The Richt contract extension: What’s the magic number?

…and what about Coach Grantham?

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It will be a 3 year deal with stipulations on OC if they fall short in 2012.

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We’re in too deep to hold back now…..

2 years with an optional roll-over year each year – UGA’s option.

He’ll have a four year contract every year, with the roll-over.

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I doubt there will be much negotiating at all. Richt doesn’t have an agent, and has seldom played games in the past. I suspect the deal with will be for an additional three years at roughly $3.5 per.

Grantham, on the other hand…

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Give him two more year and let it be known if he doesn’t bring us a NC, he’s DONE!!!!!!!! It distresses me that there are SO many UGA fans who are perfectly content with putting up with MEDIOCRITY!!!!

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I would be opposed to any raise except one based on performance. Incentives, at his salary level, would provide the university with security, Richt with security that he earns, and not place the university in the position of having to pay out millions to a coach they no longer feel is what they need.

INCENTIVES!

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sign him up for life…nothing better than the mediocrity that flows out of athens during football season…you can forget about grantham…no $$$ for him…prepare for WM2.0…

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wasn’t that long ago the mt. rushmore of coaches who do it “right” included paterno, tressell, richt…just sayin…

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I trust Greg McGarity to get this done the right way despite bulldawg calling our fine AD a “tennis player”.

All the haters are fearful. That’s why Chip Towers’ blog fills up with 18 pages of comments from the haters. They are afraid that McGarity is great for Richt, he listens to him and learns from him. They are afraid that Richt is actually getting a lot better with a mentor by his side.

The extension for Coach Richt will happen but the assistants will be next. I will be anxious to see what, if anything, happens there.

It may not happen, but I still think Richt needs to call his own plays and let Bobo coach the QB’s and recruit.

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Signing a coach for too long can be risky. We remember seeing Coach riding a bus downtown and wearing a cocktail dress. He didn’t have an F-150 to drive so he took the bus. That was Coach’s last season and looking back it’s a good thing he didn’t have a long-term agreement.

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Mark I think your open with 2 years and be willingly to go 3 years seems most likely. CMR has proven he is a very stable force at UGA and if you are giving him a 4-5 year window that assures he can tell recruits I’m going to be in place as your coach. Well that can’t help but help recruiting, biggest wow factor in our recruiting last year was he got so many quality recruits while he was on the “hot seat”.

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@dolla dolla bill and your point just gives us one more reason to keep CMR as our coach.

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Vanakatherock …add rent-a-dawg jones and and the rambo kid as gone too…why would they come back?…oh, to play in the chik-fil-a bowl vs. nc state next year…right…

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@Buzz2011 no buzzie boy the real number is 10 of 11 and 31-17…that is the wining number. really if your going to play here you need to sharpen your light saber.

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evil idiot

JJ is coming back

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Zero

Right in line with the number of big wins.

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I personally want him to retire a Georgia Bulldog, sign him Greg
look at Auburn, just trashy
look at Fla, just trashy & tragic
look at Tech, just a joke
we’re above all that, and he’s a good man

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Do the three year deal at 3.7 mil and lets get on to business. Double Granthams deal – just like Erk before him HE NOT THE HEAD MAN is the KEY-

Greatest mistake Dogs ever made was NOT giving ERK the HEAD JOB and we have paid dearly for that stupid Dooley mistake!!!!

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Russ

You know pork rinds are a Alabama staple

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Pork rinds and a pickup. Might not work all that well for recruiting running backs.

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@LOL which of the teams we beat up on was your team?

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When I sold my game-used dog bowl on e-bay Coach called me in the office and told me I might get suspended for the next few games. Fortunately, it was a busy week with the running backs and he forgot about me.

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“What’s the magic number?”

I say give him 20 years. I mean, wow, that awesome UGA squad beat a whopping 10 teams in a row. I mean, no one can do that, right?

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“All the haters are fearful.”

I highly doubt LSU, Bama, Arkansas, Auburn and UF are fearful of UGA coaches, Lex.

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We need to give him a long-term extension to protect us from our own stupidity. So many of us were calling for his head when we slumped and that would have been a grave mistake.

Who could we get that is better? Mora, Weiss, Muschamp,CPJ, Chizyc, Nutt? He is at worst the 3rd best coach (Miles, Saban) in the best conference in the NCAA. He is clearly better than Goff, Donnan, and I dare say, Dooley.

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I still believe a contract shouldnt be talked about until after next seasons results

2 yrs only though

But the OC has to show better performance than just 2 qtrs of decent play calling every game

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“He is at worst the 3rd best coach (Miles, Saban) in the best conference in the NCAA. ”

Guess you forgot about Petrino. WHOOPS! Auburn has a national title as well. Not sure how Richt would even be considered a top coach when he hasn’t done anything significant at UGA.

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Look you have one of the few stable head coaches in the SEC. You know he is not going to be getting a DUI. Or have red pants between is legs. He wants to be at Georgia. He has accomplished much in his 10-11 years. And he just came off a productive season.

Sign him to a three year extension with a one year rollover.

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“Look you have one of the few stable head coaches in the SEC.”

I like CMR a lot. I have a ton of respect for the guy. I think he is fading a bit and I don’t see him sticking around more than 3-4 more years.

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They’ve got to lock him down 10 years; he was on a Wheaties Box, does pool flips and said “hell” twice! Seriously, it just feels good to know next season we can beat Aub, FL, TN & GT again – and this time SC. Go CMR!

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Mark,

You ask if ONE bounce back season overrides TWO lesser ones. I would submit that the TWO LESSER SEASONS were the anomaly under Richt. The last two seasons were filled with lesser talent and obviously some kids that were just unwilling to act appropriately. If Richt has a fault, it may be that he is “too” loyal and restrained with those who don’t follow the rules and perform up to snuff.

Richt chooses to find the good and focus on the positive until he is almost worn out…ah la Ealey and others. Richt stays true to his word about not only wanting these guys to be good football players, but also focuses on them being better men.

Give Richt his additional three years, a raise, lock up Grantham, and then evaluate the rest of the staff. If Georgia can develop some depth, this team can be special over the next couple of years.

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I honestly don’t get the obsession with firing Bobo? For starters his “play calling” and offenses have produced more points than Coach Richt’s did during his time at OC. Heck, even when we had Cox at QB we scored points. You can’t win football games when you have to score 45 points to do it. Once we squared away the defense we got it back on track. No OC is perfect. Coach Bobo is a Dawg, he’s a better than solid recruiter, and he’s done a admirable job taking over as OC of a major D1 program with no prior experience. Careful what you wish for. Do you want someone coming in with no ties to the program, running a SPREAD or OPTION / Gimick type of offense? I for one DO NOT. I will keep my pro style offense that allows me to target ANY of the best recruits in the country at QB, Receiver, Tight End, RB, FB, OL, etc. etc.

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Coach Richt was in a pile of trouble last year, and red hot seat after the 1st two games of the season. Now he is getting 3 year extension.

That’s what magic a soft schedule can do for you.

I don’t believe UGA has yet beaten an end-of-season ranked team for 2 years.

