UGA fan talk: Do Richt and Bobo lack a killer instinct?
Do Mark Richt and Mike Bobo play not to lose? (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
I’ll be off next week and away from the Blawg as we get my daughter settled in Athens — which is sure to get me even more primed for football season to begin!
In the meantime, let’s jump into some of this week’s Junkyard Mail. …
David Youngerman writes: Bill, I enjoy your blog and the attempts to stay grounded as a fellow diehard fan. With all the chatter around Top 5 question marks going into the season, I’m in agreement the OL, RB’s, and special teams are potential watch-outs (even though special teams is the only one that scares me). That said, my biggest concern going into the season isn’t one of those three topics and I’m worried my concern doesn’t get discussed more often. Recent years have shown a pattern (particularly from the offense) of not having the ability to close out a team when we have them down. I honestly believe this reflects Coach Richt and Bobo’s personalities as we repeatedly “play not to lose” once we get a nice lead (see Michigan State, Vandy, Miss. St. last year). Seems to me we used to close out games with sustained, time-killing drives and end up in the “victory” formation at the end more often before Bobo started calling the plays. We just seem to have a soft mindset towards really closing a team out.
The lack of a killer instinct has been a common complaint, really, throughout the Mark Richt era, not just since Mike Bobo started calling the offensive plays. (Although, once again, I have to say that Bobo’s maddening tendency in games to go away from whatever has been working offensively drives me up the wall.) But I don’t think it’s just a matter of the coaches trying to play it safe in their play calling (though that certainly appeared to be the case in the bowl game against Michigan State) or generally not keeping the pressure on offensively when they’re ahead (which we’ve also seen quite a few times). More than that, conditioning was a problem for the Dogs late in quite a few games in recent years, and although last season showed some improvement in that regard, the bowl game against the Spartans was an example where our defense looked gassed in the fourth quarter. Hopefully, the continued changes in the strength and conditioning program will help turn that around.
As for your reference to areas of concern, I tend to agree with you that special teams is the scariest, especially since Richt hasn’t taken any really concrete steps to revamp that portion of the game, aside from saying they’ll practice it more and more starters will play kick coverage. Like many fans, I wish he would name a special teams coach to focus more directly on that area, though I understand that NCAA coaching limitations complicate that.
Nick Saban supplements his coaching staff with "analysts." (Associated Press)
There apparently are ways to get around those limitations, however, as Nick Saban is showing at Alabama. Al.com recently reported Saban’s staff now includes nine “analysts,” up from six last season and three the year before that. Five of the “analysts” work with the offense, three “analysts” work with the defense, and John Wozniak, most recently the running backs coach and co-special teams coordinator at UAB, is Alabama’s new special teams “analyst.” If he can’t free up a coaching position to handle special teams, maybe Richt needs to follow the Saban model and add a special teams “analyst” to his staff.
Andy M. Johnson writes: As a Dawg Fan, I worry about our recent years of “slow starts” and wonder what coaching strategy has been implemented to rectify this ongoing issue…
I don’t know what changes might have been instituted, but I just hope the Georgia coaching staff avoids doing whatever they did in getting the team ready for last year’s season-opener against Boise State! That was as poorly prepared a Georgia team as I’ve seen in a while, which made the improvement (at least, in terms of the offense) from that game to the game against South Carolina all the more remarkable.
Along those lines, Steve Upshaw writes: I have absolutely no confidence that Mark Richt will have the Dogs prepared when they go to Columbia, MO. We already have our tickets, as we do for most road games with the Dogs. For 30 years, we’ve traveled with and supported the team, but this organization is on a very long, slow and steady slide. The facts clearly bear this out. I remember standing in the stands at the Superdome the night we beat Hawaii and quietly thinking how lucky and blessed we are to have Richt as our head coach. I have stood by, supported and defended Richt as long as I can. So I’ll state this before even the first game of the season: It is absolutely time for a change in Athens. Of course, we could be satisfied with our 10-win seasons and a Jan 1st bowl game, but that’s all we’ll accomplish with the current regime. I’m in the high-end medical hardware business. My travels take me to every corner of the nation. Outside the SEC region, UGA is never mentioned as a power team and one to be feared, as are Alabama, LSU and even Florida. We have become Tennessee. Like Alabama a few years back, it looks like we will spend the next few years lost in the wilderness looking for a way out.
I’m glad to hear your pessimism hasn’t prompted you to give up supporting the program, even if you’ve given up on Richt. That kind of school loyalty is what makes the Bulldog Nation a great fan base. I haven’t yet given up on Richt, but I know you’re not alone in your view. As for what folks in other regions think, that’s pretty much a function of who’s taken home the crystal football. That’s the millstone hanging around Richt’s neck.
Aaron Murray might surprise some Georgia fans this season. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
Glenn Goldstein writes: Bill, It’s fairly easy to point out Georgia’s expected strengths — defense, QB, receivers — and potential weaknesses and questions—OL, tailback, special teams — going into the season, but where do you think the unexpected surprises will come from?
On the positive side, I think the receiving corps might surprise a lot of folks this season, and I believe Aaron Murray may surprise the many naysayers about him in fan forums. Daniel Jeremiah, who covered this summer’s Manning Passing Academy for NFL.com, was impressed by Murray and said he was surprised at how powerfully Murray threw the deep ball. “Murray had as much range as any quarterback at the camp,” he said.
On the negative side, I’m tempted to say we’ll probably have some suspensions crop up during the season, but I’m not sure that would really qualify as a surprise any more.
Bill C. writes: I think Richt is doing a really good job coaching UGA in a highly competitive league. Why can we not get over the hump though? I can think of lots of reasons: inconsistent at best special teams, really bad luck (i.e. losing Shockley before UF), we play in the toughest league ever, etc. But those aren’t the reasons why we haven’t won it all. We haven’t won it all because, unlike his peers, Richt does not value winning above all else. Urban Meyer almost killed himself winning his championships, Nick Saban would kill anyone within 200 miles of Tuscaloosa if he thought they might negatively affect his team, Gene Chizik and Auburn bought their championship, Les Miles isn’t smart enough to care about anything but winning, and it’s no mystery how Steve Spurrier feels about winning. Richt runs an ethical and clean program. I respect where winning ranks in Richt’s overall values: I am guessing 4th, behind his religion, family, and the overall well-being of his players. However, if we’re going to win it all, that value ranking has to change. Winning needs to move to number 2 behind player health for 3 1/2 hours 14 times a year. I’m not talking about partying in the end zone, I’m talking about players never letting up or losing to someone who wants it more. I hope Richt finds that killer instinct somewhere inside of him and finally brings a team above and beyond its potential. Thoughts?
I’m not sure I agree that you have to be ruthless and obsessed to win a national championship, though I’m sure it might simplify the process. A bit of fire in the belly certainly doesn’t preclude having high standards and sticking to them. And despite his laid-back demeanor, I think Richt is probably every bit as competitive inside as the coaches you named. What will it take for Georgia to win a national title? A Heisman-winning player usually helps a lot in that regard. Plus a dominating defense. I don’t know whether Georgia has that kind of game-changing player on the roster right now, but I think the Dawgs are on the right track defensively. A bit of luck usually comes in handy, too. Maybe that’s why so many Georgia fans get so frustrated with Richt: the program isn’t that far away from rejoining the elite.
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AugustaDawg
August 4th, 2012
9:48 pm
First gata
t2go
August 4th, 2012
9:52 pm
yes
Dawg Haus
August 4th, 2012
9:53 pm
If the Dawgs had any kind of a killer instinct last season, they might have finished 12-2. I still support CMR, but that is one thing that just frustrates the heck out of me about him and his staff.
t2go
August 4th, 2012
9:53 pm
yes……but thank God for Grantham!!!
t2go
August 4th, 2012
9:58 pm
If you can stand it watch the Mich St game again….Dawgs were killing them! How that game ended up a loss is beyond me. Richt and Bobo seem to take their foot off the gas…they need to help the D and stop leaning so hard on them.
Cuz
August 4th, 2012
10:01 pm
Mark Richt is still the man I want as our coach.
Augustadawg
August 4th, 2012
10:10 pm
Even if he wins one it won’t shut people up. Richt is a class act and can win the big one. Sometimes it the pollsters that do us in. 2002 and 2007. We could go undefeated, beat Bama or LSU in SECCG and they would say we had to soft a schedule. Gooooooooo Dawgs! Sic em. Woof woof woof. Can’t wait to yell that at Sanford.
coondawg69
August 4th, 2012
10:11 pm
Of course they do NOT!! I will take the word of former players that both have an extremely competitive spirit.
The ability as top line coaches to get the job done??? That still remains to be seen. I will offer this one hope of optimism: Bobby Bowden and Tom Osborne both took a long time to finally win over their critics and a national championship. Hopefully the same will be true for CMR!!!
UGA has been ranked #2 twice in the final polls. Other SEC schools have won recent National Championships when they got the breaks and help. UGA has not had such luck. It takes some luck to win the national championship, ask Florida, Bama, and LSU. Great teams? No doubt. national championship teams? No doubt. Did they need help to play for the national championship? No doubt. Hopefully UGA will be back in Atlanta in early December this year and we will see if we get some these breaks!!!
Sargeant Hulka's Big Toe
August 4th, 2012
10:15 pm
The D ran out of gas in the bowl game because the offense couldn’t stay on the field. Very few teams are conditioned well enough to stay fueled up under those conditions.
Unkle
August 4th, 2012
10:18 pm
It’s not strength & conditioning.
The reason we struggled in the 2nd half against South Carolina, LSU, and Mich St, is because Murray started turning the ball over in the 2nd half of all 3 games.
Murray’s idiotic blunders crushed their spirit, they just lost heart and gave up.
Unkle
August 4th, 2012
10:20 pm
It all comes down to turnover margin. In 2011, when we won the turnover margin, we went 10-0, when we lost it, we went 0-4.
Not strength & conditioning, it’s pretty much Murray’s propensity to turn the ball over multiple times in big games.
Unkle
August 4th, 2012
10:21 pm
Richt’s value system got us to a couple of #2 finishes, so that’s not the problem.
It’s turnovers, and Murray is the #1 culprit.
Unkle
August 4th, 2012
10:23 pm
You missed hte #1 potential weakness:
Aaron Murray’s 20 turnovers in 2011.
Unkle
August 4th, 2012
10:25 pm
UGA is top 5 nationally in merchandise sales, and in revenues. And is ranked pre-season #6 by coaches and cbs, well respected around the country. Your perception of UGA is not accurate.
Unkle
August 4th, 2012
10:26 pm
Bill,
I’d suggest going to these fan type of articles on a monthly basis.
I enjoy your take MUCH more than these lame questions.
kingdaddy
August 4th, 2012
10:28 pm
Coach Richt needs a fire in his belly, then he needs to rip into Bobo and stop being so nice. This may be CMBs last year if he can’t score against a good team and cut down on the turnovers. Richt has to get a mean streak from somewhere but I just don’t think he’s up to it. We will see this year…
Unkle
August 4th, 2012
10:33 pm
Uh, David Y, I think we addressed the slow start problem.
Went from opening up against 2 top 10 teams last season, to Buffulo & Missouri, easy 2-0 start with 3rd string back ups.
Who in the world asks questions like that, you didn’t notice we went form 2 top teams to no top 25 teams in the first several games?
MattDawg
August 4th, 2012
10:34 pm
Yes Richt and Bobo have no real killer instinct. Grantham sure does and if they wanna make him head coach at UGA I am all for it!!
Quit mealy mouthing UGA Fans!
August 4th, 2012
10:38 pm
Been around this program since 1966. Quit mealy mouthing everything UGA fans. Fact is, I was at Auburn today (my 22 nephew graduated today). On way out of Auburn Arena, I (MBA Terry), my Dad (UGA grad.), and my wife (UGA BA) had to walk right by the Crystal Trophy. How do you think that made me feel? Well, Cam Newton or not, Auburn has a trophy we don’t. Fact. Yeah…that hurts.
UGA, it isn’t what lies in front of you or behind you that’s important…it’s what lies within you. Point is, I had to listen to Larry Munson (woulda, coulda, shoulda mantra (although I love the man)) mealy mouth UGA all those years. It’s is time to act like we’ve been there and do it! Quit “wait ’til next year” crap.
Need the go for the “juglar” mentality now. If not this year, then it will not get done under Richt. Great man. Very good coach. Just don’t know if he can take us to the next level. UGA needs a Crystal Trophy to shut (me) and everyone else up.
Unkle
August 4th, 2012
10:39 pm
Glenn G, must have gotten his question backwards.
Weaknesses are Murray, defense (due to suspensions), and receivers (Mitchell is gone, King had 1 or 2 50+ yard games last year.)
Strengths are Sp Teams (can’t get worse than missing 14 field goals, punter has better hang time than Butlet did, Smith is faster than Boykin) almost every year at UGA, tailback is one of the deepest positions–we’re at least 4 deep with 4-5 star talent there–we also got the #1 running back in the nation, Glenn how could you have missed that? Oline is an NFL facotry of talent, we’re sending 3 guys a year to the NFL, what does that tell you?
Unkle
August 4th, 2012
10:40 pm
Richt already has been on 2 national champion teams as a coach. Finished #2 2x at UGA. That’s close enough.
Unkle
August 4th, 2012
10:41 pm
Since Richt has a higher win % than Saban, Miles or Spurrier, they need to get more of a killer instinct like Richt’s
Unkle
August 4th, 2012
10:42 pm
Saban only had 1 top 3 finish in his first 11 years, Richt’s had 2 at UGA.
Saban needs ot be more like Richt.
Dawg Haus
August 4th, 2012
10:47 pm
Have y’all seen CMR’s press conference from today? Maybe that five o’clock shadow he’s got going on means he’s getting a little rougher around the edges.
Unkle
August 4th, 2012
10:49 pm
His win % is better than Sban’s we don’t need him to be “rougher”.
Dawg Haus
August 4th, 2012
11:24 pm
True, Unkle. I’m a CMR fan, too, but Saban has a few things in his trophy case that I think would be very welcome in Athens.
Unkle
August 4th, 2012
11:28 pm
You don’t sound like a fan if you arn’t happy with a Coach who has a higher win % than Saban.
Top Row Dawg
August 4th, 2012
11:46 pm
Real Georgia fans support CMR. Funny how the trolls and haters are so anxious for us to dump him. Stay the course.
Dawg Haus
August 5th, 2012
12:02 am
I never said I wasn’t happy with CMR, Unkle. I respect him both as a man and as a coach. I believe he has what it takes to get the Dawgs to the championship level, but there’s no point in claiming that CMR is a better coach than Saban solely based on winning percentage. CMR has won two conference titles in 11 years as a head coach, which is great, but in only six more years as a head coach, Saban has won three national titles at two different schools.
Dawg Haus
August 5th, 2012
12:04 am
Killer instinct or not, CMR is our coach and we should all stand behind him and the Dawgs in 2012. Can’t wait till the 1st!
Right On Time
August 5th, 2012
12:12 am
YES
Skeptical DAWG
August 5th, 2012
12:31 am
CMR wouldn’t know a killer instinct if it hit him in the head. Being totally unprepared at the beginning of potentially big seasons has been what’s kept us out of the national picture. Expecting we won’t be prepared for Mizzou as well. We’ve seen the best this regime can do. Nice records, at least at the beginning, but someone else will have to lead us to the promised land.
Ron Roberts
August 5th, 2012
12:50 am
All this “killer instinct” hogwash…
If Shockley’s not hurt, we beat Florida and play for the national championship.
