It’s official: UGA’s Mark Richt is the World’s Greatest Boss
Deep pockets and a big heart: Some combination, eh? (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
Were I Georgia, I wouldn’t just “self-report” this “secondary violation.” I’d shout it from the mountaintops. I’d make it the first sentence in Mark Richt’s official bio, which would now read:
“Mark Richt, in his 11th season of coaching the Bulldogs, stamped himself the World’s Greatest Boss by paying staffers OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET!”
Excuse the capital letters, but sometimes major emphasis is required. This is one such moment. Some football coaches pay recruits. Georgia’s football coach dips into his personal finances to reward the guys who’ve worked for him. He committed a violation, all right. He showed the rest of us what it means to put (literal) money where your mouth is.
In so doing, Richt just made Georgia — unwittingly, but even unwitting actions have consequences — the program of choice should the Bulldogs ever have another opening for an assistant coach or a office go-fer. Richt felt so bad about firing Jon Fabris, a member of the defensive staff jettisoned in December 2009, that he gave Fabris $6,000 when he couldn’t find another job. Who does such a thing in this economy? Who does such a thing in any economy?
Some coaches have the reputation of being difficult to serve under. Richt just stamped himself as the coach you want to work for. We all knew he was a good guy, but this borders on sainthood. (”St. Mark of Athens, driver of Ford trucks and benefactor to unsung associates.”)
OK, it was technically a violation — a violation in the way that jaywalking to push somebody clear of a runaway bus is a legal misdemeanor. I think everyone can agree to let this one slide without penalty. Me, I’d consider giving Richt a raise for philanthropy, but that would kind of defeat the purpose, would it not?
By Mark Bradley
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dawg tired
December 20th, 2011
4:09 pm
first?
Mark Bradley
December 20th, 2011
4:10 pm
Kudos to dawg tired, which I am.
where do we go from here?
December 20th, 2011
4:10 pm
AMEN
Benjamin
December 20th, 2011
4:11 pm
Great title.
It would defeat the purpose on the raise portion, too, but honestly, this shows that he’s a good man in my book.
Walker Dawg
December 20th, 2011
4:12 pm
“Give and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together and overflowing”. We are seeing CMR receive the benefit of walking his talk!
UGADAWG
December 20th, 2011
4:13 pm
UGA is Blessed to have such a wonderful guy at the helm! GO DAWGS!
Mad Mike
December 20th, 2011
4:14 pm
top. notch.
Joey
December 20th, 2011
4:14 pm
I wish he was my boss . . .
GTT
December 20th, 2011
4:15 pm
Right on, Mark.
Mark Bradley
December 20th, 2011
4:15 pm
I’m thinking that suggesting he might not be the man for Georgia anymore — which I did last season — might weigh against my employment opportunities on Richt’s staff. Bad luck for me, huh?
DawginLex
December 20th, 2011
4:16 pm
We beat this to death on Chip’s blog but the point remains solid.
Taco Meat
December 20th, 2011
4:17 pm
Agreed, Mark. CMR is an awesome man and us Dawgs are lucky to have him in charge.
The 99%
December 20th, 2011
4:18 pm
Did someone say handouts?
bjohndawg
December 20th, 2011
4:18 pm
What about UGA’s win at Southern Cal?
Someone at the AJC going to write about that?
Richt=DGD
Dawg48
December 20th, 2011
4:21 pm
Mark
Your article is almost as good, as Richt is a man!
GTBob
December 20th, 2011
4:21 pm
Richt is a good guy. There is no doubt about that. I don’t think his compassion is a positive in all situations though. Very few leaders with that kind of mind set have ever accomplished anything great.
DDPO
December 20th, 2011
4:21 pm
MB -
You have officially been ruled “not eligible for hire” by the crew in Athens…
DAWG ONE
December 20th, 2011
4:22 pm
Not only is he a great boss, but he is a teacher of integrity, principle and fairness to the young men who play for him, the coaches who work for him and the staff of people who support him and the program.
Young men should pay attention to this man. We are indeed fortunate to have him at UGA!
duronimo
December 20th, 2011
4:25 pm
Made himself look good …. Made his Scrooge-like bosses look like A holes …. and his coaches got the money he believed they deserved. He finished the drill. Well played indeed!
DP
December 20th, 2011
4:26 pm
I hope the benefactors of Richt’s generosity reported it as income in case the IRS looks into the issue.
“I’m thinking that suggesting he might not be the man for Georgia anymore — which I did last season — might weigh against my employment opportunities on Richt’s staff.”
I’m sure Richt has seen enough Bradley flip flops over the years not to take it personally, particularly since Bradley has been in the tank for Richt 95% of the time.
RunningDog
December 20th, 2011
4:26 pm
I’m damn proud to have Richt as my coach.
Herschel Talker
December 20th, 2011
4:26 pm
MB:
What can I say? The man has character.
HT
Trojan
December 20th, 2011
4:27 pm
I wonder if he would have stepped over a player needing CPR like Saban.
Great article and a great headline.
Pumpkin Eater
December 20th, 2011
4:29 pm
Still you can’t break the rules. Punishment will be forthcoming.
James Adams
December 20th, 2011
4:29 pm
Does anyone here think Paul Johnson gives his staffers some of his extra tartar sauce when they run out during the fish fries? Nope!
Jalex49
December 20th, 2011
4:29 pm
Coach Richt… The fact that you did this was amazing .. Thank you for being who you are and Georgia is lucky to have a coach of such class and compassion for others!
Bill Clinton
December 20th, 2011
4:32 pm
James Adams…LOL…..Now that was funny!……Don’t care who you are!
7576DAWG
December 20th, 2011
4:36 pm
Everybody was criticizing Cam’s Newton’s father for trying to get paid approx. $ 250,000 but what would keep a head coach from paying one of his staff $25,000 extra to make sure a family member was influenced to come to his school.
The staff member can say what he wan’t’s but if his family member chose his school as a 5 star recruit it would be hard to prove the extra $ 25,000 was because he deserved a raise according to the head coach but the AD didn’t feel that way , and not trying to influence the recruit to come to your school.
Bright Idea
December 20th, 2011
4:37 pm
A college coach with a conscience…how novel.
derrick
December 20th, 2011
4:43 pm
What does this say about the previous administration. For all the money the UGA football program made the previous years, we are talking a very small amount of money. Is this what has been holding the program back? Did the administration really have tne best interest of CMR at heart?
JanusOne
December 20th, 2011
4:47 pm
It’s Official:
richt ’s boss, AD McGarity is the cheapest boss in America (and worst AD).
Wouldn’t give Richt’s staff raises, so Richt had to pay out of his own po0cket.
Absurd, Richt needs an AD that’s more supportive of the top 10 winningest Head Coach.
Can McGarity.
Frank Lane
December 20th, 2011
4:47 pm
Mark, I do not want to diminish Coach Richt’s actions in any way, but every entrepreneur or person who owns their own business does this kind of thing every day. I’ve owned 11 different businesses and I have often paid others when I could not even make my own payroll. All bonuses always came out of my own pocket. And I am no saint. Such practice is how a good leader motivates others to work their tale off for “the company.” If you get a raise or a bonus, from even a corporation, that money is coming out of the pocket(s) of the owner(s). Still a note-worthy move by Richt.
coachx
December 20th, 2011
4:48 pm
CMR is a class act.
Every recruit and parent of a recruit should take notice of how much CMR genuinely cares for people in his life. No football coach will teach a young man more about life then CMR.
If you want your boy to just learn how to play football he go any where………..but you want him to learn real morals then there is no one better then CMR.
Bama Mike
December 20th, 2011
4:48 pm
A college coach with a conscience? Where? Would like to meet him or her.
Frank Lane
December 20th, 2011
4:48 pm
JanusOne, this happened under Damon Evans I believe.
BG
December 20th, 2011
4:49 pm
Richt is a good man.
Mark (another one)
December 20th, 2011
4:49 pm
7576DAWG: Just asking or do you know something? I would bet that the NCAA would not view payment of a propect’s parents as a secondary violation.
Richt has always been a class act, and his compassion for his fellow man is well known. This is just another example being forced into the public’s view by NCAA rules. He did it because he thought it was right and wanted to help. Richt’s actions speak louder than his words, and his words speak volumes. DGD.
