Was Saban sending a message to Smart?

Mirna from smyrna

January 8th, 2010
5:20 pm

First and saban is a big poop!

Matt Joiens

January 8th, 2010
5:21 pm

First. Maybe a happy work enviornment is better than money?

Matt Joiens

January 8th, 2010
5:22 pm

DAMN!

JimDawg

January 8th, 2010
5:23 pm

I guess that’s why he went to Miami and then regressed to Alabama.

DAWG Trapped in BAMA!

January 8th, 2010
5:24 pm

I am not suprised at these comments as Saban is calculated in every move he makes.

michael

January 8th, 2010
5:26 pm

Saban does not have the integrity or credibility in advising anyone on which choices to make in life. I consider the source whenever he speaks.

WalkerMuhDawg

January 8th, 2010
5:29 pm

Nick Saban, Career Counselor: “Do as I say … not as I do!”

DAWG Trapped in BAMA!

January 8th, 2010
5:29 pm

I am suprised at what a good job Mark Richt and his staff has done at keeping a tight seal any “real” news/information related to his DC search

4WhatIt'sWorth

January 8th, 2010
5:31 pm

Is leaving as Miami Dolphins HC to Alabama HC a lateral move?

BurningRedBleedingBlack

January 8th, 2010
5:31 pm

“im not leaving miami!! Im happy here and i’m staying!! I’m not leaving…..i don’t know to make this any more clear”

dallis04

January 8th, 2010
5:34 pm

What a joke.

Kirby Smart's the Guy

January 8th, 2010
5:36 pm

Kirby’s coming to Georgia and Saban is miffed.

Should have paid the guy more than the top 4 DC’s in the SEC Saban.

Jon

January 8th, 2010
5:36 pm

Saban is the best coach in college football. Only coach to win a National Championship at two different schools since 1936. The man is a winner and you have to admire that. He gives more money back to ‘Nick’s Kids’ charities than most people could make in their lifetimes. How many Coaches and Wall Street executives give back to poor kids and their families?

Without-a-clue

January 8th, 2010
5:39 pm

Liar-Liar-pants-on-fire Saban giving such advice is ludicrous. Also, I heard the commentators use Smart’s name ONCE during the broadcast. Otherwise, it was “Saban’s defense”. THAT is a good reason to make a GOOD lateral move.

Top Dawg

January 8th, 2010
5:39 pm

Like moving from college to the NFL (briefly) and then back to college? Is that lateral or up or down? Hmmmm, Methinks Saban talk with forked tongue……….

michael

January 8th, 2010
5:39 pm

Whenever Saban speaks, consider the source. The man has absolutely no integrity. This has been proven by the way he has conducted himself in the past. Smart should definately not listen to this guy for any advise because he has absolutely no credibility. By the way, I do not even want Smart as our DC. My choice would be David Pollack, hands down!

Ole Yeller Dawg

January 8th, 2010
5:40 pm

Worked out pretty good for Will Muschamp!

mowreck

January 8th, 2010
5:40 pm

I know that GT and UGA now need defensive coordinators. What I want to know is how Meyers hired a DC so fast. Just read he signed the Miami Dolphins asst. head coach to be his DC.

Kirby Smart's the Guy

January 8th, 2010
5:41 pm

Yeah, Kevin Stelle left Saban to make a laterla move as Saban’s DC in 2007.

Applewhite, Saban’s OC, left Saban for a BELOW lateral move, to become Texas’ rb coach.

Now Smart heading to Georgia. Of course Saban wants Smart at Texas Tech instead of Georgia, so he doesn’t have to play him in his last year before he burns through another team (5 year maximum for Saban hits in 2010–never coached anywhere more than 5 years)

How about becoming a nicer guy Nick, how’s those social skills workin’ out for ya big guy?

Jon

January 8th, 2010
5:41 pm

Only two Defensive Coordinators makes more than Kirby Smart and that is Monte Kiffin and John Chavis and Chavis just punked Georgia into making LSU give him a big raise. Kirby said he was “looking forward to next year at Alabama”, and the 400K he made this past season. Sabam will ask for and get all his assistants large pay increases and contract adjustments.

Skydawg

January 8th, 2010
5:41 pm

Saban is a first class coach for sure. But he’s also a first class A-hole. The trail of assistant coaches leaving his side for lateral moves should speak for itself. Nobody likes a tyrant, at least not for long.

Newnan Dawg

January 8th, 2010
5:42 pm

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John

January 8th, 2010
5:42 pm

Kirby is obviously waiting until the end of recruiting season to make a lateral move to Georgia. At least he showed Alabama respect not to endanger the top recruiting class by bowing out before finishing the job and taking recruits with him like Charlie Strong.

Brent

January 8th, 2010
5:43 pm

I keep hearing that it is Smart. 3 year deal $750,000 per year.

I think it would be smart of Smart to come to UGA. He turns our defense back into a top ten defense and the head jobs will start coming alot quicker than if he stays under Saban at Bama. After a national title all he can do is go down.

Dawg-All the Way

January 8th, 2010
5:43 pm

UGA needs to name Kirby Smart the Head Coach in Waiting and DC………

"Chef" Tim Dix

January 8th, 2010
5:43 pm

Alabama COULD match any offers but why would they?

It’s Saban world we just live in it.

Kirby Smart's the Guy

January 8th, 2010
5:44 pm

I wouldn’t call increasing pay from $300,000 to $1,000,000 a year, a LATERAL move.

But, does Nick take his own advice? Has he moved from one job as Head Coach to become AD at the next place? Not so much. Nick’s been a lateral mover his whole career, every 1-5 years, JUST LIKE URBAN MEYER.

Newnan Dawg

January 8th, 2010
5:46 pm

Mich State —-> LSU —-> Miami —-> Alabama —-> ?????. Appear to be a lot of lateral moves. Do as I say and not as I do. Is this a double standard for a “first class Coach???

Kirby Smart's the Guy

January 8th, 2010
5:47 pm

Didn’t hear Saban “tough guy talking” in any interviews BEFORE he needed Kirby’s services a few days BEFORE the Natl Champ, did you?

Jon

January 8th, 2010
5:48 pm

Major Applewhite was not working out at Alabama and his leaving was mutual. He went back home to his alma mater and took the job he knew he could always get, a glorified GA. Saban hired him late in the process in winter of 2007, when most coaches were already hired and he was available. Kevin Steele want’s a head coaching job and has family ties to South Carolina area.

KS

January 8th, 2010
5:48 pm

Very interesting how Georgia doesn’t cultivate coaching talent even among coaches with Georgia ties. Take Muschamp and Smart who Georgia wanted no part of until they became ultra successful at other schools, then they claim them as theirs. Georgia even had Smart on their staff (coaching running backs of all things) and let him go to the Dolphins instead of recognizing the talent and promoting him over Martinez. You never hear of any Georgia assistant coaches on other school’s wish lists…just sayin’.

Nick Saban (Dec 21, 2006)

January 8th, 2010
5:48 pm

I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.

4WhatIt'sWorth

January 8th, 2010
5:49 pm

Saban probably does not want to recruit against Smart. Also, wouldn’t it be ironic to see see Smart beat Saban in the SEC Championship in 2 years.

hop

January 8th, 2010
5:49 pm

clearly,alabama is saban’s program and he gets all the accolades his asst.coaches.

if kirby wants to prove his worth, he must do it somewhere else.

USF

January 8th, 2010
5:49 pm

Forget DC, we want Kirby Smart to be our head coach.

chuck

January 8th, 2010
5:49 pm

Saban is a lying prick. Just ask anyone in Louisiana. Who cares about him or his hillbilly lackeys from Tuscaloosa?

Kirby Smart's the Guy

January 8th, 2010
5:50 pm

Don’t think Saban or Meyer took the course in college “employee retention 101″. If so, they both scored an “F”.

Jim

January 8th, 2010
5:53 pm

Saban backed into another NC. There’s no reason for him to stay at Alabama now. Michigan still can offer him big money to leave. Remember the LSU NC made him the highest paid coach which he is no longer. Saban’s loyality is to the biggest pocketbook. Think about it!

Denver Dog

January 8th, 2010
5:54 pm

That Ray Goff coaching tree even has Saban scrambling. Why wouldn’t Muschamp be a head coach candidate at TTU, or one of the other places.

Nick Saban

January 8th, 2010
5:56 pm

The only reason Kirby Smart is anything is because of me. Who do you Leg Humpers think designs all these defenses. It’s not your boy Kirby Smart. Basically I’m telling him if he wants to fall flat on his face then go to UGAY..if he wants to be a success , then stay with me.

Dan

January 8th, 2010
5:58 pm

As a Tech fan, I have a question: many have said that Kirby Smart will never get a head job if he stays as Saban’s DC (which may or may not be true) because Saban is the brain behind the whole thing. But if that’s the case, why would UGA want to be the team that takes the risk on him and also why would they want him for may be a season or two? Be interesting to understand the reasoning (beyond the obvious that he is DC for one of the best defenses in CFB).

Jerry Glanville

January 8th, 2010
5:59 pm

I guess the septic tank is the cesspool in Athens

HUNKER DOWN

January 8th, 2010
5:59 pm

Kirby,
Home is calling back a beloved son. It’s hard for anyone who has never worn the G to understand but go where your heart tells you. No matter what we will always remember with fond memories the glory days shared between the hedges.

AltamahaDawg

January 8th, 2010
6:03 pm

As my daddy used to say, you have to walk in a man’s shoes to know how he feels.

Denver Dog

January 8th, 2010
6:05 pm

KS, that is so right man, there are no UGA coaches anywhere, never been any in Athens. You are so right. It is amazing that there are no UGA coaches around anywhere. I guess we could have some of those star wonders like Mike Shula, Mike Dubose, Ray Perkins, you are so right on.

1eyedJack

January 8th, 2010
6:13 pm

Kirby’s not making this decision, Mrs. Kirby is.

Dave In Tampa

January 8th, 2010
6:13 pm

I really thought that we stood no chance in getting KS, but after viewing Saban’s negative thoughts I’m starting to think other wise

collegeballfan

January 8th, 2010
6:14 pm

This the same Kirby Smart whose defense gave up two touchdown passes to a just out of high school QB? Same one?

DirtyDawg

January 8th, 2010
6:15 pm

Sometimes you make a lateral move if you foresee an opportunity that appeals to you and/or your family. Maybe Kirby would just like to work with, and for, a better person. Maybe he sees that ‘Brother’ Saban is just as likely to move on himself to a job that others might see as something other than a promotion, just because he wants to, or because he and his family aren’t particularly happy in Tuscaloosa, or because his ego tells him to.

If you want the job Kirby, it’s yours, but don’t let this pr**k browbeat you into not taking it. I mean, if you stay with him, just how do you think he’ll treat you for even ‘thinking about’ leaving? Get the hell out of that situation – so long as they keep wearin’ ‘hounds-tooth’ hats and stuff, they’ll never fully embrace ‘Brother’, or you.

Sweet Home Alabama

January 8th, 2010
6:17 pm

Nick saban is God .when he speaks you better shut up.he is the best coach ever in college football.i HAVE BEEN partyiing for 20 straigtht hours since we won a national chammponship.pLEASE CONgratulate me if you like.

Dawg Whisperer

January 8th, 2010
6:18 pm

If that’s Saban’s method of encouragement to Kirby Smart to stay at Bammy, I’d hate to see the alternative.

Who Cares?

January 8th, 2010
6:19 pm

Saban is right on. Going to uga is a step backwards for Kirby. Until you delusional uga folks get over the Herschel years, you will continue to live in a dream world. You are not top tier SEC.

Otter

January 8th, 2010
6:20 pm

After seeing some of his players reaction to him last night, his rant about his gatorade shower, and his latest above comments, me thinks people may soon tire of little Nicky-boy. He may be in line for the Neidermeyer award of getting killed by his own troops.

Don’t build that statue to him just yet Bammers, the mob may tear it down all too soon.

Pit Bull

January 8th, 2010
6:20 pm

This is prefect. Saban is a CONTROL FREAK, and this statement of his goes hand in hand with it. “You assistants should do as I want you too or you’re a fool”. Typcial Saban. No wonder anyone would rather want to work for Richt rather than put up with that mess. Saban gave thanks to fans, university, etc last night but didn’t even mention his assistant coaches. They are his servants in his mind. Working for Saban has to be very stressful, which isn’t healthful.

Ole Yeller Dawg

January 8th, 2010
6:21 pm

This reminds me of the Pete Carroll remark when Mark Sanchez decided to pass on his senior year and declared himself for the NFL draft. Now Pete is about to jump ship himself to become the head coach for the Seattle Seahawks! USC is about to get hit big time with sanctions from the NCAA.

Nick Saban calling UGA a septic tank sounds like bulletin board material to me…..post it in the locker room CMR.

Snellville Jacket

January 8th, 2010
6:22 pm

I liked Saban’s analogy: “The grass is always greener over the septic tank.” Pretty appropriate for describing the “educational facility” in Athens, wouldn’t you say?

Are Steele, Applewhite & Smart Sending a Message To Saban?

January 8th, 2010
6:25 pm

These 3 coaches are sending a LOUD message to Saban. Is he listening? Does he LEARN from his mistakes?

BigDawg

January 8th, 2010
6:27 pm

Come home Kirby! How can Satan win a NC and hardly even break a smile? What a jerk! Hope all you top recruits see how much of an a$$ he is. I bet the NFL comes calling again with more money and he bolts for another grass is greener job!

Bama D 11

January 8th, 2010
6:27 pm

The only reason Kirbster is anything is because of us, the water girl could have coached the talent we have to a top defensive year. We have turned him into head coaching material and not a D.C. at a second-tier program.

superDawg

January 8th, 2010
6:28 pm

KS is waiting to see ALA’s. offer the job at UGA is his.Saban will hold out as long as he can to make the offer,leaving KS in limbo until after recruiting.Saban is waiting for a $ amount from UGA to slap Kirby to the street.UGA should pony up get Kirby and his recruits.

Saban.. [Tell it all Nick...

January 8th, 2010
6:30 pm

Athens a septic tank?

LMAO!!!!!

Adams and Evans are floating near the top and probably clogging the system.

uga1989

January 8th, 2010
6:30 pm

Yeah, we’re all living our lives to make you happy, Nick. Why would Kirby Smart care about making you happy?

Skydawg

January 8th, 2010
6:33 pm

Yeah, Snellville Jacket, you mean the one that is now harder to get academically admitted/accepted than the North Avenue Trade School. And the school that had freshman entry GPA and SAT scores last year. Tech is a joke and always will be. The Joke by Coke.

Tiger's Wood

January 8th, 2010
6:33 pm

Wow, maybe Nick Saban can give me some advice on how to live my life, too. That blond grass sure looked greener to me.

Wish ol’ Nick had been around and whispered in my ear, yeah.

alabama

January 8th, 2010
6:35 pm

You ga boys are a bunch of losers and Saban knows it. Go brag about beating gt with aclass rated forty first and you guys rated in top ten every year and all you can brag about is ga tech game over and overevery day.That is wh Saban is telling Smart to make good decesions, like not going to a bunch of losers.Now go out and brag about beating ga techbecause your in the same league with them not BAMA,CAN YOU SAY LOSER.

The Sham

January 8th, 2010
6:40 pm

KS:

Look up Neil Callaway, Stacey Searles and Rodney Garner… Callaway got a HC job to leave prior to that, he was like Searles and Garner – getting raises every year bc they are in demand else… So think before you speak, or at least know something about what you are talking about… I’m just saying!

mgdawg

January 8th, 2010
6:42 pm

John, I don’t think we can wait till the end of recruiting. I understand being faithful to a job until you leave, but waiting until the bowl game was enough. Not to mention recruits for UGA and curran need to know who the DC is going to be. If it is smart it needs to happen this weekend or monday/tuesday at the latest.

Jon, Chavis didn’t punk anyone. I never heard that richt ever contacted him or offered him. Chavis, or his agent, probably called richt so they could tell LSU they were talking with him to get a raise.

All that quote does it make me feel like smart is leaving.

bugsquacher

January 8th, 2010
6:42 pm

wait, let me get this correct, GA Tech lost 2 of the last 3 games, Lost to GA, Got pounded in the Orange bowl, ……omg…….Nice championship season……wahahahahahhahahahhahahahahah….. you nerds crack me up…… and then wait….wait…it gets better… your basketball team lost to an unranked GA team……. please stop….. youre killing me…..hahahahhahahahahhahahah 30-24 forever….

jerry

January 8th, 2010
6:43 pm

The ONLY reason Smart would come to UGA is a huge raise and that is not UGA’s m.o. They are out right now, scouring yard sales, searching for castoffs, looking for something to hold up in front of the pound and awaiting the senseless howling and barking…..and snarling.

