Richt: Dogs’ lack of effort at times last year ‘embarrassing’
Mark Richt continued his spring speaking tour Thursday night in the town that’s been the site of his greatest frustrations, addressing a couple of hundred of the Bulldog faithful at the Marriott in Jacksonville.
The Florida Times-Union was on hand and reports the UGA head coach didn’t mince words in talking about his team’s lack of effort at times last season. The Dogs lost some games, he said, because the other team played harder. “That’s embarrassing,” Richt said. “It’s our shame and it’s my fault. We’re not going to let that happen again.”
While Richt told Dogs fans in Savannah earlier this week that “I don’t feel any pressure” coming off a losing season, he at least admitted in Jacksonville that the pressure is there. “There’s always going to be pressure in this type of job. There’s pressure every year.”
Talking about opening the season with the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game, Richt seemed to embrace the challenge he faces with the idea that the bigger the risk, the bigger the payoff.
“Boise State is a not a conference game,” he said, “but it’s a big game for the University of Georgia. To have a season like we just did that was so far below what we are used to and what’s expected, we needed this game. Boise State is the winningest team over the past 10 years. If we can battle with them, we can make Georgia very relevant again nationally.”
Of course, the subject came up of whether the transition from Urban Meyer to Will Muschamp at Florida means this might be the year to get the rivalry with the Gators back on an even keel.
“Any year would be a great year for us to do that,” Richt said. “It’s always a huge game and a game that’s talked about a lot, especially in this town. You hope to perform well as you get to that game, so that it’s extremely meaningful.”
Indeed. When it comes to assessing how well Georgia needs to do this season for Richt to keep his job, you hear a lot of folks say nine wins … or eight if one of them includes Florida.
What do you think? If Richt manages to start out on a winning note against Muschamp, does that buy him another loss elsewhere? Is the Florida game in a class all its own in terms of importance to Richt’s future, or should it be viewed as just another SEC game?
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Pat
April 22nd, 2011
10:44 am
First!?
ATLnative
April 22nd, 2011
10:44 am
Must beat FLA! nuff said
Dean Tate
April 22nd, 2011
10:45 am
I’ve always said I’d be happy with 1-11 if the one was Florida. But seriously, 8-4 is not going to make me or, I suspect, very many other fans happy even if we beat the Gators. But I suspect Richt does survive under that scenario.
Bryan
April 22nd, 2011
10:45 am
First!
DS
April 22nd, 2011
10:45 am
Ok, so while its only an ADMISSION, theres the accountability some of you were wanting from Richt. he pointed the finger AT HIMSELF, and said it WONT happen again. So you can cross that one off the list of things you dont like about him…. he said “Its our shame, and Its MY fault”…
So he SEES the problem, and hes focusing to fix it.
Bryan
April 22nd, 2011
10:45 am
Just kidding.
GeoffDawg
April 22nd, 2011
10:49 am
There’s no one win number that’s going to convince the masses that CMR is back on track. It’s going to be more of a perception that the players are exhibiting more effort and the playcalling is more strategic. Of course, if those things happen, then the wins will come. Regarding perceptions though, if you beat Florida, that helps the perception game a whole lot.
Kevin
April 22nd, 2011
10:49 am
We have to get the UF series turned around. I can understand losing to Florida, but losing to them EVERY STINKIN’ YEAR is just unacceptable. I think Dawgnation deserves championships. Why not UGA? We have great facilities, great fan base, great academics, a ton of money, and reside in one of the most fertile recruiting states in the nation. In my opinion, CMR needs to get this team back to being a contender to keep his job.
schmeckdawg
April 22nd, 2011
10:51 am
IMHO, CMR has got win 9 games this year and one them needs to be the gaytors!
Dean Tate
April 22nd, 2011
10:52 am
The problem with the scenario of 8 wins, with one of them Florida is, who are your 4 losses going to be against. I’d assume Boise and S.C., which means we start 0-2, then maybe Miss. State, at home. That means we’d lose to either Ole Miss/UT/Auburn/Tech — all teams we should beat. We’re going to have some disappointing losses under that scenario, and it’s going to be hard to feel good about the season even with a win over UF.
Big XII
April 22nd, 2011
10:53 am
That’s what you get for thinking you have a great team and a great coach.
Kevin
April 22nd, 2011
10:58 am
And who do you pull for, Big XII?
The Truth
April 22nd, 2011
11:00 am
It’s a shame that something like this had to happen for Richt to “check back in” as the head coach at UGA. For the past few years, it’s become glaringly obvious that coaching football is not in the top of Richt’s priorities. His apathy and disconnected attitude have driven this program into the ground. If he doesn’t bring UGA back to the top of the SEC East this year, they should boot is arse out of the state, IMO.
DCJohn
April 22nd, 2011
11:01 am
Wins and losses mean nothing to me this season. GATA and not playing soft is all I care about. I want to see our opponents actually say, feel, and mean what Todd Grantham said he wants our opponents to say, “I’m glad we don’t have to play that defense again.” If we do that, there will be many more wins than losses, and this quota fans are fabricating will not matter.
JohnnyCanada
April 22nd, 2011
11:03 am
This is the “No Duh” article of the day. Their effort sucked in most of their games last year. Richt can say he feeno pressure if he wants to, but we all know that he has to win at least 9 games this year or it should be curtains for him.
The Truth
April 22nd, 2011
11:04 am
DCJohn – That’s all well and good, but if it leads to a 2-10 season, you’re going to be the only one on the bandwagon you’re trying to build.
rocketfuel
April 22nd, 2011
11:05 am
“The Truth” pretty much summed it up in his comment.That’s the way ALOT of the Dawgnation feel about CMR.
Texas Baller
April 22nd, 2011
11:05 am
Richtophiles…..read it one more time….”it’s my fault”
DIT
April 22nd, 2011
11:06 am
I have never had such a sense of the “Unkown” going into the next season as this one. Could be a great year or it could be a terrible year. The talent is there, but over the past couple of years the talent has not stood up and said enough, I’m going to lead this team. Conditioning and leadership need to take over. Leadership, not only from the coaches, but from the Seniors perspective. After last years mess they, of all players, should be so hungry to win 10 this year!
Again, I’m not sure what to expect this coming season. All those in coming freshmen will NOT be able to add much to the effort this year. The vetran players have to step up. We have to win the games in the 4th quarter…. conditioning. Still, I will be watching every game and pulling for our Dawgs!
Me
April 22nd, 2011
11:06 am
Why is Caleb Queen still on the team?
Walter Sobchak
April 22nd, 2011
11:10 am
Let’s put 2 and 2 together.
Mark Richt feels no pressure. The team displays embarrassing effort on the field.
Sometimes too much comfort in life is a terrible thing, especially professionally.
kerryb
April 22nd, 2011
11:12 am
I just hope he wins at least 10 games so we don’t have to hear any of this Mark Richt losing his job nonsense anymore. Mark Richt is not losing his job after the recruiting class he has just brought in. This class has given him at least 3 years to see how it does.
GeoffDawg
April 22nd, 2011
11:12 am
With Crowell not in school yet and Washaun and Malcome hobbled, Caleb is the only back we’ve got that can carry the rock for all three downs.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
11:18 am
The horse is out of the barn ( Georgia has not be Georgia for the last three seasons) He kept Martinez a year to long. S&C hopefully will recover this year after being run poorly. Discipline, although better, has been a BIG problem, which tells me Richt had a respect problem( although I think police in towns of out foes wink and nod and take the kids to the coach rather than the pokey). He has refused to change up anything in his offense or staff, Although I thought we have scored enough to win, save the UCF bowl game last year. Mark has not been able to beat elite, ranked teams the last 2-3 years. … All that said, I like what I’m hearing about this 2011 team, but we’ll just have to see if he can deliver. I think Mark is a better MAN than a Coach. It might be time for new blood. Let’s play ball and see.
G8R GRAD
April 22nd, 2011
11:18 am
If this isn’t the year the Dawgs beat us, I don’t know which is:
In our Spring game Brantley completed only 4 of 14 passes for a whopping 45 yards!
God help us.
The Truth
April 22nd, 2011
11:19 am
Kerryb – Seriously? Have you paid attention to the talented recruiting classes that Richt has squandered during the past few years? Do you actually have faith that the same thing won’t happen to this class without a change in leadership? I certainly hope the trend changes, but the fact remains that Richt’s track record as of late doesn’t exactly add up to the inflated optimism some folks are feeling about this year. Spurrier is right up there on my list of most hated people, but dang if he isn’t right when he says “UGA gets all these top recruits, but no one knows what happens to them”.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
11:19 am
kerryb………………….I’m afraid you’re wrong. Yes, 10 wins saves him. A poor season won’t.
gbal
April 22nd, 2011
11:19 am
If UGA beats FLA and then has 3-4 losses, that says we probably had some major letdowns somewhere else and inconsistent play. Not saying MR should be let go unless has a certain record… Not saying he should be let go if we loose to FLA again. Am saying that if we beat FLA, we should have no more than 1… maybe 2 losses on our schedule or else the team was not well prepared.
SSIgator
April 22nd, 2011
11:20 am
“Dogs’ lack of effort at times last year ‘embarrassing”
Really? You Think So Coach? – The multi-million dollar man is just now coming to that realization? UGA fans may be in more trouble than they think.
Devil's Advocate
April 22nd, 2011
11:21 am
You people who say UGA “deserves” a championship crack me up. How can anyone deserve a championship if they don’t win it? You spout off material reasons for winning a championship but at the end of the day what happens on the field for at least 11 days in the season determines if you get to play a 12th non-bowl and potentially a 13th for all the marbles. UGA doesn’t deserve anything anymore than Florida or Boise State. Only one team can win any given championship. Win or go home.
If you’re really all about bought championships, Major League Baseball might be your cup of tea and even then the big money doesn’t always win.
GATA!
From Where I Sit
April 22nd, 2011
11:22 am
Want happen!!! The Gators have out recruited, coached, and played the lack luster crowd from Athens! Ever since the little on the field in your face move that GA tried as motivation, it as slapped them in the face of reality every year as they can’t HANG with FL!
Gators/SC win the East, but not GA!!!!
Enough Said!!!1
Tom
April 22nd, 2011
11:22 am
The problem with the scenario of 8 wins, with one of them Florida is, who are your 4 losses going to be against. I’d assume Boise and S.C., which means we start 0-2, then maybe Miss. State, at home. That means we’d lose to either Ole Miss/UT/Auburn/Tech — all teams we should beat. We’re going to have some disappointing losses under that scenario, and it’s going to be hard to feel good about the season even with a win over UF.
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Ding ding ding we have a winner! Ladies and gentlemen this right here is exactly why Georgia isn’t big time. Why in the world would UGA feel they have the right to start counting wins? You guys do this every single year, just start writing off teams. Have you looked at your SEC record the past three years? Get a clue dude. TN is going to be much better and what makes you think that AUB is going to forget how to play football? They lose a good bit but have way more talent than UGA, sorry. UGA schedule is set up nicely and will likely win 9 games this year simply because they don’t play LSU, BAMA, or ARK, but this idea that you can just start assuming wins is why you are the only programs to not win the national title in the BCS era. TN, LSU, FL, BAMA, and AUB….who is left out? Congratulations, you are in last place because you have fairweathered fans who are spoiled and expect wins. Right now, with current players, UGA is the 7th best team in the SEC. If you do anything next year, it will only be because the East is so weak.
From Where I Sit
April 22nd, 2011
11:22 am
I did say WANT instead of Won’t!!!! LOL
SSIgator
April 22nd, 2011
11:22 am
Enter your comments here
kerryb
April 22nd, 2011
11:23 am
You all can stop your wishing that Mark Richt gets fired. Not just the recruiting class but contract buy outs and paying for a new coach will keep that from happening too. I don’t think that UGA wants to be flushing about 15 million dollars.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
11:23 am
G8R Grad……………And I know you guys don’t have a stable of proven tailbacks to run a pro type offense. You guys are at a cross road. You’ve still got our number. You guys lost 5 games last year…………..but not us.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
11:24 am
Kerryb………………You have bad info…..To fire Mark LAST year was going to be about 8 mil. Him coaching this year takes almost 3 mil off that number. I hope you can do math.
DollarDawg43
April 22nd, 2011
11:26 am
kerryb is dead on. A long time, high dollar booster told me face to face that CMR had bought himself 2-3 years with this recruiting class alone and this booster is not totally thrilled with him at the present time. If even he says it…
There is not a magic win number for 2011 but it needs to be a good one. DCJohn mentioned the effort that needs to be spent this year and the feeling that teams don’t want to deal with us any longer. If we return to the UGA-effort we are accustomed to and execute peoperly the wins will come.
