Richt knows: It’s what have I done for you lately
Mark Richt knows winning solves all your problems. (Associated Press)
There weren’t a lot of surprises that came out of UGA’s turn in the spotlight at SEC Media Days. We heard that Mark Richt wasn’t too thrilled with his running backs last season, but we already knew that. He also indicated that some of the players who have “gotten off the bus,” as he put it, “got a little bit of help” in making that decision. But we pretty much already had that idea, too.
Richt said he isn’t looking for a freshman like Isaiah Crowell “to come and carry our program,” but that there’s no question “we will need help from our freshman class to become a championship team, I don’t have any doubt about that.”
Richt also let us know that, like everyone else who watched a Georgia game last year, he recognizes what has to happen in the second year of Todd Grantham’s defense to keep from repeating last year: “If we can get off the field when we get them in the third-and-long, we’re going to be a whole lot better team.”
We heard a very encouraging report from Aaron Murray about incoming wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell and lots of the usual talk about how everyone’s committed to working hard and doing what it takes to win. But we heard that least year and the year before. And we also heard from Murray that maybe not all of the players last year were that committed, that he’d call a meeting and not everyone would show up. It remains to be seen if this year is really different.
As for all the hot seat talk, Richt handled that like he usually does. Asked about the difficulty of being the coach at an SEC school for more than a decade, he summed the situation up beautifully when he said, “It’s not difficult if you win nine, 10, 11 a year, win the Eastern Division every other year, win the SEC every three or four years. It’s not a problem at all. It’s when you get 6-7, that’s when it’s a problem.”
But, he added, “greater days are coming. The best is yet to come.”
Doesn’t sound like a guy who’s feeling the heat.
Let’s hope that a year from now we’re not remembering that with irony.
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135 comments Add your comment
Newman
July 22nd, 2011
11:34 am
UGA needs a general not a minister!
JYD
July 22nd, 2011
11:35 am
GATA
JC
July 22nd, 2011
11:35 am
1. Richt wasn’t happy with his backs 1 year ago? Really, he sure did say oterwise in his 2010 pre-season talks. I don’t buy that. The way Ealey and King finished 2009, over 240 yards a game in last 5 games, he had to be feeling great last July.
2. No pressure on IC? Sure, all the other back fumble too much or run like linebackers.
3. Defense wasn’t the problem last year, it was that the offense averaged 15 points a game against ranked teams.
4. Arron Murray is the King of happy talk. Said the same optimistic pollyanna stuff last year and went 6-7 as the starter. The receivers are in trouble, no one has more than 2 td’s. Little experience, little productivity and it’s a massive drop off when you lose your top 2 WR’s to the NFL, who’s he trying to kid?
5. Richt feels the hotseat, that’s why coaches said during recruiting they were fighting for their jobs. If Richt finishes outside the top 25 for the 3rd year in a row, he’s gone.
DaveFromBaytown
July 22nd, 2011
11:36 am
6th?
Drill
July 22nd, 2011
11:37 am
Newman get a life !!
Teasley51
July 22nd, 2011
11:37 am
I thought he handled himself very well…gave thoughtful answers sprinkled with his usual dry humor..I am very optimistic that this 2011 team will be much better than what we had in 2010… Go DAWGS!
Mtn Dawg
July 22nd, 2011
11:37 am
Come on guys. Just WIN!
BMDPD
July 22nd, 2011
11:39 am
JC, if you read the entire quote, he thought they would be better. He basically said neither WE or CK had the drive to be a “tailback at Georgia”. He basically said that we won’t be any worse.
BMDPD
July 22nd, 2011
11:42 am
How can we be any worse at RB? Heck, we had one primadonna wannbe and one under achiever. Both thought that they were great and didn’t have to work. Bobo also went away from the run too quickly.
JC
July 22nd, 2011
11:45 am
No, he said some positive things about Ealey & King last off-season, just like his happy talk this seaosn.
http://blogs.ajc.com/junkyard-blawg/2010/03/04/richt-ealey-even-better-but-qb-may-not-surface-until-bullets-are-real/
iowa dog
July 22nd, 2011
11:46 am
richard samuel for the heisman
JC
July 22nd, 2011
11:50 am
Richt gushed about Caleb King after spring game. Richt felt real good about his running back situation then.
http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/2011/04/02/richt-reviews-bulldogs-scrimmage/
Jimmy
July 22nd, 2011
11:51 am
I don’t think we will miss WE or CK. I think it was dumb and dumber. I even think RS would be better. IC is a hoss and I look for him to show up and show out. I’m glad the three bad apples are gone. I look forward to a new day for the Dawgs
cantondawg
July 22nd, 2011
11:55 am
JC,
Whining is for little girls and sissies. Which are u?
Bill
July 22nd, 2011
11:56 am
UGA and its coach need loyal fans….not Newmans.
JC
July 22nd, 2011
11:57 am
Ealey ditched Richt, Ealey got off the Richt bus. Didn’t need any help form Richt. Ealey got tired of rotating with other backs when he scored 11 td’s to the rest of the backs 5. Caleb for the first time in 5 years, quit studying academically after Richt went after Crowell. Both ditched Richt.
Richt has very few key players lately who stay all 4 years: AJ, Moreno, Stafford, Houston, they don’t have a relationship with Richt strong enough to stay on.
dave
July 22nd, 2011
11:57 am
Newman…..your cousin must have a date with someone else tonight.
BMDPD
July 22nd, 2011
11:57 am
JC, what is any coach gonna say? “Man our running backs stink. I have no confidence in them. Now let’s go win some games, team!”
dave
July 22nd, 2011
11:58 am
newman……why cant someone be both?
BMDPD
July 22nd, 2011
12:00 pm
JC, WE was a prima donna wanna whining sissy like you. I am glad he is gone. I feel a little more remorse for King, but your logic is flawed. If King knows he won’t make it in FB, do you think he is going to blow off classes so he can work at Burger King?
Spike 80DF
July 22nd, 2011
12:01 pm
guys that are 1st or 2nd round picks don’t stick around for any coach…..Houston got bad info and had other “issues” that caused him to fall in the draft. don’t say it’s lack of relationship that Stafford chooses $41.7 MILLION in GUARANTEED MONEY over CMR, that’s just ignorant.
