Richt in Savannah: Logan Gray still ‘looking over his options,’ still has shot to be Dogs’ starting QB
Mark Richt’s tour of Bulldog Club meetings took him Wednesday night to Savannah, where he was, of course, asked about quarterback Logan Gray’s stay-or-go status.
Richt said Gray is still “looking over his options” and still has a chance to win Georgia’s starting quarterback job in preseason camp, according to published and broadcast reports from Savannah.
Gray, the No. 2 quarterback on Georgia’s post-spring depth chart, met with Richt on Monday to discuss his status on the team and the possibility of transferring to another school.
Aaron Murray is listed as the No. 1 quarterback on the post-spring depth chart, but Richt has emphasized that does not guarantee Murray will be the starter in the Sept. 4 season opener against Louisiana-Lafayette.
“Like I’ve said numerous times, Aaron has not won the job,” Richt said in Savannah. He told reporters before the speaking engagement that Murray, Gray or “for that matter” incoming freshman Hutson Mason might win the job in August.
Richt said last week that he wants to get Gray in the “best position” to help Georgia win, whether that is at quarterback or “getting some reps at receiver or something.”
(Click here for the Savannah Morning News’ report on the visit to the Savannah Bulldog Club by Richt and Mark Fox. The report includes interesting comments by Richt on a number of players with Savannah-area ties.)
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damngooddawg!
April 29th, 2010
9:33 am
There’s nothing wrong with telling Gray at this point that he still has a shot. Murray hasn’t been crowned fall starting QB. That designation is a long time off. I still want to get a look at Hutson Mason. He might out do both Gray and Murray
JB
April 29th, 2010
9:34 am
tony……do you think Georgia and Richt own the “rights” to running a college football team that way? Geez. I wonder if the new kid at Auburn just named No. 1 QB is thinking he must perform with 3 other QB’s breathing down his neck for playing time?
JB
April 29th, 2010
9:39 am
tony…….I wonder what Saban would say about your above post…..especially the part about Aaron ” not needing that tension weighing on his mind”. You coddle these guys, you go 7-5. You coach, motivate and put the best players on the field, you win the National title. I’m a Dawg fan by the way.
Chicagodawg
April 29th, 2010
9:40 am
No matter what Logan Gray does we are in serious trouble at quarterback, which is why we’ll only win 6-8 games this year. Here is the reality check for the day…if either Murray or Gray were better than Joe Cox, CMR would’ve put them ahead of him last year (he did it with Stafford when he put him ahead of Joe’s “T. and Cox” in 2006). The fact that no one established themselves as better than Cox last year tells me we still don’t have a good quarterback at UGA. Maybe Mason will shock me, but I see us having to resort to the “Wild Dog” to gain any yards next year. I don’t care about 10 returning offensive starters, and good running backs, anyone who pays attention to college football today knows you cannot win a big game without throwing the ball. From what I’ve seen of Gray he only knows how to throw it to the wrong team so if he leaves so what? From what I’ve seen of Murray (albeit limited to be sure) he doesn’t have the “zip” on his ball to get it deep (where our best player can do some damage) so we’re already in serious trouble this year.
GTBOOK
April 29th, 2010
9:42 am
Jb ur proving my point! There is absolutely nothing wrong with him telling Gray that! Whats wrong is the reason he is doing it, everyone knows how bad it can be if Gray leaves and something happens to murray! I dont wish injury on anyone and I wouldnt be happy to see yall learn lesson from throwing qbs under the bus because of pressure from up top! But if this plays out in a negative way, yall will just need to lay in the bed cmr has made!
tony
April 29th, 2010
9:47 am
JB, you don’t have to tell them any thing youngblood. Just stick with your starter or bench them if they screw up too many times.
True Dawg
April 29th, 2010
10:07 am
ChicagoDawg – Trust me when I say Murray has plenty of arm strength to go around. In the G-Day game, I saw him (in forward stride) throw a half motion side arm pass 25 yards that looked like a bullet. I literally had to check it on the big display to confirm what I saw. It was an amazingly accurate and fast throw with minimal effort.
This kid has the motor to move the offense. I don’t doubt it. He will have to get used to game pace, that’s no lie, but who doesn’t. 3-4 teams in the SEC are starting new QBs. We will get through it and we will win more than 8 games.
GO DAWGS!