As long as we don’t get beat physically and improve as the year progresses, it will be a good year and a lot of on-line carping from the “experts” will become strangely silent.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
11:27 am
We ALL have opinions. Scout.com did a storyline for all SEC coach’s for 2011 yesterday. They say Mark is toast.
mcgdawg
April 22nd, 2011
11:29 am
EVERYTHING starts with the FIRST GAME….and the DAWGS are ready to beat the Boise State like a rented mule….SELAH
JB
April 22nd, 2011
11:29 am
I don’t buy any of that ” he saved himself with this class”. If this team flounders this year and loses 4 or 5 games, He gone. I don’t want that mind you. I want to go 12-0.
Old Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
11:33 am
From Where I Sit: It’s won’t, not want. Word usage like that makes Bobo’s play selection genius!
realitycheck
April 22nd, 2011
11:33 am
There is a certain “IT” that a few of the top “A” list college coaches just seem to be born with like Pete Carroll, Nick Saban, or Urban Meyer for example. Mark Richt hasn’t shown me that he has that “IT”. Richt may be able to get UGA back to their 2002 level, but don’t count on it. History shows that once things start dropping off after almost immediate success and the same coach has been there for a decade, that rarely is that coach able to reach the previous levels of success he once enjoyed. I just don’t see Mark Richt being able to put UGA on the same level with lets say an Alabama year in and year out. That’s not to say that UGA couldn’t upset Alabama on a given day,but if the two played every year for the next ten, one couldn’t feel too optimistic that UGA would do well at all considering where the two schools are at this point. Can UGA be where Alabama is right now? If the Dogs want to seriously be a player year in and year out in the title game picture, then they must elevate their status to “powerhouse”. Those answers will be forthcoming starting with Boise State in September.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
11:36 am
Now if Crowell is the real D and Geathers, Jenkins,Jarvis and a couple of these freshman are the real deal, We might surprise. I think the effort alone this year will increase 100%
JB
April 22nd, 2011
11:39 am
Three best teams in the SEC this year will be LSU, Bama and Carolina. Not brain surgery. Florida, Georgia,Miss St and Auburn will fight for that second layer.
GatorDave
April 22nd, 2011
11:40 am
With the schedule UGA has, that should build a ton of their unrealistic championship aspirations.
doggit
April 22nd, 2011
11:42 am
Lets stay positive and see what happens…that is all
kevin
April 22nd, 2011
11:46 am
Richt says, “Boise State is the winningest team over the past 10 years. If we can battle with them, we can make Georgia very relevant again nationally.”
Notice he says “battle with them” vs. “beat them” — seems to imply that he’d view a close game as a victory instead of a win. Lame.
Athens= God's Country
April 22nd, 2011
11:47 am
A win over Forduh goes a long way- even this year. Its the body of work that will be measured. Not one play, one quarter, or one game. All the people calling for Richt’s head are MORONS!!!!!!!!!!! This is the man for the job. What were all of yall doing for the past decade? And he still doesn’t have your respect and confidence? Do you remember the 1990s? Please do the Dawg Nation a favor and go root for any other team. I hear Bama loves fairweather fans.
Go Dawgs! THROUGH THICK AND THIN!!!!!
Mel
April 22nd, 2011
11:49 am
Good to hear Richt admit the obvious, his team was being outworked by other teams. As if no one knew that. Offense went AWOL in several games. Defense underpeformed against the run, and on 3rd down. Special teams was a non-factor.
I think loses to South Carolina & Florida would be it for Richt, even if he goes 8-5 or 9-4.
6-6 in 2010 wasn’t much worse than 7-5 in 2009, so not like there was a big drop off, wasn’t far under the recent standard, only 1 game off. It was surprising to have a 6-7 season with such a soft schedule (Richt didn’t face Saban or Miles in 2010).
Bottom line, 8-5 with a win against Florida would keep his job.
Top 25 finish (would mean a 9-4 or better season) would get him a contract extension.
Wildgator
April 22nd, 2011
11:50 am
Man, that CMR is too funny!!! Now he is trying point the finger at himself??? Ok, which one is it, he wasn’t getting the players, or he wasn’t coaching them??? CMR might be a good guy, but UGA fans he needs to stop playing with you alls emotions. UGA fans he messed y’all up a couple years ago when he basically said yeah I told them to celebrate the first touchdown against FL, but no, I didn’t tell them to celebrate. WHAT!! I really liked the celebration! It was nice and funny as hell! But when he started back tracking, the slide that you all are in started. ijs
kevin
April 22nd, 2011
11:50 am
KerryB,
You are flat wrong. There is a reason McGarity made the o-line coaching position a 1 year contract. Despite greatly limiting the talent pool he could choose from with such a move, it made it clear that Richt has this last year to turn things around. As he should. Richt, as many commentators have already said, despite being a good coach for several years, has failed to produce 3 years in a row.
GoDawgs
April 22nd, 2011
11:53 am
Richt put the target on the dawgs for the next 5 years for all teams in the SEC. If your going to tout a recruiting class as the dream team then every team you play is going to play harder just to prove your not the dream team. Yes it’s only 25 kids coming in but the entire team is going to get that stamp or anyone that represents UGA football. I feel if Richt doesn’t win 10 games 4 out of 5 years along with 2 SEC titles and play in one BCS title game then he is fired. It’s lofty yes but he put it on himself when he chose to name a recruiting class the dream team and that’s what all fans expect for UGA to produce not just talk a big game now.
TRS421
April 22nd, 2011
11:54 am
I gotta agree with mcgdawg….it all starts with th efirst game vs. Boise State. Take ‘em one game at a time.
Patrick Romano WAR DAMN EAGLE
April 22nd, 2011
11:55 am
Pat & Bryan are gay, FIRST/LAST
WAR DAMN EAGLE, National Champs, 2010
Mel
April 22nd, 2011
11:56 am
Richt averages 6 1/2 wins a season last 2 years. That’s horrendous.
JDawg1785
April 22nd, 2011
11:56 am
What’s been killing Georgia over the past few disappointing seasons has been a lack of effort and drive. Only so much of this game is physical and the Dawgs have been on the losing side of the mental aspect way too often. I think things are heading in the right direction in that department, but it’s all decided on the field.
In terms of CMR’s job security, all he can do at this point is focus on whipping Boise in the Dome. All we can do is stand by him and the men who represent the University of Georgia on the football field, through thick and thin.
GO DAWGS!
OldFan
April 22nd, 2011
11:58 am
Unless we have a complete meltdown, Richt is safe. All programs have to deal with a down cycle at some point. The real issue to me is the longer term trend toward mediocrity. Can Richt excel again? How will we know he’s on the right track? Can he sustain it?
Dawg4life
April 22nd, 2011
12:00 pm
The problem is, UGA has changed from being Rocky Balboa to being Apollo Creed. “Gotta get the eye of the tiger Rock. The eye of the tiger man.”
Metaphorically speaking of course.
RealityCheck- Dude, Richt has a winning record against Bama…
Devil's Advocate
April 22nd, 2011
12:07 pm
You people drinking the South Carolina Kool Aid are funny too. You do realize that Florida sucked last year right? The only thing that saved Florida’s season was beating UGA and that’s not saying much is it? So basically, it took UF, UGA, and UT all sucking at the some time for SC to win the SEC East by 1 game. What other time has an SEC East champ been shelled by a team of Arkansas’ caliber and lose to Kentucky? Maybe 2007 when UT, UGA, and UF all beat each other in a round robin fashion and UT got shelled by Bama and Florida but they did finish 6-2.
I wouldn’t be surprised if UT ends up with a better record than SC in 2011.
2011 East:
1/2 – UGA/UF
3/4 – UT/SC
5 – Kentucky
6 – Vandy
ATL Gator
April 22nd, 2011
12:09 pm
Florida owns Georgia. Just get used to it.
epic_quibble
April 22nd, 2011
12:09 pm
I guess CMR keeps forgetting that Fulmer Cups don’t win themselves
7576DAWG
April 22nd, 2011
12:10 pm
I think that you can’t put a specific number of win on CMR this year as to whether he keeps his job. UGA needs to take one game at a time. CMR in the past has made it a point to say we are not looking ahead at games in the future but then get beat by a less talented team because that exactly what they were going , looking ahead. He needs to keep his team focused for once on one game at a time and stop feeling sorry for less talented teams. In the past UGA would get off to a great start and get way ahead , dominating a team and then feel sorry for them and ease off. When you keep the pressure on a team the whole game and never let them breath you set up a win next year when they play you because you embarrassed them so much the year before they dread playing you the next year.
93Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
12:13 pm
Enough about the “awesome” recruiting class. It was THIRD best in the SEC!
Mel
April 22nd, 2011
12:14 pm
11-2, to 10-3, to 8-5, to 6-7.
richt’s program is sliding, and richt can’t stop it.
Mel
April 22nd, 2011
12:16 pm
richt isn’t good at turning his situation around in the positive direction. Rather clueless at how to do that. going back to 2003, in the last 8 seasons, 7 out of 8 times, 88%, richt lost more games than the year before.
Do_Tell
April 22nd, 2011
12:16 pm
Can Richt have a good season with seniors and juniors? Most have always gone for the draft. Why is it UGA loses its top players to the draft? I do not remember any team making it to the Big Game without topnotch seniors. So losing is also not keeping the best players until graduation.
college football is simple
April 22nd, 2011
12:19 pm
teams that control the line of scrimmage win. UGA has not been good at that in some time. The switch to the 3-4 caused problems on D. Injuries and inability to run block caused the vaunted RB’s to struggle.
does anything else need to be said? I think not. Richt has to find ways to solve these two issues or he’s gone
tc
April 22nd, 2011
12:19 pm
Bla Bla Bla! “That’s embarrassing,” Richt said. “It’s our shame and it’s my fault. We’re not going to let that happen again.”
He is correct about it being embarrassing, but he has done absolutely nothing stop it from happaning again. Getting his teams to “play hard” is not a skill that CMR has ever had.
Kevin
April 22nd, 2011
12:25 pm
Let me clarify….
When I said “Dawgnation deserves” a championship, I was talking about the fan base, not the team itself. UGA has all the components of a national title caliber program, i.e. great facilities, recruiting, and the list goes on and on…
If our current coaching staff can’t take what they have and win, then maybe we should look at a change. Can’t say there is a lack of talent. And I am not saying CMR should go. We had Matt Staford and Moreno in the same offensive backfield and didn’t win the East. You can take that finger and point it at whomever you deem necessary.
So, for the sake of further clarification, I was in no way implying that UGA deserves a championship because they are UGA. The fan base deserves a coaching staff that will give their team the best change to win. If this staff can’t get it done, maybe we should look into other options. That is what UGA deserves.
Sorry for the confusion.
McDawg
April 22nd, 2011
12:31 pm
FL game was a sterling example of where they wanted it more -Burton is a great competitor
the difference this next year is our leader -the QB- is no longer a freshmen
Mel
April 22nd, 2011
12:32 pm
“To have a season like we just did that was so far below what we are used to and what’s expected”
Richt’s been averaging a 1-2 game decline in wins for the last 3 years in a row.
It’s expected that Richt will go either 5-7 in 2011 or 4-8. Has had a 1-2 win decline every year past 3 years.
6-7 wasn’t below the 2 game win decline from the previous season. The 2 game decline was exactly the same.
“So far below”.
Hardly.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
12:39 pm
Let it be said. To keep up, this is blog 2 of 300 on the AJC about the Status of Richt’s job. only 298 to go between the sports staff at the AJC………….You see, listening to Paul Johnson preparing for Western Carolina is about as exciting as hearing Obama read a speech of how wonderful he thinks he doing. Therefore, we get Richt.
kevin
April 22nd, 2011
12:39 pm
ATL Gator,
You are right, but at least we did not have some lunatic christian freak with bible verses in his eye black has the mouthpiece for our team.
Mel
April 22nd, 2011
12:40 pm
It’s not lack of effort on the players, richt can’t control effort from players, they’re not robots, it’s lack of strategy from the coaches. why does richt lose more games than the year before 88% of last 8 seasons? That’s lack of strategy. It’s on richt.
papadawg
April 22nd, 2011
12:40 pm
Come on Coach Richt pull the trigger on kickng your players and coaches BUTTS. Lack of effort should NEVER be an excuse no matter how good or bad your team is.
P. Bull Terrier
April 22nd, 2011
12:40 pm
For most of the blog critics, nothing less than a National Championship will be enough to put an end to the Coach Richt bashing. Even then, some would still claim that it was just luck:
A win over Boise St is no big deal because it’s Boise St. They lost a bunch of players. They play in a weak conference. Crowell didn’t gain 100 yards. He’s going to be a bust. Murray missed a couple of open receivers. Etc.
A win over SC is no big deal because it’s SC. They were overrated in the first place. UGA has better players. They still let Lattimore gain 100 yards. John Jenkins didn’t completely plug up the middle. He’s going to be a bust. Etc.