We SHOULD have played for the title instead of Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, too, and had the new “plus one” model been in place, we would have been involved in both scenarios.
A little perspective, folks; too many people confuse Coach Richt’s faith and his good manners with a “softness.” The guy’s a head football coach at a D-1 SEC institution. I’m certain he’s got “killer instinct” for the game. Let’s just not confuse “killer instinct” with “willing to cheat.” We don’t need that.
Pj
August 5th, 2012
1:01 am
Bill, I’m of the opinion that those who give you a hard time are most likely jealous of the fact that – from a writing standpoint – you essentially have a uga fan’s dream job. I think you do it quite well personally. Good luck settling your kid in Athens. I grew up in the classic city and my parents still live in five points as soon to be retired Professors. We moved to Athens in 84 and buffalo will be my 125th Georgia game.
From my perspective, we are lucky to have coach richt in so many ways. I never experienced a conference title until cmr arrived – and now we have 2 with an additional 2 runner ups.
All he’s missing is the crystal ball – this year seems as good as any with an elite qb and a top 5 defense – those two things seem to be on almost all bcs title winners
WorldWideDawg
August 5th, 2012
1:02 am
I don’t see how folks can say either CMR or CMB has no killer instict. Look how many points our offense scores. As said above it’s the turnovers that hurt us most. Secondly is last season we didn’t have a run game at all, with that I give CMB mad respect for keeping/giving us 10 wins with Brandon Harton and Kyle K (not even going to try and spell his name) running the ball for us. I give those two much respect as well for doing a great job as well to keep us on the path. Of course special teams sucked bad, there were way too many times we got in the RZ and didn’t score from a missed FG. I know we’ll be better this season, if the Coaches do what they did last year I feel we’re good, it’s the players who have to take care of business/ball. GO DAWGS SIC ‘EM!!!!
ncdawg
August 5th, 2012
1:48 am
augustadawg, tell me about CMR winning the big ones – at least in recent years. I seem to have missed those games.
ncdawg
August 5th, 2012
1:50 am
augustadawg, tell me about CMR winning the big ones – at least in recent years? I seems to have missed those games.
staDog
August 5th, 2012
1:52 am
richt is a good man and the dogs have a strong roster. the dogs should win 9-10 games in 2012 and go to a good bowl game.
WorldWideDawg
August 5th, 2012
2:33 am
ncdawg,
How about the UF and GT games? He has beaten LSU 5 in a row as well as Aubum until Scam and that horrible officiating crew. Seems CMR doesn’t do anything right, if he wins the NC then he better win it from then on out or else folks will want him fired. Look at UT, want to be like them? SC, Spurrier was about to retire before Lattimore literally carried him and the whole team on his back. SC will be back to where they were historically, once Spurrier gets tired and realizes he’ll never get those Hens to where he thinks/wants he’ll hang it up. Maybe we should be like Alabama, have just two sports teams to hand money to/root for and be happy. I’ll take CMR and the Dawgs, be a Braves and Falcons fan plus being a proud Georgian over all of that mess…
chuck
August 5th, 2012
3:16 am
Thank goodness that many areas have been fixed but we still have several issues.
1. Mike Bobo offense isn’t performing close to the talent level he has at his disposal.
2. The roster management is horrible. Once again, UGA doesn’t have enough OL on scholarship. How can this keep happening? OL has had 5 of 22 starters for as long as the sport has existed. That means sign 4 to 5 EVERY year. CMR can’t get the concept that recruiting is an every year job. Last year the signing of only 19 recruits was a joke.
3. Our special teams are an embarrassment. Do we have to lose a game before our head coach figures out that we need a dedicated coach in charge of special teams? The worst part is there isn’t a coach trying to fix this area. We just continue to look like a clown act on special teams. The rest of the world has figured this out. UGA can expect to see a steady diet of trick plays on special teams because we don’t have a coach looking at our tendencies and fixing our issues. Our opponents then plan plays to exploit these tendencies. The result is fake punts for touchdowns, reverses on punt returns for touchdowns, and successful onside kicks. Against Vandy, it was a kick return for a touchdown and then a blocked punt. The blocked punt at that time of the game in of itself should result in immediate action. Who knows what other things the dedicated special team coaches on our remaining opponents will exploit.
It’s 4th and long and time to drop back and punt CMR and then start moving forward.
Reality Dawg
August 5th, 2012
3:17 am
Top Row Dawg
August 4th, 2012
11:46 pm
Real Georgia fans support CMR. Funny how the trolls and haters are so anxious for us to dump him. Stay the course.
Only true idiots blindly support and blindly follow any leader. “Stay the course.”
Really?? “Stay the course”?? Even if it takes you to Starkville, MS???
7576DAWG
August 5th, 2012
3:23 am
I think we do lighten up after getting a big lead sometimes and if our second team and third team is a lot worst than the starter then our opponents do have a tendency of coming back. Then we put our starters back in and they can’t get back to the same level of play. Putting away an opponent has to do with keeping up the same pressure until the other team gives up, like Auburn did last year. Until that happens you can’t go into a conservative mode of play by running on every play.
Bobo has a tendency of going conservative and CMR wants to play the second and third team and the walk on’s. We start running the ball hoping to run out the clock but if we go 3 and out, 3 or 4 times in a row it could give the other team confidence that it is not too late to come back , which has happened a few times.
I think if we have the same lack of killer instinct this year with a lot of 3 and out’s in the 3RD and 4TH Quarters and this cause us to lose 3 or 4 games I think McGarity will make a few changes at the end of the year on the offensive side.
For those of you that think Bobo is doing his job, tell me how many teams have asked to talk with Bobo about becoming their head coach or how many Pro teams have asked to talk to Bobo about becoming a coach with a Pro team? Georgia has averaged 9 or ten wins for at least 10 years and there is no doubt in my mine that with a top Offensive Coordinator we would have done better. I think this is the last year for Bobo to prove he can be a Coordinator . I’m pulling for him because he recruits South Georgia very good and he does love the Dawgs.
chavez ravine dawg
August 5th, 2012
3:46 am
Undoubtedly CMR and CMB have a killer instinct as shown in a plethora of games….unlike Saban. 7576: McGarity isn’t a coach. He will make zero changes on Offense as you note.
chavez ravine dawg
August 5th, 2012
3:47 am
NO killer instinct, pardon me.
BlackOutSkinnyOne?
August 5th, 2012
3:50 am
Why hasn’t Bobo been dismissed if he’s underperforming, 7576?
WDE
August 5th, 2012
5:28 am
How many OC’s won 10 games in a row last year in the SEC? How many in the Big 10-12 ?
tony
August 5th, 2012
7:05 am
I agree with David Youngerman. In the SC game we were running the football extremely well against their defense but as usual they put the breaks on and allowed Murray to throw the football down feild only to turn the ball over time after time. Remember, SC rush defense was rank 45th nationally and their pass defense was rank 2nd nationally so why would a hc play into his opponent’s strenght? It doesn’t make sense and it is self defeat. Our team doesn’t have a durability problem – they’re problem is maintaining momentum throughout the course of games due to turnovers and miscues.
In that bowl game against MSU we were up 7 points with less than 3 minutes left in the 4th quarter with the ball still in our possession. On 3rd and 8 they hand the ball off to RS for some odd reason. Once again they put the breaks on even when they had the lead. The defense became a none factor late in the 4th qt when John Jenkins left the game with an injury not because they were out of gas. This is why it is very important for the dawgs to recruit Montravius Adams because when Big John Jenkins leaves they need a impact player who can create havoc for offenses.
Destin Dawg
August 5th, 2012
7:05 am
New S & C program.. full time nutrionist Jen Ketterly.. Grantham’s 3/4 defense all take a year or 2 to have an impact.. Win the SEC Champs THIS Year… Go Dawgs !!
SSI
August 5th, 2012
7:06 am
I remember very well the day some 36 years ago when my wife and I did the very same thing you’re to do next week. Taking your baby girl to Athens to live…and hopefully study. Mama handled it better than I. It was traumatic for me…to say the least. But, it turned out very, very well. She ended up living with the same roommate the entire time in the same room in Mary Rutherford (now demolished, I understand). Met her future husband the first week of school, and is now a grandmother, a season ticket holder of many years, and a rabid Dawg fan…as are we all. Good luck to you, your wife, and of course, your daughter. And, Go Dawgs!!!
MDawg
August 5th, 2012
7:26 am
Bobo is the No. 1 candidate to become the head coach next year of a miditier school which is very impressed by his recruiting and tutelage under Coach Richt. I know that for a fact. The AD there is very high on him. Very good chance he will be a HC next year.
Unreal
August 5th, 2012
7:28 am
The lack of killer instinct is the biggest problem. No doubt.
mgdawg
August 5th, 2012
7:30 am
I agree about the killer instinct, but I believe it’s not just the offense but also the defense. With Vangorder richt would become ultra conservative with a lead also, but the defense would just continue to shutdown the other team. I have heard that Grantham doesn’t sub much, maybe that is why the conditioning looks so bad sometimes. I’m still not that satisfied with the tackling of the defense, there are still times that they never bring their hands with them when they tackle. As for the offense, they do need to do a better job of sticking with what is working. I remember many games where the passing game was working so well, but bobo would call a running play every first down and they would get stuffed every time.
As for special teams, I really want Richt to take control of special teams. If he names himself the special teams coach, I think we will see more emphasis on this from the players. Personally I’m not a big fan of having a bunch of starters on special teams. The potential for injury and just getting the players more winded out weigh the benefits. All of these backups on scholarship are supposed to be top recruits also, they should be able to atleast do special teams.
Mary, Queen of Scots
August 5th, 2012
7:34 am
UGA mandates that the penalty for athletes who are caught using illegal drugs is to be suspended for a minimum of 10% of the games for their sport. The regular season for football is 12 games. 10% of 12 games equals 1.2 games. When Richt suspends a player for one game, that’s only 8.3%, not 10%. Assuming that UGA plays in a post-season bowl game, it’s only 7.7%.
So how does Marvelous Marky explain that away?
I know it’s UGA, where mathematical skills are limited, but even Richt, who’s not very bright, should be able to handle a calculator.
Never mind, I forgot that Richt is a lowlife, cheating sleazebag. That explains everything.
WDE
August 5th, 2012
7:38 am
@Mary, Queen of Scots myself and the rest of the Bull Dog Nation are all so very glad they cut your head off….you earned it ! Bill best wishes for your daughter and her UGA college experience.
Lagdawg
August 5th, 2012
8:07 am
They both have no killer instinct. It is proven in every game. When you have a team down, you have to go for the kill. When you play passive it hurts your team and makes them lazy. MDawg, if Bobo is hired away, I just hope CMR has enough sense to hire a competent OC as well as a great recruiter. The offense is very lethargic, it will bore you to death. GT offense brings more excitment than UGA and UGA has way more talent. Trust me, he can be replaced easily.
tide roll
August 5th, 2012
8:10 am
I don’t know if it’s a lack of killer instinct, but I do know that based on the quantity and quality of high school talent in this State, Uga, during Richt’s tenure, should have at least one National Title. Richt’s annual failure to evaluate and sign physical, athletic offensive lineman not only results in limiting what he and Bobo can do offensively, but Richt also ends up mindlessly feeding the very teams he needs to beat with these studs. Bill, you and UGA fans only need to watch the South Carolina tape to see an example of this. No. 73 for Carolina is Creekside High’s Rokevious Watkins. Talk about a dominant performance! On Marcus Lattimore’s game clinching touchdown, Watkins pulled and literally buried Christian Robinson. Why wasn’t he doing this for UGA? Hell, the kid’s from right here in Atlanta. By Richt failing to sign the kid, he mindlessly equips Spurrier with just the type of physical offensive lineman he needs to beat you! He did the same thing with James Carpenter and Chance Warmack, two Georgians that made up the right side of our NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP offensive line. Richt is at it yet again. Standing idly by while Tech lands Tri City teammates OT Shamire Devine and OG Jeremi Hall. Muschamp needs to send Richt a gator hat in appreciation of OG Joshua Outlaw, OT Max Garcia, and most recently OG and STUD Octavious Jackson. Hell, at least try to sign these athletes to “starve” your competiton! But he won’t do it! Year after year the same damn thing! It’s infuriating and makes you wonder what Richt is thinking.You’re never going to get there with him. Never.
tide roll
August 5th, 2012
8:24 am
Actually Carpenter, from Hepzibah and Warmack, from Cam Newton’s school, Westlake, made up the left side of our National Championship line. Carpenter went on to become a 1st round draft pick of the Seattle Seahawks and Warmack is a 4-year starter for us and has starred on two National Championship teams. He’ll be a high round draft pick as well. Thanks Richt. What does it take for this guy to figure it out! What’s it been. 32 years. This is the reason why. Make the connection you dummy. Damn.
RHall55
August 5th, 2012
8:40 am
CMR….time to put up or pack up…..enough talent in State and surrounding states to field a Team that can beat Top 20 Teams….this losing to those Teams every year needs to stop….CMR, you need to win @ least 11 games this year to show some evidence of getting UGA back on the National map!!! C’mon Man….your staff needs to make this happen….no more Willie Martinez tenures for this present staff (they need to do their job w/ excellence or pack up!!!)
Just Sayin
August 5th, 2012
8:51 am
@Mary……
You idiot…..we round up or down the same way EVERY team does!!!!
P.S. I agree with other bloggers, glad they got rid of you centuries ago you “lowlife cheating sleaze bag”
tide roll
August 5th, 2012
8:55 am
I forgot JuJUAN James, OT from N.Gwinnett and 3 year starter for Tennessee. It’s absolutely crazy. Y’all must have an aversion to controlling the ball and resting your defense. Must like field goals in the red zone, right? Is Richt a piece of work or what? Got the “wrap around shades”, tinted hair, spray on tan, and not a clue. He and Bobo should have been replaced after the Cental Florida beat down. Y’all remember. That’s the game where your team QUIT.
Joey
August 5th, 2012
8:59 am
Everybody see that photo at the top? That’s why it’s silly to blame Bobo for anything to do with the offense – game planning, play-calling, or in game adjustments (or lack of). Richt keeps the headset on, and UGA runs HIS offense.
@ Steve Upshaw
August 5th, 2012
9:02 am
If we win the SEC and maybe even play for the NC I expect you to come on this board and apologize to Richt and the Dawg Nation. —Resident Georgia Fan
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August 5th, 2012
9:03 am
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JB
August 5th, 2012
9:06 am
Mark Richt had 9 top 25 finishes at UGA in 11 years, Saban had 5 in 11 years, Richt had 2 top 3 finishes in 11 years, Saban had 1 in his first 11 years. Saban had 3 top 10 finishes in his first 11 years, Richt had 6 top 10 finishes.
Will
August 5th, 2012
9:08 am
Coach Richt had 4 top 10 finishes in hist first 5 seasons. Urban Meyer had 1.
Richard
August 5th, 2012
9:08 am
yes
QO
August 5th, 2012
9:11 am
Coach Bear Bryant only had 1 top 10 finish in hist first 11 seasons. Coach Richt has had 6.
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
August 5th, 2012
9:15 am
We agree CMR is a good man. (oh oh, are we allowed to say MAN instead of Person ?!?!)
However, UGA hasn’t won a bowl game in years…sad.
QO
August 5th, 2012
9:16 am
Coach Richt started coaching at FSU 14 years before he came to UGA. FSU finished in the top 10 14 seasons, then UGA has finished in the top 10 6 times at UGA, so Coach Richt’s team have finished in the top 10, 20 out of the last 25 seasons. Only 1 losing season, finished in the top 25, 23 times out of 25 seasons.
