McGarity: ‘We are working as hard as we can to turn this ship around’

Sorry Greg,it’s not going to change with CMR at the helm.Should have cleaned house and started over.I hope Greg had a conversation with Garner,seems he has gotten fat and happy and recruiting ain’t what it used to be.,I hope I am proven wrong in 2011 and I have to eat my words.

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I think if that passion showed through a little bit the Dawg Nation would be much more settled.

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Improvement?

7 and 6? That’s improvement.

Sounds like the boss is setting low expectations.

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Hey dummies.
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UGA lost all their games by an ave of less than 7 points
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They used a freshman QB…….a new D scheme without the proper players. Its a year where 4 turnovers less and we are at 9 or ten wins. Relax….it was a snake bit team this year

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I think that Seay kid is gonna be a good target for Murray next year. A little coaching and he should be fine.

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Nice column.

Cooler heads typically prevail. Glad to see McGarity is one of those guys.

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Richt will leave Feb 14, 2010.

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NOTHING HAS CHANGED OR WILL CHANGE!!!

The UGA athletic program is doomed with this type of leadership.

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Go Dawgs!!!!!!!!!!

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Speaking of other sports, the UGA Ice Dawgs will play after the Thrashers in two weeks. Playing USCe. Should be fun. At least it will take my mind off this stuff for a while.

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TCU may get it nect year being in a BCS conference….best chance Big East has at a BCS bowl

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excuse me….should be next year.

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Patrick

Amen.

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It was a tough loss to Florida. But at least the band did a great job.

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My intuition is telling me that McGarity is a really sharp guy who is being very diplomatic during this whole process. He has only been on the job for about four months but it seems he has looked very deep into the football program. He has asked richt a lot of questions and has offered him whatever he thinks he needs to turn things around. Transalation- no more excuses next season. McGarity has basically set things up to where Richt will not have anything to point a finger at if he fails next year. I will admit I wanted McGarity to fire Richt this year but now I am coming around to the process that he feels he needs to go thru first.

I still believe that with the current staff that Richt will not live up to expectations and will be gone next season. But he gets one last chance and McGarity has basically left it up to him to decide what he needs. So we will see what happens.

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I can tell you where this program is heading is one simple example, when we have to offer a scholarship to a two star player who is rated 181 at his position in the country this show just how desperate we are. Ala, Aub, Fla etc, etc, etc, just come into our state and cherry-pick the players
we want and need and we have to wind up with (Seay 2 star) its mind boggling. Even with Murray at QB we can’t get any receiver to commit, pitifuuuuuuullll. These recruits aren’t interested in their whole being they are interested in who can prepare them for the next level and it ain’t Mark the Baptist Richt!!!!!!!

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Smith, where does He excel at coaching? Adjustments during game–nope. Minimize costly penalties–nope. Special teams–nope. Fundamentally sound tackling–nope. Physical play–nope. Coaching players up–nope.

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If I had a 2.5 million dollar job, I wouldn’t be passionate, I’d be orgasmic. What took him so long?

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What I got out of all that was that CMR had somehow moved “coaching” onto the corner of his desk, so to speak. But, thank goodness, he just noticed that predicament, and has now brought it back out front and center and dusted it off. And he’s studying it. Yeah, you’re right, it’s somehow like the captain of the Titanic finally finding his lost compass, after someone has just yelled, “Iceberg, dead ahead!”

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One of those things you look at ask the question should be: why is our head football coach having to sit around and figure out who has a damn valid drivers licence. I’m starting to wonder how big of a coincidence it really was that Evans ended up on the front page of the newspaper one night.

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Greg McPelosi is sounding more like a politician than an AD. Although I like Richt as a person, he has been tainted by his huge contract, and will/can never return to his glory days. Greg, if you don’t learn from history, you’re destined to repeat it. Just my opinion.

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The idea of discipline(on-field) can be made simple, as far as accountability. During practice, coaches can remind players that they are a team, not units or individuals. One player has a false start during drills, THE ENTIRE TEAM runs extra sprints/hills. This will enforce team concept, in that “you screw up, you make it bad for all of us.” Once they get sick of extra work, leaders will emerge to bring these “me” players in line.

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Benny, I agree with you on discipline. It has been lacking but I think that is going to change and starting in March! Go Dawgs!

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Just Win Baby or don’t let the door hit you in the A$$ when you can’t!!!

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Give me a break, all your “dream team” recruits are bailing. I hear even Crowell is coming here to Gainsville, apparently his parents are concerned about the rampant arrests and panty incidents and all the other goofy things going on up there. At Florida he will learn character, honor, and also be a part of a championship caliber program, something georgia never will be. To us, you are Vanderbilt. You are Kentucky. Accept it

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Greg: People will NOT tell you to your face what they think– we all want Georgia to be a first-class program. But Bobo and Searels are not getting it done– nor is our new secondary coach. I appreciate Richt’s loyalty, but we have ahd two very sub-par years while Florida, Alabama, and now Auburn are winning championships. Look at our recruiting to see how far we have fallen in 2 years? Why should we waste two more years on mediocrity?

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Support for CMR is 50-50. I’m not buying what the A.D. is selling. If CMR is such a great coach why are there not more of his coaches in demand in the college ranks or the NFL. Winning drives recruiting and that is why you’ll see athletes continue to leave the state in large numbers for our rivals.

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I just wish there was a way to differentiate between real UGA fans and non-UGA fans on blogs. We all know the two AJC writers (the never was, never has, and never will be Mark Bradley and Schultz (the most unathletic person to ever live)) are not. Knowing these guys are Tech fans and why their bosses let them even write articles and blogs about GA football is amazing. These two idiots are stinkstirrers and that is it; don’t forget that. These two douchebags running down Mark Richt this season show what uncompassionate, imbeciles they really are. Just look at how they treat Paul Johnson after a season equal to UGA’s. They make excuses for him. UGA for the past 2 seasons has started first time starting qb’s. They started a brand new defensive scheme under a new dc. They didn’t have their #1 offensive weapon the first 5 games of the season and didn’t have star running backs for just as many games through the season. Anyone who expects with all of that happening to win a championship needs to lay off the peyote.

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Benny, now you’re talking the Martine Corps way and I’ll guarantee that concept works..Good post.

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To say that CMR needs to show more passion is insulting for Ga fans to hear. This guy is in over his head and needs to be shown the door quickly.

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I think McGarity is taking the right approach. He’s trying to create an environment for Richt (and all the coaches) to be successful. If they can’t get the job done in that environment then they’ll be shown the door promptly. I wish Richt the best because he has proven before that he can do it and he truly is a class representative of not only the University of Georgia, but the entire SEC.
That said, I still don’t think he’ll survive long term, but best of luck to him……except in Jacksonville!

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How often can Georgia pull the top recruits from Alabama and Florida……never! Well almost never!

Why is it that we can’t keep our top recruits in State? Not saying that all 5 Star recruits make college All-American but the stats don’t lie! More 5 star recruits wind up stars than 2 star recruits.

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If we don’t win 10, the east and beat Fla next year then Richt needs to go!

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He’s coming back next year folks. Hush up and deal with it.!!!!

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UGA, where five star recruits go to watch their football careers die!

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It is just prolonging the inevitable. It’s just a matter of time and everyone (including recruits) know it. McGarity needs the guts to make the call NOW and go find a head ball coach!

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Hey Lakedawg, you’re living in a dream world. Wake up! We had a losing record! We lost to Colorado and UCF! “Real Dawg Fans” know it’s time for a change! There’s a difference between being a real fan and being BLIND! Wake up man!

