Richt on late fumble: ‘That’s as basic of a play as we’ve got’
BOULDER, Colo. — Comments by Georgia coach Mark Richt after the Bulldogs’ latest loss, 29-27 to Colorado on Saturday night:
On the fumble on Georgia’s final drive: “That’s as basic of a play as we’ve got. You say, ‘What’s our No. 1 running play?’, and that was it. They got penetration, obviously, but you’ve still got to be able to secure that ball for a 4- or 5-yard loss. You’ve got to hold on to it, but we didn’t. They made a play.”
On Caleb King’s night otherwise [100 yards rushing on 12 carries]: “Yeah, Caleb played real good. He broke a lot of tackles. [On the fumble] I think he was trying to make a spin move as he was getting the ball. It was his instinct to try and make somebody miss. But you’ve got to get the ball first, and we just didn’t do that. Caleb gave great effort; he gave great runs. When the ball was secured to him, he wrapped it up real well. Unfortunately on the exchange, he didn’t.”
On the team’s morale: “Am I worried about it? It’s hard. It’s not easy. But I have a lot of faith in our guys. They’ll stay together; they’ll keep working. No one’s going to give in or quit, and nobody’s going to do a negative thing within our ranks. I’m confident that everybody on this football tam is going to keep working. … Losing is not good, but there are a lot of good things that come out of it as far as effort and attitude of the group. There are a lot of things that I can point to that the coaches will be proud of these games for. But the bottom line in football is wins and losses, and right now we haven’t gotten one in a while.”
On A.J. Green’s return: “It’s nice to have A.J. You could see tonight just how talented he is and how dangerous a player he is. He’s a momentum changer, and he did [change momentum]. We reversed the momentum of the game, and … he made our offense spark. He’s definitely a special player and a special kid…. There are plays you can call that go to a guy, but we didn’t go that way because of protection or coverage, so that’s where we started with him.”
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Doug the Jacket
October 3rd, 2010
2:51 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I saw one hugely selfish play by AJ
October 3rd, 2010
3:00 pm
Late in the game and maybe on the final drive ……….one of UGA’s backs went up the middle totally swarmed and carrying three or more Buffs with him. He picked up maybe 4 or 5 yds by pushing and pushing with three Buffs along for the ride. Now ………AJ ……. turned his back on the final two or three seconds of that play, knowing full well that the ball could be stripped and he might be there to recover. nahhhhhhh, He saw the pushing and pulling of the running back and turned away, walking in an opposite direction BEFORE THE WHISTLE. Yes, he had a great game but he is biding time so I say, turn him loose now. We can lose without him and he was not the game winner last night.
He will be booooooooooooooed at home next saturday and so will UGA when Coach Dooley comes to Sanford Stadium and spanks UGA badly in his home town. The alumni my age will go beserko with emotions at Dr. Adams. ALl kinds of anger will swell up and it will be directed toward Mark Richt. He for now ……….is clueless about this pending event.
Yes, fellow UGA alums …………it is gonna get far, far worse than it is right now. Is McGarity’s office on auto dial???
Go Dogs.
Look at the final few moments of the game ………I have not embelished this by one word.
Selling sometimes needs a negative spin
October 3rd, 2010
3:11 pm
UGA can use negative spin on the 2011 recruits. They need to be told, yes there is absolutely turomoil surrounding this UGA coach. You are 100% correct. Whether Richt is here or the next guy, UGA has the resources to win and win soon. You can come and possibly play as a frosh like at running back and at running back and also at running back and lineman and lineman and linebacker and grow and work out and by your junior year, you will have built a name for your self like AJ did or No Show Moreno did after his active two years. The NFL will still be there.
They need to be told that in life there is no security ………it is day to day. That way in any endeavor.
Short of UGA turning to the triple option, why would any kid worry about whether his talents would be best suited under Richt but not under so and so??
