Is Richt still under heavy pressure? ESPN’s Haney says yes
"You know, I was on the Hot Seat once myself, Mark." (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
Mark Richt won the SEC East last season for the first time since 2005, did he not? Reversed a downward trend, did he not? Removed himself from the Hot Seat, did he not?
Yes and yes to the first two questions. To the third, Travis Haney of ESPN says, “Not so fast.”
Haney places Richt atop his list of coaches under most pressure to win. Others included: Mack Brown of Texas, Brian Kelly of Notre Dame, Bo Pelini of Nebraska and Bob Stoops of Oklahoma. (To be totally accurate, Haney doesn’t dub this his official Hot Seat list; it is, rather, “the precursor to the hot-seat list.”)
From Mr. Haney:
Richt is safe today, but with the expectations again high, that could quickly change. Such is life in the SEC, where the distance from the title game to the hot seat is seemingly never all that far. And the disciplinary issues only complicate that, because fans generally don’t want their school making headlines for the wrong reasons — much less repeatedly — and because it depletes the talent pool.
If Georgia sinks back toward .500 with this roster, despite its personnel setbacks, Richt could again find himself in an uncomfortable position. Or looking for a job.
Not saying it’s going to happen, but … it’s not unprecedented for a coach who took his team to the SEC championship game one season to be gone the next. Terry Bowden resigned at Auburn midway through the 1998 season after winning the SEC West in 1997, and Philip Fulmer was pushed aside by Tennessee in 2008 after his team played for the conference title in 2007. But Fulmer had been under duress for years, and Bowden fell out with the toxic booster Bobby Lowder.
Richt, on the other hand, remains well liked by those in power and the majority of his constituents. Does Bulldog Nation wish he’d hurry up and win a national title? Do Georgia fans agonize over every single loss? Absolutely. But the biggest issue folks had with Richt was that, since 2007, Georgia football had been on the clear descent.
From the disappointing 10-3 of 2008 to the uh-oh 8-5 in 2009 to the regrettable 6-7 of 2010 — that trend had to be reversed. It was. And the bounce-back season of 2011 followed by what should be another strong year would indicate that the Bulldogs are well and truly on the upward trail.
A year ago, Richt was coming off a losing season, his first at Georgia, and then his team started 0-2. Had the season unraveled further, he’d have been fired. It didn’t and he wasn’t. He’s got a contract extension in his pocket, and his team is sure to be ranked in the preseason top 10. Is he on the Hot Seat as we speak? Not even close. But here’s the trouble with an on-the-Hot-Seat characterization: Once the label has been affixed, it’s tough to tear off.
I think Georgia is going to be very good this season, so good it could render all questions about its coach moot. But Haney makes a salient point: “The Bulldogs have dodged the [SEC} Western Division powers in 2011 and 2012. If you're not going to [contend for a national championship] when you’re avoiding them, when are you going to do it?”
By Mark Bradley
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lanier
July 11th, 2012
12:49 pm
total BS what a waste of space
Michael Tucker
July 11th, 2012
12:52 pm
Jeff Schultz and and Michael Carvell should be on the hot seat, they are far worse at their jobs than Mark Richt.
Goldenrod
July 11th, 2012
12:54 pm
First.
Go Jackets. THWG, We WILL Run This State
Columbus Dawg
July 11th, 2012
12:56 pm
Mr. Bradley speaks the truth. Expectations for this team are sky high, and Richt knows it. I do believe that Coach Richt will impress this year, though. It takes luck, and ESPN to make it to the BCS Championship, but a team can win the SEC on it’s own. Richt needs to take care of the things he has control over.
TNDAWG
July 11th, 2012
12:57 pm
Third and woohoo. Low expectations.
North Campus Trash
July 11th, 2012
1:01 pm
I think I would be really concerned about CMR’s roster management if I was a UGA fan.
Chris Sanders
July 11th, 2012
1:03 pm
Your link to the ESPN article is linked to a Braves AJC Article
PMC
July 11th, 2012
1:04 pm
Duh, Mcgarity fired the golf and gymnastics coaches for lack of performance. Richt righted the bad mistake at DC with Grantham and since things have been trending upward. He has been more engaged and quicker on the trigger to fix problems in the last couple of years.
Expectations at every SEC school (and most everywhere else) are high. He’s been given every opportunity to have success and he’s done a decent job but even with suspensions, he’s got to show results to stay. He’s been at the school for what a decade? It’s kind of time to win or move on really.
piermontdawgny
July 11th, 2012
1:05 pm
JUST WIN BABY!
DAWGS BEAT TROJANS IN BCS 52-31
Elmo C. Grogan
July 11th, 2012
1:05 pm
Only thing close to being as thankless a job as coaching in the SEC is writing progostication pieces about it….
WhoCares?
July 11th, 2012
1:07 pm
Why do GT blowhards love to get on these blogs? They are, without question, inferior to UGA on the football field, both historically and currently. Goldenrod needs to go back to his day job at Subway.
PMC
July 11th, 2012
1:07 pm
He’s done a good job over his tenure, but they can’t continue to languish and not win the big games.
Dawgbreath
July 11th, 2012
1:11 pm
He will be the hot seat if Spurrier wins tbe East again. Which is possible.
CROW
July 11th, 2012
1:12 pm
If they finish anywhere below 12-2 he should be on the “hot seat.”
Goldenrod
July 11th, 2012
1:15 pm
You leghumpers troll the Georgia Tech boards all the time, seeking higher academics and less arrests. I just think it makes you mad knowing that Coach Paul Johnson is the new sheriff in Athens.
The perfect option will once again dominate the Mutts come November!
Time
July 11th, 2012
1:18 pm
People need to lay off Richt. He’s done a good job. I could care less about all the supposed trouble the kids get into. It gets reported more at UGA than elsewhere unless you’re one of the ignorant dolts that think only UGA gets “thugs” and that there aren’t kids who like to party, drive bad or pack heat at other schools.
In at least two seasons in Richt’s tenure, the Dawgs were considered by many the best team in the land at bowl time and would have qualified for the 4 team playoff that is coming. The NC will come as long as we remain patient. It takes just as much luck as it does skill to win one of these things. The Dawgs have had the skill in specific years, but just haven’t had the luck.
pcola dog
July 11th, 2012
1:21 pm
Mark,
You use dodging and avoiding. Implies active intent. You really believe that in regards to scheduling? Thought you were a bit sharper
GT
July 11th, 2012
1:23 pm
If Georgia loses to South Carolina you will hear an earthquake. The point still is that Georgia is under producing with the talent at hand and have real problems with the conduct and character they are recruiting both players and coaches. Grantham is an overrated loose cannon, and the offense is predictable and one dimensional all pass and no run. Somewhere in this world Florida and Tenn. get out of their wheelchairs and start looking like something that belongs in the SEC. Georgia literally has had one of the weakest schedules in the country and the national press is not in their social circle and has 20/20 sight on this.
Time
July 11th, 2012
1:24 pm
“Coach Paul Johnson is the new sheriff in Athens.” – Well, that explains why the football team is targeted by the Athens PD.
Seriously, tech people really just need to crawl back in their holes. You are irrelevant. Your team runs a offense from the 20’s, you snuck up on UGA once with it, won’t happen again. Gets proven again year after year. 2 years ago you conned America into thinking you were good, got in the top 10, had people talking about potential NC. UGA had one of it’s worst seasons in history. You got spanked.
WRGA DOg
July 11th, 2012
1:27 pm
Goldenrod,
Georgia Tech has great difficulty winning in the All Cupcake Conference (ACC). Coach Paul Johnson, although a legend in your mind, will get his annual thumping when the gnats play the DAWGS.
Excuses so far
July 11th, 2012
1:29 pm
1. Players steal, smoke and carry illegal weapons at every school but we don’t cover it up.
(Saban pays the Bammer PD off)
2. ESPN only picks the teams they like to play in the big games.
(They rigged the Boise and So. Carolina games last year to keep us out)
3. We finished with 10 straight wins and won the East! We’re back!
(The weakest the East has been in many, many years…and still needed Aub to beat SoCar for us)
4. Florida is trending waaaayyy downward.
(Even though we barely squeaked by their worst team in a decade)
Phil Steele
July 11th, 2012
1:30 pm
I have to admit, tech wasn’t even competitive in last year’s UGA domination on the Flats. I’ve heard a few gt fans say they felt sorry for Paul Johnson, that he deserved better than this. His arrogant nature flares up and he takes the defeat hard. Vad Lee is going to give the jackets a new look, but will that be enough to overcome Aaron Murray and the Dawgs’ limited stable of running backs? I don’t think so.
I see the Dawgs beating the jackets, 37-13.
epic quibble
July 11th, 2012
1:31 pm
Well said, Michael Tucker.
Golden Shower
July 11th, 2012
1:32 pm
Ga Tech is a joke and the option has been figured out!!! Ga Tech couldnt beat Kentucky or Ole Miss!!! Hey Rod you want to put some money on this years game???? Didn’t think so!!
UGA 52- Ga Tech 9 Tech will not even score a touchdown against us this year!
The only place Johnson could be Sheriff is Mayberry I think they have an opening!
Dawglasville
July 11th, 2012
1:34 pm
“When you’re avoiding them,” is ridiculous. “Avoiding,” is not accurate.
Spanky
July 11th, 2012
1:35 pm
Nerds, are you really this lonely?! Sheesh!! Deal with it, YOU DON’T MATTER!! Just stick to being a real good school to go to!! Tech is only behind MIT for Engineering,with far more robberies..that’s a good thing(the engineering part)! Just stick with that!
GT
July 11th, 2012
1:36 pm
Say Tech is irrelevant which is exactly where we want you to think we are, what does that have to do with your unimpressive resume and the view of the national press about you. Keep winning and all you get as a reward is a wake up call of what real football use to look like, from Alabama or LSU and who knows maybe Arkansas is not as dead as we had them either. You have one real game, you have lost it two years in a row and that Latimore is still there. Of course you can still lose the third time and represent the division like last year since somebody has arranged a real schedule for South Carolina to do what you obviously can’t do on the field.
twilightmike
July 11th, 2012
1:37 pm
Fulmer did not play for the SEC title in 2007. I don’t know what he was doing in 2007, but it wasn’t playing for the SEC title.
Will
July 11th, 2012
1:39 pm
I am a UGA fan but I think USCe should be picked to win the division easily. I just don’t see many holes on their team. Word is Lattimore is full strenth
Buck Belue
July 11th, 2012
1:39 pm
For the fourth consecutive year, the Bulldogs will be breaking in a new running back. This has been a series of unfortunate circumstances at running back.
Malcolme will be the starter. Second down guy, gonna slip in this freshman Keith Marshall – the change of pace guy. Then you got this Todd Gurley, I gotta imagine Bobo will have a small package of plays for him with limited practice time. Then you have Richard Samuel, who is the best pass blocker and will be the 3rd own back.
So it adds up to 30-35 touches per game for the Dawgs’ stable of running backs.
Kentucky Jacket
July 11th, 2012
1:40 pm
Mark, when did your blog become a dwag blog? According to TIme it is. As for Richt, I don’t think the wins and losses will get him, it is the characters he is recruiting that will get him. The pressure won’t come from the fans, they don’t care, they only want to win. It will come from the administration who will finally have enough of the black eye nationally the program has.
Ted M
July 11th, 2012
1:40 pm
that last sentence tells it all…maybe the answer is this season.
Excuses so far
July 11th, 2012
1:40 pm
Twilightmike just another Dwag talking out of his squatter. Fulmer and Tennessee lost to the eventual NC LSU team in the 2007 SEC championship.
You lose.
GT
July 11th, 2012
1:40 pm
Bill Fulmer the pumkin how I miss him.
Terrance Moore
July 11th, 2012
1:43 pm
Good assessment Buck, your key statement is this:
“Bobo has a small package”
Dawg Haus
July 11th, 2012
1:44 pm
Actually, he did, twilightmike. UT lost to LSU in that game.
Excuses so far
July 11th, 2012
1:45 pm
Kentucky Jacket-
That’s what happens when you pick UGA preseason #1 every year. The rest of the world assumes you’re a homer.
Moobs Johnson
July 11th, 2012
1:45 pm
Coach MediocRe is perfect for the Georgia program. He’ll beat the scrub teams that he’s supposed to and lose to the big boys. Nobody in the country does less with more.
DRT27
July 11th, 2012
1:45 pm
For the record there is no way to “dodge the [SEC} Western Division powers.” The dawgs will have to go through Atlanta in December.
ClinchPanther
July 11th, 2012
1:46 pm
you don’t make the schedule, you play it.
you don’t dodge them, you play them in the SEC championship. Grow up and get your facts right!
TigerinGA
July 11th, 2012
1:46 pm
As an LSU fan I hope Georgia keeps Richt. Sure he’s a nice guy, but he will never lead your team to a championship. Enjoy your mediocrity!
jdatl
July 11th, 2012
1:47 pm
I wonder if Vince Dooley could have made it in this environment. With this much parity in college football, how could anyone live up to expectations?
GT
July 11th, 2012
1:47 pm
Kentucky I agree to an extent, but you put Georgia on the field with real football teams and they start losing you will meet the most foul mouth fans this side of Philadelphia. This easy winning has drugged them. The reality won’t be pretty. This same crowd that leaves Athens looking like the public sewer on Sunday morning will turn on their man Richt like a dog with rabies.
Rollo
July 11th, 2012
1:49 pm
UGA fans are generally too soft. 1980 is long gone. If you want to be considered an elite team, it’s past time to win another national title. UGA has not even been to a title game since……….1980. This program is always attracting the top recruits yet seems pleased with top 15 finishes. Until this attitude changes the outcome never will. It all starts with Richt.
GT
July 11th, 2012
1:53 pm
Folks, the simple fact is the SEC ain’t all that much better than the ACC. If Georgia Tech was in the West we would be competing with the likes of Arkansas and Auburn and if given the right athletes, LSU and dare I say Alabama.
You mutts have weaseled your way out of playing Alabama once again and just tell me WHO is the last top 10 team you actually defeated?
Mark Richt
July 11th, 2012
1:54 pm
I know what the hell I’m doing, okay?
MintedDawg
July 11th, 2012
1:55 pm
Mark,
Love the optimism, but a quick check through Richt’s past SEC East titles, shows all 4 times, Richt LOST MORE GAMES the NEXT SEASON.
