UGA assistant coach leaves for NFL
Warren Belin is leaving the Georgia football coaching staff after just one season for the NFL.
Belin, the Bulldogs’ inside linebackers coach, has resigned to accept a position as a defensive assistant coach with the Carolina Panthers, UGA senior associate athletic director Claude Felton confirmed.
Belin, 43, joined the Georgia staff in February 2010 from Vanderbilt, where he coached linebackers for eight years. A native of Marshville, N. C., and a graduate of Wake Forest, Belin has 20 years of college coaching experience, also having worked at Cornell, East Tennessee State, William & Mary and SMU.
“Warren made some outstanding contributions to our team and program in his year with us,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said in a statement Thursday night, “and we wish him the very best in his new role with the Panthers.”
In addition to coaching inside linebackers at Georgia, Belin was in charge of the Bulldogs’ kickoff coverage unit, which ranked first in the SEC last season.
Belin joined the Georgia staff two days after last year’s national signing day and departed one day after this year’s signing day. Georgia signed three inside linebackers Wednesday: Amarlo Herrera of College Park (North Clayton High School), Kent Turene of Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., and Ramik Wilson of Tampa.
– Tim Tucker, UGA Blog
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Wood
February 3rd, 2011
5:57 pm
Damn. Good luck to Coach Belin.
blazerdawg
February 3rd, 2011
5:58 pm
Thanks coach…LBs played up this past year.
Macclenny_dawg
February 3rd, 2011
6:01 pm
Grantham now its your turn!!! Go out and get somebody that knows your system!!!
jack bull
February 3rd, 2011
6:02 pm
what?!? teams like Texas and now even NFL teams wanting our coaches? they must not read the blogs here, or else they’d know our coaches are awful..
RabidDawgFan
February 3rd, 2011
6:02 pm
That stings. Wish he could have stayed around. Oh well, Grantham, go get someone new. I don’t think Belin knew how to run a 3-4 considering he had been around the 4-3 at Vandy. We’ll sign someone whose willing to take the job and run with it.
LagDawg
February 3rd, 2011
6:04 pm
God, please let us hire someone that knows how to recruit and is a motivatior and can be one hell of a coach. We need to expedite the process on hiring coaches. I don’t know wha the policy is but, UGA seems to take a long time to make hires to the coaching staff. Good luck coach Belin. You did good things in your short time at UGA.
Viking87
February 3rd, 2011
6:05 pm
Good luck to Coach Belin.
LagDawg
February 3rd, 2011
6:07 pm
Jack bull, only on the offensive side of the ball and hopefully with a good hire for the OL Coach, that will change. The defense will look better this year, hopefully. Maybe Rambo will learn where he is supposed to be on every play.
Dawg '94
February 3rd, 2011
6:07 pm
Our LB play this year wasn’t all that good anyway. I look forward to seeing Jarvis & Samuals this year after sitting out last year. I can’t wait to see the new guys too. Grantham can now hand pick his guy. Good. GO DAWGS!!!
Wolfman
February 3rd, 2011
6:10 pm
Go Deacs!! Good to see WF grads move up in the world.
Worm
February 3rd, 2011
6:11 pm
Carolina has alot of problems..Better condition those Defensive guys cause they’re going to be playing alot..Looks like they pick fairley or trade…Offense is horrible and Steve Smith is outta’ there!
Good luck coach!
Dawg stuck in Bham
February 3rd, 2011
6:12 pm
Let’s see….more money, no recruiting, not held responsible if your players act like idiots off the field and all off season off…now why would he want to go NFL?
LakeDawg
February 3rd, 2011
6:13 pm
That one hurts. Belin was our best D coach.
Dr. Phil
February 3rd, 2011
6:16 pm
All coaches must pass Adams’ hiring test, i.e. “sit, roll over, fetch.”
Hector
February 3rd, 2011
6:16 pm
Good riddance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ugab
February 3rd, 2011
6:21 pm
He Will Be Missed! Linebackers played to win this year.
Dboy jones
February 3rd, 2011
6:22 pm
This is not bad. Saves Richt from firing him next yr. Belin was soft and too passive to be a LB coach. Lakotos is the same way.
RomeDawg
February 3rd, 2011
6:22 pm
You gotta hate that!
ugab
February 3rd, 2011
6:23 pm
Please hire another great LB coach! Do not promote some ex WR to coach LBs
Chris
February 3rd, 2011
6:24 pm
You guys must not watch the games. He can coach and our LBs were CLEARLY improved, don’t be idiotic. Good luck to him….
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UGASlobberknocker
February 3rd, 2011
6:25 pm
I dont understand the negative comments..he did a great job at Vandy with not much talent and at UGA I thought the linebacker play was good this yr given the new scheme. I dont know how involved or how successful he was in recruiting, but we got some good LBs yesterday.Did he have a lot to do with that?
DTC
February 3rd, 2011
6:28 pm
Funny thing, seems like someone wants some of our coaches.
WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE COME AND GET BOBO!
bwell
February 3rd, 2011
6:28 pm
CMR get someone young, energetic who wants to be apart of our system. Someone who will light a barn fire under the players but yet respectful to the coaching being received
mark
February 3rd, 2011
6:28 pm
Maybe these coaches are feeling the heat from the fanatics screaming for Richt to be fired and think another place might be more stable?!
Stanky
February 3rd, 2011
6:29 pm
Coaches jumping off a sinking ship. Searles and Berlin know to take jobs now – as they will all be looking next year.
Delbert D.
February 3rd, 2011
6:30 pm
Bobo to coach LBs? You never know.
CMR Titanic
February 3rd, 2011
6:31 pm
I guess this guy knows its a sinking ship. Well cant wait till 2012 with the new staff in place to utilize this good recruiting class UGA just landed.
Send in the Clowns
February 3rd, 2011
6:37 pm
Mark Richt is toast and the hype around the recruiting class is comical. Gotta be smart about talent and know how to coach’em up. Just being knowledgeable and living a charmd life as CMR has wont cut it.
Destin Dawg
February 3rd, 2011
6:37 pm
Stanky.. good name for you !!!… sinking ship ??? what.. best new freshman class.. Good for Warren Belin.. a great coach.. we didn’t lose 1 player off the new class when Searles left….going uphill in Athens…
Red
February 3rd, 2011
6:37 pm
Ummm, hello? If he sucked then why was he hired by an NFL team? Losers.
teewest
February 3rd, 2011
6:37 pm
AMEN LAGDAWG!!! Preach it Brother!!! If it were me I would make Rambo look at all the plays he was outta position, and make him tell me WHERE he was supposed to be!!!!
D-Back
February 3rd, 2011
6:37 pm
I heard Mike Ditka was looking for a job….
Send in the Clowns
February 3rd, 2011
6:38 pm
Thats knowledgeable of X’s and O’s….
Chris
February 3rd, 2011
6:38 pm
Yep, sinking ship … let’s be serious. He was offered an NFL position. Which do you think is the better job? To call UGA a sinking ship is extremely absurd.
Richie_Rich86
February 3rd, 2011
6:39 pm
Man this sucks!! I thought he did a great job. Wish him the best in the NFL Go Dawgs!