Dalton Dawg
December 20th, 2011
4:49 pm
Mark is really to be admired for all he does. He knows the lord has blessed him beyond most common people and he has a big heart and is compelled in his convictions to do what his heart says. He’s refreshing when it comes to all the money hungers in the sports world. I to would love to have a coach or person in general that you could look up to and say such good things. When he is truly gone we will then see what a big loss the university as well as the whole state has lost. I for one hope he stays for as long as possible and even though national titles are great there’s way more to life than winning and winning in life is far more important. This is exactly why he wins over “recruits” because he is sincere to a fault. Great Dawg!
Huntsville Dawg
December 20th, 2011
4:50 pm
7576 Dawg…could you be more foolish??? Moronic words…
Richt, once again, shows that he walks his walk. I’m, again, proud to call this man my coach…and frankly, I don’t care if we ever win the NC if he’s our coach. Anyone every hear any former players talking about how Saban changed their lives???
Skitty Fritty
December 20th, 2011
4:50 pm
UGA beat UT, UF, Auburn, Tech and made it to the SEC championship game. It is truly a good year to be a bulldog plus we have a coach who isn’t in love with money & ego. Good luck in the bowl game and I can’t wait till next year.
Go Dawgs!
Doc Hollidawg
December 20th, 2011
4:51 pm
JanusOne…it was Evans, not McGarity.
Go Dawgs.
great contrarian
December 20th, 2011
4:52 pm
Wow. A wopping $6k from a guy who makes millions each year. Color me underwhelmed. Lets not discount coaches who help their assistants find jobs before/instead of firing them, which happens every year.
Mark (another one)
December 20th, 2011
4:52 pm
I won’t go overboard and say I don’t want an NC. I do. I also know Richt does as well and he knows how to coach a major college team. Richt the man is a man of character. Richt the coach is a winner and is continuing to push the Dawgs. I have confidence in Richt and want him at UGA for a long time.
Nick Saban
December 20th, 2011
4:54 pm
My assistants will get bread and water and like it!
Les Miles
December 20th, 2011
4:54 pm
I OWN Nick Saban!
Paul in NH
December 20th, 2011
4:54 pm
I agree that Richt did well (and good) in this case. The UGa AA should be ashamed of themselves though – all that money (for a non-profit no less) and nickel and diming the assistants.
hogmtndawg
December 20th, 2011
4:54 pm
Frank: Big difference. Gift (Present) vs. Paid (Compensation)
Paul Johnson
December 20th, 2011
4:55 pm
I am still smarter than CMR just find a way to beat him!
In theory...
December 20th, 2011
4:59 pm
the NCAA could come down on UGA for these continued infractions. Maybe UGA and Ohio St would be banned from bowls, and Jim Tressel could take a new job and be in a bowl in 2012.
Had enough
December 20th, 2011
5:02 pm
Ohio state gets in trouble for paying players,Georgia gets in trouble when the Head coach helps his staff out after they are told they are being furloughed .Boy that really tells me how bad the Ncaa rule committee wants to get Georgia.This is a non story.
markie mark
December 20th, 2011
5:02 pm
@JanusOne – this happened during Damon Evans tenure as AD.
Matthews Dawg
December 20th, 2011
5:04 pm
GT Bob….I guess your school loses out on both a Great Coach with a heart for his fellow man and Championships! Go Dawgs!!!
Timmy Dog
December 20th, 2011
5:05 pm
I understand why he’s to be commended when it comes to his conscious, but under the table payouts? How can he not know that is a NCAA violation? Who else are we paying?
BiggdawgK
December 20th, 2011
5:06 pm
Despite Georgia having one of the top 3 Booster funds to draw from Damon Evans didn’t want to pay any more cash?! It looks more and more like that bimbo in red panties did us a favor after all. I’ll take a coaches AD like McGarrity over a president’s puppet like Evans any day.
Coach Mark Richt shows what a great guy he is once again. The fact CMR never seeks any publicity for his many good deeds speaks volumes. Any parent that would send their child any where other than UGA hates their kids.
Merry Christmas GO DAWGS
BiggdawgK
December 20th, 2011
5:09 pm
tiny timmy
Why do morons like you even put dog in your name when everyone reading your comments know you hate Georgia? Is that a techies idea of being clever?
Merry Christmas GO DAWGS
PTC DAWG
December 20th, 2011
5:10 pm
To the clown and the IRS comments…you show your ignorance.
Gifting is allowed and not taxable under certain guidelines. It’s around 10K a year for CMR and his spouse…ie they can give away that much each to any one party without an issue at all.
Now carry own with your foolishness.
GT Man
December 20th, 2011
5:12 pm
If Paul Johnson could ever beat Ga . then maybe he could get a truck commercial and make enough extra dough to hire and pay for a Defensive Coordinator. Wish i was one of Richts coaches, i could use a little extra—kudos to him, just hope NCAA dosent try to mess up his gift giving.
BigTimeTechFan
December 20th, 2011
5:12 pm
Sorry by this story does not add up:
Coach JANCEK made $145,755.81 in 2008
Coach JANCEK made $156,314.40 in 2009
Richt gave JANCEK $10,000 in 2009 for not getting a raise???????
Bama in Atlanta
December 20th, 2011
5:13 pm
It’s my understanding that the NCAA rule violation was that assistant coaches cannot receive “supplemental pay” outside the university. My thoughts on making it legal if the university is not going to increase the salaries per Richt’s request is that Richt have it put in his contract that each year he can apportion a certain amount (either dollar or %) of his pay to be shifted to assistant coaches. This way it is technically being paid by the university but, in essence, still coming out of Richt’s pocket if that’s what he wants to do.
1eyedJack
December 20th, 2011
5:13 pm
We are blessed to have this man as the Head Coach of our football team. All men have their faults, and his have been well documented on these blogs, but they pale in comparison to the loyalty, generosity, humility, and compassion that this man shows. Surely this kind of deed will be rewarded.
Having said that, Coach Richt, if you have the ball fourth and inches on the Michigan State 1-yard line…go for it!!
1eyedJack
December 20th, 2011
5:14 pm
I was furloughed six days last year and MY boss didn’t offer to make it up.
pluuhhheeezzzzz-
December 20th, 2011
5:15 pm
omg, coach richt is great.
this verifies what we have been saying all along.
he is the greatest human being ever to walk the face of planet earth.
i’m calling the vatican and nominating him for sainthood!!!
First of all, $6k to this guy is like the rest of us giving a homeless guy a dollar.
Second, I find it interesting how certain “feel good” stories have come out of Athens at just the right time this year. the uga beat writer going with Richt on his mission trip..awww, and now…aaw…he helped out poor coach Fabris……aww…how can we make demands about winning on this guy…he is such a great human being….blah blah blah.
ok, so coach fabris…a man who was making SIX FIGURES A YEAR and obviously couldn’t manage his money well enough to have an emergency fund in case he got fired…uh…thats like a real estate agent not banking any money.. thinking they were going to keep selling houses every day for the rest of their lives…and now…rut ro raggy.
so he loaned a guy some money who was down and out. COACHES DO THAT ALL THE TIME.
I find the timing of this story (in the middle of contract negotiations) to be very fishy…..trying to put some political pressure on….uh huh.
why don’t you just win football games and let the rest take care of itself?
1eyedJack
December 20th, 2011
5:17 pm
pluuhhheeezzzzz-, you’re a sad little man. Jealous much?
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 20th, 2011
5:25 pm
Salute to Mark for doing what is right and doing just that with His Money!!!!!!! The real story here is UGA doesn’t have the money to buyout Mark if this year had been a bad year!!!! You do understand this UGA Dogs? UGA would be wise to update his agreement and remove the buyout with an updated salary to sweeten the deal for Mark. Saban has no buyout so Mark doesn’t need one either.
bucket
December 20th, 2011
5:25 pm
@ pluuhheezzz – first, it was alot more than $6,000 to Coach Fabris. If you total the money mentioned in Chip and Mark’s articles he gave money to several coaches and staffers who had been denied pay raises by the previous AD. Second, get a life if all you have to do is criticize generous good deeds.
Charlie Hayes
December 20th, 2011
5:26 pm
GTBob stated “I don’t think his compassion is a positive in all situations though. Very few leaders with that kind of mind set have ever accomplished anything great.”
What about Jesus? Maybe CMR is walking on the lighted path that was blueprinted for him….
Charlie Hayes
December 20th, 2011
5:27 pm
@ GTBob – What about Tebow?
JDawg1785
December 20th, 2011
5:28 pm
Amen to that, Mark! We’re lucky to have a man like Coach Richt in charge at Georgia.