1971DAWG
August 5th, 2012
9:18 am
Richt’s blind loyalty is what has kept UGA from winning a N.C. His loyalty to Martinez kept the defense and program down for over 5 years. UGA could have won it all in 2005&2007, but the defense was terrible. Then his loyalty to promote Bobo and keep him in charge of the offense has prevented UGA from winning big the past 5 years, and it will keep UGA from winning the SECC this year as well. And his loyalty to Garner is killing UGA in recruiting the past several years, and it is killing UGA in state again this year. Garner is losing the battle for defensive lineman in state, and he has been getting out recruited by the staffs at Auburn, Bama, Florida, and hell now even S.C. And last but certainly not least, Richt’s loyalty to Murray cost UGA 2 games last year, S.C and Mich.St. Murray’s boneheaded decisions continue to loss momentum the team works so hard to gain. Yet Richt refuses to play a backup, and sit Murray’s ass down when he continues to make the same mistakes over and over again. Nothing is going to change at UGA as long as Richt is in charge. There is an old saying “You can’t take strips off of a zebra” unfortunately for us UGA fans, we are stuck with this Zebra.
Lee
August 5th, 2012
9:20 am
Coach Richt has gone 7-4 in Bowls in first 11 seasons. Saban went 4-6 in Bowls in first 11 seasons.
UAGrad
August 5th, 2012
9:25 am
“The same thing that wins is what always won. We just have a different bunch of excuses when we lose”
-Paul William Bryant
Same ole Same ole
August 5th, 2012
9:25 am
Another year with with Richt and another year of the same ole results. A 9 – 3 record with a hiccup to a vandy or a Kentucky is very possible. A loss to the dreaded gators and also losing for the 3rd straight year to South Carolina. Changes are needed for UGA to win some big hardware in a killer instinct fashion both offensively and defensively.
Bad Dawg
August 5th, 2012
9:26 am
According to the idiot posters on this blog Mark Richt is a better coach than Saban, Bear Bryant, and Urban Meyer. Who knew? Some of you UGA fans are clueless.
WDE
August 5th, 2012
9:27 am
Enter your comments here
WDE
August 5th, 2012
9:28 am
@Same ole Same ole exactly who is your team?,
BC
August 5th, 2012
9:30 am
When you’re winning more and finishing in the top 10 2-6x more than Bear Bryant and Nick Saban did in their first 11 years, 6 top 10 finishes in 11 years, you don’t make assistant coaching changes. Coaching continuity is what allowed Richt to finish in the top 25 9 of 11 seasons at UGA.
Aaron Murray improved the wins from 6 in 2010, to 10 in 2011, that’s a 70% increase in win totals in 1 season, beat 2 top 25 ranked ranked teams along the way in GT & Auburn, and did it in a hotseat season with a lot of pressure also beat Florida.
WDE
August 5th, 2012
9:31 am
@Bad Dawg news flash troll boy if the content of a UGA blog upsets you..stay away its simple even for you..
tony
August 5th, 2012
9:33 am
Joey
August 5th, 2012
8:59 am
___________________________
EXACTLY! Remember, Mr Richt said that Mike Bobo does a good job with the offense.
I never once blame M.Bobo or no one else for the dawg’s problems except the hc. Aaron Murray would be a better qb had Mr Richt held him accountible for not protecting the football. With all 9 starters returning on defense and with all the weapons returning on offense we will see if Mr Richt is a pretender or a contender. This is a 12-0 team without a doubt.
tide roll
August 5th, 2012
9:37 am
Are you guys reading the latest on your new center David Andrews? He’s like 6′1″ 280. Bobo and Friend tease him about being short.
The kid acknowledges being short AND out weighed by up to 90 lbs by defensive linemen. Richt acknowledges all of this together with the challenge the kid faces coming out of a small private school program where he was easily the biggest on the field! Then Richt goes on to say that none of thes really matters because the kid is “Smart” and has good “Technique” RICHT IS CERTIFIABLY NUTS.This is exactly why you’ll never get there with the guy. He and Bobo base their opinions on the way they want things to be , not the way they really are. It’s crazy. They’re able to recognize the freakish nature of guys like John Jenkins and Jarvis Jones, and then choose to counter that with a private school kid outweighed by 80 lbs. You’re never going to get there with this two headed idiot aka RICHT/BOOBOO. Throw in a little Will Friend and Joe T. and off you go! 32 years. No wonder!
UAGrad
August 5th, 2012
9:39 am
However, at The Capstone, Bryant won 3 National Championships and 4 SEC Championships in his first 11 years.
Sad Richards
August 5th, 2012
9:41 am
We had sheeple dawg fans when Ray Goff was around. We still have them for Richt too .Its time for UGA to get a hard nosed football coach and staff to bring us the championships we deserve. Im tired of seeing big time recruits go elsewhere while Richt struggles against the Clemsons, Vandys, UT and South Carolina’s here recently. Love my Dawgs but it aint gonna happen with Richt, Its time for him to go to Honduras for missionary work.
12
August 5th, 2012
9:41 am
Blah blah blah…
Our o-line got criticized last pre season, and 3 of them developed into NFL draft picks. Will Friend is a great coach, we’ll trust him over some blogger.
Pcola-dawg
August 5th, 2012
9:43 am
tide roll,
either you or your son was spurned by uga as an OL. Your bitter attitude, lengthy blogs, overall time and energy you invest reading, analyzing and reacting to uga football as a non fan speaks volumes regarding your character. you obviously have a very personal interest in a program that according to your endless blogging is irrelevant and off track. Please help me understand your constant effort and obsession with our team?
Q9
August 5th, 2012
9:45 am
Recruiting? Glad you brought that up. Richt has finished top 10 in nation in recruit 9 out of last 10 seasons.
Sad Richards
August 5th, 2012
9:46 am
Q9 is sheeple.
Joey
August 5th, 2012
9:48 am
JB – these stats are a little more meaningful – to me at least:
Saban – 3 BCS Titles
Myer – 2 BCS Titles
Richt – 0 BCS Titles, 0 BCSCG appearances
All of those having taken place during Richt’s tenure.
tide roll
August 5th, 2012
9:48 am
Your starting offensive line should be, and mind you, these are all IN STATE athletes. BRANDON GREENE, left tackle (BAMA), CHANCE WARMACK, left guard (BAMA), CHRIS BURNETTE, Center (IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS HOLY!), KENARIOUS GATES, Right Guard, and JUJUAN JAMES JAMES, right tackle (TENNESSEE). Instead, you had Booboo talking about what an athlete Kolton Houston was at Right Tackle, and how he felt Houston could contain these speed rushers coming off the edge! It’s almost comical if it weren’t so pitiful! 32 friggin years. But don’t worry. Bobo just the guy to lead you out of the wilderness. What a mess.
Old Dog Class of 80
August 5th, 2012
9:50 am
My problem is not necessarily that we haven’t won a NC (although that would help tremendously), it is that I haven’t seen good football played by the Dawgs in the past 4-5 years. I support the team- but I have concluded that it is the guy at the top who is holding them back.
One thing that looks apparent is that Richt is obsessively loyal – do you think Saban, Miles, Meyer, or Spurrier would keep Murray in the game after throwing a pick-six? Or keep Walsh kicking after it is apparent he has lost his Mojo? Or keep Bobo (or Martinez) around when they are so predictable? Richt seems to value loyalty above winning – maybe that is why the gold ring has eluded him.
RedHatter
August 5th, 2012
9:50 am
Bear Brayant had 0 top 3 finishes in his first 11 seasons, 0 National Championships, went 1-9 in his 10th season. Richt went 6-7 in his 10th season. Had 6 top 10 finishes.
Old Dog Class of 80
August 5th, 2012
9:52 am
“Our o-line got criticized last pre season, and 3 of them developed into NFL draft picks. ”
So where were they during OUR football season. Did they just LET Marray get sacked (or is there a different problem – maybe Murray taking too much time?)
Plus1
August 5th, 2012
9:55 am
Saban had 1 top 3 finish in his first 11 years, Richt had 2, Bear Bryant had no top 3 finishes in his first 11 seasons, Richt had 2
Sad Richards
August 5th, 2012
9:56 am
We need a team and coaching staff that will have a “Break their Will’ approach. We havent had that with Richt coached teams.
Plus1
August 5th, 2012
9:58 am
I got no issues with Murray taking 1000 sacks and throwing 500 interceptions, as long as he increases his bottom line win totals by 4 each year like he did in 2011. It’s all about wins.
Plus1
August 5th, 2012
10:01 am
Only 1 stat matters with Murray, and that’s wins, and 2011 his stat sheet reads like this:
+4
Bad Dawg
August 5th, 2012
10:01 am
WDE, I assume you are another dumb dawg lol. Tell your friends to stop trying to convince themselves that Richt is a superior head coach because it is far from the truth. Objectivity and honesty is all I ask for.
Joey
August 5th, 2012
10:02 am
“Coaching continuity is what allowed Richt to finish in the top 25 9 of 11 seasons at UGA.”
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Nice historical revisionism, BC.
Allowing Willie Martinez to stay at DC for 5 or 6 seasons when he obviously had no answer for stopping SEC teams or even PJ’s running attack, cost Richt at least one, maybe two shots at the Big Game, when he had about a dozen future NFL players – some even NFL stars – in ‘07 and ‘08.
Or course, you and others just go on and enjoy those “Top 25″ rankings, and magical 10-Win Seasons! At the end of every season, y’all get amnesia about the embarrassing losses during the year . . .
kingdaddy
August 5th, 2012
10:03 am
What does it mean when we sit here and debate about whether we can beat Missouri? What does it mean when the Doggie faithful are worried about a Down UF or an Auburn team we beat 45-7 the year before. Are we really worried worried about Vandy? Jame Franklin is gonna be in our house, but listening to some folks, we don’t even need to show up, we’ve already lost, lol. And that brings me to S.C….How did this happen? We now have already accepted this as a yearly loss, really? What happened to our fans confidence???Try watching a 290 lb. D.E. lumber half way across the field on a fake punt. Try watching your team play a good team hard for a couple of quarters and then seemingly give up, give out, quit on their coach. Has Coach Richt fixed these problems? How do you teach a really good qb how to play on the edge but not turn the ball over, not to cough it up. 4 losses last year. Special Teams, turn-overs, no adjustments to our opponents (adjustments). Our Defense on the field the entire second-half, winded, gassed and wondering what just happened? Has CMR fixed our Special Teams? Don’t know…Has A. Murrary learned to throw the ball out of bounds yet? Will he hang on the ball better this year? Has CMR fixed the turn-over problem yet? Don’t know…Questions…Do we win the games we’re supposed to win? Lil Stevie really got CMRs #??? Where do we go this year? Which UGA team will show up. Where is our consistency Coach Richt? I think that’s what we’re looking for. Consistency. Win the games we’re supposed to win and turn the tables on lil stevie. Fix-it Coach Richt. THAT IS YOUR JOB!!! I love CMR, but like many other fans, real fans, I’m not totally convinced we’ve fixed these problems. Love my coach, but I love my team and school more…
Sad Richards
August 5th, 2012
10:03 am
WDE is Sheeple.
tide roll
August 5th, 2012
10:03 am
Pcola-dawg. It’s fans like you that are part of the problem. But I like your handle. UGA is in fact the PEPSI COLA of the SEC. BAMA’S the COKE-A-COLA baby! Your offensive line and UGA’s philosophy that goes with it is the very reason you haven’t won a National Title in 32 years! There’s something wrong with you people. You buy into the crap Richt and Booboo are selling because it’s easier to believe them than to face facts about your football program. FACT: Easiest the most under acheiving in America. No National title in over 31 years. With the talent available to you in this state! You gotta be kiddin’ me! Come on damn it. There’s not another fan base in America that would put up with this crap. But y’all do. So I’m thinking, YOU’RE GETTING JUST WHAT YOU DESERVE KOOL-AIDERS. ROLL DAMN TIDE!!!!!
Bad Dawg
August 5th, 2012
10:04 am
Plus1 and RedHatter, Are you trying to prove that Richt is a better head coach or equal to Bear Bryant? Because if you are then bless your precious souls.
FLA DAWG
August 5th, 2012
10:07 am
In The SEC No Killer Instinct = No SECC Title.
We backed into the SEC East Title and were slaughtered in the conference title game.
We’ve had more than enough talent to win multiple SECC’s (and perhaps more than that) but I believe Richt and Bobo will never get us to the Big Dance.
Poy
August 5th, 2012
10:09 am
Mark Richt has finished #2 and then #3, 2 top 3 finishes in his first 11 seasons, that’s better than Saban or Bear Bryant did in their first 11 seasons.
Sad Richards
August 5th, 2012
10:10 am
@ Poy…… Whoopeeee!
Sad Richards
August 5th, 2012
10:12 am
So tired of hearing about the labor pains with Richt. Im Ready for the Baby!
Will
August 5th, 2012
10:13 am
Bobby Bowden had 0 top 10 finishes in his first 11 seasons. Richt had 6.
Will
August 5th, 2012
10:17 am
Bowden spent the last page in his bio book, trying to defend his legacy and explain why Bowden only had 1 top 5 finish before Mark Richt joined his staff, and 14 while Richt was on his staff. After Richt left tin 2000, Bowden never finished in the top 5 again.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
August 5th, 2012
10:21 am
Lets see now does this Coaching staff have the fortitude to win
I can recall a meaningless bowl game against a team that played football in Division II up until a few years ago
Yea I recall how we were inside the 10 yard line with 4th and inches in this meaningless bowl game against UCF a Division II level program and our fine championship caliber coaching staff decides you know what we just arent good enough to go for it this team is too tough for Georgia to take a risk and go for it. We just will play it safe and kick the field
The answer is no this a staff wont get it done
FLA DAWG
August 5th, 2012
10:23 am
The difference between The Bear and Richt is Bryant improved while Richt has deteriorated. Someone above stated well by writing that the team play has just gotten worse and worse. The only improvement has been the D with the dismissal of Martinez and hiring of Grantham.
Our O Line was huge – bigger than any even in The NFL last season but couldn’t open a hole or hold for a pass rush. Our backfield was weak. Our special teams were pathetic. The D was not spectacular but they held their own until they were gassed from being on the field too long. We never seem to control the game anymore.
I was amazed Richt and Bobo received extensions by McGarity. A 10 win streak against patsies sandwiched between double losses to good teams is not a good record.
Sad Richards
August 5th, 2012
10:25 am
Amen Fla Dawg!
SEC-K
August 5th, 2012
10:33 am
5: best coaches in the SEC:
#1 / #2: Saban and Miles—way above everyone else.
#3: Spurrier
#4: Richt–good, not great
#5: chizik–good, but won the title only because of cam newton
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
August 5th, 2012
10:34 am
FLA DAWG
How could you spit in the kool-aid like that
FLA DAWG
August 5th, 2012
10:37 am
Flat,
For what it’s worth I’ve noted fewer and fewer Richt supporters over the past three years on this site. The few remaining ones will never see the reality of the situation.
I still don’t understand how Richt (and especially Bobo!) got a new contract. Was it for another five years?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
August 5th, 2012
10:45 am
FLA DAWG
Richt had 2 remaining on his current contract they added 3 more years to it so you can basically say its 5 yrs
I was slammed by the kool-aid drunks when I stated that he should not be signed to an extension since he had 2 more years but oh no; the response was if we dont sing him we will lose all those recruits
Richt has had recruits for years and what have we done with them
TJ
August 5th, 2012
10:59 am
The answer is yes.
tony
August 5th, 2012
11:03 am
FLA DAWG
August 5th, 2012
10:37 am
__________________________
I also don”t understand. It reminds me of the time when Arthur Blank extended Jim Mora Jr contract. I was livid! I hated Mora style of coaching. He allowed MV to do whatever he wanted to do. At least Arthur Blank was bold enough to get him out of Atlanta.
