Attitude and defense are better, Dogs say
ATHENS – Thursday night’s post-practice interviews brought upbeat assessments of two key components of the Georgia football team: its attitude and its defense.
- Without naming any past offenders, inside linebacker Christian Robinson made it clear he likes the attitude of this team better than last year’s.
Christian Robinson is a projected starter at inside linebacker. (AJC photo/Curtis Compton)
“I think the guys that are here and that are playing right now and that coach [Todd] Grantham has trust in are those guys that stayed positive and kept working,” Robinson said. “Our whole thing is just being intense and doing what you’re supposed to, and I think the guys we have out there at this point are those guys who will make those plays and do what they’re told.
“I mean [if you have] a cancerous attitude, if you don’t have the right attitude, if you’re a ‘me’ guy –- we can’t have that. . . . I think the guys we have right now are the guys that are going to do it right, and you don’t have to worry about having off-the-field issues, things like that. The guys that are here, that are going to stay here, that are doing the right thing — we don’t have to worry about. And if they do [wrong], they know the consequences.”
Robinson suggested an issue with “people talking down” in the locker room last year.
“It’s a general attitude,” he said. “I think that at this point the guys we have are going to talk positive. There are going to be days you’re tired, you don’t want to be out there, it’s hot and the coaches are on you, and I think everybody is mature enough in this group that when you go out there it’s time to work and [coaches] are going to push you and you just got to deal with it.
“I think the guys we have here . . . know how to contribute to the team where it’s not all about themselves. I think we have guys that care about each other.”
- Meanwhile, coach Mark Richt made it clear he is encouraged by what he has seen from the defense in the first three sessions of spring practice. The unit spent last year adjusting to Grantham’s 3-4 scheme.
“You can already see the kids are getting better at … the technique of their job, of their position,” Richt said. “You’ve always got to learn what to do first, and then you’ve got to learn how to do it well. Last year there was a whole lot of time spent on just knowing what to do, and now that they have a better idea of what to do, they’re learning how to do it better. So techniques are improving. I think that’s the biggest thing I see defensively.
“And they are playing faster. They are playing with a little more certainty as to what they’re doing, so they’re able to turn it loose a little bit better.”
Reflecting on last season, “I don’t know if we ever turned it loose as a [defensive] group,” Richt said. “There were probably certain moments in time when it looked like we were getting it, but as an entire group, I don’t know if we ever played as fast as we hope we will this year. I think we’ll do better this year in that regard.”
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Guytondawg
March 25th, 2011
5:26 am
The same can be said for the media coverage. The negative seems to be the most fun to write. Good positive article. I get tired of the constant negative spin.
Ken
March 25th, 2011
5:51 am
Graduated from UGA in 78. Coach Dooley’s teams all seemed together. Good chemistry. I hope the chemistry is better this year and everyone is on the same page. Great schedule this year. Maybe the ball will bounce our way this year. Go Dawgs!
FanSince59
March 25th, 2011
6:03 am
Richt is “encouraged” by what he sees? I’ve heard this BS before. We will see if he is still “encouraged” at season’s end. A bigger question: Will the AD & fans be “encouraged” by what they have seen?
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JB
March 25th, 2011
6:37 am
It’s time to ” burn the boats” for Richt. This team needs to play with hair on fire this year, every game, every quarter. Lot’s of jobs on the line.
JB
March 25th, 2011
6:38 am
Sounds to me like some who left needed to leave.
Atticus
March 25th, 2011
6:45 am
We’ve heard this before. I am gald they are positive but asking a kid if he thinks they are better and have a better attitude is irrelevant. If we don’t have the off-the-field incidents and we back it up on the field then that would be great. Ask Grantham if he thinks the defense is much improved and WHY and that might mean a little more.
Kramer
March 25th, 2011
6:53 am
Don’t think for a minute that the coaches and players aren’t optimistic. They are every year during this time. The true test will be on the field, for a full 60 minutes. Until then, I’ll take it all with a grain of salt. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
6:55 am
Not too difficult to figure out who is not in the locker room any more.
Virginia DAWG
March 25th, 2011
6:57 am
With a name like Kramer maybe you are German, but still you should know that it was the Japanese that bombed Pearl Harbor.
Poopdawg
March 25th, 2011
6:57 am
It’s spring football. Are the pads on yet? Defense is about play recognition, fighting through blockers then making the tackle. Last year our D was hoping someone else would make the tackle. Cancerous attitudes if not seen by the coaches should have been exterminated by the players swiftly. I hope we are improved on D but I don’t buy new scheme as being our problem last year. It starts with the players wanting to stop somebody with a nasty demeanor.
Dawg '94
March 25th, 2011
7:01 am
Glad to hear that the locker room is clean from poor attitudes. Attitude is EVERYTHING & I just have a feeling the Dawgs are in for a GREAT season. Ready to see a little April 16th. GO DAWGS!!
Dawg Consultant
March 25th, 2011
7:05 am
JB, I think that honestly is one of the biggest chances to the program that did not recieve any press. For the first time I can remember we seemed to encourage kids to find other places to play based purely on attitude. I don’t like to see people put out, but with the results on the field last year, we obviously had little room for negative attitudes moving forward.
I hope we see the results on the field. I support Coach Richt and think this will be a turn around year.
JB
March 25th, 2011
7:06 am
Our program is at a point where they are going to have to prove it. Used to be when the team with the red helmets with a G on them showed up, people took notice. We have lost that. Like the State of Missouri, you’ll have to show me. I’m hoping for a rebound and the best, but we’ve got to get back to taking the fight to the other team.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
7:11 am
I actually don’t recall having heard all this before. I don’t recall any player calling out previous players and not having the best attitudes in the locker room. I certainly don’t think it’s accurate to say we have heard the staff talking about the difference between being able to go full speed and simply learning what to do in the first year of a new (D)system.
Goovietowndawg
March 25th, 2011
7:22 am
Kramer, I see Virginia Dawg has never seen Animal House
JB
March 25th, 2011
7:31 am
At 6-7 with a roster full of 4 and 5 star players, it’s obvious that there were “chemistry” problems last year. If the coach’s and team leadership has corrected it, this year could be a lot better.
JB
March 25th, 2011
7:33 am
Animal house and Caddy Shack…………Maybe the best two movies ever!.. LOL
Tman
March 25th, 2011
7:41 am
Pollen is in the air. Spring football is here Let the UGA players’ arrests begin!
TR
March 25th, 2011
7:43 am
It’s not defense I’m worried about, they were top 25 last year in several areas.
Offense couldn’t score against any real teams, averaged 18 points a game against winning teams.
TR
March 25th, 2011
7:46 am
16th is pass defense, top 25 in total defense, I guess you want to improve scoring and rush defense, that’s about it for defense, both were good in SEC.
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 25th, 2011
7:49 am
WOOOOO! Good news ladies. That’s encouraging to hear. I told Y’all 10+ wins, in the dome playing for the SEC title… It’s coming.
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 25th, 2011
7:50 am
Tman, go away loser. Nothing can stop the optimism of the UGA fans before the season starts.
What war did he learn about?
March 25th, 2011
7:52 am
Kramer,
Unless my history is all wrong, I do not believe the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
Buckeye
March 25th, 2011
7:55 am
Attitude better? OK, I’ll gve you that. Rah Rah, Spring Ball, Blah Blah Blah.
Defense better? Than what? 6-7? Make that claim at the end of Week 2, Boise and USC.
Absurd you claim the defense is “better” after what, 2-3 spring practices vs. QB’s with “don’t hit me” jerseys on.
Come on, man.
CaliDawg
March 25th, 2011
7:56 am
The attitude of the team/on field/locker room leaders are infectious – in a positive or negative way. There was obviously something “off” last year.
Virginia DAWG – Time to rent Animal House…
Scooter McDoogle
March 25th, 2011
7:56 am
“I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.” Bear Bryant / Alabama
“Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.” Lou Holtz / Arkansas
“It isn’t necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.” Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
POW! Right in the kisser!
JB
March 25th, 2011
7:57 am
Stop with the Germans and pearl harbor…please….Have you been living under a rock….Netflix
“Animal House”, the movie, and listen for the great line by John Belusi.
TR
March 25th, 2011
7:58 am
Richt said last year defense was with offense after 7th practice, so not playing fast wasn’t the problem last year, according to Richt, last season the defense played fast after the 7th practice. No news there.
Mo Ball
March 25th, 2011
7:59 am
If attitude was all you needed, Army would be champs each year.
CaliDawg
March 25th, 2011
7:59 am
Ever notice how fast the haters post on the Dawgs’ blog?
UGA – always on their mind 24/7/365…that’s exactly why we matter, even after a bad year, and we love you for it!
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 25th, 2011
8:03 am
Nobody said it was ALL you need Mo, but Erk Russell said “Attitude might be worth 80 percent of any athlete’s makeup.” That seems about right to me.
CaliDawg
March 25th, 2011
8:03 am
By the way…waiting on the long winded, very tired, cesspool of the South post…
J
March 25th, 2011
8:04 am
Uh oh, Robinson BLAMING last year’s ILLS on “bad apples”.
No buddy, as a leader, take responsibility for the 6-7 season, it was partially YOUR FAULT.
Quit BLAMING others, start working on YOU.
Team would have gone 12-1 with Mettenberger, he led his team to a National Championship. He wasn’t the “cancer”.
Mo Ball
March 25th, 2011
8:05 am
If attitude was 80% of all you needed, Air Force would be Champs every season.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:07 am
Wish Robinson would have had more tackles, sacks, and interceptions last season.
Same ole Same ole
March 25th, 2011
8:07 am
Yes I just wished these players would be more specific in what they are doing to get better and what real improvements they have made. This is the same thing we’ve heard before is that “we have a different attitude and working harder”. This is getting old because it hasn’t shown up on the field of play the last three years. What players busted thier rear ends all year long for a 10 – 6 bowl loss to Mickey Mouse U?
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
8:07 am
I sure hope so. I expect the defense to be better.
It is the offense I am much more worried about right now. Murray should be good, but the O-line has been a huge disappointment the past few years and the playcalling has been highly questionable.
JB
March 25th, 2011
8:08 am
Gt1977…………… There is a great story about Techs basketball opening this morning still on line trying to get some hits……..Go help them out
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 25th, 2011
8:09 am
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ~Winston Churchill
JB
March 25th, 2011
8:10 am
This is the time of the year it’s all about Marketing and advertising. Show time will tell the tale.