SEC Oracle
December 20th, 2011
5:29 pm
Does it have to be a gifte to be reported to the IRS as income? Why not anything under $10,000 as a gift from Mark Richt? I don’t know IRS codes so I am just asking.
2010 BCS Champs
December 20th, 2011
5:29 pm
O State walked away unharmed today. Any thoughts?
GTBob
December 20th, 2011
5:35 pm
GT Bob….I guess your school loses out on both a Great Coach with a heart for his fellow man and Championships! Go Dawgs!!!
Yes, giving ten grand to other coaches who are making 6 figures really shows he cares about his fellow man. What a saint. How do we know these were even gifts? Maybe Richt and the other coaches had a bet on how many field goals Blair Walsh would miss this season.
GTBob
December 20th, 2011
5:36 pm
@ GTBob – What about Tebow?
Tebow did a great job of doing what Urban Meyer told him to do.
7576DAWG
December 20th, 2011
5:37 pm
Mark ( another one )
Huntsville Dawg
Nowhere did I indicate that CMR would do something like pay a coach extra money to get a family member to come to Georgia. I have complete respect for CMR and feel he has as good of morals’ ethic’s and integrity as a coach can have. The point that I was making was a lot of head coaches do not and would be more than glad to pay a staff member extra money if it could influence a recruit to come to their school and just call it a well deserving raise that the AD won’t approve.
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Buckeye
December 20th, 2011
5:41 pm
Enjoy basketball season, dogs.
Timmy Dog
December 20th, 2011
5:42 pm
BiddogK, you are a jerk. I am a huge Dog fan! I bleed red/black!
It Happens
December 20th, 2011
5:45 pm
I think this happens much more than people think at big time schools, I mean how much money do these head coaches really need from year to year to get by on. Richt did what any loyal guy/coach would do if given the chance and means to actually do it, think about it none of the payouts or handout were over the IRS gift total. Kudos to Richt for doing this, he in theory saved us GA taxpayers a few dollars. The only down side I can see to this is UGA saying to Richt we must be paying you too much if you are just giving it away but that is for his agent to deal with.
7576DAWG
December 20th, 2011
5:45 pm
Even though I feel CMR would never use paying a staff member extra money to influence a family member of the staff to get the recruit to come to Georgia, I do feel a lot of coaches would do it in a heart beat if it would get a 4 or 5 star recruit and that’s why I brought it up . This should be a major violation not a secondary one. But if it was CMR wouldn’t think about doing it. My whole take on this is CMR need’s to let the AD handle all the money issues to the staff. There are reason’s the NCAA have this rule and you just can’t dismiss it as being a stupid rule.
Impartial Observer
December 20th, 2011
5:45 pm
Nobody who criticizes Richt criticizes the man’s character. Everyone of his critics recognizes that he is a man of high moral integrity. However, one has every right to criticize his coaching ability, decisions and record. Coaching results per se are separate and divorced from character and should be treated as such. Therefore anyone who criticizes Richt based solely on some aspect of his coaching is well within his/her right and those individuals who refer to such people as “haters” need to start acting like adults and accept the cricitism for what it is. Everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion.
Coach Paul Johnson
December 20th, 2011
5:50 pm
Yeah, I pay my assistant coaches a little extra….with punches to the face!
And watch out or I’ll punch you next, you retard!
b
December 20th, 2011
5:51 pm
Gtbob searches for some way to criticize UGA on every topic, even this one.
Good grief.
GTBob
December 20th, 2011
5:52 pm
My whole take on this is CMR need’s to let the AD handle all the money issues to the staff.
That would make more sense. In a way, what he did is actually an insult to the UGA Athletic Department.
BILLDAWG
December 20th, 2011
6:03 pm
NEXT TIME GIVE CASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Driver 8
December 20th, 2011
6:06 pm
Mark, You could collaborate with Mark Richt on his biography thereby establishing CMR as your boss of sorts.
In all seriousness, I’m guessing that his generosity with staff only scratches the surface of his philanthropic work. I’ll bet there is a very inspirational story to be told about how this humble leader lives his life and you are just the guy to bring it to light.
You might find a better coach but you won’t find a better man. This ‘84 grad is grateful to have him as the face of the Bulldogs.
Georgia Sucks
December 20th, 2011
6:07 pm
Free Tans for all! Merry Christmas!
And his boss is a.....
December 20th, 2011
6:08 pm
I wondered when that would get brought up: CMR’s boss(es) are responsible for determining salary and compensation; CMR decides differently and does whatever he wants. As altruistic as he may be, CMR sure made folks above him look like cheapskates. But still a classy move to look out for your workers IMHO. RTR!!!,
Fish fry better than stupid tans
December 20th, 2011
6:09 pm
This article is about coach Richt, not coach Johnson. Trying to let Johnson look bad on a uga blog. Typical redneck uga fans.
lee
December 20th, 2011
6:10 pm
Why do you guys even respond to GT bob….He’s a complete idiot
BigTimeTechFan
December 20th, 2011
6:11 pm
Mark, how much did UGA pay Coach Jancek in 2008 and 2009. Richt says he did not get a raise, did he?
great contrarian
December 20th, 2011
6:11 pm
@it happens. I thin you’re dead on. I Aldo think the uga fan base is desperate for a reason to back this guy.
Tech Sux
December 20th, 2011
6:14 pm
GTBob, you are an idiot wrapped in a moron. Your comments are totally retarded. Losers who say good guys can’t win are dorks that play video games all night and have never been laid…
bucky oneil
December 20th, 2011
6:14 pm
it’s nice to be in a position to do nice things like this. It’s even nicer to have the where with all to actually do it! How many well to do folks even consider an act like this? Good for Coach Richt!
Stinger2
December 20th, 2011
6:21 pm
CMR showed that he is a generous and compasionate person by helping his assistant coaches out of his own pocket.
As a GT fan, I have posted many positive comments about him.
That being said, in order to avoid future NCAA secondary violations, he could ask UGA to include a clause in his new contract that would allow him to take a temporary pay cut. Then use the $$$ to give his assistants a “raise” in cases where he wants to help them.
lee
December 20th, 2011
6:22 pm
right on bucky
sigmund freud
December 20th, 2011
6:30 pm
He was certainly compensating for something, that much is true.
sigmund freud
December 20th, 2011
6:35 pm
If you look at the picture, there is no rocket in the pocket.
Destin Dawg
December 20th, 2011
6:36 pm
in this day and age of win at all costs.. you’ve got to love and respect coach Richt.. and Todd Grantham.. fire and ice.. great combo.. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.. extend them both and build a dynasty… look at coaching problems at Tenn. Auburn, Fla. and now S.C. go Dawgs beat Michigan State !!
Pompano
December 20th, 2011
6:39 pm
Good old Hypo-Richt. This guys is as slimy as any other SEC coach – makes you sick he plays the holy-roller card
Lewis Grizzard's Ghost
December 20th, 2011
6:39 pm
@ GTBob … RE: 4:21 pm post
“Richt is a good guy. There is no doubt about that. I don’t think his compassion is a positive in all situations though. Very few leaders with that kind of mind set have ever accomplished anything great.”
How about Jesus, brother?
sigmund freud
December 20th, 2011
6:40 pm
Though he’s desperately trying to find one.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
December 20th, 2011
6:42 pm
@Frank lane{ You being a bigtime CEO with all those companies you should have taken some spelling lessons. Tale does not = Tail.
Ford Truck Buyer
December 20th, 2011
6:44 pm
Gotta love these NCAA rules. I have more respect now for CMR as he was trying to take good care of his staff. It’s his money. How this has anything to do with recruiting is absurd. The NCAA is the Gestapo of greed.
sigmund freud
December 20th, 2011
6:44 pm
Actually tale does equal tail.
Pompano
December 20th, 2011
6:44 pm
At least Bradley allows dissenting opinion in his blogs. Chip Towers blocks any negative comments regarding Richt – guess he’s stumping as Richt’s PR guy.
Towers is a biased loser!
sigmund freud
December 20th, 2011
6:45 pm
I’ll break down for you. If you can spew it… you can screw it.
ozzfest
December 20th, 2011
6:46 pm
RICHT,
YOU OFFENSE COORDINATOR SUCKS, AND BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT FIRE HIM, YOU OWE A % OF THE AMOUNT I HAVE PAID TO WATCH YOUR TEAM PLAY.