Destin Dawg
February 3rd, 2011
6:39 pm
techies are on here because they don’t have dates or a life really…afraid to go out at night.. Go Dawgs… good for Belin…
JB
February 3rd, 2011
6:41 pm
rut row…………The phone is ringing and these guys are getting out….Maybe not. Both these guys helped themselves financially. We need to upgrade out Assit. Coaches, and that takes $$$$…
DawginOH
February 3rd, 2011
6:41 pm
It’s a shame to lose him. Even after just one season, it was obvious that Coach Belin was a true winner. Best of luck in the NFL!
Kool Aid Drinkers Galore
February 3rd, 2011
6:41 pm
Yes its a sinking ship. See ya in December when I say “I told ya so” !
big_fort
February 3rd, 2011
6:42 pm
Jack Bull, it’s a good thing they don’t read these blog because obviously they know something you don’t.
BigDawg
February 3rd, 2011
6:42 pm
We’ll get someone good. How much better looking was the defense in the first year of the new scheme? Remember Donnan and the offense in his first year? Remember Stafford and all the INT’s in his first year? UGA is still a premier school as the recruiting class has proved! Go Dawgs!!
Joey
February 3rd, 2011
6:43 pm
Goodness, first McGarity can’t outbid Texas for Searels, now McGarity doesn’t counter offer to keep Belin?
mike
February 3rd, 2011
6:43 pm
why ?????????????????
georgia to carolina is that a positive move ….no
Its gonna be Willie Willie bad again......
February 3rd, 2011
6:43 pm
Belin was a glimmer of hope for the dawgs. Now disaster strikes again.
BirdDog
February 3rd, 2011
6:43 pm
Tell ‘em Red!
Paddy
February 3rd, 2011
6:45 pm
Dboy Jones….I have no idea what team and its linebacker you were watching? Our LB’s played well last year And it is safe to say, Belin was the reason!!
Joey
February 3rd, 2011
6:45 pm
This is what it looks like for an AD ot hand a Head Coach out to dry.
Poor assitant coaches, they have to look out for themselves, and since McGarity decided not to extend Richt’s contract, the guys just have no security or trust in McGarity.
Very sad.
Atlanta Dawg
February 3rd, 2011
6:45 pm
Actually, our LB play and our kickoff coverage was fantastic this year and we will miss Coach Belin. I wish him the best of luck at Carolina and hope Grantham can hire someone who can fill Belin’s shoes well.
Preston
February 3rd, 2011
6:46 pm
Can’t wait for all you fools to eat your words soon. LMAO at how pathetic you trolls are! UGA rules your thoughts and that’s why you come here to spew your BS! LOL!
Joey
February 3rd, 2011
6:47 pm
McGarity’s gamble FAILED.
McGarity hoped he could not extend Richt’s contract, yet retian all coaches.
Already seen 2 drop out in 2 weeks.
Could lose more coaches, AND recruits.
Joey
February 3rd, 2011
6:48 pm
McGarity having a hard time retaining coaches lately.
hipdawg
February 3rd, 2011
6:48 pm
Really good class coming in so cmr does deserve credit.He has to win a sec champ. ,beat the Gaytors to save his ass.In my opinion.
Joey
February 3rd, 2011
6:49 pm
McGarity’s counter offer must not look appealing. Probably offering 1 year contracts, for $150,000 less per year than the competition.
ryan
February 3rd, 2011
6:51 pm
I heard the name Travis Jones name come up as a possible replacement anyone have any info what about or get one of the Bama or LSU LB coaches .
Preston
February 3rd, 2011
6:54 pm
Funny how a coach that wasn’t popular here leaves for a six figure raise and another leaves for the pros and somehow that’s a bad sign for UGA. Hmmmmm….you guys are stupid as hell! Get a life losers!
Chris
February 3rd, 2011
6:54 pm
Joey is quite stupid.
ryan
February 3rd, 2011
6:58 pm
I did get some info on Travis Jones former assistant under Nick Saban real good with 3-4 under Saban as a LB coach this would be an excellent hire to replace Belin we need to get Travis Jones .
cmdawg99
February 3rd, 2011
7:01 pm
Its part of the change. Any other coach want to leave get out, now. The timing couldnt be better recruiting 2011 class is just about over. New class, new young blood coaches, new energy level. We want coaches that want to be here. We dont want coaches that think they are irreplaceable (sp)Go Dawgs!
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
February 3rd, 2011
7:03 pm
Joey: You left off “Thr sky may fall also. Dimwit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tell the truth
February 3rd, 2011
7:05 pm
Tell us what recruits are being lost Joey???? Show us you know what you are talking about!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
February 3rd, 2011
7:06 pm
Chris: You are being too kind to Joey.
ryan
February 3rd, 2011
7:07 pm
I heard we are in talks with Ralph Freidgen to be the new OL coach everyone should not panic because we loose a couple looks like we will hire two really good ones to replace them .
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
February 3rd, 2011
7:08 pm
Who the hell would name a kid JOEY???????????????
Dawghater
February 3rd, 2011
7:11 pm
I swear that iceburg is really a small one captain!
tired dawg
February 3rd, 2011
7:13 pm
WHY COULDN’T IT BE BOBO?
1962 Dawg
February 3rd, 2011
7:13 pm
Damn Good Dawg for a season.
Good luck Coach Belin, I for one thought our LB’s and Kick coverage was the most improved of any of our positions this season.
Looks like someone in the NFL took notice as well.
I’m sure this was already in the works before recruiting was over just waiting until afterward to make the announcment to keep from maybe losing some recruits.
Who know’s maybe he was the reason some of these LB recruits were coming to UGA.
Never know I guess.
Good luck in Carolina.
Ted Striker
February 3rd, 2011
7:13 pm
Jack Bull — Funny comment!
Preston
February 3rd, 2011
7:14 pm
My God people! Do you really think that CMR is going to have a hard time hiring excellent coaches to replace the departed? He’s already said that his phone has been blowing up since Searels left with great coaches interested in replacing him. The LB coaching position will be no different. And as far as the Friedgren rumors…I would love to see him come in but I don’t expect it. He’s 63 years old and I think Richt is looking for younger guys to come in and work their way to head coaching positions or NFL opportunities.
Dawg77
February 3rd, 2011
7:15 pm
great linebacker play? what games were you guys watching? backers playing off the ball 6 to 10 yards, not filling gaps and playing up field?? need to watch alabama backers to see real defence!
Doc in Thomson
February 3rd, 2011
7:17 pm
Coach Belin is a great, classy guy. He is a God Fearing man and set many examples. I hate you are leaving UGA, because you motivated me to get closer to God. Stay blessed and God bless you and your family.
Knoxguy
February 3rd, 2011
7:17 pm
Speaking of BoBo’s…there are plenty on this thread. On the day after the best day in Georgia football in some time the poison BS that is spewed by some is sad. If you hate Richt and staff then sit back and see what happens…spare the rest of us with your sad outlook on the future. If GA doesn’t perform and a change happens will that make you happy? I have a feeling some of you will not be happy regardless…you’ll never be happy with anything…they have pills for you.
uga '02
February 3rd, 2011
7:19 pm
this is the most hateful group of alumni I have ever seen
Anonymous 'Cos
February 3rd, 2011
7:19 pm
Wow,
I really feel sorry for all the people who consistently have not one positive word to say…about anything. It must be horrible to go through life and never have a positive thought. To lead such a waste of a life and then to try to push such negativity onto others is a disgrace to oneself. I pity you people, i honestly do. And it’s these same people who are advocates of gun usage. Go figure. It does scare me a bit though. So very sad.
