Time for the Dogs to put the ‘cancer’ talk behind them
Orson Charles has the right idea about how to approach this season. (The State)
A lot of what you hear from college football players in the offseason should be taken with a grain of salt.
It’s part of the team-building process to talk it up, so you get a lot of “we’re working harder than ever” chatter. We heard last year about how much harder the players were working and how much faster they were. Then came the 6-7 season and the conditioning coach and his supposedly infamous mat drills were out, and now we’re being told how much harder the players are working and how it’s paying off with them being much bigger and faster.
Whether that’s true or just more talk, we’ll see this fall.
Also, if the previous season wasn’t all it was expected to be, you tend to hear comments about how much better it is now in terms of leadership and attitude. The past couple of years we’ve heard a lot of that kind of talk from Georgia football players, and we’re hearing more of it this year. There wasn’t any leadership in the locker room. There was finger-pointing going on after losses.
The difference is, this time the picture they’re painting of the previous year’s attitude and morale problems is much more extreme than we’ve heard before, with several instances of players who are no longer on the team being referred to as “cancers” that had to be removed in order for the team to get healthy again.
Whether that’s a bit of scapegoating or the morale problems really were exacerbated last year by some dissenters, this seems to be more than just team-building among the current players. Christian Robinson has been outspoken about last year’s morale problems, as has Ben Jones. And Tavarres King told the Macon Telegraph there were “absolutely” more chemistry problems with last year’s team than than those of us outside the program knew about.
Looking back, that’s not surprising, especially considering the early-season losing streak. In the midst of that four-game skid, Mark Richt was asked about how his team was handling the adversity, and he said, “All I would say is everybody showed up to work and we worked. That’s all we can ask right now. We just have to keep grinding right now.”
As the season wore on, we got more comments from him about the players needing to show up for work like a man and do their job.
Kris Durham said before the Tennessee game that the team was “trying to stay positive, trying to have a positive mentality, and get back to having fun. It’s never fun when you lose.”
Now it appears the problems with that team were more severe than simply not “finishing the drill.” It wasn’t all attitude, of course. There definitely were talent problems at certain positions. But perhaps members of the team who were unhappy over a lack of playing time or the way they’d been treated by coaches dragged the team down even more.
And this year? Well, it’s all going to be different, isn’t it? At least that’s what we’re being told.
I’m not sure all this pointing of the finger at departed players is any more productive than the “griping and moaning,” as Richt calls it, that apparently went down last year.
I think maybe a better mind-set is how Orson Charles appears to be approaching the coming season. As he told Dawgs247, “We just need to go back to just having fun. When I was coming here, I was watching when they played Hawaii. All them boys were jumping up and down and having fun. I’m like, ‘Why can’t we have that now? Why can’t we do that now?’ There’s nothing stopping us. We’re stopping ourselves. So I think that’s the No. 1 thing that we need to go out there and remember. We’ve been playing this game for a long time, and growing up, we’ve been having fun. So let’s just have fun doing it now.”
It is a game, after all.
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187 comments Add your comment
Denver Dawg
March 29th, 2011
11:24 am
I’m ready to tee it up right now….
PDX Dawg
March 29th, 2011
11:25 am
first
Me
March 29th, 2011
11:25 am
Can’t end the cancer talk with Caleb King still on the team. Biggest one of them all.
Loran, Whatayagot?
March 29th, 2011
11:29 am
The cliche’ mill is churning them out. One day all these cliche’s are going to be authentic. Let’s hope it’s this year.
Red-N-Black
March 29th, 2011
11:30 am
Bill you suck.
BornADawg
March 29th, 2011
11:33 am
Tackling can be fun too! 1) Wrap arms around guy with ball – 2) Drive to ground! See, wasn’t that a lot of fun!! Go DAWGS!!
Dawg Gone
March 29th, 2011
11:33 am
Bill good article…I agree with the old “shut your mouth and hit somebody” attitude. Talk when the game is over…an you have WON.
JaxDawg05
March 29th, 2011
11:38 am
The weeks between signing day and the spring game are such a waste of print.
BJohnDawg
March 29th, 2011
11:43 am
BornADawg…love it.
It more fun when you win. go out and win and see how fun it is.
go 14-0 see how fun that will be.
Go 6-7 again and you will see and feel the same crap as last year.
SSIgator
March 29th, 2011
11:45 am
“Then came the 6-7 season and the conditioning coach and his supposedly infamous mat drills were out, and now we’re being told how much harder the players are working and how it’s paying off with them being much bigger and faster.”
2011 – Second verse same as the first. UGA – where all good playes go to fade away.
DOES CANCER HAVE A NAME
March 29th, 2011
11:46 am
Does anyone know what players they are talking about? If the players are no longer on the team, be a man and call them out. Bill you wrote the article about this, give us the scoop. They should say a heart transplant was needed not cancer treatment.
Dawg Gone
March 29th, 2011
11:53 am
SSIgator glad to see you back on the blog..quick question for ya. How many games as a HC has old Mushy won again? Gators are unreal, new unproven coach, new scheme , new staff and they are thumping their chests already…you had a 2 time NC coach last year and a redshirt freshman took you to O.T…keep talking this could be real fun.
jablonski
March 29th, 2011
11:57 am
We hear the same crap every year. Did you know that UGA had NO nutrition plan before this year? Players ate and did what they wanted? There has been absolutely NO leadership on this team for years. You can see the program has fallen hard by watching the bowl game. No fire, no intensity…kicking a field goal??? Coaches did not have faith in the players and players did not have faith in the coaches.
One way or another it will get fixed this year. Either Richt wins and that includes beating Florida or he is gone baby, gone.
BornADawg
March 29th, 2011
12:05 pm
@jablonski
Since “FUN” seems to be the word of the day, I agree with your post. Seems to me it would have been a lot more FUN to go for it on a 4th & inces, inside the five no less, with a 6 & 6 record in a “who really cares bowl” than kick a field goal. Coach, I love ya’, but bring back the fun. Let’s do the unexpected as well as the obvious. CMB, are you reading this? When you’re having fun and jumping up and down after good wins, we’ll be right there jumnping up and down with you! Go DAWGS!
1eyedJack
March 29th, 2011
12:08 pm
I assume Marcus Dowtin was a tumor but who were the others?
dawgfan
March 29th, 2011
12:09 pm
I could really give a flying crap what the players and coaches say at this point. Just win the damn games and shut up. Good grief.
Orson, the reason that team was having fun is because they were winning. Why don’t you focus on that? The reason they were winning is because they put in the blood, sweat, and tears necessary to get there. Got it? Don’t put the cart before the horse big guy. Nobody is going to have fun if we’re 4th in the East and get our azzes kicked by Florida again.
lucky21
March 29th, 2011
12:12 pm
What Orson Charles said would be really encouraging to me if i was a dawg fan because if your having fun then you are playing excited and excitement is what will help bring your program back. A little excitement encourages everyone to work harder hit harder run harder.
Jeff
March 29th, 2011
12:15 pm
I really do think the conditioning/strength change might have been a great move. I was watching an interview with Chris Low at ESPN.com with Aaron Murray and Murray looks like he has bulked up a lot. Same goes with some of the pictures I have seen on 24/7. They just look bigger and stronger.