They wanna play at UGA, they will sign. I for one am sick of these kids coming here that act like animals in the wee hours of the morning. Bobby Bowdon said it best about today’s athletes:
About 85% of his FSU kids had “no father around”. How one coach can get them to behave in beyond me. This is today’s student athlete. Pathetic.
UGADAWG 1978
October 3rd, 2010
3:12 pm
I SEE ONE HUGE IDIOT
Stop demanding Richt's resignation!
October 3rd, 2010
3:24 pm
All Dogs relish the fact that Florida was devoured by an elephant and was rolled over the field, man-handled and if you looked ever so closely, had a small, quaint smile as the cigarette was lit. Hey Florida, did Urbana throw his visor? hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe
Keep Mark!!
October 3rd, 2010
3:26 pm
Dogs ain’t best but I still ‘P’ on the rest
Keep Mark!!
October 3rd, 2010
3:28 pm
Overheard in the Florida mascot locker room Saturday, “RAPE!!”
To Gagal
October 3rd, 2010
3:30 pm
You go! Agree 100%
UGA fanatic
October 3rd, 2010
3:32 pm
Why can’t you fans see that the reason we are not winning is because we don’t have an UGA 8 for a mascot so i say russ and BOBO have to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO DAWGS you can still turn it around.
FLA DAWG
October 3rd, 2010
3:43 pm
UGADAWG 1978,
Using caps doesn’t compel the reader to take you more seriously, quite the opposite.
There are boatload of good coaches who would relish the chance of coming to UGA.
Yes, Smart and Muschamp are two. Derek Dooley despite losing, has looked better as a first year SEC HC than Mark Richt looks in his 10th year.
Even The (Very) Old Ball Coach, Spurrier would have this team winning with the talent we have had. His success at SC with little depth proves the guy knows how to put prepared players on the field.
This program has steadily deteriorated. Even a blind man can see it. Top recruits have been wasted for years in my opinion. But hey, if you want more of what’s going on then you continue to support Richt and Bobo.
By the way, did you support Martinez too?
SteveW
October 3rd, 2010
3:47 pm
Reasons to keep Richt – Murray, King, Ealey, Thomas, all our TE’s, all our Recievers except Green and Durham (big losses thought) return. Jones and Glenn return on the OL. Grantham is the real deal on defense, and we have another season under our belt learning the 3-4. Will be much better next season.
Reasons to can Richt – Penalties, Bobo, McClendon, Searles, Willie, Fumbles costing us 4 games late last year and this year and being Thug U.
I say we keep him 1 more year, see if he turns the ship around. I feel he deserves that. But Bobo, McClendon and maybe Searles? Can you say the hottest of the hot seats….Bobo better turn into Norm Chow or Bill Walsh to keep his job, if its even possible at this point to keep it.
SteveW
October 3rd, 2010
3:51 pm
At least McGarity is making us equal with Bama and UF in scheduling and no this lame brain national brand stuff of Damon Evans. You become a national brand by winning championships, not by flying around the country playing BCS folks while your opponents are playing Norh Texas ST. etc at home. We play GT non-conf already, that’s pretty stout. Bama plays Auburn as their grudge match, say they can schedule a Penn ST/Va Tech and still play 3 weak sisters of the poor. Ga. can’t.
SteveW
October 3rd, 2010
3:51 pm
“no” should be “not” in my last post
SteveW
October 3rd, 2010
3:54 pm
I wouldn’t count us out against UT yet guys….
SteveW
October 3rd, 2010
3:58 pm
UT =
Vandy<
UK
Idaho ST
GT =
If we win the games we should – Vandy, UK, and Idaho ST, and the 2 equals, we go 6-6. We really need to upset Auburn. UF has an off week to prepare, so we’re probably dead there. Men, we’re in trouble…
SteveW
October 3rd, 2010
3:59 pm
UK
Idaho ST. <
In last post – sorry…
SteveW
October 3rd, 2010
4:00 pm
The blog monster is affecting my posts….