FL Dawg

January 8th, 2010
6:45 pm

Personally I see Kirby coming in as DC and HC in waiting and around 750K, options granting up 1 1/4M. That is probably the only way we get him to Athens. I don’t think ‘bama will match, and honestly they shouldn’t match it. Saban has coached up a number of DC and he will do so again. Saban would be much worse off losing the OC.

jerry

January 8th, 2010
6:46 pm

If you don’t have anything to say except some juvenile utterance about one team or the other’s superiority/inferiority, stfu, you’re wasting my time.

superDawg

January 8th, 2010
6:48 pm

Hey alabama UGA owns saban 3 to 1 since he has been at toothcaloosa.

BigDawg

January 8th, 2010
6:48 pm

Everyone knows if Satan doesn’t win the NC next year the BAMA mafia will run him out of town and that is why he is afraid to lose his assistants. If Kirby were really smart he would leave while the mafia is appeased.

SOGADOG

January 8th, 2010
6:49 pm

Being a DC for your alma mater as oppossed to a rival team is a move UP.

superDawg

January 8th, 2010
6:53 pm

Hard to beat that one.

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Bama Dave

January 8th, 2010
6:56 pm

GA is the 4th best team in the SEC East and 7th best team in the SEC. NO WAY he is going to leave Bama for a sinking ship!!!

Rooooooollllllllllllllllllllll Tide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bank walker

January 8th, 2010
6:57 pm

You bammer boys are a bunch of chumps. I noticed last night that you had only 3 on offense from your state and maybe 3 on defense. You want us to come over there and teach you sissys how to play and toughin you up a little. The squad looked like a tennerssee team with all those guys from out of state. Why don’t you light weights play Georgia in a high school all star game? Because you would lose!! UGA will be back in full force when we get our D coordinator in place. You can believe that!!

superDawg

January 8th, 2010
6:57 pm

SOMEBODY KEEP AN EYE ON THE ala. BOOSTERS.

SEC

January 8th, 2010
6:59 pm

Alabama, nice spelling……redneck.

SickandTired

January 8th, 2010
7:00 pm

Has anyone ever heard of another school coming after one of Mark Richt’s young coaches that he cultivated and nurtered and taught how to be a head coach by example. No, that’s because Mark Richt offers nothing in the way of innovation or stellar coaching intelligence. Kirby Smart taking a lateral movement to of all places Georgia would quite possibly be the dumbest decision a young coach has made in the history of college football. Saban is sending Kirby a message and I”m sure he’ll tell him to his face. He should stay with Saban another couple of years and he can go back to Athens to be the head coach, not the DC because Mark Richt will surely be fired within three years or he’ll just quit because he knows in his mind he can’t coach against these guys in the SEC. Admit it, you know it, I know it, and everyone that knows anything about college football knows it, Mark Richt is at least the 5th best coach in the SEC. There’s four now that have won National Championships.

jerry

January 8th, 2010
7:00 pm

If Saban was talking about UGA when he mentioned lateral move, he paid UGA one hell of a compliment, totally without merit.

1eyedJack

January 8th, 2010
7:00 pm

I can see Kirby being offered the DC job, but I don’t think coach-in-waiting. That is, if Coach Richt is in charge of this hire. Remember, this man is loyal to a fault. I don’t believe he will alienate Bobo by naming Smart coach-in-waiting.

Bear

January 8th, 2010
7:02 pm

Check my coffin.

jerry

January 8th, 2010
7:04 pm

Bama to UGA a backward lateral, which could be ruled a fumble.

TheBiggestDawg

January 8th, 2010
7:04 pm

Hey Nick… you looked good in pink last night.

slobodan

January 8th, 2010
7:05 pm

Nick Saban’s title is the same as Mark Richt’s. Head “COACH”. Saban realizes that his main job is to “coach” the players and assistants. He is totally accountable with no excuses. I would like to see Mark
Richt turn back into a “coach” and require excellence from players and assistants; and never have any excuses. Saban has been a college winner regarless of who his assistants were.

M.Richt

January 8th, 2010
7:07 pm

When I win 10 games I don’t make excuses, thank you.

superDawg

January 8th, 2010
7:09 pm

Pay the man.

Jane

January 8th, 2010
7:11 pm

Puhleese! Saban coaches the defense anyway….I doubt he is afraid of where Kirby lands. I’m sure he prefers him to stay for a nice pay raise. Whatever you may think of Saban…he wins championships. Dawgs…you win Miss Congeniality!

maddawg

January 8th, 2010
7:11 pm

“like my dad used to say, the grass is always greener on top of the septic tank”

Gee, you think his dad could see his future???

John

January 8th, 2010
7:18 pm

Based on Saban’s history, one can see how he hasn’t quite understood the concept of doing what is best for you, and doing what is best for your family. Decisions we make in the stages of life, right and wrong co-existing together, therefore just because Kirby makes a lateral move, doesn’t mean that he is losing one thing to another. It could be the gradification or pleasure of coaching your alma mater or family reasons. Money to some is of little importance, but the lives of their love ones and personal impowerment could be factors. In other words, do our decisions make our destiny or does our destiny control what decisions we make? How do we know what is really the “best choice” at the time of making it? Whatever choice we pick, couldn’t we potentially always have picked a better one?

While Saban has pulled his family around America like gypsies from Michigan State, LSU, Miami,to Alabama to find his destiny, K. Smart is still weighing his choices objectively to pick the best one for him and his family.

Dawg4Life

January 8th, 2010
7:20 pm

I love how all these bama fans are thinking they are the ish…
Might i remind you that a mere 24months agon you were getting crushed by LA Monroe.
Go back to your own boards.

kerryb

January 8th, 2010
7:20 pm

A move thats not in your best interest from a career standpoint? I guess it is great for your career that the head coach gets the credit for everything you do and don’t let you talk to the media.

Dawg4Life

January 8th, 2010
7:21 pm

This is UGA-Sports-Blog, not Bammer.

MW

January 8th, 2010
7:21 pm

Smart is not the right choice for UGA. Mr. Withers is from UNC Withers is an excellent recruiter to go along with being an exceptional DC. I hope GA takes Sabans remarks to heart and come out on top in the end,my dad always told me its the choices that dont always happen or pan out that usually have best outcomes more times than not.

LSU Fan base

January 8th, 2010
7:23 pm

we sold our soul to Nick Satan — so we can have more recent championship highlights than that grainy 1959 Billy Cannon film … perhaps UGA is going at this the wrong way — don’t just go after Kirby Smart start a bidding war for Nick Satan himself … pretty soon those old Herschel Walker sugar bowl highlights are going to fell like 1959! worked for us!

The Truth

January 8th, 2010
7:24 pm

Bama Dave I am a Georgia fan but I have to agree with you.

No one believed the Titanic was sinking either until it tipped up. The Band kept playing though… Glory Glory to Ole Georgia…

Many simply jumped ship.. Of course the captain went down with his ship.. Rather noble of Mark and Damon. Adams has grabbed a life boat leaving others to drown.

Man that water looks cold!

Dawg Whisperer

January 8th, 2010
7:27 pm

Mr. SickandTired…. your comments are sick and tired as are most comments from Bammy fans on this blog. The Alabama program was a complete wreck before Saban and when Saban goes, it will return to the bowels of the SEC West from whence it came. Mark Richt has a top 10 winning program in NCAA since arriving at UGA which now spans 8 years, certainly nothing to scoff at.

Eaaasssy

January 8th, 2010
7:39 pm

Hey sickandtired, again, take your whiney azz elsewhere. Who is going to come coach your bunch of pansies on D. Get a life loser.

What did I tell you about that Iowa game. The score didn’t indicated the beat down you received. You’ll never win a BCS bowl game with that gimmick offense.

Oh, and I did put the house not only on Iowa getting 6 points, but on them winning straight up

St. Bernard

January 8th, 2010
7:39 pm

Funny how people keep dogging GA people, seeing as how Kirby Smart is a “GA person”.

mike

January 8th, 2010
7:42 pm

News flash….Winners are @ssholes to the weak at heart!! (EX:Saban, Belichik, Shanahan, etc.). Saban takes now prisoners and every asst. coach knows what is required before they work for him. He brings them in, busts their balls, wins alot, and they move on as better coaches. Kirby runs the defense with Saban’s finger print all over it. If Smart comes to GEORGIA as DC it would be a step up because he is BAMA’s DC in title only. In Athens, Kirby could RUN the defense just like Muschamp does at TEXAS. Saban wants him to stay so he won’t have rebuild his National Championship coaching Staff, but he knows that’s life in big time college football.

I’m just glad Colt McCoy had enough pride not to cry and and didn’t ask god to bless us/him!

mgdawg

January 8th, 2010
7:46 pm

Why’s everyone talking about smart being the head coach in waiting? Richt is still pretty young, he’s not bobby bowden or mack brown.

Jon

January 8th, 2010
7:49 pm

Saban didn’t mention Kirby Smart is not a fan of the DL coach Garner who Richt continues to keep because he can recruit. You don’t leave a high flying corporation for a lateral move, especially when it’s a sinking ship. Richt will be under pressure in 2010 to win the east title.

gadawgs

January 8th, 2010
7:55 pm

“I’m not pleased when guys make lateral moves because it’s a little bit human nature to think, like my dad used to say, the grass is always greener on top of the septic tank.”.. Nick Saban

Hey Nick-News flash buddy who cares if you are not pleased. This is not about you it’s about CKS and his family. They need to do what pleases them NOT you, your highness. Give me a break and get over yourself.

smitty

January 8th, 2010
7:58 pm

how mant lateral moves has saban made?

Ole Yeller Dawg

January 8th, 2010
8:01 pm

All you Bammers out there…….think you can compete with USC? Once Pete Carroll leaves for the Seattle Seahawks…..USC is will be looking for a HC…….Hm-mm lets see…..you better hope they don’t offer the Saban 7 million….he will be gone in a heart beat!!! Ask the fans at LSU…..I can
see it coming!!!

Sorry to poop on your party.

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January 8th, 2010
8:01 pm

ITS ALL ABOUT WHAT’S GOOD FOR NICK…HE HAS NEVER HAD ANY LOYALTY TO A PLACE OR A JOB, BUT HE EXPECTS KIRBY TO DO WHAT HELPS NICK THE MOST…AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH, THEY CALL PEOPLE WHO SAY ONE THING BUT DO ANOTHER A HYPOCRITE…DO AS I SAY DO, NOT AS I DO….

The Truth

January 8th, 2010
8:04 pm

Seems to me Nick has done good for every organization he has worked for. Even imporved Miami’s record which was dismal.

If winning NC’s is selfish, bring it on. Keeping a coach who is failing who is a good ole church boy is selfish and foolish.

Katie

January 8th, 2010
8:05 pm

Tell Colt McCoy not to feel bad about getting knocked out early. There ’s a line of QB’s who didn’t “won’t anymore” from the Tide defense and took themselves out of the game. Arkansas QB Mallet, Ole Miss QB Snead, LSU QB all had to leave the game early and Tebow wept on the side lines.

Kirby won’t leave unless it’s a springboard for a HC position. Georgia is in no hurry to push Richt out the door and you can bet Kirby Smart ain’t leaving this great job for the same in Athens. Richt has already laid out the time table if your paying attention. It leads to UGA signing a NFL assistant. Tick tock- a month and 10 days and counting. How many times will Georgia be left at the alter with an empty sack?

JRS "81"

January 8th, 2010
8:10 pm

Bama Dave….. 4 years ago you were that sinking ship. And, 4 years before that you were that sinking ship. 1 good year does not make you sussessful. If lying to recuits, and asst. coaches is what it takes, Satan is one of the best. And before you argue about my recruit statement, look at how many of his recuits are no longer there (from 2 years ago). And next year he will have to run more off to make room for this years class. And then same the next year.Look and the UNA, and Troy rosters. A lot of those kids were signed by BAMA then sent away the next year.

Ole Yeller Dawg

January 8th, 2010
8:12 pm

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST:

Next big Lateral move NICK SABAN from Alabama to USC!

You can turn out the lights because the party is over!!!!!!

JRS "81"

January 8th, 2010
8:15 pm

“Smitty” you are so right. As a Head Coach, he has never stayed anywhere 4 years. Never once seen his first recuiting class graduate.

Donnie

January 8th, 2010
8:16 pm

Georgia will always be the Michigan State of the South. Once you goobers realize your destiny is 9-3 to 8-4 seasons with maybe a 10-2 sprinkled in you will stop being delusional. Your program hasn’t won a NC since Saint Richt took over in 2000. 10 years of dreaming. Heck, you can’t even win the SEC East title anymore. Gator Bait!!! LOL. Meanwhile, all these SEC teams are stockpiling NC titles. And your wondering why these DC’s are turning your school down. LMAO.

still443

January 8th, 2010
8:24 pm

Who really gives a rip what SATAN says? This monkey has changed jobs laterally, be it head coach position for head coach position. Not to mention the jobs he’s quit when things didn’t go his way. The head clown of Alabama.

Techster

January 8th, 2010
8:24 pm

Funny to see some of these dawg fans taking digs at Saban after he and the bammers roll to a national championship. Saban should be giving career advice since every single move he made was a logical career promotion to a higher level. Kent state to Mich state to Lsu to Miami dolphins. The only downward move was back to college because he realized he didn’t like coaching pro players. Nothing wrong with that. Spurrier did the same as did Pete Carroll, Lou Holtz, and others just to name a few. The man knows a lot more about intelligent career moves then the bozo bulldog fans trying to take potshots at him for advising Smart to stay at Bama or take a promotion to a head job. And why in the hell would anyone ever ponder leaving an elite championship program like Bama to go to a notorious middle of the pack loser program like georgia. Are you kidding me? 30 years and counting you losers!

Techster

January 8th, 2010
8:25 pm

St. Bernard,

Kirby smart is a native Alabamian. He was born there idiot.

Ole Yeller Dawg

January 8th, 2010
8:29 pm

Techster:

Yeah, born in Alabama but grew up in Bainbridge Georgia!

Bama fan

January 8th, 2010
8:30 pm

Old Yeller dawg,

Saban took a downgrade in pay to come to bama from Miami you idiot. If its all about money only then why did he take a paycut moron? And btw, Saban’s daughter just started as a freshman at Bama this year, he committed a million to the university to be distributed over 10 years, and he approached bama before the season started to ask for a contract extension through 2016. Does that sound like someone looking to leave you mindless fool? Oh, one more thing. His wife has declared that they are done moving and the man’s wife has more influence than anybody. Now STFU you blithering idiots.

SuperB

January 8th, 2010
8:31 pm

Hey Saban: Two things:

1. Why did you run the score up last night? (You should have taken the knee when you led 31-21.)
2. Smart is a Georgia graduate. Unlike yourself– he is not a coaching “gypsy” and may actually have loyalty to something other than himself– which you do not.
3. Who would rather spend the rest of their life in Tuscaloosa instead of a beautiful city like Athens.
I’LL BET YOU DON’T SPEND THE REST OF YOURS IN TUSCALOOSA. (ANYTHING YOU WANNA BET.)

Neal Upandeater

January 8th, 2010
8:32 pm

Kirby Smart would be smart to leave the devil and return to the promised land.

Joe M

January 8th, 2010
8:38 pm

Funny how Saban has done, numerous times, exactly what he says he doesn’t like to see done.

bart

January 8th, 2010
8:39 pm

If Smart has any sense at all he’ll get the hell out of Tuscaloosa. Saban is a jerk.

Flo-Ri-Duh!

January 8th, 2010
8:41 pm

Krby Smart will have to get at least a 25% pay raise to leave Bama because Bama will match anything smaller to keep him there. UGA is building their defense now and Bama’s is returning a built defense. Saban is the best recruiter in the SEC. That makes things easier for the assistants. UGA has been spotty in their recruiting – mising out on several in state stars. Saban rarely lets one get away in Alabama.

Flo-Ri-Duh!

January 8th, 2010
8:43 pm

If Smart interviews for the UGA job he had better take it – Saban won’t appreciate him even looking around – though Saban has done the same himself many times.

dagnabit

January 8th, 2010
8:49 pm

HALL OF FAME! I went to a baptist church for a while. Could not stomach the hypocracy. And Mark Richt; get Urban’s toilet paper out of your azz and find somebody. Anybody who will go to Athens.

Gator in the Hootch

January 8th, 2010
8:52 pm

Say what you want Georgai fans, but at least Saban and Meyer have coaches on their staffs that other programs want, and want mostly as their head coaches. No one wants any of Mark Richt’s coaches…wonder why?

Technophobia

January 8th, 2010
8:58 pm

Saban: “like my dad used to say, the grass is always greener on top of the septic tank (UGA).” ROFLMAO

Ole Yeller Dawg

January 8th, 2010
8:59 pm

Bama fan:

There’s a difference from Ole & Old undoubtedly you can’t read but I not going stoop to your level by calling you names.