Wins over Coastal Carolina, Ole Miss, Miss St, Vanderbilt, NM St, & KY don’t count for much because UGA is supposed to beat them all every year. Besides, Bobo called too many run plays when he should have passed, and too many pass plays when he should have run. Jay Rome isn’t catching enough passes. He’s going to be a bust. Etc.
Wins over Tenn and Auburn are no big deal because both are still rebuilding and most of their best players are still in jail. Looks like Lemay isn’t going to play this season. He must be a bust too. Etc.
A win over Fla is no big deal because they have a new coach. This is a rebuilding season. Richt still has a losing record against them. Malcom Mitchell didn’t have an interception. He’s going to be a bust. Etc.
A win over Tech is no big deal because it’s just Tech. Tech grads are better at math than UGA grads. Red Panties!!!! Grantham’s D let the Yellow Jackets rush for over 300 yards again. Ray Drew didn’t have a single sack. He sure turned out to be a bust. Etc.
A win in the SEC championship game is no big deal because Alabama is having a down year. SEC championships are only meaningful when Alabama wins them. If someone else wins one, it’s only because Alabama is having a down year. Cootie Harrow didn’t have any big plays. He’s going to be a bust. Etc.
A win in the NC game is no big deal because…
Mel
April 22nd, 2011
12:41 pm
It’s fans like JB who like sliding from 11-2, to 10-3 to 8-5, to 6-7, that make GA so medicore.
Thanks JB.
Beast from the East
April 22nd, 2011
12:42 pm
“When it comes to assessing how well Georgia needs to do this season for Richt to keep his job, you hear a lot of folks say nine wins … or eight if one of them includes Florida.”
Bill,
I never would have dreamed that growing up, but the reality is it’s true. You’ll know UGA is considered an elite program when teams start to make statements like that about beating the Dawgs
Beast from the East
April 22nd, 2011
12:43 pm
@kevin,
No….you have him as your coach!
Mel
April 22nd, 2011
12:44 pm
We are used to losing 1-2 more games than the year before under richt, last 8 seasons, it’s happened 7 times.
uga fans are used to losing more games than the year before.
it’s ‘the georgia way’.
it’s life with richt.
Dawg Gone
April 22nd, 2011
12:44 pm
ATL Gator that new HC of yours has won how many games as a HC?
kevin
April 22nd, 2011
12:46 pm
beast from the east,
you have a point. though, i would submit that while richt is obviously christian, he not nearly as overt or obnoxious about it. still, i think it’s lame that it’s at all part of his focus.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
12:49 pm
Mel,,,,, huh? I like the sliding? Just the opposite. I’m ready to win, with or without Richt. I’m a Georgia fan first.
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April 22nd, 2011
12:51 pm
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Dawg 4 Life
April 22nd, 2011
12:51 pm
Seriously ???? I am so sick and tired of hearing so-called Dawg fans whine and moan about coach Richt. If memory serves, it wasn’t all that long ago that we weren’t anything but a middle of the pack SEC team. The end of the Dooley era didn’t bring us anything, Goff was not going to get the job done, and Donnan, well he won all his bowl games but thats about it. Coach Richt has always been, and will always be the man for UGA. Have I been displeased with the last couple of years ? Sure, but not everything that has happened can be blamed on Richt. Some of these kids just aren’t cut out for college ball. I have full faith that this man not only deserves but has earned the right to fix this. Otherwise, we might as well be Georgia Tech fairweather fans. Can anybody really say that we have had the talent to win the SEC in the last three years ? No. Be realistic.As long as we are competitive, we will win more than we lose. I feel things are looking up. GO DAWGS !!!!!!!
JB
April 22nd, 2011
12:52 pm
Beast…………It’s awfully quiet down there? You guys have got to be anxious.
7576DAWG
April 22nd, 2011
12:54 pm
UGA did not beat a ranked opponent last year. We don’t know who will be ranked this year . I think Fla. , Tenn. Au and GT are rebuilding this year and I would be surprise if any of these team are ranked at the end of the year. Maybe FLA. can end up in the mid to upper teens ranking if they find a QB. Because of their depth they usually get better as the year go’s on. I don’t know how good MISS.STATE OR MISS. are going to be since I don’t follow the players or teams of the SEC west but if they don’t end up ranked then the only two teams that may be ranked at the end of the year is South Carolina and Boise State. If that is the case then UGA should be undefeated or have no more than one loss.
CMR and Bobo are two peas in a pod. They think alike and their expertise is the same. That’s why I have wanted Bobo replaced as offensive coordinator . We need an offensive coordinator that brings something different than CMR as far as vision and originality. Because of CMR not admitting his offense needed a major overhaul then in my opinion he has no wiggle room and I hope McGarity will demand a great year , knowing how easy our schedule is this year.
Bottom line is 9-3 or 10-2 may not be good enough.
Beast from the East
April 22nd, 2011
12:56 pm
All kidding and ridicule aside, UGA should have a much better record this year just based on the schedule alone. They play none of the top 3 teams from the west (Bama, LSU and Arkansas). Auburn will not be nearly as strong as last year, Ole Miss is not good and they get MSU at home. The East is down with UF having an all new staff, UT is still not there and Vandy/Kentucky are no serious threat to compete for a title. That leaves USC as the only truly strong team in the East. If Richt can’t get it done this year, then UGA will be making a statement of “we accept mediocrity” by keeping Richt. Maybe it’s sounds a little harsh, but it is what it is.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
12:56 pm
Dawg 4 life…..We’ve come full circle with Richt. The facts are what they are. Hell, we all love the guy, but at the end of the day, we want to win. He was given this year based on the kind of man he his and his body of work . I don’t think ANY AD at a FOOTBALL school can allow FOUR DOWN YEARS IN A ROW. Changing coach’s in nerve racking. Ask Florida. Let’s hope for the best, but I put the University ahead of Richt, but that’s just me.
NC Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
12:58 pm
Thirteen wins will be enough.
Beast from the East
April 22nd, 2011
1:00 pm
JB,
Not really anxious. Excited to see what the new regime can do. Muschamp is playing with house money this year. Coming off of a poor season with a new staff and all the questions on the offensive side of the ball has the potential to be much the same as last year. I really think our defense will be stout. We’re probably not going to win any shootouts, so I expect about 8-4.
Matt
April 22nd, 2011
1:01 pm
I don’t think it’s realistic for them to win enough games to save his job. Does anyone actually see them winning 8 or 9 games with one of those wins being against Florida?
Plus it will matter who he loses to. If he loses to Boise, S.C., UT, and Florida (or Tech) then I don’t see how even 8-4 saves him.
dangerranger6969
April 22nd, 2011
1:04 pm
If he loses to Florida again I want Mark Richt Fired after the Game. Anybody that does not see this game is not a neutral site should join Richt in the unemployment line.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
1:05 pm
Matt, I disagree. If he wins 8 games , Prez Adams will pee on himself and extend his contract. Adams care about being competitive, not winning Championships. If he did, Mark would have been gone last year. Ask the Presidents of Maryland and Miami, they get it.
Texas Baller
April 22nd, 2011
1:07 pm
reality – Richt 3-1 v. Bama….Doh!
Brucerugby79
April 22nd, 2011
1:08 pm
This is the year we get back on track-and if you heard what I just said get on your knees and bow your head-Jesus comes first in my life but being a Georgia fan is a gift from God-get ready for a great comeback season-
dd
April 22nd, 2011
1:12 pm
Wildgator,
At the end of one of the practices during the week preceding the game, CMR did in fact tell the team that he wanted the offense to take the celebration penalty,
Lots of people heard it.
What can we say dude? Who knew the whole team would run out there? I guess we just had a bunch of wild and crazy guys that year.
There you go, that should clear it up for you.
It’s understandable why you got confused.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
1:16 pm
Come to think of it, Dawgs were never same since that stunt in Jacksonville.
Bogey
April 22nd, 2011
1:16 pm
Don’t forget the two SEC titles the Dawgs won last decade included losses to Fla. Beating the Gators is important but getting to Atlanta and winning there must be the goal.
DIT
April 22nd, 2011
1:16 pm
@Kevin
“You are right, but at least we did not have some lunatic christian freak with bible verses in his eye black has the mouthpiece for our team.”
That is the worst comment on this entire blog. I’m a Dawg through and through and I would of love to have Tebow as our QB! His Christianity puts him head and shoulders above people like you. You should try to follow along to what those Bible verses are because it’s obvious you have no clue on how to live your life!
funny...
April 22nd, 2011
1:16 pm
Florida is a must win.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
1:18 pm
Arkansas and Miss St. are now tough. There are not many off days in the SEC. Look at the schedule Boise plays this year and then look at Auburn’s. Bama and Florida maybe LSU would NEVER LOSE playing that schedule.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
1:21 pm
DIT…. good call. Tebow was a good example to the human race….and backed it up on the football field. He has my respect.
no matter what happens we'll have a great gameplan
April 22nd, 2011
1:23 pm
so nice of CMR to rejoin the world of the living…..he’s been too busy working on his iron clad fool proof gameplanning to notice anything else.
wildbill
April 22nd, 2011
1:24 pm
Remembering the dawg’s poor performance in the bowl game, anything is fair game this year.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
1:25 pm
The only other games Boise has that will give them a reason to practice is Air Force and TCU.
They can mail in the rest after those and Georgia.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
1:27 pm
WildBill, that game was gut wrenching as we and the entire SEC fan base watched it. I do think this year will be an improvement. enough, who knows.
dawgster
April 22nd, 2011
1:29 pm
Amazing all the kinow it alls ought there that want to criticize everything that Coach Richt says or does..Its obvious to the people that have been involved in this program that everything had to be evaluated…I think that has been done and we are trying to move forward, yet many of you so called dawg fans and others that don’t support the dawgs want to keep bashing the program and continuinng to bash Coach Richt and our coaches. We get it ok!!!…I also think everyone in the program gets it, but we won’t know for sure until next season…There have been numerous changes and lets see if they are successful…I think Coach Richt’s record over the entire 10 years speaks for itself and we should be respectful for what he has done for UGA and the respect he has among other coaches and players…Do any of you remember the 90’s before Coach Richt got here and what our program was like compared to other SEC programs, I do..When was the last SEC Championship before Coach Richt was hired…I remember…Now with all that being said, do I think we should close our eyes and not expect improvement,.of course not…I truly believe you will see that improvement this year and next…Will it be enough to satisfy some of you fair weather fans…I don’t know, probably only a NC title would do it for you…go dawgs
Big Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
1:29 pm
To be honest with you there are usually three to four games each year that determine the perception of whether the Dawgs had a successful season or not. In my humble opinion–of most importance is beating Tech, next it is Auburn and/or Florida depending on the year and the bowl game. Coach Richt is really on the hot seat because he lost to Kentucky—- which we should have won, Florida which also we should have won plus his miserable record of 2-8 against the Gators also which should have been wins in 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2010. He also lost to South Carolina, Mississippi State, and Arkansas three teams we have traditionally owned and a terrible Colorado team last year. Then there is the total lack of even showing up for the bowl game against Central Florida.
Those of you (kerryb) saying this past recruiting class guarantees him another 2 to 3 years are in LA LA land, a little inside information for you and in my humble opinion- if the Dawgs don’t show marked improvement and win at least 9 games minus the bowl game and be competitive in at least 2 of the 3 loses (regular season) he will be gone. Do I want that “NO” I don’t because Coach Richt is a very good coach and a decent Christian man but he has let friendship and pride get in the way of doing the right thing such as keeping Willie Martinez 2 years longer than he should have, promoting Mike BoBo to the offensive coordinators position instead of going out and getting someone with a proven track record of success etc. All the above examples and more have eroded all the good will and confidence that he had built up and that he could get the job done in his first 7 seasons in Athens.
Anyway I will be rooting for my Dawgs to go 14-0 and win a SEC and a mystical NC. Do I believe that it will happen “NO” but I do know that “Yes” it could happen as we were an eyelash away in 2002, 2005 and 2007 plus all the injuries in 2008 as well. So it is not as if we haven’t been on the cusp as they say because we have. It just didn’t work out that way.
Go Dawgs
JB
April 22nd, 2011
1:37 pm
dawgster……………At 2.8 mil a year and not succeeding in your job will open up a little criticism.
Succeeding would be defined as playing for and/or winning the SEC.
dawg85
April 22nd, 2011
1:41 pm
No problems here with the comment. I think he feels a need to take responsibility. Too much is made of comments like these. Vince used to talk about teams like they were the second coming of Lombardi’s Packers. From what I have heard he is pretty confident about next year.
Dawg Gone
April 22nd, 2011
1:41 pm
Beast from the East your and JB’s 12:56 comments were really on the money…kudos..
Buckeye
April 22nd, 2011
1:42 pm
Hey Clinch,
Were you embarrassed last year??