Big Bad Bruce
March 25th, 2011
8:10 am
If we can just avoid giving up the big play this year, we should have a d@#n good turnaround. The offense, as much as i hate Bobo’s playcalling sometimes, scored enough points to win games last year. And with one year under his belt and more confidence, Murray will be even better. We just gotta be ready for the man to man coverage in the secondary and quit getting burned
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 25th, 2011
8:10 am
If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. ~Vince Lombardi
J
March 25th, 2011
8:11 am
As long as the team leaders think the problem is “out there”, blaming other players like Robinson does, Georgia will continue to lose.
Blaming teammates for the 6-7 season is a loser’s attitude.
JB
March 25th, 2011
8:11 am
Tech opening practice getting lathered up for Western Carolina………….LOL………. Any tickets left?
J
March 25th, 2011
8:13 am
What if you have a great attitude, but go 6-7 again because you don’t get rid of the main issues from last season? Forget that attitude speak. Get to work on what led to 6-7.
@J what are you smoking?
March 25th, 2011
8:13 am
12-1 if we had Mettenberger last year? . Are you nuts? Talk about an ignorant, baseless , uninformed, waste of space statement..you are a dolt.. We are all dumber having read your display of ignorance. this blog has a cancer and its idiots like you.
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
8:14 am
Here’s my problem with the whole defensive issue though…and I’ll admit I didn’t even think of this until my 12 year old cousin brought it up to me.
The 3-4 WILL work better this year, I am convinced, because we have better personnel (notably a TRUE nose tackle) and more experience; however, why are we convinced that a 3-4 is inherently any better than a 4-3? It’s not as if we didn’t have PLENTY of experience and suitable talent for our 4-3 before, right? The problem was Martinez was not a good coach. Is Grantham any better? Who knows? He got fired from his only previous job as a defensive coordinator (albeit in the NFL).
I just hope Richt wasn’t pulling another fast one on all of us with the 3-4 bait and switch, essentially buying himself a couple of years while the players “learned the system.”
Mo Ball
March 25th, 2011
8:15 am
If attitude and discipline won Championships, Naval Academy would have a stockpile and win it every year.
JB
March 25th, 2011
8:15 am
J……………I think you’re wrong……4 or 5 key players who bad mouth the coach’s, schemes, etc andother players can make it bad in the locker room. IF AJ and Houston were bad apples, and they could of been, that could effect the team, especially younger players.
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 25th, 2011
8:15 am
What I’m saying is your team could be smarter than any team that’s ever suited up but without a good attitude running through the locker room none of that matters. That is all. Im sure they’re working on what made the team 6-7, not just holding hands in a circle making sure everybody feels ok.
Big Dawg
March 25th, 2011
8:16 am
Hold on everyone, spring drills have just begun so there is optimism that things have been turned around. Yes I had heard there were major attitude problems over the last several years as certain players felt entitled to play simply because it was their turn. This starts with the coaching staff not putting your best players on the field regardless of seniority. Sometimes the better athlete is not the guy who should be playing but the guy with the right attitude, who is bright and works hard to improve their playing ability. Sometimes the better athlete is a cancer because of their poor and negative attitude on a team. Football is a team sport afterall and it takes all players pulling together to win. Hopefully the JUNKYARD DOG attitude has been rekindled on this team and we will see a team that plays hard the entire 60 minutes of a game. Also hopefully we will see a coaching staff that on offense commits to RUNNING the football instead of getting pass happy.
Go Dawgs
J
March 25th, 2011
8:16 am
Mett went 12-1 at JUCO, led his team to a National Championship. Losing him was a major blow, as you’ll see with LSU’s run thsi year. He’s a winner, no 6-7 seasons with him at QB.
RS
March 25th, 2011
8:17 am
well I see all the negative guys on here.Nothing seems to change.
DawginLex
March 25th, 2011
8:18 am
J, the only loser on here is you.
Keep on bringing up Mettenberger you dumba$$ TROLL.
He messed up and Richt sent him packing.
How long does it take that to get into that retarded brain of yours?
You get on here every day under different screen names and say the same sheet over and over.
Go get a job at McDonalds and get off your grandma’s computer.
Dawg_Mike
March 25th, 2011
8:19 am
As they say up in rocky flop-
“if ye keep doin whatche been doin you keep gettin whatche been gettin”
I like what I am hearing from everyone involved, but then again I hear all this same talk every spring…
J
March 25th, 2011
8:20 am
Mettenberger was not the cancer. 12-1. National Championship? Leaders win, Mett won 12 games. Murray won 6.
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 25th, 2011
8:21 am
Maybe J IS Mettenberger, still feeling bitter…
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
8:22 am
Who gives up a crap about some rinky-dink JUCO school?
J
March 25th, 2011
8:22 am
Didn’t hear Robinson talking about defensive 3rd down conversions or his personal numbers from 2010? 5 tackles, 1 sack, no interceptions, wow, what a season.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:23 am
LSU & Bama offered Mett a scholarship, I guess National Championship coaches like Miles & Saban care about rinky dink JUCO’s.
Maybe Bubba is Murray.
Scooter McDoogle
March 25th, 2011
8:24 am
J, go thumb ur bum. You’re obviously a moron with nothing tangible to contribute to the blog. Just throwing out stupid statements to get a rise out of people.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:24 am
Good job there Robsinson, blaming the 6-7 seaosn, on every teammate, EXCEPT YOU!
Great attitude there.
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
8:24 am
99% of the players on even PLAYOFF JUCO squads think Rudy was a physical specimen, so yeah, way to go Mettenberger. In the land of the blind, your one eye came in handy.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:25 am
Robinson’s “blame teammates” attitude, led to a 6-7 season.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:26 am
Mt. Cody, Fairley, & Cam Newton came from JUCO, what a loser.
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
8:27 am
Three whole examples??? Out of how many total? You’re proving my point; thanks, dolt!
J
March 25th, 2011
8:27 am
I can tell Georgia has the wrong leader for defense, blaming others, will not get it done.
Draw a little circle around you, and work on that.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:28 am
Saban & Miles both won National Championships, offered Mett, don’t think Mett’s leadership 12-1 team was “cancerous”.
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
8:28 am
No one is saying Mettenberger is not a good player. He might be a great player. Certainly Cody, Fairley, and Newton were.
But to rain all these accolades upon him for doing something in JUCO ball?! Give me a break…it means NOTHING.
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 25th, 2011
8:29 am
He’s not blaming everybody but himself… He’s just making the statement that there were some bad attitudes last year. If you want to just throw out stupid statements go talk to Charlie Sheen.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:29 am
Winners win, losers lose. Georgia’s a 6-7 team with a bunch of losers.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:30 am
I’ll go with Saban & Miles opinion of Mett instead of a lame blogger’s.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:31 am
Losers blame teammates.
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 25th, 2011
8:31 am
No, Georgia’s a 0-0 team that’s working there tails off to get the problems fixed.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:32 am
Did Robinson win SEC 1st team last year? Maybe the problem was HIM.
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
8:32 am
JUCO is like rec league basketball. It is filled with mostly guys who can’t make the school team, some guys who got signed up by their parents against their will, and one or two idiots who flunked out or got kicked off their team who dominate their team.
Dogs Smell
March 25th, 2011
8:32 am
What will the attitude be after Boise State puts 40 up against them? What will the attitude be when they give up more points than the offense can score? I know what it wil be. “Wait till next year”, all over again !
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
8:33 am
*should read: “and one or two idiots who flunked out or got kicked off their [school] team who dominate their [rec league] team.”
J
March 25th, 2011
8:34 am
Saban & Miles disagree that Mett was a ‘cancer”. Their opinion matters more than a lame blogger.
J is a Gay Douche
March 25th, 2011
8:34 am
Sez it all
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
8:35 am
“Dogs Smell,”
The attitude will be, “See ya, Richt.”
We’ll bring in someone who knows how to coach, then we’ll rack up the SEC Championships like we should have been doing all along.
This program is a sleeping giant. Unfortunately we’ve got Barney Fife in charge.
Scooter McDoogle
March 25th, 2011
8:35 am
Dogs Smell and J, two bitter losers. Are you guys mad because you couldn’t beat UGA even in our worst season in ages?
J is a Gay Douche
March 25th, 2011
8:35 am
only lame blogger is J
Mo Ball
March 25th, 2011
8:35 am
You can’t get more discipline, leadership, and better attitude, than Naval academy. They don’t win Championships.
J is a Gay Douche
March 25th, 2011
8:36 am
J went to West GA College, tried out for the tiddly winks team and got cut
Richt for life!
March 25th, 2011
8:36 am
I wonder what everybody’s gonna say when Richt wins the SEC this year… Are you all still gonna hate on him? Say he got lucky?
J
March 25th, 2011
8:38 am
Logan Gray will probably lead Colorado to a 10-2 season.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:39 am
How come once certain people leave Georgia like Mett, they start winning?
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 25th, 2011
8:39 am
Why is he even bringing up Mettenberger? The kid wasn’t on the team last year so he’s definitely not the reason we went 6-7. So I’m sure Robinson was not talking about him… I swear it’s Mettenberger patrolling the blogs from LSU.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:39 am
If Georgia stays with Robinson as their elader, season is done.
Never heard a guy with a more loser blame teammates attitude.
J is a Gay Douche
March 25th, 2011
8:40 am
How come you can’t get a girl to do anything with you except laugh at you??????????
J
March 25th, 2011
8:40 am
Bubba must be Murray trying to defend his 6-7 LOSING season.
david
March 25th, 2011
8:40 am
J-
Mett wasn’t in the locker room last year, so obviously he wasn’t referring to him.
dumb.
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
8:40 am
“Richt for life!”,
Though I wish it weren’t true, because we certainly have enough talent, we aren’t winning the SEC this year. We could certainly win the East. We SHOULD win the East. But we aren’t beating whoever comes out of the West. Richt pales in comparison to Saban, Miles, and Chizik.
Honestly, be a GEORGIA fan, not a Richt fan.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:41 am
Why did Robinson bring up teammtes who left the team, and calling teammates “cancerous”? Wow, loser attitude.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
8:41 am
I can think of nothing more embarrassing than not recognizing a line from Animal house.
J is a Gay Douche
March 25th, 2011
8:41 am
J’s parents won’t defend his lifestyle. They have given up.
Kicked him out of the double wide
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
8:42 am
well, maybe getting your perspective from a 12 yr old.
Mo Ball
March 25th, 2011
8:42 am
If having no off the field issues won Championships, Naval Academy would win every year.
david
March 25th, 2011
8:43 am
Timbodawg-
your post is too dumb to be worthy of commenting on, but I’m bored. That “barney fife” head coach is the greatest in uga history, and one of the top 5-10 in the nation currently. It’s cool though, you obviously are the man.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:43 am
Is Richt right? Was it “techniques” that led to 6-7, or strategy?
Richt for life!