You need to quit worrying about your DC and start worrying about your HC because there is greener grass in California!

Wait and see there is no loyalty with these coaches too much “ego” it’s just “Quid Pro Quo”

I hope he stays at Alabama, I hope Meyer comes back to coach at UF. We want to compete against the best.

By the way I was pulling for Alabama (we have friends on the team) in the NC game so exactly how much of a Moron or Idiot can one be?

Debate without the name calling and you will sound a whole more intelligent.

Gator in the Hootch

January 8th, 2010
9:01 pm

P.S….after Saturday’s Army HS game, Meyer will put a seal on this year’s number one recruiting class. In fact, this year’s Gator recruiting class may go down as one of the best recruiting classes ever in about 3 to 4 years. Meyer is such a great recruiting that Pete Caroll is giving up and heading to the pros. Saban will be next…just joking Bama fans…Saban is done with the NFL…till someone offers him 8 mill a year…which may be soon.

Lieutenant Dan

January 8th, 2010
9:03 pm

CMR needs to refocus on his football program versus saving third world countries, selling Ford ( Dawg Tough ) trucks and carpet up in Dalton. There is something missing in his committment compared to just a couple of years ago.

Should Know Better

January 8th, 2010
9:04 pm

Ole Yeller…Bama fan insults everyone and everything. It is just his back woods Bama way of doing things. He don’tt no no beter then tat!

Bama fan

January 8th, 2010
9:06 pm

SuperB,

The lead was only 10 pts and frankly if you can’t stop a dive play between the tackles from several yards out then too bad. Saban has had Bama take a knew at least 3 times this season when Bama was inside the opponents 10 yd line VT, Ole Miss, Miss st, so STFU. And as mack brown said once when he was queried about running up the score “Well, if you don’t want the score run up then put out on the field a defense that won’t let you run the score up”.

Joe M,

Exactly how many times did Saban do what he just mentioned you should never do which is take a lateral job? Are you just stupid or what? Kent to Mich state to LSU to Miami are all job promotions you moron. Only Miami to Bama was a downward move and that was because he found he didn’t enjoy coaching pro players. Dam you are stupid.

He Hate Gator

January 8th, 2010
9:09 pm

Saban’s comments border on the bizarre…as someone who has made several lateral moves…

mike addington

January 8th, 2010
9:11 pm

Fire Richt. Hire Van Gorder.

Bama fan

January 8th, 2010
9:14 pm

Should know better,

Nope. I just insult blithering stupidity and some of the comments coming from these dawg fans are utterly stupid. Ole yeller, the idea that saban is going to usc is so preposterous I don’t even know where to begin. Where did you get your “inside” information. Did the USC president tell you this? Fact is there is no factual basis for your nonsense. You just spout gibberish that you just made up out of thin air. Guess what? I just heard CMR is going to Clemson. Trust me. He’s going to Clemson. See how easy that was. What’s my factual basis. None. Just something I heard or it just sounds like a good fit. But I did hear that Richt is gone at the end of the year. That much is true. He will be gone after another 7-5 8-4 year and you can bank on that. I heard it from several sources. And the idea that CMR will be gone after next year is far more realistic than some crazy arse saban to USC idea. Man you guys are dumb.

bull dykes

January 8th, 2010
9:15 pm

we need rosie odonnel to run our bull dykes team!

He Hate Gator

January 8th, 2010
9:16 pm

No, the only “promotion” was from Kent to anywhere…the rest were lateral head coaching moves to different scenarios…

Bama fan

January 8th, 2010
9:17 pm

Gator in the hooch,

Nope. For the reasons I listed above about his daughter starting at bama, his gift to the school, his asking for a contract extension, he’s stuck at bama and his wife and family want it that way. We’re looking forward to lots of great games vs your gators in the future. Florida has incredible depth and talent and I don’t see them dropping any time soon. Its you and me for the forseeable future pardner.

Hbtd

January 8th, 2010
9:22 pm

Sounds like a done deal to me. Welcome home Kirby!

Bama fan

January 8th, 2010
9:28 pm

He hate gator,

The only promotion was from kent to Mich state. You can’t possibly be serious? Mich st is the little brother to Michigan in a state that is not exactly talent rich. LSU is a talent rich state and is the only big boy program in the state. To say that Mich st to LSU is not a job promotion is just asinine. And LSU to a plum pro job like the Dolphins is not a promotion. Sorry dude but I know of no one who wouldn’t consider a jump from college to pro a job promotion. Can I have some of the crack or whatever it is that you and old yeller are smoking?

Kirby Smart

January 8th, 2010
9:31 pm

I am not interested in a lateral move. But a head job sounds good.

Techster

January 8th, 2010
9:31 pm

Saban’s comments were bizarre? Wasn’t he right in referring to jawja as a septic tank? Anybody see all the trash on the north side of the campus after the georgia games. Septic tank? Judging by those AJC pics of all the trash all over the campus I think so.

Bama fan

January 8th, 2010
9:33 pm

Kirby,

A lateral move would be foolish but if the pull of your alma mater says to do it then go do it. You played ball at Georgia and you need to go there if mama is calling. Besides, not you or anything else can stop that sinking ship and despite the good job you did here there’s nothing you’ll be able to do to stop the gator dominance over your alma mater. Good luck though.

SEC piggy back Dawg fan

January 8th, 2010
9:38 pm

Any news on a DC for UGA???? What seems to be the problem ?

SEC piggy back Dawg fan

January 8th, 2010
9:43 pm

When sewage floats to the top it makes the grass greener in one area. What a nice jab about our inept coach CMR from Saban . Saban is truly a genius.

jesse james

January 8th, 2010
9:43 pm

I would respect Saban’s comments alot more if he had not made so many moves. I’m not sure he is in a position to advise anyone. He is lucky he has had people like Kirby Smart follow him around. I am sure they have learned alot from him, but in turn guys have been loyal to him.

Colt McCoy

January 8th, 2010
9:54 pm

if Colt would have played then Bama would be crying like Tebow – silly biatches. You got lucky that my agent told me not to play the rest of the game and Saban came up with the money he owed me.

Ole Yeller Dawg

January 8th, 2010
9:55 pm

Bama fan;

Who is the best collegiate football coach in the nation? Everybody knows it’s Nick Saban! He’s a recruiting genius! The master!

Pete Carroll is negotiating with the Seahawks as we speak, this is almost a done deal. He is as good as gone!!!!

USC is considered by many to be the one of the top institutes in the nation or at least athletically. Once they start looking for a coach…..do you really think they will settle for second best?

Come on Bama fan add 2&2 together….Duh????? Think about Sabans defense in the PAC10….very interesting I might add. Think he would be challenged….I do.

The only hope & prayer you might have, is if the NCAA comes down so hard on USC with so many sanctions that Saban would be discouraged from going.

Dumb, Idiot, Moron whats next?

Will Dawg

January 8th, 2010
9:59 pm

First Tech fans go to pocket protector repair blog with your one dimensional o and turkey necked coach. 30-24, 73-66,
Donnie you jorted out @$$clown, MSU of the south? That was UF until Spurrier. You geniuses ran him off. Yeah Urban has 2 titles. those will do him alot of good when he falls dead of a heart attack and Tebow is nowhere around to lay hands on him and revive him. You are done. Hope you’ve enjoyed your reign.
Saban will leave to NFL before 2012 or USC if Carroll jumps. ’round the bowl down the hole roll tide roll.

buzzDawg

January 8th, 2010
10:19 pm

I think Saban’s comments confirm two things: 1) That Smart is considering the Georgia DC job and 2) Saban is worried about losing him to Georgia.

Ole Yeller Dawg

January 8th, 2010
10:24 pm

buzzDawg:

You are absolutely right on…..I agree.

bank walker

January 8th, 2010
10:36 pm

hahaha, sinking ship? bama fool, you must be out of your mind boy! We’ve had one bad year out of ten, and that’s all you’ve got?

If I had money....

January 8th, 2010
10:37 pm

I’m sick of hearing ALA fan say, “We can buy whoever we want” or “ALA will match any offer provided to Kirby”. Did ALA buy:

1) Mike Price
2) Mike Shula
3) Mike Dubose
4) Coach “Fran”
5) Ray Perkins

All jokes….none top paid!

daddo

January 8th, 2010
10:38 pm

And Georgia has played for HOW many national championships under Richt? Answer: the same number they will PLAY for in the future….ZERO. Oh yes, tell me how you got cheated out of one that year you didn’t even win your division. Thirty years and counting…..

buster

January 8th, 2010
10:39 pm

Kirby come on home and bring Travis with you.

Cuz

January 8th, 2010
10:47 pm

Is anybody besides me tired of the “Coach in waiting” phrase. It is so lame. Kind of like a Tech student who has never kissed a girl calling himself “Stud in waiting”.

Truth

January 8th, 2010
10:48 pm

Nick Saban is a jackass and Kirby Smart used to dive bomb the chalk lines to keep from hitting somebody! In case you missed it last night, the better DC was wearing burnt orange. The only message Saban sent is “I have no class” by running the ball when Victory Formation takes care of business.

Cuz

January 8th, 2010
10:53 pm

The “Grass is always greener over the septic tank” is an Erma Bombeck comment. It is official, Nick Saban’s Dad was Erma Bombeck. Look up a picture of her, you can see the family resemblence.

sean

January 8th, 2010
10:59 pm

ks you dummy, ever heard of erk russell, van gorder? kirby did coach hear while willy got promoted and he didnt leave ga to go to miami. he left and joined saban at lsu and has followed him everywhere. That is the reason i think we wont get him by the way. Everyone is talking about how he cant wait to leave under sabans dictator ways but he has stuck with him for a long time.

Taco

January 8th, 2010
11:21 pm

I do not believe SUNTAN can woo Kirby Smart….if truly is smart!

Smart is...well smart

January 8th, 2010
11:23 pm

First off, calling Athens a septic tank is like saying Tech is legit. Athens is gorgeous and UGA is ranked near the top in many aspects of education. Check your facts. Saban is obviously a jerk and Richt is one of the best people in college football. Maybe Smart wants to work for someone who actually has a heart above freezing and maybe he wants to go somewhere where he can build his own legacy and stop living under someone else’s. UGA has top recruiting classes on the defensive side every year. Smart is the guy that can develop them.

Big L

January 8th, 2010
11:24 pm

trust me Bama lovers, Saban is planning his next move now. The man gets bored real easy and thre ain’t much to do now that he has reached the top. Hope it was worth it.

Ole Yeller Dawg

January 8th, 2010
11:39 pm

I think it might be better to be a septic tank rather than a freaking out house, especially in this weather!

Thanks to Al Gore for bringing our attention to Global Warming…….think how cold it would be if this global warming thing was not happening!

Big L

January 8th, 2010
11:45 pm

We want to get smart.

P. Bull Terrier

January 8th, 2010
11:48 pm

Now that I’ve had a chance to hear from the Alabama fans on the board, I have a new respect for Ga Tech fans. They’re not nearly as angry as the Alabama fans. Relax ‘Bama fans. This is just the internet. Life will still go on no matter what someone says on here.

Is Smart really worth $750,000 and a 3 year contract, or whatever the supposed price is? Or is he just a pretty good DC who happens to be coaching at the right place at the right time? I think CMR is a good head coach and his job is safe for a while, but if UGA throws that kind of contract at Smart and it doesn’t pay off big time CMR will have plenty of company at the unemployment line (Adams & Evans). Do you think all 3 are willing to take that kind of gamble?

Fleischman in Chi Towns Bed

January 8th, 2010
11:59 pm

Kirby is coming to UGAg. He loves Shreveport and looks forward to spending lots of time there.
Its great to be a UGAy bulldawg… 1980 Natl Chumps baby

Jeff

January 9th, 2010
12:08 am

Sounds like Saban is worried about losing his boy! What a joke considering his career choices. You don’t even take your own advice! It does hurt to see Bama, LSU, Fla, and Auburn make the mountaintop before us. Damn our trip to Knoxville in 07!

GSP Dawg

January 9th, 2010
12:08 am

Saban’s a great coach and a egomaniac, so what he says shouldn’t matter. Kirby is good young coach and I would like to have him at UGA, but Richt would be wasting his time. Kirby is a flight risk! Richt is probably the most stable coach in the SEC. I’m sure it killed him to fire CWM. Richt wants to maintain stability. FLA is in turmoil, TENN is about to be on probation, Miles is on his last leg at LSU, Saban is about to lose his 2/3 of his defense to the NFL, Richt needs to bring in a DC that will coach his a$$ off and stay awhile. If Grantham fits those needs go get him! The Dawgs could have a special year in 2010.

Jeff

January 9th, 2010
12:09 am

Fleischman go back to D and D man! You guys have the rugged ACC…better gear up!

Jeff

January 9th, 2010
12:14 am

Fleischman…Does that mean that you wouldn’t be able to hang in Shreveport considering we whipped your tail on your home field? Maybe Tech does belong on the Blue Turf.

Pago Flyer

January 9th, 2010
12:16 am

Didn’t that rookie Texas qb throw 2 td passes on the great KS defense?! Think about it..

The Truth

January 9th, 2010
12:43 am

Bama Fan.. Keep hitting them… They are simply jealous and vindictive.

PJ.

January 9th, 2010
12:59 am

I am not sure Kirby Smart would be a good coach at Georgia, because I still believe Saban is in charge there and can help him. Richt is not a defensive coach and cannot offer the help that saban now provides to Kirby. Richt should look for a more experienced coach probably from the NFL.

Septic Tank known as Athens

January 9th, 2010
1:13 am

Richt can’t get anyone to come to the septic tank? Hmmm…2-7 vs Florida have anything to do with it. Gotta love GA fans with there excuses.

Hilarious

January 9th, 2010
1:16 am

Hilarious how GA fans care about basketball only if they beat TECH!
There is not one ‘dog’ on this board that can name the starting lineup for your team without googling. Hell, I dont even know a single player on your team, or the coach!

01HAWK

January 9th, 2010
1:17 am

JEALOUSY…………………………..UGA will never experience what BAMA just experienced. SABAN for CMR and 10 million dollars. Done deal for all of the UGA fans.

Going from Miami to BAMA is a step up. BAMA to UGA………………………A sad step down. You UGA fans crack me up along with the BARNERS ON THE FARM. You still can not beat Florida.

In 3 years SABAN wins a National Championship. What has CMR done. 2 National Championships at 2 different Schools for SABAN. To much PRIDE for you DAWGS to admit it.

Face it. SMART knows this will be a step down. He is only considering it due to pressure from the fans and Alumni.

DAWGS4LIFE

January 9th, 2010
1:23 am

Some of you people amaze me! I read some of the most idiotic things on these blogs UGA is a sinking ship really? UGliA has CONSISTENTLY been one of the best programs in the country over the last ten years although they haven’t won a national championship like other schools in the conference they are always in the conversation for winning the SEC and lets not kid ourselves people the SEC comes down to the same six teams every year in the east 1. Florida 2.UGA 3. Tenn in the west its always 1. LSU 2. Bama 3. Auburn and the games these teams play against each other often is a big factor on who comes out of each division. For the past few years (except this yr) the loss to florida has cost UGA a shot at the sec championship and a direct path to the bcs title game. I am a Georgia fan no doubt but I can be objective which some of you obviously can not. Success runs in cycles only five yrs ago florida was down three years ago bama was down and this year uga was down. Enjoy your schools success while it last because dark days will come again UGA is in the dark right now but the sun looks like it will be shining on our program soon and don’t be surprised if UGA is in the bcs title game within the next four years.

01HAWK

January 9th, 2010
1:24 am

To P. Bull Terrier:

Angry……………………..Are you kidding me. You guys are hallarious. I laugh at you guys every single day how no one wants to come to your great football school…………BARF.

As long as Urban Meyer is there at Florida, you will never play for a SEC Championship.

UGA football would make a great comedy skit.

DAWGS4LIFE

January 9th, 2010
1:25 am

sorry for the typos wrote in a hurry!

01HAWK

January 9th, 2010
1:36 am

UGA……………………..It irks you guys to see the last National Championship was in 1980 for the DAWGS.

Alabama last 2 were 1992 and 2009. Thirty years is a long time. The ghost of Vince Dooley. Must be sad to see CMR ponder why no one of any magnitude wants the DC job.

Smart can leave and the line for his job will be very long ……………………..not like the sad situation you have.

You guys are so funny. 2nd rate program who will never catch BAMA in any statistic for NC nor SEC Championships.

Coach Smart

January 9th, 2010
1:43 am

Gentlemen,

Let me shed a little light on why I would consider coaching Georgia’s Defense.

1) I will never get the credit for turning Alabama’s defense around; that credit will always go to Coach Saban.
2) Alabama was a sinking ship when Coach Saban and I came to Alabama and we were able to turn the program around, so I am not concerned about the current state of Georgia’s program.
3) My wife and I love Athens and would love to come back and make a difference in the community as well as the University of Georgia’s football program.
4) I need to find out if I can truly run the defense on my own without contributions or advise from Coach Saban. This would be a good challenge and opportunity for me.

