Mark Richt calls out Washaun Ealey at Augusta Bulldog Club meeting
I had a really good time Wednesday night down at the Augusta Bulldog Club meeting. I want to say a special thank you to club president Scott Edwards and the group’s board members for their tremendous hospitality. Good eats, good drink and the Julian Smith Casino is a very impressive space.
And, no, it’s not that kind of casino. The word “casino,” as I learned, can also mean, “a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc.,” and that’s what this was. As a result, I came home with the same amount of money I left with. So thanks again.
Anyway, I found the actual program to be moderately enlightening. I say moderate because, the truth is, in the digitally-wired age we live in, there is very little imparted at such events that anyone paying attention doesn’t already know. But there were a few things we all learned.
Probably the most notable was the present status of running back Washaun Ealey. Ealey, we learned, is still fully in coach Mark Richt’s doghouse.
“Washaun has a ways to go still to show me that he deserves to start or even play right now,” said Richt, who was asked about Ealey during the question-and-answer session at the end of the program. “He has a ways to go in my book. We’ll see. I love him, though.”
Ealey was suspended indefinitely from the team in February for missing an early-morning disciplinary run. He was reinstated in time for spring practice in March but was sidelined with a hamstring injury after only four practices and did not practice again.
A rising junior from Stillmore, Ealey was a seven-game starter for the Bulldogs’ last season and led them in rushing with 811 yards and 11 touchdowns. But at this point he looks to be trailing Caleb King, Ken Malcome, Carlton Thomas and maybe even incoming freshman Isaiah Crowell in the battle for the starting tailback job.
“That position is wide open,” Richt said.
Other revelations from the meeting:
- Richt pointed out that donations to the Hartman Fund actually exceeded the previous year even after last year’s losing season.
- I asked Richt about senior offensive tackle Trinton Sturdivant, who still has not decided whether he’ll try to continue his football career after undergoing a third knee reconstruction recently. “You know, I talked to Trinton the other day,” he said. “I don’t know if he’s made his final decision on whether or not if he wants to play football again. But he mentioned something to me the other day about having a long-term goal of wanting to be an athletic director in college. I thought that was pretty cool. He wants to spend some time with [football operations director] Josh Brooks and see if maybe see that’s a path he may want to follow.”
- Of course, with the NFL draft was fresh on everyone’s mind Wednesday evening. At that time Richt was still thinking wide receiver A.J. Green had a chance to become the No. 1 pick. Most believe now that the Carolina Panthers will take quarterback Cameron Newton with the top spot. “I don’t think anybody knows,” Richt said. “I don’t know. A.J. doesn’t know. If he was going to be the first pick he’d probably know by now. Usually by now it’s done but we haven’t heard anything yet so, so anything could happen I guess.”
- Richt thought several other players could get drafted, including defensive end Justin Houston, offensive linemen Clint Boling, linebacker Akeem Dent and wide receiver Kris Durham. “We’re excited for all our guys to get drafted,” Richt said. “If they get drafted, we want them to get drafted high. The higher they get drafted the greater chance they get to make a club. In the case of A.J., there’s a financial windfall that could probably last him his whole life if he invests it properly. So we’re really happy for those guys.”
- Richt declined comment on Houston’s reported failed drug test other than to say he has not talked him. “I wish Justin the best; that’s what I wish,” he said.
- If the season started today Richt said the starting offensive line would be: Cordy Glenn at left tackle, Kenarious Gates at left guard, Ben Jones at center, Chris Burnette at right guard and A.J. Harmon at right tackle. This was interesting to me as I would have thought Justin Anderson at right tackle.
- He said UGA maintains a “tremendous relationship” with Carver High in Columbus.
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158 comments Add your comment
DollarDawg43
April 28th, 2011
2:06 am
Gotta say it: First!
DollarDawg43
April 28th, 2011
2:08 am
Glad to hear Ealey has to earn his way back into CMR’s good graces. I hope that sends a message that will be heard for a LONG time: It is a priviledge to wear that uniform and should always be treated as such.
dawg gone
April 28th, 2011
2:08 am
well i’ll be is evil richt back?
Chip Towers
April 28th, 2011
2:11 am
Indeed you are DollarDawg43. And good night. Storm has passed and I can go to bed.
1st loser
April 28th, 2011
2:13 am
2nd?
tater tot
April 28th, 2011
2:30 am
Man. I am out here in Dallas and figured most of ya’ll would be in bed or ducking them tornadoes we sent your way. Anyway,.I am looking forward to an exciting upcoming season. GO DAWGS !!
UGASlobberknocker
April 28th, 2011
4:43 am
Not usually the case but today Im worried about the Tide backers on this blog. How about all of you guys at least check in and let us know you are ok. Yes Im even worried about “tide roll”.
Are you guys OK?
