in the athletic office, the DUIs and other arrests of players, the #1 party school tag (i.e., the most drunk students), the suspensions and outright dismissals, the Fulmer/Richt Cup, and on and on?
As disgraceful and humiliating as it is, I don’t see many alums and fans demanding an end to this sordid activity. It sets UGA apart as the kind of school most people abhor, and it’s become an embarrassment to the whole state of Georgia.
UGA, known far and wide as The Cesspool of the South.
Lakedawg
December 13th, 2010
2:18 pm
Where did all this Dan Mullen talk for Georgia come from? If he wants to go back to Fla as OC Muschamp might take him , I doubt it. Also do not think he would take OC at Georgia either. He has peaked at MS and Dawgs will beat him and Muschamp both next season. 11-1 regular season CMR coach of year in SEC. Take it to the bank
Time for change
December 13th, 2010
2:42 pm
What happens outside of Athens no UGA fan should be concerned about. What is happening inside the UGA football program is what we should concern ourselves with. And I for one say it is time for a change at the top.
TIME FOR CHANGE
waytogoRicht
December 13th, 2010
2:42 pm
Deductive reasoning and bringing Mark Richt back for better results don’t coincide. Richt has had ten years to “get it right” and hasn’t. He couldn’t get it right with Donnan’s players(who made up his best teams yet-13 and 1)and couldn’t beat Florida. With a pre-season number one with Stafford, Mareno and Massaqoi, he couldn.t get it done(lost every single big game). Anybody, including McGarity, who thinks it will be different is stupid.
UGA FRIEND
December 13th, 2010
2:44 pm
It is amazing to me that so many UGA fans are so negative and so unrealistic about the football program. Let us face the facts: Even the elite programs in a strong conference such as the SEC have down years and down cycles. If all these people who criticize CMR all the time really do not like him then find another team to pull.
Rick
December 13th, 2010
2:58 pm
Uh – correct me if I’m wrong – but didn’t Richt come to UGA with no HC experience? He seems to have done alright – at least until recently. Muschamp will be fine. He inherits more talent (and tradition) than Richt did. It never ceases to amaze me how UGA fans always say
“We didn’t want him anyway” about recruits or coaches once it’s obvious they won’t be getting them.
td
December 13th, 2010
3:05 pm
There are so many people spouting off at the mouth and do not understand what they are really talking about that it is sad. CMR has not forgotten how to coach in the past 4 or 5 years. He is still one of the top 10 coaches in the NCAA. Firing him is not going to solve the problems with the DAWGS. Why would Muschamp and Smart not come to coach the UGA last year? Why did CBVG really leave the program and what happened the year before CBVG left with President Adams?
President Adams got rid of CVD and took the athletic foundation. HE has been “stealing” money from athletics since(can we say indoor practice facility). He has established a committee that has final approval on admission for all athletes. How many great football players have we not been able to either get into school or could not even recruit because of this committee, not just because of grades either. Just look at how 1 great athlete changes a team (Cam Newton).
If you can not get those 1, 2 or 5 special players then you are not going to be a great team in the SEC. Now if you people really want to do something positive for the DAWGS and see them turn back into a winner then you really need to tell all those big money donors and everyone else you know to talk Deal into firing Adams or the program will never be great again.
All the rest of this talk is useless until this happens.
Bill King
December 13th, 2010
3:08 pm
My name is Bill King. I am an ignorant hillbilly with no connection to UGA. I went to Valdosta State.
That is all.
DAWGS forever
December 13th, 2010
3:09 pm
In my opinion this is a risky move. Could end up well but the no HC experience and then his younger age make it ifffy at this point. Lot’s of changes on the CFB horizon and longevity doesn’t seem to be a value.
I know Richt didn’t have experience either but he ran things a little more at FSU than Mush does or did at Texas. As a DAWG I hope he does well all except one game of the year and we still win the EAST each year.
Go DAWGS
Alabama Dog
December 13th, 2010
3:11 pm
No need to get upset about Muschamp here. Remember what happened to the last Texas DC who went on to become a head coach? His name was Gene Chizik, and he went 5-19! I know he’s had a good season this year, but I just wanted to point out that his 1st stop as a head coach was not a sucessful one. Chizik will be brought back down to his usual inept level when Newton goes to the NFL after the season.
FURMAN PALADIN DEATH DEALER
December 13th, 2010
3:13 pm
Evansdawg:
ALL THE ANSWERS, I AM IN AWE OF YOU…..WHERE DO YOU WORK AS THE AD OR HEAD FOOTBALL COACH…..YOU HAVE IT ALL WORKED OUT…..YOU COULDN’T GET A JOB IN A PIE FACTORY EATING EVERY 3RD PIE THAT CAME OFF THE BELT….
FURMAN PALADIN DEATH DEALER
December 13th, 2010
3:16 pm
Glynn:
CESSPOOL LOCATED IN YOUR MOUTH….GO DAWGS….BULLYDAWGS FOREVER……
DawginLex
December 13th, 2010
3:16 pm
Malzahn not going to vandy
glynn's boyfriend
December 13th, 2010
3:18 pm
I have tried to keep him off of these blogs but he is really secretly attracted to all the football players.
