Offensive line coach still looks Friend-ly; SEC East standings still look jumbled
A few notes to start the day:
- Mark Richt expects to name a new offensive line coach early this week, and all indications continue to point toward UAB’s Will Friend.
Two other candidates who had expressed strong interest in the position have been told they won’t get the job.
As for when the hire is made and announced, that probably depends on how long it takes to complete a routine pre-employment background check. UGA typically uses an outside firm to conduct the checks, which sometimes get completed more quickly than others.
Anyway, if you missed it, here’s a bit of bio on Friend from Friday’s blog:
As an offensive guard at Alabama in the 1990s, he was a four-year starter and a two-time All-SEC player. He was named to Alabama’s Team of the Decade.
He has been Alabama-Birmingham’s offensive line coach for the past four years and before that was offensive line coach at Gardner-Webb for two years. UAB’s head coach is Neil Callaway, a former offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Georgia. In fact, Friend helped Callaway with Georgia’s offensive line for two years (2003-04) as a graduate assistant.
- After another wild weekend in SEC basketball, Georgia has moved up to third place in the East Division -– ½ game out of second and ½ game out of last. The current standings:
Florida 7-2
Tennessee 5-3
Georgia 5-4
Kentucky 4-4
South Carolina 4-4
Vanderbilt 4-4
Georgia plays a non-conference game in Stegeman Coliseum against Xavier on Tuesday night –- an important game for NCAA tournament selection purposes. Within the division, the big game Tuesday is Tennessee at Kentucky.
- Georgia’s win over Auburn on Saturday made the Bulldogs 4-0 against SEC West teams, compared with 1-4 vs. the East.
- Back to football. Georgia’s lack of depth on the defensive line prompted the move last year of Justin Anderson from the offensive line to nose tackle. Anderson wound up playing in only one game –- the season opener -– because of a toe injury that required surgery, and it’s now unclear whether he’ll stay on the D-line or return to the O-line for his senior season. “That has not been determined yet,” defensive coordinator Todd Grantham said Saturday.
- More later today. . . .
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ForsythDawg
February 7th, 2011
5:21 am
And my first, FIRST… Can’t wait until kickoff!
mikeylikesit
February 7th, 2011
5:23 am
First!
Hahaha
Thank you very much!
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run the ball
February 7th, 2011
5:40 am
It doesn’t matter who the o line coach is, who the fullback is, who the tailback is etc…Bobo will not commit to running the ball, reguardless of how effective it is. When Richt has a back rush for over 100 yds his record is incredible. Yet, our coaching staff makes no effort to accomplish this. Why?? Ealey can do it, if he gets the chance.
Roll Tide
February 7th, 2011
5:43 am
Looks like uga will have to hire a BAMA man to get things RIGHT in Athens.
woebegong
February 7th, 2011
6:03 am
RoolTide,
Up early and not reading the complete BIO it would seem. A graduate assistant for two years at UGA. Do you troll other blogs that do not concern Alabama as much as you do AJC’s? Sad, Sad little troll.
dawgfan
February 7th, 2011
6:09 am
our offensive line wasnt very good in 2003 and not much better in 2004.
Paddy
February 7th, 2011
6:14 am
Roll Tide….you must admit, that was a weak effort on your part. We have come to expect more from your posts.
south
February 7th, 2011
6:21 am
Roll Tide – It takes a UGA man to keep BAMA with a top rated D and recruiting class. Without Smart, Bama would be seriously hurtin…
tony
February 7th, 2011
6:31 am
Roll Tide, isn’t Nick Sabans from the state of W.Virginia? Isn’t Paul Bear Bryant from the state of Arkansas? Didn’t Cam Newton come from the state of Ga? Without Cam I don’t think AU win 9 games. You got alot to learn young man. It doesn’t matter what state a person comes from just as long as they do what they were hired to do.
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Frustrated
February 7th, 2011
6:45 am
Please dont hire Friend! He will be terrible. Once again Ga is hiring friends. He is a Neil Callaway deciple and we want no part of it. Callaways lines were worse than the one we had.