P.S. A little chilly here in the ATL for a vest today.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
1:43 pm
People on here who question Richt are told to be not real Dawg fans, not loyal or ought to find another team. I think just the opposite. Those on here who want Richt to be given all the time he needs are the ones who need to look in the mirror. I put the University first. Yes, I like the man, think he’s a fine man…… but he is turning us in to Kentucky football. This year will be his last year to prove we’re not. Does McGarity look like the kind of guy to put up with this?
For the record
April 22nd, 2011
1:48 pm
First?
kevin
April 22nd, 2011
1:49 pm
DIT,
Might judgmental post for a Christian, don’t you think. I am fine living my life without Christianity, thanks. And for you to think that someone’s Christianity automatically makes he/ she better than someone else means you are a complete idiot. Hitler also claimed to be a Christian.
DawginLex
April 22nd, 2011
1:53 pm
JB,
If UGA Insider is telling the truth, I can see this becoming a war between McGarity and Richt and his staff. Suppose Insider is right? McGarity has already told the staff that 0-2 gets you fired? What if the players find out(which they will) and they start 2-0 and McGarity tries to come into the locker room to congratulate the team. I could see one or more of the players telling him to get out and it could get ugly.
I believe part of what Insider said. I do believe there is an expectation to win. I don’t believe that McGarity is already planning on interviewing Peterson before the decision is made to fire Richt.
Blackberry Cobbler
April 22nd, 2011
1:53 pm
I’ve said all along that UGA’s problems the past few years have rested squarely on CMR and his coaching staff– their complete ineptitude at developing the talent they have and organizing that talent into winning on the field. This is the FIRST time I’ve ever heard CMR admit that he is the problem. Good start, now take the Dream Team and do something with it. NO MORE EXCUSES. Win the East Division or pack up and leave!
Buckeye
April 22nd, 2011
1:55 pm
Fulmer Cup News!
Four Rice football players arrested for a combination of felony and misd. drug, weapons and theft charges. Should give then an early 2011 boost in the rankings. No reports if any of the playa’s ( I mean players) were Carver products.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:02 pm
DawginLex…………..I really can’t see McGarity/Adams/ The University doing that. Maybe I’m naive.I think that move would be a black eye for the University. That’s just me. On The other hand, the heat will really be on that staff and team if they drop those first two games and look bad doing it, as this paper with do a time line deathwatch on Richt daily which will not be good for anybody. My hope is we win both, go to Jacksonville undefeated and beat Florida and win the East and meet LSU in the dome.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:06 pm
Also, you are correct, Peterson would NEVER interview for this job with Richt still at the helm. Leave that for Auburn. And I would not want Peterson. Good coach, fine man, but not for us.
Florida could have had him ( They pay and do whatever it takes)but passed.
Dawg Gone
April 22nd, 2011
2:06 pm
JB a lot of the fans calling for CMR’s head aren’t Dog fans they are trolls hiding behind what’s good for the program nonsense. That being said I’m a huge CMR fan as a man and a coach I remember the 20 SEC title drought, However he raised the bar and needs to return us back to his established level or he needs to go..I have no expectation that we go 10-2 or better, but we need to be competitive in every game, return to basic hard nosed football and GATA every play. If we do that I know we will have a good year and would be an indication CMR and staff have gotten player buy in and we are moving in the right direction. I agree a 4 year skid is no skid its a direction and one we as UGA fans don’t need to go down.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:08 pm
Peterson would never interview for this job with Richt still at the Helm. Leave that for Auburn folk.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:10 pm
Dawg gone…class of 76/Alum…former season ticket holder…..Anything but a troll my friend.
I want it to work…….but I’m tired of the slide.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:12 pm
Do my post reflect “calling for his head”. I hope not.
Dawg Gone
April 22nd, 2011
2:13 pm
Buckeye nice job of deflection there old sport…sorry you and your Buckeyes have the Fulmer Cup sown up this year…it will take SMU like antics to steal the prize from your sweater vesters this year.
MCDAVIDDAWG
April 22nd, 2011
2:15 pm
the lack of effort is most noticable from the head coach. Maybe if he’d step up to the plate the players would follow.
Dawg Gone
April 22nd, 2011
2:15 pm
JB sorry I wasn’t clear I wasn’t calling you a troll at all. I understand your pain all too well and agree.I was pointing to the legion of trolls that aren’t UGA fans and will breath easier if we change coaches.The ones that is we win the NC will still be calling for CMR’s head because we didn’t hold the other team scoreless etc.
Reality
April 22nd, 2011
2:17 pm
Give it up uga fans… Richt is toast. He has lost it. Not that he was ever that great of a coach anyway. He will never bring you a crystal ball. Has to sting when your rivals already have them. Florida-2 LSU-2 Alabama-1 Auburn-1 uga-0 FAIL
Dawg Gone
April 22nd, 2011
2:17 pm
that “if” we win
Mitch (the one in Rome)
April 22nd, 2011
2:18 pm
Honestly, its not a number of wins. Its quality coaching at every level producing competitiveness. Who you gonna get better? There is no one to go get. I want to see a team compete and be feared. If that’s the case the wins will come.
Dawg Gone
April 22nd, 2011
2:19 pm
Reality when you break it down like that the REST of the NATION fails as well…..
Reality
April 22nd, 2011
2:19 pm
Just out of curiosity how can a university with such “high” standards on academics spell dog as “dawg”
DawginLex
April 22nd, 2011
2:20 pm
Give it a rest reality. We get it, you hate UGA.
Reality
April 22nd, 2011
2:21 pm
Dawg Gone
I left one out UT-1 and the rest of the nation doesnt fail. uga fails because they have the resources and the talent within state to get it done but cant. Other teams in similar situations have done that- OK, Texas, USC,
Reality
April 22nd, 2011
2:22 pm
I dont hate uga. Just the sidewalk alum bandwagon fanbase
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:22 pm
Who you gonna get? Hell that no name “who” at Auburn just won a National Title. Money might have been involved, but it didn’t block and tackle. Where did Saban start. At the top? Pretty lame post above.
Reality
April 22nd, 2011
2:24 pm
That no-name at Auburn is wearing a NC ring. How many does Richt have?
Reality
April 22nd, 2011
2:25 pm
The Landscape is chaging. The west is the strongest division now. UGA had better take advantage of boom just starting out at FL. If he gets on a run UGA will never catch up
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:26 pm
Reality just hangs out here and stares at his poster of Paul Johnson and wonders why they are 1-9 the last 10 games vs us and wonders if there are that many people who don’t want to be boring, womanless, humorless engineers.
DawginLex
April 22nd, 2011
2:27 pm
Reality is Richt has 2 SEC titles.
Reality is in 2002, we should have played for the title but the SEC was not thought of as highly back then.
Reality is in 2005, we should have played for the title for the same reason.
Bad luck or whatever you want to call it. Richt has 2 SEC titles. SEC titles nowadays=playing for the BCS title. They didn’t in 2002 and 2005.
That is reality.
Keep on spewing. You sound dumber with every post.
Reality
April 22nd, 2011
2:28 pm
Wrong Fanbase JB guess again. I did grow up in georgia and I have what goes on with the team because thats all of the media in atl talks about.
Dawg Gone
April 22nd, 2011
2:29 pm
Reality the simple truth is that the rest of the world…is wrong.
Reality
April 22nd, 2011
2:30 pm
2002 Maybe you should have but as usual they lost to fl. 2005 you were a two loss team at the end of the season. Give me a break no way you deserved to play in it that year.
Reality
April 22nd, 2011
2:31 pm
Didnt the 2005 team get waxed by WVU in the sugar bowl?
Dawg Fud
April 22nd, 2011
2:32 pm
If Richt loses to Muschamp then it is the third time in his career that a first year Florida coach has beaten him.
Not a good stat.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:32 pm
You would make a good Techie. Full of Envy, hanging out where you’re not wanted, hiding your School without a moniker to reveal it, hating everything UGA. Yep, you missed your chance, but you would be welcome over there. I know they are pounding the keys over there on that blog foaming at the mouth about Western Carolina.
DawginLex
April 22nd, 2011
2:33 pm
2005 – 2 losses
2007 – LSU 2 losses and one of them was the last regular season game vs Arkansas!!
We might have got left out anyway since it was Texas vs USC but since USC cheated, we should have been playing.
DawginLex
April 22nd, 2011
2:34 pm
Define wax…….
38-35 is waxed?
It is all about matchups. 2006 and 2007, florida and LSU got to play Ohio state who had no business being there.
Reality
April 22nd, 2011
2:35 pm
DawginLex,
Dont try to rationalize not going in 2005 by comparing it to 2007. We all know the Mad Hatter has sold his soul to the devil for some kind of freakish luck. LSU should not have been there that year either.
DawginLex
April 22nd, 2011
2:36 pm
Until we get a playoff, the whole thing is a crock anyway.
Reality
April 22nd, 2011
2:36 pm
Thats right they were getting waxed but made a comeback. They still lost and you think they deserve a shot at the national title
GatorDave
April 22nd, 2011
2:36 pm
It is so much fun to me on a dreary Friday afternoon reading Dawg fans trying to convince themselves they will have a good 2011 football team. Must be from smelling all the Easter egg dye in the kitchen.
UGA FRIEND
April 22nd, 2011
2:38 pm
I think the question Bill asked is would a win against UF give CMR room for another loss in its place. Maybe I did not get it right. But whatever he meant with such a type question at this point seems irrevelant and plain silly.
Regardless of what he writes about UGA football, Bill knows that there are some true Dawg fans out there
who can be stirred up at anytime to respond negatively about Mark. Obviously this is what Bill wants and gets more hits for his blog. He also knows there are many more trolls who will do the same.
These media guys will write anything when they have nothing good or new to say.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:38 pm
REality. who died and left you King of what should have beens and nots. Unless you reveal your team, you are dancing without music, or a fool. Easy to be Oz from behind the curtain. Go away and go back to Oprah
DawginLex
April 22nd, 2011
2:39 pm
SEC champions the last 5 years got to play for the title.
Under the current crappy system, that is how it is. We didn’t get to be part of the crappy system in 2002 and 2005.
Gatordave, why don’t you tell me how many all you can eat buffets Weis is going to destroy this year? Notre Dame thanks y’all every day for taking him. Your jorts must be on too tightif you think florida is anything more than a 7 win team in 2011.
War Eagle
April 22nd, 2011
2:41 pm
Hey Bill, i know your dislike for Cam Newton and Auburn, but Tigers got a commitment from top rank QB in the country Wednesday. Zeke Pkie, 6-6, 220, his father Mark Price played at Georgia Tech and Buffalo Bills for 12 years…
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:41 pm
Florida. Going pro set with no QB and no proven tailback. Whew! Are there any TE’s on that roster?
Beast from the East
April 22nd, 2011
2:43 pm
DawginLex,
UGA Insider is full of it. He always claims to have some inside story which never pans out. The only thing he ever said that was halfway true was about Auburn being “exposed” on HBO. Anyone could have said that as it was about a week from hitting the masses. No way McGarity tells any coach that of the start out 0-2 they’re fired. No way.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:44 pm
War Eagle, we signed a pretty good class ( as did you guys) and nobody outside of our fan base cares.
Big Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
2:45 pm
Coach Richt has 2 wins and 8 losses lifetime against the Gators, totally unacceptable by anyone’s standards. This entire season and this year’s Florida game especially should be about developing an overall winning attitude and getting the program back on track. One win over the Gators is a start, but hardly defines you as successful. When the players and coaches start caring again, working harder again, thinking smarter again like a Georgia team typically does, then you’ll have reached the goal. It seems they are making the right strides, but time of course will tell. As everyone knows, talk is cheap. It’s results that count.
To admit there was a lack of effort ...........
April 22nd, 2011
2:46 pm
UGA man here. Class of 71 & 73. I am retired from many, many years of hard work in imports with a sales and marketing career. A NYC Madison Ave Man, if you will.
If I ever heard my men, or if I ever told my mentor as a young sales man that I simply lacked effort when compared to others, would have gotten me fired or I would have fired my salesman for that.
Folks ………….. we knew C MR lacked the fire in his belly and his boys could sense it and so, they played to that level of uninspired coaching, beyond a uniform change here and there.
Oh well ……………… 10-2 with a Florida win will keep him around. He has lost that fire. He needs to win 10 and resign. I have heard enough. IS that what we get with his $3.5 million pay scale????
GO Dogs.
Beast from the East
April 22nd, 2011
2:46 pm
War Eagle,
Mark Price played for the Bills for 12 years? I didn’t know that point guards played in the NFL.
Dirty Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
2:47 pm
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/news/story?id=6403943
Even as a huge dawg fan…some of the truths of this article are hard to deny.
Everyone have a safe weekend, happy hour slowly approaches!!
Go Dawgs!!
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:47 pm
Beast. You are correct. Imagine hiring the NEXT guy after that classless move. He may be Lame duck by mid season, but when they agreed to let him have 2011, they will let him have it.