March 25th, 2011
8:44 am
I am a Georgia fan, and a Richt fan. And a very reasonable one at that. Richt is a damn good coach, he’s not as dumb as everyone thinks. If he doesn’t turn it around this year, I’ll be there waiting to pack up his office with you. But he will turn it around and will sign a contract extension after the year is over.
david
March 25th, 2011
8:44 am
“J” is probably a loud mouth walk-on turd that got cut. Robinson must’ve been talking about him.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:44 am
Being encouraged by defense, is another way of saying offense isn’t clicking.
DawginLex
March 25th, 2011
8:45 am
Well, thanks to J, another blog ruined.
Ignore
I’m out.
Congratulations J. Enjoy talking to yourself the rest of the day
J
March 25th, 2011
8:45 am
david is probably robinson.
Snoop Dawg
March 25th, 2011
8:45 am
Same Richt Koolaid every year. I want less talk and a lot more action. Deeds, not words… Richt’s Stratcom is a little tired after this long…
kb
March 25th, 2011
8:47 am
fansince59, sounds like they got rid of attitudes like yours.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:47 am
Auburn’s defense wasn’t good last year. They won the National Championship. Something tells me Richt still has no clue how to win anymore in the SEC, that’s why you go 6-7. Maybe it’s OFFENSE?
Snoop Dawg
March 25th, 2011
8:48 am
Anybody with a blog name like Richt for Life is a sad puppy and is indubitably in need of psychiatric counseling and rehabilitative therapy… Somebody please give him a blanket…
J
March 25th, 2011
8:48 am
Auburn’s offense averaged 42 points a game against winning teams.
Richt’s got 18 a game.
Maybe that’s a problem, PERHAPS?
J
March 25th, 2011
8:49 am
This offense will never click with 6-7 Murray leading. Winners win.
J
March 25th, 2011
8:50 am
At 18 a game against winning teams, the offense didn’t “turn it loose” either, huh?
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
8:51 am
david,
We went 6-7 last year with the best receiver in the country (a guaranteed top 10 pick, possibly top 5 pick), one of the best pass rushers in the country (another 1st round lock, probable top 20 pick), 3-4 other mid-round picks (Dent, Boling, Gamble, Wood), another fringe guy (Durham), one of the most talented O-line groups around (according to “experts” at least, although they certainly don’t seem to play that way), and consistent top 10-rated draft classes.
You call that the work of a “top 5-10 in the nation” head coach? And who made the dumb post?
J
March 25th, 2011
8:51 am
Richt blaming last year’s ills on defense, classic.
Robinson blaming 6-7 record on teammtes.
Classic.
PeePants the hobo clown
March 25th, 2011
8:52 am
When they simplified things defensively late last year,the team seemd to play better. Another year in a new system, adding players specific to this defense and getting rid of bad attitudes (which has a huge effect) will go a long way towards improving things overall.
This incoming set of LB’s are going to be GREAT. We’ve added excellent talent all over the place,so I’m not worried. Mark Richt is one of the most successful coaches in college football. sure other coaches (SEC) have won NC’s but I still think the best is yet to come.
Richt for life!
March 25th, 2011
8:53 am
Snoop, maybe some of us just aren’t in the habit of bashing one our greatest coaches ever. You guys are always thinking the grass is greener on the other side when we already have an outstanding coach. Yes he has some things to work out but I’d rather him do it than bring in somebody new and have them blow the whole system up. IF Richt gets fired this year (won’t happen) then you guys will be whining about the next guy. Open your eyes.
Paul N Destin
March 25th, 2011
8:53 am
Mark Richt has a discipline problem and has for years. Way too many UGA football players don’t respect the coach and the other players know the situation. Perhaps Grantham can do what Richt can’t. If not then expect Richt to be fired and he should at the end of 2011. UGA is a attractive job so finding a good coach would not be a problem.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
8:54 am
I do agree with timmy on one thing. It’s not all about Richt. If UGA does well/poor this year, he will only be a part of that story. I do however think he can’t see his own guilt of elavating Richt above his actually place, from a -just being Georgia fan perspective.
Walker
March 25th, 2011
8:55 am
What if it’s not attitude & defense?
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
8:57 am
Good God people leave Robinson alone will you. The kid says that the attitude has changed from last year. We know what last year’s attitude brought us regardless of who it was coming from.
Don’t worry about Grantham’s work history. He did damn fine job with the Cowboys when he was there. Everybody gets fired in Cleveland. Hell they even fired Paul Brown.
Looking forward to next season. We have some great players with great attitudes coming in. Top notch players that want to play at UGA.
dawgfan
March 25th, 2011
8:58 am
I tried to read this crap but this is all I heard: “Yap, yap, yap. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Blah, blah, blah.”
It just seems like we’ve been down this road before. After we went 8-5 everybody thought THAT was the end of the world. The coaches and players said all the same things about a change in attitude and better effort. I’m just not buying it anymore. If this team is serious about turning things around I don’t think they’d be running their mouths in the press so much. I really don’t. I hate to be so negative but I’m just sick of all the talking.
Thanks.
david
March 25th, 2011
8:58 am
Total 90
27 .769 48-19* (.716)
*Includes 2-1 in SEC Championship games
Top 10 coach
david
March 25th, 2011
9:00 am
If you butt clowns had the internet in Vince’s day you would’ve tried to run him off multiple times.
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
9:01 am
gdawg,
You’re right. I can’t hold Grantham’s time in Cleveland against him. But at the same time I can’t exactly hold it up as a shining example either. And it’s the only time he’s been a defensive coordinator before.
He did a pretty good job in Dallas with the D-line, but the linebackers (specifically Demarcus Ware) were the real strength of that D.
I am not down on Grantham; I am just being cautious. We will definitely be better this year; but I am not sure if we will be leaps and bounds better.
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 25th, 2011
9:03 am
Thank you David! Some of these “fans” wouldn’t know a good coach if Vince Lombardi punched em in the mouth.
and I hope UGA players or recruits don’t read these blogs. Some of you guys are just embarrassing.
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
9:03 am
Thanks for spitting some numbers at me with NO context, David…
You completely neglected to answer my question.
Wouldn’t a “top 10 coach” (you did at least concede that he is not a top 5 coach, haha) do better than 6-7 with all that talent?
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
9:03 am
Zoo, you need to check with your 12 yr old cousin before commenting on Grantham.
DawginLex
March 25th, 2011
9:05 am
Are we done now with the nursery school time?
We can debate this ad nauseum. Last year was a run of bad luck in close games. We were only really blown out by Auburn.
The rest were winnable.
4th quarter, if you can run the ball and be physical, you can eliminate opportunities for the opponent to get the ball back and score.
Ray Goof
March 25th, 2011
9:05 am
Can any of these bozos even read?
UGA 05'
March 25th, 2011
9:05 am
J. You are totally wrong. Robinson is making a comparison. Saying if we gonna be like the players with the poor attitude then we’ll wind up 6-7 again. He wasn’t blaming the whole season on anyone. Give the kid a break for trying to motivate his team. J, you my friend are a cancerous attitude to the bulldawg nation. Just like every one else on here who post negative things.
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
9:06 am
I can now see what the numbers mean. They broke weird when you posted them. Regardless, look at the trend, David.
Since better coaches (Meyer, Spurrier, Saban, now Chizik) have entered the league, those numbers have trended downward every year.
DawginLex
March 25th, 2011
9:07 am
UGA 05, don’t respond to J. He is a troll who will only post the same negative comments over and over and never respond to you
JB
March 25th, 2011
9:07 am
I’ll come back when we start talking football again. Geez
YardDawg
March 25th, 2011
9:07 am
Before Richt gets too pumped about how good the D looks, he should remember who is running the O that the D is looking so good against . . . Mr Run-up-the-middle-on 2nd and 12.
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
9:07 am
Am I “Zoo?”
And why is that?
Who Cares
March 25th, 2011
9:09 am
With Richt’s track record the last 3 seasons, and all the bad decisions he has made in hirng and promoting assistants, i’m not sure his opinion matters anymore. This coaching staff has been outcoached some many times the past 3 seasons, and honestly there is no credibility with UGA fans and the local and national media. If Richt was a CEO of a major company, he would have been fired along time ago with the terrible decisions he has made on game day and on promoting assitants(Bobo&Martinez). And none of the stockholders would put any weight into what he had to say anymore, they would see if the bottomline improved or he would be history. In business it’s what have you done for me lately, and it should be the same for a head coach making 3 million per year at a major school. I’m tired of these UGA fans talking about how he won 2 SEC championships, the last being 6 years ago. This coach and this staff have done nothing the past 3 years to earn respect, and what have you done lately hopefully applys to our new A.D., but based on his remarks about we have been losing close, i don’t think he is the right man either. THe hits just keep on coming for UGA fans!!
Molly
March 25th, 2011
9:09 am
Boys, only positive comments ok? Telling the truth will not help, let’s just say a bunch of positive things that have no basis. At least I’ll feel better about the season. Please don’t tell the truth on a blog.
Molly
March 25th, 2011
9:11 am
Everything’s perfect this year, there are no more problems, smell the flowers.
Bowler
March 25th, 2011
9:12 am
Ok, let’s now let the positive guy with all the fake names, blog for 10 pages about how great Georgia is like he does here each day.
david
March 25th, 2011
9:12 am
Timbo-
Possibly. Speaking of out of context, you neglect to mention a freshman quarterback, brand new defensive staff and scheme, 4 game suspension of some of that talent, and a dominant league to contend with.
And I don’t buy the talent angle. Let’s examine that.
1st round receiver- never makes a team dominant.
1st round DE- only helps make a team dominant if there is a war daddy elsewhere on the dline.
Other than that, what talent?
I see a young team taking their licks with a staff growing together.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
9:13 am
My first look at that photo, I though the boy was hurling. Or was hoping.
Dogs Smell
March 25th, 2011
9:14 am
Scooter McDoogle
I’m Not a Techie, Just a realist and obviously the truth hurts !
Great compliment paid to Richt by J
March 25th, 2011
9:15 am
J posted that UGA could have gone 12-1 with Mett as quarterback. Yet Richt did not compromise his principles or show favortism in discipline even at the expense of a national championship J said we would have won.
Don’t think you will find many coaches that would sacrifice a NC like that. As a Georgia fan, I appreciate J standing up for Coach Richt like that.
mark, mark-TheHairLipDog
March 25th, 2011
9:15 am
Yeah, yeah, yeah. The same old song and dance from juvenile, dumb dog fans. Most cannot compose a comment wihtout a personal insult. It is spring practice stupes. You have not “finished the drill” yet. None of you have a pair much less a brain. The dogs ain’t jack.
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
9:15 am
david,
That freshman QB was our best player. Not an excuse in my eyes.