We are going to punk Brantley
October 3rd, 2010
4:04 pm
No punking necessary.
Bama done it already.
FLA DAWG
October 3rd, 2010
4:12 pm
SteveW,
We got McGarity at the right time.
I don’t see Richt unloading ALL of those guys.
I think he’d just as soon leave as fire his buddies.
Let’s see what happens.
Charlie Brown
October 3rd, 2010
4:18 pm
DEP@1:11a.m.: What the hell are “chockers”, you dipwad?
MiamiDawg
October 3rd, 2010
4:20 pm
It is stupid to say true fans have to support the team even when it performs like this one, or the past two, have.
A true fan is going to call out those coaches and players who aren’t true to the program.
Loyalty is to the program not to any particular coach, player, or team.
big10_really??
October 3rd, 2010
4:32 pm
okay Georgia fans… shake this off for now. These are the things that you must endure in order to become better. The program needs an infrastructure change… an overhaul. Sure, this season is a wash, but you will be back to beating the Model T convinsingly for many years to come.
LostDawg
October 3rd, 2010
4:36 pm
Don’t know about ya’ll but I did see some improvement last night. That is a good thing.
Bruce Springsteen
October 3rd, 2010
5:11 pm
Lost Dog, were you lost before or after your loser comment?
HeHateGator
October 3rd, 2010
5:17 pm
Steve W…win the games we should? …at this point, thats only Idaho St…any others are upsets…
Richard Dawson
October 3rd, 2010
5:24 pm
Does anybody ever analyze what went wrong, or ask tough questions?
1. My dead grandma knew Richt would run it up the middle with 1:56 to go, setting up for another Walsh miss from longer range than his earlier miss. My dead grandma. Colorado called timeout and ran a defense that just destroyed that play. That led to a fumble. A bad offensive playcall that was so predictable that it was destroyed. Fault? Mark Richt.
2. How in the world do you decide to take a delay of game penalty from your OWN 45 before a punt? Butler, who is slumping badly, didn’t even punt the ball to the opponent’s 20. That is freakish. That is bizarre. That is STUPD. Fault? Mark Richt.
3. How do you commit a roughing the passing penalty when you held them on 3rd down? How do you commit a roughing the kicker on a missed field goal? Those plays were critical. Undisciplined, stupid football. Fault? Mark Richt.
4. Conclusion? FIRE MARK RICHT.
Man Enough Is Enough
October 3rd, 2010
6:15 pm
Richt on late fumble: ‘That’s as basic of a play as we’ve got’
Yeah, that one is pretty basic, we seem to be running that one a lot!
Ga Blue
October 3rd, 2010
6:48 pm
Relax—tennessee’s terrible and Ga can beat them. Ga 24 UT 23—book it!
Please keep Richt
October 3rd, 2010
7:05 pm
That fumble looked like a flea flicker even to a GT fan like me. Unless UGA’s most basic running play involves the running back turning around before he got to the line of scrimage.
Please keep Richt
October 3rd, 2010
7:08 pm
SteveW, 6-6 are still bowl eligible! When CMR was asked if last season was mediocre, he said he would not call it that. Now, he is truly showing us what a mediocre season is.
FugitivePoet
October 3rd, 2010
7:12 pm
Embarrassing. Simpy embarrassing. I feel badly for those Dawgs that weren’t around in 1980. Maybe I’ll cross the bridge to Phoenix City so that I can roll with the tide. Oh the difference a coach can make. Damn.
azdawg
October 3rd, 2010
7:12 pm
I didn’t see the game either but followed it on game trax. From what I could tell our Def woes continue giving up chunks of yardage on run and passing plays and this from a team (CO) that has poor stats in both categories. BYU just axed their DC and GA should do the same. Week after week the def allows the opposition to score on their first possession. Unbelieveable. If you cannot change that trend then you gotta go. Scrap the 3-4 and dump the DC. He has not shown any improvement over the last 4 games. At least the Off has scored some points not withstanding the poor showing in the red zone. GA should of scored 2 more TDs but settled for FG or turned the ball over vs CO.
