Evans: Dogs will stay with traditional uniforms
Athens — If there was any doubt after the black-helmeted debacle against Florida, it seems official now that there’ll be no more uniform gimmickry from the Georgia Bulldogs anytime soon.
Georgia athletics director Damon Evans, appearing on UGA’s weekly radio call-in show Monday night, gave a pretty strong thumbs-down to future variations on the Bulldogs’ traditional uniforms.
“I don’t believe playing the game is about uniforms,” Evans said. “I just want our team to go out on the field and play the best of their ability. We have had some uniform changes in the past, but I would tell you not to look for that anytime soon. I’m not going to ever say never, but that’s not something that we’re going to be focused on.”
The Bulldogs veered from tradition by wearing black jerseys in a big 2007 home win over Auburn and a big 2008 home loss to Alabama and by wearing black pants and black helmets in this year’s big loss to Florida in Jacksonville.
“I know there are times when you try to use uniforms to maybe change the mood of the team and so forth, and that’s been done . . . [with] the blackouts we’ve had in the past,” Evans said. “But . . . I like our traditional uniforms –- the silver britches, the red jerseys, the white jerseys and the red helmets -– and that’s what we need to stick with at the University of Georgia. . . .
“I want people to be able to recognize us. . . . And I had a lot of comments after the Florida game that people didn’t recognize who we were. . . . I want people to know we’re Georgia.”
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Evans again expressed confidence that coach Mark Richt will guide the Georgia football program through the storm that currently engulfs it.
Appearing on the second hour of the weekly call-in show –- Richt fills the first hour –- Evans expressed the same sentiments about Richt as he did in an interview with the AJC earlier this month.
“Mark Richt is our football coach, and I’m glad that Mark Richt is our football coach,” Evans said Monday night. “I have confidence in Mark Richt to get the job done and do the things he’s done over the past years to keep us competing for championships. And I know that what Mark will do are the things he thinks are appropriate for the program.”
Later, Evans added: “I’m glad that our fans . . . know we have a good football coach, a coach that has been through the thick and thin, and somebody who has led us to great heights with SEC championships, BCS bowl appearances. Any program faces adversity, and when you face adversity, it’s what you learn from it and how you come out of it. And I have confidence that Coach Richt will come through this.”
A caller asked Evans if he gets involved in head coaches’ decisions about their assistants. Evans said that across all sports he evaluates the head coaches and trusts them to evaluate their assistants.
“I think head coaches need to have the responsibility to deal with their coaching staff,” Evans said. “If there are times in which I need to get involved, I will do so and voice my opinion.”
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Go Jackets
November 24th, 2009
12:44 am
Good Luck on Saturday UGA, and I hope Rambo and Green are back for yall. I want Tech to play the best UGA has to offer.
GO JACKETS!!!
boots
November 24th, 2009
12:54 am
I expect that changes will be made which is why Evans can be so confident about Richt’s leadership. Let’s hope so. Regarding the uniforms, I could not agree more. The black jerseys are cool – once every three years. It was just overplayed. Scoring more points than our opponents should be our focus, not fashion.
Matthew Stafford
November 24th, 2009
1:03 am
Go Jackets,
Your hope that Rambo and Green are healthy enough to play against your beloved Jackets is the dumbest thing I’ve heard in awhile. Georgia will beat the crap out of Tech with or without Rambo and Green.
Frank Lane
November 24th, 2009
1:18 am
Actually, I think the black helmets are a mistake for a team that is used to seeing their own players in red helmets. You only get a moment to evaluate a pass pattern, and all of a sudden looking for different colored helmets has to be confusing to any quarterback.
Wearing black pants on the hottest day of the year was stupid in Jacksonville.
Saint Simons
November 24th, 2009
2:22 am
((((( 34 27 ))))) hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Haley Hutchinson
November 24th, 2009
2:23 am
I don’t get how a guy says he won’t micro-manage decisions about assistant coaches but he will micro-manage uniforms. It’s inconsistent.