PLEASE REFUND $1245.66 TO ME – A SEASON-TICKET HOLDER IN SECTION 319, ROW 19.
THANKS!
bigdon
December 20th, 2011
6:48 pm
There’s really one conclusion to come to. We got the right, we got the right place. The true mark of a man is what he does when things are bad. That said, there’s nothing more to say. I call no one my hero, but damnit if CMR ain’t closer than most. GBU Coach Richt. Good damn dawg.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
December 20th, 2011
6:48 pm
@Timmy Dog: WE ain’t payin. CMR paid it out of his OWN bank account. Pay attention. Shultzy may ask questions later.
Delbert D.
December 20th, 2011
6:49 pm
IRS problems?
bigdon
December 20th, 2011
6:50 pm
Ozzfest: That name really says it on. I’m in 321 row 3. I had no idea there were any douches in my area. Guess I missed the hose running to your seat into your Va J J. Lozer.
GoCMR!
December 20th, 2011
6:51 pm
Once again great on CMR, and it’s funny how the ajc makes another article on this matter but this time praising CMR. Earlier they were trying to bash but since everyone’s reaction was of praise they jumped on the wagon! He’s a great coach, glad he’s a Dawg!
OkieDawg
December 20th, 2011
6:56 pm
There are no IRS problems. You can give anyone $13,000 per year. Or if married, you and your spouse can give up to $26,000 if paid from an account controlled by both spouses via a split gift. Above $13,000, the giver reports the gift on IRS Form 709. I’m sure all was properly handled.
jd
December 20th, 2011
6:57 pm
AJC is not going to write about UGA winning a basketball game vs USC..They will wait and see if Mercer beats the dawgs tonight and then it will be front page news.
TTT
December 20th, 2011
6:58 pm
I’m a Tech fan and I will readily admit that Richt is a classy guy. Irrespective of his coaching record, UGA should be proud of him.
65dawg
December 20th, 2011
7:01 pm
GT Bob Mark Richt has accomplished something great already—he’s 10-1 against the Yellow Jackets. That’s about as great as it gets in my book!
Silly Bloggers
December 20th, 2011
7:05 pm
I haven’t checked in to the blogs in a while but after seeing the headline I had to see how GTBob would spin it. Sure enough his jealousy, bitterness, and vitriol showed itself. You truly must let it go. Whatever wrong was done to you, you must let it go. You will feel better about it. I always said UGA could cure cancer and GTBob would vilify it. Grow up and grow a set.
Richt`s Hammer
December 20th, 2011
7:07 pm
Need the good press now. Once Michigan State puts 50 on us everyone will howl.
So I gave a few thousand away. Chump change.
Richt`s Hammer
December 20th, 2011
7:07 pm
How about the love I gave Crowell?
Dick
December 20th, 2011
7:10 pm
It is sad when all you have to brag about is winning 10 games against lower level teams, a 30 minute moral victory against LSU, and NCAA violations by the coach. WOW! Merry Christmas Leg Humpers and hope your super duper swell guy coach remembers that a football game is 60 minutes long.
BiggdawgK
December 20th, 2011
7:19 pm
It’s hard to believe there are people so sad, depressed and hate filled they will make cruel comments about a man helping out a friend who has been fired.
Dick the holidays is rife with suicide by those like you who are friendless and pathetic so try and keep your spirits up.
Douglas
December 20th, 2011
7:19 pm
I cannot believe some of the comments some of you make about Richt. He has never — like Saban — or Miles — demanded the highest salary. He demonstrates humility which Spurrier would never be guilty of. For those of you who criticize Richt or make sarcastic remarks, I know where to find your picture in the dictionary: right beside the definition of A_ _ HOLE.
ugakev
December 20th, 2011
7:25 pm
Thats okay dick…. being 6-7 last season and losing to those same sorry teams last season is improvement no matter how you spin it. Georgia will get the running game going next season with the four horsemen and then will become complete team. Get your shots in while u can.
GTBob
December 20th, 2011
7:28 pm
He has never — like Saban — or Miles — demanded the highest salary.
So UGA made him one of the highest paid coaches in college football and you think he didn’t ask for it? He is as money hungry as anyone else. Maybe in this contract extension negotiation he will take a pay cut so that his assistants can get paid more. Good chance of that happening.
Mike
December 20th, 2011
7:33 pm
He has never — like Saban — or Miles — demanded the highest salary.
So UGA made him one of the highest paid coaches in college football and you think he didn’t ask for it? He is as money hungry as anyone else. Maybe in this contract extension negotiation he will take a pay cut so that his assistants can get paid more. Good chance of that happening.
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Mark Richt has no business “demanding” anything. He can’t even beat a quality opponent.
TNBulldog
December 20th, 2011
7:34 pm
GTBob – Here is your answer with only one person
“Very few leaders with that kind of mind set have ever accomplished anything great.”
Ever heard of a person named Jesus Christ, he just gave his life for everyone. Tell me if he accomplished anything
GTBob
December 20th, 2011
7:35 pm
I haven’t checked in to the blogs in a while but after seeing the headline I had to see how GTBob would spin it.
I don’t have to spin it. Its pretty cut and dry. Instead of donating thousands of dollars to charity, Richt decided to give it to his buddies who already make extremely good salaries and at the same time insulted his employer by saying that they are underpaying them. Frankly I think the money could have gone to a better cause.
Eeyore
December 20th, 2011
7:36 pm
How about announcing how many players Richt is paying.
catlady
December 20th, 2011
7:37 pm
Perhaps the Bobby Bowden influence? My uncle and Bobby attended the same Sunday School class for decades (First Baptist in Tallahassee) and my uncle said if there was ever a need mentioned, Bobby would pull out his checkbook and say, “How much is needed?” While not quite the same, generous behavior evident, perhaps because they both know the Lord has been generous to them?
ugakev
December 20th, 2011
7:37 pm
tnbulldog, if gtbob knows who jesus christ is then we are all in seriously trouble.
GTBob
December 20th, 2011
7:38 pm
Ever heard of a person named Jesus Christ, he just gave his life for everyone. Tell me if he accomplished anything
Sorry, I meant real leaders. Not fairy tale leaders.
murfdawg
December 20th, 2011
7:39 pm
When are the coaches and the schools going to get enough of the NCAA and secede. All you need is 24 schools to form a super conference with 4 divisions and welcome to playoff payoff. Was it Brian Bosworth who called the NCAA, the National Communist Against Athletics?
Just another miserable loss
December 20th, 2011
7:40 pm
MSU 42, UGA 10
DOG FAN
December 20th, 2011
7:40 pm
DICK go find another blog.You are pathetic. Maybe some one some day some one will touch your ardened heart.I doubt it. CMR you are a class act!!!!!! More than i can say for others.
dawg4u
December 20th, 2011
7:41 pm
There are three types of posters on these sports blogs. The first are people who actually have something to say and a point to make regarding the article. The second are people who are speaking directly to the writer in either agreement or disagreement with the article. The third are the ones who make comments to get a reaction from other bloggers. It may be a logical or illogical comment but the sole intent is to get a reaction from others (preferably an angry response or rant) that feeds their desire for intention. It takes wisdom to know the difference (not that I have it by any means) but sometimes it is best to ignore the trolls and haters.
Richt is WRONG!!!!!
December 20th, 2011
7:42 pm
RICHT is WRONG!!!!!! Wrong in doing what he did. Wrong for Georgia…..and WRONG for being a fake head coach…….RICHT IS WRONG!!!!!!
Eeyore
December 20th, 2011
7:43 pm
How much does Richt pay the players, that’s the big question.
dawg4u
December 20th, 2011
7:43 pm
I meant “attention” not “intention.”
ugakev
December 20th, 2011
7:44 pm
phew!! thank you for clearing that up bob! If you believed and acted like that there would be no hope left in society.
Dawg One
December 20th, 2011
7:44 pm
Richt is the biggest sleazebag in the SEC.
Mark Bradley
December 20th, 2011
7:45 pm
dawg4u is a discerning individual.
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December 20th, 2011
7:48 pm
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Josh Smith for 3
December 20th, 2011
7:48 pm
“I don’t have to spin it. Its pretty cut and dry. Instead of donating thousands of dollars to charity, Richt decided to give it to his buddies who already make extremely good salaries and at the same time insulted his employer by saying that they are underpaying them. Frankly I think the money could have gone to a better cause.”