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2010 BCS CHAMPS lot of room to talk when your OC leaves to take a job making less than he was at your school and in a lesser conference and please spare us the “he wants to be a head coach ” spin he could have been a head coach last year for over 3 times what Ark St is paying him. He and the DC are rats leaving a sinking ship …I’d be watching ol’Tropper real close to if you see him turn that hat so the brim is facing forward…change it is a coming…and really the timing has to hurt Bama and the Gators need new OC’s guess the Barn will have to settle for 3rd best coach our there at best..have a great day but I’d wear a life vest.

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“I see the always classy AU people are out of bed commenting on things they know nothing about.”

Hypocrite.

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2001 was 8-4

2002 was 13-1 and the 2 teams in the title game were cheaters

I also said 2004 Auburn deserved the title too

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that defense got coastal carolina’s coach fired…not sure of the seat temp at nm state after they faced the greatest defense in the history of mankind…my god, what a defense!!!…no way butkus or lawrence taylor even make the scout team…

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“Barn will have to settle for 3rd best coach our there at best”

UGA has a nice remedial english class with your name on it.

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alphare

After last year, no way we were ready to play boise with their 25 5th year seniors and a pretty darn good college QB.

The defense got better. The lack of depth hurt us against LSU along with the inability to run the ball and not become one dimensional.

We really need to win this bowl game. It will shutup a lot of the doubters and give us huge momentum into 2012

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awwww…they were cheating…whats wrong?…didn’t get your participation ribbon???…

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Fifteen.

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2 years with a 2 year option at the same pay. Here is where it needs to be adjusted. Up to 5 million in bonus – wins SEC East (750,000), wins SEC (1.25 million) wins National Championship (3 million), we have to put the money out there for a National Championship.

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Richt will be let go during this contract. The question is, how many years will UGA supporters be left holding the bag with? Will we have to pay him like we did Goff and Donnan for numerous years while also paying the new coach. Count on it.

Athletic Associations and their fans (including the kool-aid drinkers on this board) are such suckers, financial babes in the woods. It is nonsensical to extend Richt’s contract. It already has two freaking years left on it. He is going nowhere. Yet every college coach in America gets paid for multiple years after their service is done because the “uncertainty hurts recruiting.” Well, the uncertainty is already there, goofballs. No matter how many years his contract has, he will never coach all of them. Like every other coach, he will be let go at some point. So no recruit knows whether Richt will be the coach. The contract has nothing to do with it.

Athletic Associations need to smarten up. Fans need to smarten up and quit supporting this nonsense.

Reason #1 I will NEVER make a contribution to UGA or the Athletic Association. Gross mismanagement of funds.

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LOL,
Your accounting skills are only outdone by your stupidity. The SC game showed UGA put up 42 points on their defense and their offense put up 17 on our defense. Mistakes gave SC the win. Of course by your accounting standards UGA lost by 100 points I guess. Where in the world do people like you come from? You are a true discredit to mankind. I will give you one thing though. You would make a good target for canon fodder in the Army.

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Since he has two years on his remaining contract, a one year extension should be enough.

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I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a coach leaving a major school who won a NC for less money. Espicially $450,000.00 less. Like the commercial says “Now thats incredible”.

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Observer

December 15th, 2011
10:23 am
DawginLex, “cleanup in aisle 5″, so move along and do your job
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Observer

You are fired.

I’m the boss.

You are a minion.

Leave now.

We will mail you your check.

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Alphare – I know that it’s easy to point to the first game of the season and lampoon the defense, but when you have a DC in his second year take and he takes UGA from mid 50’s statistically in the nation, and improves to top five, I would say that is pretty phenomenal.

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Why keep him , he hasnt won a national champ. at uga unlike the other coaches at lsu,bama,auburn,flordia . Uga needs to get kriby smart from bama.

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Flat Tire,

Coaching stability is very important to recruiting. In UGA’s case, it has been very important. A 3 year extension, tells the kids getting recruited that the AD has faith in the HC and makes it easier for them, since they all want to be in a stable situation. I hope they also extend with a raise, the DC’s contract. In Bobo’s case, I say leave it where it is at and see whether or not he can fully utilize the talent he will have to work with in the upcoming season. If he can, extend his contract and further stabilize coaching stability. If not, it is time to go hunting for a new OC.

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dawgs73, who did they beat? willie martinez would still have the dc job if you played that schedule every year…

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McGarity has already had a little impact; henceforth we will recruit tailbacks who can fall off a log in a lake and find water! It takes a team to build a team, and McGarity may be the answer. Keith Marshall is proof of that. Not all ball players have to be brains, but thugs need to get left behind, and unfortunately there has been more than one instance where EVERYBODY knew we were bringing in a problem child! Hopefully McGarity keeps that pressure on enough so we can be competitive, always looking to improve, and be a destination for quality players. Nobody will get it right all the time, but our dismal efforts at recruiting running backs who (some, not all) can’t act like they have any sense at all was just one thing that needed attantion. O-linemen, etc. will need to be addressed, too. And, we gotta keep Grantham; he is getting us on the verge of being a cream of the crop defense. Bobo took some blame, sure, but you gotta protect your QB in crunch time (o-linemen) and you gotta run hard (Crowell) and you gotta catch the ball, etc. I may be in the minority, but Bobo may have gotten a little bad rap for a lack of effort and execution by the players sometimes…which goes back to some of the assistant coaches/recruiters, etc. Again, since this is his responsibility he will take the heat, so we may need to get him to look at some (not all;some) of his folks! No running game (except against patsies) will keep you down in the SEC, and we gotta have run blocking AND tailbacks who can stick their head in there!

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dawgs73,

dawgs have to improve to top 5 in defense, Boise have been staying on the very top offensively for the last 5 years.

Yes, I’d say Boise are more phenomenal in offense.

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Richt will be offered 3 years and will accept it. His next two years he will be paid what is already in his contract and then he will get a raise based on his record in 2012 & 2013. He will also have incentives for winning the SEC etc. I notice that Auburn is losing both their OC and DC and this will effect recruiting. Also, S. Carolina’s DC is interviewing for head coaching position. This will be a good time for UGA to go back to committed recruits to these schools and see if they will change their mind and come to UGA. What ever Richt’s contract terms are for, Grantham should be extended to coincide with the same length of time – plus a raise. Keep Bobo and Garner and add on ONE more year.

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the rise to 10-3 from 6-7 was less a function of coaching than scheduling. That could not be more true. For all of the Homers who chose to brag aboutthe record this season , reflect on the level of talent you played VS those you played who beat you, soundly!

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This is not the NFL

From collegefootballnews to ESPN everyone acknowledges this re-match should not happen. LSU is the best team in the country and has proven it on the field

Afterall, Bama won 7 of its 13 national title before the bowls were played right?

Be careful how you argue this.

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Everyone says CMR is a “Good Man”. Well CMR made the public statement that he had never been offered, nor contacted about any coaching position and went further by stating Texas A & M specifically.
Later publications confirmed 2that CMR was one of the finalist for the Texas A&M job, and if fact had been spotted on Wednesday at the airport there.
What is the normal extension for a “Good Man that lies thru his teeth”.

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Alphare – You are taking one scenario out of the whole season in relation to the overall improvement that UGA made on d.

We can go back and forth like little children about this and that, but STATISTICALLY & FACTUALLY, UGA was much improved…and yes, phenomenal.

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Wal Mart or retard extension?

Losers

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evil empire – While I agree with you 100% that UGA’s schedule was ridiculously easy, I can’t sign off with you on the Willie Martinez comment.