Fulltime dawgfan
February 7th, 2011
7:00 am
I dont understand why people continue to talk about things that happened in the past. People complained about the ol and dl getting pushed around and cmr addressed the s&c staff. Folks lost faith in ealey and king cmr found a potential replacement. We needed a big nt cmr found one. What more do you people want stop crying and support the team or cheer for somebody else. For my true dog fans lets keep the positive energy going continue to support the team if I notice the major changes that have been made I know you see it also!
Apples II Oranges
February 7th, 2011
7:03 am
Justin Anderson may be better served in transfering. The coaching staff is at a lose in how to best utilize him and this is going to be a trying time for Anderson. If the staff cannot find him a home and get the young man into a situation where he gets comfortable he may never see signifanct playing time. It really would be hard to blame the kid. Maybe for his betterment he should look at transfering for a fresh start and coaches who do not have preconveived notion on what he can or cannot do.
Apples II Oranges
February 7th, 2011
7:04 am
**preconcieved**
Dawg Gone
February 7th, 2011
7:14 am
Apples II Oranges – i before e except after c or when sounded as a as in neighbor and weigh
JB
February 7th, 2011
7:14 am
The OL has been awful the last two years. Any change might help. Four year starter at Bama means he knows some football. Callaway after Searles doesn’t look bad. BUT, If Richt is here to stay, why not swing for the fences and get a top notch OL coach. I’m afraid all the reasons mentioned on these blogs the last week are true. 2011 is Richt’s most season. He knows it. Perspective hires know it also.
JB
February 7th, 2011
7:15 am
s/b Richt’s most important season.
BigGAdawg
February 7th, 2011
7:22 am
Apples II Oranges
That is just silly–who besides you is talking about him transferring? Sounds like you are for another team and not a Bulldog at all. Which shade of Orange do you wear?
The only reason he did not play alot last season was injury and surgery–read the article. The only “transfer” being talked about is from one side of the line to the other.
Now back into your basement.
JB
February 7th, 2011
7:22 am
Half Time show of Super Bowl. These people make a living doing this? Awful. How about Lady A. ..Hell, Jimmy Buffett would have wowed the crowd better. 15 minutes of Don Rickles would have been better.
JB
February 7th, 2011
7:26 am
He’s a Techie I assume. This class is killing them after watching Johnson steal a few from Georgia Southern. Tech is in trouble, they just don’t know it…..yet. You can not go up against VT,FSU,Miami,NC,Clemson,UGA etc with the type players they just signed. Why do teams like these beat Ga. Southerns& Charleston Southerns etc by 40 points?
D A DoubleU G
February 7th, 2011
7:27 am
I hope the same idiot chronic whiners and complainers don’t try to jump back on ship when it’s righted. Either wear your G with pride through thick AND thin, or never wear it again.
Go Dawgs!!!
D A DoubleU G
February 7th, 2011
7:30 am
Keep Paul Johnson!!! Forever!!!!!
Palm City Dawg
February 7th, 2011
7:33 am
Uh, yeah roll tide…and you had to get a DAWG to made things right as well…and even paid big bucks to keep him away from us.
Palm City Dawg
February 7th, 2011
7:38 am
Tim, we have been reading clips on Friend the past few days, but do you have any statistics on his line’s performance for those years.
suwaneedawg
February 7th, 2011
7:44 am
Roll Tide, I was impressed that you could read the bio. However, you lived up to your expectations of not understanding the entire bio posted. Great job.
suwaneedawg
February 7th, 2011
7:45 am
D A DoubleU G
February 7th, 2011
D A, very well put and stated. Amen!
82Dawg
February 7th, 2011
7:46 am
@D A DoubleU G …totally agree….I am sure haters will be on here before long…(HT)
Big Dawg
February 7th, 2011
7:50 am
Fellow Dawgs,
We had a man at Georgia a few years back as Tight Ends coach who wanted the Offensive Line Coaching position but then they went and hired Stacy Searals from LSU, yes Searals is from Georgia (Trion) but his heart was never in it. Dave Johnson should be given the job and in my humble opinion we would be watching our OL show improvement, to play in the trenches you have to not only be smart but you also have to be nasty. That has been missing from our team for a while now, especially the last 3 years and we have seen the results of diminishing wins and an embarrashing performance in the Liberty Bowl against Central Florida. I don’t know anything about Will Friend, but I do remember Neil Calloway and it was a blessing him leaving because he had become comfortable with mediocraty. Hopefully whoever is hired with be hungry and will not accept/tollerate all of the mental mistakes that have seemed to plagued the Dawgs the last few years and our OL will get back to being a well oiled machine and being dominate.
