What should UGA fans make of the Stacy Searels situation?
Stacy Searels has drawn a lot of flak for his underperforming lines at UGA. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
l’m not seeing too many tears shed among Bulldog fans over the apparent impending departure of offensive line coach Stacy Searels for the same job at Texas.
Oh, sure, the timing could be better, coming just a couple of weeks before national signing day. And there’s the concern expressed by a few that Searels jumping ship is just one more sign that Mark Richt’s program is sinking fast.
But that latter view ignores the obvious fact that even if the Richt program wasn’t facing a likely do-or-die turning point next season, the Texas job would be somewhat better than a lateral move for Searels. Despite the Longhorns having suffered a losing season in 2010, that program mints money and is a choice spot for any coach. Of course, the chance of Searels being out of a job in Athens next year if Richt is fired adds to the attractiveness of a move to Austin at this point in his career.
It’s a little tougher to figure out why Mack Brown wants Searels. While his four years coaching the OL at LSU produced stellar results, his work at UGA has left most Dogs fans decidedly unimpressed. With injuries a major problem, Searels did get credit his first two seasons in Athens for cobbling together lines with three freshman starters as the Dogs finished with 11-2 and 10-3 records and Top 10 final rankings.
But the reportedly prickly Searels never seemed all that comfortable in Athens amid rumors he didn’t get along with offensive coordinator Mike Bobo and others, and Georgia folks never really warmed up to him, at least in part because of his refusal most of the time to talk to the media.
And as the Dogs’ fortunes began to sink over the 2009 and 2010 seasons, with OL play an obvious deficiency, the suspicion grew in the Bulldog Nation that having offensive stars like Matt Stafford, Knowshon Moreno and Mohamed Massaquoi made Searels’ 2007 and 2008 lines look better than they really were. The past two years Searels’ lines badly underperformed most of the time, despite having veteran players, and the running game that Searels had been named coordinator of in 2009 foundered.
Perhaps Texas has concluded the problem with the Dogs’ linemen getting pushed around by opponents really was Georgia’s infamous strength and conditioning program and that the LSU years more accurately reflect what Searels can do. Time will tell.
In the meantime, it will be interesting to see where Richt turns for a new OL coach. While an up-and-coming coach might jump at the chance to take over the OL job at Georgia, the tenuous nature of Richt’s own status in Athens might work against drawing an established heavy hitter. Let’s face it, anyone who takes the job is gambling.
Mac McWhorter recently announced his retirement at Texas. (University of Texas)
The natural speculation has centered on a couple of former Georgia players with established credentials as offensive line coaches: Mac McWhorter and Hugh Nall.
McWhorter, ironically, is responsible for the opening at Texas, having just retired as the Longhorns’ OL coach amid a general staff house-cleaning that Brown has undertaken following a disappointing season just a year after playing in the national championship game. But since McWhorter’s “retirement” is only a little over a month old, he might be inclined to basically swap places with Searels.
If that’s the case, you could argue UGA would be getting the better end of the deal. While McWhorter was at UT, the offense ranked among the top 10 in total offense three times and in the top 30 seven times. It was also in the top six in scoring offense on five occasions and in the top 16 eight times. McWhorter also was named the 2008 Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association.
If he were to take the job at Georgia, it would be his second go-round as the Dogs’ OL coach. He held that position, along with special teams coordinator and director of football operations, under Ray Goff. Interestingly, he also put in time at Georgia Tech under George O’Leary and ended up as the Jackets’ acting head coach for their bowl game after O’Leary left for his short-lived stint at Notre Dame.
As for Nall, he had a good run coaching the OL at Auburn under Tommy Tuberville but left coaching for an executive position in the trucking business after Tuberville was fired and reportedly is quite happy out of football. Giving up that gig for a potentially one-season stint in Athens might not seem like such a smart move.
Other names not associated with UGA are starting to surface, including former Vanderbilt head coach Robbie Caldwell, a veteran of offensive line work.
What do you think? Would you be happy with a Searels-for-McWhorter swap? Who else would you like to see Richt consider for the OL job?
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Daniel's Dawgs
January 20th, 2011
11:35 am
See ya!!!
D A DoubleU G
January 20th, 2011
11:36 am
I am taking the attitude of:
“We didn’t impress with him, so I am excited to get some new blood and a different attitude in coaching at that position”.
I am excited to read about the new hire, or promotion.
GO DAWGS!!!!!
225 days til Kickoff!!!!
DawginLex
January 20th, 2011
11:38 am
Despite all the rumors about how this went down, I’m more inclined to believe the story posted on the other blog about how Richt and Searles actually get along great but Richt told him, now would be a good time to take the Texas job considering what is going on in Athens.
MichaelB
January 20th, 2011
11:46 am
I will help him pack! Our O line was either overrated or under coached the past 3 years.
Bryan G.
January 20th, 2011
11:49 am
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Coach.
82Dawg
January 20th, 2011
11:52 am
How do we know that CMR didn’t ask CSS to find another job??
innocent bystander
January 20th, 2011
11:53 am
Lots of theories about why the O-Line underperformed. I expected them to dominate in 2010 . I guess I was lulled into overconfidence by what King/Ealey did against Tech in 09 and the cumulative starts of all those upper classmen.. I was shocked to see them struggling against ULL even though we won that game handily. There was a lot of standing around in the Liberty Bowl as well. I don’t know whether more credit should go to Stafford/Moreno early on or more blame to Coach Searles of late. All in all at this point in our program I think change is good. Best of luck to SS in Austin. And I hope we get Robbie Caldwell.
Coachdawg 2000
January 20th, 2011
11:56 am
I thiunk that he just never fit in here. His official positionwas OL Coach and running game Coordinator. What caused us some games lack of sustained running game production and our o-line got whip on 99% of the snaps. Also ,while he wasn’t recruiting coordinator, we always seem to miss on our o-line recruits(perpetually poor depth).
VDawg
January 20th, 2011
11:56 am
And by the way – he got a hell of an increase to go Texas folks. TEXAS is paying coaches more than we are. Texas wants to make a statement more than we do.. Just gnaw on that a while Dawg faithful.
bobby
January 20th, 2011
11:59 am
i’m glad sears is gone he was a good coach but a poor recruiter. since he has been coach, o-lineman been leaving the state like forty going north and performing a high level at other schools. womack, carpterner, the two that went to alabama and a host of others. uga needs a o-line coach that can keep the o-line in state. iam sick and tried of seeing o-lineman from the state of georgia leave here and star at other sec schools the next o-line coach must keep the in state lineman in the state of georgia.
Dawg Fud
January 20th, 2011
11:59 am
Buh, bye Stacey.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:00 pm
Feel bad for you guys, this came at a horrible time and quite frankly, don’t expect OL play to suddenly turn around. Searels wasn’t the problem, or at the very least, THE problem. The whole program is tanking and quite frankly he made a brilliant career decision going to UT before the stuff hits the fan in Athens.
VDawg
January 20th, 2011
12:01 pm
well said WDE
Gary
January 20th, 2011
12:03 pm
McGarity could END all of the specualtion about Richt by doing a contract extension.
This is hurting recruiting, and it’s hurting Richt’s ability to retain coaches, and attract coaches.
If Richt’s your guy, extend his contract. If he’s not, fire him now. But none of this sit on the fence lukewarm garbage.
VDawg
January 20th, 2011
12:04 pm
wow – for some reason one of my comments hasn’t posted…..twice…….and nothing innapropriate……what gives Billy boy?
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:04 pm
You won’t make a splash at all with your hire, which is what you critically need here before NSD with the obvious lack of athletes on the OLine. You’re going to get some guy that’s quickly on the rise from a mid-major or DII school that will have no problem being hired away when Richt gets canned.
The rest of the SEC has great coaches and next year there will be more turnover. Look for you guys to hire someone who could benefit from one year of exposure in the SEC before going to a more stable program with better OLinemen.
D A DoubleU G
January 20th, 2011
12:07 pm
I sense panic in the”WDE” nation, knowing your team will likely not even make a bowl next year, and things could be a lot better in Athens.
Hope you enjoyed your $180,000 season! (for now)
Ted Striker
January 20th, 2011
12:07 pm
Interesting stuff, Bill.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:08 pm
Last year, it was made VERY clear that UGA is not a destination for coaching talent. Yall had to go about 5 names down the list before landing a D-Coordinator. Things have only gotten worse and you will all be VERY disappointed with OLine play this year. You still have no running game, and no receivers anymore. It’ll be Aaron Murray vs. the world, bless his soul.
Crowell is not going to come in and be your “savior”. He’s smart enough to know that a running back can only play to his full potential with a supporting cast, which UGA lacks completely. And right now, that means he’ll land somewhere in the SEC West.
how2fish
January 20th, 2011
12:08 pm
Wish CSS the best never been a huge fan of his but hope he enjoys Austin.
D A DoubleU G
January 20th, 2011
12:08 pm
WDE,
who said Richt was being canned?? You must know something we don’t.
Oh, and welcome to the Dawg Blawg. I guess reality is setting in in Metro Opelika huh???
Johnson
January 20th, 2011
12:09 pm
Searels couldn’t run the ball at Georgia.
#71 in rushing in 06, 337, in 07′, #56 in 08′, #47 in 09′, and #73 in 10′.
The trend is run 1st to win the SEC over last 3 seasons, Florida got 225 a game in 08′, Bama got 215 a game in 09′, Auburn got 280 a game in 10. Searels is around 150 yards rushing a game.
He’s really below average in run offense.
Red-N-Black
January 20th, 2011
12:11 pm
Caldwell, the man never got enough credit for what he had to work with at Vandy.
Johnson
January 20th, 2011
12:12 pm
Phil Fulmer for O-Line coach anybody?
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:12 pm
D A Double U G-
I know you guys have had A LOT of crappy food on your plate the past three years. Yall are some of the most uninformed fans in the country.
