Good coaching hire a vote of confidence in Richt?
Kirk Olivadotti apparently is casting his lot with Mark Richt. (Washington Redskins)
Assuming all goes as the Washington Post has reported, Georgia luring Washington Redskins assistant Kirk Olivadotti to Athens looks like a good hire.
It gives UGA another veteran coach with NFL ties and plenty of experience working with linebackers in the kind of defense Todd Grantham wants to run.
But to me the most interesting aspect of this impending move by Olivadotti is that he was the longest tenured member of the Redskins coaching staff, having worked under seven head coaches over the past 11 seasons (including Steve Spurrier), and yet he’s leaving to join a college coaching staff that might not still have jobs a year from now if things don’t improve quite a bit this season.
Talk about your leap of faith.
Either Grantham did a heckuva selling job on the turnaround under way with Mark Richt’s program or this guy really wanted out of D.C.
STINKING UP THE STEG
Wednesday night saw another epic collapse by Mark Fox’s basketball Bulldogs in the second half, this time against Vandy, with Georgia getting outshot and outrebounded down the stretch, scoring only three free throws in the final 9:47 while squandering a 13-point lead.
The Dogs’ fourth loss in the past six home games may not have eliminated them from NCAA bracket consideration, but their grasp on the bubble certainly is a lot more tenuous. It looks like UGA has to beat Tennessee or Florida on the road now or make quite a run in the SEC tournament to nail down a spot.
What’s wrong with the Dogs? Travis Leslie, one of Georgia’s two underperforming NBA-bound players, said he thought “we got a little complacent in the second half and let them back into it.”
A little complacent? I’d say “we couldn’t be bothered to play a full 40 minutes and just gave up” would come closer to it.
Coming into the season, everyone expected Leslie and Trey Thompkins to do big things in what’s expected to be their last season at Georgia. Time’s running out for them to live up to those expectations.
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Matthews Dawg
February 17th, 2011
11:00 am
1st!!! Woooo Hooooo
Matthews Dawg
February 17th, 2011
11:02 am
I believe CMR has the program headed back in the right direction! I know time will tell, but he has done a fantastic job this off season. This is another great hire and the defense will be much improved next year! Go Dawgs!!!
Tater Tot
February 17th, 2011
11:04 am
2nd !!
Tater Tot
February 17th, 2011
11:05 am
Now all kidding aside, MatthewsDawg. I feel the same way. Great things come to those who wait as the saying goes, Let The Big Dawg Eat !!!
Michael G.
February 17th, 2011
11:06 am
Richt’s not going anywhere after next season, nor should he under any circumstances.
gomdawg
February 17th, 2011
11:09 am
JUNKYARD DAWGS 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jablonski
February 17th, 2011
11:13 am
That game was an embarassment last night. Fox should be embarassed. There is no fight in this team and they showed how awful it can get. You want respect and an invite to the tournamnet and you played like that in the second half??? Sorry guys, much like the football team in 2010…you don’t deserve the post season.
Get it fixed, Fox
Blah Blah Blah
February 17th, 2011
11:15 am
Results on the field is what matters. All these hires…. whoopty-doo…. If it doesn’t result in a SEC Championship Game appearance in December then he needs to be looking for a job! He’s been saying for the last 3 years that his coaching staff is doing a “great” job and look what that “great” job has produced over the last 3 years. Nada except a steady decline for the program. I have no patience for Richt and I personally think he should have been fired after this past season. The only reason he didn’t get fired is because Evans decided to celebrate his new contract a little too early. Proof is in the pudding and right now the pudding is very runny!!
fss
February 17th, 2011
11:17 am
well, it’s good to see CMR doing _something_ this year as opposed to the way things have gone (keeping Martinez for 2-3 years longer than he should have comes to mind). It at least gives the feel that there’s a sense of urgency that seems to have been lacking in years past. I’ve been really critical of the program the last year or so, but I sincerely hope Richt is turning things around. We’ll see. Lord knows, talent-wise, we should be able to handle Boise and KFC the first 2 weeks. It will be interesting to see if teh coaching staff will have the team ready to play and can get past the mindset of the last 2 years.
Oh – and no more arrests!
shankit
February 17th, 2011
11:17 am
Spurrier has to be a little concerned, his ol’ coach coming
to the Dawgs.
Olivadetti has to be thrilled getting out of Washington DC
coming to Athens, and getting away from Shanahan to
coach for Richt.
Great Hire.
The U
February 17th, 2011
11:24 am
The Skins are sinking like the Titanic with Shanahan and lil Shanahan. Better get off while the resume is still intact. The basketball dawgs gave up 19 offensive boards to Vandy, the fans shouldn’t be infuriated with the refs.
Bulldog Ben
February 17th, 2011
11:28 am
Can somebody explain to me again why Fox is such a great coach? I’m just not seeing it.
Fire Mark Richt
February 17th, 2011
11:28 am
I’m not sure what the source of that confidence would be. Georgia has been a terribly coached team under Richt since ‘06, except for the second half run in ‘07. Even that year Georgia was mediocre until the run that began (ironically) with the Florida game. Richt got right back to form after that, losing the last three in a row to UF including two embarrassing blowouts. Anyone else out there tired of this? Surely there’s someone out there who could be competitive with UF, if nothing else. I’d settle for someone who doesn’t wet his shorts every time he see orange and blue.
Trey
February 17th, 2011
11:32 am
Of course this isn’t a vote of confidence. Richt’s own AD doesn’t have confidence in Richt, he refuses to extend Richt’s contract beyond the paltry 3 years, less than any coach at a major SEC program. If McGarity doesn’t believe in his own head coach, why should fans?
dbc
February 17th, 2011
11:34 am
Georgia proved during an eight minute span why they don’t belong in the NCAA tournament. All year we heard how great UGA Basketball was going to be with two potential NBA stars on board. Actually, this team is maddening to watch — yet another case of an athletically loaded team with high expectations who can’t deliver in the clutch. They are fundamentally weak — too many turnovers at the wrong times, hit and miss rebounding, poor shot selection — and mentally they are worse. All year their M.O. has been to let up during long stretches of games. They’ve almost lost to teams they shouldn’t and they’ve blown big leads too many times now to count. You’d think they’d have learned something after almost blowing that big lead at SC. Nope. Same day different stuff. Credit Vandy for playing big boy basketball and crushing UGA down the stretch. Even when the Dawgs still led by six points I said to myself that they were going to find a way to give yet another game away. Sure enough. Choke city. McGarity needs to hire a Psychiatrist to study why teams from UGA constantly beat themselves.
kydawg
February 17th, 2011
11:34 am
Thompkins and Leslie’s NBA window is getting smaller and smaller. IMO…they need to come back for their senior year…NBA players find ways to win these games like Jenkins did for Vandy.
That said, I still believe Fox is the man for UGA (only 2 quality wins, but better road record and no bad losses…yet)
Trey
February 17th, 2011
11:35 am
Looking at the rapid descent deline trend for Richt since 2007, where Richt’s won less games, every season, last 3 seasons running, 10 to 9 to 7 to 6 wins in 2010, there is no confidence in Richt. Richt himself isn’t confident in Richt, Richt can’t stop the decline, everything he tries fails. Richt can’t figure out what’s the source of the 3 year slide, nor can he fix it. Just not a very practical sort of fellow.
ugabball
February 17th, 2011
11:36 am
Georgia may be the best 35 minute team in the NCAA. I know they are the worst ast 5 minute team in NCAA. You play man to man and press UGA = Win! I hope Fox can change this.
DCA
February 17th, 2011
11:37 am
What worries me more than anything is that we win 9-10 games next year with losses to Boise, Carolina and Florida. That will mean Richt gets another year or two without really accomplishing a thing of significance.
BJohnDawg
February 17th, 2011
11:40 am
Going to be a great year.