UGASlobberknocker
April 28th, 2011
4:43 am
Same thing with my Auburn buds. Let us know your guys are OK and still feisty.
UGASlobberknocker
April 28th, 2011
4:51 am
Lester, I am concerned more about his behavior around two yourng girls than I am about his gay slurs. To be dropping F bombs around young girls is unacceptable. If that had been me , and he had done that, or threatened me with a bat be or made obscene gestures around my daughters, I would have called him over and threatened HIM. and if he even so much as looked aggressive at me, Id be on him like white on rice.
I hope they fire his butt today.
Maconbulldog
April 28th, 2011
5:01 am
Hey Chip ,
With G-day over with do you think that Ken Malcome can beat out Caleb King and Ealey for a starting spot?
Maconbulldog
April 28th, 2011
5:02 am
And how rude of me….everyone in Atlanta be safe and to our cousins to the West of us yall too.
Destin Dawg
April 28th, 2011
5:22 am
Ealey needs to MAN UP…. if he’s got it i him…. he could be great with a good attitude…. Richt with Grantham plus the new recruits… we’ll be fine this year… hit the ground running early and beat Boise and S.C….. it’s could be a Super season !!! GO Dawgs !!!!!!!
Columbus Dawg
April 28th, 2011
6:30 am
If I were Richt I would not be bragging about the Hartman Fund. It’s pretty obvious that he’s not up on the history and goings on in Athens since the Dooley era. I can remember like it was yesterday, in the Goff days the fan base in general started making noise first, just like now. Then when Goff’s Bulldogs continued to slide how it was then that the large donors followed suit. Sanford Stadium then started to show big holes in the seating all over the stadium. It was ugly, and a very disturbing time for Bulldogs everywhere.
Richt has always been the type that likes to cover up the reality in things, kind of like Obama. If he did not think that he had something to gain, he would not have harped on the Ealey thing. My hope is that Ealey will indeed man up and become the back that he was hyped to be after his great high school career. I know that Richt feels like he can lean back and wait on Crowell to come and save him, but that could come back to bite him.
Hopefully Richt does feel the heat, and I mean the real heat. I do not know whether McGarity actually told Richt that he would be fired if he lost the first two games, but I do know for a fact that there were hard and fast demands put on Richt, and this pressure was put on the powers that be in Athens by the very people who make the Hartman Fund grow larger every year. Adams knows this and McGarity knows this. Now that being said, I hope that Richt can turn this thing around, but the mediocrity won’t be tolerated for much longer I can tell you.
Richt’s friend Willie was able to muster enough D for the Dawgs to finish 2007 as the best team in the nation, even though they did not get credit for it. It will take another run like that, minus the early season shortcomings that UGA had that year with SC and Tennessee to keep that Hartman Fund where Adams wants it. In my opinion Richt needs to humble himself and quit trying come up with false positives to cover up the shortcomings.
Spike
April 28th, 2011
6:38 am
I hope Kris Durham gets a shot. He has great hands.
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April 28th, 2011
6:43 am
[...] Mark Richt, this is harsh: “Washaun has a ways to go still to show me that he deserves to start or even play right now,” [...]
Wonderful-Ohio-On-The-Gulf Dog
April 28th, 2011
6:56 am
If Washaun wants to play at the next level, he needs to be turning some heads this year.
Paddy
April 28th, 2011
7:04 am
Ealey has no concerns. He has mentioned on at least 2 occasions that he is back at UGA only to improve his NFL draft status. With that mind set, he does not need to be the starter or get alot of playing time. Just be on the team and let the money roll in!!! I believe that is how the real world works. Just show up and get rewarded. Kid, throw those HS press clippings away. They distort real events and make you sound stupid.
Beast from the East
April 28th, 2011
7:20 am
Someone from the AJC needs to take a look at “Lester Miles” post @ 3:33am. This is a sports blog, not a spot to show your insecurity, Lester.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 28th, 2011
7:33 am
Amazing, how some of you so called fans think and react to everything CMR says. What would you have the man say, when he is on a tour promoting UGA sports and his team. Fair weather fans it seems to me for a lot of you. Do you really expect a team to be nbr 1 each year and never have a down year? Do you suddenly think that the football coach and his staff have forgotten how to win? Half of you complain about all of the bloggers that come on here, and put down UGA and then you go to great lengths to do the same thing, like you think you have some right that allows you to badmouth the team, but outsiders or other fans of other schools don’t. Get real with your expectations. None of you has stock invested in UGA so it really doesn’t affrect your finacial situation, one way or another. If you don’t support UGA, don’t contribute to the Alumni fund or whatever you do. Football is a game, not life or death for crying out loud.
