Georgia coaching staff’s fix-it list is a mile long
Georgia's defense had difficulty handling Jonathan George and other Kentucky runners. (Associated Press)
Some more thoughts and observations from Georgia’s win over Kentucky and looking ahead to the showdown with Florida …
Mark Richt’s Bulldogs have a lot of problems that need addressing before the game in Jacksonville, but the three biggest ones are a continuing problem defending the run, the deteriorating performance of the offensive line (and its effect on Georgia’s own running game) and the disaster that is UGA’s special teams play most of the time.
I’ve heard a lot of discussion in the past 24 hours over whether it was another faulty Todd Grantham game plan that was responsible for the Georgia defense’s terrible showing right out of the gate against the Wildcats, or whether the blame lies largely with the players, most of whom haven’t yet lived up to their preseason press clippings and have failed to put together a complete half (let alone a game) playing as a team.
I’m inclined to think it’s a bit of both. We’ve seen too many first-half offensive surges by lesser teams this season (not to mention an outright offensive blitz by the one good team we’ve played) for Georgia’s highly-paid defensive coordinator to be let off the hook. Even if it’s not the game plan itself that is lacking, Grantham appears to be doing a very poor job of getting his troops ready.
But, yes, the bottom line is the players aren’t getting it done. Even after Grantham made adjustments in the second half to slow down Kentucky’s suddenly potent running game (which the rest of the conference probably would tell you must have been a mirage), it appeared the Cats temporarily losing Jalen Whitlow to a migraine had more to do with Big Blue getting off track. When Whitlow returned in the fourth quarter, the Wildcats were able to grind out another long touchdown drive.
True, the Dogs still won the game, as the Georgia coaching staff was repeatedly reminding everyone Saturday night. And there were individual efforts worth applauding, including those of Jordan Jenkins and Kwame Geathers.
But the larger picture is what has the Bulldog Nation disturbed: A Bulldogs defense that gives up 206 yards on the ground to the worst rushing offense in the conference doesn’t look well-positioned to halt Florida’s not-flashy-but-effective grind-it-out ground attack.
And the defense’s poor showing when the Cats had third-and-long was so disturbing that even amid all the positive spin emerging from the Georgia locker room Saturday night Grantham noted, “I didn’t think we played the third-down runs well and we need to clean that up.”
Todd Gurley and the rest of Georgia's rushing attack was largely ineffective against the Wildcats. (Associated Press)
On the other side of the ball, Aaron Murray and Georgia’s passing game looked sharp, but that was against a secondary that can’t hold a candle to Florida’s. And the continued poor play of the offensive line, after some encouraging performances against midlevel opposition earlier in the season, is distressing. Georgia simply hasn’t had an effective rushing attack the past two games, and that largely falls on the blockers. Throw in three sacks of Murray and several false-start penalties and Will Friend’s unit just barely rates a passing grade for its effort in Lexington.
And then there’s the clown car of college football known as Georgia’s special teams. Saturday night, even Richt was cracking wise about placekicker Marshall Morgan’s continuing troubles, noting: “He’s hit the upright more than anybody in the nation, I would think. He probably set a school record for that.”
The Dogs’ dire kicking game is no joking matter, though. Since Richt has chosen not to even have an overall special teams coordinator, much less a special teams coach (or to take the job on himself, as some head coaches do), there’s no one to work with Morgan on solving his problems. Maybe someone should at least get him on the phone with Georgia kicking legend Kevin Butler, who noted on the Saturday night and Sunday Bulldog call-in shows that bad form in how Morgan approaches the ball is likely to blame.
And then there’s Georgia’s apparent inability to come up with a plan for fielding punts. After finally settling on Rhett McGowan as the deep man receiving punts for the Dogs, Richt and company still haven’t been able to get the message through that whenever possible you have to actually catch the ball, rather than let it hit the ground and take your chances on where it’s downed.
With the Dogs facing one of the nation’s best punters this coming week in Florida’s Kyle Christy, fixing this should be a top priority for the UGA coaching staff. On this matter I’ll again defer to Butler, whose son Drew just finished a terrific stint as the Dogs’ punter and is now making a living punting in the NFL. The elder Butler thinks Georgia needs to once again start putting two deep men back on punts to make sure the ball is caught.
The one bright spot in Georgia’s special teams play Saturday was Connor Norman’s Johnny-on-the-spot recovery of that on-side kick by the Cats. If he hadn’t pounced on that ball, the Dogs probably would no longer be in the SEC East race.
What’s especially alarming is that Florida’s special teams play has been as terrific as Georgia’s has been lacking. Against South Carolina the Gator special teams helped produce points by forcing turnovers and making long returns.
So much to fix and so little time. Should Georgia simply run up the white flag and concede the Florida game? Of course not. Lesser Richt teams have somehow managed to pull off upsets of highly rated opponents (if you go back a few years, admittedly).
But as Georgia QB Murray put it, “We know we have to play an unbelievable game offensively, defensively and on special teams if we want to have a chance to win that game.”
Even then, it’s probably going to take the Gators finally stumbling and turning in a poor performance to make Bulldog fans’ dreams of two in a row in Jacksonville come true.
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244 comments Add your comment
Matt Sanders
October 21st, 2012
8:37 pm
Just win, please.
iago's yoda
October 21st, 2012
8:42 pm
“And then there’s the clown car of college football known as Georgia’s special teams.”
Bless you, Bill.
P-Man
October 21st, 2012
8:44 pm
Oit only chance is to jump out to a lead and force Florida to play catch up. otherwise, it’ll probably be a rout…
Nate the Great
October 21st, 2012
8:50 pm
Spot on Bill!!!
jdawg
October 21st, 2012
8:50 pm
Enter your comments here
jdawg
October 21st, 2012
8:54 pm
Non native. I got suckered in to rooting for the Dawgs while living in GA. I go to a game or two a year. Tired of under performing teams. Talent is obviously there. 8-10 defensive players who will be playing on Sunday next year or after. They can’t stop Kentucky. The forecast this weekend is ugly and two to 4 touchdowns gator win. Sick of it. Fire me. I quit.
Dawg89
October 21st, 2012
8:57 pm
Watching the espn BCS show and noted that UGA is 10 in the BCS. Behind Herbstreit as he spoke, there were only 9 helmets on the shelf. You guessed it, there wasn’t a Georgia helmet on the shelf. Hmm….
Bulldog Born & Bred
October 21st, 2012
8:59 pm
I hate to say it but the only way we get rid of this pitiful coaching staff is to lose to GT so as hard as it is i am ready to bite the bullet
Nate the Great
October 21st, 2012
8:59 pm
P-Man: it’ll probably be a rout. If the spread is less than 17 put the house on Florida. I’m a life long UGA fan, Athens native, and UGA alumnus, and I’m getting the same feeling like I did under Goff, like the big games won’t even be competitive. Unbelievable talent with lacking results.
PS Hasn’t USCe lost to all the goods teams they played too?
FB
October 21st, 2012
9:01 pm
How can you say the D has not had a solid half, much less a game? Vandy sure comes to mind….
wreckmaniac
October 21st, 2012
9:02 pm
What happened to Gurshell ? Where is he ?
Another faulty Grantham game plan ? Please. This guy was “King of Athens” (and what higher position could any mortal have) until Tennessee cut the dawgs up.
Outer Banks Dawg
October 21st, 2012
9:03 pm
I love the idea of having 2 deep men back to field the punts… The 9 in the box need to play a base defense against the fake and set up a return. Now if we could just get TWO tight ends in the game we would be in business on the O-Line.
How many times did Florida have 2 tight ends in the game against SC? Let me answer, it was a LOT! Full back and 2 tight ends = time to throw and the ability to run the ball.
Plus you have safety valves all over the field. Spread is only good if you have a run threat QB. And then it’s marginal in SEC.
Regarding Defense, stop rushing outside so much on the ends… They are going around the play, which is up inside off tackle… The ends are rushing outside and opening the lanes for the inside runs… And our press coverage is a joke. I have yet to see a corner jam anyone, even when they are supposed to.
Bill, is our coaching staff coachable? Does anyone (you, reporters) ask them about these technical details? I’m no million dollar coach, but I know a little about football. It seems to me we do the same things over and over and expect different results… Time to mix it up?
Go Dawgs!
GatorsWaiting
October 21st, 2012
9:07 pm
Georgia has no special teams coordinator? Your kidding! The Gators spend half an hour every practice on special teams and our best players are on the coverage teams.
You might as well forget about the Gators coming out flat. This team just isn’t wired that way. And even if they did, they would still pound you in the second half.
cleveland dawg
October 21st, 2012
9:08 pm
whats even the point anymore we have as much talent as any team in the nation so why are they so confused every week on defense, poor planning and preperation by coaches. stop making excuses and fix the problems, or get coaches that can mcgarity.
Dawg Fud
October 21st, 2012
9:10 pm
Rich has lost the alumni. He’s on borrowed time.
Big Enos Burdette
October 21st, 2012
9:11 pm
It’s just ugly. It’s fun to watch people/teams who are accomplished at what they do. It’s not fun to watch those who aren’t. Georgia football is not fun to watch.
LDawg
October 21st, 2012
9:17 pm
What is the excuse for not having special teams coaches? I mean Blair Walsh cleaned up his kicking when he went to the NFL BECAUSE HE HAD A COACH TO SHOW WHAT WAS GOING WRONG AND HOW TO FIX IT! Could have won our bowl game otherwise. Do any of the sports announcers ever ask Richt that question and if so, does he bypass it with a non-answer? I would like to know the reason. I am tired of the same old answer he gives for everything. And for God’s sake, don’t let Malcolm Mitchell return punts. Lots of talent but immature and not a good decision maker.
I just wish the team would come out pumped up. What happened when Richt did something different and dared his team to get an excessive celebration penalty on the first TD against FL? That’s right, we won and made Tim Tebow cry. They look flat as pancakes when they come on the field now. They lack ENERGY!
Outer Banks Dawg
October 21st, 2012
9:18 pm
I was pleased that we got Lynch in the game and got him match up against, and behind the linebackers a few times… One for the TD. Imagine what Jay Rome would look like on the other side, wreaking havoc down the seam. That’s a lot to defend and would slow down the blitz and the linebackers from becoming overly aggressive… Just sayin
prpl dawg
October 21st, 2012
9:19 pm
Bill,
You pretty well hit the nail on the head. Team exhibits characteristics of dissension- poor motivation. Whether it is the coaches or the players does not matter. Coaches recruited the players.
Maybe we can just put a blow up of Erk on the sideline and let the blowup call the D. It would be better, or not worse.The Junkyard got its nickname because the OVER ACHIEVED. They got big bowl bids because the fans loved them. That was then and this is now.
I am a proud alumnus, and I love all sports. Time to quit looking forward to tennis season, though. Time for a change.
Like many , however, I still say GO DAWGS!