Generic UGA Player
March 29th, 2011
12:21 pm
We are really doing great this Spring. [Insert new coach] has really gotten us working together as a team. We have great senior leaders this year. Last year we really didn’t have leadership but this year we do.
This is the hardest we have worked during the offseason. No one missed any voluntary workouts. We are really going to jell this year.
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That same crap has been said every year since 2005.
schmeckdawg
March 29th, 2011
12:23 pm
dawgfan
March 29th, 2011
12:09 pm
I could really give a flying crap what the players and coaches say at this point. Just win the damn games and shut up. Good grief.
GREAT CALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Buck Belue wears a toupee
March 29th, 2011
12:23 pm
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Buck Belue wears a toupee
March 29th, 2011
12:23 pm
excuses, excuses.. been hearing the same garbage for over 30 years now.
Atl Sports Fan
March 29th, 2011
12:24 pm
Jablonski-Richt had been asking Damon Evans for the past few years to have a nutrionist on staff. Damon Evans would not approve the funds in order to bring in a nutrionist. Interesting how UGA hired a new AD and now they have a nutrionist on staff.
YardDawg
March 29th, 2011
12:25 pm
Have we had a “leader” since the Davids then Shockley?
Lots and lots of NFL-calibur stars here since then, but no leaders.
schmeckdawg
March 29th, 2011
12:26 pm
Has Mark Richt come out and said how rejuvenated he feels and he hasn’t been this excited about a team since his first year in Athens yet?
Nick
March 29th, 2011
12:33 pm
I’m just curious who these so called “cancerous” departures are. For the most part, in my opinion most of the seniors who graduated and the two juniors who left early were prime examples of what every coach and fan wants on their team as far as their talent, attitude and work ethic. The whole thing is just fishy to me. Can someone explain it to me??
McDawg
March 29th, 2011
12:35 pm
ballz to the wall (whatever the hell that means)-go dawgs
McDawg
March 29th, 2011
12:38 pm
lets wear all Red against Boise St.
edumacated
March 29th, 2011
12:41 pm
That’s right. This team needs more fun, dancing and jumping to win. Sheesh!
Clean House
March 29th, 2011
12:44 pm
There is still a lot of cancer in this program. Hope McGarity rids it but Im not so sure. The beatdowns keep coming in baseball and the womens basketball team was bounced from the tournament big time. Too many clowns in and that includes Adams.
NC Dawg
March 29th, 2011
12:50 pm
The only thing that really matters is cleats on the gametime turf. It always shows the truth.
Bill King
March 29th, 2011
12:51 pm
None of the players have named names so far concerning who the “cancers” were last season. Speculation centers mostly on those who transferred out, but it could involve the seniors, too.
Mike
March 29th, 2011
12:54 pm
Stop blaming teammates.
Get a mirror.
joe
March 29th, 2011
12:54 pm
hmmmm…seems like we hear the same old crap from you and the other so called sports writers too….maybe its time for you guys to shut up with all the negitive talk as well. I could name a few writers and people that call themselves UGA fans that are “cancer” also…..Bill King….Fran Tarkington…..need I go on??? Take a look at some of the crap you both have said over the last year or so…..Time to either back this team or shut up!
Since Vince
March 29th, 2011
12:58 pm
I think our overall talent was lacking in the trenches. We were not as athletic as our SEC brethren across the board and we seemed tired by midway in the 3rd qtr a lot of times. Time for these guys to put the blame game behind them and buy into coach T ’s old skool mentality.
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
12:59 pm
I’m not sure what the definition of “put it behind them” is exactly, but this is the second time this has been covered in this forum in about a week. I don’t think Robinson is out there calling it to anyone attention at this point, is he?
Not to mention it was a responce to a line of questioning from a reporter looking for just such an angle. All of which is fair, nobody puts words in his mouth. Just saying, it’s not like anyone inside the program sought out this story in an effort to make excuses. Obviously at 6-7 there weren’t high fives all around. It’s pretty amazing there wasn’t full blown fist fights in the locker room.
frannie mae
March 29th, 2011
1:01 pm
@joe blow……. glad Fran spoke out because he aint mamby pamby like you!
Mike
March 29th, 2011
1:01 pm
Blaming teammates won’t erase Murray’s 15 fumbles & interceptions, Ealey’s 2 fumbles, King’s fumble, and so on.
Guys just had some bad plays, at the wrong time, against the best teams.
That’s what they need to be focusing on.
Reggie
March 29th, 2011
1:04 pm
Robinson didn’t have a good year. Especially against the good teams like Florida, what 1 tackle against Florida? Murray had like 18 interceptions against Florida. They need to take a look at themselves.
Reggie
March 29th, 2011
1:07 pm
Murray had so many issues, I don’t know if he can be fixed. Pre-play reads, 3rd downs, 4th quarters, red zone, footwork, turnovers, proper run audibles, deep ball accuracy, etc.
chilidawg
March 29th, 2011
1:07 pm
Logan Gray? A cancer? I don’t think so.
cobbdawg
March 29th, 2011
1:08 pm
If the players will focus on the entire word…FUNdamentals…yes, 2011 can be a great season. Doesn’t hurt to focus on the latter part of fundaMENTAL either…gotta truly believe it, not just talk it.
frannie mae
March 29th, 2011
1:10 pm
@ reggie… I agree! Stop this crap and the excuses. Get out there and prove it on the football field which also means stop Dancing on the sidelines.
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
1:11 pm
Fran “spoke out”? He complained about a poor season record (well Duh!) on a radio interview that was choreographed for just that, simply to get publicity. He said nothing of value, offered no solutions, and was just purely factually incorrect on a couple of points. Not to mentioned he picked about the worst possible timing possible to do so, unless his objective was actually to hurt the recruiting effort he was supposed to be so (never mind his complete absence for the past 20 yrs) concerned about.
Will
March 29th, 2011
1:18 pm
Nick Sana offered Zach Mettenberger a scholarship, so did LSU. Doesn’t sound like a cancer to me.
Mamby Pamby fan
March 29th, 2011
1:20 pm
excuses for next season: we have a new offensive line coach….. we have a new defensive back coach……South Carolina always plays UGA tough……….. Murray had the sophomore jinx. …..injuries…….new strength coach’s program needs more time………… Coach Richt needs one more year to right the ship…… Our former AD left us in a bigger mess than we realized….. We have no wide recievers to fill AJ’s shoes………
Ray Goof
March 29th, 2011
1:20 pm
The “dream team” will save Richt. The “dream team” is Richts’ cure for his dawgs cancer.
Will
March 29th, 2011
1:20 pm
Ban Jones’ o-line gave up dozens of sacks and finished 10th in the SEC in rushing. He has enough junk to worry about than trying to blame teammates for the O-Line’s disastrous year.
Ray Goof
March 29th, 2011
1:21 pm
The “dream team” can beat up Chuck Norris.
joe
March 29th, 2011
1:22 pm
Alta Dawg…my point exactly…..talk about losers…he is right up their. After his comments, have no respect whatsoever for him…hope he never shows up to another game and if he does hope we boo him loud and clear….
FrannieMae…you’re an idiot- plain and simple.
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
1:22 pm
I think we can rule out somebody that wasn’t there.
