Help wanted: UGA posts vacancy on football coaching staff
You’ve got a few more days to apply for Stacy Searels‘ old job.
The vacancy on Georgia’s football coaching staff was officially posted on the university’s employment website Friday. The posting says applications will close on Feb. 4.
(While no one expects the job to be filled by someone who learns of it from perusing the website, it nevertheless is required to be posted for five business days.)
The posting doesn’t provide much in the way of specifics about the job, defining it simply as a “replacement” position for an “asst football coach.” Among the lines left blank: salary range and work hours.
Job duties include “evaluating and recruiting qualified student-athletes … whose athletic and personal skills make them highly competitive in the SEC and nationally, and whose academic potential makes them good candidates for a meaningful academic experience and graduation at the University of Georgia….”
Interested, anyone?
And speaking of Searels, the offensive line coach got a $135,000 raise to leave UGA for Texas. Click here for more on that.
– Tim Tucker, UGA blog
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innocent bystander
January 31st, 2011
5:13 am
I think (hope) the leading contender was too loyal to jump before signing day. That makes me think the leading conender (whoever it may be) is not someone like Ralph Fridgen or a non-Super Bowl NFL guy who has no recruiting or other responsibilities beyond the end of the 2010 season. Some of the young guys (at UCF and Duke ) who’ve been mentioned have relationships with their current Head Coach which go back to undergraduate days.We can no longer tout ouselves as offering a stable situation in Athens. Any candidate will swallow hard and measure risk.This makes me think it will be someone young and hungry. But surely Coach RIcht has his man by now.Maybe we’ll know by the end of the week.
branden smith
January 31st, 2011
5:14 am
Ill take it
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Columbus Dawg
January 31st, 2011
5:45 am
Too bad he can’t hire a nose guard for this defense that he has committed to. I don’t know what gave Richt the idea that he had 3 or 4 years to implement this defense, but I can tell you he does not. Stop the run this year or seeeee yaaaa.
Destin Dawg
January 31st, 2011
6:00 am
Richt needs to coach up the offense and QB’s with aggressive play calling.. .. trickeration, reverses, fake kicks, no huddle, etc……. Grantham with Belin, and Lakatos are all experienced and I ‘m sure will see a great Junkyard Dawg DDDDDDEfense this year… with the Dream team class coming in… PLAY”EM ALL… early… no seniority system … Go Dawgs !!
NCdawg
January 31st, 2011
7:01 am
Fire Bobo as offensive coordinator and hire Fridgen.
Mark
January 31st, 2011
7:07 am
Richt must have his man in place since the job has been posted. The likely candidate will know to apply and be announced right after signing day.
lilhomer
January 31st, 2011
7:10 am
any news on mike foley of uconn taking the OL job?
Palm City Dawg
January 31st, 2011
7:12 am
FRIDGEN
Gravy Train
January 31st, 2011
7:16 am
CMR is putting together the best recruiting class UGA has ever seen, and yet, there is still this vocal minority of morons talking about firing? You think some flash in the pan coach from out of state is gonna do that. There are maybe three other coaches in America who could build a class like this. None of them are ever coming to Georgia to coach. I don’t want them anyway. UGA is in great hands. For all the firinf squad fair-weather nimrods: When UGA is back in the limelight, just stay away. Nobody likes two faced drama queens.
CJJScout
January 31st, 2011
7:22 am
Hopefully CMR retires from UGA in 20-30 years and we can point to this year as the year the tides turned upwards forever.
The Dogfather
January 31st, 2011
7:24 am
Bert Williams
Gmc head coach -was a gratude assistant under donnan. Won a couple of nc’s at gmc. Everyone loves this guy and he is a winner
Supervisor
January 31st, 2011
7:41 am
@Dogfather,
Sure…..What a delightful idea…..
woebegong
January 31st, 2011
7:43 am
We will get a good coach and UGA will be much improved in the next couple of years I think. Get off CMR’s back as I believe he still has what it takes to make the DAWGS champions. That said, I will now wait for all of the jerks that have nothing better to do but cut down UGA sports to post your negative Doo Doo. I too, have expressed, in my humble opinion, areas I think can be improved in coaching, but I am no more informed than 95% of the people on here and not really qualified to pass judgement. College football, is result oriented and all folks see is the win and loss column most of the time.
Ford Tough
January 31st, 2011
7:44 am
Hopefully when CMR is fired from UGAthen in 20-30 years and we can point to this year as the year the tides turned upwards forever.
Cvill dawg
January 31st, 2011
7:44 am
Right on gravy train
D A DoubleU G
January 31st, 2011
7:44 am
I theorize after signing day, Bobo switches to QB coach with a more active role in recruiting, Garner takes on the OL, and Ralph Friedgon(sp?) is hired as new OC.
That would make me very excited for September.
I hope everybody has a great day!! Go Dawgs!!!
Snake Doc
January 31st, 2011
7:45 am
Every year UGA is one of the top 10 schools in recruiting. Then what happens? Can’t coach’em up! The CEO is more concerned with his mission work than with winning football games.
For all you blind lovers of the CEO, after he’s fired don’t come back here, we don’t want morons for a fan base!
how2fish
January 31st, 2011
7:48 am
Gravy Train great post..! innocent bystander thanks for foregoing all the FIRST B.S and I agree we should know something by the end of the week. Should be and interesting week!
Columbus Dawg
January 31st, 2011
7:51 am
Someone enlighten me as to why on earth anyone would put Rodney Garner in charge of the OL.
Big Al
January 31st, 2011
7:54 am
I hope you are right but at this point, I am going to have to see it to believe it.
“Hopefully when CMR is fired from UGAthen in 20-30 years and we can point to this year as the year the tides turned upwards forever.”
Steve Superior
January 31st, 2011
7:56 am
I think Ive seen this movie before. Great Recruiting and Horrible Coaching.
Grim Reaper
January 31st, 2011
8:00 am
Maybe UGA should hire Merlin the magician to coach. Seeing that this years version of a dream team will be either busy filling the blotter on their rap sheets while wasting their freshmen season and or looking to transfer when Richt is fired after the dream ends, cemented by loss number 19 of 22 in Jacksonville….
D A DoubleU G
January 31st, 2011
8:03 am
**To everybody (Tech fans) who LOVE to point out that UGA “always has a top 10 recruiting class, then what happens”……..**
Please remember to point out that the top 10 recruiting class you speak of is usually only 4th or 5th best in the SEC.
Thanks!
GO DAWGS!!!
Lee
January 31st, 2011
8:04 am
If I were Mark Richt I would look closely at the Air Foce Academy’s OL Coach, Clay Hendrix. He’s a Georgia boy who made good. He played for legendary Commerce Coach Ray Lamb (who’s still involved at UGA) and brought in a state championship while a player at Commerce. He has taken 2 star, undersized linemen and helped Air Force be in the top 5 NCAA rushing teams since he’s been there. He still has family in the Commerce area. Friedgen is a pipe dream; he’s not going to go from head coach to OL coach. OC maybe but not OL coach. Hendrix is good, real good.
the answer
January 31st, 2011
8:05 am
Will the new OL coach for UGA be a somebody or a nobody ? The answer is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2oZWpqtNi4
how2fish
January 31st, 2011
8:09 am
Grim Reaper good morning over the weekend did your new coach win any football games? You may very well be the guys that need Merlin..but time will tell.
