Comments on: Gainesville coach: Relationship good with Georgia

By: KBT

KBT — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:34:12 +0000

Coach Miller stated about Blake’s commitment to Ala:

“But you never know with high school kids. They have a different girlfriend every week.”

However, Blake is married and has a baby. Therefore, I hope he chooses more wiseley than the “normal” high school kid!

By: FLOYD PICKREN

FLOYD PICKREN — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:05:14 +0000

WHY IS IT THAT THEY NEVER THROW A FLAG ON TIM TEBOW FOR HIS JUMPING AROUND AND POINT AT HIS SELF. THEY THROW ONE ON THE GEORGIA MAN FOR THROWING THE FOOTBALL DOWN.

By: Bap Dog

Bap Dog — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:20:07 +0000

Richt, prefers to recruit unwanted Florida players as oppose to going right down the road. He rescinded an offer to a Carver of Columbus player during the summer.

By: Rudy'sBack

Rudy'sBack — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:51:51 +0000

Plain and simple: The DOGS don’t get it done and never have gotten it done in the BIG GAMES!!!! THEY ALWAYS CHOKE!!!!!!! Once they had the Gonads to schedule a real non-conference team, they got beat!!!! Recruiting against a N.D. or So. Cal. is a waist of time. Where do you think an 18 yr. old with a BRAIN would rather have a degree from, Notre Dame, So. Cal., or Jan Kemp U????? PUUUUUULLLLLEEEEEEZZZZZZZ!!!!! The dogs will never be a regular top 10 team!! NEVER!!!!!!!!

RUDY!!!!!, RUDY!!!!!!!!, RUDY!!!!!!!!!!

By: John

John — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:21:50 +0000

Hey DP, the disengenious one is Saban. He signs these players and if they don’t work out to his liking he gets rid of them. Look at last year, he ran off about 12 players that weren’t as good as he wanted.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:47:54 +0000

Bottomline, UGA initially recruited Sims as a DB. Sims made it cleat that he wanted a chance at QB. The difference is that Saban will say “sure come play qb” and as soon as he gets on campus will send him to play with the secondary.
Also the trend over the last few years as far as WR’s go is that UGA has been recruiting guys that play WR in highschool. This, i think, is smart, b/c in general when a guy comes in a changes position it takes a good year for them to truly learn that spot.

By: Gt4ever

Gt4ever — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:26:07 +0000

Wow, Sickandtired just about says it all…..

By: SickandTired

SickandTired — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:48:15 +0000

LOL….Georgia, so prideful, so great under Mark Richt. Recruiting is so honorable and Marky just wants to make sure everybody is happy before he offers a cherished scholarship. The talent that is right under the noses of Rodney Garner and Co. that gets away is stunning. Marky is obsessed with Urban Meyer to the point that he isn’t minding the store that he’s paid to watch. Specifically, making sure that he puts a good product on the field that shows discipline, intelligence in schemes and at least a good effort every week even if they can’t win. I think what has the fan base so upset is that we keep hearing year after year how great the recruiting classes are but where is the beef to coin a phrase. It certainly isn’t on the offensive or defensive lines. Just look at Alabama’s lines. It’s amazing that Saban has put together great Offensive and defensive lines in the short period of time he’s been at Bama. Something Mark Richt hasn’t been able to do since he’s been in Athens with his own athletes, only the ones that Jim Donnan left int he cupboard. Yes Donnan missed a couple of his last years on offensive linemen but Marky has had 9 years to correct that problem and he hasn’t. Georgia seems to be obsessed with recruiting in Florida now and there are plenty of players in Florida but there are abundant “players” in Georgia. Where are the David Greene’s and Davey Pollacks on Georgia’s roster now? Where are the players that play with discipline and passion for the state’s flagship school? They’re going elsewhere and a whole bunch of these players are now headed down to atlanta to play for a coach that has a tough nose and a singular drive and passion to Coach his football team and not get his teeth fixed make him pretty. Football players aren’t stupid, being a good church going, mission taking person goes a long way for image but it doesn’t translate into what you’re getting paid for and that is to win games. If you recruit a kid and he does things on the field of play that hurts your team, Mark Richt’s policy is to let the boys play. Paul Johnson jerks the kid out of the game and fires him. There is no accountablility in Athens by the coach that makes millions to demand it. The ship is listing and a great coach told me one time it’s one thing to straighten out a program when you’re hire and it’s very difficult. It’s almost impossible to straighten a program out when you lose control on your own watch. We are seeing that right now and we’lll see things get worse before they get better and a new coach is hired. Good run Marky, it’s over.