He loves tight ends and I’m not talking about Orson Charles or maybe again, I am……………….
DawginLex
December 13th, 2010
3:21 pm
The seat isn’t just hot for Richt next year, it is flaming.
Here is what better happen:
Win the bowl game
Beat Boise after a summer of keeping everyone out of trouble
Beat SC
Beat MSU
Going to UT will be tough but they are still rebuilding. That game is winnable.
It will all come down to beating SC and Florida. do that, and he can still lose a couple of games and still go to ATL.
Georgia alum and lifelong fan
December 13th, 2010
3:25 pm
I don’t blame Smart for not wanting to work with Richt.
Do_Tell
December 13th, 2010
3:42 pm
As long as you have pocket QB’s for pass or hand off to the running backs, you will never reach the NC game. You will coach only for the NFL and the players will leave college in their junior year. This is what Richt has been doing and continues to do. A QB must a threat other than passing the ball. With a great offense comes a dull defense!
td
December 13th, 2010
3:44 pm
Do_Tell
December 13th, 2010
3:42 pm
You are just plain stupid.
Touch Down
December 13th, 2010
3:47 pm
Boling can’t hold Stinchcomb’s strap. At least they got Free Safety & Strong Safety right!!!
Sic ‘Em!
Jim 007
December 13th, 2010
4:28 pm
Time has passed Richt by
He thinks he is Bowden and Georgia has now followed the FSU trail
1. Fewer wins
2. Lots of players out of Control
CANTONDAWG
December 13th, 2010
4:28 pm
6-6ers headed to Memphis ,
I agree completely with you on Cam Newton. When i was watching the Auburn game i was thinking how much Cam reminded me of Herschel. I’m not saying the Cam and Herschel are similar players in how they played but they both were once in a lifetime players and couldn’t be stopped. When a big play has to be made you can take it to the bank that they will make it.
CANTONDAWG
December 13th, 2010
4:30 pm
Anybody else on here that thinks Kirby Smart should be stripped of being a Georgia Letterman. It’s a disgrace to turn down your alma mater one year and go to their most hated rival the next.
Tide roll
December 13th, 2010
4:34 pm
Bill, Boling AND Jones. Not just Boling OR Jones. It’s Boling AND Jones. Ya’ll either like big stiff OLs or soft pudgy ones. The only thing they have in common is their lack of athleticism. Bill, any word as to when Xzavier Ward annonces for the Tide. It’s so obvious that he doesn’t have what Richt, bobo, searles and the Georgia people are looking for in an offensive lineman. And it’s something the kid can’t change. Pitiful.
Mr. Muschomp
December 13th, 2010
4:44 pm
Urban Oscar Meyer Wiener was so overrated. His success was a total FLUKE.
Florida sucks……… always has always will !
7576DAWG
December 13th, 2010
5:19 pm
I can’t believe that Smart turned us down last year but was willing to take a lateral to Florida knowing that if Muschamp was successful at Florida that he will never get the head coach job. They are approx. the same age. Florida must be paying him a ton , even though I have alway’s said that if a head coach is making lets say 4 million per year the great coordinators should make at least 2 million if not more.
Ed (The Original)
December 13th, 2010
5:22 pm
This hiring took me by surprise, too. But apparently Muschamp has always been a Gator at heart. I had no idea he grew up in Gainesville rooting for the Gators.
As with any Gator coach, I wish him nothing but abject failure on the field. But personally, I hope that he makes a ton of money, lives a long and healthy life, and enjoys every minute of it.
Hobnail Boot
December 13th, 2010
6:02 pm
Dawg Mike. I agree with you. I want pull for Muschamp and I will never pull for the Gaytors.
Hobnail Boot
December 13th, 2010
6:06 pm
Bill King, I think Ben Jones goes on the team only because he went after Nick UnFairley. Clint Boling nah…
JB
December 13th, 2010
6:08 pm
There will be a new man on the sideline in Athens in 2012. He will be the highest paid Div 1 coach in the country. He will be a household name. He will give sleepness nights to the rest of the SEC. McGarity will not trade a ford for a chevy. It will be big.
JB
December 13th, 2010
6:10 pm
Ed, true. He would have gone to Florida if good enough. And yes, He is a gamble. He has been with great head coach’s with great talent. The cord has been cut.
SowegaDawg
December 13th, 2010
6:49 pm
Why isn’t anyone looking at the UGA assistants for any of these openings? The silence is deafening.
Why all the UGA envy?
December 13th, 2010
7:06 pm
Everyone knows the Dogs are not up to their old Top Ten standards (six times in Richt’s tenure). Am wondering why fans of teams that are riding high at the moment are so jealous of UGA? Why not celebrate your team’s good fortune instead of being obsessed with UGA? Was someone close to you denied admission to the university? Don’t let bitterness rule your life.
Delbert D.
December 13th, 2010
7:47 pm
When Georgia decides to get a new head coach I just hope he’s not placid. I’d choose a brain over a self-perceived soul every time.