Will
March 29th, 2011
1:22 pm
Been nice if Tavarres had worked on his game last year, to be better than Durham or AJ, so he could catch more than 2 passes a game and actually help the team win. Don’t remember any game winning td’s from Tavarres.
joey
March 29th, 2011
1:23 pm
Make this years defense watch all the 2002 games and see what chemistry looks like! I miss seeing a “dogpile” everywhere there is a player with a football
Ray Goof
March 29th, 2011
1:23 pm
Was Fran really too critical of a 6-7 team that lost 10-6 to UCF?
Will
March 29th, 2011
1:24 pm
Orson needs to figure out that the fun comes with winning. Start beating somebody besides Vanderbilt and there might be more fun next year.
Ray Goof
March 29th, 2011
1:26 pm
Dream team…
Ray Goof
March 29th, 2011
1:26 pm
Dream Team
frannie mae
March 29th, 2011
1:30 pm
Altamaha….. you brain is clouded sir which is understandable for kool aid drinking fans. Go back and listen to the interview once again. Fran mostly criticized ahem… dare we mention it, coach Richt. The 6 – 7 record speaks for itself and there was no need to complain. Fran was complaining mostly about the direction of the program and its leader.
Ron Smith
March 29th, 2011
1:33 pm
Once again: TRY ANYTHING ELSE (Insanity is doing the same things that do not work and expecting different results) Try these: 1) Players must stay out of jail; 2) Conditioning, Conditioning, Conditioning, 3) Find a defense, any defense; 4)find a quarterback; 5) Bobo and Richt on the field; 6) Find some way to score touchdowns from inside the Red Zone; 6) Learn 2-minute drill; 7) Beat the teams they are supposed to baat – Vandy, Ole Miss, Costal Carolina;
Beat Florida, Auburn & Tennessee all in the same year; 9) Receivers will learn to catch the ball; 9) Tackle, Tackle, Tackle. If all these fail stop playing football. UGA football is teetering on the edge of becoming an SEC 3rd tier team
RW
March 29th, 2011
1:38 pm
Seems like Richt’s teams win less games each year.
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
1:38 pm
I have no ill towards Fran. I actually have had some professional dealings with somebody very close to him. Seems like a pretty cool guy. I know he is a loyal Dawg fan. I know he wants what is best for UGA. But he has made a big point to not get involved, so this was for whatever purposes HE had, not just a candid look. Again I also find a few of his points to be just flat incorrect, and they came across as simply contrived for the benifit of that staged event.
SomewhereinGA
March 29th, 2011
1:39 pm
Logan Gray was considered a cancer by some players. I had a former player tell me that with his own mouth! He had poor attendance at “voluntary” workouts, etc…..
Players are not the only cancer either. We have a coach(still on the staff) that is described as “as big a racist as you will ever see” by this former player as well…can you guess who he might be talking about?
John Rocker is a "cancer" - Brian Jordan
March 29th, 2011
1:39 pm
Saint Richt needs to pray for the cancer to go away. and have another blackout game.
George O'Leary
March 29th, 2011
1:42 pm
Hahahahahaha UGA stinks
10 - 6 and no TD at SC
March 29th, 2011
1:46 pm
BOO BOO is the cancer!
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
1:46 pm
frannie, I don;t know what you actually think of college football is my friend, but it’s 99% kooaid. That’s the whole point of the exercise. Might be good if you can make a comment that doesn’t rely solely on worn out cliche’s too.
I know exactly what he said. Nothing I said about it does not apply to what he said, and your dispute of that failed. I’m not even sure that you even know what your point is.
Mobile Dawg
March 29th, 2011
1:47 pm
Dawgs need to have a prayer meeting, set some team goals, quit flapping their jowl’s, work hard, and win. If they don’t “coaches” need to go, plain and simple. There is no “acceptable” explanation for their performance the last “several” years. It’s obvious to anyone with “half a brain” what the problem has been. Does anyone see any real reason it should change. My opinion is this will be another “wasted year”. Sorry for the negativity folks but I’m just a realist.
Mobile Dawg
March 29th, 2011
1:57 pm
For anyone with less than half a brain the answer would be, “Lack of Leadership”.
Cuz
March 29th, 2011
1:59 pm
I think it is time to bring back the Mark Richt dance party.
Reginald
March 29th, 2011
2:02 pm
‘Somewhere in GA’. Could you be referring to a Coach Ball? I’ve heard a similar statement regarding him from multiple people.
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
2:02 pm
The direction of the program. Do you actually believe that his concern was not founded in the 6-7 record? Had they kicked a few more FG, do you really think he is going out to be critical of the “direction” had they won a few more games? Or that anyone would have even asked him about it? OBVIOUSLY he was complaining about 6-7.
But specifically he was saying “player from Georgia used to want to go to Georgia, and we just don’t get them any more”. Really? That’s the true concern about direction? First of all, wouldn’t it have been smart to actually check with what was going on relative to that claim. Especially if you are going to say that 2 weeks before signing day of the best group of Georgia players in years?? I would have thought that wise. Secondly do you recon he believes UGA to have 75 new scholarships to give every year? The year before was the only year that Richt had not signed a good group of Georgia players.
The of cource was the seemingless incoherant point that Richt was a man of religion. I guess because most men aren’t? Or football coaches can’t be? That’s not even making a poiint, much less a valid “direction” concern. “I know he like to go on Mission trips”? what! Foprgetting the Fact that he hadn’t been on one since the summer of 08′ (frankly I find it a bit more than conincidental that the record started going down when he GAVE UP going on those, but whatever), what on earth does that have anything to so with being a successful football coach anyway?
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
2:04 pm
You mean anyone with more than a half of brain. Less than half would include no brain. Not sure thats the control you group you want to be in.
frannie mae
March 29th, 2011
2:07 pm
altamaha and mamby pamby fans alike …..Fran was asked for an oppinon and he gave it without sugar coating it. He was brutally honest and of course he isnt gonna get involved just like any other fan wouldnt. Get over it .
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
2:08 pm
Yea, that’s what I figured.
timthebrave
March 29th, 2011
2:19 pm
Fran gave a controversial opinion because he had a new sports radio segment called frankly fran. It was more to create a buzz than anything else in my opinion and had everything to do with the wins and losses.
timthebrave
March 29th, 2011
2:20 pm
Haters, don’t worry we will let you back on the bandwagon when the dawgs have a great year…Us true fans will just smile and let you back on the bandwagon
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
2:28 pm
And they will be drinking that koolaid out of a fire hydrant.
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 29th, 2011
2:30 pm
timthebrave, You are correct sir. After this season when Richt turns it around, all these people bashing him and the team will say “I told you he’d turn it around.” Most sports fans in GA are the quickest to bash a team and give up on em when things aren’t going great and even quicker to jump on the bandwagon when things are good. We will definitely let em back on though. GOOOO DAWGS!
UGA Insider
March 29th, 2011
2:33 pm
Everyone should go to ESPN and read the article on ex Vol Eric Ainge. That is one shocking read!!!! One thing I was not shocked about was when he got arrested in Knoxville and the arresting cops were UT fans so they handcuffed him then took him to a friends house.