So, it is in RICHT’S NATURE to TAKE A YEAR LONG VACATION after he wins the SEC East.
I think it’s very simple. Richt hasn’t beat a team that finished top 25 AP since 2009.
He has to get a win against a team like that or he’s gone.
I’m not sure the fan base will continue to be content with him going 0-5, and 0-4 like he has the last 2 seasons against teams that finished with 9 or more wins.
Sure, Richt can beat the Buffulo’s, but I don’t think he’ll ever win another game against a top 10 team at Georgia.
Only 1 in on the schedule, that’s South Carolina, and Richt’s 0-2 of late there, and this one’s in Columbia.
Add to that, Richt’s stuggles against Florida, considering Richt has never beat Florida back to back seasons, he’ll lose that game too.
And lose the Bowl game for the 3rd straight year.
Richt’s pretty good against teams that win 6 games or less.
But against winning teams, since 2009, Richt’s 4-10.
Against teams that finish top 25 in AP, Richt’s 0-9.
Should Richt lose to South Carolina AND Florida, he will be fired.
McGarity won’t retain a coach who can’t win a real game in 3 years.
GT
July 11th, 2012
1:55 pm
Vince has everything Georgia would need to win in this atmosphere. Dooley was not a disinterested spectator who has his kids running wild on the streets of Athens. Dooley didn’t like loosing and his mood showed it. Hell I would bring him back at 80 at least you would get some juice out of this bunch or he would die trying. To him it was not the money or fooling the public on what he was putting on the field it was being real. We got some of that at Tech, Johnson came from the Dooley tree and you can say a lot about what Johnson is or isn’t but he is involved, unlike Richt.
Mark Richt
July 11th, 2012
1:55 pm
Not to worry my flock…I have been studying “cutting-edge” football. I know I said that last year but this time I really mean it! Now, where’s IC? I just want to love on him.
GT
July 11th, 2012
1:56 pm
!:53 was not me but you knew that.
Kincade
July 11th, 2012
1:57 pm
Mark Richt started his coaching career in 1985 as a volunteer quarterbacks coach for the Florida State Seminoles (FSU), serving under Bobby Bowden. Richt left the Seminoles to join East Carolina University as their offensive coordinator in 1989. After one year at East Carolina, Richt returned to Florida State to serve as the Seminoles’ quarterbacks coach. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 1994 upon the departure of Brad Scott. Under Richt’s direction, Florida State had some of college football’s most explosive offenses; in his seven years as offensive coordinator, the Seminoles ranked in the nation’s top five scoring offenses on five occasions, were top twelve in total offense five times, and top twelve in passing offense five times. The 2000 Seminoles offense finished the regular season ranked first nationally in total offense (549.0 yards per game), first in passing offense (384.0 ypg), and third in scoring offense (42.4 points per game).
While an assistant coach at Florida State, Richt coached two Heisman Trophy winners, quarterbacks Charlie Ward and Chris Weinke, and was part of two national championships (1993 and 1999).
Eisendawg
July 11th, 2012
1:58 pm
Most all coaches of major schools, and pro’s for that matter, are under enormous pressure to win, or be gone. It is the nature of the beast. I don’t think most people even have a clue how hard it is to run a clean program, win, plus keep 85 players happy, academically eligible, and out of trouble, plus please the AD, school board, and alumni. Try coaching a little league all star team where you have 12 players and can only play 9 at a time and you will get an idea. Even though that doesn’t even compare with coaching a major college program, you will get an idea. I guarantee you will have parents, maybe even some of them friends, who will be extremely upset with you.
GT
July 11th, 2012
1:58 pm
I agree with 1:53!
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
July 11th, 2012
1:59 pm
Well, nobody seems to remember that I was mascot all last season and just look at how the team improved! I may be a temp (because of my brown a$$ at a school that favors white a$$ed mascots) but I am getting the job done. Even with the bad influence of the running backs pervading this team (Coach Dooley calls ‘em bad apples) I set the course to an eastern division championship and then we got to play somebody (I forget who) for the SEC. How did that turn out? I seem to have memory loss. Go Dawgs!
Brian Van Gorder
July 11th, 2012
2:02 pm
Is it true that the Dawgs beat my Barners 45-7 last season? Dayuuuuum! I got some work to do.
Willie Martinez and I to the rescue!
Larry Bird
July 11th, 2012
2:03 pm
GT, you have nothing else to do but come on here and show how jealous you are of the Dawgs? You guys are terrible and getting worse. GT needs to move to the sun belt conference. That’s how you guys are recruiting anyways, like a sun belt team. LSU and Bama fans can get lost too. You would think those morons would be proud of there teams and enjoy the success they’re having. Instead they have to come here and bash the Dawgs. Losers.
GT
July 11th, 2012
2:04 pm
Keep Richt but also keep these emails, the man is hamburger meat in a couple of month. FSU had the same criminal enterprise that Georgia has now. FSU got rid of it and now can’t win a football game. Georgia won’t get rid of it until reality of schedule makes them start losing with the gangsters then they clean it up like FSU and start losing every year to Tech.
@Russ, the temp mascot
July 11th, 2012
2:05 pm
Sorry, but I don’t really believe that you are the same Russ, that has faithfully been filling in until a new uga is crowned. I’m pretty sure that the real Russ cannot type on a computer.
GTBob
July 11th, 2012
2:06 pm
Richt will never be under huge pressure. UGA fans love him too much to let his actual coaching ability be a cause for concern. He will keep averaging 8-10 wins a season and 8-10 arrests per season and nobody will really care. He isn’t a championship coach, but I think UGA fans have given up on being a championship team so it doesn’t really matter.
james
July 11th, 2012
2:06 pm
thUGA !!
@GT
July 11th, 2012
2:07 pm
If you believe FSU has cleaned it up, check out:
http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2012/07/10/greg-reid-fsu-db-and-former-ajc-super-11-selection-arrested/?cxntfid=blogs_recruiting
sting_em
July 11th, 2012
2:08 pm
Its gong to come down to the UGA USC game early in the season. With UGA not having to play any of the big 3 from the west, I think USC will loose to LSU and not Ark this year. Ark is ranked preseason #5, however they wont stay there long. Too much has happened to them in the off season. So UGA and USC will have one loss each and the tiebreaker will go to USC.
pb
July 11th, 2012
2:09 pm
Who is this Haney on ESPN and what does he know? Nothing we don’t already know. All coaches at big school programs like UGA are always under pressure to win, no doubt. But Richt just got a contract extension and pay raise. So hardly think that’s a sign a guy is in trouble. But it would also be nice for UGA to beat a few really “good” teams this year. Would take away the doubt in some people’s minds.
GT
July 11th, 2012
2:10 pm
Mark Richt is losing control of…hold on just a second, there’s a robber entering my dorm, I’ll be right back…
@GTBob
July 11th, 2012
2:10 pm
Just curious as to your thoughts about your own championship coach?
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
July 11th, 2012
2:10 pm
Hey, it is important to remember that I have several degrees from UGA and that is more than several members of the football team will collect while here. Now, arrests . . . that is a different matter. It’s hard to run with those boys on arrests. I notice one of the running backs ground the numbers off my dog tag and I don’t know where that is going to get me with Clarke County. Maybe Coach Richt can step in and do me some good as a character reference.
MintedDawg
July 11th, 2012
2:11 pm
McGarity’s trying to change perception, by scheduling a bunch of cupcakes.
But the truth is, Richt has lost his touch, Richt hasn’t won a real game against a top opponent since 2009.
And now, Richt is avoiding the top teams because he can’t beat them.
Will fans be snowed by running up the score against teams like Buffulo, and winning 9 or 10 games because you only play 1 top 25 team?
Richt can’t fix the problems that keep happening:
no special teams coach (Last in SEC in field goal %, punt return, kick return)
turnover margin against ranked teams
rushing game better than 7th in the SEC
conditoning, losing the 4th quarter
2nd half adjustments
bland offense
defensive points allowed against ranked teams
Larry Bird
July 11th, 2012
2:12 pm
@GTbob,
UGA has given up on being champions? We played for our championship last year and will again this year. You guys are recruiting terribly and can’t play defense. I would say y’all have given up sir. Do you really think your program is getting better with PJ? Didn’t think so.
AustellDawg
July 11th, 2012
2:14 pm
LMAO at GT getting robbed! That is truly hilarious. Boo got shot (on the tech campus no doubt)!
scout
July 11th, 2012
2:14 pm
To jdatl, responding to your comment about whether Dooley would make it in today’s environment, I think yes. Dooley’s philosophy was to live on a physical run game, excellent/perfection special teams play, and stingy defense. In this day of spread offenses, we see that the teams that win most of the National Championships are the teams committed to the same Dooley philosophy…. running the football with authority, playing excellent special teams, and stingy defense.
Gnats On The Flats
July 11th, 2012
2:15 pm
Ga Tech students are now being robbed at gunpoint in there dorm rooms and Paul Johnson is gonna be a sheriff in Athens??? C’mon Goldenrod that’s a stretch! How do Tech players learn the playbook when they spend all their time running for their lives??? Oh yeah,the playbook is only 3 pages, left ,right and up the middle!!! Yeah you guys are gonna fool Grantham with that! Dream on Gnats! 52-9
Isaiah Crowell's Brother
July 11th, 2012
2:15 pm
I think CMR needs to go.
FloridaFred
July 11th, 2012
2:16 pm
Please keep Mark Richt, we think he’s a great coach.
Douglas
July 11th, 2012
2:17 pm
Sorry, I’m a UGA grad but even if UGA wins the east, they will not beat Bama or LSU in the SEC championship game. As long as Bobo is the OC, we will never win the SEC again. And I think our 2nd string QB is better than Murray.
GameCockGreg
July 11th, 2012
2:17 pm
We love Coach Richt, he’s just had some bad luck of late. Please retain him, he is as good of a coach as they come.
LennyLSU
July 11th, 2012
2:20 pm
We’d love to play Richt again in the SEC Championship, so please don’t fire him, we want Mettenberger to say “Hi” at the end of the season since Coach Richt thought Mettenberger couldn’t lead a team to a Championship. 42-10. We’re going to try and hit 68-0 this time.
GTBob
July 11th, 2012
2:20 pm
UGA has given up on being champions? We played for our championship last year and will again this year.
UCLA played for their conference championship last year also. They also got pummeled by their opponent. Being in the championship game doesn’t make you a championship team.
Do you really think your program is getting better with PJ? Didn’t think so.
Yes I do, and almost all numbers prove it.
Jarvis Jones Fan Club
July 11th, 2012
2:21 pm
Hey FloridaFred, which one of my five sacks against your pathetic QB’s did you enjoy the most?
Aaron M.
July 11th, 2012
2:22 pm
Why do you think that Doug? Have you ever seen Hutson play a full sec season? Nope. Murray is the man. I do think Bobo could be a lot better, you’d think he would learn a lot more from Richt. His FSU offenses were awesome. But I know we can beat Bama LSU and anybody else. Boom goes the dynamite.
James
July 11th, 2012
2:22 pm
Can he beat a backwater Uni on the road, in the armpit of the South, on 10/6 ?
Hey GTBob
July 11th, 2012
2:22 pm
Which one of your beloved PJ’s bowl victories at tech is your favorite?
….
What’s that?
….
{crickets}
CarolinaCarl
July 11th, 2012
2:23 pm
Coach Spurrier though UGA played real good last time, and deserved to win. Just had some unlucky plays here and there, and had a little bit of a hard time, AGAIN, stopping Marcus Lattimore. I’m sure, the 3rd time will be the charm for Coach Richt. Surely he won’t lose 3 straight to the lowly South Carolina? No, so keep him, he’s better than Saban anyday.
Fair n Balanced
July 11th, 2012
2:24 pm
Haney is right. Sadly, GA teams under Richt haven’t done well when expected to. This heightens the pressure even more. But comparing Richt to Bowden n Fulmer is not a fair comparison.
Jaded Dawgs Fan
July 11th, 2012
2:25 pm
This is exactly what I’ve been saying. Last year was good enough to buy Richt more time, but that’s about it. Ten wins sounds nice, but who did we really beat? I haven’t bought this “Richt is no longer on the hot seat” trope that people have been selling. It’s not like we won the national championship.
I’ve always been a Richt supporter. Love the guy to death as a person. But I’m tired of the direction of the football program. Hanging on to Willie too long, refusing to upgrade the offensive coordinator position, the endless arrests, the inability to win big games, the losses to non-conference opponents…it’s just getting old. We saw some things turn back in the right direction last year, but we need to see more of it this year. If the progress stalls in 2012, I’ll be ready for a new era in Georgia football.
Larry Bird
July 11th, 2012
2:26 pm
The rushing numbers are improving but that’s about it. I feel sorry for the next coach of GT. He’s going to have to come in and recruit ALL new players. You guys would be recruiting terribly even for Idaho State.
Fair n Balanced
July 11th, 2012
2:28 pm
9-3 would not be a surprise to me. .500 would be unacceptable and Richt would deserve the hot seat. Maybe worse.
GTBob
July 11th, 2012
2:29 pm
Which one of your beloved PJ’s bowl victories at tech is your favorite?
I have never and will never care about meaningless end of the season waste of money exhibition games.
Jump31
July 11th, 2012
2:30 pm
Mark,
ESPN’s not the only one that’s given up hope for Mark Richt. Phil Steele, who has been on the mark on the SEC East for many years, says it’s Florida in 2012, and not UGA. I guess that’s because UGA hasn’t won consecutive games vs. UF in over 20 years. And Steele can’t see the way Spurrier has figured out how to beat Georgia (blitz Aaron Murray to get interceptions and fumbles, win special teams, count on 3 turnovers, save Lattimore for the 4th quarter due to UGA’s inferior conditioning, etc.)
GTBob
July 11th, 2012
2:31 pm
The rushing numbers are improving but that’s about it.
He has the highest winning percentage of any GT coach since Bobby Dodd and is the first GT coach in history to win 8 games 3 of his first 4 seasons. I would call that improvement.
Old Dawg
July 11th, 2012
2:32 pm
Well, well, well. Yes, UGA has problems with bad eggs … but so do other schools. FSU just had a player arrested for a small amount of dope in his car, a suspended license etc.