Go Dawgs
chalkdawg4
February 7th, 2011
7:52 am
JB – I must agree that the half time show may have been the worst one that I can remember. Not only do the make a living doing that – they are incredibly wealthy for putting out that schlock.
douglas
February 7th, 2011
7:56 am
JB: I differ with our opinion — I thought halftime show was great. I’m tired of seeing 60 year old men and bands sing. Get with the program.
Bitter vince dooly
February 7th, 2011
7:58 am
it dont take long to open up a bucket of “negitive” talk from so many”LOOSER’S”.
this year offer’s much hope for many in the SEC, ark, south car, fla, georgia, tenn, miss st, —not to mention all will be trying to nock all-burn back into there rightful place at the bottom of the SEC.
at the end of the day —bamma will raise up and take the west
who will take the east??????????? to hard to call
one thing is for sure—the wars on saturday will continue???
theres no crying in SEC football!!!
AU in B-ham
February 7th, 2011
7:58 am
good hire for the dogs, he is a good coach and quality guy-i think uga wins the East next year, I just don’t see any dominant team again in the East and love Murray at Qb. I think LSU wins West.
va.dawg
February 7th, 2011
7:59 am
the past says alot about the future! ask coach Bowdon
ugab
February 7th, 2011
8:06 am
Why ga don’t go after the best coaches in the world
? The Mysterian
February 7th, 2011
8:19 am
ugab: Who are those coaches? And who says they are the best? What are the credentials of the people saying they are the best? Please, help us out. I must be one of the few on this blog that does not have a clue who UGA should/could hire as their O-line coach. Damn! You some of you people are so smart!!
I would be
February 7th, 2011
8:22 am
interested to know who the other two candidates were….
Bark Madley
February 7th, 2011
8:22 am
His UAB line did better against common SEC opponents than Searles line did
Halsey
February 7th, 2011
8:31 am
Yeah, I’m sure you went over hours of film and broke down the offensive line play of UAB and UGA.
Herschel Talker
February 7th, 2011
8:34 am
Enter your comments here
Herschel Talker
February 7th, 2011
8:35 am
Please take our entire caching staff at tech!
Reality Check
February 7th, 2011
8:40 am
JB, we have to get an unknown guy as OL line coach for the same reason it was hard to get a DC last year. With all of the negative talk about CMR and this will be his last year, who wants to come to Athens when the perception is there is a 50% chance the staff will be fired after the year. I will support the team regardless next year and personally hope CMR has made the changes that will keep him around. With all of the turmoil it was a miracle the recruiting class they pulled off. The Dawgs should have pictures of Boise State in the weightroom, athletic building or whatever so the players are reminded that the whole country thinks they are coming to Atlanta to spank us. This game is the most important of the season to set the tone for the rest of the year.
Also- I have been watching half time shows for 30 years and that was the worst ever last night. Even my younger son who has their music on his ipod was expecting it to be great and he turned it off it was so bad.
Mickey Mouse
February 7th, 2011
8:44 am
Go ahead and hire this Mickey Mouse guy cuz it wont matter anyway. Dawgs will get new coaching staff for 2012.
VA Dawg II
February 7th, 2011
8:45 am
AJC headline: Jesus Christ hired as UGA OL coach.
AJC readers: Long haired hippie….he wears a dress….he got himself killed….Get a haircut you flipflop wearing hippie….Sure he walks on water, but can he coach….
Big Bob
February 7th, 2011
8:46 am
To Roll Tide. Looks like Bama had to hire a Georgia man to get their defense in order several years ago.
Apples II Oranges
February 7th, 2011
8:46 am
Early, and I still missed a typo, lol!