D
March 29th, 2011
2:34 pm
Altamaha @ 2:02, hit the nail on the head buddy.
bigguy
March 29th, 2011
2:35 pm
Wait til you see how this new running back acts when he gets racked at the line. Rewind to the Calhoun game if you need a refresher.
Buckshot
March 29th, 2011
2:45 pm
I think Fran has earned the right to say whatever he wants to about UGA football. Of course, I liked it when Donnan jumped on Loran on live radio for running his mouth too. Dawgs will be alright once the coaching staff gets going in one direction. They have seemed out of sorts the past couple of seasons. That is the HC’s responsibility.
UGA Insider
March 29th, 2011
2:46 pm
@ Jeff(12:15)
UGA is bigger and stronger in just 4 short months. Just wait until September. We will again look like an SEC contender again…I just hope we play like one.
When I see Jarvis Jones, Richard Samuels and Tree in street clothes they all look like NFL caliber LB’s. They are all 240-250. I can’t remember the last time I saw this much talent at one time. Probably when Boss Bailey was there. If we can shore up our safety position this defense can be special.
Dawg30080
March 29th, 2011
2:48 pm
all the talk about “cancer” needs to stop. i know a true dawg fan that is battling cancer right now. REAL life or death cancer, not people with bad attitudes or not in it for the team. its almost like a player referencing “going to war”. there are just some metaphors that don’t need to be used.
that being said, i wish richt would ban all players from interviews at least until after the first game. quit making excuses about the past and fix the future. control what you can control which is 2011 and beyond not 2010.
i’m in the camp of who anointed robinson as the leader of the defense…how about tyson, abry jones or boykin….people who’s play actually leads the team. robinson is not impressive on the field. i hope he does not turn into one of the players the coaches leave on the field and waste a more talented player behind them on the bench.
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 29th, 2011
2:52 pm
wow UGA insider, just read that story and didn’t know any of that about Ainge. Sounds like he’s getting his stuff together now though.
UGA Insider
March 29th, 2011
2:57 pm
Well said Dawg30080, my son had leukemia for 5 years and cancer is not a fun thing let me tell you. I hope CMR has a talk with these kids and let’s just play football. It’s really a simple thing to do.
JB
March 29th, 2011
3:19 pm
Sounds like Logan Gray and C. King. Logan transferred out. Let’s all look North and win a few this year.
Mobile Dawg
March 29th, 2011
3:56 pm
Alt, what @ 2:04? Half a brain or better could figure it out. Bubba, I’ve never been a Richt Fan, I don’t like his offensive philosophy, finesse. It doesn’t win in the SEC, without a physical game you just don’t last four quarters against good physical teams. If Richt wins, I still won’t be fan of the style game he plays. I guess I just can’t be pleased huh? And he just doesn’t seem to “learn” or “grow” from his experience….
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
4:12 pm
“For anyone with less than half a brain the answer would be, “Lack of Leadership”.”
I was just correcting you. MORE than half, at least a half, is what you meant. You contradicted your point by saying less than.
joe
March 29th, 2011
4:18 pm
Frannie Mae- Tarkington is a moron….anyone that would come out like he did is as classless as Fairley at Auburn. I would rate him right along side of him. It’s fine to have an opinion- but the way he did it was spineless at best. This from someone that has chosen not to be involved with UGA. Hopefully he will crawl back under his rock and shut up
Einsteindawg
March 29th, 2011
4:27 pm
When you pour tons of resources into one department and it still underachieves, you’ve got the wrong manager. I don’t care what he’s done previously, just the recent three years…past time to fire Richt. He was once an above-average coach, but let money destroy his passion. With our 2011 schedule, anything less than 10 wins and an SEC East championship is grounds for dismissal. Just the opinion of a UGA grad and 42 year season ticket holder.
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
4:29 pm
Absolutely Fran has the right to say whatever. I assume you are assighning him a higher degree of “right” because he was a former star player? If that is true I also think he would have a greater responsibility along with that, to be insightful or helpful, and aware of such thing as context and timing. Or facts. I didn’t find him to be any of that. So yes, his right to be right to be reactionary is exactly the same as the next guy on the street.
RabidDawgFan
March 29th, 2011
4:49 pm
The bottom line is we get whipped up front on both sides of the ball last season. We can’t let that happen this season. Hopefully our new O-line coach can show these boys the right way to do things and motivate them to block and hit everything in another color. Whether we like it or not, and no matter how pretty or “diva” these skill players look prancing down the sidelines for a touchdown, games are won and lost in the trenches.
Mike
March 29th, 2011
5:32 pm
It starts with discipline at the top and Georgia has not had it the past couple of years with the loose and disorganized off seasons. I read where Duron Carter former 5 star recruit who originally signed with Ohio State and left due to acadmics attended JUCO and is now visiting Alabama with father former NFL receiver Chris Carter. Chris said they were looking for 365 days of structure, discipline and teaching and that is what you get with Nick Saban and his staff. Inside sources have the 6′5 205 lb receiver signing with Alabama.
Richt needs to put a muzzle on any player speaking to the media and get these type of comments which fuel more question squashed.
Crunch
March 29th, 2011
5:32 pm
If the Dawgs can’t do anything this year or next, (as in at least a conference championship, if not NC), then they never will under the current Coaching Staff!
frannie mae
March 29th, 2011
5:56 pm
joeblow…. please…. at least get his name correct. Its Tarkenton. You big oaf!
ugab
March 29th, 2011
5:57 pm
The AD had alot to do with bringing the football team down also.
frannie mae
March 29th, 2011
6:03 pm
So we supposedly sign the best class in years that will cure all wounds…. Yeah right. Like Fran said UGA is in trouble particularly if the powers that be think this Dream team is gonna make UGA have a complete turnaround immediately. Pass the Kool aid and more cliche’s please!
big o
March 29th, 2011
6:05 pm
Where I come from if you gonna talk about it then be about it and name names or shut up. Other than Lane were their any players of note who transfered out. If not that means Seniors and AJ green so since CR had all the talk I’m thinking he was talking about Dent since they were in the same group. That being said as an Alum of Douglass High School where Dent attended as well as Battle and James Davis from Clemson I take offense name names or shut the $#**&^ up. GO DAWGS !!!!!!
Gravy Train
March 29th, 2011
6:08 pm
Bill, it all depends on whether folks like yourself are willing to put an end to cancerous statements. Maybe this season you can put behind yourself the vendettas with college age kids and attacks on our coaching staff. Every season is a chance for the team to start something great.
Oncology 101
March 29th, 2011
6:20 pm
There are still plenty of malignant players on this team. Get rid of Ealey, C. King, and Rambo for starters.
Oh, I forgot the biggest tumor of all – Mark Richt.
SEC fan
March 29th, 2011
6:55 pm
Georgia will be either 9-3 or 8-4 this year.
Coach
March 29th, 2011
7:04 pm
When you recruit, you have to recruit leaders and winners. If not, you will have a lot of “me” players. I’ve sent several guys to schools as 3-5 star players who were “me” guys. And, sadly, most did not amount to much at the next level. Players with talent AND character tend to do well in college and beyond. Unfortunately, I have seen UGA get away from this over the last 5 years or so. If you tell them that a kid doesn’t work hard or is lazy, they think that they correct that problem at the next level. 9 times out of 10 they, or anyone for that matter, cannot solve this.
little dog
March 29th, 2011
7:08 pm
looks like with the new regime their are going through some serious changes.Thats great.