Arkansas has had several arrests, and the list goes on and on.
All of the players at UGA and other schools were recruited by other SEC and D-1 schools, so it’s not like they would have been angels if their signatures were with other schools. On the surface, at least, it appears there is something unbalanced in UGA’s policies compared with other schools. Whether that can be worked out, I tend to doubt it.
As for this season, I expect the Dawgs to have an excellent year. The schedule certainly lines up that way. I’m just hoping the players can focus on the games on the field and not the off field games.
GT
July 11th, 2012
2:34 pm
Bottom line, Angelic Richt recruits thugs. Saban and Miles don’t do it and Paul Johnson CERTAINLY doesn’t do it. Mainly UGag and Free Shoes going after boyz from da hood.
Mike S.
July 11th, 2012
2:35 pm
I’m with you Mark. I think UGA would have to sink towards .500 again to get Richt in jeopardy.
This whole “dodged the West powers” is all bull. People manipulate this schedule argument all the time depending on what point they want to make.
UGA didnt dodge anyone. They won the East, and ran into LSU in the SEC Championship. If you think they arent as good as Arkansas, Bama, and LSU, then the best they can do is win the East which is exactly what they did. Besides, I dont recall anyone knocking Bama last year because they didnt play South Carolina or UGA when comparing schedules with OSU.
DumbBunny
July 11th, 2012
2:36 pm
Even though Richt loses more games than te year before
THE LAST 7 OUT OF 9 SEASONS
20% chance we win more games this year.
Ohh, does tha mean 80% chance we win 9 games or less?
DumbBunny
July 11th, 2012
2:37 pm
Even though Richt followed
THE LAST 4 SEC EAST 1ST PLACE FINISHES
with a WORSE season the NEXT YEAR
ALL 4 TIMES, 4 OUT 4, 100% OF THE TIME
I predict we will win 11 or games.
Egads, 0% chance, uh ohhhh///
Mike S.
July 11th, 2012
2:39 pm
@GT – then how do you explain Zach Mettenberger in an LSU uniform…kicked off the UGA squad for getting into legal troubles. You’ve been living under a rock if you think Saban and Miles arent recruiting from the same talent pool. Johnson would too except none of them want to run the triple option.
@GTBob
July 11th, 2012
2:39 pm
Do you really think your program is getting better with PJ? Didn’t think so.
Yes I do, and almost all numbers prove it.
Well, at first I thought you were crazy with this statement until I went back and took a look at those numbers.
2009 – UGA 30 – Tech 24 = 6 points
2010 – UGA 42 – Tech 34 = 8 points
2011 – UGA 31 – Tech 17 = 14 points
What type of math you guys studying over there?
GT
July 11th, 2012
2:39 pm
From a statistical standpoint, the Georgia Tech defense did not show an improvement last season. This is Al Groh’s third season, will we finally see the switch to the 3-4 pay off for Georgia Tech?
Its going to be tough to improve a lot on defense having lost, unexpectedly, the most productive player in ILB Julian Burnett to a career ending injury. Replacing Burnett and how much the defensive line, especially the NT position, improve will be the biggest keys. The linebackers have more depth having recruited to the 3-4 for two seasons now, even with the Burnett loss. The unit needs some players to step up as difference makers; OLB Jeremiah Attaochu is a player to watch here as is RS Fr. Jabari Hunt-Days.
The secondary is the strongest unit on the defense with three solid cornerbacks and two productive safeties. This unit was better than the stats showed last year, but the lack of pressure from the front seven made pass defense tougher than it should have been.
One overlooked item this offseason was the hiring of a new strength and conditioning coach. I have thought for the last three seasons under the old regime Tech looked physically overmatched on defense, especially up front. It may take until next season to see changes with the hire coming just last month.
The improvement on defense really comes down to finding playmakers in the front seven to slow the run and get a consistent pass rush.
If Georgia Tech improves this year, it will likely be on the strength of their defense which has shown little to no improvement under Al Groh since Tech switch to the 3-4. Last year Georgia Tech was fifth in the ACC in total defense at 359 yards per game (in 2009 before the switch they allowed 360). Tech was eighth last year in points allowed at 26.1 (in 2009 they allowed 24.8). If Georgia Tech wants to take the next step forward they must do it on defense and I just don’t see the horses in the front seven to think they will improve this year. I don’t think they will be worse, but I don’t see a big jump happening for Tech on defense. Tech will compete in the ACC this year, just like they do every year under PJ. They have an excellent chance of finishing second in the Coastal division behind Virginia Tech. In order to take the next step they need to recruit better players on defense and they need to do a better job developing them once they get on campus.
Boise Dawg
July 11th, 2012
2:40 pm
First let me say I really like Mark Richt and hope he is our coach for a long time. That being said, I absolutely agree with the ESPN article and that Richt is still under a lot of pressure this year. But what coach at any top Tier SEC team isn’t? This isn’t all that different though from any other major program. Bottom line there are some SEC coaches (Saban, Spurrier and Miles come to mind) that have built up enough good will with their fan bases that they could withstand a very disappointing season.
Richt moved the program in a positive direction last season… but it is going to take more than 1 good season for the majority of fans to forget the dissapointments of 2008 – 2010. I think the only way he builds up some job security is winning the SEC again and/or beating a top 10 team. Short of that…. I don’t think he can afford another dissapointing year. With the schedule we have and the talent coming back anything short of 10 wins and I think McGarity is really going to hear it. Not saying that is right, but just what I think….
Money for Nothing
July 11th, 2012
2:41 pm
Who gives a flying {flip} about something as insignificant as georgia tech football? You can’t spell pathetic without tech!!!
MattDawg
July 11th, 2012
2:41 pm
This is the last year for Richt unless he wins it all. There is no excuse left. He has good players on both sides of the ball, a schedule that should allow him to go to Atlanta, UGA should also be favored in every game with the exception of maybe South Carolina. Its Atlanta or Bust for Richt, and I think he has to win there too or he is out… If he doesnt do it this year… when will he? never.
DumbBunny
July 11th, 2012
2:42 pm
Things are looking up:
1) We lost 4 of our 6 blockers on the line in the NFL draft
2) That leaves 31 games of o-line experience
3) We lost the top 2 running back producers for the 2nd straight season
4) We return a total of 2 td’s combined with the 5 backs
5) We have a true Freshman kicker with 0 starts
6) We have a true freshman punter with 0 starts
7) 6 of our defensive starters are suspended
Therefor, we will win 11 games or more!!!
Go Dawgs!
July 11th, 2012
2:42 pm
Who in the heck is Travis Haney? What does he know about Georgia football? Why should I care what he has to say about Mark Richt’s job security when he probably can’t even name one of UGA’s high priced boosters?
GTBob
July 11th, 2012
2:43 pm
What type of math you guys studying over there?
The type of math that includes more then one game per year. I was talking about GT as a program under CPJ as compared to how were were before him. We are a good bit better overall. Do you really think the 2010 GT team was better then the 2011 GT team?
To Goldenrod and GTBob
July 11th, 2012
2:44 pm
Just the facts of the Mark Richt era:
November 24, 2001 Atlanta, GA Georgia 31–17
November 30, 2002 Athens, GA Georgia 51–7
November 29, 2003 Atlanta, GA Georgia 34–17
November 27, 2004 Athens, GA Georgia 19–13
November 26, 2005 Atlanta, GA Georgia 14–7
November 25, 2006 Athens, GA Georgia 15–12
November 24, 2007 Atlanta, GA Georgia 31–17
November 29, 2008 Athens, GA Georgia Tech 45–42
November 28, 2009 Atlanta, GA Georgia 30–24
November 27, 2010 Athens, GA Georgia 42–34
November 26, 2011 Atlanta, GA Georgia 31–17
GT
July 11th, 2012
2:46 pm
November 29, 2008 Athens, GA Georgia Tech 45–42 is the ONLY one that mattered, pay no attention to those other games.
We bit off the Hedges and are still chewing on them!
Boise Dawg
July 11th, 2012
2:47 pm
Some of you have commnented that above .500 is some sort of threshold. Given our schedule this year…Unless our roster gets decimated by freak injuries… I can’t see Richt surviving anything worse than 8-4… and I think 9-3 or 8-4 would really put him squarely on the hot seat again. Not saying he has to win 10 games every year, I just think looking at it objectively.. understanding the expectations with the talent we have and the positive direction we moved in last year, this would not be the year to go 7 – 5 or worse.
Mike S.
July 11th, 2012
2:47 pm
To those who think Richt has to win it all this year…get real. They should win the East, but that doesnt mean he has the team playing good enough to beat LSU or Bama in the title game. No one else can, so why should you hang Richt out to dry on that?
Cupcake Wars
July 11th, 2012
2:48 pm
Richt should be on the hot seat….OK coach, but greatly underachieving with the players recruited. Sure last year (and probably this one) will look pretty good as far as record is concerned due to very easy sched, but if/when they play someone of significance, they will get wiped off the field.
Yes the SEC is football king…..but UGA is in the middle of the pack and living off the big boys’ glory.
ugaclassof2004
July 11th, 2012
2:49 pm
Nothing wrong with pressure, pressure can be a good thing as far as I’m concerned. The expectations at UGA are high( although not as high as they sometimes should be). I think what has hurt Richt is that he had so much success early on, that he became complacent. And as a fan-base, we got complacent as well. We made a LOT of allowances for Richt, despite his limitations, because he’s such a great guy.
There has been times when Richt’s teams have shown signs of greatness, and then there are other times where his teams will completely lay an egg. The SEC title game last year was a perfect example. We completely outplayed LSU in the 1st half, held them to without a freakin first down! We could have very easily been up 21-0 in that game. Yet we completely shot ourselves in the foot and fell apart in the second half. Now LSU was the better team, but shoot don’t just play hard for a half and then quit! I mean c’mon, you’re playing the 1# team in the country for the SEC Title! Give a crap!!!
See that is what has been so frusterating with Richt; he has proven that he can put a team on the field that can compete with the elites in the country when he wants to. But when things go bad, like they do in games, he just seems ill equipped to a. make changes or b. to chew guys butts out when they need to be chewed. I really have a hard time understanding what motivates Richt. One week, he and his coaching staff will put together a great game plan, and then the next week it’s just horrible. I really don’t get it.
GTBob
July 11th, 2012
2:49 pm
Just the facts of the Mark Richt era
We all know the record. If Bill Parcells coached GT and Mark Bradley coached UGA then UGA would still win 9 out of 10 years. If the only thing you care about is beating GT then congrats, Richt will be there the rest of his life. Those are awfully low expectations though.
Mike S.
July 11th, 2012
2:50 pm
@GT – keep chewing on that decomposed hedge from 2008. That is the only reason Johnson isnt on the hot seat. I imagine he wont get much more sympathy if UGA continues to dominate the game like they did last year.
Kanti Patel
July 11th, 2012
2:50 pm
May my alma mater Georgia Tech rise up and defeat evil Georgia Bulldog in their sutbol match!
Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,
Dispenser of India’s destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Shindhu,
Gujarat and Maratha,
Of the Dravida and Orissa and Bangla;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and is
chanted by the waves of the Indian Ocean.
They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
Thou dispenser of India’s destiny.
victory forever.
The Truth
July 11th, 2012
2:51 pm
GT @1:53
Bud, you need to stop consuming excessive amounts of alcohol at lunch, or smoking weed with Greg Reid. It’s patently obvious you are irrational, bordering on lunacy. To suggest ‘The SEC ain’t all that much better than the ACC’ REALLY, REALLY???? You compare Fish Fry Johnson’s team favorably with Arkansas, Auburn, and suggest with one or two athletes you are on a par with Alabama and LSU????? When is the last time an ACC team beat an SEC team? For that matter, when is the last time an ACC team beat anybody of significance? Remind me, how did your 2011 Champion Clempson Tigers fare against W Va in the Orange Bowl??
As for the last time Georgia beat a Top 10 team, hmmmm, let’s see, oh yeah, wasn’t it that butt kicking we put on the then 7 ranked GT Yellow Jackets down at Historic Grant Field, Bobby Dodd Stadium? I seem to recall we administed a whipping to the “cheating by playing illegal players trying to beat the Dawgs” Fish Fry Johnson bunch. That same day I seem to recall the ‘ol Ball Coach S Car team beating the snot out of the ACC’s other Division Chump, those Clempson Tigers. Here the ACC’s Div Champs lost games to two also rans from the SEC. And you think the ACC is on par with the SEC? The ACC would struggle to win against Sun Belt teams.
Dawglasville
July 11th, 2012
2:51 pm
GT Bob – you have brought me out of hibernation. I appreciate that you realize that it is not realistic to expect Tech to compete with UGA in football. Your reasoning has been well documented and I think it is more or less accurate. Using your logic, why can’t Tech compete with UNC or Duke in basketball?
Larry Bird
July 11th, 2012
2:51 pm
so is 8-5 Bob
@GT
July 11th, 2012
2:52 pm
We bit off the Hedges and are still chewing on them!
You do realize that UGA regularly pees on those hedges?
Just the Facts
July 11th, 2012
2:53 pm
Hey GTBob…
We have MUCH higher aspirations then beating your HS offense (again).
Mark Richt
Championships
2 SEC Championships (2002, 2005)
5 SEC Eastern Division Titles (2002–2003, 2005, 2007, 2011)
Awards
2x SEC Coach of the Year (2002, 2005)
Perennial top 10 team
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
2:53 pm
Aaron Murray is the greatest QB of ALL TIME
MARK RICHT is the great coach of all time.
Why can’t ya’ll see that?
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
2:55 pm
Glad no one’s blogging here about the UGA-UF results under Mark Richt
DISTRACT, TALK about the 1 UNRANKED team Richt has done well against
Ga Tech, yes, let’s spend the whole blog talking about that….
Burma Shave
July 11th, 2012
2:55 pm
When Richt is gone
It will be a relief
But as long as he stays
He’ll bring nothing but grief
BURMA SHAVE
ConfusedDawg
July 11th, 2012
2:57 pm
What the heck is a “sutbol match”? smh
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
2:57 pm
Richt has also done well against Vanderbilt, let’s focus there
BUT PLEASE
DON’T BRING UP THE FLORIDA GATORS……..@@@@###$%^&
Larry Bird
July 11th, 2012
2:59 pm
Go away Bluto, nobody was talking to you.