By: S.E. Dawg

S.E. Dawg — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:22:44 +0000

Perception can sometimes be misleading. A lot of people say that CMR is to good of a guy and is to soft. That’s his fan and media face. It’s a little different in the locker room. In his early years at UGA I saw him on the sidelines with his offensive line on one knee and he was getting all over their butts. When Dooly hired him he wasn’t sure if he was tough enough until he saw him one day at practice getting all over a player. He has two sides and we only see the good one.

By: Real Facts

Real Facts — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:31:50 +0000

Have any of you ever seen Rodgers play? Well I have and he is a man among boys. I went to the Dalton vs. Calhoun game this year and Rodgers single handedly won the game. If Calhoun doesn’t have Rodgers then Dalton wins that game easy. He caught an 80 yard touchdown and returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in that game. The reason Rodgers stats weren’t as good the previous two seasons is Calhoun didn’t have a good offensive line or QB who could throw him the ball. This year they had a QB transfer from a private school who is a D-1 recruit going to Vandy and their line is much improved. Now Rodgers is finally able to show his wares. Rivals has Rodgers ranked the #21 overall player in the nation regardless of position.

By: T'ville Dawg

T'ville Dawg — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:38:04 +0000

DP your a moron, you know nothing of Mark Richt or of his character, he’s a good christian man and what was said by the coach are right on. If you’re going to comment do it about something you know about like say learning how to spell.

By: Chip Towers

Chip Towers — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:23:36 +0000

CA: That did indeed happen with Devin Burns this summer and, not to defend the Dogs, I think that's their point. I talked to recruiting coordinator Rodney Garner after that happened and he was really upset because he said they work so hard to make sure that doesn't happen. In contrast, a lot of programs rescind scholarship offers as a matter of routine. . . . Just to spin the story forward, Georgia has been back in good stead with Carver-Columbus since early September.

By: Big Mike Just Said Nothing! (3)

Big Mike Just Said Nothing! (3) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:21:06 +0000

Each time you reference UGA, you reference the past. Past performance doesn’t save jobs or win wars. Today’s reality, UGA is terrible! (2) My post said Green is a beast and Massaqiou was great, but before them, Hunter and Edwards were the best. UGA isn’t know for WR’s. So, to speak of how great Brown and Rodgers are doesn’t matter. Bottom line, UGA isn’t winning. BTW – the guy from rivals, is part of the sports writers/reporters I reference. Jamie Neuberg also said watch out for a lot of kids, we have never heard from again. Rodgers has received his pub based on potential, not production, let’s be honest. His soph. and junior stats are aaverage at best. Maybe this year, he’ll live up to the billing. As a UGA fan, change is needed now. Either cut dead weight, or everyone will be fired at the end of the season.

By: ugaaccountant

ugaaccountant — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:34:52 +0000

How can anyone believe Richt had offered a mediocre QB from Carver Columbus when he hadn’t offered a better one from Gainsville? Face facts people, UGA simply doesn’t have enough scholarships to go around. We can’t offer every QB and RB in UGA that has a good year. This one in Gainsville is having a fantastic senior season, as part of a great team, and has only now become good enough to get an offer from us. I fail to see a problem there. The system is broken in that kids are offered and accepted as Juniors. I don’t have a solution, but it’s insane that kids are insulted they weren’t offered as Juniors.

By: Hey

Hey — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:32:13 +0000

Hey People,

Um didn’t Nick Saban opt out of his final contract year and didn’t he lie to the Miami Doplhins. He had to follow his heart right? Who’s to say Blake won’t do the same?

By: Big Mike Said

Big Mike Said — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:12:22 +0000

BigMike Just said nothing(2) If you would like us to be 5-0 now maybe we should have taken Auburn, or Fla first two games. Easy wins, but we played men and got robbed out of two games OSU, LSU, both got cheap penalties. Where is The rest of the SEC playing on the first week: W.Kentucky, Charleston Southern, La Lafyette give us a break. Who else in the conference played top teams in the first three weeks, Not the Champs!!

By: Big Mike Said

Big Mike Said — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:04:52 +0000

BigMike just said nothing; Like I just said you have Freshmen, nobody lost there mind in Fla in o7 when they went 9-4 and got mopped up by a weak Michigan team., now you bandwagon I couldn’t run A 40 in 5.0 sec flat sissy’s want to throw them under the bus. With fans like Ya’ll who needs ya. Go back to looking to see if you can fit your girls Bra and panties.