If the bad weather we experience3d last night doesn’t do anything else, it should teach you to at least realize that, sports aren’t the biggest thing in life. I love UGA and will go to my grave supporting them. But a couple of down years are not going to make me turn against the coach or the team. I will stick by them come feast or famine. UGA will be back on track and I believe it will start this year. Keep your expectations realistic because nobody will stay on top or near the top all of the time in college football.
GO DAWGS
Joey
April 28th, 2011
7:49 am
If scoring 11 td’s like Ealey did, versus 2 like Caleb did, didn’t show Richt enough, and averaging more yards per carry than Herschel Walker over his 2 year career ain’t good enough for Richt, then Richt is blind, and Ealey can’t do more than that. Richt has never lost a game when Ealey gets 20 carries.
Bud
April 28th, 2011
7:52 am
It’s strange how Richt gives Murray a pass for 4 to’s against Florida, and benches Ealey for 1 fumble. The favoritism is blatant. This is Richt’s way of trying to make more room on scholarships, he does it every year with guys who beat out his favorite (Mettenberger, Gray, Ealey). Richt doesn’t like competition, he prefers entitlement.
Bud
April 28th, 2011
7:54 am
JAMES 2:9
“If you show favortism, you sin”
Bud
April 28th, 2011
8:01 am
Richt continues to blame problems on players, now throwing Ealey under the bus. Last year it was Mettenberger, then Gray, now Ealey’s the problem.
When Mettenberger left the team, the team got worse, went 6-7. Mettenberger wasn’t the problem.
Ealey will call out Richt soon enough, and send Richt into retirement if Ealey transfers.
Richt has no proven RB scorers besides Ealey.
Favoritism has a way of coming back to bite the hand.
MCDAVIDASTRO
April 28th, 2011
8:05 am
RICHT KEEPS MAKING STATEMENTS ABOUT PLAYERS, i HAVEN’T HEARD ANY COMMENT THAT HE’S GOING TO GET IT GOING. THE BIG PROBLEM IS STILL A LAZY RICHT. WE’LL SEE IF HE CAN BOTHER TO HAVE GAME PLANS THIS YEAR, IF NOT LOOK FOR A VERY BAD YEAR.
Matthews Dawg
April 28th, 2011
8:07 am
Rocket Science….Outstanding comments! I agree 100%!!! Now, let’s be called “HOMERS”! Don’t care, because you know what? I AM! Go Dawgs!!
Buckeye
April 28th, 2011
8:14 am
I guess today is a drama day in dawgville.
Matthews Dawg
April 28th, 2011
8:14 am
Also, CMR’s job is to develop football players, but more importantly is to develop men! That is something this country is lacking in today’s world. We need more men/women with integrity, character and honor! Now if we can win football games on top of that, fantastic!! I want us to win just like everyone else, but it’s not win at all cost! Also, any coach worth his anything, won’t play a player if he isn’t doing the right things. That’s on and off the field. Why should CMR reward a player if they can’t do the right thing? We are on campus and we aren’t with these kids like they are with them. I trust CMR to do the right thing! Go Dawgs!!
The rest of us
April 28th, 2011
8:16 am
Yeah, you tell em Beast. This is a blog for Gator fans to comment under articles about UGA football stories. Clown…..
Buckeye
April 28th, 2011
8:17 am
In all seriousness, let’s say a prayer for all those impacted by the storms. Looks like T-Town was devastated. When one’s home is here today and gone tomorrow, it puts football and tattoos and the NCAA and all the rest we spar about on this blog in perspective.
thom
April 28th, 2011
8:20 am
Go Coach Richt – always got your back! http://www.wedgeorgia.com
roly poly fat faced dawg girl
April 28th, 2011
8:31 am
was washaun caught smokin a big fat spiff?
Jborodawg
April 28th, 2011
8:36 am
ColumbusDawg; I hope you read what It Aint Rocket Science said, “…What would you have the man say…?” He’s at a Bulldog meeting; talking about the Bulldogs. He wasn’t “bragging”. When he’s at Bulldog meetings he brings up all manner of Bulldog news. That’s what the meetings are for.
Yeah, interesting that Ealey is still in the doghouse, as it were. Most of us were hopeful that he’d have already turned his attitude around. I guess not. Good for CMR for maintaining his standards and accountability. We still hope for the best for Mr Ealey. He could be a very good RB if he gets his mind right.
“Bud”, sorry bud, but you’re just ignorant; especially bringing up Mettenberger.
Red
April 28th, 2011
8:37 am
AJC – please look at Lester’s 3:33am post. There should be no room on this board for such bigoted garbage.
Jborodawg
April 28th, 2011
8:39 am
Matthews Dawg and It Aint Rocket Science….amen! And ditto!
DawginLex
April 28th, 2011
8:46 am
Oh my Goodness!!
i’m not going to spend another day arguing with this idiot/clown/TROLL “Bud” who is going to do the following:
1.)go on and on about how Murray was so bad
2.)post idiotic comments like Gray and Mett should have started
IGNORE BUD
I’m praying for the folks over in Alabama. They may be tide and Barners but they are people first and we need to pray for them as they recover from the storms.