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I keep hearing that McGarity wants a new OC and Richt is not budging. Could get interesting. I hear Bobo moving to an assistand HC position in charge of recruiting and QB’s. Could go out and get a proven OC.

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Scheduling ALWAY plays a part in EVERYBODIES record, but to say that coaching had nothing to do with 6-7 to 10-2 is clearly not an honest argument.

Simple test. This year’s schedule with no changes from last years “coaching”? 10-2? no. Obviously some changes were made.

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Yes, this is not NFL. This is BCS.

BCS picks the 2 best teams to play in BCS Championship Game(it actual has this formal name). This is the intention for BCS and that’s what they have been practicing.

It seems to me you have a hard time understanding BCS. Back in the days lots of people gave lots of thoughts about how to pick a national champ (remember?). What they came up with is the BCS system: 2 best teams fight for the champ title, which basically means a 2-team playoff.

This year the 2 best teams are LSU and BAMA. So they are in the 2-team playoff. The winner will be the champ.

All other BCS games are just a show. That’s why BSU was not even picked by any BCS bowl despite their high ranking.

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dogs smell

Ignorant point?

Go back and look and see how many national titles Alabama was awarded before the bowls and then went out and lost the bowl game.

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YOU say these are the 2 best teams

I say LSU is the best based on their season and already beating YOU, Oregon, Arkansas, West Virginia and Georgia.

Without a playoff, no one knows who the best teams are.

No one expected lowly Utah to wax Bama in the Sugar Bowl did they?

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Insider, Mark has Bobo at OC because he’s just an extension of him with NO resistance. Bringing in a new ( qualified) OC with a resume worthy of big money and NEW ideas and tweaking the offense is something Richt doesn’t want. That old faded FSU 25 year old leather binder with Bobby Bowden’s ACC offense is just fine for Mark…..and that’s the Gospel…….

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Lex,

“Go back and look and see how many national titles Alabama was awarded before the bowls and then went out and lost the bowl game.”

I guess you are too young about the whole bowl game history. Back in the old days, bowl games are show games, a reward for a great season. Most polls were done before the bowl games, because bowl games were not taken as seriously as today.

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To quote “2010 BCS CHAMPS”: “I say give him 20 years. I mean, wow, that awesome UGA squad beat a whopping 10 teams in a row. I mean, no one can do that, right?”

I gather he means he’s Auburn, regardless of how tainted and smelley their 2010 BCS Championship is. Richt has won five of the last six games against Auburn. I say extend him another 20 also. Auburn is a tired, tired tale of being second fiddle to everybody, unless they can buy off the dealer, which they been pretty good at over the last 50 years.

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Well, I am glad Mark Bradley is not handling the negotiation strategy because he is looking to win a distributive negotiation not an aligned negotiation. It is not about starting points, it is about what is in the best interest of UGA and I believe this is how McGarity will handle it.

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good luck but don’t be surprised when LSU wins because Jefferson will play the entire game this time

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GTBob – Your spot on with the extension. He has earned it by beating Tech and Auburn like a drum.

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The fact that there are 3 pages full of haters on here makes me realize that giving Richt a 3-5 year extension is the right thing to do.

Haters keep on hatin’.

Go Dawgs!

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GTbob

What time does the christmas themed tickle pile start?

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“And you want to spin this like its a good thing??”

Coaches come and go. Not sure why you think that’s “odd.” I do find it funny that ignorant fans throw around conspiracy theories because they are so insecure about their own schools/teams.

Bottom line: Until something happens, Auburn will keep that nice crystal trophy.

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If there is truth to what Insider is hearing, then the boss (McGarity), should have the say in this matter. The problem with the big picture is that it has not been Bobo’s decision to go cold, flat conservative in most if not all of the games played this year, it has been CMR’s decision. The offense overall is decent, however the situational playcalling, and this tendency that Richt has to want to sit on a three point lead is plain idiotic. In the last thirty years of college football, you go back and look at all of the championship teams tendancies to run up scores on every team they could, no matter what. You simply cannot take your foot off of the gas in college football games if you want to win national championships. There are a couple of exceptions to this in Alabama’s 1992 championship, where they won most of there games by three or four points because of very great defense, but not so much offense. Same with Ohio State’s team in 2002, but every team who had the offense to do so ran up scores. I am just as much a Christian as any man, but I have sense enough to know that you have to be a tough nut on the football field, and constantly worrying that you will hurt someone’s feelings will not get you championships.

Bottom line is that if McGarity were to demand a new OC, then he would also have to demand that Richt let him run the O the way he sees fit, and keep the hammer down.

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[...] Sturgis garnered All-America honors.13.  Georgia landed two on the AP All-American squad.14.  The length of Mark Richt’s contract extension will send a message to Dawg fans… and recruits.15.  Kentucky’s Marquis Teague looked [...]

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Hey GTbob who is currently on probation? Who lost their 2009 ACC trophy for cheating? Brick meet glass house…

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I’m so tired of the “easy schedule” nonsense that I could scream. The schedule is made in advance, not on the fly and many of those “awful” teams are on the schedule every year. Is it our fault some were down this year? I’m more concerned about whether the real problems (OC and Special Teams coach) will be addressed. All schools have discipline problems, not just UGA and we seem to be going the right direction in that area. Have always thought CMR had the integrity and morals for this or any other job, just seems to have difficulty in making the really hard personel decisions and that has cost the program IMO.

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@2010 BCS CHAMPS spin on spin master , losing a coach is the norm in major college football, losing both your OC an DC’s without a head coaching is rare and ever more rarely a good thing, but you just keep on whistling pass the graveyard..and keep that life vest tight.

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GT Bob- we OWN you in everything.

Please name all the things you own GT in besides football.

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The main problem with this program right now is Mike Bobo as the offensive coordinator. He is not creative and is poor at making adjustments. The great DC’s of the SEC, of which there are many, toy with him like child’s play. Until we make a change at OC I don’t see us doing much more than what we did this year, 10 wins and the usual boring victory over Tech. We need a cutting edge OC that knows how to work with what he’s got and can recruit some beef up front on the O-line. You have to think our problems there are some how related to Bobo’s flag football mentality. We always have a bunch of recievers coming out of our ears but are razor thin on the O-line. Maybe some of those scholarships should be going to the big boys that can block.

Thanks.

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first of all your campus sucks.. your women suck…students fear for their lives going to class… we own you in prestige, academics (YES – I said that) compare our students SATs and get back with me, athletics, tradition, money, etc, etc, shall I go on?

Its pathetic you come to a UGA blog, but I get it.. I would too if I was a Tech fan or alumni. Come back to this blog when you beat us in 2025. Your pathetic coach and high school offense are losers!

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I would love to have the blogs after the South Carolina game to paste in the blog now. UGA fans move with the wind!

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“Please name all the things you own GT in besides football.”

Yeah, just try. It’s impossible.

Muggings? Tech dominates Georgia in campus muggings.

Terrorism convictions? Try again. Georgia hasn’t even had a student CHARGED with terrorism, much less convicted.

Tricycle racing? Ok, we invented the sport so no chance for the mutts.

Quidditch? Fool, don’t even go there.

Live Action Role Playing? Georgia doesn’t even have a team!

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Richt has beaten Auburn 5 of last 6 STFU.

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GTbob, Must really be horrible being a tech fan. Being dominated in football for the past 55 years by your most hated rival with no end in sight must sting.