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This comment by McGarity in his last answer is very telling: “Bottom line is, I think the conversations we have had have been very reassuring that he has the ability [to] MAYBE go back to the way he might have been doing some things earlier in his career.” Emphasis on MAYBE! McGarity certainly is not convinced that Richt will get the job done and that answer says it all. He also expects all of the teams to compete for Championships. 11+ wins is necessary to compete for Championships. McGarity certainly sounds like passionate AD in this interview but Mark Richt wasn’t as convincing in his press conference. If the right coach is available after next season expect MR to be fired.

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I can’t understand why it (apparently) takes CMR forever to recognize what Greg McGarity and everyone else knows? I can’t decide if he is arrogant, lazy, or just not that smart. Our recruiting is taking a a header too. WE are losing a great crop of Georgia blue chippers to Alabama and Auburn– and have you been to Alabama? (Yuck)
We’ve had two down years and it looks like we are in store for two more. Bobo, Searels, Garner, Richt– what do these guys do everyday?

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Let’s make it interesting- he must win the SEC CG, AND win the NC, AND lead the nation in offense AND in defense. AND he must do all of this for $50,000 a year and refuse the rest of his existing salary/enhancements etc. His pay will be docked by $1,000 for ANY arrest of ANY UGA student during the next twelve months. Finally, he must meet with and apologize to all of the nitwits on the ajc blogs whose life is so shallow that their happiness depends on the success of Richt and the UGA football team with their 18-21 year olds. We must ensure that Mark Richt never forgets just how important it is to our well being that he win the next ten SEC CG’s.

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Hey gatormeat…you’re sh88in me right? Character? Honor? Nobody in this conference has had more players in ‘real’ trouble than you guys – anybody dead yet?…just checking. And just to go on record, you people will be ‘way’ over Will Muschamp’s rah-rah, in your face, style by mid-season and the ‘Fire Will’s’ will ramp up soon after the Georgia game. And furthermore, those of us that know, know that Mr. McGarity was as important to the UF Athletic Dept as the guy whose name is on the door – Foley, I think – so we’ll see just how great things are down that way in a year or so.

You’re right about Evans, seems that he had become so full of himself that he basically didn’t have much time for the football stuff at all – concentrated on kissin’ Michael Adam’s butt or pickin’ up ‘girls’ in Atlanta, I guess.

My take on those ‘big-monied’ boosters that have indicated they’re ‘frustrated’ to the point that they’re gonna withhold their contributions, I say to hell with ‘em. There’s plenty of truly loyal Bulldogs out there with enough money to see to it that we don’t have to rely on the leavings of those that only make their money selling beer and whiskey. You know ‘em, they’re the ones that want to ‘big-dog’ everybody with their big bankrolls…authoritarian, lizard-brained, bullies that think their crap doesn’t stink because, basically, they have a license to print money in this state.

I do think that Mark Richt’s calling for this ‘Dream Team’ thing was way too risky…I mean look what happens when some of these kids decide that they don’t really care that much about the pride of their state, or that realize they can be a success some place else besides Georgia…you open yourself up for your recruiting to be labeled a failure even though you’ve gotten plenty of good ones. And for those that want to point to any slip in the perception of recruiting success as in indication of Mark Richt’s failing, just remember, top-quality players have been going someplace besides Georgia forever – Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State – hell, they’ve been getting good players from here for as long as any of you, or I, have been alive – you can’t overcome some things and calling for ‘loyalty’ to a state or it’s lead institution among many of these kids is a joke – their Mommas and Daddies went someplace else…their highschool coach went someplace else…we got ‘out-bid’…lots of reasons. And if you actually have to ‘flip a coin’ to make up your mind for one of the most important decisions you’ll ever face, then something’s wrong.

When McGarity and Richt turn this thing around you nay-sayers will be begging to sneak back on the bandwagon…I mean, where else you gonna go? Auburn?

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Don’t worry MURRAY will be the next great NFL QB to come out of UGA since… well, since Fran I guess. Looking a lot like Stafford should have gone the LUCK route to the NFL. Bradford and Stafford would have been the top 2 QBs. Stafford wouldn’t have gone as high ($$$) but he would be with a better team and maybe still healthy and playing.

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Patrick….that is a great stat. But to have lost as many games as we have in the last few years speaks louder. The number of points you lose by is a fools excuse. Don’t get caught in that trap. The main problem is we don’t coach up the players that deciede to become Dawgs. That MUST change!

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Why would Dan Mullin want to leave Miss St for Georgia? That would be a step down. Plus he just signed a big contract extension…

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Gatormeat,
character, honor, Is that what Carlos Dunlap did, when he got hammered and Passed out at a red light.

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Hey folks….we have to be careful what we say on here about our coaches and football program. We say all these negative things to the effect that UGA is a sinking ship and we expect these recruits to jump on it????????????????? Who wants to jump on a sinking ship? Who wants to play for a coach who will be fired the next season?
Let us show some support…it is our team no matter what. We are all frustrated but some of the things we say on here are just not acceptable and a big deterrent to having some of these 5 star recruits we talk about.
“Hey Isaiah Crowell and co. our football team stinks, we will fire our coach next season, our offensive coordinator stinks and we cant coach players up….please commit to come to UGA, we love you, be part of the dream team”
that is the message we are sending to these recruits and it will be very difficult to get them these way. Please let us wake up and support our team. Thank you

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What a load. AD McGarity must think we’re all as stupid as some of us sound. You can’t keep the same underachieving coaches/players and somehow get a better result. I get so tired of the “spin” and BS these bureaucrats spew out these days. Recruiting is going to heck. Current Head Coach acts like he’s clueless. McGarity wants Richt to show some passion?..start by calling out each coach and player and setting standards and making shure we the fans and the personnel understand what happens if these standars aren’t met. Get rid of the bums like Caleb King while you still have a job. Set some examples already…jees!

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pdawg, it is what it is.

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WAIT till 2012……….seems so longgggggggggggggggggg. Can’t wait!

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Coffee Trojan 73..when are they going to fire Coach Eldrigh @ Coffee HS. They will never win with him..just as bad as Richt.

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I believe that the CMR supporters are really tech, auburn, bama, or FL fans posing as ga fans just to irritate us an help keep CMR at the helm so we will continue being a crappy team and easy to beat.

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Gatormeat, thanks for making all of us Gators look bad. Are you a season ticket holder? Well I am, for 26 years. You sir, make all of great college football fans wish idiots like you, did not own a computer.

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I hate that right now this is the only kind of reporting we can get. The Bowl Season is TOO LONG. There has to be some sports filler for a week. It is now like the stupid media week before the Superbowl.
I hope the kids that pick Tech and UGA are happy with their choice and do well. Most of these VCs don’t matter until they actually sit down with pen in hand and sign on the dotted line.

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Garner is the cancer of the hole recruiting era, he’s like BOBO, he’s just riding the coat tails of Richt, he’s recruited div. 2 players instead of div. 1. We already had 2 leave the state of GA. to go out of State. That should be a tale , tale sign of how bad we stink!

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McGarity, You’re not as smart of a man as I thought when Ga.hired you,how come you didn’t give the volleyball coach another chanch.I think maybe you are intimidated by Saint Mark.

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Know how to do the “Rocky Flop” (Tn)? Trail in the game for 50 mins., then go up 3 with less than 5 mins to go. Then get 3 15 yd penalties while allowing the opponent to drive 80 yds in 31 secs. Then throw an interception in OT. That folks is called the “Rocky Flop”.

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What political rhetoric this guy has!!!! Why after 10 years does CMR need to get excited??? This is really some hogwash!!!! Did Mr. McGarity watch 20% of “The Dream Team” go elsewhere last night?? Its evident that these guys make too much money and have no interest in moving the Ga. program forward. After 10 years of CMR is this our reward?? Wait til next year again??? If I performed my job the way CMR has I would be fired.. This is driving me away from Ga. football. We really need to ask the Board of Regents to intervene as Mr. Mcgarity is also “out to lunch”.