Again, I would bet my house that doesn’t happen.
bjohndawg
April 22nd, 2011
2:48 pm
Just win the whole damn thing.
Dawg Tired
April 22nd, 2011
2:48 pm
Embarrassing is one way to describe it. As a former coach, I will only say that when a player fails to put forth maximum effort he should not play anymore that game – period. Experience teaches that he will play harder or quit the team. Either one works for me.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:50 pm
Big Dawg……You are correct. Getting to the dome goes through Jacksonville, and we ain’t getting it done. Having someone else do something so we can get to the dome impresses no one.
barneyb
April 22nd, 2011
2:52 pm
Coach Richt and his entire staff is also to blame for the lack of effort. I fear 2011 will be more of the same…sure hope I’m wrong
Snoop Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
2:52 pm
It’s hilarious to hear that Richt admitted that he did not motivate or discipline his football team last year and let other less talented teams win because they played harder.
Do you believe him when he says that he isn’t going to let that happen again?
If you do, my question to you is why did he let them do it last year? Can he accept his three million dollars in salary for self-admitted incompetence?
What has changed? Oh, it’s because he’s not feeling the heat, huh? Do you want a head coach that only gets after it when he feels the heat on his own tail?
Bulldogs, better smart up… We’re being scammed by da Preacha Man.
Matt
April 22nd, 2011
2:53 pm
JB- going to have to agree to disagree. 8-4 with losses to Boise, S.C., UT, and Fla (sub Tech in for any of these) and he’s gone. He can’t continue to lose the big games and beat Vandy and La Lafayette every year. Hell Vandy and UK aren’t even gimmes anymore.
Snoop Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
2:53 pm
If George Patton were Mark Richt, we’d all be speaking German today.
Snoop Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
2:56 pm
If Douglas McArthur were Mark Richt, we’d all be speaking Japanese today.
Beast from the East
April 22nd, 2011
2:56 pm
“Big Dawg……You are correct. Getting to the dome goes through Jacksonville, and we ain’t getting it done. Having someone else do something so we can get to the dome impresses no one.”
JB,
Usually you’d be correct with that statement but this year it goes through Columbia (aka “The Screen Door to Hell).
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:57 pm
Matt, we actually agree, but you nor ain’t calling the shots. My point was/is I don’t trust Adams with our football program like I don’t trust Obama with our Country. And it’s not about liking Richt. He a great guy. Read some things about our program on a National level. It ain’t pretty. And All they are going on are facts and what they see.
DMR
April 22nd, 2011
2:57 pm
The wins and losses are always at the front. However, Richt lost control of this team last August when he didn’t drop the hammer on Ealey for disobeying a direct order from his coaches. Richt made individuals more important than the team. When there is no discipline, no real accountability, and no sense of urgency, plus some lousy play calling in certain situations, it was a recipe for disaster.
If you know football, then you know your going to win some and lose some. Richt hit the nail on the head. Richt’s job should be in jeopardy ONLY IF HIS TEAM GETS OUTWORKED AND OUT-HUSTLED. Looking at last year, you could see it happening.
Losing Sturdivant or someone getting injured are not things Richt can control. Attitude, sense of entitlement for playing time, whatever…those are the things Richt needs to focus on; the rest will take care of itself.
Snoop Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
2:58 pm
If Norman Schwartzkopf were Mark Richt, we’d be praying on prayer cloths pointed toward Mecca today and our women would be covered with black sheets.
Snoop Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
2:59 pm
If Vince Dooley were Mark Richt, Herschel Walker would have played football at Florida or Alabama.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
2:59 pm
IF Obama was Mark Richt, we would be sending half our fans to Grant Field to fill that place up….LOL….share the wealth.
Beast from the East
April 22nd, 2011
3:00 pm
DMR,
Good post. Meyer had some of those same issues last year. You could tell his heart was not in it. Not sure if Richt was struggling with that, as well, but the lack of effort when they got down to quality teams was apparent at both schools.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
3:00 pm
No snoop, Herschel would have been a tightend
GDAWG65
April 22nd, 2011
3:00 pm
Richt has talked long enough. Its time for him to act.
Snoop Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
3:01 pm
Good catch, JB! I stand corrected.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
3:02 pm
If Oprah was Mark Richt, I’d have a new car
LakeDawg
April 22nd, 2011
3:02 pm
If I’m AD, CMR must get 9 wins and beat Fl. If he doesn’t beat Fl., he must win 10 games and the SEC East.
Cigar Guy
April 22nd, 2011
3:03 pm
Here across the pond, we expect Coach Richt to go undefeated
Snoop Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
3:03 pm
If Mark Richt were a UGA Alumnus, he would want to fire da Preacha Man.
LakeDawg
April 22nd, 2011
3:03 pm
If I was JB, I would pray for a brain.
Idiot watch
April 22nd, 2011
3:04 pm
whats more embarrassing it Mark Richt’s underachieving or blaming others for his poor coaching, lack of ownership.
Youve probably heard this so much you are immune to it….top5 talent…another disappointing season!
Snoop Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
3:05 pm
LakeDawg, you’re in the tank. No wonder you’re a lake dawg…
JB
April 22nd, 2011
3:06 pm
Now Lake Dawg, Really?
Idiot watch
April 22nd, 2011
3:07 pm
Mark Richt kick off his leadership of the 2011 season by blaming other for what is his. Wheres the Ownership you expect from a leader?
LakeDawg
April 22nd, 2011
3:07 pm
Hey Snoop, better in the tank than all up JB’s Ass.
JB
April 22nd, 2011
3:08 pm
Wow lake Dawg…………..Out of beer?
Snoop Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
3:08 pm
I’ll take your word for that one, Lakedawg…
JB
April 22nd, 2011
3:09 pm
I’m out of here. A grumpy drunk just showed up.
Dawg Gone
April 22nd, 2011
3:10 pm
JB in my earlier post the trollers I was referring to would be Idiot watch and his ilk.
G8R GRAD
April 22nd, 2011
3:12 pm
” . . . CMR must get 9 wins and beat Fl. If he doesn’t beat Fl., he must win 10 games and the SEC East.’
It’s nice to be important!
Snoop Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
3:13 pm
Snoop says let’s cut our losses now. Let’s fire Richt and Bobo, put Grantham in as interim coach, let him hire a good OC, and see how she goes…
Beast from the East
April 22nd, 2011
3:19 pm
A different opinion.
http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20110422/ARTICLES/110429830/1136?Title=Ranking-SEC-football-coaches
DawginLex
April 22nd, 2011
3:19 pm
Snoop says…Let’s destroy the credibility of the UGA football program
You have to let richt coach the entire 2011 season.
If he starts 0-2, he may get told he is a lame duck.
You can’t interview other coaches until the decision is made.
Do you know anything about UGA football history?
Richt has raised the bar and is now a victim of his own success. The heat is on and he must win now.
Doing what you suggest is insanity, pure and simple. You might get Mike Leach to take the job or Danny ford but that’s about it.
Buckeye
April 22nd, 2011
3:25 pm
Dawg Gone,
Brush up on YOUR current Fulmer Cup. Arrests are the only criteria.
P.S. Got locks?
Beast from the East
April 22nd, 2011
3:28 pm
Buckeye,
Auburn has already won the Fulmer Cup for 2011. They are sitting at 80 points (I checked this morning). You’d have to have several serial killers get caught to take the cup from them. Back to back titles for the Barners!
Buckeye
April 22nd, 2011
3:31 pm
SEC! SEC!
Cam looked the fool in Gruden’s classroom – intimitated and woefully lacking football smarts. Body language and eye contact with Gruden was embaarassing. Gruden told him he’s going to France and has to learn French i.e leanring the NFL lingo. Gruden ripped off a 6-7 point play call and Cam looked stunned. Cam said we simple atAuburn….like a play was called “32″. He’s the next Vince Youngesque bust. Hope Carolina takes him.
Dawg Gone
April 22nd, 2011
3:39 pm
Buckeye got to be a bitter pill to swallow…all the dumbazz’s and rednecks in the SEC and yet you have to play cheaters to beat a 2nd tier SEC team…count your sweater vests and sit quietly in the corner. But I do owe you an apology about the Fulmer Cup..Auburn has taken the lead there…for arrests…Tressel however should get something for sheer hypocrisy.
Dawg Gone
April 22nd, 2011
3:43 pm
Beast from the East really who would listen anyone that ranks a coach who has YET to win a game as a HC over CMR with a decade of success in the SEC? Mushy may turn out to be the second coming of the Bear, but he may not EVER win a SEC game..we just don’t know.
Vixzilla
April 22nd, 2011
3:45 pm
I remember a few years ago when a HIGHLY ranked UGA got it handed to them by an inferior UT as UGA showed up flat and uninspired. I remember Richt saying that we were never gonna let that happen again. So – on came the blackouts….and then sooner than later embarrassing loss after embarrassing loss. So I don’t put much stock in his promise in Jacksonville. Am I throwing Richt under the bus at this time? – NO – but it’s time to put up or shut up. We have been loaded with the Southeast’s elite talent and we have performed like the bunch of undisciplined drunks that we are. Unfortunately that’s what we are labeled AT LEAST until kickoff this fall.We got Game??? PROVE IT!!!
Will
April 22nd, 2011
3:48 pm
What could possibly lead one to think UGA will lose four games this season?
The two best teams in the SEC are not on the schedule. Probably the best team that is on the schedule (USC) is still USC, a program that always fails to rise to expectations plus a team that has to come to Athens. Auburn is going to be just a little better than average and UF will most likely have its second worst team of this century (the worst having played last year). UT? Improving but still a 6-7 win bet for this year. Boise State? They have a splendid QB who has no one to throw to and lost 17 starters from last year. Tech? Please…..tech has already beaten UGA it’s one per decade allocation.
UGA will win a minimu of 10 games this year and most likely play LSU in the SEC Championship.
The Dream Team will enroll this summer and many of those who looked pretty good last Saturday will be delegated to playing time that will last only as long as it takes for the Dream Teamers to catch their breath!! We have the best QB in the SEC, the best defensive coordinator and a head coach that will not let us down!!
Four losses????? Sure, go ahead and think that but if you are right, I promise you a man of the integrity of Mark Richt will not be fired. He will graciously resign the position if this team were to under achieve to that level.
Beast from the East
April 22nd, 2011
4:01 pm
Dawg Gone,
I didn’t say I agree with Pat Dooley. But, for what it’s worth, he’s one of the most respected sports writers in the southeast. I’d have Spurrier behind Saban and no way would I have Petrino or Mullen ahead of Richt. Neither has ever won a conference title. Just put it out there for everyone’s viewing pleasure.
papadawg
April 22nd, 2011
4:01 pm
What ticks me off is everybody has seen this lack of effort, heart or whatever for the last 3 years. Even when moreno and stafford was there they were just going thru the motions. Kick Butt Now
Buckeye
April 22nd, 2011
4:09 pm
Dawg Gone,
While I’ve never made excuses for Tressel on this board, the whole freakin’ thing is over paying for tattos – something that has become a rite of passage for the whole rap bling gangsta culture. Pryor and Co. certainly do not own the patent. Isaiah’s tatts will be in Athens soon enough. They’ll make their national debut against your opening loss to Boise. Sure hope his Mama paid for em.
Buckeye
April 22nd, 2011
4:12 pm
Dawg gone,
And please tell me exactly how the players cheated? They made no decisions other than to hock their own wares not unlike yo boy AJ.
what of it?
April 22nd, 2011
4:13 pm
Is he just now realizing this?
Evansdawg
April 22nd, 2011
4:15 pm
I don’t care what anyone says….If Richt can have a 8-9 win season and have DEVELOPING players that start to emerge and make impact as the season goes along, he’s safe. Why cut him off when his program may be gaining traction again. It will be imperative to keep Richt as this new stellar recruiting class develops. Competitive, solid football where the Dawgs never give up but could perhaps lose a few is what SHOULD be expected. Too many people think a coaching change is turn-key. Its not. Don’t let the rare occurrance of immediate success at Alabama and Florida fool you. It took Bama a lot of time to regain their momentum. Until the last 3 years, the reality was that Bama had become an afterthought. No anymore. Its all cyclical.
RiffRaff
April 22nd, 2011
4:16 pm
Losing to Mickey Mouse U in the last bowl game was hitting rock bottom. CMR has one season to turn it around. Losing to Boise and SC won’t cut it. I like the guy, but this is it.
wildbill
April 22nd, 2011
4:37 pm
Fan Loyalty. Just look around the country at past good teams that are bad teams now. Where are the fans? Go ahead and diss them. There are a lot of things fans can do with their time and money. Yes, one might say they are not fans, that they are ‘fickle’. I believe it is human nature to avoid unpleasantness and join in the fun. Call them ‘bandwagoners’, I call them smart.