Also I am a Dawg, obviously you do not blog much or you would know this. I am more than level headed, but the young man has been in this program for more than a blink of an eye and yet they cannot find a home for him. My post is for the Justin Anderson, not Dawg fans. Of course I would love to see him excel in Athens, but he gets shuttled back and forth often. This is not his first rodeo in flopping back and forth from Offense to Defense. Don’t get your panties in a wad over my post.
cantondawg
February 7th, 2011
8:47 am
Could someone please call PETA or the Atlanta police to report a crime committed by Herschel Talker.
I’m pretty sure there is a law against “beating the same dead horse” everyday.
82Dawg
February 7th, 2011
8:47 am
@Mickey Mouse are you Herschel Talker the same person? Sounds like it and y’all always comment about the same time…
Corn Rolls and Ear Bling
February 7th, 2011
8:49 am
Good recruiting class for another run for the Fulmer cup.
Bobby Bulldog
February 7th, 2011
8:58 am
Richt turned o-line pick over to Bobo and no one else was even interviewed. Name of the game now is to go with a young hotshot, while anyone over forty is kicked aside regardless of qualifications or character. Bobo has led Richt’s team down a primrose path in the past, but let’s hope that Friend is the wonder kid he is being sold as or all three will be gone.
North Georgia Dawg
February 7th, 2011
9:06 am
The problem with paying the most for the best is you’ll always have someone come right behind you and be willing to play a little more. We need long term stability and not a one pump chump like Belin! Also, typically you see the better coaches or shall I say higher profile coaches at the top tier programs. Those programs usually have the better talent hince the success of the coaches or vice versa. So is it the Jimmys & Joes or the X’s & O’s???
lollipops and kool aid
February 7th, 2011
9:07 am
UGA will keep the SEC MNC run alive in 2011.
Paul N Destin
February 7th, 2011
9:09 am
Will Friend is from Miss..not Alabama. As one poster stated trying to get someone to give up a good gig to come to UGA today is not going to happen with the Mark Richt on the hotseat. You can talk all you wish but the facts are Richt has to produce this year.
RabidDawgFan
February 7th, 2011
9:14 am
Doesn’t matter if he’s from UAB, if he can coach then he can coach. Sometimes it’s better to get a position coach from a lesser school because he has much more talent when he comes to a bigger school and can use it to it’s full strength. UAB worked Tennessee pretty good last year and no matter how bad TN was last season, they’re still SEC competition for UAB and UAB did a pretty good job. I welcome him and look forward to seeing our O-line overacheive for once.
mark
February 7th, 2011
9:19 am
Am I the only one who is truly fed up with people trying to make the national anthem a cabaret show tune.? Sing our national anthem like it is suppose to be sung or just shut up. You dont have to sing it well, just sing it right.
RxDawg
February 7th, 2011
9:30 am
“Looks like uga will have to hire a BAMA man to get things RIGHT in Athens.”
I’m sure someone has beat me to this but… just like Bama had to hire a Georgia man to run their defense?
jasont13
February 7th, 2011
9:37 am
Who ever Richt hires, people are going to be on here bashing him. I have a question to all that believe you need to make a splash with this hire. Name some current O-Line coaches UGA should hire. Most of you speak as if they are household names. Usually no body knows who the offensive and defensive line coaches are. Look at South Carolina last year. They hired a guy from App State.
Uga'91
February 7th, 2011
9:39 am
I like Sylvester Croom… MSU always ran the ball well they never found an SEC qb under him but we already have that. I believe he would be good for the staff with pro and SEC experience.
GT is a 4th rate high school team
February 7th, 2011
9:39 am
Roll Tide, Hey you have just forgotten that your offensive coordinator was a UGA Dawg.
RabidDawgFan
February 7th, 2011
9:40 am
Exactly Jasont. What is a “No-name hire”? Just because they don’t come from Alabama or Florida? Those no names turn into big names and Will Friend could be that next guy famous for turning our offensive line around and being dominant again in the SEC. Who was Nick Saban before he was “Nick Saban” and same for Les Miles and Mark Richt. Who were these guys before they were who they were?
GT is a 4th rate high school team
February 7th, 2011
9:40 am
Correction, your Defensive Coordinator was a UGA Dawg.