Go Dawgs! 14-0
Hey why not?
barrow dog
February 17th, 2011
11:40 am
does having coaches with serious nfl credentials really help in recruiting? just curious.
Byers
February 17th, 2011
11:44 am
In the 1986 Jan Kemp trial, O. Hale Almand Jr., a lawyer for UGA, offered a justification for the favorable treatment accorded the athletes, citing a hypothetical player. “We may not make a university student out of him,” he told the jury, “but if we can teach him to read and write, maybe he can work at the post office rather than as a garbageman when he gets through with his athletic career.”
That trial exposed UGA for the football factory that it was, and exposed Vince Dooley as a fraud and a sleazebag. It also derailed Dooley’s plans for a political career. That’s why we see the decrepit old fraud doing TV commercials even now.
Mark Richt is just the latest in a line of sleazy UGA coaches who coddle athletes and discard them after four years of football. He recruits illiterate morons he knows aren’t smart enough for college, but he doesn’t care, as long as they help him line his pockets with millions of dollars each year.
Suntanned Saint Mark isn’t all he appears to be, is he?
UGA, winner of the Fulmer/Richt Cup and known worldwide as The Cesspool of the South.
DawgByte
February 17th, 2011
11:45 am
This is a great hire for UGA and demonstrates that McGarity is behind Mark Richt and the changes he’s making to improve the program.
Biggdawg33
February 17th, 2011
11:46 am
If Leslie and Thompkins think they should jump for the NBA, last night should be their wake up call. If they are NBA talent, why did they not step up and take over in that last 9 minutes to put the team on their backs and beat those Commodes? Everyone is putting it on Fox, but I think that some of it should go back to the players.
morons
February 17th, 2011
11:47 am
I love the fact that so many of you seem to think you know CMR so well. Nobody wants to hear all the negative crap you guys are spouting out! Good coaches don’t just forget how to coach. CMR is one of the best out there with the exception of 1 losing season in 10 years.If things are so bad and UGA sucks so much then go cheer for someone else. Tech can use some fans. Last time i checked none of you jackhole armchair quarterbacks are head football coaches!
Trey
February 17th, 2011
11:51 am
Here are some of the things Richt has tried over last 3 seasons, that all failed to reverse the trend of losing more games than the yeart before, am I leaving out anything?
1- great recruiting class
2- new QB
3- rotating running backs
4- new defensive staff of coaches
5- reduce turnovers & penalites
6- move to 3-4 defense
7- change jersey color
8- bring back former players for pep talks
9- get a mantra like “finish the drill” which they never do
10- pray
1953Dawg
February 17th, 2011
11:51 am
How can this hire be a vote of confidence? This guy has never coached against the spread offenses that everyone runs in college, so he will be as helpless as Grantham has been. I also doubt he has had to defend the triple option that Tech runs. Grantham hasn’t stopped the dive play yet. He looked like a deer in the headlights when he saw Tech continue to gash his defense last year. To make matters worse, when was the last time this coach had to go head to head with the scum like Trooper Taylor or Kirby Smart in recruiting 18 yr.old kids. Richt has proven once again that he has no clue when it comes to putting together a successful coaching staff. He allowed Grantham to hire one of his old buddies, just like he allowed BOOBOO to hire one of his buddies for the O.L. coach. This buddy system has proven to be a disaster the past 5 years, and it will continue next year. If RIcht has any knowledge of what type of coach it takes to win in the SEC, he would have hired them by now. UGA needs a coach with ties to the Southeast, and a coach with experience of coaching against the best coaches in the SEC.Not a coach that coached at UAB or with the pitiful Redskins. This coach must have really wanted to get out of Washington to come join a losing program that is sinking fast. He will have one year, and then he will be looking for another job. Good luck to him.The only confidence fans have in Richt anymore is that he will continue to put a terrible product on the field, and he will continue to loss against the top SEC teams. That you can depend on.
Shawn
February 17th, 2011
11:52 am
Some of You goobers live to get on here and bash Richt. Like it or not he is our coach next year. Get behind him and our program or jump off the band wagon. No one wants negative nancies involved anyway. If he does not get the job done McGarity will move things in a different direction but for now we need to be supportive of who we have. I for one think we have the right Man for the job. The guy wins 75% of his games and has had us within a lucky break of a NC. Every team that has won a NC got some lucky breaks along the way. Mark Richt will get us back on top! Stop being so knee jerk about one bad season and lets show a little faith!
Shawn
February 17th, 2011
11:55 am
1953 Dawg is either a closet Jacket or should change his name. No one who pounds on our coaches as much as he does should claim to be a true DAWG!
PT
February 17th, 2011
11:58 am
I think we are expecting a little too much from Fox. Remember this is only the second year. Leslie is a good player, but very inconsistent. The talent just is not there yet. Georgia does not have a player that will take it on their shoulders to win such games, Vandy does.
Shawn
February 17th, 2011
11:58 am
If You guys were Bama fans in the Bear’s time, Bama would have never won a championship. They would have fired him after his first losing season! Loser’s don’t persevere through rough times. Therefore they never see the good times!
Dixie Redcoat Band
February 17th, 2011
11:58 am
Time to start looking for a new roundball coach.
Coachdawg 2000
February 17th, 2011
12:04 pm
Byers-
How long are Techies going to cite a trial from 25 years ago. The last time anybody heard from Harvey Middleton ( a Tech football record holder) he was a baggage-handler at Hartsfield-Jackson airport. So obviously a dgree from the north avenue trade school wasn’t in the cards for a guy who played his entire eligibility. Go follow the Hive or some other type of Nerd networking location.
Dirty Dawg
February 17th, 2011
12:06 pm
Bill, while some of what you’re saying about the Bball team is accurate, I gotta say that your comments, to be as critical as they are, seem aa bit hollow given that about the only thing you know about basketball is that it’s round and has air in it.
Having said that the frustration of seeing the opposition ’step-up’ their defense and our not being able to respond with the same intensity is palpable – and don’t get me started on the officials or the damned ESPN announcers, they clearly, refs and anncrs, were showing favoritism toward Vandy. We couldn’t get a call to same our butts.
And Travis Leslie has got to do a better job of creating his shots and realizing when he’s got a good one. Again last night, on that critical possession at the end where he drove across the lane and threw up a prayer – sorry, it was a prayer and not ‘a good look’ as he said – if he had simply stopped in the paint and put up a six or seven foot jump shot (and with his vertical nobody would have been able to block it) the story very well could have been different. He does that a lot…getting a good shot opportunity in the key but seems to want to keep on driving in hopes that he’ll get a foul or a dunk. The boy’s got a lot more to learn.
hop
February 17th, 2011
12:06 pm
great hire and another NFL coach who can prepare and teach players how to be better linebackers and yes, play in the NFL.
WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS WHAT DRIVES COLLEGE PLAYERS TODAY!
Auburn Fan
February 17th, 2011
12:14 pm
“Assuming all goes as the Washington Post has reported, Georgia luring Washington Redskins assistant Kirk Olivadotti to Athens looks like a good hire.’
WaPost also said the Obama would be a fantastic president.
woebegong
February 17th, 2011
12:15 pm
Good hire for the coach and UGA both. I can not imagine what it was like to coach for a team where the head coach, is a tyrant and the owner is Snyder. If I were a coach, I think I would do exactly as he has done. Good hire UGA.
GOOOOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
georgedawg
February 17th, 2011
12:15 pm
I support Richt and Fox. I had high hopes for the BB team but unfortunately the results have not lived up to expectations. I’m certain Fox is especially disappointed. Not a BB expert but it looks like they are not deep enough – thus these second half breakdowns. Our key players are tired towards the middle of the 2nd half on and become a step slow. Personally, I feel that Fox’s coaching ability is evidenced by how well they play up til the end. Our depth is a deficiency and thus our team may not make the “Dance”. Hope we do for the kids sake, at least the NIT. Hope Fox stays!!! It may take a few years to build up a better team with enough good players that our team will be fresh down the stretch. Leslie’s comment seemed lame but maybe he’s covering for his teammates that are not good enough to get on the court – Any reasonable opinions would be appreciated.