Coach Also
March 29th, 2011
7:19 pm
Coach,
It’s not just UGA that is this way. I’ve seen it too with this staff, but it’s not just UGA that is like this. Several programs in the south don’t look at character first. I coached against a 5 star kid in 2009. He may be the best I’ve ever coached against. My buddy coached him and said he was the WORST kid to EVER come through his program. Georgia was hard after him. He turned them down at the last minute for another SEC school. Point being, several schools recruit talent first, talent second, and character third, if at all. Many of these kids don’t live up to their potential at the next level.
gary
March 29th, 2011
7:22 pm
it’s no secret, they were horrible, they just plain sucked!! And to think some of those guys left early for the NFL, who are thyey kidding!! Time to hunker down!!
UGA '05
March 29th, 2011
8:01 pm
I agree with what joe said earlier. All the “fans” that have anything negative to say ’bout them dawgs are very cancerous. Support our dawgs and they’ll want to win for their true fans. Through thick and thin always a True Dawg Fan. All the cancerous fans… go cheer for tech, you fair weathered whiny dawgs fan posers.
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
8:27 pm
frannie, if there was a way to making up stuff then arguing with it, you would have a bright future.
frannie mae
March 29th, 2011
8:34 pm
Making stuff up? Come on now …. Im like Joe Friday ” just the facts mam”.
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
8:45 pm
Ah, such as anyone ever said that a great recruiting class “would cure all wounds”, or going to be the only thing needed for a “complete turnaround immediately?”
Now my question is: when you argue with yourself, who wins?
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
9:00 pm
You asked me if i have read WHAT Fran said. I quoted his points almost verbatim then told you why I find them to be inaccurate. I know all you wanted to hear was Georgia is in trouble and its all Richt fault. That excited you because it fits your narrative. But you might not want to smarty pants ask somebody if they know what he said, if you can’t actually talk about the specifics.
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
Fran listed 3 main points as the rationale for his determining georgia was in trouble. I listed 2. The other one was his not understanding the comments having to do with administrative duties. I suppose he could have said “I am personally familiar with how Damon Evans handled that stuff and can assure you that Greg Mcgarity cannot possible have a differnt approach”, but he didn’t.
Which of these 3 things would you care to debate me on?
AltamahaDawg
March 29th, 2011
9:08 pm
Want my advice? Don’t wrestle in the mud with a pig.
Zoli
March 29th, 2011
9:18 pm
I frequently read these blogs. This one has a bad vibe to it. Why do you care who the “cancers” were. Point being, they are gone now. I truly believe when Richt’s wife was diagnosed w/ cancer, things changed for him at that point. I believe in this man. If you are a UGA fan you should too. He is making the correct adjustments to right this ship. We are getting the right players fit for the 3-4. We now have a seasoned QB, and we are getting bigger and stronger. I hope Richt sees that this offense is too predictable. If Bobo becomes less predictable, we will execute better and everything will fall into place. We will be a better team and Richt won’t let us down next year!
Cuz
March 29th, 2011
9:54 pm
Alt you are working overtime on this blog. The AJC owes you a check or at least a nice t-shirt like Baylie got.
Cuz
March 29th, 2011
9:55 pm
Zoli, you call yourself a fan with comments like that. Well, you should. I agree.
Cuz
March 29th, 2011
9:59 pm
I think from reading this column a long time ago that Bill, Butts bless his name, was trying to say that we all have heard the same thing or similar, for the last two to three years. He and I, hope that this time it is for real and the guys come out wanting to play like Georgia Bulldawgs, not just talking the talk.
Fans
March 29th, 2011
10:48 pm
<=== This is the real cancer
Dawg48
March 30th, 2011
12:51 am
Does any body ever have any thing good to say? Players need to stop worrying about last year and who was a bad leader or a cancer or whatever! If you want to win study the game practice the game and play to the best of your ability! We all know the ajc is never going to print any thing good about any local sports team they have to print negative news to get people like us to read their articles. It’s about time to do some changing at the ajc and get some new blood in their, then Bradley can coach tech basketball cause he knows so much about it shultz can coach the falcons king and Tucker can be coaches at Georgia on the football team they all know so much they all should have us a championship in the first year and every one on the ajc blog can kiss and make up nag get along for a day! My opinion king and Tucker hire tide roll to coach o line and give delta stewardess a shcoly at nose guard to take out Ben jones!
frannie mae
March 30th, 2011
2:20 am
Atltamaha… I think in the whole scheme of things Fran was upset with Richt and really to what Richt was quoted about his duties as a football coach. Thus it reflects on the direction of the program even prior to last season because it has been ongoing for quite sometime. Recruiting, coaching and probably the internal discipline problems all included which led to Frans rant. You find Frans assessment of the UGA program inaccurate and I find them spot on. So go ahead and tell Fran its not nice to criticize his university even 2 weeks prior on national signing day. I’m sure as successful as Fran is he will listen take your advise.
Choke artist
March 30th, 2011
2:31 am
Mark Richt… the Andy Landers of Georgia football. Choke artist
chazzo.crw
March 30th, 2011
6:33 am
Yes. Jumping up and down wins games.
AltamahaDawg
March 30th, 2011
7:18 am
Well except I never said any such thing. I said it was factually wrong to say that “we don’t get the good recruits from Georgia” 2 weeks before signing the best group of player from Georgia in a long time. Its great that you don’t find that counterproductive from a timing issue, I am saying its just odd to not actually be informed about it before making such a statement. You can convince yourself that you know what Fran MEANT. I am telling you what he SAID, and why It was incorrrect.
DawginLex
March 30th, 2011
8:19 am
All you haters and complainers who call themselves fans are gonna be eating some serious deep fried crow when Richt rebounds big time over the next 2 years.
Oh and Bill, tell Tim Tucker thanks for banning me for getting into a urination contest with a troll. He just lost about 200 hits a week on his blogs.
DawginLex
March 30th, 2011
8:22 am
frannie mae,
I will never downplay what Tarkenton did as a player.
But, that being said, he absolutely went about things the wrong way in bashing his school.
Did he seek a private meeting with Coach Richt?-apparently not
Did he basically do a drive by shooting on talk radio?-yes
Has he been heard from since?-no
Will he acome back and admit he was wrong if the Dawgs have a good year?-probably not
I call what he did one word:
GUTLESS
NoFKNdog
March 30th, 2011
8:49 am
So, I guess none of the problem was Richt’s fault and the players were COMPLACENT. And you stupes slammed CPJ? Yeah buddy, losers all around.
Louver Laine
March 30th, 2011
8:51 am
This whole team is one big cancer. Illiterates, thugs, and brainless goons.
AltamahaDawg
March 30th, 2011
8:57 am
Not even that to me. If he wasn’t just complaining about a bad year, then a better year wouldn’t really prove much. More to the point: Has he come back to congradulate anyone on a Great class of Georgia Boys. Has he come back to say that McGarity was able to explain the Admin duties deal? Has he come back to say that maybe a man going to church is not so bad. (I’m reaching on that one, because I have no idea what he was trying to say to begin with)
AltamahaDawg
March 30th, 2011
9:19 am
Great article on Artie Lynch in the ABH.
headley lamar
March 30th, 2011
9:27 am
So, I guess none of the problem was Richt’s fault and the players were COMPLACENT. And you stupes slammed CPJ?
