Tuberville: Recruiting, coaching not a problem at Georgia
Former Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville, now a college football analyst for ESPN, said bad fortune has had more to do with Georgia's recent struggles than poor coaching or recruiting. (File photo)
Tommy Tuberville coached and recruited against Georgia for 10 years while at Auburn. He thinks bad luck has had more to do with the Bulldogs’ recent struggle than poor recruiting or coaching.
“A lot of times guys don’t pan out, guys that have four or five stars; that happens to everybody,” said Tuberville, who is a college football analyst for ESPN after resigning from Auburn last year. “And I’m not saying that’s what happened. But I know a lot of times you bring those guys in there that are supposed to be war daddies and they never materialize.”
Tuberville said losing Matthew Stafford, Knowshon Moreno and Asher Allen early to the NFL draft had more to do with the Bulldogs getting blown out by Florida last week than anything. Especially when Florida was able to get back Tim Tebow, Brandon Spikes and Jermaine Cunningham for their senior seasons.
“You’ve got to prepare each team three and four years in advance and that takes a lot of luck,” Tuberville said. “Florida got Tebow and Spikes and some other guys to come back; Georgia loses Stafford and Moreno and Allen. A lot of it is luck.
“It’s going to be a transition year for Florida next year. We’ll have to see how they do.”
It is Moreno, he said, that the Bulldogs miss most.
“The one thing about Mark’s teams over the years, he’s always had a great running back. They’ve always been able to run the ball,” Tuberville said. “I don’t think there’s any doubt losing Stafford was obviously big. But I think the biggest loss for them was Knowshon Moreno.
“It’s hard to lose a quarterback and it’s hard to lose a running back to graduation or coming out early. But when you lose them both in the same year, it really puts you in a tough spot. Your quarterback who hasn’t played much doesn’t have the luxury of a running game to keep him out of trouble. And in the passing game, when you have a young running back and you have an experienced quarterback, your quarterback can throw the ball down the field and take the pressure off the running back.”
Tuberville referred to two different times he was on opposite ends of that equation. In 2000, Auburn won the SEC Western Division and had its entire offense coming back. Or so he thought. Then tailback Rudi Johnson, fullback Heath Evans and wide receiver Ronney Daniels all turned pro early. The Tigers went 7-4 in 2001.
Then there was 2004, when Auburn went 13-0.
“I had no idea we’d get [running backs] Ronnie [Brown] AND Carnell [Williams] back,” he said. “That was lucky.”
Meanwhile, Tuberville said Georgia’s defensive coaching and philosophies are not the problem.
“Evaluating Georgia’s team this year – and make sure you tell them I’m not giving advice – the schemes are fine. Willie is fine,” he said. “It’s really not any different than what everybody else is running. I know early in the season turnovers were killing them. You get your back up against the wall, the ‘Steel Curtain’ can’t keep ‘em out of the end zone.
“I think it’s just been a combination of things this year: Can’t control the running game to the quarterback making mistakes to the defense staying out on the field. [Defensive coordinator] Willie [Martinez] has always been a technique coach who taught fundamentals and all that, not real aggressive, you know, forcing the hand of the offense. When you do that the turnovers will get you and mount up on you and sooner or later that bend-but-don’t-break will break.”
Tuberville said Georgia’s recruiting has been more than adequate.
“We always thought if we could get 15 players that could contribute out of the 20 to 25 we’d sign, that’d be a good recruiting class,” he said. “They didn’t have to be great players, just good SEC players. Then you could win a lot of football games. Some years, you’d get 20 or 22 and that’s going to be a group that’s going to turn into something. But you’re always going to make some mistakes.”
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185 comments Add your comment
Ali Allah Ackbar
November 3rd, 2009
2:27 pm
All this still means another beatdown coming the Dawgs way after Thanksgiving. Please keep Willie around next year, all the Mutts opponents will be thrilled.
shannon1776
November 3rd, 2009
2:32 pm
Would Tuberville be interested in a 2 year deal to be our DC and then he can leave for a new HC job??????