ATL XMAN
July 22nd, 2011
12:02 pm
jc…the dawgs are fine. they reload and with a healthy offensive line the running backs will do fine. i dont think richt had a problem with how the backs running the ball but what they did off the field and in the class room. they let themselves down and coach richt. as far as talent both running backs have it just their work ethic is lacking. the backs will be fine this year if they work hard in practice and dont let up.
really like how the dawgs are coming together already this year.
JC
July 22nd, 2011
12:02 pm
By September 10th, about 8p.m., we’ll know whether all the happy talk is true, or just like the last 3 years, a bunch of hot air.
JC
July 22nd, 2011
12:04 pm
Other QB’s passed up the money to come back for their Coach, not Stafford, or Moreno, or AJ or Houston…..
JC
July 22nd, 2011
12:06 pm
Kellen Moore came back for Peterson, Stanford QB, Oklahoma QB came back last year for Stoops. Some teams have QB’s who love their coach and stay on as Senoirs. Not so at Georgia anymore.
ATL XMAN
July 22nd, 2011
12:06 pm
jc..what qb was that? and its only been 2 years of 8 wins or less not 3. so just relax and enjoy the ride as the dawgs are trending back up.
ATL XMAN
July 22nd, 2011
12:09 pm
the okl qb wasnt going to get beat out stafford for number 1 and kellen more is not good enough to leav after his jr season. again he wouldnt have gotten top 10 money. the stanford qb wanted to finish school and he also wouldnt have gotten the number 1 pick.
5$ Dawg
July 22nd, 2011
12:11 pm
The Stanford QB most definitely would have been the number 1 pick for Carolina. Instead, they picked a tight end with a criminal history.
Spike 80DF
July 22nd, 2011
12:12 pm
@JC, Luck came back to Stanford for who? Harbough is now coaching the 49ers, great relationship there! Which OU qb? Sam Bradford left early for MILLIONS too, must have been a bad coaching job by Stoops to not have a better relationship.
I’m getting dumber by the minute for arguing with you…..
Spike 80DF
July 22nd, 2011
12:13 pm
oops Bradford came back, he just looked 14 but was a senior
Hardtruth Soldier
July 22nd, 2011
12:19 pm
Mark Richt says,” there’s no pressure on IC, but only every newspaper, twitter, facebook, and every social media outlet in the state of Georgia has been talking about this young man. No pressure? Yeah right ! But to his credit what he hasn’t said is this kid is a can’t miss, love what I seen in Malcome, and we’ve changed up Carlton’s role. You don’t let your top two tailbacks go in the SEC without some reassurance. Have ya’ll noticed Spurrier ain’t dumped his QB ? Smart coaches see things, and Richt came to media day looking calm and relaxed. Dawg fans bring the jack and coke. Keep the Bud on ice because it’s gonna be a blast in Athens this year. Oh and if you wanna know football real good besides listening to me, pick up Phil Steele’s college football 2011. The most informative magazine in all of football.
ATL XMAN
July 22nd, 2011
12:20 pm
Bradford came back because of stafford and sanchez was coming out early. bradford was smart as he was number 1 the next year with no qb to compete again. and luck is a better qb than cam but i think he has a better chance of going first this year and will be even a better qb for staying. no way stafford or any other qb would turn down the money the number 1 pick used to bring in.
Hardtruth Soldier
July 22nd, 2011
12:30 pm
Bank on it, number #7 moves to the outside and Aaron White or Jay Rome take over at T.E. Aaron Murray will have 6 different receivers, maybe eight to throw to, and if Bobo (which is a Big If)mixes it up. This will be the most explosive offense in America, besides Arkansas. If you smelllll what the dawgs are cooking.
gomdawg
July 22nd, 2011
12:32 pm
JC GET A LIFE . I think we have one of the best coaches in all of college football. When this season is over I hope you sob jump back on the wagon. GO DAWGS
Hardtruth Soldier Female
July 22nd, 2011
12:34 pm
I’m Cheryl and I love Mike.
Good Grief
July 22nd, 2011
12:36 pm
Too bad some on these GA “fans” wouldnt switch to Jacksonville State themselves. I heard years ago, in WE’s freshman season, that the entire team hated that guy. This is from a former strenght and cond assisstant. He said Ealey was the biggest punk on the team from day 1. He runs his mouth on the field, I’m sure he does the same off the field. He said himself he wants to be “premier back”…well, “premier back” is nto a position on the team to be awarded, it’s to be earned. See Knowshon Moreno – he earned it. Good riddance Washaun.
As for Caleb, who is so pathetic that he cant stay eligible in his 4th and 5th year of college? Caleb King, that’s who. If you cant pass classes when you’re 23-24 years old in your 5th year of college then it’s your time to roll on.
The Dawgs may not be world-beaters this year but they certainly have a better chance without people like that on the team.
AtlantaFan
July 22nd, 2011
12:41 pm
The last 8 years, Richt did a bunch of off season happy talk about how things were hunky dory. Won less games 7 out of 8 seasons than the year before.
I ain’t buying the happy talk anymore. I’ve been right 7 out of 8 seasons about Richt’s happy talk.
Dogs go 5-7 losing to 5 ranked teams, Tenn, and Kent.
allwehaveishope
July 22nd, 2011
12:44 pm
If CMR wants to make believers out of dawg fans and sports writers he and his coaches and players need to blow out BSU and SC. That would erase all doubters on this teams ability to win games. Since this scenerio is probably unlikely winning ugly might have to suffice. But wouldn’t it be something if they steamrolled their first 2 oppponents. That would convince the bulldog nation and college football that they have arrived. We can dream (team).
dont get it
July 22nd, 2011
12:57 pm
can someone please explain to me how wanting Richt out makes me a non-loyal fan? Wanting to beat UF more than twice a decade means im just too demanding? is that it?