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It may not happen, but I still think Richt needs to call his own plays and let Bobo coach the QB’s and recruit.

Despite the light bulb flickering on and off over Bobo’s head, I agree w/ this.

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@GTBoob

All that counts in the great state of Georgia is college football, and we own you!!!!!

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“All that counts in the great state of Georgia is college football”

The only title to come out of the state of GA in the last 20 years belongs to the Atlanta Braves. The Braves are the ONLY good thing to come out of GA.

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“If you want a coach who’s only accomplishment is beating GT and Auburn while having probably 5 times the talent they have then you found the right guy.”

UGA fans will always settle for mediocrity.

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Auburn= those who couldn’t get into UGA. NUFF SAID!!!

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@2010 BCS CHAMPS

You must not be a Quidditch fan. Cuz Tech dominates that sport year in and year out!

Buzz buzz buzz buzz!!!!

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“What’s the magic number?”

Obviously it is between eight and ten wins each year. That kind of result already pays him $3,500,000 a year. What the AD should be thinking about is how much more (or maybe even less) money should UGA pay to get a coaching staff that actually knows what they are doing. Mark “I can win games – just not the big games” Richt – ripping off UGA for eleven years and counting.

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we own you in prestige, academics (YES – I said that)

Lets see, you are ranked much lower in the national rankings, you aren’t a member of the AAU, your endowment is about half of what we take in, and your graduate salaries are much lower then ours. Care to give a good argument for your side?

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“Auburn= those who couldn’t get into UGA.”

UGA = fans who didn’t attend UGA.

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“Kim Basinger is from Georgia so I highly disagree with your statement”

15 years ago I’d agree with you. Now not so much.

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“1.)Ted Roof was going to get canned
2.)Gus Malzahn wants to be a head coach”

Yep.

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When I read some comments by GT Fans it tells me that Crack is real easy to buy around the Tech campus

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“For as far as Georgia came in 2011, there’s still a ways to go”

There sure is, but the problem is that with Richt and his sidekick Booboo throwing out the anchor in the second half of big games UGA will never get there.

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Question to Dawgs fans:

So, would you rather have a coach that produces national championships and consistent SEC titles but is a jerk and single-minded about winning at all costs, or a consistent contender who represents his university and his state with honor? Personally, I would much rather my son play for Mark Richt any day of the week and twice on Sunday than the likes of Saban, Tressel, etc. And I don’t mean the ‘fine Christian man’ thing either. I couldn’t care less if he worships the flying spaghetti monster as long as he is a man of honor and integrity, and nothing I have seen contradicts that.

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Yall got 15 more pages to really show your stupidity…What a joke yall are….I bet you are the one in ten that are out of work…

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GT Bob – you are hilarious. The AAU? WTF is that?

If you don’t know what the AAU is then you probably shouldn’t get in an argument about academics. Oh and the Terry School of Business is rated about 30 schools below GT’s Business school.

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“a consistent contender”

I think you have your words confused. Now, if you had said a consistent pretender, that would have been more believeable.

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I think any fool who argues academics on a football blog thinks a football is round and they use a bat. Talk Football or go away.

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I agree with you 100 percent DawnginLex!!!

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Seriously, are academics the only bullets you have to shoot on a football blog?

What a bunch of candy-asses.

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“Georgia fans could and should be enthused by the developments of the past four months”

Maybe, but after getting hammered by LSU, those with clear minds realized what a charade that those four months were.

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Ever growing list of UGA grads that I am glad did not attend GT

All of them

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DawginLex -

“Mark Richt will win big at UGA before he retires”

Really? Wow, you are good. Can you give me the winning lottery numbers for this weekend also? I swear I will use part of my winnings to help pay UGA for a loooong contract extension for Richt and the other SEC schools will chip in as well.

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Thx DawginLex

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***This just in.

CROWELL IS OFF THE TEAM. Seriously.

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I personally think Richt has shown enough to warrant a contract extension. For those who think he doesn’t, let me ask you a question, Who would be able to come in and one-up Richt in terms of recruiting, developing talent, and win/loses? I say only a handful and those guys are all taken and are paid HANDSOMELY. Also, just because you bring someone in doesn’t mean he’ll be better than Richt. He can be the second coming of Donnan. As a Tech fan, I wouldn’t mind that at all.

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Urben Meyer left the Gators in a mess because he could not recruit which Ohio St. will find out. He won with someone elses recruits, kinda like CPJ at GT

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“Richt is still a handsome commodity”

So now he deserves a contract extension because he uses SprayTan and goes to a hair stylist? Or maybe it is because UGA fans think that he looks so fine in the Ford commercials.

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JMac1220 -

Don’t say things like that to DawginLex. He is going through his male menopause thing and is a little sensitive right now.

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why play a game of starting with a two year offer? This isn’t buying a house. Richt isn’t bringing in a high powered agent. Why not just be straight up. Extend for three. Show the Bulldawg nation that you are completely behind him or find someone you are behind. 5 yr deal is good for all if you are going to be behind him. Yes, UGA lost to the three best teams it played, all top ten teams right now. Two of those losses occurred in the first two games when UGA still had a bunch of young pups and guys playing new positions on the OL that needed seasoning and we still had to shoot ourselves in the foot to lose to SC. LSU is the best team in the country. I think this team would have a pretty even shot at Boise right now the way this D is playing. And, we look pretty stout going into next season, a certain top ten preseason pick. Very nice job by this coaching staff.

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DawginLex -

Just trying to look out for you. We don’t want you to have your feelings hurt and then pack up your toys and go home.

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SSI

I have given you and GTBob sound advice but the ball is in your court now

Change is hard but I have confidence in you

TROLL Nation is counting on you

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Almost any coach in the country would be able to equal Richt in wins/losses and recruiting.

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For someone who claims to be so smart, GTBob sure makes stupid statements.

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Later boys

TROLLS, take notice. The boss has left the building

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“Yes, UGA lost to the three best teams it played, all top ten teams right now”

And therein lies the problem with Richt and Booboo on the coaching staff.

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Mark Richt is the today version of Vince Dooly. Long may he reign.

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I think the NFL might disagree with you there, bub!!

Some talent is good enough to make the NFL regardless of how much they are coached down. How many SEC championships did Stafford and Moreno play in? How are Ealey, and King doing right now? How did Samuel work out?

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SSI

Florida lost to the best 6 teams it played to. Nothing earth shattering there is it?

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Well, first, the “braintrust at GIT are idiots, just look at their body of work in athletics; so let’s don’t waste time on rolling 5 year contracts. Second and lastly, Coach Richt should receive a 3 year extension, with significant incentives tied to on and off the field performance. All coaches make too much, so I don’t see any need to compound that problem. He’s NOT a greedy person, and I don’t want to pay more for tickets. Have a nice day.

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“Second and lastly, Coach Richt should receive a 3 year extension, with significant incentives tied to on and off the field performance.”

EXACTLY!! Incentives always make everyone work harder, coach and players!

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@SSIgator I woke up this morning and we are still 2011 SEC East Champs and the gators well not so much, now the question is can you even compete with OSU this year in the bowl. We have heard over and over again how we didn’t play anyone or beat anyone and as one of those teams were your very own belly sliders I think its an honest question. Can the gators beat OSU in the bowl game. Come on you know everything there is to about UGA’s program what are your programs chances against OSU?