Beast from the East
August 5th, 2012
11:12 am
Killer instinct? Richt? Great man, great recruiter, good coach. It depends on what you’re looking for in a Head Coach. I don’t think he will ever win more than a conference title at UGA. I also think those are done with the improvement the rest of league has made (Bama, LSU, SC) and the addition of Mizzou and A&M.
There is no excuse for the longest tenured HC in the conference to be opening his 11th season 20 players under the scholarship limit. Did UGA go on probation and get hammered with reduced scholarships while we weren’t paying attention? You’ll find out how tough that reduced roster is after just a few key injuries. Want proof? Look at UF the last 2 years.
Fair n Balanced
August 5th, 2012
11:17 am
I didn’t even read the article but here is the answer to the question…yes they lack the killer instinct. The fact that they havent killed anybody proves it.
Joey
August 5th, 2012
11:29 am
The thing I ask the Richt-fan-boys, and never get answered is, when is the last time you saw Richt win a game as an underdog – or when did you last see Richt out-coach the guy on the other sideline?
A perfect illustration of Richt’s ability is the SECCG last season. I give Richt and Bobo a lot of credit for the game plan – two dropped passes cost us a 21-0 lead. The problem is when good DCs make adjustments – Richt has no answers for that. 3-and-out, over and over.
Richt came to Athens, and gave UGA respectability again, and for that I’m am grateful to him. But we have come full circle in terms of respect – the off-field problems, and little on-field success since ‘07 has a “Donnan-like” feel to the program again.
Our talent and schedule may save Richt again, but I think, true to form, he will lose a game or two to underdogs, and once again, we will be looking at 10 WINS! I hope for the best, but know what’s coming . . .
Icedawg
August 5th, 2012
11:39 am
Since the OL had difficulties run blocking the past few years the defense has had to be on the field an inordinate amount of time. You would be gassed in the fourth quarter, too. The Dawg offense has been able to score on the home run plays to stay in most games. But they have not been consistent in grinding out the time and scoring. You’ve got to have a productive running game to do that and you have to have a good run blocking OL to do that. That has been the biggest glaring weakness of recent Dawg teams.
angela
August 5th, 2012
11:49 am
after the scandal at penn state it is a blessing that we have richt
while he is not bear bryant his morals are more important
after all this maybe the best thing is to have someone like richt
and if we get lucky and find another herschel without paying his family
we can win a national championship
but at least we will never go thru what penn state did
is he the best coach available for money
probably saban is better but we should be gratefull for richt
you never know where the next scandal will come maybe some sec team but not ours
Joey
August 5th, 2012
12:08 pm
You be “gratefull” angela.
I’ll keep wishing for an innovative, smart, sideline coach for UGA. I’m pretty sure the NCAA is full of head coaches who don’t allow pedophiles in their locker rooms . . .
A sideline job where CMR is moonlighting as UGA coach
August 5th, 2012
12:22 pm
UGA grad here. Class of 71 & 73.
Richt is involved in his international ministries, like in Honduras. THAT is the man’s first love and his wife and family and close knit friends are all in.
COACHING UGA for him is a sideline. He monnlights at coaching. Usually a man has a golf game or running or camping or boating hobby to escape the pressures. For CMR COACHING FOOTBALL is that pressure reflief valve in issues of the soul and the heart …………..his first love is his missionary work. This is where Mark Richt’s passion is. Ask him.
It is what it is. I see 9-3 thing this year.
Go Dogs
Joey
August 5th, 2012
12:29 pm
Nice. I wish I had a $3M a year “sideline.”
And our last few games against ranked teams pretty much confirm that “moonlight” comment . . .
Preston
August 5th, 2012
12:47 pm
I’ve been saying it for years now. Richt does not have the killer instinct that it takes to compete for national championships. He’s a great man and a good coach but I’m afraid the humanitarian side of him will not allow him to get to the ultimate goal.
it aint gonna change
August 5th, 2012
12:49 pm
folks, a good friend of mine who is a long time FSU football fan said that Richt was the same way when he was OC at FSU. They would get a lead and he would start running up the middle. This guy said that the fans in the stands started a countdown to see how long it took Bobby Bowden to rip the headseat off of someones head, get on there and go “Dadgummit Mark, put your foot on the gas petal!!” Shortly thereafter, FSU would start opening it up again and throttling their opponents.
It aint gonna change….to add insult to injury, “sideline” is right on the money.
chazzo
August 5th, 2012
12:49 pm
Killer instinct? Intangible, immeasurable, unquantifiable….. Spare us the BS macho rhetoric.
Any sport is about consistent execution of principles and endurance (both mental and physical). Changes were made. We have seen improvements in those areas. It’s not about BS like killer instinct or swagger.
Stop speculating about personality traits of people that the vast majority of us have never even met and certainly do not know well enough to make these assumptions.
tide roll
August 5th, 2012
12:49 pm
In the article on your new center 6′1″ 280 lb. private school product Andrews, Chris Burnette is quoted as being impressed with Andrew’s reads and technique. Obviously Byrnette is familiar with such things, having been in the system for 3 years now. Therefore, doen’t it make sense to move Burnette, who is 2 inches taller , 50 lbs. heavier and 3 years more experienced to Center !? Then, simply move 6′4″ 330lb. Mark Beard to Right Guard. OH, I forgot, Beard can’t pick up the system. How convenient for Richt.Still playing the fan bases’s favorites. 32 years!
Joey
August 5th, 2012
12:54 pm
tide roll = a doofus for 32 years!
7576DAWG
August 5th, 2012
12:54 pm
Some Coordinator are meant to be Head coaches and some Head coaches should have stayed Coordinators. I think Bobo may be a very good Head Coach. He should start in Division 3 and work up. He is a very good recruiter . The only question would be does he have the ability to MANAGE his staff and that means to fire someone who is not getting their job done, EITHER COACHING OR RECRUITING.
That brings us to Coach Mark Richt. CMR had tremendous success at Florida State because he did not have to make the tough decisions. Bobby Bowden did. CMR is a very good recruiter and has a very good football mind which made him a great Coordinator but as a Head Coach that is only part of your job . With McGarity in his ear I think Richt has finally realized where his failures have been as Head Coach. Things will change at Georgia in the next 2 to 3 year one way or another if Mark Richt doesn’t prove he finally gets what it take to be a great Head Coach versus a great Coordinator.
bawbie
August 5th, 2012
1:32 pm
FIRE PERNO!
Sad Richards
August 5th, 2012
1:37 pm
@chazzo….. spare us for being a Richt appologist……
GATiger
August 5th, 2012
1:42 pm
Love the comment,”Miles isn’t smart enough to care about anything but winning.” Yeah, those degrees from Michigan just don’t measure up against those from Miami, Kent State or UF. Just keep on underestimating ole Les, folks.
GATiger
August 5th, 2012
1:48 pm
“…he has beaten LSU 5 in a row…”
Uh, World Wide Dawg, would you care to enlighten me on which 5 games that span covers?
Mr. Hankey
August 5th, 2012
1:52 pm
Whether or not anything would a, should a, coulda, blah, blah, blah, Murray destroyed us time and time again with turnovers. Period. Unless you’ve forgotten SC, LSU, Mich. State, all winnable games. Look, the guy is good but I’d rather have less talent hold onto the friggin ball and screw the poooch 60 percent of the time when under pressure. Nuf said.
Pcola-dawg
August 5th, 2012
1:57 pm
Tide roll, We know what you think about the UGA program and fan base, no need to reiterate your thoughts, which is what you did in response to my post. I asked you to let us in on your pathology. What is it exactly that drives your obsession with a group of people that can’t hold a candle to you and your mighty tide? (By the way which is .500 against LSU, USC and UGA since Saban’s arrival). I will make it easy for you and provide you with a pick list. jealousy, bitterness, angry, sadness, depression. I can’t quite understand your complete obsession with the program and fan base and just looking for some insight.
Stephen A.Dogg: Tide Roll was Dawg Roo
August 5th, 2012
2:03 pm
Hey Joey, I think after reading the mainly logical anti-Richt and anti-Georgia rants of Tide Roll, it’s my perception Tide Roll was or still is a Georgia Bulldog fan who is tired of waiting over 30 years for a title at UGA. So he ran across the west Georgia border and leapt on the Saban-driven Alabama bandwagon. However, Tide Roll is still very bitter about being forced to leave his first love…….Georgia. That why the Bulldogs are always on Tide Roll’s mind. In respect of his continued Georgia concerns, I will refer to him as the Former Dawg aka Tide Roll. LOL!
Stephen A.Dogg: Let's be realistic not delusional UGA fans.
August 5th, 2012
2:07 pm
Tide Roll was Dawg Roll once upon a time.
Pcola-dawg
August 5th, 2012
2:37 pm
Stephen, You may be on to something but I would like to hear it from old tide roll just exactly what is behind his obsession with the dawg nation and all things Georgia
claytondawg
August 5th, 2012
2:57 pm
@ Kingdaddy…Enjoyed your comments from 10:03 AM. There are many more questions to be answered, but my contention is this: “Fire in the eyes and the belly” begins at the top, the Head Coach. It’s nice to see Grantham’s fire in his defense. You can NOT see it in the offense because Bobo not only lacks the fire, he lacks the intuitiveness. Back to you, Coach Richt!!! Go ‘Dogs!!!!
Chris
August 5th, 2012
3:01 pm
If anyone can’t see that Bobo and Richt lack a killer instinct, then where have you been the last 11 years???
It has been a trademark, and a very annoying trademark mind you, for Richt to take his foot off the pedal when he gets a lead. I would say that they need to correct this, but since Richt hasn’t done so in 11 years, it’s not going to happen anytime soon. Yes, we had some costly turnovers against Mich. St. but when Richt decided to play not to loose, the game was over. It has happened many times before under Richt and it’s just plain sickening.
There’s nothing else that needs to be said. It’s pretty freakin obvious!
claytondawg
August 5th, 2012
3:06 pm
Ok…one more thing about killer instinct: CROWELL had the perfect opportunity to have that killer instinct. Afterall, he had the weapon under his seat. That was bad, wasn’t it? But, it gave me a chuckle.
Statues R' Us
August 5th, 2012
3:16 pm
Special Teams deserve more attention from the highly paid coaching staff.
'94 UGA Alumni
August 5th, 2012
3:26 pm
I’m still not over the Mich St game. I still have nightmares about the 3rd and long run up the middle by Samuel with about 2 minutes left in the game. I also have nightmares about downing the ball on 2nd & 7 in the 1st OT. Those 2 calls are the epitome of ‘playing not to lose’ instead of ‘playing to win’. The coaches did not have enough ‘guts’ to make a call to win the game. I’m afraid that lack of a killer instinct will cost us a game or 2 this year also.
BC
August 5th, 2012
3:42 pm
Richt’s winning % is better than Saban, Miles or Spurrier. Richt’s also had 6 Nationally top 10 finishes in the AP Polls, all this in his first 11 years as a Head Coach, which is way beyond what the Bear Bryants and Nick Saban’s did in their first 11 years.
Bear Bryant went 1-9 his 10th season, where was Bear Bryant’s “killer instinct” in his 10th season? What a dumb question.
RedJr
August 5th, 2012
3:46 pm
Agree, listen, you got a Coach in Coach Richt, who is getting the job done, he’s putting teams out there 9 out of 11 times that are top 25 calibre, 6 out of 11 times are top 10 nationally. Keep on doing that, and eventually you’ll give yourself a chance.
Richt is more consistent at fielding top 10 teams than Bear Bryant or Nick Saban Saban were in their first 11 years.
All you need to know.
RedJr
August 5th, 2012
3:48 pm
I havn’t seen this much excitement about UGA football since 2008, people are pumped about UGA, Coach’s have us at #6 pre-season, SEC Media writers favor us again to win the East, if you don’t like it, find another team because Richt just signed an extension and will be here for 4 years minimum.
GEORGIA FOOTBALL
August 5th, 2012
4:14 pm
yes, yes, yes
Chris
August 5th, 2012
4:19 pm
RedJr and BC = “Idiots that don’t know jack s__t about football.” You are probably the same person that has your head stuck up Richt’s azz, because if you don’t think Richt has played “not to loose” when he has had the lead many times in the past, then you obvioulsy have not been watching Georgia. Who cares what the winning percentage is of Saban, Miles, Bryant, and Spurrier. That is irrelevant. Saban coached at Michigan State long before he came to the SEC, Bryant coahced at Kentucky, Spurrier coached at Duke, and who cares where Miles coached. It’s all irrelevant to this article. The fact remains that they all have won more national championships than Richt, they all have or had a killer instinct, and the coaches you mentioned that are still alive are better coaches than Richt has ever been. That is all you need to know.
It is amazing how little you know about football. Those that don’t know anything post a lot of useless numbers.
RedJr
August 5th, 2012
4:57 pm
Nick Saban must not have had the killer instinct at LSU where he went 5-3 in SEC play 3 years straight.
Guess you bloggers here would have all said that.
And you’d been wrong, because he won the Natl Champ the next year.
Come on fellas, learn the game and you’ll look smarter.
RedJr
August 5th, 2012
5:00 pm
Bear Bryant must not have had a killer instinct either, because he only had 1 top 5 finish in his first 15 seasons.
Come on fellas, you’re making this too easy.
RedJr
August 5th, 2012
5:02 pm
Bear Bryant only won 6 game sin his 12th and 13th season at Alabama, guess the fire was gone and Bryant didn’t have the killer instinct anymore.
Snoop Dawg
August 5th, 2012
5:02 pm
Snoop Dawg is getting weary of telling it the way it is. It feels like screaming in the middle of a big forest…
Mark Richt is an incompetent coach, and always has been. Bobo is likewise a couple of levels above his competence level.
UGA football is not feared anymore, and is more likely to be mocked and laughed at than not…
Over time, our great football tradition will fade away as the more dedicated Dawgs give up and take their loyalties and money elsewhere….
Prediction: in spite of the second easiet schedule in the past century (last being the easiest), Richt and Bobo will ensure through their incompetence that this fine group of athletes do not excel on the field consistently.
We will absolutely not figure into the national championship picture and will be totally demolished in the SEC championship game should we luck into it (unlikely)…
When you are disappointed at the end of the season, look in the mirror UGA fans because you Richt supporters are enabling the sad decline of our hallowed football tradition.
RedJr
August 5th, 2012
5:04 pm
Bear Bryant lost 8 Bowl game sin a row from 1967-1974 at Alabama, no killer instinct according to the football experts here.
AW
August 5th, 2012
5:07 pm
Either the football coaches who picked UGA preseason as #6 are ALL CLUELESS about football, or the bloggers saying UGA is terrible are CLUELESS ABOUT football, which one do you think?
MadHatter
August 5th, 2012
5:11 pm
Les Miles went 3-5 in the conference at LSU in 08′ and 5-3 in 09′, you’d have to say Miles doesn’t have the killer instinct either according to our expert bloggers.
Beast from the East
August 5th, 2012
5:13 pm
RedJr=Richt’s wife
GatorPatrol
August 5th, 2012
5:14 pm
Everybody said Coach Meyer didn’t have the killer instinct in 2005 & 2007 since he went 5-3 in sec play both seasons.