The news of Belin leaving hurts, especially after all that happened yesterday. I do have faith that we will get good coaches into our system though. We ARE Georgia after all. Good luck to Belin.
@ ryan…
By the way, i’m no expert, but from what i have seen reported for the past two weeks, Friedgen is not considering the position. I hope i’m wrong on this, but there isn’t anything to suggest otherwise.
Go Dawgs…
tony
February 3rd, 2011
7:22 pm
This 1 really hurt! Belin is a good fundamental coach and it showed on the football field this pass season. There were less penalties by our lbs from the previous seasons and they played a lot smarter. I really like Belkin. I wish him well.
Bad Dawg
February 3rd, 2011
7:23 pm
A great guy. After meeting him, I could tell he would not be taken in by the current regime. He would move on to a place in the real football world.
ryan
February 3rd, 2011
7:29 pm
Well if not Friedgen i know Hugh Nall seems to be the guy i keep hearing Belin is from NC and prabablly wanted be closer to home i do think Grantham will get coach that knows the 3-4 .
jwritz
February 3rd, 2011
7:31 pm
You negative posters GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!! You all are bad for the game!
puff
February 3rd, 2011
7:34 pm
Good luck Coach Belin, but I didn’t see a lot of great linebacker play this year. Often looked flat footed and out of position. LB pass defense was weak. Middle of the field was wide open for short passes.
Gre
February 3rd, 2011
7:37 pm
In Richt’s fine tradition of hiring ex-players(Bobo, McClendon) who have little in the way of qualifications for a job, he will probably do the same with this LB hire. Just like Bobo and McClendon, he won’t have to worry about anyone hiring the new coach away since they are completely out of their league. I’d like to think Richt has learned to quit hiring underqualified college buddies and ex-players since that is a big reason why he is in his current predicament, but Belin bailing on him after one year might make him revert back to his old habits.
ryan
February 3rd, 2011
7:37 pm
I don’t care what the haters say yesterday was awesome getting Crowell , Drew, Rome , and Mitchell Richt and Grantham will find the right coaches .
True DAWG fan
February 3rd, 2011
7:38 pm
I think they should hire David Pollack as LB coach no body had more passion and fire for Georgia football then him!!!!! Born Dawg!!! bet he could recruit like no other as well!
tech buzz
February 3rd, 2011
7:42 pm
He lied to all those LB recruits to get them to Ga. UgA should allow them to sign with other schools.
tony
February 3rd, 2011
7:44 pm
We need quality. Hire Mike Singletary-LBC and Ralph Friedgen-OC.
Its gonna be Willie Willie bad again......
February 3rd, 2011
7:45 pm
You Kool Aid Drinkers need to root for Vandy or the epitome of mediocrity in South Carolina. Many of us passionate fans demand better. So get over it !
ToccoaDawg
February 3rd, 2011
7:50 pm
Good Luck Coach and thanks for all you have done for the team.
Jim 007
February 3rd, 2011
7:52 pm
He knows the End is soon !!!!!!
Good Luck, Richt has One Year Max !!!!
AdMan
February 3rd, 2011
7:53 pm
Hey Roll Tide…Guess who was seen in Nashville today having lunch with the owner of the Titans?….I’ll give you a hint…his first name is Nick……believe me he’s going to break the Tide’s heart sooner than later….just ask LSU and Miami.
Black Mountain Bulldog
February 3rd, 2011
7:54 pm
Belin will be missed. Especially o as the kickoff team coach. I pray we will hire a great LB coach and Kickoff coach.
private plane watching
February 3rd, 2011
7:55 pm
dream team!!! yeah!!! Fire CMR!!! yeah!!! 5-7!!! yeah!!! Wait until next year!!!
ARecruiterMyself
February 3rd, 2011
7:59 pm
What a bunch of PINHEADS here (especially you Joey and all your counteroffer talk crap!) talking about “leaving a sinking ship”, or for money etc. People change jobs for a variety of reasons and MONEY alone shouldn’t be the #1 reason and accepting counteroffers rarely work out in the long run…they eventually leave anyway or get fired once the employer finds a replacement first.
Did none of you pinheads happen to see all the ties and history to North Carolina and how that may tie into a Panthers move? A geographical move can be more important than money (people will take less $$$…I’ve seen it happen so a counteroffer could be useless Joey!)Best of luck on your move Coach and ignore some of these moronic JACKWAGONS!
black hole athens
February 3rd, 2011
8:01 pm
Hey AdMan- i thought Saban was going to Dallas, ND, and Michigan? I love the jealous UGA fans– enjoy your final year with your diving coach (i.e. CMR)
Lance
February 3rd, 2011
8:02 pm
not Travis Jones. He pled guilty to sometime of federal property charge last year. not good. we don’t need that. Is he still a coach at the aints?
Douglas
February 3rd, 2011
8:05 pm
I thought Belin was a great hire — I don’t understand these negative comments either. For the Ga. Tech Nerd: I’m glad he waited until LB’s signed — they ought to come to UGA because they want to play for the school — not just an individual.
Delusional dawg logic
February 3rd, 2011
8:06 pm
why he leave we win nationnal championship next year. we best time in whole world.
BG
February 3rd, 2011
8:11 pm
Good luck in the NFL Coach Belin.
dtc
February 3rd, 2011
8:24 pm
Knoxguy – what sign do you have that Bobo was a better OC at the end of the year than he was at the beginning of the year? I like CMR, as the head coach. There evidence Bobo will be any better than he is. He is a good QB coach. It appears he has already peaked as an OC. I want UGA to succeed. Do you?
dawg from a distance
February 3rd, 2011
8:26 pm
May the Lord’s favor be with you coach Belin. He did a great job this year and who can aruge with the NFL calling? Go DAWGS!
GT51
February 3rd, 2011
8:30 pm
first class coaching staff. wait until the kids sign then tell them that their position coach is leaving when they have no way of leaving themselves. way to work the system uga
RiffRaff
February 3rd, 2011
8:51 pm
Has anyone ever offered Bobo a job outside of UGA? Doubt it.
Richt's Butt Cut
February 3rd, 2011
8:51 pm
Ahh who give a rats arse…
harold
February 3rd, 2011
8:52 pm
A SECOND ONE JUMPS OFF A SINKING MARK RICHT SHIP AFTER WAKING UP FROM THE DREAM.
Dennis G. Berdanis
February 3rd, 2011
8:53 pm
He’ll be missed. Big turnaround on KO coverage. Need to get another special teams coach, probably more critical than the linebacker coach. May have to get two people to replace him. Not sure there is another with skills at both positions like him.
Hill Dawg
February 3rd, 2011
8:54 pm
i have never seen so many comments that reflected so much ignorance about football coaches and/or coaching. Is the moon full? Maybe the little techies didn’t have classes today. Folks.please try to think before you write a comment.
Brett Favre was once a Falcon
February 3rd, 2011
8:54 pm
The Carolina Panthers are in the NFL? Who knew?
ARecruiterMyself
February 3rd, 2011
8:56 pm
GT51..you are laughable with that comment…like it was admirable for Coach Paul Johnson to rescind that kid’s scholarship simply cuz he wanted to visit FSU before signing day????? Don’t believe ANY UGA signee would leave cuz the linebacker coach is leaving!