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ARdawg and G-Dawg -

“And therein lies the problem with Muschamp on the coaching staff”

And if things do not improve in the next year or two he will be gone. Difference being that UF does not reward mediocrity. See Ron Zook.

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GTBob….jerkoff…how come you spend more time in UGA boards than in the rat crap blogs for fairies of Tech

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WDE they did beat them in the BCS title game a few years ago as opposed to you beating ND 31 YEARS AGO!

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GTBob……what could you possibly bring to the table in this discussion???

A non kool aid drinking perspective. UGA fans were all giddy about giving Mark Fox a raise and an extension last year. How are you guys feeling about that now?

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WDE -

Well the good news is you are on the green side of the earth today. The bad news (at least for UGA fans) is Richt and Booboo are still on the coaching staff. But to answer your question, I have no idea if UF will win their bowl game. Difference being I know UF has a bad team this year – KoolAid Club members think that UGA has a really good team this year.

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@Spokesman for the SEC East your smoking the good stuff today I see. Next year we beat SC by two scores.

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@Spokesman for the SEC East really what does that have to do with this year…talk about live in the past..put down the bong son !

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@GTBob “I’d like to think I bring rational objective analysis to the table.” Think again Bob.

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Long term contracts arn’t bad, look at what McGarity is used to at Florida, Donovan & Meyer both had long term contracts, AND produced National Championships.

I think Richt’s the type of guy that functions best when he knows the leaders are COMMITTED to him with more than HAPPY TALK.

Less than 4 MORE years, is an insult to a coach with 20 top 10 finishes on his resume over the last 24 years.

20 top 10 finishes? Name one other coach who can say that.

14 at FSU, 6 at UGA, maybe a 7th if they win the Bowl game.

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The longer McGarity delays, the more he hurts recruiting and shows LACK of leadership.

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SSIgator, son you are incorrect; he was told before the game but coached out the season.

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WDE

December 15th, 2011
1:19 pm
@Spokesman for the SEC East really what does that have to do with this year…talk about live in the past..put down the bong son !

You are the one smoking son or else you dont go to the games and see the “historical” greatness of the Humpers on the video screen.

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Zook was never a long term investment for UF..they were just waiting until someone better came along. Same thing with Muschamp!!

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No disrespect, but discussing MR’s contract extension negotiating points no matter how good a sports writer, is like a great plumber performing an organ transplant because he is good at repairing busted pipes. There are numerous issues involved in a contract extension, not simply a period of time.

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Alphare,

Did you read the comment I was responding to? I doubt it since you are too busy, trying to insult UGA and the fans here. Go home little fellow. This is big time football talk.

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G-Dawg But nothing good lasts forever!! Welcome do mediocrity.

I guess you would be an expert on mediocrity.

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I do not know how Coach Richt evaluates Bobo, at the end of the year. My suggestion is this. Coach Richt needs to sit down with Coach Bobo and evaluate every game, every play, and ask him, if you had that play to do over, what would you call? Then CMR needs to show him why he (CMR) would have called a different play. EVERY OFFENSIVE PLAY, of EVERY GAME.

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Any extension will return us to the non-coacjhing we have had for most of the lastt six years. The man doesn’t do anything and if you listen to him he tells all.

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“The country has had more Presidents in the last six years (2) than Auburn has had victories over UGA (1). Idiot!”

I love retards like you.

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Spokesman for the SEC East,

You had better hope the NCAA doesn’t take away the only title you have ever won in the SEC in 19 years, after your administration admitted to the “Hotel Scam”. They even admitted to allowing the players involved to play and also admitted that they basically ignored the incident, in other words, hoped nobody would find out the truth. Six scholarships over a three year period, is a nice gesture but the NCAA is going to lay the hammer on S.C. for not investigating the situation and not doing anything about it, until they were forced to do something.

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Ga Gator…I agree with ya. Foley doesnt play around. Its just how the college football landscape goes. And I’m sure he’ll get the program back around, it’ll just depend on who’s available. Right now, doesnt seem to be alotta choices with all the other national programs undergoing coaching changes. But i’m sure even UF fans could see the two headed monster at UF exploding at some point (with Champ and Weis), too many chiefs…not enough indians.

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Does it matter to anyone that he still has yet beat a good team. Or do we not care about that anymore. Why don’t we petition to get out of the sec so we can continue to play bad teams and had good records. I am supportive of CMR but not at all convenced that he can begin to beat the good teams in the sec. I for one an not satisfied unless we are for sure headed in that direction.

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the magic number is 200k

per month – not cash in a bag, trashy auburn fans

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2010 BCS Champs…just take the money and run, thats the Auburn way!! Enjoy it while it lasted!!

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I am still sick about this extention! and the so called planned a&m job that CMR used to get these discussions started. Can someone explain why CMR did not comment on the potential job offer until after he was assured an extention by McGarrity? I will tell you, because he was using it to his advantage!

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“If CMR loses to Mich St and then to SC…”

A lot of our Nerds seem to think they’re clairvoyant too.

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Speaking of Grantham: He is probably more capable of putting together a winning program then CMR. I agree he is not as nice of a guy. Have you looked at the coaches that win NC’s they are not NICE GUYS!!

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Nerds = carpetbaggers of college football.

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By the way, WDE, I liked the improved clarity you had with your post. Amazing what a period or a comma can make with your points. How to evaluate? Consistency and proper evaluation of the limits of your own QB. I have no idea how many times Bobo called for long passes, when Murray can’t hit anything 30 yards down field. Bobo should have known better than to call any of those plays after the 3rd or 4 game of the year. If calling that play, it should only be called once, not regularly, because you are immediately telling the defense, of the other team, that your QB can’t hit the man 30 yards down field.

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mediocracy…

December 15th, 2011
2:05 pm
Enter your comments here

Your Mama wears combat boots and she’s so fat the back of her neck looks like a pack of hotdogs.

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AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMS IN THE SEC WANT UGA TO KEEP RICHT TOO!

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no kiddin!!

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We should honestly wait until next seasons end to make this decision. If he can repeat this seasons results with next years team and schedule, which is doable as they should have improvement in all areas offensively and stay the course defensively, then i’d give him a 4 year extension. Anything less than the SEC east title game short of a one loss season means its the end of Richt. It’s a hard truth to swallow but thats what it comes down too.

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Should be fired, as in no more years, unless you accept mediocrity.

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@Shine just Shine on troll….Shine on.

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GTBob………You should have beaten your biggest rival more than once in 11 years but you can’t and haven’t. Explain that to me because you seem to be so knowledgeable.

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What a bunch of idiots on here that must all be younger than 30. When has Georgia ever had a more winning coach than Richt……never! What better quality coach can we be assured of getting if we fire Richt……none! Todd Grantham has improved the defense from 73rd to 24th to 10th or better in the last 3 years with only one year of recruiting his “type of players”. Boy, do people have short memories or what? Might want to look at the depth on team that beat us so bad …….can you say “over recruiting”. We had absolutely no depth on our offensive line and it came into play against LSU as the game progressed( 3 and out), leaving our defense on the field to long

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@GTBob well your consistent…lets see we got down early and we came back and unlike LSU and Bama they had their starting QB when we beat them. And Bob UF wants to beat us every year as much as you and Bug U do so its not like we don’t get their best shot.