For you guys with all the hateful, ugly, and sometimes stupid comments your reward for being a JERK for sure and probably a loser is that you’re a jerk and a loser. Get a job or a girlfriend, something .
Who Cares
February 17th, 2011
12:15 pm
Fox has proven once again that he can’t coach when the game is on the line. Wonder if he ever thought of calling timeouts and design a play specifically to get the ball in his playmakers hands at crunch time? His players look confused and out of control at crunch time, and that is bad coaching. For a team to go 10 minutes and not make a basket with a double digit lead, and playing in front of a home crowd is pathetic.Add this terrible coaching with 2 of the most overrated players in college basketball, and you have a team that loses 4 out of 5 games at home against top 50 ranked RPI teams. Thompkins goes 2 for 10 from the field, scores 8 points, while his counterpart from Vandy hits 5 three point shots going down the stretch. And this clown thinks he will succeed in the NBA. Good luck. This guy has completely disappeared in big games, and he got abused in the paint against Vandy’s big men. Go ahead kool-aid drinkers, and brag about Fox and how he is such a great coach, and how he has turned the program around with 17 wins. The 17 wins mean nothing if you can’t beat but 2 out of 8 teams with winning records. That total will be 2 out of11 after Tenn, Fl,&Bama road games. That is very impressive for a coach with 2 preseason all conference players on his team.Hate to tell you kool-aid drinkers, but winning 20% of your big games makes you a terrible coach. Hell Richt at least can win 50% of his games now.
How2fish
February 17th, 2011
12:17 pm
Blah Blah Blah and Trey….there is no one in the Bull Dog Nation that gives a damn what either of you two haters think…that is if your not really the same moron.
JB
February 17th, 2011
12:19 pm
Coach Richt has done a few things to help the Dawgs in 2011. New OL coach and S&C coach WILL help. Having Aaron Murray with a year under his belt will help. Having a year under thier belt with the new D will help with some new talent in the mix. A J gone, call me crazy, might help. Murray might of tried to hard last year to get him the ball and exposed us. Sense of urgency might help. Easy schedule might help. Crowell might be the real deal, which might help. The looked and played bad last year. I’m saying we’ll see an improvement. He needs to win 8 and look good in the losses.
JB
February 17th, 2011
12:21 pm
Yep, I think the guy was miserable on the Redskin staff. The HC is wacko and the owner makes him look normal.
SMOOTH
February 17th, 2011
12:22 pm
I want to see how these DAWGS play. I want to see them play w/o all of the false starts (especially on 3rd & short). I want to see them play 4-qrts EVERY GAME with intensity. I want to see Bobo (or whomever) call plays that make since; No more ‘Trying to fool the opposing defense’ w/ plays such as running the ball on 3rd & 9 at mid-field. I want Richt to challenge the plays that have a chance of getting over-turned, and NOT the ones that have NO chance. I want to be proud of THESE DAWGS!!!
dawg fan
February 17th, 2011
12:24 pm
MIGHT NOT HAVE JOBS IAM TIRED OF THAT UGA WILL REBOUND AND MIGHTS THATS WAT GROWS ON A CHICKENS ASS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE A JOB NEXT WEEK WHO KNOWS SO LEAVE IT ALONE BILL RIGHT NOW HE IS UGAS CHOACH HE GOT TO DO HIS JOB WHICH WAS TO HIRE A CHOACH AND HE DID AND I THINK A GOOD ONE THAT FITS WHAT WERE DOING!
swimdawg68
February 17th, 2011
12:24 pm
I remember his father Tom when he was with the Dolphins, hope he is better than his Dad.
Our BB team seems to have a pattern of folding in the second half. Right now, I will be surprised if they make the NCAA tourney. Quite frankly they are not an NCAA tourney caliber team. They might make the Madison Square Garden Tourney. Trey Tompkins needs to come back for his senior year, he is a long way from ever making an NBA team. He has serious NBA skill shortfalls.
1953Dawg
February 17th, 2011
12:27 pm
Shawn, true Dawg fans are sick and tired of losing big games in Football&Basketball. The reason UGA’s programs are in the pitiful state they are in now is because of fans like you that prasie mediocrity. I guess you are content with the past 5 years of watching Richt get outcoached and our team not be competitive in big games. Or i guess you are content watching this basketball team totally collapse at crunch time of big games. I am one of the true fans that doesn’t accept mediocrity from coaches that are being paid millions of dollars to consistently get outcoached and consistently not have his teams prepared. If you were a CEO of a major company the results that Richt has produced the past 3 years would be unacceptable. His has brought this program to the bottom of the SEC, while he has sit and watched our major rivals bring in new fresh coaches that have hired competent assistants, and they have beat Richt’s team into submission by the second half. You keep drinking the kool-aid, but why don’t you go be a fan of Ga.Tech or Clemson, because those are the only 2 teams in the Southeast that except mediocrity, and you would fit right in,
JOE
February 17th, 2011
12:27 pm
dawg fan
Hint: Use caps when needed & PUNCUATE!!
Geez…..
KB
February 17th, 2011
12:27 pm
1953 Dawg , 2008 Team finished in top 10 with 10 wins, 18 scholarship players lost to injury, 2010 sucked, get over it , quit whining like a little girl.
Preston
February 17th, 2011
12:35 pm
Couldn’t have asked for a more exciting recruiting situation this season and now we’re getting proven assistant coaches to come to what many call a volatile situation. Leads me to believe that great things are on the horizon in Athens! I really didn’t expect UGA’s defense to be very good last season in year one of Grantham’s shakeup but season two should be very good. Loads of talent coming back and more coming in will resemble the Junkyard D that us dawg fans have been missing for quite a while now. Can’t win big games without a solid defense and I’m feeling really good about what’s coming together here.
Dawg 39
February 17th, 2011
12:37 pm
A very good hire that shows the Administration’s confidence in Richt & in Grantham.
I still believe in the 3 year plan (2010, 11, & 12). 3 years to get back to where the Dawgs want to be.
If a lack of success in 2011 occurs, I am sure that McGarity will tell the coaches thar you have only 1 more year to turn it around or you are gone. No changes for the next 2 years.I still believe that the return to SEC elite will occur in 2011 & 2012. Hope that this confidence is justified.
BigtimeDawg
February 17th, 2011
12:40 pm
Hate to say it, I really do… Thompkins maybe the most overated player in NCAA. Just don’t see the want/desiree/focus and the hustle… that goes without saying. Needs to mature a bit, then maybe he can turn into that NBA player everyone thinks he can be. I hope he does. Lesley. is a great athlete.
saban
February 17th, 2011
12:42 pm
Just another deck chair on the Titanic.
Was Richt a good bartender?
Preston
February 17th, 2011
12:43 pm
Dawg 39, I agree. Every team has ups and downs and I believe UGA is on the rise again. What will be really interesting is seeing how UF responds to their new coach and how soon, if ever, he can get them back on top. After the lackluster recruiting, it may take them a while to win another SEC championship. The East might be a war between UGA and USC for the next few years and beyond.
AltamahaDawg
February 17th, 2011
12:49 pm
The reason the team(s) lost the games was……..the fans reaction? really! That’s what you figure to be the overriding control?
Because there ain’t enough complaining?
Uh, no.
That theory would not hold up to even the slightest logical scrutiny.
12 CRIMINAL CHARGES 7--er--6 wins 6..NO..7 LOSSES
February 17th, 2011
12:49 pm
Hey! Look what Grantham did! another 6-7 year!
DawginOH
February 17th, 2011
12:51 pm
This is a great hire for the Dawgs and a definite vote of confidence in both Richt and Grantham. We fans should be as supportive of CMR and his staff as Mr. McGarity has been amidst the turmoil of last season. Welcome, Coach Olivadotti! GATA!