GT1977
March 25th, 2011
9:15 am
You don’t hear CPJ or any tech players spitting this garbage. CPJ will tell you straight up if his team stinks. We turn it around before you losers and you hire Tommy Bowden or somebody else worthless. You guys have the worst fans ever. I’ll tell you right now that I hate you all, but even your “fans” bash on the greatest coach you’ve ever had and players for that matter. You don’t deserve a good team.
Aunty Dawg
March 25th, 2011
9:15 am
A few salient comments:
1. Four different SEC teams have won the last five BCS championships.
2. UGA was not one of those teams.
3. During that period, UGA did not win the SEC championship.
4. During that period, UGA did not even win its SEC division.
5. Red panties.
In other words, UGA has sunk into total irrelevancy both regionally and nationally.
And the players still can’t read or write.
So why is UGA paying Mark Richt millions of dollars a year?
Steve
March 25th, 2011
9:17 am
This year will be the year! 14-0!
journalist
March 25th, 2011
9:18 am
ANY THOUGHTS ON WHO THE BAD EGGS WERE LAST YEAR…..
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
9:18 am
Yard dawg, there is not a coach in the nation, at any level of the game, that doesn’t run up the middle on 2 and 12 more times than they do not. Did you catch the super bowl by chance?
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
9:20 am
GT1977,
I happen to like Paul Johnson, but he won’t do crap with Tech. Your school just isn’t on the same level. Sorry…and if you think Richt is a good coach, I would make the trade right now.
Richt with Tech’s talent level would win about 2 games a year…
Don’t worry; we’ll get rid of Richt soon and Johnson will get a better job and maybe you guys can beg Gailey to come back!
DawginLex
March 25th, 2011
9:21 am
Hey Aunty,
You need to reference my list of oft used stereotypical moron phrases that I printed a few weeks back.
You have about 5 of the 20 on the list.
Just reference a number next time.
Saves time for idiots like you.
DawginLex
March 25th, 2011
9:23 am
Bad egg?
My guess is justin Houston.
From Robinson’s perspective, he said someone talked down to them.
Houston was a LB like Robinson
Did you notice who commented after the Auburn game about “same mistakes, people not in the right place”?
It was Houston
Total guess on my part
DawginLex
March 25th, 2011
9:24 am
Timbo, I’m of the belief that Johnson could win big at UGA with our talent base.
Steve
March 25th, 2011
9:25 am
This year, with Christian Robinson leading, 14-0! With Robinson in charge, everything will be perfect!
Steve
March 25th, 2011
9:26 am
14-0, 14-0, say it 1000 times, and it happens.
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
9:28 am
Agreed, DawginLex…I am ambivalent about how his offense would work at the highest level. With really good talent, it could be great. I begrudgingly admit it is fun to watch. I actually don’t hate Tech; I just don’t really even consider them to be on our level.
david
March 25th, 2011
9:29 am
Timbo-
I agree, but doesn’t that prove my point? If the freshman qb was our best player, how can you make the argument that we had tons of talent last year??
The result
March 25th, 2011
9:29 am
UGA grad from the very early 70s here. We know what this year is all about. It is about winning at least 9, including some “signature” wins like vs Florida. It is about being competitive in all games and having a shot at winning the East. It is about minimally the Outback Bowl or the Cap One.
Intangibles are also on the table. Are the kids staying out of T? Are they progressing in the classroom? Are the young kids showing promise? IS the UGA D what it needs to be?
Has Murray shown that he can win vs any decent team? Has Murray LOST those Batman gloves?
This is the year. The talk about so and so is hitting hard or so and so is displaying the right attitude. Been there and done that. UGA’s 2011 fund raising is up for a reason ………… UGA IS $$ big boy ball and we SUPPORT $$$ our alma mater. Follow the money.
Boise State is indeed a must win and so is SC> beyond that …………. UGA needs to be ready and mentally prepared in every game. No more UCF games or MSU or SC or Arkansas games.
Florida? We all know THIS is the year.
If we do not achieve these MODEST goals ……………… UGA is in fertile HS grounds and we would land a ton of applicants for the HC job. ESPN proclaimed UGA to be one of only a couple of “jobs that are world class like Ohio State, Texas or Florida” or Alabama or LSU. It is what it is.
Goooooooooooooooo Dogs.
Go Dogs.
Prentiss
March 25th, 2011
9:29 am
If having a great attitude could make cancer go away, that owuld be so wonderful.
Atlas
March 25th, 2011
9:30 am
Murray will throw for 4000 yards, Crowell will run for 2000.
Foster
March 25th, 2011
9:31 am
Atlas,
That would be great, are you sure?
Kyle
March 25th, 2011
9:32 am
Fan since 59……REREAD ARTICLE MORON! Its fans like you that make me sick! are you TEAM or ME? Sounds like it’s all about you…..either you are with this team or get the H……… off the bandwagon and head to North Ave.
YardDawg
March 25th, 2011
9:34 am
My bad, Altamaha, didn’t realize we had a OC on par with the rest of the coaches of the nation. Ha.
I suspect that most of those coaches establish at least a hint of a down field passing game before attempting the 2nd and 12 run up the middle. I also suspect that most OCs let a QB change that run up the middle if the D has 8 or more in the box.
Timbodog
March 25th, 2011
9:35 am
david,
Because talent and on field results are two separate things, and that is precisely MY point.
Take, for example, the O-line. How many years in a row has every publication in the country pointed at our O-line as being one of the top in the nation from a talent standpoint? Yet, it seems that we are constantly saying our O-line is a problem. Now we have had a few injury problems, but not that many. The bigger issue, it seems to me, is that these guys are not getting “coached up,” or that they are even being “coached down.”
It is the coaches’ responsibilities to maximize the talents of the players, and I don’t see that happening enough under Richt. The fact that Murray played better than any other of the MANY more talented players on offense speaks to that observation.
Scooter McDoogle
March 25th, 2011
9:36 am
@ dogs smell, why do we even try to talk football with morons like you ruining our blogs. Bubba is right, some of this stuff is just plain ole embarrassing.
1eyedJack
March 25th, 2011
9:37 am
mark, mark-TheHairLipDog
March 25th, 2011
9:15 am
Yeah, yeah, yeah. The same old song and dance from juvenile, dumb dog fans. Most cannot compose a comment wihtout a personal insult. It is spring practice stupes. You have not “finished the drill” yet. None of you have a pair much less a brain. The dogs ain’t jack.
Now ain’t you a BIG hypocrit?
Alan
March 25th, 2011
9:37 am
Yardawg is the same blogger who posts every day under various fake names, at least 25 times a day, about Bobo running the ball up the middle.
Buckeye
March 25th, 2011
9:38 am
We all shall see how the attitude and defense are improved when uga is down three scores with 9 minutes left in the 4th against Boise in September.
Buckeye
March 25th, 2011
9:39 am
But hey, at least Stafford and AJ will be on the sidelines rooting you on and grabbing face-time.
Kirk
March 25th, 2011
9:40 am
Dogs Smell,
Farting posts. What has this blog come to. the 9:19 post was in poor taste, I also wish you are banned forever form this blog.
Kirk
March 25th, 2011
9:40 am
Buckeye,
Can you break down the top 6 challenges facing Ohio State?
Buckeye
March 25th, 2011
9:42 am
DawginLex,
Didn’t watch the late games but shocked to see Duke outsted. Sounds like Wisc had a bad shooting performance.
MiltonDAWG
March 25th, 2011
9:42 am
@ Kirk, 1-6 = the 5 players suspended + Tressel
Buckeye
March 25th, 2011
9:50 am
Kirk,
Here’s a link for you if you want such answers.
http://www.theozone.net.
Our Spring ball has not started so I cannot speak to our attitude or defense. After 3 practices, I’ll lest you know. Deal?
In the meantime, two words for you reserach. I’m not going to do it for you.
Braxton Miller
P.S. Is Ohio State in your bracket? Sorry about uga, one and done.
Dogs Smell
March 25th, 2011
9:53 am
wow, you can bash UGA all day, say the mascot killed himself but you fart on one guys pillow and everybody gets bent outta shape…
DawginLex
March 25th, 2011
9:55 am
Always a pleasure filled day in Lexington Kentucky when Duke loses.
Laettner wouldn’t stop in KY a couple of years ago when his car was running out of gas. LOL
I still say UK wins in 3 overtimes. Sullinger gets a ton but the others get limited by UK’s length.
DawginLex
March 25th, 2011
9:57 am
buckeye
I tried to tell you that wisconsin sucks.
Florida has the easiest bracket just as I said.
If Kentucky had gotten the 2 seed and florida the 4, you would have a rematch tonight favoring the buckeyes big time. Kentucky would waltz to the FF
Now 2 of 3 elite teams are gonna get eliminated in a regional (UK,OSU,UNC)
YardDawg
March 25th, 2011
9:58 am
I hope UK stays in this thing. I’m running out of teams to pull for, what with UGA’s one-and-done, and now Jimmer losing last night.
Kirk
March 25th, 2011
10:00 am
Buckeye,
A lot of us think you’re not a real Ohio State fan because you don’t seem to quickly be able to answer any specific questions about Ohio State.
You’re:
Dogs mell = Buckeye = DawginLex = 1eyedJack etc.
All the same person.
No, ok, real quick, describe your wide receiver situation for this season?
GT1977
March 25th, 2011
10:00 am
You turds are on the wrong blog. Basketball sucks.
Rikky
March 25th, 2011
10:02 am
Hey Tim Tucker:
can you please permanently ban Dogs Smell (see 9:19 post here) from all AJC blogs?
Enough of his posts about FARTING.
Thanks Tim Tucker.
Scott
March 25th, 2011
10:04 am
Agree guys, Dogs Smell = DawginLex = Buckere
They are all the smae person, just blogging under different names.
Kirk
March 25th, 2011
10:05 am
Buckeye,
Must be busy looking up the answer somewhere.
Buckeye
March 25th, 2011
10:07 am
DawginLex,
Three overtimes? It’s past my bedtime as it is!
I doubt it would go three. Neither team has a deep bench. We play 7, I read UK plays 6. It that the case? Three overtimes would suggest the refs let them play and don’t call the ticky tack fouls. It that’s the case, whoever shots better 3’s will win.
I though early that Duke in the West might be their downfall – not from anyone team but from the time change.
The only thing that sucks about Wisconsin is their weenie democratic state senators that had to run away bevause the didn’t like the rules of the game they were elected to play.
Good luck tonight. Let’s have one to rival the Duke/UK Laettner classic.
Buckeye
March 25th, 2011
10:10 am
Kirk,
Sanzenbacher will be drafted ( Rouns 2) . Posey is suspended 5 games. Correy “Philly” Brown is expected to step up and we’ve got a 6′10″ tight end coming up.