Where's my crack pipe?
November 3rd, 2009
2:36 pm
Bull$hit…….if there is a “trackable stat” for a Defense holding opponents to 3 & out I bet my last piece of crack that GA is last. Willie is the worst and anybody who cant see that doesnt have a clue.
Saint Simons
November 3rd, 2009
2:36 pm
41-17!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Uga plays in Carpets of Dalton bowl!!!!!!!!!!
ARdawg
November 3rd, 2009
2:39 pm
Great philosophy there Tub. You didn’t mention what happened last year when Stafford, Moreno and Allen were still playing at Georgia. Or the year before that. Saban coming into near instant success at Alabama kind of turns your idea on it’s head. It’s Bullshat. Richt and his coaches have been the problem for 3 years now. I’ve never called for their firing and won’t start here but it’s time for then to at least look like they are doing something, anything to get the program on track yet, 3 years running now the decline continues.
CHARLOTTE DAWG
November 3rd, 2009
2:39 pm
Ali Allah Ackbar,
Something tells me you don’t even celebrate Thanksgiving.
firemarkricht.net
November 3rd, 2009
2:41 pm
Losing Moreno, Stafford, and Allen caused us to get blown out this year? HA!
We were blown out last year, too! Even worse.
Okay Tuberville, we get it. You don’t want Richt’s job.
And way to stand by your man Martinez. If you like him so much, you can have him next time you’re coaching.
NCDAWG
November 3rd, 2009
2:41 pm
Tuberville is just being nice…hopefully to his future employer
Catfish Suppa
November 3rd, 2009
2:42 pm
anyone ever notice how cute CPJ is??
Another Dawg
November 3rd, 2009
2:43 pm
Tubberville can rest assured he has a spot available as Georgia’s defensive coordinator if he’d like it.
GIVE ME A BREAK
November 3rd, 2009
2:44 pm
He’s not defending Richt, he’s defending the all powerful SEC. GET LOST.
Just Stop!
November 3rd, 2009
2:44 pm
Saint Simons,
I hope you die.
ARdawg
November 3rd, 2009
2:45 pm
NCDAWG….I for one hope to hell he isn’t our future coach …..He’s as bad as Richt. Throwing out any handy excuse for a bad UGA team to help his prop up his old buddy MR. Excuses and a buck fitty will get you a cup of coffee
southga
November 3rd, 2009
2:45 pm
ARdawg, you’re right. I know we had the injuries last year, but in the 10 wins uga had, they had to STRUGGLE to beat Kentucky, USC, Vandy, Tennessee, and a bad Auburn team, and those tight wins were with Stafford and Moreno!!!!!
Vanderbilt is next
November 3rd, 2009
2:46 pm
Looks like the Gators are getting the better players in the end. Mr. Tuberville, UGA could have had all those players and they still don’t beat Florida on Saturday, maybe they score 3 more points but who knows. Cox put the the ball in the endzone twice, Stafford once.
Hank
November 3rd, 2009
2:46 pm
Tubbs is a really good coach. I know Urban Meyer has a lot of respect for him as he beat UF twice while a heavy underdog. It’s strange that a punk like Kiffen has a head coaching job and Tubberville is doing TV work.
My thoughts....
November 3rd, 2009
2:46 pm
BBQ Boys REDUX!!!!!!!!
Tom
November 3rd, 2009
2:46 pm
Yeah kind of lame excuses. In 2004 when Auburn went undefeated, the next year we lost Jason Campbell, Ronnie Brown, Cadillac Williams and Carlos Rogers, all first round NFL draft picks. Auburn still went 9-3 the following year. We lost the first game of the year in Brandon Cox’s first start to GT, then lost @ LSU in overtime when we missed 5 field goals. Lost 3rd game to Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl. Point is, lost more talent then UGA did but still managed a solid season.
Tubberville Truth
November 3rd, 2009
2:48 pm
Right on firemarkricht.net!!! Exactly what I was thinking about last year’s BLOW OUT!