JDAWG
February 3rd, 2011
9:03 pm
http://isportsweb.com/2011/02/03/georgia-assistant-warren-belin-leaves-for-nfl/
titanic
February 3rd, 2011
9:09 pm
just wait until next year- we rule this state folks at 5-7
titanic
February 3rd, 2011
9:11 pm
How did UCF do in recruiting this year?
kerryb
February 3rd, 2011
9:15 pm
Only a complete moron would make a comment about him as jumping off a ship. Just about every coaches dream is to coach in the NFL. Coach Belin got his opportunity and good luck to him.
Barnee
February 3rd, 2011
9:28 pm
Georgia football is like my golf game; what I think it is and what it is are 2 different things. Never seen such a fan base with such a high opinion of their status with such an above average record. Can’t beat Florida and now losing to Central Florida.
daddy
February 3rd, 2011
9:31 pm
nice of uga to wait until after signing day to announce this ……
Nerd Furgeson
February 3rd, 2011
9:33 pm
Dang…hoping it was Bobo
woebegong
February 3rd, 2011
9:35 pm
Let’s see if I have this right. The OL coach leaves for Texas and he only get’s a $135,000 raise for doing so. Darn, must be the head coaches fault.
LB coach leaves after only one year. He left Vandy to come to Georgia as this was a forward career move. He leaves UGA to go to the NFL, which is another forward move. Almost any coach in the NCAA is going to jump at a chance to coach on the highest level, but it is UGA’s head coach once again. Simply amazing how some of you scholars arrive at these amazing conclusions, and us poor average DAWG fans can’t figure it out. I mean, anybody knows that $135,000 bucks would never motivate any of you to make a job switch, and wanting to coach at the highest level, should never motivate a position coach to leave. I am sure, if you knowlegable folks ever had a chance of moving up to manager versus flipping your burgers at your job, You would turn it down in a heart beat.
kral
February 3rd, 2011
9:40 pm
titanic I think you sunk in1908 or 1912…barnee you need to have a good opinion of yourself..it’s good self-esteem..postive self-image…look on the bright -side..dangyou must need somepersonal counseling puutting down people for having these
kral
February 3rd, 2011
9:42 pm
thanks woebegone.by the way I use to love that radio show
RJM Dawg
February 3rd, 2011
9:43 pm
Congrats to Coach Belin! He is a very good coach and will be missed.
Gdawgs77
February 3rd, 2011
9:43 pm
TRAVIS JONES should be hired!!! He is a former Dawg and has been coaching defense for the Saints for several years!!?
Dr.Phil
February 3rd, 2011
9:45 pm
Wish we could get some coaching at Tech! Our players run around wondering what to do to get away from the Big Bully Johnson!
kral
February 3rd, 2011
9:46 pm
oh everthing is all right there is a doctor in the house
excessive celebration
February 3rd, 2011
10:01 pm
No worries we will get a coach or two, we got good players, Richt and Bobo arent going anywhere. And besides that NASCAR starts in a week. Go Harvick!!! Budweiser finally got a driver with some skill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dalton Dawg
February 3rd, 2011
10:30 pm
Hire either Pollock or Randall Godfrey now!! I agree the LBS played better but that what they are suppose to do in a 3-4 defense. Good luck in the NFL, Coach Belin.
NewnanDawg
February 3rd, 2011
10:40 pm
Anyone who knows anything about Coach Belin knows that he fully deserves every promotion he gets. The real shame here is that he is an excellent recruiter through relationship building-just ask Christian Robinson. He is also an excellent teacher of the game, hence the NFL offer. No doubt he will be missed, but I wish him the best; he made and excellent impression on several members of my family, including a nephew that attended camp last summer. All the best to Coach Belin and I hope we can find a replacement that is a lot like him.
hounddawg
February 3rd, 2011
10:42 pm
I played lb at a D1 school, not UGA, but I can tell you, the lb’s were MUCH improved this year and it
was not due to an overabundance of talent. I would love to have seen Belin with Rennie Curran.
He’ll be missed.
collegiate coaches have to have masters degrees
February 3rd, 2011
10:44 pm
Hence, no Pollock or Godfrey.
UGAJD
February 3rd, 2011
10:52 pm
Good luck to Coach Belin. It’s nice to see Dawgs moving up in the world. I look forward to seeing who we hire to replace Belin and Searels. Never settle for less than the best. HBTD!
Brucerugby79
February 3rd, 2011
11:01 pm
Good luck to Coach Belin there is a connection between WAKE FOREST and Georgia if you live up here you can’t help but respect a school with under4000 students -anyway they like us as well-good luck Coach-They should have gotten the Byerly boy but nobody is perfect
NOBODYYOUKNOW
February 3rd, 2011
11:19 pm
C-mon fans, if he was that bad the NFL would not have hired him. The pressure in pro ball is just as bad or worse than the college level.
Gdawgs77
February 3rd, 2011
11:33 pm
TRAVIS JONES!!!!!!!!!
Richt is such an honest forthright man
February 3rd, 2011
11:46 pm
Well let’s see, CMR is so honest that he doesn’t recruit negatively against other schools, he just forgets to tell incoming linebackers that their coach is leaving to the NFL. Unless of course this hire happened less than 24 hours after signing day. WHAT A HYPOCRIT SUNTANNED BOY IS!!! You humpers believe all of his crap.
LEBOY
February 3rd, 2011
11:54 pm
GET OUT NOW! CMR AND STAFF WILL NOT SURVIVE ANOTHER YEAR AFTER THIS ONE!
Mr. SEC
February 3rd, 2011
11:56 pm
Well we got you a good raise to come to UGA, hope they can match our pay for you! The way I see it, we did not have a LB’s coach until after Grantham came (then it was awhile) before you were hired; so I guess we are back to where we were last year. No harm done! Maybe Grantham can recruit his man that knows what he is doing now! Man you just dumped on a university, coaches, and most of all, the young men that looked to you to coach them! I wish you had never came here, we are looking for stability in the staff also, you are no better than a player leaving early for the pros.
Good Luck to you, but you sure F_____U_ a lot of people! Don’t let the door hit you in the ASS!
UGA89
February 4th, 2011
12:04 am
Excessive Celebration…
You’ve got to be kidding- Budweiser finally got someone with skills? I would like to see Harvick drive for RPM. He would struggle also. Kahne has great talent that unfortunately has not been realized due to being shuffled from one car owner and car manufacturer to the next. Plus, how bad can it be when you are that HOT!!!! If he goes to Hendricks and still does not produce then I will have to side with you. The one thing I do agree with you is that Daytona can’t come fast enough.
Gomer Pyle
February 4th, 2011
12:13 am
DUUUUUHHHHHH! We were talking football, right? Andy, is Barney using a computer now?
Steve
February 4th, 2011
12:22 am
He wasn’t here long enough to make a huge impact, but there is no doubt we improved at LB this year, though it could have just been experience. Definitely nothing bad I can say about this coach, which is saying something for UGA the last few years.
Best of luck to him in the pros.
realist X
February 4th, 2011
12:52 am
He figured richt will last 1 more year and then he would be out of job—so he jumped off the sinking ship to a pro job for about the same money or less. At least it will put food on the table for a year or two.
STEINER
February 4th, 2011
1:21 am
DTC:
You another one of the UGA supposed fans who keep repeating something you heard while cooking my fries in McDonalds…You don’t know Jackschitt about football, only how to try and trash a good man and a good coach….There should be no question why our coaches leave..