Big Dawg
January 31st, 2011
8:13 am
Lest anyone forget, and it seems a lot on here conveniently have………Mark Richt recruited Matt Stafford, Knowshon Moreno, Mohammed Massaquoi, AJ Green, and Justin Huston. All NFL first round caliber players (for all you nit pickers, MoMass may have been early 2nd round). While great recruiting is the life blood of any program, don’t automatically equate bringing in an outstanding class with winning championships. Even Ray Goff was a great recruiter, and he couldn’t coach his was out of a wet paper bag when it came to x’s and o’s. So the moral of the story should be, enjoy the great class CMR and his staff are putting together, then judge how they coach them in the fall. I am as excited as anyone that Georgia will sign a top 5 class, but I also know that it does not erase the fact that these players still have to be coached and trained and brought up to speed on the college level. In the end, it all comes down the the W’s.
Grim Reaper
January 31st, 2011
8:19 am
SmellsLikeFish, buena dias to you 2, he didn’t win any games, but he hasn’t lost 18 of the last 21 neither. This is a new decade, a new century, no longer will Mike Cavan or George Hafner be able to rent the house across the street from Hushel Walkers house to see who’s coming or going nor will they be a million 3 hundred higher than Clempson when they handoff the briefcase at 2 AM nor will any of this years “dream team” get 2 Trans AM’s, let alone one. Times have changed, we’re all on a level field now, no more 100 handshakes, well, Auburn being the rule. But it’s a level field now, coaches win on the field, and if one of their asst’s. is stupid enough to make the choke sign to a backup FG kicker, he better hope he misses…
D A DoubleU G
January 31st, 2011
8:21 am
Big Dawg,
Take any of Richt’s teams, even last year’s, and put them in the ACC. They would be ACC champs 10 years running, but wouldn’t have sniffed the BCS, because the ACC sucks so bad.
I would rather be where we are, and one day finally catch a break against the SEC boys. I think this year’s class is different, in the notion that we are not only recruiting great athletes, but seemingly great leaders.
I cannot wait to see the 2012 and 2013 version of UGA football. Don’t have too many unreasonable expectations for this coming year, but do plan on seeing improvements.
Grim Reaper
January 31st, 2011
8:22 am
Well said Big Dawg:
“In the end, it all comes down the the W’s”
http://www.3W-18L’s-last21.com
Calhoundawg
January 31st, 2011
8:25 am
Yep, why these guys continue to want to come to UGA and help maintain the second-highest APR in the league (#1 Vandy), play for the second-highest revenue producing athletic department in the country (1st SEC), and leave for the NFL as juniors is beyond my understanding. Gravy Train, I’ve said it before a thousand times, and rest assured you speak for all the UGA fans with half a brain. CMR will be at Georgia for a very, very long time. Go Dawgs !!!!
Remarkable
January 31st, 2011
8:27 am
Tim, who do you think they will choose? Inquiring minds want to know!
woebegong
January 31st, 2011
8:38 am
Snake Doc,
The last I checked, everybody was entitled to their own opinion. You have yours and I and others have ours. This is a open blog, and all opinions are good to have.
Using your reasoning; If CMR does well in the future, should you not come on here anymore?
Lindsey
January 31st, 2011
8:44 am
I want to take a ride on the Gravy Train…well said!! GO DAWGS!!!
Big Dawg
January 31st, 2011
8:47 am
Good point D A DoubleU G. Mark Richt should definitely go back to coaching in the ACC. Especially since he can’t seem to beat Florida and Alabama and Auburn and Mississppi State……..And if you want to check Rivals.com to look at recruiting, it looks like Saban and Bama are ranked #1 in this year. Should we go ahead and award them the National Championship in 2013, based on your reasoning?
how2fish
January 31st, 2011
8:48 am
Grim Reaper your right new decade and new century time for the Gator fans to hold their breath and see exactly what they have in this new regime.. I just hope they aren’t as nuts as some many other fan bases these days…I mean if the new coach doesn’t win the SEC this year will they be howling for his head? Will 8-4 be enough for him to keep his job? I haven’t looked at the Gator schedule what are your thoughts?
kerryb
January 31st, 2011
8:49 am
I love the post by Gravy Train at 7:16 AM, he hit the nail on the head. That post said all of what I was thinking.
kerryb
January 31st, 2011
8:51 am
Big Dawg, you’re obviously one of those fair weather nimrods Gravy Train was talking about.
Columbus Dawg
January 31st, 2011
8:54 am
Right on Big Dawg, no more excuses. The above post that assumes Richt STILL has what it takes to bring a National Title to UGA has no merit. Mark Richt had what it took as an OC to help take Florida State to MNC, but at Georgia, his first SEC Championship team had one loss. Guess who it was to?
I also remember what all of the Georgia people here in Columbus thought about the 2005 so called championship. Lost to the same SEC East team again that year. Had to have that same SEC East team get upset by the Chickens to vault mighty Richt into the Dome.
I have news for all the homers, there is better than 50% of the money people who wnat Richt gone now. The biggest part of these people know what UGA Football is supposed to be, a good strong defense, and a strong running game. These last two years are not the only years by far that these two aspects of the game were missing. I really don’t think that Richt understands that these are by far the two most important aspects of UGA’s football program. Richt likes to talk a lot about schemes, but talk ain’t getting it done. If the O line is not taught to effectively run block, then all of his schemes are a moot point.
I can promise you that I am far from being a fair weather fan, and there were plenty of D.A. blind homers who kept wanting to give Ray Goff more time. Goff was a D.G.D., just was not right for head coach. Got to have someone who will not take any crap, period.
I know what the homers will say next, they will want to start comparing Richt’s record to Dooley’s ect., ect. The problem with that is this, Dooley vaulted the program to the next level. Since that time UGA has become one of the largest College Football brands in the nation. Second only to Texas in funds. Mark Richt has carried away more money from UGA than any one man in history, for any reason, any sport. Results are now going to be demanded, and the poor showing in the Bowl game just made things worse.
kerryb
January 31st, 2011
8:57 am
Columbus Dawg, refer to post by Gravy Train at 7:16. NIMROD
mark
January 31st, 2011
9:06 am
Columbus Dawg is a moron. He has NEVER played a down. Richt will be just fine.
DOG
January 31st, 2011
9:07 am
The bowl game was a joke,who cares,The fans ,players coaches,didnt.Move on.