BleedRedandBlack

January 9th, 2010
1:44 am

After reading the comments posted on here, I cannot remember why I pulled so much for Alabama. Actually, almost all the UGA fans I spoke with before and after the game pulled for Alabama. Now that the game is over and we see the real class of Bama, it makes one wonder.

The game was OVER with 47 seconds left, but classless Saban had to run up the score instead of showing class and taking a knee inside the 5 yd line. The spontaneous comments listed above to his assistants are unbelievable and sound as much a threat as advice.

Coming home to your alma mater with a raise is NOT a lateral move. Saban has to be a helluva coach; no doubt about it. He deserves all the credit for pulling this program out of the outhouse to the top in such a short time. (Bama fans act like they have been on top for the last 50 years). He is an egomaniac and must be hell to work for. What other coach runs ahead of his team onto the field? What other coach prohibits his assistants from talking to the media? It may be good training, but at what a price. Wonder what the stresses on the family life are in Ala compared to UGA?

We cannot know the true inside situation. Kirby has been in Athens and in Tuscaloosa and I am sure he will make the decision he feels is best for his family and his career. Hope there are not other personalities in Athens that would present an obstacle. Would welcome any move to improve the team, but not just to satisfy someone’s ego. If he doesn’t want the job and I hope it is an aggressive offer, I am confident CMR will find the right guy.

Go Dawgs!

Anonymous 'Cos

January 9th, 2010
1:52 am

I’m the fool, obviously. I moved to the South 10 years ago, and this whole time i thought the state of Alabama WAS the ’septic tank’ of the United States. Glad Saban pointed out my short-sightedness for me. Go Dawgs…

P. Bull Terrier

January 9th, 2010
1:56 am

01HAWK, You made me very sad and hurt my feelings. I know I’m not as strong and powerful as you since I don’t have a man crush on Nick Saban, but when you say no one wants to come to my great football school it just makes me want to cry.

The only thing that makes me feel better is that Urban Meyer isn’t at Florida any more, so maybe we CAN play for the SEC Championship soon.

Oh, wait…he was just kidding?
Or is he really gone?
Or half way out the door?
Or half way in the door?
Or never really left?

It’s just so confusing to me how things work with the gods of college football. I guess simply needing a new DC isn’t so bad after all.

AMSTERDAM SAM

January 9th, 2010
3:19 am

A fellow UGA fan (nopefully not a fellow alumnus) mixed quite a metaphore in asking, how many times will Georgia be left at the alter with an empty sack. Just what does an empty sack have to do with an alter. But, following her lead, I’d like to say if it is even assumed Richt goes anywhere near a church (let alone an alter), some reporter with nothing to write, fan with nothing to do, or assistant coach wanting a raise is sticking a sck in his hands and pointing to it to suite their own purpose, whatever it may be. Everybody take a deep breath and throw that damned sack down, but do NOT stomp it, for it isn’t empty and you wouldn’t want to get its contents on your shoe.

AMSTERDAM SAM

January 9th, 2010
3:20 am

*metaphor

WonderDawg

January 9th, 2010
5:19 am

Brace yourselves, Bama fans ……… USC (the real one) is about to need a coach ……..

DirtyDawg

January 9th, 2010
6:03 am

If Kirby does come back to Athens, he’ll be here a long time after ‘Brother’ Saban has split for parts yet to be determined. He left Miami because, like Petrino, he found that his coaching style just wouldn’t work with adults. So long as he can intimidate kids that are afraid of losing their scholarships, or coaches that are afraid of losing their jobs, he does just fine. Then there’s that ego. Tide fans, the worst thing that could have happened to you and your new ‘hero’ is for you to have won the NC. The man has now added that notch to his personal list and will be easily lured to the ‘next big thing’…USC?…maybe…back to the Big Ten…doubtful…but gone from Tuscaloosa in two years…I’ll bet on it and you guys will be back making excuses like you were under poor Mike ‘I don’t have a clue’ Shula, or having to fire coaches before they ever even coach a game…and you’ll deserve it because the one thing that Bear didn’t leave you was ‘class’ or ’style’ – and no, hounds-tooth ain’t the kind of style I’m talking about.

Realist

January 9th, 2010
6:28 am

Snellville Jacket,

When Tech wins a bowl game, you may comment here. Otherwise, keep your 2 cents.

BuLLdawg

January 9th, 2010
6:33 am

Tim Tucker, what do you mean was Nick Saban sending Kirby Smart a message ?

God.

Who the hell else ?

Texas Tech is NOT better as head coach than DC at Alabama.

NOT.

UGA Bulldogs is NOT better as DC than DC at Alabama.

Sorry.

Tell it like it is.

Nick Saban for all his faults, absolutely tells it like it is.

Always has.

Good lesson to learn yourself Tim Tucker.

Mark Bradley, I will give you credit for that admission. Big XII is 2-5 in BCS NC Games and SEC 6-0.

Big XII hype.

SEC is 3-0 over Big XII in BCS NC Games including last year AND this year.

3-0 also all bowls SEC over Big XII this year.

3-0 also all bowls SEC over Big XII last year.

Stick to basketball, you know nothing about football. Nothing.

Never have.

I said Alabama would KILL TEXAS, who BEAT NO ONE.

37-21.

That will work.

1 SEC NC is once.

2 SEC NC in a row is REPEAT.

3 SEC NC in a row is HAT TRICK.

4 SEC NC in a row now is The Golden Sombrero.

Mark Bradley, you would know sir.

What is it called when The Mighty SEC wins the NC again next season for our 5th in a row, sir ?

3 Polls 3 Final Polls have UGA Bulldogs ranked in the Top 25 at 22, 22, and 24.

UGA Bulldogs are ranked in Several of the Official BCS Polls Final Top 25 :

Number 22 Kenneth Massey Official BCS Poll Final Ranking 22 UGA Bulldogs.

Number 24 Peter Wolfe Official BCS Poll Final Ranking 24 UGA Bulldogs.

Number 24 Jeff Sagarin ELO-CHESS Rankings.

GA tek fans, did you get that ?

SAGARIN RANKS UGA BULLDOGS NUMBER 24.

SAGARIN ALSO RANKS SEC # 1 CONFERENCE, Big East 2nd, then PAC-10.

Where is the STINKING ACC GA tek fans ? Jeff Sagarin RANKINGS.

Remember ?

3-4 ACC Bowl Record

2-5 PAC-10 Bowl Record

6-4 SEC Bowl Record including UGA Bowl Win number 26 three have more.

Big XII ? Not even a Winning Bowl Record.

ACC and Big XII had a LOSING BOWL RECORD coming into this season.

ACC and Big XII BOTH still have LOSING BOWL RECORD.

ACC added to it.

Coach Richt and Rodney Garner have PULLED the scholarship OFFER to B.J. Butler a 3-Star undersized 240 lbs. Defensive End who has 4.65 speed in the 40-yard dash. He has committed to Charlie Strong at Louisville.

This opens up a Scholarship Offer.

Give it to Mack Brown.

Starting 1997, Mike Bobo’s brilliant Senior Season, UGA had been ranked every year for 13 Consecutive Years in the Final AP Poll. We had not been ranked every year in the Final Coaches’ Poll. There were other polls we had not made the Top 25 of. Frankly, we have had several seriously flawed, underachieving, and greatly disappointing seasons since the day DJ Shockley graduated with Honors from UGA following the 2005 Season and SEC Championship.

We have messed up in Recruiting.

We have had serious holes, demanding 4 and 5-Star Commitments, and have failed miserably at filling those glaring obvious holes. We have done this while we have instead stockpiled our 85 Scholarships at positions where instead we were already 5 Deep.

GLARING HOLES :

Defensive Ends, for example. Signing 5 in 3 weeks now will only make this WORSE.

Safety, for example.

Cornerbacks, for example signing only 1 a year for 5 consecutive years now.

Defensive Tackles now having only gotten 1 year 5 years in a row now.

Fullbacks after this up-coming season.

Also, it appeared obvious that we would have to move stockpiled receivers to defensive backs and failed miserably on that as well.

And, we should have long ago not waited until recently, moved stockpiled linebackers to Defensive Ends.

Of course, Coach Richt has had a real problem in his decisions of coaches’ on his staff, surrounding himself with YES MEN, buddies, college roommates, and out-of-position position coaches with zero experience at the position Coach Richt put them in, and not one coach on his staff with 1 single solitary day of NFL Coaching Experience.

He still doesn’t have 1 single coach with NFL Coaching Experience.

Not 1.

We did not play Knowshon Moreno, instead redshirting him, and therefore only got to see the best running back in UGA history over the last 25 seasons, 2 years. Very sad decisions, all of these.

We did redshirt Washaun Ealey, and then three-quarters through Game 5, ripped the Redshirt OFF Washaun Ealey. Another blunder in personnel for a brain trust that frankly has had way too many of these.

But, we have played a very tough schedule, and as I predicted all along, we have ended up outside the Final AP Poll Top 25, and outside the Final USA Today Coaches’ Poll.

There is nothing that you can do about that.

Playing Texas A&M who ends with a losing record 6-7 on December 28 in the Bowl Number 11 of 35 bowls, is not going to get you ranked no matter the 44-20 obliteration. And frankly the losses to not 1 but 2 unranked 7-6 teams who otherwise would not have had a winning record for 2009-2010, Tennessee vols and Kentucky Wildcats, sealed our fate, despite the win over Number 13 GA tek.

This gave us SEVEN (7) LOSSES to teams NOT RANKED in the Final AP Poll Top 25 in the Coach Richt Era.

We have to cut that crap out.

BAD LOSSES. 7.

Frankly, you can add the LOSS to GA tek 2008 to that list of BAD LOSSES too, although they barely did end up in the Final AP Poll Top 25 in 2008. But, they would NOT have, had they not beat UGA in 2008.

But, it is quite clear that Coach Richt has 7 Losses to teams NOT RANKED in the Final AP Poll Top 25.

Kentucky and Tennessee vols both at 7-6 at no point this season were going to end up in the Final AP Poll Top 25. How do you lose to such teams who otherwise would not have even had a winning record. A study of both teams shows that NEITHER KY nor the vols BEAT ANYONE.

And, they beat Coach Richt.

HOW DO YOU LOSE TO A TEAM LIKE THAT ?

BAD COACHING STAFF.

Also :

7 LOSSES to teams NOT RANKED in Final AP Poll Top 25 Coach Richt Era.

18-20 against teams Ranked in the Final AP Poll Top 25 Coach Richt Era.

I don’t have to tell you these are NOT the results of an Elite Program with Top Broyles Award Type Coaching Staff in the Coach Richt Era.

9 years, you don’t have 7 Losses to UNRANKED Final AP Poll Top 25 teams.

9 years, you don’t have LOSING RECORD 18-20 vs Final AP Poll Top 25 teams.

Coach Richt Era.

You don’t have EITHER of these absolute facts, and be Elite.

Your Coaching STAFF in total is to blame.

Coach Richt has done a SORRY JOB of hiring a Coaching Staff for him to be CEO over.

None of his entire coaching staff have ever coached in the NFL 1 day.

We pay him enough money that he should either take back over making play call decisions, which is his only claim to fame and why we hired him, or he has to hire an ENTIRE COACHING STAFF made up of current NFL Coaches.

Do I mind if he hires a Defensive Backs’ Position Coach from the NFL and makes him the Defensive Coordinator ? Oh, I think that is exactly what he must do.

He whiffed on Chavis last season, when I told him he had to go get Chief.

He didn’t listen.

A lot of that is the blame of the other UGA Bulldog posters, who had all these wild nasty statements they wanted to make about Willie Martinez ALL LAST SEASON, when they could have instead, gone past that on to the SOLUTION.

And, you were not unified what you wanted.

Congratulations though.

By doing what you have been doing for several years now, harping on just only Willie Martinez, you got him FIRED.

Coach Richt’s college roommate Willie Martinez FIRED.

It was a tough choice for an SEC Head Football Coach, who has said for years, that he would NOT be making ANY changes on his staff.

I told him he could either make wholesale changes to his coaching staff, or he could leave with the lot of them.

I pointed out our issues on Offense.

I pointed out our issues on Recruiting.

I pointed out our issues on Special Teams.

I pointed out our issues at DE and Safety and Cornerbacks.

I pointed out our issues with well over 120 suspensions by Coach Richt in his 9 years.

You ?

Willie Martinez sucks. Fire Willie Martinez.

Congratulations.

You got what you wanted.

Moreover, the real issue remains that Coach Richt has surrounded himself with YES MEN, and has 0 with 1 day NFL Coaching Experience.

Excuse me, Coach Richt SUCKS at HIRING A COACHING STAFF.

He has sucked at it for 9 years and counting.

He SUCKS AT HIRING COACHES TODAY JANUARY 9, 2010.

3 WEEKS AND 1 DAY before NATIONAL SIGNING DAY.

No Defensive Coordinator.

No Defensive Backs Coach.

No Defensive Ends Coach.

No Linebackers Coach.

No Special Teams Kick-Off Coach.

No Special Teams Kick-Off Return Coach.

No Special Teams Punt Return Coach.

Have you read the quotes of our Commitments ? Have you ?

Florida HIRED A GREAT DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, YESTERDAY.

Coach Richt WHIFFED ON THAT ONE TOO, and Coach Richt SHOULD HAVE HIRED HIM BEFORE Florida even knew they needed 1. Coach Richt fired his Defensive Coordinator A FREAKING MONTH before Charlie Strong LEFT as Florida’s Defensive Coordinator.

We ain’t beating no Florida, us with our staff and them with their staff, by DIRECT CONTRAST. We can’t get THOSE RECRUITS. They want THOSE COACHES, not Coach Richt’s assemblage of nobodies all out of position to teach them what they need to enhance their career. And, they are NOT SURROUNDED by the players Florida has, not here. We have no one in our entire Secondary like we always used to have my whole lifetime.

Stacy Searels better get off his butt and do something with all these Offensive Linemen we already had here when we hired him. He has NOT lived up to his billing. Has he ?

When you open the UGA Media Guide, the 1st thing you see if the COACHING STAFF.

Then, the players.

WE DON’T HAVE A COACHING STAFF AND HAVE NOT HAD ONE, AND COACH RICHT DOESN’T GIVE A CRAP.

3 WEEKS AND DAY BEFORE SIGNING DAY, and NO DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR ?

God Almighty Above.

We have a former UGA wide receiver whose dad was a great tailback for us as Running Back Coach.

We have a former running back at UTC Chattanooga who then became running backs’ coach at several places including South Carolina, who is our Wide Receivers’ Coach.

We have an Offensive Coordinator who has never worked anywhere but at UGA (except 1 year as QB coach at Jacksonville State) who has never held the position of Offensive Coordinator anywhere in his lifetime. His play calls are BOOED LOUDLY by Sanford Stadium fans all the time.

All the time.

He gets in 3rd and long and runs the ball.

We have a Tight Ends Coach who can’t figure out that Orson Charles is our Best Tight End. This Tight Ends Coach is in fact a former Quarterback. God Almighty is all I can say. What the hell does a freaking QB know about Tight Ends ?

OR ANY OF THESE OTHER ALL OUT OF POSITION COACHES ?

Not 1 of them has 1 day experience coaching in the NFL.

That’s it for Coach Richt’s Coaching Staff.

There isn’t anyone else.

THAT STAFF has taken the Number 7 Recruiting Class we, the fans of UGA Bulldogs, have handed them.

AVERAGE NUMBER 7 RANKINGS BOTH RIVALS AND SCOUT.COM EVERY YEAR FOR 10 YEARS IN A ROW NOW OF THE COACH RICHT ERA :

And gone :

18-20 vs the Final AP Poll Top 25 for 9 years now.

7 Losses to NOT RANKED teams in the Final AP Poll Top 25 for 9 years now.

Don’t give me this B.S. this CRAP that all we need is a Defensive Freaking Coordinator.

Realist

January 9th, 2010
6:52 am

Gator in the Hootch,

Nice comments about the recruiting class that UF is bringing in. Congrats. One thing, LSU had the #1 class this past season. They lost to Penn State.

I also wonder, if UF is going to have the “projected # 1″ class, then why did Meyer almost bail on Florida? I think he knew LWT (life without Tebow), was going to be be tougher now that he has to actually start coaching again and break in another QB. We all know Brantley isn’t going to cut it.

And before every UF fan this side of the Mason Dixon jumps my comment, I hope Meyer a speedy recovery. We need coaches like him, keeps the SEC competitive at least the East anyway..