RJ
December 13th, 2010
8:49 pm
ATL XMAN,
Richt will loose atleast 5 games next year.We had no offense without AJ Green the first 4 games.There will be no AJ Green next year.With our poor defense we wont be able to score 31 a game without AJ.The first 4 games of this year will be what our whole 2011 season will be like.And remember folks Mark Richt had a loosing record aginst Ron Zook.Muschamp will be a better coach than Zook.
RJ
December 13th, 2010
8:54 pm
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Jamie Eats Idiots Sandwiches
December 13th, 2010
9:02 pm
Mark Richt never been a hc till UGA. Mark won 2 SEC titles with Jim team nor has Mark played for SEC title with HIS OWN team. Last time UGA played in SEC title game was in 2005. Mark Richt has never played in a national title game at UGA. or never will.
DawgNutz
December 13th, 2010
10:04 pm
ATL XMAN-You seem to be wearing some very thick Red and Black sunglasses tonight.Let me guess a Red Bull and a good work out.You would make a great Clemson fan-They are very excepting of mediocrety.We have been heading south for at leat 3 years now.We missed the boat on a new coach and like it or not we are stuck with Richt for at least 1 more year. Yoda Dawg-I am not following, but I bet your mother is ready for you to finally move out.
DawgNutz
December 13th, 2010
10:13 pm
UGA FRIEND-You are so nice! I dont understand why all thes people are upset about a 6-6 season either.You people should be ashamed.
doggoneit
December 13th, 2010
10:18 pm
Here are the facts. Since 2001 Mark Richt has won 74.4% of his games. Florida has won 75.2% during the same time, and during Urban Myer’s tenure, Florida won more games and championships than any other major college program. No other school in the SEC has a better record than Mark Richt. He has averaged winning 9.6 wins a year since he came to Athens in 2001. Our record the last two years have been well below expectations, but before we throw Richt under the bus, look at our history since Vince Dooley retired before Mark Richt came to Georgia. Coach Richt has not forgotten how to coach nor lost his desire to win. When we were winning 10 plus games a year, his calm demeanor was viewed as an asset. Now that same calm demeanor is interpreted as a lack of passion and desire to win. Perhaps the most unfair criticism of Richt is that he is a good man. A win is a win and a loss is a loss, but to be fair, our losses to Colorado, Arkansas, Mississippi State and Florida were the result of a play or two not going our way. We were in those games with a legitimate chance to win up until the last minute or two of each game. I know that good teams make plays when they need to to win, and we didn’t, but it’s not like we are light years away from being a really good football team. I’m as big a dawg fan as anyone blogging here, I think Richt has earned the opportunity to turn things around next year. Based on our SEC schedule in 2011, we should win the east, and and I’ll be surprised if we don’t.
JRW7
December 13th, 2010
10:27 pm
NOBODY wants any of our (UGA) assistant coaches, WHY?
Good Lord
December 13th, 2010
10:27 pm
They should shut down this blog for the sheer idiocy of about 50% of the posters!
Lakedawg
December 13th, 2010
10:30 pm
JB. got it partially right. However I don’t believe we will pay CMR the highest salary in football. He will get a nice raise and extension after winning SEC and being voted coach of year.
DawgNutz
December 13th, 2010
10:31 pm
dagbernit doggoneit you are very nice too!probably a little to much eggnog and snickerdoodles though.You failed to mention that Richt can not beat Florida-not with red, black, or white jerseys.
JRW7
December 13th, 2010
10:34 pm
SOME Dawg fans are so nice, not even a 6-6 season, makes them point fingers at CMR!
icedawg
December 13th, 2010
10:41 pm
I could see Smart going with Muschamp before coming back to Georgia. As most people have overrated the recruiting classes so that also overrate the alumni appeal. Get real. This loyalty thing is Cinderella stuff.
doggoneit
December 13th, 2010
10:42 pm
DwagNutz–Oh, I bet you just forgot. Richt did beat Florida a couple of times, but I agree with you, that’s not enough. Just be sure not to let the facts cloud your objective analysis. Sorry I try to be a nice guy, but I bet you do too. Really, it’s not such a bad thing.
PMC
December 13th, 2010
10:59 pm
I just kind of wonder what would have happened had Richt made better hires in 2005. I understand the want for continuity and the benefits of a continuous staff, but his assistants especially defense, special teams and ancillary coaching positions haven’t been up to snuff whatsoever.
Here’s to hoping the new UGA staff members work out and they can get some of those dream team members.
Lakatos has had a big hand in those good UConn secondaries the last several years eventually once they bring in some new recruits who may actually listen to a coaching staff and play effectively in the scheme rather than looking to knock themselves out on a daily basis things may get better back there.
I think Belin has had a positive influence as well. It couldn’t get much worse under the last group really. I mean Willie and crew were Michigan bad.
PMC
December 13th, 2010
11:02 pm
Richt has a great scheme and a good plan. He’s a fantastic QB coach when the QB is receptive to coaching. He’s got a good offense too when he’s got guys that execute. There is a lot of talent on the offense if they can get it to blossom. Defensively though…. guys had better be fighting hard because there aren’t many positions locked down at all.