Bball Dawg
January 31st, 2011
9:08 am
D A DoubleU G, why must we keep “waiting” for 2-3 years down the road? Don’t contribute to this often, but do read most days. Folks here have been “looking forward to next year” or “in two years” since Stafford was coming to Athens. I don’t want to “wait” anymore. I want to win NOW and win BIG (titles)! CMR is a good man, no doubt. However, it is time get it done on the field, PERIOD!
wdm
January 31st, 2011
9:11 am
Anyone who says Mark Richt can’t coach is an absolute idiot..the guy is one of the top 10 winningest active coaches in the nation.
athdog pride
January 31st, 2011
9:15 am
Every program has down years. We’re no different. I look for this years class, if they all sign, to help immensely, but not until 2012, at the earliest. Perhaps Crowell, if he comes, will be big help but we’ve got to get better line play to run the ball, regardless of who the back is.
I’m a big CMR fan, but if he doesn’t show improvement this year, I’m afraid he won’t be around to reap the rewards of this years’ signing class. The question on the floor is: What does it take this season for CMR to keep his job?
Columbus Dawg
January 31st, 2011
9:15 am
Hey kerryb, It’s a shame that people who are knowledgible about UGA football have to put up with D.A.’s like you and Gravytrain. There is not one of these people that I mention that does not want Mark Richt to succeed in turning this thing around. They are however football savy enough to know what it will take to do it. We will see how the coaching changes play out. From this day until September 3 the largest factor in Mark Richt’s world will be off the field troubles and arrests. Another year anywhere close to 2010, and Richt won’t make it to the Boise game.
Paul N Destin
January 31st, 2011
9:16 am
HRD posting is a batch! I have to hand it to you CMR fans because you’re playing the game at a different speed than most. If you look at the guys record you clearly see that Neal Callaway and Brian Van Gorder was the reason for his early success!! Stay pat with your guy because the other schools have upgraded around you with coaches that are hungry and they will pass you by regardless to your recruits. Good thing you have Ga Tech to knock around.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
January 31st, 2011
9:17 am
Those of you calling for Bobo’s head will be disappointed, because Bobo cannot be fired since he is tight with the Dooleys.
WDM: being in the top ten is fine, having a few national championship trophies and the respect of other programs are more important, thus work harder on the last 2 points.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
January 31st, 2011
9:19 am
The only thing Athens gets excited about and attempts to brag about is recruiting, which is sort of like winning a warmup then choking when it counts.
Big Dawg
January 31st, 2011
9:20 am
Kerryb, let’s keep this on an adult level. I actually have two SEC rings on my mantle, but that’s beside the point. Mark Richt is a good man and has done a fine job recruiting, which as I said before is obviously important. In the end though, games are played on the field. Teams like Alabama, Florida, and even Mississippi State are all moving forward. And when everyone has the same caliber talent, a lot of it will come down to coaching. Coach Richt may be more suited to be an OC than make the tough and fast paced decisions as a HC. He is an extremely loyal individual, which serves him well as a friend but not as a CEO. WIth LeMay, Drew, Rome, Mitchell, you have the nucleus of a great squad. Coach Richt just needs to keep the pedal to the metal now, and if he needs help with administrative overload, or changing defensive coordinators on a timely basis, or Strength and Conditioning re-assignments, or even help with the offense, he should do so with a sense of urgency more than he has shown in the past.
Mobile Dawg
January 31st, 2011
9:21 am
You that want to keep posting that CMR is the greatest thing since sliced bread are simply ignoring the building blocks of the program. You can’t replace with logic, what logic didn’t put there in the first place. IF McGarity helps surround CMR with some quality “coordinators and position coaches” CMR will succeed. Alone, he has proven he can’t do it himself. Looking at facts, records, trends, they all speak volumes to your absolute “ignorance or denial, or both”. If you need cold, hard, reality, just look at our performance in the Liberty Bowl. I admire your loyalty but am glad you’re not running my affairs.
roughrider
January 31st, 2011
9:23 am
With the recruits CMR has brought in this year, it won’t be a problem to find a good OL coach to work with them.
UGA recruiting
January 31st, 2011
9:26 am
Gravy Train
D A DoubleU G (8:03 post) You guys nailed it
To add to Big Dawg’s points about recruiting. Richt with Stafford, Moreno, and Goff with Hearst, Zeier, Hastings and others- Last five years with Richt, Goff pretty much his whole tenure- NOT ENOUGH BIG UGLIES, offense and defense. That is what I like about this dream team, we are loading up on quality beef on both sides of the line.
JB
January 31st, 2011
9:28 am
Having a great recruiting class and a national caliber winning team are two totally different things. UGA cinsistently has great recruiting classes and every year we hear the fan base talk about an ujpcoming either natdional championship or SEC chanmpionship. Befre we crown this years recruting class as great let’s see how they produce in the next several years and maybe even more critical let’s see how many of them are even eligible to play from an academic standpoint or fram a behavioral standpoint.
Dixiedawg
January 31st, 2011
9:31 am
I keep seeing the post to fire Bobo. Have you actually sat down and look at the stats the offense has produced under Bobo. According to the stats he has done his job well. I believe most of the problem goes to the defense. If the defense can’t stop the other team from scoring, our offense will always seem like they aren’t doing their job when they are. We need to concentrate on our new defensive coordinator and pound into the defense to stop the run and then the pass and the scoring. Our offense can’t do everything. I think Bobo is doing a great job. Richt is a great coach and one of the winningest coaches in the country. Georgia must be doing something right, Florida keeps recruiting our former players to fill in their vacant staff positions–head coach and assistant athletic director.
Mobile Dawg
January 31st, 2011
9:38 am
Dixiedawg, do you know what a game plan is? That said, Bobo has done a great job recruiting but he’s in over his head as an OC.
woebegong
January 31st, 2011
9:40 am
This team and class has a chance to be very special for UGA. That said, if CMR doesn’t get them up to a high level then maybe it will be time to consider a new HC. Let’s give him a chance. I personally think, he can do it. As for the DC; He has only had one year to coach up a whole new defense and did not have the benefit of recruiting his own players for his scheme. Comparing him to VanGorder is not a really fair evaluation. It seems to me that he was the DC of the Falcons this year, and they got whupped by the Packers in the playoffs. Should he now be fired from the Falcons?
Support the program and the coaches running it. GOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSS.
AltamahaDawg
January 31st, 2011
9:41 am
Who are these fans that keep talking about a NC because we had a good recruiting class? I keep hearing that corrected, but I don’t actually see anyone (making a serious point anyway) saying that?
Dr. Phil
January 31st, 2011
9:41 am
Richt has put together great recruiting classes many times, and they frequently go bust. Caleb King was going to be the next Herschel Walker, but he can’t find the drivers’ license office or make it to class. At UGA, the police blotter is the best predictor of success or lack of it.
DawginLex
January 31st, 2011
9:42 am
Ingredients for a hot(flaming) seat:
1.) 2008 preseason #1 ranking
2.) Lose to Alabama and Florida in 2008 by big margins
3.) 2009 keep your college roomie as DC
4.) 2010 finish 6-7
5.) Another top 10 recruiting class
6.) Blame your problems on strength and conditioning
7.) Have your AD schedule Boise State for your 2011 opener
Welcome to the hot seat Coach Richt.