People think Auburn was a flash in the pan this year. Do you not remember our offense in 2009? We ranked only behind Florida in all major categories in the SEC. This coming off one of our worst offensive years in history. The only thing that kept us from doing it last year was our defense, which has improved significantly.
If you were smart, you’d look at the big picture of progression. As usual, you are just focused in/jealous/in awe of what Cam Newton did to yall. We did it with Chris Todd last year, and with an improved defense and even better offense, you’ll be seeing the Auburn you’re used to. You know, the one that has had 3 undefeated teams in the past 20 years.
What has Georgia done since 1980?
jesup
January 20th, 2011
12:12 pm
We need UCONN line coach……Google it..he has done more with less.
LakeDawg
January 20th, 2011
12:12 pm
Its hard to build an O-line when CMR won’t scrimmage and puts little time in on the run game. Searels was a good line coach before he got to UGA. What happened? The problem wasn’t with Searels.
Sandman053
January 20th, 2011
12:13 pm
WDE after Auburn went from 8-5 in 2009 to 13-0 this year with the addition of a stellar player (which no matter how anyone feels about Cecil and his antics, Cam was a heck of a ball player, wouldn’t you want to let the season turn a bit before making a blanket statement like you did at 12:04? Granted I’m a Dawg and I believe in Richt righting the ship,so I’m hoping the right recruits, a little luck, and some great fan support will get us to a decent season in 2011. C’mon September 3rd! o Dawgs!
Johnson
January 20th, 2011
12:13 pm
I was surprised Richt retained Searels this season after the lousy job he did.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:14 pm
You better hope CMR is canned this year. The rest of the SEC has proven they have the pelotas to make changes and adjust. UGA is the beacon of inflexibility, and your results and decline are reflecting that.
You’ll be in football purgatory until you make a change. Just being honest.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:15 pm
I’m not saying we’ll repeat and go 14-0 next year. But Georgia fans think just because of our short decline under TT at the end of his tenure that Auburn is a non-contender. It’s just foolish, we lead the series.
Georgia thinks just because they are the “University of..” school in their state that success is automatic. That is why yall have been so poor the past two years.
Sandman053
January 20th, 2011
12:16 pm
Again I point to four or six plays that changed our season from probably 10-3 to the dismal 6-7, so luck is part of it and coaching is another. I think the fire is back in Athens that was present in the first part of the decade. I wish Coach Searles the best of luck in Austin and I hope we get a good O-line coach to help fix the problems.
Red-N-Black
January 20th, 2011
12:16 pm
WDE
Funny how you Awbarn fans pipe up after one good year, and the most recent history tells us that we are 4-1 over the last five years so what were you saying again???
South Ga Dawg
January 20th, 2011
12:16 pm
Kick rocks CSS. Line has underachieved since he’s been here! Bring on some new blood and philosophy!!
ugab
January 20th, 2011
12:17 pm
HEAD COACH? Who does everyone want to coach at ga? MR is the man for the job.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:17 pm
Losers blame bad luck. Of course it takes luck, but in the SEC, luck is made on the practice field and in the weight room.
D A DoubleU G
January 20th, 2011
12:17 pm
Auburn goes 5-7 next year.
Panic On The Plains!!!!
Sandman053
January 20th, 2011
12:18 pm
WDE, I never thought AU was a flash in the pan and if i conveyed that thought I apologize. I appeciate the long and storied rivalry between our two schools and normally pull for you guys in the Iron Bowl.
With that being said, I think last year’s season showed what the addition of a couple of missing pieces on both sides of the ball would bring with the proper amount of luck coupled with good coaching.
D A DoubleU G
January 20th, 2011
12:18 pm
and seriously WDE,
give us a GOOD reason why you spend so much time on a UGA BLOG, based in a city in the State of Georgia???
It’s sad and pathetic.
DawgDog
January 20th, 2011
12:18 pm
Shhh… don’t trash Searels until Texas offers him the job & he accepts. Texas may read our totally justifiable trashing of him..
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:19 pm
Red – n – black,
Splice it how you want. I was here this summer, the original WDE, telling you what was happening to your program. How2fish, RxDawg, and DawginLex should remember me.
Yall did beat us 4 times in a row. But the trajectories have changed, we’ve gone through the transitional period yall are about to, so I’d be a little reluctant if I were you to hang your hat on the Stafford/Moreno years. Those are long long gone.
Sandman053
January 20th, 2011
12:20 pm
@ DawgDog: I just wish we could throw in Bobo and a player/coach to be named later.
Sam
January 20th, 2011
12:20 pm
Funny how people never warmed up to Searels because he refused to talk to the media. I care far less about whether a coach talks to the media or not as long as he gets the job done; however, I suspect the media paints a less than glowing picture if a person does not talk to the media.
Gary
January 20th, 2011
12:20 pm
McGarity is pretty much throwing Richt under the bus, trying to force him to quit or work somewhere else. This is getting ugly.
1- hasn’t come out and endorsed Richt to help recuriting
2- Scheduled #7 ranked Boise instead of unranked Louisville
3- Kept Florida game in Florida, renewed the location agreement
4- refuses to extend Richt’s contract
5- watches as no 5 star recruits sign on
6- watches as coaches get hired away
7- watches as richt tries to turn around a 6-7 season where McGarity pretty much had left Richt as a lame duck coach to dry
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:21 pm
I live in Atlanta, and Stacey Searels is a former player.
The major improvement was on defense, particularly second half defense.
I’m not going to blabber about how Newton and Fairley weren’t special playeres, they obviously were. But our offense was pretty dang good with a spaghetti-armed QB the year before.
Anyone that knows anything about football knows it was Auburn’s defensive improvement that put us in the BCS picture. Cam Newton was the secret sauce that made it a season for the ages.
Gary
January 20th, 2011
12:23 pm
Where in the world is Greg McGarity–on vacation?
Gary
January 20th, 2011
12:25 pm
McGarity is showing common sense.
Doesn’t he realize Richt can basically, return the no trust ball on McGarity by going 5-7, forcing McGarity to fire Richt and pay out millions?
Gary
January 20th, 2011
12:27 pm
Hopefully, Searels can take “Greg ‘Do nothing, sit on the fence’ McGarity with him to Texas.
Georgia needs a new AD. Now.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:30 pm
Well, McGarity can’t really do anything as the new AD. If Damon Evans hadn’t had his episode this year, I think we might be talking about a lot more than who your new OC will be this offseason.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:31 pm
Not only did the Damon Evans episode embarass your University, but it has put off rebuilding for at least a year… Probably more when you consider the lack of faith in your program. The recruits can smell it, its why that “Dream Team” CMR so desperately begged for is just that… “It was only just a dreeaaaaammmmm” hahaha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RTENBJD2Ok
Sandman053
January 20th, 2011
12:32 pm
Very true WDE. I think the evaluation period is still going on, but McGarity is going to do what’s best for the University.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:36 pm
Worst thing that could have happened to yalls long-term health was squeaking out that win against GT. He would have been so incredibly fire-able at the time, and you might have gotten a young hungry coach (not a blockbuster, they know to stay away from Athens).
Meanwhile, while the rest of the south east is leaving yall in the dust, you can keep beating up on GT and bragging about it.
WE RUN THIS STATE…
Actually, Bama, Florida and Auburn do. HAHAHA. NSD will prove that!
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:38 pm
Heck, Georgia’s decline couldn’t be any better timed for turnarounds by FSU and Clemson either. This state is ripe for the picking right now, and the recruits know that big time college football is played across the borders.
jdawg
January 20th, 2011
12:39 pm
As a contributor, I feel that someone that I pay can at least talk to the media more than once a year. To make his lineman off limits and so on. No, I do not expect him to be like a head coach, but his arrogance seems to show through. Delta is ready when you are…
chiefdawg
January 20th, 2011
12:39 pm
the move to let Coach Richt go should have been made this year.
Gary
January 20th, 2011
12:40 pm
McGarity has made YET ANOTHER FATAL ERROR ALREADY.
He forgot to give the Georgia football coaches raises that compete. Everybody on staff, except Richt, is gross underpaid and ripe for an offer form the competition.
McGarity is completely CLUELESS, no wonder no other school ever hired him to be AD.
Gary
January 20th, 2011
12:42 pm
Richt:
24 years without McGarity as his AD:
Never had a losing season
1 year with Greg McGarity as his AD:
6-7, 1st losing season for Richt since 1985. 1st time in 25 years.
EDawg
January 20th, 2011
12:42 pm
I love Coach Mac and would welcome him home! The problem at UGA is Adams. He has been responsible for most of the issues starting with forcing Dooley out early.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:43 pm
Can’t wait to see yall next year!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjTuemF1Rd4
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:47 pm
I was a HUGE Tommy Tuberville fan… Loved that guy- people praise Richt for his “cool” demeanor, but no one blended that with a little fire like Tommy Tuberville did. I was sad to see him ago, but I trusted Auburn to make a solid hire. I wasn’t blown away by the Chizik hire, but there’s no denying that he’s built something at Auburn that is very good. The staff is exceptional and will be held together for the 3rd straight year… That’s how you build success.
Auburn did in 2008 what Georgia doesn’t have the guts or leadership to do now. Go out, get your guy, and invest faith and support in him. Georgia’s too scared, because they know once they fire Richt, they are admitting that their program is exactly what it is- mid-tier in the SEC East, which is down in itself.
Out west, we just take things a little more seriously and go out and earn our stripes. Florida does too, it’s a shame they’re lumped in the the UGA’s and Vanderbilts of the SEC.
Coachdawg 2000
January 20th, 2011
12:48 pm
WDE-
Yall are a one hit wonder. Book it. You’ll be back to your role as the 2nd best team in Bammer. You’re prognotications are ludicrous. You were probably one the losers heckling Chizik at the airport when he was hired. Yall are soooo 2010!
86 Dawg
January 20th, 2011
12:49 pm
McGarity can’t do anything without Michael “puppetmaster” Adams making the decision for him. As for filling the OL coaches job, Richt will probably select an ex-cornerback since he has an ex-receiver coaching running backs and an ex-running back coaching receivers. Is it really that hard to find a proper position coach Richt???