Smart to UGA

January 9th, 2010
7:26 am

UGA can pay smart a lot more cash than Bama will pay–Kirby should make the move, get rich, with tons of benefits!!! At Georgia, he’ll make at least $1 mil per year with tons of perqs, incentives, etc. At bama, he’ll make only $300-$400K–chicken feed for the best D coordinator in the U.S.!! Come home to Athens—the money’s waiting!!!!

Realist

January 9th, 2010
7:28 am

01Hawk,

Funny what a NC can do to a fan, isn’t it? A task that in no way, shape, form, or fashion did you contribute to. Let’s not forget before Saban got to Alabama, you guys were crying that same sad song UGA is now. Even when Saban got there, fans still wasn’t sure he was the guy. Then he lost to Boise State last year, you guys were ready for him to get fire.

All of a sudden he, (without the help of his assistants, if you let him tell it) wins the NC for Alabama, and it gives a free past to talk crap about anyone else? Well Congrats. Class has alluded another NC team in the SEC, or at least ifs fans. Instead of enjoying it with your parades or whatever, you felt the need to post here. Again, congrats.

But remember this, he has a NC at 2 schools. The USC job is about to be open if it isn’t already. Saban, unofficially just put his name at the top of that list of coaches. Good luck next season.

Reality

January 9th, 2010
7:47 am

CPJ will hire a DC faster than Richt and he will be a better DC.

jawga boy

January 9th, 2010
8:11 am

I read where they were displaying the NC Trophy at the Wal-Mart in Tloosa. LATERAL? You can go anywhere from Tloosa and it would be like…….MOVIN’ ON UP…..TO THE BIG TIME!

jawga boy

January 9th, 2010
8:12 am

Ask old Nick Boy where he built his home away from Tloosa. LAKE BURTON, JAWGA! He does speak with forked tounge.

jawga boy

January 9th, 2010
8:18 am

I read yesterday that David Pollock twittered that UGA would be announcing DC today with good news. Could be Smart, I don’t think so though. Also in our Mark Bradley blog yesterday there was hints that Grantham ( D Cowboys DL coach) + llinebacker coach were coming. Neither one too bad.

jawga boy

January 9th, 2010
8:18 am

Anybody awake yet out there this a.m. ? Hello?

blazerdawg

January 9th, 2010
8:27 am

Kirby loves Athens….Athens loves Kirby….let’s get together baby!

The fact that Saban is trying hard to keep him says alot about Kirby’s talent. Pay him whatever it takes.

And as far as UGA being a step down, heh, heh, heh. The football program may not be up to Bama’s right now, but UA and Tuscalloosa will never be able to touch what UGA/Athens has to offer,

warpath1

January 9th, 2010
8:30 am

Who gives a rip what your title is when you are offered twice what you are making. They could call me a grad assist. for all I care.

Troof

January 9th, 2010
8:35 am

Wow, the jealousy of these Dawg fans is sad. I guess not winning a NC in 30 years will do that to you. No, Saban isn’t leaving Bama for USC. And UGA will never have the history Bama has with regards to football. If Smart does the dumb thing and leaves for Athens then good luck to him. Saban will find another DC. It’s not the end of the world.

UGA needs to worry about actually winning the SEC East again before talking smack about Bama. If not Richt will be the next one in the unemployment line with Martinez.

ROLL TIDE ROLL!

Dap01

January 9th, 2010
8:36 am

Saban is so warm and fuzzy. Read his lips on the sideline during games. The words that he say is disgusting. Consider the fact that after leaving (yes Alabama, he will leave you) one of his past jobs, he sent a private jet back to pickup all assistants that would want a job. The jet returned empty.

Dap01

January 9th, 2010
8:41 am

Saban is hypocritical considering his job hopping resume. I now understand the Nick Satan remarks.

Hey Florida fans, why didn’t Colt cry the other night?

bird

January 9th, 2010
8:44 am

ROLL TIDE HATERS! YALL CAN HAVE SMART, WE DON’T NEED HIM! BRING COACH KINES BACK.. You know you’re back when the ajc has a daily story focusing on Bama or Saban. Ga fans kill me trying to act like they didnt act the same way when Bama was rock bottom and you were winning all those regular season games with Greene, Pollack, Shock, etc. Get out of here with all that Bama be Humble crap! In the words of Mel that calls 680 all the time “Yall some fruitcakes man!”

A pastor in waiting

January 9th, 2010
8:47 am

At Bama, if Kirby stays with Saban for maybe one or two more years, they win another NC and Saban bolts for who knows where. Thing is that maybe KS would NOT get the H job there. This is called strategic planning kids. Long term, not one short term, big pay day then gone, kind of thinking.It is called career planning. The right decision could ensure that Kirby is in one job for a long, long time. This is key to it all.

At UGA ……………..Kirby gets a great pay raise as the DC and a three or four year contract …….CMR tells him with Evans blessing that “you are the head pastor, Um, I mean Head Coach in waiting”. Richt wants BADLY to win another SEC title and all that comes with that and then, he walks away toward his Christian missionary work and leaves KS as the head man at UGA.

THIS is a deal that any young firebrand coach would take at his alma mater. This is why KS will be the UGA DC.The fanbase wants this to happen and after all, it IS ENTERTAINMENT and you keep your audience happy. Besides, Kirby’s wife played basketball for UGA and she loves Athens and his family is in the north Ga mtns,etc. It is called lifestyle gang. Lifestyle is the new nirvana for young folks.

Speaking of nirvana, go UGA Dogs!!! Woof,woof, woof.

bird

January 9th, 2010
8:49 am

Yall must have thought Paul Finebaum was playing when he said Mark Richts’ seat was getting warm? Word to the wise: He wasn’t playing!

JimDawg

January 9th, 2010
8:51 am

I see a blue carpeted field in bowl future of tech….

GaGator

January 9th, 2010
8:53 am

Did Saban really call UGA a septic tank?

bamabird

January 9th, 2010
8:54 am

I think so GaGator..lol!

GayGator

January 9th, 2010
8:58 am

What’s saban’s record vs UGA? hahaha……

WoodstockDawg02

January 9th, 2010
9:01 am

When the dawgs have bama, tech, and gator fans whining on our blog then things are heading in the right direction. Gooooooo Dawgs, Sic em!!!!!!

At first I thought there is no way Kirby leaves bama to come back but the more I hear satan talk the more I think he will actually do it. Who could or would want to work for this epic douche.

reality bites

January 9th, 2010
9:05 am

Don’t worry, Smart would have to be a total idiot to leave Bama for a 4th or 5th SEC East program…he knows he has it good.

Evansdawg

January 9th, 2010
9:08 am

Its his alma mater, Saint Saban. Who is to say that he won’t be in the driver’s seat when Richt is gone? In my heart, I do not believe Richt will be at Georgia past the next 5 years. Smart has a great pedigree….and could be UGA’s HC in the future. How is that exactly ‘lateral.’

fanfor30years

January 9th, 2010
9:09 am

SOmeone mentioned that Richt wouldn’t slap Bobo in the face by naming Smart HC in waiting…the day Mike Bobo takes over at UGA is the day I root for someone else!!!

ColtMcCoy'sVagina

January 9th, 2010
9:09 am

I HURT!!!!!

1973dawg

January 9th, 2010
9:09 am

Heard from a pretty well placed source that Kirby will be in Athens soon.

GaGator

January 9th, 2010
9:17 am

Dap01 said
“Hey Florida fans, why didn’t Colt cry the other night?
”Dap01, don’t talk to me about crying, when you mutts only have won 3 out of the last 18. There are plenty of Georgia fans crying in Jacksonville every year that is the ones who even go any more.

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
9:20 am

SOUNDS LIKE SABAN IS A LITTLE PI$$ED ,HUH.
TOO BAD, HE DIDNT LOOK VERY SMART IN THE N.C. GAME . LUCKY FOR HIM MC COY GOT HIRT OR MAYBE HE GETS HIS A$$ HANDED TO HIM. REMINDS ME OF CPJ. HATES TO SMILE.

ROLL TIDE ROLL

January 9th, 2010
9:21 am

You Ga fans are just jealous!! Bama wins a National Tilte for the 13th time and you want to smash mouth Saban? How many National Titles does Ga have? Ga fans are pitiful. All of you are hanging on to that one National Title(almost 30 years ago). What is sad is you have one more National Title than South Carolina and Vanderbilt. Tells you alot about the football program at Ga. And if Saban is such a bad guy, why does he always have a great team, how does he recruit so high, why does he have 2 National Championships with 2 different teams?

GaGator

January 9th, 2010
9:22 am

Why can’t Richt get any defensive coaches to come to UGA, much less a coordinator?
Could it be Saban is right and they don’t want to coach is septic program.

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
9:23 am

GAYGAYTOR- YEAH, YOUR BUNCH OF THUG-AHOLICS REAL CLASSY. GO UP TO TENN. AND CRY WITH YOUR KIFFIN-A$$ BROTHERS.WHAT A HAT.

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
9:25 am

Saban is and always will #1 in his own mind. He’s a selfish I I ME ME individual and if USC offers he’ll be gone Bama Fans. His GIANT EGO will kick in and tell him he cam be #1 at 3 different schools. I don’t know what Kirby Smart is thinking but with all the openings around I’d get the Hell away from Saban.

01HAWK

January 9th, 2010
9:25 am

What you GOOBER UGA fans fail to realize is that BAMA football will go on very well without Nick Saban because they will be lined up trying to get the job…………………………..Not like before when the team was down. BAMA is one of the TOP 5 coaching jobs in college football.

We will go after the coaches at TCU, Boise State, maybe Riley (Ex Bama player) now at Oregon State, Maybe the ole ball coach at South Carolina. The team is stocked with talent and has a TOP 3 recruiting class on the way. Sims is a good player and I wish him well, but our offense is built around the running game and he will not be able to showcase his talent at BAMA. Would love to have him on defense, but we have 4 talented QB’s.

Who has the top running back tandem in the country ? You guessed it…………………….BAMA with Mark Ingram and Trent Richardson. SEE………………………..The talent is there and the coaches will be lined up to get the job.

You GOOBERS are so funny.

You HOUND DOGS just crack me up. I am still laughing at the hatred and jealousy.

What uniforms will you wear next ?

The TIDE does not want to change uniforms………………………It is a classic…………….our uniforms that is.

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
9:26 am

ROLL TIDE(AKA ALWAYS CIRCLING THE DRAIN)
WHAT YOU GONNA SAY WHEN KIRBY COMES HOME BOY?

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
9:28 am

THE OLD BLOW COACH WOULD BE A CLASSIC FIT AT O-BAMA.

GT Joe

January 9th, 2010
9:28 am

Did he just call Athens a septic tank? LOL.

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
9:30 am

WATCH AUBURN START KICKIN SABAN’S A$$ AND HE WILL BE GONE.

ROLL TIDE ROLL

January 9th, 2010
9:30 am

Maybe Kirby can persuade Ga to have an all “BLACK OUT” uniform wearing season. Thats how dumb GA fan really are. Hey, lets were black uniforms, that’ll make us better and them worse. Friggin idiots.

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
9:31 am

I-285 CIRCLES THE WORLDS LARGEST SEPTIC TANK

Johnny Test

January 9th, 2010
9:33 am

What would you expect Saben to say. He does not want to lose a good coach and he certainly doesn’t want him to go to a competitor.

Adam

January 9th, 2010
9:34 am

Dumb move if he leave bama for uga.

Johnny Test

January 9th, 2010
9:34 am

GT Joe, I see you are on the UGA blog. What the matter, nothing interesting going with the maggots? Nothing like a nerd trolling a UGA blog. 30 to 24 baby.

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
9:35 am

DIDNT NEED BLACK TO KICK O-BAMA THE YEAR BEFORE ,DID WE?
OH, IN 5TH GRADE SPELLING CLASS, ASK MISS SUSIE HOW TO SPELL WEAR.

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
9:35 am

I have to laugh at the Bama fans calling Dawg Fans Goobers and refering Ga. to a septic tank program. You should know about all this being from Alabama

ROLL TIDE ROLL

January 9th, 2010
9:37 am

Johnny test who won the year before that?
Who went to a better bowl?
Who played a nobody in the toilet bowl?
Geeze, Ga fans are still dreaming of Vince and Hershel, and that one and only National Title almost 30 years ago. You football program is just a cut above GA southern.

reality bites

January 9th, 2010
9:38 am

2010 SEC East: FL, TN, SC, KY, UGA……Shreveport here we come….

Johnny Test

January 9th, 2010
9:39 am

If Kirby Smart comes to UGA and the DAWGs improve and become competitive again it will build his resume as much as staying at Alabama will maybe more. Saben is always going to get most of the credit for Alabama’s success. When Bear Bryant was asked why he left a Texas A&M program he had built up to go to a struggling Alabama program in 1958 he said “mama called”. Mama is calling Kirby Smart.

GT Joe

January 9th, 2010
9:40 am

I love trolling UGA blogs… pure comedy…

Yeah, nothing is going on in Tech land, other than, we are about to hire an NFL caliber DC. Who is Richt going to hire?

Athens a septic tank, can’t stop laughing…

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
9:40 am

Johnny Test. Flash, Then Nerds can only trash the DAWGS cause they never have anything to brag about except maybe being ACC Champs WHOOPEE. Their team totally stunk against good teams and this year is the best they’ll do for a while.

Me,Me, Me.

January 9th, 2010
9:41 am

Nick Saban-Urban-Kiffie-Spurnier,that’s us, yes sir.
What a fore-some. Could you imagine those 4 heads trying to pull a condom over them?????????

GT Joe

January 9th, 2010
9:41 am

We don’t need to trash the dogs, the players/coaches do that themselves…

All that talent, then go to Shreveport and beat a 6-7 team… sad.

Johnny Test

January 9th, 2010
9:43 am

reality bites=Tech fan. Roll tide roll = Tech fan pretending to be a Bama fan..#1 Tech tactic. Pretend to be someone else. If I were a tech fan I’d hide my identity to after getting beaen by the worst Uga team in 13 years and getting killed on national TV in mt first major bowl game in 42 years.

GaGator

January 9th, 2010
9:43 am

So how long had it been since Georgia ended the season unranked in either the Associated Press or coaches’ final poll, as happened today?
The last time it happened was . . . 1996
Richt will set another record in the fall. Georgia will be unranked (in the top 25) at the start of a season for the first time since Walker.

Saban to USC?

January 9th, 2010
9:44 am

Lots of people think so, and Saban likes to move around, he’s a gypsy.

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
9:47 am

FUNNY HOW tech-nots COME OVER ON OUR SITES AND DONT EVEN POST ON “tech” or “ramble on” (WHAT A PROPER NAME FOR THAT SITE, HUH.)

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
9:49 am

GAGAYTOR, ANOTHER tech-not IN DISGUISE .

reality bites

January 9th, 2010
9:50 am

I believe the Cesspool extends from Athens to Hartwell.

Me,Me, Me.

January 9th, 2010
9:52 am

Don’t forget I want in under that condom, I,m the biggest one of ALL.

Realist

January 9th, 2010
9:56 am

GT Joe,

When Tech wins a bowl game, then your opinion will matter. Keep your 2 cents.

GaGator,

If we want your opinion, we will ask your head coach. Oh wait, you don’t have one.

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
9:58 am

REALITY BITES- YEAH , YOUR CHATTAHOOCHIE FLOWING THROUGH YOUR TAP TASTE GOOD, RIGHT OUT OF KNOXVILLE SEWAGE CONTAINING COLT-45 OVERFLOW DOWN STREAM.
ENJOY,PUNK. HOW’S THE WEATHER ON CASCADE ROAD THIS MORNING?

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
10:01 am

OH, I FORGOT YOU MOVED TO S. MORELAND AVE. WHERE THE PRISTINE SOUTH RIVER IS YOUR SOURCE OF AQUA. ( aqua refers to water) A$$ HAT.

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
10:05 am

REALITY WENT TO GET HIS/HER MOMMY. WILL BE BACK WHEN SHE CHANGES THE PAMPERS. MAY HAVE WENT TO “RAMBLE ON “TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS POSTED SINCE YESTERDAY.WHAT AN APPROPRIATE NAME .

sc dawg

January 9th, 2010
10:06 am

Cowboys blog claiming that job is Grantham’s IF and only IF Kirby turns it down. Claiming answer expected by Monday. IF true, very interesting. Either would be a good hire, I’m not certain Grantham wouldn’t be the better hire . . .

ROLL TIDE ROLL

January 9th, 2010
10:07 am

HEY PAPA DAWG!!, GT has more SEC Championships than GA and GT hasn’t been in the SEC since the 60’s. Again, what does that say about GA’s football program?!?!?

gabugman

January 9th, 2010
10:07 am

More excellent advice from Mr. Shifty himself.