Biggdawg33
October 21st, 2012
9:23 pm
Great article, Bill. I still want to know what Kevin B. did to keep him from being a voice our special teams need to hear. CMR needs to know that the Bible does say something about pride.
Lifelong UGA, but I am getting tired of having my heart broke by this team. I am watching a number of Dawgs in the NFL, but nothing showing in college.
Big Mike 37
October 21st, 2012
9:23 pm
This is the worst Defense in the SEC….. The worst Coached….. The players look like they have bought into all the excuses the coaching staff tell us, probably brain washes them with it.. Truth is is the Grantham’s defense hasn’t been stoppin the run for 2 years.. Nor did they in Dallas when he coached… look it uo… He should be ashamed of his performace…
Russell Hall
October 21st, 2012
9:24 pm
Ever see a coach fired after a ten win season? It could happen.
old school
October 21st, 2012
9:26 pm
CMR note to self: have radio interview tape of post game remarks from the South Carolina game available for replay after FL game
Chris
October 21st, 2012
9:27 pm
Bill, everything you mentioned points to coaching, and it just makes me sick to think there are people out there, and people at Georgia that continue to give this coaching staff, second, third, fourth chances, and so on. Richt will never take Georgia to the heights we dream of, and the ONLY reason we won 10 games last year was because of a week schedule, and the ONLY reason we may win 10 games this year is for the same reason.
I personally have been sick of if for several years now, and unfortunately we will have to put up with this for at least one more year. It is so sad.
Mobile Dawg
October 21st, 2012
9:29 pm
Either Bill King has me censored, or his filters are as inept as Mark Richt’s coaching.
Uncle Kirk
October 21st, 2012
9:32 pm
Just because you get a special teams coach does not mean he is a place kicking specialist. Actually the special teams has improved somewhat this year. Not where it needs to be, but hasn’t lost us a game…..yet. Keeping my fingers crossed.
secfan
October 21st, 2012
9:32 pm
Enter your comments here
Dawg Haus
October 21st, 2012
9:38 pm
Well said, Bill.
Uncle Kirk
October 21st, 2012
9:39 pm
Actually Chris, what is sad is the fact that you (and many others) allow a game or a sport, that actually has no bearing on your life, to bother you to the point of hatred and anger. Surely you have a life or a family or something that is more important.
t2go
October 21st, 2012
9:47 pm
Im not a betting man but with a line like Fla-4.5 I am tempted!!!
t2go
October 21st, 2012
9:48 pm
….and that bet would be on Florida….but you knew that. sigh
my2cents
October 21st, 2012
9:50 pm
We have a problem! IMO even if we win in the line of scrim. we still have problems like special teams. My big concern is that consistant, poor special teams play is a sure sign of discipline problems that tend to expand to other areas. If we turn ball over we are done. The good news is that motivation should not be a probelm(though I still worry about that, too). Gentlemen, I guess it gets down to discipline. Go Dawgs!
ARdawg
October 21st, 2012
9:54 pm
Bill, Good article!
Actually, the list isn’t that long. It’s as simple as get a new coaching staff but, it’s obvious that isn’t going to happen. Your points are spot on but there are more. I haven’t neither the inclination or the will to get into it.
We haven’t a chance against another well coached talented team. Thats already proven
jdatl
October 21st, 2012
10:15 pm
Enough is Enough. 3-8 against Florida. They’ll lose. I graduated UGA in 96.
Abnerish
October 21st, 2012
10:20 pm
Think of how bad the backup kicker must be. I saw a 2nd grader kick an extra point this weekend. It’s not hard. A full-time ST coach isn’t going to fix our kicker. He needs a shrink.
Hunkerdown
October 21st, 2012
10:22 pm
Hitting an upright is not and easy task. Hitting it and making thru much more difficult yet. We have managed to hit the upright …what three times and still make the PAT. I feel it is only fair that they award the young man and team 3 points on such an accomplishment. That would also take a lot of the glaring heat off special teams and instead everyone would be saying wow!!!
NCDawg
October 21st, 2012
10:22 pm
I tried this twice earlier on the last blog. I hope the players realize that they are playing for their coaches jobs this weekend. Beat UF or CMR and staff are gone. It’s that simple. I don’t know what is wrong but the players better do something… play up to their potential or their coaches won’t be there next year.
sandiegodawg
October 21st, 2012
10:26 pm
Can someone please forward these Outer Banks Dawg comments to coaching staff- if we are struggling on the OL, put in the extra TE. At least teams usually play up to their competition so I’m not counting the Dawgs out. I wait all year for this game and hope we can rise up.
JRW7
October 21st, 2012
10:29 pm
Hope the Dawg beat the Gators, but you never know which team is going to show up with these DAWGS!
Georgia Dawg 706
October 21st, 2012
10:31 pm
I gurantee CMR will be emotionless on the sideline, Bozo will call draw plays on 3&15, we run the same predictable plays, Sorry *** Theus #71 will false start several times. UF doesn’t even have any sack leaders they will sat. Why does GEORGIA not listen to its fans? We all say the same thing. “We are tired of this”
harold
October 21st, 2012
10:37 pm
UGA PLAYS ONLY TWO TEAMS IN THE TOP 25. UGA HAS ALL THE NFL TALENT AND IS STRUGGLING—–BADLY.
RICHT LOOKS OLDER AND JUST “WORN OUT”!
IT MAY BE TIME FOR RICHT TO GO.
NCDawg
October 21st, 2012
10:38 pm
I am holding onto a wait and see attitude… the Dawgs have the potential but they haven’t played to it in a long time. I will always be a Bulldog… nothing can change that… but fully expect McGarity to can this staff if they don’t beat UF. Enough is enough. Lose to UF and it is time for a culture change.
Sam Robards, Dawg Fan
October 21st, 2012
10:39 pm
We do have some kinks to work out, but people on here are acting like we have Auburn’s record. Are people REALLY talking about firing the coaching staff with a top ten ranking and a 6-1 record?
If the people on this board (and the rest of the AJC boards this weekend) are any indication, UGA has the most entitled, neurotic and deluded fanbase out of any team in the nation.
in 2007, UGA got pounded by Tennessee and skated by Vanderbilt before going into Jacksonville and beating a highly-ranked Florida team, and this team has just as much talent and gumption as that team did. Yeah, Florida’s good, but I’m not willing to give them the game until it’s actually played next week, unlike everyone on here who wants to go ahead and give Florida the victory.
Seriously, fans like the ones on these boards almost make me ashamed to call myself a Dawg. Pathetic.
Don’t bother responding to me, by the way, because I’m not wasting my time coming back.
Go Dawgs!
OkieDawg
October 21st, 2012
10:40 pm
CMR has playmakers and speedsters that are as good as any team in the Nation. So, when special teams struggle in punt returns what does he do? He calls on a former walk-on whose total talent is he can catch a punt and not make bonehead mistakes because he is smart and is a Dean’s list student. Why not coach up someone who has the athletic ability to make a return? He doesn’t because he takes the easy way out…which means he doesn’t have to coach them up. Time to hit the road Jack and don’t ya come back no more.
Ed the Prescient
October 21st, 2012
10:46 pm
Final score: UF 49, Georgia 10
Richt after the game: “If we don’t miss that block in the first quarter leading to the sack, fumble, and defensive touchdown, we could have scored and completely changed the momentum of the game. It was only 14-3 Florida at the time, and we had already driven the ball 12 yards. Hey, that’s life in the SEC!”
Bill E Rubin
October 21st, 2012
10:50 pm
I’m just glad we have the guy standing with the towel up in front of Grantham. That’s big time defense right there…
gb
October 21st, 2012
11:00 pm
uga was junkyard dawgs, now they are show dogs. great pedigrees trained to strut,dance and pose.
a safety was celebrating a big hit 8 yds downfield on 1st down. 2nd and 2 oboy i’m good.
no one can say uga doesn’t lead the sec in celebrations, poses and cheap shots.
tide roll
October 21st, 2012
11:04 pm
How the hell are you starting a true freshman punter and place kicker? A true freshman at right tackle from a private school? A 5′10″ 270 lb. offensive center who played at a private school? A walkon fullback from that same private school? A walkon returning punts? 67 scholarship athletes? An offensive coordinator that has the position because he’s married to Barb Dooley’s niece? A under qualified strength and conditioning coach who’s promotion was supported by an equally under qualified athletic director? Ya’ll create your owm problems. What does Richt do in the off season. That’s a time that is more challenging than the regular season. It takes more work. And he wants none of it. Thus the suspensions, the attrition and the lack of foresight that results in the absoluetly inexplicable personnel decisions mentioned above. How much longer does the fool have to get his head handed to him before he starts playing the athletes on the offensive line that Tenneesee, South Carolina, an Florida play? The Gators Center and left guard are 6′4″ 330 ib. MEN. Your center and left guard , with their little beer guts, belong on the front portch of the PIKE house, pounding Budweisers. How in the world do y’all stand it? Richt benefits from the most lethargic, uninformed, and non-demanding fan base in America. 32 years. 32 friggin years
El-Toro GATA
October 21st, 2012
11:11 pm
In the past 4 years, Georgia’s special team is the worse that I’ve ever seen. teams faked many times punts and kick offs . teams returned punts or kick offs for a TD or long returns several times. on D our middle of the field is open all the time
tide roll
October 21st, 2012
11:12 pm
This would all would be excusable if, say Richt was a 1st year coach and the prior coach left the cupboard bare, but this guy’s been at Georgia what,12 years? It’s another fine mess Richt has got y’all in. It’s now obvious to everyone that he refuses to work as hard as your competitors, and I’ll bet what your’re seeing is just the tip of the iceberg. They probably can’t find him half the time.
tide roll
October 21st, 2012
11:26 pm
Do Garner and Grantham not get along? It looks like “Rodney’s Revenge” manifests itself in him putting the fattest, slowest, and most poorly conditioned defensive linemen he can out there. If Garner and Grantham are at odds, far be it from Richt to intervene. Too much work. Screw it.
LADawg
October 21st, 2012
11:31 pm
I am past the point in believing that prayer will fix the Dawgs. Bring Muschamp home! He has the hated gators where the Dawgs should be and he inherited a mess at FL. He’ll have the gators hit the us in the mouth early (like other good teams do) and we’ll put our tails between our legs and whimper like puppies the rest of the game. This has become Richt’s dogs.
tide roll
October 21st, 2012
11:34 pm
LT- KENARIOUS GATES, LG-MARK BEARD,CENTER-CHRIS BURNETTE (In the name of all that is holy Richt), RT-XZAVIER WARD, RG- I have no idea. You fools are out of SEC caliber offensive linemen. Geez, what a program
Tndawg
October 21st, 2012
11:39 pm
Bill, spot on and to answer an earlier post, yes Richt could be fired for a 10 win season. Why? He is failing to do his job. His players for some reason are not prepared to play. I love the man and think he has tremendous character but unfortunately, he may be headed out.
Hairy Dawg
October 21st, 2012
11:48 pm
But as Georgia QB Murray put it, “We know we have to play an unbelievable game offensively, defensively and on special teams if we want to have a chance to win that game.”