JaxDawg05
January 20th, 2011
12:51 pm
I’ll pay for Coach Searles AND Gary’s airfare to leave the Bulldog Nation.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:51 pm
Coachdawg-
Short memory huh? I guess you forget the 6 in a row we had on Bama, and that until the last 4 years we ruined your seasons as well as anyone else.
One-hit-wonder doesn’t offend me, it just embarasses your fanbase with your lack of historical perspective.
We lead the seried dude, and its about to swing a few more games in our favor before it balances out again.
Dawg Tired
January 20th, 2011
12:52 pm
Personally I would go for a young, enthusiastic, energectic up and comer. The program needs energy. Richt appears worn out every time I hear him speaking. Young coaches usually add a spark and players react weel to their coaching. This is obvioulsy a great opportunity for Richt. hopefully he makes the right hire.
how2fish
January 20th, 2011
12:52 pm
WDE you went undefeated and won a NC this year congrats…now go away.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:52 pm
Three undefeated seasons in the past 20 years… How many does Georgia have? In fact, what HAS Georgia done since Herschel Walker?
Gary
January 20th, 2011
12:53 pm
McGarity’s doing everything he can to help Richt in 2011.
1- Schedule top 10 non-conference games
2- Keep the Florida game in Florida (although contract was up, could have moved it to Athens)
3- Not offering a contract extension to ease asst coaches fears
4- Not increasing anyone’s salary on staff, paying assistants as little as possible
5- Not helping recruiting by not extended Richt’s contract
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:54 pm
how2fish, if I was a bigger d-bag, I would love to have copied and pasted all the trash you were talking to Auburn this summer. Do you remember? Or are you just going to not reply and pretend you didn’t see me pose this question.
how2fish
January 20th, 2011
12:58 pm
WDE your school is a pit the only thing going for Auburn is that you can never get lost…as all dirt roads lead there…things like that little fella?? When are you guys going to get together and buy your own blog…bama has one…that’s right you only spend money on players…hmmmm and WDE it would really be tough for you to be a bigger D-bag.
Kevin
January 20th, 2011
12:59 pm
How about Phil Fulmer? He can coach the heck out of OL. And he could wear black to make himself look thinner.
JaxDawg05
January 20th, 2011
1:00 pm
Will you post an apology next year when Auburn is stripped of it’s trophy and wins from this season, WDE?
RGP
January 20th, 2011
1:04 pm
Too bad Texas didnt get Bobo as well as Searels as a package deal.
patrocket
January 20th, 2011
1:08 pm
Dave Johnson, was Richt’s TE coach during the “glory days”. Wanted the OL job but lost out to Searels. Just lost his job due to the shuffle at WVU.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
1:11 pm
Haha yall keep clinging on to your pay-for-play fantasy. The facts were shoved in everyone’s face and the NCAA made a ruling.
Your problem as a fanbase is that you spent more time this season moaning and complaining about Auburn, Florida and Bama to realize you’ve got an entire buffet of BS piling up in Athens that is quickly (AND I MEAN QUICKLY) making you non-contenders.
I used to hate UGA fans because they were obnoxiously arrogant. Now I just hate you all because you’ve become the whiniest little babies that would rather talk about games-within-the-games intstead of actual wins and losses.
Great job blocking Nick Fairley in November. From the sounds of you guys, if yall had just done that, there’d be nothing else to talk about.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
1:13 pm
We have our blogs, all over the internet. This is my hometown paper and quite frankly I’m surrounded by you and your gas-station fans, so of course I’d like to get on here and talk a little football.
You are more like Techies than you want to realize.
Spivedog
January 20th, 2011
1:15 pm
WDE, why are you spending so much time on a UGA blog? Let me guess, you were born in Ga., couldn’t get into UGA (like every AU grad), and then went to AU? Sounds about right.
88-dawg
January 20th, 2011
1:20 pm
WDE – make all the noise you want NOW … do you think there is any chance you AREN’T getting the Death Penalty in 2013? The NCAA isn’t quick and no way they wanted to suspend Newton before the national championship game, but once all the advertising money is in the bank … the NCAA is going to hit Auburn so hard they will call that cow town the Flats … (hmmm, how appropriate).
Dawg 1
January 20th, 2011
1:20 pm
He was brillant when winning and an idiot when losing – shocking…
how2fish
January 20th, 2011
1:31 pm
WDE when is the last time you talked football? You are only good for two things bashing UGA and for now..thumping your chest over the NC..which by the way I did congratulate you and the Auburn fans on…you haven’t hit a lick about football since last summer..you had you head so far up Fairley’s butt of course you couldn’t see of hear the games so I guess its understandable
Dawg 2
January 20th, 2011
1:32 pm
WDE.. I’m sorry you graduated from a school that couldn’t get you a job. Maybe you should spend more time brushing up on your hamburger flipping skills then trolling the Georgia Blog.
robodawg
January 20th, 2011
1:35 pm
Find an OL coach from a school with a great running game. This shouldn’t be a difficult position to fill.
IRISH DAWG
January 20th, 2011
1:36 pm
AUBURN WILL GO BACK TO LOSING 4 OR 5 GAMES THIS YEAR.GEORGIA WILL HAVE A BETTER RECORD THAN AUBURN THIS YEAR ALSO GEORGIA WILL BEAT AUBURN 5 OUT OF 6 YEARS. AUBURN FANS,WHEN YOU WIN 12 SEC TITLES,LET ME KNOW. GEORGIA HAS WON 5 NATIOAL TITLES IN 1927,1942,1946,1968 AND 1980. GO DAWGS!!!
dawgfan
January 20th, 2011
1:41 pm
WDE=sore loser crybaby wet the bed TECHIE that is too much of a coward to identify himself as such among UGA fans. I have exposed this clown before and I guess its time to do it again. Look at his comments. Doesn’t he seem to take an unusual interest in Georgia and Georgia Tech for an Auburn fan? We Run This State? Why would an Auburn fan give a rat’s azz if a UGA fan thinks we run this state? Auburn is in the state of Alabama. Auburn is of course the most popular team for these Techie cowards to hide behind these days. They’ve jumped off the Florida bandwagon for the time being.
Dawg in Malta
January 20th, 2011
1:49 pm
Definitely don’t need a swap of coaches…that would be like swapping your current girlfriend for your ex-girlfriend. Nothing new…opponents would know what formations you like to run and what can score TD!!!
Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho
January 20th, 2011
1:54 pm
WDE, Auburn used to be my second favorite team in the SEC. Now however, after reading your inane ramblings for the last several weeks, I can honestly say that I like Fla and it’s fans a lot more that I like AU and the clueless bunch that follows them. When your OC leaves and all you have left is Chizik, I will revel in your return to mediocrity or worse.
AltamahaDawg
January 20th, 2011
1:57 pm
There is of cource the fact that the style of football in that league would actually be a good fit for the types of lines that Searels seems to favor.
Rudy
January 20th, 2011
1:58 pm
Our line SUCKED under him. Glad he’s gone!!!!!!!!!!!!
gomdawg
January 20th, 2011
1:59 pm
Gary , 1st. I’m not afraid of Boise State and you are then maybe you on the wrong team . My Dawgs will be good next year, maybe 12 -2 , 11-3 we have alot of talent coming back and look at our recruiting class for 2011 . GO DAWGS 2011
AltamahaDawg
January 20th, 2011
2:01 pm
It’s the internet WDE. Proximity to the webhost really has nothing to do with what sites you visit.
No bother to me, I just can’t imagine that if my team just won a NC, I would ever waste my time blgoging about another teams OL coach.
JB
January 20th, 2011
2:03 pm
WDE…………Maybe we could hire the Iowa St. coach who went 2-10 this year to replace Richt. worked out OK for you guys.
Skitty Fritty
January 20th, 2011
2:04 pm
Did Crowell give a verbal “Yes” to UGA this AM?
JB
January 20th, 2011
2:07 pm
Auburn loses their QB, their stud linebacker,4 starters on the OL and a whole lot of games next year. A murder schedule. 7 potential losses.
gomdawg
January 20th, 2011
2:08 pm
Offense line coach what happen to the old Miss.St. coach Broom
gomdawg
January 20th, 2011
2:10 pm
no he has not committ that is a azz hole taking
JB
January 20th, 2011
2:11 pm
McGarity has backed off because Richt has told him he’ll go into 2011 with the staff he’s got, which is a good call, because what top coach is going to come in and hitch on to this wagon at this stage of the game? no one.
JB
January 20th, 2011
2:12 pm
2011 will be a strange year in Athens. Don’t think for a minute our players aren’t in tune with all this drama.
daveinbuford
January 20th, 2011
2:13 pm
Let me first say that I consider myself a longtime Bulldog fan. However, after watching them (or trying to) for the last two years, a couple of things seem obvious to me. 1) With all the hype about the stud running backs that have been signed the last few years, can you really tell me that they belong anywhere beyond the 1-AA level. 2) After saying that, you would think that the OL you expected to be so good could open a few holes for them. Maybe they belong a step down as well and we’ve all been duped in reading too many recruiting sites. By the way, isn’t it getting pretty close to signing day? I guess the new coach will have to “coach-up” the leftovers since we’re all delusional if we think the commits so far will stick. Wish it wasn’t so, but maybe it wasn’t all coaching.
gomdawg
January 20th, 2011
2:13 pm
JB YA’LL LEAVE THE COACH THING ALONE. CMR IS OUR COACH AND WILL BE OUR COACH A LONG TIME.
needums
January 20th, 2011
2:14 pm
I’ll bet that Texas’ line will have an awesome year under Searels coaching and we’ll be be stuck with the same ol’ results.
PHIL
January 20th, 2011
2:14 pm
WDE well one thing UGA has done over the past 5 years is beat Auburn like a red headed step child. Just sayin.’ Who are you gonna pull for in 4 years when there isn’t even a football team at that school?