Luck???!!! Tuberville is an idiot. Oh wait, that means Damon Evan’s will hire him.
joe
November 3rd, 2009
2:48 pm
“anyone ever notice how cute CPJ is??”
Since when did a fat tub of lard start being cute.
NCDAWG
November 3rd, 2009
2:49 pm
ARdawg….would you rather have Tuberville or Willie as the DC given a choice?
10_ac
November 3rd, 2009
2:49 pm
Predictions – UT wins out and goes to the Peach Bowl.
Jim Jones
November 3rd, 2009
2:51 pm
Thats a good boy Tubberville “Drink the Kool-Aid”
ReptilesRule
November 3rd, 2009
2:51 pm
The REAL problem is that with 4 and 5 star recruits, you STILL have to develop them properly, both physically and mentally. Alot of schools just throw them out there and expect them to perform. Doesn’t work that way for most…
xl.dawg
November 3rd, 2009
2:51 pm
Alright all you morons enough is enough. Coaching is not the problem. Tubberville is right and we need to see that for what it is. If you really watched the game, saw it from section 233, our defense played well and our offense gave the game away just like three other times this year. Cox had to play this year or we would not get another recruit from Charlotte, ever! The o-line has been beat up and thin because of injury and attrition. All this media and information never went out went CVD was up and down in ‘77,’78,’79! Then the original version of Tebow came to UGA and we won 3 SECs and should have won two national championships. Give it a rest and let these young men play hard for themselves not for you and your office pride.
RxDawg
November 3rd, 2009
2:51 pm
Good article. A lot of truth in it that the woe is me bloggers will surely write off. But honestly folks, we’ve had one bad season now in 9 years under Richt. Try to at least keep that in perspective.
ARdawg
November 3rd, 2009
2:52 pm
I’ve long been convinced that UGA has top tier talent and has for all of this decade. Joe Cox is a mediocre SEC caliber QB “talent-wise” and he was #2 on the depth chart behind Stafford as an example. If Cox had the coaching some of these other mediocre QBs have he would look like a superstar. Let’s face it Dawg fans, the wheels have fell completely off of our wagon. We got the recruits, as uncoached and indisciplined as they are, we still got them.
ARdawg
November 3rd, 2009
2:54 pm
NCDAWG….Tub without question when compared to WM as a DC, but you are just fantasizing, Tub wouldn’t even consider such a move
Reality Check
November 3rd, 2009
2:54 pm
Have you peopple realized yet that the only reason the ‘Coaching Staff unanimously chose Cox to remain QB’ is because they only care about the next 4 games? They don’t care about the future of Georgia football, like looking ahead to next season Here me out on this one. The staff knows that Cox DOES give Georgia the best chance of winning this year (I agree), which gives the assistants the best chance of keeping their jobs for next season. BUT THE BEST thing for UGA football is to look ahead to next season and start Murray NOW. We’re going to suck as bad next season because once again we will have a QB with no experience.
Lou Vales
November 3rd, 2009
2:55 pm
The next time a former coach criticizes a coach will be the FIRST TIME. It is the “Code of the Fraternity”
We've Been Neutered
November 3rd, 2009
2:57 pm
RXDawg, Sadly a “bad season” to Florida is one that does not entail a National Championship Game. True?
ARdawg
November 3rd, 2009
2:57 pm
Enter your comments here
The Sky Isn't Falling
November 3rd, 2009
2:59 pm
From the 2005 signing class, Owen’s and Weston’s class, 8 recruits either did not get in, had medical issues or were kicked out. This a pattern that needs to be broken. However, there is also a need for some new blood in the coaching ranks. This was a good staff to start the Richt era off (no HC experience) but it is time to bring in some youth.
jwilli120
November 3rd, 2009
2:59 pm
WE HAVE BEEN SCHLEBROCKED!!!!! WOUSIE, WOUSIE, WOO, WOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES IN HIS 9YRS, DEFINATELY NOT GOOD LUCK
BUT WOUSIE, WOUSIE, WOO, WOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dawg
November 3rd, 2009
2:59 pm
As always, the Nerds can’t stay off our blogs. Who do you geeks play in your sucky conference? NO ONE. If you did, only having one loss right now, you’d be in contention for the nat’l championship. Ain’t gonna happen in the crappy ACC! ANY team would be 7-1 if they had an ACC schedule! And, you brag about your win over Vandy, the worst team in the SEC?? They held their own with you until the fourth quarter. Hell, even the Dawgs put them away. LAUGHABLE, moron. When you play, and beat, a decent team–then you can run your nerd mouth.