GaDawg
February 17th, 2011
12:52 pm
JOE
February 17th, 2011
12:27 pm
dawg fan
Hint: Use caps when needed & PUNCUATE!!
Geez…..
and learn to spell.
grood gief ……
Athen's Losers
February 17th, 2011
12:53 pm
Did he get fired by the Cleveland Browns, too?
Sybil
February 17th, 2011
12:53 pm
“Trey”: your name of the day? How transparent can you be? Clever – not.
green envy
February 17th, 2011
12:59 pm
Adolescent Techsters: Thanks for caring. You cannot possibly know how much we value your comments. We take everything you say very, very seriously. It ruins our day. It is certainly a good use of your time. Please, keep it up. Now, drink some more Red Bull, eat a few more packs of Skittles and crank it up.
GaDawg
February 17th, 2011
1:13 pm
Just think Dawg fans, two more “Dream Team” recruiting classes in 12 and 13, to go with the one in 2011, and Coach Richt will be at UGA until he’s ready to leave……. gooooooo00000000 DAWGS!!!!!!
59bulldawg
February 17th, 2011
1:14 pm
For some reason I’m beginning to feel cautiously optimistic about the upcoming season. But the staff has still gotta get it done on the field. 8-9 wins minimum.
Mtn Dawg
February 17th, 2011
1:19 pm
Back to basketball, I was p-oed after that game. Not only for some inconsistent officiating, but the lack of effort by the dawgs. Movement without the ball looks to me to be foriegn concept. I see no plays being run. I just don’t get it.
And oh by the way, I believe the ref that T-d up CMF is the ref that didn’t call ‘over-the-back’ on UTs Williams at the buzer. I’d say he’s a pretty shameful and unqualified SEC ref. Send him on down to Div II or III.
WIN WITH RICHT
February 17th, 2011
1:28 pm
Welcome aboard Coach Olivadotti. The Dawgs lost a lot of LBs.
AltamahaDawg
February 17th, 2011
1:30 pm
Can’t fault him for the T though. Fox was not walking away till he got one, that was his goal at that point.
Would love to know what Fox kept asking him.
Pretty interesting scene with MgGarity sitting there on camera making a point to just look straight ahead during that entire exchange.
Mtn Dawg
February 17th, 2011
1:38 pm
Yep. Once the first of the freethrows was made Fox had a green light. Nothing to lose at that point, but a little respect maybe. He had it coming and he knew it. I didn’t notice McGarity.
Yea, I wonder what Fox keep asking too. I’ve been T-d up before and my kids appreciated it.
Palm City Dawg
February 17th, 2011
1:54 pm
1953, did I not tell you to go back to your bed. It’s time for the nursing assistant to give you that bath and collect your urine before you pee in you adult diaper.
Abnerish
February 17th, 2011
1:57 pm
If Leslie goes pro this year, he will not get drafted. His game can be summed up in three words – He Can Jump. That’s it. His intermediate jump shot is awful and he is pitiful from behind the arc. He has a lot of work to do to be an NBA quality player. I think Thompkins will get drafted, but only because he has the size and body frame that NBA teams covet. He still needs a lot of work to be effective at the next level. And for those who are dumping on Coach Fox, you obviously are fair weather fans who didn’t watch any of Felton’s teams. This team is light years better coached than Felton’s teams, offensively and defensively. I think teams have learned our achilles heel – outside shooting. Last night’s game was a perfect example. Vandy played zone to take away our inside game and in the first 30 mins, we hit our 3s and had a big lead. Then we stopped making our outside shots and we stopped scoring. Coach Fox can’t make 3s for them.
JRW7DAWG
February 17th, 2011
2:08 pm
WELCOME, CKO, WELCOME to the UGA DAWGS!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!
Athens= God's Country
February 17th, 2011
2:17 pm
Are there any Dawg Bloggers on here today? Good Lord! It is sad when you have to post as feaux Dawg fan. To all the haters: Richt isn’t going anywhere. We support him. He is the man for the job. He is also a victim of his own success. Get on board or GET THE HELL OFF! Go Dawgs! WIN WITH RICHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lagdawg
February 17th, 2011
2:19 pm
Leslie said that they got complacent, How can you get complacent when you haven’t won anything and you’ve been playing like crap for the last 7 games. Fox has to get his type of players into the program because at Neveda, those guys didn’t have any quit in them.. The two that want to go to the NBA, should not even consider that an options. Both are overrated and Leslie hasn’t shown me anything all year long. What happened to the guard play int the second half? Under no circumstances should one man beat your team. These guys have not pride and they have totally given up. Rebounding and shooting in the second half was none existant. These guys need to get it together fast. I understand that we don’t have an consistant outside threat, but right now this team will not make the NCAA Tournament. Great outside shooter coming in next year. Can’t wait till KC gets here. If you are a good outside shooter, come to UGA. Coach Fox needs at least 3 in the offense that he runs. Oh yea, also need a very talented PG, PF and Center that wants to reboud and block shots. Lots of playing time early on because right now, UGA does not have players of that caliber.
KB
February 17th, 2011
2:27 pm
Byers, Lets talk about Tech most recent probation 2005 and 2006 for academic fraud , using ineligible
players, how about flunkgate, but this is a football blog so lets talk about Tech 15 victories over the UGA since 1957 or 9 out of 10. Or how about this was it coincidence that flunkkgate happened about the same time that Morris Brown lost its accreditation?
kerryb
February 17th, 2011
2:28 pm
Bill King, are you even capable of writing a column without mentioning something about this might be CMR’s last season. I don’t believe you can. This will not be CMR’s last season. Too much invested in him and this top recruiting class will give him at least another 3 years to see how they pan out.
7576DAWG
February 17th, 2011
2:28 pm
I think the basketball team is out of shape just like the football team . S&C has to apply to all the sports at Georgia. I graduated from UGA in 1976 and I know how great it is to live and just be in Athens. These world class athletes get so wrapped up into being apart of the dating scene , studies and just having a good time they forget what kind of effort it takes to stay in shape so they can last an entire game and they lose focus.
It has taken a few years but ever since we got rid of the athletic dorm , curfews and the coaches keeping an eye on the players 24 hours a day the disciplines has deteriorated at Georgia to what we see today.
McGarity needs to address this problem and make these players realize that in exchange for their best effort they are given a free education and we expect more from them.
In 1973 I was a walk on for the baseball team and made the team under Whatley but quickly realized the effort it would take to stay in playing shape , have a social life and study. There wasn’t enough time in the day for all three . I gave up my uniform so I could keep the social scene and keep my grades at a respectable level.I wasn’t going to be able to play at the next level anyway because I was too short but the players today are so good it is ashame that they are throwing such a great opportunity away.
WIN WITH RICHT
February 17th, 2011
2:33 pm
What is the latest on Brent Benedict, the big redshirt OL from Bolles? Is he 100% heading into spring practice?
Red Harrison
February 17th, 2011
2:45 pm
two words – Tyrone Sorrels
Mtn Dawg
February 17th, 2011
2:55 pm
The second half fade as of late for the basketball team is indicative of poor conditioning. I think CMF is a great coach but the starting 5 can’t play 30 minutes not to mention 40. I want to see movement without the ball. It just isn’t there. It’s no wonder Jenkins got open so often last night. He runs like a deer to get open.
I agree with Lagdawg. Thompkins and Leslie need to stick it out another year at UGA and let CMF grow them into what they are capable of being in the NBA.
Where was Marcus Thornton last night, anyway. Did he get any PT?
Snoop Dawg
February 17th, 2011
2:58 pm
The basketball team’s disgraceful performance last night meets or exceeds the lowest lows of the football team’s historical low point of the past forty years.
Fox needs to get his team in shape and coached up to play two complete halves of SEC basketball; otherwise, the UGA doesn’t need to field a basketball team.
I am glad that I did not attend the game–it was downright disgraceful.