Atl_Dawg
January 20th, 2011
2:14 pm
Not sure if this was already commented on, but Searels contract expired on 6/30/2011…. hello? Why would we resign him? He had to take the job due to job security. Pretty sure there was whispers of him leaving right after the season. I wouldn’t be surprised if we already had candidates lined up.
PHIL
January 20th, 2011
2:17 pm
AS far as CSS goes, coach Richt isn’t like alot of others who throw players or coaches under the bus so who’s to say that he wasn’t forced out?
LOL
January 20th, 2011
2:18 pm
Looks like rats leaving a ship…right before it sinks.
Gary
January 20th, 2011
2:18 pm
McGarity will see how dumb a move it was to NOT extend Richt a contract after the recuriting season ends. Then he’ll regret not locking Richt up, the coach who brought in the #1 recruiting class. Richt will be a hot commodity in 2011, and schools will be a knockin on the door. And it will cost McGarity a LOT more then to extend Richt than it will now.
cmac
January 20th, 2011
2:19 pm
This GREAT news!! tired of everyone talking about what a great coach searles is. Problem is, the kids he was coaching never got any better (except for ben jones & his chop blocks!). Glad to see him go!!
PaleRider
January 20th, 2011
2:20 pm
I think Searels was told behind closed doors that it would be better to leave than get fired.
Richt should look at the top 5 or 6 Division II programs and offer the OL job to an outstanding
young guy who has maybe 5 years experience. Don’t go after any old tired head coaches.
Get a young talented hungry guy looking to move up to the SEC.
Dawg 39
January 20th, 2011
2:21 pm
I need to take my own advice about telling others to be careful what they wish for. I was not a fan of Searels or Garner but who comes later might not be as good. The same might be true when Bobo & Richt are both gone.
Dogs Smell
January 20th, 2011
2:29 pm
Red-N-Black
Auburn has a NC this year. When was the last time GA played for one?
JRW7
January 20th, 2011
2:30 pm
WDE
If you are an AUBURN fan, why don’t you go blog on an AUBURN blog! This is BILL KING’S UGA DAWGS BLOG!!!! DOES Aubarn have a blog?
WIN WITH RICHT
January 20th, 2011
2:31 pm
I was a Searels supporter until this year. I felt that with all the experienced o linemen coming back for 2010, Georgia would have a dominating line. How could the most experieced o line in college football not translate to better production on field. Hopefully, the next o line coach will do better.
WIN WITH RICHT
January 20th, 2011
2:33 pm
WDE
Can you spell probation?
Larry
January 20th, 2011
2:35 pm
Now, if we can get rid of BoBo. You can take it to the bank, if Richt does not win big this year he is gone. Unfortunately, he is to nice a guy.
Will
January 20th, 2011
2:36 pm
I guess that endorsement from Richt that Searls did “a great job, not a good job, but a great job” just didn’t mean all that much? Georgia is a joke.
JRW7
January 20th, 2011
2:43 pm
Easy on Greg McGarity, he’s dealing with the hand he inherited, he made it plain to CMR, 10 wins in 2011 or you’re GONE!!!!
PALADIN DEATH DEALER
January 20th, 2011
2:48 pm
THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR GOT $750,000 PER YEAR….THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL MIGHT NOT GET THAT MUCH IF YOU ADD THEM ALL TOGETHER….PROBABLY SOME JEALOUSY THERE, WOULDN’T YOU THINK……AND UNTIL UGA GETS A RUNNINGBACK, NO OFFENSIVE LINE IS GONNA LOOK GOOD….SEARELS IS A GOOD SOLID FOOTBALL COACH, AND HE HASN’T FORGOTTEN HOW TO COACH IN ONE YEAR OR TWO….TOO MANY SOFT A$$ PLAYERS, BUT JOE T WILL FIX THAT….THEY WILL EITHER BE HARD FOR JOE T OR THEY WILL BE GONE….SEEMS AS IF A COACH LEAVES, ALL OF A SUDDEN HE COULDN’T COACH A LICK….TEXAS DON’T HIRE COACHES WHO CAN’T COACH……GOOD LUCK TO COACH SEARELS AND THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS WITH THE DAWGS…..
PALADIN DEATH DEALER
January 20th, 2011
2:50 pm
Dogs Smell:
YEA, YOU GOT THE NC BUT THEY CHANGED YOUR NAME FROM THE TIGERS TO THE CHEETAHS….ITS GONNA COME OUT, JUST WAIT…..
Anonymous 'Cos
January 20th, 2011
2:50 pm
To answer your questions about whether the fans of other colleges have their own blogs to rant on…the obvious answer is “of course” they do. So why do we have to listen to their negative posts and belittling comments? Because it’s the only way they can get an erection and/or feel good about themselves. Noone in their ‘real’ lives gives a rat’s a$$ about them or give them the time of day. On here, no one can turn and walk away from them, as much as we would like to. So forgive them…or pity them. It’s our choice to do so. Personally, i laugh at them knowing they don’t amount to anything in this world and not a single soul cares if they breathe or not. Stupid kids! Or adults who have not matured from the age of 12. They olny wish they were living the good old days again…in middle school. But thanks for the laugh.
Go Dawgs…
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
January 20th, 2011
2:51 pm
Funny
Searls didnt get along with Boo boo
Van Gorder didnt get along with Martinez
Im sensing this is the problem with why Richt wont take this program to the next level
PALADIN DEATH DEALER
January 20th, 2011
2:52 pm
AGAIN, WITHOUT A RUNNINGBACK, NO OFFENSIVE LINE IS GONNA LOOK GOOD…..THE MONEY THE NEW DC GOT HAS CAUSED SERIOUS PROBLEMS ON THE COACHING STAFF….OC DON’T MAKE HALF OF WHAT THE DC MAKES…..
PALADIN DEATH DEALER
January 20th, 2011
2:54 pm
SEARELS AND BOBO NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS GETTING ALONG….DON’T KNOW WHO STARTED THAT….THAT IS BS…..
Evansdawg
January 20th, 2011
3:00 pm
Searles should have been and may have been fired….or at least asked to resign or look elsewhere for openings. In my mind, this is outstanding news. To heck with him. Now…there are about 2 more I want to see GONE.
AltamahaDawg
January 20th, 2011
3:05 pm
Will, it seems pretty obvious now that the comment about the “great job” Searels did was made in the context of the possibility of him seeking another job. That would certainly be more consistant with Richt’s style, and a more reasonable explaination than the very unlikely case that he actually thought UGA had a good running game last year.
59bulldawg
January 20th, 2011
3:13 pm
I would take McWhorter if we could get him. Caldwell would give us two former Vandy coaches on our staff. I’m not sure if that is good or bad! Might be appropriate since so many Dawg fans are not alarmed having “Vandy like” seasons now.
PT
January 20th, 2011
3:20 pm
Either way, they all will be gone by the end of next season. I can’t see bringing in a new OL coach and turning it around in one year. Richt just delegated too much and it got away from him. However, he did get to be at home with the family.
dkm
January 20th, 2011
3:25 pm
Our offensive line has under achieved the past couple of years,so I say good riddance.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
3:29 pm
Go Tech!!!!!
59bulldawg
January 20th, 2011
3:32 pm
PT . . . you have hit the nail right on the head, my friend. He lost his passion for the job and it got away from him. The fact that he may get fired after this season is a tough pill for some Georgia folks to swallow, but it was Richt who ordered the medicine. He brought it all upon himself by not paying close enough attention to the needs of the program.
David Granger
January 20th, 2011
3:35 pm
I wish Coach Searels luck at Texas. UT is a very prestigious program, and you certainly can’t blame a coach for accepting a position that he feels is better for him. My only question is: As pitiful as our offensive line has been the last two years, why in the hell would Texas want the person responsible for it?
the end is nigh
January 20th, 2011
3:43 pm
well, folks…this is all starting to make sense.
why couldn’t we find a DC….and why did we pay 750k for an NFL line coach?
the end is nigh. everyone knows it. why would chavis, foster, etc leave security for a 1-2 yr gig?
except those jumping off of the high dive into the koolaide.
“field goal jesus will rise again!!!!” – splash!
chris peterson may have been checking out the uga job every time he signed up to play here….ala mark fox. you never know.
To The Haters
January 20th, 2011
3:46 pm
I say let’em go and go out and find out whatever happend to Hugh Nall!!!
WDE IDIOT
January 20th, 2011
3:50 pm
Enter your comments here
Lately and historically .......... needs to be pointed out here
January 20th, 2011
3:57 pm
Even though GA was humiliated by losing to Central SW by SE by NW Florida, they are still the # 4 ALL TIME BOWL WIINING PROGRAM, per ESPN during the last bowl season. Here it is:
Alabama with 36 wins
the real USC with 32
Penn State 27
U of GAWGA 26.
Not Florida, nor Michigan nor UCLA nor LSU nor Iowa nor GT nor UT nor SC nor FSU nor TEXAS nor Oklahoma, etc are in the top 4. Oregon and Stanford and Nebraska?? No way. Notre Dame or Colorado ………..no dice.
My point? A solid football program is a “program” BECAUSE of long time stats like this.
By the way, Auburn was not mentioned in the top 4 ALL TIME BOWL WINNER category either. Congrats on their 2010 NC. The FBI will be in touch.
Destin Dawg
January 20th, 2011
3:57 pm
Great opportunity for us to upgrade.. coaching staff… get Caldwell ??? Searels never had a positive attitude and could not recruit.. new strength and conditioning program will bring results.. Go Dawgs !!!!
Destin Dawg
January 20th, 2011
4:02 pm
Bear Bryant recovered from a couple bad years when he delegated too much to his asst’s…. next yearwill suprise the nay sayers… new Junkyard Dawg Defense.. improved conditiong, Richt hands on with offense… Go Dawgs !!!
Ditto PT
January 20th, 2011
4:06 pm
You hit the nail on the head, sir. Richt has family issues and mission work issues and he has so much $$ now, he lacks the focus and he may not recognize it until he is removed from the day to day action. No hard feelings but he should have moved on last year or certainly this year. The Liberty Bowl was his Waterloo. Boise State will be his Dunkirk.