Stephen Harrison
November 24th, 2009
2:39 am
The ONLY way we beat tech is to outscore them & for that to happen we have to RUN the ball & when we pass our recievers need to be 10 yards wide open or cox will throw it to the defense! cox can not face adversity if he is pressured he throws a pick if theres no one wide open he thorws a pick I’m sorry he has made some good plays this year but its the absolutely horrible ones I dont understand He is a 5th YEAR senior been in the system over 5 years now NO excuses for most of his mistakes this year! A lot of people complained about Matthew Stafford but its obvious why he started bet all those people wish he was still here!(best qb UGA ever had) Even with suspect play calling on offense that needs to change the problem is COX, poor execution(including penalties), turnovers, consistancy, & DEFENSE For the head coach to have success his DC & OC need to have success! So if CMR wants to be a successful head coach again(which he is a fine head coach) & wants to keep his job he HAS to find a OC & DC that can coach the players up scheme better & make better ajustments & get the best out of all the talent we put on the field! Plan & Simple
Valdosta Dawg
November 24th, 2009
3:20 am
Damon Evans thank you for saying that we are Red and White jerseys, Silver Britches and Red helmets! That is UGA, I think we have earned respect by being one of the top 11 winningest football teams of all time! I have to say this though, I know you are the AD Damon but Mark Richt was coaching major college football when you were playing at Georgia, and the year you interned with the SEC he coached Charlie Ward to a National Title and a Heisman Trophy! Go Dawgs! Just saying people Mark Richt is one hell of a person and a damn fine coach! The University of Georgia would be crazy as hell to let him go.
Valdosta Dawg
November 24th, 2009
3:25 am
Haley, Damon is not micro managing, he is stating a fact about our uniforms. He was just saying UGA wears this color and thats that! You trying to compare his comments on our colors and his influence, or lack of influence, on Mark Richts decisions is crazy. Thats apples to oranges man.
Jim
November 24th, 2009
4:06 am
Brian Stewart for UGA defensive coordinator position. (Former Dallas Cowboys DC, current Philadelphia Eagles defensive assistant coach)
PASS IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hop
November 24th, 2009
4:34 am
THE answer from damon evans is the dawgs will keep the status quo.
which means in layman’s terms no change will be made.
DR.ADAMS has made the decision not to interfere with the football program.thus- georgia will not get rid of willie or anyone else on the coaching staff.
reality
November 24th, 2009
6:10 am
We will never beat UF again as long as Richt is our coach. Urban M. has more football smarts in his pinky than richt has in his tiny brain. He was a mistake for a hire and has shown it with his 2-7 record against our biggest rival. I am ashamed to be a dawg when I hear our fans defending a man who is 2-7 Vs. UF. Did I mention he is 2-7 vs. UF?
NCMTNDawg
November 24th, 2009
6:16 am
Can we PLEASE stop talking about uniforms and address the more important matters at hand! As I told my wife Sunday morning, things just appear to have gotten stale at UGA. Seems to me, it is just indicative of the times. We are a need-now/instant gratification type of society. We used to allow our coaches 20-30 years (Dooley) with the occasional bad seasons, but no longer. CMR has done a nice job, but I believe he has plateaud? My issue is this, if Martinez or Fabris are retained next year I will not step foot back on my beloved campus in support and spend money. It pains me to say that, but they MUST be dismissed Mr. Evans!
Go Dawgs, beat Tech!
Alabama Jack
November 24th, 2009
6:24 am
Thank goodness that is settled. I was so afraid they would wear the black helmets next Saturday – with pearls, and the good black pumps……
stale piece of toast
November 24th, 2009
6:40 am
The problem at UGA is coaches and players not being afraid of losing their jobs. The program is stale. The penalties, turnovers and discipline have now caught up to the program and they can’t just rely on talent to win anymore. The level of competition in the SEC is to good. The early teams under Richt were hungrier than what has been on the field the last two years. That goes for coaches and players. Hopefully Richt knows how to fix it?
Hey, NCMTNDawg...
November 24th, 2009
6:47 am
You will not be missed, nor will your monetary contributions – there are numerous fans who will gladly take your tickets, and many others will contribute money to make up the lost revenue you will withhold. So, take your “holier than thou” attitude and keep it in the NC Mountains.
Georgia Football is Lifeless
November 24th, 2009
6:56 am
Georgia Football has lost something. Lost something valuable and precious. Georgia football has become lifeless, passionless, common. CMR has allowed mediocrity to slip in and the football program has taken a plunge downward. Sure the coordinators and assistants are very weak (but they are great friends of CMR), sure the luster has been lost. One of the joys of my life has been UGA football. I feel robbed by CMR’s decision not to replace unperforming personnel. I believe he must take immediate and decisive actions after the season is over. Four staff members need to be replaced … Martinez, Bobo, Fabris and Janeck. I look for only one to go (Willie) and that under duress from Evans.