It is all about the W’s now. All of the blame that can be cast has been done.
What do you intend to do?
Top Recruit
January 31st, 2011
9:45 am
Saban is on the way out in Bama. He has done all he can do. And Auburn, well, that sound you hear is the chains pulling them down for major NCAA violations. We think their party is over.
Pawsitive Panther
January 31st, 2011
9:49 am
I guess I’m one of the dumba$$ blind homer fans that support CMR. I remember where he brought us from. I am not ready to pull the plug on him after his first losing season. He has earned more rope than some of these “UGA” fans are giving him.
People tend to forget that a new coach can be worse than what you have. Ask UF.
MikeP
January 31st, 2011
9:56 am
DOG
January 31st, 2011
9:07 am
“The bowl game was a joke,who cares,The fans ,players coaches,didnt.Move on.”
———————————————————-
Therein lies a major problem. If the players and coaches weren’t embarrassed enough over a miserable season to get fired up and WIN a bowl game, there is something sadly lacking. The thing lacking is leadership and that starts with the head coach.
Best move would be to fire Richt one day after signing day, so a new guy can start off with this great class instead of letting Richt & co. have a year or two to coach them down to another 6-7 year.
Delbert D.
January 31st, 2011
9:59 am
Friedgen has never been an OL coach, but he would be a good guy to install a modern offense as OC. Then in 3 years or so, turn the scheme over to someone else.
As to Bobo, he could coach QBs. Or, following the conventional logic at Georgia for misfit assistant coach responsibilities, he could coach the DL.
Calhoundawg
January 31st, 2011
10:02 am
Paul N Destin, so noted. Just for the record (again), legendary UGA coach Vince Dooley did not win his 3rd SEC title until his 13th season. Mark Richt has two in ten seasons. Do the math. That leaves CMR three seasons to equal Dooley’s mark, and two seasons to beat it. Further, Dooley did not win his national championship until his 16th season. Get out your calculator. College football today with its super-athletes and mega-conferences is an entirely different animal than when Dooley coached. Mark Richt is one of, if not the finest, man, coach, and representative of ANY program/university in the nation — including winning percentage! You guys simply look foolish with your “I’m-a-pundit” Richt-bashing rhetoric. Oh well, enjoy the limelight while you can. This Georgia fan will be here to see Richt raise the SEC Championship Trophy again. BTW, how would you like your crow served? Go Dawgs !!!!!
how2fish
January 31st, 2011
10:02 am
MikeP where were you when Utah beat hell out of Bama a couple of years ago in the Sugar Bowl ? Seems holding on to him has worked out for the Tide..
DawginLex
January 31st, 2011
10:06 am
I have supported Coach Richt and will continue to do so. I’m just pointing out that his seat is clearly “hot” and that he has run out of places to point the blame.
He has the talent.
He has a new DC
He has a new S&C coach(although i see this taking more than 6 months to fix)
He can hire a new OL coach
He could demote Bobo to QB coach only and go back to calling plays and really take the bull by the horns and say “this is my team”.
I hope he pulls it off.
shankit
January 31st, 2011
10:07 am
Fire BoBo??? and you will have
a bunch of South Georgia recruits
decommiting.
DawginLex
January 31st, 2011
10:09 am
MikeP,
Fire Richt the day after NSD?
So all these kids that want to play for Coach Richt sign on the dotted line and the next day, he gets fired and never gets to coach them?
That has to be the dumbest thing EVER typed on these blogs.
Think about your statement and I will expect to see something from you stating “I made a mistake typing that”.
Your kid gets recruited by Richt, he sign s to play at UGA and the next day Richt gets fired? You will be happy?
Think son.
monty
January 31st, 2011
10:18 am
CMR has never been committe to the run. Remember what Tubberville said,”You have to be able to run in this league.” Implying that CMR’s philosophy of pass 1st, run to set up more passing, won’t work in the SEC. So far that has panned out true. Whether by lack of talent in the backs or O-line we are usually toward the bottom of the pack running, in attempts and yardage gained. That says one of three things to me 1. The talent is not there to do so. 2. The coaching is not there to do so. 3. The offensive philosophy to do so is not there. You tell me. Perhaps #4 should be all of the above.
monty
January 31st, 2011
10:22 am
Bama’s bowl game didn’t mean squat either but they played like it was for the NC. Think about it.
Bong Dog
January 31st, 2011
10:22 am
How ’bout Bobby Cox??
lazydawg
January 31st, 2011
10:26 am
God bless Taxas!!
lazydawg
January 31st, 2011
10:27 am
I ment God bless Texas!!
JB
January 31st, 2011
10:28 am
with this class, I’d be willing to give Richt THREE MORE YEARS regardless IF he would do NOW what he did on the defensive side of the ball…..AND FIRE THE ENTIRE Offensive staff. Bring in Ralph to run the offense, NEW top notch OL coach, New RB and WR coach. Bring the heat and get serious and get the train moving. reshuffling chairs won’t get it.
Mobile Dawg
January 31st, 2011
10:31 am
Good morning Calhoun. The difference between myself, and probably others who choose to point out that we’re not happy with the program, and you and others that are eternally optimistic; is that I/we will gladly take our “crow” with salt and pepper if it comes to that. You, you will just come up with more excuses, reasons, for abyssmal failure in performance.
AltamahaDawg
January 31st, 2011
10:31 am
Mobile, would you agree that the amount of posters on these blogs that have ever said that Richt is the greatest thing since sliced bread would pale in comparison to the amount of poster that call him an idiot or a complete moron day after day? Neither is true of course, but wouldn’t it be fair to say that the hyper-negative in here have a huge issue with facts and logic as well?
Realistically most, and I’d say an overwhelming most, Dawg fans look at the situation with eyes wide open just as much as the next guy. The big difference (in the serious folks) seems to be in the level of optimism going forward. What seems odd to me is the less optimistic tend to focus entirely on Richt with very little discussion about the actual players and what we need to do, almost out of fear that if things were to turn around, somehow Richt would get any credit for it. Conversely, the more optiimistic tend to be a lot more focused on what it actually takes on the filed to be a better team, how and why that could happen, and only reference Richt because he is in fact the coach. Him or the next guy are stil going to have to the same things.
Mobile Dawg
January 31st, 2011
10:33 am
JB, calm down a bit. There has been talk, whether there’s substance to it or not we will see. I would be a totally happy Dawg at this point to see Bobo change his title to QB Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, Garner either reassigned, or dismissed, and Friedgen named OC. Those would be “phenomenal” moves.
Joey
January 31st, 2011
10:35 am
Why does someone always compare Richt’s record with Dooley’s?
He should be compared with his contemporaries. Coaches of programs with similar incomes and facilities.