By: Big Mike Just Said Nothing! (2)

Big Mike Just Said Nothing! (2) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:56:45 +0000

I want to see UGA win, not talk about how strong recruiting has been. Obviously, it hasn’t made a difference in the win-loss columns. UGA needs to win – period. With their talent, there shouldn’t be any excuses. Based on current performances, every kid in America, regardless of position, should be dying to go to UGA. They need the help.

By: Big Mike Said

Big Mike Said — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:56:06 +0000

Real Facts2; Son I’m gonna make this short and to the point, You said in a paragraph in your little spot the best “receivers since Edwards and Hunter”. Well just to clear you up from your madness, Massaqoui, and A.J. Green(you do remember that combo don’t you) had the best receiving year for two receivers in the same year last year since the modern era of keeping stats. …And as far as losing, we actually have a better record than UF since 2000. Also it wasn’t UGA sportswriters who labeled Rogers it was Jamie Newburg of Rivals .com who had him as a top guy after his sophomore year as “one to look out for” now you, go get a belt and come back to take this beating. Son get the fact’s then get to bloggin. You just been hit by BigMike and I know it hurts.

By: Big Mike Just Said Nothing!

Big Mike Just Said Nothing! — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:54:58 +0000

If that the best blog you’ve seen, no wonder UGA is losing! No one on the list has done anything but Green. Who cares what they did in high school, if they are marginal at UGA. Give me a better explanation, than the one above.

By: Big Mike Said

Big Mike Said — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:36:32 +0000

RealFacts: That is the best blog I’ve ever seen, and you got fact’s. This Jones kid for example coming out of Gainsville at Receiver, Can anybody tell me where he would have seen playing time? Bulldawg nation let me bring you up to speed: You have the best or 2nd best receiver in the country in A.J. Greeen at one spot(sophomore people), you have the 4th best receiver in the country just signed at the other spot in M.Brown, the 29th in the country in R. Wooten, the 6th best in T King, and there all freshmen and the second best coming in Roger’s! Somebody tell me where is this kid gonna play? Oh you say DB, well lets see you have Brandon Smith who as a Frosh is getting time, Brandon Boykin, Bacarri Rambo, the Robey kid coming out of Fla, and a frosh Shaun Williams ready to take rashaud Jones spot next year. Come to UGA Kid and let’s see what you got!!

By: CA

CA — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:03:28 +0000

CMR and GA don’t rescind scholarships? Dell McGee would disagree

UGA in ‘constant contact’ with Carver-Columbus coach
11:22 am July 27, 2009, by Chip Towers

Georgia still is not in the good graces of Carver-Columbus coach Dell McGee but it’s working on it.

McGee banned the Bulldogs from recruiting his players after a communication breakdown led to Georgia withdrawing a scholarship offer from Carver quarterback Devin Burns the very day he intended to commit to them. That was a week ago this past Saturday and McGee said he has heard from the Bulldogs often since then.

“They’ve been in contact with me on a constant basis since the incident occurred,” said McGee, who led Carver to the Class AAA state championship in 2007. “I’ve talked to Mark Richt a few times and a few other coaches as well.”

Make no mistake about it, while Georgia is prevented by NCAA rule from commenting on the situation directly, its coaching staff is contrite and is doing everything in its power to make good with the school. And it goes beyond the fact that the school produces good football players. Teams are always going to offer more scholarships than they can sign, so retractions are inevitable. But as a Georgia assistant told me, they have worked extra hard at avoiding embarrassing situations such as the one that occurred last week.

Meanwhile, it appears the incident with Burns has hurt the Bulldogs with Burns’ Carver teammate Gabriel Wright. The defensive tackle, who is one of Georgia’s top targets in 2011, told the pay site georgia.scout.com he has dropped the Bulldogs from his top spot and replaced them with Auburn. “Georgia was my leader, but I had to drop them down after what happened with my teammate Devin Burns and I will only visit them in the future if my coach lets me,” Wright told scout.com recruiting analyst Chad Simmons. “I still like them, I really like Coach [Rodney] Garner, and we will just see what happens. I just don’t want what happened to Devin to happen with me.”

Meanwhile, neither Georgia Tech nor Auburn appears interested in Burns’ services. McGee said the Yellow Jackets talked to Burns this past spring. “They’re limited on their scholarship numbers and they just didn’t know if they were going to offer or not,” he said. The Tigers aren’t going to sign a quarterback “because they have six on campus,” he said.

But Burns will definitely land on his feet. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound quarterback is still holding scholarship offers from Maryland, Vanderbilt, Miss. State, Southern Miss, UAB, Louisville and Troy and remains on the radar screen of numerous other major Division I teams.