Talk to me when CPJ has won 90 games in 10 years at a big time school like Richt has.
Guess what? He won even come close to that number.
Mobile Dawg
March 30th, 2011
9:29 am
I meant exactly what I said, read carefully, “anyone with half a brain knows what the problem is”. Not more than half, not less.
As far as those criticizing, Fran included, they have that right. Is it productive, that depends on your position as far as retaining CMR. Fran was simply venting, expressing his thoughts. Did it increase the heat on Richt, probably not. His performance, and record over the last 3 years were enough to turn up the flames.
frannie mae
March 30th, 2011
9:49 am
Is it really a great recruiting class? Yes on paper by the recruiting services who want to sell subscriptions but who really knows. Richt supposedly has great classes before so please spare us. Why would Fran need to seek a meeting with Richt or the A D to give his opinion? You Richt apologists are comical. Maybe Frans rant was a blessing in disguise but who knows. What we do know is Richt aint getting it done the last 3 years while other SEC schools are.
Mobile Dawg
March 30th, 2011
10:04 am
The “dream team” recruits will in reality turn out like most of the other highly rated classes. A couple will be standouts, several will wash out, and for the most part they will fill positions lost to graduation.
To me, the real shame is that the “Head Coach” has drawn a “premium” salary and benefit package while not doing his job. Further, he hasn’t “taken responsibility” for the digression of the program.
As a public figure, Fran was within his rights to give his opinion. It was a bit shocking the way he weighed in as he hasn’t been involved in the program to any large degree that I recollect. He should have weighed his comments and used a little more restraint IMO.
Buckeye
March 30th, 2011
10:25 am
DawginLex,
Did Tucker email you and tell you as much?
Buckeye
March 30th, 2011
10:29 am
I can’t believe that Junkyard, Tucker, Schultz or Bradley has not yet opened up the floodgates on the HBO special.
Slackers.
It be be a record setting blog and I want $10 for everytime the word “Cam” is used.
It Ain't Rocket Science
March 30th, 2011
10:30 am
And most of you people call yourself UGA fans. A sorry bunch so far on this blog. King did succeed though, in that he got a lot of malcontents to spew their venom once again.
If you are a loyal and true fan, you might have criticism but you can do it in such a way as to be constructive and in remarks that indicate you made it past third grade. As for Fran Tarkenton; If you can not figure out his timing had all to do with launching his new radio talk show. I am old enough to remember his college and pro playing days. Just ask Minn’s former coach, Bud Grant, if Fran was not a true box of rocks. His success was largely based on his ability to scramble. He scrambled so much because he could not grasp the concept of checking off to primary receivers, and go to the second and third looks. Minn. lost every superbowl he played in and believe me, they had one heck of a team. He is in no postion to question any team or coach about thier abilities.
If you are a true fan, as some of you claim to be, you should realize the purpose of these blogs and realize that the more negative junk you post, disparging UGA, the more ammunition you give the people that come on here, to do nothing but start an arguement. You want support for your comments, go to Florida, Auburn, Alabama or Tenn. blogs and they will agree with you more than true UGA fans do. I will not even bother to tell you to go to Tech. boards since the AJC provides them for the school.
If you are a true UGA fan, now is the time to show your support. I do not think for one minute that CMR and his staff don’t know what has to be fixed this year and not for one minute do I think they will fail to fix it. 2011 will be day and night difference from 2010 in my opinion. I choose to be positive. Hopefully, some of the nathsayers on this blog will also get behind the program.
AltamahaDawg
March 30th, 2011
10:40 am
I said there plenty of the top players from the STATE of GEORGIA in it. Fran says we can’t do that anymore. He never said anything about how classes turned out. He said GEORGIA PLAYERS used to come to GEORGIA, and now none of them do. He was wrong. Period.
So I am saying if he offers a criteria which was factually wrong, along with some incoherent reference to religion, and a dislike about how somebody was quoted in a soundbite about a topic that he clearly could not have had any knowledge about, I just don’t find that a particularly compelling argument. He exhibited absolutely no more expertise or insight than the guy on the street. I’ve never debated his right to state purely subjective, emotional, opinion. He doesn’t owe anyone a visit, he doesn’t have to consult with anyone. He never claimed to know for sure any of that stuff. All he ever said was, this is my opinion. YOU are the one trying to attach absolute credibility and factual relevance to his words.
Devil Dawg
March 30th, 2011
11:20 am
Here’s the most alarming fact of the upcoming season. Florida has one of the best play callers in the NFL as their OC, Charlie Weis. I know he’s not a good head coach, but he can call plays.
UGA is going to counter that with Mike Freaking Bobo? Boy, are we in for another steller season, please believe! For the first time in my life, I am not excited for UGA football this fall. I already know we are going to suck. Hopefully someone else from the SEC can step up again and win the NC, because it won’t be Georgia.
Dirty Dawg
March 30th, 2011
11:28 am
‘It ain’t rocket science’ absolutely nailed it. What in blazes do the naysayers think they’re accomplishing with the constant harping about Richt and his coaching? Cause it ain’t helpin’ nothin’ – unless, of course , that’s their goal.
Point being, the ‘elephant in the room’…the biggest ‘cancer’ of all are the ‘fair-weather fans’ with negative opinions. Fact is, and you can thank one of Tarkenton’s former teammates for this, the late Bill Godfrey…’Folks sure are nice to you when you win.’ You see, it’s been this way forever and it will forever be so…Win and the world’s a great place…lose and everything sucks – unless you don’t care one way or the other, and what fun is that?
Dirty Dawg
March 30th, 2011
11:38 am
…and since they haven’t seen fit to give us a place to comment on tonight’s HBO piece that, reportedly, will feature some ex-Auburn guys telling about the money they got for playing – or didn’t get.
I suppose that it’s pre-mature to get into it much before it airs, but since the transcript has already been published, why not now? I’d like to hear from some AU fans about this, and specifically, why is that the ones that we keep hearing from seem to be ex AUs…dating back a few years to Mr. Ramsey? Sure there’s plenty of ‘hundred-dollar handshakes’ going on in college football, but it appears that Auburn has made it an ‘art form’…I mean, bookbags? Is that supposed to make it academic or something? Guess you can be proud, at least, of that…namely, if you’re gonna cheat do it with a little imagination and do it better than anybody else and good things happen to you…at least for a little while until you’re caught.
AltamahaDawg
March 30th, 2011
11:38 am
I know what you meant, but this is what you said verbatim.
Mobile Dawg
March 29th, 2011
1:57 pm
For anyone with less than half a brain the answer would be, “Lack of Leadership”.
I was really just joking with you, but if you insist. You and half-brained folks can agree.