In his first 5 years, he compared well (other than a lack of a BCS Title) with Stoops, Carroll, Saban, Brown, Tressel, Miles, etc.
In his last 5 seasons, he doesn’t compare well, only challenging for the SEC East once, in ‘07, but is still 7th in salary, at nearly $3 Million.
I believe there are a lot of coaches doing a lot more with less than Richt, who now is gonna begin “studying football.”
He better get up to speed in a hurry, cause McGarity probably looks at this list (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2010-coaches-contracts-table.htm) and sees a lot of coaches at programs making a lot less, but winning a lot more.
AltamahaDawg
January 31st, 2011
10:53 am
Not that it matters Joey, but 2008 was a closer challange for the East than 2007 was.
Snake Doc
January 31st, 2011
10:57 am
Woebegong – I was responding to another post that told us fair weather fans who want the CEO fired that whenn he wins big and wins championships that those of us who have publicly stated we want him fired, that we should be the ones that stay away.
Those of you who continually make excuses for and who love the CEO beyond any logical reason are either dimwitted or have a problem with comprehension. Of course that was one of you lovers that said it, so you’ll overlook or excuse it. Didn’t anyone ever teach those of you who are excuse makers that excuses are for Losers?
To answer your question – The minute the CEO wins a National Title I will come here and apologize to all the lovers and excuse makers. I wouldn’t hold my breath if I was you!
Until then – FIRE THE CEO!
tide roll
January 31st, 2011
10:59 am
They’ll hire Mcwhorter or Nall. Cheapest possible. It’s not about going out and getting the best, it’s about getting the cheapest, thus more money set aside for Richt’s raise, if he gets one. Pitiful.
Joey
January 31st, 2011
11:00 am
I thought we a lost a head-to-head tiebreaker with UT in ‘07?
You’re right though, if you don’t finish 1st, you don’t go to Atlanta . . .
PTC DAWG
January 31st, 2011
11:03 am
It’s beyond obvious that not many of the posters on this blog will be applying for the open job that this BLOG was about. LOL at some of you jokers. I sincerely hope you’re not UGA fans.
Mobile Dawg
January 31st, 2011
11:04 am
Alt, let me say that I bypass most of the truly negative posts that make their way on the board. I try to read only what is reasonable and applicable. As far as numbers that fit the “reasonable and applicable” criteria, I would venture they are fairly even. The rest I just filter out.
As far as my opinion, it comes from what I have stored in my “hard drive” really beginning in 2005 based on events, decisions, trends. I don’t fall for the “feeding frenzy” mentality. You are right in that a large portion of the negative posters that are “truly Dawg fans” are “followers” in their complaints. I admit, I don’t like the “offensive philosophy” that Richt has brought to Athens. I believe the reason we don’t have a running game is because we haven’t committed to one. The reason we aren’t as physical as we need to be is we haven’t committed to it. The reason we have had a lack of discipline in multiple areas is that Richt is soft. I can’t buy the down year, or bad class theory, there is a definite ‘fabric woven” trend here that ties all the problems we have together. Unfortunately the common denominator is Mark Richt. He is the man in charge, he made the hiring decisions, and these are the men who influence the players. When he’s made mistakes, I think he’s avoided responsibility, and hasn’t take action to correct the problems, until forced.
It is a very immature person that would paint themselves into a corner, i.e. criticize someone and hope they fail to save face. Most serious folks want what’s best for the program, an ultra successful Mark Richt, he hasn’t demonstrated yet, that he can deliver that. Maybe he has hit bottom, a while back I posted that Damon Evans presence may have been a demotivating experience for Richt; now that McGarity’s on board Richt has someone who’s serious about helping him. I don’t think Richt is an accomplished “communicator” and he sometimes hurts himself with some his statements.
I think McGarity is helping CMR make some tough decisions, they won’t happen nearly as quickly as a lot of the “right now” line of thinkers want them to. I will give Richt some time, and hope he succeeds, so long as I can see some positive things happening.
JE
January 31st, 2011
11:06 am
Enter your comments here
Joey
January 31st, 2011
11:06 am
But, Snake Doc, he’s gonna start take time to start studying football. Cutting edge football!
I’ve never heard a leader, of anything – a business, a church, a country, or a football program, make a statement like that.
Did he ever study football?
If so, when did he stop?
Just curious.
dawggone
January 31st, 2011
11:10 am
(2) months ago it was all about firing CMR, now that uga is having a really good recriuting class it’s all about keeping him for the next 20-30 years. What a bunch of band wagon jumpers. Half these recruits will either, not be as good as advertised, get hurt, get locked up, or transfer. Mark it down!
JE
January 31st, 2011
11:13 am
They do not need to hire Nall or McWhorter. They need a little change not more of the same in Georgia related coaches.
zbulldawg
January 31st, 2011
11:20 am
Hey WDM We’re not complaining about the wins.It,s those losts so close to home that is KILLING US!!!!!!!!!!
His one flaw is ........
January 31st, 2011
11:21 am
IF ………………….. IF ………………..IF CMR has one flaw, it is his penchant for building FSU type of teams with speed in skill positions and tons of talent. UGA is the prototypical FSU squad. What is missing??
FSU in the 80s belonged to NO conference and they beat up on the Tulanes and the Southern Miss Us and the Western KY teams of the world year after year. After they spent some time in the ACC, they begin to slide. Why? Bowdon and Richt were losing kids to the by then, fabulous SEC.
ACC is simply silly football. It really is small ball and it garners very little respect beyond Raleigh or Charlotte, or Blacksburg or Tallahasse and very, very , very little even in Atlanta. Atlanta is SEC country with UT and AU and U of F and Ole Miss and SC and UGA and LSU.
If Richt can build a SEC caliber defense that attacks and that is very physical, he can get back to winning. He does have the D side coaches to do that.
Go Dogs
Calhoundawg
January 31st, 2011
11:27 am
I point out Dooley’s record because he is the only qualifiable Georgia head coach with whom CMR may be compared and the last one to win an SEC title before Richt. Now that we’ve got that small, insignificant fact out of the way … Incidentally, Georgia went 6-5 in ‘79, the year before the national championship and evidently didn’t play in a bowl game. I’m not a stick-my-head -in-the-sand optimist, nor a delusional Mark Richt disciple. First of all, I sometimes can’t believe that these are Georgia “fans” that post the same old trash day after day. The “what have you done for me lately” attitude is childish and short-sighted (and applies to at least 95% of all coaches who haven’t won a NC in the last decade). Secondly, there is so massively more good that CMR does for Georgia than bad that it’s not even funny. Bottom line is that a lull/dip in a career a good as CMR’s is to be expected, especially given his successes. My belief is that if you’re not for us, you’re against us, and until Mark Richt is no longer the head coach at Georgia, I’m for him. Y’all might try Ranch Dressing on that crow — it goes good with just about anything. Go Dawgs !!!!
DawginLex
January 31st, 2011
11:42 am
Columbus Dawg,
Only a hater deluxe would state that the 2005 SEC title was a joke.