Later
Ealey thinks that he is a ............. but he is ...
April 28th, 2011
8:50 am
Waushuan, it takes a man to recognize his flaws, improve on them and always look ahead and do the right thing. You will not do this, so you are not a man. You are a 13 year old boy in man’s league. Man up or get out Washed Up.
This is your last shot …………. if your grades are decent.
Go Dogs.
DawginLex2
April 28th, 2011
8:55 am
Ealey and King are cancers to this team. Run these clowns out of Athens now, before they screw up the team any more.
Buckeye
April 28th, 2011
8:58 am
Beast,
Wholeheartely agree about Lester Miles. This is not the place. Agree or disagree with the issue but use some common sense.
DawginLexisSmart
April 28th, 2011
8:58 am
Hey DIL #2, you are the same bud idiot that the real dawginlex was talking about so you need to go somewhere else and just shutup you idiot
Columbus Dawg
April 28th, 2011
8:58 am
It’s not about calling people homers, I was simply stating that the program is bigger than it’s head coach, or one or two players. UGA has put more into it’s football program in the last ten years than it has in the previous twenty five, in facilities, and yes the coach’s salary is much larger than ever in UGA’s history. I am behind Coach Richt as much as anyone, and I do believe that he will turn things around this year. What I am saying is that the majority of the universities who put as much into their football programs as UGA does have a national title to their credit in the last ten or fifteen years, and the Bulldog Nation has the right to expect the same from their program.
Let’s face it, Dooley’s hires have had mixed reviews at best. Many Georgia people believe for example that Ray Goff got more “benefit of the doubt”, so to speak than he should have, compared to lets say Donnan, who had better success than Goff in a shorter tenure, although it has been said that there were other circumstances in the firing of Donnan, which is probably true. I don’t want to even mention Dooley’s Atheletic Director hire, which left many scratching their heads when that hire was made, but that’s another story.
The bottom line is, the Bulldog Nation as a whole has a right to hold the people in charge in Athens accountable, and with that being said, I don’t for a minute believe that the majority of that nation has turned on it’s coach at all, I just know that most want to see the recent problems that have plague their football program resolved.
DawginLex
April 28th, 2011
9:00 am
Lots of TROLL activity this morning.
tony
April 28th, 2011
9:06 am
I think this is Mr.Richt way of saying “Isaiah Crowell is my #1 back, end of story”
Biggest DAWG on the Block
April 28th, 2011
9:12 am
It doesn’t matter who the RB is – we’re loaded there and everywhere else. The OL will be great this year – mark my words. The DAWGS will surprise everyone and bring home our 6th National Championship. Why? look at the talent we have including the new dream team. We have the best of the HS talent in GA whitch is the best state in the country for HS football talent. I know becasue I played in Cobb and would have been a Dawg until I blew out my knee my softmore season. GO DAWGS!
Saben
April 28th, 2011
9:15 am
So sad Ealy doesn`t feel the love.
Boise State 50 Dawgs 8. Boise State and Central Florida, etc., feel the love.
Einsteindawg
April 28th, 2011
9:23 am
Not too long ago, it was considered an honor and a privilege to play football at UGA…what happened?
Half Century Dawg Fan
April 28th, 2011
9:27 am
Bud, get a grip on life young man, you are out of touch with reality.
Rooster
April 28th, 2011
9:31 am
Richt is a two faced politician. You don’t throw your players under the bus like he did especially your leading rusher who he benched for far less than what Murray did. Richt is the cancer on the team by putting blame on individual players. Richt is the reason for our lack luster seasons. He’ll pull this same crap this year and we will be 6-7 again.
Rooster
April 28th, 2011
9:34 am
An honor to play at Georgia? Look at the athlete’s facebook pages that our idiot coaches recruit and where they recruit from. ( Carver-Columbus, Crowell, etc.) Oh yeah thats a real honor.
CHARLOTTE DAWG
April 28th, 2011
9:36 am
Is AJ Harmon smart enough to be on the O-Line? You can’t be a dummy with our pro style offense and I couldn’t make out one word he said when he accepted his committment to Georgia. It is on youtube somewhere. Truly embarrassing.
Perhaps terrible/questionable English does not translate to intelligence but my God, I wonder! Hopefully his speech has improved or else he should not be allowed to give interviews.
Carolina Dawg
April 28th, 2011
9:39 am
I will be a Dawg fan if they win a NC or if they go 0-12. Have been for the last 36 years and will be until I die. CMR has been a great thing at UGA and has the support of those in carolina.
Thoughts and prayers for all the Bama people hurting right now.