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
3:00 pm
Let’s try and DISTRACT from Mark Richt’s record against teams that finish in the top 25 since 2009 since it’s 0-9, we can’t win that discussion, so, hmmm, let’s get a plan….
Don’t bring up South Carolina post 2009
Or Florida post 1990
Or from 2012, Boise, SC, LSU or Mich State.
Let’s talk about CUPCAKES…..YES, A PLAN…..
Rollo
July 11th, 2012
3:01 pm
@2:44- Beating GT is expected of Richt year in year out. Problem is he hasn’t enjoyed similar success against FL which means much more.
Eddie in Morrow
July 11th, 2012
3:01 pm
Frankly, I’m pretty fed up with all of the Richt apologists with their lame whining that all schools have the same problems with their athletes. That’s utter tripe. UGA has so many athletes arrested and suspended or dismissed outright because Mark Richt recruits low class goons with no moral code, no sense of teamwork, and a “me first” attitude that’s like a cancer to the team.
Prime examples: Washaun Ealey, Caleb King, and Isaiah Crowell. They were nothing but gang thugs, but Richt loved them.
Dawg Haus
July 11th, 2012
3:02 pm
Wasn’t Bluto named Senator?
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
3:02 pm
AARON MURRAY THREW 5 TOUCDOWNS AGAINST NEW MEXICO STATE
THEREFORE,
AARON MURRAY IS GREAT.
Super Dave
July 11th, 2012
3:03 pm
Everybody can talk all they want. The past doesn’t matter anymore and this season hasn’t started yet. Dawgs will go 11-1, win SEC and play in National Championship game, and win it. There you go. Let’s see what happens this year before we start s talking. Thanks.
Eddie in Morrow
July 11th, 2012
3:04 pm
The athletic history of UGA is full of so many sordid, sleazy incidents – dating back to Vince Dooley and continuing through Mark Richt – that it’s impossible to overlook. The school has come to stand for drunkenness and lawlessness, coddling of illiterate low-class athletes who should never have been admitted to college, and rampant cheating by coaches.
UGA and Mark Richt are an affront and an embarrassment to all decent people in this state.
Jay
July 11th, 2012
3:04 pm
Richt should be under pressure. Half the defense is suspended, he can’t keep a running back from going to jail, his defensive coordinator embarrasses the team constantly with his mouth and will be leaving in a couple years, and Uga didnt beat anyone of note last year.
Larry Bird
July 11th, 2012
3:05 pm
Richt loves all his players Eddie. And your favorite school recruited these guys too.
L Lovelace
July 11th, 2012
3:05 pm
dawgs will not play anywhere but shreveport with four to five sec losses.
Dawglasville
July 11th, 2012
3:06 pm
Eddie – what “gang thug,” activity was Ealey and King involved in?
RJW
July 11th, 2012
3:06 pm
Year in and year out Georgia has strong recruiting classes and failes to win anything. Richt should of been fired long ago. Not to mention the fact that they are first in division one among legal issues off the field for there players over the last three years. If Saban, or Miles, or Brady Hoke or any top tier coach had the same teams Richt has had Georgia would have at least one more national championship.
SEC Fact Finder
July 11th, 2012
3:06 pm
Questions most AD’s and University Leadership ask themselves:
What has the Head Coach done with the talent on the field in recent years? Has the players under your direction been good stewards of the program? Are the players under your direction in good academic standing? Are the players under your direction graduating?
You ask yourself those question in evaluating your head coach and it will clear things up for some.
lawzoo
July 11th, 2012
3:06 pm
With the cupcake SEC schedule he’s got he should be.
Lose to Carolina . Hope you can beat Ole Mess. What crap ! Em Dawgs have to have it fed to them.
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
3:06 pm
I HAVE A PLAN, YES, A PLAN…
LET’S SHIFT FORM RICHT’S 0-9 RECORD VS. RANKED TEAMS TO
RICHT’S RECORD AGAINST WINNING TEAMS
WAIT, THAT’S 4-10 LATELY, OK, BAD PLAN.
OK, HOW RICHT’S RECORD AGAINST TEAMS WITH LOSING RECORD, 6 WINS OR LESS
OK, LET’S TRY AND BLOG ABOUT THOSE WINS….
HOW ABOUT THAT DEREK DOOLEY, WOW GREAT COACH THERE, RICHT BEAT HIM PEOPLE.
RICHT ALSO PULLED OUT AN IMPRESSIVE WIN AGAINST
COASTAL CAROLINA LAST YEAR.
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
3:09 pm
ALSO, DO NOT BRING UP BOWL GAMES, 0-2 THERE OF LATE.
OR DO NOT BRING UP SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, 0-1 THERE TOO.
TRY AND FOCUS ON THE LESSER GAMES, LET’S PICK OLE MISS FOR EXAMPLE, THOUGHT RICHT DOMINATED THAT TEAM.
SSIgator
July 11th, 2012
3:10 pm
Is Richt still under heavy pressure?
Of course not – as long as the Kool-Aid holds out – he will have a job at UGA. Why? Because people like him, he is such a nice man. So UGA fans will tolerate the occasional ten win seasons and the powers that be in the admin. will tolerate him as long as the money rolls in, but that is as good as it will get. But this is what happens when you hire a former bartender that decides he wants to try his hand at being a part-time missionary and a part-time football coach. Enjoy your $3,000,000 per year investment.
gomdawg
July 11th, 2012
3:10 pm
DON’T START THAT SHZT MARK , WHY DONT YOU GET A REAL JOB AND LEAVE OUR DAWGS ONLY BUTT HOLE
Super Dave
July 11th, 2012
3:11 pm
F off Bluto.
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
3:11 pm
If you ever intervirew Richt
Do NOT, under ANY curcumstances
Ask him about his rushing game
because he’ll start cursing everyone in the room out….
So let’s focus on the passing games
HOW ABOUT MURRAY’ TD’S….(REMIND PEOPLE NOT TO NOTICE WHO THOSE TD’S WERE SCORED AGAINST)
Cecil Dawdlehead
July 11th, 2012
3:13 pm
KEEP MARK RICH COACH. HE’S A GOOD MAN. DON’T DRANK!!!
Super Dave
July 11th, 2012
3:13 pm
GovernorBluto is Paul Johnson! That is the only thing I can think of. He sounds way too bitter. Either that or Aaron Murray was with his gf in that pic from spring break.
Jason
July 11th, 2012
3:13 pm
CMR is the Tommy Tuberville of the East. He gets close to the prize but just never can quite do that extra little something to make it happen. He’s the kid who made good grades in school, went to a good school that wasn’t quite Ivy League, and can’t quite get his career beyond middle management. He’s the diet Pepsi of coaches. He will never bring a championship to Athens but his teams almost always do pretty good but never great. Might as well change the school colors to beige and goldenrod.
Tide Roll
July 11th, 2012
3:16 pm
Are you kidding me? The guy absolutely, positively, doesn’t give a crap. It’s infuriating. Hell, more than likely, he believes he should be fired, but as long as you fools are willing to pay him, he’s good with it. Only at UGA. 31 years and counting
1eyedJack
July 11th, 2012
3:17 pm
Man, I just hate it when the nerds don’t have a Calculus test to study for.
Mike Bobo
July 11th, 2012
3:18 pm
Georgia just scored on Auburn….AGAIN!
1eyedJack
July 11th, 2012
3:18 pm
Coach Paul Johnson has the personality of a sack of taters.
Super Dave
July 11th, 2012
3:18 pm
Yeah jack and I hate it when the Bama Turds get off there shift at the tire shop
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
3:19 pm
Overheard mcGarity-Richt dicussion at end of season:
McG: Coach, what’s the problem.
CMR: Dang it Greg, I can’t beat a ranked team anymore.
McG: Coach, how can I help?
CMR: Well, I wish there was some way you could fix things were we don’t have to play those guys.
McG: You mean, you want a schedule void of any top 25 teams, except those we can’t get out of..
CMR: That’s right, ten I feel like I can excel.
McG: Consider it done, I’ll try and make sure you only face 1 top 25 team, and it won’t be from the dreaded SEC West, and it will be a team who plays 2 out of the top 3 SEC West teams, will that work.
CMR: Yes Greg, you’re an answer to my prayer, halleluyah.
GTBob
July 11th, 2012
3:21 pm
Using your logic, why can’t Tech compete with UNC or Duke in basketball?
I don’t really understand the question. Duke and UNC are two of the top 3 programs in all of college basketball and GT beats them much more then they beat UGA in football. They beat UNC 3 times in one season recently.
Ghost
July 11th, 2012
3:21 pm
GT, Why is it that 25-30% of the Georgia roster had offers from PJ and tech, and 7 or 8 of the 2013 class of verbal commits to Georgia also have offers from tech?Pj doesn’t recruit the same players as Georgia. is pure BS . He just can’t sign them.
1eyedJack
July 11th, 2012
3:21 pm
I’m sorry, I meant he had the personality of a lump of clay. He just looks like a sack of taters.
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
3:21 pm
man, can’t figure out why the country doesn’t vote Aaron Murray for ALL AMERCIAN
DON’T THEYT SEE HOW GREAT HE IS????
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@SEC Fact finder
July 11th, 2012
3:22 pm
Agreed. Coaches are evaluated on a number of things. Naturally, winning is very important, but in addition what you mentioned, the ability to recruit well and get the most out of your players. Even more important, don’t have any sexual predators on your coaching staff. Also not advisable to lock up a player in a broom closet, especially if his dad is Crag James.
The Ghost of Wally Butts
July 11th, 2012
3:22 pm
Sure hope our players don’t read the negative comments on this blog….
…I would hate for these comments to distract them from…braiding their hair….firing off insults towards the fans on their facebook pages or tweets…..getting some rest before the Athens bars open tonight….making sure their “burnt number” firearms are kept in a hard-to-find place in case of searches…and other such important things for today’s Bulldog players.
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
3:23 pm
Murray was ROBBED Last yeart
he should have won the hesiman…
SSIgator
July 11th, 2012
3:23 pm
“Let’s talk about CUPCAKES…..YES, A PLAN…..
GovernorBluto sounds like our POTUS. You know, that Piece Of Trash Urban Scum currently trashing the nation.
GTBob
July 11th, 2012
3:27 pm
2 SEC Championships (2002, 2005)
5 SEC Eastern Division Titles (2002–2003, 2005, 2007, 2011)
Awards
2x SEC Coach of the Year (2002, 2005)
You are doing what all UGA fans do. Clinging to 2002 and 2005. Its 2012 now. Those years are gone. Time to move on. What has he accomplished in the last 4 years? One SEC championship berth which was earned by not beating a single quality team?
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
3:27 pm
richt beat derek dooley both seasons,
so,
richt’s a great coach
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
3:29 pm
Do NOT bring up Florida’s record against Mark Richt (since it’s 8-3)
It makes the Coach look like he can’t beat his biggest rival….
GTBob
July 11th, 2012
3:32 pm
Richt in the last 4 years (2007-2011):
4 top 10 recruiting classes
2-14 against teams that finished ranked.
14-18 against teams that finished with a winning record.
50 arrests.
Super Dave
July 11th, 2012
3:32 pm
Aaron Murray had sexual relations with GovernorBlutos girlfriend and bluto is still bitter about it.
RxDawg
July 11th, 2012
3:33 pm
Mark Richt coaches at the University of Georgia. Of course he’s under heavy pressure. The head Bulldog is always under heavy pressure.
Francisco Cabrera
July 11th, 2012
3:33 pm
Anyone can get lucky for one at bat, right?
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
3:33 pm
UGA is 16-11 the last 2 years, try and distract people from noticing that….
blackandwhitestripes
July 11th, 2012
3:34 pm
I think the inmates from the athens cesspool will get beat down by a couple of teams this year. Starting with South Carolina. Next By Georgia Tech.
Pee Wee Herman
July 11th, 2012
3:34 pm
My hero is GT Bob
His ability to cut and paste is awesome.
Mr. Johnson
July 11th, 2012
3:35 pm
I thought I told you to get back to work Bluto! Those toilets aren’t going to clean themselves
RxDawg
July 11th, 2012
3:36 pm
And for the last time yall, it’s the west “powers” that are dodging UGA. BAM
Super Dave
July 11th, 2012
3:39 pm
UGA does not make there own sec schedule so the argument that they’re scared to play them or are dodging them is idiotic and invalid. Next stupid statement?
Delbert D.
July 11th, 2012
3:39 pm
The contract he got says it all.
@GTBob
July 11th, 2012
3:40 pm
GTBob
July 11th, 2012
3:27 pm
2 SEC Championships (2002, 2005)
5 SEC Eastern Division Titles (2002–2003, 2005, 2007, 2011)
Awards
2x SEC Coach of the Year (2002, 2005)
You are doing what all UGA fans do. Clinging to 2002 and 2005. Its 2012 now. Those years are gone. Time to move on. What has he accomplished in the last 4 years? One SEC championship berth which was earned by not beating a single quality team?
So, what does that say for your team, who not only has lost consistantly to the team that you are so critical of, but also cannot win a bowl game. Judging from the number of times I see your name on UGA blogs, sounds like you are “clinging” to bashing UGA, when you should be on a Tech blog.
Al
July 11th, 2012
3:40 pm
The “west” powers dodging UGA, really? Who??
as far as national titles from
July 11th, 2012
3:41 pm
teams in this state goes….
georgia tech rules and rules big.
now i expect to hear from a few dawgs claiming titles they had no biz claiming such as the one in 68 over an undefeated team of the century ohio state over a uga team that had like 3 losses. lmao . you dawgs kill me with bogus claims.
of course most of the nc’s that diehard dawgs cling to are bogus.
georgia tech rules this state wrt national championships.
go jackets
SSIgator
July 11th, 2012
3:42 pm
GTBob -
Wow, talk about clinging to the past, you should hop over to Twit Towers blog he posted this morning “The 10 Greatest UGA Player” list. He almost already has three hundred posts from fans falling all over themselves wanting to re-live the past.
1eyedJack
July 11th, 2012
3:42 pm
Yeah, the only part of the schedule we have control over is the OOC cupcakes, like Georgia Tech.
gomdawg
July 11th, 2012
3:44 pm
Murray is a very good QB if you go back and watch some games last you you will see a lot of the passes was drop and when you dont have a running back that hurts a QB , so at the end of this year ya’ll will eat crow.