Spike 80DF
July 22nd, 2011
12:58 pm
@HardTruth, you think Art Lynch would get passed over by Rome? I’ve heard good things about him and was hoping to see him get some good PT this year.
dont get it
July 22nd, 2011
1:00 pm
@good grief – I agree but lets remember who recruited those kids and talked about what kind of “character” they had.
FLDawg
July 22nd, 2011
1:05 pm
In both of the links JC provided, Richt is talking about how they are coming along and how they “WILL” be…meaning in the near future, ceterus paribus (all things held constant). He can only be positive about what they will do if they continue working hard and devoting themselves to the program the way they are asked to. Richt can do all he wants to encourage, instruct and/or reprimand a young man so he will “see the light” and achieve his potential, but the young man must want it himself or at least want to see what the coach sees in him.
If you’ve ever coached a sport you would know that all potential in the world doesn’t make up for a persons unwillingness to work toward realizing that potential. More often than not, the kids that HAVE to work harder are often the ones who prove to be the greatest benefit to your team on and off the field.
GO DAWGS!
FLDawg
July 22nd, 2011
1:10 pm
Good Grief… AMEN!
Don’t Get It… It’s just like job interviews. People can talk a good game and give a great impression enough to get the job, but when they actually have to work they prove to be lacking. It happens in the business world all the time and recruiters get paid big bucks to weed out the imposters…but it still happens. As a coach, all you can do is research as much as possible, evaluate, interview, consult your coaching staff and trust that what you see is what you are getting.
In the end there is only one PERFECT judge of man.
Dawg 39
July 22nd, 2011
1:13 pm
AGAIN; the Dawgs were 1 & 10 against UF before Richt took over with ZERO SEC Championships. After 20 long dry years we finally won 2 & played for a third. Also, We had, arguably, the best team in the nation in 2007.
If Richt’s 2 & 8 record against UF is the criteria for firing him, then so be it. That makes it 3 & 18 over the last 21 years. Personally I do not expect the next coach to do better or even as good. I hope that I am wrong.
I am a life long Dawg Fan & a life long “Gator Hater”. We will know after the first 2 games this year. GATA.
slydog
July 22nd, 2011
1:29 pm
It’s not about ‘What have you done for me lately’ as far as I’m concerned. I have questioned CMR and the decision-making of his staff since 2005. Yes, I’m being honest. Then to top it all off, with as much success as UGA has had recruiting wise (yes it does count), why hasn’t this program won at 1 national championship. My father said great coaches don’t always win titles, it’s a matter of luck and everything coming together at the right time. But UGA not even playing in the title game for at least a shot puzzles me. I’m afraid, just like other coaches who have been on hotseats before, UGA will win the SEC East this year and it will be fool’s gold. I have not over valued this program as some will suggest. But your conference has 7 BCS Titles in 13 years of the BCS’s existence. And we haven’t even been to the game. No excuses. Is CMR’s tenure a failure or a success if he doesn’t win a NC? It is a success. No doubt. But he himself has raised the stakes. Same as Saban (two schools), Meyer, Mullin, Petrino, Miles, and Spurrier
Bulldog Parking
July 22nd, 2011
1:36 pm
I think RS will be just what we need which is a big HB to bruise up the defense and I think coach MR is doing a great job because honestly if they fire him who out there are they gone get to do a better job??? really people. lets run Richard Samuell 240lbs of wrecking ball
JB
July 22nd, 2011
2:07 pm
Mark has a BIG job. One he hasn’t had good results with lately. We’ll see a better Bulldog team this year. A better record? Probably? Good enough to keep his job? We’ll see…..But, Mark is at peace with himself. If you really know him, you know that. He has I’d say 10 mil in the Bank, Another 2 mil net coming in this year…and a 5-6 mil payoff if things go bad this year……..He’s fine( we may not be, he is). He could take a year off and probably have his pick of ANY ACC conference job that was open if he wanted it.
Herschel Talker
July 22nd, 2011
2:08 pm
JC:
Good research, my man. You have exposed Richt for the pollyanna doofus that he is. He will trainwreck us this season, and then he will be gone, thank God.
HT
Herschel Talker
July 22nd, 2011
2:14 pm
cantondawg:
You are a clown.
HT
S.E. Dawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:33 pm
JC, since CMR doesn’t have a clue in your opinion, what do you think the plan should be for this season. Just interested.
John, the real UGA fan
July 22nd, 2011
2:33 pm
UGA negative morons!!!!!!!!!! Take your comments to your own college football blog. You are definitely not UGA fans!!!!!!
SSIgator
July 22nd, 2011
2:39 pm
“greater days are coming. The best is yet to come.”
I guess he is talking about when he is fired from UGA and gets to turn his full attention to the minister career that he likes to wear on his sleeve.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 22nd, 2011
2:40 pm
Herschel Talker
You better watch out with coments like that because Low Country Bulldawg, chazzo, DAWG, Altamaha Dawg will be attacking you shortly.
They will add you to the “Your not a UGA fan List” and tell you to get off Their blog like they tell me all the time when I say something negative about the Kool-aid that has been poured the last 5 yrs is no good
Your not allowed to say anything negative about Richt
AFDawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:46 pm
JC, you’re an idiot — of course a coach is going to talk-up his starting RB to give him confidence. Just like CMR right now is trying to take the pressure off IC right now. It’s called coaching and until you get a clue how it is done the rst of us would like you to keep your trap shut. CMR knows what he is doing. As long as the players perform like they want to be at UGA, and they’re giving their best effort — I could care less about the win-loss record. As more info comes out about these dirty coaches and programs we should all be very thankful we’ve got CMR as our head coach.
DAWGMAN
July 22nd, 2011
2:46 pm
I see the weed is in the curing barn, and the starry eyed are believing their press clippings.I read that the quarterback called a team meeting and some don’t bother to attend. Nobody who can lead; Not enough who want to follow. This team doesn’t have those few necessary enforcers to keep everybody present or accounted for. Coach at peace with himself; that’s just great. Slackers giving the rest of the team the finger. Wonder if that would have even been dared to have been considered with Coach Russell. I think not. Y’all stop drinking the bong water. We fixing to get skinned. Coach at peace. Showing off the new duds with a cute skit. Great, just great.