We have a spoiled fan base that continually call coaches out on these blogs who don’t know anything about football…get back in there and supersize my fries, and find somebody else to criticize…Soon with idiots like you no coaches will want to come to UGA…Pay scale got screwed up last year when we spent 750000 on one guy…If I only made 20% of what the coordinator made, it would not be much incentive for me to come to work either…
STEINER
February 4th, 2011
1:29 am
Nerd Furgeson:
Get off my man Bobo…You Nerd are a loser…If you are a Bulldog fan, switch to Tech…We don’t need folks like you sitting in the stands at Georgia…Oh, that’s right, you can’t get out of McDonald’s kitchen on Saturday to watch a game, so you can only repeat what you heard some other redneck UGA moron fan say, get rid of Bobo…But you don’t have enough sense to tell anybody why….Just repeat what you heard in McDonald’s kitchen, retard…
Thanks CWB
February 4th, 2011
6:08 am
Great guy, great coach, hope this is a good move for him, we’ll miss him. Go Dawgs!!
Travis McGee
February 4th, 2011
6:44 am
JOEY: Surely you’re not saying the university should have extended Richt’s contract after the way the team has spiraled into the dumpster.
Travis McGee
February 4th, 2011
6:45 am
Even UGA the dawg got sick watching this team play last year!
Grim Reaper
February 4th, 2011
7:02 am
Poor Kent Turene and Ramik Wikson, lured and promised by a coach of your position who undoubtly already had the job and went out the door on you before the ink on your letter of intent had dried. Ask for your release, which you will not get, to confirm it. The dream team already losing steam, then losing to the potato farmers and roosters to start the season 0-2, OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Runnin With The Dawgs
February 4th, 2011
7:05 am
Coach Belin is taking a giant step. I hope it works out for him. If it doesn’t work out for us blame MR.
woebegong
February 4th, 2011
7:10 am
Kral, Woebegong is just a play off of the name of a little nasty shark found on the west coast of Australia. Lived there for three years and fished quite a bit. The nasty little bugger, looked prehistoric and was small, but would mess with you in a minute. I would kind of like to see UGA adopt it’s attitude. Chip on the shoulder, and tough as nails.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Gdawgs77
February 4th, 2011
7:31 am
TRAVIS JONES!!
Runnin With The Dawgs
February 4th, 2011
7:34 am
Steiner — You took a lot of room in this blog writing absoutly NOTHING about football. Who’s the REAL idiot here?
Beast from the East
February 4th, 2011
7:35 am
Think the kids he recruited knew he was leaving 24 hours after they signed their letters of intent?
Lying to a group of 17 year old kids is not the way you want your university represented.
gomdawg
February 4th, 2011
7:45 am
WE NEED DAVID POLLACK , HE WOULD BE A FINE COACH, LOVE’S DEFENSE
DL
February 4th, 2011
7:50 am
Beast from the East – I remember a certain group of fans that were condemning another SEC school after their DC left a day or two after NSD last year. What a difference a year makes huh?
Beast from the East
February 4th, 2011
7:59 am
DL,
Yes, indeed. Amazing how some people’s perspective changes when the shoe’s on the other foot, huh?
npgator
February 4th, 2011
8:10 am
I hope he was involved in the recruitment of John Jenkins who will announce tomorrow.
NFL knows
February 4th, 2011
8:15 am
Yet one more indication that UGA is where it’s at in football. They know our players are great, and therefore UGA has tons of NFL players, and with this move, it validates our coaches too. Been a great UGA week so far. Basketball in Bud Walton Arena went our way too!!!
No haters, you cannot have it both ways. You say that the NFL is THE indicator of a school’s worthiness, so now they go after our coaches too. Another fabulous validation of UGA football.
Frankly, any numbnuts knows that it is good to have coaches coming and going. It keeps it fresh and with that, you bring in more new talent and ideas. It is ALSO a compliment to CMR as he hired Belin.
Go Dogs!!
dawgster
February 4th, 2011
8:23 am
Beast from the East and others…i guess if the shoe was on the other foot as some say, i would probably feel the say way, but from the info that i have heard and found, the UGA staff knew nothing of this unitl Thurs…Evidently this happened quickly based on the new coaching staff at Carolina and his previous working relationship with the new DC…Belin is from that area and went to school at Wake Forest, so he has alot of ties in the area…Its also an NFL job and i’m sure a pretty good pay increase…with that being said i can understand the negative comments that are coming based on the timing, i’m not too happy about it, but as i said from what has been reported neither Coach Richt or the UGA staff was aware of this until Thurs…I’m sure more will come out on this, so i will reserve judgement unitil more facts are known, but if he knew this before hand i think he should have been upfront with the kids that he was involved directly with….as for the question regarding John Jenkins recruitment…Coach Todd Grantham and Coach Garner are the ones involved in his recruitment…go dawgs
kydawg
February 4th, 2011
8:24 am
Will be missed as much for his KO coverage team as anything,,,they were #1 in the SEC and #15 national…that has to hurt
Destin Dawg
February 4th, 2011
8:31 am
Good for Warren… a great coach and a good guy… best of luck in the NFL…
NFL knows also......
February 4th, 2011
8:31 am
That in the last few years our players have been out of shape…… see Jeff Owens.
dawgster
February 4th, 2011
8:36 am
Additional info regarding Belin’s leaving can be found in several souces, if you want to know more about his sudden departure…Coach Grantham is the OLB’s coach and could just assume the responsibilities until a decison is made on how they proceed….Coach Grantham was the main recruiter with our new LB commits, however Coach Belin was involved…It appears that from the statements being given, that the coaching staff was caught off guard with this, so if you feel you have to put blame, then it should go to Coach Belin if he kept this under his hat…I’m sure the exact details will come out on how this came about so quickly…Hey, but all the dawgs haters, don’t worry, the replacement coach will be a good one, you can count on that…go dawgs
trey
February 4th, 2011
8:39 am
Why doesn’t BooBoo ever get a call?
dawgster
February 4th, 2011
8:43 am
Good Luck Coach Belin…you did a fantastic job with the special teams and represented UGA well…I wish your timing had been different but you have to do whats best for you and your family…I’m sure Coach Richt will take some heat for this, unfairly due to the pure timing after recruiting.. And to other dawg fans, be ready for the backlash from the blog trolls we will get hammered over this, i;m sure it will be thrown back at us as having said some of the same things when this happened with other programs so just take it with a grain of salt…..go dawgs
NFL also knows......
February 4th, 2011
8:46 am
That UGA is a sinking ship
It's the NFL!!!
February 4th, 2011
8:49 am
Congratulations to Coach Belin! He is 43 and he is not getting any younger so if he desires to work in the NFL or get a higher profile college job he needed to make a move now. I think there will be some more moves on the coaching staff before Spring practice. Thankfully, everyone stayed together and kept the recruiting class in tact before the moves were made.
It's the NFL!!!
February 4th, 2011
8:53 am
By “higher profile” I meant a coordinator’s job or head coach.
frannie T mae......
February 4th, 2011
8:57 am
UGA really now has a huge debt in their coaching with the departure of Belin.
Close the deal!