The General Feeling
February 7th, 2011
9:48 am
The Dawgs could have hired Vince Lombardi and it still would not matter. They still got Richt and Bobo running the O so please, someone, please tell us what will be different? .
sandman053
February 7th, 2011
9:49 am
GT but we DO have an OC that we will give them….lol
woebegong
February 7th, 2011
9:52 am
Everybody has to start somewhere. If they hire the OL from Al. Birm. I will bet you that he will know how to get the most out of his OL. Just think about it. His present team has had to play a lot bigger schools, with a lot ,more choices as far as OL players go, and had to coach up what he has got. I bet some of those folks on his OL do have just a little bit of nastiness in them. If I were to play for a small team, and the bigs teams just looked at you as a scrimmage, I bet you would have a little bit of nastiness also. We have the atheletes and I just bet he can whip them into a cohesive unit that will do the job well. I think the atheletes are already in place at UGA to do the job, I just think they need to put some muscle on their frame, and be able to do the job for the full 60 minutes needed. I Believe coach T. is going to make sure that happens.
John Galt
February 7th, 2011
9:52 am
Bean needs to go where he can be in the line-up, when healthy. With the signing of Jenkins that may be in the O line.
Huge Christina Aguilara fan
February 7th, 2011
9:58 am
Come on Mark…did you expect anything different from Christina? She is a caricature of good singers from the past…squeezing so much unneccessary vibrato into every word that you can hardly figure out what song it is or what words she is singing. That was terrible. I was thinking the Black Eyed Peas had nowhere to go but up from there but boy was I wrong. To that clown Robert on page 1…you would have to have been deaf to enjoy that halftime show.
Now as for Friend…I think he is a good hire. We need to find a young up and comer for that role. Same with the new DE’s coach. The old codgers are not always trying to prove themselves. Once you are in the Coaching Fraternity you are in–Look at Searles. He got a big raise after 2 consecutive seasons of horrible O-line perfomances.
Mike
February 7th, 2011
10:04 am
Looks like McGarity wouldn’t help Richt by offering more than a 1 year contract for the new O-Line Coach. Greg McGarity probably didn’t want to spend more ethan $25,000 on the O-Line Coach either, Georgia spent less than Alabama, Auburn, Florida % wise on the football program.
DawginLex
February 7th, 2011
10:04 am
Hire someone who can coach from wherever. Friend will be fine.
The difference?
If there is going to be a difference, it will be what is going on in the weight room between now and August.
If there is no improvement there, it won’t matter.
big root
February 7th, 2011
10:05 am
A GREAT recruiting class want beat Boise State hard work and the understanding of the game will. Boise State is going to fake a punt, run reverses and throw deep and the hold team come play a FULL 60 MINUTES will UGA be ready to do the same. Watch the V-Tech game.Get rid of bobo
AltamahaDawg
February 7th, 2011
10:09 am
I actually like the B.E.P.
Pretty hard to believe whoever was running the sound last night does it for a living though. It was horrible. Would have been better with a Fergy wardrope malfunction.
And you are correct about Aquilara. I did catch the gaff, but it was pretty difficult considering her absurd exageration of every word made it difficult to know what she was even singinginingnging.
AltamahaDawg
February 7th, 2011
10:12 am
Good to see those SuperBowl teams never ever run the ball between the tackles on 2nd and long, huh guys.
big root
February 7th, 2011
10:25 am
To the UGA players the reason no one was invited to play in these bowl games is simple who deserve to play in one you had all season to show how good you were and look at what went out on the field every weekend. UCF I REST MY CASE
Dirty Dawg
February 7th, 2011
10:25 am
Make sure he doesn’t have any skeletons or abused wives in the closet and get him in here. We’ve got some work to do to get our O-line back to the point that it can be counted on to dominate their side of the line of scrimmage…same with the D-line…do that and we win…do it not and we lose.
Dawg4ever
February 7th, 2011
10:36 am
@Roll Tide. You forget half your players come from the good ole state of GA also. Never understood why someone would leave GA for Ala.?