10 to 6
February 17th, 2011
2:58 pm
The athlectic program at UGA overall is in big big trouble. Vandy and SC are making strides in their all sports programs while UGA continues to cling on the 3 year history of Herschel Walker Glory Days. UGA is collapsing in the big three sports and folks just keep right on drinking the kool aid of denial.
chiefdawg
February 17th, 2011
3:07 pm
It appears that complaceny has infiltrated the entire Georgia sports Program. How many times did we hear that excuse during the past football season?
FanSince59
February 17th, 2011
3:11 pm
Despite the new coaching hires as well as the alleged “Dream Team” signings, Richt will still be the same old Richt, and Bobo will still be the offensive (to say the least) coordinator.
Mtn Dawg
February 17th, 2011
3:18 pm
I have renewed confidence in the football program. Some badly need changes have been made, and despite the abismal last few years, UGA can still bring in top recruits. We’re still here and Richt isn’t going anywhere.
DawginLex
February 17th, 2011
3:22 pm
2011 will be a big turnaround year for Coach Richt.
He has too much class to tell all the naysayers “I told you so”.
He is a victim of his own success.
He raised the bar.
2011 will be the beginning of a nice run for richt and UGA.
My prediction:
2011: 11-3 Lose to Bama in SECCCG, win bowl game
2012: Good chance to repeat as East Champs and play Bama again. Could be his best UGA team ever if injuries don’t crop up.
Bash away haters.
Richt is not going anywhere.
He is tired of losing.
He is more competitive than any of you know.
He will rebound.
Gravy Train
February 17th, 2011
3:25 pm
The thing some of these fair weather pansies don’t understand is “family” and “loyalty.” Mark Richt could’ve ditched UGA for any number of coaching jobs. FSU and Papa Bowden came calling and Coach Richt said no thanks, same story with Miami. Coach Richt moved his family here instead. Coach Richt has shown so much loyalty to Georgia that people stopped asking him to leave. Now, we have the pansies within our ranks showing no loyalty to the man that gave you reason to believe in the first place. If you want cut throat tactics, the Bammers and Barners are just across the border. Now the pansies will say, but Bama this and Saban that. What championship did Bama win last season? And why did so many of this states best players turn down the Bammers and sign with CMR instead?
I’m starting to realize that you can argue with idiots untill you’re blue in the face, but at the end they’re still stubborn idiots. It’s why Jesus said not to cast pearls before swine.
AltamahaDawg
February 17th, 2011
3:28 pm
I actually don’t remember a single time this past season that a football team representative made the escuse that they built a big lead at halftime and then got complacent. Who said that? What game would that have been?
I’ve heard some fans say that non-specific “complacency” was a problem. Are you fussing at them?
Mtn Dawg
February 17th, 2011
3:34 pm
I submit to you that all the ‘pansies’ and fairweather fans are not true fans. Not part of the family. Not part of the Dawg Nation. Transplants, if you will. For the rest of us – fear not, weep no more.
UGA72
February 17th, 2011
3:35 pm
Please stop with all this hate-Richt talk. Your venom is dripping from my computer screen onto my keyboard.
WIN WITH RICHT
February 17th, 2011
3:39 pm
Richt is the man!!! Dawgs will rule the SEC in 2011!!
AltamahaDawg
February 17th, 2011
3:41 pm
…you can do whatever you want to with us Greg, but we are not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United Sates of America…gentlemen
GaCracker
February 17th, 2011
3:43 pm
You forgot a road win againt Alabama didn’t you?
gbal
February 17th, 2011
3:47 pm
For the longest time BK was the best sports writer that UGA had. Was supportive of the DAWGS and enjoyed his pieces better than any of the “regulars”. Lately, I can only say that it looks like MB and Shultz have rubbed off on him and he is just another UGA basher… Has joined the AJC regulars as one of the biggest problems to the UGA program. BK – Time for a new guest blogger.
Gravy Train
February 17th, 2011
3:47 pm
Real fans don’t let personal agendas trump what’s best for the team. Bill King should take note.
Auburn Fan
February 17th, 2011
4:03 pm
“Richt is the man!!! Dawgs will rule the SEC in 2011!!”
Broken……record…….broken……….record………….
Auburn Fan
February 17th, 2011
4:04 pm
“11-3 Lose to Bama in SECCCG, win bowl game’
Bama won’t be there. LSU will.
The Liberty Bowl
February 17th, 2011
4:05 pm
Hello Dog fans! We in Memphis, want to welcome you back to the Liberty Bowl.
WIN WITH RICHT
February 17th, 2011
4:07 pm
Auburn Fan
Run down to Toomer’s Corner and chop up that kindling wood.
schmeckdawg
February 17th, 2011
4:09 pm
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? HELL NO, and it’s not over now!!!!
Go DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!
schmeckdawg
February 17th, 2011
4:11 pm
Come on DAWG fans, no jokes about the trees at Toomers Corner, that’s their UGA.
bruce mac
February 17th, 2011
4:12 pm
10-6, huh? What are big three sports and how is a better record than the last five years a collapse in BBall. Please use some logic when you post or quit posting moron.
WIN WITH RICHT
February 17th, 2011
4:20 pm
schmeckdawg
ROAD TRIP!!!!!!
schmeckdawg
February 17th, 2011
4:24 pm
@WIN WITH RICHT: Anytime! Glad you go that one. I thought I might be one of the oldest guys on here and nobody would get it!
UGA FRIEND
February 17th, 2011
4:24 pm
Has anyone noticed that the 11:44 a:m cut/paste post of Byers refering to the Jan Kemp scandal which bashes Vince Dooley has now appeared on this blog again? This must be at least a dozen times. This person must have a serious personal grudge against Vince or simply cannot think of anything new to write. Poor guy.
schmeckdawg
February 17th, 2011
4:25 pm
@ WIN WITH RICH: Sorry meant got!
schmeckdawg
February 17th, 2011
4:25 pm
@UGA FRIEND: Good call! It’s getting very old!
schmeckdawg
February 17th, 2011
4:27 pm
@WIN WITH RICHT: Sorry again, my brain is working faster than my fingers! Left off the “T.”
Hunker Down!!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
February 17th, 2011
4:29 pm
Good heavens. SC had one decent year, not great, and they are the new model of excellence now? please!
schmeckdawg
February 17th, 2011
4:32 pm
@AltamahaDawg: Great call!!! They got CLOWNee and all of the sudden, they are the second coming. We’ll see!
Go DAWGS!!!!!!!
Richie
February 17th, 2011
4:50 pm
Looks like all u buuullllllldogs have past the plate around and now they r hiring good coaches.Its about time.Now u need to upgrade the facilities so these kids can get ready for the season.
tell me again
February 17th, 2011
4:53 pm
All of you whiners need to just shut up – geez….we have one losing season out of 10 and you act like we’ve been in the tank for a decade…..and as for Florida this and that – tell me WHO WAS BEATING FLORIDA WHEN TEBOW WAS THERE????NOBODY! It’s not like we were the only team losing to them then – good grief – get over that piece of useless logic. We are looking GOOD right now for the coming year – get excited about all of the positive stuff that has happened this year! It’s good stuff!!! GO DAWGS!
Go Dawgs!
February 17th, 2011
5:14 pm
Question to all the Richt haters- What makes you so sure we’re going to drop games to Boise and SC right out of the gate? Or even UF for that matter?
Richt has made some good moves this off season and we will get a boost in the right spots with some of the incomming class as well as some who were redshirted last year.
I don’t think people realize the Dawgs aren’t that far off from being able to be a good team this year.
Fact: We had a FRESHMAN QB last year who came very close to Stafford’s production his freshman year
Fact: Granthum was running his 3-4 defense with 4-3 personnel who were all learning new terminology and in some cases positions.
Fact: Of the 7 losses – 4 were by a TD or less not to mention we went the first four games without our best player.