Willie may just be demoted to DB coach so he can stay with CMR and continue the friendship. Georgia did not get my $5,000 this season cause I’m tired of poor performance and meaningless victories over poor teams. Georgia football isn’t dead but it’s sure in a poor state of health. I love CMR and want him to stay at Georgia but his leadership, passion, emotions and coaching ability is now coming under question. He has led Georgia well but can he lead Georgia in the future? If he don’t make major changes the damages next year will show up in tv exposure, recruiting, and image. He MUST MAKE MAJOR CHANGES AND DO IT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SEASON IS OVER. Bye Willie, glad you’re gone. You’ve done tremendous damage to UGA football.
mark
November 24th, 2009
6:57 am
To coach for UGA you have got to be able to beat FLA every other year. 2-7 just is not acceptable. Gorder. The expectation should be to beat FLA if you can’t do that we don’t need you.
dawgfan13
November 24th, 2009
7:09 am
If Marc Richt does not fire Willie Matenez and Fabris, expect him to be fired within the next two years. I just cant see the defense improving with Willie Martenez and aside from the punter and field goal kicker, the special teams suck and really the stregnth and conditioning coach should be questioned as well. Our players are in the worse condition in the SEC. Most of that is on the players to condition better but they need a better program.
JB
November 24th, 2009
7:20 am
it will be a HUGE mistake if Mark doesn’t make some changes after the season…………He’s rolling the dice that all this will go away next year…..if you study this roster and follow Georgia football, next year will not be a cake walk, new coach’s or not. Trust me, a new DC would do wonders for the mental state of this program, real or imagined. coach Richt has a bunker mentality about his coach’s and their families. That’s fine. But he needs to understand the part those 90,000 “customers” play in the big picture. I hope he doesn’t think like a Democrat that that money comes from the state and there’s plenty of it and that’s not a problem. There is something wrong in Athens, and it starts at the top. It does in a business, a church, a family etc. i hope andpray the guy can fix it……..or has the stomach to.
EverGator
November 24th, 2009
7:31 am
Go Dawgs…just…go!
Let's Be Adults
November 24th, 2009
7:31 am
SAINT SIMONS
You are a Clown!!! Sir. Please add something with substance. You silly Mo-Fo.
Pandering AD
November 24th, 2009
7:54 am
Evans is now pandering to blowhards complaining because the uniforms caused us to lose. Absolutely stupid. Get into the 21st century and enjoy our color combinations. I guess he thinks that will make everyone shut up but it won’t. Now he shows that he is weak and blaming something for our losses besides the players. What a wus.
71 Dawg
November 24th, 2009
7:55 am
Those Dawg fans who have actually watched the games this year should realize that Cox can make the big throws as well as anyone. His particular problem is throwing the “touch” type passes such as screens and dumps, and he has a problem when he’s pressured in that he can’t make the right decision on eating the ball or throwing it away. He has thrown some deep routes where our guy is the only one who has a shot at catching the ball which is the way it should be. He should not be held up as the reason we have under-performed this season – there are many things that play into that and not enough room to write my opinion here.
ChipperDoodle
November 24th, 2009
7:58 am
Dems rule, JB. The people have spoken.
RAMBLE ON!!!
November 24th, 2009
8:11 am
Grambling has a better chance Saturday. Bring the black helmets.
martin
November 24th, 2009
8:15 am
Evans on the talk show last night stated we don’t have a special teams coordinator. I wonder how many people missed that. There’s enough money in UGA’s athletic program to hire a special teams coordinator. I would hope there’s no way that Martinez stays after this season and even though that is my expectation, I’m not so sure it’ll happen. It seems like everytime we’ve turned over the ball it has led to touchdowns by the opposition. How about our defense hold them to a field goal every once in a while.
getthepicturenow
November 24th, 2009
8:17 am
i agree with Damon that we should wear Silver Britches, so can we dump the grey ones we currently wear? anybody else bothered by that? the explanation on CMR show was that they are easier to clean. gimme a break!! if thats the case at least let Bryan Evans wear Silver britches, he never gets dirty.
Bride of Chucky Knapp
November 24th, 2009
8:22 am
It’s not that Georgia gets beat, it’s that the games are so sloppy whether we win or lose. Even the wins are painful to watch. I don’t remember Dooley, Goff and Donnan teams being this undisciplined. Okay, Goff maybe.
Evans has not been helping them with the scheduling. He clearly is playing to the polls instead of helping the team learn and win.
Cox is not the problem, just like Stafford was not the problem. Sure, they make some bad decisions–guess what, it’s college football! That happens. Instead there has been across the board breakdown throughout the team. Either we don’t have the right players for the scheme or we don’t have coaches that can teach the scheme or we have a bad scheme–or all the above.
George P
November 24th, 2009
8:23 am
So if Georgia isn’t going to change uniforms for this game (I was hoping for black helmets, red jerseys, black pants, red socks, and black shoes), does that mean they will be dancing in the end zone if they score? Uniforms and dancing seem to be the only ways Richt has of motivating his team.
Mike
November 24th, 2009
8:27 am
I guess the traditional uniforms can’t be blamed when losing to Kentucky. only alternate uniforms are to blame when we lose in them. Pathetic. Nothing wrong with a quick change every now and then for the fans. We are red and black. Maybe not the black helmets too often, but the black jerseys should be here to stay. The jerseys didn’t get spanked by Alabama. Willie Martinez defense did.