What a TOOL

Dap01

January 9th, 2010
10:07 am

If Kirby smart stays at Alabama, what are the odds that Saban will not leave before 5 years are up. Saban needs to follow his own advice. What a hypocrit.

lnLIKE3

January 9th, 2010
10:09 am

i DONT THINK COACH SABAN WILL BE LOYAL TO BAMA…DO YALL NOT THINK OTHER SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS ARENT TRYING TO BUY OUT SABAN TOO…I CAN HEAR HIM NOW…”WELL, IIIIIIIV’VE DONE ALL IIIIII CAN FOR ALABAMA, ITS TIME TO MOVE AND HELP SOMEONE ELSE” YALL HIDE AND WATCH…COMING SOON!

ROLL TIDE ROLL

January 9th, 2010
10:12 am

Johny test, I dislike tech more than I do GA, its just tech fans are more adapt with losing. Ga fans think that every year “WILL BE THE YEAR”. yeah right, The uga football team is horrible deal with it. And if its not that horrible, why do you let a QB like COX start the whole season? Why don’t you have more depth at that position? because nobody wants to play for a loser. Good luck down there with Vandy, Kentucky and SC.

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
10:14 am

I guess Bama’s had great years and BCS Bowls every year since the BEAR left. All you non Dawgs fans what bowl were you at when the DAWGS were at the Big Bowls. PLEASE yaw act like your teams are playing for the Nat. Championship every year. Enjoy the Dawgs down time cause we’ll be back

sc dawg

January 9th, 2010
10:18 am

Roll Tide, what is Richt’s record against Alabama? Just curious . . .

You guys had a great year, congrats are in full order. It would even appear that ya’ll are on the front end of a very strong run. However, you might want to check the record books, I believe UF was the most successful program over the last decade, followed by LSU and UGA. I believe you guys have been closer to the cellar recently than we’re gonna be any time soon. I’ve seen many posts from DAwg fans, including mine, congradulating Bama. I’ve lived in Birmingham, recently, when Bama was really struggling . . . you have as many classless fans an any program, perhaps more. Do enjoy your title, its great for Bama and the fans. But, both you, and the class-less UGA fans (of which there are many), should honeslty try to conduct yourselves with a bit more sportsmanship. Bear Bryant didn’t like losing. He hated it. But whether he won or lost he did so with class!!!!!!!

Johnny Test

January 9th, 2010
10:18 am

Roll tide roll, you know nothing about the SEC history.. The SEC was formed in 1933.. Since its inception UGA has won 12 SEC championships and Tech has won 5.. You are quoating a myth only a Tech fan would quote. All Bama fans know their history better than that.

Look it up… it’s not hard. By the way Tech has never won an AP National Championship either. Dawgs have.

ROLL TIDE ROLL

January 9th, 2010
10:18 am

YEAH you’ll be back about the same time VANDY comes back. HAHAHAHAHA Again papadawg, just dreaming

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
10:19 am

Roll Tide Roll just showed me his true NERD Colors

WoodstockDawg02

January 9th, 2010
10:19 am

what do uga and iowa have in common? they both hit tech in the mouth over and over and exposed their high school option offense.

ROLL TIDE ROLL

January 9th, 2010
10:21 am

Arguing over the internet is like the Special Olympics or being a GA fan, no matter who wins you’re still retarded.

sc dawg

January 9th, 2010
10:24 am

They why, roll tide, if you feel that way, are YOU arguing over the internet????????????? Again, congrats on a great season. Enjoy it. Don’t however show your a$$ and not expect to get some grief on here!

ROLL TIDE ROLL

January 9th, 2010
10:26 am

SC DAWG, why are you arguing? I am just tired of hearing all these GA fans still thinking that GA is better than Bama.

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
10:27 am

SETTIN ON THE THRONE……. PULLIN ON CHARMIN….. REALIZING WHERE THE PHRASE “ROLL TIDE ROLL” CAME FROM………….
GOES WITH THE TERRITORY , HUH?
JUST TAKIN A LANE AND WHIPING MY SABAN………..
LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!

No Class Alabama

January 9th, 2010
10:27 am

I use to be an Alabama fan but watching them score the final touchdown instead of taking-a-knee proves he’s an axxhole. Real CHEAP coach!! Hope they lose every game from now on….by the way; are there any Alabama boys on that team?

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
10:29 am

Hey Roll Tide Did we hurt your poor little old feelings. Bless your heart

ROLL TIDE ROLL

January 9th, 2010
10:29 am

If you want to watch a real game, turn it over to ESPNU right now. Maybe some of the GA football players are watching too.

dawg snit on buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

January 9th, 2010
10:30 am

Boogie, that is classic,dude.

sc dawg

January 9th, 2010
10:31 am

I’m not arguing Roll tide, I’ve actally agreed with much of what you said. I don’t think anyone is arguing that this year, or, over the course of the last eighty years, UGA is better. I would argue that that over the past decade UGA has been better that Bama. If guys like you are going to claim we’ve accomplished nothing, and finish in the cellar every year, then we’re going to correct you. Some, I’ll admit, do it in a less than classy way. I’m just saying that the facts are the facts. BAMA had a great year. BAMA is a great program. It is not however the end all be all of college football. And no one is going to lay down for you next year . . . not UF, not Penn State, and not whoever wins the east (hopefully UGA). Enjoy man, your team just won the national title!!!!!!!!!

ROLL TIDE ROLL

January 9th, 2010
10:32 am

Ok then Johnny test, Do you know how the ACC was formed? And yes GT does have more SEC titles than GA. I do not know where you get your info from.

Championship Game

January 9th, 2010
10:32 am

Alabama should thank God for Colt MCCoy’s injury. With him, Texas would have routed Alabama. Even with a true freshman QB back-up, Texas had the ball with 2:00+ minutes left and only trailing by 3. An inexperienced freshman back-up gave Alabama the title. That kid will be one of the best ever at UT before he graduates.

Hairy's Balls

January 9th, 2010
10:33 am

This sounds like a flat-out admission by Saban that Smart is leaving for Georgia. Wow. If this is true, we shouldn’t have heard it from Saban first. What an a-hole thing to do to Smart. No wonder Smart is happy to leave. And like this kind of patronzing statment would change Kirby’s mind. If he comes to Georgia, he will be more welcome here, clearly.

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
10:34 am

Roll Tide why would the DAWG players want to watch a bunch of GT players. 30-24

ROLL TIDE ROLL

January 9th, 2010
10:34 am

Im jerking on this Charmin as hard as Ican, amazing how many a$$holes i reonnize as I Jerk.

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
10:45 am

8-5, toilet bowl no DC, jokes, criticism but I’ll still wear my DAWG attire proudly. GT fans attire already thrown out.

Florida Dawg

January 9th, 2010
10:47 am

How did Saban win a NC in 3 short years? It appears that he really knows how to evaluate talent and assemble a solid coaching staff.
Wish we were in this same position. We need to recruit and secure players that every major successful program wants.
Recruiting players that will play at the next level is the key.
How does Bama play hard nosed football with so few penalties?

dawg snit on buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

January 9th, 2010
10:48 am

funny how tek-nots come on here as A. BAMA fan
B. GAYTOR fan
C. VOL fan

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
10:51 am

LATE BREAKING NEWS——
gt SITE KNOWN AS “RAMBLE ON ‘ NOW BEING SHUT DOWN DUE TO tek POSTERS NON INTEREST…………………..

Dap01

January 9th, 2010
10:52 am

Add Sabans ability to the fact that Bama has not been called for holding in 9 straight games certainly helps. Bama fans need to realize that Colt getting hurt won them a NC. I am glad. But Bama’s record the past 10 years is closer to Vandy’s than UGA. Look it up.

Ain't we great

January 9th, 2010
10:55 am

You Dawgs are great. Always hang your hats beside the laurels of UF, Bama, and LSU and claim the be in the same elite club. Newsflash..You are now and always have been a Junior Member. Moving to Athens is not a lateral move. It’s a downgrade. What a paradox for you.. the coaches you despise and criticize the most (Spurrier,Saban,Meyer, etc.) have always provided you with your false bravado. S-E-C S-E-C S-E-C

Todd from Birmingham

January 9th, 2010
10:56 am

Don’t you love hearing from all those dumb redneck Alabama fans about Georgia not being a top tier SEC school? Alabama was at the bottom for the last 17 years..not to mention all the probation for cheating they got caught with over that time. Go to Georgia campus and then go to Alabama campus…Georgia is like Harvard compared to that low level academic crap hole! Kirby will be a bulldog to escape from all the Bear Bryant worshipers. Bear was a drunk anyway…just like u!

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
10:58 am

AINT WE GREAT============== ANOTHER NORTH AVE HAT

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
10:59 am

TELL UM TODD

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
11:01 am

KEEP CHANGING YOUR NAMES, YOUR YELLOW KEEPS SHINING THROUGH.

Snuggie the bee CPJ

January 9th, 2010
11:03 am

Check out my big chest im poking out.

s

January 9th, 2010
11:04 am

Enter your comments here

dawg gone it

January 9th, 2010
11:05 am

Saban’s counter offer?

http://www.fannation.com/si_blogs/from_scrimmage/posts/92441-tide-to-go-coach-in-waiting-route?eref=fromSI

Ain’t we great: You do realize that UGA is Smart’s Alma mater?

The great thing about college football is that it is very dynamic. It is very tough to stay at the top. Think LSU, USC, FL. What makes anyone think that Alabama will be so different?

Success is a double edged sword.

Stinger

January 9th, 2010
11:05 am

hehehehehehe haw

dawg snit on buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

January 9th, 2010
11:08 am

to snuggie big boob Johnson.
Botox works wonders you know, get you some.

Ain't we great

January 9th, 2010
11:17 am

Nah, You’re kidding… It’s his alma mater?…Geez

Ask Ray Goff about coaching at his alma mater.

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
11:22 am

Aint we great========= ASK YOUR BOY BILL CURRY ABOUT O-BAMA. LOYAL BUNCH OF A$$-HATS OVER THEIR, HUH. LEFT THERE, WENT ON TO LOSE AT KENTUCKY.

Bremen Dawg

January 9th, 2010
11:22 am

You always here that Saban’s defense is the best, Saban this and Saban that on defense. Smart is not getting any credit so that would be enough for any employee to want to go somewhere else even if it was a lateral move. Smart still needs to prove himself before he makes that jump to HC and UGA would be the place for him to do that. Even if we couldn’t keep him but 2 – 3 years it would be worth it.

Tech Real Fans Are..

January 9th, 2010
11:22 am

Stillcrying

Tech Real Fans Are..

January 9th, 2010
11:24 am

considering Coach Martinez

Tech Real Fans Are..

January 9th, 2010
11:24 am

Marketing Yellow Sport-Bras.

Tech Real Fans Are..

January 9th, 2010
11:25 am

Saying ‘NOT SO HARD DADDY”

Tech Real Fans Are..

January 9th, 2010
11:27 am

Working day job at Varsity, then heading over to Waffle House for night job

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
11:28 am

Don’t pick on Ray Goff. He was thrown into an impossible situation generated by the Jan Kemp deal. He had no athletes & no scholarships. Talk about bad times as a DAWG, this year ain’t nothing

Tech Real Fans Are..

January 9th, 2010
11:28 am

Getting there by MARTA or stolen car

Tech Real Fans Are..

January 9th, 2010
11:29 am

Armed and mad

jawga boy

January 9th, 2010
11:30 am

GT Joe….. Athens a septic tank? Poo…. our students aren’t getting mugged, stabbed, gunned down. Today is Elvis’ biirthday…… and I can hear him singing……. IN THE GHETTO !

Tech Real Fans Are..

January 9th, 2010
11:30 am

giving up football

Tech Real Fans Are..

January 9th, 2010
11:31 am

punks

BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA

January 9th, 2010
11:40 am

SABAN= LAME =SPERMIER= P. JOHNSON= URBAN ======
===============================================
===============================================
BIGGEST OF HATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
11:42 am

Gator Fans don’t even talk about coaching problems, do you have a head coach or not

keylargo

January 9th, 2010
11:56 am

O’Saban Bin Laden That’s what Saban was called down here in South Florida after he lied his azz off and told the Dolphins twice he was going to stay on as coach.

Saban shouldn’t be telling anyone how to make career choices.

South FL Chapter of the Bulldog Nation

January 9th, 2010
11:56 am

reading some of the comments from GT and Bama fans make me laugh! 1st of all, if KS wants to make the move to UGA then we’d love to have him! if he decides to stay then there will be another qualified person standing right behind him who will come in and coach up our talent just fine…Coach Richt will bring in a staff that will get our D back where it needs to be. not too worried about it at all…the anticipation’s killing me, but i’m not worried about it.

Bama fans…congrats on the NC! it was a big win for the SEC, and UGA will enjoy the $ that comes from it! just as you did when UGA played in 3 BCS games over the past 10 years….I was thinking about the SEC Title games UGA played in…we played LSU, Ark, and LSU. where were you in those games Bama? if your the poster boy for the SEC? and arn’t we 3-1 vs Bama over that time, and didn’t we beat you twice on your own turf? and wasn’t one of them the first home game in your newly renovated stadium? yeah, that’s what i thought! everything’s a cycle in sports….and i’m glad that your on top for a bit. enjoy it…don’t gloat, it’ll taint the experience for you!

GT fans…i know your bitter! bitter you can’t beat us, bitter UGA has better school colors, a better campus, more and prettier girls, and just is better over all…i hope things get better for you in the near future! i really do, but the fact remains…GT will NEVER be a better option than UGA. the sooner you come to grips with that the less envy will be in your heart.

Lets Go Dawgs! lock down your new DC, solidify one of the top incoming 2010 freshman classes and let’s get to work! 2010’s going to be a great year! 2010’s going to be the year of the Dawg! How Bout Them Dawgs!

We dont have to shut up!!!!!!

January 9th, 2010
12:18 pm

Hey Bama Fan!!!! If you scroll to the top of the page, you will see that it says UGA Sports. You see, this is a blog about Georgia sports, on an Atlanta Newspaper’s site. We can say whatever the hell we want to about whoever the hell we want. If you dont want to read negative things about your coach, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE! We don’t have to shut up! I really don’t understand why all these BAMA or FLORIDA or any other fans, for that matter, other than Georgia or Georgia Tech are even on here and even bother to read anything that is said or written. I can tell you I couldn’t care less about any Alabama blog or website and you certainly won’t catch me on there reading what their fans have to say. Now, all that being said, SABAN IS A JERK!! He can hardly crack a smile after winning the deadgum NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!! Why would you want to play for or coach under a guy like that?!?!?! Seems to be it would be a miserable existence. SCREW SABAN AND ALL YOU LOSER BAMA FANS WHO HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN READ BLOGS ON AN ATLANTA NEWSPAPER!!!

UGA Alumn

January 9th, 2010
12:18 pm

Unless you’ve walked through the Arches you can’t understand the love our alumni have for our Alma Mater. Kirby understands this love and I suspect that he wants to help his school get back on top. Money isn’t everything; loyalty is more important to some!

joe

January 9th, 2010
1:11 pm

“Alabama COULD match any offers but why would they?”

LOL! UGA could buy Alabama’s a**. UGA has more money than Bama can shake a stick at.

joe

January 9th, 2010
1:12 pm

So reading between the lines, Saban thinks UGA is a septic tank…hmmm.

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
1:18 pm

S, Fla Chapter, Couldnt have said it better myself

Ole Yeller Dawg

January 9th, 2010
1:18 pm

Our septic tank empties into the Chattahoochee River which flows south through Alabama and then into Florida.

Experts recommend that you need to drink 6-8 8oz glasses of water a day to stay healthy. Drink-up!

Alabama ever wonder why that water tastes so good?

Florida your water is just plain nasty!

I would not be laughing and pointing the finger about anything septic, especially since both states are down stream.

toofless in alabamer

January 9th, 2010
1:18 pm

Is Smart trying to send Sabear a message? Like; I don’t give a dam what you think!!

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
1:34 pm

Other schools gave raises to those DC they wanted to get & Saban (I can’t smile cause my plastic face might break) only gives Smart a Smart A__ comment. I’d be GONE if I got attitude like that.

coachgb

January 9th, 2010
1:38 pm

Be careful of what you wish for. Saben is the brains behind the Tide defense. Now that doesn’t mean our boy Kirby Smart isn’t ready to run a top notch defense, he might be, but being the Tide DC just means that he has seen it done right, it doesn’t guarantee he can do it all by himself. I think maybe we should look at some guys that have been calling the shots for a while but aren’t at a school where they can draw the talent Georgia can. Or maybe someone like the guy out in Dallas who has lead a defense before and would do a good job with Georia’s talent.

coachgb

January 9th, 2010
1:45 pm

If I were Smart I’d jump if I got the offer. He’s a good guy from a good football family and would fit right in at UGA. I just don’t know if the offer is coming and none of us can know for sure if he can handle it because of where he is right now. Saban is a genius football coach, and yes, he is also a control freak with his thumb on everything. He is also a complete __________! Feel free to include your favorite derogative ajective.

coachgb

January 9th, 2010
1:47 pm

Sorry, too cold to type today.