We will be fine and should have a great season this year. I just hope all of the Richt haters will be man/woman enough to admit they’re wrong when he turns this thing around, though I doubt they will. Most will likely adopt a new blog handle and act as if they’ve been in his corner all along.
Go Dawgs!!!
WIN WITH RICHT
February 17th, 2011
5:23 pm
Go Dawgs!!
Amen, Brother!! TEll IT LIKE IT IS!!!
Fire Mark Richt
February 17th, 2011
5:35 pm
“and as for Florida this and that – tell me WHO WAS BEATING FLORIDA WHEN TEBOW WAS THERE????NOBODY!”
Ole Miss and Auburn for starters, but why quibble. Richt is 1-5 against Florida when Tebow wasn’t playing. Combined, Ole Miss and Miss. St. have a winning record against UF since 2000.
LSU, Alabama, and Auburn play Florida even, and that includes the Tebow years.
Florida was 0-3 against Georgia when Emmit Smith was there starting tailback. There’s no excuse for Richt’s 2-8 record against Florida. Even when Florida was down and Richt’s teams won their two SEC Championships, we lost to Florida. Is that acceptable to you?
LA
February 17th, 2011
5:37 pm
“Run down to Toomer’s Corner and chop up that kindling wood.”
Why, does your trailer need some fire wood?
jackson
February 17th, 2011
5:37 pm
I didn’t know the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
Fire Mark Richt
February 17th, 2011
5:38 pm
“Question to all the Richt haters- What makes you so sure we’re going to drop games to Boise and SC right out of the gate? Or even UF for that matter?”
I’m not a “Richt hater” for one, but let me answer the question about Boise St. and South Carolina – I’m not sure at all we’ll lose to them, and I’ll be rooting like hell it doesn’t happen.
In response to your question about UF: are you serious? Richt’s .200 winning percentage against the Reptiles doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.
Auburn Fan
February 17th, 2011
5:39 pm
“Fact: We had a FRESHMAN QB last year who came very close to Stafford’s production his freshman year”
Fact: UGA didn’t win against any good team and finished 6-7.
“Fact: Granthum was running his 3-4 defense with 4-3 personnel who were all learning new terminology and in some cases positions. ”
Fact: UGA went 6-7
“Fact: Of the 7 losses – 4 were by a TD or less not to mention we went the first four games without our best player.”
Fact: Even with your best player, UGA was blown out by Auburn.
“Most will likely adopt a new blog handle and act as if they’ve been in his corner all along.”
Mmmmmmm, doubt that.
Auburn Fan
February 17th, 2011
5:40 pm
“WHO WAS BEATING FLORIDA WHEN TEBOW WAS THERE????NOBODY!”
Auburn, twice. Tebow was 0-2 against Auburn.
waytogoRicht
February 17th, 2011
5:48 pm
Great! Richt supposedly had his best recruiting class, although he sure as heck did little with any of his other classes. And he supposedly now has a good coaching staff, although when he had other earlier good caching staffs he did the minimal with them. And the schedule without Bama and LSU supposedly lines up Well for Richt, although since Richt cowers when he faces Florida, Richt as well as us, knows he ain’t gonna beat Florida(if your three year old daughter was coaching Florida)
Bottom line, shut your mouth and get the heck out of dodge Richt, if you stink it up again this year. And, personally with your ten year track record Richt, you ‘ve done nothing to convince me you have it in you to stay around after next year.
Dawg 39
February 17th, 2011
5:51 pm
The 11 years prior tp CMR against UF with Dooley, Goff, & Donnan the Dawgs were 1 & 10 against the Gators. 2&8 is not much better but it is better.
I am a lifelong Gator Hater but I know superior coaching is not rhe reason for the 2&8 record.
There is a mental block involved just like there was for the Gators before Spurrier became the coach. I was there during the Dooley years & know that the mental block for the Gators was real.
Now, Until that changes again for the Dawgs, it will remain very difficult for the Dawgs to win in Jax. That is fact.
Trey
February 17th, 2011
6:27 pm
Richt’s in a period of atrophy.
2007- 11 wins
2008- 10 wins
2009- 8 wins
2010- 6 wins
Richt can’t turn the ship around. Nothing Richt tries has worked. For 3 years, IN A ROW.
Fire Mark Richt
February 17th, 2011
6:30 pm
“The 11 years prior tp CMR against UF with Dooley, Goff, & Donnan the Dawgs were 1 & 10 against the Gators. 2&8 is not much better but it is better.”
But those 11 years cover the best decade Florida has ever had, the 90s. In the past ten years, Florida has had 3-five loss teams (’02, ‘03 and ‘04) and 2-four loss teams (’07 and ‘10). They’ve hardly been dominant year in and year out. Take away two of the Tebow years, and Florida hasn’t been much to brag about this century.
There’s no excuse for going 2-8. If that’s improvement, we don’t need it. We need a coach who will play Florida at least even. Like LSU, Auburn, Alabama, Ole Miss and Miss St. does. Is that asking too much? If so, maybe we need to move to the ACC.
RAID
February 17th, 2011
6:31 pm
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Trey
February 17th, 2011
6:36 pm
I wonder how much worse this season will be than the last? 4 or 5 wins? It is a 3 year trend, Richt’s not been able to reverse it, I say 5 wins.
Gravy Train
February 17th, 2011
6:53 pm
…and here come the swine.
Fire Mark Richt
February 17th, 2011
7:14 pm
Gravy Train, try to be a little more melodramatic, will you?
Trey
February 17th, 2011
7:15 pm
Richt’s career has been 2 good years, followed by long periods of atrophy.
2002 13-1
2003 11-3
2004 10-2
2005 10-3
2006 9-4
So during this period, Richt’s teams got worse 4 years in a row before he finally reversed the trend.
2007 11 wins
2008 10 wins
2009 8 wins
2010 6 wins
During the 2nd period of atrophy, Richt has only gone 3 seasons in a row of atrophy. Following his pattern, expect 1 more down year before Richt reverses the trend.
2011 likely a 4 or 5 win season looking at both Richt’s 2002-2006 slide and also his more recent 2007-2010 slide.
1970Dawg
February 17th, 2011
7:49 pm
Auburn Fan, Fact–UGA beat Auburn in 2006, 2007,2008 and 2009.
Fact this…
1970Dawg
February 17th, 2011
7:53 pm
Trey, Your atrophy statement is absurd. If you think a 10-3 season is a bad record in the SEC, you might want to switch to Boise St.
Trey
February 17th, 2011
8:00 pm
Richt finihed 2nd or 3rd in the SEC East 4 out of 5 of the last years. So what will it be in 2011, 2nd or 3rd, 80% chance…
athdog
February 17th, 2011
8:10 pm
These are Felton’s recruits. Don’t forget that just yet.
Dawgman in South GA
February 17th, 2011
10:28 pm
To all the Mark Richt blind loyalist, you have a right to express your opinion of how much you believe that Mark Richt is going to turn things around, but please come with some reliable evidence man! CMR just finished a losing season with a loss to a CONFERENCE USA team. Someone please tell me why am I supposed to have any faith that this coach will turn things around when the lowest recruiting class ranking he’s had was number 15 if im not mistaking, so obviously talent cant be the problem. You people need to wake up and smell the coffee, Mark Richt wins when he has the better roster… (Central Florida aside)… but when faced with equal or better talent his laidback, touchy-feely mentality is reflected on the field by his players. Here’s my evidence, go and pop in the Blackout Bama game in 2008……..the plaintiff rest his case your honor.
reality bites
February 17th, 2011
10:34 pm
Florida has owned UGA for years, sad but true. That is a “head-to-head fact”. What UGA or Florida did against other teams during that stretch has no bearing on the fact that UGA is presently “owned” by Florida. Here’s another fact: UGA has beaten Auburn 4 of the last 5 years.
Another fact: Next year is a new year, for everyone.
Here is a common opinion: Auburn was a one-year wonder.