Eaassyy
July 22nd, 2011
3:00 pm
what do you expect he get up there and say? nothing but negative? i am sure that is what all you NCAA head coaches in waiting will do one day with your respective programs. f’n idiots. What if your boss came in everyday and only focused on the negative? how would you perform at your job?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 22nd, 2011
3:03 pm
I dont care about our win loss record either
I get delighted to see FL play almost every year for the east spot in the SEC championship game. And with an ocassional Tenn or S.C representing every now and then, makes sitting at home watching other teams play for championships that much better
Heck no one enjoys it more than I do to watch us go to Jacksonville and get beat by an avg of 30 points
Adams and Mcgarity should really think about raising the donations to get season tickets, we dont pay enough for what the on the field product we get
These coaches should get paid more than they are making now. They are grossly underpaid
S.E. Dawg
July 22nd, 2011
3:04 pm
DAWGMAN, as you know coach Russell is not with us anymore (maybe in spirit). If we could find someone like him I’m sure we would go out and get him.
EDawg71
July 22nd, 2011
3:13 pm
OK, so if CMR goes, who comes in? Who do you folks see as a potential replacement? Would it be Kirby time? What about Patterson at TCU?
slydog
July 22nd, 2011
3:30 pm
@ 5$Dawg you sir, are a racist slime ball
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 22nd, 2011
3:31 pm
Gary Patterson my first choice
Chris Peterson
John Gruden
Air Forces coach
Mike Leach
Kirby if those didnt take, enough with the giving Asistants and Div II ponzie schemers the keys to this program
EDawg71
July 22nd, 2011
3:32 pm
Flat Tire, I like Patterson as well. I also wonder if Dan Mullen would consider making the move.
slydog
July 22nd, 2011
3:39 pm
@ flat tire.. no disrespect, but weak list..
1. Charlie Strong
2. Dan Mullen
3. Urban Meyer
4. Gus Malzahn
5. Kirby Smart
6. Derek Dooley
7. Rich Rodriguez
8. George O’Leary
9. Bo Pelini
10. Tommy Tuberville
slydog
July 22nd, 2011
3:39 pm
10 solid choices, any questions?
EVERYBODY RESPECTS CMR!
July 22nd, 2011
3:42 pm
CMR is the Classiest Man in college football and you know it. Has he had some bad luck with certain players? Sure, who doesn’t? The man will be on the comeback this season because of the character he brings to the war. THWGT
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 22nd, 2011
3:46 pm
Charlie Strong no thanks
George O’Leary definantly a no he didnt do anything at Tech come on dude
Tommy Tuberville heck no, theres nothing but controversy with him
Rich Rodriguez couldnt do anything worth considering at Michigan
Derek Dooley hasnt proven anything yet
Dan Mullen is still a wait and see
Urban Meyer yea
Thats not a solid list, your list has to many unproven people
dmr
July 22nd, 2011
3:47 pm
Somebody please give JC and HT a Zannax. You guys really need to put your heads down on your desks and take a nap.
CMR is 96 – 34 in 10 seasons. Do the math. He got rooked out of a possible NC bid in 2002 with a one loss team because Ohio State went undefeated while CHEATING. If you don’t like NCAA rules I understand, but they are what they are.
Richt has lost some talent through attrition and injury on the offensive line, which has hurt. Losing Brian Van Gorder probably wasn’t on Richt’s list either and that did not help matters.
As for guys like Green, Stafford, Houston…yeah, going to the NFL was probably a lifelong dream; not sitting around in some classroom. If you’ve got the talent to go…you go. That’s not a reflection on Mark Richt.
By the way, Mark Richt will never get UGA in trouble with the NCAA like USC, Oregon, UNC, Ohio State, and Georgia Tech.
This is a bounce back year. Maybe not SEC Championship year, but I can see 9 – 3 as a possibility. The defense will be decidedly better. Special teams should be able to flip field position. The offense will probably have to play some grind it out ball with a 240 lb. running back and a 270 lb full back.
Richt has done more with this program than anyone since Dooley. McGarity as A.D. is going to help bring about greater results as well. Don’t sleep on the Dawgs over the next few seasons and keep Richt right where he is regardless of what this season brings.
slydog
July 22nd, 2011
3:50 pm
everyone on that list is a winner at something and possess something we don’t (save O’Leary and Tuberville). O’leary could have had the Notre Dame job if his resume didn’t contain a one line lie. He didn’t do anything at Tech? But he was actually HIRED by Notre Dame. How many times did he beat UGA? No need to discuss the many accolades of Tuberville and his undefeated season (04). Hasn’t he put just as many players in the league as CMR? Who recruited the majority of this year’s Aubrun team?
Not a weak list sir.
slydog
July 22nd, 2011
3:53 pm
in case you didn’t know, the current trend is to hire an up and comer. How many coaches have National title rings? over half of them were in our conference. NONE in this state.
john
July 22nd, 2011
4:03 pm
Samuel now has maturity and experience. It would not surprise me if he has a very good season this year especially if the line maintains some consistancy. Glenn, Gates, Jones, Burnette, and Anderson gives a veteran line with experience across the board. Long, Lee, Andrews, Dantzler and Houston will offer the depth needed. Boo Malcome, Carlton Thomas and Branden Smith will provide contrast and Crowell will give the homerun threat we’ve needed!
Receivers Charles, King, Brown, Wooten, White, Lynch, Rome and Mitchell will offer plenty of options to balance our attack! Because of our tight end depth watch for Charles to be split out frequently to create mismatches. Throw in the top returning qb in the conference and I feel extremely good about this season. No promises, no guarantees, but I definitely see why Coach Richt is so optimistic about this upcoming season.
Go Dawgs!
slydog
July 22nd, 2011
4:08 pm
allow me to erase derek dooley and replace him with Mike Leach, cause the Adam James story was all a lie and the kid admitted it under oath.
ugaclassof2004
July 22nd, 2011
4:11 pm
JC
Defense wasn’t the problem last year? What team have you been watching? They couldn’t wrap up Lattimore to save their lives. They gave up 29 points to a HORRIBLE Colorado team, gave up 34 points to a HORRIBLE Florida Gator offense, gave up 49 points to Auburn in a game that they lead 21-7 at one point( I’ll let that one slide though because Auburn had a beast offense), and gave up 34 points to a HORRIBLE Tech offense.