Remember before the year started?
Boise is going to wax us.
Shockley can’t replace Greene
Shockley got injured against Arkansas or else we would have destroyed Florida the next week. SC then waxed them the week after. We lost to Auburn on a desperation heave while DJ was playing at 80%.
We then destroyed LSU and almost came back against WV in the Sugar Bowl after being down 35-0.
That team without the injuries is every bit as good as the recent BCS champions who got to play joke of a team Ohio State for the title while having 1 or 2 losses.
AltamahaDawg
January 31st, 2011
11:45 am
I think the flaw that most folks ignore about Richt is the plain inexperience. Everyone of the issue he has faced in his Head coaching career is officially the first time he has been through it and had to figure out the solution. That’s why I can’t understand the “should have hired Muschamp” faction. Why on earth would we want to invest in another learning curve of a head coach? If you hire somebody new, let somebody else pay for their education first.
Mr. SEC
January 31st, 2011
11:50 am
To: NCDAWG
Ditto! I’ve been saying that since Searls decided to go.
Calhoundawg
January 31st, 2011
11:54 am
AltahamaDawg, don’t try to use logic on these Dawg’s fans imposters. They only want to see their names in print. Mark Richt’s flaw is that he’s just too nice a guy in today’s win-at-any-cost world. He hasn’t used bad judgment on some of these players, but gives them too many chances too improve themselves and their lives as people. Some years have gone poorly on the field as a result. For Coach Richt there is and always will be more important things than numbers in the win column. Maybe that is just stupid to some people, but I understand it. My hope is that we can get this thing turned around on the field and we Georgia fans can have our cake and eat it, too. God Bless you Coach Richt! Go Dawgs !!!
AltamahaDawg
January 31st, 2011
11:57 am
Joey, I think Dooley is often refered to because he has relevance to most all Georgia folks. Does that really need to be explained to you? I doubt it. He is also a guy who had to experience and overcome some of the exact same things going on in Athens right now, so his career (even if he was not at UGA) is a good example.
As far as you other list, Saban had been a Hcoach as long as Richt has, about 10 yrs before he really had it down. And frankly had more diverse expereicne. Miles has also had his ups and down, and Richt has equaled his ups (just not in title). Brown? do we really need to go there?
Plus it’s not 5 seasons, it’s 2, TWO. 2007 was an outstanding and 2008 by any of those coaches standard was a fantastic job to win 10 games. I guarantee they would all say so. (Saban just had our 2008 with a healthy team, so you know what he would say).
The real comparison to any other guys will come in the next few years, because they all had down year or will, BUT figured out how to turn it around, and we don’t know what Richt will do yet.
suwanee dawg
January 31st, 2011
12:00 pm
Get Friedgen as OL and Co- OC. Let Bobo do the one thing is very good at – coach the QBs. He can then learn from Friedgen, who would call the plays and open the offense. Richt won’t have to feel guilty about firing or substantially demoting the father of five. Doubtful since Friedgen is not coming but fun to dream. Go Dawgs.
suwanee dawg
January 31st, 2011
12:03 pm
Amen Dawginlex
AltamahaDawg
January 31st, 2011
12:15 pm
Snake Doc, speaking strictly on my behalf, I could not care less about anybody eating crow. Nobody is right or wrong, because not a single person in here knows that will happen. Whatever happens, I guarantee you it would not have been as simple as anyone in here would have said, and there will be factors most of us are just not aware of. It’s all pure speculation. The general tone is purely a matter of outlook, not knowing anything or being right.
Would be nice if it were possible to have conversation in here for the next 8 month , where every single post does not have to included the caveat “let’s fire the coach” and it was actually okay to talk about the football team.
DecDawg
January 31st, 2011
12:18 pm
Calhoundawg that crow eatin can go both ways so you may want to save your Ranch Dressing come half way thru next season. Big Dawg, Columbus Dawg and Mobile Dawg have all made very valid points concerning CMR and the state of this program. I’m not going to repeat what they have said, but it’s pretty clear that we’ve seen what CMR is and isn’t. I hope I’m wrong, but just don’t believe he is the leader that will get UGA to that next level that we all want to get to.
But all this is just fun on a blog. The fact remains…no more excuses! Win NEXT YEAR! PERIOD. To me that means getting to Atl. But will probably mean 10 or 9 wins to most others.
Loyal Dawg
January 31st, 2011
12:20 pm
Let’s see… we were paying Searels $290.000. I’ll do it for half- $145,000.
Putting my resume together now.
boise bulldog
January 31st, 2011
12:21 pm
Fire Richt and also fire Fox-by god they have not won an SEC crown in two years he has
been at
UGA. Fire everyone associated with the football team and the basketball team. Off the bandwagon for Fox. Fire the gymnastics coach-he did not win a Championship last year.
Fire the new volleyball coach they had a bad practice.
Now the responders can start in with their usual rhetoric(look it up).
Fire Mark Richt!
January 31st, 2011
12:24 pm
Gravy Train…Get a clue buddy! YADAYADAYADA…I’ve heard the same song and dance for many, many years now…
JB
January 31st, 2011
12:25 pm
We have got to quit giving up 500 yards and 35-40 points to WIN anything in the SEC. Period. Until that happens, we’ll be an average 6-8 win football team.
DawginLex
January 31st, 2011
12:28 pm
Agreed JB but in the bowl game, the defense actually looked as though they were starting to get it. 10 points allowed and we lost. That one was on the offense.
excessive celebration
January 31st, 2011
12:29 pm
The difference between UGa and the elite teams is the trenches. Especially on the defensive line. After the Jan Kemp fallout Ray goff lost about 20 defensive players. Blame saint vince for that. we should have let vince go and kept ERK!UGA has never recovered from the Jan Kemp fallout. then we finally got a defensive coordinator in van gorter and there again we got rid of the wrong coach because he wasnt a “saint”. Until UGA can stockpile big athletic linemen on both sides of the ball we can forget rising above mediocrity. Skill players are a dime a dozen, if the blocking breaks down you have no chance….period
BooMan
January 31st, 2011
12:29 pm
I’ll bet those offensive recruits for the ol’ THU of GA are really excited about joining a team that has to put out Help Wanted ads just to fill its coaching positions!!! BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Mobile Dawg
January 31st, 2011
12:35 pm
I don’t put a number on the wins next year, neither would McGarity. I expect to be competetive in all areas of the game, that’s the number one thing that we haven’t been. I expect a team to show up looking prepared to play which we haven’t. The W’s will take care of themselves if we’re ready to play. We won’t ever beat a good UF team every year, but we shouldn’t get blown out by 30 or 40, ever. Same with Bama, UT, everyone. Showing up not prepared to play my friends is all “coaching” in one way or the other.