GTanner
July 11th, 2012
3:44 pm
What was funny was the fans who moaned and pulled their hair out claiming UGA had been declining “for five or six years.” Math is the first thing to go when you’re delusional.
uga does have control over
July 11th, 2012
3:44 pm
it pathetic ooc schedule. have they won a relevant occ game in this century?
hey dawgs how many schollie players are you down to? you have lost so many players to felony arrests bad grades and poor behavior that we have lost count.
thanks for all the drama. it makes the summer go by quickly.
lmao
Joe D.
July 11th, 2012
3:46 pm
Notre Dame always has one of the strongest schedules in the country, how’s that worked out for them?
Al
July 11th, 2012
3:46 pm
Murray is only good against average teams. The QB position needs to be opened up for competition.
Bama in Atlanta
July 11th, 2012
3:47 pm
Enter your comments here
GovernorBluto
July 11th, 2012
3:48 pm
Try and make going 0-5 against teams whi finish in the top 25 AP POLL in 2010
and going 0-4 against teams who finish in the top 25 ap poll in 2011
look like an IMPROVEMENT. EVEN THOUGH IT’S NOT.
0-5 IS NO DIFFERENT FORM 0-4.
JUST TRY AND GET PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON THE 6-7 TO 10-4 INSTEAD.
SOCKpuppett
July 11th, 2012
3:49 pm
gov bluto, great plan….you’re a winner…
King Pellinore
July 11th, 2012
3:50 pm
Mark Richt is a fine christian, and will be here as long as he likes. Winning football games is not really a big deal, as long as we keep churning out fine young men into the larger community. Raise a glass to Richt, and cheer for the UGA!
Joe Montana
July 11th, 2012
3:50 pm
59.1% completions 3149yds 35tds 14ints looks good to me, but what do I know?
CarbinaDawg
July 11th, 2012
3:51 pm
GOV BLUTO, YOU SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT FOR BRING UP RICHT’S 0-9 RECORD.
CANT YOU SEE HOW THAT MEANS RICHT’S GREAT?
Bama in Atlanta
July 11th, 2012
3:51 pm
I wouldn’t label Richt as on the hot seat going into the season but it will depend on how the season goes as to whether or not he puts himself on the hot seat. The downside risk of an easier SEC schedule and easy non-conference games is that you are not just expected to win but win convincingly.
I believe UGA and SoCal are the only two major teams to be favored in all scheduled games for 2012. Therefore, UGA is expected to be undefeated when they play for the SECCG at the dome. If the coaches and/or players have this on their mind instead of taking one game at a time then an upset or two could occur. In which case Richt will need to buy aloe by the caseload if he wants to sit down.
On the flipside of the risk, if I were a UGA fan I would much rather be favored going into each game than be the underdog by a couple of TDs. On paper, the dawgs have the talent to run the regular season table and take the Athens-to-Atlanta shuttle in December to play for the not-so-mythical SECC…..unless, of course, you’re Steve Spurrier and believe that non-division games shouldn’t count!
My question to UGA fans is if the dawgs go undefeated in regular season but lose in the SECCG and then lose their bowl game would you consider Richt to be on the hot seat?
CarbinaDawg
July 11th, 2012
3:53 pm
Good grief, you bring up Murray’s 39% completion rate vs. LSU, true, 9 other QB’s averaged 55% against LSU, but that proves how truly great Murray is, you sound like an idiot if you can’t see that….isn’t it obvious?
Bama in Atlanta
July 11th, 2012
3:54 pm
Ok, the ajc filter doesn’t seem to like more than on paragraph so I’ll try to split up my comments and see if that works…
I wouldn’t label Richt as on the hot seat going into the season but it will depend on how the season goes as to whether or not he puts himself on the hot seat. The downside risk of an easier SEC schedule and easy non-conference games is that you are not just expected to win but win convincingly.
Bama in Atlanta
July 11th, 2012
3:54 pm
I believe UGA and SoCal are the only two major teams to be favored in all scheduled games for 2012. Therefore, UGA is expected to be undefeated when they play for the SECCG at the dome. If the coaches and/or players have this on their mind instead of taking one game at a time then an upset or two could occur. In which case Richt will need to buy aloe by the caseload if he wants to sit down.
Joe Montana
July 11th, 2012
3:54 pm
Even I had some bad games, his season stats speak for themselves. And you are an idiot if you can’t see that! Isn’t THAT obvious? Loser
Mixer
July 11th, 2012
3:55 pm
Joe montana 4 championships
aaron murray 0
Bama in Atlanta
July 11th, 2012
3:56 pm
On paper, the dawgs have the talent to run the regular season table and take the Athens-to-Atlanta shuttle in December to play for the not-so-mythical SECC…..unless, of course, you’re Steve Spurrier and believe that non-division games shouldn’t count!
Chris
July 11th, 2012
3:57 pm
GT, was Georgia Tech a top ten team when we beat them in 2009? I guess that’s the last time we beat a top ten team…or one that was ranked in the top ten when we played them.
Are you smoking dope or something? You come on a Georgia site to talk trash? You are 1-10 against Georgia since Richt arrived. Oh, and it’s a good thing the NCAA took your 2009 ACC trophy back. They should have given it to Georgia since we were the true champs of the ACC that year.
CorbinaDawg
July 11th, 2012
3:57 pm
AARON MURRAY THREW 14 INTERCEPTIONS, AND GOT SACKED 33 TIMES.
HOW MANY QB’S IN AMERCIA CAN SAY THAT.
MURRAY FOR HEISMAN
Fan of the Game
July 11th, 2012
3:58 pm
Greg Reid arrested. Boy college football is going down the drain. We put these guys on a pedastal and they have little or no character and don’t blame it on home life growing up. When are we going to really straigten up the real problems with college football and it isn’t a playoff system? Somebody needs to be accountable because it sure isn’t this wave of athletes we keep catering to.
CorbinaDawg
July 11th, 2012
4:00 pm
Mark Richt didn’t get a raise.
and Mark Richt’s buyout after this year was reduced to almost $0 in case Richt’s fired.
You have to be an idiot not to see that this means AD McGarity LOVES Mark Richt as a coach.
Dawglasville
July 11th, 2012
4:00 pm
GT Bob – Your dig at UGA is that we can’t win national championships. It doesn’t matter, in your argument, that Bama, Auburn, LSU, schools not as strong as UGA academically, have won the BCS recently (Florida being the exception). So Tech, who is not as tough as UNC or Duke academically, should be winning NC’s in basketball. The point is Bob, I’m not sure why you always have so much time to look at our program and so little to spend on your own. Apparently your basketball program suffers from some of the same problems our football program does.
MaconDawg
July 11th, 2012
4:03 pm
To read nothing but happy talk articles, check out Seth Emerson’s pr happy talk articles, oops, I mean, journalism pieces, they all just happen to be positive about Georgia. Or just go to georgiadogs.com, that’s where Seth gets all his dieas from for his puff pices, oops, hard hitting journalism..
notso fast
July 11th, 2012
4:06 pm
Coach R will be around for many years.He can recruit and he still has one wild card he can play if he has a bad season…fire Bobo. Good people are hard to get rid of.
Greg
July 11th, 2012
4:07 pm
Haney is from the metropolis of Cleveland, Tennessee and he graduated from UT. His bias is coming through here. He knows UGA needs to continue to have a coach in trouble to give his alma mater a chance to get some of the better players out of GA and become at least somewhat relevant again.
Truth be told, there is no coach on a hotter seat than Dooley at UT this season.
SSIgator
July 11th, 2012
4:08 pm
Fan of the Game
July 11th, 2012
3:58 pm
Greg Reid arrested.
_________________________________
No big deal. FSU is just following the blueprint for athletic recruitment that Bowden and Richt put in place for them in the 90’s. You can see that Richt has not lost his touch during his stay at UGA either.
Bama in Atlanta
July 11th, 2012
4:10 pm
Question to Mark and UGA fans – If the dawgs go undefeated in regular season but lose the SEC CG and their bowl game then would you consider Richt back on the hot seat?
Bama in Atlanta
July 11th, 2012
4:12 pm
Question: if UGA goes undefeated in regular season but loses in the SEC CG and then loses their bowl game would you consider Richt to be on the hot seat?
GTBob
July 11th, 2012
4:13 pm
Apparently your basketball program suffers from some of the same problems our football program does.
You seem to be making the assumption that academics are the sole determining factor in how good a sports team is, which is silly. I have never argued that academics are the only reason GT is worse then UGA if that is what you are implying. There are plenty of other reasons.
Eddie
July 11th, 2012
4:15 pm
I did not even read the bologna article or what is sure to be many stupid and sarcastic comments to follow. Coach Richt is in good shape and he should be. Any moron who would not want him as coach does not have a clue what the heck they are talking about. He is under no more pressure than anyother big time coach at any big time program.
JB
July 11th, 2012
4:15 pm
10 -4 this coming year with losses at Carolina, Jacksonville,SECCG and Bowl to me would mean we road this mule as far as he’ll take us. Go 12-0 and lose the SECCG and the bowl will buy some time.
I don’t know what this staff will do different this year to make the sins of the last 3-4 years go away. I’m rooting for them.
@SSIgator
July 11th, 2012
4:16 pm
Speaking of blueprint: http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/02/16/another-gator-football-player-arrested/
JB
July 11th, 2012
4:17 pm
uh, s/b be “rode this mule.
Columbus
July 11th, 2012
4:18 pm
Richt took care of the main problem and got a new DC. The rest was OL problems, Cox at Qb and extenuating circumstances that were unusual but unfolded Murrays freshman year. He promptly got a new dc and cut down on turnovers and penalties.
Richt is THE man who has NOW put UGA in position to contend for the SEC title the next 5 years and he is not going anywhere, just like, I cant believe Im say this, Bradley said! Because they will be winning and going to the SEC championship several times.
One issue I have with Haney and his thinking is that the time is now tfor Richt to win the NC because UGA does not play the west powers. That makes sense but its not fair to Richt. The team this year on paper is not ready to do that. They could win the SEC possibly and play for it but winning it will take a lot of leadership and great QB, RB, OL and receiver play. A lot of growth has to be done over the year. When the team is ready to win the NC would MOST likely happen next year IF Murray stayed for his senior year IMO. But since he most likely wont, that will hurt the chances unless Mason or Lemay cannot turn the ball over. So it does bode better for this year than next year.
There is a chance this year to win the SEC and then the NC shot will likely happen. The next few years this scenario is likely also thanks to Granthams D being able to stifle other teams. If the OL makes great strides and we have some receivers step up the next couple years, UGA will be in the SEC and national spotlight, regardless of when they are playing the West. The West will have to play UGA and I assure you they will NOT be looking forward to it either.
Its not RIchts fault though if its time to play the west and he has a rookie QB or the team is not quite as good as the west when they play them. Thats not a fair scenario. Sometimes you are strong and sometimes you are not. Scheduling might help you or hurt you when you play the west. Personally I think UGA will be strongest when they are playing the west. Personally I would not mind playing them this year if Murray can refrain from choking
The IMPORTANT thing is, and McGarrity already stated this, is progress and going in the right direction. NOT winning NC’s. ONLY one team a year out of 40-50 or so that have legitimate programs can make it. Half of those have no chance after the first few weeks. NOT good odds and certainly will not decide if Richt is on the hot seat or not.
Playing in the SEC championship several times and winning the SEC and playing for the NC a couple times the next 5 years should make ALL UGA fans very satisfied and ALL should praise Richt and bash him no more.
GTBob
July 11th, 2012
4:22 pm
Any moron who would not want him as coach does not have a clue what the heck they are talking about.
In the past 10 years UGA is ranked #2 overall in recruiting. The other 4 teams in the top 5 have played in at least 2 national championship games and have all won at least one. I could see where people might be getting frustrated that UGA is nowhere near the same level as those teams with similar talent.
Honky Talkin
July 11th, 2012
4:23 pm
With the easiest schedule in the SEC, anything short of 10 wins will be a dissappointment.
Mash
July 11th, 2012
4:27 pm
That’s crazy. Richt is nowhere near the “hot seat”. As a fan of Mark Richt’s I will say this, he needs to get a better feel for the game when the game gets tight or close. The Michigan State overtime fiasco of trying to position for a long field goal on 3rd down, rather even attempting to get a first was a terrible lapse in judgment. Or punting to Mathieu – TWICE! – when our defense had absolutely dominated the game and he’s the only player on the entire LSU roster that can hurt you with his hands on the ball. He ended up returning both of those punts and a complete domination went for naught because of a key strategical mistake. Those things can’t happen anymore. If Richt is going to take the leap to National Championship contender, his judgment has to get better in key moments.
Dawglasville
July 11th, 2012
4:29 pm
GTBob – OK. Let’s get straight to the point. Why would any adult spend so much of his time annoying people? You’ve got your coach, your team, your school, go enjoy it. You are a smart guy. Why spend so much time on this childish activity?
Al
July 11th, 2012
4:30 pm
Then be prepared to be disappointed.
As far as Murray, what has he done? His numbers are inflated, who has he beaten that is worth a damn?
He is a decent qb but certainly not great.
joe
July 11th, 2012
4:32 pm
Winner of UT/UG wins the east. Write that down with invisible ink…
Pitbull
July 11th, 2012
4:39 pm
Mark Richt is the best coach in the SEC and UGA is lucky to have him.
Mark Richt has graduated 222 players in 11 years which is pretty much an entire recruiting class each year and won 106 games during that same period of time which makes it one of the highest, if not THE highest winning percentage program in the SEC over that 11 year period.
Mark has not won a NC yet, but we have been in the SECCG 5 times since he came to Athens and won it twice. We never went to the SECCG before he got here.
CMR’s bowl record is 7-4.
He has run a clean winning program, have never embarrassed us, and we have never been placed on probation during his tenure.
I remember his first year as the UGA head coach when he made the statement that he would rather lose a game than cheat. That puts him way ahead of most other football coaches.
Oh and lets never forget that the reason Tech folks hate him is that he is 10-1 against Tech.
If UGA ever fires him then the fans will deserve the dismal and frustrating future that they will get.