AuburnPride
December 13th, 2010
11:04 pm
All you UGA fans are pathetic. It’s no wonder you can’t get recruits. What kid is going to sign with a school who’s fans turn on the coach the minute things get a little rough. You guys are just a couple of players away from winning the East and you want to run your coach! UGA fans are WEAK! We’ve got the Heisman, the SEC Championship and, after a little Duck hunting, we’ll have the NC.
WAR EAGLE!!!!!!
PMC
December 13th, 2010
11:05 pm
Georgia fans want Richt to set his sights higher than the SEC East. They want to win NATIONAL rather than simply SEC championships. When guys can come in and in 2 years surmount all that seems unsurmountable for the Bulldawgs the last 30 years, it’s daunting. Georgia generally fields a nice competitive team outside of the last two years anyway, they just always find ways to lose the game they can’t afford to lose and keep their goals in order.
PMC
December 13th, 2010
11:06 pm
Auburn Pride, please, you guys stabbed Tuberville in the face and the back and then booed his replacement off the runway.
AuburnPride
December 13th, 2010
11:17 pm
Tuberville couldn’t recruit against Bama and one idiot (he was probably a Bammer anyway) booed the new coach. UGA can’t back a coach with the 5th best winning percentage among active coaches? Who the heck do you think would come coach if you fired Richt? Especially with such a weak fan base. I hear Ray Golf is interested in getting back into coaching.
PMC
December 13th, 2010
11:37 pm
When fans of other teams want you to keep your coach. It’s not a good sign is it?
I like Mark Richt, but they underachieved when they had really good talent in the last 5 years and when the talent eroded in the last two they fell apart at times.
To Richt’s credit, it’s fairly amazing they won 6 games this year after that start.
As far as recruiting, an elite back can come in and win a job right now, an elite WR… same difference and he gets to play with one of the best QB’s in the country for the next 3 years.
Defense has no where to go but up. So any incoming freshman or JUCO could make a name for themselves immediately.
That said, the issue still stands, fans of other teams want Richt to stay at Georgia and therein lies the problem. Yeah Richt has been as good as Georgia has ever had at times….. but those times were 5 years ago.
Highlands Gator
December 14th, 2010
12:30 am
This has to be the most uninformed group of fans I’ve ever seen. Muschamp is going to dominate recruiting immediately, and we’ve got another Tebow starting classes in January (Jeff Driskel).
breadfan
December 14th, 2010
7:09 am
Why does everyone think that a coaching change will affect the way we play Florida? I hate to say it but it won’t. All Florida has to do is put on that orange and blue and we will tuck our tails between our legs and run for the wrong end zone. Heck, they don’t even need a coach to whip our butts! All they have to do is show up, something we haven’t done in 20 years.
no one...
December 14th, 2010
8:39 am
No one has ever decided they wanted to coach and then started as head man. Every head coach was at one time an assistant, and most were coordinators. This is WM’s time. Will he succeed? I hope not. He’s a Georgia man, but so was Roy Barnes, and so is Sonny Perdue. Not every Georgia man is someone I can pull for, and WM is not, either as long as he wears that awful ‘erinj and bloo’.
Richt HAS to come through next year, no excuses, or he needs to be replaced, it’s as simple as that. With the talent in this state, there is no reason to have so many subpar players, or good players being coached down, as we have seen here in Athens for the last three years.
Bradley’s article yesterday (Monday) was dead on.
no one...
December 14th, 2010
8:42 am
Auburn Pride….I”m a Dawg fan, but ‘Tuberville couldn’t recruit against ‘Bama’? Are you serious…Tubs owned Bama, didn’t he? What was his record against the Tidy Bowls From Tusc uh loser?
Dawgystyle
December 14th, 2010
8:49 am
6-6.
Dawgystyle
December 14th, 2010
8:58 am
CMR must seize this opportunity of UF and UT in transition to win the East. We’ll know by the Spring: if CMR still owns this team, there won’t be any rap sheets or arrests by then.
Dawgystyle
December 14th, 2010
9:00 am
Either Muschamp or Smart would be thrilled with the UF head coaching job, of course, but neither would take another coordinator position. And if given the choice between UF and UGA, they would both take the UF job….it is simply the better gig at present. But they won’t get that choice because CMR isn’t going anywhere.
Dawgystyle
December 14th, 2010
9:04 am
The HS talent in Georgia is considerable, and 75-80% of them can’t even get into the North Ave Trade School, so there is no excuse for CMR to not put together great teams consistently. But make no mistake, Florida has several times the number of talented HS players every year. CMR has owned Tech in state, but we want more and that means tremendous improvement in regional and national performance.
Gatorbaiter
December 14th, 2010
9:06 am
The Gators are so good we’re going to be kickin’ your dog a$$eS with one of your own as our coach. Introducing UF Head Coach, Will Muschamp.
GoDogsGo!
December 14th, 2010
9:13 am
We screwed the proverbial pooch, guys. Muschamp was the next best hope for UGA, and we’ve been sitting on our paws waiting for CMR to re-grow a pair and take control of his players again. It ain’t going to happen, folks. And Smart isn’t going to be a real HC candidate for a few more years. Muschamp was the one, and we let him get away. I’m afraid we’ll be paying for it for a long time to come.