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Mr. McGarity,

I appreciate your candor and hope that the program shows some drastic improvement. But my gut tells me that, once a staff quits like this one has, they’re not likely to restart again. I think you have too many coaches who are just going through the motions and collecting checks. I know why you are doing what you’re doing. But I think next season will be as bad or worse than this one. Tell me which coaches and players are going to make it better in one season? My prediction: 5-7.

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if we as fans believe all this drivel that mcgarity is spouting then we are stupid. if he actually believes it himself then he is even stupider. he should know better.

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New coaches make the players work harder because they have no standing with the new coaches. Richt still there means so players know it will be business as usual and they will do as they please.

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Richt has earned the right for one chance so it appears that McGarrity has taken the necessary steps to establish the parameters in which he must operate and what he must control. I think McGarrity is displaying professionalism; it is refreshing to escape someone who is learning on the job.

With that said, I lack optimism that Richt has it in him. I hope that I am wrong.

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I think all of us would like to see the same passion exhibited on this blogs from our CEO and our players. Not likely to happen this next season though. Time for a major change at the top.

I’m also disappointed that I didn’t receive a reply to my letter/e-mail. I guess I’m in McGarity’s 50% “get rid of MR group” (more like 75% I think).

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passion, will show in the way players play. talent without passion will not have success. watching stanford and tcu, I found passion, talent and a desire to win. I have not seen that passion and will with these dawgs the last two years. cmr won two sec championships, what happened? like the idea about bringing in the fridge to be OC. no more excuses, stop complaining and get behind the dawgs!

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Mr. McGartiy.

What we have here is the inability to communicate. – per the movie cool hand luke.

I think the following clip would get the message to alot of UGA FOOTBALL Players.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnO9Jyz82Ps

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Do not talk about our daddy that way. He is a great coach and will someday win in the Big 10 at Ohio St( his dream job).

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Richt won’t take over as OC.

He needs a fall guy.

Bobo is the fall guy.

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Interesting photo of McGarity with the puppetmaster looking on.

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No doubt, Richt’s gone middle of Feb.

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After rereading McGarity’s comments I’ve noticed something telling. He says multiple times that everyone is “working really hard” to turn things around. The problem with these statements is that they aren’t doing “everything possible” to turn things around. Even if you put aside your feelings one way or the other about our CEO, it should be clear to everyone in the Athletic Office that significant improvement could be made through hiring a new recruiting coordinator and an established, proven OC. That’s what really frustrates me, only working hard within certain bounds. We’re still not really in that urgency mode or we’d be making these types of moves.

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Why won’t McGarity say or do something to help recruiting? Each of his speeches kill recruiting, I agree with the ESPN guy who all talk about what a lame AD Georgia has, in the last 4 month’s under McGarity’s negativity futuristic sceanrios, Georgia has had 1 2 star recruit join. Wow, McGarity is absolutely a negative force on Richt’s recruiting. Can we go ahead and fire McGarity now?

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All of this was just fabulous news to the rest of the East. We were worried that McGarrity had learned more from Foley at Florida, but Marky Mark stays for at least another year.

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Jerry Another of the dim bulbs heard from.

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I am not a UGA fan, but it looks to me that McGarity is a great hire for UGA.

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Jerry, after seeing your comment about firing McGarrity..I see that youve been hitting the crack pipe. I told you that was some good stuff..obviously it is based on that post.

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Well I think mccarity told Richt no more excuses its championship or your gone!!! Sounds to me Mccarity knows what has too be done and he gave Richt what he said he needed NOW GO GET IT DONE!!! But can somebody on ajc interview Grantham and ask him what he thought about working for Richt!!! Then we would really know if Richt has what it takes to turn us around!!!

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4-8 in 2011! Count on it! Who on our schedule can we surely beat other than the 2 patsies we play? Vandy? UK? Ole Miss? We won’t beat Boise, SC, TN, fl, au, msu, or tech. 5-7 at the most. Then it’s so long Richt. Don’t let the door hit your butt when you leave!

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With this article and the ability to respond to it, the AJC has given a great opportunity for the minions who already knew how to coach major college football to take that next step up and tell someone how to be an athletic director. The AJC……………..making dreams come true.

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Top Dawg,
Support another team. Cut, paste, and save this comment on your computer. If the Dawgs don’t win at least 9 next year (I expect more) I will apologize to you.

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I must agree with others who have stated here that you must give Richt a contract extension if you want to send a clear message to recruits. To me, that is the key to getting this program turned around. We must get some new blood in certain areas to compete in the SEC. Discipline and Strength and Conditioning are right there too.

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Bubber: “Gatormeat, get offline man. The trailer’s burning.”

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What is burning is that dream of a dream team, and I mean down in flames hard dude. They are bailing from georgia like lemmings aboard a sinking ship. Who can blame them? georgia is a disgusting example of what college athletics should be, the young men are much better off with Florida, Auburn, Alabama and the like. Not only are the dogs and their fans disgraceful, if you ever have had the displeasure of being around them you know they have hygiene issues also. A smelly program in more ways than one. God knows they stink up Jacksonville every year

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dogs are not hopeful, they are downright delusional. You have never been an elite team, the only NC you have won in the last 30 years was false, you were scared to play a top five team in the bowl, instead you played a team that did not even finish in the top ten. You were what is known as a closet champion, scared of real competition. But that was dooley, a coward to the end. Jan Kemp proved what a corrupt and disgraceful program he was running and it continues to this day. You should be ashamed of yourselves, though I doubt you have it in you considering the low lifes you truly are

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Don’t worry dog fans, I’m sure bobo will turn it around. Even if he does not, 6-6 is not that bad for you, if you win 7 you will feel like you won the super bowl. I guess there are advantages to having low expectations, when you suck as bad as you it is all you can have

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For the first time in a long week, I’m feeling somewhat better. I agree with you John Galt. I believe that McGarity is going to do everything he can to help Richt but in the final analysis it will be up to Richt. Richt will not have any excuses to fall back on if things don’t go well next season. Remember, McGarity is a UGA grad and he worked in the athletic department for several years under Dooley. With that experience along with his experience at Florida, he knows how championship programs should be run. It made me feel good that McGarity said he wanted Georgia to win championships, as we all do. If you read between the lines, McGarity was putting Richt on notice that if things did not go well next season, there would be no excuses and that there would be accountability. I believe that McGarity will keep a close eye on things and will do what is necessary if things don’t go well.

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OK….To state that Mcgarity wants to “see more displays of Coach Mark Richt’s passion for his job”…isn’t that similar to faking an orgasm? Either the passion is there or it is not. The fact of the matter is that a few years ago “it” was up to his ankles. In 2009 Richt had “it” up to his waist. In 2010 Richt has “it” up to his neck. Face it…this is a sink or swim year for CMR.

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Dawgs Run This State! – I played hoops for the Dawgs with a full ride. I woke up @ 5am countless times to run, lift weights, do aerobics and practice all 10 out of 12 months. I went to class, competed on the court and tried to be a “normal student-athlete”. I lived in McWhorter and was friends with many great f-ball players and all other respective athletes as well. Fortunately, I too support the University today. All I am asking for, as a former athlete that sweat everything he had, is the same thing from the head football coach of our fine school and leader of our football program to do. It has not done been done the last two years and if it can’t be changed; then it it is time for new leadership. Please be real with folks online here (alum or not) and just ask the simple question…are you happy with the state of the football program?