Mobile Dawg
March 30th, 2011
11:45 am
Dirty Dawg, and I know you’re not pointing a finger at me specifically, but I’m very skeptical about the direction of our program, I’ve been involved with UGA football in one way or the other for over 40 years, so I don’t consider myself a “fair weather fan”. I’ve always been eternally optimistic about upcoming football seasons, but now count myself among those that just can’t find myself overly excited about our Mark Richt led football team. Is it because I’m becoming senile, negative, older, or is it because of what I’ve seen first hand, the degeneration of our program on all levels over the last five years. I admit some of it is just a sign of the times, the changing of the atheletes, character of people, the changing of the very culture of the country we live in. I may become a “fair weather fan” if things don’t change. It’s hard to imagine fall Saturdays without following the Dawgs, but they now have to give me a better reason to devote a day to than they have the last few years. We haven’t won a big game since I can remember…………We haven’t had a field leader since Greene and Pollack, some would say Shockley, maybe………..CMR is accountable for this, at least to me.
Mobile Dawg
March 30th, 2011
11:51 am
Actually Alt I was pulling one from your book. I was subtly poking fun at some of those who give CMR a free pass by answering my question for them, insinuating that they may be blessed with having less than half a brain. I often use the phrase “I don’t know if the Good Lord blessed me, or cursed me, by giving me a brain, and the ability to think for myself”. I enjoy your posts, agree with most of them usually.
I’m enjoying a rare office day, and catching up on what I’ve been missing the last couple of months….
ugaclassof2004
March 30th, 2011
12:15 pm
Well said Mobile Dawg.
AltamahaDawg
March 30th, 2011
12:20 pm
Well it’s March and you haven’t missed a thing. A guy said some words and we all spend hours disecting what he really meant to say, what he didn’t say and what he should have said.
Mobile Dawg
March 30th, 2011
12:28 pm
Is it March already, I just woke up….
I-DOG
March 30th, 2011
1:05 pm
Altamaha:
I thought the most interesting thing about Fran’s rant was that NFL scouts know that our players aren’t strengthed and conditioned for lack of a better phraze. yet, once again, our guys seemed like they did just fine and some were very impressive with bench, 40’s, agility at the NFL combine.
Now, the offensive line peformed very poorly this year. I think everyone would agree on that. Does anyone know why that happened? Was it the S&C program? Weren’t these the same 6-8 OL that played pretty well as Freshman three years ago? Shocking that they did worse their Junior and Senior years than they did as Freshman and Redshirt Freshman. We didn’t have a lot of injuries this year at OL compared to year’s past. We did have some injuries in August that caused this unit not to be able to practice together prior to game 1… but after 2-3 games, that should have worked itself out. We might have a played A LITTLE better in the 2nd half of the season, but we can all agree the OL was a big disapointment last year.
That is the one mystery I can’t figure out. Why didn’t the OL play better last year?
DawginLex
March 30th, 2011
1:11 pm
buckeye,
no, my posts just won’t go through on his blog.
Darla
March 30th, 2011
1:15 pm
Speaking of cancer, her’s an AJC headline from today:
Sex harassment complaints poorly handled at UGA
Care to take a guess how many of the complaints involve football players?
DawginLex
March 30th, 2011
1:16 pm
frannie, we can argue this from now on but my opinion will never change.
Classless-What Tarkenton did
Class-Seeking Richt out for a private meeting and then going on the radio and venting and being able to say “I met with Coach Richt to express my opinions and concerns”.
Don’t you think the ire he is catching would have been non-existent if he had done that?
He didn’t care. He was seeking publicity so he could sell his hair tonic/super vacuum/party ring/real estate gimmick or whatever his recent get rich quick scheme is.
DawginLex
March 30th, 2011
1:17 pm
Darla, I’d say NONE since all the players are still on the team.
Coachdawg 2000
March 30th, 2011
1:30 pm
I wouldn’t necceassrily call him a cancer but AJ Green cetainly hurt the team. He put his interests above the good of the team and should not have been allowed back on the team after his 4 game suspension. The season was lost by the time he returned and it would sent a message that no one above the TEAM.Coach Dooley took away Lindsay Scott’s schooly at one point in his career.
Coachdawg 2000
March 30th, 2011
1:34 pm
Chemistry is easy to talk about but difficult gauge until the bullets are real.
jarvis
March 30th, 2011
1:42 pm
It’s all fun til someone gets knocked up.
Win the East
March 30th, 2011
1:50 pm
This UGA team is loaded on both sides of the ball and with florida way down, Ga can win the east with an upset of USC in Athens. Mark it down–the Dawgs play Bama for the SEC title!
Ringleader
March 30th, 2011
2:29 pm
Darla……….You need to straighten your pantyhose……..The complaints were about the faculty.
Now you go figure……..
Dawgboy
March 30th, 2011
3:50 pm
Lordy we are going to have to overcome 0-2 in September I’m afraid. And there is a distinct possibility that Lattimore and Jeffrey absolutely punk us at our house. Oh, well.
Fan of the Game
March 30th, 2011
4:06 pm
Bottom line is that we had better beat Florida!
AltamahaDawg
March 30th, 2011
4:08 pm
That is the 4 million dollar question I-Dog. He better have figured it out now. Although I will point out that I didn’t really think (and said often) they played all that well in 2008, or 2009. We could NEVER pick up short yardage when needed, not even with Knowshon back there. I really think some of why they looked so bad last year was that the playcalling around a freshman QB, and just never having a RB step up just put a lot of pressure on them, or put them more in the spotlight at times. Not so sure they were all that much worse particularly.
I know what(who) we were doing then, and we seem to be doing it different this year. I guess we will see. I personally think we have better players starting to come on. If they are in fact bigger and stronger, that has to help….they only needed a few more plays late in the game to have squeaked by in a few more ugly W’s last year.
Larry
March 30th, 2011
4:09 pm
You don’t worry about chemistry if you can win some football games.
Please beat somebody besides Vanderbilt this year guys, seriously, this is getting embarrasing.
GAMECAWK Harry
March 30th, 2011
4:36 pm
Please UGA keep Mark Richt! UGA is the easiest team to prepare for on our schedule.
Mobile Dawg
March 30th, 2011
4:41 pm
Bingo….
Alt @ 4:08: “We could NEVER pick up short yardage when needed, not even with Knowshon back there. I really think some of why they looked so bad last year was that the playcalling around a freshman QB, and just never having a RB step up just put a lot of pressure on them, or put them more in the spotlight at times.”
The O Line should have been our strength with a Freshman QB. I don’t think they were ever challenged as such and put in the spotlight. “If this team fails, it’s your fault guys”, that’s a lot of pressure but call it like it is. Good O line equals a good running game, good ball control, takes pressure of the young, new defense. The O line was the downfall of last year’s team IMO.
ca dawg
March 30th, 2011
4:48 pm
i think robinson and the rest of the dawgs HAVE put that talk behind them; the “cancer” quote is what, two or three weeks old? everything i read is about NEXT year. there are monitors in the weight room with a ticker counting down to the boise game.
bill king and the AJC are the only ones still reporting cancer talk. y’all are the ones who need to move on. there are plenty of interesting position battles going on right now (radi nabulsi was talking about them on 960 theref and dawgdial); why don’t you talk about those instead of this “cancer” retread?
Jay Sulkowsky
March 30th, 2011
5:15 pm
Just what I need to hear. Maybe this explains why we had so many players who individually had great stats but as a team did poorly. I hope that when I drive the 285 miles each way, pay for the tickets (after market higher ones) sit in the traffic for hours to support my school, some of there brats will appreciate what they have going for them. It is not a co-incidence that the demand for tickets is down almost to the point that there may soon be available single game tickets sold. This hasn’t happened in quite a few years. The alumni will be voting on this team with their pocketbooks.