POAD
April 29th, 2010
10:08 am
To think that right now it would be a Blessing for UGA to have a Joe Cox type kid on the bench for this year. If Logan stays it doesn’t matter. Richt screwed up last year not playing one of these QB’s some. Logan couldn’t play when COX sucked so how does Richt expect to say Logan could still be the Starter this year when he didn’t get any game time last year.
radar
April 29th, 2010
10:08 am
watch out for Jeff Monken at Ga Southern who sweet talked Jaybo Shaw into transferring from GT to Ga Southern. Yes, I know he runs the option but watch out for him, he will have Logan heading there as well if Monken can pull it off….
POAD
April 29th, 2010
10:14 am
Radar not a chance. Logan doesn’t have a clue about the Spread Otpion. Momken got Jaybo so he would have a Starting QB that knows the O and it will really help make the transition to the new O much easier for the rest of the team. Logan would be just lost and no real help.
uuughh...
April 29th, 2010
10:15 am
GT51: “Yes we can!” Rambo didn’t start over Evans because Martinez was a fool. Personally, I would have liked to have seen Jones play after being coached well for a change. We have always had the talent on D we just had a horrible scheme that was bend in the secondary and successful only when we got pressure, which we hardly ever brought. What kind of an idiot coaches the DB’s to look at the receiver rather than the ball!? That garbage philosophy is over and–thank heavens for that! We can’t help but improve on D. We improved in the bowl game with Richt, Garner, and 2 GA’s coaching the D. Now we have a full staff of quality defensive coaches. I am looking forward to this season.
Plus, the turnovers will improve (how could they not!?). If we are even in turnovers last year, as ineffective as our offense was, we would have won 2 more games.
Terrible defense the past 3 years caused the offense to have to win by putting up too many points. That may work in the WAC but not in the SEC.
The sky is not falling people. Our O-line should be good. Our RB’s are good. We have a great group of receivers, albeit short in number. As long as Bobo calls a conservative game, we should be competitive in every game. Pound the ball as a rule and opportunistic in the passing game. If we pass the ball to set up the run as Bobo has been prone to do in the past…we should all seek shelter because the sky will be falling!
Michael
April 29th, 2010
10:16 am
think maybe something is missing here….Gray cant transfer unless he is released by CMR…..so who is really holding the “cards” ?
323
April 29th, 2010
10:21 am
JB – You are spot on with your post. Bobo is a Richt protégé which leads me to believe nothing will change this year.
As far as coddling players, it is the root of all Richt’s problems and the reason he will eventually be let go. Although there is not as much passion for Georgia football as Alabama, Tennessee, Florida or Aurburn, there is enough that fans will not allow this to happen much longer.
Saint Simons
April 29th, 2010
10:23 am
((((( sweep ))))) ((((( sweep ))))) ((((( sweep ))))) hahahahahahahahaha
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10:26 am
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amelia isl.mike
April 29th, 2010
10:36 am
kahui dawg–is that u Mike ???
ugly dog
April 29th, 2010
10:45 am
Our recruiting for QBs is catching up with us.
freshd
April 29th, 2010
11:02 am
CMR started this mess tears ago by promoting QB by seniority. He did it with Joe COX, Joe T. and D.J. who had to wait four years. Didnt he think Gray would want the keys to the car too.
An Old Dawg
April 29th, 2010
11:06 am
Bobby the Tide fan summed it up pretty nicely. As so many Dawgs have said for so long, this falls right back in Richt’s lap. Does he want the best, or is mediocrity his standard? He has mismanaged this program for the past 3 years and we’re headed into number 4 with an undesirable quarterback situation.
Bishop
April 29th, 2010
11:07 am
Logan don’t fall for it! Ask D.J. Shockley if he should have stayed. Come to Ga. State, play in the Ga Dome, get a good degree and if you are good enough to play in the NFL, they’ll find you…hell you’ll be playing on an NFL field!
DirtyDawg
April 29th, 2010
11:13 am
I expect that young Mr. Gray probably still thinks that he’s starting QB material with a shot at the bigger time…but if he, and/or his family/advisers, are honest with him they’ll point out that when he had ’shots’ at playing QB in real games he hasn’t even come close to producing. There could be any number of reasons why that was so, but regardless it didn’t happen for him. So for him to think that he could go elsewhere – either one where he could play now, like a Valdosta State, or one where he would have to sit out a year and ‘then what’? – and achieve something that he can’t seem to get here, is folly.