Dawg4ever
April 22nd, 2011
4:41 pm
Just shows you how far the UGA program has fallen with Richt still the coach. For a head coach to admit that his team got outplayed and that is the reason they lost several games is totally unacceptable, and this coach should have been fired 3 years ago. This guy was a coach that was hired with no head coaching experience and he has been a work in progress for his whole career. How long does it take for this hard headed guy to realize how terribly coached and how terribly prepared his teams are. I hate to tell this pathetic coach, but this has been happening for 3 or 4 years now, not just last season. Does he not remember the Tenn. game in 2007, when his team got humiliated and everyother big game since then? Hell, he even lost games against Auburn in 2005, and to W.Virginia in the Sugar bowl the same year, and his teams weren’t prepared to play and lost both of those games. This guy has had so many chances, and yet he comes up short. But, because he was lucky enough to win 2 titles, he gets a free pass from UGA fans after all the terrible coaching decisions he has made. No head coach would promote a defensive coordinator and an offensive coordinator with no previous coordinator experience if he had a clue at what he was doing. Nor would any head coach move a coach that played runningback to the wide receiver coach, when every other big rival in SEC has a wide receiver coach with some NFL back ground. No wonder UGA loses so many big time wide receiver recruits to LSU, Florida, Bama, Auburn, and now Tenn. This guy doesn’t know how to evaluate talent when comes to recruiting, and he sure doesn’t know how to recruit and evaluate talent when it comes to assistant coaches. Uga has the worst group of coaches in the SEC east other than Vandy, and it’s a toss up with Kentucky. THis coach and his staff will continue to get out coached in big games, and it doesn’t matter if the team plays hard(What a joke) or not, the coaches want call the right plays, nor will they have the players prepared well enough to win. Bottomline, this coach has used every excuse in the book, hell he even admitted he made a mistake in 2008 by not practicing the team hard. I mean give me a break, i would love for Saban to admit he didn’t practice his team hard, or that his team lost because they didn’t play hard. That is the reason UGA will never win big games again as long as preacherboy is there, because he want be able to beat coaches like Saban, Evil Steve, CheezeStick, and now Mustasche at Florida. These coaches want allow players to be on the field that don’t play hard. But i can assure you that Rambo who is the biggest loafer i have ever seen in a UGA uniform will be a starter the 1st and the last game next year. Richt has become a loser, and everyone knows how losers hide behind excuses. He needs to go, and he needs to go now.
UGA89
April 22nd, 2011
4:44 pm
effort for the last 3 years has been poor, coach.
The Dogs (no “w” in there for now) have been out hustled for some time now.
Good to see you make note of it, but i will believe it when i see it.
Cause you have said some other things in the past without results (ex. arrests, discipline…)
This is exactly why you are on the hot seat coach. Talk is cheap. This is a results business.
ca dawg
April 22nd, 2011
4:44 pm
p. bull terrier: good stuff. i laughed out loud a couple of times when i read that.
Jeff Key West
April 22nd, 2011
4:47 pm
Mark my words…..This is the start of a long win streak against the evil empire! Florida
wildbill
April 22nd, 2011
4:52 pm
I agree with Vixcilla 100%.
Dawgs Back!
April 22nd, 2011
4:54 pm
florida’s run is over—UGA is back! Ga’s roster is loaded with talent and fla will be down for awhile with muschamp. Ga wins the SEC east–mark it down!
saban
April 22nd, 2011
4:54 pm
Boise State 50 Dawgs 8.
Pitiful.
saban
April 22nd, 2011
4:55 pm
Richt is a bartender turned hairdresser.
Choakdawg and 600 krispy kreme`s for the defense.
5 wins tops.
Danny
April 22nd, 2011
4:58 pm
Did anyone hear Mushchamp’s interview yesterday on ESPN? He stated that he is not a “CEO type coach”… Was he taking a jab??
Woof! Woof!
April 22nd, 2011
5:00 pm
Richt is never going to win big with the low class, undisciplined, illiterate goons he recruits.
He’s coaching a gang, not a team.
gt
April 22nd, 2011
5:01 pm
Boise State, can you imagine coming from a 10 year nap and hearing that is the litmus test for a great year?
Vonce Diiley
April 22nd, 2011
5:06 pm
I’ve never understood how anyone – even an alumnus – could support and take pride in UGA’s football team. When you look at their history for the past forty years, how can anyone ignore Jan Kemp and the “remedial studies” scam, the Jim Harrick fiasco, the numerous DUIs in the athletic office, the DUIs and other arrests of players, the #1 party school tag (i.e., the most drunk students), the suspensions and outright dismissals, the Fulmer Cup, and on and on?
As disgraceful and humiliating as it is, I don’t see many alums and fans demanding an end to this sordid activity. It sets UGA apart as the kind of school most people abhor, and it’s become an embarrassment to the State of Georgia.
Will it never end? Apparently not while Mark Richt is at UGA. Richt is perhaps the biggest hypocrite in the United States. But even with all the cheating and lawlessness that he ignores, he still can’t win the SEC.
So you’re paying him to be BCS champions, but he can’t even win his SEC division. So why do you pay him millions of dollars a year?
Just asking.
Tanned and Coiffed
April 22nd, 2011
5:10 pm
“Richt is a bartender turned hairdresser.”
Don’t forget the tanning salon and the cool sunglasses.
ATL Sports Fan
April 22nd, 2011
5:12 pm
The problem with you idiots is you want to get rid of Mark Richt but you can never rattle off names of staff you would want to replace the current one. If you want him out so bad then rattle off some names to take over….
ATL Sports Fan
April 22nd, 2011
5:14 pm
numerous DUI’s in the athletic office. Name the NUMEROUS DUI’s. I can think of one and he is not currently employed.
ATL Sports Fan
April 22nd, 2011
5:14 pm
Haven’t heard of any UGA players in trouble this year. Funny how all you have is things that happened well over 10 years ago.
ATL Sports Fan
April 22nd, 2011
5:15 pm
The Techies bring up Jan Kemp but never say anything about having to forefit games due to playing academically ineligible players.
Alpharetta Dave
April 22nd, 2011
5:21 pm
You’re absolutely right, Mark. last year’s Dawgs were an embarrassment for their lack of effort. Win or lose true Dawgs give their all and that certainly wasn’t what we saw in 2010. Two questions come to my mind: 1. Why did such players stay on scholarship let alone get the chance to play for Georgia?
2. Why did you and the other coaches let it happen? True fans want to win every game. But we’d rather lose giving it our best than by making a halfhearted attempt. No excuses this year. GO DAWGS!
Lakedawg
April 22nd, 2011
5:31 pm
dawg4ever—You need a new handle like something with barn or jacket in it, and also do not have a clue about Dawgs football. Will had it pretty much right, a 10 win season and coach will sign an extension. Also with only approximately 18 schlorships to give, top recruits will be on board after the swason starts.
KB
April 22nd, 2011
5:37 pm
I have been Richt biggest critic this season. I wanted Richt gone after the season and replaced with Kirby Smart.
However we cannot define the season by wins versus loses. Beginning of 2010 season a loss to Miss St. was considered an embrassment but Miss St proved to be one of the best in the SEC. Everybody thought for sure UGA would best Auburn but AU went undefeated and won the BCS NC.
I look for what Richt will do with his talent. We have to face the fact that on paper we have very little talent. Offense is down on the O-line and receiver. We are HOPING a true freshman will boost our running game, we lost NFL-caliber talent at Fullback. Defense, who knows if we will be better or worse, again, we are pinning a lot of hopes on a guy who hasn’t even been on our practice fields yet.
UGA could click, everybody over achieve and we win 10-11. Or, we could play hard, execute well and only win 6-7. Let’s define the season by how well the team is prepared, the effort they expend and whether or not we improve over the course of the season. One hard and fast rule for RIcht – play another game like the 2010 games against Colorado or Central. Fl. and he gets to be an ESPN analyst in 2012.
Dawg Tired
April 22nd, 2011
5:42 pm
Buckeye – Calm down. It’s bad enough to hear about how great a team is from the Big Ten who can win a bowl game against an SEC team every once in a while at best. Now you decide to be a jerk about who we are on a blog that has zero to do with the mighty Buckeyes. Show a little class – just a little will do.
SOUTHGADAWG88
April 22nd, 2011
5:42 pm
I think all the players and coaches should stop trying to make excuses for last season.Nobody wants to hear that crap anyway.Every year is different…who the hell saw Aub coming?Or what happened at Fla and Tex last year either.That’s why the play the games…I want to win the Sec period…beating whoever along the way is secondary.I remember when we beat them all the time and still won 7 or 8 games
Pago Pago DAWG
April 22nd, 2011
5:43 pm
Wouldn’t it be nice if after we made a tackle and stopped a one yard gain that we wouldn’t jump and down like we got rid of cancer!
Dawg Tired
April 22nd, 2011
5:44 pm
Plus – your coach lied. That is worse than a traffic ticket.
SOUTHGADAWG88
April 22nd, 2011
5:44 pm
To hell with Kirby Smart….what makes him some great Hc prospect kb?
Dawg Tired
April 22nd, 2011
5:47 pm
Come down and play with the big boys every week and you’ll love 6 win seasons.
Dawg Tired
April 22nd, 2011
5:48 pm
Compare UGA’s record vs. Big Ten teams with OSU’s against SEC teams.
Dawg Tired
April 22nd, 2011
5:51 pm
Plus – Tressel should have been fired. Your president looked pathetic during that whole deal. Sorry to pick on OSU, but at least I did not go onto an OSU blog article to do it.
Saul
April 22nd, 2011
5:52 pm
How in the heck can you go 3 seasons in a row where you win less games? Incompetant!! Fire somebody!!
Saul
April 22nd, 2011
5:55 pm
I like Chris Peterson, also Mike Leach, need a head coach who can score some points against ranked teams, that’s how you win college footballl today.
Guz Malzahn woud be another favorite.
Offense wins Championships.
Einsteindawg
April 22nd, 2011
5:58 pm
Folks, we are who we are. Our coach is a great human being, a good recruiter, and an average coach. Our players are no better than the players at Va Tech, Texas Tech, Mich State, Iowa, Oregon, Arizona, etc., it’s just the extra hype we get from the local media and recruiting sites that creates this frenzy. Except for H. Walker, a national championship course is determined by the Board of Regents. And, I’m not so sure that our school is fine just being competitive in the S.E.C. 60% of the time.
SOUTHGADAWG88
April 22nd, 2011
6:01 pm
You have to make stops to win championships….Bama. and LSU had pretty average OC’s imo
Dawg Tired
April 22nd, 2011
6:06 pm
I’m assuming Einstein is just a handle.
JASon
April 22nd, 2011
6:06 pm
“Richt: Dogs’ lack of effort at times last year ‘embarrassing’”
And whose fault is that? Who recruited those players? Who coached them?
Dawg Tired
April 22nd, 2011
6:08 pm
Saul became a lot more insightful when his name became Paul.
Dawg Tired
April 22nd, 2011
6:09 pm
SOUTHGADAWG88 dies seem to understand football better than most on here.
Dawg Tired
April 22nd, 2011
6:10 pm
“does” not dies. Sorry.
Pago Pago DAWG
April 22nd, 2011
6:14 pm
Actually, ohio state does have one of the best bands in the Big Ten.
Einsteindawg
April 22nd, 2011
6:19 pm
Enter your comments here
SOUTHGADAWG88
April 22nd, 2011
6:19 pm
A couple of years ago..Carrol,Meyer and Mack Brown looked like they’d never win less than 10 games with all the talent they signed to go with their “superior” coaching ability
Einsteindawg
April 22nd, 2011
6:23 pm
Sorry for the “enter comments here” but the AJC seems to be having a problem. I’m Dawg Tired, too, of supporting our team financially and emotionally and getting mediocre results.
Dawg Tired
April 22nd, 2011
6:25 pm
That’s how the handle came about.
Dawg Tired
April 22nd, 2011
6:26 pm
But I’m hanging in there – like a loose tooth.
Vonce Diiley
April 22nd, 2011
6:37 pm
I’m fat, old, bitter and went to tech. I’ll continue to cut and paste this same drivel until I die.
who
April 22nd, 2011
6:39 pm
Where are the player-leaders?
KB
April 22nd, 2011
6:43 pm
SOUTHGADAWG88
What makes Smart not good as a HC prospect????
He is the DC for one of the best college football coachs ever. When UGA tried to hire Smart, Saban/UA doubled his salary and Saban make public comments that Smart should only consider HC job offers. Via public comments both Golf and Donnan think highly of Smart as a coach as do a lot of other NCAA coaches.
As a coach Smart has won more FBS national champsionships than any coach in UGA history, except for Dooley
You may not like Smart as UGA’s next HC but he will be somebody’s HC soon and will be a good HC.
Win P.
April 22nd, 2011
6:56 pm
….and where were coach Richt and other coachs during these embarrassing lack of efforts? Who is in charge of these imature atheletes? Is the score board the only measure of performance?