By: KMGBA

KMGBA — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:55:58 +0000

HOPE YA’LL KNOW WHAT THE LETTERS IN MY NAME STAND FOR ! ONLY 2 TEAMS FINISHED THE LAST 8 SEASONS WITH 10 PLUS WINS AND IT WAS USC TROJANS AND GUESS THE OTHER TEAM? NOT BAMA,GT,TN or FLA. IT WAS THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS SO KMGBA !!!!!!!

By: Real Facts (2)

Real Facts (2) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:28:48 +0000

Don’t flatter yourself with frivilous info. AJ Green is the only proven threat at WR that UGA has.. Mike Moore is average at best. Isreal Troup, where is he? Chris Durham is a beast, but sorry he got hurt this year. Marlon Brown played vs. competiton comparable to 12 year-old pop warner football – jury still out, Rontavious Wooten – is a beast – needs to play more. Tavarres King- is so inconsistent, his dropped balls negate the great plays that he makes from time to time. Da’Rick Rodgers was a nobody until four months ago. He commits to UGA, the sports writers – that work for UGA – jump on the band wagon – and now he’s a 5 star from AA Calhoun – what a joke! The wrap for the last three years – looks great in combines, never transfered to the gridiron. Let’s see if his character flaws and grades work-out at UGA. This year he is finally looking like a WR worth having. Mike Bennett – who is this? Better yet, who cares. He’ll never see the field at UGA. On top of it, you have a WR coach who publicly admits, he forgets to put Marlon Brown and Rontavious Wooten in the game vs. OK State, and states the reason why as the “Game was moving to fast, he forgot!” Wow!! So, the best WR talent UGA has seen since Bryce Hunter & Terrence Edwards and that’s the best response he can come up with. I don;t know alot about Gainesville, but when I looked the stats up from last year, Jones led the state in receptions for all classifications. Why wasn’t Rodger’s in the mix? & Bennet isn’t in the Top 50.. Jones and Sims, this year, despite not playing past the second quarter in most games, and everyone DC scheming on how to stop them, are still at the top of the leader board. If there not as good as what you have, then why doesn’t UGA move in a different direction and stop calling. Real Facts Puppy, get in the corner and bite on a bone, before I have to verbally spank you, for blind loyalty. The rest of the world seems to appreciate, what UGA can’t even understand. That’s why they are losing! If I had kids, I wld tell them to run in every direction, away from Athens. What a disaster!

By: Flo-Ri-Duh!

Flo-Ri-Duh! — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:24:46 +0000

Sounds like Richt doesn’t think any of his big name uncommitted recruits are seriously considering UGA since he is going after a 3 star commit of Bama a 3 star talent.

By: Lane Kiffin

Lane Kiffin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:18:15 +0000

Mark Richt is a man of character, that’s why he pulled the scholarship offer to a kid on his commitment trip to Athens. Why the dogs don’t have a problem with late hits (a mile away from the play) and jaw jacking after every tackle (even when the play results in a touchdown). Why recruits are in trouble with the law and academically, before they get to athens, while on campus and after they leave.
He either supports the late hits and personal fouls and lies about it (because he thinks it’ll help the current defense or recruiting) or he’s against it and doesn’t have the b@lls to stop it.

By: GTDog

GTDog — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:32:36 +0000

GT #7,UF #15 & UGA #21? School rankings? School Academic rankings? They all look pretty good to me. Of course. academic rankings are a bigger far than the AP Poll, but we’ll save that discussion for a different blog.

I remember the plan that Dooley & Co. came up with in the late 1970’s. Recruit the BEST high school players in GEORGIA and you can win a NC. They did, and it worked. As a matter of fact it worked real well. UGA came within 2 wins of winning 3 NC in the early part of the 80’s, using that blueprint. Miami recruited MIAMI kids in the early 80’s…and went on a run. UF and FSU, OK and Texas, USC…all are located in talent rich areas. They lock-up the best local kids then cherry pick a few standouts from out of state. It seems to me Richt started his regime based on that model but has slooowly started to drift as the Bulldogs have become more prominent and recognizable in other regions (I know, I know UGA is IRRELEVANT! That’s why their liscensing sales are in the top 3 nationally and ESPN televised theSpring Game this year…whatever). I wisg the staff would focus again on the in-state players, and dip out on occassion for a Stafford, Murray, Green, etc.

That’s my take…..Oh, and why does everyone hate the Bama guy again? Because he’s knowledgeable (did I spell that right?).