The only other teams on our schedule we have or should beat are Vandy and Idaho. The rest forget about it. The trend of crappy def and poor playcalling in critical situations will continue as most of us have lost faith in this team and its coaching staff. I’d concede all our upcoming losses to forgoe the embarrassment of having to watch it instead.
bbcsickdawg
October 3rd, 2010
7:13 pm
wait till next year go!
bulldawgbill
October 3rd, 2010
7:20 pm
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE RUNNING BACKS WHEN YOU HAVE A FORMER WIDE RECEIVER AS A RUNNING BACKS COACH? McLENDON WASN’T THAT GOOD OF A RECEIVER! HERE WE GO AGAIN — HIRE THE SON OF A STAR AND BECAUSE HE WAS A SO-SO RECEIVER, LET HIM COACH THE RUNNING BACKS. AFTER ALL, HIS DADDY WAS A GOOD RUNNING BACK!
ALSO MUST CONSIDER THIS—THERE WERE TWO COLORADO PLAYERS IN THE BACKFIELD WHEN KING GOT THE BALL! THANK YOU TO THE MOST OVER-RATED OFFENSIVE LINE IN UGA FOOTBALL HISTORY AND TO THE WORST O. LINE COACH WHO EVER LIVED IN ATHENS, GA.
RICH HAS NO STAFF!
Please keep Richt
October 3rd, 2010
7:33 pm
Hey, at least be proud to be a team that your opponents crowd storms the field after they beat you.
Sug
October 3rd, 2010
8:12 pm
Richt’s finished:
2002- #3
2003- #6
2004- #6
2005- #10
2006- #23
2007- #3
2008- #10
THAT’S PATHETIC!!!
SHOULD HAVE BEEN #1 EVERY SEASON!!
Loyal Dog with two UGA degrees
October 3rd, 2010
8:25 pm
DEP, Monkey Says, JoeCool23, Knox, Luke, Spike, renegade#1, Tyler Durden, etc, and of course the idiots who try to be “first”— I started to count those of you who don’t try to use the word “dawg” or “uga” in your name. I decided I was wasting my time. There are too many low-brows on this conversation who obviously don’t have anything else to do but trash the target-of-the-day. How many of you have degrees from UGA? How many of you could even get in? How many of you have a life before and after the early am when you are j–king off from your keyboards? The AJC needs to clean up this mindless drivel….Dawg (with a life) forever!
hurting in ga
October 3rd, 2010
8:32 pm
I know the coaches have done some bad decisions but linebacker unblocked and does’t touch the quarterback, green 10 yards behind the defender but murray is 10 minutes late and short. Coaches never go with less hitting before the season it has killed us.
ADawg
October 3rd, 2010
8:36 pm
Mark Richt is a good coach, just not a great one. His weaknesses include that his leadership skills are not the best of the best. His offensive and defensive schemes are fair, but not the best of the best. His game plans certainly take plenty of criticism – as in how often do they catch their opponents off-guard in the beginning of a game. His ability to change game plans during a game or at halftime is very questionable. His ability to get his players to their peak in strength and conditioning is certainly not the best of the best. His management of his players off the field certainly shows that improvements could be made in this area as well.
Having said this, he’s not a bad coach. He’s just up against coaches and programs that are more passionate about being the best of the best and (here’s the part that is most important) have head coaches that have higher IQ’s than he does.
Other head coaches that are much more intelligent than him are addressing all of these areas better than he is. It’s not that he isn’t trying; it’s really nothing more than if he doesn’t have athletes that are a lot better than their competition. The Dawgs struggle to win because other coaches are doing just a little better in many areas than Mark Richt is capable. He’s a great guy with just average intelligence. Now that Richt doesn’t have the dominate athletes to win without the very best in coaching, it is starting to show.