Mike Lum
November 24th, 2009
8:34 am
Wish they’d add the stripes back to the jerseys, like they had in the 70s and 80s. Remove the black number trim. Grey facemasks. That’s UGA in the glory days.
dap01
November 24th, 2009
8:34 am
Mid level teams like Tech resort to gimmicks to someway persuade fans to help fill up the small stadium. UGA needs to realize that gimmicks are not neccessary for a major college team.
Go Dawgs.
Mike Lum
November 24th, 2009
8:35 am
dap, UGA had the blackout before Tech had the whiteout.
JoeFann
November 24th, 2009
8:38 am
What DE said is right on! His job is to steer the athletics programs at UGA on a macro scale, not a micro scale. That includes (but is not limited to) evaluating each of the head coaches of the various teams. Management 101 students know that both responsibility AND authority must be delegated in order for efficient and effective management to function. Richt is responsible for his assistant coaches performance and for evaluating them. How effectively he manages that aspect of his job is one of the criteria on which his evaluation is based. Whatever you think of the team’s performance this year, it would be a mistake to assume that Richt is stupid. He knows the numbers betters than we do. I’m sure he’s also looking at some numbers that we’re not, particularly on the offensive side of the ball. Nobody needs to tell him that the defensive play has been unacceptable, or that the offensive inconsistency must be corrected. I believe that he will make some difficult choices this offseason. To not do so would obviously greatly impact DE’s evaluation of Richt.
I agree with DE. I’m happy that Richt is UGA’s head coach and I hope he is for a long time. That said, from a management perspective, you give people enough room to do their job and enough rope to hang themselves.
Go Dawgs!
poopdawg
November 24th, 2009
8:41 am
Stick it in your ear hole GeorgeP, enjoy the pregame!
GaGator
November 24th, 2009
8:41 am
The reason nobody recognized Georgia after the Florida game was not the uniforms, it was the total lack of discipline, the penalties, lack of typical Georgia charter and just plan terrible coaching. Other than that, it was a fun game.
Nate
November 24th, 2009
8:42 am
Baby out with the bath water.
The black helmets and pants are horrible. But the black jerseys with silver britches are an awesome uniform. And Tim, did you already forget we wore those in the Sugar Bowl Victory over Hawaii?
And I know I know, we should have beaten Hawaii…right? But nobody was saying that before the game. I heard analyst after analyst say we needed to watch out for Hawaii and then we spanked them in the black jerseys. Oh yeah, and for what it’s worth they were undefeated from that same WAC conference Utah came out of last year and spanked Bama.
Keep the black jerseys…dump the rest.
GaGator
November 24th, 2009
8:43 am
Georgia character —-sorry for the miss spelling
Sid
November 24th, 2009
8:44 am
Let’s put some bright red Georgia Bulldog numbers on those dull white road jerseys !!!! The Dawgs wore red numbers on their jerseys in the early 70’s under Coach Vince Dooley and they looked great. So put RED back in the Red and Black !!
kentucky dawg
November 24th, 2009
8:45 am
I will always be a DAWG but I will not support them with any more $$$$$$ until somebody loses their jobs and the people at the top get serious again about football.
stendec
November 24th, 2009
8:49 am
Team calls you out. Say they are going to slaughter you by 300 plus points! Not enough motivational fodder. Team fails to materliaze against blowhards! Prediction of spanking comes true. Star player unfairly cited for celebration after touchdown. Coaches rally behind him! Other coaches that is. Not his own! Team murders team mascot with heartless play. Brings on heart attack! Mourning fans look for something uplifting. What do they get? A home loss on Senior Night to a team which had not prevailed in Athens since the end of the War Between The States! How is that for uplifting? At least the coordinators are consistent. Consistently awful! Both believe in running the same schemes until they are successful. They never are! Mark Bicht and his heartless Dawgs gave up this season. Plain and simple. Have made this a truly nightmarish season for all of Bulldog Nation! Hope jerkoff enjoys Tallahassee, Florida. Happy Thanksgiving Tim! ++STENDEC++ Who gives a damn about uniforms? Let the bestards play naked for all I care!
Saint Simons
November 24th, 2009
8:49 am
My apologies to Dawg fans everywhere. I only make fun using last years score because in my lifetime I have had so few times to be happy about pulling for a team named after an insect that is just a pest an people usually have exterminated. I promise to behave better and go back into the wood work when UGA spoils our best season in years.