The G-T-D-O-G…….heh heh heh

By: General Feeling

General Feeling — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:57:47 +0000

Did everyone see the rabid Bammar on You Tube called Ricky’s Rant? I’m sure Stan and the other rabid Bammars are so proud.

By: Les W. Moore

Les W. Moore — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:55:37 +0000

Recruting is NOT UGAs problem. The roster is full of NFL talent and the early committments are the best in-state. No. The problem with UGA is that the SEC has become the kill or be killed college football conference under the likes of Meyer and Saban and Coach Richt is still a nice guy with great character. I’m not sure if Richt has the stomach for this type of football.

Good article Chip.

By: Coach Smith

Coach Smith — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:25:11 +0000

For the Record

UGA has 2 national titles 1942 & 1980

By: GreatBigGator

GreatBigGator — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:18:22 +0000

Hey Dawg1970,

In case you are confused, lower is better in school rankings…but not football scores..

By: GreatBigGator

GreatBigGator — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:16:25 +0000

Hey Dawg1970,

You need to check your facts. US NEWS has UF (15) rated well above UGA (21). UGA isn’t even the top rated school in GA. GT is rated #7. And UGA won’t be beating either on the field any time soon…

Typical delusions from Dog fans.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-top-public

By: For the Record

For the Record — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:16:13 +0000

12 NATIONAL TITLES – 21 SEC TITLES!!! = Bama

1 national title = Dawgs.

More rabid football state = Bama
More rabid fans for the school = Bama
More likely to waste your talent = UGA
More likely to lose at least one game per year (vs UF) = UGA
More likely to lose their head coach = UGA
More likely to replace defensive and offensive coordinators = UGA
Most likely to reach SEC and National Championship game = Bama

And to think I am a Kentucky fan that simply can compute a mathematical formula…But hey! We would love to have you Sims!!! Just doubt we have a shot. But shoot our coaches have a much more likely chance to hang around for your career than UGA!

By: Real Facts

Real Facts — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:52:00 +0000

Some of you fans are absolutely retarded. WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY SCHOLARSHIPS TO OFFER!!!! The state of Georgia is ranked #4 in the country for D-1 football recruits. Only california, texas, and florida produce more. Texas and california have more only because they are much larger geographically. On a per capita basis Georgia is #2 behind the state of Florida. With an average of 23-24 scholarships yearly there are going to be a lot of good football players who leave the state every single year. Its just a mattter of simple mathematics. Why some of you cannot seem to comprehend this fact is mind boggling.

I got an idea that would help some of you fans pawning over these gainesville players. We could rescind some of the scholarships we have already offered to other players so we could sign the gainesville players. Richt could call up Alec Ogletree and say sorry son I know you’re the #3 rated safety in the nation but we have to drop you so we can go with the #44 ranked safety from Gainesville. Then he could call Da’rick Rodgers and say sorry son I know you’re the #2 rated receiver in the nation at 6′3″ 205lbs and you can run a 4.33 but we have decided to go with 6′ 180 pound possession receiver from Gainesville. Da’rick I know you have the chance to be special just like A.J Green but I just have my heart set on a shorter and slower kid. Would that make some of you happy? Because that is exactly what we would have to do in order to sign these other kids from Gainesville.

Another thing that some of you don’t seem to understand is that certain positions are more need in some years than others. For example, UGA signed to QB’s in last years class and zero this season. The Gainesville kids didn’t fit into the plans of Mark Richt thats the bottom line. So get the hell over it!

By: shards1967

shards1967 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:51:34 +0000

Maybe WE OUGHT to start recruiting the local talent pool. Why? Because our so called all world “nationally recognized” players like M Stafford and No Show Moreno did nothing for UGA and all the out of state kids are not really doing much ……….yet, except for AJ Green. Hard to gauge it just yet with most of them, as most ARE Frosh. Time will tell. TIme will tell.

With a local kid and with his daddy and mama and sis and hundreds of friends in the stadium at UGA, Well, they MIGHT PLAY harder. They just might. I believe that this is true. Some kid from NC like 08’s Ellerbee or Sturdivant or Jumping Joe Cox, well, um you know the rest of that story.

I remember QB Jamie Harris that was from VA and when quit and transferred to Wake Forest and he did play in his 5th year as a sometime QB starter at WAKE or South Carolinian Carnie Norris in the early 80s that never, ever panned out. Small and slow he was. Now? See Prince Miller who is small and slow and cannot cover an old lady on a fly pattern. Another S Carolinian.

6-6 for my Dogs in 09. December had better bring us a stocking full of fired ex UGA coaches.

Go Dogs.

UGA, Class of 73