GoDogsGo!
December 14th, 2010
9:15 am
With all due respect, noone, a lot of head coaches have started and some have succeeded without copious assistant experience.
JY
December 14th, 2010
9:24 am
Until UGa gets a running game forget it. If Crowell does not come it is all over.
Go Dawgs!
December 14th, 2010
10:26 am
Why is it so hard to fathom K.Smart going to UF?
He and Muschamp are best friends. Don’t be surprised if Bobo doesn’t get a call as well. They all played together and have remained close friends over the years.
KHELMS
December 14th, 2010
11:18 am
WE NEED THEM 2 BOYS BACK HOME. MAYBE MUSCHAMP WILL SABATOUGE DEM GATORS. CAN ANYBODY REALLY SPELL SABATOUGE??
chris
December 14th, 2010
12:00 pm
If Smart makes the Lateral move for less money when his reason for not coming to UGA was he wouldn’t change for the same position…THAT WILL STING MOST.
If Richt doesn’t turn it around next year, bring in Dan Mullins. Everybody knows he was the mastermind behind Florida’s success. You know he has ties to our new AD and he has proven he can win with less talent at Miss St. than he would be able to get to come to Georgia.
producewiz
December 14th, 2010
12:14 pm
remember where you got your athletic director from.And who trained him.Jamie, think about that 1,because Foley is the best AD in America, and has proven it.
dawgfacedboy
December 14th, 2010
12:29 pm
UGA has 1 top 10 finish in the past 6 years. If you aren’t in the top 10 then you aren’t competing for conference titles and NC. They have underperformed with the talent they’ve been pulling in. Plain and simple. Look at the other “top” programs in the country and how many top 10 finishes they have over the past 6 years. They’ve underperfomed 5 of the last 6 seasons.
Pago Pago Dawg
December 14th, 2010
2:06 pm
I think we’re looking at another pre-season #1.
AuburnPride
December 14th, 2010
2:16 pm
no one…. Let me clarify, Tuberville couldn’t recruit against Saban. Saban started owing him early on in recruiting. Actually, it wouldn’t bother me if you guys fired Richt. He’s owned us up until this year. Cam won’t be with us next year along with a lot of other players- I’m not so sure we won’t be a one hit wonder after this season. I don’t see the doggies gettting anyone better than Richt (you guys seem to be convinced that Mushchamp or Kirby Smart would suddenly be Saban clones, but that’s not given). Heck, if it weren’t for Gus and Cam, Chizik might not look so great. I think I would still take Richt- he’s beaten Saban when Saban was at both LSU and Bama.
Orange10
December 14th, 2010
2:22 pm
Who needs coaches? You guys have that superstar quarterback, the one, the only (little drum roll please) – “Pick” Murray! Let the festivities commence!
Gecko
December 14th, 2010
5:16 pm
Forget about dumping Richt, even if he’s an over-the-hill loser. No decent coach is going to come to Athens to try to coach the morons and gangbangers who Richt recruited.
UGA, winner of the Fulmer Cup and The Cesspool of the South.
Sean
December 14th, 2010
8:11 pm
If the Dawgs are not on top of the SEC East next season then there are no more excuses, period. With the coaching change at UF and USC predictably returning to form, there is no better time to seize the opportunity. The Dawgs must coach up these new recruits and make sure that Crowell is in the new class. With Murray now having game-day experience, he will only get better. That kid is a great QB who has the potential to be the best in college football in the coming years. GO DAWGS!
Big dog fan
December 15th, 2010
7:15 am
Time for a Change. Maybe it’s time for you to change teams. Sounds like you may be the same guy that’s seats by me @ the games crying aobut every play called.
NoFKNdog
December 15th, 2010
8:10 am
Why don’t all of you so called dog fans put a slant on how you all can kiss my big old hairy butt.
As has been mentioned previously, the dogs can recruit and sign the best players in the nation, win every championship created, have the biggest stadium, sell uga gear to every person, but one, world wide, employ the best coaches money can buy, be the greatest ever in history, year end and year out until this world ends. But the greatest trait all you dog fans, coaches, professors, players, support staff, magazine majors, students, et al, and anyone/anything associated with uga, is that you all SUCK!!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
DawgER
December 15th, 2010
9:47 am
I can just picture you guys: four fat boys, feet up on the barrel, pontificating about the good ol’ SEC. Well, wake up, fellows. It’s not what the other schools do with coaching changes….it’s what YOU do with your program.
keen observer
December 15th, 2010
10:24 am
To all you fans who keep exclaiming that ” Richt is going anywhere” need to read the writing on the wall. All head football coaches at major programs that are in good standing, there contracts never drop below four years because that makes a statement to incoming recruits that you will be here four more years. It also makes a buyout difficult and gives a coach more security. In case you haven’t noticed Richts deal is now at three years. After next season Richt’s deal will only have two years left on the contract, hence it is a manageable buyout.