1953Dawg
April 28th, 2011
9:41 am
I like many UGA fans still support Richt only because he is still the head coach at UGA. That being said, if you look at his whole body of work in his time at UGA, there is something lacking with his program now. Richt has consistently hired people or promoted people that weren’t qualified for the positions, but he got away with it because he was winning, and winning big. Unfortunately, that is not the case anymore, and some of those hires or promotions are keeping Richt and the program from winning big again. Martinez, who has been beaten like a dead horse was one of the worst promotions Richt has ever made, and it cost Richt the opportunity to win more SEC titles and a national title in 2007. BOOBOO was an even worse promotion than Martinez, and he has cost Richt and UGA too many games to mention. Add those 2 terrible promotions to the hiring of McClendon and the promotion to widereceiver coach, and you can see why UGA has trouble recruiting big time receivers, as well as developing the receivers UGA has. And it remains to be seen for Friend, but the bottomline is, a good leader surrounds himself with talented assistants, and he allows them to do there jobs. Richt has consistently surrounded himself with his buddies, and it has cost him and the UGA program. It is sad, but Richt doesn’t have the leadership ability or the courage to do what needs to be done to turn this program around. McGarity can give him all the chances he wants to, but either you are a good leader, or you aren’t. Richt has proven the last 5 years that he is not. So let’s support him for one more year, and bite the bullet on this upcoming season and this upcoming recruiting class and move on to big and better things.
1eyedJack
April 28th, 2011
9:45 am
The kind of attitude Ealey comes across as having will only serve to reserve a cell in Jackson or prompt someone to bust a cap in his a….
anotherdawg
April 28th, 2011
9:46 am
Thank you Rocket Science! The easiest thing in the world to do is criticize, and I suppose it’s good to point out what needs improvement. And, humor is good. But, when a column is purely negative, spewing hatred for Richt, and everything about Georgia, then that’s no fan! That is simply some childish, ignorant, under-achiever, who’s probably never played football, or accomplished anything for that matter. Just wants to be heard, and will type in large caps, to get his pointless message across. Like most true Georgia fans, I want our team to do well. Sure, we’ve had a couple of disappointing seasons, but I feel good about the direction of our program. Richt is a class act, and changes have been made, bringing in a different athletic director, an NFL defensive coordinator, and a new strength and conditioning program. The attitude and effort appear to be good and we signed a solid class. I think it’s just a matter of time.
1eyedJack
April 28th, 2011
9:47 am
I hope all you bammers and Awbunites are safe and that your Internet is knocked out for months.
cmac22
April 28th, 2011
9:55 am
Forget Ealey & King … you can’t rely on either one to be available on any given Saturday! They are a few of the biggest disappointments in UGA football history!
nerds! nerds! nerds!
April 28th, 2011
10:01 am
Prayers for T-Town!
It Aint Rocket Science: Amen. I wish most of these “fans” would go root for another team. The thing is, they would have the same, sorry complaints for that team as well. The fact is, only one team can win the championship and every fan at every school wants it. Most of the people calling for Richt’s head only want a championship so they can brag to their co-workers at Denny’s.
Here is a quote I think of when one of these dolts start spewing venom at Richt:
“Common Sense Ain’t Too Common.”
Go Dawgs With Richt For Life!
Fisher
April 28th, 2011
10:03 am
Western Carolina 63, TECH 6 (but with 700 yds. rushing)
mcdawg
April 28th, 2011
10:04 am
Richt needs to stop bullying Ealey
Biggest DAWG on the Block
April 28th, 2011
10:09 am
YOU DARN RIGHT IT’S AN HONOR AND PRIVILAGE TO BE A DAWG. Always has been, always will be. Take it from me – I just missed out on being a Dawg because I blew out my knee my softmore season.
If anyone thinks its less than an HONOR & PRIVALAGE to be a Georgia Bulldawg, they can go be a nerd.
tide roll
April 28th, 2011
10:14 am
The true calling out should be that Richt has a long ways to go to show Uga that he deserves to be their coach. He and Bobo can’t continue to allow Cam Newton like offensive line talent to leave the state. They now have a lack of quality depth, AND they’ve succeeded in arming the very teams they need to beat with Chance Warmack, Juwuan James, and now, Under Armour All-American Brandon Greene. It’s funny, Richt and Bobo carry themselves as if they know what their doing and they don’t. Does Richt even acknowledge Central Florida should not beat the University of Georgia? The problem is not Ealey. It’s Richt and his incredible state of denial!
Biggest DAWG on the Block
April 28th, 2011
10:14 am
Another thing – how could it not be an HONOR & PRIVILAGE to play for a team that h as won 5 National Champinships – and will win more very soon?
DawginLex
April 28th, 2011
10:14 am
Ealey needs to man up and accept the public challenge his coach has thrown down. Richt will be the first one to congratulate him when he does.
If he backs down, quits or transfers, he will regret it for the rest of his life.