Also, what is everyone’s problem with Murray? The guy was a FRESHMAN last season and by the end of the year the ENTIRE offense was filtering through him. What more does everyone want? He will eventually beat a team with a winning record and would have done so last season if the defense held up their end of the bargain.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 22nd, 2011
4:22 pm
slydog
Chris Peterson, Gary Paterson have taken programs that recruit 1 and 2 star players to BCS bowl victories
Just because George Oleary was hired by Notre Dame doesnt mean a thing, what did Bob Davie and Tyrone Willingham do that was so special before they got to Notre Dame bud
Oleary couldnt even get Tech to its 1st BCS bowl appearance in 40 yrs,
and beat UGA is good enough for the resume, buddy everyone beat UGA in the 90’s including Southern Miss and Texas Tech, come on
Who cares about the up and coming trend as you call it. What did Texas do, hired Mac Brown who proved himself at UNC, what did FL do they hired Urban who proved himself at Utah, Alabama with Nick Saban, etc
LogicalUS
July 22nd, 2011
4:29 pm
“Richt gushed about Caleb King after spring game. Richt felt real good about his running back situation then. ”
SHHhhhhhh, you are not supposed to upset the apple cart….that was when King was actually the better back of the Ark back, Trent and Lattimore kids at Ark\Bama\SC. He with his 4.3 ypc (entirely against cupcakes) was the answer to losing the prior better than any other back in the SEC, Washaun Ealey.
The new delusion is that these two “cancers” were holding back the real, new and improved Hershel who has been hiding on the Scout team defense.
You are going to upset some koolaide drinkers.
Jack
July 22nd, 2011
4:34 pm
Spurrier doesn’t gush about Garcia the way Richt goes on about his UNREAL running backs and wide receiver situation. Spurrier tells the honest truth. How many of Richt’s rb’s & wr’s made the pre-season all SEC?????? 0.
john
July 22nd, 2011
4:35 pm
Defense will have the best line we’ve seen since 2007: Tyson, Abry Jones, Derrick Lott and Cornelius Washington rotating at ends and Geathers and Jenkins rotating at the nose. Alec Ogletree will be an All-SEC linebacker by season’s end and Jarvis Jones may be as well. Add Christian Robinson and Cornelius Washington; starters are set! Faloughi, Stripling, Gilliard, and Vasser give the depth needed with very little dropoff in talent. Vasser was all over the field in the spring game and Stripling is a tremendous pass rusher. Throw in nationally top ten recruit Ray Drew, plus the addition of Turene, Herera, and Wilson with Sterling Bailey playing either end or OLB, this position may be the deepest we’ve had since 2007. That includes losing Houston, Dent, and Dowtin.
The corners are also very deep and talented with Boykin, Smith, Commings, Love and Owens along with top corner recruit Damian Swann. The only question mark with the defense is at safety but does not lack experience. I look for Rambo to bounce back and be the player he was two years ago and Jakar Hamilton to be the player we expected last year after coming in as the top rated junior college db in the nation. Shawn Williams has a year of experience in the system now and Sanders Commings has ideal size for the safety spot. Marc Deas, Nick Marshall, Conner Norman, Corey Moore, and Chris Sanders will provide the depth needed. Bowman and Harrow are wildcards in that they could play safety or corner due to their speed. If UGA gets solid safety play this could be the best defensive unit since the Van Gorder years! Go Dawgs!
LogicalUS
July 22nd, 2011
4:38 pm
“everyone’s problem with Murray”
The problem isn’t with Murray, he is a solid player but the obvious worry is that he is NO Cash Newton in that he requires a strong supporting cast around him and unfortunately he is not going to have that this year at UGA.
Nothing horrible can be said about Murray, he is what he is. A good player but not a game or season changer. The sneaking issue is not that he lost to better teams like UF, Auburn or SC but his “talent” alone was not even good enough to propel UGA to wins over the Colorados and UCF of the world?
Given the cast which surrounded David Greene, Murray could really do some things but the program is no longer at that point. He is being asked to do something which he is not really capable of doing…carrying the entire UGA season.
shane#1 STREET AGENT
July 22nd, 2011
4:40 pm
CMR isn’t going anywhere, not as long as Sanford sells out and the donations keep coming in. Adams would love a BCS title, but he loves money more. What got Donan fired? I’ll give you a hint, Donan was not a politician. The big boosters didn’t like him and he had shouting matches with his AD. He gave the QB job to Quincy Carter with no competition and that was a debacle. All that didn’t get him fired. Home games not selling out and a drop in donations got him fired. The money is rolling in this year so CMR has bought himself at least a couple of years.
JimB
July 22nd, 2011
4:45 pm
Ike Leach??? That gives good insight to your intellect, FlatTire.
JimB
July 22nd, 2011
4:46 pm
Mike that is.
Dogz
July 22nd, 2011
4:48 pm
JC, YOU ARE JUST PLAIN STUPID BOY, ANY KID WOULD LEAVE FOR MILLIONS,I DONT CARE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR COACH. EVERY TIME YOU SAY SOMETHING IT SHOWS HOW STUPID YOU ARE..PLEASE LEAVE
jay
July 22nd, 2011
4:51 pm
Players not committed to working hard last year? Well who’s fault is
that? Sure, to a large extent it is the players. How can a Dawg fan
not be concerned with players not being committed to working hard.
Those players need to be gone (hopefully, a lot of them are). Furthermore, coaches who are not getting the team ready to play
need to be gone as well. Dawgs are a major program in the best conference in the NCAA. Putting a team on the field that isn’t
ready to play and not committed to winning is unaccecptable.
Dogz
July 22nd, 2011
4:53 pm
Jay you ever coached?
icedawg
July 22nd, 2011
4:53 pm
Faith and football are not inextricably bound.