ARdawg
November 3rd, 2009
3:00 pm
Reality Check….excellent point. If they don’t win the last 4 (2 of 4 is more reality) They see that writing on the wall and won’t be here anyway. You are right, They could care less about the future
cantondawg
November 3rd, 2009
3:00 pm
Everyone mentions losing Stafford, Moreno and Allen..Losing Brannon Southerland and Mohammed Massaquoi is huge too. Those guys were 4 years starters. Southerland was probrably the best fullback UGA has ever had
Reality Check
November 3rd, 2009
3:01 pm
@ xl.dawg:
You are as blindly loyal to Richt as he is to his staff. People like you are 1 percenters: flat-out idiots who will never think anything is wrong with Georgia football. Even when our program has been run into the dirt – we are clearly one of the worst teams in the SEC this year – you see the glass 1% full.
The Truth
November 3rd, 2009
3:02 pm
GA Tech Lies and Cheats and Everyone knows it. I’m glad Georgia does not Lie or Cheat like Ga Tech. I can deal with a disappointing year as long as we keep our integrity.
rick
November 3rd, 2009
3:02 pm
War eagle!!
Paul in RDU
November 3rd, 2009
3:02 pm
I have to agree with Lou Vales on this one – Tuberville is just spouting pablum
Dawg
November 3rd, 2009
3:03 pm
I agree with Reality Check. We aren’t doing ANYTHING to prepare for next year. This season has sucked already, so why not just start getting ready for next year? That’s the mistake we made last year… we didn’t get any QB or RB ready to start this season, and we see where we are at this point. I say chalk this season up to a suck hole one, put in Murray and some others, and let them have some playing time before next season so we aren’t in the same position in 2010. As far as coaching, I think Mark Bradley had a good point. We could have the same record in Mark Richt’s 9th season as TN will have in Kiffin’s first. Doesn’t that say a lot? Chances are it’s not going to be better, only worse, especially with Martinez and Bobo. I never understood hiring Bobo anyway… he was mediocre as a QB so we hire him as a QB coach? What next, Martrez Milner (aka Brick Hands) as tight end coach?
Party at Joe Cox's to watch the SEC Title Game
November 3rd, 2009
3:04 pm
Joe Cox formally invites you to a party to watch the SEC Title Game
December 5, 2009
5 P.M.
4-4 Multiple Penalties Lane – Athens, Ga 30605
BYOB
georgiadawg1970
November 3rd, 2009
3:07 pm
Tommy,
How can you say losing Stafford and Moreno caused us to get blown out this. We got blown out last year and they were here.
ARdawg
November 3rd, 2009
3:07 pm
Paul in RDU
Tubbs is being paid by ESPN right now. He didn’t throw his old buddy CMR under the bus but, reading between the lines he sees the truth and not mentioning it. CMR has lost his way and ability of keeping the Georgia program together. We’re just above Vandy in the conference and if it were last year, we’d be dead last
turd hater
November 3rd, 2009
3:08 pm
how about we just move to the crappiest conference in the usa so we can be national champs everyyear like the ACC. I have never seen so many highschool football teams in one conference. No wonder why Georgia Tech has only lost one game this year, I wish we could play a bunch over powder puffs all year. Is there a team above 500 in that conference beside Miami and Virginia tech which sucks and cant beat anybody outside the Acc
Upstate Dawg
November 3rd, 2009
3:11 pm
Is Tub a defensive coach ?