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I think that’s a good point about recruits not knowing if Richt’s going to be around. I would think they would know that, but even if they know he’s going ot be there next yr…they could be wondering about the yr. after that. I was thinking that Richt should get at least one more yr., but I’m starting to wonder if there’s too much doubt about the program, & the future of the program…when you consider it’s been forever since we’ve had a cmmittment…until tonight that is. You would think w/ UGA havein the tradition that it has, & going through a down period like all teams do…that surely they could get some good players…when you consider the chances they should have for early playing time. Especially when you consider how much talent there is in the state of GA. The above theory has me thinking that maybe it wouldn’t be a bad idea for GM to come out w/ the 2 more yr. theory, bc of the message of stability that it would give everyone out there.

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twitter report says tomorrow AJ Green, Houston and Boykin will announce their plans to enter the NFL draft.
I really dont know why Boykin is going. He is a good return man but that is it. He is a really bad Defensive back.

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Well I guess we just have to wait one more year for “real” change

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In other news, Rome is burning.

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The best thing that has happened to UGA athletics is the hiring of McGarity. He not only saw great sports programs at UF he worked in a AD department that was as good or better than their football teams. As Asst AD how many National Champions did he see. There is part of your answer, your understanding of the past, present & future changes, and some degree of assurance things are moving in the right direction.
I think if CMR is more hands on with the team [defense, offense, and special teams], I think alot of these other issues lessen and go away. But no doubt Coach Richt needs to show a lot more fire in the gut. Even if he used a few foul words would not bother me, because I never doubt the man’s conviction in his faith and servitude. But, sometimes I think fans get caught up in that. I’ve seen him get on players several times in the game. But I have not been on the practice field with him, but I would not put it past him if you fouled-up he’d give you a kick in the butt.
I want him to succeed along with those players. I do not care about the bragging and that stuff. I want that staff and team to do it for themself. I think he can develop and implement an offensive system and sets that will move the ball with speed, numbers, and scores. A system that young men want to play in because of what they experience when younger…the thrill of scoring, executing, and making the plays. I’d like to see him close his circle, talk less to the public, and focus on their play. But I do not think you can rely on a pro set to do it today. My issue lies with the work product and abilities of his OC.

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Ron don’t come back!

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If Alabama had fired the Bear after he won just 28 games in four years, they would not have enjoyed the 44 wins they got in the next four. Geez, people, Bear Bryant, Vince Dooley, etc. have all had bad stretches. The difference is now there are anonymous internet and talk radio “experts” who pile on the bullmanure and get into a frenzy. Relax and let the man fix it. Bear and Dooley got their chance to fix it. And, no, Richt is not Bear (yet), but he’s already proven better than Hall of Famer Dooley. One player got Dooley his national title and we all know it.

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I like the AD’s comments. Very encouraging

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HE HAS PROVEN TO BE WEAK AS AN AD. ALL TALK NO WALK!IT IS CLEARLY TIME FOR RICHT TO GO. HE HASN’T BEEN TO THE SEC TITLE GAME IN 5 YEARS. HE IS 13-11 THE LAST 2 YEARS. COME ON.

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Here’s what all you well intentioned Dawg fans don’t see. Look at the white haired guy in the photo. His goals for his teams are not to win championships, nor for the students-athletes to be the best they can be. His goals are to emphasize diversity and equality, and impress his liberal academic colleguegs.

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UGA should hire this guy based on the strength of this pregame alone! I’d love to see this kind if passion out of our head coach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l1HG3KrNBk

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@GaDawg – you aren’t getting answers b/c most of these so-called fans are “posers”.

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Listen dogs I am wishing UF was going to be be good next year but our new coach ain’t even coached game #1 in his life. Our new OC is Mr. Fat A55 and Kirby got a raise for talking to us about the DC Job.
UF is now UGA’s Whipping Boy!

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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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What concerns me is we were getting top 10 recruit classes and can’t finish in top 25. Underachieve. Don’t practice with pads, trouble makers, etc., no coaching up. I’d rather have all ex NFL coaches on the staff and sell it like it is the best learning experience for the NFL. All the 5 star players would want to come learn from the ex NFL coaches since that’s their goal “to get to the NFL”. The only one I see coaching up on this staff is TG right now. CMR should be promoted to do all the public speaking functions for the football team and oversee coaching staff. I like CMR as a person.

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I give I got one coach Derek Dooley and that’s because of the ties with Daddy Dooley. @Jack you are sooo right about your comments. Adams does not care about winning, he’s only interested in who he can impress and move on. He’s too politically connected. He has single-handedly ruined the game day experience @ UGA with his rules and regs on tailgating. He has locked down every building so that the fans cannot enter them to use facilities.

@Still@ the bar – you must be. Spelling lesson, it is recent not resent. Also, what job did Dooley get after UGA? He was the head coach and AD at the same time. He stepped down as coach but retained the AD job.

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Gatormeat,

Florida was a Championship caliber team this year? Granted you beat Georgia but face it,
FLORIDA was NOT close to championship caliber. Carolina drilled you at Home. Losses to FSU and KSU and just about anybody with an SU in their name. 8-5 does not say Championship.

And Florida Character…lets see. Stolen laptops,stealing dead peoples credit cards, DUIs and Speeding tickets, stalking charges…..oh yeah true character players there.
The only thing Crowell will be certain of at Florida is getting handed the required pair of Jhorts.

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gatormeathead Fla had over 30 arrests during the oscar meyer regime so don’t inject anything about character at Fla in your ignorant comments. congratulations on your overtime upset of the Dawgs last year===just a fluke win. Have a great day.

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Richt would be owed so much money in a buyout that his record (and the money) dictates that he gets one last opportunity to turn things around. McGarity is UGA through and through (so was Damon Evans, of course) and he will give it everything he has to get UGA football where it needs to be. He’s also absolutely right about people threatening to pull their money from the athletics program. If you’re a UGA alum and care about UGA athletics, football ain’t the only sport in town. That’s not to say you shouldn’t make your voice heard, but I’d think twice about defunding the damn program. Let’s make things better, not worse.

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iI told you guys that evans was iqnorant.in 2007 we played lsu away ,fla in jax(away) kentucky away , and auburn away, all in a row. 4 road games in a row with no open date,so we could fly across the country to play arizona state to improve our brand. we are not fubu or a ge washing machine. we play 8 games in the state of ga this year because our new ad has a brain larger than a butter bean.He is cleaning up damon evans’ mess. Road games at oregon and louisville gone.Evans was as qualified then as obama is now to run that program .That is he was not at all qualified or maybe he failed logistics or geography class.yes we can hope and change .

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The best thing that happened to UGA in 2010 was the hiring of Greg McGarity.

As many others I have seen the football program decline for 4 years (interestingly coinciding with the hire of D Evans…wouldn’t have been a politically correct statement). Willing to give CMR 2011 to turn it around until this bowl game which was the most pathetic and uninspired game I have seen Georgia play in years. After that game I didn’t care if we blew up the whole program and started over. Still not convinced he can recapture the lightning.

I am convinced AD GM has his finger on the pulse and that he will make the right decision at the right time. At least allow him to go through a full year before placing any of this blame on him. While our program was declining here, he was winning championships at UF. He is an Athens and Georgia boy….let’s allow him the time to make us and himself proud of that fact. He is the real deal and he will get it done.