Haha alright now you’re just being ridiculous, lighten up troll
Dumbo
December 20th, 2011
7:49 pm
For all the screamers of Damon Evans admin, before blaming him or anyone esle at UGA, remember Sonny Perdue, he put out a state directive to all department of government that NO
bonuses or raises would be allowed. Therefore, since 2008, state agencies haven’t been able to give out even cost of living adjustments much less raises or bonuses. So yes what Richt did is indeed admirable, the reason these good folks couldn’t their bonuses is because of a former governor.
SEC Bama Fan
December 20th, 2011
7:54 pm
I think most of the SEC coaches would kick in to keep Richt at Georgia.
ADMan
December 20th, 2011
8:05 pm
GTBob…your an idiot…plain and simple…you just don’t get it do you…your nothing but a self rightous pompous ass who thinks he knows everything…bet you don’t have many friends.
Time
December 20th, 2011
8:09 pm
I admit, I wavered a bit this past year or two, but the more time passes the more I realize UGA has the exact right man at the helm. Just have patience and the NC will come. In the meantime, there’s not a coach in the country I’d rather have a family member play or work for.
dawg4u
December 20th, 2011
8:09 pm
Thanks Mark and also for all the thought provoking and insightful articles! The Munson one was classic.
19DAWGFAN59
December 20th, 2011
8:18 pm
and COULD WE PLEASE GET JON FABRIS BACK … SURE COULD USE HIM !!! GO DAWGS and BE ROSSVILLE !!!
ADMan
December 20th, 2011
8:30 pm
Go away GTBob….you just don’t get it do you…you’re an idiot…a self rightous, self centered, pompous azz who’d argue even if he knew he was wrong…go away little man you’re giving Tech a bad name!
Mark...
December 20th, 2011
8:34 pm
Believe it or not… Richt is not the only boss to have done that… get out and see the world a bit.. . take it from me.. this is nothing new.
Brewmaster
December 20th, 2011
8:46 pm
7576dawg could not pass a cognitive exam. He needs some Aricept to slow his cognitive slippage. It s like saying the good samaritan who pulled a victim from a burning vehicle was motivated to do so by the commission he negotiated with the victim’s insurnace carrrier.
Fair and Balanced
December 20th, 2011
8:50 pm
I think that of CMR’s personal finances were looked into fully, you would find many other donations that would make this paying of coaches look very small in comparison. Richt is a genuine believer in Jesus Christ and as such, he probably gives a lot to his church, mission endeavors and to various other charities. But as a believer you just won’t hear him talking about it. He knows why he is on this planet and football is only a part of his mission in life.
Tom Tide
December 20th, 2011
8:50 pm
Just to give the uninformed and clueless who continue to make negative remarks about Coach Saban , think about some of these facts. He contributed and fully funded the first house to be built in Tuscaloosa. His Nick’s Kid’s Foundation has raised and distributed over $1,700,000.00 to several hundred childrens organizations in the state of Ala.over the past three years. You guys don’t like him because he outworks everyone else because he loves his work.
guy
December 20th, 2011
9:03 pm
GTBob,
What matters is what’s in our hearts and what CMR has accomplished is what we all better do upon our departure from this earth.The game in life is a lot more important than the game of football.It comes down to our beliefs and priorities in the end.
Groundhogday
December 20th, 2011
9:09 pm
“Mark Bradley
December 20th, 2011
7:45 pm
dawg4u is a discerning individual.”
Truer words were never written………….by both parties, although I think dawg4u meant “feeds their desire for attention.
He should have also inserted the adjective “pathological” before the word “desire”.
Kelly
December 20th, 2011
9:10 pm
Holy cats…GTBoob is one risible *^($.
jbirdawg
December 20th, 2011
9:14 pm
Interesting this article comes out now. From what I was told, he has always taken any bonuses he made and paid his assistants with it. He obviously loves the people he works with and cares for their families. He is an excellent developer and leader of young men, as well as adult men. He is also and excellent football coach. The cycles of talent turnover in college football will undoubtedly leave a team lacking enough in certain areas to have a couple of bad seasons if a coach stays around long enough. It is too bad that Mark had to endure the past two seasons while he rebooted the staff and the program. It wasn’t a quick fix. In a way it was fortunate that we had the down year in ‘09 because we were able to bring in Todd Grantham. Just think, if Stafford/Moreno stay for ‘09, we most likely win all but one game which would probably have saved Willy Martinez’s job. I don’t mean to put CWM down because I think he is a better coach than the masses give him credit for being, given the right DL talent, but CTG is an elite DC and the results of his coaching in his second year are very apparent. I think UGA has the best coaching staff right now that they have ever had. The future is bright. Can’t wait for next season.
Russ
December 20th, 2011
9:15 pm
Well, I count it goodness when somebody steps in to keep a little doggy from getting white paint slapped on his back side. Richt? Walked right by like I was a Chevy truck.
aon
December 20th, 2011
9:17 pm
Where were all of you Richt loyalitst when he was losing at the beginning of the season? Whichever way the wind blows, right?
TDone
December 20th, 2011
9:18 pm
But I thought Muttland had all kinds of money.
Douglas
December 20th, 2011
9:33 pm
GTBob…as a hole…maybe you can figure that one out…oh, that’s right…you went to tech.
Skeezix
December 20th, 2011
9:38 pm
Ohio State’s players and coaches have to pay next year for the sins of others. What is happening to that cheater Tressel? He should be banned from teaching NCAA football for life.
Mr. SEC
December 20th, 2011
9:40 pm
Mark,
Remember, you are dealing with the NCAA, they do what they want, when they want, and pick who they are not going to touch with anything even if is murder!
yamadawg
December 20th, 2011
9:48 pm
I love for the Dawgs to win, and have been a fan since at least ‘65. I, like everyone am frustrated when the team is not successful. With that said, I will be content to weather any seasons with Mark Richt, knowing that the program is in good hands. I can mourn the losses and celebrate the wins and keep my head held high.
Dave
December 20th, 2011
9:53 pm
I read this and an now a Bulldog fan in Southern California. He should be rewarded, not punished!
Dawg48
December 20th, 2011
9:57 pm
Dave
Welcome to the bulldog nation.
gcs
December 20th, 2011
10:03 pm
UGA’s Mark Richt is the World’s Greatest Boss… who will never win a championship.
230gr Full Metal Jacket
December 20th, 2011
10:07 pm
And now St Richt will walk on water and raise Larry Munson from the dead……… Give it a break guys.
Yes, I admire CMR for being the class act that he is (and always has been, although most UGA fans seem to base that purely on records — what would’ve the reaction been if this happened last season? “Fire him! He’s gonna have the NCAA all over us!”??). But put this in perspective: Saint Mark giving a man $6,000 is like an average person handing a dollar to a bum. When you make a salary like his (which, by the way, he deserves every penny of), the handouts listed are literally pocket change and nothing more. BUT, it buys him lots of good Publicity, and at a bargain basement price. So Kudos to CMR, not for any false philanthropy, but for being an astute businessman!
230gr Full Metal Jacket
December 20th, 2011
10:09 pm
Mark, these filters absolutely SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE TAX MAN
December 20th, 2011
10:32 pm
I hear the IRS a callin…
Dawg Whisperer
December 20th, 2011
10:38 pm
GTBob… Jesus is documented in history like Nero and other historical contemporaries. None of them mythical fairy tales. Don’t they teach history at GT?
Kerryb
December 20th, 2011
10:43 pm
You guys haven’t figured out yet that GTBob is a completely delusional idiotic moron yet? I figured that out a long time ago.
Dawg Whisperer
December 20th, 2011
10:48 pm
Mark Richt does not publicize his philanthropic gestures because humility is an essential Christian by-product of a personal relationship with Christ. Coach Richt is an obedient servant of Christ which is the best compliment you could give him.
GTBob
December 20th, 2011
10:57 pm
Mark Richt does not publicize his philanthropic gestures because humility is an essential Christian by-product of a personal relationship with Christ.
Right. That’s why he didn’t invite an AJC reporter along with him on his Honduras trip during the summer. He totally didn’t want that publicized.
Buzz 2011
December 20th, 2011
11:03 pm
Great, if only he knew something about football.. What happened to Ray Goff or Jim Donnan?