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What is your point Rick? Some fans demand that we take chances do improve the program and others are driven in fear (like you) that we can never win another NC so that is ok as long as we don’t have a team as bad as Vanderbilt or Kentucky.

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@Rick DeHaven great post !

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unlike LSU and Bama they had their starting QB when we beat them.

He was just coming back from injury and probably hurt Florida more then he helped them. He started against Florida St too and look how well that helped Florida.

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Bob and his multidimensional excuses!! Still riding the coattails??

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WDE -

“unlike LSU and Bama they had their starting QB when we beat them”

You must not have watched the whole game. Yes, Brantley started and UF went up 20-6. Then he was hurt and you comeback began vs a kid that had never started a game. Details, details.

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Auburn has beaten UGA once since 2005……..don’t pay GTBob any mind….he lives for coming in here and being a obnoxious Tech Turd…..because he does it, I’ve been going into the bumble bee den…son, don’t go in there…all those nerds talking about how academically superior they are…then I ask ‘em what they do on Weekends and the all at once they start yapping about robots and remote control boats and crap…and not a one says anything about going on a date or taking the wife to dinner …they are sad, really really sad!!!!

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SSI, gonna cut and paste all your zingers on Chip’s blog tonight?

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Great news about the vaccine being developed at UGA to cure some forms of cancer. Maybe when someone at Tech or their family or a love has their life spared with this new vaccine, they will get off their high horse about UGa folks working at Mcdonalds etc. Great work UGA.

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GTBob, in light of the season you are “..an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato.

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Harold…please dont mention that name around here..Willie!! LOL thats like nails on a chalkboard!!

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SSIgator……….it’s tough on you being mediocre now isn’t it? You’re not handling what’s happening to your team very well are you? you think it’ll be better next year. Who do you have coming back to make your little team better? I don’t see it.

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Contract extension are not meant as “rewards”. So yes, you must have read the article incorrectly.

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SSI

10 games off of a 6-7 season isn’t mediocracy. You would have given your left testicle for 10 Florida wins this year and you know it. 6-6 is mediocracy

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Too bad Billy like to point fingers from behind closed doors. He doesnt want anyone to know what true colors he wears? Come out and play Billy, dont be scared!!

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Sorry, boys, can’t drink the Kool Aid anymore. One decent year does not wipe away the last 2 horrible years in my mind. And there is and has been no change in this person’s lack of control of his players’ conduct off the field. Any extension is too long for too much. But since I’m shouting against the wind, I extend thru 2015 but your OC has to go and DC has to make changes or is gone, too.

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Why surprised at 10 wins? -

“Sorry to disappoint you, but the Dogs are back on the national stage”

Yes, they sure are. And we all saw the results – 42-10. Kind of like the last “national stage” vs Alabama, at home no less, down 31-0 at the half. Yes sir, give that man a raise and an extension for great performances like those.

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@Billy who hit a little snag in your augment when you realize CMR is the most successful head coach to ever coach at UGA. And 2-3 years is not a Big extension but will give us the stability we need in recruiting.

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McGarity, in a recent Q&A, has already stated his position on this issue. He wants coaches, staff, et al to be a little edgy, and doesnt believe long term contracts provide the right kind of incentive to stay hungry and push for excellence. He said longer term contracts naturally breed a little contentment, which he wants to negate.

So if the contract extension isnt as long as people expect, dont read too many negatives into it, but rather understand McGarity’s philopsophy. Too bad Bradley couldn’t connect those dots….

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Make all negotiations contingent on FIRING MIKE BOBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Billy, simple you know football you look at who Alabama played this year team for team there is not a lot of diff. you look at most teams LSU played more top 25 teams. that life so get over it.GO DAWGS WE ARE PROUD OF YOU

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Wonder what Bobo thinks about Clemson giving this OC 1.3 mil a year 3 years removed from the high school ranks? and multi year to I believe. YIKES !

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I’m not sold. Schedule was easy and when we played good teams we got whupped. Next year, the schedule is also easy, as the Tide will be dropped for Missouri. We are in a sweet spot where winning the East is almost too easy. The Vols are in utter disarray. Florida is down. So we will appear to be good, until the moment of truth in the SEC Championship game.

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Billy, the idea that “Most of the CMR supporters admit that their main concern is their fear”, is completely ridiculous. You base what “most” folks think on what exactly? I doubt even a small percentage of the Bulldawg nation, would list fear as their motive for supporting CMR, The only time I even see something mentioned about (unintended consequences of making a change) it is typically in response to the argument that anyone would be better, or some “latest name” love affair (IE Dan Mullen) is pushed out there.

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Billy, the idea that “Most of the CMR supporters admit that their main concern is their fear” is completely ridiculous.

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@DocDawg: I hope you are right, but it is possible that the next moments of truth ccould be Mich St and SC.

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Well ok. Had he said that, I might. As it stands, I’ll just correct you.

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Billy, the idea that “Most of the CMR supporters admit that their main concern is their fear” is just completely made up, not even close.

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Ok Ok, I don’t suggest he be fired, I am just not ready to start funneling the kool aid yet.

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JB, who cares about winning percentages? What about bringing home the crystal ball to Athens? I as a dawg fan and future alumni take zero satisfaction in winning 9-10 games a year and being second tier to all the other elite SEC programs.

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Losing to Michigan State puts us right back where we were last season. They’re not UCF, but c’mon. We’ve got to handle SC. There is no excuse for ceding the East to them when Tenn and Fla are as down as they are. He needs to be fired immediately if he loses that game. This extension talk is absurd. He didn’t beat anybody good, and got blown out by LSU. Even Tech wins 8 games most years. Gawd.

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NO EXTENSION. Wait to see what happens next year when UGA has a real schedule.

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jascon

We had a real schedule this year. Richt doesn’t get approval on the schedule

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SSI, what has your mighty program done the past 2 years? Nothing, yet you come on this blog everyday and take shots at UGA. Then you brag about how great Florida’s talent is, and how great their 2 pitiful unproven q.b’s are. You are so shallow, and a typical Gator fan. You think that every player Florida has is better than the players on any other team. Question for you moron? How did Florida do with all of it’s 5 star d.l. this year? Answer is simple, they got run over by S.C, UGA, Bama, and LSU. You should worry about how pitiful your program is now, and how it feels to have the worst head coach in the SEC leading your program. A head coach that has beaten no one with a winning record in his 1st year. Go blog on the Florida TImes, because your idiotic posts here are a joke, just like your program now.

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Preach that message right there Billy and hopefully the dawg nation will get it. I am not saying fire Mark Richt, I am just against giving him an extension until he proves his team can be competitive in the games that count again. He has 2012 to really prove his worth with the schedule looking seemingly easier than this year (if that is possible). Another SEC championship game berth would not be surprising but getting humiliated like we did on a national stage via Boise St. and LSU will be a cause for concern.

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whatever happened to “pay for performance”?

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Either conduct business in the norm of what SEC coaches operate in with respect to contracts or FIRE the guy. McGarity can’t get away with wanting to keep him but whining about it.

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SSIgator….my brother is still wanting to meet you at Demere Traffic Circle….sayis something about not believing a Forida fan would bravely live on SSI and show his colors….no sir he doesn’t believe it!!!!!!!!