DawginLex and I are not one in the same. Sorry, KIrk.
Buckeye
March 25th, 2011
10:15 am
Kirk,
“A lot of us think you are not a real fan”……for whom are you speaking in addition to yourself?
1eyedJack
March 25th, 2011
10:17 am
Kirk, I don’t use any of those nom de plumes. I am the one and only 1eyedJack.
Kirk
March 25th, 2011
10:17 am
Buckeye,
Good, down to 10 minutes to answer a question.
Here’s another:
How’s the tight end battle shaping up?
1eyedJack
March 25th, 2011
10:18 am
And I don’t profess to know anything about Oh-lie-o State….or basketball either.
Buckeye
March 25th, 2011
10:39 am
Kirk,
For DawginLEx , perhaps, For you, nope.
1eyedJack
March 25th, 2011
10:42 am
Richard, wrong.
1eyedJack
March 25th, 2011
10:45 am
i am Tide Roll
Scooter McDoogle
March 25th, 2011
10:46 am
no UT Jimmy, that’s one moron trying to ruin the blog. And doing a pretty good job of it. Dogs Smell is a loser.
I-DOG
March 25th, 2011
10:47 am
The only thing I don’t understand is how all three service academies can win it EVERY SINGLE YEAR. Seems like they could only win it every 3rd year if the service academies were going to dominate college football because of their attitude.
1eyedJack
March 25th, 2011
10:48 am
Whoever posted that I’m Tide Roll…now that is a down right insult. First of all I don’t like Bama and secondly I’m white. You must be a Tech nerd with nothing to do. Go engineer a better solar panel.
1eyedJack
March 25th, 2011
10:49 am
I am racist too
mcdawg
March 25th, 2011
10:51 am
so who were the bad apples? not Akem Dent -J. Houston ???? Nick Williams always seemed to be complaining -who was the other guy who left??
i didn’t think our defense played bad just didn’t come up with the big stop
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
10:52 am
THE Ohio State Buckeyes 0-13 for the 2010 season.
TRUTH HURTS
March 25th, 2011
10:53 am
If you follow these blogs regularly you will see a small group always around at the same time. They continually try to disrupt and irritate dawg fans (see today for example). DawginLex and 1eyedJack and Tide Roll…ALL THE SAME BLOGGER.
UGA Insider
March 25th, 2011
11:02 am
The Defense is practicing hard and everyone is trying to earn a spot. Jarvis Jones and Alec Ogletree are going to be all SEC. If we can somehow get Geathers and Jenkins to clog that middle you better look out for this defense! The USCe game could be a 6-3 affair. I’m anxious to see what happens when the pads go on.
Buckeye
March 25th, 2011
11:06 am
kalamazoo,
I agree and have posted here to the same. 2010/Sugar Bowl will be vacated.
1eyedJack
March 25th, 2011
11:07 am
Truth Hurts, If you follow these blogs regularly then you’d know you’re a complete idiot, and a jerk to boot.
Buckeye
March 25th, 2011
11:07 am
kalamazoo,
I did note the appropriate use of “THE”.
BobDawg
March 25th, 2011
11:07 am
As a Dawg fan, you have to love what is going on in Athens…. Great Recruiting Class and now no off field issues… Players are monitoring players and Attitudes are back on track… What is wrong with any of this so far????
LeMay Starting?
March 25th, 2011
11:07 am
Any chance LeMay taking the starting spot this year? He was considered the #1 QB in the nation for a while until he was suspended and missed his senior season. Thoughts?
TRUTH HURTS
March 25th, 2011
11:10 am
Words from a guilty conscious.
mcdawg
March 25th, 2011
11:10 am
Christian Robinson needs to learn to shed blocks rather than getting in boxing matches w/ the blockers
Buckeye
March 25th, 2011
11:12 am
Clinch,
I suppose we’ll hear from you after your shift. Perfect weather in Atlanta today for a vest. Navy, I think.
1eyedJack
March 25th, 2011
11:15 am
Having watched CMR and CMB operate I would say it’s more likely Lemay redshirts than starts (unless there is an emergency).
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
11:16 am
Thoughts, yes. Answer, no.
LeMay Starting?
March 25th, 2011
11:17 am
Still early, but any word on how he is looking since he has been on campus? I am excited to see him at Spring.
WIN WITH RICHT
March 25th, 2011
11:20 am
Even with the terrible year that UGA had Richt is still averaging 9.6 wins a season. Dooley averaged 8.
mcdawg
March 25th, 2011
11:23 am
always thought Dooley was a bit overated particularly since he is now a VOL fan and actively roots against the dawgs
Andy
March 25th, 2011
11:23 am
14-0, I’ll keep saying it every year.
Troll Power Ratings
March 25th, 2011
11:32 am
Standings so far today:
1) J – (actually Sybil, posts the same non-sense under different names), inane as usual
2) Smelly – name speaks volumes
3) GT1977 – huge loser that hates people ’cause they went to a different school, has two friends max (left and right hand)
4) Auntie – PUH LEASE get some new material or apply DawginLex’s troll aid
ClinchCountyDawg
March 25th, 2011
11:33 am
Buckeye
Why are you putting down chubby trailer park women. I love them. They are all low maintenance, know how to fry fish, and know how to treat a man. Just make sure they spit out their chewing tobacco before you smooch. The best place to meet them is at Walmart. But, they are turned off by cute wittle sweater vests. Too Phil Donahue.
fan
March 25th, 2011
11:34 am
nothing seems to please these a-holes on this blog.
Utah Dawg
March 25th, 2011
11:38 am
Kramer….I got your back. These Ding Dongs did not follow your brilliant Bluto reference from Animal House when the boys decided to fight back against the “man”. Pearls to swine….
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
11:38 am
We did get the obligatory “koolaid” mention ealier. Sure that scored some points.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
11:43 am
May I have ten thousand marbles please?
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
11:48 am
Buckeye, I know you posted that the other day and kudos for that. I was just posting a reminder to my fellow bulldog fans. We might be hurting from last season but we aren’t in as bad apostion as some.
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 25th, 2011
11:49 am
Lemay starting? not a chance, maybe he will knock Mason out of the #2 spot. Do you not think Murray was more than sufficient last year?
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
11:50 am
… I gave my Love a chicken/that had no bones…..
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
11:55 am
Buckeye, after a couple of decades in Big Ten country, although I mock it with passion (too many
U of M friends), I still recognize THE as a trademark among universities located in the metropolitan Columbus Ohio area.
Weez
March 25th, 2011
11:58 am
Losing so many games, early in the season, got a bad vibe going. Players lost trust in coaches, because none of their plans helped to win games. If we go down 0-2 to start, bad attitudes will be all over the locker room.
I doubt we can overcome the negative energy drain of having the coach that’s ranked #1 on the hotseat.
Losing games does that. It drains energy.
harold
March 25th, 2011
11:58 am
13-12 THE LAST 25 GAMES! GEORGIA LOVES THOSE DREAMS. ALABAMA, FLORIDA, LSU AND AUBURN LOVE REALITY! IT IS TIME FOR RICHT TO GO!
WIN WITH RICHT
March 25th, 2011
12:05 pm
Richt has a winning record against Alabama, Uburn, and LSU.
Black Out
March 25th, 2011
12:11 pm
With this new attitude and better defense, the Dawgs will upset USC to win the SEC East—mark it down!
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
12:12 pm
What happens IF we go 12-2, 13-1, or God bless us 14-0? Do we get cookies with the koolaid?
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
12:15 pm
and I guarantee Harold was making fun of Auburn a year ago.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
12:16 pm
You’ll get nothing, and you’ll like it.
Weez
March 25th, 2011
12:16 pm
In my opinion, McGarity should have changed the vibe, if he believes Richt’s his guy, by extending Richt’s contract. If McGarity’s thinks Richt’s not the guy, he should have fired him and went out and got somebody else. But this no man land stuff, I don’t know, no leadership, creates a bad vibe that Richt’s on the hotseat.
Hopefully, the recruiting bonanza jolted some good vibe in there, but that’s a lot of bad vibes to overcome.
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
12:26 pm
“Losing games does that. It drains energy”
And Jim Beam bottles and beer cans.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
12:27 pm
Doesn’t Richt’s current contract run through 2013? It’s not like he is working without one now. And that is a contract that somebody else hammered out, not McGarity. I think it’s very appropriate for a brand new AD to come in get his bearings before he starts negotiating contract 4 yrs in the future.
Who even knows what the going rate for HC in the SEC is going to be in 2014. Richt probably is going to benefit $$$ from negotiation that later on, especially given the current state of affairs.
Kind of a good idea to let Richt actually earn a contract extension don’t ya think, just like player need to earn starting spots.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
12:35 pm
6-7 put Richt on the hotseat, not that his current contract expires in 3 years. That’s a lifetime from now to a 17 yr old.
Weez
March 25th, 2011
12:36 pm
Richt’s contract is the shortest of any SEC Head Coach, that’s where the Hotseat stuff comes from.
Losing the Bowl game, ended the season on a bad vibe, the losing 6-7 season, McGarity not extending Richt, all bad energy.
But, there’s some good vibe going with the new buildings, and excellent recruiting class.
Richt smart to keep Bobo around as his fall guy if things go south this season. If Georgia has a bad season, Richt will blame Bobo.
Alabama | MrSEC.com
March 25th, 2011
12:36 pm
[...] a battle at linebacker in Athens between Richard Samuel and Alec Ogletree.5. The Dawgs say their defense and their attitude are better this spring.6. UGA is easing some restrictions it had placed on football tailgating.7. [...]
Weez
March 25th, 2011
12:39 pm
The bad start what was it, 1-3, 1-4, started last year’s bad vibe. The 2 teams in first 2 games are both pre-season top 10, could start 0-2 again. Hope we don’t, but think we will.
BooMan
March 25th, 2011
12:41 pm
Now if only the THuga fans can keep from urinating and defecating all over their own campus…they might have something here!! BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!
mcdawg
March 25th, 2011
12:43 pm
USC defense will be stout to say the least-and you stop a strong runner by hitting him again and again and again
our offense will score all kinds of points against Boise St
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
12:44 pm
Well maybe (except that I question that factually). Some of that is that he is also has the longest standing contract in the SEC too. At some point any of the big names are going to find they technically have shorter contract than some others, prior to renegotiating.
There wasn’t any public discussion about renewing that contract. There wasn’t any fanfare of NOT renewing it. OR a refusal to. It didn’t get renewed because it wasn’t appropriate in the timing or circumstance. It was a non-event.
WIN WITH RICHT
March 25th, 2011
12:45 pm
Richt will bounce back and contend for an SEC title this year. He set the bar very high in his first 5 years with 2 SEC titles and four top ten finishes. Some Dawg fans expect UGA to win SEC every year and want to run off the coach if they don’t.