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Scout.com Team Rankings

1. Texas 23 Big 12 4826 11 7 9 7 13 10 0 23 0 4.00
2. Ohio State 20 Big Ten 3918 5 3 11 6 9 11 0 20 0 3.85
3. Florida State 22 ACC 3688 7 3 8 11 10 12 0 20 2 3.64
4. Alabama 21 SEC 3628 7 2 11 8 9 12 0 18 3 3.71
5. USC 23 Pac-10 3282 6 4 5 9 8 12 3 19 4 3.35
6. Stanford 22 Pac-10 3119 0 0 7 15 13 9 0 22 0 3.32
7. Arkansas 26 SEC 3045 1 1 6 17 15 11 0 23 3 3.23
8. Notre Dame 19 Indep 3020 4 0 9 10 8 10 1 19 0 3.47
9. Oklahoma 18 Big 12 3017 3 2 6 10 10 8 0 18 0 3.56
10. Clemson 23 ACC 2937 3 3 4 13 14 9 0 23 0 3.30
11. Auburn 16 SEC 2811 2 0 10 6 8 8 0 16 0 3.63
12. North Carolina 21 ACC 2751 3 2 4 12 9 11 1 20 1 3.24
13. LSU 19 SEC 2723 4 2 5 10 10 8 1 18 1 3.32
14. South Carolina 28 SEC 2695 1 1 3 19 13 15 0 27 1 3.00
15. Oklahoma State 23 Big 12 2645 4 1 6 13 10 12 1 19 4 3.13
16. Oregon 18 Pac-10 2534 3 1 7 8 11 7 0 16 2 3.39
17. Virginia 24 ACC 2477 0 0 3 17 10 14 0 24 0 2.96
18. Florida 16 SEC 2474 2 1 6 9 8 7 1 16 0 3.50
19. Georgia 16 SEC 2452 1 0 8 6 8 7 1 16 0 3.38

Rivals, no different :

2011 Team Rankings

Rank School

#1 Alabama 22 2 15 5 3.86 2,482
#2 Texas 23 1 16 6 3.78 2,410
#3 Florida State 22 2 9 11 3.59 2,074
#4 USC 23 2 7 9 3.09 1,822
#5 Oklahoma 17 2 8 7 3.71 1,805
#6 Ohio State 20 0 9 11 3.45 1,787
#7 Oregon 20 0 10 10 3.50 1,703
#8 Clemson 23 1 7 12 3.26 1,687
#9 LSU 19 1 7 10 3.42 1,669
#10 North Carolina 21 0 8 12 3.33 1,577
#11 Stanford 22 0 8 12 3.27 1,450
#12 Texas Tech 21 0 6 15 3.29 1,445
#13 Nebraska 16 0 10 5 3.56 1,414
#14 Mississippi 24 0 5 19 3.21 1,370
#15 Florida 16 0 8 7 3.44 1,366
#16 California 15 0 9 6 3.60 1,342
#17 Notre Dame 19 0 6 12 3.26 1,336
#18 Auburn 16 0 7 9 3.44 1,326
#19 Georgia 16 0 8 7 3.44 1,261

This is the “DREAM TEAM.” Working hard is not good enough. We are not getting the job done in any area of the football program, especially SUSPENSIONS / ARRESTS. What about Christian LeMay, for example ? 9-4 for 2011 will make us # 32 in the nation at 9-4. 9-4 in 2010 is # 32. 9-4 in 2009 is # 32. Surely, we are more than # 32, Greg McGarity.

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The issue I see is that Georgia is the equivalent of a badly run business losing market share. Fans see it, the media sees it, the recruits see it. We must put a better product on the field, now. Intangibles like “we’re working harder” or “we’re letting our coach refocus on the game” does not translate into a turn around of the trend.

McGarity needs to study the first few months of Joel Eaves tenure as UGA Athletic Director. He needs to read where the brand new AD tapped a coach who was mostly unknown to all but Eaves; a coach with leadership skills and the ability to surround himself with good assistants. 2 years later Georgia was a respected program and 25 years later we had a legendary program.

Tangible, bold change will get a recruit’s attention. The downward trend is not reverseable without bold change.

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Mark Richt vs SEC

LOSS Auburn
LOSS Florida
Win Kentucky
Win Vanderbilt
Win Tennessee
LOSS Missy State
LOSS Arkansas
LOSS South Carolina
LOSS Kentucky
Win Auburn
LOSS Florida
Win Vanderbilt
LOSS Tennessee

Out of the last 13 SEC games, Mark Richt has Won 5.

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AMEN!

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I hate to be one of the wet blanket fans, but I didn’t see a whole lot of passion when we kicked a field goal against UCF in the first quarter.

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Nothing but damage control for giving the guy another year. It’s like Obama telling us,you’ll love how i have destroyed the best medical system in the world once you spend 47 days waiting to see a doctor and 5 hours in the waiting room…..But it’s Free !!! Geez.

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JB,

We are the # 11 program in all-time wins

We are the # 3 program in SEC Football Championships all-time too

9-4 is good for # 32 in the nation for all of 2009, all of 2010 and will be for 2011

9-4 is NOT ACCEPTABLE for 2011

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Sorry about typo…that was Bobo, not Bob. Hard to type on a phone.

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All I know is we are losing recruits and that will show up on the field.
How can Richt say the Offense is great? ! 6 pts against a C-USA team !!!
How will the new scheme on D improve if the recruits go elsewhere?
I’m like the other guy I hope I get to eat my words but right now I doubt it.

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It’s another good day to be a Buckeye!

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[...] know if Greg McGarity has all the answers on the football front, but I can appreciate that at least he appears to be sensitive to the concerns of the fan [...]

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Well I bet I can get better tickets this year. That is the only good thing to come out of keeping CMR another year. We just lost two of Dream team wonder if we will get any of them. Can not believe he keeps coaching staff knowing his job depends on at least ten wins next year. Has he lost his mind………….

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Every time I turn on Sports Center it’s all Auburn. I don’t see anything about UGA or UAT of UF or any of the other “elite” teams in the SEC. It’s all Auburn all the time. Cam this, Cam that. Gene Chizik, Gus Malzahn, Ted Roof, Auburn, Auburn, Auburn. It’s Mike Dyer, Onterrio McCalebb, even Bo Jackson on TV all talking about Auburn. Rece Davis, Herbie, Mayday and the whole ESPN crowd are all talking about Auburn. I’ve seen Cam make spectacular play after spectacular play over and over again…and It’s Great To Be An Auburn Tiger! I am LOVIN’ this. War Eagle!!!

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That is the key to get Adams to stay out of it. Swampdawg I agree…my tickets will certainly improve.

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Someone made comment that CMR is staying until Feb to help recruiting–I think it is hurting and Where would he go…

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Too many area’s to improve in, cut ties NOW and get a NEW coaching staff!!!!!!!!!!!

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I continue to be baffled by the staunch support for CMR.

To state to obvious, this ain’t the NFL. The worst teams don’t get to pick the top incoming talent. Quite the contrary in college football; the best teams reload with blue-chip prospects and the second tier programs (like UGA) vie for the second tier talent.

A mediocre program stays mediocre until it demonstrates to the blue chip kids (and the top coaching candidates) that it’s got a clue.

You CMR advocates, I ask you. How does keeping Richt one more year demonstrate that UGA gets it?

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Answer man, I will thank you for mentioning us in your lead off about UGA being an elite SEC team. I wish I could accept the compliment…..

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Snoop Dawg doesn’t like McCavity’s ignoring and smoothing over our incompetent coaches one bit. and he bristles when he implies that about 50% of the fans are to blame, but he is right. The 50% of the milktoast fans who don’t care about the dismal state of the team and have some sort of charismatic paralysis under the spell of da Preacha Man are really to blame for the mess we are in.
But…
Look at it from another view. McGarrity really can’t tell the public what his real strategy is. He has probably concluded that it wouldn’t be smart to change Richt out prior to signing day. Maybe they have an eye on a certain coach that they are in contact with already. Maybe the plan is to go into next year and when Richt and Co lay eggs all over the stadium, perhaps when they embarass the Bulldog Nation again in Jacksonville, then they will pull the lanyard and already have a new coach and staff lined up.
I know that hope is not a method, but surely McCavity is not as stupid as he sounds nor does he think that the Bulldog Nation as a whole will accept the crap that is his storyline today.