February 4th, 2011
8:58 am
Jenkins was being recruited primarily by Coach Gratham from what I understand. Grantham was in-home with Jenkins when Rome and Mitchell announced with Bobo in the audience.
robodawg
February 4th, 2011
8:59 am
Belin was a promising assistant. The improvement in kickoff coverage was pretty dramatic. These are big shoes to fill.
Jerry Seymour
February 4th, 2011
9:00 am
UGA fans are not seeing the real picture, coach’s are leaving because of one thing. They know that Richt’s, on his way out, one more season an that’s it. The new AD is going to bring in his on coach, that will be Dan Mullin.
I was told this bit of infro from a very large supporter at UGA, he said out with the preacher, in with a coach that knows how to bring back discipline to UGA.
dawgster
February 4th, 2011
9:11 am
@Jerry Seymore…yeah i guess you are right…thats why Coach Richt has received dozens of phone calls and resume’s for the OL line coaching positon….Coach Belin takes a shot at the NFL which will lood good on his resume….he is only 43 years old….also he’s is from that area and went school at Wake Forest, so he has alot of contacts and family in the area…I guess that is why we had a top ten recruiting class this year, due to the “sinking ship”…Its fans like you that are never happy, but you can sit behind a computer and spew out absurd remarks just to make yourself lood good or actually llke you really know something…You want to know the “Real Picture”…go find a team to support since you have such disgust for the dawgs…Thank goodness that our AD knows what he is doing and i can assure he will do what is best for UGA…Why not support the team and our coaches and then next season we will see where we are…I’m sure you are one of the ones that will be quick to get on here when we have a very good or great year, and say, hey i was with you all alone…just unbelievable how some are never happy….go dawgs
ga gator
February 4th, 2011
9:14 am
At least he waited until after signing day to leave. UF’s recruiting coordinator/RB coach left to Oh St 4 days before signing day and took 2 4-star recruits with him.
dawgfan
February 4th, 2011
9:14 am
I’m with the haters on this one. Assistants are looking elsewhere because they don’t know if their boss will be around a year from now. I bet being part of a fired coaching staff doesn’t exactly look good on a resume, fairly or unfairly. I don’t think it says anything about how they feel about Richt and his ability to turn things around. There is just some uncertainty there and they’ve got to do what’s best for them and their families.
Now, could someone PLEASE take Bobo off of our hands? 4 full years as OC and nobody is calling for his services. It doesn’t even appear tha mid majors and ACC teams are all that interested, but we’re supposed to win a championship with this guy calling the ball plays? Its laughable.
ga gator
February 4th, 2011
9:17 am
dawgfan, I am surprised UF’s OC didnt try to take Bobo with him to Temple.
DTC
February 4th, 2011
9:25 am
Hey Jerry Seymour. These two guys left for more money, not becaue of rats halling fanny off of a sinking ship. Supposedly, Belin did not do ‘everything’ that Coach Grantham wanted him to do, to coach these guys up, to be able to push the 3-4 more. However, at the same time, he evidently did a pretty good job, just ‘not a great job’.
Both of these coaches that have left, are evidently good enough coaches for the NFL to come calling, or the NFL teams would not be calling them and ‘actually hiring’ them. Grantham now has the opportunity to go out and get his assistant coach, that he wants to coach the LB’s.
The real problem is the NFL did recognize the good coaches that UGA does have. However, to our knowledge, no one wants Bobo. If CMR did not or does not sit Bobo down this off season and critique him on his play calling, UGA will not improve in the standings, or with its standing with the fans. CMR has proven to be a good head coach. Every coach goes through this. It is impossible to stay on top every year, year in and year out. Bobo is the key to whether CMR has a job next year or not. CMR should have demoted him, and brought in an experienced OC – unless – CMR has sat Bobo down and critiqued his play calling. It does appear that the new strength and conditioning coach is helping on the endurance factor that this team obviously had.
Eisendawg
February 4th, 2011
9:27 am
Sure hope our remaining coaches payed attention on how to run a kick-off coverage. That was one area that our team made a drastic improvement on.
Skeptic
February 4th, 2011
9:29 am
DTC, have you watched them, how do you know that they appear to be improving. The problem was not the weight room last year it was leadership. Richt quit on his players because he thought it too tough going through 2 a days so he abolished them. I guess he quit on them when he didnt go for it on 4th and inches. PATHETIC!!!
Runnin With The Dawgs
February 4th, 2011
9:29 am
I’m REALLY hoping that MR turns this thing around. I’m scared to death that if MR fails and has to go on down the road the POWERS THAT BE at UGA will name Bobo as the new head coach. If that happens I’m going to uproot my family and move to Tuscaloosa Al.
just sayin
February 4th, 2011
9:31 am
Jerry Seymour
February 4th, 2011
9:00 am
UGA fans are not seeing the real picture, coach’s are leaving because of one thing. They know that Richt’s, on his way out, one more season an that’s it. The new AD is going to bring in his on coach, that will be Dan Mullin.
I was told this bit of infro from a very large supporter at UGA, he said out with the preacher, in with a coach that knows how to bring back discipline to UGA.
I was told you are a shI+ for brains fool. It is now confirmed.
DTC
February 4th, 2011
9:33 am
Dawgfan, you be right on Bobo. I disagree with you on the other two coaches though. There is a coaching carousel every year, and you said yourself, “they’ve got to do what’s best for them and their families.” Which includes taking a big pay increase.
Can you imagine what their wives would have done to them, much less said dto them, if these two coaches had gone home one afternoon and said to their wives, “The NFL called, wanting to hire me immediately, double my salary and include some additional NFL benefits, but I turned it all down. I am staying here at Georgia, and make less money.” I have been divorced for a long time, but if my ex-wife heard me tell that story, she would still call me up, chew my butt out, and then call everyone that we both knew and tell each and everyone of them, “See, I told you he was an idiot!”
just sayin
February 4th, 2011
9:35 am
DTC
February 4th, 2011
9:25 am
If CMR did not or does not sit Bobo down this off season and critique him on his play calling, UGA will not improve in the standings, or with its standing with the fans.
The idiot posting as DTC thinks UGA’s issues are on offense. These idiots are fun to listen to.
STEINER
February 4th, 2011
9:38 am
tired dawg
You have a new name, STUPID DAWG….If you only come on here to bash the guy who is our best recruiter and also a fine offensive coordinator, then go to the Tech blog and spew your venom there. You are not worthy to be a dawg…Do us a favor, if you can’t support, shutup, or go the hell somewhere else….
82Dawg
February 4th, 2011
9:38 am
@just sayin…totally agree
STEINER
February 4th, 2011
9:47 am
DTC:
Bobo has had opportunities to leave…He, unlike you, is loyal to CMR and the Georgia Bulldogs…You are like a bunch of these wanna be fans who are loyal as long as the Dawgs are winning and you can stick your chest out and brag…A little rain falls, and you want to fire everybody…Bobo is our best recruiter, and the offense did a good job this year with no running backs and an inexperienced QB,..NFL scouts told the world that the best coached QB coming out of college in 10 years was Matthew Stafford, and guess who coached him…As long as idiots like you are around with yore non-supporting ways, Georgia coaches will continue to leave…Quit being a cry baby and support the Dawgs, or go support the bees….
Go Dawgs!