Trust me Richt’s job is on the line. From what I hear he will be judged on three criteria. #1 Recruitng- This recruitng class is huge and Richt really needs to make headway with some of the big time Georgia talent. He doesn’t have to get them all but guys like crowell and drew are critical. #2- Player discipline- This probelm has to be fixed period. Double digit arrest next year will not reflect well on Richt. #3 Win- I don’t think there is a set number of games or demand to win an SEC title but the team must show that it is moving in the right direction. All three of these areas will be judged together to decide whether Richt gets a contract extension. If the team is struggling next year late in the season then Richt’s two year deal will be bought out and we will be getting a new coach. The end.
bart
December 15th, 2010
10:29 am
Keen observer, I hope you’re right.
DawgER
December 15th, 2010
10:57 am
Thank you, keen observer. Way too many opinions on here about how Dawgs will be better or worse, based on what others are doing. Your insight is right on.
PonGT
December 15th, 2010
11:24 am
Now that everyone’s favorite son has gone south of the border, when do we get to start calling him “Misschump”?
how2fish
December 15th, 2010
11:34 am
keen observer good points and I think fair ones as well.
Averyboy
December 15th, 2010
12:41 pm
Here is my list for the THUGA all decade team:
producewiz
December 15th, 2010
1:00 pm
uhhh,Dawgs. some news for you.Guy named Dooley plucked from Awbun staff.Pat,cough,cough,Dye,former Dawg.Not 1 assistant at Georgia wouldn’t take the head coaching job at Florida and vice versa.
Gator Mike
December 15th, 2010
1:57 pm
It will get even more interesting in our Gator – Dawg rivalry. Next October in JAX will be wild.
Go Gators!
VIningsTIGER
December 15th, 2010
2:49 pm
UGA fans should be thrilled that BOOM is in Gainesville. His defenses at LSU and Auburn were shredded by Richt. There were times I thought that BOOM had to have thrown the game. UGA should run up and down the field in Jacksonville.
BUT WTH was Richt doing taking Ray Drew fishing on Sunday morning when it was below freezing out side?
AU=THUGS
December 15th, 2010
8:26 pm
Tell me, What the Heck has Muschamp done as a coach?? Am I missing something??? How many times did teams score on his Defenses at TEXAS? How well did TEXAS fair this year? How much HC experience does Muschamp have? Who will he hire as an Offensive cord?
These and many other questions arise when I think of this hire.
I’ve just never seen what he has accomplished as a D-cord –much less a Head Coach…
Bulldog In Jail
December 16th, 2010
1:31 am
Could one of you Georgia fans please come bail me out of the jail in Auburn? I made the sacrifice and set fire to Toomer’s corner after my Dogs got destroyed on November 13th. I have already missed Thanksgiving with my family and now it looks like I might miss Christmas and the chance to see our wonderful 6-6 team in that low tier bowl in Memphis…….On top of that, these red panties need washing……
Hey AU=Thugs
December 16th, 2010
1:36 am
Are you still whining about the beat down in Auburn? If so, you might have missed the fact that Nick Fairley won the Lombardi award for the best lineman in the country. And remember you can’t spell Thuga without UGA. I can see why Ben Jones made the all Thuga team. He is the king of the thugs and has perfected the chop block and the art of jumping on players and punching them in the face after the play is over.
Saint Mark knows a Thug when he sees one. He’s been recruiting them for years. He learned from the master, Saint Bobby at FSU.
At least you Thuga fans can celebrate winning the Fulmer Cup. Not long before the offseason, which means another 11 arrests in Athens.
Don’t forget to get those red panties at Walmart for your stocking stuffer. One size fits all!
Damon Evans
December 16th, 2010
1:38 am
Has anyone seen my red panties? Wayshon is driving the car and he’s already hit 2 more parked cars…….
1 Dead DAWG
December 16th, 2010
3:27 am
UGA as one of the most prestigous jobs in football. What a joke! Athens is a cow patty in the middle of nowhere. Sure GA has a ton of talent to recruit but how many can read at a fifth grade level? A mid-level SEC team with no tradition, the “battle hymn of the republic” for a fight song (In the SEC) and they have to play REAL football schools like UF, UT and Awburn-em every year. UGA is and always will be a middle of the road SEC job and program. Mark Richt has absolutely maxed out the UGA problem. You should be happy to be overrated every year. That will eventually come to an end.
BoWeevil
December 16th, 2010
6:06 am
4-LOSS season average, ALL five (5) of the last 5 years
Boseefus
December 16th, 2010
11:27 am
Snop dog – I’am glad you and some others have come to their senses. After 10 years of CMR combined with the stacks of excuses, its time for a change. The entire Bulldog Nation needs to come to grips with the “REAL” problem – its CMR……………… How many time do we need to hear about “NEXT” year while other schools pick the elite coaches? Why does everybody think CMR is the answer when his record tells us otherwise. His supporters (including the new AD) need to get their heads out of the sand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wes
December 16th, 2010
11:35 am
Clint Boling and Ben Jones should NEVER be on any All-Decade Georgia team. They have been a part of 2 of the WEAKEST offensive lines I have ever seen at Georgia. Ben Jones could not clear 1 inch for Aaron Murray on 4th down early in Tech game when we were leading 14-7. It’s a disgrace how BAD we are up front. We also gave up key sacks in the critical early SEC losses to SC, Arkansas, and MSU. These guys would be back-ups on the top SEC teams. The Georgia team overall is as soft as our HC. We lack a strength and a will to be tough. We lost that attitude when BVG left. Teams knew UGA under BVG’s defense was a force to be reckoned with – we played with a mean streak and real toughness. No team in the SEC fears UGA anymore. Mark Richt has failed miserably the last 5 years. It’s simply unacceptable to EVER be 6-6 at UGA!!! The UGA administration and other CMR apologists have crippled our once PROUD program. CMR supporters and other pansy ass Georgia supporters who have no clue what it takes to win should ask themselves 1 question: Is this what we pay $3 million/yr for? To go to the f____ Liberty Bowl? It takes courage and guts to change – UGA lacks both right now and mediocrity and bad/embarrassing losses are the RESULT!