In all fairness, the reason why such a game would be “unbelievable” is because the Dawgs haven’t played well enough to instill any positive belief in their ability to get the job done. I want them to win this game as badly as anybody else. If they play smart AND hard, maybe they’ll do it. Otherwise, they might as well quit the rest of the way and let McGarity clean house. (Okay, maybe not, but I understand the rationale of fans who think like that.)
Just Another Year....
October 22nd, 2012
12:03 am
Richt will win against the Buffalo’s and Florida Atlantic’s of college football, Get crushed by UF, play a Kentucky, Vandy, and Weak Auburn team close , when they should put 60+ on them, and get another pay raise. Sad, Sad, Sad days in Georgia.Bobo will forever be his faithful side kick, and fools will pay all there money to see Mediocrity. This is the state of UGA FOOTBALL. I’ve turned my back on weakness, and must line myself up with Winners.
P_The_Ricker
October 22nd, 2012
12:25 am
feels similar to 2009….UF surging towards the game, while UGA is struggling and just barely getting by
if above holds true…UGA is looking at a 30pt loss
pruss
October 22nd, 2012
12:37 am
You fire Richt people are nuts. The man averages a 10-3 record over his 11 1/2 years as UGA’s coach. Not many people do that. WE ARE 6-1 THIS SEASON! Win next week and we can finish the regular season 11-1. Yes. I say fire the coach that can bring my team an 11-1 season and a trip to the SEC Championship…. really?!?!? You people are nuts. He runs the program right, he’s a good man and at the rate he’s going he will bring a championship to the Dawgs sooner than later. When he does I hope he hangs a big middle finger to all you haters. By the way the coach with the most wins in college football had 2 NC in the 39 years he coached…. Its not like they just give the things out… Again you Fire Richt people are nuts!
dbc
October 22nd, 2012
1:05 am
The problem was here before Grantham arrived and it believes we are “great.” Mark Richt is a weakling coach — pure and simple. I’d like to believe in a sliver of hope, but DAWGS lose by at least 21. And if that happens, they’ll lose another one along the way too. I’ve seen this movie too many times to think differently. Steve Jobs had a word for things like this…
pruss
October 22nd, 2012
1:28 am
Ill take an average of 10 wins a season ….. 12 Years of Donnan (40-19) AND Goff (46-34-1) …. TOTAL: (86-53-1), 0- SEC Championships, 0- Division Titles. ————- 11.5 years of Mark Richt (111–39) 2- SEC Championships, 5- Division Titles and possibly a 6th this season. Do you really want to fire Richt?
Bama Fan#2
October 22nd, 2012
4:01 am
If Georgia plays Florida like it did against the war chickens and
wildcats THE MELTDOWN WILL BE UNREAL!!!!! RTR
clay
October 22nd, 2012
4:01 am
If richt doesn’t win this game….He is gone.
Quit the kool aid
October 22nd, 2012
4:15 am
From one dawg fan to another, i have FAITH this will be a dumpster fire by halftime!
If i am wrong i will stand and say it but i don’t think so. Kool aid is bad……..
Quit the kool aid
October 22nd, 2012
4:16 am
yes pruss, we really want him gone, we are not getting better, id rather suck for a year or two and rise to the top, then getting destroyed by ranked teams every year!
what's ya think, Bill?
October 22nd, 2012
5:22 am
Bill
If we lose to Fla by say, two td’s or more OR if we lose a tight game and go on to lose to Auburn, Miss
or Yech, making us 9-3 in a year w a cupcake schedule do you relieve Mark if you are the AD?
Whom do you hire?
trueblueeagle
October 22nd, 2012
5:46 am
The gators beat South Carolina by 30 and SC beat UGA by 30 so UF by 60!
dmr
October 22nd, 2012
6:42 am
Bill,
I think the more aggravating thing about this is that this is not something that has happened in the context of one or two games; or even just this season. We have seen Georgia’s special teams be widely ignored for several seasons and be a comedy of errors. We have not seen a truly solid offensive line in several seasons. And barring last year’s defensive effort, the defense has underperformed for the last several seasons as well.
There is an internal problem in Athens. Why don’t we hire “anyalysts” like at Alabama? Nine people who fall under another title, but are clearly coaches. Why, as Kirk Herbstreit put it during the S.C. game are we so predictable on offense? Why is our defense consistently underperforming?
The coaching staff and the players have to have faith amongst themselves that they can tackle the obstacle known as Florida. But these problems remind me of when fans knew way before the coaching staff did that Mark Richt needed help with clock management and an offensive coordinator. Richt is 112 – 39 in 11 1/2 years at Georgia…pretty remarkable. But at times, this Administration reminds me of Tony Dungy at Tampa Bay. He got them so far and Gruden had to carry it over the finish line. Maybe that’s is where Georgia is now. With so many teams down in the SEC, Georgia should be able to seize on that.
georgiadawg70
October 22nd, 2012
7:16 am
How many of you fools are going to Jacksonville and give those foreigners, yankees and half breeds down there your money to laugh at you when your get your tails beat again.
Jbzm
October 22nd, 2012
7:18 am
You have to choose. Be embarressed by Gators now or humiliated by Tide December 1st. If gators beats dawgs it may be a blessing in disguise. Tide is twice team gators could ever be.
Big Game Loser Richt
October 22nd, 2012
7:18 am
Mark Richt can not win the big game .He loses every year to the big games on his schedule. Florida will beat Georgia by 30 points.Georgia will never win a Sec title less a National title as long as Mark Rict is there.
georgiadawg70
October 22nd, 2012
7:24 am
If you want to send a message to the powers that be about how mad you are boycott Jacksonville. Can you imagine the blimp view of the stadium that showed one side empty. For those of you who want the game moved to a true neutral site, stop going.
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
7:25 am
The dawgs looked well coached again against a tough 1 win KY team with no QB and no RB. I can see KY playing for the national title this year
Our coaches coached a great game I mean we beat KY by just a few points and they will be playing for the National Title at the end of this season
georgiadawg70
October 22nd, 2012
7:26 am
Hire the Oregon coach.
Joebob Wengie
October 22nd, 2012
7:29 am
Florida-63
Georgia-10
oakisland
October 22nd, 2012
7:45 am
I’m so tired of Richt pulling on his ear when interviewed at halftime. Looks like he is totally lost.
mark
October 22nd, 2012
7:49 am
Somebody please come on here and tell me why we continue to send millions to the State of Fla . I mean EVERY year. Why not Dome every other year? This crap about south ga getting to watch a game is beyond stupid. The legislature should get involved and do something about this. McGarity is a moron. Not since Dooley,has a Ga coach liked this. And, Yes, we will beat Fla….
RHall55
October 22nd, 2012
7:50 am
The question is: “Is this Staff fixable”? The answer is: “Yes”…Next question: “How can it be fixed”? The answer is: “Ask them to transfer to Alabama State”!!! They are coaching like they belong in a smaller conference…Garner / bye….Bobo / bye….Friend / bye….Lakotos / bye…Richt / bye…Tereshinski / bye…VanHalenger / bye…etc!! They are EXPENDABLE…get ‘em out of here!!
GatorsWaiting
October 22nd, 2012
8:12 am
So, no special teams coach. And is it really true that Bobo is married to Barb Dooley’s niece? Always wondered how an alumnus without any experience got that job.
Frankly, I suspect that part of Richt’s problem may be that no top flight coordinators want to work for him because, well, frankly, his just a nice guy with no real fire, sense of discipline, toughness… pick your missing label.
Dawg Tired
October 22nd, 2012
8:23 am
Does the chance of a snowball in hell ring a bell?
ZinoDawg
October 22nd, 2012
8:25 am
This one is over before it starts.
Gators 48
Dawgs 7
And CMR will have some “aw shucks” excuse after it’s over.
mark
October 22nd, 2012
8:34 am
I think Fla is very beatable. They scored 21 pts with 29 yds of offense. 173 of total offense. Get in front of them early and force Driskell to throw it. Protect the ball and GET PHYSICAL. Yes, we can beat Fla. Play lights out.
dale
October 22nd, 2012
8:39 am
Tired of these “we’ll get em fixed” responses to defensive issues.
No Todd, you WON’T get them fixed. It’s Game 8, if you could have fixed the problems, you would have done it by now.
Put bluntly Todd, you do not have the ability to fix the issues.
Todd
October 22nd, 2012
8:39 am
My fixit list is short:
1. Hire new coaching staff.
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
8:48 am
mark
Give it a rest
“Get Physical” When was the last time you saw a Mark Richt coached team get physical
LOL
Come on; the only thing the Gaterds will be getting from UGA is a bunch of hugs cause well we have to be nice to everyone
Vance
October 22nd, 2012
8:54 am
That’s a LONG list of fix ups this late in the season. As was clearly demonstrated in the total distruction of our team against So. Carolina, it finally comes down to coaching. I do not expect a win this week in Jacksonville, and I do not expect a championship from this coaching staff. I love CMR, but he just has not been able to get the job done with all the talent he has. It’s a great disappointment. He should last a while longer before the cries for his departure get too loud. I am grateful for what he has done for us, but he just cannot seem to get to the top despite all of his efforts.
Dawg_Mike
October 22nd, 2012
8:55 am
As Munson said, Do you realize we are in big trouble this week in JAX ?
PigIron
October 22nd, 2012
8:57 am
I look for Georgia to play their best game yet this season.
The result?
Florida 31 – Georgia 17
Dawg_Mike
October 22nd, 2012
8:58 am
As one can clearly see, the team always takes on the personality of the head coach. See Alabama and Florida for examples.
old dog
October 22nd, 2012
9:01 am
Bill,
I’ve said it before, and will again; you CANNOT win the big games in the SEC with a second-tier o-line. Our guys up front are not the caliber recruits you need to win in the SEC. Lest we forget, the game is STILL won in the trenches. I f Florida has paid any attention to film, etc., they will whip our o-line like a dollar watch in the spin cycle of the washing machine! And they will not have to work that hard to do it……our talent level just is not there. We can make adjustments other places, and we can improve coaching, too. but we simply do nt have the hosses up front to beat the big-boys. S.C., LSU, ‘Bama, and yes….Florida next week will take it to our o-line, point-guard size center and all. And guess what….it is not rocket science or even good coaching. Its just that the better teams know we are weak up there. Until we improve our recruiting efforts (and results) up front, we are gonna get waxed by the better teams….period! And the sad part is, one does not have to be an arm-chair quarterback to see it!
dale
October 22nd, 2012
9:02 am
A championship? As soon as the coaches or players say that word all I hear is the sound of a hair dryer.
keith
October 22nd, 2012
9:17 am
I would like it if we show up and look like we are prepared to play
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
9:19 am
It’s interesting that when the offense struggles is Coach Bobo fault. When they look good, nobody gets credit. When the defense looks good it’s completely to the credit of Coach Grantham, but if they struggle, it’s Coach Richt’s fault.