DawginLex
April 28th, 2011
10:15 am
I can’t wait for our offensive line to out perform Alabama’s this season
1eyedJack
April 28th, 2011
10:19 am
DawginLex, as if that would shut him up. Then he’d move on to another position.
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
10:28 am
Interesting choice of words by Richt.
Coincidentally, Richt has a ways to go still to show me that he deserves to be a head coach or even be a part of this staff right now.
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
10:30 am
Richt blames everybody but himself, but pretty soon my fellow Bulldog fans will wise up. The surrounding cast keeps changing, but the mediocrity remains constant.
Sadly, most of the fanbase is satisfied as long as we beat Tech. Is that really all many of you think of our program? We’re just slightly better than Tech?
DawginLex
April 28th, 2011
10:38 am
Timbo
Richt knows he is on the hotseat. He may or may not have been told as much by his boss. No one really knows except Richt and Mcgarity.
Everyone wants to blame Richt for promoting Bobo, redshirting Moreno, playing Cox instead of Murray blah blah blah.
The problem is our defense. We gave up 15 ppg under BVG. We gave up more under WM and 22 last year.
The offense was good enough to win when the defense did its part.
If Grantham can drop our ppg average by a TD, we will win the East and win 10, 11 or 12 games with this schedule.Is there really a team on the schedule we can’t beat?
If the defense pukes again, Richt will be gone this time next year.
Fisher
April 28th, 2011
10:39 am
“Richt blames everybody but himself, but pretty soon my fellow Bulldog fans will wise up.”
One thing you can’t say about Richt is that he does not admit his mistakes. He was slow in addressing the inevitable with Martinez, but he has ALWAYS “fessed up” when he has made mistakes. And I doubt very seriously you are a Georgia fan.
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
10:46 am
“Fisher,”
I doubt YOU are a Georgia fan…you sound more like a Richt fan.
Richt was “slow” in addressing Martinez, huh? How would you describe his handling of Bobo then? “Glacial?”
The players aren’t the problem…this isn’t the NFL. The coaches are the ONLY ones getting paid. They are the ones with the responsibility. The guy at the top is the one who gets all the credit when things go right, and he deserves all the blame when things go wrong. Things have been very wrong for far too long, yet too many Georgia “fans” like you keep making excuses for the guy.
tony
April 28th, 2011
10:47 am
1953Dawg
April 28th, 2011
9:41 am
I like many UGA fans still support Richt only because he is still the head coach at UGA. That being said, if you look at his whole body of work in his time at UGA, there is something lacking with his program now. Richt has consistently hired people or promoted people that weren’t qualified for the positions, but he got away with it because he was winning, and winning big. Unfortunately, that is not the case anymore, and some of those hires or promotions are keeping Richt and the program from winning big again. Martinez, who has been beaten like a dead horse was one of the worst promotions Richt has ever made, and it cost Richt the opportunity to win more SEC titles and a national title in 2007. BOOBOO was an even worse promotion than Martinez, and he has cost Richt and UGA too many games to mention. Add those 2 terrible promotions to the hiring of McClendon and the promotion to widereceiver coach, and you can see why UGA has trouble recruiting big time receivers, as well as developing the receivers UGA has. And it remains to be seen for Friend, but the bottomline is, a good leader surrounds himself with talented assistants, and he allows them to do there jobs. Richt has consistently surrounded himself with his buddies, and it has cost him and the UGA program. It is sad, but Richt doesn’t have the leadership ability or the courage to do what needs to be done to turn this program around. McGarity can give him all the chances he wants to, but either you are a good leader, or you aren’t. Richt has proven the last 5 years that he is not. So let’s support him for one more year, and bite the bullet on this upcoming season and this upcoming recruiting class and move on to big and better things.
BEST POST OF THE YEAR!
You deserve an academy award SIR. Good job.
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
10:50 am
The bad part is we probably will win a lot of games this year because our schedule is VERY WEAK. And people will act like Richt is GREAT again…then we will get smacked down to Earth once we have the big boys of the West (Bama, LSU, Arkansas) back on the schedule.
HECKLE
April 28th, 2011
10:51 am
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Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
10:51 am
And we are catching Boise State at their most vulnerable point in the past three years. They still may beat us.
But had this game been played any time from 2008-2010, we would have been flat out embarrassed, even at Sanford.
HECKLE
April 28th, 2011
10:52 am
Ealey can’t evan pass Ebonics class!!!!
trupert
April 28th, 2011
10:58 am
Alabama is on probation and Saban is the master of the dirty and shameful practice of oversigning and to those who say, bamer dosen’t oversign, then, why won’t Saban tell the media how many players he has on scholarship.