I mean, and has been said, he’s a dislocated finger or sprained ankle away from that next chance to show us, and himself, he can win. Of course, if he likes this part of the country then, shoot, call Bill Curry. Georgia State could accommodate him. And if he doesn’t particularly care for ‘here’ then go someplace you like and good luck with it.
Murray the Midget
April 29th, 2010
11:14 am
I don’t understand. Why would you name a #1 QB if the competition is still wide open, which obviously it is if a fresh out of high school guy can come in and win the job?? To do that was just stupid because then you open the door for a situation like this. Now it sounds like CMR is just trying to appease Gray to keep him on the depth chart. The truth of the matter is, and everybody knows it, that Gray is not “the guy” and if he’s not content to wait for an injury to get into the starting lineup, he should probably just move on.
St. Richt
April 29th, 2010
11:14 am
Unbelievable. Now your sackless coach is saying its an open competition going into camp after publicly announcing Murray as the starter just last week. Which one is it Marky Mark? Surely Logan Gray will see through this thinly veiled BS and transfer. I would be losing faith in CMR as a leader if I were a Georgia fan. He is talking out of both sides of his mouth.
St. Richt
April 29th, 2010
11:20 am
CMR = NO SACK
Delbert D.
April 29th, 2010
11:28 am
“getting some reps at receiver or something.”
I can’t believe CMR actually said that in public, if he wants Logan Gray to stay. It sounds like he believes he is a lost cause (going to transfer.) I just hope Gray is getting input from someone not on the coaching staff, and I don’t think Georgia fans should throw him under the bus.
Murray the Midget
April 29th, 2010
11:30 am
St Richt…and obviously not much “Gray” matter either. Too many “Gray” areas. Ok, I’ll stop now.
Hanky Panky
April 29th, 2010
11:31 am
CMR….you handle personel decisions the way old people intercourse.
UGABasketball
April 29th, 2010
11:39 am
Sounds like Richt is putting the Obama spin on this kid.
HugoStiglitz
April 29th, 2010
11:40 am
CMR is just making himself look bad now. The QB race is over. You picked the starter. Dont backtrack now in hopes of fooling Logan Gray into staying. It just looks foolish. The kid wants to play football. Let him go somewhere where he can play.
.
April 29th, 2010
11:41 am
Hanky Panky….how do u know how old people intercourse? unless u are one.
1eyedJack
April 29th, 2010
12:02 pm
Yeah Hanky Panky..that gave me the willies, and I’m kinda old myself.
Joe Terror Shenski
April 29th, 2010
12:04 pm
If Logan Gray still has a shot at # 1 then that shows what a sad state the GA QB position. Logan Gran is pathetic.
Joe Terror Shenski
April 29th, 2010
12:05 pm
Richt may be putting the Obama spin on it but he could just tell a Bald Face Lie like that puke George W Bush did about the WMD’s in Iraq.
Yo Mama Been What ?
April 29th, 2010
12:12 pm
note to “The rest of us”: Kuaui Dawg is 5 or 6 hours behind EST, so it was around 7 PM his time when he posted.
Yo Mama Been What ?
April 29th, 2010
12:13 pm
Or maybe it’s “Kauai”
Doogan Gray
April 29th, 2010
12:21 pm
His performance against UF last year showed everyone this kid cannot play QB in the SEC. If he still has a shot at the #1 spot, AM isn’t very good.
Mike in the SAV
April 29th, 2010
12:22 pm
CMR did not name Murray the starter. He said he was Number 1 on the depth chart.
Is there a difference? in most programs, no. But since we only have Murray, then of course he is number 1.
I discount Gray because he has never shown me anything that would lead me to believe he is capable of being an every down QB.
GT4sure
April 29th, 2010
12:25 pm
Sure hope Gray wins starting QB because he is awful, and that would mean that the back up is even worse.
DWdawg
April 29th, 2010
12:28 pm
Gray has been a loyal player and done what was asked of him, no reason to run him down
TRC
April 29th, 2010
12:29 pm
First off Hugo, Richt released the post-spring depth chart. That is not the same thing as picking a starter, which has been emphasized over and over again. Secondly, Chicagodawg, it is highly unlikely that Murray will not be a great improvement over cox given the fact that he is far more physically gifted than Cox. Even if Richt wanted to play him last year he could not do so until the second half of the season because he was out with a hyper extended elbow injury on his throwing arm. At that point, it is better to save his eligibility. Yes, if Gray leaves there will be a big issue with QB depth, but if Murray does not get injured then he will be good enough to lead the team. If he gets injured, there is no guarantee Gray would be any better than Mason. Regardless of what happens, coach Richt knows what to do way better than anyone arguing or even bashing 19 year old kids on an AJC blog does.