NCDAWG
November 24th, 2009
8:50 am
The Black-Out should be held for one game a year at the most………..I would like to see the White Jersey with Red Pants…from time to time………As far as Evans’ statement about Assistant Coaches..Well at some point he will have to make a choice. Because CMR is not getting rid of any one…….The only way I see it panning out is Evans give CMR a choice: “Get rid of..Assistant Coach (es)…insert name……..or we get rid of you. I appreciate your loyalty to your friends…..but you need to be loyal to the University”
Bulldawg
November 24th, 2009
8:51 am
“Good Luck on Saturday UGA, and I hope Rambo and Green are back for yall. I want Tech to play the best UGA has to offer.
GO JACKETS!!!”
Go Jackets, Thank you for being a classy person and showing real sportsmanship! I hope the Junk Yard Dawgs do show up and it turns out to be the best game of the year! Go DAWGS!!!!
C.W.Moss
November 24th, 2009
8:54 am
GaGator…..Just because you know how to spell the word doesn’t mean you know the meaning….. We may of lost the game but I didn’t see anyone on Georgias team purposely sticking their fingers through any Florida players facemask to try and poke his eyes out. The only reason Spikes apologized after the game is because he got caught. The film doesn’t lie.He’ll be remembered for that incident for the rest of his life…Georgia fans will make sure of that.You Florida fans need to watch how you use that word in the future…you know what they say about glass houses don’t you!
cseay
November 24th, 2009
8:57 am
Dilusional, dilusional, dilusional. Anyone notice how many times Dawg fans reference Richt going 2 & 7 against the Gators and not a single reference to 17 of 20 loses over the past 20 years. You’ve had some success but your a wannabe program on the national stage. Richt is the worst kind of coach, he’s a “good” coach, not a great one. Urban Meyer has “it” and Dawg fans know it. Either find a coach that can get you to the next level or pipe down and enjoy being the third or fourth best team in the SEC East. Hey recruits, are you listening?
Gainesville Dawg
November 24th, 2009
8:57 am
We agree! Quit the gimmicks! What Dawg fans want to see is some coaches who know and understand football and actually COACH football like men!
If not, why don’t Richt and his staff wear dresses on the sidelines? Heck, put Martinez in a Catholic school girl outfit because that best fits his football style!
Attn: cseay
November 24th, 2009
9:00 am
All SEC fans understand that there is nothing too underhanded and immoral Florida will not do to win. Just follow the cash! The Spirit of Charley Pell did not die at UF.
Flowery Branch Dawg
November 24th, 2009
9:04 am
In the future the players should have to earn the right to wear black by having an outstanding season. Black should be a reward for making a BCS Bowl or a BCS Championship appearance, nothing less!!!!
Don’t ever cheapen it again by using it as a gimmick to try and improve a bad team. That does not work! No more silly gimmicks! If the coaching staff does their job right gimmicks are very unnecessary anyhow!
I-185
November 24th, 2009
9:08 am
Just when did the downfall begin??? Was it the Gator endzone stomp…. or the BAMA Black Out. It has been ugly……………….
TexasDawg
November 24th, 2009
9:15 am
Georgia has the talent to beat anyone, the frustration is the application. Florida won a national championship last year with a fullback at quaterback. On the goal line fumble vs Kentucky, we could put Chappas in shotgun with a full house backfield and stuffed the ball into the endzone with the T-BOW. No one in the country has stopped it, why aren’t we doing it. Our defensive players thrive in aggression not in read and react. I wish we would go a whole game cuttin em loose instead of getting the lead like in the Kentucky game and then playing soft and getting beat in the second half. Lastly, too much thinking bout special teams, stop with the directional, pop up and squib kicks, kick down the middle as far as you can and send the guys that love the contact down to cover em. We would be scary good if we would accept that we are a physical not a mental football team.
NCDAWG
November 24th, 2009
9:24 am
TexasDawg-Well Said…….The problem is the staff at UGA is so stubborn. They never make adjustments they do the same thing over and over again. I am tired of seeing the soft cover 2 D……I am tired of toss sweep into the boundary……..I think UGA needs to line up in the wildcat with Branden Smith, Chapas, Ealey, and King in the backfield and run at Tech all game. That does 2 things it keeps Cox and the D off the field……
SimpleDawg
November 24th, 2009
9:25 am
Great news about sticking with the traditional RED Helmets and Silver Britches.
Now we can return Grambling’s uniforms to them.
Saturday’s result will have nothing to with what uniforms are worn, but it will have everything to do with who’s wearing the uniforms.
coach smith
November 24th, 2009
9:33 am
Go Jackets
thanks! you are a class act and a great representative of Tech. I wish you could get that across to a few of your Tech brothern who post here
DC?
November 24th, 2009
9:34 am
What about Tenuta once the Weiss regime collapses? The GT ties too much?
Reality...