VA DAWG
February 7th, 2011
10:38 am
I really don’t like someone using a handle close to mine and referencing Jesus….scares me. Anyways, I think Friend would probably be a good hire…he’ll at least work hard to make a name for himself as oppose to Searls who apparently is a “big fish.” Also, what do you think of keeping the tradition of a bulldog, but with a twist…an American instead of English? GO DAWGS!
big root
February 7th, 2011
10:48 am
UGA will not win championship with MIKE BOBO driving the offense he don’t no were he’s going those screen plays he run the sideline to sideline passes those plays don’t work for UGA because Bobo as a coach don’t no how to execute them himself he needs to study green bay offense and play calling don’t be scared to throw down field
woebegong
February 7th, 2011
10:50 am
Dawg4ever,
It gives the Georgia boys a better appreciation of the beautiful state of Georgia.
Bobby Bulldog
February 7th, 2011
10:56 am
I understand there were scads of accomplished coaches of class who had successful experience at UGA and other big programs who applied for the job but were not called in for an interview because they were over forty.. I could name a couple and link you to their profiles but its a moot point now. Friend may do a great job but my belief is that Bobo has done such a poor job that he wanted a coach even less qualified than himself–someone he could mold in his own image who would not ever be likely to replace him. By Bobo’s own standards, he is approaching over-the-hill age so its time for him to put out feelers for a head coaching job. Hope Richt stops being so detached as a coach and shows a bit of enthusiasm.
Delbert D.
February 7th, 2011
11:27 am
Friend at least meets the “6 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon” test (through Callaway).
AltamahaDawg
February 7th, 2011
11:32 am
We ran a lot of screen plays last year and didn’t throw it down the field much? What game was that?
I’d willing to bet if we looked at the GB play-by-play from last night, and compared it to most UGA games, the play selection is not nearly as different as you think.
The execution is another matter.
DawginLex
February 7th, 2011
11:40 am
If you can’t block people it doesn’t matter who is calling the plays.
S&C will make or break this staff.
how2fish
February 7th, 2011
11:50 am
I have gone back and forward with my thinking on the OL hire…get a established guy and pay him whatever it takes, or get a younger guy who’s hungry and looking to make a name for himself…finally it struck me…we did the get a established guy and pay him whatever with CSS..and look how that worked out..so if they want to try a guy that’s a relative unknown fine..it’s not like this guy is new to the job he’s had 6 years experience at two schools as the OL coach.
AltamahaDawg
February 7th, 2011
12:11 pm
Bobby, my guess is that you wouldn’t be comfortable explaining your understanding of the situation to anyone actually associated with Georgia Athletics.
1962 Dawg
February 7th, 2011
12:36 pm
Roll Tide
Seems to be the same way in Bama, with Smart huh? Need a UGA man to run that D over there!!
VA Dawg II
February 7th, 2011
12:44 pm
VA DAWG. Dont mean to offend. It was my attempt at sarcasm/humor.
Bobby Bulldog
February 7th, 2011
12:50 pm
I doubt if any of us on this board would be comfortable explaining our impression of the UGA oc to Richt or Bobo in person, but I certainly wouldn’t mind asking them to release the names of people who applied and who was called in for an interview. If Friend was the best qualified person who applied, then Richt is in more danger than we thought. Someone with four years of experience at UGA as OC should be ready for prime time as a head coach so Bobo ought to start looking if he is worthy of the trust CMR puts in him. Didn’t CMR groom Bobo in his image? The landscape is littered with capable experienced coaches who got caught up in the revolving door of college coaching in their forties or fifties whereas coaches prefer young guys regardless of record.
Terry
February 7th, 2011
12:54 pm
This Bio tells a little more about Will Friend. http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/friend_will00.html
1962 Dawg
February 7th, 2011
12:59 pm
The difference in Friend and Searals.
One played for Bama, the other played at Awbarn.
Friend has been on the UGA staff before and should be fine.
Don’t think we should be throwing Searals under the bus for going with Texas.
His O-line this past season was responsible for 30+ points 7 games at UGA, and Searals O-line gave up 2nd fewest sacks in the SEC. Not all that bad. Especially starting a Freshman QB. Look back at the O-line stats for Stafford’s Freshman year. Not as impressive.
Friend will be a good hire and being young and familar with CMR will only be a +.
Ealey had a 5.5 ypc this past season.
wasn’t Searals fault he didn’t get to stay in the game longer or Searals fault that Ealey fumbled as many times as he did either!