BobDawg
December 20th, 2011
11:21 pm
JANUSONE @4:47 pm your post if waaaay off base…. This is a DIRECT RESULT of Damon Evans era and his terror watch at UGA.. and that is mild… You can talk to any coach at UGA from Bauerle, Diaz on down and they are sooo glad he is gone… He was a bully whereas McGarity is a helping hand. Evans was good at keeping the sports programs profitable but was a dictator and forced firings if things did not go as he saw fit… Richt showed great compassion towards his coaches and they are like family to him.
DawgSantaCruz'n
December 20th, 2011
11:21 pm
JanusOne- Open your eyes before you open your mouth
tenn.DAWG
December 20th, 2011
11:27 pm
How do you measure a man,don’t know myself,but have an idea.
SEC Fact Finder
December 20th, 2011
11:31 pm
Nice Job Coach Richt. Too bad the NCAA Rules are outdated.
Tossed Salad
December 20th, 2011
11:47 pm
Love our coach. Sic’em.
KenDawg
December 20th, 2011
11:50 pm
Kudos for Coach Richt! Taking care of the people who work for him above and beyond the call of duty – that’s class. As opposed to the NCAA, which shows with this hand slap that it has none…
Truth
December 21st, 2011
12:05 am
GTBob is enjoying his little man moment on this blog. He, too, will go away and do whatever he does.
From adoptions to philanthropy, Richt is a great example for many of us how to live. Have you seen the new Prince Ave Christian Academy campus in Oconee county outside of Athens? Enough said…..He is also the 3rd most winningest active coach with 100+games under his belt . I will take that anyday.
brick
December 21st, 2011
12:07 am
Bama Mike, I understand you being a fan of Bama you don’t have any idea what a college coach with a conscience is, or one with morals or ethics either for that matter. Bama has hired a couple over the years but always fired them when they weren’t the cheats Bama has come to expect from their coaches. But I understand that the people of Alabama have NOTHING else but college football and will do ANYTHING to be successful no matter how many rules they have to break to do so, ethics and moral don’t even figure in to the equation. I wish I could wish you good luck in your mulligan against LSU, but I just can’t, regardless if you are the 2nd best team or not you had your shot and choked, someone else should have gotten the chance.
GT65
December 21st, 2011
12:07 am
Don’t know if he’s the best but it would be hard to beat him…unless you got a CEO bonus on Wall St….
Who cares?
December 21st, 2011
12:09 am
Excuse me, but who cares? $6,000 gift from a former employer who makes millions every year… not a big deal.
meh
December 21st, 2011
12:23 am
the cash was probably meant to fund some $100 handshakes on the recruiting trail
RED DOG 77
December 21st, 2011
12:24 am
@ GT Bob…………..On compassion…..”Very few leaders with that kind of mind-set have ever accomplished anything great”……………….Well, GT Bob, you must be awfully young, or know very little about the game of college football…………I’m a BULLDOG 100%, but have the greatest respect for one of the finest, most accomplished………..and yes, compassionate college football coaches ever…………..and Bob, by the way, he coached your Yellow Jackets……..Nome: Bobby Dodd…………………..Regards, RED
BUCCADAWG
December 21st, 2011
12:36 am
We are truly fortunate to have a head coach with this kind or class . This is why you hear the term family mentioned about the GEORGIA program so often.
Dirty Dawg
December 21st, 2011
1:20 am
GT, Buzz, et. al., virtually all my Tech friends are among the classiest, caring, aware and reasonable people I know. Obviously you guys ain’t any of them. Sure they love the Jackets and we have fun taking good-natured shots at each other’s teams and schools, but it’s all in fun. You people, on the other hand, are mean-spirited and clearly if I knew you we’d come to blows after a couple of minutes.
Tell us, do you guys ever post at predominately Tech blogs? Or do you just ‘get-off’ taking shots at ‘the dogs’ since you don’t have much positive to say about your guys?
Richard
December 21st, 2011
1:49 am
Mark Richt = What we thought Joe Pa was and so very much more. Me included and I met and had a long conversation with Jo Pa one summer at Myrtle beach. All you folks who were bashing CMR and the team after the first two games ought to feel real dirty right about now. Stand up, be fanatics,. but most of all be DGDawgs.
Craig Spinks/ UGA '94
December 21st, 2011
2:03 am
Richt is a very good football coach but is an even-better man.
RedandBlackDAWG
December 21st, 2011
3:21 am
Pumpkin,
There will not be any additional punishment from the NCAA since it was considered closed on Nov. 30th, 2012. I doubt the university would take any punitive measures either since, you can’t get this type of positive publicity when you break a secondary rule, that is not even fully specific about coaches giving their own money. It was made to prevent using athletic funds or to prevent boosters from giving coaching staff any extra money, not to prevent specifically a coach giving his own personal funds to a staff member.
As for the IRS. Somebody said he could be in trouble for not reporting it. According to what I have read and understand, he could give up to 12,000 dollars to an individual and not be in violation of anything, since it was a gift, from his own personal funds. The assistants don’t have to report it as income either.
RedandBlackDAWG
December 21st, 2011
3:33 am
GT Bob,
You are one piece of work for sure. The reason a reporter was invited to come down and see what the organization does that CMR helps out, is to get more publicity for the organization and increase donations. He has the advantage of being able to do that in his position as a highly recognizable person from a major university. You are the anti-thesis of what it means to go and graduate from tech. as it is obviously very clear, that you have no reasoning ability and as you have stated, just come onto a blog to stir of trouble. I am sure if you really took classes at tech. you might have noticed you had to use some reasoning and forethought, before opening your mouth.
I feel sorry for you, because you will never succeed in life, as you haven’t even shown signs of being mature. Please,please, tell me you have not bred and brought children into this world. It would be ashamed to think you were raising kids to act like you do.
Buckeye
December 21st, 2011
5:42 am
The ban gives Urban (TIME OUT TIME OUT TIME OUT) two full years to put his system in place and prepare to beat the SEC! SEC! SEC! in the Jan, 2014 National Championship.
It sucks for the kids that had ZERO to do with Tressel and Pryor and next year’s seniors. Otherwise, beating Michigan at home in year one will be a good springboard.
Recruiting is off the charts.
Happy Holidays, dogs.
bubba4dawgs
December 21st, 2011
5:48 am
Coach Richt epitomizes integrity and character! Get this word out to all the prospective players who may be considering UGA!! Where else would a parent want their son or daughter to go? The sad part about this is that it’s a violation although minor! The NCAA needs a gut check What a world we would have if we had more Mark Richts! I’m just proud I’m a UGA fan and Mark Richt simply solidifies that statement! If he leaves coaching and goes into the ministry, I’m joining his church!! GO DAWGS!!
falcon
December 21st, 2011
5:51 am
GTBob……Richt might never acheive greatness, but he’s beaten GTU 10 out of 11. How great is that?
7576DAWG
December 21st, 2011
5:57 am
Some coaches I would have to question the real reason for being so generous, but not CMR. I think he is a great coach and even better human being but there is a reason why the NCAA will not allow the head coach to supplement a staff member’s salary .If this rule was not in place a lot of , not so ethical head coaches would use the loop hole for their team’s gain in the wrong way. Where we all know CMR’s reason would have the best intention’s that would not be the case with some.
Head coaches should be able to supplement a staff member but the Head coach should have to make a request to the NCAA and tell them why he is giving the bonus or the extra salary or a severance. If the NCAA would have the last say I think they would be a lot more receptive to changing the rules. I may not like it but until college football get’s a different governing body someone has to make the rules and enforce them.
Virginia DAWG
December 21st, 2011
6:00 am
For the record. This cheapness on behalf of the athletic department occured under Evans. Gentry Estes, of 247sports, wrote a great post of how little the department spent on the football team under Evans compared to almost every other SEC team. UGA is a very close second to Texas as the most profitable program in the country, yet we spend much less on our football program. McGarity will change this and I honestly believe this could be the difference in the success of the team. I am proud to have Richt as our coach. Go Dawgs!
Nauti-dawg
December 21st, 2011
6:03 am
Ohio got an Sec coach who will recruit southern boys… That gives them a chance, but …. Ohio will still choke against the SEC in the champ game because they are Ohio. Dream on buckeye.
Ghost of Herschel Scott
December 21st, 2011
6:50 am
I just heard God telling Erk Russell, “Hell Yeah!!!”….
But Seriously
December 21st, 2011
7:05 am
I’m just glad to know he’s good at something…
Spike
December 21st, 2011
7:13 am
GT Bob.. He sure is not very compassionate on your sorry ass team every year.