Wrenessa
April 29th, 2010
12:32 pm
All of the potential UGA QBs suck, and none will ever play after the Athens police get through with them.
UGA – nothing but a big party pretending to be a university. What a freaking joke and a laughingstock.
Minton
April 29th, 2010
12:37 pm
A three-game rout in baseball demonstrates clearly that Tech’s scholar-athletes can defeat illiterate goons. Makes me proud to be a Tech alum, especially knowing what a complete farce UGA is.
25-6
April 29th, 2010
12:41 pm
“Saint Simon” is a hero to all good and decent people on these blogs.
If you don’t like him, you need to take a deep introspective look inside your own evil heart.
HugoStiglitz
April 29th, 2010
12:41 pm
So according to all reports Logan Gray has outperformed Aaron Murray all spring and at the end was listed below him on the depth chart. This happens a year after UGA refused to play Gray even though Cox was doing miserable. There is also alot of talk about moving Gray to another position. If you are Gray then why would you have any confidence that you might be the starting QB come Fall? Hes not going to be, he knows it, so let him go somewhere else to play. Dont manipulate him into staying.
JMac 01203
April 29th, 2010
12:43 pm
Murray is the starter until he plays himself out of the job. I know this and CMR knows this also. That means that he is the man, because if Joe Cox couldn’t play his way to the pines, then nobody else could either. Last season the puppies was the ONLY SEC team he could have started for. I do think the same applies to Murray now, with Ole Miss being the only exception. Murray is not bad, but he is a long way from being as good as John Brantley @ Florida, JJ @ LSU, or even Garcia @ S. Carolina. He has POTENTIAL, but right now, that is all he has. His stock took a hit at the spring game, as he was the worst QB on the field. Yes, your beloved pups are in for a long season in ‘10 with at least 5 losses, and another year of having to buy a ticket to get into the Dome for the SEC championship game. Oh, and another year of being the # 2 team in the state.
TRC
April 29th, 2010
12:45 pm
Right, that baseball team must be full of those scholarly athletes, considering GA tech is one of “at least 27 schools where athletes were at least 10 times more likely to benefit from special admission programs than students in the general population.” – As reported by the associated press.
UGA Alum
April 29th, 2010
12:47 pm
Logan Gray would be an absolute fool and a total dupe to fall for Richt’s lure. While I have approved of Richt’s recent tough moves with Zach Mettenberger and the others, he is being craven by trying to entice Gray back into the fold with obvious lies. Logan Gray has no chance to play QB next year, and very little chance to play another position. He should sacrifice the rest of his career so Mark Richt and Georgia fans can feel more comfortable? He has been used and kicked to the curb and he knows it. He has absolutely every right to go play somewhere else, and should.
59bulldawg
April 29th, 2010
12:49 pm
From what I heard the kid just wants to play and although he’d prefer to play QB he really just wants playing time. It’s Mettenberger that threw the monkey wrench into the works. With Mett gone, the opportunity for Gray to play another position possibly went down the tube and he realized it. I think if he stays Richt will have to promise and deliver playing time as a punt returner and possibly receiver, although there may not be enough footballs to go around for the players we already have at that position. Let’s just hope that Bobo and Richt come up with some packages especially for Hutson and that he learns quickly this summer. He may be called upon much quicker than any of us could ever have imagined.
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12:49 pm
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Dave In Tampa
April 29th, 2010
1:03 pm
Personally I love reading all the non-UGA people on here knocking Murray. Please hold onto that thought. Living in Tampa I was able to really keep up with him once he committed to UGA. This guy is a beast and a “do what ever it takes” leader. Please keep thinking that he is too short and has no arm strength because I hope you like surprises when he play your team.
As for the so-called UGA people that are doubting him. If you don’t know what your talking about and only going on “hearsay” please shut up and don’t emabarrass yourself. Murray is the real deal. He will be a very good QB in the SEC.
I hope LG does not transfer, but wish him the best if he does. Personally, I think, if he was going to transfer he would have done it by now. He’s upset because he was not listed as the #1. Good, I hope he is upset, that usually gets an athlete to perform even better to win that position.
Not to write a book, I know too late, the Offense is the least of our worries people. I worry a lot more about the defense than I do the offense. It usually takes 2 years to get a new scheme in place.
Go Dawgs!