Time to stop throwing rocks and start supporting who we get and Hunker Down!!!
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February 7th, 2011
1:11 pm
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Joe
February 7th, 2011
1:27 pm
Is this UAB Coach the biggest name the AD will pay for? Absurd.
Huge Christina Aguilara fan
February 7th, 2011
1:30 pm
Dawg4ever…They go because in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
michael
February 7th, 2011
1:31 pm
will someone get richt to hire a offensive coordinator bobo has a good series and then thinks lets do something totally different on the next series never going to work
AltamahaDawg
February 7th, 2011
1:31 pm
Oh I didn’t mean scared or too polite to insult Richt to his face. Obvious none of us would do that.
I mean indicating in public what a complete and and utter DA that you must think Greg McGarity is.
BTW, who would you consider the most qualified OCs in the country, how long have they doing that job, and why aren’t they HCs somewhere?
DawgByte
February 7th, 2011
1:35 pm
UGa91 -
“Sylvester Croom”?
Are you out of your friggin mind!!!???
1962 Dawg
February 7th, 2011
2:04 pm
Altamaha
We’ve got one of the best OC in the country, we’re just using him as a HC instead of an OC.
You’ve got to have playmakers on both sides of the ball to win in the SEC.
Past few seasons we’ve had only 1 or 2 on each side of the ball.
Until we get some of these players on the field who want to commit to working their A$$ and making plays it won’t matter who’s calling plays on either side of the ball.
It’s like Arron Murray said after the Liberty Bowl, “some of our players think just because of who they are they are entitled to play regardless of their work ethic” until this problem is resolved, and I think it will be this summer, with players competing for jobs. Coaching means nothing! Got to have leaders on the field, until we get those in place we can expect the same results as we’ve had!!
VA DAWG
February 7th, 2011
2:14 pm
VA DAWG II,
It hard to read sarcasm on comment pages, but I understood…hope you understood mine as well. Go DAWGS!
AltamahaDawg
February 7th, 2011
2:29 pm
Good line 1962!
You are right, we have paid to train an OC as a HC, and paid to train a QB coach as an OC. Hate to waste that investment now.
I didn’t see that quote from Murray. I did see Walsh say they just expected to win the bowl game.
Bobby Bulldog
February 7th, 2011
2:36 pm
Altamaha–I don’t think the AD picked Friendly-I think CMR let Bobo pick him knowing Bobo would pick a young guy. You are very naive if you don’t accept that there is a very real preference toward coaches in their twenties or thirties in college sports and it involves more than salaries. By the way, many well known names have been head coaches and got caught up in the move toward younger coaches, just as Richt will eventually. Just off the top of my head, Jeff Bowers (USM) had a great record but was fired just to make way for a younger guy who has not produced. Look up the names yourself–every day older coaches with fine records are told by the ad that he wants to “go in a different direction” Obviously that bias was at play in the Friend hiring and in CMR’s hiring of Bobo as OC except it came from CMR instead of the AD.
how2fish
February 7th, 2011
2:42 pm
Bobby Bulldog you seem to THINK a lot WTF do you KNOW? Sorry you throw around a lot about what you think…give us some facts?
jack bull
February 7th, 2011
3:00 pm
my nephew seems to think Bean will be the starting RG next year. He’s thinking the line will look like this, Sturdivant, Glenn, Jones, Anderson, K Gates. especially since T Strickland isn’t going to play any more. and look for Geathers to get some PT at NG this coming year too…as far as the OL coach, Friend sounds like a pretty good choice. He’s played in the SEC, he knows what it takes…at FB, Figgins will split time with Zander Ogletree, but it’ll probably be Figgins for the most part. obviously, the biggest concern will be at the reciever position. we lost our 2 best, and Logan transferring, well, there went what we hoped to be a contributor…i’ll have more later…
still@the bar
February 7th, 2011
3:14 pm
Told you guys Friedgen would NEVER be a Dawg or risk some of his buyout money to sign with UGA.
Friedgen working for BoZo like TRUMP working for Rhonda Duffy Reality.