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MB:

Are you impressed by a run of 10 straight wins against unranked teams? Teams that include the worst UF and Tenn teams of the last 20 years. Narrowly escaping Vandy and UK? Is that what will buy someone another 3 years running the show?

Anyone with any knowledge would dissect this deeper than just looking at 10 straight wins. This is also 3 losses against the only 3 good teams they played. This is 3 losses where the team looked confused,lost, and unprepared. This deserves a contract extension?

With the talent at UGA, is that what should be the norm every year. UGA was the 5th best team in the SEC this year.

If you are happy with mediocrity and being a second rate SEC team, then sign Richt up for another 10 years or even another 20.

FIRE MARK RICHT!

HT

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The money is a fomality. Nobody making 3 million a year is really deserving or not deserving. It’s just the rate for the gig. He’ll get some sort of revamped compensation, but that’s not the point.

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Maybe when someone at Tech or their family or a love has their life spared with this new vaccine

I think id rather die then have anything injected into me that was developed at UGA.

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@GTBob
I can help you with that

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GTBob

Your hatred and jealousy is seething. Seek help guy, really.

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Two years. Anything else would be stupid. I hope Alabama and Saban stay on UGA’s schedule in 2012. Let Richt demonstrate he can earn the SEC East next year instead of backing into it.

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Give him 3 years for what? Did he win the or at least compete in the big games in the past 4-5 years? No. A division championship with all of the east rebuilding or down except South Carolina is not good enough. Some of you fans out their give me a good explanation for an extension and if it involves his win loss record or what he did prior to 2008 I don’t wanna hear about.

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“Checking to see how many more seasons he has in his pocket”

Just noticed the caption under the photo. Probably should read, “Dang, here are my sunglasses and my SprayTan. Right in my pocket where I put them. Going to be a sunny day and I want to look good for the camera.”

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GTBob, you could speed things up and go off yourself.

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I’ll explain it. They aren’t deciding on retroctively bonuses. They are in the process of planning for the future.

It’s really that simple.

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Altamaha

For the record and that it is stated publicly, I like Richt and hope we keep him as coach. That said; his current deal of 5 years for 3 mil a year plus MBO is a very sweet deal. 3 years have expired and he has fell well short of the expectations when that agreement was entered. A two year extension of that deal still leaves it a very lucrative contract and Richt still one of the highest paid coaches in college football. Anything else above that IMHO is a very bad business decision on the part of the peeps holding the checkbook

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Any of you that want to not give an extension have a limited view of college football. An extension will allow the UGA coaches to more effectively recruit and at the end of the day that recruiting is what has lead to our improvement. CMR needs to be able to look into a recruits eyes and his families eyes and tell them that he will be there to help their son for his career at UGA. When as many recruits pick UGA because of their relationship with CMR that is a huge deal. If you don’t extend he can be in many cases be viewed as a lame duck. 2-3 years will take that problem away. If you really only care about a MNC you have to give the coach every advantage to get the recruits he needs to get there.

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@Alphare two reasons we have a dept problem we don’t oversign at the clip of say a Bama or LSU or USC for that matter and we actually kick the trouble makers to the curb. Do you think that any member of the UGA team this year could have gotten into a fight, held down a US Marine and put the boots to him and still played ? We give them chances to do right but ask Mett,Ealey, etc if you can just continue to be a pain and stay..answer is no. Mett by the way is shaping up to be a starter at LSU I wonder if he has learned his lesson or no one cares what he does?

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@GTBob no they should be given lifetime contracts and nor should they be kept on after having to forfeit a ACC title for cheating.

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Give him 20 more years. Bwhaaaaa haaaa haaaa !!!!! Another 20 years on top of 31 years since UGA won a Championship.

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We should all ignore GTBob from now on.

He is only baiting us.

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@DawginLex ignore who Lex ?

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Only at the UGA will a coach be rewared extension for mediocrity season, puppies beat every one in the bottom of the east and west combine records incl gators in the SEC 12-55, they lost to every team with a wininng record.
11 years no Nat, before you gators haters start, Myers 2 NAT in 6 years, old ball coach 1 Nat in 5 years.
Oh, but wait puppies have the best talent every year, this man could not get a coching job anywhere in the state of Fla.

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We went through several coaches after Vince Dooley before we settled on Mark Richt. He’s the best thing to happen to the Dawgs since Dooley and he deserves everything he gets from UGA. I hope he stays ’till he retires. GO DAWGS!

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And by, why screw around with it, I mean “almost” make his new contract look like they have full confidence in him.

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Richt will never get Georgia to win a BCS championship! He’s too nice a guy and isn’t developing talent once they come in the program. If you guys like being middle of SEC, give him an extension by all means. But don’t complain every year that next year will be great! lol

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Believe it or not, Hugo Chavez is a UGA fan. Here is proof:

http://friendsoftheprogram.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/hugouga.jpg

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In the big time programs with deep pockets the contracts mean nothing. They will buy them out if they want to make a change (we are still paying Shula). So give him whatever contract helps recruiting.

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So give him whatever contract helps recruiting.

Even if his coaching is sub par? Where do you draw the line?

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Sugar Hill…I think your sugar smells like.. CMR is gonna be at Ga as long as Dooley was. He’s the best recruiter in the SEC if not the nation. Bring it on…

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http://dogbytesonline.com/mcgarity-says-richt-can-tell-a-recruit-im-going-to-be-the-coach-at-georgia-during-your-time-here-53370/

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” I believe the biggest impact players they are losing are Brandon Boykin, Drew Butler, and Blair Walsh, am I correct Mark”

Not quite accurate….the already inconsistent OL is losing three starters including its leader Ben Jones. And the RB situation is anything but settled and will not be until the first drive in September because no one will ever be certain as to the status of Crowell until he is actually on the bus headed to the stadium. And quite honestly without the spastic IC, UGA has the worse RB crew in the SEC by distant margin.

Honestly it is absolute imperative that UGA not lose to Michigan State in the bowl game…they have to find a way to get at least one solid win against a decent opponent for this season.

Truth is that none of the drastic issues with UGA were really addressed this season, they are still there, but were whitewashed by the scheduling quirk…luckily for UGA if their lobbying to the SEC is granted and Bama is taken off their schedule, then next year’s schedule is weaker than 2011. So UGA may schedule themselves into another big bowl game.

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fldawg…thats the problem…if cmr was winning with all these recruits, it would be one thing…but winning the east with a weak schedule, losing to a conference usa school in a bowl game, and rebuilding after 11 years on the job justifies a contract extension, well….good luck with that….

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then next year’s schedule is weaker than 2011. So UGA may schedule themselves into another big bowl game.
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Kinda like Bama did this year?

Beat the 5th best team in the little ten with the 105th ranked offense and beat Arkansas who has no defense or offensive line.

Good loss got them in.

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LOL

I just love this stupid rumor of Mike Bobo being #1 on Nick Saban’s OC list

LOL

Thats hilarious

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Logical & evil – Both of you are blathering idiots. I’m glad its beer time and don’t have to read your stupid comments anymore today. Get a life!

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“read your stupid comments”

Hurling insults doesn’t change the facts on the ground of the state of the program.

Perhaps you should just run along to lose yourself in a bottle of beer while others discuss the program.

First step in fixing anything is admitting you have a problem…hurling insults because reality hurts your fragile ego isn’t going to help.