November 24th, 2009
9:35 am
The down fall started after the UF 07 when the SEC refs decided to make sure UGA paid for showing them up.
90 Dog
November 24th, 2009
9:37 am
UGA will stay with the traditional uniforms and helmets. Whew! Glad we got that burning issue resolved….
Otto
November 24th, 2009
9:43 am
Why should UGA let CWM go when his unit made the fewest mistakes out of the 3 units to take the field?
Real Dawg
November 24th, 2009
9:43 am
Reality youre an idiot! Your comment on CMR was stupid and you should be a stupid tech fan. Youre not worthy to be a dawg with your comment you made earlier. Who do you want coaching UGA Lou Holtz. Get a Life! Uniforms don’t matter to me, but I like CMR idea in changing things up. Black Pants, Black Jerseys and Red Helmets for tech Sat. Gooooooo Daaaaaaaawgs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thomas
November 24th, 2009
9:44 am
Georgia Tech will demolish UGA Saturday. Why, because they can EXECUTE. That means score from the red zone, not blow a 14 point lead and not commit repeated, stupid plays that result in penalties (over and over, etc). Furthermore, UGA should focus on execution and stop worrying about what uniforms to wear. All black, black helmet, whatever. They still make stupid plays and are not even close to having a clue. GO RAMBLING WRECK
UGA Gimmicks
November 24th, 2009
9:46 am
Black outs, uniforms, bench clearing touchdown celebrations… all gimmicks that Richt has employed to create distraction from the fact this is a poorly coached team.
Sure you can fool a bunch of 20yr olds and fans for a game or two, but nothing inspires like results.
Good Luck Suckers.
AppalachianDawg
November 24th, 2009
9:48 am
Texas…Good call. Bobo doesn’t believe in any thinking “outside the box” which translates into an offense that becomes predictable. Martinez believes in letting the play come to him, not getting after the ball. When he does decide (or someone decides for him) to get after it, we see what we are capable of and the score usually reflects it. Then, very quickly, WM reverts back to his safe mode. Not good football in my opinion, and definately not good football in the SEC. I think changes will be made, but I’m not positive they will as significant as they should be. I like CMR and for now, he has my full faith to get the program headed back in the right direction. I think losing him would be a mistake for UGA, and I don’t care to see the carousel of coaches at our university….like ND, we see how well that’s working.
Best of luck to both sides this weekend, hopes it’s a smash-mouth, hard fought game. Tech has had a great season (congrats), but I hope to salvage what we can with a DAWG win. GO DAWGS.
All The Way...To The Bank
November 24th, 2009
9:49 am
$7,671.23…that’s how much Richt banked today. That’s how much he makes every day. Even Sunday.
Gametime
November 24th, 2009
9:52 am
Gimmicks – And it’s still working. All of these posters interested in what clothes they’re going to wear to the game. “Does this make my butt look big?”
td
November 24th, 2009
9:58 am
Reality, There is no “down fall” of the program. We are having a down year. This is caused for many reasons. When you lose the 1st, 15th picks in the NFL draft leaving early along with Asher Allan, you can not expect to be as good as last year.
Get a grip man. The program is going to be alright in the long run with CMR leading it. If he chooses to make changes then I will support him. If he chooses not to then I will support him as well because he has forgotten more about the game than you and I and everyone else on this blog combined.
All The Way...To The Bank
November 24th, 2009
10:09 am
td…If Richt went to coach at another school, would you transfer your loyalty to that program?
td
November 24th, 2009
10:16 am
All The Way…To The Bank, No I am a loyal fan and have supported the Dawgs since in the early 70’s. I have supported us through the good years and have not ever bashed the program, coaches or players ever on in public (if I have anything negative to say then I write a letter to the appropriate person).
Rodster
November 24th, 2009
10:39 am
Good call. They’ve embarrassed themselves enought with the non-traditional uniforms.
Johnny DangerDawg
November 24th, 2009
10:44 am
Go Jackets,
For some reason, Rambo has only gotten limited playing time all season even though the average Georgia fan has known for quite some time that he should be a starter…
Curt Long
November 24th, 2009
10:59 am
This Tech fans knows that UGA has the athletes to beat anyone. I look for a good close game Saturday night. Safe traveling to all this holiday season.
blazerdawg
November 24th, 2009
11:00 am
Val Dawg – you are right on! UGA has a great AD and head football coach and will be back.
Bawney Fwank
November 24th, 2009
11:06 am
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! We’ll miss those black helmets in Jacksonville!
Maybe Richt will go to Notra Dame and he can teach them to dance.
BS
November 24th, 2009
11:12 am
What happened to red pants and white jerseys for away games?
Mary Wanna
November 24th, 2009
11:18 am
Black jerseys should be worn the last home game of the season – usually Auburn, and optional for bowl games. No gimmick there.