Chris
November 3rd, 2009
3:13 pm
“Party at Joe Cox’s to watch the SEC Title Game” what’s it like being a fat slob with no girlfriend who lives with his mom? Must suck. My guess is you look like that fat lard CPJ. Enjoy it while you can, UGA will be back in no time. Tech has 7 down years and then one decent year while UGA has 7 awesome years with one down year.
Simply a dawg
November 3rd, 2009
3:14 pm
Baloney
Volmania21
November 3rd, 2009
3:15 pm
Awwww Hank, are you sooo sad the VOLS destroyed your little puppy dogs that you can’t help yourself and call CLK a punk. I bet you wish he was your coach. Haters will always hate. Keep hatin and we will beat you again next year!!! LOL GO BIG ORANGE!!!
john
November 3rd, 2009
3:15 pm
I say we hire Tubbs 2 years at DC for close to 500 to 750 thousand a year. Let him build his resume until Clemson or Louisville or West Virginia decides to fire their coach….that is unless the Texas A&M job comes open at seasons end. I think he’d be a sure thing there. Tubbs would be a big boost. Every where he’s gone he has been successful. 10-0-1 for Texas A&M as DC, multiple national titles as DC at Miami and taking Auburn to the SEC championship game a few times. He could make an immediate impact….
Reality Check, really
November 3rd, 2009
3:17 pm
Hey Reality, I apologize, last year when you said a reality check was coming I thought you meant for Tech (11-1), but you meant for Georgia (6-6), sorry I get it now, and you were right.
"I'm Tommy from the T.V. Show Cheaters"
November 3rd, 2009
3:19 pm
1 bad season in 9 years? Yeah that is great but a program like Georgia who could very well not play in a bowl this year isn’t a bad season, it is a disaster.
Upstate Dawg
November 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
Thanks John, that answers my question. Lets hire him.
(I know it is not going to happen).
Doug
November 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
I understand the perception that the ACC is a weak conference, but Georgia Tech’s strength of schedule rating is not that bad. CBS Sports Line has Tech’s SOS ranking at 30.
By comparison, Alabama’s SOS ranking is 34, Texas’ ranking is 31, and LSU’s is 44.
I don’t know how these rankings are calculated, but that seems to be some evidence against the “Tech plays nobody” argument.
Shug
November 3rd, 2009
3:24 pm
Auburn Athetic Director Jay Jacobs claimed that Tuberville voluntarily resigned and he asked Tommy to change his mind three times. —-Was Tubbs FIRED or did he voluntarily resign for the 5.1 million?
Saint Simons
November 3rd, 2009
3:27 pm
Children are dying from H1N1, and we’re worried about winning football games. Where are our priorities? I know. 41-17!!!!!! Hahahahahahahah!
mercy percy
November 3rd, 2009
3:27 pm
hey tommy boy……no mention of UF losing Harvin early. just as big if not bigger loss than ugaly’s losses combined.
and didn’t ugaly get blown out with stafford and moreno last year?
You'll poke your eye out!!!
November 3rd, 2009
3:27 pm
Tuberville = UGA defensive coordinator 2010!!!
RD
November 3rd, 2009
3:28 pm
All SEC programs and fans hope UGA continues to think its just bad luck. Almost like healthcare reform is just bad luck.
ricardo
November 3rd, 2009
3:28 pm
Ole TT couldn’t see the problems at Auburn and certainly can’t see the problems at UGA…what a joke.
Chip Towers
November 3rd, 2009
3:28 pm
I told Tubbs there was a movement in chatrooms and blogs for him to come back into coaching as Georgia’s D-coordinator. He just sort of chuckled and didn’t respond. . . . I wouldn’t think there’s much of a chance of it.
Upstate Dawg
November 3rd, 2009
3:29 pm
Aint Simons you are a idiot.
Dubl Dawg
November 3rd, 2009
3:29 pm
There is nothing strange about TT not coaching this year and doing TV instead. He is making a fortune under his contract with Auburn and getting paid to be on TV. He thereby makes more than he would if still coaching at AU, and has none of the pressure. His family is probably glad to see him, and he gets to do virtually whatever he wants and work only on Friday night and Saturday, return home on Sunday.