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
12:47 pm
AltaDawg, I am with you on that one. McGarity has kept a close eye on UGA sports, being an alumnus and all. You can’t come in and fire a coach that has the success that Richt has had. Not unless he blantantly lied to the NCAA about ineligible players while playing them all season plus a bowl game. That would speak to his integrity, at least in the state of Georgia it would, maybe not in Tennesee or Ohio.
Compared to Evans, McGarity is more of a ‘hands on” AD when it comes to athletics. Athletics not tarts, Evans wins that one.
@Bubba J. Dawgman
March 25th, 2011
12:50 pm
I think Murray was manageable, but if LeMay is everything and then some, why not go with the better QB? I understand this is a new concept to CMR, but Murray is only a R-Soph next year, so he still has a lot of growing himself. Bottom line, we need competition at EVERY position, with maybe the exception of kickers.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
12:52 pm
What about USC defense is sure to be so stout to say the least? Isn’t this going to be the youngest, least experienced defence in many years for them? There is one guy in that front 7 considered a known factor.
VININGSDAWG
March 25th, 2011
12:58 pm
Same talk every spring. Looking good, great attittude……..
Grantham has a long way to go to prove it to me. Teams ran up and down the field on us and he stole $750,000 from us last year.
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
12:58 pm
Weez, I will have to agree to disagree with you on the contract extension. I wouldn’t put it past Richt to say he doesn’t want to talk it about. He has 2 years left after this season so it would be considered too early in the best of circumstances and totally inappropriate considering the circumstances. I can’t think of ANY AD out there that would give a 6-7 coach an extension 3 years early. As AltaDawg said it is a non-issue, not negative in any way, just neutral.
Kevdawg
March 25th, 2011
12:58 pm
Losing tends to breed discontent.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
1:05 pm
I also doubt that we see contracts with several years left on them, get extentions piled on to the the end, running them out 6,7,8 yrs anymore. The market is just changing too fast now.
Depending on how this season goes, I predict we see the talks start and an announcement coming just before Richt starts the 2012 season, extending it 3 yr, basically convering the next 5. I don;t care if he wins a NC, I don’t think we need to have any agreement with anyone beyond 5 yrs.
Had McGarity done anything this year, everybody knows it would not have been done as a “jesture”, (one I think that would have zero effect one way or the other) the not a valid contract negotiation. And mean’t nothing.
Weez
March 25th, 2011
1:08 pm
Smart Richt keeping Bobo around as his fall guy in case the season goes bad again. Then Richt can blame Bobo and buy another year. The old Bobby Bowden shuffle.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
1:09 pm
A part of me actually thinks the jesture would even be the wrong signal. I know darn well, a ton of fans wouldn’t have liked it.
One thing I am certain of. McGarity and Richt talked about this way more than we have, in detail and scope beyond what we even thought to ponder.
WIN WITH RICHT
March 25th, 2011
1:11 pm
Bobo is a great recruiter in South Georgia. Also, you need to remember that he had a freshman QB backed up by a frshman QB last year.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
1:12 pm
Well, and the fact that he is the offensive coordinator.
Weez
March 25th, 2011
1:15 pm
Richt outsmarted McGarity on that one by being allowed to keep Bobo another year. Now Richt has a scapegoat, and Richt’s shown he will turn on a friend to keep his job (bye Willie). I think Georgia goes 7-5, Richt fires Bobo, then buys another year.
Weez
March 25th, 2011
1:16 pm
I hope we win the SEC, but I think 7-5, given the last couple of years, is about Richt’s average.
WIN WITH RICHT
March 25th, 2011
1:19 pm
Weez
Richt and the Dawgs will have a great year. Be prepared to eat crow.
WIN WITH RICHT
March 25th, 2011
1:21 pm
Weez
Richt has been at UGA for 10 years and has won 96 games. That makes his average wins per season 9.6 and not 7.
tc
March 25th, 2011
1:21 pm
I agree Weez and it makes me sick! Slick CMR will come of with a new scheme next year after going a lousy 7 -5. All these CMR die hards will claim progress and yes he will get another year after that. Meanwhile our program will still be underperforming. The guy is a lousy coach plain and simple. I am still waiting for 1 bulldog fan to make a case that not going for it on 1st and a foot at the one yard line was a good call. I say it over and over again, if he continues to coach the way he has over the last few years (and there is no indication that he won’t) we have the same problems and poor record. It is not players it is coaching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Weez
March 25th, 2011
1:23 pm
Mark has averaged 6.5 wins per season since 2008.
tc
March 25th, 2011
1:24 pm
WIN WITH RICHT: It is really simple you are satified being at best 3rd best team in the east. I am not. That is the difference!
Weez
March 25th, 2011
1:24 pm
I’d love to eat crow. I hope we win the SEC. But considering the way Richt’s been outcoached against winning teams, 2-9 last 2 years, I don’t see it. But I’d love to be wrong.
Weez
March 25th, 2011
1:27 pm
Going winless last year against the ranked teams, that starts to hurt your confidence in the coaches.
ClinchCountyDawg
March 25th, 2011
1:27 pm
Richt is the best coach in UGA history and that includes Vince Dooley. In his first nine years, he averaged 10 wins a year, won 2 SEC titles, and finished ranked in the Top Ten 6 times. Now people want to throw him under the bus for one bad season. Just remember before Richt, UGA had not won an SEC title in nearly 20 years.
tc
March 25th, 2011
1:29 pm
I believe that CMR has about 20 people(one of them is WIN WITH RICHT) on his pay roll who do nothing but come on these blogs and do nothing but support him. How can anyone that would one day like to beat Fla twice in a row continue to be such a strong supporter of CMR? I don’t get it.
Weez
March 25th, 2011
1:29 pm
Losing to Colorado last year was nuts.
Weez
March 25th, 2011
1:31 pm
Richt’s averaged 1 win a season last 2 years against ranked teams.
ClinchCountyDawg
March 25th, 2011
1:31 pm
Weez
The great Saban lost to Lousiana-Monroe in his first year at Bama. Sh@# happens.
tc
March 25th, 2011
1:32 pm
Clinch, your afraid of making a change! Is that it. Whe just arn’t as good as Fla, Aub, and SC, we need to be satisfied with being pretty good and leave it at that. Right!
Weez
March 25th, 2011
1:32 pm
I don’t want Richt fired. I just want him to get back to beating ranked teams again. I don’t think Richt knows where the wheels fell off.
Weez
March 25th, 2011
1:33 pm
Richt’s gameplanning has been ineffective against winnign teams.
ClinchCountyDawg
March 25th, 2011
1:33 pm
Weez
I remember Saban lost to Lousiana-Monroe.
tc
March 25th, 2011
1:34 pm
If Bobo is a great recruiter why is he the OC?
dawg from a distance
March 25th, 2011
1:35 pm
We all know that AJ is just short for me. He was in it for himself ONLY. He was cancerous to the team last year when he should have been a leader.
Go DAWGS! Dream team to Dream season
tc
March 25th, 2011
1:35 pm
whatever!
ClinchCountyDawg
March 25th, 2011
1:36 pm
Weez
His game planning seemed pretty good in 2002 when UGA won 13 games and their first SEC title in 20 years.
tc
March 25th, 2011
1:37 pm
Great point Clinch, that was 9 years ago! can you explain what has happened since.
ClinchCountyDawg
March 25th, 2011
1:41 pm
Look what happened at Tennessee when they ran off Fulmer. A lot of coaching changes seem great but don’t work out. Look at Notre Dame. We have a proven winner and great recruiter as coach. He will turn it around.
ClinchCountyDawg
March 25th, 2011
1:42 pm
Richt has a winning record against every team in the SEC except UF. He must be doing something right.
david
March 25th, 2011
1:51 pm
tc-
you clearly have no concept about how football works, a staff works, or anything related to football for that matter. You are what we call the “lunatic fringe.”
Come to the big boy table with a point please, otherwise you’re just wasting time.
Count em up and see how ........
March 25th, 2011
1:54 pm
I suspect that if UGA could count up the number of BLOWN third down D coverages in 09 AND 2010, that we could see how they led directly to 12 defeats. In other words, our losses are DIRECTLY due to break downs on D for the most part. I will give AU their due in 10, because they were on a misssion by the UGA game. We had our chance with them too but Scam & Co were too much.
Yes, Ealey’s fumbles vs KY in 09 and in 10 vs MSU and SC and Arkansas, etc. ALSO led to defeats. That Caleb King Colorado fumble did not help either. It seems to me that if we learn from these two areas, we ought to be able to cut that w/l ratio considerably.
Go Dogs.
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
1:54 pm
Clinch, I was thinking the same thing about UT. They had a fantastic run under Fulmer for the better part of the 90’s and earlier part of this decade. A couple of bad seasons turned into a coupel of cimical seasons. OF course I do believe that McGarity will prove to be a better AD than Hamilton ever was so decisions will be carefully made.
Choke Grantham
March 25th, 2011
1:58 pm
I wish I had another crack at Chaz Henry.
Spokesman for the SEC East
March 25th, 2011
2:00 pm
Everyone needs to listen to ClinchCountyDawg and please McGarrity give CMR a lifetime contract.
ClinchCountyDawg
March 25th, 2011
2:01 pm
spokesman
Amen Brother!!!!
Spokesman for the SEC East
March 25th, 2011
2:02 pm
Dude every other team in the SEC feels the same; keep Richt forever!
7576DAWG
March 25th, 2011
2:06 pm
tc
I’m just curious but how old are you and how long have you been following Georgia football? Your comments seem to come from limited knowledge of out history. Living through those years are a lot different than reading about what happened and then making an intelligent comment or conclusion about our football program as to how good it is under Richt.
ClinchCountyDawg
March 25th, 2011
2:06 pm
Spokesman
He has a winning record against every SEC team except UF. Also, he can recruit as well as any coach in the SEC.
Endzone Dance
March 25th, 2011
2:12 pm
Richt’s got a new endzone taunting dance he wants his players to try out this year if they score against florida! It’s got some good moves, some jives and some hustle. It could be good.
ClinchCountyDawg
March 25th, 2011
2:16 pm
Endzone Dance
I heard Richt got that from Hines Ward on Dancing With the Stars. Can’t Wait!!!