Dawg Drool (BaseballVol13)
November 24th, 2009
11:19 am
WOW!!! You pups get to play in Atlanta this year! You’ll be leaving town 6 – 6! Sorry to hear UGA VII died from self inflicted syphillis due to too much ball lickin’!
7
November 24th, 2009
11:20 am
when someone says your my coach….thats usually the kiss of death. watch your back, mr. richt.
TexasDawg
November 24th, 2009
11:26 am
I’ve been a Georgia fan since 68. Been through the ups, survived the downs. No doubt about it, this is down Georgia needs a new dog and to open up a can of “bad, agressive attitude” this weekend. Let’s go to Poppa John’s in December knowing that whoever accepts the bid from the Big East has to deal with extra cheese in all aspects of the game. Don’t matter if we are 6 and 6 or 7 an 5. Cause I’d love to see B. Evans hit’em two yards inbounds and knock’em two yards outta bounds and still get the penalty cause it would be worth the fifteen.
PMC
November 24th, 2009
11:30 am
Those Oregon Carbon Fiber helmets look pretty cool I think.
Rhombus
November 24th, 2009
11:30 am
You people are making it seem harder than it is. UGA has an offensive coordinator and a defensive coordinator. All they need to turn things around is a fashion coordinator, someone who can make the players look good, really good. Dress them in the right colors with color-coordinated acessories, a bit of make-up, and some eye-liner, and they’ll do just fine.
Why is Richt still there? Does Damon Evans not want to ever win the SEC again?
heyberto
November 24th, 2009
11:31 am
I agree with a lot of what Evans says here.. but I’ll add that if uniform modification is something they like, I really don’t mind giving them a reward for having them say, beating Florida. If they beat Florida, they get to wear them at a home game or they get to wear them in a bowl game for making the BCS or something… I like that idea a lot better than the ‘fake juice’.
UGASUNCLE
November 24th, 2009
11:31 am
To td. I don’t know what Ga football team you have been watching (I assume you do go to the actual games), but something stinks in Athens and it isn’t the cow pastures. I have seen enough over the last decade that belies your pollyanna pink cloud view of things to recommend a 12 step program to you. All the rhetoric supporting Richt, Martinez, and Bobo, and how they are sooo misunderstood, falls on deaf ears. What they are doing screams so loud I can’t hear what they are saying. Go Dawgs!
Sautee Dawg
November 24th, 2009
11:31 am
Appalachain Dawg-Texas Dawg
Your assesment of Willie is correct. Saturday night UGA’s defense really got after Kentucky in the 1st half and then in the 2nd played that sit back and let Kentucky come to them defense. Seems like in the Auburn game the week before was the only game all year where our defense really got after it the whole game.
I personally think CMR keeps Willie Martinez on his staff, don’t think he’s got the heart to let him go.
Evans remarks on monday stating that we don’t have a dedicated special teams coach is troubling.
Why don’t we. Most teams have one, Urban Meyer is the Special teams coach at FLA. and to get on the Starting lineup for offense or defense you first have to prove that you can play special teams. And play them well. During his tenure at Utah and Bowling Green, and UF, his special teams are responsible for blocking over 50 kicks and punts, not too bad for a special teams coach who doubles as a headcoach.
The uniforms issue, don’t change the out come of a game, i’ve been at all the games where these uniforn color schemes were used and it made a difference in the crowd for maybe the first few minutes before the game but after the kickoff i didn’t see they made any difference. The first blackout against Auburn was kinda fun b/cause all the fans participated.
Don’t think Evans will be a factor in whether coaching changes are made or not but, I don’t think it was a coincidence that Tommy Tubberville was the guest speaker at The Athens Touchdown Club a few weeks ago.
Abilene
November 24th, 2009
11:33 am
Yes, Richt is still here, and that means another year of watching the SEC championship game at home on TV.
Richt has to go. Period.
LAKE OCONEE DAWG
November 24th, 2009
11:36 am
ALL OF YOU SO CALLED FANS WHO THREATEN TO NOT GIVE ANY MORE OF YOUR MONEY UNLESS CHANGES ARE MADE GET THE HECK AWAY FROM THE GEORGIA PROGRAM AND FIND YOU ANOTHER TEAM TO BACK, OR WILL THAT BE STICK IN THE BACK….WE DON’T NEED FANS LIKE YOU…YOU ARE LIKE A LITTLE BABY WHOSE TOY GOT TAKEN AWAY…IF UGA FOOTBALL IS WHAT YOU BASE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE ON, WE ALL FEEL SORRY FOR YOU…NOBODY IS GOING TO MAKE ANY DECISION BASED ON WHETHER YOU GIVE ANY MORE OF YOUR MONEY TO UGA ATHLETICS, SO FORGET ABOUT THAT LAME LITTLE THREAT….GET YO HAT, YO COAT, AND GET ON OUT THE DOOR…..