He won it all both times the next season in 2006 & 2008.
Shows what these bloggers know ain’t much.
RedJr
August 5th, 2012
5:17 pm
Beast = Muschamp’s 4 year old kid
tide roll
August 5th, 2012
5:19 pm
McGarity, Joe T. Mike Bobo, Will Friend, Daniel Inman. Come on down Laremy Tunsil. You’ll get a fair shake from this group. GARAUNTEED! See, this is where the young man and his mother need to be careful. They’re falling for Richt and his Christian pitch, while failing to look behind all that crap to see who his offensive cordinator, position coach, grad asst. coach, and strength and condiitoning coach will be. Don’t come near the place Laremy. Just look at these guys and their backgrounds. They, like the offensive linemen they sign, don’t belong at this level. You’ll regret it big time!
Tex
August 5th, 2012
5:28 pm
Boys, Mack Brown 5-7, 8-5 seasons back to back, guess our coach doesn’t have the killer instinct either.
FSUFred
August 5th, 2012
5:37 pm
UGA has the best coach in the country.
Here’s Coach Bowden’s final poll rankings from 1970-1985:
0,0,0,0,0,17,0,11,6,5,0,10,0, 17,13,20
Here’s Coach Bowden’s final poll rankings from 2001-2009:
15,21,10,14,22,0,0,21
Here’s Coach Bowden’s final poll rankings from 1987-2000 when Mark Richt was on staff:
2,3,2,4,4,2,1,4,4,3,3,3,1,4
Pcola-dawg
August 5th, 2012
5:44 pm
Tide, I see you made it back. you meds kick in and allow you to get off the couch?
rugbydawg79
August 5th, 2012
5:50 pm
I will bet you 100 dollars that Steve Upshaw is no DOG fan—-what a bunch of BS–Bill I enjoy your column but when you let Trolls like that get headlines it is sickening
EC
August 5th, 2012
5:53 pm
Bill,
By those questions, they all seem like a Tech fan asking them. No Dawg fan I know is that critical of our team before the season starts.
Let’s not give these Tech fans a forum on the UGA fan site, let’s go to a monthly or quarterly Q& A, limiting their voice.
GB's Hamburgers
August 5th, 2012
6:11 pm
I’m with you Bill, Bobo with find something that works and then all of a sudden quit doing it …. Texas AM a couple years ago for example. The Dogs have a coaching problem. Their scripted plays seem to get a game going pretty well but after that the other team’s coaches out-adjust ours — consistently. We play half a game better than about anybody.
GATiger
August 5th, 2012
7:22 pm
Unless I’m mistaken, no BCS champion coach failed to win a title in his first 10 years as HC for the winning school. Richt has been at Georgia 11 years.
Old Dog Class of 80
August 5th, 2012
9:03 pm
“Are we really worried worried about Vandy?”
If you remember from last year, they were one lucky, desperate tackle by the punter from beating us.
CHDawg
August 5th, 2012
9:08 pm
Actually, I suspect CMR AND CMB’s killer instinct is in tact….they respect the law, though, and they can’t kill any of the ever negative bloggers haters, and know-it-all fans!
Vance Duly
August 5th, 2012
9:11 pm
Here’s just ONE example of Coach Bobo’s lack of a killer instinct: the GA 42-34 victory over GA Tech in 2010. Murray threw for 218 yards and 3 scores in the first HALF on 11-14 passing. So, what did Bobo do in the 2nd half?? We ONLY threw 5 passes, completed 4 (for 53 yards), and let Tech back into the game. ….Tech NEVER stopped our passing attack — WE did. So, on the last drive, we had to endure our defense going back on the field to prevent Tech from tying a game that we SHOULD have won by 20 points.
Renwah
August 5th, 2012
9:17 pm
Mark Richt has a higher winning percentage than Saban, Miles or Spurrier and has 20 top 10 finishes in 25 seasons, and has finished in the top 3 2x since 2001.
Renwah
August 5th, 2012
9:19 pm
Love the way Coach Richt went for the onside kick against LSU. And came out throwing the ball all over the field.
KILLER INSTINCT.
Love it when Richt went for it on mutiple 4th downs against Florida, and converted.
Then called a pass play on a crucial 1st down conversion to ice the game.
KILLER INSTINCT.
Renwah
August 5th, 2012
9:21 pm
Les Miles didn’t go for any crazy plays in 2011. He just played solid defense, trusted his special teams, and ran the ball.
Didn’t have the killer instinct against Bama, but one anyways.
Just sound fundamentals.
CHDawg
August 5th, 2012
9:24 pm
Hitler had a killer instinct. Personally, I prefer a good man and a winner. We have that, and I suspect we have the best team in many years. Let’s enjoy the ride.
Mobile Dawg
August 5th, 2012
9:30 pm
Just wondering why our coach follows the “model” set by other teams, coaches, i.e. tailback by committee, LSU, instead of setting the bar, like Saban using “analysts”. I think Richt reached his potential years ago, only to be offset by other programs reaching higher. He’s in over his head at this point this Dawg thinks…..Richt is perfectly happy in his shell, surrounded by a group of friends….
Mobile Dawg
August 5th, 2012
9:42 pm
Bill, in reference to you comment as to who’s won the millstone lately regarding the perception of our program nationally; I do a fair amount of traveling, business and recreational. I always make it a point to engage fans, both Dawgs, and other schools. Richt doesn’t have the respect (coaching wise) that many perceive him to have. The Georgia program isn’t what it used to be.
Mobile Dawg
August 5th, 2012
9:47 pm
Personally I wish our players well as they try and move on from the collegiate level to the pros. Realistically I could care less if AM throws a deep ball as well as the more superior physical specimans he’s competing against. I would much rather see Murray throw the screens, shuttles, short downfield passes and move the chains, control the ball and clock, vs the long quick strikes Richt loves so much.
Mobile Dawg
August 5th, 2012
9:53 pm
In all fairness Bill, who did Bama have last year as a “game changer”? They were just physical, dominant, and relentless in all areas. Boise, they were just well coached. Good solid QB, but not great. Our game changer honestly was AM turning the ball over, along with ST errors.
Rick S
August 5th, 2012
10:10 pm
It is always about how Mark Richt is a class act and this is true but this alone does not win National Championships! If Georgia’s administration and athletic department would stop patting themselves on the back for finishing second in the SEC for the “All Sports Trophy” and place more emphasis on doing what is necessarfy to win a National Championship in Football it might actually happen in one centrury.
Let’s be honest, if Mike Bobo was such a great Offensive Cooridnator why has he not received any interviews for Head Coaching jobs at a Division II College? Hmm! Georgia will never win a National Championship with Mike Bobo as OC- plain and simple and sometrimes the truth hurts! Medicore and maybe alittle above average has been and continues to be the measuring stick and is acceptable at UGA!
KC DAWG
August 5th, 2012
10:11 pm
People, it is a freak-en game. No wonder we live in society that violence springs out at random because of the macho mentality we teach our children. You see why people are pro-pone to over kill because that is what they think makes a man. If they score too many you will complain that they are running the score, if they win you will complain they just win ? It is never enough.
Mobile Dawg
August 5th, 2012
10:15 pm
KC DAWG, what’s your message? What does a game with expectations have to do with random violence, over kill, scoring to much, scoring to little?
kingdaddy
August 5th, 2012
11:22 pm
Mobile Dawg
It’s ok, just give everybody a trophy, lol…
Room for more!
August 6th, 2012
8:20 am
Lest see we have about 68 REAL players and the staff did not go after ANY PN. ST. players. We need (and have needed) OL very bad but we continure to let Bama, AU and SC come in and get out best. We have kicked probably more FG’S than the US Basketball team has made. No, they dont have that killer instinct.
Bali
August 6th, 2012
8:37 am
I spent 12 years as a cop in Atlanta, and have had to physically fight tooth and nail with people who were trying to hurt me or someone else. By Law, I could only meet the force necessary to stop the aggression, up to and including deadly force. Richt and Booboo are acting like they’re forced to stop being agressive at a certain point….possibly to make sure they’re viewed as good Christians? Do u guys think Saban has that mentality? I respect Mark as a man, but he has absolutely NO killer instinct, and he’s transferred that to bobo. Saban will kick u in the face with a golf shoe on 4th and 25 when he’s up 30 points. To me, that is what wins championships…..you don’t have to keep trying to kill your opponet, but you never let up until they stop trying to score points.
Yet again....
August 6th, 2012
8:55 am
This coaching staff clearly does not have what it takes to get to the next level. Year in and year out we continue to have the same problems both on and off the field. Had LSU, Bama or Ark been on the schedule last year, Coach Richt likly would not be here this year. We dont close out games, we always seem to have something going on. How many SEC teams will have 5 guys suspended in the first 4 games??????????????????? Get the picture. You dont see all the drama at other SEC schools- no, they arnt perfect, but the top teams dont have the crap we have going on every year- they would not stand for it
JB
August 6th, 2012
9:19 am
Richt is kinda like Obama…..He’s well liked, he’s just not getting the job done…..The roster management alone is enough to cause some pause. 28 players gone the last 24 months ( a fact, and no that does not include grads and early NFL’ers). We have 3 less players that heavy probation Southern Cal. Last year was numbing. 19 players, only 18 made it when we could of had 27…..and we need players. Also, tired of seeing 5 or 6 of the top 10 players leave the state every year. It’s been 11 years.
6-18 Against End of Season Ranked Teams Since '05
August 6th, 2012
9:20 am
“Killer Instinct”???? Of course they don’t have it. Why do you think they suck so bad against ranked teams???
But I’m sure Saint Mark Richt’s defense is…..in the Bible, it says “thou shalt not kill”
HandyMan
August 6th, 2012
9:21 am
Everyone wants to talk about what we are lacking – killer instinct, discipline, etcetera. However, one thing we are NOT lacking for around here – excuses.
6-18 Against End of Season Ranked Teams Since '05
August 6th, 2012
9:23 am
Uh….KC Dawg…..you probably shouldn’t be watching football if you don’t like violence
JB
August 6th, 2012
9:29 am
There is some type of fundamental flaw in Athens with this football program. The quality of the athletes keep us winning some games, but we seem to pudder along to win the easy games….ie….Vandy and the Missy schools also. Someone give me a signature win in the last 3 seasons.
robodawg
August 6th, 2012
9:33 am
The use of “analysts” to get around NCAA limits on the number of “coaches” is a joke. If the NCAA means to dictate how many de facto coaches a program can have on staff, they’re going to have to say how many “analysts” programs can hire too. And since there’s no end to the number of words programs can make up for staff titles, they’re going to have to have guidelines on all staff, period. They’ll probably have to include outside consultants and services too. Otherwise you’ll never see the end of ethically challenged people gaining an advantage by twisting the rules.
(Can you imagine: “We hired a service to handle our special teams for us.”)
LakeDawg
August 6th, 2012
9:38 am
The whole problem pertaining to this “lack of a killer instinct” comes down to Richt’s lack of respect for a physical running game. He just doesn’t think its that important. However, its hard to show a killer instinct when you can’t ice a game by running it down the opponent’s throat. To have an effective running game you have to SCRIMMAGE. Richt doesn’t do enough of that. Until Richt catches on, he will not take the next step.
LakeDawg
August 6th, 2012
9:40 am
Saban and his “analysts.” LMAO. The man has no ethics and shouldn’t be coaching college football.
UGA Insider
August 6th, 2012
9:49 am
CMR better hire one of those special teams “analysts” quickly. From what I have seen UGA has major problems in that arena. UGA could lose 3-4 games alone this year due to missed chip shot field goals and horrible tackling on punt team.
Please note this cost us 2 and almost 3 games last year.
For those of you looking for a coaching change just have patience. Adams will be gone soon and Billy Payne will restore the pride of this university. Adams was a collosal FAILURE.
BILLY JACK
August 6th, 2012
9:59 am
The way you close out teams is to have a strong running game and good OL-you can grind people and run clock.I still dont know if we can dominate on the line of scrimmage well enough yet.We need a OL coach that does not finesse block and more man to man blocking.When we zone block like in last years bowl game,we look confused missed blocks etc.Hire a great OL coach.
DawginLex
August 6th, 2012
10:01 am
What a silly bunch of whiners on this blog
Tide Roll's Tutor
August 6th, 2012
10:26 am
Shame on you, RedJr. for daring to use logic here. You notice there were no posters able to refute your facts, so the usual namecalling ensued.
I want Tide Roll to note your thoughtful, logically reasoned posts and be prepared to discuss on our next tutoring session.
DIT
August 6th, 2012
10:45 am
Dawg people we can sit on these blogs all day and talk about what the coaches / players did not do last year, or decades before. It won’t change a thing. I’m not worried about matching past records up with Miles & Saban. Means nothing.
The great thing about the begining of a new season is that it’s a “New Season”. Richt knows he has to have this team ready to play. His job depends on it. He saw that in the way his contract extension was worked up.
I just don’t care about other teams right now. There will be some better teams and there will be some teams that are not as good as UGA. I fully support CMR AND this football team. They need our support………… but if you don’t beat Mizzou….. ha ha kidding!
LHarding Dawg
August 6th, 2012
11:36 am
Only a fool would want a coaching change in Athens.
RxDawg
August 6th, 2012
11:48 am
Ok, look Bill, I think your wrong about the Boise St game.
1st Boise St straight up beat us. You can say that we came “unprepared”, but I ain’t buying it. The broncos came with talent and heart and they were the better team that day.
2nd Boise wasn’t doing jack squat until Alec Olgeltree went down with his foot injury. Maybe it was coincedence, but I don’t think so. We just didn’t have a talented and expeirenced enough MLB to step in give Kellen Moore trouble.
DawginLex
August 6th, 2012
11:49 am
UGA Insider
August 6th, 2012
9:49 am
CMR better hire one of those special teams “analysts” quickly. From what I have seen UGA has major problems in that arena. UGA could lose 3-4 games alone this year due to missed chip shot field goals and horrible tackling on punt team.
Please note this cost us 2 and almost 3 games last year.
For those of you looking for a coaching change just have patience. Adams will be gone soon and Billy Payne will restore the pride of this university. Adams was a collosal FAILURE.
**************************************
contrast these comments to Coach richt after practice today:
On punter Colin Barber: He is what we thought he was. All of his kicks have great hang time.
On placekicker Marshall Morgan: He has great work ethic. He is very accurate on all of his extra points and FG attempts.
So why don’t we stop with the crapola about the special teams……
Pitbull
August 6th, 2012
12:08 pm
I know a guy who went to South Carolina after high school.
He actually got dumber during the 4 years he was there.
He stayed in a nice hotel though.
old dog
August 6th, 2012
12:20 pm
It was obvious at the end of games that the o-line especially was winded. I do not care how many got drafted, as a unit last year they were below average. This left the defense on the field too long. Yeah, there can be other reasons we lost, but the o-line was dead at the end of games. This will definitely close down an offense, and in turn the play-calling has to change. Hopefully, we will address those issues, as the o-line has been our most glaring short-coming. (Not the only short-coming, but definitely the most glaring.)