Leroy
February 17th, 2011
10:50 pm
This column used to be informative and fun to read but Bill has become a gloom and doom blogger like his brothers Jeff and Mark. Why in hell do you continue with this garbage about Coach Richt leaving. No matter how you wish for it CMR is not going anywhere until he is ready. He is one of the top coaches in America and all your whining is not going to change things. Bill just clean up your appearance and your thoughts if you are a real Dawg fan and if not please put on a hat with a big bee on it and get it over with.
Byers the gay lover of Trey, 1953dawg and the moron called Fire Coach Richt
February 17th, 2011
10:56 pm
Yes we are different in our sexual preferences but we truly love each other and resent a Christian being the coach of UGA. We will continue to make idiotic statements and show our ignorance. Anyone else wanting to join us for a Hate Coach Richt the Christian sleepover at my house please continue your hate statements and you are invited because we know that you are one of us. Let’s plan a trip to San Francisco gang.
Trey
February 17th, 2011
10:57 pm
In the last 8 years, Richt has only imporved the number of wins above the previous season, 1x, that was back in 2007.
7 out of 8 of the last 8 seasons, Richt’s team gets less wins than the previous year.
Lakedawg
February 17th, 2011
11:00 pm
Coach Fox next year loses Thompkins, Leslie, Price, and Barnes with just one DIV-1 player coming in. Will be a rough W/L record next year. Following year however stste is loaded with 4-5 star BB player and CMF is in on all of them. He needs two more years to get the roster competitive with the top programs.
Good hire for linbacker coach. With a year of learning for players and Grantham the D will be much improved in 2011. If we can only block somebody a 11 or 12 win season is very possible. Also Coach Richt will be around longer than will most coaches currently in league.
Trey
February 17th, 2011
11:02 pm
Richt doesn’t know why he keeps losing more games each year, or else he would reverse his trend. But because Richt doesn’t know why, Richt keep losing more games than the previus year, every season, 3 in a row now. He has no clue.
Lester Miles
February 17th, 2011
11:07 pm
Auburn Fan AU has been receiving a lot of sympathy from UGA fans for the poisoning of the trees in Auburn by a Alabama nut but your ravings make us think the plant killer would be put to better use on you. You sound like a egg plant with brain damage. Lighten up dufus. You had a good year and we feel sorry for the trees. Don’t ruin it. Eat some gumbo. Have a great day.
Ga Alum 79
February 17th, 2011
11:55 pm
Agree this was a good hire, and now with the good recruiting year, no reason for Richt to not be able to dramatically improve the team’s record for the upcoming season. If not, then I think we know what happens then..
Fire Mark Richt
February 18th, 2011
12:05 am
“Why in hell do you continue with this garbage about Coach Richt leaving. No matter how you wish for it CMR is not going anywhere until he is ready. He is one of the top coaches in America”
No rational observer of the game thinks this. Richt at best is a second-tier coach in his own conference, much less “one of the top coaches in America.”
college football
February 18th, 2011
12:08 am
You techie blowflys want to slam Georgia former players. After leaviing that garbage pit on north avenue, Sammy Drummer and James Forrest became custodians with that techie degree.
Pirtdawg
February 18th, 2011
12:10 am
You people make me sick. You claim to be “Dawgs” yet you never have anything good to say. Hell if we won a national title you’d be the first to claim Richt as the worlds greatest coach. We’re in the toughest conference in football, do you really expect every season to be perfect? Where the hell is your loyalty? If you have a bad week/year do you decide its time to switch from Christian to Muslim as though God isn’t on your side any more? No I doubt it. In 2007 you loved Richt, your pathetic and you give real Dawgs a bad name….Oh yeah and after we spank Boise and USC this year don’t try coming back and supporting Richt. I think Paul Johnson is more your type of coach, he loves a double standard.
Pirtdawg
February 18th, 2011
12:29 am
Sorry I went of the deep end there with the religious thing but this crap is getting old. I know as well as anyone these haven’t been the best couple of years for UGA. However I do believe in loyalty and as long as Richt is our coach and proudly wears the red and black then I am behind him. I’ve seen what happens when you rush to fire a coach, look where Tennessee is right now. Given I believe Dooley can turn it around,but their last two seasons have been far worse than ours. Richt will have my support for as long as he is at UGA. I may not agree with all his decisions but I am not going to bash my teams coach like some back stabbing rat. If the day comes and UGA releases Richt then I wish him the best and I will pledge my loyalty to the next coach. Not because I do or don’t like Richt or the coach in question but because I AM A DAWG!!!!!!!!!!!
Columbus
February 18th, 2011
1:46 am
@FIREMARKRICHT Your perspective on Mark Richt is a joke and he is not going to be fired and he will be the coach at UGA for the next 15 years if he chooses. WHY? Because while there has been a decline in the program the last few years it is an understandable decline to ANYONE who is not ignorant or biased or cant take the good with the bad. How old are you? 18? The period of decline IS OVER and last year was just “one of them years”. It was not expected to be good with a freshman QB, suspensions AND a new defense to install with players not recruited for that system to begin with. 2009 was CERTAINLY expected to SUCK, We lost Stafford and Moreno early plus others to the NFL and we had COX at QB and inadequate replacements at running back too. Now the program hit bottom last year and that happens to ALL programs and now get aboard for the RISE and support the team and coach because YOU ARE WRONG about the direction of the program and the abilities of the head coach, who by the way is in the TOP TIER OF COACHES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL and could have left UGA but did not. AND HE WILL ONLY GET BETTER BY GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS. THIS IS HIS FIRST HEAD COACHING JOB! ALL COACHES HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AND THIS WAS HIS TURN SO GET OVER IT AND GET A CLUE AND SUPPORT RICHT AND THE TEAM with YOUR MORAL SUPPORT OR…… LET THE DAWG FAN IN YOU………DIE SIR.
Ferdie
February 18th, 2011
8:08 am
There were a lot of things for the dawgs to celebrate this year. Let’s see…
1. A drunken, whoring athletic director with red panties in his lap.
2. Twelve players arrested. And 41% of UGA football players are arrested during their time at UGA.
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 6-7 record despite having a team full of 4- and 5-star recruits.
That’s really something to be proud of!
UGA, winner of the Fulmer/Richt Cup and known worldwide as The Cesspool of the South.
woebegong
February 18th, 2011
8:16 am
I am just curious. How long is the average tenure of most coaches in the SEC? Fulmer was the exception and in my humble opinion, I believe it was a mistake to get rid of him, as the last two years have shown.
CMR is a great coach, but more importantly, he is a great man. If you look at all of the accusations concerning a lot of the coaches around here in the SEC, a lot of universities wish he were their coach. You all seem to equate NC’s and nothing but winning as being the earmark of a great coach. How about how much pride you should feel, that you have such an honest, decent and caring man in charge. How many coaches would continually, give some folks like Ealey, chances to correct their ways and grow up into men that society is proud to know. I don’t recall any major violations that resulted in a major UGA probation in his tenure here. I could be wrong, but I am old, so I could be forgetful. He self reported a minor violation that a recruit actually caused concerning a call the recruit made to him, during a no contact period. Surely he is not the only coach that this has happened to, but I don’t see where any other coach has done that.
The only thing that CMR might be guilty of, is becoming either a little complacent or maybe too administratively bogged down, and let his coaching slip some, but he will fix that problem this year, thanks to the AD we now have. Did anybody think about our former AD, and the fact that he really did not support CMR, or equip him with the help he needed. CMR is reenergized and I believe the next couple of years UGA is going to be a force to be considered, no matter whom they play. I applaud his “Dream Team”, concept, as he is trying hard to keep our top atheletes in the state and going to UGA. Simply because he can not offer scholarships at a rate of 40 each year, doesn’t mean he is doing a poor job in recruiting. He is successful in that area and a great deal more.
If you are a true supporter of UGA football, start showing it and give the man and our team his your full support.