Bobby Bulldog
February 7th, 2011
3:16 pm
Altamonte-You asked why all middle age assistants are not head coaches. Not a well thought out question. There are only so many head coaching jobs and many assistants prefer working directly with players to pushing paper. Some have been head coaches and were fired or resigned, leading to dismissal of their assistants. Assistants are probably far more important in a team’s performance, especially if the head coach is hands off. My thoughts are based on facts and observations from inside sources–including people with real knowledge.
sandman053
February 7th, 2011
3:18 pm
still@the bar: that is a funny comparison there my friend.Sadly true, but funny.
1962 Dawg
February 7th, 2011
3:21 pm
If CMR will hold these players feet to the fire and make them earn playing time instead of playing seniorty. Several times the past couple of seasons we’ve had better looking talent on the bench. Working with the weights and conditioning and abandoning the matt drills should help with our lack of success in the 2nd half of games in2011.
Thomas Brown should be a big asset in this area.
Winning that line of scrimmage is a must in the SEC and we haven’t been doing that.
Maybe this season we can.
Anybody see where we ended up in rankings after John Jenkins signed?
I saw where ESPN had us 6th or 7th, jus wondeing about scout and rivals?
sandman053
February 7th, 2011
3:23 pm
1962 Rivals has us #5
sandman053
February 7th, 2011
3:25 pm
Scout has us #7.
1962 Dawg
February 7th, 2011
3:36 pm
Thanks sandman053
Didn’t know if Awbarn droped since they didn’t get their O-lineman.
Best way to keep them out of trouble is, keep them in CLASS and the WEIGHT ROOM.
And this class of recruits should make a difference!
how2fish
February 7th, 2011
3:50 pm
Looks like its a done deal.. http://bleacherreport.com/tb/b88Pn
Danny G
February 7th, 2011
4:22 pm
Haters gonna hate. Leave the Black Eye Peas alone. They have sold millions of albums and won multiple grammys. They are richer than anyone on this blog and are still going strong, even though they have been together for 16 years. What do you want, some wheelchair rockers trying to not look so old playing songs that are 40 years old? Deal with it people.
Huge Christina Aguilara fan
February 7th, 2011
4:40 pm
Well at least what the “wheelchair rockers” were playing was music. Autotune does not count as music.
The closest the Peas got was when Slash played but that chick promptly butchered Sweet Child o Mine. They are awful. Musicians prove their craft and musicianship in live shows. Apparently the Peas are only good in the studio with 20 thousand tools covering up the fact that they can’t sing.
I enjoy music…when musicians play it. I can do without a bunch of dancers trying to sing and failing. Tough luck Danny G. Calling out the performers at the worst Halftime show in the history of the Super bowl is not hating.
P.S. Making money in the music industry does not prove that you are a good musician. All it takes is a good producer and some savvy marketing. So you just keep on lapping up all of the crap the music industry thinks you should like.
Pacific Dawg
February 7th, 2011
4:52 pm
The game was in Texas. They should have had country music singers for the half time show. I bet that ole Merle Haggard or Hank Jr. would have done a much better job than Sack Eyed Fleas or whoever they were.
Huge Christina Aguilara fan
February 7th, 2011
4:57 pm
Pacific Dawg…I’ll bet you and I could have done a better job.
AltamahaDawg
February 7th, 2011
7:08 pm
No Bobby, I did not ask that. Not even close to what I asked. What I DID ask was a hellova lot better thought out than: Richt/McGarity are clueless that Coach Bobo (who apparently has staffing control now) is just hiring somebody that he knows will fail to make himself look good.
AltamahaDawg
February 7th, 2011
7:11 pm
Not with that sound man. Were they using Mr. Microphone.
The Watergirl
February 8th, 2011
12:43 am
How soon these negative UGA fans come right back out!! Did you forget we just had the “so-called” best OL coach the last 4 years and he was awful, shut up and get on board or find another team!!
Go Dawgs
dogdawg
February 10th, 2011
6:03 am
I’ve been down on CMR for awhile, but i must admit he is trying.So i’m gonna give him another shot GO DAWGS !!!!
We ruin this state
February 13th, 2011
7:19 pm
Life ain’t worth living between recruiting and the first game. What do we do now ? Get a job ? Maybe just watch replays of the 1980 season ? Day-dream ?