Grantham has a pretty good gig. Full credit, zero blame.
The rev al
October 22nd, 2012
9:23 am
Prediction. Florida 45-7 with Ga scoring a mercy touchdown in the last five minutes. The defense will sagain look befuddled, dazed and confused as it did in the first half of the Missouri game, the whole game against Kentucky and Tennessee and SC. Look for numerous special teams breakdowns and BoBo’s game plan to be totally predictable and ineffective. It will be a beat down.
TallaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
9:24 am
@ Nate the Great – Even though Goff produced medicore seasons,his teams rarely got blasted. There were ususally heart-breakingly close losses.
@Outer Banks Dawg – GREAT comment.
dawgster
October 22nd, 2012
9:24 am
For so many of you in the “know”, then you should no that do to NCAA regulations on the number of coaches you are allowed you would realize that most teams do not have a Special Teams coach, as we once did during my playing years….With that being said, each school takes a different approach…some share the duties among coaches, others have dual duty coaches such as the TE coach, supplimenting his duties with Special Teams coaching….Now is the way the dawgs do it the best way…perhaps no, but the bottom line is if you hire a full-time special teams coach, then you are sacrificing other position coaches….And yes the dawgs, as do other Div 1 schools have allotted practice times for working on Special Teams…
Its ok to bash and say we should do this, or that, but at least know what you are talking about…Now with all that being said, I am disappointed in the direction of our Special Teams, who are not so special, but we are still young here….The one thing I will add to the argument is, I would think that we could coach up our designated punt returnner to make not only good decisions, but to also find someone that the other team has to be concerned with..We don’t seem to have that right now….go dawgs
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
9:28 am
Altamaha Dawg
Bobo’s offense sure looks great against who??? Buffalo Vandy KY
It sure does but when its time to come up with some good play calls to stay in a ball game or at least beat a team he cant do it
And Gratham is an officially overpaid joke
But I guess he learned that from Richt; you can spout off some kool-aid to UGA fans and they will sign you to a lifetime contract and you dont have to produce any results
old dog
October 22nd, 2012
9:28 am
@AltmahaDawg,
Good point…..Bobo will never look good until he, or whoever does the recruiting, realizes that we are SO far behind on talent up front that no O.C. in the country will look too good. We block well against the small-fries, but not against the better SEC teams….
Old Dog Class of 1980
October 22nd, 2012
9:35 am
I agree with Todd – my to-do list would be short:
Fire Richt.
I don’t care if he DOES have 10 wins over the cupcakes. His team is badly coached and does not play good football. ANYONE can have 10 wins if they play only weak teams. And even some of those weak teams are tossups – e.g – Vandy last year and Kentucky this year. But this team lost the bowl game to Michigan State last year!
I think Richt will not hire a special teams coach because he would have to make the hard decision on which of his friends to demote. He doesn’t pull his placekicker because he doesn’t want to hurt his feelings. He doesn’t ever pull Murray (I think) because he promised him playing time and he doesn’t go back on his word.
Moobs Johnson
October 22nd, 2012
9:36 am
Richt has has all offseason and 8 weeks of this season to fix his special teams. If you expect him to fix them this week you simply are delusional.
joe jenkins
October 22nd, 2012
9:38 am
well i will say to you grantham sucks this year…..cant get the players to execute the scheme……that about sums it about it up…..theus and andrews is a big liability on the o-line they are terrible…..no depth on the o-line……beard is probably our best lineman!! our o-lineman are small and fat…yes that is a possible combination………ive seen serval people like that….we kolton houston to get eligible today not tomorrow…I thought gurshal were going to have 300 yrs sat…but the ol showed their true ugly colors
SKB
October 22nd, 2012
9:45 am
Richt’s a FIRST CLASS man. He is a great person and I believe he will turn the program in the right direction.
DIT
October 22nd, 2012
9:48 am
Bill, perfect assessment about our defense. Grantham has had terrible game plans AND the players have listened too much to all the hype about them.
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
9:49 am
Flat tire, thank you for reiterating my point. That could not have been more on cue, if I wrote it for you.
And There is not a AD in the country (and none of you chest thumping poster IF you actually had to run the department either), that would Fire Mark Richt this year, so you folks just look foolish even talking about that.
Dizzy
October 22nd, 2012
9:55 am
Here’s the list:
1- Force 4 turnovers
2- Score 30 pts or more throwing the ball deep as they bring 8 in the box and try to jump routes
joe jenkins
October 22nd, 2012
9:56 am
Corn and abry jones combined for almost 10 sacks last year….this year only a 1/2 sack…unbelieveable!!!…..jarvis jones has been injured just about the whole year….john jenkins is not getting off his blocks…..christian robinson talking that talk and not making plays….herena is strong and has good straight ahead speed but not very quick at all…tj stripling is just mediocre….here are some more guys that are not making plays and are never seen on the field….sterling bailley…garrison smith…dexter morant and brandon burrows….maybe its mostly the players not coaches that stink so bad….i just cant make up my mind
Columbus Dawg
October 22nd, 2012
9:56 am
People keep asking the question,”Do we want to go back to the Ray Goff/Jim Donnan days”? Here’s the story on that, Vince Dooley, who was retiring as head coach, but just in early years of being A.D. at Georgia thought it would be nice to let one of his pet players become head coach at Georgia. After a short period of time, it became clear that this was a mistake, but instead of correcting the problem in a timely manner, Goff was left to run the entire program into the ground. This left the once proud UGA Football program in shambles, and as a consequence, not as attractive to the bigger available names in coaching at that time. Sure Donnan was willing to give it a whirl, but his resume was from Marshall. I do not care what any of you so called Georgia Football know it alls say, The University of Georgia should never have to stoop so low as to take a coach from a school like Marshall. My fear is that Richt will be left to run the program into the ground before he’s gone, making it hard to get the interest of a top notch coach to come to UGA.
Bad Dawg
October 22nd, 2012
9:58 am
Transcript from this week’s UGA-UF Game-planning meeting with CMR, CMB and CTG:
CMR: Sorry I’m late. This whole singing-to-recruits thing is getting out of hand. I just finished singing “Call Me Maybe” to A. Kamara and “Forget You” to D. Henry. I’ve got 16 more requests today alone! Let me ask; do you guys see me as more of a Casey Kasem or a Cousin Brucey? Personally, I love the long-distance dedication….
CMB: Excuse me coach, can we talk about the WLOCP? What’s in the sack anyway?
CMR: Oh that…well, it’s my special “WLOCP Bag O Tricks”. It’s got stuff like end-zone choreography and Halloween-themed uniform gimmicks. I was thinking that this year we could go with the Invisible Man theme because the pollsters clearly don’t appreciate how good we are. What do you think?
CMB: I’ve got 2 names for you: Worley & Henderson!
CMR: Awesome! Who the heck are they?
CMB: 2 dynamic freshmen running backs who, many, many years ago, ran roughshod on then #1 UF, spoiling the Gators’ season.
CMR: Jackpot!! Are they available this weekend?
CMB: No, well, uh, I was drawing a parallel between them and Gurley/Marshall…
CMR: Gotta tell ya’ CMB, I don’t know what you’re talking about half the time, but I love That Thing You Do (CMR stands with air-microphone, begins singing, pointing at CMB) “You…Doing That Thing You Do….”
CTG: Excuse me! Can we talk defense now?
CMR: Oh, of course big fella, sorry bout that! I didn’t see you sitting there behind the Independence Bowl trophy. Fire away…
CTG: I’ve decided that this week, we’re going to just play our base defense, but with a wrinkle! Here’s the really big part…you ready??…I’m going to direct choking gestures at Jeff Driskel the entire game! He will become so un-nerved he will eventually wet himself!
CMR: Fantastic idea! I love Psy-ops, mind-games type stuff! I’ll add that to my “WLOCP Bag O Tricks”! (CMR grabs air-mic again, points at CTG, begins singing AC/DC’s Whole Lotta Rosie) “Let me tell you a story, ‘bout a DC I know, comes to coaching, he steals the show, he ain’t exactly pretty, ain’t exactly small. 35-7! You can’t say we’ve won ‘em all”……..
CTG: We done here??
CMR: Yes, sorry, got carried away. Gotta get to my weekly press briefing anyway. Instead of the usual boring Q&A, I’m going to sing, “Walking on Sunshine”! I’m thinking a little Katrina and the Waves will soothe those fourth-estate savages! See ya’ in Jax fellas!
dawgfacedboy
October 22nd, 2012
10:07 am
Zook beat Ga and Muschamp will too. UGA has had the more talented squad several times in the Richt era with very little to show for it. I expect to see a blow out a la USC. Every week I see more and more disparity between the dawgs and bama.
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
10:08 am
Altamah Dawg
I made your point?????
LOL
Not really heres what is going to happen if we lose to FL this weekend
The team moral will be really low so I expect a loss to another team either Miss AUB Tech or Bowl Game. This season will be listed a huge dissappointment and let down with all the talent we had
Next yrs schedule is a 4 loss season most likely and then Mcgarity makes the move after Richts performance next year
He will have his ammo because UGA will have added to its current cant beat ranked opponents record for next year as well
Sorry Altamaha you havent taught any lessons today
My advice is you better hope your hero wins this week cause its all down hill from there
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
10:09 am
I would ask if anybody wants to revisit that whole “SC deserves to represent the East” argument from last week, but I assume that is all forgotten.
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
10:14 am
My hero? Don’t flatter yourself to think you know what I think a hero would be. Mark Richt is simply the coach of my alma mater football team, so I support him. Because if he does well, my team does well. It’s really that simple. I also think he is a good fit and a good coach and a good man.
And yes I DO hope we beat UF. If you choose to hope we don’t, that’s your decision. .
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
10:23 am
Altmaha
Yes Richt is a good person but he is not a good fit at UGA and he has the record to prove it
same ole same ole
October 22nd, 2012
10:32 am
over rated or underachivers? Georgia, Florida State and Virginia Tech.
Dizzy
October 22nd, 2012
10:32 am
The plan is very simple:
1. Beat Florida
2. Beat Bama
Go to Miami.
The 1 loss to South Carolina game doesn’t matter now.
Nor do the 6 wins.
Beat Florida, Beat Bama, see you in Miami.
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
10:42 am
Dizzy
Unfortunatley the SC loss does matter and that was brought up on The Experts last week
UGA if they win out will only go if everyone else has 2 losses so thats not happening and neither is winning out so you can go back to bed and dream that stupid dream again
swimdawg68
October 22nd, 2012
10:45 am
Has anyone noticed besides me that Gratham has become less “fired up” on the sideline than in years past? I think CMR put a muzzle on him since the Vandy thing last year. Our defense ranked 5th last year has regressed to 50th with virtually the same players. How did that happen? It must be less intensity by the coaches. Nobody gets up into a players face anymore for poor play, all the coaches do is make excuses for their poor performance. I have been a CMR fan for many years but I am real close to sending him packing. If FL. beats us badly on Sat. (and I think they will), hopefully at the end on the season McGairty will make the decision to move in a different direction.