February 4th, 2011
9:48 am
Hire Randall Godfrey!!!
dawgster
February 4th, 2011
9:53 am
You guys that are such wonderful coaches in your own right and are jumping on Bobo and want him gone, let me remind you who is the number one recruiter on this staff and also is guy that formed a relationship with the South Ga recruits….if you want to disagree with Coach Bobo and him being an OC, i think that is fair, i haven’t agreed with some of his calls or lack of calls either, but you know its so easy to know what to do sitting behind my computer…but anyone that doesn’t realize how valuable he is to our program is not much of a dawg fan…And just to set the record straight for those of you that don’t know…Coach Bobo has been approached by other programs to gauge his interest, he has remained a loyal dawg…Are there better play callers or OC people out there, probably, but it would be a great loss to our University if Coach Bobo were to leave…I don’t think many of you realized how respected he is among the players and other coaches….go dawgs
@Jerry Seymour.
February 4th, 2011
9:54 am
My sister’s husband’s stepson goes to school with a kid who’s dad knows a contractor that’s working on the Butts-Mehere renovation who overheard a janitor say that HE heard from a very reliable source close to McGarity’s wife that when she was at the women’s auxiliary meeting last tuesday told a lady who’s husband is a season ticket holder that…what were we talking about again?!
dawgster
February 4th, 2011
9:56 am
@t Steiner…just read your comments..couldn’t have said it better….i always wonder about these so called dawg fans, if truly they are…Its funny how great of coaches these guys are when sitting behind a table…again, great comments….go dawgs
UGA Insider
February 4th, 2011
9:56 am
I am shocked and disappointed. Belin turned Akeem Dent into the best LB in the SEC in my opinion. Under Sweet Willie he couldn’t tackle my grandma. I feel confident Grantham will get someone good however. And news on The Fridge out there??
J Clay
February 4th, 2011
9:57 am
Will Friend to be named O Line coach
dawgfan
February 4th, 2011
9:57 am
Bobo has had opportunities to leave? Name one. I think some crap no name mid major was interested a couple of years ago but that’s all I can think of. He certainly hasn’t received any attention from strong established programs. 4 years in one position is an eternity in the coaching business. He’s had ample time to prove himself but no one comes calling. I’m just stating facts here. It speaks volumes if you ask me.
atltiger15
February 4th, 2011
10:04 am
Current UAB OL coach, Will Friend will be next OL coach for the dawgs. He is a f ormer Bama OL and former UGA GA
82Dawg
February 4th, 2011
10:07 am
@dawgfan…are you saying get rid of your teams best recruiter? If not for Bobo we would not have the kids out of South GA that just signed…
82Dawg
February 4th, 2011
10:08 am
@atltiger15 …where is this info coming from? You know anything else about him?
Skeptic
February 4th, 2011
10:11 am
Bobo is not the problem, it is that tub of lard blowhard “choke” Grantham. He gave up over 30 to Brantley and Florida’s pathetic offense.
Runnin With The Dawgs
February 4th, 2011
10:12 am
Will some of you Bobo lovers please explain how it is that we only managed to score 6 points against Central Fla. in the Liberty Bowl.
Skeptic
February 4th, 2011
10:15 am
Runnin With The Dawgs
I will explain, the OL lost confidence when sunday school teacher went for a field goal on 4th and inches on the four yard line.
82Dawg
February 4th, 2011
10:19 am
@Runnin with the Dawgs…does this help you understand
Georgia rushing offense: #51 UCF rushing defense: #36
Georgia passing offense: #41 UCF passing defense: #23
mcdawg
February 4th, 2011
10:19 am
good for him
reebok
February 4th, 2011
10:19 am
tech fan here. good luck, coach…
just sayin
February 4th, 2011
10:20 am
Runnin With The Dawgs
February 4th, 2011
10:12 am
Will some of you Bobo lovers please explain how it is that we only managed to score 6 points against Central Fla. in the Liberty Bowl.
Dawg’s players did not want to be there. Enough said.
Just remember what Utah did to the Tide a couple of years back…When the Tide did not want to be in the game they were in…
dawgster
February 4th, 2011
10:21 am
@dawgfan…its common knowledge in the coaching industry and people that “actually” know him, you not being one of them i assume, that he and his family are extremely happy with where he is with the University of Georgia…you also have to let it be known that you are open to leaving, Coach Bobo has not given anyone that indication….Maybe he is not the hot commodity as an OC…seems like that is the prevailing thought nowadays….Coach Bobo also is not one that calls attention to himself…If i could compare Coach Bobo to another coach and their committment to his HC and the school, it would be Coach Mickey Andrews of Fla State…How many years did he lead the Fla St Defense under Bowden and everyone wondered what was up, why wasn’t he a Head Coach somewhere or being offered by the USC’s or Texas for their DC position…I would explain it, but some of you really wouldn’t understand…Again, if some of you knew the value of Coach Bobo and the type of idividual he is you would understand that when he sits down with a recruit and their familly you might have a clue to how he gets their respect and they want to play for him…Talk to some former players that played for Coach Bobo and then come on here and bash him…i doubt you will…Don’t know how this blog article went from Coach Belin to Coach Bobo, but somehow it did…Now those are facts…go dawgs…..
See if you can get this fact, and i don’t mean any disrespect to you or any dawg fan, but Coach Bobo loves this University, he bleeds Red and Black, you will find no one, and i mean no one more loyal to UGA than Coach Bobo….i’m not saying you have to agree with his playcalling, i for one do not agree alot of times and i questions some of the decisions, but i respect him for the responsibilities he has as an OC and and very vital part of our football program…go dawgs
Runnin With The Dawgs
February 4th, 2011
10:21 am
Skeptic
I agree with you on that. You would think that the Dawgs could have scored at least one TD in a full 60 minute ballgame with the talent we have. That game showed the most vanilla play calling I’ve seen yet out of Bobo.
ESPN News Room
February 4th, 2011
10:22 am
A report is just out that has this audio: CMR overheard telling Belin on Tueday “Don’t announce that you are leaving until Thursday; we don’t want to lose the Dream Team”.
Skeptic
February 4th, 2011
10:23 am
Runnin With The Dawgs, am I the only person on here who believes that Richt approves the offensive game plan?
dawgfan
February 4th, 2011
10:26 am
No, I am saying demote him and hire an OC who is not in over his head in the SEC. If he doesn’t like that then show him the door. He is not an elite OC. How many big SEC games have there been where his offense has been a complete no show? I’ve lost count. We throw it up and down the field against the lesser teams on our schedule and then lay a big fat egg against the big boys. Its been like that dating all the way back to the 2007 South Carolina and UT losses. To me this last year’s Florida loss was the final straw. We could have potentially won that game if not for Bobo’s ignoramus play calling. Sure, that was a bad throw by Murray in overtime, but has anyone stopped to ask why in the hell Murray was throwing that damn ball like that in the first place? Its coaching. We had a freshmen QB with the biggest game of the year on the line and Bobo is letting him zip it down the middle of the field like its backyard flag football. Murray should have never been put in that position. I about threw my TV out the window.
I’m tired of the excuses. If you think everything is all hunkey dorey after a 6-7 season then maybe you need to go root for the nerds. Moral victories and excuses have no place at UGA. Winning is the bottom line.
Thanks.
TallyDawg
February 4th, 2011
10:29 am
Sounds like Grantham isn’t getting along with his position coaches to me.
Runnin With The Dawgs
February 4th, 2011
10:30 am
Being the head coach and approving a game plan is one thing. Individual play calling is another. I’m sure that if Bobo had come in at halftime and said “this isn’t working we need to open the game up a little bit” that would have been approved also. The offense was dead in that game as it was in the SC game and Bobo didn’t do anything to try to wake them up.