AltamahaDawg
January 31st, 2011
12:38 pm
One of the phylosophical questions that McGarity probably asked himself was: If I did need to hire somebody for the hypothetical HC position at Georgia for 2011, would I consider hiring Mark Richt given the information I have on him, and the answer to the guestions he has given me in the “interview” over the past few weeks. I beleive that he concluded that he would. If you don’t think so, then consider what UF, AU, TN, (whom I would call about as close to contemporaries as there is) has done recently.
excessive celebration
January 31st, 2011
12:52 pm
with that thought on the trenches, being weak, and undermanned. Considering that UGA has had good coaching, plenty of skill playes. Just not enough horses on the lines of scrimmage. How many 5 star defensive line prospects has georgia secured in the last 20 years, how many prototype D ends. with the exception of the stinchcomb brother package deal, how many prototype offensive linemen? Why cant we sign som of those guys? they would make average skill players look great. Just skill players will never produce champions. Big hoss-es will.
AltamahaDawg
January 31st, 2011
12:52 pm
Completely agree with every point in that post Mobile.
Mobile Dawg
January 31st, 2011
12:59 pm
I would imagine McGarity has dissected the entire program thoroughly. At this point I see McGarity as the CEO of this program, with CMR as President of Football Operations. I think McGarity has provided the kind of Leadership that has helped Mark Richt see things more clearly in terms of what he needs to be successful. That means I agree with your 12:38 AltamahaDawg.
Mobile Dawg
January 31st, 2011
1:02 pm
I’m back on the “Mark Richt is a work in progress”, maybe Alt, as you said, “the experience of the challenges he’s faced” along with an “Athletic Director” that backs you, helps you, cares about you, will be the catylyst CMR needs to “Lead” effectively for the next decade. Gonna try and get finished with office chores and go play in the field…
DecDawg
January 31st, 2011
1:02 pm
Mobile I agree it isn’t about a specific number although i will guarantee that this number will get CMR fired…5 as in 5 or more losses.
excessive celebration
January 31st, 2011
1:07 pm
steve superior will you come coach our team? we are sorry for ruining your college carreer by always beating you. We feel like you got even with us when you were at UF. And if you come could you bring your defensive guy with you? also would you please bring some disciplined hard nosed players with you. thanks stevie. We got some visors and uniforms that will not remind you of fsu. Some pretty good golf courses too. Pleas come to uga we are sorry!!!!!!!!!!!
Mobile Dawg
January 31st, 2011
1:07 pm
I don’t know DecDawg at this point. If the CEO deems that things are indeed going in the right direction he might survive 5. It just depends on how strong everyone else is, and we don’t have a solid foundation to start from. The Liberty Bowl loss was bitter, but this last recruiting class if it finishes up as we hope, has diluted the taste some. Work, Mobile, Work….
wildbill
January 31st, 2011
1:13 pm
Hey Sam, play that record again, you know the one, its called “UGA HAS THE BEST RECRUITING CLASS I’VE EVER SEEN”. Its deja vu all over again.
DecDawg
January 31st, 2011
1:17 pm
Mobile, my point is that with the talent on this team if it loses 5 games again then it clearly is not improving in those areas that you and others have so effectively pointed out as the problems with this program which point ultimately to the man in charge and to his style and personality. I actually believe that coach G will get the D going next year and it will improve though will struggle early against some tough competition. I also believe McGarity uncharacteristically put Boise on the schedule as a test for CMR. So does he pass?
AltamahaDawg
January 31st, 2011
1:19 pm
I would agree that McGarity “seems” to be more about, you focus on that, I’ll focus on this other.
DecDawg
January 31st, 2011
1:24 pm
Point is that CMR is on the hot seat and we all know it. That’s why these blogs are mostly about it. It’s not negative to discuss it. It’s health, most good, intelligent dialog. I just happen to think CMR’s days are numbered. I don’t think he’s going to change. You can’t teach an old dawg new tricks. Sorry, he’s a good coach, but not a great one. We deserve a great one. And I’m willing to take the risk, put the trust in our new AD to find the next great UGA coach. It’s going to happen sooner or later. I just believe that sooner is better than later. But I admit that I’m just a fan with an opinion.
collegeballfan
January 31st, 2011
1:26 pm
“Please remember to point out that the top 10 recruiting class you speak of is usually only 4th or 5th best in the SEC.”
This sounds nice to say but is factually incorrect.
Ga Alum 79
January 31st, 2011
1:27 pm
The recruiting class means nothing. UGA almost always recruits well no matter who’s here. Its what you do with what you got. CMR has shown he can be a good OC (here and FSU), and can be successful with a coaching staff he inherited or already in place. What he’s not proven is he can be a CEO type coach, managing his coaching staff and players…and the clock is ticking on the latter aspect…
AltamahaDawg
January 31st, 2011
1:28 pm
wildbill, speaking of Deja Vu, doesnt take but to see your name to know exactly what contribution to the conversation is going to follow.
Mobile Dawg
January 31st, 2011
1:46 pm
Unfortunately Dec you can’t count on this recruiting class to have much of an impact. 79, your thoughts resound deeply in my concern. I honestly believe McGarity is strongly influencing Richts decisions at this point. He’s giving him an honest chance to succeed, without strong progress in the direction of “strengthening this program” I think he’s gone. I still believe he needs significant help strengthening his “coaching staff”. I’m with you, I don’t think he has the intangebles to do it all at this point.
In my corporate career I will never forget what my Sr. VP told us in a Leadership Class, “backbone is one thing that can’t be taught”.
ugaclassof2004
January 31st, 2011
1:51 pm
“…there is still this vocal minority of morons talking about firing? ”
This sentence right here is all you need to know about why UGA is second tier. The fact that Richt has lost 12 games is 2 years, and he STILL keeps his job, should tell you that my school doesn’t strive for excellence. Period. The way I see it, the “vocal minority” isn’t wrong to expect and demand more from a man who is making over $2 MILLION a year!! How much do all of you make??? The rest of the schools in the SEC think we are idiots not just for keeping Richt but for not even CONSIDERING to get rid of him!
What’s it going to take convince you “Gravy Train”? Will this team have to go 2-10 or 4-8 before you think its time for a change? I’m sick and tired of seeing the Auburn’s and LSU’s( teams that have equal or less resources than we do) win National Titles while my team becomes more irrelevant by the day! UGA should be on the inside looking out instead of the outside looking in with regards to the National Title picture. Anyone who settles for less is not a true fan in my opinion.
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January 31st, 2011
2:15 pm
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Big dawg is an idiot
January 31st, 2011
2:24 pm
Can’t beat Auburn,Alabama,and Mississippi State????? Richt has a winning record against all of them MORON!!!! People on these blogs are so ignorant!!!!
AltamahaDawg
January 31st, 2011
3:05 pm
I’ve personally spoken to every single school in the rest of the SEC and they told me that they have no idea what’s been considered at the UGA athletic department.
gdawginkalamazoo
January 31st, 2011
3:16 pm
Like a lot of you guys said, I think McGarity should be the key to getting this thing turned around and back on track. I have the feeling that Evans wasn’t all that mature when it came to doing anything with the athletic dept. Nor do I think Evans was that focused on doing his job. Kind of a figure head that offered no constructive criticism or help to Richt.