PT
April 22nd, 2011
7:07 pm
Thank you for 10 wonderful years, but it’s time to move on Coach Richt. Good luck at what ever you decide to pursue. Anyone know Dan Mullen’s number?
Bad Dog
April 22nd, 2011
7:18 pm
Lost because of lack of player effort?! Are you kidding me!
At least half our losses were attributable to bad play calling. Capped off with the call for field goal after we drove 90 yards down to the goal against UCF. Richt Sounds like Obama blaming Bush.
red and black
April 22nd, 2011
7:31 pm
Basically, all these comments about what is going to happen or what will have to happen are pure speculation, nothing more.
For now Mark Richt is the head coach at UGA, like it or not If you are a true fan, get behind him and the team and give them your most loyal supprt. If you aren’t willing to do that, then sell your tickets and shut up.
GOOOO DAWGS!
hobby
April 22nd, 2011
7:43 pm
The UGA program has an illness from top to bottom. This is evidenced by the lack of discipline by players on and off the field. The expectations bar has been set very low by the coaching staff.
Recruiting is a failure. Very gifted top ranked athletes from the state of Georgia are not pursued by UGA, so they go to Tenn and Auburn and Alabama. Schools that make the recruits feel wanted. UGA wants them to beg to play for them.
There needs to be a complete change of attitude or we are doomed to repeat mediocrity.
Sticks and Stones
April 22nd, 2011
8:56 pm
I’m fat, old, bitter and went to tech. I’ll continue to cut and paste this same drivel until I die.
Sticks and stones…
Now enjoy the weekend – a couple of days off before you go back to sweeping floors and emptying trashcans, bless your heart.
Texasdawg
April 22nd, 2011
8:59 pm
Beat Tech and I will be happy; I’m easy to please.
All in the Family
April 22nd, 2011
9:04 pm
Mark Richt = Mike Bobo = Mark Fox = Jay Clark = Andy Landers = Dave Perno = CHOKE ARTIST
All in the Family
April 22nd, 2011
9:06 pm
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Burma Shave
April 22nd, 2011
9:07 pm
Over the hills
And through the glen
Mark Richt is a
Worthless has-been.
BURMA SHAVE
Cant Beat Gatuah in anything
April 22nd, 2011
9:07 pm
We run this state!
Bawbie
April 22nd, 2011
9:08 pm
FIRE DAVE PERNO!
Lakedawg
April 22nd, 2011
9:44 pm
Kirby Smart is as good a head coach as Will Muschamp is, neither has ever won a game. When Saban moves on in next couple years, who thinks Bama woulf hire Smart, not a chance in the world. He had his chance to coach at UGA and said no, and qould hope that would be his last chance ,same as Muschamp. After Dawgs win next couple against Bama see how many want hin then as coach.
Tim Dawg
April 22nd, 2011
10:02 pm
Beat florida 9 wins and win the east Go DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ugab
April 22nd, 2011
10:05 pm
The Dawgs better take it one game at a time. Losing to Boise will be a loss of confidence for the team going into the SC game. Spurier is going to run it down our throats. They have the players to do it. I agree with the lack of effort MR is talking about this year and the last 4 years this team had went downhill. We still have a new DC. We don’t have alot of depth. We don’t have anything solid to make one feel that we are ready to compete. It is always something. It is getting old. I want to have a regular season. Just play football. The last 4 seasons have been embarrassing. Its the coaching.
Class of 93
April 22nd, 2011
10:06 pm
Win the east or come very close. If we lose to either Boise State or USC I cannot see Coach Richt as our coach next year.
Camden Mark
April 22nd, 2011
10:07 pm
All I ask for is a strong well coached team.I can take a loss here and there,its the way we have been lossing the last few years thats unacceptable,keystone cop embarrassing.
Class of 93
April 22nd, 2011
10:16 pm
To keep his job Richt must coach twice in the Georgia Dome this year. And the second time must not be the Peach Bowl(Chickenfillet}.
Jeff
April 22nd, 2011
10:38 pm
I like CMR but no more excuses. I’m sick of excuses and setting the bar at 8 or 9 victories. Every year seems to be a transition year and wait until next year and next year never comes. Meanwhile Auburn (cheats), Alabama, Florida, and LSU all take home the crystal football. UGA staff and players have underachieved for years and it is time to step up and bust the opposition in the mouth and UGA relevant in the SEC and nation.
athensdog
April 22nd, 2011
11:25 pm
Get away from win-loss record. If we end up beating a Florida team that is down, Tenn that is down, Auburn that will be down after their graduation losses, Boise that lost it’s OC and look disjointed and poorly coached doing so, he won’t survive. If we look as though the team and the staff is back to the excellence of their first five years, we could slip up against one of these teams and he’d be back.
The offense starts with line play. Bobo loves play action and if you can’t block well enough to run the ball, play fakes don’t work.
Defense starts with line play. If you can’t clog up the middle and let linebackers make plays, your defense is toast. We’ve got to win the line of scrimmage every single week!!!
suwanee dawg
April 22nd, 2011
11:56 pm
I keep saying OL is the key which makes me nervous. Richt has to turn the program around in 2011 and has earned the right to do so. His winning % is .738 compared to Dooley’s .715 which included two 5-5 seasons back to back. For those who think we should win 11 games every year need a reality check. Shocking news in – half the teams lose every week in CFB! With money and parody in CFB it is foolish to assume so.
Not taking away from the past five SEC / National champs but there is always some luck in winning the NC, (we had plenty of it in 1980). I can think of a few things, LSU 2 losses, SC fumbles in 4Q at Auburn, SC missed field goal at UF, etc. Getting very tired of the lack of NC discussions. When reviewing SEC championships since 2000 I noted – FL (3), LSU (3), UGA (2), Auburn (2), Alabama (1). Maybe the sky is not falling. Our real issue is UF. Beat them 3 out of 5 and the grass gets greener.
Sticks and Stones
April 23rd, 2011
12:00 am
I’m going to play with my joystick now. I just wish it weren’t so tiny.
icedawg
April 23rd, 2011
12:03 am
Here are the spots needed for drastic improvement: OL, DL, DSecondary, RB. That’s a tall order even for the supposedly stellar recruiting year. Recruiting has always been hype and more to jawbone about than producing anything real on the field. It would be surprising to me to see a beast in the east. Too many mediocre teams, so on that level the DAWGS should be in the mix to compete in the east.
Sticks and Stones
April 23rd, 2011
12:04 am
I’m dismayed at how relatively few bulldog fans mention TECH as a must win. It is really depressing. They own us and we know it will always be that way.
Florida Dawg
April 23rd, 2011
12:19 am
Beat Florida and everything else falls into place. If you can’t beat Florida, you are overpaid and should be fired. This has been addressed with EVERY UGA coach that has ever been hired.
Ace
April 23rd, 2011
12:27 am
Boise will be better than Central Florida so that’s a loss.
Fire Mark Richt
April 23rd, 2011
12:35 am
Tennessee in Knoxville and Florida are pretty much guaranteed losses, so Richt needs to go 9-1 against everyone else to have a realistic chance of keeping his job. I don’t see it happening and hope it doesn’t. Georgia football deserves better than Richt and the outlaw program he’s been building over the past 10 years.
RED DOG 77
April 23rd, 2011
2:04 am
I am so tired of listening to all these crybaby-bedwetters I could just puke!!!!………The University of Georgia football program is indeed a proud one, yet one like others have had it’s ups and downs. Coach Mark Richt set the bar and is now being burned at the stake for not being perfect. I suspect, however those bedwetters, are far in the minority……..The majority of BULLDOG NATION respects and supports the coach, and understand he has brought us more wins and championships than Vince Dooley over his first ten years…………LOOK at the record book you morons!!!!!………YET the crybaby…….me……..me……me…..me…..I want it NOW and I want it every year idiots should at least know, they don’t know a damn thing about college football……..or yet, how to coach it!!!……………If I were to be given the choice of one man to coach “my” school for a twenty year period there is no contest for me………and who would that be?…………No question: Coach Mark Richt…………….Regards to the “real” BULLDOG NATION………….RED
Hmmmm.....
April 23rd, 2011
2:17 am
I really think the D is gonna be super atheletic this year and very stout against the run. Question is will the O-line be solid enough to create some holes for the RBs, Don’t think pass blocking is a huge issue. If the O can sustain some drives, we will be a conteder for the East, if not….well it will a coaching change at the end of the season. Hope Richt gets it right, I’m rooting for the guy.
MattMD
April 23rd, 2011
3:52 am
It’s just Georgia. Who the hell cares anyway?
Hmmmm.....
April 23rd, 2011
5:21 am
Obviously you MattMD. At least enough to comment on it. If it were that unimportant and a waste of time, you wouldn’t have spent the time to read the article, much less comment on it.
lizard king
April 23rd, 2011
5:57 am
Dooley beat Florida. So what is the problem? Richts problem is he thinks too much. Its Football. Just run over em all. If you have to put a lineman in the backfield—then do it!!!! Im done. Watch the Lomabardi HBO Biography.—Its all in the movie===anything you want to know about how to win.
Sickentiredofbeinsickentired
April 23rd, 2011
6:57 am
Coach, you are right. Lack of effort and preparation are your primary responsibilities. If you cannot motivate and correct bad behavior, you can’t do your job. I gurantee you Coach Muschamp at FLA will never tolerate this behavior. Rather lose with players giving 110% than with your starters giving half effort, is what I was taught and is a fundamental. Get it together. Be a leader. Set the tone. Let your assistants crack some heads and never tolerate anything less than full effort. Go have a heart to heart with Bobby Cox. He demands and receives nothing less.
chazzo.crw
April 23rd, 2011
7:01 am
I don’t think there is a number. If they win 7 and lose for, but play their best in every game…. who knows? The issue really seems to be discipline for most of us. The team seemed woefully unprepared in a couple of games in a season that was supposed to be a run at an NC, and last season was just a cluster. I love the Dawgs, and I have been a loyal fan of Mark Richt. I don’t think it’s an issue how many games they win or whether they win the East or whether they beat a particular team.
The bottom line is: Have the problems of discipline, motivation, and preparedness been addressed?
The bottom line for Georgia fans: I think the criticism of the trolls on these threads is spot on. Let’s not get all freaked out imagining hypothetical victories and championships. Get behind your team. One game at a time. Be positive.
chazzo.crw
April 23rd, 2011
7:01 am
four
fla dawg
April 23rd, 2011
7:08 am
I am so glad that richt says he will not let “lack of effort” take place this year. my question is that if he can control “lack of effort” this year then why did he not control “lack of effort” last year?
Thomas Brown
April 23rd, 2011
7:17 am
Lack of effort at times last year ?
Mark Richt, sir, do you mean like when we were not beating the 6 teams all with losing records ?
At what other time (s) did we have real effort ?
While you are talking about not just lack of effort, but lack of effort last year, we have had no effort any of the last three entire seasons in a row.
And, 21 losses over these last five (5) seasons – an average of more than 4 losses a season.
When in all 10 years have we really beat any truly top team who finished that season as a top team while we ourselves didn’t finish with 3 or 4 losses ourselves ?
4-Loss seasons (and worse) are not anywhere near a top team, relevant on the national stage. Mark Richt has had such seasons (irrelevant seasons) when he beat a team who ended the season in the Top 10 of the AP Poll. Mark Richt has not in all 10 years had a relevant season when he was relevant because he beat a top team.
We are irrelevant and have been since falling behind 31 to nothing at half time on the national stage, at home. Now, this up-coming season, that was 4 years ago now. We have had a lack of effort on coaching staff assembled, since that very game.
Thomas Brown
April 23rd, 2011
7:24 am
It is just Kool-Aid to be positive amid this run of the last entire 5 years, adding up to 21 Losses. Let the coaches get these supposed # 7 Recruiting Classes every single season of 10, no 11 seasons in a row now, out there on the field beating top teams while being a Top 10 team itself – and only then are we were we need to be. Asking for more than that, or saying we will be or were in the past more than that, is nothing but Kool-Aid. I didn’t do that in here last year, and you guys all said I was right. I didn’t do it the year before and you are still in here trying to tell me how great Joe Cox was. Now, I am supposed to come in here and do that this up-coming season ? Show me.
Dawgbreath
April 23rd, 2011
7:39 am
USCe wins the East (sigh) and we start out 0-2. Going to be another tough year. Don’t see us picking up 4 more wins with this staff.
Burma Shave
April 23rd, 2011
8:09 am
Some days it’s sunny
Some days it rains
It’s really too bad
Dawgs have no brains
BURMA SHAVE
Bigguy
April 23rd, 2011
8:32 am
How can a team play well when every time they are on the field they are worried about their locker room getting robbed?
Dr. Phil
April 23rd, 2011
8:42 am
The biggest shortcoming is Richt’s lack of leadership.