ARdawg
August 6th, 2012
12:28 pm
RxDawg
I can agree with you partially on the BST game last year but, we were unprepared and largely out matched on the sideline. Boise beat us with Moore and Chris Peterson. A couple to sometimes several times a year Richt and Bobo flat out get out coached. That was one of them last year
ARdawg
August 6th, 2012
12:30 pm
old dog
I’m feeling better about the OL since camp has started. I don’t think it’s possible to be as porous as they were last year. The attitude and the leadership is there. Hopefully the play will be also
old dog
August 6th, 2012
12:38 pm
@ARdawg,
I hope you are right……I know I ride ‘em alot, but they just were not that good last year….as a matter of fact they were extremely out of shape and under-achieving. What bothered me most is that to anybody who played the game on any level, this was obvious to all. Hard to believe they got drafted when they were what they were last year….oh well. I hope for improvement. The line is, was, and always will be where the game is won…….
Snake Plisskin
August 6th, 2012
12:50 pm
Well there are teams that consider the season a bust if they win their conference, then win their conference title game, then play in the NC game, but not win it all…Georgia fans who are in the category of being satisfied with averaging 10 wins a year, don’t know what winning is all about…not saying that you aren’t good fans, and not saying that 10 wins is all that bad, but a winner hates to lose way more than he loves to win…all these jokers going up and glad handing after a game, makes me sick…if you fans are satisfied with losing 1, 2, 3, or 4 games a year is ok with you then you have the right guy coaching your team…losing should hurt
DawginLex
August 6th, 2012
1:24 pm
None of us are ever satisfied with losing and only an idiot would say that we are
Mobile Dawg
August 6th, 2012
2:22 pm
It’s called making adjustments RXDawg. Oh, and count me in LHarding, I’ve been called worse in my lifetime.
Gary Jordan
August 6th, 2012
2:32 pm
BE careful what you wish for. terms like “Killer instinct” and “win at all costs” are not as acceptable as they were pre-PSU. Richt is a good human being, runs a terrific program that holds players accountable, and is in the hunt virtually every year with an entertaining brand of ball. I’m proud of the Georgia program, whether they hoist the crystal football trophy or not. Sure, I want to be national champs. Good news is… we have a legit chance almost every year.
Snake Plisskin
August 6th, 2012
2:58 pm
@ DawginLex…and yet, this idiot reads time after time about how CMR averages 10 wins a season over his career, CMB’s offense averages 32 points a game, the OL & DL are sucking wind in the 4th qtr and are standing around with their hands on their hips in the 2nd qtr, the ST’s are under coached, the RB position is by committee, there are too many sacks given up, AM throws the ball way too much, they get a lead and run the ball up the middle time after time, the offense is too predictable, etc. etc. etc….things are fixed piecemeal fashion, even though their are schollies to hand out…hang in their because even a blind pig finds an acorn on occasionally
Dunwoody Tailgater
August 6th, 2012
4:01 pm
Our Dawg coaches must have left their “Killer Instincts” at home during the last two bowl games.
You want to compare Richt and Saban by the numbers? How about the fact that Saban is 3-0 in bowl games since 2009 with 2 national championships and 3 overall in his career?
Between Richt/BooBoo’s instincts and Prez Adam’s tailgating policies, I’m tailgating in Dunwoody til futher notice.
McDawg
August 6th, 2012
4:08 pm
yeah we could have put 50+ on Auburn last year but CMR pulled back
Eisendawg
August 6th, 2012
4:12 pm
Based on Rodney Garner’s earlier comments about how he would whup his kids when they didn’t do good, maybe we need to expand his assistant head coaching duties to include whupping Richt, Bobo, and any other coach that is deemed to lack that killer mentality. He could, of course, love them in the process. Now, I don’t know if I would advise him whupping up on Coach Grantham, maybe just stick to the love with him. lol
Eisendawg
August 6th, 2012
4:15 pm
Maybe Garner can whup Aaron Murray also the next time he starts throwing the ball to the other team more than he does his own. (See Michigan State game)
FRED Russo
August 6th, 2012
4:26 pm
Look I know I keep repeating myself on these blogs however I feel so strongly about my bulldogs. CMR and Bobo just don’t play to win they play not to lose. And until we get a coach who does play to win we will never play for the title.
GB's Hamburgers
August 6th, 2012
4:45 pm
Another long standing problem that has been mentioned is the lack of conditioning. Are our players just too large? What the deal? It seems like a solvable problem and an important one since it’s contributing to losses.
SUN TAN AVENGER
August 6th, 2012
4:46 pm
There will be no suspension for South Carolina back up QB Tannerhill after his arrest for underage drinking and driving. Mark Richt has lost control in Columbia. I blame Boboi.
dogT1
August 6th, 2012
5:06 pm
mark this down–the dogs will win 10 games and win the sec east again! usc’s overrated and fla will be bad again.
Gary
August 6th, 2012
5:14 pm
he smartest thing written in the AJC so far. “A Heisman-winning player usually helps”….”A bit of luck usually comes in handy, too.” All of these fire CMR morons (and I do mean morons!) just can’t seem to understand that the work is getting done, the luck is just not falling into place. Auburn tripped over the crystal when Newton transferred. They did not do anything but get the right kid at the right time. Bama should not have gotten a second chance last year but no other team from another conference stepped up. It should have been LSU vs any other conference and LSU probably has another trophy. We got Hawaii instead of a chance a while back. If our gun toting failure had been more of a N. Moreno last year they outcome of at least three games would have been different. We also suffer a lot of self inflicted problems with player behavior. I still think CMR handles it better than any other coach. Hearing what spurrier said this morning about his players non suspension only proves the point (I hope MADD calls him out for being a punk coach). The morons think their is some great savior we are going to hire to get us that trophy. I can’t imagine risking the success we have had under CMR to end up in the boat Tennessee and Florida and MIssissippi St. and Auburn and Arkansas are currently in. The rules of football are about to change. Much more will be expected of the players and coaches. The preseidents are trying to take back some of the power they lost over the years. There will be bigger penalties, more suspensions, more players kicked off teams. It may take a while to hit the powerhouses like Bama and LSU, but Penn St. Ohio St. Central Florida, and Georgia no what it is like to have a no excuses policy President and AD. Some coaches are really going to struggle. It is a reality Georgia has been living with for a while now. Bama may have analysts and their recruiting practices this year, but if enough schools get tired of the one that skirts the rules walking away with the grand prize every year, it is much easier to change the rules than to try and adapt. It is coming.
Charlie Hayes
August 6th, 2012
5:27 pm
Do Richt and Bobo lack a killer instinct? – Answer: Yes.
For the life of my I cannot understand why CMR makes statements like, “The defense has got to make stops at the end of games to preserve the win”. What about your offense turning the ball over and three straight three-and-outs giving the other team short field position? The statement should be, “Our offense needs to do a better job of grinding out the clock at the end of games to get us a W”. Was it the defenses fault that South Carolina scored three (3) TD’s on turnovers from the offense? Nope.
Mogul
August 6th, 2012
5:35 pm
Nick Saban’s record in his 1st 11 seasons in Bowl games was 4-6.
Mark Richt’s record in his first 11 seasons is 7-4.
Mark Richt has 2x more top 10 finishes than Saban had in his first 11 years.
Charlie Hayes
August 6th, 2012
5:39 pm
Saban has three (3) National Championships as a HC. CMR has zero.
Erkey
August 6th, 2012
6:47 pm
I think Saban has had a good run last 3 years, what, year 19-22 as a head coach? Richt’s ony in his 12th seaosn, so consdering the way Richt blew Saban away head to head in both’s first 11 seasons, Richt finished in the top 10 6x compared to 3 for Sban, can you imagine how many trophies Richt ends up with in 12 years if he continues to be 2x bettrer than Saban as his career progresses, 6 trophies?
Mogul
August 6th, 2012
6:52 pm
Richt has 6 top 10 finishes in his 1st 11 years, Saban had 3. Richt also had 4 top 6 finishes in the polls in hist first 11 years, compared to Saban’s 1.
At this stage, Richt is somewhere between 2-4x better than Saban was after year 11.
jerry
August 6th, 2012
6:58 pm
How to look like an idiot: Try to make a case that Richt is a better coach than Saban.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
August 6th, 2012
7:09 pm
Erkey
Seriously did you really make that statement
Please lay off the bong smoking ok
C8
August 6th, 2012
7:10 pm
Mark Richt has ended up in the top 10 6x in first 11 years.
Nick Saban has ended up in the top 10 3x in his 11 years.
Last time I check, 6, was twice as many, as 3.
Math is so difficult for some.
C8
August 6th, 2012
7:20 pm
Nick Saban borrowed HEAVILY form Mark Richt on his offensive plan in the 2nd LSU match up, basically copied our pass plays and threw the ball like we did, so we must not be totally ignorant if Saban copied the offensive gameplan. And the gameplan of throwing to beat LSU worked, it was sound. Risky, but sound.
And come to think about, the UGA is ANYTHING but conservative in the 4th quarter, leading the conference in pass yards, attempts, and passing touchdowns, 2nd in long pass plays, isn’t anything NEAR conservative.
That’s showing the killer instinct.
And I dig the LSU gameplan, like I said, Bama proved it was the best offensive plan to beat LSU. And following Richt’s playbook, they scored a lot more points in the second meeting.
Swampdawg
August 6th, 2012
8:43 pm
I think CMR is recruiting too many boys and not enough men. Need some muscle and some killer instinct like David Pollack had.
FLA DAWG
August 6th, 2012
8:58 pm
Recruiting is not the problem.
COACHING is the problem – just ask T. Grantham when he’s out of ear – shot of Richt.
FLA DAWG
August 6th, 2012
9:00 pm
C8,
Richt HAD to call his FSU – Loving Days of Passing vs LSU because his O Line and RBs stunk the place up.
Come on man!
FLA DAWG
August 6th, 2012
9:02 pm
C8,
Care to give the readers the stats Richt has ahieved in the past three years vs Top 10 Teams?…..
…………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………….I didn’t think so.
C8
August 6th, 2012
9:15 pm
Care to compare Mark Richt’s career winning percentage with Saban, Miles or Spurrier….
Didn’t think so….
SSIgator
August 6th, 2012
9:28 pm
“Do Richt and Bobo lack a killer instinct?”
Is this a trick question? There are not two coaches in college football that are better at killing positive momentum in a game than these two clowns.
This year .................one way or other for UGA
August 6th, 2012
9:46 pm
UGA ought to have a banner year in 2012. If not, then we need to move toward new horizons. It is natural and proper ………if we FAIL ( SEC CG VICTORY) in our goals.
UGA
class of 71 & 73
JB
August 6th, 2012
10:00 pm
I really don’t what McGarity has up his sleeve, but he sat next to Foley for 7 or 8 years and watched Florida beat the Dawgs every year say 1 and I’m sure he heard the Florida faithful yucking it up. The new Richt contract was very telling. It was telling to me that McGarity ain’t sold on the guy.Trust me….McGarity see’s everything we see….and more. No, he won’t be fired if we disappoint this year, but the hot seat label comes back….and with 9 or 10 NEW defensive starters in 2013 and a lot harder schedule, the drama will get thick.
davidinloganville
August 6th, 2012
10:51 pm
i think we need a new blog rule (Bill included) before bashing Georgia for not having a “special teams coach” you must name the coach you want fired and the position he coaches that you want to eliminate.
C8
August 6th, 2012
11:07 pm
Mark Richt finished in the top 3 in the country 2x in his 1st 11 years.
Nick Saban finished in the top 3 in the country 1x in his 1st 11 years.
That’s the end of that discussion.
Cmdawg99
August 7th, 2012
1:53 am
I’m ready to see what happens to the pace of the game after we go up 21 -0 on the buffs.
chicken boy
August 7th, 2012
5:41 am
sure is a lot of writing—-the first questions answer is yes. Something at UGA stinks but the press stays away from it all. They can beat Georgia Tech every year but Tech should be beat—they are a tech school. Georgia should beat Florida at least 2 out of every 3 years and should be in the SEC championship game at least one year out of 3—period. If the coach at UGA cannot show up and get them to that game at least 1 out of 3 years—something is bad wrong. Of course, I don’t see much from the press on this subject so—-I guess if you are a nice guy and religious it counts for something. We will never know the truth. Are we going to beat the mean and tough S Carolina this year—what about Kentucky? ———————————-See what I mean.
See Rock City
August 7th, 2012
6:21 am
I see your point, UGA can only take a few of these games lightly because UGA has an inability to play four quarters of good football.
The Professor
August 7th, 2012
8:12 am
Here’s your Bulldog Math Problem of the Week
f(x,y,z) = 1.88x + 3y + z²÷122
Solve for f(x, y, z), given:
X = the number of national championships UGA has won in the last six years, during which time four other SEC teams have won it
Y = the realistic possibility that UGA will win both games in Columbia this year
Z = the chances that Isaiah Crowell was the only bad apple on this team who will be dismissed
Congratulations if you came up with the correct answer, which is ZERO.
bitter vince dooly
August 7th, 2012
8:39 am
NEWS FLASH——–TURNOVERS kill teams——-Vince Dooley believed in
BALL CONTROL, protect the FOOTBALL—-MURRAY and BOOBO love to throw, but
theres a down sid eto airy it out———TURNOVERS
SO –OLE–SCHOOL BALL CONTROL FIRST———THEN COMES VICTORIES
bitter vince dooly
August 7th, 2012
8:42 am
COACH DOOLY had a great OFFENCIVE LINE in the early 1980’s—watch on youtube
and you will see WHAT RUN BLOCKING is all about!!!—COACH DOOLY AND HERSHAL
both have stated—–EASY TO RUN THROUGH GIANT HOLES
bitter vince dooly
August 7th, 2012
8:48 am
HOT SEAT—PLEASE—WE LINE UP 11 RETURN STARTERS ON DEFENCE
Try –NOT WINNING—with that tallet————if not then the ansewer
———is real simple———-NEXT
Mobile Dawg
August 7th, 2012
9:24 am
JB, why wouldn’t Richt be canned if we disappoint this year? His mismanagement of the program is pretty obvious to knowledgeble fans and supporters.
Ray
August 7th, 2012
10:20 am
Say what you want, but when I look at Coaches like Mark Richt, Derek Dooley, Will Muschamp, and Joker Phillips.
They don’t strike fear into you what so ever. Compared to Les Miles, Nick Saban, and Spurrier.
A Heisman winner helps
August 7th, 2012
10:42 am
Auburn had one, Alabammer had one, Florida had one, LSU has several on defense that could be, St Dooley won no more than Richt until Herschel, and won no SEC’s after Herschel. Richts been here going on 12
years. St Dooley won his NC in his 16th year. Just sayin’
Columbus Dawg
August 7th, 2012
10:49 am
Some of the people on this blog simply can’t be as stupid as they seem. That being said, I have a much different feeling this year than last year at this time. As hard as everyone wanted to believe that the Dawgs would be ready for Boise, I just could not buy into it. Murray not ready for prime time last year, just like Stafford not ready until late 2007, when the light came on for him. Everyone will be pleasantly surprised with the now more mature, more accurate, more everything Murray this season. Running game will be back, I don’t think even Bobo can mess it up this time around.
All you haters that think your team can score on Grantham’s 2012 JUNKYARD DAWGS, get back to me in mid December.
wreckmaniac
August 7th, 2012
11:04 am
The problem here is that inane questions such as this or “what color should we wear to the first game” or “what will the weather be like in Columbia MO” or ” will CMR change his hair style” will get 250 responses.
Bob
August 7th, 2012
11:10 am
I agree GA coaches don’t heve that “killer instinct”.