Rollllllllllll

January 9th, 2010
1:52 pm

Wow, the UGA insults are hilarious. Ahh, it feels good to be on top again. Keep insulting Bama while you stay a middle of the pack SEC football program.

National Champions…again. For those of you that were even born, I bet you long to be shat out of the womb of victory once again. Let me be realistic and tell you that it won’t happen while Mark Richt is there. That guy is a total p-word.

dawg gone it

January 9th, 2010
1:55 pm

Coachgb, I kind of agree with you. Smart is not a proven commodity. Especially at the price he’ll be asking now.

I believe UGA will be fine, with or without him.

dawg gone it

January 9th, 2010
2:00 pm

Also, didn’t Texas score 21 points with their second string qb in charge for most of the game?

Even with McCoy, TX could only score 13 against Nebraska.

Alabama has some good defensive minds, but nothing we can’t find elsewhere.

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
2:03 pm

NOT hating on the Tide just your head coach (for now) who WILL leave you high & dry when the next better comes. WHY, cause that’s his history.

90 SEC Wins in 9 Seasons-Richt is #1

January 9th, 2010
2:05 pm

Richt has done something Meyer or Saban cannot do. 90 SEC wins in 9 consecutive seasons. 90 SEC wins, in the #1 toughest ocnference.

coachgb

January 9th, 2010
2:05 pm

Hey Bulldawg, if you had ever been around team sports, much less actually played some, you’d know that to be a good position coach you don’t have to have played that position. Some body types are better suited to play different positions. That doesn’t mean that your brain can only absorb information while you actually perform that activity! If you checked the backgrounds of most successful coaches you’d find that most have played and coached a number of different positions.

Richt has Natl Champ Year 7 Times

January 9th, 2010
2:06 pm

Richt got FSU to the Natl Champ 5 times as OC.

2002 & 2007 Richt finished #1 ranked.

7 Natl Champ years.

Richt has no peers.

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
2:07 pm

Dawgs unless something changes K. Smart is going to be someones Head Coach & not DC at UGA.

Big L

January 9th, 2010
2:15 pm

Saban to USC anybody?

ugaman

January 9th, 2010
2:16 pm

HEY ROLLLL. NOT ONE PERSON IS DEBATING WHO HAS HAD THE BETTER PROGRAM OVER THE LAST 50YEARS.CMR IS NOT A P-WORD. CHRISTIAN MAN WHO HAD TWO CHILDREN AND ADOPTED TWO.WANTED NOT JUST TO GET A GOOD GIG BUT ALSO A PLACE TO RAISE HIS FAMILY.YOUR COACH IS GIVING ADVICE THAT HE HAS NO RIGHT TO GIVE. NOT BEING A JERK DOES’NT MEAN YOU ARE WEAK. NOW I AM BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE TROUBLE YALL HAVE BEEN IN WITH THE NCAA. WHACKED OUT OF YOUR MINDS,YOU CAN’T WIN GRACIOUSLY. BESIDES THIS IS A UGA BLOG. I HAVE NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF BEING ON A ALABAMER BLOG. THEN I WOULD BE A REAL P-WORD.

MichaelM

January 9th, 2010
2:16 pm

Georgia fans, I hate to say it, because I bleed red and black, but we will never win a national championship with Richt here. I’ve said that since the day they hired him. He doesn’t have the fire that the Dawgs need. Yes, he has two SEC championships and has played in three BCS games, but let’s be honest: shouldn’t he have done more with the talent he has recruited? The two SEC titles came in down years for other schools. You know it’s true. Look at the seasons. Now that the Alabamas, Floridas, Auburns, LSUs and even Tennessees of the conference are either back or headed on the way up, how quickly are we going to get back to the top? I love Georgia and always will, but until we quit dreaming about the glory days and start creating new ones, we are going to be referred to as a “septic tank.” Yes, the comment makes me angry, too, but what are we going to DO about it? Continue on the same path we’re on or get better and make Saban and the Tide eat those words?

Big L

January 9th, 2010
2:24 pm

Betcha Saban is prayin that this Pete Carroll to the Seahawks thing hurries up. Next job, next photo opp.

He Hate Gator

January 9th, 2010
2:24 pm

“To say that Mich st to LSU is not a job promotion is just asinine. And LSU to a plum pro job like the Dolphins is not a promotion. Sorry dude but I know of no one who wouldn’t consider a jump from college to pro a job promotion.”…Not necessarily step ups….just different, an increase in pay is not necessarily a promotion…going from Miami to AL was not necessarily a step down either…

Dap01

January 9th, 2010
2:38 pm

How could any sane person from Alabama rip on any other state? Alabama?

01HAWK

January 9th, 2010
2:39 pm

POOR Ben Jones…………………………………. must feel awful that he grew up 45 minutes away from Tuscaloosa and played at Bibb County High and Nick Saban did not even recruit him. He should have walked on at BAMA if he wanted to win. I bet when he goes home to visit in Centreville, Al. they will be on his case. Well, he will get over it eventually. Actually he is a starter with UGA, but that does not mean much when you will not win an SEC Championship.

Well, plenty of SEPTIC TANKS in and around that area of Athens. Last I checked Georgia had more Mobile Homes than Alabama had. Maybe he can do that show “Dirty Jobs” and clean septic tanks.

Could have gone to the PENTHOUSE, but looks like he is in the “OUTHOUSE”.

joe

January 9th, 2010
2:44 pm

“Well, plenty of SEPTIC TANKS in and around that area of Athens. Last I checked Georgia had more Mobile Homes than Alabama had. Maybe he can do that show “Dirty Jobs” and clean septic tanks.”

LOL! You didn’t check very much then you toothless Alabama douche. He didn’t want to go to Bama because it’s the biggest cheater in college football. They may get major sanctions place on them again.

Grass is Always Greener for Saban

January 9th, 2010
2:44 pm

The grass is always greener on the other side of the septic tank for Saban. That’s why he made laterla moves every 1-5 years over his career.

Saban didn’t take his dad’s advice too well.

joe

January 9th, 2010
2:45 pm

““To say that Mich st to LSU is not a job promotion is just asinine. And LSU to a plum pro job like the Dolphins is not a promotion. Sorry dude but I know of no one who wouldn’t consider a jump from college to pro a job promotion.”…Not necessarily step ups….just different, an increase in pay is not necessarily a promotion…going from Miami to AL was not necessarily a step down either…”

Dude stop. Nick Saban has no credibility on this issue.

Grass is Greener, so is Money

January 9th, 2010
2:46 pm

Saban forgets that the grass is greener, especially because money is green.

ugaman

January 9th, 2010
2:47 pm

MICHAEL M. DUDE RICHT IS LIKE THE TOP 5 IN WIN % SINCE HE ARRIVED. UGA HAD’NT WON AN SEC TITLE IN A LONG TIME. HE ACCOMPLISHED MANY GOALS. JUST NOT THE ONE IMPORTANT ONE. BUT IF UGA CAN GO TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT LEAST EVERY 2 OR 3 YEARS THAT’S ALL YOU COULD ASK FOR. BE CONSISTANT. THAT’S ALL ONE CAN DO. HOW DID YOU KNOW WHEN UGA HIRED HIM HE WOULD NEVER DO WELL. THE ONLY THING YOU KNEW WAS HE WAS OC AT FSU. IT ACTUALLY HAS A BETTER WIN % THAN VINCE DOOLEY RIGHT NOW. DOOLEY WON 1 TITLE IN 24 YEARS THOUGH HE PLAYED IN 3.UNLESS HE HAS BACK TO BACK 6 WIN SEASONS HE WILL STAY.

01HAWK

January 9th, 2010
2:53 pm

JOE BLOW……………………..Ben Jones was a late bloomer actually. You do not know anything about even your own players. He did well at a Georgia Tech and Georgia camp and that is when Georgia got interested. Get your facts straight. If BAMA would have offered I am sure he would have accepted. Georgia and Georgia Tech offered him scholarships but BAMA DID NOT !!!!!

Know your facts before you speak.

Dap01

January 9th, 2010
3:00 pm

He Hate: Your logic seems to indicate that a move for money is a promotion. If that is the case then Saban’s logic is flawed. His statement smacked of hipocrocy and self centerness.

Jump Ship- autobiography of Nick Saban's career

January 9th, 2010
3:00 pm

Hey Bama fans. Congrats on the NC that you wanted and earned. Seriously, congrats.

Now? Reality must set in and you know that there are only a handful of college jobs that would be “better” than Tuscaloosa. One such is USC and I am not talking about the job Columbia,SC.

What do you think? When Nick talked to his assistants ( Kirby Smart) about greener pastures, he was telgraphing his feelings, which are ” mission accomplished and on to Malibu and Hollywood and The Real USC. They can top anything that the Crimson Tide can offer. Money and LIFESTYLE and World Class shopping and dining are far better than Dreamland Bar B Q ( I love it however ) and Gayfer’s at McFarland Mall and the Indian mounds in Moundville, Al. Don’t you aqgree?

Such is the reality in dealing with Mephistoples. Live by the sword and die by the sword. Get it? Men of Troy use swords.

You heard it here first.

DieHardDawg

January 9th, 2010
3:01 pm

Lol, did Saban imply that UGA is a septic tank? Kind of a funny, sneaky jab, even if it’s against my school. The only way I see Smart coming back to UGA is if his salary is increased dramatically. That’s the only logically reason for him to leave, unless of course he gets a head job somewhere, but that is unlikely.

fair and Balanced

January 9th, 2010
3:01 pm

Lot of good stuff here. Some smart comments – some questionable. But “coach in waiting”??? Who are you guys kidding? Richt may not be the best coach in the land, but might become that. Dooley was not the best in America but became one of the best and won a national championship. Richt has that capability and knows from his his experience at FSU what the main goal is. He has come close too! No doubt we would have beat LSU in the SEC championship and would have destroyed Ohio St for the national championship had TN lost one game in ‘07.

Richt is too young and too smart to name ANYBODY “coach in waiting”. He has a lot of years left at GA and a lot of championships to win too. It will happen. He has been a head-coach for only 9 years and has clearly caused the Dawg Nation to NEVER be satisfied with mediocrity. He won’t rest until GA gets it right. He has too much integrity and determination to compromise. Someone said that he is “loyal” to a fault. Not so. He fired people rather than making lateral moves with them and keep them in the program. Maybe his delay was due to loyalty, but I would rather have a loyal HC than a use-’em and throw-’em-away kind of a guy.

His only mistake is in trying to take a potential coach and make him better rather than hiring proven talent. I think he sees this now and is going for proven talent that will also be loyal to GA.

I would think that a coach with integrity would prefer coaching at GA than some other SEC schools. Whoever said that Smart would have to go somewhere else to make a name for himself is certainly right. There ain’t no room for any other names at Alabama!

fair and Balanced

January 9th, 2010
3:06 pm

Saban talking about ego? Huh? Say what? Ok, if I’m smart and if I’m Smart – I’m gone somewhere. Kirby is welcome here as far as I’m concerned!

fair and Balanced

January 9th, 2010
3:10 pm

Oh, but one more thing: “Coach in waiting”? Huh? How long you think anybody would have to wait? How do you put that in a contract at this point? Nah! That ain’t happening – and shouldn’t happen. Richt has a lot of coaching left in him and his word is good. He will not rest until he gets this thing right has GA back where it belongs.

GADSDEN DAWG

January 9th, 2010
3:21 pm

Why is it a bad move Adam.What do you know.

Kirby Smart's the Guy

January 9th, 2010
3:21 pm

Let’s say you were in a company, and your #1 skill was finances. Would you need another expert in finances on your management team, or would your management team be stronger with an expert in management and marketing added?

That’s why Kirby Smart is coming to Georgia. Bama has 2 guys both great at defense, Smart & Saban, it’s a WEAKER management team compared to having a balance with a brilliant OC. Georgia has a guy brilliant at offense (Richt got FSU to 5 Natl Champ’s at FSU as OC, TOP 5 IN nation in offense 5 times), and Smart is brilliant at defense.

MichaelM

January 9th, 2010
3:21 pm

ugaman, I never said I KNEW he wouldn’t be a good coach. I said that I had been saying since UGA hired him that the Dawgs would not win a NC. Did I know that he wouldn’t? Do I know that he won’t? Of course not. It is my opinion that as long as Georgia employs Mark Richt as head coach, it will not win a NC. I understand what he did at Florida State. I also understand that while at FSU, Richt coached a team that was an independent and then played in a watered-down ACC. Winning titles and bowls and running up scores against an independent schedule and the ACC of the time and doing so week in and week out against an SEC schedule are two very different things, especially when you MUST play Florida, Tennessee, Auburn and even Steve Spurrier-coached South Carolina every year. And I do not attack him as a man. He is a good Christian man of excellent character. I just don’t think that Georgia will consistently, year-in and year-out challenge for the SEC title and will not win a national championship with Richt at the helm.

Big L

January 9th, 2010
3:27 pm

Is Saban gone yet. Just heard that Carroll has accepted Seahawks offer.

don't be delusional

January 9th, 2010
3:32 pm

look what happens… UGA has ONE bad year and everyone (especially techies) says we are not top tier in sec well, realize somthin tech, we did not have a great qb this year and did not have great DC for a LONG TIME. This is what people would call a rebuilding years. thats what georgia is doing. REBUILDING. it took tech 6-7 years to rebuild up to what they got now and they are still not even that good. after we get the rite man for the DC we will be great.

Big L

January 9th, 2010
3:37 pm

Just read on ESPN that Tooberville will be named Texas Tech HC. Bring it on Home Kirby.

sc dawg

January 9th, 2010
3:53 pm

Micheal M, love your love for the dawgs!!!!!!!! I’ve seen the logic you use on the boards before . . . “we won when other teams had bad years” . . . well, we could easily reverse that, they won we we had bad years, and, it would apply with the obvious exception of FLA, who, until this years’ sec title game, owned everyone! I think Richt is a proven commodity. Both UF and LSU won titles with losses, national titles. The dawgs simply didn’t get that break. Bama, THIS YEAR, ran the table and needed no breaks, but, let’s not lose sight of the fact that their record since Richt arrived is only better because of THIS YEAR. I have tremendous respect for Alabama, and for Saban, and for UF, and Myer, but the idea that Richt won’t manage the hurdles they present is flawed at best. We’re gonna be fine, no, we won’t win the SEC east every year, and if we win one national title under Richt I’ll be thrilled, but I can’t imagine who we could get that would be better. I wouldn’t want Myer, as good as he is. AS for Saban, not sure he’ll stay anywhere . . . just ask an LSU or Miami fan. He is a winner, but, is also Saban centered and doesn’t seem to grasp the idea that life is more than football–for his players or his assistants. Why do so many leave him for that greener grass over the proverbial septic tank. There are rumors everywhere that Saban might be headed to USC, I don’t know if they are true, but, I wouldn’t be surprised. And, if I remember correctly, Richt has had some success against Saban. Just my thoughts . . . gooooo dawgs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rolltide25

January 9th, 2010
3:53 pm

God I love the Haters!!! Roll Tide!!! If Kirby goes to UGA then good for him. God bless and thanks for the hard work. Can’t blame a guy for going home. But WOW the hatred for Saban is hilarious. As long as he wins I could give a @@@@ about whether he looks like he’s enjoying himself. Maybe Kirby can give the UGA program some much needed discipline (you all know that’s a true statement).

Tee

January 9th, 2010
3:54 pm

Sabin should know about green grass and septic tanks — the only moves he has ever made should be considered laterals.
If Kirby Smart is chicken-assed enough to let Sabin get away with this type of remark and stays at Alabama…we don’t need him.
Whatever happened to the SEC as far as coaches who are character.

I really doubt that Bear Bryant would have hired Sabin. Of course, when Bear went from TCU to Kentucky to Alabama….at least he stayed at Alabama.
Does anyone want to wager that Sabin will be gone from Alabama within the next three seasons?

I’m just getting started — but I think I’ll quit….

ajskeeter

January 9th, 2010
3:55 pm

For those that claim UGA isn’t a top tier team in the SEC, you’re nuts. I will concede we’ve not won the big one, but we’ve won two SEC titles and played for three. I’m not degrading what Bama did this year, but hey, give us some credit here. No one gets to the NC without a little luck and a little love…UGA hasn’t had either as of late.

Houdawg

January 9th, 2010
3:56 pm

This from the guy who has gone after every $$$-up that’s ever offered. Typical Saban ………

IF Smart comes to UGA as DC …… & gets $300 – $350K MORE than at ALA ( from $360K to $650K) , that’s NOT a lateral DC switch ….. in the real world , a ” lateral ” move most often means zero additional $$$. ‘Course , Saban wouldn’t understnd the real world anyhoo …..

dcbl

January 9th, 2010
3:59 pm

David Pollack just said that the announcement is imminent & that Dog fans will be pleased.