Athens= God's Country
July 22nd, 2011
4:57 pm
Herschel Talker
Once again rooting for failure, further proving he is not a true Dawg fan. Go the hell away. True Dawgs root for success even if you hate the coach. You, my friend, are the train wreck.
jay
July 22nd, 2011
5:09 pm
I don’t need to have coached. Even a non-coach like me can tell when
a team isn’t playing up to its potential. Did you drive to Memphis to watch them
play in the bowl last year? Did you watch? That was as bad as I’ve
ever seen a Dawg team play. But Dogz, if you are happy with what
you have seen lately, I guess nothing I post will make any difference.
I’m not just a Georgia fan, I’m a Georgia alumni. I want to see the
team win. How about you?
Athens= God's Country
July 22nd, 2011
5:15 pm
jay
Watching that game in Memphis was brutal. It reminded me of Richt’s first year against BC. You could tell Richt was teaching the kids a lesson. Play hard for 4 quarters as a team or LOSE. Those kids chose to lose. UGA went 12-1 the next year with a team full of character. Keep that in mind with this team. The hunger is there with the leaders on this team and the players are being held accountable by the leaders.
Go Dawgs!
Athens= God's Country
July 22nd, 2011
5:17 pm
That being said, 8-11 wins this season. Richt keeps his job and Dawgs are legit in 2012 and 2013. Very legit.
Jack
July 22nd, 2011
5:26 pm
Over 15,000 fans polled on ESPN. Only 17% think Crowell will be a premiere back. Either fans are all wrong, or Richt missed on Crowell.
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/22684/biggest-sec-impact-player-poll
Athens= God's Country
July 22nd, 2011
5:40 pm
slydog
You are such a moron. The fact that you have Rich Rodriguez as a possible candidate proves how dumb you are and we should not pay attention to anything you have to say. The guy has put his last two programs in shambles. You still want to fire Richt? Look at Tennessee and Michigan’s programs. Once proud programs, then these morons start calling for the coach’s head because they are not winning the NC every year. Be patient people!!! Richt is the right guy for the job and I hope he stays as long as he wants. If we are patient with him, WE WILL WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND MULTIPLE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS. Relax and root for your team and your coaches.
Go Dawgs Dammit!
Bob
July 22nd, 2011
5:48 pm
I’m sure most of you work for a living (or if retired, used to work), and if you don’t add value to your company/contribute to its success, then you are gone. Doesn’t matter how great you were five years ago, it’s what you contibuted this year. Richt’s record is 14-12 the past two seasons, and he’s lost more games his last five seasons than Jim Donnan did in his tenure (five seasons). Plus, we can’t seem to beat UF, whom we used to own, and we’re having a difficult time beating top 20 teams. I would like to know what you “Richt homers” think we should do if we lose five games including a loss to UF. BTW, we’re paying coach Richt $3M a year.
LakeDawg
July 22nd, 2011
5:54 pm
If CMR is going to sell out UGA’s tradition by shilling for NIKE more than once this year, he better win the national championship. Otherwise he will lose my support. In the Athens paper CMR is talking about mixing and matching several uniforms ala Oregon. This coming from a coach who had the good sense to take the black stripe off the helmet that Donnan put there. He understood the importance of tradition then. What’s changed? Oh yeah, MONEY. Nothing is sacred in this day and age.
LakeDawg
July 22nd, 2011
5:56 pm
Crowell has never struck me as being a savior. He’s a nice addition.
Praise Saint Mark
July 22nd, 2011
6:24 pm
The biggest change that Mark Richt needs to make is to stop recruiting the low-class illiterates and thugs who he seems to think will win for him and keep his oversized paychecks coming in. People like Marcus Dowtin, A.J. Green, Washaun Ealey, Caleb King, and others too numerous to mention are not team players, they’re “me first” jerks who don’t give a rip about anyone else.
It’s sickening to see goons like these representing the state’s flagship university.
Charlie Hayes
July 22nd, 2011
6:29 pm
@ Bob-
I am a Richt homer as so you call it. I don’t think you will ever find a head coach that has more integrity, discipline and honor that CMR. I understand that you want to win a SEC and NC. I think that all of us what too! But what makes you think that Richt is the problem and he should go? Because he is the front man? I do agree that Richt made a big mistake by keeping Willie M. on staff too long and it caused our D to become soft and suffer. That was a mistake that he made. But Richt fired him and went and got the best guy he could find that would install the “Nick Saban” style D. But from the O side of the ball, Bobo’s numbers are better than Richt’s when he was the OC. Go compare them and you will see. The only complaint that I feel is legitimate is consistency. That is where we should spend some time. Why can’t we consistently score 30+ points every game? Why can’t we consistently win? Look at our kickoff coverage. It was superb last year. What was the change? They changed coaches and opened up competition to see who wanted to play on kickoff instead of assigning guys as Fabris was doing. There are a lot of small things that could be tweaked that could take last year’s team from 6-7 to a 9-4 with ease. But changing a head coach that brings in top recruiting classes I don’t fell is the answer. Who would you use to replace Richt and what makes you think that they wouldn’t face the same challenges and end up with the same record?
rs
July 22nd, 2011
8:18 pm
we need a general,huh last time i looked there are a lot of bad generals out there.
Don't Matter
July 22nd, 2011
8:45 pm
Hope springs eternal!
Buzz
July 22nd, 2011
9:29 pm
At least with Richt as your coach, you’re not going to end up on probation. These win at all cost people will be the first ones ripping the coach and administration when their new hot shot coach gets busted cheating. You can bet on that.
Lane Kiffin
July 22nd, 2011
9:33 pm
Yea, it sucks being on probation.