From Where I Sit
April 23rd, 2011
8:44 am
Hey kevin you are too funny with your insults as you would have loved to have had Tebow like all other schools. He has CLASS and you DON’T!
Best College football player ever!! Dwarfs your do nothing for your program Herschal Walker!
Gators OWN GA!
Enough Said!
ed f
April 23rd, 2011
9:06 am
Kirby Smart next head coach. Just a matter of time. We need a coach that changes his offense/defense to the players you can recruit. Not use the same system especially on offense and think you can make it work everytime. We run the same plays. Watch the QB play. Hands the ball off the same way as David Greene did Richt’s first QB. The Ole ball coach says UGA runs the same plays every year.
Either way without a complete change at UGA it’ll stay the same. If you get the players you Win. If you don’t you loose. Create a system to work with the players you can get and maybe we can Win 10 a year again every year. No way anyone stays on Top in the SEC.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 23rd, 2011
9:07 am
Step up CMR and use some discipline and get the respect of your players. I like CMR and beleive he has good intentions, and is a fine Chrisatian man, but dismissing a thing like the theft in the UGA locker room, as “Kids will do stuff”, sends the wrong message to his players, that he is becoming more of a dad and less of a coach. These players need to respect their coach and realize they have to be more responsible on and off the field. They need to show and be taught discipline and responsibility, and realize they represent not just the UGA team, but the whole school as well as the state of Georgia.If not, it could be a long summer and fall for some of these guys.
Jborodawg
April 23rd, 2011
9:12 am
Nine wins. Split Boise and S. Carolina. Beat Flawduh and Tech. Job safe.
Lakedawg
April 23rd, 2011
9:20 am
Right on Red. Bet majority of these trolls from other schools and so called Dawg fans was not at G-Day, have not been to a Dawg Club meeting and do not contribute or buy season tickets. Kirby Smart as head coach is a laugh. He had ahis chance to coach at UGA and turned it down, that will be his last chance. When Saban leaves Bama after next year, no way they would hire him. After winning 10 or 11 this year, can’t wait to see what some of these dumb —— post then.
Summit Dawg
April 23rd, 2011
9:30 am
Nine, or goodbye!!!!!!!!!!
dogsfan4life
April 23rd, 2011
9:32 am
when uga comes out of the gate rolling next year, i wonder how many of you will stand behind all of these negative comments? my guess is there will be a ton of new screen names and everybody will talk about how they are proud to be in the dawg nation and such and such player is a damn good dog etc. i have read many blogs from different teams in the sec and the only team with fans who flip flop everyday is georgia.cmr has addressed every issue that you people cry about everyday. the oline was dominated in the trenches so he changed the s&c program. we didnt have a top flight rb so he signed the no.1 rb in america. people cried about the top talent leaving the state and he signed possibly the best class in ga history. you cried about the players getting arrested and as of now he has that under control. look 2010 was a bad year we all know that, changes were made lets stop crying see what happens. pick 5 random blogs on the site about uga and im willing to bet you will see 200+ comments saying the same stuff over and over and over.
Deepdiver
April 23rd, 2011
9:43 am
Why doesn’t Richt just admit he is a crappy coach? He is going to be fired after this season. He needs to stop his ra ra routine. It’s not working. We’ve seen the team going down the past three seasons.
Don
April 23rd, 2011
9:46 am
What if…is a game for scholars. Richt needs to right the ship. Greg has given him two thing clearly: the opportunity to do just that, or enough rope to hang himself. Clearly, he knows what he is doing in that regard. He’s prepared the road for paving…either to a new coach at the end of the season, or the move away from exceptional mediocrity. Let’s just wait and see. Bottom line is, our season hinges a great deal on our athletes leftover from last season…to see where they will take us. No amount of “inspired” coaching will an unmotivated mindset, unless that mindset wants to be changed. Any reasonable person can see that. I just hope for the best.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 23rd, 2011
9:53 am
Don made a very important point here,
In large part, the season depends on the players already on the field for UGA. We have the atheletes to be a successful team. The dream team, with the exception of a few, will not impact this years win total. We can be pretty good with what we already have and get the rookies ready for next year. I hope CMR and the rest of the coaching staff coach them up this year. We have a favorable schedule and the experience at most positions to make some noise this year. GO DAWGSSSSSSS.
phil
April 23rd, 2011
10:14 am
MR is right, it IS HIS FAULT! Did he see this glaring catastrophe during the season last year? If so, why didn’t he address/correct it then? Or did he just now see it? If he just now saw it, we are worse off than I thought. At any rate, he sounds like the same mealy-mouthed MR to me. If we don’t go 9-2 with a win over UF, MR should be gone!
FRED
April 23rd, 2011
10:25 am
A good coach will beat CMR 95% of the time
waytogoRicht
April 23rd, 2011
10:37 am
There have been two Richt’s in ten years at Georgia: The okay but not great Richt until the Bama blowout/humiliation when UGA, while unjustifiably, was rated No. 0ne. Until that one it at least appeared that Richt put sufficient effort into team preparation. Not so in that one, nor in many since.
It certainly appears Richt doesn’t have it anymore, maybe because of burnout or he really just doesn’t feel like putting the time and effort into it anymore. For sure, he should be out of second chances. It’s doubtful Richt will beat Boise or Florida(yes, even in Muschamp’s first year). Also, its doubtful he will beat Auburn or Tennessee, since that will be in Knoxville.
If these things prove correct, Richt should be kicked out.
joe
April 23rd, 2011
11:09 am
@ Kevin – totally agree and that was my first thought as well. That Richt would view a close loss to BSU as a victory. This is the reason UGA has been so soft – the coach is soft.
Hiram Dawg
April 23rd, 2011
11:19 am
McGarity has watered down the schedule so much anyone can coach the Dawgs and get 10 wins.
7576DAWG
April 23rd, 2011
11:27 am
Just because some of us bring up our short comings doesn’t mean we are not loyal caring DAWG fans. Ignoring our problems will not get the job done . McGarity has already made a lot of changes and will be ready to do more if it is needed. I am one that hope our results will be satisfactory so CMR will be around for a long time. CMR’s biggest problem is that he is very stubborn and is too slow to make the changes needed. McGarity realizes this and will hold CMR to high standards like he is use to at Florida. THIS IS THE REASON CMR HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN AN EXTENSION.
I think this is definitely a make or break year for CMR and will be replaced or given at least a 3 year extension.
David Granger
April 23rd, 2011
11:32 am
I certainly agree with Coach Richt, but that begs the question: Halfway through the season it was obvious that UGA was not giving its best effort, and the other teams were playing harder. Why wasn’t something done THEN?
Coach Richt does two things very well:
1. He’s a clean-cut, nice-looking guy…says the right things, and represents the University quite well, and
2. He’s a good recruiter, which…in a state that produces as much top-flight talent as Georgia does…is very important.
And after that, the plusses are about over. He’s not a good game-coach, and the team has NOT looked prepared (and that goes back years). At times, it looks like he’s just lost control of the team…and once that happens, it’s almost impossible for a coach to get it back.
Hunker down
April 23rd, 2011
11:38 am
This all begins with physicality and toughness. As a poster noted above it started with the humiliating blackout blowout by Alabama. It was that game that you noticed we took a physical beating and since then there have been several games where we took physical beatdowns and struggled against various teams with far less talent from Miss state to vandy to kentucky to central florida and on and on. A whole different level of physical play needs to be realized.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 23rd, 2011
12:28 pm
HJiram Dawg,
The AD has very little to do with the sec league schedule. The only games he can influence are out of confernece games. The SEC makes the schedules up for conference games. Boise state is not a watered down non-conference schedule game as far as I can see. UGA will have to bring the A team to beat these guys and I think they will.
dragon
April 23rd, 2011
2:50 pm
Pretty much says where the Dawgs are now ….if they can beat Boise State, they will be relevant nationally.
Snoop Dawg
April 23rd, 2011
3:41 pm
Folks, McCavity is an idiot. Richt should actually have been fired two years ago. OK, he wasn’t. Then surely he should have been fired after last year. Old Howdy Doodie couldn’t pull the lanyard. So, now we will all suffer through another humiliating year. We will see the same undisciplined and unmotivated players getting shoved around on the field and break dancin on the field whenever they make an insignificant play. We will see the same stupid and predictable plays from BooBoo. We will, however, see an improved defense from Grantham. UGA will lose to everyone with anything at all on the ball to include BS, USC, FL, TN, and yes, even Mississippi State. Auburn will be particularly ugly. Also, you will see a lot of injuries before the season starts and then early on due to poor S&C and stupidity.
When the season is over, all the fans will remind us about what a good Christian Man Richt and Bobo are, and we will have payed Preacha Man another cool $3M. That’s $100 for every student at the UGA for Preacha Man and Water Girrrrull. McCavity and Adams will continue to sell out the stadium.
The beat goes on…
ReddDawg
April 23rd, 2011
3:51 pm
Who said he wasn’t smart …………. only took him 8 months to figure out what was blatantly obvious to everyone else.
Idiot Watch
April 23rd, 2011
5:10 pm
instead of being embarrass why doesnt he just quit? Do us a favor, resign. You are a greater under achiever than Bobby Cox!
Idiot Watch
April 23rd, 2011
5:17 pm
How long will people pimp Jesus to get over? Actually I dont see any thing about CMR thats any different than anybody else, he has performed no miracles and he certainly doesnt know foot ball. How long is he going to try and associate the good name of Jesus to keep up an image to keep a job. Stand on your own merits CMR. You aint die for nobody’s sins. and you certain blow games with world class talent. In fact over the last ten years only 2 school have placed more boys in the pros than UGA and we have 0/zero/nil/nada championships to show for it. Jesus is a champion! You are a pretender CMR. Quit embarrassing Christians and Georgia fans and the state of GA! You should be embarrassed for the past 4 years as well.
Idiot Watch
April 23rd, 2011
5:20 pm
Funny thing he wants to take the blame after getting every body else fired. They only followed his orders. Why did he not take the blame when heads rolled?
The dude is spineless.
dawgfan
April 23rd, 2011
6:57 pm
Idiot Watch, Richt very rarely talks about his religion publicly. You couldn’t find a quote where he talked about religion if your life depended on it. You are an insecure hater loser with voices in your head. With all due respect, get a life. I get sick of crybabies who are so offended by Richt’s religious beliefs. You are beyond pathetic.
Dismissed.
dawgfan
April 23rd, 2011
7:08 pm
I digress. Anything less than 9-3 and Richt should be canned. I don’t care if he beats Florida. Lots of teams will beat Florida this year. He has never beaten them in consecutive years and that is the only thing that will make me believe he can compete with them.
Thanks.
Lectric Shaaaaave
April 23rd, 2011
8:29 pm
Mark Richt’s face is smooth as a baby’s patootie.
Snoop Dawg
April 23rd, 2011
9:20 pm
We need to fire da Preacha Man no matter how many games the dogs win.. I’m gonna quit calling them the Dawgs. From now on, they are dogs. They will have to earn the beloved name Dawgs back.
Cesar Millan for head coach!
Snoop Dawg
April 23rd, 2011
9:25 pm
How can the UGA be rated as a top twenty public university when all the zombie fans keep Richt on the payroll as he solidifies our cellar dweller standing and makes us the joke of the SEC?
Interesting...
April 23rd, 2011
9:46 pm
First CMR admits to not keeping up with the latest trends in college ball, and vows to cut back on his other duties and get back to more hands-on and becoming active with the day to day operations. Now, he comes out and all but admits that he lost control of the team last year, and that he couldn’t put all the pieces back together again. He is Humpty Dumpty (a person or thing that once overthrown or broken cannot be restored or mended)…
WE RUIN THIS STATE
April 23rd, 2011
11:33 pm
I’ll trade you two CMR’s for one Dabo Swinney
Wreckmaniac
April 23rd, 2011
11:34 pm
Lord, please keep CMR at UGA
Wreckmaniac
April 23rd, 2011
11:43 pm
Ho-hum. So this is the fifth “make or break” season in a row ?
Wreckmaniac
April 23rd, 2011
11:49 pm
The reason 5-Stars go to UGA is that they know they can loaf the entire time they’re there.
Poonanny
April 23rd, 2011
11:55 pm
for 6 years in a row we will have the same crap.
FLA DAWG
April 24th, 2011
11:01 am
It began befor 2010 and we all know it.
The Dawgs will come out and Beat Boise State then lose to SC – the dirt nap for Richt as UGA HC.
Jimmie
April 24th, 2011
4:47 pm
The 33 arrests under Richt in the last 2 years have been embarrassing too.
gt4ever
April 25th, 2011
9:07 am
Well, top 10 recruiting every year, 6-7 result, no SEC championships…. It can’t be coaching…..
TBOMACHINE
April 25th, 2011
11:39 am
FROM WHERE I SIT—-TURN THE BARSTOOL BACK RIGHT SIDE UP
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