Abilene
November 24th, 2009
11:38 am
Getting Tommy Tubberville would be super. But Richt has to go first.
Lee Corso
November 24th, 2009
11:39 am
I like Mark Richt and I truly hope he finally understands that this is not the 1990s and the Bobby Bowden system simply does not work anymore. It is no longer only about the “Jimmys and the Joes”. Teams with better schemes, better preparation, and better discipline will beat teams with better athletes- it happens every Saturday across the country.
Georgia’s recruiting classes out rank Oregon’s every year by a mile but anyone who doubts that Oregon would crush Georgia by at least 30 points is simply wearing SEC blinders. Richt has a lot of work ahead of him this off season.
ugaaccountant
November 24th, 2009
11:42 am
I seem to recall watching Richt coach us in multiple SEC championship games. This is the most consistent contending we’ve ever done for a decade.
ugaaccountant
November 24th, 2009
11:43 am
I’d wager GA beats Oregon.
The Ghost of UGA VII
November 24th, 2009
11:46 am
No fun costumes in the future? Dang it!
Does this mean that when they go to the Pappy John Pizza Bowl (in beautiful Birmingham) the boys won’t get to wear unis with little pepperoni’s all over them…..maybe black helmets with some yummy cheese dripping off of the “G”?
Dang, Mr. Evans, next thing ya know, you won’t even let our boys dance to gansta rap or flash gansta signs after big hits.
dagnabit
November 24th, 2009
11:46 am
Have to agree with lake oconee on this one. Richt will have Jawja winning next year and you bulldoggies will be talking out of your other face. I like the black helmuts. Change is great.
collegeballfan
November 24th, 2009
11:46 am
Why is it any of the the AD’s business what uniforms the teams wear? I would think that is a decision of the coach & players.
Maybe the UGA problem is the AD not the coaches & players.
Real Dawg
November 24th, 2009
11:52 am
All you sore losers can’t understand one down year! Lokk at all the sucess CMR has had, and when he gets the program back what will you sap suckers say then? I wished you fair weather fains would kiss off who needs your syupid mopney or supporty!!! Go Dawgs!! And Damon Evans is an idiot!
Dr. J. Michael Pece
November 24th, 2009
11:53 am
I hope Richt stays but please get rid of Bobo, Willie Martinez and the other lackadaisical coaches. We need some fire breathing coaches if Richt is not going to do so. We need someone to slap some helmets, scream in the faces and get the lazy team fired up! Martinez MUST GO!
dawgrific
November 24th, 2009
11:54 am
They are uniforms, who cares. For what it’s worth, I like the idea of a blackout (but not those hideous helmets) once a year or so. Anyways, the points of this post is to say that, while I constantly take shots at moronic tech fans, I want to say thank you to the classy fans of all of our rivals, and especially those from the tech side. I know we all have idiot fans, but that just makes the classy ones come shining through that much more. I can’t believe I am about to say this, and before I do, I would like nothing more than to ruin tech’s season this Saturday, but congrats tp all of you decent techies on an awesome year for your program. I hope it is a one year wonder, as I truly beieve that our beloved DAWGS WILL SOON BE BACK TO WHERE WE ARE USED TO SEEING THEM (10+ WINS AND SEC CONTENDERS). Now, no matter if we beat you or not, I have to say that I will be rooting my backside off for Clemson when they play you in the ACC championship game, just in case any Dawg fans think that I have lost my mind. I NEVER root for tech and NEVER will!
Happy Thanksgiving, and GO DAWGS!!!!!!
The Walking Boss
November 24th, 2009
11:54 am
Black Hemlets = The “Change” We Can Believe In.
Real Dawg
November 24th, 2009
11:54 am
Who needs you fair weather fans!!!You really don’t have any money to give and we sure don’t want your support! Wait till CMR gets the program up again, what will you coneheads say then. Damon Evans needs to worry about someone other than CMR.
Fullback
November 24th, 2009
11:56 am
Who needs you fair weather fans!!!You really don’t have any money to give and we sure don’t want your support! Wait till CMR gets the program up again, what will you coneheads say then. Damon Evans needs to worry about someone other than CMR.
Joe Cox
November 24th, 2009
11:58 am
am sorry for blowing the game Sat. I should have went to Duke! I hope we blackout against Tech! That way we are ready for our final resting place…….
jefferson
November 24th, 2009
11:58 am
Joe is worried the black pants may make his butt look big. (Pulpwood will tell you what Joe IS)
THWG. Go Jackets, sting em’