James K. Polk
July 22nd, 2011
9:38 pm
It is so interesting reading these comments, and it paints a sad reality for me. Florida, Alabama, and LSU fans would not be supporting Richt. In fact, I think at those institutions he would have been gone las year. Fans of those schools would not tolerate losing, which is why they win. Here, fans are completely satisfied with a 10 win season and a Capital One Bowl victory. It’s sad, because we are capable of so much more. I knew Richt was not the man to win us a title during the Florida game of 2002. He is just too uninterested in winning, and will never do what it takes to get the crystal ball. It is so evident and I cannot believe the majority of our fans and alumns refuse to see it. As satisfying as the 2002 and 2005 titles were, winning them may become the death of us, despite the fact Richt was just plain lucky to come into the SEC when Spurrier was leaving Florida, Bama was on probation, Tennessee was in the free fall that we are currently in,and Auburn was a coaching controversial heaven. In other words, we won those titles by default. Now, we are not even in the top half of the conference. Again…sad.
slydog
July 22nd, 2011
10:06 pm
Rich Rodriguez was out of place at Michigan and you know it. Also, what was wrong with the offense at Michigan? Nothing. Wasn’t Rich Rodriguez a candidate for the Alabama job and turned it down a year before he took the Michigan job? Didn’t his 2005 WVU team spank UGA? I have been patient long enough. CMR needs to beat Florida this year. CMR needs to at least play for the SEC Championship this year. Anything less is Fool’s Gold. Nothing about that makes me a moron. Only morons stay in burning buildings
dawg4life
July 22nd, 2011
10:43 pm
Wow, i was born a Ga bulldog, win lose or draw i am a dog. some of you guys are bandwagon drivers and riders. No faith, you keep talking about Kirby smart, i don’t want smart as our coach, that is Sabens defense remember that! Richt will be okay, he had his wake up call, maybe you guys should be GT fans or even worse Bama fans. Bulldogs Vs Bama in the Dome Mark that dome!
GOBIGDOGS
July 22nd, 2011
10:47 pm
Yeah, remember the last time we saw the Ga dome before Richt got there……………….He has a contract, until it is done he should stay period.
If he leaves Ga he will go to Fl State and lead them to the Nat championship, and when he does i will laugh at us!
bandwagon leaving soon……….
Georgia, Best and worst fans in the world.
Dawg 39
July 22nd, 2011
10:51 pm
Richt does know “What the hell he is Doing”. I Do Too. Some of you do not.
IlikeGA
July 22nd, 2011
10:52 pm
So, since you guys have the answers why don’t you put in your resumes for the job?
I’m sure you could coach the dogs to a better season just like you coach that mob across that elementary bathroom floor.
Go Dawgs……All the Damn way this time for your coach!
if we are 2-0 then all you bandwagon people will be singing praise and eating crap,
you guys suck, go be a tech fan or a Ga state fan because you never down you team like you do.
for you it is either, WE WON, or THEY LOST……
UGADawg83
July 22nd, 2011
11:04 pm
We obviously have fans who do not deserve the coach that we have.
James K. Polk
July 22nd, 2011
11:46 pm
Losers are as losers do. It’s just plain sad. We will never win a title because most of our fans do not demand it…and you say WE are not real fans? Enjoy your Outback Bowl victories, for they are disgusting to me.
James K. Polk
July 22nd, 2011
11:51 pm
We just had the best running back, best QB, and best Wide Receiver we will see in 20 years all come through Georgia AT THE SAME TIME…and Richt couldn’t even win our division with them. What in the wide world could give anybody the delusion that we will win the East this year? I just hope we have a viable program left when all of you “real” fans wake up.
Mobile Dawg
July 23rd, 2011
12:02 am
I can see the need for supporting the team, but come on, some of you come off as “complete”, follow the “Pied Piper” and I won’t call you names. I don’t understand, never will, why you aren’t holding Richt accountable for the dismal job he’s done the last Four, or Five years He destroyed the very foundation of UGA football.
Dawg 39
July 23rd, 2011
4:00 am
Check ouy my earlier comment in this post. I go back to Wally Butts (SEC CHAMPS,1959) & was a fan (& season ticket holder)Of both Coach Butts & Coach Dooley.
However, The last 10 yeears (cumalative) were the best 10 year run in the history of the Dawgs.
I was an avid fan even in a lot of lean years.I do hold Richt accountable for the most enjoyable & exciting 10 year run since I became a fan. I firmly believe that Richt is the best Head Coach that the Dawgs have had in my lifetime. I am talking only coaching, the Dawgs, not anything else concerning Coach Richt or his private ? life.
Even if I did not believe that he is the best,, I would still support the players & the coaches. I always have & always will. If a change is made I will continue to support the Team & the New Coaches. Meanwhile I am more than satisfied with the entire coaching staff that the Dawgs have now.
Hit the road, Jack... I mean, Mark
July 23rd, 2011
7:20 am
Boise State 222, Hapless Mangy Mutts, 0
Buh bye, Saint Mark!
Nub
July 23rd, 2011
7:48 am
Nothing less than winning the east will be satisfactory for DawgNation…. Time to take it to the next level…. Please don’t make me start bringing up lack luster games over the last couple of years….. Stop making excuses start winning championships!
tell me again
July 23rd, 2011
7:56 am
It’s hilarious to read some of you “Dawg Fans” posts here….most of you don’t know the difference between an OG and a TB and yet you presume to tell one of the best recruiters in the country and a man who has averaged nearly 10 wins a year in the toughest conference in America how to coach and deal with his players…..you are pathetic and so amusing in your impotent analysis of all things football. I would not trade CMR for any coach in America. He IS the man I want to be the face of Georgia football. A winner and a class act. I have to believe that some of you posters are Tech fans or little boys because it hurts me to think that real UGA fans COULD BE SO STUPID!
Joey
July 23rd, 2011
8:06 am
“He got rooked out of a possible NC bid in 2002 with a one loss team…”
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That’s a little revision of history, dmr.
The reason UGA didn’t get into the “Big Game” in ‘02 was Richt couldn’t beat an inferior UF team, coached by an inferior coach. Zook.
We were ranked ahead of OSU before the UF game and by winning out, would have easily been voted in.
Richt didn’t get rooked.
nostrodamus
July 23rd, 2011
8:19 am
I PREDICT UGA WILL LOSE TO FL. AGAIN. OOOO, I WENT OUT ON A LIMB DIDN’T I !!
oledawg
July 23rd, 2011
8:27 am
Herschel Talker = Irrelevant
East Repeat
July 23rd, 2011
8:47 am
Back to page 1 and the comment about Phil Steele’s Mag being the best in college football. They have Washuan starting and King as the back-up. running back (oops!) Also mentions Garcia is suspended at SC, (wrong again) Washaun and caleb are not enrolled at UGA and Garcia is back. Very relevant magazine, no doubt about it, har-har-har!