DocDawg
July 11th, 2012
4:41 pm
I’ve been calling for a change for 5 years. The new contract is obviously the “measured mile” by the AD. Getting blown out in an SEC championship game is unacceptable. Not getting there in the first place is grounds for immediate dismissal. This is “the last chance”.
Music City Dawg
July 11th, 2012
4:54 pm
I don’t find Travis Haney to be the sharpest football journalist. After all, he blogs and texts about baseball on football websites. And he is a HUGE Gamecock homer. I always find it interesting that the “hotseat” issue gets rev’d up when lots of recruiting discussion is going on – perhaps it is designed to steer recruits away from UGA?!!
Since Vince
July 11th, 2012
4:55 pm
If Howdy Doody has a pair he will fire Richt when UGA loses for the third straight time to South Carolina!
UGA alum here, class of 71 & 73 and generations of family Dogs
July 11th, 2012
4:57 pm
Said succinctly ……………..UGA needs to NOT REPEAT last year with a very nice run to the SEC CG, only to get blown away after an awesome first half and then descend further into the ranks of the Outback Bowl losing with inside of 2 minutes and end up #14-17th. No Way. Fine last year BUT NOT THIS YEAR.
To SHOW IMPROVEMENT ……………UGA needs to really dominate on D all the way to the SEC CG ( no worse than 10-1) and have a fighting chance of winning it and being 11-1. If we lose CG fine, then we STILL ATTEND A HIGH QUALITY BOWL and if we WIN THE SEC CG, then we have a shot at other things.
Pulling off some 9-3 thang will not do it. Chic Fil A invite will not do it. Cap One invite may not do it. UGA is hungy ( the $$ alumni are) to win a major bowl and the SEC CG.
If not, we may need to re tool our entire staff. Folks, this is big business and McGarity ALSO will be under the gun soon with a new incoming UGA pres.
Dawglasville
July 11th, 2012
5:06 pm
Pitbull – Ditto. You can add that he has a winning record over everyone in the SEC except for LSU, and of course, UF. Again, his blemish is no national title.
CMR OMG
July 11th, 2012
5:10 pm
OMG! You must hate the CAMPUS POLICE,VINCE DOOLEY and the DAWG FANS! You have lost precious talent because of their ATTITUDES. NOTHING you can say to a family when you go into homes to recruit talent. Just tell the truth,”First they must understand stand their CHILD will be called a “THUG”.
Continue praying Coach RICHT!
Gator Man
July 11th, 2012
5:13 pm
Gator Bait!
Game Changer
July 11th, 2012
5:13 pm
Richt will leave the program after the 2013 season. Richt will cash out the longevity bonus of 2.4M and some amount added between 1 and 2.4M. Richt is done after 2013 season.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
July 11th, 2012
5:13 pm
One thing we all can agree on is that without us the AJC is in big trouble. We run this show and with humor! You need humor since 99% of the so called sport journalist never played a down of anything in their life but they could spell. Mark must have big friends in the UGA admin otherwise he would already be gone or the UGA folks don’t wish to spend the money to see him gone. Vangorder and Neil Calloway provided the discipline needed for your great years but that is over. You’re much better off with a contact that has no buyout for when you’re paying a guy 3 million a year to win that should be all you need. The amount paid these guys these days is just amazing but to be tied down for a 6-8 million buyout is just crazy. I thought it was crazy when Nick proctected himself from Bama folks getting involved in his business with a clause that stated he can be gone by nightime if he wants and nobody gets stuck with a huge bill. Your AD should have followed the bouncing ball with Richt. Heck raise his pay by 1/2 mill and remove the buyout and extend the deal if that makes it sound better. If he fails then fire him and he gets the rest of his 4 1/2 mill. Really how many millions can a country boy spend. Nick is working between 23-26 million in his piggy bank as of today and he has turned down the pros and two big college problems in the past 6 months because he finally got happy with himself at 61 and there is really no big thing over the hill anymore. Sometime you just needed to get lucky and Alabama did with Nick Saban. With the past record of the BOT I wouldn’t be surprised if Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans don’t take Nick’s spot once he retires if their past hires are an indication of the future.
Grantland Rice
July 11th, 2012
5:16 pm
“Terry Bowden resigned at Auburn midway through the 1998 season after winning the SEC West in 1997″
MB, do you think we’ll ever know what REALLY happened on the Plains?
Techies, GT, GoldenRod
July 11th, 2012
5:32 pm
How is Tech’s 2nd Probation this Century going?
gtfanfrom1951
July 11th, 2012
5:42 pm
UGA will lose 4 to 6 games this year! Vandy is better so is Auburn, Fla., South Carolina, then having to play Mizzu up there with half of the defense not playing. There no way CMR is not on hot seat by then end of the season. Next year UGA will be lucky to win 6 games!
BerniesDawg
July 11th, 2012
5:44 pm
Ok, so, I am reel smart. I graduated from U-G-A. Now, here’s how simple this thang is ya’ll.
1 We lost 4 of 6 olineman to NFL and are left with guys right @30 starts combined
+1 We lost our top 2 running backs for 2nd straight yr, the 5 guys left have 2 td’s combined
+1 We lost our All American Punter, and new punter has 0 games experience
+1 We lost our All American Kicker, and new kicker has 0 games experience
____
14-0
Get the math? No? Ok, let me break it down for ya’ll, BerniesDawg style.
Losing all that experience doesn’t hurt at all, it actually makes us BETTER because we have more guys playing their TRUE position.
See what a genius I am.
Fan
July 11th, 2012
5:47 pm
Can we give it a rest? Pressure, no pressure, gaining players, losing players, good grief. Bradley, can you talk about anything else?
FoulBall
July 11th, 2012
5:49 pm
BerniesDawg, I think you’ve been eating some of Rambo’s magic brownies. That’s got to be the stupidest (not stupendous) things I’ve ever read, and I can’t believe you’re a UGA grad.
The Ghost of Willie
July 11th, 2012
5:50 pm
Not sold on Todd Grantham either. Couldnt stop Boise,SC, LSU nor Mich State. Equals 4 losses. Wake up sheeple!
BerniesDawg
July 11th, 2012
5:57 pm
I believe the suspensions will make the team MUCH BETTER. No? Let me explain.
Ok, we don’t really play a ranked team until the South Carolina game.
That allows us to:
1- Rest our starters for the first several games (many are suspended)
2- Give other guys a lot of reps and gain invaluable experience, also preventing injuries to starters
3- Creating more depth when the South Carolina & Florida games and the tough part of the schedule actually does roll around, we will be fresher, and deeper, and can rotate guys in to play hard for 4 quarters.
Ya’ll agree with BerniesDawg?
hotdawg
July 11th, 2012
5:57 pm
Since when has a coach who’s gone 10-2 in the previous regular season been declared “on the hotseat?’
Since when has a coach with recent record of 3-0 or 4-0 against Auburn and a 2-1 record against Alabama (winners of the last 3 national championships) been declared “on the hotseat?”
Since when has a coach who JUST SIGNED a new long-term contract been delcared “on the hotseat?”
THE STUFF THE AJC STAFF CONSTANTLY STIRS UP LEAVES THEM WITHOUT CREDIBILITY!
Mark Richt is one of the GREAT coaches in all of college football. He has a proven record of a proven record of success in the toughest league (SEC) in college football and many forecasters think his chances of winning the SEC East are as good as any for 2012.
“Under fire?” “On the hotseat?” It’s a ridiculous thing. Find some news AJC reporters. Get a life!
SECGRAD
July 11th, 2012
6:00 pm
I agree with the Ghetto Yechster’s remark about CMR underproducing with his talent. The Ghetto Yech team has Ten (10) losses in eleven (11) games versus UGA. Everyone knows UGA should never have lost that one game damn it!
BMRUP
July 11th, 2012
6:01 pm
+1 Mark Bradley.
Best article I’ve read on my dogs all year.
I appreaciate a little Larry Munson pre season fear & trepidation.
Opens up the eyes!
Z Dawg
July 11th, 2012
6:05 pm
Coach Richt, thanks for not being a cry baby like the head chiken across the river. The. nerds at GT have nothing going on and that explains why they always stay on Georgia blogs. With Bulldog Nation, Coach Richt will always be a winner.
DogTurnover
July 11th, 2012
6:10 pm
Aaron Murray threw 8 interceptions in 2010, and increased it by 75% to 14 interceptions in 2011. To finish with the all time NCAA interception recrd, Murray just needs to stay on pace with his +6 int per season pace. If he throws 20 intercpetions in 2012, and 26 in 2013,
Aaron Murray will finish his career #1
in MOST INTERCEPTIONS
IN NCAA HISTORY
Ghost
July 11th, 2012
6:11 pm
Gtfan from 1951, I will take that bet, What are you willing to put up? Half the defense not playing at Mizzou? Georgia beat Auburn by 6 tds last year, and Vandy was in the game only because Walsh missed 3 field goals, South Carolina has never beaten Georgia 3 times in a row. Now if you said Vandy,Auburn are much better than tech then that makes sense. LOL at any Tech fan wanting to trash a program that has dominated them for 55 years. It must really sting to have only beaten UGA 15 times over the past 55 years.Typical techie all mouth.
DogTurnover
July 11th, 2012
6:14 pm
Murray’s #11 is an apt choice.
Murray has averaged 11 interceptions per season so far.
Murray will be 0-11 against teams that finish top 25 after this season.
Murray is 5′ 11”, and he weights 211.
Murray has never won 11 games in a season at UGA.
Murray has never beat an 11 win team.
Murray has 11 losses in 2 seasons.
Ted Striker
July 11th, 2012
6:15 pm
Richt is a good coach, represents UGA well, is fair with his players. Not soft, not a bully. I hope he coaches at UGA for a very long long time.
I used to care more about wins/losses than now; I grew up.
Realized college football isn’t life or death. Realized it’s a game and the players who play the game in the arena are far more important than the scoreboard. Realized the most important thing is for people to come out at the end of the day healthy.
Love football. However lose someone you love to cancer, attend a funeral instead of a game and you’ll realize a game is just a game and it’s a blessing to enjoy.
Perspective is important.
DogTurnover
July 11th, 2012
6:17 pm
A-A-R-O-N M-U-R-R-A-Y–
11 letters.
Joe Cox
July 11th, 2012
6:18 pm
Aaron Murray is a bust! Play Hutson!
bawbie
July 11th, 2012
6:20 pm
Fire Perno, Bobo and then Richt. Fire that Fox clown while you are at it!
Savannah dawg fan
July 11th, 2012
6:20 pm
During Mark’s tenure at Georgia, these SEC schools (Alabama, LSU, Florida) have won more than one national championship . If he fails to win this football season, his futitility in winning a national championship continues for another year.
59bulldawg
July 11th, 2012
6:25 pm
For those who aren’t crazy about our offense, I’m curious. Wasn’t Dooley at Georgia about a decade when he switched to the Veer? I don’t know for sure if it’s our playbook or our playcaller, but I really would like a different offense … or at least some new and innovative plays and/or playcalling this year. Yes I know a good case can be made for keeping what we already have but I guess I’d just like to see some different things. I want Richt to succeed but man oh man is he slow to make changes. At least Dooley was willing to try new things. I know the so called experts are picking us to do well and I’m always optimistic. But I really don’t know what to expect this season. The Carolina game in Columbia has the potential to be a classic since it is later in the season and I know alot of us alums want want to beat them in the worst way. I’d say that game and the Florida and Auburn games are must wins for Richt if he is to keep another Bulldawg Nation uprising from starting again this season.
LadySportsJournalist
July 11th, 2012
6:27 pm
Why is UGA ranked as a top 25 team?
UGA hasn’t beaten team that finished in the top 25 since 2009.
Don’t you have to beat teams that finish top 25, to be considered a top 25 team?
Good heavens, this team hasn’t even beated a 9 win team since 2009.
This is a top 50 team, sorry, just is.
Nick
July 11th, 2012
6:28 pm
Yeah, he is. This team has been a joke. Beat somebody.
LakeDawg
July 11th, 2012
6:37 pm
Richt has raised his butt off the hotseat a little bit with last year’s season, but its still hovering over the seat. I don’t think he will be fired if UGA has a disappointing season; however, it will set him up to be fired after the next season.And rightfully so.
Big Whoops Dawg Fan
July 11th, 2012
6:39 pm
I’m simply positive that UGA wouldn’t fire a coach just because his team didn’t win enough games. I mean, what kind of university do you think we are? It’s not whether you win or lose—it’s how you play the game. I would say more, but my asylum has a curfew and I must report in.
KAT91
July 11th, 2012
6:40 pm
Patrick Garbin wrote about how we’ve only had an offensive line this inexperienced, 11 times in the past. 9 out of 11 times, we won less games the next season as a result.
9 out of 11= 82% chance we go from 10 wins, DOWN to 9 or LESS.
Our oline is so inexperience they rank in the bottom 12 in the NCAA.
So, yes Mr Bradley, unfortunately, the tea leaves say 8 or 9 wins.
Look for losses to Floida, South Carolina, and possibly Auburn, Tech or Tennessee.
Plus, of course, Richt’s 0-2 in his last 2 Bowl games, so add another loss there.
I’d say, 8-5.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 11th, 2012
6:44 pm
I think Georgia is going to be very good this season, so good it could render all questions about its coach moot
LOL
Yea and when we play good teams on the schedule again what then?
takedowndawg
July 11th, 2012
6:53 pm
With the diminished schedule we are playing this year, we UGA alumni should have great expectations for Mark Richt, his coaching staff and players. There is not lack of experience in any of the three areas I have mentioned. Anything less than a total two loss season(including a bowl game) should be view as a failure for all three, particularly, Coach Richt. I sent my son(age 16) to the Mark Richt football camp in June and was very disappointed with the lack of professionalism of the camp, particularly, by OL Coach, Friend. The coaches did not even introduce themselves to the attendees, for starters, and it went downhill from there. No wonder we are having trouble attracting top CHARACTER type athletes to UGA. When will this change? Won’t be seeing any Stinchcomb family types in the near future. Theus, may be the exception.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 11th, 2012
6:59 pm
takedowndawg
You are a paying customer; they dont care about you; They want thug players who dont have to pay and could care less about UGA football show up to their camp
WalMart Special
July 11th, 2012
6:59 pm
Lots of grate UGA items at the WalMart….. Their the only team in Geojia evedentally.