Mark, Mark-TheHairLipDog
March 25th, 2011
2:20 pm
Hines 57—-another stupe dog along with the rest of you “finish the drill” boys.
tc
March 25th, 2011
2:21 pm
I graduated in the 80s. I watched us go from tail back U to an acc pass happy team that has not been able to consistantly run the football in ten years. What I mean by that is: Yes we have had many many capable running backs, but the team has never been coached to have a consistant running attack, where we just line up run over our opponent the whole game. We have had streches where we have run the ball well, then Bobo can’t stand it anymore so he has to decide to have a freshmen QB throw it deep. and we screw up our drive. It takes a solid runing game to win the sec CMR does not know how to create one. He would rather blame is players, saying things like “none of the running backs are stepping up” We’ll they stepped up in high school. What happened to them when they came to UGA?
WIN WITH RICHT
March 25th, 2011
2:22 pm
gdawginkalamazoo
D. Dooley could be a good coach. But, he had a losing record in the WAC and wasn’t UT’s first choice went Kiffin jumped ship.
74 Dawg
March 25th, 2011
2:23 pm
Chill dawgies. Kramer was quoting a line from the movie Animal House. He’s a comedian, remember?
34
March 25th, 2011
2:24 pm
georgia defense hopefully will be better this year. Odds are it should be becuase it is the system second year. Ga has the athletes to get it done on defense. I just hate that Richt may be set up to fail. One, ga finished under 500 for the 1st time under Richt. I want and fans want ga to play for the SEC and national games. Ga may be big time better but not play for in those types of games. Will it be enough for the fans? I hope the dawgs will be playing in the Dome at the end of the year and start it off right at the beginning of the year. By the way, yes ga needs a stud Nose, but they are not a true two gap 34 defense like New England, steelers, and Alabama. They can get away with a smaller nose because of one gap responsibilty and slanting by the front.
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
2:24 pm
Count em’ up…. you are correct. I can’t remember how many times our D really stuck to the other team for three downs, backing them up for long 3rd downs to see them give up the big play. Then again I can’t count how many times our D put in a hard fought 3 and out only to go to the bench to rest and before they can sit down they are back out on the field. One of those things I hope they can balance out with the running game this year.
WIN WITH RICHT
March 25th, 2011
2:27 pm
tc
I don’t think we should regress to the Dooley days. Dooley was a solid coach who got lucky and signed the greatest college football player of all time in 1980. But, his passing attack was weak like Tech under Johnson. From 1970 to 2000. UGA only one 1 SEC title wihout Herschel and never finished ranked in the Top Ten in back to back years.
tc
March 25th, 2011
2:29 pm
I will say something positive, I like our defense and I am willing to give TG a good chance this year. I think our defense will be improved. The poor offensive play calling and overall game decisions will remain the same which will be poor and put additional pressure on our defense. One other beauty about running the ball that CMR doesn’t get is that it contriols the clock and keeps your own defense well rested and off the field.
WIN WITH RICHT
March 25th, 2011
2:32 pm
34
I know UGA lost some good linebackers. But, the defense next year is going to be a lot bigger and stronger and faster. If they have the system down, they will be tough.
tc
March 25th, 2011
2:33 pm
WWR, I am not really a Dooley fan the only thing he did know how to do was coach his teams to run the football well, The QB play was horrible, something he did not have was the players EX HWalker like we have today.
34
March 25th, 2011
2:34 pm
dooley was great, some great times, but please stop the dooley ear comparisons. he retired so so long ago, i know times fly but guys he retired when rison was at Michigan State. Dooley had more advantages than Richt has, A few examples, low standards to be admitted to the college(start the jokes), two, signing limits were much higher, and i could name a few more. Not taking away from Dooley, good coach, good times. Please stop the dooley references for 2011. So long ago and irrelevant to Richt and the team.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
2:35 pm
Richt didn’t “fool” anyone into keeping Coach Bobo. He didn’t fire Bobo because he runs what Richt considers to be his prefered offensive scheme, and making a big change to that while still recovering from doing the same thing on the other side of the ball, would have been suicide. Don’t even pretend that the fans/booster are in the mood for any more learning curve this year, and would have allowed for that to take place on offense.
The ONLY choice Richt had was to try to fix the 3-7 ppg that kept his team from being right in the mix last year, working with the staff he had in place now.
J?
March 25th, 2011
2:38 pm
i’m sure georgia would love to still have mettenberger, just like florida would have loved to have newton, but the guy was charged with sexual assault and so he had to go. i’m pretty sure thats not who robinson was talking about. J are you the guy who’s always on here talking about how everyone is going to transfer?
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
2:40 pm
WIN WITH…. ahhhh yes Dooley had a losing record in the WAC.. LT is never going to be a football powerhouse. Dooley’s job there was as AD and HC. He was there to run a business for the university and make money for it. He did that by getting nice pay days against the bigger BCS schools.
What other coach recently hired in the SEC had a losing record when he assumed the helm at a major program? Hint he was 5-19 as an HC.
34
March 25th, 2011
2:40 pm
ga defense will be better, I dont predict defense rankings but it will be better. By the way, I read on hear about ga offense scoring low against good teams. News flash, that is what happens usually when you play good teams, and hate to say it and also when your a bad team playing a good team. also, i dont care what they score on offense and give up on defense as long as they pile up the Ws
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
2:42 pm
“One other beauty about running the ball that CMR doesn’t get is that it contriols the clock and keeps your own defense well rested and off the field.”
Yea, he has probably never considered that!
Certainly couldn’t be why his mix percenttage of run/pass is nearly identical to the rest of the league. And has been his entire UGA career.
Or why he has said that in interviews dozens of times.
34
March 25th, 2011
2:42 pm
yes he stunk at iowa state, sometimes great players and programs make average coaches better, Yes sometime coaching is overrated
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
2:47 pm
and Dooley didn’t compete against the players like today either.
tc
March 25th, 2011
2:49 pm
His problem is focusing on mix percentage! He needs to not stop running the ball when it is working! which is exactly what he and bobo do. They say oh we have run the ball the last 5 times, that is too many, we have to stay with our formula of mix percentages so will will now call a few pass plays. This is stupid. You guys that watch the games know that that is what they do. They stall our own drives by mixing up the offense.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
2:54 pm
If the run is working, they don’t stop for the hellovit. That’s BS. Stop making stuff up.
OSU?
March 25th, 2011
2:58 pm
why are there ohio state fans on here talking about basketball? maybe that ozone link has a buckeye blog where one can have a discussion with other people who give a sh!t about the big 1?.
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
3:01 pm
tc, I think one of the better games that Richt/Bobo has called in the last two years was the one against Tech in 2009. They ran the ball and then ran the ball, then ran it some more. Controlled the clock and the pace of the game. I thought it was pure coaching and game planning to perfection.
I agree with you that sometimes they just look at the game plan card and say whoa we need to run this play it looks cool. Not a matter of how much they run, it is a matter of when they run it.
tc
March 25th, 2011
3:05 pm
I agree 100% the 2009 tech game was incredible, 1 million dollar question! Why did we not learn anything from that game?
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
3:06 pm
“That’s BS. Stop making stuff up.” AltaDawg, all of this is BS and 99% of it is made up.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
3:06 pm
It’s also possible that the other team sometimes doesn’t always let you just do whatever you want, for however long you want to do it, and takes actions to stop it.
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
3:09 pm
tc, dang it the theme from Jeopardy is flowing through my head as I search for an answer.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
3:09 pm
Easy, tech couldnt stop our running game that day, so we kept doing it. Others did and we didn’t want to keep punting the ball after 9 times.
tc
March 25th, 2011
3:12 pm
AltamahaDawg
I got it, so we try it a couple times to see what we think, and if we do not think that our running game is working then we quit doing it! Exactly what our opponents want. So are you telling me that it is asking too much to be able to run the ball on Cen Fla? You come up with running game and go with it. It may not work well in the 1st qtr. you keep doing it till it does work,! because when you abandon it you are playing right into the hands of your oponent. That is what they want you to do.
KaliDogg
March 25th, 2011
3:12 pm
Wow.
It’s Spring Practice. A little story with a few quotes and the doors at the looney bin are thrown open.
Uh, did anybody suggest that the game’s not played on the field and that the true test of any team isn’t actually playing the game? All the “yeah, but…” on here in response to this little story is astounding.
What would you prefer (speaking only of the s*** slingers on here), that nobody write about Spring ball, that they not interview the coach, or a player, or that the coach and player only be allowed to flog themselves and wear ashes and admit they all suck?
Jeez. Lighten up, folks.
And anybody who suggests that there is no adjustment period with a new coach and an entirely new defensive scheme should really just go mow the lawn or do something else. Because the last place you should be is on a football blog.
Here’s wishing the Dogs a great season and that’s it. I’ll withhold my bitching until there’s something other than a pre-season interview to bitch about.
Everyone have a great day.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
3:15 pm
Uh no, that’s not even remotely close to what I said.
But sure, the coaches just get tired of seeing the ball advance, and they don’t really grasp the concept of picking up first downs. Go with that.
tc
March 25th, 2011
3:16 pm
errr! I’m outa here!
patrick Sulley
March 25th, 2011
3:18 pm
Richt has a winning record against every team he has played more than once except Fla (2-8) and LSU (3-3)
Dawg Gone
March 25th, 2011
3:24 pm
KaliDogg great post you are the Anti-Troll !
gdawginkalamazoo
March 25th, 2011
3:25 pm
“But sure, the coaches just get tired of seeing the ball advance, and they don’t really grasp the concept of picking up first downs. Go with that.” LMAO.
UGAJD
March 25th, 2011
3:27 pm
Re: Kramer post…. forget it, he’s on a roll.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
3:33 pm
And no I don’t think it’s asking too much to “plan” to run against UCF. I assume that why they attempted to do it so many times. Barely cracking 100 yards. Not sure if you watched very much UGA football last yesar, but they weren’t exactly very good at running it. Personally, I think they tried to run too often in several games, when it was clear the opponents were walking the safeties up in run support. Of cource the good news it that we don’t have a Fr. QB without the experience to make them pay for that (forcing them to drop back into coverage again) this year.
Buckeye
March 25th, 2011
3:36 pm
OSU?
There’s one in every crowd. I bet we’re in your bracket!
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
3:51 pm
And don’t sit here and try to convince me that when some coach runs the ball 55%-60% of the time just like everybody else, it doesn’t count becasue you are sure he is only doing so to keep some tally sheet in order. Despite the fact that establishing a running game IS the VERY cornerstone of the play action offense he runs.
Now if you want to convince me that he has had a pretty lousy running team (for a variety of reasons) lately, then I say..where the heck have you been for all this time when I have been saying exactly that. I’m guessing blaming it all on Willie?
RNB
March 25th, 2011
4:01 pm
It all comes down to wins. I have heard this crap before
Lowcountry Brave
March 25th, 2011
4:20 pm
Kudos to KaliDogg. Go Dawgs!
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
4:23 pm
Was anyone else glad to see that photo of Robinson pukin (on first glance)?