BCS
November 3rd, 2009
3:30 pm
BCS National Champions:
Florida – 2
LSU – 2
Tennessee -1
turd hater
November 3rd, 2009
3:30 pm
Doug, where are you getting these rankings, tech has only played two ranked teams, miami and virginia tech. Virginia tech played a real team at the beginning of the year(alabama) and got blown out. georgia tech plays two bottom feeders in the sec vandy and mississippi state. the rest is virginia, duke, florida state, and the rest of the powderpuff league. these rankings must have been at the beginning of the year.
reasonable
November 3rd, 2009
3:30 pm
Tuberville has a point about some of the issues this year but the fact is our defense has steadily declined year after year since WM took over. Before saying he was not critical, did everybody miss the statement Tuberville made about WM being a technique coach and not aggressively attacking the offense but rather using the old bend, don’t break scheme (one that Erk Russell employed at Georgia in the 70s and 80s). I suggest buried in that is a criticism. That passive stance was not one Tuberville espoused throughout his career and its certainly not going to work today with the evolution of spread offenses and option type passing schemes, it simply leaves too many holes in a soft zone and too much space for option runs to work. Reactive type defenses take away aggressiveness and make players hesitate when they should be moving to the ball. The fact is that WM’s performance since 2005 has shown that he is unable to adjust and coach up his players. When is the last time anyone saw him pulling his defense together and using the white board to adjust defensive schemes and finding out what his players are actually seeing during a game? The problems with WM are a product of his body of work since taking over the defense (I know I was at the Sugar Bowl against WVA and could not believe what I was seeing). By definition, that means that the teams he has coached have turned over in terms of players 100% and the offenses have not had the problems of this year. By stating the obvious, I by no means want to imply that offensive problems this year have not contributed to the losses (I do think, however, that Tenn. has shown that a stout defense can keep you in games despite offensive miscues), merely that WM has shown over 4 years that he is not up to the job.
Saint Simons
November 3rd, 2009
3:31 pm
I don’t live on St. Simons, I live in a trailer park between Jesup and Brunswick and bus tables on St. Simons. I cheer for Ga. Tech because I think it makes me look smart.
60sdcgator
November 3rd, 2009
3:31 pm
He failed to mention that Florida also lost some starters coming into this season. The Gators lost receivers Harvin & Murphy, who are both currently starting in the NFL, along with both starting ofensive tackles, so Georgia losing some key players being the reason why they were blown out again this year just does not hold water.
Tommy Tuberville
November 3rd, 2009
3:33 pm
I don’t care who you play. If you are 8 -1 you are good. A lot of teams would love have that record. CWM is a good man and a good coach. The other teams in the SEC have gotten better and UGA has not kept pace.
Dawgs forever!
November 3rd, 2009
3:34 pm
Reality Check and ARDawg…you two are what’s wrong with Dawg Nation right now. It’s great to want your squad to win, but saying we are or will be just above Vandy in the conference, please! Reality Check….how do you know what was said in the meeting? Were you there? NOOOOOO! I wasn’t either, so let this thing play out. I think CMR would be an idiot to waste the red shirt year now with Murray. I’m sure Willie and the boys (not CMR at this time, but maybe next year if this continues) are thinking about their jobs, if they aren’t they should be. If Murray was the “way to save their jobs” don’t you think they would want him to start? If you and ARDawg could “flip more hamburgers” faster at McD’s, you would not have to worry about your job either. So, you better get better at cooking my burgers and fries! If CMR doesn’t do the right thing at the end of the year, then his butt will be in the hot seat next year if they do not win. You act like these coaches have forgotten how to coach or at least don’t care enough and are fine with losing! These guys are competitors and it doesn’t matter what they are being paid, they want to win! If you don’t think so, I think you are crazy. I believe the problem is they are NOT strong enough and their size hurts them too. The strength coach needs to be in this equation also. Now go back to flipping burgers and get off the McD’s computers! Go Dawgs
R.S.V.P.