Living in Bham, I hope he’s right. The Abalama fans are getting even more insufferable anymore…

ugaman

January 9th, 2010
4:05 pm

MICHAEL M. I DO AGREE BUT HE HAS AN EXCELLENT SEC RECORD.HE MAY NOT WIN THE BIG ONE BUT I GUESS ONLY TIME WILL TELL. THIS DC HIRE NEEDS TO HAVE A BIG IMPACT. THAT I KNOW AS A DAWG YOU WOULD AGREE. GO DAWGS!

Ali Akabar U.

January 9th, 2010
4:07 pm

Dan the GT Fan -

You pose a good question about why UGA fans are investing so much capital on hiring Kirby Smart. I have the same question as well.

1. If Kirby Smart is pegged to be a high profile head coach within the next 2-3 years, then why would UGA want to be in this situation looking for another DC so soon? Doesn’t make a lot of sense to me either.

2. If Saban is the brains behind Bama’s defense why is everyone buying Smart’s stock at an inflated price.

I would prefer to reach into the NFL ranks and bring in a guy that’s on the rise and wants to stick around as UGA’s DC for at least 5 years.

Les W. Moore

January 9th, 2010
4:09 pm

Going to work under Mark Richt would be a career killer for Kirby Smart

just the facts

January 9th, 2010
4:10 pm

First of all, Many of you GEORGIA BULLDOG FANS,( NOT ALL) But MANY really live in a very small world. Any Coach worth of grain of salt would relish the opportunity to coach for a real defensive guy like SABAN, or a real Offensive guy like SPURRIER OR MEYER. What would adding Mark Richt to the equation bring. We ALL like Mark Richt, a great guy, a great offensive coordinator.
However he is NOT a Great Head Coach. He is a fantastic Offensive Recruiter, but DEFENSE is not something he has built at Georgia.

If Kirby Smart went to Georgia(his home school) he would fall off the radar for a head coaching job like a sled coming down Stone Mountain. It would take hime 3 to 4 years to build the talent back at UGA to compete at any sort of level and elevate his resume.

SABAN is a proven winner at the College Level year after year…say what you want about him moving around…..but he knows and his wife Terry know they are in a place where Championship are won and the President and A.D. support the program without political agendas like UGA deals with daily.

SMART stays at Alabama or takes a HEAD COACHING POSITION in another Conference.

TUBERVILLE TO TEXAS TECH…
Defense will be the focus in LUBBOCK..

USF- a great job for KIRBY to take.

dcbl

January 9th, 2010
4:12 pm

Again – from DP47 on Twitter:

davidpollack47

From what I am getting guys I think Georgia has made a very SMART choice on there next DC, nothing 100% but def looks good. 4 minutes ago from TweetDeck

From what I have gotten it is already a done deal. How does that make you feel Georgia fans? 3 minutes ago from TweetDeck

Septic Tank

January 9th, 2010
4:13 pm

How funny would it be if Saban leaves Bama for the open USC position. The Bama fans wouild go on a rampage. Saban’s house would be burned down in a matter of minutes. What would be even more funny is if Saban took the USC job and Bama hired Chan Gailey! LMAO!!!

Kirby Smart's Coming to Georgia

January 9th, 2010
4:29 pm

Great job Coach Richt, go get that Natl Champ in 2010!

The Turd Burglar

January 9th, 2010
4:30 pm

Read the last sentence under “Coaching Career”…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_Smart

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
4:30 pm

Rolltide 25, you’re not getting it. You need to listen, Saban don’t give a damn about Alabama. He WILL be gone in a flash if offered the job he’s looking for and won’t even kick the Bama dust off his feet when he leaves. I haven’t heard him say I love Alabama and want to be here forever,have you

Not Disappointed

January 9th, 2010
4:35 pm

I just don’t see him leavng Alabama. Best of luck & the dawgs with their dc. God know we jackets need a good one.

Ramblin wreck

Randy Young

January 9th, 2010
4:38 pm

I guess Saban feels that James Willis was dumb for leaving Auburn for Alabama since it was a lateral move as he did not become a DC.

buzzDawg

January 9th, 2010
4:38 pm

David Pollack is hinting strongly in his tweets that Smart is going to be named the next DC for Georgia. Everything fits that scenario. Smart has never ruled it out categorically. Richt’s announced timing of the decision fits Smart being the hire. Saban’s comments also point to this conclusion. Go Dawgs! Welcome home Kirby Smart!

Not Disappointed

January 9th, 2010
4:41 pm

smart would be an excellent choice for usf, but the acting coach at Texas Tech would be a damn good coach at USF.

Rolltide25

January 9th, 2010
4:46 pm

Papadawg. Yes he has stated many times that his next stop is his lake house and retirement.

Mike Bobo is Clueless

January 9th, 2010
4:47 pm

Richt needs to have a little meeting with Mike Bobo.

1. Run the ball at LEAST 60% of plays
2. Win time of possession
3. Lead the SEC in FEWEST TO’s/Giveaways–low risk passing plays
4. Get me 225 rushing a game, and 200 passing yards.
5. Stop rotating RB’s, let the best guy run the ball

Bama in GA

January 9th, 2010
4:48 pm

You guys are funny. In my imagination, when I hear all of you on here bashing Saban for his comments, you’re all wearing black because you thought it would be cool to blackout the comment board before this article. At least, that’s the way I imagine you.

Paul The Vol

January 9th, 2010
4:53 pm

We’ve had some coaches and players say some bad things about us and our coach but at least we’ve never had our program called a septic tank.

dcbl

January 9th, 2010
4:55 pm

Paul – That is because you have never stolen an exceptional coach from CNS

just sayin…

sc dawg

January 9th, 2010
4:59 pm

That’s funny Paul the Vol, and I’m a proud DAWG and think that’s funny. One question though, r u sure, or is it just one of those “as far as you know” caddyshack things?

Ole Yeller Dawg

January 9th, 2010
5:03 pm

Not Disappointed:

I see a better fit for Mike Leach the ex-coach at T-Tech – Oakland Raiders – Perfect, they are made for each other.

sc dawg

January 9th, 2010
5:07 pm

glad u r enjoying it bama in ga, congrats on the title!!!!!!!!!!

PapaDawg

January 9th, 2010
5:13 pm

RollTide 25, You don’t really think Saban is done with putting more different colored feathers in his cap. He’s got purple, gold & now crimson and you really think he’s not out to prove he can do it again somewhere else.

Ole Yeller Dawg

January 9th, 2010
5:22 pm

If Kirby is indeed the new DC what are the chances that UGA can also retain Todd Grantham as DLC? It would be nice to have that NFL experience at UGA to counter what the Vols have to offer with M. Kiffin. Every HS recruit out there has one objective and that’s to get ready to play in the NFL.

Paul's Johnson

January 9th, 2010
5:24 pm

Kirby is a Dawg..”but what has Georgia done since 1980?” or Iowa “since 1958″ and if one of those iowa corn growers calls you a nerd you just punch him in the face even if its probably true!!!!!!!!lmfao flagboy nation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sc dawg

January 9th, 2010
5:25 pm

First things first ole yeller, I’d be happy with either at DC. Could even argue that Grantham might be better pick for DC, but, will admit, its kind of fun to think KS might be coming home . . . IF we could have both . . . that’s too much to ask for . . .

sc dawg

January 9th, 2010
5:26 pm

dawgs leading ky 42-21, at rupp arena . . . maybe it is a dawg’s day after all!!!!!!!!!!!

ROCKY TOPLESS

January 9th, 2010
5:26 pm

go to georgia quick kirby you’ll be close enough to see the UT topless dancers in charge of recruiting the Atlanta area!

Salty Dawg

January 9th, 2010
5:28 pm

just the facts-”If Kirby Smart went to Georgia(his home school) he would fall off the radar for a head coaching job like a sled coming down Stone Mountain. It would take hime 3 to 4 years to build the talent back at UGA to compete at any sort of level and elevate his resume.”

That is one way to look at it. But from another perspective you could say UGA would be a perfect move for Smart. Look, regardless of how good of a DC Smart may be, whatever success the Bama defense achieves will be chalked up to Saban’s genius. Everyone assumes that Saban is pulling the strings, which he well may be. Smart will never be out of Saban’s shadow as long as he remains at Bama. On the other hand, everyone knows that UGA’s defense is awful. Any success they achieve in coming seasons will be attributed to the new DC, whomever that ends up being. If Smart ever wants to advance to a HC position at a top school he will have to remove the doubts that some people have about whether or not he is really running the defense. So, he can stay in Bama and probably keep fielding top defenses only to see the credit go to Saban or he can make a “lateral move” to a program where he will get credit for the success or failure of his defense. I’m not saying some team won’t take a chance and promote him directly to HC, but chances are no top program will do so. Put yourself in his shoes – stay where he is and be assured of relative success but without getting full credit for his efforts or go to UGA where he can have an immediate impact and the entire football world knows for sure that he is the man making the decisions.

Sally

January 9th, 2010
5:32 pm

I can’t believe that UGA is unranked in the final polls.

After all, they’re one of the rankest teams around.

shame on Vick

January 9th, 2010
5:32 pm

for all you UGA idiots including PADDY that continually took up for Michael Vick, be sure to read this story. I told you idiots the prosecutors had video evidence of Vick laughing and approving the dogs being tortured and that is why the no account creep (vick) went ahead and went to jail to keep that from coming out. If it were not for that evidence, the defense would have lied about all of it…but shame on you idiots on this blog for taking up for that demonic creep

“Michael Vick seemed to get an “adrenaline high” when he killed dogs that didn’t measure up at his now-defunct Virginia dog fighting operation, according to documents obtained by WSB TV. :”

BamaRob

January 9th, 2010
5:33 pm

Well, when ‘Bama is still rollin in 2010 and Richt gets fired Kirby Smart will wish that he had listened to The Sabanator!!! ROLL TIDE

haywood jablomey

January 9th, 2010
5:38 pm

would you, saban?

He Hate Gator

January 9th, 2010
5:40 pm

Joe, you misunderstood…comments were for a Bama fan who said Saban did not make lateral moves…Good Grief!….

ms west virginia

January 9th, 2010
5:41 pm

Maybe Saban was really talking to his homeboy Rich Rodriguez. He should have stayed at West Virginia instead of stabbing his home state in the back by going to Michigan.

nate

January 9th, 2010
5:42 pm

If you can’t get a decent heading coaching position, then the monetary “green” of the septic tank top is better than being undervalued in a position where you have accomplished all you can. My thinking here is that Alabama doesn’t the cash to match a competitive offer eleswhere, like UGA. CMR make Smart a “Muschamp” like offer and you will get your man.

Think UGA can outmatch Alabama.

nemov

January 9th, 2010
5:43 pm

It’s not going to take 3-4 years to build the talent back up. Georgia’s problem isn’t talent.

sc dawg

January 9th, 2010
5:48 pm

uga ky tied at 59 with about seven minutes at at rupp . . .

Dama O'Bama

January 9th, 2010
5:59 pm

(How yall like my name)
Because that’s the way I feel !!!!!!!!

nemov

January 9th, 2010
6:00 pm

TideSports.com Reporting: Smart offered UGA job

http://www.tidesports.com/article/20100109/NEWS/100109537/1011?Title=Smart-offered-UGA-job

Dama O'Bama

January 9th, 2010
6:06 pm

Kirby can’t wait to get away from Satan. Bama looks down on outsiders(remember Bill Curry). He had a good record while at Bama, struggled vs. Auburn and was not wanted. Another reason was because he was a Tech man.Oh and by the way, Alabama has twice the trailers as does the great state of Georgia. Story confirmed by Goodyear Tire Co., mobile home division.

Dama O'Bama

January 9th, 2010
6:13 pm

Who cares what Satan thinks, anyway. Let him comment on leaving one job for another. Yessir, if any body knows a good poker face it’s Mr. Chuckles himself.( No, I have not been contacted by Miami………)

Tech Real Fans Are...

January 9th, 2010
6:15 pm

Scared to death Georgia gets their man

Tech Real Fans Are...

January 9th, 2010
6:16 pm

Scared to death they WON’T get their man

Tech Real Fans Are...

January 9th, 2010
6:17 pm

Scared when they get a woman

Tech Real Fans Are...

January 9th, 2010
6:18 pm

Scared it might be a man

Tech Real Fans Are...

January 9th, 2010
6:18 pm

Scary………..

Ten-a-sissy Fan Here .........

January 9th, 2010
6:21 pm

lovin Lame.Glad to know he can get us laid////

South FL Chapter of the Bulldog Nation

January 9th, 2010
6:42 pm

SC Dawg….i just saw the the Dawgs went down by 8. did they really have that big of a lead on UK? that’s good and bad. good that they were able to get up that big but sucks that they couldn’t hold them off! oh well…they put up a good fight! Go Dawgs!

Matt

January 9th, 2010
7:58 pm

Going to Bama from Miami is not a regression. Bama is paying him more so how is that a regression. Dawg fans just pissed that Richt can’t give them a national title and Saban did it in 3 years! Saban is the mastermind behind that defense any ways, not Smart.

BleedRedandBlack

January 9th, 2010
8:09 pm

South FL,

Dawgs were up by a point at half after being behind by 11. They played a helluva game and had a shot to tie it with less than a minute left with 3 big men already fouled out. This was a great effort against the #3 team in the land who have won 16 straight at their house.

Gotta love the fight and this new coach!

Go Dawgs!

Steve

January 9th, 2010
8:13 pm

Saban is a total a-hole. Seriously. Imagine that idiot telling people under him not to make lateral moves.

Saban’s career in chronological order:
– Defensive Asst at Kent St – 2 yrs
– Defensive Asst at Syracuse – 1 yr (lateral)
– Defensive Asst at West Virginia – 2 yrs (lateral)
– DB coach at Ohio State – 2 yrs
– Defensive Asst at Navy – 1 yr (took a step backwards)
– DB coach/DC at MSU – 2/2

This isn’t even considering his head coaching career.

This kind of crap is exactly why Smart should leave Saban asap, whether it be UGA or not. The guy is a self-absorbed ego freak. He might occasionally say the right things about his players, but he treats people working with him like children who can’t think for themselves.

Louie

January 9th, 2010
8:57 pm

Who would leave a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP team and go to mutt-central?
ANSWER- N O D A M N O N E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matt

January 9th, 2010
9:21 pm

Saban did jump around but I really do think when he got to the NFL he realized it wasn’t for him and college is where he wanted to be. I really think he will be at bama for the long haul and will rack up the championships

Dandydon

January 9th, 2010
10:22 pm

Enter your comments here

Dandydon

January 9th, 2010
10:24 pm

Saban – The move of DC at Bama to DC at UGA is and upgrade!

Matt

January 9th, 2010
11:05 pm

Haha you funny dandydon. Alabama is the Dallas cowboys, the New York Yankees, the LA Lakers of college football. Don’t get me wrong, i pull for the dawgs as long as they are not playing Alabama, but moving from Bama to UGA is not an upgrade. Smart will go to UGA to get out of Sabans shadow so he can get a head coaching job after next season. That is if his move doesn’t backfire and the dawgs have another sucky season.

Saban Thinks UGA is a Septic Tank… « Dawg Day Afternoon

January 10th, 2010
9:49 am

[...] confident UGA was going to land Kirby Smart as their new defensive coordinator, but after reading these comments made by Saban after the Tide’s National Championship I’m almost certain Smart to [...]

toofless in alabamer

January 10th, 2010
2:04 pm

UGA is leagues above ua as an institution. Everything is better, including the recruiting. Georgia high school football>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sissy alabamers. Saban even thinks it’s a better place to live, that’s why he has a spread on Burton. Hahaha, you bammers, second rate state and university. Bow down chumps!!

DannyinDC

January 10th, 2010
4:55 pm

Wonder how Nick would characterize his move from Michigan State to LSU or his move from the Dolphins to Bama. Come on home, Kirby !!

matt

January 10th, 2010
9:18 pm

your right toofless. Why isn’t UGA winning any NC’s with those recruits???? Bama will counter any offer UGA presents to Smart.

Kirby Smart to be named DC today? « Red, Black and Three Sheets to the Wind

January 11th, 2010
3:49 am

[...] Smart on? Or will he let him go without even a counter-offer? Saban’s post-Rose Bowl game comments didn’t indicate that he would be very happy about any of his assistants seeking lateral moves. [...]

matt

January 11th, 2010
6:06 pm

Smart really is SMART. Staying with the Tide!!!!

just say NO

January 11th, 2010
7:03 pm

Saban didn’t make any lateral moves. He moved on to a better job each time. Michigan State to LSU? It’s the SEC! Better job. LSU to Miami? It’s the NFL. Better job. Miami to Alabama? It’s ALABAMA!

Was Saban sending a message to Smart?

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