Go Dwags!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 11th, 2012
7:06 pm
WalMart Special
Do they sell the book entitled “How to win big games”
I havent seen UGA win a big game since 2005
I figure this book might get us on track to winning in Athens again
TXDawg3
July 11th, 2012
7:11 pm
Isn’t “Goldenrod” an irritating weed that causes allergic reactions to human beings?
evil empire
July 11th, 2012
7:13 pm
great to see Flat Tire back on the blogs…i see where the great SI writer Mr. Mandel has re-issued his college football pecking order after a 5 year hiatus..programs with Kings status from SEC: Lsu, Bama, Florida…programs with Baron status: Tenn, Auburn. TAMU, uga…you boys are right there with Clemson and UCLA…congrats on the admission into the pool of kinda good/sometimes/when the schedule is easy and everyone else is struggling…enjoy your swim ladies…
evil empire
July 11th, 2012
7:15 pm
remember dawg fans, your defensive numbers were built on the backs of coastal carolina and nmstate…your defense didn’t save you when it mattered…
jake from state farm
July 11th, 2012
7:17 pm
Athens, GA = Delusionburg.
59bulldawg
July 11th, 2012
7:18 pm
Ted Striker, I understand what you’re saying and you are right. There are tons more important things than winning football games. And I especially understand what you’re saying about cancer. I despise that disease in the worst way. Wins aren’t the most important thing in life. However the pursuit of excellence is no small thing and one of the ways excellence is measured in football is wins and losses. I think Richt attempts to build character in his players but he sometimes puts the team in jeopardy by recruiting players with more athletic skill than interest in being molded. I can’t really blame him for that because everybody deserves a chance. Unfortunately some players just don’t understand this and in the end let themselves, Coach Richt and the team down. Even though Richt has been burned more than he’s been rewarded with these type of players, it’s still an indication of excellence. Graduation rate is an indication of excellence. Our drug policy, as harsh as it is, is an indication of excellence. I believe Richt runs a clean program and that is a sign of excellence. Each of these pillars are indicators of excellence and for me they are all important. I want to win with integrity because if we are successful only on the field, the winning will not be as sweet. We can go undefeated on the field and not do our part in these other areas and still be unsuccessful. Likewise, we can do things well in these other areas and not play up to our ability on the field. Football is only a game but like everything else in life, if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. Acceptance of anything less I believe is simply contentment with mediocrity. I want to win badly but not at any cost. I want to win because my school is worthy of excellence. I have seen it before and I hope to see everytime they play a game. There’s no shame in wanting to win and wanting to do it the right way. The two are not necessarily mutually exclusive. I like Richt and want him to be successful. But he’s got win and win consistently.
Josh
July 11th, 2012
7:21 pm
Until he wins the National Championship he will be under pressure. Just the way it is.
SSIgator
July 11th, 2012
7:21 pm
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville -
Never fear. Word has it that Mark “I can win games – just not the big games” Richt has finally completed his intensive, two-year “Cutting Edge Football” course. Just in time for football season. No word though on what his grades were upon completion of the course. However, as I understand it, one semester dealt with praying for a favorable football schedule and we all know what a devoted Christian he is. It seems to have worked based on last years schedule and the one coming up this year.
guy
July 11th, 2012
7:24 pm
I’m afraid that above average is the norm at UGA. There’s always an excuse every year.Maybe this year the stars will fall into place.I’d like to see what Nick Saban would do with this team as head coach.???????? CMR is still a classy man and I wish him the best!!!!!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 11th, 2012
7:28 pm
evil
Ive been busy; Ive posted just a few times on here since Febuary not much worth reading on here since then
but just a few more weeks and kool-aid crowd will be on here hoisting another Pre-season national title trophy again
I think we have 32 of those; frankly I want the one at the end of the year
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 11th, 2012
7:29 pm
but I will be sastified if we beat FL, Tech, and a Top 10 team for a change
Miz Zou
July 11th, 2012
7:38 pm
Missouri 37, Georgia 13
A glorious day in Columbia!
Truthiness
July 11th, 2012
7:39 pm
I’m a long ago UGA grad and a long time UGA fan. I’ve come to accept that CMR is a decent man and a competent coach, but he’s not going to take us to the top of the mountain, or even near the summit consistently. Our top players will move to the NFL. We’ll continue to recruit our share of talent. But CMR has not shown that he is able to create an elite program. So, settle down and be a fan. Pull for the Dawgs, have a good time on Saturdays, and don’t push to fire CMR unless you can guarantee that his replacement will do a whole lot better. And that’s a whole lot unlikely.
All Saints
July 11th, 2012
7:42 pm
In tribute to our beloved martyred Saint Jan Kemp, let’s all bow our heads for a few moments of silent prayer. Thirty years ago, this courageous young lady risked everything to expose the corruption and academic fraud instigated by Vince Dooley, sleazy practices that continue to this day under Mark Richt.
And now, let us all pray for Saint Jan…
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Thank you, you can now resume your normal activities.
gotta go
July 11th, 2012
7:50 pm
I am a huge UGA supporter and also a realist. Richt will NEVER lead us to a national championship. There is not enough depth on this year’s team to get us through the season folks. He is a fine man. He can not manage a roster. How many years of patchwork lines with no experience ?do we have to endure? We have roughly 70 scholarship players BEFORE the injuries and additional suspensions hit. It just won’t work. If we want to be more than a team hoping to win the division, it is going to have to be with a different coach.
CaliDawg
July 11th, 2012
7:54 pm
The beauty of 2012 is that Tech “fans” get to have UGA in your head one extra day this year – 24/7/366!
gt4ever
July 11th, 2012
7:55 pm
LOL All saints…. UGA’s Vince Dooley is the worst excuse for a football coach, and the most corrupt in the business…. Priceless….
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 11th, 2012
7:56 pm
Miz zoo
Get excited cause by the 3rd qtr you will wish Miz zoo was back in that no defense Play station offense league the Big 12
Nodawg
July 11th, 2012
7:57 pm
The dawgs have the easiest schedule in the history of the SEC. If Richt doesn’t at least make it to the conference championship game he could get fired. I guess South Carolina will have a lot to do with that.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 11th, 2012
8:04 pm
gt4ever
LOL
I cant wait for the beat down coming to Tech this year
We get a tune up practice game with that lousy option offense Georgia Southern; once tuned up Tech will be wishing they didnt even show up
Danny Boy
July 11th, 2012
8:07 pm
Tech the surprise team from Georgia this season, not the heralded BooDawgs. Crowell is a perfect example of the type of thugs Richt is recruiting…there all gangsta in Athens.
crossdawg
July 11th, 2012
8:10 pm
Yall need to get off CMR. He needs to be able to concentrate on bringing some more thugs.
Danny Boy
July 11th, 2012
8:10 pm
Dawgs need to watch out for the Blue Hose from Presbyterian too…..this could be fifth loss along with Mizzou, Auburn, Florida and Tech loses.
crossdawg
July 11th, 2012
8:14 pm
gt4ever sho don’t work for NASA
crossdawg
July 11th, 2012
8:16 pm
all saints don’t work for NASA either
Dawg Bite
July 11th, 2012
8:32 pm
CMR is a fine person whose personal life is much to be admired, if you believe in Christian principles. That being said, is he a good football coach? I am not qualified to answer that question, but with the supposedly great talent that he has had, has he under achieved? Maybe, just maybe, the expectations of the UGA fans is a cause of the problem as UGA, in my opinion has never been looked at as an elite program. Without those three great years with HW, has UGA really been considered one of the top programs, year after year? I am a UGA grad from way back, and while I love the Dogs, I have always been realistic in the fact that I do not expect UGA to be in the championship hunt every years. I want us to be competitive and hope to maybe win the SEC every so often, but year after year, not on my radar with the quality of teams in our conference.
RHall55
July 11th, 2012
8:33 pm
CMR’s worst enemy is himself….hangs on to non-productive friends too long….VanHalenger (worst S&C Coach at one time in the SEC / now the worst Director of Player Welfare)….Garner (worst RC in the SEC / he doesn’t recruit; the other Coaches do)……Bobo (worst OC in the SEC during crunch times / calls plays not to lose)….former DC, Martinez (worst DC in the SEC / almost cost CMR his job)…..and now, Friend (worst recruiting OL Coach in the SEC / depth? depth? depth?)…..mark my word, this is the demise of CMR….hope they prove me wrong this year!! If not, a losing season sometime in the next (4) years due to roster management also!!
Reality
July 11th, 2012
8:34 pm
UGA is a good program. Because of the rise in caliber of teams like AL, LSU, Ark, SC and FL in recent years, UGA will never be a NC contender.
A-Ville Ranger
July 11th, 2012
8:39 pm
Last season was more of a stay of execution than losing a label. We still have to prove we can beat good teams and consistently contend with the best SEC teams. If you just isolate the 4 games against the better teams last season takes on a very different look than just saying we won the magic 10 games.
Beast from the East
July 11th, 2012
8:43 pm
I suspect a similar result to last year. They will win about 9-10 regular season games and get clobbered in the SECCG if they make it there. With the untested offensive line, loss of IC and a new kicker, I just can’t see UGA being any better than last year. The defense should be really good, but if they continue to give up the short field due to turnovers then they will continue to lose the big games.
Beast from the East
July 11th, 2012
8:48 pm
@Tony Barhart,
This Gator appreciates all the posts you made about the turmoil Muschamp inherited at UF. Now folks may understand just how much work he’s been faced with after taking over the winningest program the past 20 years. I don’t think even us Gators realized how bad it had gotten…I know I didn’t. That said, I firmly believe Muschamp is doing it the right way and building a PROGRAM…not just an elite team like Urban did.
Beast from the East
July 11th, 2012
8:50 pm
To answer Mark’s question…yes, indeed, Richt is under heavy pressure to win. Name me one coach in the SEC that isn’t? You’re only as good as your last season in this league.
SEC Fact Finder
July 11th, 2012
9:21 pm
While traveling today, I listened to a sports call in show about this very subject. The host had a guest on the air who made a statement that had me scratching my head. Then I had to step back and think about it, and it made sense.
He said:(paraphrasing) That Coach Richt was in the same cloth as Vince Dooley and that UGA fans were happy with winning 8 or more games a year and competing for a conference title every few years. He went on and on about how Coach Dooley was never a great coach, but kept UGA in close games, recruited good players and managed to win when he needed to win just as Coach Richt is doing now.
tenn.DAWG
July 11th, 2012
10:12 pm
No doubt CMR is on the Hot Seat,always will be.Welcome to big time college football.
Pitbull
July 11th, 2012
11:36 pm
Gee, I wonder why nobody gets hot and bothered about Tech football like this?
DawgHawk
July 11th, 2012
11:59 pm
Norm Parker called. He’s not impressed with the triple-option offense.
DawgHawk
July 12th, 2012
12:00 am
On the bright side for Tech, at least that game was never played…
Stewart Mandel: ‘Program pecking order’ returns after five-year hiatus; more … – SI.com | Better Bettors
July 12th, 2012
12:06 am
[...] Atlanta Journal Constitution [...]
MARK RICHT CANNOT BEAT THE TOP TEAMS
July 12th, 2012
12:22 am
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Mark Richt all 11 years vs made AP Top 10 :
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10-42 in 2011…# 02 AP Poll…LOSS…LSU
42-45 in 2011…# 09 AP Poll…LOSS…USCe
21-35 in 2011…# 08 AP Poll…LOSS…Boise State
31-49 in 2010…# 01 AP Poll…LOSS…Auburn
17-41 in 2009…# 03 AP Poll…LOSS…Florida
10-49 in 2008…# 01 AP Poll…LOSS…Florida
30-41 in 2008…# 06 AP Poll…LOSS…Alabama
37-15 in 2006…# 09 AP Poll…WIN…..Auburn
14-21 in 2006…# 01 AP Poll…LOSS…Florida
35-38 in 2005…# 05 AP Poll…LOSS…West Virginia
31-14 in 2005…# 06 AP Poll…WIN…..LSU
06-24 in 2004…# 02 AP Poll…LOSS…Auburn
10-17 in 2003…# 02 AP Poll…LOSS…LSU
13-34 in 2003…# 02 AP Poll…LOSS…LSU
10-24 in 2001…# 03 AP Poll…LOSS…Florida
26-24 in 2001…# 04 AP Poll…WIN…..Tennessee
3 wins 13 losses 11 Years vs made AP Top 10.
.1875 win percentage all 11 years Mark Richt vs made AP Poll Top 10
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WON / LOST RECORD after 2005 :
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1. .8000 at 64-16 LSU*
2. .7777 at 63-18 Florida*
3. .7246 at 50-19 Alabama*
4. .7051 at 55-23 Auburn*
5. .7000 at 56-24 Missouri*
6. .6835 at 54-25 Georgia* # 6 of just 2012 SEC
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MARK RICHT CANNOT BEAT THE TOP TEAMS
July 12th, 2012
12:24 am
Then, of course there are his only 69 remaining standing signed scholarship recruits of the 107 he signed to play football here 2012.
Icedawg
July 12th, 2012
12:25 am
The UGA head coach is always under pressure. Whar’s really new?
MARK RICHT CANNOT BEAT THE TOP TEAMS
July 12th, 2012
12:31 am
How is Mark Richt going to have a strong year and be on an upward trail when he hasn’t beat a team who has made it to the AP Poll Top 10 after Auburn # 9 way back in 2006, when this season, he faces 1 team only who made any top 25 poll and 11 opponents who average 4.8 wins ?
And, doesn’t that also ignore the off-field issues of BAD PRESS ?
MARK RICHT CANNOT BEAT THE TOP TEAMS
July 12th, 2012
12:38 am
Flat Tire we ain’t gonna beat any team making the top 10 again this season – there isn’t even one remotely on the entire schedule.
RHall55 we ain’t gonna have a poor results season against the top teams sometime in the next 4 years because of his pitiful roster management – it will be 2013, and you can Mark my Words.
MARK RICHT CANNOT BEAT THE TOP TEAMS
July 12th, 2012
12:44 am
How Mark Richt thought he could go into 2012 with only 14 signed scholarship recruits counting toward this 2012 recruiting class 1 of whom is already gone when he told us all 14 were in here at UGA is beyond understanding, facing a 14-game season.