His contract is in place and he knows that he will have another $3.2 million come next Christmas …………….by going 0-12 or 12-0. He is making a personla business decision only be staying. Too bad. Last year ( 09 ) should have been his rebuilding year.
UGA will be fine within two more years, say in 2012 and beyond. UGA is one of THE DREAM destinations for being a head coach, according to recent ESPN commentator remarks. “Similar to Texas and Ohio State and Florida” they said. Second to no state in being surrounded by very fertile recruiting grounds and second only to Texas in $$$ and fan $$$ support.
We must endure yet one more ugly year ……………. then we will be fine.
Go Dogs.
1eyedJack
January 20th, 2011
4:07 pm
You ain’t got to go home but you got to get the hell up out of here.
WIN WITH RICHT
January 20th, 2011
4:10 pm
Dawgs defense will be much improved in 2011. Should be a top ten team. After all, Richt’s never stay down for long.
AltamahaDawg
January 20th, 2011
4:13 pm
Mission work issues? You mean the fact that he he hasn’t been on one in about 3 years? I agree, his teams were FAR better back when he used to go on mission trips during the offseason.
By Saturday night
January 20th, 2011
4:17 pm
I suspect that by Saturday evening, and before the final recruiting hush period, UGA will land a higly qualified and known O line coach. This will be so easy.
Last year and the UGA D Coach position? Folks all had great jobs like Chavis, Foster and Kirby and such.
That episode however, was like being in a steak house and being told that the rib eye, the strip sirloin and the Porterhouse steak were sold out …………….so Richt ordered the prime rib. See? TG was an equally great choice and next year with Nose Tackle John Jenkins and MORE DEPTH ON the D line, he will prove it.
GO Dogs.
Dr. Morpheus
January 20th, 2011
4:17 pm
Assuming Searels is a competent coach and the bigger problem was conditioning, it still doesn’t hurt to send him off and bring in someone of equal or better competence who gets along with the rest of the staff. I don’t see why Richt couldn’t get a quality replacement, even though Richt has to perform next year or hit the road himself. Good coaches believe in themselves and can always get another job somewhere. The worst case scenario would be that the real problem is with Bobo’s game-planning, play-calling and intangibles. I don’t have the expertise to analyze that but I do know scientific logic- if you change a variable and things don’t improve, the variable you changed was not the problem. Last year, we changed DC’s and our stats improved remarkably. I conclude that Grantham did a better job than the much-hated CWM. OK, here we’re changing two variables, OLC and S&CC, so a big improvement could be the result of either or both in combination. A failure to improve on offense would suggest the problem is elsewhere (or we replaced bad with bad). I tend to believe that conditioning is the guiltiest factor and I hope this is supported by great improvement in the fourth quarter of next year’s games on both sides of the ball (and, of course, in the win column). I would love for CMR to redeem himself and go on to greater glory; but, he hasn’t done it yet. He’s certainly motivated and, ever the optimist, believe he’ll do it. Go Dawgs!
BigDawg
January 20th, 2011
4:19 pm
No question….The New hire for strength and conditioning is a joke!!!!!!!!
If they are serious about “STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING” They would offer the job to Herschel Walker!!!! The man is incredible!!! He has the work out regime of a Olympic Athlete and the Heart of a 20yr old and he knows what and how to do it!!! I think it would have been worth a meeting. He also could replace Tony Ball at Backs coach..2 for 1
DAWGS forever
January 20th, 2011
4:40 pm
Caldwell should be the pick
DAWGS forever
January 20th, 2011
4:44 pm
I like “paleriders” idea of getting a younger and up and coming coach rather than a last stop guy before retirement. Wait we brought guys out of retirement for S&C?????
georgedawg
January 20th, 2011
4:47 pm
These Auburn fans are too stupid to realize this is about Georgia football. We are fans pulling for our team – reality doesn’t have to play into it. Congrads to Auburn for their tremendous year and NC. Very impressive. Beating Alabama – wow – really. We’ve broken each others hearts many times over the years so I have respect and fondness for your team, players, etc. Best of luck next year – we’ll see you in Athens. But get a life and go on your blog. Do you know how to?
Oh and the roads in Alabama suck and people from Alabama are not intelligent enough to predict next year football teams or Mark Richt’s future. Markedly better than yours I would wager.
Oh and WDE were all betting you are a loser with nothing better to do than spread your venom. I’m happy that I graduated from Georgia rather than Auburn where people from Georgia go that can’t get into Georgia.
AltamahaDawg
January 20th, 2011
4:48 pm
I am certain that “his phone is blowing up with folks wanting that job” is exactly the case.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
4:50 pm
Hahaha yeah, I guess growing up between Columbus and Snellville in an Auburn family (Birmingham every year for Christmas, Mobile for Easter) doesn’t afford you the opportunity to be an Auburn fan. The guys I’ve mentioned (RxDawg, how2fish, DawginLex) remember me from the summer back when ONLY an true Auburn fan would be there.
Of the three instate (Emory, Georgia Tech, and UGA) schools I got accepted to, which do you think was the easiest to eliminate?
And yes, I have a job, and I wear a tie and coat. Thank you all for your care and support!
Optomistic Dawg
January 20th, 2011
4:51 pm
CMR, the vultures are circling.
Hairy Perry
January 20th, 2011
4:52 pm
I think this is the first time in my life, that if you ask me what kind of season the dawgs will have next year I have no answer. This team will have to have something very special happen for the fan base to get positive again about the direction of the program.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
4:53 pm
Hint, because you can’t take a UGA fan understanding anything: UGA and its offer to be their Honors Program got the first red “X”.
Optomistic Dawg
January 20th, 2011
4:53 pm
If I was an Auburn fan, I’d be laying low. Just won a tarnished NC that’s about a year from being forfeited, and next year is looking like Chizik returning to his level… say, 5-7.
AltamahaDawg
January 20th, 2011
4:54 pm
Thanks for dropping by to “just talk a little football” once again.
gt4ever
January 20th, 2011
4:54 pm
Why would you pay your DC 750K a year? If offered, why wouldn’t you leave UGA? I mean, come on people, Texas, UGA. I mean even the most challenged UGA fan realizes that Texas is the place to be in college football…. Your program is a JOKE!
Optomistic Dawg
January 20th, 2011
4:56 pm
Said the clown from the engineering school.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
4:57 pm
Haha, well AltamahaDawg, it was all football until people start making the hilarious assumption that UGA was too hard for me to get into. Especially when you can very clearly see I’m running laps around these buffoons and their barely-literate comments.
Hairy Perry
January 20th, 2011
4:58 pm
WDE,
Congradulations on the season your team had. I just find it very interesting how people hang out on a bulldog blog all day trying to convince us of how worthless our program is. The truth is yeah mabe Georgia hasn’t had a NC in 30 years. Another truth is that UGA has handed alot of teams,including yours thier butts through the years, so you guys get your “lil” licks in while you can. It won’t last as long as you think.
Hairy Perry
January 20th, 2011
5:02 pm
WDE,
I am now convinced that you are a angry shunned little man in society, that hides behind a computer screen. Keep riding the coat-tails of Auburn football.
1. How many touch downs did you score for Auburn.
2. Field Goals?
3. Interceptions?
WDE
January 20th, 2011
5:04 pm
Congratulations are in order, Hairy Perry. But you see, I don’t remember any Georgia fans giving their bretheren the same advice when you strang 4 together against us during the end of the Tuberville era.
It goes around and comes around, fellas. The fact that I put up with your d-baggery the past 4 years, which was relentless, is what make seeing your program slowly but surely die so great.
Auburn faced a similar situation 3 years ago, and while I was uncertain of the future, our leadership wasn’t. UGA has gone from an excessively proud program to a bunch of quitters, sissies, and arrestees.
P. Bull Terrier
January 20th, 2011
5:05 pm
On the one hand, you have major college program like Texas that thinks Searles is the answer to their needs when it comes to coaching the offensive line. Mack Brown has a multi million dollar a year job on the line, access to tremendous amounts of game film and other data, and plenty of inside contacts throughout college football to help him evaluate Searles’ performance. Given his obvious motivation to make the right choice and the resources at his disposal, Brown’s opinion is that Searles is a good offensive line coach.
On the other hand, you have a bunch of fans on an internet blog and a couple of local sports columnists who watch games on TV or from hundreds of feet away in Sanford Stadium, often under the influence of their favorite alcoholic beverage, who think Searles is the cause of all their problems. The internet crowd has nothing at stake other than bragging rights with their friends from other schools, watches a few game highlights on Sports Center, and plenty of inside contacts using screen names like “UGA Insider4832″ to help them evaluate Searles’ performance. Given their obvious motivation to make a choice – even if it’s the wrong choice, and the resources that they think they have, the internet crowd’s opinion is that Searles is a bad offensive line coach.
Is Searles a good coach or a bad coach?
Should I believe Texas and Mack Brown or the AJC writers and DawgDude32?
Maybe a few beers will help me make sense of it all.
Optomistic Dawg
January 20th, 2011
5:05 pm
Georgia has five national championships; last in 1980. Auburn had one in 1957, and it remains to be seen if they had one last year.
T-DOG
January 20th, 2011
5:05 pm
I think UGA will be fine next year.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
5:06 pm
BTW, just because my altruism as a college football fan is kicking in…
Auburn isn’t eligible for the Death Penalty. So, go ahead and forget that.
Not to mention, all the evidence in the world that MSU could have possibly turned over has not implicated Auburn in ANYTHING.
Its in your best interest to not look back at why you got your a&& kicked in November, and how evil Nick Saban and Les Miles oversign, and man up. You guys complain about things only to discredit what other people have accomplished, while having accomplished nothing yourselves anyways.
Optomistic Dawg
January 20th, 2011
5:09 pm
No complaining here: Take Georgia’s W-L record for the past 10 years and compare it to Auburn’s, or Chizik’s, or the better of Auburn’s and Chizik’s in any given year. No matter how you slice it, Georgia is the superior program.