In regards to our OL they are just “bad”. Can you believe they couldn’t block KY? Does anyone out there remember when we had a dominate OL? I can’t. Are they weak? Is it technique? It is probably a combination of both. One of my best friends was a former All American lineman at UGA and played for many years in the NFL. He says it is the technique they are being taught. He told me to watch the Alabama OL and it will give me a good idea of how they were taught to block back in Dooley’s time. Wonder why Ala. seems to have such a great running game? Watch how they “get low and drive block” Against FL watch how we block and you will see why FL. will dominate with their defensive front and our backs will have little room to run.
Swami Sez
October 22nd, 2012
10:46 am
UGA ’s problem is simple….. Hire a new coach and clean house. Go Get Chad Morris at Clempson before he finishes his new house .
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
10:51 am
Oh, I think considering that Mark Richt’s has the best record of any coach we have ever had, it’s pretty difficult to make the case that it proves what a misfit he is for Georgia.
Swami Sez
October 22nd, 2012
10:54 am
Sweet Kool Aid and Sunshine for Altamaha Dawg!
UGA Insider
October 22nd, 2012
11:07 am
I am now ready for my props when I announced in August that UGA would have the worst special teams in the country. I have never seen a worse punt team in my 30 years of watching football. UF may very well score 21 on us on special teams alone. We are literally the laughing stock of the SEC on ST folks… and yes it is that bad.
No here comes the excuses from UGA homers who have no problem with the UGA ST play……..
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
11:07 am
Altamaha Dawg
2-14 against ranked opponents
0-10 vs the top 10
not having beaten a top20 opponnent
All in the last 4 yrs while putting more players in the NFL
7 consecutive seasons’ now has not beat a single SEC team who put-up a winning SEC Record
Never beating every SEC East team in the same year
Umm yea I would call that a misfit coach
Swami Sez
October 22nd, 2012
11:21 am
Enter your comments here
Pete
October 22nd, 2012
11:23 am
Yes, Richt is a first class person, but that’s not what he’s being paid 3 million dollars a year for. I for one am tired of being mediocre. If we get beaten by FLA surely it’s time to make a change. Most of the fans I know have lost their enthusiasm for our football team. They have accepted the fact that Richt will not be fired, and we will continue to be mediocre sometimes and pretty good sometimes, but never great. Look what Muschamp has done in 2 seasons at FLA. Why can’t we have the same kind of success? With the right coaching staff we can. The talent is there.
Swami Sez
October 22nd, 2012
11:24 am
“The Georgia Way” Struggles with the” Sisters of the Poor” and Beat downs by the Top 10 or by ranked teams. Cutting edge football via Mark Richt!
Pete
October 22nd, 2012
11:25 am
Flat Tire, you said it all.
Swami Sez
October 22nd, 2012
11:26 am
Hire Chad Morris at Clempson Mr. Howdy Doody!
Chuck Doodle
October 22nd, 2012
11:27 am
Come on Dawg fans we are 6 – 1 and the sun is shinning!
AirForce1
October 22nd, 2012
11:28 am
Will Muschamp is going to choke out Mark Richt. Watch that guy on the sidelines…what FIRE!
SSIgator
October 22nd, 2012
11:33 am
“Georgia coaching staff’s fix-it list is a mile long”
______________
Impossible, they can’t have that many coaches – can they?
SSIgator
October 22nd, 2012
11:35 am
I see that my old pal Dawgster finally surfaced again. Seems like I am not the only one now that thinks St. Markus Rectumus is not the answer to what is wrong with UGA football.
Coach Fabris
October 22nd, 2012
11:37 am
Miss me yet?
UGA Insider
October 22nd, 2012
11:42 am
Coach Fabris,
When did you get your job back? We really missed the pooch kick.
CMR should be embarrassed at how bad we have been on ST the past 4 years.
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
11:45 am
Pete
Im not a Donnan fan and never was but the AJC has posted a comparison of Donnan and Richts record and it was the same
Altamaha Dawgs hero is being questioned and he doesnt like it yet Altamaha never brings nothing to the class to defend his points as usual
And yet since the article posted 2 yrs ago UGA has only become more of an embarrassment
http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2010/11/02/should-richt-be-untouchable-at-uga-consider-jim-donnan/?cp=2
Dwayne
October 22nd, 2012
11:46 am
I hate to admit it, but as a UGA fan, I am sick and tired of Mark Richt. Yes, he is a good person, he gets good recuits, he beats the weak teams, wins 10 games a year,(for the most part) but I feel he gets them because Momma’s put pressure on thier sons to go there. I hope they beat UF, I really do, the UF fans here are unbearable, but just looking at the 2 teams, I cant see it.
SSIgator
October 22nd, 2012
11:48 am
“I didn’t think we played the third-down runs well and we need to clean that up.”
____________________
Seems to be a very common catch-phrase among the UGA coaches. Wish I had the bucket and mop concession in Athens. Home Depot must be selling a bunch of them. UGA football – Cleaning up messes since 1980.
Dwayne
October 22nd, 2012
11:48 am
ooops….left out that Momma’s get there sons to go there when they really dont wont too.
icedawg
October 22nd, 2012
11:57 am
Tell it like it is. The DAWGS have really been pretenders in recent years for who knows what reason other than they cannot consistently win the big ones. With the supposed talent that it has there is no reason why it should not be in there banging with the best of them. Unless the so-called experts misjudged the talent which is possible. This performance to date of this year’s edition is underwhelming probably due to both players and coaches. If the DAWGS want to be able to run with the contenders then what it presently has isn’t working so it needs to consider making big changes to try and achieve that.
Scotty
October 22nd, 2012
12:05 pm
Georgia fans are no longer willing to settle for a 10 win season and be happy; that’s all that has been keeping Richt afloat for the last several years. Ask any Georgia fan what they want more; to average 10 wins a year or an SEC and national championship. Georgia has had some tremendous talent over the last several years and has tremendous talent now; yet we cannot win the big games and we cannot get to the big game in January. So if it ain’t the players or the talent level what does that leave?
Swami Sez
October 22nd, 2012
12:07 pm
If you want a fun, exciting offense and one that is hard to defend then UGA needs to hire Chad Morris at Clempson. Dawgs needs to scrap the 3 – 4 defense too. Recruits like the offense that Chad Morris has implemented at Clempson. Recruits dont like the boring, predictable and mundane offense at UGA.
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
12:08 pm
5 punts, zero return yards, I believe you have seen worse in 30 yrs.
Since Vince
October 22nd, 2012
12:16 pm
# 10 BCS ranking is setting the dawgs up for failure. Dont tell that to the Kool Aid drinkers.
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
12:19 pm
AltamahaDawg
Ive seen the same results from Donnan only Donnan had FL and Tenn to worry about back then oh and George O’Leary seems like Richt cant beat O’leary either just like Donnan
Richt has only had FL to worry about in the East and Tech has been abysmal
Old Dog Class of 80
October 22nd, 2012
12:27 pm
“Mark Richt is simply the coach of my alma mater football team, so I support him”
So I guess you supported Goff when he was there?
I bought my UGA gear at WalMart
October 22nd, 2012
12:36 pm
I only got to watch the 2nd half, but I was fearful a couple of times that the noise and commotion was going to wake Richt from his perpetual nap on the sidelines…Thankfully they didn’t…I guess….
WonderDawg
October 22nd, 2012
12:47 pm
When we start recruiting, developing, and sending OL to the NFL…we’ll start seeing “big” wins in the SEC.
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
12:48 pm
I did support Ray Goff. More to the point I supported the team, while he was coaching it. Especially when he had turned it around. When he started going backwards, i completely understood and supported the change.
But I never pretended that it was my decision, and I for sure would never have been out making derogatory comments about him while he was the coach.
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
12:56 pm
So I guess posting Richts stats are considered derogatory when its his own stats
wow thats a new one for me
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
12:59 pm
Yea,…..posting the “stats” is what what I was actually talking about. Sure.
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
1:01 pm
My suggestion to you is just tune back in after the end of next season. Since you already have it all figured out.
brent
October 22nd, 2012
1:02 pm
@ WalMart, yes I saw the same thing in the 2nd half! You must have missed Richt’s very brief wake up from his perpetual nap. He was immediately given another oxycodine tablet and fell right back to sleep.
T-Dawg
October 22nd, 2012
1:12 pm
On this quote:
Georgia QB Murray put it, “We know we have to play an unbelievable game offensively, defensively and on special teams if we want to have a chance to win that game.”
Poor coaching is the only reason a statement like this is made. Players should not have to be concerned with what is going on outside of their control but in a Mark Richt coached team….everybody worries about everything. This causes players to feel like thier job is to do more than be perfect at THEIR OWN job.
Desert Fox
October 22nd, 2012
1:13 pm
right on track about GA’s special teams and lack of coaching, Bill. FL planned well for clowney and the SC defense right from the start. they weren’t even a factor. Took CMB and Friends 2 qtrs to react to the same and they still couldn’t stop SC from sacking and harrassing Murray. FL knows this and there’s no chance GA’s OL can hold off FL’s pressure for the long routes GA runs unless they counter the rush w/short slants and quick outs throw in a draw or two to Gurley. However, bobo has yet to come up w/plays and is so predictable to be nausiating.
have to be realistic, most of us know, based on GA’s overall past performances (years!) they don’t really have a chance beating this FL team and out coaching them. its just not in their genes.
on conner norman. I’d trade ten rambo’s for one more norman. another Sailor on special teams would help tremendously. If mitchell returns a punt of KO I predict he’ll fumble one or the other. for some reason he doesn’t hold onto the ball in either situation.
bottom line another loss to FL and continuing trend of losing to ranked teams by cmr and this now clearly inept coaching crew.
James K. Polk
October 22nd, 2012
1:13 pm
Will AltamahaDawg support the University when we fire Richt, then?
HammerDawg
October 22nd, 2012
1:18 pm
Nothing will change until a new coaching staff is brought in…… If you want to avg 8-9 wins a season keep Richt and staff….
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
1:20 pm
Altmaha Dawg
Ive had it figured out since the 2008 embarrassing loss to Bama and me and you have been arguing about it since that time
Richt loses 2+ games a year cause he cant coach in big or close games
Hopefully we win against FL cause its been quiet on here since you havent had much to post about this year
James K. Polk
October 22nd, 2012
1:25 pm
The bottom line: Our alumns/fans are either too scared, or too apathetic to do what’s necessary to win a title. This is not the case at Florida, Bama, LSU, Ohio State, USC…which is why those schools win them. It’s simple.
Our problem is not Richt, it is not McGarity…it’s us. We put up with it.
JAXDAWG
October 22nd, 2012
1:26 pm
@ Mark 8:34 am
I think Fla is very beatable. They scored 21 pts with 29 yds of offense. 173 of total offense. Get in front of them early and force Driskell to throw it. Protect the ball and GET PHYSICAL. Yes, we can beat Fla. Play lights out
Mark Thank you for a sensible post.