FIRE MARK RICHT NOW!!
IRISH DAWG
December 16th, 2010
9:10 pm
IF GEORGIA CAN GET ISAIAH CROWELL AND A TOP 10 RECRUITING CLASS IN 2011. GEORGIA WILL WIN THE EAST IN 2011.
Mr. Phelps
December 17th, 2010
12:16 am
If Smart doesn’t come to Fl, well there is always “soft” Willie Martinez.
Boseefus
December 17th, 2010
9:16 am
IRISH DAWG – YOU MUST BE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT PROGRAM. CMR WITH HIS DUMMIES AND THUGS HAVE ABOUT AS MUCH CHANCE OF WINNING THE EAST AS I HAVE FLYING THE NEXT SHUTTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! CMR IS A JOKE AND AS SOON AS YOU AND OTHER CMR SUPPORTERS COME OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND REALIZE A CHANGE MUST HAPPEN YOU CAN LOOK AT ANOTHER 6-6 YEAR. ONE RUNNING BACK WILL NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE – JUST LOOK AT THE BACKS WE HAVE NOW. THEY COULD NOT START FOR ANY OTHER SEC TEAM PLUS THE “PROJECTED TOP RATED OFFENSIVE LINE” ARE SENIORS. YOU LIKE OTHER CMR FANS NEED TO TAKE YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR A……
Dagny
December 17th, 2010
11:09 am
Serious Dawg fans need to start organizing and demanding that Richt be fired. Otherwise, sports writers will be asking the same questions this time a year from now.
Richt represents mediocrity. Saban and Meyer represent excellence and championships. Richt simply isn’t in their class, nor will he ever be. Richt would have to be incredibly lucky to win the division, and the odds against him winning the SEC championship would be at least 50:1.
Those are the simple facts, and there’s no amount of enthusiasm or cheerleading or Top 5 recruiting classes that can get around it.
As they say in poker, “Read ‘em and weep.”
Harry the Hat
December 17th, 2010
11:18 am
AJC headline: “I stopped the car, and we got out and ran to the bus,” Ealey said Thursday.
Ealey’s driver’s license was suspended several months ago. What the hell was this punk doing driving a car?
Ealey is the poster child for the thugs and morons recruited by Mark Richt.
Vance Duuley
December 17th, 2010
11:39 am
Ealey is the poster child for the thugs and morons recruited by Mark Richt.
Add Green and King to that list.
DAWGMAN
December 17th, 2010
12:45 pm
Coach,
Better get one of these openings. Your work in Athens is complete. You have demolished the program. I do not care who is coming next year to suit up in the silver britches. They will be transmogrified by your crack staff into less than they can be at another football program. Plus they will need time to acquire a taste for alcohol, drugs, parking deck sprints, and jail. Enough work on their immortal souls, please. Never saw a football program that should be located in the school of divinity before. Let’s get you, Bobo, and the ADD ball players GONE. I withdraw my support. Why cannot you just see the light. There is no gimmick to success on the gridiron.
Aw Shucks, Coach, please get out of my life. Let me ,once again, look forward to SEC Football with hope.
DAWGMAN
truedawg
December 17th, 2010
5:09 pm
Sell out.Look Texas was not great this year.It figures Will and Kirby will go to sec schools to be head coaches.Next few years kirby will be head coach.Hope we kick ya ass WILL SELL OUT.
Robadawg
December 17th, 2010
9:58 pm
Richt finally has the second coming of David Green in Arron Murray, calm and cool, Grantham will be in the second year of the 3-4 and have a little more success, I only pray our “vaunted” offensive line finally lives up to the hype with 4 juniors returning. Muschamp is inheriting disarray, no qb, no HC experience,(his own problem), and an FSU program on the rise…DAWGS WILL PREVAIL IN JACKSONVILLE IN ‘11
So What?
December 18th, 2010
3:55 am
I never cared for the guy when he WAS a Dawg. One of Ray Goof’s pets. Just another reason to be a Gator Hater.
Sanford Drive
December 18th, 2010
9:53 am
Im an idiot
Dirty Dawg
December 18th, 2010
10:57 am
This ‘entitlement generation’ of Bulldog fans make me want to puke. You think that just because an 18 or 19 year-old drops a ball from time to time at a critical juncture, then that damn head coach must be at fault. Personally I’m damn glad Mark Richt is our coach and believe that he will have us back to the point that even the most knee-jerk, reactionary, hun-yuks, Johnny-come-lately, Dawg Fan will be begging for a spot back on the bandwagon – and sooner rather than later.