Auburn is under investigation on several fronts and the HBO fab four just told on Tuberville and with what everybody already knew about the 50+ years of Auburn paying players, it’s now unanimous and completes the unbroken chain of each and every coach from Jordan in the 50’s through Chizik (under investigation) as cheaters.
I have a idea. Instead of Alabama and Auburn fans always acting like the trailer trash that nobody wanted to invite to the family reunion, who feels so bad about who they really are that they always feel the need to tear down those who make them look bad, because they are making an effort to do it the right way ( Richt and UGA).
Clean up your programs and you won’t feel like trash and you will have something to hang your hat on other than what happens on a football field.
I was at the Augusta Bulldog Club meeting and Richt got a standing ovation despite a losing season because UGA football fans take pride in a program that is successful, competitive and on the rise despite not cheating or doing cheap and shameful things like oversigning.
Integrity feels good. It looks like Alabama and Auburn fans have forgotten that.
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
10:59 am
And you can’t spell a simple four letter word…
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Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
11:01 am
trupert,
That’s all fine and dandy, but you can be a good man and win. What you are offering up is a false dichotomy. And it’s not as if our program hasn’t had its share of problems. Richt may not be a cheater outright, but he certainly hasn’t been a disciplinarian either.
DawginLex
April 28th, 2011
11:12 am
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
10:51 am
And we are catching Boise State at their most vulnerable point in the past three years. They still may beat us.
But had this game been played any time from 2008-2010, we would have been flat out embarrassed, even at Sanford.
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You don’t know that anymore than we know if we are going to win this year. It’s all speculation. Based on prior trips to SEC schools, Boise is 0-4. I’m predicting 0-5.
No one really knows.
If we do win, all we will hear is how we caught them on a down year. It’s funny how 2005 was a down year because they actually played someone.
ATL Sports Fan
April 28th, 2011
11:15 am
Timbodog, you are just like Dawg4ever, heck you may even be the same person. Since you do not like Richt and his staff. How about you name a staff you want to replace them with. I’ve asked numerous people on these blogs to name a staff. Funny how nobody answers that question. Richt has admitted mistakes. He has said many times that he should have not redshirtted Knowshon and should have made changes to the defensive coaches. So I ask all you Richt haters out there, throw out some names for a complete staff, not just a head coach. That should be no problem since all of you seem to know what the heck your talking about.
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
11:16 am
You’re right, I don’t know that.
But what I do know is this: Boise is a VERY mentally tough team. They DO NOT beat themselves. EVER. They have pretty decent talent, and bring their A+ game when they have time to prepare.
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
11:18 am
Asking to replace his whole staff is a jackass question because the head coach is the one I have a problem with. He is the head man and he chose the staff.
I would take Dan Mullen in a heartbeat, and Mullen would gladly take the job.
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
11:20 am
You don’t hire staffs; you hire head coaches. The head coach brings his staff. But nice try to discredit someone who isn’t a Mark Richt blind follower.
ATL Sports Fan
April 28th, 2011
11:28 am
How are you so sure Mullen would accept the offer? It is not a jackass question to ask someone to name a staff. Your the type of person who will gripe and complain if the coach doesn’t hire the person you want or doesn’t do things you want them to do. That is just the type of person you are. I’m not a blind follower, however I am going to let the season play out and see what happens. You’ve already started making excuses if Richt wins 10 to 12 games next year. Bottom line is you want him out. You win with what you got and you lose with what you got. You sound like a band waggon fan. You’ve jumped of the ship, but if they turn things around and win 10 games you’ll be right back on it. As a alum we do not need fans like you!
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
April 28th, 2011
11:30 am
Dang, would some of you guys hit the “enter” button every 10,000 lines!? In other words…use “paragraphs”!
AltamahaDawg
April 28th, 2011
11:42 am
Did he mention more than 50% of his players failing the random drug testing?
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
11:42 am
So based on my unwillingness to accept mediocrity, you’ve figured what “type of person” I am? Great! Got any career advice for me?
And for the record, Richt won’t win 12 games.
We’ll most likely win between 8 and 10 games. Worst case scenario is 3-5 in the SEC, best case scenario is 5-3. 5-3 might be good enough to make it to the SECCG, but we’ll get smacked by whatever West team makes it.
1eyedJack
April 28th, 2011
11:44 am
Dan Mullen, Dan Mullen, Dan Mullen. The man has been a head coach all of one year and suddenly he’s Knute Rockne.
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
11:45 am
That 8-10 games includes the bowl game, by the way.
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
11:47 am
Mullen’s been coaching two years. And to borrow from Wikipedia…
“In his first season as head coach at Mississippi State in 2009, his team went 5–7 against the toughest schedule in the nation. In 2010, his Bulldog team went 9-4 overall and 4-4 in the SEC including victories over Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, and Mississippi, and the 4 losses came only to teams ranked in the Top 12. Mississippi State capped off the 2010 season by thrashing traditional power Michigan in the 2011 Gator Bowl 52-14, and achieved a #15 ranking in the final AP poll.”
