Report: Colorado interested in Richt
Colorado, which beat Georgia earlier this season and later fired its coach, is interested in talking with Georgia’s Mark Richt about the position, the Denver Post reported today, citing an unnamed source “close to Colorado’s search.”
Richt, in his 10th season as Georgia’s coach, has said repeatedly over the years that he wants to complete his coaching career at UGA.
The Denver Post report also says former Oregon coach Mike Bellotti has had preliminary talks with Colorado about the job and that a search committee is expected to be named next week.
Richt makes about $2.8 million as Georgia’s coach, and Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn has said the school likely won’t pay more than $2 million for its new coach, according to the Post.
Georgia lost 29-27 at Colorado on Oct. 2. The Buffaloes haven’t won since then, losing five consecutive games. The school fired coach Dan Hawkins this week.
Richt lived in Broomfield, Colo., for part of his childhood before his family moved to South Florida.
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cs
November 13th, 2010
11:35 am
Please God may quitter Richt leave for anywhere.
You know who this is Bettch
November 13th, 2010
11:35 am
throwing Richt under the bus?
Can I drive?
You know who this is Bettch
November 13th, 2010
11:37 am
Sad, but for Coach Richt, it will begin an exciting adevnture in his life.
PARTY IN ATHENS BABY!!
You know who this is Bettch
November 13th, 2010
11:39 am
RED NECK FOREPLAY?
SHUT UP BYTCCH AND GIT IN DA TRUCK.
Dirk
November 13th, 2010
11:39 am
McGarity didn’t understand his goal this year. McGarity was focused on future scheduling, lost in conceptual virtuality, years down the road, instead of focusing on reality right now, how to support Coach Richt in 2010. Really clueless about leadership. As bad as I’ve seen. And you ain’t seen nothign yet, McGarity will go down as the worst AD in Georgia history.
Tired Of It
November 13th, 2010
11:41 am
To all you old redneck geezers and teaparty sack grabbers…, you’re right, Richt is not recruiting as well as in the past! But the fault lays with all your bigoted nitpicking and not him. That’s why the top prospects in the state like Crowell are bypassing UGA, for schools in surrounding states, and that’s really saying something, when black kids would rather go to Alabama, South Carolina, or Mississippi than Georgia. The exodus has begun and Georgia will never be the same. As long as the same old hate mongering is allowed to fester, you’ll get what you deserve. You’ll probably say; good, they’re all liberals, thugs, and welfare users let them go elsewhere, anywhere other than our great state institution. Well, as you can see your wishes are being granted. You can’t have everything the way you would like to be; incredibly talented kids going to your school, in spite of all the negativity, hate, and outright racism UGA supporters Are espousing either with their mouths or silent acceptance. I for one am not suprised!!!!! Now Watch, all the attacks will be on my comments, instead of all the racist comments that are posted on UGA sites everyday. Typical , So Typical, Hate The Messenger and Disregard The Message!
Lifelong Dawg Fan
November 13th, 2010
11:42 am
Please go to Colorado, Richt. I am begging you. You haven’t had a good season since 2007. You didn’t start winning until your ass was on the line. You let Bobo have a say in offensive playcalling, and the playcalling itself lost us at LEAST two games (Arkansas and Florida). You’ve gotten too comfortable here and don’t have the killer instinct to take us to a National Title. You can crush the easy teams but you can’t beat Florida and you can’t beat the tougher teams on the schedule. You have to win all the time, not just when it “counts.” Please, Colorado is the perfect place for you. Go, go, go!!!
Dirk
November 13th, 2010
11:42 am
Looks like it’s time for the local Georgia media to have new punching bag, one that’s easy to punch, a Donnan like Coach who can’t get the team into the top 10. Welcome to mediocrity media, careful what you wish for.
The local media continues to dishonor Coach Richt, day after day, regardless of all the good things that Richt has done.
The media is also to blame for Richt leaving. As they have tried to create discontent, for no valid reason.
JRW7
November 13th, 2010
11:42 am
Let CMR go, Richt has become RICH at UGA. No heart left to win, no burning desire left to win, No passion left to win. Richt is RICH, UGA has paid him $30 million in the past 10 years. Beg him to go, PLEASE!!!!
ryan
November 13th, 2010
11:42 am
Colorado will most likely get an assistant coach they do not have the money to get a big name coach maybe a former coach like Mike Leach or the Kansas former coach .
bye richt
November 13th, 2010
11:44 am
two for one deal . . . . take Richt off of our hands and we’ll throw Bobo infor free
uga 2010
November 13th, 2010
11:44 am
Enter your comments here
Lifelong Dawg Fan
November 13th, 2010
11:45 am
“Tired of it” that is the dumbest thing I have ever read, just FYI. If you go to UGA, which I doubt, they have really lowered their standards since i graduated.
bye richt
November 13th, 2010
11:46 am
still think the Kennesaw State job would work perfect for Richt
heyberto
November 13th, 2010
11:47 am
Hilarious……… interest in a coach, and ability to afford his buyout is a different story.