November 3rd, 2009
3:37 pm
Joe – Iz lik two com two yur perty two wacth the SEC Title Game. I lok furwerd two it andz I surry wee didn’tt hav wat it tok two get ther. Anyways, Iz brig sum berz andz sum hoar-durves. Cee youz ther.
Brandon Boykin
Doug
November 3rd, 2009
3:38 pm
Turd Hater,
No, the rankings are current. Like I said, I don’t know how the rankings are determined, but they are what they are.
Also, Jeff Sagarin (the guy who does the computer rankings for USA Today) has Georgia Tech’s SOS ranking at 12. He has Alabama at 36, Texas at 42, and LSU at 39.
Incidentally, Sagarin also has UGA’s schedule ranked as the third tougest in the country.
Chip Towers
November 3rd, 2009
3:41 pm
reasonable: While Tuberville did remark that Martinez coaches “technique” rather than aggression, I didn’t have space to get into the fact that Tuberville also said that is also the philosophy he prefers. In fact, he said he’d rather go against an aggressive defense like Muschamp’s or Saban’s rather than a technique based defense. Tuberville and Martinez are actually cut from the same cloth defensively. They were both grad assistants at Miami in 1986 at the outset of Tuberville’s eight-year run at the U as an assistant. . . . Tuberville is speaking at the Touchdown Club of Athens tonight if you’d like to ask him some questions yourself.
Shug
November 3rd, 2009
3:42 pm
CHIP, you said Tuberville was fired by Auburn last year. Is this true or did he resign?
timthebrave
November 3rd, 2009
3:46 pm
Reality Check, you are right. The sky is falling. You have me convinced. How can we possibly fix the program?…Any ideas chicken little. If we had a few breaks this team could easily be 6-2. All you bandwagon fans can go ahead and jump off. I’ll still be rooting them on and we will gladly let you on the bandwagon next year when we are competing for an SEC title. Plus, it will make it easier for me to get tickets
timthebrave
November 3rd, 2009
3:47 pm
Oh by the way we are still going to win 9 games and beat tech for the 8th time in 9 tries. Go Dawgs!
Doc
November 3rd, 2009
3:51 pm
Georgia does not recruit the best defensive players in the state of Georgia. Look at the rosters of other SEC teams and there are all-star defensive players from georgia on those teams (Florida, LSU, TENN, etc.).
Dawg Fud
November 3rd, 2009
3:51 pm
Saint Simons,
is that similar to the Blue Carpet of Boise Bowl?
Dawg Fud
November 3rd, 2009
3:55 pm
You live in a trailer park, St. Simons? And all this time, I thought…
Dawg Fud
November 3rd, 2009
3:57 pm
Doc has a point when you think about the Florida roster and see that Dunlap, Hunter and Jermaine Cunningham all came out of Georgia…ouch. That’s a bummer.
Dawg Nation
November 3rd, 2009
3:57 pm
Sounds like Tuberville is vying for the UGA job. Goodbye, Richt!
Dawg Fud
November 3rd, 2009
4:01 pm
The Truth,
I hope you are being facetious because that is one of the dumbest posts I have read in a while.
HH
November 3rd, 2009
4:03 pm
Seems like one coach trying to cover another coach’s overpaid a$$. Towers, too bad you didn’t ask Tub. about Willie’s defensive schemes giving up 21 or more points so frequently in the last couple of years, and with 4 games yet to go this year. Maybe Willie can also get Tub.’s advice on how best to stop Tech’s option game. I think Willie is going to need all the help he can get, and then some.
Elliot Garcia
November 3rd, 2009
4:04 pm
There are no rebuilding years in the SEC!
Tenn 45-19
November 3rd, 2009
4:05 pm
Hank-
If Kiffin is a punk, what does that make Richt? Better get used to Tennessee whipping the pups on a regular basis. It’s your destiny. UGA has always been a second rate program.