My dad always said, “If you have nothing good to say about a person, best to say nothing at all”.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Harvey Almorn Updyke
February 18th, 2011
8:20 am
I poisoned the Auburn trees and ur stupid dawg!!! Roooooll Tiiiide!!!
Scooter McDoogle
February 18th, 2011
8:26 am
This will be a great hire. Its a vote of confidence that Richt has in Grantham, letting him hire guys he actually wants to work with. Now I wanna see TG yelling at his boys like he did that first game. After that it looks like Richt told him to calm down. We dont need him calm, we need him yelling and breaking things, maybe punch a player or two right in the face. Ok, not that far but I liked seeing him yell at his boys and hold them accountable. I could see CMR telling him “we dont yell at our kids here Todd.” F-that! Yell scream, get some intensity!!!
Snoop Dawg
February 18th, 2011
8:26 am
This Redskin coach looks like a solid citizen. Richt isn’t stupid. In order to continue to bilk the State of Georgia out of $3 Million per year, he will surround himself with competent assistants now that his is on probation. The sad part, though, is that Richt is still the fake imposter he has always been and will continue to be. He’s nothing more than a con artist. UGA will win in spite of him, I hope, but the Bulldog Nation should not count on any championships as long as he is the head coach.
Snake Doc
February 18th, 2011
8:35 am
No confidence – Coach really wanted out of D.C..
Is it a good hire? Probably – Its about time the CEO tried to hire a few real coaches instead of promoting friends and family!
Will this hire make much of a difference. Not a chance in the world!
DawginLex
February 18th, 2011
8:59 am
the haters ask what proof do we have that Richt will turn it around.
Let’s turn it the other way.
What proof do you have that he won’t.
You point to 6-7.
I point to 96 wins in 10 years and 2 SEC titles when we had not won one in 20 years.
You point to 6-7
I point to 13-1
11-3
10-2
10-3
Auburn Fan
February 18th, 2011
9:24 am
From now on, the Bama faithful will be known no more as the mullets, but as the UPDYKERS!
ROLL UPDYKERS ROLL!
Trey
February 18th, 2011
9:24 am
I find it fascinating that 7 out of the last 8 seasons, Richt’s team had less wins than the previous season.
Auburn Fan
February 18th, 2011
9:25 am
“Auburn Fan AU has been receiving a lot of sympathy from UGA fans for the poisoning of the trees in Auburn by a Alabama nut but your ravings make us think the plant killer would be put to better use on you.’
Oh, so now you’re advocating murder. Nice, inbred. Real nice. Come to think of it, the state of Louisiana leads the nation in brain cancer. I wonder why.
Auburn Fan
February 18th, 2011
9:26 am
DawginLex
You guys should have a great year. The SEC Least is down and Meyer is gone gone gone. USC East is overrated and will lose a few games. You guys have a nice schedule and one that is very favorable.
Good luck!
Lakedawg
February 18th, 2011
9:29 am
Snoop Dog—-Not sure you know how college coaches are paid. Coach Richt bilking the state of Georgia????? The State pays nothing, Football fans that contribute money and buy football tickets pay coaching salaries and all other expenses of athletic program. So try to write something you have some knowledge about next time, not some stupid comment like before. Or maybe there is very little that you have any knowledge of.
RabidDawgFan
February 18th, 2011
9:39 am
We’ll beat Boise, beat South Carolina, lose to Coastal Carolina, and lose to the rest of these teams accoriding to the Florida, Alabama, Auburn, and S. Carolina fans who are positive that they know everything. We’ll lose every game on our schedule. Bank on it. 0-12 for us this season.
RabidDawgFan
February 18th, 2011
9:40 am
Boise State is in for a rude awakening. And I mean RUUUUDEEEE
Auburn Fan
February 18th, 2011
9:41 am
“Boise State is in for a rude awakening.’
What, did you poison their potatoes?
oakwood dawg
February 18th, 2011
10:10 am
If CMR can’t cut the mustard this year, then I am all for a new HC. Kirby Smart or even Derek Dooley(he is turning UT around and like Vince will be a great coach) would be imo a great coach for us. But hey, lets give CMR a chance to turn things around this year. Lets get behind him and the dawgs. We may be pleasantly surprised.
Mtn Dawg
February 18th, 2011
10:13 am
@Trey:
Try another Blog. Your rantings are getting old, and your perspective is flawed.
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February 18th, 2011
10:29 am
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ugaclassof2004
February 18th, 2011
10:29 am
I’m going to see Coach Richt today in Blairsville. Looking forward to it.
As for the team this year, I want to see them play with passion and confidence. Those were two things that were lacking BIG TIME last year. If this team played with 1/3 of the passion that the exhibited in the Florida win in 2007, NO WAY would they have finished 6-7. But these kids have to realize that victories just aren’t going to be handed to them, they have to put in the WORK! Its time for the team to get that swagger back and play like their hair is on fire. I miss the days where we used to beat top 10/top 20 teams at home. These kids now think their hot stuff but trust me, nothing makes you more of a rock star on Saturday night than beating a top ranked SEC team in Athens! That is a memory that will live with you always! Talent is important but the attitude is paramount! Lets turn things around THIS year Dawgs or things WILL get turned around next year!
WIN WITH RICHT
February 18th, 2011
10:44 am
Trey
You keep posting the same thing over and over and over. Its like being stuck in an elevator for 10 hours listening to Muskrat Love. Move on to something else.
RabidDawgFan
February 18th, 2011
11:33 am
Auburn Man, are you proud of all the sanctions that Auburn is going through with the NCAA and cheating their way to getting recruits and winning titles? Funny, I didn’t see you over on the article about how Auburn is going through another sanction (NOT having to do with Newton).
AltamahaDawg
February 18th, 2011
11:35 am
2004, maybe you can directly tell him what you say about him in here all the time. Great opportunity to contrast your ultra high standard of excellence, face to face.
While you are at it, why not tell him….(because you seem to avoid answering in here)
1. Which 6 games you predicted he will lose this 2011 season and why.
2. By what standard you say he runs a 8-4 program “at best”, and back that up with some actual facts from history, or future I suppose.
Good luck, I’m sure you’ll let him have it.
ugaclassof2004
February 18th, 2011
2:55 pm
Altamaha Dawg
When you say ultra high standards, do you mean having a winning season? If so, then yes I have ultra high standards.
I did get to meet Coach Richt today. Did I lamblast him for last season? No because it would have been inappropriate in front of hundreds of people. If that makes me a coward in your eyes then so be it.
On a personal level I like Coach Richt. I think he’s a good man who has represented our university well. I don’t particularly agree with some of his religious views, but that’s OK. I have been very critical of Coach Richt on here and not without warrant. If afforded the luxury of having a private audience with him, I would say to him that you can still hold true to your religious convictions and without having to compromise being successful. And that is my biggest critique of Coach Richt: I feel he shy’s away from wanting to be successful because he feels that it would compromise some of his ULTRA HIGH beliefs. That just doesn’t have to be the case. Tim Tebow is a good example of someone who believes in heaven yet is willing to take his own destiny into his hands. THAT is what I want to see from Coach Richt: take control of your destiny and be the best you can be. And I’m sorry but that just hasn’t been the case with UGA the last few years.
AltamahaDawg
February 18th, 2011
5:21 pm
NO, being polite to Richt in public is the appropriate behavior.
The cowardice part is what you say in here about him, then refuse to back it up when questioned directly about it. I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about in the religious convictions holding him back category, nor do you.
AltamahaDawg
February 18th, 2011
5:36 pm
Although in all fairness I should ask:
1. Specifically which of his “religious views” do you disagree with and why? I assume these are view that you equate to him from some information or knowledge, and not just pure specualtion.
2. What evidence do you have that the struggles of the football team have anything whatsover to do with his religious views?
AltamahaDawg
February 18th, 2011
7:35 pm
???