Last year was a fluke for Auburn, and it remains to be seen whether the season gets forfeited.
WIN WITH RICHT
January 20th, 2011
5:14 pm
WDE
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you.
UGA FRIEND
January 20th, 2011
5:17 pm
To all UGA fans who have been critical of SS job performance as offensive line coach: How many of you know anything at all about how an OL should be coached. Do you know if the fundamentals were taught incorrectly? Do you really know anything about coaching football at all or do you just jump on the bandwagon when the first ill advised blogger writes a comment?
Optomistic Dawg
January 20th, 2011
5:18 pm
MSU is irrelevant in the NCAA Auburn investigation. When Auburn goes down, it will be because an insider has flipped on Bobby Lowder in the FBI investigation of fraud in the Colonial Bank implosion. No one will ever trace illicit cash payments; Auburn’s way too good at it. But someone looking at hard time for bank fraud will flip on Lowder.
WDE
January 20th, 2011
5:18 pm
A fluke? It was our 2nd undefeated season in the last 6 years, 3rd in the last 20. It was like the previous two years permanantly changed everyone’s perception about who’s who in the SEC, and Auburn happened to be down at the time.
Here’s what is pretty constant. Georgia winning an average of 9 games and never having anything to show for it.
jack bull
January 20th, 2011
5:46 pm
dang Bill, we all know that Coach Searels just plain forgot how to coach….maybe Mack Brown thinks he can jar his memory some….
bgdawgfan
January 20th, 2011
5:54 pm
WDE,
You have nothing better to do after winning a NC than to get on UGA blog and talk s#*t. You’re pathetic just like every AU fan.
2011> 2010 DAWG
January 20th, 2011
5:57 pm
Has anyone even looked at our schedule next year? Boise St. might be the hardest game and they only have kellen moore essentially back. We escape playing the best two teams in the conference next year in Bama and LSU. We get South Carolina,Miss St. and Auburn at home and who knows about florida. I’m not saying we go undefeated even undefeated at home but I def like our chances winning the SEC East and believe we will got 8-4 and 9-3 which most fans I believe would take for now after last season.
Second McWhorter has to be the guy. Besides last season him and his line have been one of the best ever since he left Tech and was told by a Texas friend he had the top ranked OLine recruiting class this year at Texas and because of his retirement and Searles going to UGA the longhorns have already lost their Top OL prospect Chris Westerman. No offense to Coach Nall who is a good coach but being out of the recruiting game two years is a big negative.
Snake Plissken
January 20th, 2011
6:08 pm
Although mu opinion does not matter, I will always believe that this team has quit on CMR after he went with, and stayed, with Joe Cox the whole season. Maybe the O-line believed what they read in the paper(s) that they were going to restrict Murray and just marked this past season as yet another rebuilding year and figured what the hey…when a team loses respect for any coach, things will not go well…if you think the team didn’t lose respect for CMR, then think back to all the suspensions that resulted from just being boneheaded kids…I know it’s a different word now days, but the one thing that an athlete wouldn’t want to do is to let down a coach that is loved and respected…perhaps they just recruited talent alone and just said the h3ll with character…his name slips me and I’m too lazy to look it up, but if the team was made up of players like that #5 kid, then you would have a pretty good group…when was the last time there were leaders on a CMR team??? David Green, David Pollack, the Bailey’s…regardless of all this something(s) are seriously missing form these teams of late…out
Snake Plissken
January 20th, 2011
6:09 pm
Please excuse all the mis-spellings
jdawg3:16
January 20th, 2011
6:09 pm
I live in Nashville, Tennessee and I hope Georgia does consider Coach Caldwell. He is a great guy to be around and I think he could be a great asset to our Program.
pearce.eric
January 20th, 2011
6:20 pm
Coach Mac all the way. I played for him a long time ago. A Good coach and a Good man.
dawgfan4ever
January 20th, 2011
6:23 pm
What if we hired Phil Fulmer as O Line coach. He played and coached the Offensive line at UT before he was named head coach in 1992.
NVDawg
January 20th, 2011
6:40 pm
I agree with everyone that said it would be hard for WDE to be a bigger d-bag. I haven’t seen this level of d-baggery in quite a while, even on this board which is usually chock full of non-UGA fans that like to waste their time on lame attempts to make fun of UGA fans. Shouldn’t really expect any different from an Auburn fan though I guess.
Congrats WDE on your horribly tainted championship…now please, go spend some time with your own kind, surely you have better things to do. Do you talk this same kind of trash to random people you see around Atlanta wearing UGA gear? I’m gonna go out on a limb here and guess no. Pretty tough behind that keyboard and monitor though, aren’t you?
By the way, the investigation is still ongoing and the FBI is involved. Generally when the FBI is involved and not just the NCAA…it’s probably pretty serious and some sh** is probably gonna hit the fan. Heck, my wife is a SMU grad so we watched that “Pony Excess” 30 for 30 movie on ESPN and the FBI didn’t even get involved in the SMU investigation but they are all over this one.
THEMOB
January 20th, 2011
6:49 pm
Mac McWhorter is the right choice, great coach ,great recruiter and even better person, has excellent character and will bring student atheletes to UGA
NVDawg
January 20th, 2011
6:52 pm
Oh, and on topic, lol – can’t say I’m all that upset to see coach Searels go. Offensive line and running game definitely haven’t come even close to their potential since he’s been here. Good luck to him at Texas though, as a UGA fan with my team in a similar situation I definitely feel Texas’ fans pain from this past season’s debacle.
dawg1
January 20th, 2011
7:19 pm
WDE…you smell…Dream Team is on…Rome is a DAWG! and AU is lucky to win 5 games this year!!! hahahhaa
just a fan
January 20th, 2011
7:38 pm
I would love to have Robbie Caldwell come here and be our O-Line coach
Macclenny_dawg
January 20th, 2011
7:39 pm
Go get Matt Stichcomb get him off espnu!!! Hire Hershel Walker strength and conditioning!!! Richt start calling plays!!! Go Dawgs!!!
Mr. SEC
January 20th, 2011
8:18 pm
Mac McWhorter is the man. Go get him, tried and proven! He was not the problem at Texas, but they (Texas) are making changes everywhere in their coaching staff. New school, new start, new players (and some old); we are getting the Dream Team, now lets get the Dream Coaching Staff!
Go Dawgs!
BirdDog
January 20th, 2011
8:28 pm
Best of luck to CSS. I’m just interested to see who they hire. Also, great to hear about Rome and Mitchell! Best news I’ve heard in a while!
Nahila
January 20th, 2011
8:39 pm
Searels came and Searels went. Let’s get McWhorter or Nall back to Georgia and back to their roots or move Garner to offensive line coach and let Grantham coach the defensive line then bring in an old pro like MacWhorter or Nall to be ast. head coach to free richt up for hands on involvement.
AltamahaDawg
January 20th, 2011
8:46 pm
WDE, barely-literate comments could be compared to the proverbial tree falling in the forest……
Gary
January 20th, 2011
8:54 pm
get a better O Line Coach: Trickett, Greatwood, Munchak, Markuson, Nall, McWorther
Optomistic Dawg
January 20th, 2011
8:58 pm
Auburn is a criminal enterprise.
beach dawg
January 20th, 2011
9:03 pm
Hugh Nall would be a great hire for Georgia he is a former Dawg and did a great job at Auburn. His line will be a physical line like Georgia had back in the day of wining SEC Championships. CMR will be wise to make this hire it could pro long his Time at Georgia if you know what I mean.
KeepDreaming
January 20th, 2011
9:07 pm
I believe the expression, “dont let the door hit you in the arse” would be appropriate here.
Joe
January 20th, 2011
9:11 pm
“Feel bad for you guys, this came at a horrible time and quite frankly, don’t expect OL play to suddenly turn around.”
Spoken like someone who hasn’t watched UGA play the last two years. The offensive line can’t get worse.
doug
January 20th, 2011
9:53 pm
Not a good OL coach. The OL played together for 4 years and never got it together.
The biggest thing to take away from this that he did not want to get dumped when Richt gets fired next year. Smart move. The same reason we will not be able to find a good OL coach now.
Leroy
January 20th, 2011
9:55 pm
Can’t you scribes at the AJC write one single column without bringing up your wishes that Coach Richt will be fired. HE AIN’T GOING ANYWHERE MORONS SO GET OVER IT. Mack Brown had a worse year than Coach Richt and do you think he is going to be fired. Hell no and neither is Coach Richt. Write about the subject at hand. RECRUITING RECRUTING RECRUITING
aarh
January 20th, 2011
10:00 pm
Gary- I kind of wished they would extend his contract. Everything hasn’t been hurting our recruting though. Or else we wouldn’t keep getting commitments…like the 2 highly ranked players we received verbals from today.
hind tit
January 20th, 2011
10:29 pm
He left before he got fired. Texas could have had any line coach in the country and they choose this guy. He talked more in this press release to the public than he did four years at uga.
Delbert D.
January 20th, 2011
10:31 pm
The new coach should have terms in his contract that allows him to coach his charges the way that he sees fit, with no interference from the head coach on his methods. If the head coach is not pleased with the results, the new coach can be terminated at the end of the year review.
Delbert D.
January 20th, 2011
10:36 pm
Revising Bill’s last sentence on the blog, What prospective OL coach would like consider playing for Richt?
1962 Dawg
January 20th, 2011
10:48 pm
WDE
UGA being so poor in 2009, i do remember beating AWBARN, Now go on back and put some more money in Cecil’s offering plate.
Gary
January 20th, 2011
10:58 pm
I think there are several recruits that had Georgia in their final 2 or 3, and went with another team because of the uncertainty McGarity has created by not extending Richt’s contract.
I also think, 1 or more of these big time recruits could easily reverse, just like last year, and head somewhere else, if McGarity doesn’t do something to signal stability at the top.