In the meantime, any Bulldog who love UGA and its football Tradition is obligated to keep the high heat on McCavity, Adams, the Board of Regents, and the Guvnah that we expect nothing less than the best proven head coach in the country, regardless of cost, and that we expect it NOW. Being in the hunt in perpetuity without championships is not a goal I sign up for or will accept. I
If McCavity has to cover for Richt like this and tell us all that behind closed doors little Mark really does show a little passion and has agreed to study the game of football harder while daddy does all his chores for him, then it is obious that the Three Million Dollar Man is incpabable of performing at the level required.
How many of you make $3M per year? Do you think you could make top salary in your occupational field with substandard performance year after year, taking credit for others’ work? Then why do all these zombies who support Richt to the 9s see nothing wrong with this. This is public money, for god’s sake. It might come from contributions, I’m not sure, but it is public money.
It is not the fault of alumni who refuse to contribute to an administration which does not insist on the standards we expect for our football team. Those other UGA sports teams that also live off those conributions need to blame McCavity and Adams instead of the thousands of hard working alumni who have to make their money by working hard and SUCCESSFULLY, unlike Richt.
In summary, this is revolution_
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

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Answer Man,

Your not going to see anything about Georgia on ESPN until we become at least a ranked team again. No one wants to here about a 50th ranked team in the nation.

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“…we are working as hard as we can to turn this ship around.” The problem with turning ships around is directly related to size & weight of ship, speed of ship, course of ship, & location of ship. Our ship has a lot overpriced cargo moving fast in shoal waters. The over-rated, ill-recruited player cargo & possible coach cargo is causing the ship to list 70 degrees starboard. Got to get the ship balanced…Going fast in trouble waters too near the shore to avoid a crash.

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All the things the AD mentioned would normally be in the PC to announce why you fired the coach instead of retaining. When you have to tell the Coach to act like you’re interested in your job then the battle has already been lost. The AD should have said..”look folks ..we don’t have the damn money to buyout this chump so it is what it is”..

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Thanks for that Poop sandwich McGarity! May I have another?

Your response is as milk toast and blaise as Richt’s. How you can take his admittance that he hasn’t been coaching and attempt to spin it into a positive is beyond me. I encourage you to look at the “body of work” and please do it objectively. Every year Richt remains coach is 3 years the program will lag behind the rest of the SEC. Interesting that you are hooking your wagon to Richt’s

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CMR can still coach. I have been as big a critic about this football team as anybody. I think that the short comings still point to the fact that CMR needs to get a little tougher on his staff, his players and even himself. Show a little emotion and fire out there coach. Our on the field problems can be directly related to our off field problems as they clearly show, that we are not willing to get a bunch tougher. Do you think Caleb would still be playing for Saban now? I am sorry but a lesser recruit might be a lot better fit on the team, if he is more mature, better disciplined and responsible. King did not just turn into a problem overnight. CMR, saw the writing on the wall but let the problem build up, with his maybe too soft approach to disciplining kids. Players need to know it is an honor to be playing football or any sport at this level.
I do think he needs to get involved in the game planning more this year and hopefully, the AD has freed up his time a little more so he can do that. Maybe Bobo will be a fine OC someday, but now, he is a little over matched for the job. I for sure am no coach, but I could tell you 75% of the plays that were going to be called in a given situation in a lot of the games this year.
As for these kids needing to go to another school based on the record of the schools recruiting them; I say go right ahead if that is all you are looking for. Pride in your state, in yourself and the chance to turn things around do not enter into most of these kids minds. These kids leave high school all thinking they are going to be in the NFL after a couple of years of wasted college time to sharpen their skills. Good luck on that kids, but you might think about getting a little education if possible, because chances are you will need it.
If we are going to demand off field behavior that is above reproach, then, half of these kids we recruit will have to be held to a higher standard than they were held to prior to getting to UGA. Let’s be honest here, a lot of these kids may not have gotten the proper guidance up to this point in their lives, so if we are going to give them a chance at a good start in life, they need to know, right from the start, what is expected of them. It is and should always be an honor to wear the red and black and if they can not keep thier noses clean and have questionable pasts, we might be better off without them.
As for the defense; Yes I think we have the right coach in there. He might get a little over juiced on the sidelines every once in a while, but I much prefer that to standing there, frowning a little bit and then turning your back on the field. The officials aren’t the only ones needing to know about your displeasure. Maybe you do take care of some of these problem behind closed doors, but I am sure the fans would like to see you light a little fire under some of these players butts when they make stupid mistakes because their head is not in the game, or they haven’t learned how to play controlled enough. If they don’t learn that on the football team, they will not learn that in life either in most cases. The coaches are the mentors, the enforcers and the teachers. For some of these students, it may be the first time they have even expected to behave like young men, and responsible citizens. If they do not want to do that, they do not deserve to have the opportunity at such a fine school.

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The Barn hasn’t done the impossible but next to the impossible. Coasted through the SEC undefeated. Not an easy thing to do. I wouldn’t have given AU a snowball’s chance in hades at the beginning of the year to do so. Love’em or hate’em, they did it and I wish them all the best Monday night

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You guys do know JoeT3 was a 4 star……..

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Folks, can you actually believe that Richt counseled Grantham for being too “energetic and passionate” on the sidelines? What a joke… This is beyond sad, it’s downright disgraceful. UGA has entered the Twilight Zone.

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No worries, McGarity will win multiple SEC east crowns and compete for the national championship every year. As soon as he can get hired back at Florida. Until then, he’ll have to settle for the prestigious Fulmer Cup.

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Mickey Henderson, Danny ware,Nick Jones, Marcus Howard, Jarvis Jackson, all 3 stars
KLump was a 5 star
Paul Oliver was a 5 star
Kelin Johnson 2 star
Brandon Miller 5 star
Shaun Chapas 3 star
Kris Durham 3 star
Knowshon 4 star
Drew Butler 2 star
Richard Samual 5 star
Get my point?

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Benny:
YOU GOT IT FIGURED OUT!!!! YOU SHOULD BE COACHING AT UGA!!!! WOW, WHAT WISDOM!!!

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So it was ll damons fault.

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That gurgling sound is the thUGA football team sinking faster and faster

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bah bah bah bah, you have an athletic director still feeling his way around the store. You have a president that really doesn’t like football or fraternities, or anything non academic. The brutal truth is very much what Fran talks about on the sports talk show this morning. You have the jelly fish, the transplant and the baseball man trying to talk about subjects they do not have an acumen to talk about and Fran, who just about predicted all this, saying Richt has got to go. This may be the only man in Georgia that understands what is going on and has the guts to say it. Maybe we don’t pay these intellectually challenged radio people enough money or Georgia has them in their pocket, but while Georgia burns they fiddle along with the rest of the press, though the light is starting to turn on there. Tenn. will be pass Georgia next year and watch even Mississippi pick up the pace. If you want to see emotion in Richt stop paying him, the man is literally too fat and happy. Seriously let the check get lost in the mail or bounce and then you will see a man with his hair on fire. Or tell him every time a kid goes to jail after six months of you not knowing about it or drives with a expired drivers license your pay is docked, that weeks pay. Son,the state of Georgia would be a safer place to live in over night.

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Good luck keeping their players out of jail. UGA you are the Clemson of the SEC.

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More spin from GM. “Improvement” sounds like it could be 6 or 7 wins. Nothing less than a 10 win season should be acceptable with the easy schedule we have in 2010. If MR shows passion, I am Mickey Mouse. I’m not sure GM has the guts to make a tough call and get rid of MR.