As for Muschamp and, perhaps, Smart, at Florida, the pressure’s on him. Florida fans are no different than most others – if their guy hails from one of their bitter rivals, then they’ll pull the trigger quickly to get rid of him is he doesn’t win big now. Particularly if he loses to Georgia next year, and maybe Tennessee and, again, to FSU…then you’ll see how quickly the ‘Fire Will’ sites will spring up…and Will will be wishing he was still ‘in waiting’ back in Austin.
Murray
December 18th, 2010
12:25 pm
Serious Dawg fans need to start organizing and demanding that Richt be fired. Otherwise, sports writers will be asking the same question this time a year from now.
Richt represents mediocrity. Saban represents excellence and championships. Richt simply isn’t in his class, nor will he ever be. Richt would have to be incredibly lucky to win the division, and the odds against him winning the SEC championship would be at least 50:1.
Those are the simple facts, and there’s no amount of enthusiasm or cheerleading or Top 5 recruiting classes that can get around it.
As they say in poker, “Read ‘em and weep.”
Barry Fitzgerald
December 18th, 2010
12:28 pm
Boise State 77, UGA 17.
Let the slaughter and humiliation begin!
for 2011
December 18th, 2010
5:20 pm
UGA’s gonna need someone to replace Spurrier…
BobbyDawg
December 18th, 2010
6:04 pm
Vandy just announced that James Franklin (assit. Head Coach – O.C. Maryland) will be their new head coach. It would be nice to see Vandy come up and thump a few heads. It’s probably going to be a little tougher coaching in the SEC than it was in the ACC. Good luck James. GO DAWGS!
How many players did you say were on probation?
December 18th, 2010
7:18 pm
There were a lot of things for the dawgs to celebrate this year. Let’s see…
1. A drunken, whoring athletic director.
2. Twelve players arrested.
3. A player suspended for violating NCAA rules.
4. Winning the Fulmer Cup for the most players arrested.
5. Winning the title of #1 party school (i.e., the most drunken student body in the USA).
6. A sleazy assistant coach who razzes opposing players, unethical coaching conduct in violation of NCAA rules.
7. A super sleazy head coach who thinks he’s a saint, but recruits thug wannabes, gangbangers, and illiterate morons.
8. A 6-6 record despite having a team full of 4- and 5-star recruits.
Really something to be proud of!
BobbyDawg
December 18th, 2010
10:01 pm
Beating Ga. Tech the last nine out of ten years is something to really be proud of!
Bari
December 19th, 2010
12:06 am
RICHT SUX.
Silence in the court
December 19th, 2010
12:23 am
Attention, everyone, especially dawgtards. We will now observe a moment of silence in memory of Saint Jan Kemp, who exposed the shameful practices at UGA that were initiated and carried out by slimeball Vince Dooley. Dooley’s image as a coach and a nice guy were forever shattered during the trial, not to mention the one million dollars that dawgtards had to pay Saint Jan. These practices of recruiting morons and coddling them for four years, them tossing them out like garbage, are still going on, but at least the world knows what’s happening in Athens now.
And now, the moment of silence…
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Thank you, you may resume your normal activities now. For dawgtards, that usually means having another cheap brand of beer while wondering how long your last unemployment check will last.
NoFKNdog
December 19th, 2010
7:11 am
Please read comments posted on page 4, December 15, @ 8:15 a.m.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
producewiz
December 19th, 2010
11:29 am
the name of the game is recruiting,then coaching them up.Muschamp now has his chance.He’s earned it.After all,if Mack Brown had retired after this past seasonMuschamp would have taken over, and not a word would have been said about his head coach experience.He could be Zook, or he could be Stoops, or somewhere in between,but he’s earned his chance.
trouble is a brewin
December 19th, 2010
1:21 pm
AuburnPride
Let’s see, ya’ll fired Tubby and in two years are playing for the NC, ya’lls best friends over their fired Shula and Saban had them pLaying for the NC in three years. Florida fired Zook and had them in the NC in two years,so it can be done, McGarity may have someone in mind already.Auburn the next SMU.
trouble is a brewin
December 19th, 2010
1:22 pm
Barry Fitzgerald= WHAT AN IDIOT.
trouble is a brewin
December 19th, 2010
1:25 pm
Silence in the court= IDIOT EXTRORDINARE
Fan of silence in the court
December 19th, 2010
6:49 pm
Call him an idiot if you want; everything he said is true.
Burma Shave
December 19th, 2010
8:41 pm
Over the hill
Through the dale
UGA players
In the classroom fail.
Burma Shave
Cullowheedawg
December 20th, 2010
9:37 am
Well all the comments wishing the “best” for Muschamp and Smart are nice, but the real issue shows up when you see that UGA is rated about 16 -18 on recruiting reviews. That is the real issue, how do we improve without getting good players.
I have supported Mark Richt, but as many are saying is that 1 or maybe 2 years to get back on track in the SEC is about all that I can support. Cullowheedawg