That said, I am applying for the OL job. Can I use you guys as references? I think that all the knowledge I have picked up from you guys and gals over the years will prove very beneficial to having the best damn OL in the country. As I type I am getting ready to start studying the cutting edge solutions to developing the best OL possible.
AltamahaDawg
January 31st, 2011
3:20 pm
I think you probably have about as much change of getting that job as Gene Chizik would have stood at getting hired 2 years by all these UGA Athletic Directors in here.
DecDawg
January 31st, 2011
3:21 pm
2004 it’s not that those like Gravy think of settling for less either. They just actually believe CMR will get UGA there. It’s just their opinion, and some of the optimists do have some sound arguments to back it up. But rest assured that our AD will not have their eternal patience, CMR is not going to have some epiphany, and SEC will not turn into the ACC. So what will actually change that next year…the UGA head coaching job.
Like your passion though. Just ease up on your fellow Dawgs a bit. We all do want the same goal.
PHIL
January 31st, 2011
3:30 pm
I am so glad you posted this. AJC is just the place to be looking for a new D-1 coach or AD. There are THOUSANDS of people here who could do the job at a national championship level. If you don’t believe me just read their posts here. Those that don’t get picked for the job could go on to be brain surgeons and rocket scientists.
AltamahaDawg
January 31st, 2011
3:34 pm
It’s also not that those like Gravy think anyone is actually buying that his personal standards are top notch because he figured out it very easy to complain about something where other folks do the heavy lifting.
gdawginkalamazoo
January 31st, 2011
3:35 pm
AltaDawg, If Gene had the cash for some hookers I bet Damnon would have fired CMR and hired Gene on the spot provided the hookers wore red undergarments And he provided a designated driver..
Calhoundawg
January 31st, 2011
3:58 pm
Rumor Mill …
1) Searles went to Texas because he was about to be fired.
2) Rodney Garner and Todd Grantham don’t get along — Garner to Tennessee.
3) Bobo to QB’s coach and head recruiter
4) New OC, OL and DL coaches to be hired
Just what I heard …
Mobile Dawg
January 31st, 2011
4:15 pm
Calhoun, that’s just to much to ask for Christmas. Quit playing with us.
will-cobb
January 31st, 2011
4:15 pm
gravy train
ford tough!
Cvill dawg
Woebegone
Right on guys! It is nice to read this and see some real dawg fans are out there!!!!!! Let’s stick together, and more importantly, behind our Coach!!! He is Mark Richt, and he is a damn good dawg!!!!
Calhoundawg
January 31st, 2011
4:35 pm
I don’t know about Searels, but I’m not surprised. I’ve heard the Garner-Grantham thing before. Although I love Rodney Garner and appreciate the heck out of his contributions and loyalty to Richt and Georgia, I’m not surprised at this either. Concerning Bobo; when the plays work, you’re a genius, when they don’t you suck (Phil Fulmer style of coaching). Bobo is a hell of a QB coach AND recruiter. Let him do what he does best. Offense is not our problem anyway. The rest of this makes sense because this “Renaissance’ occurring at Georgia (look at our recruiting class) under McGarity is wide-ranging and substantive. For example, the rumors of Ralph Friedgen gracing our beloved campus may be truer than we thought. All of this does make the heart beat just a little faster though, doesn’t it? All I know is that CMR ain’t goin’ anywhere anytime soon. Can you say, “Boy-see?” Go Dawgs !!!!!!
Ron Smith
January 31st, 2011
4:40 pm
UGA football is in very good hands.
After all, it’s just a game (with huge amounts of money at stake)OR it’s a recruiting field for the NFL.
Do the players ever graduate from college?
Coach Brad Scott
January 31st, 2011
4:45 pm
I would apply, but I understand the candidate is not allowed to raise his voice or use colorful language to motivate these linemen.
NOTSO FAST
January 31st, 2011
4:59 pm
Flash….Coach R can recruit with the very best. Only question is —can he coach with the top level of coaches? This year and next will determine that.
MTN. DAWG
January 31st, 2011
5:15 pm
if you don`t like what richt is doing may i suggest you do as delta air lines says, WE ARE READY WHEN YOU ARE. if you can`t say something good about the dawgs, then just shut up your overflowing moth. each of you who cuts richt down must be day to day fans of the dawgs. just shut up about my dawgs and richt.
Go Dawgs!
January 31st, 2011
5:29 pm
Calhoundawg
January 31st, 2011
3:58 pm
“Rumor Mill …
1) Searles went to Texas because he was about to be fired.
2) Rodney Garner and Todd Grantham don’t get along — Garner to Tennessee.
3) Bobo to QB’s coach and head recruiter
4) New OC, OL and DL coaches to be hired
Just what I heard …”
Makes a lot of sense. Too much smoke regarding Freidgen, and all his agent denied was that there were no legs to RF being the OL coach, he never said anything about him not being the OC!
Ralph Freidgen
January 31st, 2011
6:32 pm
Somebody contact me about the job I’ll take it!
PHIL
January 31st, 2011
6:36 pm
I am with MTN. DAWG as a great American and a better AJC contributor on his worst day than Mark Bradley on his best once said, “Delta is ready when you are.”
Dawg
January 31st, 2011
7:54 pm
I couldn’t have said any better.
CMR is putting together the best recruiting class UGA has ever seen, and yet, there is still this vocal minority of morons talking about firing? You think some flash in the pan coach from out of state is gonna do that. There are maybe three other coaches in America who could build a class like this. None of them are ever coming to Georgia to coach. I don’t want them anyway. UGA is in great hands. For all the firinf squad fair-weather nimrods: When UGA is back in the limelight, just stay away. Nobody likes two faced drama queens.
Nash
January 31st, 2011
8:53 pm
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GT is a 4th rate high school team
January 31st, 2011
9:13 pm
Columbus Dawg sounds like UGA”s President Adams.
nerds! nerds! nerds!
February 1st, 2011
9:55 am
Attn all Richt haters: So yall are better coaches than Richt? Really? STFU!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mobile Dawg
February 1st, 2011
10:13 am
Can’t believe no “pre signing day blog topics”. Come on guys, it’s raining outside….
AltamahaDawg
February 1st, 2011
10:20 am
That’s because you live in a swamp.
AltamahaDawg
February 1st, 2011
10:25 am
Or is that your house on stilts out in middle bay?
Mobile Dawg
February 1st, 2011
1:42 pm
You never know whether it’s gonna be a moccasin or a rattler outside your door. Never slows us down though Alt, bracing for another cold front. I thought I left that years ago….Got to have the “salt water” in my veins to survive now.
doug
February 3rd, 2011
3:15 pm
Acwoth , Ga. offers a 6′4″ OT which seems to have slipped thru the coaching staffs grips . With a GPA to match there not to much this young man couldn’t do on either side of the ball.