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LogicalUS

Even if you give these kool-aid people facts they will still call you names then turn back around and said you’re the one throwing the insults

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It is GREAT to be a Georgia Bulldog

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We’re hoping it’s a lifetime contract. Hurry get this thing done. SEC Fans for Richt!!!! We want him around for as long as possible!!

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Two years…by 2015, we’ll either see improvement or FSU will have dumped Jimbo and Richt can go home.

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Why not let him stay on a year to year contract for about what the average professor makes at UGA?

He doesn’t teach any classes, (even though he is a glorified PE teacher), do any research, and has made himself rich over the last ten years. Why not give something back during hard economic times and high unemployment?

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One and he’s gonna resent it. 2

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I don’t drink kool-aid!
Listen to Flat Tire and Billy they know what they are talking about dawg fans. Stop being so emotional and realize the reality that is UGA football and I encourage SSI Gator GTBob and all the others the bloggers like to call “trolls” to keep telling UGA fans the painful truth about UGA football. I see fools on here slanting statistics to make it look like UGA is winning. The “kool-aiders” are what make UGA football the laughing stock of the SEC. I see fans of Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt mocking UGA, this is downright embarrassing. Get real folks. We haven’t won a national championship since 1980. UGA hasn’t competed in a big game for 4 quarters in 5 or 6 years. It is more and more humiliating to see the dawg fanbase in such a delusional state. An extension! You’re talking about an extension? Richt can’t even win a big game… and you’re talking about an extension? LOL

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“Auburn has beaten UGA once since 2005″

Explain 2010.

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Whatever deal Richt gets the same must go to Grantham, as far as years go. I believe the two of them can bring a NC to Athens. But a special teams coach must be hired, Bobo needs to be recruiting and coaching qb’s, and go get the best OC money can by. Special teams and predictable play calling cost a shot at the BCS title game! No more.

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The ship is ready to set sail. We need a crew

Next season we will win the National Title

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jack sparrow…outstanding…

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You shouldn’t tie too much pay on incentives because all the negative BS on here and elsewhere it is hurting recruiting and I am talking about those who profess to be Dawg Fans, Potential recruits are fed this by other coaches and it is out there for the world to see for itself.

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The best things in life that have happened to me usually came at an expected time, were unplanned, and unrehearsed. I can only hope that happens with UGA and the overall coaching situation. Richt hasn’t earned an extension, but he’s going to get it. Time will tell about the staff.

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The thing that I think is hilarious are fans of teams wanting us to keep Richt becauses they think they will own us. vs. Auburn 7-4 including 5 out of 6, vs. Alabama 3-1, vs. Arkansas 3-1, Really only Florida has had true success against the dawgs. Also, for all those dawg fans that want Richt gone, look at Tenn and Fla right now. Richt will keep us a good team and classy.

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“Richt will keep us a good team and classy”

and mediocre.

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those idiots at Georgia Tech paid dearly $7.3 million. Mark Richt has class and is a winner…big difference!

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since the advent of the bcs, only Bowden had been with their school longer than CMR has ben with uga…the majority of BCS championship winning coaches had been with the school less than 5 years…no figures available on their “CLASSY” ranking…may have to go to Wikipedia for each of the winning coaches “CLASSINESS PROFILES”…

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thanks brainiac…not sure how true the uga loss contributed to his firing….the 42-0 loss to Stony Brook probably carried more weight…

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SSIgator – I hope you meant “annals”

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@ Old Dog Do you not remember the years between Dooley and Richt. That was just bad. How many East Championships? How many SEC Championships? How many 10 win seasons? How many Top 10 teams? Here are your answers: 0,0,2,2 in 12 seasons 4,2,6,4 in 11 seasons under Richt

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@2010 BCS Chumps: How do you know about what UGA has to offer in any subject. This is just a wild guess but truth be known you have likely never been inside a college classroom or highschool classroom either.

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And now a word from our sponsor:

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got any autographed Vampire Weekly magazines left…would make great Christmas gifts to all my dawg buddies?…that and the spray tan…great work gator…

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the head football coach at coastal carolina got axed last week i think it was…really, all jokes aside, uga had no business scheduling that game…i know it pays alot of $$$ to the opponent, but, sec schools should refrain from playing that small a program…but, most do it, but i don’t have to like it…and they did lose 42-0 to Stoney Brook…sec schools owe their ticketholders more than that…those games out to be at a greatly reduced face value…or free…

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“uga had no business scheduling that game”

Gotta keep up Mark Richt’s won-loss record.

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WDE – UGA envy? Get a hold of yourself, and then let go. I want UGA to win, National Championships, plural. It won’t happen with Bobo. I do think CMR can accomplish a National Championship. And, a lot of long passes completed? Which team were you watching? My definition of Murray and Bobo’s inadequacies all year long has been that Murray cannot hit anyone over 30 yards downfield. It is not how far they run, it is how far downfield they are, when, they catch the pass, not how far they run. Name the games and the plays that documents your point of a lot of completed long passes. Bobo kept calling that play in the SEC CG. How many of those asinine calls were completed?

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Sign Grantham unload Richt & Bobo.

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Rumors that Richt is the leader for the PSU job.

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The last thing in the world the Bulldog Nation needs to do with Richt is to give this idiot a mandate. He should be lucky to just be able to play out the last two years of his current contract.

He really hasn’t done anything this year other than underperform as usual.

Richt is not a coach but rather a recruiter and con artist. By his own admission, he’s a CEO, not a head coach. That about says it all. All from his own mouth….

McGarrity is another dufus good ole boy… Why did UF let him go?

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make that Let’s…

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2 MNC For Richt

December 16th, 2011
4:36 am

Let’s not forget 2002 and 2007. If there were a.) Better pollsters or b.) Playoffs, Richt would have 2 under his belt.

He is a great coach, and we are lucky to have him.

Go Dawgs!
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Not so fast my fellow fan. In 2002 Miami and Ohio St did not lose a game and MR lost Ron Zook and the Gators so how could they play for the nc? In 2007 MR lost to two unrank opponents(SC & Tenn) – same reason why OSU is not playing for the nc this season.

I just hope UGA don’t make the same mistake Arthur Blank made when extended Jim Mora Jr contract. Many falcon fans could see that Mora was a mediocre coach except Mr.Blank. Heck, I’m sure alot of fans can see already that Derek Dooley will never when a nc @Tenn and Will Muschamp will never win a nc #Fl.

Let’s just hope they let MR coach until his contract ends before they start thinking about negotiating a new contract. Besides, he saids he’s a christian man right? Well then leave it in the hands of the Lord.

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What contract extension? Did he win the SEC,no!!! Why reward mediocrity.

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If you reward mediocrity, you will get more mediocrity. A Richt extension is an investment in mediocrity, not greatness. At least four more years without a chance at playing for the NC. Meyer’s, Miles’, Saban’s legacies are intact.

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The deal is that Richt let UGA fall so far in the past three seasons, ANY improvement was gonna save his job.

2MNC For Richt, actually, if Richt had not let the Bulldogs lose to underdogs, (UF in ‘02) and (SC in ‘07), UGA WOULD have gotten in the Big Game in either season. Don’t blame it on voters. Blame it on Richt’s penchant for losing big games.

It happened this year too. The truth is, we got beat by 3 teams this season, and only one (LSU) could be said to have greater (a little) talent.

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