JARVIS JONES
December 21st, 2011
7:35 am
thats why i returned
Scrooge
December 21st, 2011
7:39 am
If he didn’t demand such a high salary ($3 mill +), then UGA would have more money to pay those coaches to begin with.
jbeggs
December 21st, 2011
8:04 am
Frank Lane – it’s not that this never happens. It’s just that when it happens at a location like UGA it’s a good story. It’s the type story that’s hardly ever printed. If you feel left out then send in a story about yourself to your hometown paper. This is a huge story in the context of big-bucks America! It rally pisses me off that you would try to minimize it!
Sloan
December 21st, 2011
8:12 am
The coolest thing about GTBob’s hatred for everything UGA and Coach Richt is that it wouldn’t matter one bit to Mark Richt, the Christian man. What would matter to him is that GTBob is a lost soul, and in spite of GTBob’s vitriol, Mark Richt would pray fervently for GTBob’s salvation and would give him money if he needed it. How do I know this? Because Mark Richt’s heart is full of the love of Christ, and Coach Richt wants everyone to know Jesus as their Savior.
CMR, HC
December 21st, 2011
8:19 am
I got the mug to prove it!!
Mike G
December 21st, 2011
8:20 am
Blessed be our 2012 Season!! Happy Holidays Mark and the entire Bulldawg nation!!
1980 was so long ago
December 21st, 2011
8:25 am
Yawn…zzzzzzzzzzzzz
1980 was so long ago
December 21st, 2011
8:25 am
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Top Recruit
December 21st, 2011
8:34 am
Coach Mark Richt…a man for all seasons…just not football season.
You are the best Coach Richt. We are blessed to have him not only as our football coach, but a part of the University of Georgia family. Truly an amazing man who is kind and willing to share his blessings with others. A true inspiration to us all.
This reporting is a great story for this Christmas season in the great state of Georgia.
Vince Doodly
December 21st, 2011
8:42 am
Dont get gushy bradley. This is more of an indictment of the UGA administration and a coping strategy by Coach Richt than anything else. yes, he is clearly shown to be a fair and decent boss, something we all pray for. However, The school administration HR department should have prevented this from happening because it blows up salary levels and also causes these individuals tax withholding issues. I guarantee you none of these folks claimed that income. Wonder if the IRS is reading this?
Earl
December 21st, 2011
8:43 am
Read the article in the recent issue of Atlantic Magazine about the NCAA. Then tell the NCAA to shove it.
Georgia Sam
December 21st, 2011
8:47 am
GT Bob,
Go change your diaper. It is just like the rest of you, full of it.
schmeckdawg
December 21st, 2011
8:58 am
You know Mark, you write a wonderful article about an obviously wonderful man, and still you get the jack legs that get on here and want to smear coach Richt and turn this into something unethical.
What a bunch of jerks!
Happy Holidays to you and your entire family Mark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ed
December 21st, 2011
8:58 am
I smell income tax evasion all over this one. More than 10 coaches paid “under the table?” Richt asks the university to pay them more. When denied, he decides “to pay them himself.” Plus, the NCAA calls it “supplemental pay.” If this isn’t a nifty way to avoid paying Uncle Sam, I don’t knwo what is. I don’t think the IRS will view these transactiosn as “gifts.” Dig deeper AJC.
SugarHillDawg
December 21st, 2011
8:59 am
I’d be even better if he was the world’s best coach.
MCDAVIDDAWG
December 21st, 2011
9:00 am
ALL SOUNDS GOOD, BUT JUST WISH HE WAS A GOOD COACH.
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Ed
December 21st, 2011
9:01 am
I’m telling you, there is a long pattern of income tax evasion here. This story isn’t over, Mr. McGarity. We can’t move on just yet.
Ed
December 21st, 2011
9:03 am
Somebody needs to ask the tough questions. What federal income laws have been broken, for years, through this behavior?
Biblical Scholar
December 21st, 2011
9:04 am
Comparisons of Richt to Jesus? I don’t recall a desciple being arrested for drunk driving, theft, violence against women, or suspended for dope smoking.
Newman
December 21st, 2011
9:06 am
Damon Evans was AD when this transpired, not Greg McGarity.
Ed
December 21st, 2011
9:08 am
This story is just beginning. There was a lot of “supplemental pay” given to Georgia coaches and Uncle Sam didn’t get his share of the pie. How convenient.
Ed
December 21st, 2011
9:14 am
I don’t hear much woofing out of the Jo-Ja nation today. I wonder if Chip Towers will follow this income tax evasion line of questioning, or if he’ll keep playing the homer for UGA.
Wow!
December 21st, 2011
9:17 am
I wish I could say that this makes up for all the times he gave raises to poor performing coaches out of UGA’s coffers. It does not.
It is a nice story–but as much praise as he shoudl receive for handing out what is really a drop in the bucket to him…he should receive equal if not greater criticism for increasing assistant coach’s pay every year after increasingly disappointng results.
I do find it ironic that in a world where THE Ohio State gets a slap on the wrist for pervasive cheating and Auburn has become so good at cheating that they are now above punishment; that the NCAA actually takes the time to look into such a positive gesture. Wow!
Face it...
December 21st, 2011
9:18 am
It is amazing that there are Grinches on here who are screaming bah humbug about Coach Richt. I hope Santa rewards them with what they deserve this year, continued miserable life of negativity.
Ed
December 21st, 2011
9:24 am
I’m having way too much fun with this. My Jo-Ja friends are really squirming here at the office.
mashdog
December 21st, 2011
9:29 am
booyah why do u think we won the east? this man we r talking about right now. GO DAWGS!
Cheaters
December 21st, 2011
9:29 am
The real question is, were taxes ever paid on this money? More than likely the only reason Richt gave this money to these assistants is because he was reimbursing them for funds that they gave to recruits. Richt puts on a good front but is nothing more than a cheater. Even with the cheating, uga still can a title under Richt. Sad.
cocheese
December 21st, 2011
9:31 am
This goes back to maknig a conscious decision to violate NCAA rules. He obviously knows the rules. He chose to violate them. It is cut and dry. What would all you sychophants say if he had given money to a recruit’s family because they were poor? The same probably, i.e. “What a great guy! He knew it was a violation but the family was hungry. He has his priorities in order. What a man of character, etc.” In my book honesty is more impt. than charity. A man of true character would be able to be charitable without resorting to dishonesty. Note-If for some crazy reason Richt was not aware that such gifts, given in the manner he gave them, were improper, than my comments are retracted.
RxDawg
December 21st, 2011
9:32 am
We field a very competetive football team, and we appear to have one heck of a man doing it for us in Mark Richt. Quit using that beauty pagent of the BCS champ game as a measuring stick. UGA has had plenty of BCS caliber seasons. Lady luck and ESPN just didn’t deem it so, so screw em. What we have done is won 2 SEC’s outright and 4 SEC easts with a handful of ties. Quit hating you pesimistic fans out there and realize what a great coach we actually have. Go Dawgs and Go Richt!
Sorry Program
December 21st, 2011
9:37 am
RxDawg -We field a very competetive football team, and we appear to have one heck of a man doing it for us in Mark Richt. Quit using that beauty pagent of the BCS champ game as a measuring stick. UGA has had plenty of BCS caliber seasons. Lady luck and ESPN just didn’t deem it so, so screw em. What we have done is won 2 SEC’s outright and 4 SEC easts with a handful of ties. Quit hating you pesimistic fans out there and realize what a great coach we actually have. Go Dawgs and Go Richt!
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This is why uga will never have one of the top 10 programs in the country. Your fans are happy with being only a top 15-20 program. When was last time you guys won a title? 30 years ago? Even Ga. Tech has won a title more recently than uga. And that’s just said. Get ready for another 8-10 win season and hopes of maybe making it to a bcs bowl. uga won’t win a title for at least 20 years.
robodawg
December 21st, 2011
9:44 am
The Richts have a separate bank account just for giving money away! Some people have so much money they don’t know what to do with it. But CMR is putting his money to good use. Kudos.
cocheese
December 21st, 2011
9:47 am
This is a cut and dry issue. Of course Richt new it was a violation to give his ex-coaches gifts in this manner. What would all you sychophants say if Richt had given money to the family of a recruit because they were poor? Probably, “What a saint he is. He knew it was wrong but he has his priorities in order. He knew it was a violation but he thought them having food was more impt. than
any NCAA violation. He should be a dawg for life. What a great man of character, etc.” I suppose
charity trumps dishonesty and character only matters when weighing the outcomes of decisions made? Character is absolute. A person has it or doesn’t and a person with true character doesn’t let the ends justify the means. In fact, the ends should never even come into play. The only thing that matters character-wise is if something is right or wrong. There is something very similar here to the televangelists who started off doing the right thing but took a wrong turn when they believed that they
should no longer have to answer to the flock if they wanted to do something they believed in, regardless of the legality of it or whether they had the approval of it from those who had to approve it. Note-If Richt somehow did not know that the gifts, given in the manner he gave them, were an NCAA violation, I retract these comments. I guess we will never know?