BirdDog
July 23rd, 2011
9:44 am
If you are truly a UGA fan, then get behind this staff and this team and support your Dawgs! Enough of the complaining about CMR already. He is the HC of this team, period. So get over it.
FastBack
July 23rd, 2011
9:53 am
Nick Saban’s doesn’t go all Joe Positive, everything’s sunny, like Coach Richt does about his backfiled. Here’s a taste of Saban from Macon.com:
“We have difficult games, like everybody in our league does. We lost four guys that were first-round draft picks at critical positions, two explosive players on offense (in Ingram and Jones), a great defensive lineman who affected and dominated the game from his position in Marcell Dareus.
“And having a new quarterback, having two very young, talented players at the position who both have not had the kind of knowledge and experience that you’d like to have at that position.”
Saban and Spurrier don’t wax all sunny like Coach Richt. Maybe that’s the difference.
FastBack
July 23rd, 2011
9:57 am
In USA Today, July 21, 2011, Spurrier on Garcia:
“We’re going to have competition,” Spurrier said. “I guess everyone assumes Stephen is going to be the quarterback if he’s there. But we’ll see.”
Coach Richt won’t have competition with his QB (even though Murray is 0-6 as a starter against winning teams). Coach Richt’s going all Joe Positive.
James K. Polk
July 23rd, 2011
9:59 am
I’m a Georgia fan, not a Mark Richt fan. You all can follow him to North Carolina or Boston College…I’m sure the malls in Atlanta sell hats and shirts with those logos on them. This is not going to end well. You all really cannot see that?
ugab
July 23rd, 2011
10:06 am
OMG! It was so hard to see a team get those 3rd and longs last season. Our defense sucked at times. Our defense played well at times. I hope they are better than last year.
ugab
July 23rd, 2011
10:11 am
Its MRs first losing season in 11 years. He is not going anywhere. Teams are going to have off years. MR has to put his foot down. Who is everyone wanting to get to replace MR? Let’s support our Coach and players. Gooo Dawgs!!!
jesus gave it all....mark richt cant give 4 quarters
July 23rd, 2011
10:16 am
Just more talk from the future missionary.
The faithful just listen, nod their heads in approval and sip the koolaide.
Dwayne
July 23rd, 2011
10:22 am
No QB competition at S. Carolina, Spurrier is full of crap. If Garcia is there, he starts.
I’m a true UGA fan, but that don’t mean I have to drink the kool-aid like most do.
I hate Fl, but the fact is, they beat us last year. Does not matter that it’s 2-8 for Richt, 3-18, the last 21 years, or that Ga. holds all time w-l record. Only last year counts, well, you can even say last year is last year if you want to.
Keep drinking the kool-aid if you want, keep praising the coaching staff and how great Samuel is at running back(who falls down at first contact) all yall want.
Some answers will be clear after the first 2 games.
FastBack
July 23rd, 2011
10:35 am
Aaron Murray won the QB position by default after Mettenberger just crushed him last Spring and then Coach Richt kicked Mettenberger off the team.
Murray’s done nothing to win the leadership yet, he just got it by default.
Until Murray beats a real team, he ain’t the leader.
DAWGMAN
July 23rd, 2011
2:15 pm
Dawg39, sir,
A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
Kool Aid drinkers, y’all,
Let’s promote coach richt to Head of recruiting,
But let’s send a priest, a rabbi, a mullah, a monk
with him.
And, oh yeah, someone who can spot
Heart, Fidelity, and a young man whose Motor Just Won’t Quit.
You cannot get by on talent alone.
These young men are not being coached up.
The coach is at peace with himself.
What’s that, reverend? Why, Yes, thank you.
Sip, sip. This Kool Aid sure is refreshing!
Now what was I writing…..
Can’t remember……snork, snork,…zzzzzzz.
Third and eight, ain’t we great, go dawgs go…zzzzz.
Last time I checked, UGA has ample opportunities outside of SEC Football
for the continued development of a necessary spiritual life.
Here’s the problem: coach ain’t coaching. Perhaps he should put the fear of the coach
into these young Men, and stop going off the reservation to put
the fear of The Lord God Almighty into his players.
Brucerugby79
July 23rd, 2011
8:26 pm
Herscel talker you are a clown—i hope we can keep Mark Richt—you ask any fan of another team-they would take him in a heartbeat
SSIgator
July 23rd, 2011
10:55 pm
Brucerugby79 -
No Thanks
FaithfulDawg86
July 24th, 2011
4:36 pm
JC, how many years have you been coaching college football? And please learn to spell and use proper grammar and punctuation. You’re an embarrassment to UGA.
NewnanDawg
July 25th, 2011
9:30 am
Are you guys all gonna be supporting Richt if he loses to Florida again this year? That will give him losing records against 4 Florida head coaches.
I’m sorry, this isn’t Ole Miss, it’s UGA….and that’s not acceptable.
Eric Tee Pee
July 26th, 2011
12:23 pm
Wow ! The links proved that Richt said he like King & Ealey. So you are wrong about that Bill. UGA loves the walk-ons. Come play at UGA even if you were only an average high school player 4 years ago… We need bodies that aren’t thugs.
Eric Tee Pee
July 26th, 2011
12:25 pm
Poll :
Will UGA have more player arrests than wins this year ?
I’ll say arrests will be 8 and wins will be 5.
UGA Got Tebowed
July 26th, 2011
12:28 pm
We don’t want Richt at UF. We just got your prodigy. Its gonna be sweet when we slaughter ya’ll pups in da swamp ! Remember what happens to dogs when they enter gator infested waters. Dead meat !
Loyal Dawg
July 28th, 2011
8:27 am
Reasons why UGA fans are proud of CMR and want to keep him:
1. Jim Tressel
2. Lane Kiffin
3. GaTech Athletic Dept.
4. Butch Davis
5. Gene Chizik? Les Miles?
Looking forward to kick off. Go Dawgs!