Delbert D.
November 13th, 2010
11:48 am
“the Kansas former coach”
Mangino? The man is a disaster, a gross caricature of a coach.
Get Real
November 13th, 2010
11:49 am
Coach Richt will retire as head coach at UGA 15 years from now having surpassed Dooley!
Dirk
November 13th, 2010
11:49 am
If Mcgarity and Adams don’t change their tune pronto, and stop throwing Richt under the bus, and if they don’t come out and verablly support Richt pronto, they won’t have a chance to let him go, another team, or a National minitry opportunity, will get Richt’s leadership. And Georgia will be stuck with the worst AD in Georgia history, McGarity. I think we are looking at days now, not weeks. Folks, Richt’s gone.
uga 2010
November 13th, 2010
11:50 am
CMR couldn’t win a nc with Mat Stafford. How is he going to compete in the Big 12 with Colorado.
Coastal D
November 13th, 2010
11:51 am
Now that would be hilarious! I can just see CMR being part of a school that begins the game with a stadium wide cheer of Fu@# You Georgia (insert week’s opponent here). Not just the students mind you, but the entire stadium.
Dirk
November 13th, 2010
11:51 am
McGarity will get a guy like Bob Davies to coach at Georgia, after all, who of quality would come under an AD who just threw a top 5 coach under the bus? Seems to suit has mediocrity style well. McGarity can’t lead. He’s absolutely clueless.
Dirk
November 13th, 2010
11:53 am
time to go watch some football fans.
I’m out.
10 SEConds
November 13th, 2010
11:53 am
Lordy Mercy, it’s depressing to read AJC message boards, and I must be a glutton for intellectual punishment to ever take a look. I hope that at least half the ostensible UGA fans on here are Techies or Gators in disguise. Coach Richt will be back next year, come way may this year, and he deserves at least that extra year. I don’t know how religion and politics got mixed up in this, but I admire Mark Richt as a man and support him as a coach even though my own brand of Christianity is much less “fundamental” than his and I’m sure my politics would not = his. If we have another bad year next year, then I’ll join the jittery band-wagoners who think his time is up. But it won’t happen. The elements are clearly in place for a great 2011.
Coastal D
November 13th, 2010
11:54 am
UGA plays a video board message about good sportsmanship and Colorado (and maybe the other schools out there) begin their game with a chant of FU. Classy.
Vance Duuley
November 13th, 2010
11:55 am
Serious Dawg fans need to start organizing and demanding that Richt be fired. Otherwise, sports writers will be asking the same question this time a year from now.
Richt represents mediocrity. Saban and Meyer represent excellence and championships. Richt simply isn’t in their class, nor will he ever be. Richt would have to be incredibly lucky to win the division, and the odds against him winning the SEC championship would be at least 50:1.
Those are the simple facts, and there’s no amount of enthusiasm or cheerleading or Top 5 recruiting classes that can get around it.
As they say in poker, “Read ‘em and weep.”
add your comment
November 13th, 2010
11:55 am
Tired Of It,
I couldn’t agree with you more. Most of the drugs, violence (date rape), alcohol abuse and arrests at UGA are from students, not players. Still, the largely redneck fan-base would have you believe all black players are uneducated “thugs”. They called A.J. Green a “thug” because he tried to sell his jersey. A.J. has never been charged with an illegal crime in his life, yet these same bigots will drive home drunk from a football game endangering other people’s lives.
Delbert D.
November 13th, 2010
11:57 am
uga 2010 – You are not aware that Colorado is joining the PAC-10, I guess.
monty
November 13th, 2010
11:57 am
If Grantham can turn the D around we may be onto something,we played FLa tough, today is another possible step in the right direction. If we get clobbered, it’s two steps back. We need to be better than just beating bad teams. We need to beat good ones. Not sure, but I don’t think GA has been good under Richt beating top ten ranked SEC opponents.
Allen B.
November 13th, 2010
11:57 am
Attention, everyone, especially dawgtards. We will now observe a moment of silence in memory of Saint Jan Kemp, who exposed the shameful practices at UGA that were initiated and carried out by slimeball Vince Dooley. Dooley’s image as a coach and a nice guy were forever shattered during the trial, not to mention the one million dollars that dawgtards had to pay Saint Jan. These practices of recruiting morons and coddling them for four years, them tossing them out like garbage, are still going on, but at least the world knows what’s happening in Athens now.
And now, the moment of silence…
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Thank you, you may resume your normal activities now.
Delbert D.
November 13th, 2010
11:59 am
The mention of Bob Davie was wholly uncalled for. The entire blog has been disgraced.