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UGA the State Joke!

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FIRE MARK RICHT.

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If Richt REALLY wants to get some passion and heart out of his team he should do the following.

On the first day of spring practice, take a copy of the depth chart and burn it in front of the team.

Then announce ALL positions are open and no one is getting a job based on tenure. If you’re a 5th year senior and a true freshman out plays you then you’ll find yourself on the bench period.

I bet you would see some players living up to potential, and some young stars emerge.

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Hey, I am just sitting at home by the fire. I would love to come back and coach the dawgs. McGarity has my number – call me!

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I doubt that any of the commentators on this blog know more about being an AD in the SEC than does Greg McGarity. Let’s give him a few more years and see if he knows what he’s doing. Having a Master’s in Management and an MBA, I think I can categorically say that the the burn the landscape approach that many are advocating is a long-term recipe for disaster. Let’s let cooler heads prevail For my part, I’m with McGarity..

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The fact remains that UGA had one of the most experienced – if not THE
MOST EXPERIENCED -Offensive Lines in the US this year, but run blocking and pass blocking were atrocious. UGA’s OL was defintely not up to par with what UGA used to have on a regular basis. I put blame for this squarely on the OL Line Coach. We could not “RAM THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD” on anyone this year.

Insofar as recruiting goes, I know Rodney Garner is the Recruiting Coordinator and I constantly read posts from fans wanting him gone. But does anyone really belive he gives a scholarship to a single kid without Mark Richt’s blessings? The entire coaching staff discusses prospects and who to offer. CMR is in charge of recruiting, Garner just gets paid for it and has a title.

CMR must require scholarships be given to “better” people, kids who do not get into trouble as often as UGA players do. And someone – hopefully he has that person in place now – must monitor the players’ activities on a regular basis. Then when one crosses the line – like I think the kid from Parkview (Caleb King) has – then kick him off the team like Florida did to Auburn’s $200,000 QB.

I say keep Mike Bobo another year to run the Offense, but immediately hire a new OL Coach (maybe after Feb 2nd). And when Alabama, Southern Cal, OK,Ohio State, and Florida offers someone, UGA should offer the same kid.

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How was the blocking atroscious? What was wrong with their technique? What should they have done different? Too much weight on their hand? Was it a tech problem or scheme? How would you get the OL to be able to “ram it down the field”? Coaches just love to play the worst person. Sometimes you just cant make chicken salad of Chicken crap. By the way, Myer didn’t kick the qb off the team. Academic decision by the school. Richt does have the final voice on recruiting but he does listen to his coaches. Please give me examples of x and o Richt should have done different, please be specific. I love the burn the depth chart! I wish it was that easy

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I think the fist coaching change should be with Andy Landers. A once proud program has faltered over the years to mediocrity at best with a lackadasical attitude. Every time I hear about UCONN’s womens BB program I get P.O. to know that Georgia let Maya Moore leave the state. Andy Landers needs to go NOW!!

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Go ICEDAWGS!. I have been to their games!! It is fun to watch and great atmosphere everyone should check them out!!

No more to say about the state of the football team we all know what it is and it is not good and it does start with CMR!!!

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The sole reason that Richt & Co. are still here is money. UGA would have to write checks or at least committ HUGE $$$ in a severance deal with him and the football coaching staff and it would be around $12,000,000.00 +. That would put the OUCH on the Athletic Board or UGA or both. Yes, the money is there but who would want to jettsion someone and absorb these huge outlays?

Recruiting and UGA’s needs being fufilled,the spring game, and any emerging G Day Dog stars, the summer upcoming and of course the game in the Dome with Boise State will determine how it goes from here on out.

Adams and McGarity really have no choice beyond writing huge checks. UGA is stuck for now.

UGA faithful, this time next year UGA will be celebrating a new staff and the future. We just have to endure this.

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Hey IronDawg,

The blocking was pretty bad. Those guys haven’t been coached on the proper way to drive someone down field. How many pancake blocks did you see those guys record this year? I sure didn’t see any. Something like that is all about proper technique, like maybe using short choppy steps in your footwork rather than striding or something similar. Frankly, in the Liberty Bowl, there were breakdowns in blocking that looked as though there was confusion about who had which defender. That can’t and shouldn’t happen after 12 games. If it does, it is because the O-line was not prepared properly to recognize who to block in the different formations they would face in the game. This isn’t rocket science by the way, there are only so many scenario’s.

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Read between the lines folks. McGarity demands improvement,that means another year like this one and CMR is a goner. If the program is vastly improved next year then that’s a good thing. Surely no one is expecting to win the East next year, are you? Many don’t think CMR can turn things around this year. I understand that, I have my doubts too, so either way, the team improves or CMR is gone. JUSt have to wait and see. Worst case scenario is we finish with 7-8 wins and lose a bowl game, you could argue for improvement or against it.

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Admittedly, I’m not the football expert-neither do I have to be. Football is a large business and it appears that many business principles are being ignored. Just an observation, but in my humble opinion our personnel-maybe not all-have reach their level of incompetence.

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maybe they have not been coached? I understand when a player doesnt produce it is because of lack of coaching. Ol was praised when he was at LSU. Saban liked him a bunch. Heck, Auburn wanted him too. He forgot how to coach this season. Lack of strength at the point of attack was the main problem for the OL. Bottom line no coach is perfect, and in that business, you must take the blame, and I understand that, but hopefully one day GA will find great coaching and win a NC

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McGarity sounds dissappointingly like Richt. That means nothing will chagne.

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Irondawg, I agree. I just wish MR would quit abdicating and start delegating responsibility. This may not be the case, but it does appear this way. I do believe we have a recruiting problem which can’t be blamed soley on RG. The adage, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” can be applied here. A more intense assessment of these recruits is needed; otherwise, too many resources will be spent in a reactive mode.

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I’m glad McGarity is displaying more common sense and calm than most posting here. I have a hard time believing many of you really are UGA graduates and/or gernuine fans/supporters of our program.

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Really!!! You call your self georgia fans and you ant even support your Head Coach and AD. With that mentality you can become a gator fan for all I care because the Bulldawg Nation doesnt need you

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We need to beat the teams we’re supposed to beat, and then beat a couple of teams with winning records. I think at least 9 wins must be a requirement with a win over Florida mandatory. We’ve got the easiest schedule next year that we are likely to ever have. I question this staff being able to make the necesary changes. If so, why haven’t they done it? Signing day will be significant. Will our poor coaching and record scare off top recruits?

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at least we can hold on to the memories of 80-83,

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It’s pretty hard to turn a ship around when it has a hole in it

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Support your team, otherwise get off the ship. I’m so sick of all of you FAIRWEATHER FANS. Richt bashing is a product of HIS OWN SUCCESS. Nobody remembers the Goff or Donnan years. The AD knows what he is doing. I for one am ashamed at the players. The have to step up and become leaders. I think Ogletree will do it.

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We won 10 games two years ago. We have had two disappointing years. The entire decade in the 90s was disappointing. Give it time people.

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I agree. I miss the days of smashmouth football. I would love to see our RB run someone over.

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i wish we had ga problems

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and if you haven’t noticed we have not only been caught and passed by…..we have been left in the dust and are struggling to stay ahead of the South Carolina’s of the world.

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I’d give Georgia the edge over Florida this season, Muschamp’s 1st year, 1st year coaches don’t do well in the SEC. So Georgia will need to beat SC to win the SEC East. Need a good D-Line and good LB’s to stop Lattimore. And need to run the ball 40x-50x getting 4-5 ypc. Those are not the only changes need to make.