Love him or hate him when Spurrier was at Florida he had it, he would “put teams away” If you can’t stop us that’s your problem, was his attitude, I remember Florida beating team 70-3 or 68-6 etc.during the Spurrier years
ole dawg
August 7th, 2012
11:21 am
Hey Steve Upshaw…. please stop your whining! You have my permission to stop supporting UGA and find another team to support. Your life does not begin and end with football. Maybe spend a little more time with your wife enjoying life. If you don’t enjoy your wife and fiootball is your diversion, find a woman that you do enjoy. Your pessimism is depressing.
tony
August 7th, 2012
11:44 am
A Heisman winner helps
August 7th, 2012
10:42 am
______________________________
Has Vince Dooley ever have the number 2 recruiting program for 9 consecutive seasons(2002-10) like Mr Richt? If not then you can’t compare the 2.
harold
August 7th, 2012
12:16 pm
UGA WILL NOT NEED A KILLER INSTINCT WITH SUCH AN EASY “CAKEWALK” SCHEDULE THIS YEAR.
UGA IS NOT A CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM LIKE ALABAMA–FLORIDA—OR LSU.
RICHT IS 9-30 AGAINST RANKED TEAMS AND 23-16 HIS LAST THREE YEARS & UGA FANS ARE HAPPY!
THAT’S GREAT NEWS FOR THE SEC PROGRAMS THAT ARE COMMITTED TO WINNING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS——RICHT IS NOT AND BOBO IS A JOKE!
LHarding Dawg
August 7th, 2012
12:30 pm
No HAROLD, the joke is in your hand every time you pull it out. Stupid!
VP
August 7th, 2012
12:33 pm
The questioners show absolutely 0 knowledge of college football in their questions.
UGA’s problem is, it goes for the KILLER INSTINCT too MUCH in the 2nd half. When you lead the SEC in pass attempts in the 4th quarter, sometimes it’s better to dial it back, run the ball, punt, and make them drive the field against your top 5 defense.
We got in trouble in the LSU game on passing plays, with 3 turnovers there. Should have run the ball, and trusted the defense to flip field position.
We got in trouble in the 2nd half in Mich St game with 2 passing plays, and 2 quick turnovers there to let them back in the game.
Sometimes, you have to be as vanilla and boring as LSU was when they went 13-0.
Bolo
August 7th, 2012
12:36 pm
VP, you got it right. You win with fundamentals. UGA needs to become more conservative, run the ball, play good defense, win the turnover battle.
Columbus Dawg
August 7th, 2012
12:46 pm
It is sad, but it’s true, everything is looked at in the WRONG light in this country. UGA has strict policy rules regarding drug testing and other areas of player conduct, much tougher than most schools who field football teams, yet because players pay a price for screwing up at UGA, then the liberal sports morons, err writers, err, pundits say that Richt is somehow not in control of the program. I noticed that the biggest IDIOT blog in America, IBLEEDCRIMSONRED.COM, yes, you guessed it, an ALABAMA blog, is chastising Richt for doing what their program will not do, discipline it’s players when they break rules. Bleacher Report, ESPN, it does not matter, they are all the same. Just like the liberal media since the the worst president in history Obama was elected, they are on the WRONG side of every issue. Win at any length, cheat, lie, steal to get there and you are praised for it. I have come to the conclusion that doing the RIGHT thing will never be looked at as the correct thing ever again in America. It seems that there is nothing that is not corrupt anymore.
Bolo
August 7th, 2012
12:56 pm
The questions by these uninformed cursory football readers, asked have nothing, I mean NOTHING to do with why UGA lost 4 games in 2011.
All came down to turnovers, when we won the turnover margin, we won 10 games out of 10, when we didn’t win the turnover margin, we went 0 & 4.
Killer instincts, oline, running game, red zone issues, none of that was the key stat, only turnover margin mattered.
That’s always been UGA’s issue, heck, UGA has finished with a negative turnover margin, against ranked teams, in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
2007 UGA finished with a strong positive turnover margin in big games, and finished No. 3 in the country.
ToccoaDawg
August 7th, 2012
4:00 pm
Bill do you really have to ask about killer instinct? Grantham has it but not Bobo.
Renwah
August 7th, 2012
6:03 pm
Uh, Bill didn’t say the Dawgs had no killer instinct, some blogger did, Bill actually said that wasn’t the issue, as every UGA fan knows, UGA throws it more than anyone in the SEC in the 4th quarter, Bill said the issue was strength & conditioning.
i disagree, I think it’s turnovers.
uncledaddy
August 7th, 2012
7:53 pm
Richt and Bobo have a killer instinct. They kill momentum, fourth quarter leads, and team depth through suspensions of star players. They are experts at killing victory when it is well within the team’s grasp.
King Gator
August 7th, 2012
7:58 pm
^ funny…killer instinct of a toy poodle
Stephen A.Dogg: Let's be realistic not delusional UGA fans.
August 7th, 2012
9:33 pm
Urban Meyer had a killer instinct alright. He won a championship with Zook’s players, then won another by putting undersized but speedy guys around the ground plodding, non-passing Tebow. Meyer almost had a nervous breakdown once he realized what a mess he had on his hands after Tebow graduated. Then he fled the SEC. Easygoing Mark Richt doesn’t have a killer-instinct with his finesse offensive mindset and complete lack of emphasis of a power running game. If Richt had it his way he would let walk-ons start at running back which is essentially what he is doing with Samuel and Malcome running behind a patchwork O-line. There’s no competition for his overrated QB from Tampa,Florida, Murray, who will continue to play smaller than his “6-1 frame” when the going gets tough. This season will tell the story for the underachieving Richt and the writing is already on the wall. Get ready for more of what we saw last season like it or not.
Stephen A.Dogg: Wrecking the sports blog with dum politics.
August 7th, 2012
9:49 pm
@ Colombus Dawg. You tee-tee party nuts are a joke. Always mixing and ruining everything with the hocus-pocus politics. Alright, alright, alright……Let’s play your stupid game. Let’s blame Obama for Georgia only having 68 scholarship players out of the NCAA instituted maximum of 85 scholarships per school. It’s alway’s somebody elses fault and you reprobate delusionalists always spread lies playing mindless blame games ! For once put the responsibility on the ones who make the mess not inherit it !
Stephen A.Dogg: Wrecking the sports blog with dum politics.
August 7th, 2012
10:01 pm
@ Columbus Dawg: If Richt is such a good coach and does things right why is the UGA program mired in mediocrity and no national titles to his credit ? This is a Georgia Bulldog sports blog and you can take your Limbaugh radio/FOX tv inspired political plugs and shove them up your a_ _!
‘Nuff Said. Go ‘Dogs !!
Mutley
August 8th, 2012
12:04 am
UGA just happy to be ranked 2nd twice during Richt’s tenure. This pretty well sums up the UGA attitude.
What do you call finishing 2nd, 1st loser.
DAWGMAN
August 8th, 2012
12:25 am
By Golly! We got a analyst gap! I remember the missile gap of the 60s. Can’t be puttin up with no more gaps of any kind. Especially with that smart alec Saban stretching the rules with freakin analysts!
AAAAA Athens Bail Bonds R Us
August 8th, 2012
5:40 am
Any more dawgs arrested today?
Old Dog Class of 80
August 8th, 2012
6:33 am
“None of us are ever satisfied with losing and only an idiot would say that we are”
Dawginlex – But you won’t do anything about it! You say you aren’t satisfied about losing, but you accept it and you never criticize your coach or the players! If you aren’t satisfied, then express an opinion about how to correct it! I certainly have made my views known about how to get to a championship season. Fire Richt!
People who accept mediocrity get mediocrity!
Look back at last season and tell me when we were the UnderDawgs and came from behind and won a game? Tell me you thought we played excellent football during the Vandy game? Even the Florida game, we threw some desperate passes and converted on a fourth down to win that game. If we could throw those passes on fourth down in desperation, why could we not complete the passes on 1st, 2nd, or 3rd? What coach keeps a QB in the game after he flubs and throws pick sixes repeatedly? What coach keeps their placekicker in the games (in the Bowl, even) when it is obvious to everyone that he has lost his Mojo? You say you aren’t satisfied with losing but you sure seem satisfied with mediocrity!
ATLD
August 8th, 2012
8:26 am
Killer instinct isn’t the issue, nor is conditioning or offensive line or special teams or run game.
It’s all about TURNOVERS. We go 10-0 when we win the turnover battle,
0-4 when we don’t.
Columbus Dawg
August 8th, 2012
8:43 am
Ahh, another IGNORANT liberal showing the world how stupid he is. I do not need Limbaugh or Fox News, or any other pundit to tell or show me what that piece of s#%t you support is all about, moron. Richt may not have been as tough as he needed to be under that other POS A.D. that was stealing money from UGA in the form of paychecks, but McGarity was told coming in that discipline would be restored at UGA or else. From what I have seen so far, he is living up to the demand. ATLD is absolutely correct, turnovers killed the Dawgs in three of the four losses. Georgia was just not up to the task of opening with Boise, but learned valuable lessons from it. All who are basing their opinions of the 2012 season outcome on previous years will be shocked at the improvements. By the end of camp, the OL will be a strength, not a weakness, and the television jockeys will be falling all over themselves over UGA’s new run game. I still say that I want to see the same daily, cowardly, naysayers on the blogs after the Dawgs kick the crap out of Missouri. But I probably won’t.
Buckeye
August 8th, 2012
8:49 am
You dogs are all bark, no bite. At least since 1981.
Columbus Dawg
August 8th, 2012
9:22 am
This Buckeye fellow is a perfect example of what I am talking about. UGA has played your sorry little team once, and kicked your tails. The idiot pundit Herbstreit was the QB. You had the most over rated running back in college football in Robert Smith. That was back when the SEC could not get any respect despite owning the Big Fat Boy Ten. It was Garrison Hearst that was sitting at the Heisman ceremony, by the way.
Had your Buckeyes, as you all call them, had played the Mighty Georgia Bulldogs after the 2002 season instead of that crappy Miami team, your sorry little program would not even have a National Championship. I understand that you are just having fun trying to get a rise out of Georgia folks on this blog, but you are looking pretty stupid doing it.
ATLD
August 8th, 2012
9:47 am
Turnover Margin in losses:
2011 4 losses: BS 0, SC -1, LSU -3, MSU 0
2010 7 losses: SC 0, Ark -1, MSU -1, Col -1, UF -3, Aub +1, UCF 0
2009 5 losses: OKS -3, LSU 0, UF -4, TN -2, Kent -4
2008 3 losses: UF -4, Ala -1, GT -1
2007 2 losses: SC -1, TN -1
In 20 out of 21 losses since 2007, did not win the turnover battle.
Tide Rising
August 8th, 2012
11:28 am
I see Bill was dogging Saban for hiring “analysts” which is perfectly legal and within NCAA rules. If you have a problem with it Bill then go whine to someone who cares.
Why is it so hard for Georgia sports writers to write an article that doesn’t include some sort of jealous rant about Nick Saban’s success? The amount of sheer envy and jealousy is absurd.
kdawg
August 8th, 2012
11:35 am
certainly UGA feels like it is having a hard time getting over the hump, and i think the conservative play calling criticism is fair. but the fact of the matter is, it is REALLY HARD to win a national title. there are a lot of teams in college football. this notion that richt is a bad coach because he hasn’t won a ring yet is absurd.
does richt “want to win” as much as saban or meyer? who knows what that means, but he def doesn’t have as much of a win at all cost attitude. that said i think richt wants it just as bad as miles and chizik. he could easily win a title at UGA, but doing so always takes some luck. LSU? obviously they had tons of luck in their championship year. auburn got lucky in that nobody was predicting how dominant cam newton would be when he was recruited out of JC (they did cut him loose from florida); they were also lucky in winning pulling off several comeback wins that year, halfway through the season they weren’t seen as real contenders.
i don’t believe that richt should get a lifetime pass or anything. obviously a lot rides on this year for richt. this year we have a good shot to do something special, and if we don’t at least win the east richt will deservedly be back on the hot seat. but right now he’s got them in a pretty good place.
DR
August 8th, 2012
11:47 am
Richt just signed a contract extension, so until 2015, Richt’s the man. Barring a 6-7 season, he’ll be here through 2015. The 1 win season and winning the East bought him a few years, obviously, by the extension.
Saban isn’t as hungry as Mark Richt, Richt finished in the top 10, 6x in his firsat 11 seasons, Saban had just 3 top 10 finishes. Richt also had 2 top 3 finishes in his first 11 seaosns to Saban’s 1 in his first 11 seasons, so Richt is at least twice as good as Saban was in his first 11 seasons.
To this day, Mark Richt has a higher winning percentage than Sban or Miles, they’re just not as hungry for wins as Mark Richt.
SSIgator
August 8th, 2012
12:28 pm
Good grief Patrick, how many names do you post under?
Ty
August 8th, 2012
12:37 pm
DR, good stuff, no doubt we have the best coach in the SEC, you already proved Richt was twice as good as Saban, but I’ll go one further, did you know Richt is 6 times better than Bear Bryant? Bear Bryant didn’t have a single top 10 finish in his first 11 seasons, Coach Richt had 6.
ugab
August 8th, 2012
1:51 pm
CMR needs to let go of bobo and get a great OC. We got a good DC, finally. Martinez cost uga many games.
16
August 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
Been impressed with Mike Bobo. Coached up Greene to become the winningest coach in NCAA history. Coached up DJ to become an SEC Champion. Coached up Stafford to go #1 in the NFL draft. Coached up Murray who is top 5 on every Heisman list in the country. What a coach.
WAM1
August 8th, 2012
2:11 pm
Bobo has led the SEC East in scoring in 2010 & 2011. Beat out 4 time Super Bowl mastermind Charlie Weis last season in offensive scoring.
Bobo also finished top 10 nationally in passing td’s in 2011, the guy is a risk taker, love the way he designs the passing game, no one really stops him.
WAM1
August 8th, 2012
2:13 pm
When your offense outscores Steve Spurrier AND Charlie Weis, proves Bobo is among the great offensive masterminds in the nation.
Scott
August 8th, 2012
4:00 pm
Bill C – great points. Richt needs to retire and follow his passion. His clapping and hugging players after fumbles drive me crazy.
H2M
August 8th, 2012
5:22 pm
Bobo ain’t the problem. Grantham and special teams can’t stop nobody. Bobo’s guys go down in the Bowl game, score the go ahead td, only leave about 1:30 on the clock. Grantham and spec teams can’t stop em’.
When our opponent scored 30 or more points, we went 0-4. When we held our opponents to 29 or less, we went 10-0.
Any real Georgia fan knows that.
AAAAA Athens Bail Bonds R Us
August 8th, 2012
8:36 pm
Any dawgs arrested today?
harold
August 8th, 2012
10:38 pm
READ HAROLD’S COOMENTS @ 12:16.
VP
August 8th, 2012
11:46 pm
Read VP’s post at 12:33
Old Dog Class of 80
August 9th, 2012
6:40 am
I have been so happy after reading the comments here. I was not aware that we had the best coach in the league – better than Saban, Miles, Spurrier, and Meyer – together. And Bobo is a world class Offensive coordinator who will be taking a job soon as head coach for a prestigious college. I take back everything I have ever said about these two. The long list of National Championships (with crystal footballs) that we have won lately has convinced me of the error of my ways. I will bow and kiss the ground that Richt and Bobo walk on now.
Old Dog Class of 80
August 9th, 2012
6:43 am
“When our opponent scored 30 or more points, we went 0-4.”
If you go back and look, a lot of the points scored agaisnt us was by the opposing team’s DEFENSE (pick-sixes), when our defense was not even on the field.
Dawginduluth
August 9th, 2012
8:13 am
No brains between the two of them.