Richt had better athletes than Colorado, and still couldn’t find a way to win. I don’t blame the athletes, I truly believe that average intelligence makes it difficult for him to perform consistently at this level. He’s a great guy doing the best he knows how to do.
The remaining concern is how much the last two+ years affect recruiting going forward – assuming he survives. Again, Richt is a good coach, just not a great one – and it’s really nothing harder than he is just not quite as intelligent as the very best coaches.
ANTI-HOMER
October 3rd, 2010
8:46 pm
@ Sug…
EXACTLY…
IF YOUR NOT FIRST, YOUR A LOSER!!!
HOW HARD COULD IT BE TO WIN EVERY GAME EVERY SEASON?!?!?!
WE HAVE THE RECRUITS!?!?!
ITS THE COACHES FAULT!!!!!!!!
FIRE THEM ALL!!!!!!
ANTI-HOMER
October 3rd, 2010
8:47 pm
@ RICHT
NO ONE WANTS TO HERE ABOUT A BASIC PLAY….
KING FUMBLED….THATS YOUR FAULT BECAUSE YOU DIDNT COACH HIM GOOD ENOUGH TO NOT FUMBLE
OR YOU SHOULDNT HAVE RECRUITED HIM
FIRE ALL THE COACHES
dawgmom
October 3rd, 2010
8:47 pm
@Loyal Dog — sounds to me like your trying to overcompensate from some shortness life has bestowed upon you.
ANTI-HOMER
October 3rd, 2010
8:53 pm
ALSO….MISSED FIELD GOALS….RICHTS FAULT
HE NEEDS TO RECRUIT A KICKER THAT DONT MISS FIELD GOALS PERIOD.
dawgmom
October 3rd, 2010
8:55 pm
@ADawg — you bring up an interesting point that really makes sense. It does seem that CMR has built an “emotional barrier” around himself over the past few years — whether it’s no emotion shown on the sidelines or no emotion shown in interviews/CMR Show, that could be a barrier he’s established to hide the fact that he really is in over his head and has no clue how to fix the problems.
It’s time to give McGarity free reign (and money) to get the coaching staff in place that will bring UGA back into contention for the national title.
ANTI-HOMER
October 3rd, 2010
8:57 pm
PRETTY MUCH ANY MISTAKE MADE BY ANY UGA PLAYER OR COACH ON THE FIELD OR OFF IS MARK RICHTS FAULT
HE HIRED/RECRUITED THEM…HE COACHED THEM….
WHEN I SCREW UP AT WORK ITS MY BOSSES FAULT CAUSE HE HIRED ME AND DINT TRAIN ME GOOD ENOUGH…SAME WITH RICHT…
WE SHOULD FIRE HIM AND ALL THE COACHES…
THEN REANIMATE BEAR BRYANT AND PAY HIM $50 MILLION TO COACH FOR US…THEN WE WOULD WIN EVERY GAME EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT 20-48 YEARS
ANTI-HOMER
October 3rd, 2010
9:00 pm
NO PLAYER SHOULD EVER BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING HE DOES ON OR OFF THE FIELD….
MARK RICHT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING BECAUSE HE RECRUITED/COACHED
ANTI-HOMER
October 3rd, 2010
9:01 pm
GLOBAL WARMING….
MARK RICHTS FAULT
FIRE HIM…HE HATES THE ENVIRONMENT
FLA DAWG
October 3rd, 2010
9:01 pm
ANTI-HOMER,
Your caps give you away UGADAWG 1978
ANTI-HOMER
October 3rd, 2010
9:03 pm
I LOST MY KEYS
IM PRETTY SHURE THAT IS MARK RICTS FAULT
FIRE MAKR RICT
Just Sayin'
October 3rd, 2010
9:04 pm
If we beat Tenn, Fla and Tech, the season will be a success even if only win 4 games. Throw Auburn into the mix, we may be the first 5 win team to get an exemption into a bowl game! Oh yeah, that is a BIG IF!