These fans act like we are 1-6. Did not UGA defeat UF last year. UF does not have a great offense and they don’t have a great pass rush. UGA can throw the ball on UF and we can run on them. SC gave them 21 points. Lattimore was out, so he could not be used as neutralizer. That’s why UF was able to tee-off on Conner Shaw once they were ahead by 3 scores. The DAWGS will defeat the Gators!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
1:27 pm
As if anybody actually believes you would be pulling for Georgia to win this weekend.
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
1:33 pm
And by, do what is necessary, you mean hire a new coach when the last one quit and left the program in trouble? They really had no choice did they?
JAXDAWG
October 22nd, 2012
1:34 pm
You guys are starting to sound like Gator fans. I’ve never seen a fan base get down on their team like the Gators when they loose a game. However after reading the posts in this blog is causing me to re-think the above statement.
Come on UGA fans let’s get behind our team. I’m a life long Floridian and I love the DAWGS. The DAWGS can and will beat the Gators!!!!
Skokie Dog
October 22nd, 2012
1:38 pm
Don’t forget these two key facts:
1) Coach Richt says, “I know what the hell I’m doing.” (Translated, that means, “What, me worry?)
2) Coach Donnan drove the program into a ditch, and Coach Richt and staff are dealing with resurrecting the program that’s in the worst shape since the Depression. (Hey, it may work in the political arena; why not try it in the sports world too?)
JAXDAWG
October 22nd, 2012
1:38 pm
I’m a supporter of Coach Mark Richt!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
1:41 pm
“Florida, Bama, LSU, Ohio State, USC”
Not a single one of those school have ever fired thier coach for (situation Georgia is in right now) nor would they.
Mrs. Richt
October 22nd, 2012
1:41 pm
FIRE MY HUSBAND…….I AM READY TO START GOING ON MISSION TRIPS WITH OUR CHURCH!!!!!
John
October 22nd, 2012
1:43 pm
I knew that something was wrong from the very beginning of the season after having huge visions in the off season. I told everyone that I thought UGA had the returning players and the schedule to contend for an SEC Championship and possibly a NC. However, Georgia yielded 23 points to Buffalo and that game was closer than the final score….To put that in perspective, Buffalo is 1-6 and in 5th place in the MAC East. Buffalo has managed to lose to Northern Illinois 45-3 and was held to 7 points by Kent State.
I don’t hate CMR. I have, however, made up my mind that a good coach would win big with this level of talent and that our players are unprepared, undisciplined and out of position. If Muschamp beats CMR in year 2, that would be 4 Gator coaches (including the Zooker) that have outcoached Richt. We haven’t only lost to every ranked team since 2009, we haven’t even showed up and that is a reflection of the HC. That ass whipping we sustained on National TV by USCe and Spurrier was embarrassing. If you want a “nice guy” for a coach and you are content winning 9-10 games a year but losing big to all contenders, he is your man. If you want a true leader and a game manager that can make critical adjustments during a game, we need a new coach.
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
1:46 pm
Altamha Dawg
I really was hoping our team would have a magical season and Richt would prove me wrong as you remember I said many times before; that if I was wrong you could come on here and call me out and say I told you so
I know you remember those posts
Anyway after the SC loss once again Richt showed me a team that was not prepared to play as usual ( Richt has lost 9 blowout games in the last 4 yrs) why has he lost so many blowout games and cant beat top 10 teams; cause he is in over his head
UGA is going nowhere under Richt; even if we happen to beat FL which is not going to shock me we lose to bama and possibly the bowl game
James K. Polk
October 22nd, 2012
1:53 pm
We are now in the exact same place that Florida was before Steve Spurrier came. We have tons of talent, but no coach…we are are sleeping giant.
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
1:53 pm
Altmaha
Actually Ohio St fired John Cooper cause he lost to their main rival Michigan almost every year even though he won 10 games many times
Swami Sez
October 22nd, 2012
1:55 pm
like i said HIRE CHAD MORRIS….FIRE MARK RICHT……
Skokie Dog
October 22nd, 2012
1:56 pm
Does anyone here know what the over/under is on points scored by Florida off Georgia special teams gaffes this week?
Scott Young
October 22nd, 2012
1:56 pm
By my count, our D Coordinator has averaged 2 bad games to 1 good game in his 2 1/2 yrs at UGA. My guess is that he, like Al Groh, have a lot of knowledge from being NFL guys and veterans but are overloading their players. What isn’t a guess is that UGA could find a better D Coordinator. Half of our players on D will play or get a shot in the NFL – some of them will be 1st rounders. If properly coached, disciplined and motivated, UGA could reach its expectations. It would be expensive, but do we want to reach our potential?
James K. Polk
October 22nd, 2012
1:59 pm
Ohio State fired Cooper (very, very similar to Richt) to hire Tressel. Florida didn’t wait around for Zook to win a title…because they knew he couldn’t (he could beat Richt, though. 2-1 against him). Bama fired Shula…and a host of others, until they found the right man. (they do not settle for mediocrity there…Shula didn’t have a losing record) USC…same as Bama, really. They’ll fire this guy in a heartbeat if he doesn’t win a title. LSU alumns call for Miles’ job every other game, and he actually HAS accomplishments.You could not be proven more wrong.
Skokie Dog
October 22nd, 2012
2:01 pm
Many of you have asked, “who will U.Ga. possibly find as coaches who could get better results than our current group?” My reply is that it won’t be difficult at all to find a different set of coaches who could get results as good as the current group–AND FOR FAR LESS MONEY. Much of my gripe with Richt’s staff is that these guys are being paid enormous sums of money for what they do and that they seemingly are not held accountable for results on the field. Unless the money supply to the athletic association begins to decline, I don’t see much hope for change.
Swami Sez
October 22nd, 2012
2:02 pm
Kool Aid Galore!
T-Dawg
October 22nd, 2012
2:02 pm
pruss
October 22nd, 2012
1:28 am
Ill take an average of 10 wins a season ….. 12 Years of Donnan (40-19) AND Goff (46-34-1) …. TOTAL: (86-53-1), 0- SEC Championships, 0- Division Titles. ————- 11.5 years of Mark Richt (111–39) 2- SEC Championships, 5- Division Titles and possibly a 6th this season. Do you really want to fire Richt?
YES! Where do people like you come from? UGA has as much if not more talent than any other team in the country yet we underperform every year under this coach. Seriously, what planet do you live on? What games are you watching? When UGA wins, its because our talent is THAT superior. When talent is matched….well…I would say make your own conclusions but it seems like you wouldn’t be ab;e to do that. ZERO wins against legit top 10 teams in 5 years. ZERO…as in NONE.
Go Gatauh
October 22nd, 2012
2:04 pm
Its gonna get UGALY!
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
October 22nd, 2012
2:05 pm
Even the guy who use to coach at Happy Valley would run up and down the sidelines, but then he never wore a headset, neither does the guy at Michigan and WVU.
James K. Polk
October 22nd, 2012
2:05 pm
John Cooper was 111-43-4 in 13 seasons at Ohio State, with Three Big 10 titles. OSU alumns actually wanted to win a championship (unlike ours), so they made it happen…two short years after they fired Cooper. That’s what Georgia could be…if only you people would allow it to happen.
ApopkaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
2:07 pm
Bill:
You rightly point out many of the main concerns regarding our beloved Bulldogs; however, your missing the biggest fix…The biggest fix should have come back in Spring. Why are we throwing together fundamental fixes 7 games into the season???? The other RED ALERT is by your own admission the lack of effort. Are you kidding me??? Your playing football for one of the most storied programs in the greatest conference in college football. You are playing in some of the oldest rivalry games in the country, not to mention playing in front of 90-100,000 fans AND YOU STILL NEED MOTIVATION? Sounds like we need a bit more “foot-in-ass” and a little less “days off”.
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
2:10 pm
James K. Polk
Too many fans like Altamaha, DawginLex, Columbus, Brainiac Lobosolo Truth?? etc believe Richt is the UGA program instead of UGA being a separate entity
John
October 22nd, 2012
2:11 pm
In my opinion, the problems began around the 2006 Sugar Bowl where UGA came out flat and was down 28-0 one minute into second qtr. They looked unprepared and shell-shocked. The next flat showing in a big game came in 2007 in Knoxville with a very talented team that wound up #2 in the nation that year. A win would’ve solidified an SECG birth and probably a NC. Remember, LSU won the NC that year with less talent than UGA. A UT team that finished with 4 losses beat UGA 35-14. The next big-stage flat game came against Bama in 2008 when UGA was ranked #1 and had Stafford, Moreno and Greene (all first rounders) and found themselves shockingly down 31-0 at halftime during the “blackout.” That same year, UGA was beaten 49-10 by UF in Jacksonville and was embarrassingly non-competitive with tons of NFL talent on the team. 2009 and 2010 were just plain bad seasons all together. In 2011, UGA brought a very talented team to the Dome to face LSU in the SECCG and completely fell apart in the second half, ultimately losing 42-10 on a National Stage. In 2012, UGA has faced one decent team on a big, national stage and the result: a 35-7 whipping with no adjustments, no pregame scheming and no emotion from HC. This appears to be a pattern. If UGA gets beaten bad this weekend by UF, you have to wonder if this coaching staff will ever turn the corner again in big games.
Swami Sez
October 22nd, 2012
2:12 pm
We need a culture change in Athens and and that goes for some of our kool aid sunshine drinking fans who accept this mediocre crap from this coaching staff.
James K. Polk
October 22nd, 2012
2:18 pm
I knew our problem during the 2002 Florida game. We came out flat in that game, if you remember. How? How in the world could we have been flat that game? I knew who Richt was at that exact moment.Of course, it’s taken many years of being an island to myself before I had any company. The sad thing was that we had the perfect opportunity to get rid of him in 2009, but no one cared enough to do it.
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
2:20 pm
Not a single one of those school have ever fired thier coach for (situation Georgia is in right now) nor would they.
As I said.
You pointing out completely different situations when somebody got fired (or in the LSU case, that people grumble….really, that’s your point?) is hardly “proof”. Georgia has also fired coaches in different situations.
Ed
October 22nd, 2012
2:23 pm
John, President Polk: right on.
James K. Polk
October 22nd, 2012
2:25 pm
The John Cooper situation is a mirror image. What “completely different situation” are you talking about? Is it that those schools aren’t located in Athens? I’m pointing out the differences in the alumns/fans at these schools compared with ours. 10 wins gets you fired at Bama, Ohio State, and Florida…and it gets people wanting your head on a platter at LSU. BUT, it gets you a million dollar raise and all the loyalty in the world at Georgia. It’s simply the difference between winners and losers.
CC
October 22nd, 2012
2:27 pm
Take away the 21 points Carolina gift wrapped for UF and the Gators wouldn’t look so good. How many total yards did the Gators gain? I will tell you it was less than 200.