45-19
Chip Towers
November 3rd, 2009
4:06 pm
Shug: I changed it to “resigned” because that was technically the settlement they “negotiated.” But it’s mere semantics. They paid him to resign. He wasn’t going to be allowed to come back. Whatever you want to call it.
toga
November 3rd, 2009
4:07 pm
timthebrave-
Had a few breaks? The Dogs should be 2-6. They were more than lucky in their first 7 games.
Tubberville is going to Texas A&M as HEAD Coach, why in the @$# would he want to be the DC for Georgia. What coach in his right mind would want to coach at Georgia? No history, Florida in SECE, rathole town, and a fan base that knows very little about football.
Sly Croom in 2010, maybe Mike Debose.
Roll Tide
ARdawg
November 3rd, 2009
4:08 pm
Dawgs Forever!
It is my guess you were one of the few Heavens Gate Dawgs fans that missed the Hale Bopp. Thats too bad. For what it’s worth, dipstick and you know what I mean, you don’t have the market cornered on being a loyal Dawg fan. Most of us here are, it’s just that all of us don’t lap dog the kool-aid like you do.
I don’t give a fat rats azz what you think these coaches think about winning or how much of a competitor you THINK they are. The proof is in the pudding. Does 4-4 ring a bell to you? These guys are paid to put a winning program together, YEAR IN and YEAR OUT. This isn’t the first bad season for MR. We’ve had others it’s just you freaks wearing rose colored glasses can’t recognize a bad season if it were anally raping you
Somebody got it Right
November 3rd, 2009
4:10 pm
He is so very right this happen to everyone but its really hitting UGA Bad because they recruit poorly and they are still recruiting badly. They need to stop chasing stars and get out to see some guys. Invest time in recruiting. UGA make some changes this only the beginning.
ARdawg
November 3rd, 2009
4:10 pm
timthebrave
Without a few breaks and AJ Green we’d be 1-7
timthebrave
November 3rd, 2009
4:11 pm
toga, alabama still hasn’t won anything under saban. Richt has 2 SEC championships at Georgia
timthebrave
November 3rd, 2009
4:12 pm
ARdawg, without a few break and tim tebow florida would have 3 or more losses. what’s your point?
toga
November 3rd, 2009
4:14 pm
timthebrave-
When Tech puts a 60 spot on you, you will pray for Richt to be gone.
Roll Tide
FLA DAWG
November 3rd, 2009
4:16 pm
I was hoping Tuberville might be willing to come in as DC for The Dawgs after we unload Martinez.
But after reading his comments and opinions I’ve changed my mind. He’s blaming the players – just like Richt and the other Dawg coaches.
timthebrave
November 3rd, 2009
4:16 pm
I am disappointed in the season as well. I just don’t think the sky is falling or our program is doomed. We won 10 games last year and 11 games the year before. The only team that has beat up on the dawgs is Florida, and they are lucky to have a once in a lifetime player that stayed all 4 years. Go Dawgs!
DawgTired
November 3rd, 2009
4:16 pm
Chip,
I’m not entirely sure how the Touchdown Club of Athens operates, but it seems odd Tubberville would be there. Do they routinely have former/or current coaches speak there from other teams outside of Athens? Sounds very interesting.
ARdawg
November 3rd, 2009
4:18 pm
timthebrave
these are your words “If we had a few breaks this team could easily be 6-2. All you bandwagon fans can go ahead and jump off.”
What was your point? My point is I only remember one game (LSU) where a more timely break migh have made a difference in a loss but even then nahhh, we play like caca and didn’t deserve to win even if we had gotten a break
mercy percy
November 3rd, 2009
4:25 pm
hey tommy boy……no mention of UF losing Harvin early. just as big if not bigger loss than ugaly’s losses combined.
and didn’t ugaly get blown out with stafford and moreno last year?
Alphare
November 3rd, 2009
4:25 pm
Tuberville knows how to beat Florida. Man, he is what Georgia need. With Georgia’s talents compared to Auburn’s, I don’t think Florida can dominate Georgia as it is.