And obviously, McGarity’s choice to not extend Richt’s contract already cost Georgia one of it’s top asst coaches in Searels, you only wonder how many will follow if McGarity continues to show a lack of confidence in Richt’s future.
Management is about finding talent, developing it, and retaining it. McGarity lost out today on a great Asst coach in Searels.
Gary
January 20th, 2011
11:03 pm
If Richt has another bad year, McGarity will likely be fired too.
He really needs ot think about that and do EVERYTHING within his power, right now, to help Richt win including:
1- making asst coaches salaries competitive or countering with a better offer in an attempt to steal one is made–don’t be too cheap–nothing is more costly than losing top talent–$100k too cheap cost McGarity Searels
2- Extend Richt at least 1 more season and let the world know–this will help retain the recruits and coaches Richt brings on board and help Richt attract better players and coaching talent
Gen Neyland
January 20th, 2011
11:11 pm
The UGA RB’s may have had a hand in this slide. Things were pretty good with Moreno getting reps. There’s always three sides to a story and in this case, His, Yours and the truth. Searels jumping laterally to Texas isn’t nothing more than things growing stale for him at UGA. Remember, change can be good. 30 years and a gold watch are so yesterday, right..?
Gary
January 20th, 2011
11:12 pm
each time you lose a coach in recruiting season, you lose recruits already verbally committed, verbal recruits bond with position coaches and when those coaches leave, verbally committed recruits leave too.
You also lose future recruits who might have signed up, but now feel the program is less stable.
Another reason why McGarity needs to get better at retaining top talent.
Gary
January 20th, 2011
11:25 pm
1- McGarity is not a good negotiator.
1- He lost out on trying to get Florida to travel to Athens for ther Florida-Georgia game for 10 years. He caved in and Florida won.
2- He lost out on trying to get AJ Green’s 4 game suspension reduced
3- He could not negotiate terms with Searels and Texas beat him out for Searels
2- The 2 recruits today were good, but won’t help Richt turn it around in 2011, they won’t even see the field in 2011.
The two recruits Georgia needs to land are uncommitted—Crowell & Jenkins. Only thing McGarity can do to make them feel more confident about the stability of the coaching at the top at Georgia–extend Richt’s contract as soon as possible.
Bob C
January 20th, 2011
11:31 pm
Bill: Are we again assuming the worst?: “Giving up that gig for a potentially one-season stint in Athens might not seem like such a smart move”. Obviously, he could go right back to being a “trucking executive” moreso than than O-line coach. I do not believe that 2011 will be Richts last in Athens. Perhaps you should be more optimistic.
AltamahaDawg
January 20th, 2011
11:33 pm
Hard to believe he couldn’t talk UF into letting him loss a million dollars a year in revenue.
Big Harry
January 20th, 2011
11:43 pm
Acutally, I don’t really give a crap. Nothing is going to be truly fixed until Richt makes up his mind if he wants to be a Missionary or Top Dawg at Georgia (or until the decision is made for him).
Further, I’m not so sure I want Richt to stick around. He has shown that he has absolutely NO stomach for making the hard (and often OBVIOUS) decisions for this program.
Maybe its just time to tell Richt (as Neal Boortz would say): AMF.
Gen Neyland
January 20th, 2011
11:46 pm
AltDawg : How’s the new gig working out..? Staying up this late leads me to believe, Good..! I stay up this late because I’m one of the 10.2 but with a granddaughter here tonight, I guess I better shut her down.
Gen Neyland
January 20th, 2011
11:48 pm
Big Harry : That was the Greaseman out of D.C. who signed off using the AMF banger…So I bid all of thee, a good night and AMF’s, with love of course…
Snoopy
January 20th, 2011
11:59 pm
As for SS…
Bye Bye Bye…
Good luck in Austin
Snoopy
January 21st, 2011
12:02 am
Gary – What a pessimist you are…
Let SS go.. & give McGarity a chance.. He’s been on the job 4+ months… If things are not “better” like 9 wins in ‘11 – then the onus is on HIM.. Till then, let him beeeee
Big D Dawg
January 21st, 2011
12:05 am
wde you must have forgotten one of those undefeated seasons came at the expense of probation due to a pay for play under ad/coach dye
athdog
January 21st, 2011
12:36 am
I do have to wonder, though. Why is it that SS was a success everywhere but here?
BoWeevil
January 21st, 2011
2:08 am
(1) Mark Richt will hire the wrong guy for his coaching staff
—- it is all he does
(2) Stacy Searels hates Mike Bobo because Mike Bobo’s play calls made him look bad
…
which is why Stacy Searels left and Quit on Mark Richt and Mike Bobo.
2008, Georgia finished # 13 in the AP Poll.
ca dawg
January 21st, 2011
2:14 am
WDE: congrats on the NC. i was interested in some of your claims about the decline of our program. hard to argue–the last couple of years have been tough. so anyway, i followed your example and decided to concern myself with someone else’s team. took a look at auburn’s schedule.
away: arkansas, south carolina, clemson, georgia, lsu.
home: florida, alabama, etc…
pretty tough sledding, but you’ve got a lot of talent down on the plains. should be able to handle a tough schedule. right? so i took a glance at your roster to confirm. uh-oh.
starters lost: 14
4 OL: ziemba, pugh, berry, isom
3 DB: washington, etheridge, savage
3 DL: fairley, goggans, carter
1 QB: newton
1 WR: zachery
2 LB: bynes, stevens
why are you so concerned with the dawgs? UGA has a favorable schedule and 15 starters coming back. let’s talk in a year and see who’s in decline…
Jas
January 21st, 2011
3:05 am
Jim Mora Jr. available?
BoWeevil
January 21st, 2011
3:17 am
15 Starters RETURNING ?
Clint Boling is certainly gone as Starter
Shaun Chapas is certainly gone as Starter
Vance Cuff is certainly gone and he Started 5 games
Chris Davis is certainly gone and he Started 3 games
Josh Davis is certainly gone and he Started 11 games
Akeem Dent is certainly gone as Starter
Demarcus Dobbs is certainly gone as Starter
Marcus Dowtin Starter 2 games and he is gone
Kris Durham is certainly gone and he Started 8 games
Darryl Gamble is certainly gone and he Started 7 games
Caleb King Started 5 games, did he Flunk Out ?
Fred Munzenmaier Started 3 games and he is gone
Tanner Strickland Started 3 games and he is gone
Brandon Wood got a Start this year too and he is gone
AJ Green is certainly gone as Starter
Justin Houston is certainly gone as Starter
16 Players who got to Start 2010 are all GONE.
You make it sound like we have a Young Team with a Nucleus of Great Players.
Nothing could be further from the Truth.
15 Starters coming back ca dawg ?
BoWeevil
January 21st, 2011
3:18 am
Looks to me like we LOST half our Starters
BoWeevil
January 21st, 2011
3:22 am
and what is this about an easy schedule ca dawg ?
Florida is easy for Mark Richt ?
Missy State is easy win ?
Auburn is an easy win ?
South Carolina is an easy win ?
Boise State is an easy win ?
Good Lord, ca dawg DISNEYdawgs.com
Woebegong
January 21st, 2011
6:10 am
Youy know, after all of the Auburn and Alabama fans get on this blog to bad mouth the DAWGS, and act like they really think their opinions count, I decided to do some checking. I tried to find an Auburn football blog, but couldn’t find one, although there were a few Alabama blogs. I wanted to see if UGA fans got on those blogs, just to be a butt hole like some of the Auburn and Alabama folks are on here, but I couldn’t find one. Maybe I just didn’t search deep enough, or maybe UGA fans and alumni have more class. I bet the same Alabama and Auburn fans that are on this blog, can’t either or they would surely be on each others blog’s, spouting their all knowing wisdom (we can lie and not get kicked off these blogs I hope). I am not saying that all negative comments are not welcome, but at least be a man about it, and quit acting so childish. The question this blog asked was, “Who do you think would be a good replacement for our offensive line coach”, not, who can come onto a blog of another team and write the most childish, stupid and assinine comments about the team in question. If you have nothing positive to say, then take it over to your teams blog, if you have one and leave the Georgia blogs alone. GT I guess being an instate rivalry can be excused somewhat, since this is an Atlanta paper, but not some of these clowns from Alabama and Auburn, who are simply riding their teams late success, of the last couple of years ago. I do not know enough about the pay for play drama involving Auburn, and I do not know about Sabans recruting practices so I do not even bother to state an opinion one way or another. Even if I did, I don’t think I would try to find a blog from that state and act like a child as some of these folks do.
Now back to the original question this blog asked. Offensive line coaches as a general rule do not get a lot of press so I am not even sure who is out there that would be a good replacement for our departed coach. I suspect that Texas probably offered him a few more bucks, butit looks like to me, that maybe, he is a little thin skinned and did not like the criticism he was receiving over the poor offensive line play this past year. I think the offensive line has good amount of talent both in place and in whom UGA recruited. My guess is a fresh infusion of blood on the coaching side, along with a better approach to S and C, will do wonders and fix the problem. I sure hope so anyway. GO DAWGS.
chazzo
January 21st, 2011
6:17 am
Weren’t those huge Texas O years when they had Vince Young? I am not sure Searles was all that bad or all that good. It is hard to judge based on O production stats. What I did see was that there never seemed to be a cemented group until about the fifth game of the season. I did not see consistent performance out of them. As mentioned games like the 2009 Tech face off looked stellar. Does an O line coach make or break a team? I don’t know. Hope they get someone dynamic who has good chemistry with the other coaches.
WDE, do you read the news? Rome and Mitchell just happily committed to UGA (#1 and #6 I believe).
This program is not a sinking ship, but I sincerely hope everyone thinks that.
NashDawg
January 21st, 2011
7:29 am
Do not let the door hit you in the……….
Barf
January 21st, 2011
7:43 am
Auburn would have been 5-7 without Cam “guard your laptop” Newton
SOS Dawg
January 21st, 2011
7:48 am
I cant wait till the 2012 kick off with a brand new competent coaching staff.