Dirty Dawg
March 30th, 2011
5:29 pm
Mobile Dawg…since you’ve been ‘involved in one way or another’ – whatever that means – with UGA football for all those years, tell me, just who do you feel did earn your respect as a leader? There were only four coaches during that period – so I assume you mean Vince? Certainly not Ray…Jim maybe…but not Mark. What was it about Vince, or whoever, that you felt was worthy of your support, and correspondingly, what is it about Mark that doesn’t? Is it his piety? His strong sense of family? What? Or is it that you don’t like their losing more games than you’d like ‘em to? I mean it wasn’t as if Vince was a world beater and if it hadn’t been for that running back from Wrightsville, oh yeah, and a Lindsay Scott, Lindsay Scott, Lindsay Scott…he’d be about in the same boat as Mark.
Let’s just say that the man we’ve got now is more than capable and is on the verge of having a great run of success that will make even you proud…oh yeah, we’ll save a spot on the band wagon for you and if need be we’ll build some more to add to the parade…maybe then you won’t have to eat any crap from the AUs and UAs over there.
For the record
March 30th, 2011
5:50 pm
it is a game after all. Just a Game!!!
UGADawg83
March 30th, 2011
5:55 pm
Bill-the only thing worse than the continued talk about the “cancers” is your lame effort to get a story out of it. I thought you were supposed to a ” fan” but it seems as of late all that you want to do is to wallow in negativity. I know being a fan sometimes means being critical, but as of late you are doing nothing to help the cause.
AltamahaDawg
March 30th, 2011
6:26 pm
Well, we agree on the line being an issue last year. I think there was more to it than they simply were not told to do better or challanged. They knew thier job. If you and I know it, they know it. The teams fortune resting on them was certainly plastered in every publication and discussion coming into to the year. I feel like they were properly aware of being on the spot. The staff just didn’t get them to do it. I think it’s more of a physical answer, than a mental or emotional answer. And there were some other issues running the ball that weren’t just about the line.
The running game has been much better at times. The O-line has been better at times (talking about in Richt era) What I do in my business when some aspect of it is not doing as well as it has in the past, or doing better than ever, basically when something has changed, is to try to identify what are the constants and what are the variables. Richt needs to figure out who/what those are.
frannie mae
March 30th, 2011
6:56 pm
Well according to Chip Towers article today another top Georgia recruit goes to Florida. Yep I say once again Fran is spot on. Next!
Mobile Dawg
March 30th, 2011
7:22 pm
Dirty, I was referring to players as being “team leaders”. As Alt said above an analysis of everything is what we need at this point. I do believe a void of leadership from CMR has allowed us to digress overall to where we are. As far as jumping back on the wagon, I will support CMR when he has demonstrated he deserves to remain as our Head Coach….
AltamahaDawg
March 30th, 2011
8:54 pm
Naw, I’m sure Fran wasn’t suggesting we have to sign every single kid from Atlanta, or even have. Nor do I think he was suggesting that we signed anyone because he made Chip Towers #21 honorable mention Ga prospect. I’m sure Fran would say good for him, he wanted to play DE and UGA and most others saw him as a OL. I’m Fran would be much more interested in that TE from South Georgia that we really needed.
nutritionist???
March 30th, 2011
10:01 pm
The 2nd highest earning athletic program in the country can’t afford a nutritionist??? Really???
ReddDawg
March 31st, 2011
1:50 am
Make Booboo the “have fun” coach. He isn’t worth a poop at anything else
Paddy
March 31st, 2011
7:19 am
Does cancer have a name…….after reading your post I gathered that you have never stepped foot in a lockeroom or clubhouse! You don’t name names, PERIOD, NEVER! Good or bad they are still your teamates. If you do not understand sports, don’t comment on sports.
Joe
March 31st, 2011
9:03 am
If there was a cancer on that team….What did the Dr.(Richt) do to cure it or stop it during the year??? Or, did he bungle the prescription or the diagnosis????
BYRDDAWG
March 31st, 2011
9:33 am
Well the genius paul johnson said the tech players were complacent last yr!!!! Go figure……
dawgsneedchemo
March 31st, 2011
9:52 am
They certainly play like they have cancer year-in year-out. Though I DO see some genetic mutations in Mark Richt’s cells.
Whisky Breath
March 31st, 2011
10:04 am
Ga fans probably need to let go of that distant Hawaii win. Bill may not tell you dawgs what you want to hear, but he tells it like it is. Maybe the only guy that does. I would love to see Ga lose, but honestly all you need to do is change your head coach. Just find you some guy that wants to beat Florida. Why don’t you guys hold CMR accountable for Florida?
FanSince59
March 31st, 2011
10:18 am
Every year it’s the same old BS. We’re gonna do this, we’re gonna do that. What happens? Four loses, five loses, six loses. Supposedly with plenty of material to work with. Will things be different this year? Who knows? But remember the old saw: The fish rots from the head. Paying attention, McGarity?
DawginLex
March 31st, 2011
10:33 am
2011-What will happen?
None of us knows.
I’ll venture a guess.
Beat Boise St
Lose to SC in a close one
Beat CC
Beat OleMiss
Beat MSU
Lose to UT
Beat Vandy
Beat Fla
Beat UK
Win another patsy OOC game
Beat Auburn
Beat Tech
10-2 and play LSU for the SEC title and lose and go to Cap One Bowl and win
11-3
Hate away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
recruits
March 31st, 2011
1:42 pm
why is florida getting all these superstar recruits from Ga all of a sudden? Richt should be keeping these players in state.
AltamahaDawg
March 31st, 2011
5:41 pm
superstar? you better check that again. And read the story on the last one and it will tell you exactly why he decided to go to UF. (rather than AU)
Morris
March 31st, 2011
8:07 pm
Richt went 0-6 against ranked teams last season, 2-9 last 2 seasons, so I’ll guess Richt goes maybe 1-4 against the 5 ranked teams, and maybe 6-1 against the unranked teams, to finish 7-5.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 1st, 2011
10:40 am
Darla,
you can subscribe for free for the UGA daily student newspaper called, “Red and Black”. It will help you from jumping to conclusions without any factual evidence. Supositions are what lawyers make in court to plant doubts in the minds of juries. They do have some evidence to back it up though, even if it has to be twisted to fit the point they hope to make.
AltamahaDawg
April 1st, 2011
12:32 pm
Reminds me of April 1, 1983. The Red and Bleak ran a cover story about Vince Doobie resigning to take the Head coach position at GaTech.
Tech Buzz
April 1st, 2011
9:46 pm
Will Grantham earn any of that obscene $750,000 salary this year? He didn’t do anything last year with all that money. The Ga taxpayers are getting hosed on this deal.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 2nd, 2011
9:23 am
Tech Buzz,
I see where GT had a real great defense on the field last year also. The coach did not have a single person he recruited last year to introduce a new defense and did not have the man, to stop up the middle. At least UGA fans can pay for their coaches with money generated by their sports programs. Tax money doesn’t pay for the coaches.