Daniel
November 13th, 2010
12:00 pm
When do the 2011 preseason rankings come out?
ryan
November 13th, 2010
12:01 pm
Besides why would Richt want to start over and build another program back up that would take a long time especially CO program .
Name
November 13th, 2010
12:01 pm
Richt hasn’t won the SEC East in 5 years, much less the conference, yet he is still paid like a top 5 coach. What am I missing here? What other business would pay premium price for such poor results?
Time for a Change
November 13th, 2010
12:03 pm
Let him go!!
Ruth(less) Tiger
November 13th, 2010
12:04 pm
Auburn 49, Georgia 17. A total slaughterhouse for the dawgtards and a long, miserable drive home.
But have fun, and make sure you wear your lucky red panties.
Coastal D
November 13th, 2010
12:05 pm
Tired of It…just gotta play that card; that’s what gets tiresome. What school do you represent? Trying to steer kids away from Athens because you fear Georgia or are jealous? You label the UGA fans as racist above those of Alabama, USC, UT, Miss, Florida, or even Ohio St, Boston Coll, or elsewhere. Nice try but its gets old.
DawgByte
November 13th, 2010
12:07 pm
Let’s do the math Buffs… you want to offer me $800,000 LESS than what I’m making now and go to a place where I have no roots and coach a team with almost no history or tradition. Uh, you want to go a University where 75% faculty is doing blow, growing weed and considers Stalin and Mao hip… yeah I’ll fit right into that culture. LMAO!!!
Redfern
November 13th, 2010
12:07 pm
Auburn 42
Georgia 24
Another losing day.
ASA
November 13th, 2010
12:09 pm
GREAT NEWS GEORGIA 1ST RECRUIT F0R 2O12 WIDE RECEIVER NORTH HALL CAUGHT 12 PASSES THIS YEAR HAS TWIN BROTHER DBACK WE WANT REAL BAD CAN’T COVER HIS BROTHER MUCH LESS A REAL WIDE RECEIVER
Tired Of It
November 13th, 2010
12:10 pm
Lifelong Dawg Fan@11:45am…, you’re the type of supporter i was especially talking about. Most of this hate and ignorance comes from old farts like yourself. I doubt if you even love yourself, leaving you plenty of room to hate everyone else. These blogs are full of people just like you, and trust, these top recruits read this stuff, and see what you really think of them, and people who look and act like them.
Sarah
November 13th, 2010
12:11 pm
He dont need to go anywhere! He prominant fixture in georgia now! He does a good job with the georgia program. This is comin from someone who lives in Athens Georgia heart of the bulldawg nation!
Outsider
November 13th, 2010
12:12 pm
Richt will be coaching a new team next year, but it won’t be Colorado. He will be coaching either the University of Miami, or the University of Illinois. Georgia’s new head man will be Dan Mullens from Mississippi State. You heard it here first.
Jihad Jacket
November 13th, 2010
12:12 pm
I love all the Tech posers on this board. Hey Tech fans get ready for your annual beatdown in Athens. As bad as the 2010 Bulldogs are, your team is even worse. You’re going to get spanked by Miami and Paul Johnson will be on the hot seat, because your AD is no longer going to buy into PJ’s High School offense and the decision to hire a 97 year old DC.
Georgia 56 – Tech 3
Saint Simons gets a sex change operation, from girl to boy.
ALLBARN - WarTigerPlainsman
November 13th, 2010
12:16 pm
Get ready AU fans, this is Cam Newton’s last game in uniform. This investigation in going south on him in a hurry. No Heisman and off the team by the end of next week.
Deal with it.
Idiotic Rumor
November 13th, 2010
12:17 pm
Ok, I can believe Miami … but Colorado? This is the stupidest thing ever posted here, and that says something on these blogs.
DawgByte
November 13th, 2010
12:17 pm
Outsider -
You’re out of your mind. You heard it here first!
Tired Of It
November 13th, 2010
12:19 pm
Coastal D…, I am not trying to lable all uga fans as racist, only the ones who are. You can choose to ignore all the racism spewed on these boards, if you like, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s there. That’s what i meant by the silent acceptance of fans on this board. The taint of racism on these boards is so large and festering, you’ll need a bowie knife to lance it. a boil this big will never heal itself on it’s own.
Coastal D
November 13th, 2010
12:24 pm
It’s old and tiresome. Go to your own blog and take it with you.
Black Dawg in Oconee County
November 13th, 2010
12:26 pm
I can see Richt going to Miami . . . his alma mater . . . but not Colorado . . . see, as a UGA graduate I even know when to capitalize words . . . go Dawgs . . .to the medicine cabinet to get the BenGay after trying to tackle 6′6″ Cam Newton all afternoon . . . Auburn 43-UGA 24 . . .
Big Dawg 28
November 13th, 2010
12:29 pm
I heard Miami (FL) has him on the top of their coaching wishlist…