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
2:27 pm
BTW, Cooper got fired (not just because of the Mich series) but after the program was clearly in decline, not even making a bowl before that last year. He was also 3-8 in bowls. And there were academic issue and player troubles that were mounting.
But yea, Lets do whatever Ohio Sate did 12 yrs ago.
AltamahaDawg
October 22nd, 2012
2:31 pm
10 wins gets you fired at (fill in the blank). Sure, ok.
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
2:33 pm
AltamahaDawg
The situation UGA is in right now is…..
We’ve lost 16 of the last 18 games against teams making the top 25
We’ve lost 14 of the last 17 games against teams making the top 10
Mark Richt for 7 consecutive seasons’ now has not beat a single SEC team who put-up a winning SEC Record
UGA hasnt beaten a top 20 team in 4 yrs
UGA is 0-10 vs the top 10 in 4 yrs
UGA is 2-14 vs the top 25 in 4 yrs
UGA cant beat its main rival FL unless they are just a bad team
Umm Im afraid those teams did fire their coaches with performances that werent as bad as ours have been the last 7 years
Once again you should do your research
Ohio St LSU FL USC Bama etc didnt wait years to fire their coaches that didnt even have such terrible stats
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
2:34 pm
Altamaha
The above mentioned is worse than John Coopers and Richt hasnt won his last 2 bowl games either to lousy competition btw
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
2:35 pm
10 Wins against who
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John
October 22nd, 2012
2:42 pm
When you recruit in the top 20 in the country every year; and often in the top 10, the expectation is to at least be motivated, positioned and competitive in every game you play in. We all know that you cant win them all. But if you are content getting killed in big time games and looking shocked and overmatched on the biggest stages and beating all of the bad teams you face, then support CMR. You won’t find a nicer, gentler man in this business. If you want a true leader that simply wont tolerate half-ass and undisciplined efforts, CMR is certainly not your man.I am not an experienced HC but I would’ve lit up some asses in that SC game – including some coordinators.
fishook dawg
October 22nd, 2012
2:45 pm
This team has more talent on it than any team CMR has had since he’s been here. I’ve defended CMR for the last time after that sorry effort I saw at Kentucky. These coach’s work about as hard as their head coach does, which is not much any more. Most of these guys should have been out recuiting all week on a by week but CMR decided they must have enough players already commited and they want to leave some more scolarships for walkons. That is the easy way out. I’m so tired of not being able to set down and enjoy a UGA game anymore, because CMR doesn’t try to put any body away early no matter how weak a team is. All of UGA’s games the last 2 years go right down to the wire and the schedule has been pretty weak during that time. I’ll always be a UGA fan, but since these coaches seem fat and happy and can’t seem to coach these guys up, I’m ready to clean house. Fire them all after this season Including even Scott Lost Howard and get a fresh start with some people with a little fire in their gut.
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
2:50 pm
Altamaha Dawg
My question to you is should Richt be paid a top 10 salary with the above mentioned results;
I dont want your stupid come back of thats what the administration decides and not you; or you just answered your own question garbage that you think is so brilliant of a come back
Ed
October 22nd, 2012
2:59 pm
6-1 this season, good overall record. So why are fans like me not happy with Richt right now? I think it’s the combination of a team that appears to be as talented as any Georgia has had in recent memory and possibly the easiest schedule that I can recall in 35 years following UGA football.
Getting reamed (and appearing to be unmotivated and outmatched in the process) by a South Carolina team that went on to lose to the two REAL contenders it’s played this year doesn’t inspire much confidence. Struggling to hang on against a terrible KY team with two weeks to prepare doesn’t help any. And the feeling that it would take some luck and an usually flat performance by UF to have any chance this week is the icing on the cake.
Sorry, just not content knowing that we’re probably going to beat Tech yet again this year, and we take care of business against the cupcakes and down SEC programs like Vandy and (probably) Auburn. While that’s nice…is it too much to ask for UGA to put it together against a top opponent instead of looking like they don’t want to get hurt?
Is it too much to ask for Richt to, just ONCE, beat a Florida team that appears to be championship caliber rather than getting his rear handed to him every 3-4 years or so before picking off a UF team that’s rebuilding or coming off a coaching change?
I don’t think so, but to Richt KoolAid drinkers, our demands seem outrageous and out of line.
James K. Polk
October 22nd, 2012
3:01 pm
Richt and Cooper are joined at the hip. They are the same person, but one happened to coach at an institution that cared about winning, the other doesn’t.
James K. Polk
October 22nd, 2012
3:10 pm
Richt: 112-39 in 12 seasons…2 SEC titles
Cooper: 111-43-3 in 13 seasons…3 Big Ten titles
…both deserve to be fired.
Ed
October 22nd, 2012
3:11 pm
I’ll amend part of my last comments: forget beating Florida. If Georgia comes out looking prepared, disciplined, and motivated, and ends up losing to a better team, I’ll come on this board and praise the coaches for getting them prepared and the players for a great effort.
Just don’t embarrass us. No more games like South Carolina. No more games against UF like the ‘08 and ‘09 games. Play and coach like you have a pair.
Perspective
October 22nd, 2012
3:13 pm
You know what, we’re 6-1 and I’ll take it. Can we at least let them play the game before we write them off? Honestly, with a freshman offensive line, 2 great but still freshman running backs, Jarvis Jones out, where do you expect us to be?
augDawg
October 22nd, 2012
3:15 pm
I would really like to see what a coach like John Gruden could do at Georgia . I wonder if anyone has ever asked him about it ? We need a coach who can bring some discipline to the sidelines . We need a defensive coach . Look at the SEC now and see what coaches are winning the games that count . Florida – Defensive minded coach , LSU – Defensive minded Coach , Alabama – Defensive minded coach , Carolina – Offensive coach with a Good Defensive Mind Behind him . Defensive minded coaches understand how to win in this conference Play Great Defense and Control the lines on both sides of the football . Look how LSU beat Carolina . They didnt run away from Clowney and Company , They didnt try to throw deep balls on 4 and 1 or run deep routes all night . They took the ball , came out in the I and Ran it right at people . What does Georgia Try to do . Let’s go 5 wide and leave our undersized / Young offensive line to fend for themselves . The SEC is known for two things Running the Football and Playing Good Defense and Georgia is doing neither right now
obama SIN LADEN
October 22nd, 2012
3:25 pm
Everyone going to jax,please wear a cross or your favorite religious symbol. See LSU.
Mrs. Richt
October 22nd, 2012
3:30 pm
To sum up what I have read, is it is not my husband’s fault at all, it is the University of GA which is inferior to the University of Florida/S.C./LSU/Tennessee/ oh and of course Alabama. All of UF coaches over the last 22 years have been able ot beat this school…….no it is not my husband’s fault at all!!!
I told him when he got the offer that this school was not in the same class as The other SEC elite, but nooooooo he had to be a big shot and move us all to this hell hole!!!
PAC 12 here we come!!!
James K. Polk
October 22nd, 2012
3:31 pm
Forget Gruden…that’s a long shot (it would be great, though). Dan Mullin would win us a title within four years…or, at least, have us seriously competing for one.
With any luck the poster "Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville" gets hit by a Mack truck changing that tire.
October 22nd, 2012
3:50 pm
OR we could be the next Tennessee, fire a coach who gets you 8 to 10 wins a year and doesn’t embarrass the University to get a pretty boy who leaves your program in a garbage can after one year and the next coach can’t get a break and are SEC East bottom dwellers? All you armchair idiots are soooooo sure the next coach at Georgia will be better than Richt yet you don’t want to face the fact that another coach could also set the program back decades too.
Ray Goof's Hat
October 22nd, 2012
3:58 pm
Remember me? Yes, things are never so bad that they can’t get worse!
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
4:31 pm
With any luck the poster “Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville” gets hit by a Mack truck changing that tire.
Your not to bright are you; you forget to mention teams like SC, Bama, USC, Texas, FL, FL FL, Ohio St, TCU, Oregon, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, LSU
I seem to remember they made coaching changes and did quite well
Anyway it doesnt take an armchair QB to realize that a coach that has had more players go to the NFL
and yet
is 0-10 vs the top 10
0-12 vs the top 20
2-14 vs the top 25 the last 5 yrs
isnt getting it done but your nothing more than a kool-aid drinking moron with his only come back is for someone to get hit by a car
I guess that last tooth you have is about like the only brain cell you have too
Snoop Dawgg
October 22nd, 2012
4:33 pm
If the coaching staff could fix itself, that would fix all the other problems.
Unfortunately, they can’t.
Clean sweep is the Rx…
Fred
October 22nd, 2012
4:59 pm
I don’t get it.
UGA is 2 wins away from the BCS Champshp and the blog
is playin Debbie Downer?
augDawg
October 22nd, 2012
5:01 pm
When did just winning 10 games a year become acceptable ? When you play 5 high school teams , struggle with Kentucky and Vandy every year and lose to teams Like Carolina and Florida how is that ok ? The goal for Georgia every year should be compete for the National Championship , with Millions of dollars in the bank , some of the best facilities and all the talent in the world nothing less then that is acceptable . If the program is just happy with 10 wins and bid to the Outback bowl is ok, we as fans need to find something else to spend our money on we are not Georgia Tech . Im tired of people talking about our Tradition and History and then we come out and get beat down by teams with less to equal talent . If players / coaches didnt come to georgia to win on a national stage then why are they there? I remember the 8-4 years and we should be past them . Fans who find it ok that we beat the little nobodys all year and then get smoked by Florida and Carolina are the Problem with Georgia football . We need to take a chance and see what happens with the coaching change . Richt has done us well and I applaud him for what he has done but its time for Georgia to take the next step in Football and Im not sold he can get us there .
Fred
October 22nd, 2012
5:01 pm
The defense is playing pretty great overall.
Giving up 24 pts a game, gave up 22 last year.
Improving 2nd half defense in scoring, holding teams to 8 pts in 2nd half (top 12 in NCAA)
hOLDING teams to 4 pts in the 4thquartr (top 15 in NCAA)
Fred
October 22nd, 2012
5:02 pm
wHEN DID RANKING #10 IN THE bcs START TO STINK?
G-Dawg
October 22nd, 2012
5:18 pm
Last year…it was a (Vandy) Special Teams game saving tackle by Drew on a block kick to save the year.
This year…its C. Norman’s onside kick recovery!! Against a 3rd string Kentucky team!!
Flat Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
October 22nd, 2012
5:18 pm
Fred
Evidently you didnt watch the SC game; KY game Tenn game
2 wins away from the NC
LOL
you really think we are that good
SavDawg
October 22nd, 2012
5:26 pm
We have deep seeded problems on defense and the offensive line. Why ?? I’d really like to know. We will probably lose by 20 or more points. If we go 10-2, it will be a disgrace of a season with all the talent we have. Players, that is. We have no talent on the coaching staff. That is obvious.