GFJacket
August 9th, 2012
8:15 am
Tech’s problem will be its defense – - again. UGA’s problem will not be its defense, but its turnovers and special teams play. Fix those two, and UGA is a legitimate national title contender. It has the talent…it just needs to execute better.
GPS
August 9th, 2012
8:26 am
Agree, Bobo wasn’t the problem. 4th in scoring against ranked teams in the conference.
Special teams worst in conference. Last in the conference in field goal %, punt return defense, kick return defense.
Defense was average in big games. How about last in scoring against ranked teams in the conference, last in the conference in red zone conversions, 6th in rushing, 6th in passing, 8th in yards per play, 6th in total yards, last in td’s yielded in the red zone.
GPS
August 9th, 2012
8:32 am
Bobo’s offense, was #1 in total offense in the conference, aganst ranked teams. #4 in the conference in scoring against ranked teams. Bobo was NOT the problem, as real UGA fans are aware.
Jr
August 9th, 2012
8:35 am
The long list of national championships Bear Bryant or Bobby Bowden won in their first 11 years, prove what great coaches they were. They both didn’t have any top 10 finishes, or win any National Championships in their first 11 seasons. Richt has 6 top 10 finishes in his first 11 seasons.
Scott
August 9th, 2012
9:45 am
How many turnovers did the D get inside opponents territory that ended up as field goals? The INT against Mich St that was ran down inside the 10 comes to mind. I said after we failed to score, Bobo would opt for field goal, and sure enough, he tried it. He is horrible. How many Off Cord in the SEC go on to be HC? Bobo could possibly get the Clarke Central job, maybe.
yancy
August 9th, 2012
9:55 am
Not only no killer instinct but they cannot react to anything they didn’t practice for. Stay with Murry too long when he is stinking up the place with interceptions and bad throws. We are a second tier team at best. Tell athens police to stop harrasing the Ga. players. UGA is the only business in town, Holy holy holy is not in football.
Old Dog Class of 1980
August 9th, 2012
11:21 am
“Special teams worst in conference. Last in the conference in field goal %, punt return defense, kick return defense.”
But I have been asured by CMR that we do NOT need a special teams coach.
MG
August 9th, 2012
11:36 am
Mike Bobo’s offense was effective in 2011, top 10 in the country in passing, and 1st in the conference in total offense, and 4th in the conferences in scoring, against 4 big time top 10 ranked teams. You cannot blame Bobo’s schemes or productivity.
But no doubt about it, Aaron Murray’s execution/turnovers in big games led to 21 points in the LSU game, 14 in the Mich St game, and 14 in the South Carolina game. Murray had pick 6’s in all 3 games, a fumble on his own 30 yard line against LSU turned into 7, sack fumble for td against South Carolina AND a pick 6 against South Carolina. Against Mich St, Murray got out to a 16-0 lead, then threw a pick 6, and another int on his own side of the field that quickly turned into 14 points.
Scott
August 9th, 2012
1:50 pm
Bobo is responsible for Murray. I hope he turns it around, but I get the feeling we are a top 20 program with a fan base that wants a top 5. Georgia fans have provided the football program with a huge fan base, top notch facilities and if successful, unlimited amounts of money. Richt has now made over $20 million bucks at UGA only to fall behind lowly South Carolina. A team in a state with a population less than Metro Atl and the SEC’s worst football facility – it’s all about coaching.
TO
August 9th, 2012
4:27 pm
$20 million for Coach Richt’s salary, and we get a guy who finishes in the top 10 in the country 6 times in 11 years, Bear Bryant didn’t have any top 10 finishes in hist first 11 seasons. Richt also had 2x more top 10 finishes than Nick Saban did in Saban’s first 11 years.
2x more than Saban, 6x better than Bear Bryant, we got the steal of the century.
SSIgator
August 9th, 2012
6:01 pm
Give it up Patrick.
Fats
August 9th, 2012
6:08 pm
PC fiends at UGA probably sent orders to Richt and Bobo to “take it easy” on those weaker teams and hence,when they play a strong team, they regress to the PC mode of thinking and get their arses taken to the cleaners before they can regroup. Adams might be more “involved” than fans realize.
Feelings are what pay the bills in the SEC now,according to the Adams think tank.
Bugs Bunny
August 9th, 2012
8:09 pm
SSIgator
August 9th, 2012
6:01 pm
“Give it up Patrick”
You got a thing for a dude…dude?
Bugs Bunny
August 9th, 2012
8:10 pm
Gettin’ all puffed up.
Mickey
August 9th, 2012
8:46 pm
Gonna blame Bobo for Murray’s performances? Ok, then Bobo gets ALL the credit for Stafford going #1 in the NFL draft, David Greene becoming the all time winningest QB in NCAA history, and DJ winning the SEC Championship. Wow, Bobo is really, really great. Stafford was nothing until Bobo did his magic, all of Stafford’s succes sis due to Mike Bobo.
Sr
August 9th, 2012
8:49 pm
Oh, the ole blame up chain, eh? Ok, let’s go there. Bobo is responsible for Murray, Richt is responsible for Bobo, McGarity is responsible for Richt, UGA Board of Trustees are responsible for McGarity, so Murray’s interceptions are ultimately on the hands of the UGA Board of Trustees.
jbirdawg
August 9th, 2012
10:34 pm
Ugggh…….sometimes I am amazed by what people see and what they don’t see. Killer Instinct…….there are different kinds of definitions here. Richt could be like Spurrier used to be and tack on that extra score at the end of games, or do what he does, like in Stafford’s first year at Auburn, with the game in hand and the ball inside the ten, we took a knee four times leaving over 2 mins on the scoreboard. IMO that is pretty devastating to the opponents. Killer instinct was certainly not a problem last season. The coaches would love to have been able to sustain those long clock sucking drives to finish games off last year, like we did against Auburn the whole second half, but we simply didn’t have the run game to support the strategy, especially with Crowell dinged up. Defensive conditioning was not the problem. Going back to what I was just talking about, not having the run game cost us in the second halves of both of our last two games. Not being able to sustain drives and eat some clock cost us time of possession and left our D on the field too long.
As for getting over the hump, we have won two SEC championships and played in two others. We were only a play away from probably going to the BCS title game in ‘02 and ‘07. It takes a little luck to get in the big game. In ‘03 LSU/Saban got in the BCS title game with the exact same record and SEC championship as UGA had the previous year, with the same loss to UF. Meyer got in in ‘06 with the same record after USC was upset in their final game by mighty UCLA. UF got in again in ‘08 with the same record. Turnover makes a big difference in college talent. UGA’s D talent, as a whole, went down after Martinez took over. Todd Grantham and his staff has done a great job of turning around player evaluations and is building something special.
“We have become Tennessee?” UT would happily trade places with us. What has mighty UF become? The SEC is tougher than ever. There is a lot to be excited about in Athens. I think the OL is going to surprise folks this year. We will have at least four SEC sized backs to draw from which wasn’t the case last year. It is too bad, however, that Crowell didn’t have the attitude of Knowshon Moreno. He could have been awesome this year. Hopefully the backs step up.
Smarticus
August 10th, 2012
9:58 am
Short answer to your question is yes, yes, yes. Not only do Richt and Bobo not have the killer instinct, they have no football instinct whatsoever. They do have an instinct for cash, though…
GW
August 10th, 2012
10:29 am
The quick answer is, you asked the wrong question, so the answer doesn’t matter.
A MUCH better question is:
WHY did UGA lose 4 games in 2011?
The right answer is 2 things:
1) Offense: Too many turnovers–lost turnover battle in all 4 games (didn’t lose a turnover battle in the 10 wins)
2) Defense: Allowed opposition to score 30 or more points in all 4 games (won all 10 games where held opposition to less than 30 points)
chazzo
August 10th, 2012
2:53 pm
So long Honey Badger.
chazzo
August 10th, 2012
2:55 pm
Good call GW. I would also add that at least 3 of the 4 losses came to teams with much more maturity experience and cohesion. Judging by comments only of course this sounds like the best chemistry the Dawgs have had in quite a few years.
Dog4Life
August 10th, 2012
3:45 pm
A couple of observations: 1) as to those four losses last year–The defense did not give up all those points. Offensive TOs gave them up–Pick Sixes cannot be stopped by the D neither can fake punk returns or fumbles. I is almost impossible to stop every team from scoring on a short field. I believe that the D is okay–getting better everyday. This should be the year for the D–Remember we had injuries against south carolina etc …. 2) As far as wins/losses concerning Saban/Bryant/Richt–it is apples and oranges. Saban began his coaching career with Kent St and Mich St–neither of them power houses or really considered tough football schools. Bryant coached at Ky and Tx A&M–again neither were very strong at those times–tough to compare. Richt has had a better road starting at UGA–But this is problematic. Richt goes 13-1 gets no respect. This is before Chris Fowler and ESPN decided that even a 2 loss SEC was better than anyone else (I agree)–but two more times UGA sort of doesn’t get the lucky bounce thir way. A loss LSU gets the nod; Fla gets the nod and then in 2008 we had so many injuries, Courson was nominated as man of the year by TIME Magazine (just kidding). I am a proud class of 89 Dawg–even frustrated I follow UGA and support them. I am quite disappointed with BoBo because again his numbers are padded with excellent talent and some weak schools early–and I count south carolina as a weak defensive school–but it is what it is and we really should be okay this year–if the O-Line melds together–Go Dawgs!!!!
Dog4Life
August 10th, 2012
3:47 pm
Should read a 2 loss LSU team
Scott
August 10th, 2012
4:20 pm
The year depends on South Carolina game. If the Dawgs throw that one away again, SOS will be crowing like the King of Georgia that he is – Richt and Dodo will be heading the way of Jim Donnan.
Dog4Life
August 10th, 2012
5:02 pm
I agree Scott. That is why I mentioned in an earlier blog several months ago when Bill asked which would be better to lose to USC or Fla–He said USC if we still won the east. That is a dangerous precedent to comply with–many years ago sitting in the old Gator Bowl, a UGA fan said to me something very similar concerning Fla. I had mentioned how I hate to lose to Fla. He said we could lose to Fla three years in a row and would not change a thing (this was 1989). It was Au he wanted to get the upper hand on–and we see where that went and who the HC was. I do not like losing to Fla or USC, but I am unsure if losing to USC will not hurt us further down the road emotionally. The best way to end this crap is to defeat them both and stop worrying about which we would rather lose to. But, to be honest, I feel as if USC will lose more than three games this year. They should lose to UGA, LSU, Fla, and I beleiev Tenn is going to be better than most realize. Of course I am hoping ……..
FLA DAWG
August 10th, 2012
8:19 pm
In my opinion a four or five star, blue chip Offensive Player who is wondering which college to commit to would pick my Dawgs is a mystery.
We have absolutely wasted talent for years in my opinion – though I must say we put many in the NFL.
Is that what it comes down to? A couple of shiners going to the NFL to the sacrifice of the TEAM -me or should I type ME – team?
The above is only my humble and inexperienced opion based soley upon that which I have seen on television.
Ant
August 10th, 2012
9:32 pm
Look at Mark Richt’s first 11 season this way:
Nick Saban + Bear Bryant + Bobby Bowden = Combined = 3 top 10 finishes in their first 11 years
Mark Richt = By himself = 6 top 10 finishe sin hist first 11 seasons
I don’t think our coach gets the credit he deserves, particularly when you consider he accomplished more in his first 11 seasons, than Saban-Bryant-Bowden- COMBINED!
Dog4Life
August 10th, 2012
10:09 pm
Here again, it is important not to compare apples and oranges. Saban/Bryant/Bowden began their careers at non football powers. Once Bear got to Bama things changed dramatically for him. Once Saban got to LSU and then Bama no one can dispute his success. Bowden took a women’s teachers college to a pretty decent football power. Richt started at a perceived football power. I would argue his 2 SEC crowns (i don’t count the east division title–it means nothing if you do not win in Atlanta)are not bad, but much more has been expected from Richt at UGA than Bear at Ky or Saban at Kent St or Mich St and no one realized what Bowden was building down in Tallahassee, until much later–so it is tough to compare–however, Richt even speculative has to win the “Big One” or he will never be compared to those mentioned above–regardless of spin.
steve
August 10th, 2012
11:03 pm
My big problem is with Bozo, I mean Bobo. The play calling is predictable and he is too quick to change what IS working! We so need a real OC. It’s just a shame to see all the talent on that side of the ball be squandered by Bozo, ooops I mean Bobo.
steve
August 10th, 2012
11:07 pm
So I think the same will be true this season as in the past. Rankings don’t mean squat right now. We will struggle with the teams we should beat and lose to one or two of them. Then we will get absolutely DRILLED by the better teams we face. Then to top it off we will under perform in the Bowl game and probably lose to a lesser talented team. Then of course, we will have at least 5 players get drafted into the NFL!
zbulldawg
August 11th, 2012
1:29 am
Bill you must be crazy ! This team is hungry VERY hungry ! ANGRY at people just like YOU ! All the grap you all have written about the DAWGS with come full circle NOW ! I dare you to jump on the band wagon this year !! Junkyard Blog YEA right !! Your a fake just like Carvell !! Chip getting smarter He sees what’s coming ! Where did you get that ugly hat ? Kmart or a truck stop !
Sunny Cloisters
August 11th, 2012
8:46 am
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 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 whole state of Georgia.
Will it never end? Apparently not while Mark Richt is at UGA. Richt is 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 the SEC. So why do you pay him millions of dollars a year?
Just asking.
uncledaddy
August 11th, 2012
10:23 am
Is it true that Bobo’s new nickname is Honey Bo Bo Child?
Dirty Dawg
August 11th, 2012
12:02 pm
Hey Sunny Cloisters CIUYSA…you figure it out…and Bill, doesn’t it bother you that all the other posts are focusing on what’s actually going on in the preparation for what, hopefully, will be a positive season, and you’re sitting here questioning our coach’s killer instincts? I know there are plenty of naysayers out there that need a place to ’skin it’, but must you always provide them an outlet?
chazzo
August 11th, 2012
12:45 pm
The honey badger is another example of a player with swagger and killer instinct. he is also another player with remarkable capabilities who wrecked his career cause he couldn’t lay off the weed.
I have been accused of being a Richt apologist because of the statement that was made that intangibles like “killer instinct” and “swagger” (Richt’s term) are just macho BS. they are immeasurable, intangible and unquantifiable. This is therefore a pointless argument.
National Champions execute fundamentals at a superb level and achieve excellence in physical ability. I would argue that since McGarrity’s arrival as AD, there has been a change of emphasis. I have actually criticized Richt for emphasizing “swagger.” In 2008, he lost control of his team, because he let “swagger” and “killer instinct” reign over fundamentals and conditioning.
I would argue that the changes made in the program have been positive. I am willing to see how they do this year before I make definitive statements about Richt’s coaching ability. I cannot make judgements about his character having never met or worked with the man.
chazzo
August 11th, 2012
12:51 pm
BTW, I have always been critical of Richt and Bobo getting too conservative when they get a lead and particularly at the end of games. I have repeatedly pinned the Michigan State loss on Richt. I am therefore not a “Richt apologist.”
I am simply not a redneck goober that beats his chest over concepts like “killer instinct.” It sounds all important and manly and stuff, but it doesn’t amount to a hill of beans.
Of this I am sure, Mark Richt, et al, wants to win games as much or more than we want to see them win games. Again, it is pointless to speculate on intangible character attributes based on fantasy. Stick with the stats and specific calls.
Whiznot
August 11th, 2012
9:11 pm
Either it’s lack of killer instinct or laying down action on opponents. Not sure which.