4-3 Man
March 25th, 2011
4:33 pm
That stupid 3-4 defense cost both UGA and GT seven losses last year.
Stinger2
March 25th, 2011
4:48 pm
This GT fan does not dislike UGA. In fact, I do hope they have a great 2011 season and lose only one game. CMR
does not have to defend himself. His record over the 10 seasons at UGA speaks for itself. UGA fans should be thankful they have him. Who could they get that would be better?
John
March 25th, 2011
4:48 pm
Are these supposely “bad apples” now off the team? The players (AJ & Houston) were prime-time players, so I know he’s not refering to them. If UGA had more AJ’s and Houston they would’ve been better than 6-7.
DIT
March 25th, 2011
5:17 pm
Don’t talk about it. Just prove it on the field. I can stand in my garage and say that I’m a car. It does not make me a car!
pdawg
March 25th, 2011
5:58 pm
Well I will wait for fall to see how they play. We always hear how good they are and all that but when game time comes we are left scratching our heads.
CMR last year before the season begun said that the guys are the best bunch of guys he has had around and the fall practice was the best they have had ever since he got here !!!!!??????
Season starts and they are making all kinds of changes and we are losing games left right and center….How much out of touch was he????
Did he have a clue what was going on with the team????
I am glad he has been given more time to focus on the game cos he certainly was out of touch and had no clue what was going on.
I still will want to know what he meant when he said that fall practice was the best he has ever seen since he got here and the guys were the best bunch of guys…..results of cos proved otherwise…..changes he made confirmed what we have seen all along.
I hope we do well this season and we stop all the talk and just play ball and prove it on the field.
Rum Runner
March 25th, 2011
7:37 pm
Can’t wait til football season. Looks like we’ll be watching college ball on Sundays. Fine with me! Go Dawgs!
Bronco Billy
March 25th, 2011
7:44 pm
Boise State 69, Georgia 13.
The beginning of another loooooooong season!
FLA DAWG
March 25th, 2011
8:03 pm
“Attitude and defense are better……”
Prove it next season………………….we’ve heard it all before.
Jim
March 25th, 2011
8:09 pm
Has there ever been a preseason where they didn’t say this year they were working harder, that the leaders were leading, blah blah blah
Delbert D.
March 25th, 2011
8:14 pm
Christian Robinson needs to be one of the team captains.
erk
March 25th, 2011
8:14 pm
Hey Virginia Dawg,
Kramer is refering to Animal House and the DOUBLE secret probation. I think I’m on it now!!!!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
8:20 pm
We did NOT hear this same thing last year. Did you guys bother to read the article? Who said last year there was some cancerous players the year before? Who on god green earth was saying the defense was going to play faster because they didnt have to learn thier positions this time around? Try commenting on the actual statements quoted rather than refuting the ones you made up.
AltamahaDawg
March 25th, 2011
8:30 pm
We have also heard the players trying to be positive in the spring and they DID end up having a good team. More often than not actually.
Do you want them talking about doing things to change the record back around, or would you feel better if the interviews sounded more like a bunch of bitter spoiled fat old white guys?
Dawgs Forever
March 25th, 2011
8:55 pm
FanSince59: Be positive and support the players, coaches and the team if you are a true Dawgs ! Negative comment is not going to do any good! Go Dawgs !!
Troll Power Ratings
March 25th, 2011
9:05 pm
Bronco, has Boise ever scored 69 points against any team? How many points have they scored against any SEC team(s) they have played? You’re probably right though; bet your double-wide on it.
Harold
March 25th, 2011
9:27 pm
YES Guytondawg!!! You nailed it! I get so tired of reading Bill King’s negative articles, and the rest of the group for that matter. GO DAWGS!
MCG DAWG
March 25th, 2011
9:28 pm
Bronco Billy…you been thrown off too many times without a helmet!
RMikel58
March 26th, 2011
7:02 am
I still think it’ll take 3 years to know where our Defense is but i like our chances on Defense rather than Offense. Bobo can get 5 Star players all day long but if he is gonna continue calling bone head plays, nothing will change.
Grantham vs Bobo is like night and day.
With Grantham i have more hope of improvement but Bobo has me very worried about how really good our offense could be without him.
I think that Georgia and all that great talent will keep going to waste……as long as Richt allows Bobo to be Offensive Coordinator. Bobo will never step down unless he gets a better offer from another team. But you have to ask yourself this question…………. Do you think that any team would give him an offer as either Head Coach or Offensive Coordinator?
If you know then tell me, it would make front line news………maybe the Athens Banner.
Out of 148 Offensive Coordinators in College Football i’d say he’s ranked 185th because theres more Highschool OC’s better than him out there.
Yeah maybe we’ll win games this year but that’ll be because of our Defense or Special Teams and not the Offense. I’m being truthful folks………. If we dont have an established RB in the offset in the 1st game you’ll see Bobo go back to more passing like last year.
Plus Bobo needs to not use the draw on a Pro-Style Offense because its uneffective, ignorant and usually gets negative yardage. How many times did we see that last year 1st and 20 2nd down an 20?
How can so many educated people at UGA not see how dumb very dumb Bobo is and he’s using us a stepping stone to better possibilities in coaching?
Be honest with yourself is he really qualified or experienced enough to call plays on Offense at a College Level? He has no answers for very good Defensive Coordinators on opposing teams cause they eat him up. Bobo is so predictable that the knuckle head makes no adjustments at half time and goes right back to the same play calling as he did when the game started.
I dont know what goes on up there in Athens but the reality whether you like it or not is that as long as Bobo is at Georgia we will never be a great Offensive team and most certainly will not play for a National Title.
Call me what you want im just a realists and i see that the biggests problem we have is Mike Bobo as an Offensive Coordinator and until theres a real change at UGA we will always be a mediocre team……atleast on Offense.
If i didnt love Georgia and where its heading then i wouldnt say anything but this guy is only self serving and totally oblivious to know how to run an Offense.
He needs to leave period! But he wont….too much money and prestige and so he’s just buying his time and after he leaves then maybe you’ll see Georgia do better.
Paddy
March 26th, 2011
7:05 am
Virginia Dawg……..you just didn’t say the Jap’s bombed Pearl Harbor not the Germans? Did You??
Major, big time mistake on your part. People are laughing.
Hard Truth Soldier
March 26th, 2011
7:10 am
Just win, and all this talk is mute. With all these nat’l titles around us, could this be our year? We’ll know from game one if we can play, Boise State won’t “just show up”, they’ll come to play.
savannahdawg
March 26th, 2011
8:25 am
There are still players on this team who need to go!!!! You know who you are!!!
Stinger
March 26th, 2011
8:43 am
I have one question. Did Jamie Hood play offense or defense?
Buckeye
March 26th, 2011
9:24 am
DawginLex,
Congratulations and good luck the rest of the way.
Not sure if good defense causes 32% shooting or 32% shooting makes for good defense.
I would have like to have had at least one of your three overtimes you predicited!
Happy to see Sullinger and Buford returning as we welcome Mr. Georiga Basketball (ironic) to Ohio State next season.
Beast from the East
March 26th, 2011
9:26 am
Buckeye,
Congrats on a great season. That UK team is very gritty as we Gators saw in Atlanta.
Buckeye
March 26th, 2011
9:27 am
Foe those of you thatr want to take your shots, I am in denial. I will return to spar once I reach the anger stage.
For the recrod, plenty of SEC blowhards showing up on the Dispatch blogs.
Buckeye
March 26th, 2011
9:31 am
Beast,
Thanks. It was a fun run. Good luck to you.
Buckeye
March 26th, 2011
9:34 am
Thank goodness Jamie Hood surrendered before the end of the game. And the “hostages” parading out…… Pulease.
Beast from the East
March 26th, 2011
9:39 am
Buckeye,
Yeah, they sure appeared to held at their own will, didn’t they? Looked more like a house party to me.
dawgforever
March 26th, 2011
9:44 am
uga just needs a drive to win, learn to sack people and get interceptionsif we can do that and our recruit are as good as their supposed 2 b we will be headin 4 the aec championship in no time!!! o ya dont 4get we hav one of the best redshirt freshmen qbs in the sec !!!!!!! u can go ahead and cout those wins against auburn,gt,and florida!!!!!!!!
dawgforever
March 26th, 2011
9:45 am
sorry meant sec championship
It Ain't Rocket Science
March 26th, 2011
9:55 am
Turn the psoitive attitude into a positive attitude with aggression and they will do OK. They have the player skills, so if they utilize them, 10 wins is attainable. If not, something needs to be done to shake up the team and give them a new perspective on the game and how to win them.
Buckeye
March 26th, 2011
10:06 am
Beast,
As one looks at the apartment/crime scene photo on the front page of ajc.com, I wonder if they are in the “Hey” or the “Ho”!!
dawggone
March 26th, 2011
11:23 am
bubba j dawgman, drinking the koolaid again I see.
dawggone
March 26th, 2011
11:26 am
dawgforever, your definitley a uga grad by the way you type and spell
dawggone
March 26th, 2011
11:26 am
roll damn tide
It Ain't Rocket Science
March 26th, 2011
1:12 pm
Why don’t you roll right back over to the Bama blog, if you have anybody in the state of Alabama that can write one, or fo that fact, can even read one. I know, they don’t bother because the cartoons are too hard to draw.
ClinchCountyDawg
March 26th, 2011
1:57 pm
Buckeye
SEC!! SEC!! SEC!!
Buckeye
March 26th, 2011
3:01 pm
Clinch,
I see you are being gracious and humble in Kentucky’s victory. Good to see. Kentucky beat Ohio State. The SEC did not beat Ohio State.
Dawg bone
March 26th, 2011
10:54 pm
buckeyes choke in football and now basketball. They need some new coaches if they are ever going to win anything big.
Elliott
March 26th, 2011
11:09 pm
Team looked great with Mettenberger last G-Day, great chemistry when he was leading the team. Guys just made plays for him. When Richt kicked Mett off the team, I think that was the end of the 2010 season.
Guys didn’t make plays for Murray last G-Day, or last year against ranked teams.
You need leaders people react to by winning games.
It Ain't Rocket Science
March 27th, 2011
6:18 am
Not that I am any fan of the OSU buckeyes, but I think I would have settled for their record this year in football and basketball for our DAWGS. Hopefully, we will turn it around this season and be a much improved football team and get a few more bodies in Basketball and be competitive as well. I have a funny feeling though that UGA will always be a Football school first, so it is going to be harder for Basketball to improve.
East Cobb Dawg
March 27th, 2011
9:35 pm
S&C will prevent 4th and 1 foot from ever happening again…we’ll be picking up 1st downs on 3rd and…
can’t wait for G-Day game, nor game vs Boise State in the dome in the evening…
Go Dawgs…