Stats are BS
October 22nd, 2012
5:27 pm
You don’t need a bunch of stats to defend or slash the dogs, you can clearly see that our problem on defense is that we can’t stop the run! The reason is because of scheme and personnel. The reason the 3-4 defense is popular in the NFL is because it was designed as a “Rush the Passer” defense, because the NFL is a pass heavy league. In the run game, using the 3-4, the nose guard has to be good enough to cover both A gaps, which is rare for most college nose guards. The 2 DE’s must be athletic enough to beat the OT’s off the ball… problem is Abry Jones is way to heavy for that position and not nearly athletic enough to accomplish that. Corn Wash has the perfect size for that position, but he’s just not very good. He’s underachieved his entire career at GA. That’s why the 3-4 isn’t working at GA.
Also, in the 3-4 scheme, it’s imperative that the 2 inside backers control the A & B gaps on either side of the center, by staying at home and reading the run plays. However, if you watch GA during games, one of those inside backers are often running out of position just prior to the snap, leaving one inside backer to cover all 4 of those gaps, which is basically impossible for any one guy to to, no matter how good he is, because the blockers greatly out number the defenders.
If they want to run TREE all over the place then he needs to go back to strong safety or let him roam around at outside backer like JJ’s does, but an inside LB MUST stay at home and read the run or you will continue to see those gashing run plays in the middle of our defense. I think they should consider moving TREE to outside backer and put Vasser on the bench and go with Gilliard and Herrera at inside LB, since they are more stay at home run stoppers. Hell, it couldn’t get any worse.
Go Dawgs!
please win !
October 22nd, 2012
5:43 pm
every week i go the magic ” G ” eight ball for answers
today i asked the following
1) will the dawgs be fired up this week – answer ” no ”
2) will georgia show up and play 4 qtrs of good football — answer ” not likely ”
3) will georgia squeak out a win over florida – answer ” don’t bet on it ”
OUCH !!!!! hope the magic ball is wrong !
RollDog
October 22nd, 2012
6:36 pm
Watched Bengals play Steelers last night. Saw SIX UGA players on field.
AJ Green,
Clint Bowling,
Orson Charles,
Robert Geathers,
Dennis Rowland,
Geno Atkins
‘Nuff said.
Relentless
October 22nd, 2012
7:40 pm
If you think this year stinks….I’m afraid the train goes completely off the tracks next year. Sad that it will take at least two to three years to get Richt out. What a waste of talent over the last five years.
Hofner Bass
October 22nd, 2012
7:52 pm
Don’t you think the Dawgs should drop Florida from their schedule and add Delaware State? That would make a soft schedule even softer. Another win!
TossSweep
October 22nd, 2012
7:53 pm
Is it wrong to say that I wish we’d lose against Florida so that this coaching staff will be fired and hopefully get Kirby Smart here next year?
Mountain Dog
October 22nd, 2012
7:55 pm
Some of my fellow Dog fans appear to have unreasonable expectations of the coaching staff and the teams performances against real competition. They seem to feel that georgia should be in the hunt for a National Championship every 25 years or so. We cannot be selfish. We were in the Championship game in 1942 and 1980. We need to be quiet and be happy with what we have. Our head coach never gets up tight like those Al.,Fla.,LSU and SC coaches do on the sidelines when someone jumps off side. I am sure our boys have a better collage experience at Ga. where excellace is not demanded. Think how hard it would be to play for Sabin or Spurrier. A N/C is no consulation for having to play for a mean coach.
I am Glad I am a Bulldog where a game is just a game and a loss by 40 is no different than fighting hard and loseing by a field goal in the last 5 seconds. Actually, Alabama, Fla. and LSU have a deed to the N/C and I am glad Ga. is not in the hunt since the aforementioned teams allready own the championship.. Bring on Tech.
A victory is a victory!
McGarrity has a real short fix-it-list
October 22nd, 2012
8:14 pm
CLEAN HOUSE!
UGA Fan
October 22nd, 2012
8:22 pm
To all the UGA so called fans who bash the Bulldogs. If UGA win against the Gators which is impossible according to them man up and say that that they don’t know anything about the game of football and know longer write on this blog. I guarantee some of these so called fans will jump right back on the bandwagon again and back off again when they lose.
AJ
October 22nd, 2012
8:45 pm
Here’s the list of what to fix before the Florida game;
1) win the turnover game 2) take advantage of the most agressive undisciplined team Gators in football with trick plays, snap count rhythm, pre-snapmovement on defense, running qb, etc. 3) stack 8 in box dare Gators to throw–they can’t
garydawg
October 22nd, 2012
9:01 pm
UGA Fan: The true Bulldog fans know that our ten game win streak that resulted in CMR’s contract extension set us back at least 4 seasons. We continue to pull for our team because we love them like an errant child, even though we know they are flawed. We will never be a top tier SEC team under Richt’s leadership for one simple reason: fundamentals. We are the most unsound football team I have ever seen at UGA and I have followed them for 42 years. The first rule of football is a cliche, “the game is won or lost in the trenches”. Our lines are young and lack depth. How does that happen under a 12 year regime? How do we not have 85 players under scholarship? Poor recruiting. Yes, we get the talented flashy skill players that can make headlines but have no support deep into the close games. No Special Teams coordinator? What a joke. Vince Dooley always made it a priority to have talented kickers, returners, blockers, schemes, because so many games are won or lost on special teams. It is an afterthought under Richt. Florida 42, UGA 17
Ty
October 22nd, 2012
9:58 pm
Bill look at the time of possession of the teams. As ole Steve Spurrier said. Georgia scores so quick their defense is on the field a long time. Research the fact that the Georgia Defense is on the field more time than the offense. I suppose if they get tired they are not in the best of shape possibly?
short memories
October 22nd, 2012
10:08 pm
The longer Richt stays the longer it will be before Georgia is pulled up out of the hole and becomes a true contender again. Richt has lost his way and is tired and befuddled. Please put him out of his misery.
bardawg
October 22nd, 2012
11:31 pm
Just like Clint Eastwood said to the empty chair, “If you’re not doing your job , it’s time to let ‘em go” ,and damn, the man’s had 12 years to do his , and he’s still having the type of problems that are just so rudimentary to fix , and he just seems to be oblivious to them. Why does he make 3 mil a year? Especially when we can’t beat a decent team. I honestly do think we need to move to the ACC to enjoy any level of succss, as long as we keep Richt.
SSIgator
October 23rd, 2012
12:06 am
Next up on the Kool-Aid writers & fans list -
UGA owns the series vs UF. Yea!
GatorsWaiting
October 23rd, 2012
12:31 am
Georgia fans, Florida State gave you Mark Richt, and Florida State has shown the solution to living with your mediocrity…
Join the ACC!
John
October 23rd, 2012
12:57 am
Charlie Strong for UGA head coach. UGA would lock down recruiting in Atlanta again, he was Spurriers defensive coordinator when Florida dominated UGA, and never had a defense that wasn’t ranked in the Top 10 as a defensive coordinator. He’s undefeated at Louisville now, there are no big name jobs open right now in college football…..this is the time to get him.
John
October 23rd, 2012
1:02 am
UGA players make good NFL players, they can be taught because they don’t have any established habits from successful coaching. They can easily be reprogrammed better than a player that has successful technique and unwilling to change.
cigar
October 23rd, 2012
6:30 am
The higher-ups are happy with “wins”. CMR isn’t capable of getting us to the next level. The only way to solve this is with our money but if we quit giving, we lose our spots. WE LOSE AGAIN
Granny Gator
October 23rd, 2012
7:58 am
Florida 63, Georgia 10
Y’all have fun in Jacksonville, and do come back, bless your hearts.
Dawg Tired
October 23rd, 2012
9:04 am
The real list that needs work is the one with the coaches’ names on it.
Cullowheedawg
October 23rd, 2012
9:15 am
Great coaches. Head man Richt never bothered very cool. Offensive coord Bobo keeps a simple game plan which everyone knows. Defensive coordinator Grantham well paid for the defense of last year which managed to lose to the 4 good teams we played but won the cakes. He may have managed the same. Guess another BIG raise is coming. Special teams. Guess what no coach to blame as Richt has no special teams or special teams coach. Oh let’s not forget Will Friend our young OL coach he looked like a great find early but where is all the talent going. Maybe the oc and hc need to realize that we don’t have a great OL and use more muscle. We do have good backs but don’t use them well
Now the answer. If we do not win the east and at lt least make a hard run at secc then FIRE all of the above and get a new coaching staff that seriously wants to be great (not just good).
GO DAWGS. See you in J’ville. Cullowheedawg
David
October 23rd, 2012
9:17 am
I have yet to hear CMR at anytime this year say that the all-around play is unacceptable. I’ve heard statements like, “we’ll be alright” and “we’ve just got to play harder”. Play harder? Really? You have to tell your team to play harder against the likes of Buffalo, Florida Atlantic and Kentucky? I will always root for the Dawgs, but based on what I’ve seen thus far, I have no confidence whatsoever that they have what it takes going forward to win a game against a quality opponent. I find it very disturbing that a coach cannot see and acknowledge what everyone else (fans, media, own players) sees as unacceptable play & coaching. Hard to believe this is the same team that was picked to finish first in the SEC East. My, how the mighty have fallen…
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
October 23rd, 2012
9:32 am
The Rockets coach told the media yesterday that even though their upcoming game vs the Bulls, who are 1-6, they still gave UGA a pretty good game in ATHENS!
John
October 23rd, 2012
10:14 am
Dan Mullen? Jon Gruden?
GatorsWaiting
October 23rd, 2012
10:51 am
I’m telling you Dawg fans, you need to join the ACC. You can win conference championships there with Richt, although the BCS will pretty much be out of the question (FSU’s BCS score right now is 0.000). Just saying.
Charley Strong is more likely to end up at Arkansas. Tuberville, Strong and Malzahn are all Arkansas natives and none will likely be available until that job is filled.
Jimmy
October 23rd, 2012
5:41 pm
Yawn…you Florida fans are so boring.
Come on here talking smack to people who are ready to
run their coach out on a rail.
Frankly, what you have to say is irrelevant in this context.
Boring.
In fact, what you have to say is always unimportant.
Jimmy
October 23rd, 2012
5:46 pm
The thing that is inexcusable is that we have had nothing but trouble
on the O line for the last several years.
Potential all-Americans underperform each and every year.
There is no cohesiveness on the lines because they don’t play together long enough.
We are always “waiting for the line to gel”.
Richt apparently doesn’t know how to recruit or coach O linemen.
He certainly doesn’t seem to get it on the defensive line.
I have always supported him.
While I like being in the national spotlight at least part of the year
I don’t like losing the big games.
That does no good for the players, the University, or the fans.
Richt must go.
Vampire Bill
October 24th, 2012
8:16 pm
If I remember correctly dawgs had extra scholly’s last year. Why didn’t we offer both a top notch punter and field goal kicker last year? Red shirt them with a year of training with our two seniors at the time. Instead we now suffer with two true freshmen. I just don’t think that’s sound football.