Spike
December 21st, 2011
9:53 am
Some of you pitiful idiots bitchin’ about this have really run out of something to complain about.
seabass
December 21st, 2011
9:56 am
True UGA fans already new this to be true!
Ranger Jacket
December 21st, 2011
10:00 am
As a Jacket fan, I would love to hate all things UGA. It’s just too hard with a class act like Mark in Athens. The man has proven time and again that he truly cares about the people in his organization. I know myself and most other folks can only dream of working for a man like that.
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Heels Rock and Rule
December 21st, 2011
10:06 am
There have been many instances of coaches giving money to “poor athletes who didn’t have money to buy a coke”. These coaches were then labeled as “cheaters”. Why is CMR being Canonized for paying coaches in violation of NCAA rules. Is this less than Greene selling his jersey to get a few bucks so that he could have some money in his pocket? What is the difference?
RCB
December 21st, 2011
10:18 am
Just maybe he shouldn’t have been fired after the first 2 games.
Whiskey Breath
December 21st, 2011
10:21 am
So you are basically condoning CMR’s blantant disregard for NCAA rules? You do know he makes around 5 million a year and 25k ain’t going to hurt the bottom line? And what the hell are we teaching the kids when a coach thumbs his nose consistently to the NCAA ? “My compliance dept said I could get away with it and at the same time look like a good guy” . What kind of compliance dept do they have going on at Ga? You make butt kissing a new art. Who’s next Buck Bulue?
frank
December 21st, 2011
10:26 am
at first i thought this was a great thing, but the more I think about it it shows weakness.
This is the same kind of thing that kept Willie Martinez around stealing paychecks for years.
1eyedJack
December 21st, 2011
10:27 am
Whiskey Breath, take a double shot, get really drunk, and eat a ham sandwich.
kevin n afghanistan
December 21st, 2011
10:40 am
Did anyone pay taxes on the money passed around? No not beford Richt did. After, he handed it out….
kevin n afghanistan
December 21st, 2011
10:43 am
I want him to give me money because I am in the military, in Afghanistan trying to make a buck to buy a new vehicle. I bet he wont do it…
Spike
December 21st, 2011
10:49 am
Kevin.. I think I speak for everbody on here. Shut up.
kevin n afghanistan
December 21st, 2011
10:53 am
pu ss y
RxDawg
December 21st, 2011
11:03 am
@ Sorry Program
We DO have a top 10 program ya big dummy.
Joey
December 21st, 2011
11:07 am
Love Coach Richt. Proud in every way. Some of you need a life! Its way to short to let a crystal football dictate it….
Richard Hunter
December 21st, 2011
11:15 am
Mark is a great man.we need to be happy with what we have.UGA does not pay 25 mil for a head coach.that being said mark needs to stay after the ast. coachs.
harold
December 21st, 2011
11:26 am
RICHT IS A VERY NICE MAN. AN ABOVE AVERAGE COACH.
Pompano
December 21st, 2011
11:27 am
If Yahoo Sports was on this case, we’d find out that the money Hypo-Richt paid is to cover ‘recruiting expenses’ incurred by the coaches. Payouts, gifts, bail-money to recruits and players.
I understand the AJC has limited resources to interview players, friends of players, etc but “follow-the-money” is Journalism 101.
Instead, they annoint Hypo-Richt as descended from the heavens. I think Mark has confused the Water-Tower in Athens with Mt. Olympus
WDE
December 21st, 2011
11:29 am
@kevin n afghanistan thanks for your service now STFU…thanks and Happy Holidays
Ken Stallings
December 21st, 2011
11:33 am
I would not even imagined before now that a college coach, taking his personal income, and deciding to suppliment the incomes of his coaching staff, would even be on the NCAA’s radar scope much less be considered a violation of NCAA bylaws!
What insanity! What crassness!
What amazes me is how a group of men who meet for days and weeks to discuss these rules, would not realize how sullied enforcement of such a rule would make them appear!
The entire basis for the NCAA bylaws is to preserve the amateur status of the athletes. The coaches and trainers are paid professionals. Overall, if the University of Georgia and the paid coaches and staff wish to file civil suit, I am very confident the judge would smack the NCAA hard. It is incomprehensible how any company would presume to tell someone they cannot suppliment their incomes by other means. So long as the action itself does not break any laws, it should be beyond the influence of any private company.
I realize the student-athletes are immediately wondering why they cannot get a summer job without the NCAA bearing its noses down on them. But, the sole sanction against the student-athlete is removal of a scholarship and eligibility. But, for these coaches and staff, who are professionals without any college eligibility, it seems well beyond the NCAA’s intent to regulate such actions.
Wow!
December 21st, 2011
11:56 am
WDE…if Richt was a 10th of the cheater Chizik is, he would have known this was a violation and given the guys money another way–you know like how Rev. Newton got paid.
Each Auburn coach is shown the Auburn Way–which is basically to not get caught. Cheating there is expected.
TJefferson
December 21st, 2011
11:59 am
He is a great man. Paying employees out of pocket can create some tricky/sticky situations with your business model though. Great intentions but caution is advised.
Naive
December 21st, 2011
12:03 pm
You people are nuts. If Georgia went 6-6, you’d all be saying he was a bum. The world’s best boss is a launching pad for his assistants – i.e. Nick Saban, Bill Bellicik. Not someone who pays guys out of his pocket….guys who weren’t worthy of the extra money but instead were overpaid to begin with.
Hoopster
December 21st, 2011
12:25 pm
And to think, the NCAA gets UGa for a coach giving money out of his pocket to some assistant coaches and gets Tech for having a football player having the gaul to accept a Christmas present from his cousin. This organization needs to be terminated and start with a clean slate.
SR CITIZEN DAWG
December 21st, 2011
1:07 pm
ONE OF A KIND (THE GREAT KIND). UGA AND THE WHOLE STATE SHOULD BE PROUD OF AND THANKFUL FOR MARK RICHT AND THE EXAMPLE HE SETS FOR ALL OF US.
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Olde Fan
December 21st, 2011
2:50 pm
Mr Lane: are you saying that because you do this, it is not worth noting?
Thomas Brown
December 21st, 2011
3:29 pm
No. It would give Mark Richt more money to give away.
Jeez Mark Bradley, didn’t you expect this is exactly what everyone would reply, sir ?
Why doesn’t the AJ-C just go on Vacation if this is all you can come up with during all these bowl games and
Pat Summitt
Say a Prayer for Pat Summitt please
Thomas Brown
December 21st, 2011
3:33 pm
No.
The NCAA got Georgia tek because they told senior officials at Georgia tek that they COULD NOT TELL Paul Johnson or the players.
Paul Johnson should have reported the violation when Georgia tek told him, instead of TRYING to tell the investigation players what to say to the NCAA.
Another violation by Paul Johnson.
ONLY HE GOT CAUGHT.
NCAA PROBATION.
Mark Richt ? Give him the EXTENSION NOW GREG MCGARITY.
Thomas Brown
December 21st, 2011
3:34 pm
There is NO COMPARISON in what Paul Johnson did telling the players about what they should say, and Mark Richt giving his coaches his money he is FREE to do with as he so wishes.
Dick
December 21st, 2011
6:31 pm
How sad, you leg humpers wanted super duper swell coach gone after losing two. But all of the sudden he is Jesus Christ on earth. The fact that the Dawgs place just above the Vols in the East and your coach can’t pull the trigger and win the big game shows what a loser program you have. “Just wait till next year”, We won for the first 30 minutes”, Just wait till we get our running game going” , are just a few loser fight songs ya’ll should have.
bsdg
December 21st, 2011
7:44 pm
I believe he gave one of his bonus checks to the assistants a couple of years ago as well. All the assistants split it evenly from what I remember. Richt consistently shows his class, I wish more coaches would follow