Barf
January 21st, 2011
7:49 am
O by the way I actually met Searls through my business. Probaly would be a great neighbor but I wondered how 18 year olds would relate to his personality. Best wishes at the real UT a great town and if you went to AU, going to Tx is like going to heaven.
Barf
January 21st, 2011
7:51 am
When did AU have their steriod scandel?
chazzo
January 21st, 2011
7:55 am
BoWeevil,
You are correct that UGA is losing some key players. You are also correct that UGA was not built around a nucleus of young starters. I would say, though, that some of the players on your leaving list never fully reached optimum potential (who’s to blame for that is another discussion). In addition, there are many young players who got on the field last season and made a big impact. So, all I am saying here is that 2011 will not be a bunch of inexperienced guys who have never played in a college game. I honestly think that, with the exception of AJ and Houston, all of these players are replaceable.
As for the schedule, you are absolutely right. It is not a cakewalk, especially after adding BSU. However, it is a much more manageable ordeal than playing four out of five of the past BCS champions plus ranked conference and out-of-conference teams as was the case a couple of seasons ago. There are also no flights across the nation between major conference opponents. I think that is why people are commenting on the “easy” schedule.
Turkeyman
January 21st, 2011
7:56 am
Here’s reality from my sources in Athens…and they’ve never been wrong when passing along stuff to me…
1. Searles has been SCREAMING for the last couple of years about how bad our strength/conditioning program is. His complaints: my linemen are fat, weak and soft
2. He and Richt get along really well
3. Ealey and Thomas, both running backs, are the most disrespectful to authority thugs on the team.
4. Red panties Evans and I hate Dooley Adams had Richt out of coaching and off “selling” the product called Mark Richt. I actually do recall Evans saying “Mark Richt is our product” once. Their whole goal was profit for the athletic department with assistant coaches left to literally run the program. McGarity is capping Richt’s outside appearances and putting him back on the field.
5. The players hate Tereschinski as the strength coach. Why? He puts up with NOTHING. You either work hard, or get off my team attitude.
6. The attitude will and is turning around.
Bug Killer
January 21st, 2011
8:25 am
What do I think, Bill, besides good riddance, Coach Searles? Would McWhorter want this job again under these circumstances? As someone else posted elsewhere, I say get any high school coach to come in and light a fire under this talented but very underachieving OL that embarrassed itself against UCF by t-tty blocking a team that had more heart.
chris
January 21st, 2011
8:30 am
Two more of the “dream team” came on board last night, Searels should have been fired last year and David Pollock for O-line Coach (he’ll do great). GO DAWGS!
JoeFann
January 21st, 2011
8:34 am
Here’s a different take. Texas’ offense thrived with the skill position players to run it. That’s the reason for the high offensive rankings. Georgia is married to the power run and drop back passing favored by the pros. Texas’ goal was to get the ball to the edge ASAP and allow their superior speed athletes to work in the open field. They just didn’t have the superior athletes this year, and college football (everywhere except Georgia) is catching up to defense the spread. That’s a completely different set of requirements for O linemen. They needed speed and agility. Georgia needs brute strength and toughness. I’d look for a pro OL coach who is suddenly out of a job. He’ll take a one year assignment while he looks for another pro job. In the meantime, he might change the OL mindset. I don’t think Richt can afford a long term plan. Admittedly, I’m torn. Love the man. The recent results? Not so much.
Go Dawgs!
SavDawg
January 21st, 2011
8:59 am
GOD BLESS TEXAS ! Ya’ll can have that slug ! I’d love to have Mac McWhorter back.
DawginLex
January 21st, 2011
9:02 am
WDE
January 20th, 2011
12:31 pm
Not only did the Damon Evans episode embarass your University, but it has put off rebuilding for at least a year… Probably more when you consider the lack of faith in your program. The recruits can smell it, its why that “Dream Team” CMR so desperately begged for is just that… “It was only just a dreeaaaaammmmm” hahaha
Hey WDE,
Care to re-think your statement about the Dream Team not happening given what happened last night???????????????????
Gary
January 21st, 2011
9:11 am
McGarity just lost his Asst AD to Texas, Arthur Johnson AND Searels both were not able to be retained by McGarity.
I think McGarity’s setting this up where Richt really can’t have a good season, but if that happens, McGarity will be fired too. Even his Asst AD knows that.
UGASlobberknocker
January 21st, 2011
9:21 am
As an executive myself in the trucking industry, I believe that unless Nall is part owner of a rare privately held profitable trucking company, he couldn’t have secured any exec position in the industry other than a sales job somewhere. (given no experience in the logistics ops side). The executive title means nothing. My lowest sales rep’s title is “Account Executive”. The better sales reps can make about 100k..but a lot of that is commission and income is up and down in a very unstable industry. If UGA pd near that, and he still had any desire to coach, he would jump at it, I’ll guarantee it.
Gary
January 21st, 2011
9:52 am
You got to ask why a Georgia grad like Athur Johnson, Asst AD at Georgia, would suddenly leave Georgia after working with McGarity for only 4 months.
Combine that move, with the way Richt responded to McGarity’s leadership style, with his worst season in 2 decades, and you have to start asking yourself the hard questions about McGarity.
Is McGarity capable of developing talent? Didn’t do much with the #5 best coach in college football.
Retaining talent? In 4 months, has already lost some coaches, and some admin.
Turkeyman
January 21st, 2011
9:54 am
McGarity has either run off or not encouraged numerous people in the Athl. Dept to return. He’s cleaning house of Evans’ deadwood cronies. Evans played alot, as did he friends he hired.
McGarity is ridding the dept of any person not carrying their weight and on board with doing whatever it takes. He’ll get the job done.
Geeze, the guy has only been here 1/2 a year and you guys are expecting him to fix Evans and Adams’s stupidity overnight!
Searles really was a good coach, but it’s ok that he left. They are looking at a couple of really good coaches to replace him. You’ll be pleaseantly surprised when you hear the hire.
exile on broad street
January 21st, 2011
10:15 am
Thanks Turkeyman, some good info, I’ve heard some of the same from inside as well. Give it time to shake out. Mostly positive so far. Any hints, anyone we haven’t thought of?
bystander
January 21st, 2011
11:12 am
Caldwell to Clemson.
ca dawg
January 21st, 2011
12:16 pm
boweevil: i figured someone would call me a disney dawg. where did i say we’d win the NC or even the SEC or even the SEC east? i hate that crap as much as you do, but i also don’t think that the sky is falling is athens. at any rate let me clarify a couple of things, as you seem like an agreeable guy: the point i was trying to make is that we’d probably win more games than auburn, who is actually losing 15 starters (didn’t mention darvin adams, their leading WR, who declared for the draft).
1) i said we had a “favorable schedule,” not an “easy” one. i was really thinking of our conference schedule, but i’ll take the knock because i didn’t specifically say that. anyway, take a look at the conference schedule and you’ll see that it gives us a shot to win the east. SC, miss. st., and auburn are at home. our draw out of the west is ole miss, miss st, and auburn. our toughest road game is in knoxville. and then OOC, we play two road games in atlanta. they’ll be tough games, yes, but not unwinnable ones, and they’re de facto home games. so… are there tough games? yeah. do we have questions going into 2011? yeah, serious ones. i just wanted WDE to worry about his own team and quit taking needless shots at my dawgs. might be my mistake for trying to reason with the guy.
2) as for returning starters… you mention several guys who actually LOST their starting jobs over the course of last year or guys who “got” a start or two, but i take your point that we’re losing some important contributors from last year’s team. i’ll confess that my “15 returning starters” claim sounds optimistic, but go look at the roster and you’ll see that we have a good mix of youth and experience coming back. doesn’t mean that we’ve got no personnel questions — any dawg fan (or dawg hater) knows that isn’t true — but rather my initial point is that we have less to worry about than auburn. remember, my post was directed at a specific person (WDE) and written for a specific purpose in mind.
bottom line: we’ve got questions for sure, but if we do the right things in the offseason and stay healthy, then we’re going to take a step forward next year and have a puncher’s chance to win the east. that’s not disney stuff, IMO.
LCDawg
January 21st, 2011
12:18 pm
Hands down, Robbie Caldwell. He’s an excellent coach and great person.
Tallcarl
January 21st, 2011
12:54 pm
Goodbye Coach SS, I lost confidence in you the last two years when we could not run the ball. If the guys needed more strengthening then you should have made changes yourself. Take responsibility for you failure. You have to run the ball to win at the highest level no matter who your quarterback is. Go away WDE, in fact quit skipping class at the Alabama Reform School and turn off the wrestling reruns. You haven’t got a clue what is happening at UGA…I would like to look outside the box. Since CMR runs a pro offence maybe look at some fresh available OL coaches from the NFL. Just saying.
LawDawg
January 21st, 2011
2:47 pm
Nothing but bluuuee skkiiieess smilin’ at me.
LawDawg
January 21st, 2011
2:53 pm
I really don’t even care if we hire an OL coach. Nothing could be worse than the last two years at the line position. That said, anyone you suggested make sense because they will not really be negatively effected if they have to leave after a year.
ed f
January 21st, 2011
2:59 pm
I really think this was best for UGA. Firing someone just hurts the program more right now. Searles needed to go. So he did us a favor. I think things are about to get better. My gut tells me so. We will see.
William
January 21st, 2011
4:10 pm
I think Searels is a great guy and I wish him all the best. I think the best case scenario, or at least what I think would be best for the team, is to go get a new OC who will also be the line coach. Move Bobo back to QB coach. I think Bobo is amazing at developing QBs look at what we have had under him. I just cannot put much faith in him as a play caller. Also, the job gets much more inticing when you throw in OC to a top teir coach (which we need for recruiting, and just to get some more big names in there)
DDUCK
January 23rd, 2011
9:05 pm
I Believe the trouble with our O-line was Coach SS cross-training. When one got hurt…..he
shifted 2 to 3 other players so that we would have about 3 men playing out of position instead
of one. An O-line must play together and know what the man beside him is doing and
capable of doing.