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a self-imposed NCAA Probation of 15 Scholarship Recruits LOST for 2012
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boykin
July 12th, 2012
2:07 am
Goldencod: Pawl the new sheriff in Athens? Just spit out my honey nut Cherrios with that one bro!
SEC Football Daily: July 12th | Saturday Down South
July 12th, 2012
5:23 am
[...] Should Mark Richt be on the hot seat in 2012? It would be unprecedented for a coach who took his team to the SEC Championship game last year to be gone the next no matter how bad the record is. There is just too much talent for Richt not to win games this year. This year could be very different, as Georgia has likely the best defense in the SEC and maybe the country. I look for Georgia to be the East member representing in Atlanta come December. There’s a long way to get to that point, but the players are in uniform to get it done. [AJC] [...]
gomdawg
July 12th, 2012
6:26 am
I WILL TAKE CMR OVER ANY COACH YOU GOT OUT THERE, SIMPLE HE IS A VERY GOOD COACH . I’M TIRED OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT MY COACH THIS IS NOT GEORGIA PEOPLE BAD TALKING CMR. SO GET YOUR TEAM AND LEAVE MY ALONE.
gomdawg
July 12th, 2012
6:27 am
YOU TELL ME WHO IN THE HELL WOULD YOU WANT TO RUN YOUR TEAM.
Resident Georgia Fan
July 12th, 2012
7:23 am
Richt and the Dawgs will have a season long remembered for its excellence!
gomdawg
July 12th, 2012
7:39 am
Auburn, FSU and Ohio State all three had trouble with player this week in jail etc. So I reckon that they are bad coaches NO NO it happens with young kids that life
Pinsin Laine
July 12th, 2012
7:42 am
A few comments about UGA:
1. Four different SEC teams have won the last six BCS championships.
2. UGA was not one of those teams.
3. During that period, UGA did not win the SEC championship.
4. Red panties.
In other words, UGA has sunk into total irrelevancy both regionally and nationally.
So why is UGA paying Mark Richt millions of dollars a year?
AAAAA Athens Bail Bonds R Us
July 12th, 2012
7:46 am
Any more UGA players arrested this week?
Ray
July 12th, 2012
8:12 am
Telling you right now the best we can hope for this year is 9-3 while the worse is 6-6
We’re losing to South Carolina, Missouri, and even Auburn this year bank on it.
I’d even add trap games are Florida(as usual) and Vandy with Tennessee a big ? mark to me.
FIRE MARK RICHT!
FIRE AARON MURRAY! (Lol I know he can’t be fired)
FIRE COACH BOOBOO!
gomdawg
July 12th, 2012
8:29 am
WHO DO WANT TO HIRE RAY TELL ME WHO. PINSIN LAINE YOU ARE NOT A DAWG FAN SO GET A LIFE
Barbie Doolies
July 12th, 2012
9:20 am
Mark Richt is a handsome man…..so lay off!
Vesaversa
July 12th, 2012
9:38 am
Richt is a terrible leader when it come to disciplined his players before they get in trouble with the law . Crowell is not the first top rank draft player that Richt have turn his back on there have been many . If GA doesn’t improve this year that new contract could be all for not .
Richt’s long tenure filled with ups & downs – ESPN (blog) | Danta Report
July 12th, 2012
9:40 am
[...] win the SEC East?The Independent Florida AlligatorFor Whom the Cowbell Tolls -FS South -Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)all 22 news [...]
DawgFan
July 12th, 2012
10:03 am
Again, yes a total waste of space. Richt is the best coach in college football right. Miles and Saban are doing it illegally.
gomdawg
July 12th, 2012
10:29 am
Vesaversa, these are young men , i’m sure Crowell was doing the right thing being out at 02:30 in the morning , OH forgive me CMR should have been with him to kept him out of trouble , GET A LIFE CMR I WILL TAKE ANYDAY. GO DAWGS
Ray
July 12th, 2012
10:39 am
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Ray
July 12th, 2012
10:41 am
@ Gomdawg
I’d hire TCU’s coach or even upgrade Todd G. to the position Richt is too damn nice.
We keep saying Bama and LSU are doing it illegally, but until those headlines start appearing we won’t know.
Until thing Mark Richt has gone completely soft in the SEC you can’t be soft not until you win the Big Prize cause being Nice don’t cut in the SEC and guess what Mark Richt looks like too much of a nice guy.
Al
July 12th, 2012
11:18 am
Miles & Saban are winning illegally? Richt the best college football coach?
Somethings just make you go Hmmmmm
Dobby Bodd
July 12th, 2012
11:52 am
“Richt the best college football coach” ? LMAO
gomdawg
July 12th, 2012
12:01 pm
He’s to nice why do you think so many of these players have left the school for being to nice I don’t think so. CMR IS A GREAT COACH SO IF YOU DON’T LIKE HIM GO GET YOU ANOTHER TEAM
Andy
July 12th, 2012
12:15 pm
Why are the expectations at UGA so high when it has been a run of the mill mediocre SEC team for decades? Every time UGA plays a national caliber team they get their asses smoked and embarrassed.
Resident Georgia Fan
July 12th, 2012
12:18 pm
Richt and the Dawgs will stun the nation!
'94 UGA Alumnus
July 12th, 2012
12:51 pm
That 10 game winning streak and the 1st half performance against LSU seem like forever ago. Since then everything has been downhill and we’re picking up pace.
Homepage | MrSEC
July 12th, 2012
1:10 pm
[...] This writer doesn’t think Mark Richt is on the hot seat any [...]
Ray
July 12th, 2012
1:23 pm
Can’t get another team I like UGA and not only that I can’t get out of this town if I wanted to.
Look at what Jimbo Fisher is doing down at FSU he’s giving Greg Reid a chance before he goes after any sort of punishment at all.
What did we do to Crowell just drop kick him to the side of the road.
Still as we currently stand Athens, GA Bulldogs going nowhere until Mark Richt and Mike Bobo are out of the picture.
BIG UGLIES
July 12th, 2012
1:29 pm
69 SHIP PLAYERS!!! What else do you need to know about CMR???????
DaveDawg96
July 12th, 2012
1:45 pm
If we have a sub-par season with these players and this schedule, heck ya he should be on the hot seat. So if that’s considered pressure to win, then I fully agree with the ESPN guy. I bet McGarity does too.
DawgFaceBlues
July 12th, 2012
1:53 pm
Let the Big Dawg Eat!
LHarding Dawg
July 12th, 2012
1:55 pm
It’s a stupid article about a stupid subject. But in July, most articles are stupid.
Spike 80DF
July 12th, 2012
2:08 pm
@North Campus Trash
shouldn’t your name be North Avenue Trash?
Spike 80DF
July 12th, 2012
2:12 pm
it’s frustrating to know that our 1st teams are competitive with any team in the country but our coaching is 2nd rate at best (with the exception of CTG) and now our depth is weak due to poor signing and roster management.
anyone expecting big things in 2012 should go ahead and lower your expectations or else get ready for disappointment…..
DawgFan
July 12th, 2012
2:14 pm
Even Saban’s daughter plays dirty…how ashamed I would be…..
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-georgia-sports/2012/07/12/suit-accuses-sabans-daughter-of-beating-sorority-sister/
ugab
July 12th, 2012
3:41 pm
From a true Uga fan.. CMR should have a job at Uga.. CMR should not be the head coach at Uga. QB coach is a good job for CMR..Uga needs a Head Coach… CMR is a good man with great morrals. The dawgs have no OL.. The dawgs have suspended players. The dawgs have no kicking game that has proven itself. It is going to be a rebuild year for Uga.. CMR never puts a total team together…
Nothing Could Be Finer
July 12th, 2012
3:41 pm
woof
Atlanta 2012
July 12th, 2012
5:07 pm
“Let the big dog eat” on all the little cupcakes on his 2012 schedule, then he will be nice and fat come December in the Dome so he will make a real good snack for the LSU TIGER.
Skokie Dog
July 12th, 2012
5:52 pm
Maybe the question here should be “how much is it worth to pay Coach Richt for each victory?” Even if the Dogs win ten games again this year, that’s $300,000 per victory. If they only win eight, that’s $375,000 per win. Even if they win twelve, Richt will collect $250,000 per victory. That’s a lot of cash for each win, but I realize that it’s all about the money. I’m glad that he knows what the hell he’s doing.
UGA R U kidding?
July 12th, 2012
6:07 pm
Lose two games and there will, once again, be trouble in the trailer parks.
Dub
July 12th, 2012
8:02 pm
>>From the disappointing 10-3 of 2008 to the uh-oh 8-5 in 2009 to the regrettable 6-7 of 2010 — that trend had to be reversed. It was.<<
No, it wasn't. UGA still didn't have a quality win, going 0-4 on the season against ranked opponents. (0-9 for the past 2 years, 2-14 since the 2007 season.) Getting humiliated by a patty-cake BSU squad, punked by SC at home, blown out by LSU, and choking away yet another bowl game IS NOT a sign that the program is turning around. It's a sign that the SEC East is suffering from an almost unprecedented level of weakness.
NoAxeToGrind
July 12th, 2012
8:48 pm
Georgia may be good this season, but only because of the weak schedule, not because of the coaching or anything else. 2013 may be a different story.
A-Ville Ranger
July 12th, 2012
11:28 pm
If UGA has a bad year it will be hard for Richt to survive it. If not this season, when ? We lose most of our defense. If he can’t compete with the best with this defense and a top QB he probably never will.
I hope he has the top 5 season he should with a ridiculously easy schedule and top talent. If he doesn’t though I think we should find somebody who can use the great resources at UGA to to compete with the best year in year out.
MARK RICHT CANNOT BEAT THE TOP TEAMS
July 13th, 2012
5:36 am
“Aaron Murray has never beat an 11 win team.”
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Huh ? He hasn’t beat a team who won 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, or even 9. In the season just ended there were 27 teams who had 10-Win Season, and we had the most losses with 4; and, there were 36 teams who had 9-Win Season beating none of those. He gets the heebie-jeebies, and happy feet, against every top team while watching the other QB out-perform him 11 times in 27 games to-date, several of whom were horrible teams, too.
68 Down to 68 signed scholarship recruits on-campus today with Fall Practice a month and change away. This reflects the 2 of the signed scholarship recruits from 2012 class when Mark Richt told us all were qualified : both John Atkins and Leonard Floyd have flunked-out before they even got here. Status of Dream Team ? Lost 7 of them, flunked-out or felonies : 7 gone Dream Team. Self-Imposed NCAA Probation of 16 LOST SCHOLARSHIP RECRUITS 2012. (Would be 17 if not for Jarvis Jones transfer-in, after we whiffed signing him out of Columbus High School.)
Jarvis Jones is the most celebrated Georgia Bulldogs’ Linebacker in the proud # 11 all-time win program 120-year history. He’s gone after 2012 with the rest of the Defense. We have no one on SEC Coaches 1st team offense; not 1. Our special teams all graduated and we stand pat with no special teams’ coach. We play cupcake-city schedule, especially at home 2012, and for the entire season face only 1 team who made any top 25 poll, game 6. Be prepared now for homer-crowd to post daily how great we’re doing for 5 games, then play our 1-game season against what should be about the # 19 South Carolina team we’ve lost to twice in a row, and then finish out our schedule of 11 games against opponents who average 4.8 wins.
That is when the season starts. Alabama or LSU, then another lack-luster opponent for Mark Richt in his bowl games 7-4 when he has yet to play anything other than a lack-luster opponent in all 11 bowl games. I still say 13-1. Start # 6; play no one. Beat no one. 7 seasons ago we last beat a team who made the AP Poll Top 10 and lost to 2-win Vandie that season whose 2 wins were over 0-12 Duke and 1-11 Temple.
We SUCK.
Snake Plisskin
July 13th, 2012
8:52 am
From SB Nation…”The old saying is that college football teams take on the personality of their coaches, and nowhere is that more true than at Alabama. Saban’s brutally professional, clinically detail-oriented, obsessively driven approach has created a program where sloppiness and shoddy preparation–from offseason workouts to gameday routines to play execution–isn’t so much “not tolerated” as nonexistent. It’s not a particularly personable philosophy, which is one reason Saban has arguably become the SEC’s most hated villain. But as the 2011 season grinds into motion, it’s also what’s made him the nation’s single most successful active college football coach.”
What they say about CMR…
“Mark Richt Finally Stops Losing Control Of Something”
“Mark Richt, football coach who gets blamed for his lack of grippage on this, that and the other thing, has finally encircled something with his dominion and maintained ascendancy over a situation. Even though it’s just one situation, it’s still one thing we cannot possibly blame Mark Richt for, unless if this linebacker ends up getting arrested for resisting a resisting arrest arrest, which sounds plausible in Athens, and Mark Richt has lost control of plausibility.”
LSU with Miles plays loosie goosie…Peterson at Boise, play with confidence…take a look at the other successful programs and they have a “brand”…UGA’s Mark Richt is know for his charataible and missionary work(s), oh yea and he’s know for being in contention for the Fulmer Cup year after year…
He should be on a short lease…
Joey
July 13th, 2012
11:37 am
I’ve seen posts on here blaming, Bobo, Murray, and special teams for UGA’s woes vs good teams.
That is total bs. There’s a common denominator:
Bobo is running Mark Richt’s offense
Murray is Mark Richt’s choice of QB
Whoever it is that coaches STs is who Mark Richt put in charge
The “buck” stops with Mark Richt.
Pitbull
July 18th, 2012
12:00 pm
Well if Haney says it then it must be true, right Mark?
zbulldawg
July 18th, 2012
1:52 pm
IT’S the SEC !! NO matter who the coach is . YOU WIN or It’s the end !! Saban ,Miles , Stevie You have a couple of years back to back where your not fighting for a SEC championship YOUR gonna be on the HOT seat !! Really it’s a game to game situation. They call it competing THAT’s why we are who we are. TWO bad recriuting years & your doomed PERIOD So about getting off Richt’s A – - I’m glad he’s a christian WE need more leaders like him !!! LET THE BIG DAWG EAT
zbulldawg
July 18th, 2012
2:00 pm
Hopefully everyone knows Richt doesn’t have a thing to do with the schedule !