Skeptic
February 4th, 2011
10:32 am
TallyDawg
I agree. When Richt hired Grantham it was the sign of desperation. The only Coordinating job Grantham ever had he was fired from. The D-line coach on anyteam has the least amount of responsibility of any of the defensive coaches.
Skeptic
February 4th, 2011
10:35 am
Runnin With The Dawgs, You think Saban would have tolerated that crap? Richt’s problem is he turned the play calling over to an idiot so he could be like Bobby and be a CEO and doesn’t have the Nads to fire his buddy.
Skeptic
February 4th, 2011
10:36 am
just sayin you are the idiot for supporting a Helen Hunt look a like for a Head Coach.
Skeptic
February 4th, 2011
10:39 am
just sayin
February 4th, 2011
10:36 am
Skeptic
February 4th, 2011
10:32 am
TallyDawg
I agree. When Richt hired Grantham it was the sign of desperation
Blithering idiot part deux.
Part Tres.
OUTBACK FOUNDER
February 4th, 2011
10:41 am
The original BLOOMING IDIOT:
just sayin
February 4th, 2011
9:31 am
Jerry Seymour
February 4th, 2011
9:00 am
UGA fans are not seeing the real picture, coach’s are leaving because of one thing. They know that Richt’s, on his way out, one more season an that’s it. The new AD is going to bring in his on coach, that will be Dan Mullin.
I was told this bit of infro from a very large supporter at UGA, he said out with the preacher, in with a coach that knows how to bring back discipline to UGA.
I was told you are a shI+ for brains fool. It is now confirmed.
excessive celebration
February 4th, 2011
10:49 am
@uga 89 true. better said harvick and rcr finally got a sponsor with some $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. As far as football is concerned its a crap shoot. we will see next fall.
jarvis
February 4th, 2011
10:53 am
What does anyone know about Will Friend?
What did he do before he was with the Blazers?
82Dawg
February 4th, 2011
11:04 am
@jarvis I can’t find a story where it says he is coming…where did you hear that he was?
atltiger15
February 4th, 2011
11:08 am
82Dawg
February 4th, 2011
10:08 am
@atltiger15 …where is this info coming from? You know anything else about him?
per ESPN Mark_Schlabach
Sources tell me that Georgia’s OL about to get a little Friendly (hint, hint)
Will Friend played at Bama, grad asst at UGA, beleive he was mentored by Calloway while at UGA. Calloway is now head coach at UAB where Friend is currently OL coach
82Dawg
February 4th, 2011
11:11 am
@atltiger15 …thanks
dawgster
February 4th, 2011
11:21 am
Looks like it will be Will Friend as our next OL coach based on everything i have read and heard…This hire will probably be scrutinized pretty good by the dawg faithful…Have to trust that he will be a good O-line coach along with being a great recruiter…All reports are that he is the man..Also being reported by Scout. com as our next O-line coach…No confirmation from UAB for now, but all the pieces seem to fit, former grad asst, works for Calloway, who is a former UGA coach…I know most everyone was wanting a marquee name, but we shall see…go dawgs
dawgster
February 4th, 2011
11:22 am
@atltiger15…great info…thanks for putting it out there for everyone…go dawgs
The Galloping Gourmet Dawg
February 4th, 2011
11:23 am
The food looks good but does it taste good? You dont have to be a Gourmet chief to know if the food tastes good. This parallels to UGA’s recruiting class and also crtics of Mark Richts football program.
atltiger15
February 4th, 2011
11:27 am
Dawgster
I try to post all the info i can get pertaining to AU, Bama, UGA..AU fan here but grew up in LaGrange with several UGA alums in the family. Because of that, I have an invested interest to what goes on in Athens and wish you guys the best 11 out of the 12 weeks of the season….Great recruiting efforts and i think you guys are primed to make a run
Mickey Mouse
February 4th, 2011
11:30 am
Great ! We are gonna hire a guy from a mickey mouse program. I guess while Richt is at it he should hire the LB coach from Central Florida who helped keep the dawgs out of the endzone or even the guy at South Carolina.
82Dawg
February 4th, 2011
11:35 am
@Mickey Mouse …the best DC, UGA has had in a while came from a small school…so that theory is shot down
Mickey Mouse
February 4th, 2011
11:40 am
Erk Russell was not Mickey Mouse.
atltiger15
February 4th, 2011
11:41 am
UAB gave up 12 sacks all year long, Not bad in any league. Friend has strong recruiting ties in Mississippi, which has limited but quality athletes annually. This will help you guys venture into MS. Lot easier recuting for UGA compared to UAB..
82Dawg
February 4th, 2011
11:45 am
@Mickey Mouse …who says Erk is Mickey Mouse?
woebegong
February 4th, 2011
11:47 am
MIckey Mouse,
Seems to me that the LB ocach came from Vanderbilt, which is not, most years a real killer on the football field. Where was he before that assignment. Every coach has got to start somewhere, and since he is alumni of UGA, he might be an excellent fit.
Let’s see how he does if we do indeed hire him. At the very least, I think, the AD and CMR are working on getting the best coach possible for this position and I beleive they will.
woebegong
February 4th, 2011
11:48 am
ocach=coach. Sure wish I could type as fast as I think, LOL.
jasont13
February 4th, 2011
2:11 pm
Why the hell is Coach Richt looking for coaches that are currently employeed? He could has his pick of the litter with all the damn coaches on these blogs. All of you are arm chair coaches. If you think you can out coach any of the coaches on UGA’s staff then you would be coaching D-1 football. Hey Tally, I guess you have never received a promotion or taken a pay raise have you? Belin, took a pay raise and a promotion, plain and simple.
jasont13
February 4th, 2011
2:13 pm
Mickey Mouse, maybe he should hire you since you seem to know everything when it comes to major college football. I mean hell, I bet all coaches in division 1 football are beating your door down to hire you.
DawginLex
February 4th, 2011
2:45 pm
so much for the trolls saying our coaches never get offered a job anywhere else………………………
Gdawgs77
February 4th, 2011
7:41 pm
TRAVIS JONES should be new LB coach! Former Dawg and currently coaches defense for saints.
JC Boscan II
February 5th, 2011
2:48 am
Add Jenkins and Papulu to the 2011 class, and we’ll have all of the beef at NT that we need. As large as Jenkins is 6′4 340, Papulu is supposed to be bigger at 6′6 365. During his senior year, playing OT as well, he reportedly had 55 pancake blocks. Sounds like a real Samoan to me…… It’s supposed to be between UGA, UCLA and a few others. With a nickname like Tombstone, how can we go wrong, and he’s not a Mormon any longer, so there’s no 2-year mission to delay his career.
RMikel58
February 5th, 2011
4:15 am
You guys better start coming off the hips with better pay to lock these coaches in. Maybe the Carolina Panthers or another team can lure away Bobo as well.
BigGAdawg
February 5th, 2011
5:06 am
Sorry to see Belin go–a really good coach.
I would like to see us go steal Kevin Greene from Greenbay as Outside Linebackers coach–Grantham can coach the Inside Linebackers. Break out the checkbook.
Common Sense
February 8th, 2011
9:20 pm
In my best David Spade sarcastic tone.
Buh bye