1- Recruit excellent DL
2- Hand it to Washaun Ealey 40x a game, even if he fumbles every once in a while, Bobo didn’t throw Murray to the bench when he threw multiple int’s against Florida or UCF, so no double standard with the RB.
3- Move B. Smith to offense, let him get 10 touches a game. Use him like Florida used Percy.
4- Let Murray gets 75 yards rushing a game.
5- Get the TE the ball 10x a game. Use the tigh end the way Atlanta used Gonzales and the way Florida used their TE 2 years ago.

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Go Dawgs!

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LMBO!

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Rumors are that Richt will take a position with another team in Mid Feb 2011. He’s gone.

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This better translate into a more advanced and creative playbook. If Richt is betting his career on keeping Bobo, for what ever reasons, he better take control of a dismal offense that can’t score against any formidable defense. Yeah you score against chumps, but 6 to 9 points (3 fieldgoals) aginst others just is not cutting it! I mean you guys are vanilla with vanilla icing. All that talent and you got no clue what to do with it…………………..I’m so sick and tired of the we are just missing assignments excuse……hey, everybody is big and strong, you can’t just dominate on strength alone. You have to play power….finesse football. If the other team is on their heals, then strenght carries over. but when folks know your every move…..well you just get dominated. Formidable defenses ran downhill on your this year and in the past…..HINT…more slant packages, more Orson Charles down the hash(and any where else), more shot gun (play action all the time got our QB beat up bad), more draw plays and wheel routs for the backs. Come on do your f’n job better…….you should go after Ralph Friedgen and buy yourself more than the 1 year you are going to get with Bobo!!!!

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Coach Richt says we are close. Judging by this past SEC season, I’d say $180,000 ought to close the gap. Can I get an amen? Reverend? Reverend?

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And amen CFO!

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Greg McGarity: “We are working as hard as we can to turn this ship around.”

…weren’t those the same words spoken by Edward John Smith, the Captain of the RMS Titanic in avoiding the iceberg? Just saying.

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McGarity you need to step in and let Coach Richt no you’re behind UGA not Mike Bobo ang Todd Gran tham need to make changes he bring in coaches from Vandi & Uconn get real

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Gulpppp Gulppppp…SS UGA sinking slowly beneath the sea..Hahahahahahahha

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Both Joseph and swamprat have it right. Richt cannot eastblish a dominant team. By dominant I mean beat Florida…regularly. CMR has not recruited well, kept a desciplined team (less penalties doesnt translate to more disciplined), kept players OUT OF JAIL or proven an ability to be consistently on top of the SEC East,…much less the SEC! Sorry…he has to go!

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all this crap about “showing passion” is a bunch of bull. Did Tom Landry show passion? Did Bear Bryant? Ray Goff showed all kinds of passion on the sidelines…and couldn’t coach his way out of a paper sack.

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Boise State will eat us up and spit us out. And the refrain will be, “play it again Sam, and make it a double.”

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Hey, we did have our signature win for 2010 – UK!!

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How do the techies find a reason to talk crap? We know we suck – but guess what, you suck worse!

How does 2-8 sound since 2000? That’s right nerds, as fall as we have fallen – we have still beaten you geeks 8 out of the last 10..

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Maybe Ga needs to hire back Martinez at DC. The 2010 Ga D was worse than ever. They are paying grantham $750,000 for that? Funny stuff.

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The present UGA athletic director is a clueless lying sack of shet. That said…

I must respond to misguided apologists. Losses are part of sports. They happen. I have been sports enthusiast/reporter for half a century. Please bear with me. Mark Richt can no longer motivate players. This has never been more evident than over the last two seasons. The true downward spiral began prior to Oklahoma State disaster. Opponent disrespected Bulldogs by stating victory by outrageous margin. Any decent head coach would have been able to motivate team out of its head. Unmotivated Bulldogs of MR embarrassed themselves in Oklahoma. That embarrassment has stretched over the last two seasons at least. Know when Bulldogs actually played like Bulldogs all of us know and love? Think about it. Against Hawaii. Seems like centuries ago. If MR wants to be another Billy Graham I wish him nothing but the best. I want a Bear Bryant at Bulldog football helm not an evangelist. Bulldogs now win close against untalented teams but get blown out by upper echelon squads. Okay for a technical school or junior college but not for a proud institution like the one in Athens. There is no optimism in Bulldog Nation any more. Fans, whether they admit it or not, do not EXPECT the Bulldogs to win. I certainly do not. Tennessee Tech. Probably. Vandy. Maybe. Any upper tier SEC team. Forget it. This should be unacceptable to those in charge in Athens. It is not. That is what frustrates me more than anything else. Stick with the status quo. For more defeats like ones to Colorado and (insert team here). Truly sad. STENDEK

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He will never be able to get a team up for a Game and thats the bottom line folks

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It is not only a lack of emotion shown by CMR, it is also the players knowing there is no accountability for their poor play or even much for their off field transgressions. I like how the new DC gets after his guys. If he gets a few new pieces to the puzzle, they will be much improved this year. CMR is not able to motivate these guys anymore for whatever reason. If he shows some fire out there and lets them know what is expected of them, on and off the field, you will see a different team this year. I think that the AD we have now has let him know that in no uncertain terms in thier meetings from the way he talks. CMR can still coach, but can he still motivate these guys, is the question. As for the OC, he needs to be taught also, and if CMR puts more in the the offensive side of the game, the Dogs can be a pretty fair football team.

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McGarrity is losing altitude like a lead balloon. He’s proving himself to be a joke with laughable attempts to spin what is obvious to the entire country.

It’s too bad that the UGA Board of Regents hired McGarrity on because of his UGA mafia ties rather than doing a nationwide talent search for a proven ATHLETIC DIRECTOR INSTEAD OF THE DEPUTY.

Ah, this is the ugly reality. When Richt finally gets fired (and he will), we will handicap ourselves once again by making a political selection to replace him instead of a professional nationwide search. We will probably wind up with that UGA mafia bubba Kirby Smart who has absolutly no experience as a head coach and understands how politics works at UGA to the detriment of a quality program that competes for championships. Perhaps we all should just get used to the fact that UGA football will never be a real contender for the NC unless it’s a fluke and that we have been thinking about how we would like it to be instead of the way it is.

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Heard this one?

Richt to LSU

WOW!

Miles to Michigan, Richt to LSU.

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About recruiting, and its failures. We all know some coaches here and there. For years, I have heard stories about UGA recruiting, or the lack thereof. Lots of holes there. I have even heard the word “corrupt” and how “biased” the recruiters are and have been. There are a lot of schools that the recruiters have never laid foot upon, and the recruiters have been relying on a few ‘good ole boy’ coaches to feed them fodder. I would say, clean house ASAP.

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Devil’s Advocate
January 9th, 2011
1:46 pm

About recruiting, and its failures.

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are you stupid….or just clueless?
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UGA’s number 8 this year
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number 12 last year.
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number 6 the year before last.
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number 5 the year before that.
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How is being ranked 8th this year a recruiting failure?……moron
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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/columns/story?columnist=luginbill_tom&id=3233826

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Head over to Starksville and Get Dan. He will take this team to the Dome Next YEAR!!!!!!

Think about it.

With UGA’s talent Dan can get it done. He had lessser Talent and he Took Miss St way farther than anyone thought they could go This Season.

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others are saying Richt will take the Michigan job, as they are in need of somone with ethics.

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Just heard Fran Tarkenton’s SCATHING analysis of Mark Richt and the UGA football program – if you haven’t heard it you need to go to Dawgrant.com and que it up – see what you think. Ouch. Coming from a devoted dawg fan like Fran this is eye opening. After listening to him I think Richt has one more year to prove he can still lead the program – another mediocre campaign and he could be gone. Wow……….

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