King Gator
April 28th, 2011
11:50 am
About time CMR, now how about doing it in person .. more high diving while fully clothed too. Go Gators!
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
11:50 am
Mullen went 4-4 in the West
Richt went 3-5 in the MUCH weaker East with a MUCH more talented team.
But yeah, sure, Richt’s a better head coach.
1eyedJack
April 28th, 2011
11:51 am
Whatever, we’ve got a season to get ready for and I’m tired of hearing so-called Dawg fans bitch and grumble about the coaching situation. CMR is on contract and McGarity is not fool enough to fire him before the season even starts. So find something else to harp about. I’m beginning to skip over your posts.
AltamahaDawg
April 28th, 2011
11:52 am
No career advice here, but I can make a career predictions: Your unwillingness to accept mediocrity will be proportional to the degree it involves somebody else.
Saban
April 28th, 2011
11:53 am
INtegrity?
Next Richt will be throwing his purse at choakdawg for puking when South Carolina puts 50 on you.
New daddies everywhere every Saturday. Stay tuned for the next aw shucks from Richt.
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
11:58 am
Cute, “Altamaha.”
Surprised you could say that with your head so far up Richt’s backside
dawgster
April 28th, 2011
12:01 pm
Than goodness we have “Columbus Dawg that seems to know everything that is going on over in Athens and who turns everything that Coach Richt says around and turns into negative comments. Obvisously you are happy with our Coach, so maybe you will get your wish..Personally I will stand behind the dawgs regardless, why, because that what true dawgs do..Does that mean we can never criticize or express our concerns…of course not…but good grief, Coach Richt has been and is a great role model for our University, Over a ten year period he is among the best in wins…check it out Columbus dawg if you have doubts….Have we taken some steps back the past two seasons…yes we probably have, but I refuse to believe that our coaches have forgotten how to coach or recruit as many fair weather fans believe…Again I will bring up the 90’s where were we at then…and where our program is now..I truly believe we are much better now and in capable hands. Columbus Dawg…I don’t doubt your loyalty at all..but to followup on your statement about the teams that put as much into their program as we do have NC’s…Lets see, Notre Dame, Penn State, Florida State, Tenn, Michigan, South Carolina, Clemson…to name a few that don’t have NC’s in the last ten years…Do you reallly, really think that these teams don’t put as much inot their programs as UGA does…What rock have you been living under…You forget in 2007, we were extremely close and in other seasons we might have been playing for the NC…alot of the above mentioned teams haven’t been as close as we had been during that time…Again, I say this with all due respect to you and your support for the dawgs…There have been some major changes, lets at least give the team a chance to succeed nextt season….go dawgs
dawgster
April 28th, 2011
12:02 pm
previous post should read “obvisously you are unhappy with our coach”
AltamahaDawg
April 28th, 2011
12:06 pm
And you base that on what timmy? What can you quote me on that gives you that? I would be very intereated in your quoting me anything thats not factual, fair, or reasonable. Because I really think you base that me not stupidly talking about firing our head football coach in April?
BTW, you never asnwered me why I asked YOU how old you were?
trupert
April 28th, 2011
12:06 pm
Timbodog, would you rather see Richt cheat or oversign players? Richt has been in the toughest conference that CFB has ever seen for eleven seasons and we should expect to see a couple of down years out of that many. Meyer had the same fall from grace and in only half the time. Saban fell to third or fourth in the West and is picked to finish behind LSU this season. Miles almost got fired and now is favored to win it all this season.
Looks like Ga’s new AD is a man of integrity so even if Richt gets replaced it will be with another coach who will not be allowed to pay players or oversign recruits. Richt is not playing on a even field with these other coaches and teams cheating or lowering their standards just to get an advantage and he has a winning record against both Alabama and Auburn.
Richt will turn it around if given the chance, or we can replace him and start from scratch.
Randall "Pink" Floyd
April 28th, 2011
12:11 pm
AJ Harmon better pick up his game or we’re in trouble. He got torched on G-Day.
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
12:11 pm
“Altamaha,”
I’m 25 years old.
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
12:13 pm
trupert,
You’re still presenting a false dichotomy. You don’t have to cheat to win. You’re making it sound like you have to be a cheater to get good talent. Richt pulled in one of the best classes in the country last year (and has consistently for several years now). Did he cheat to do it?
The problem has never been talent. The problems have been discipline and strategy.
DawginLex
April 28th, 2011
12:18 pm
Timbo,
I have knee surgeries older than you son.
You were born in 1985 or 1986?
You have only witnessed Donnan at age 10-15 and richt through age 15-25?
You don’t know how bad we were when you were 5 years old.
at least that explains some of your comments.
It’s all about perspective.
We won an SEC title 4 years before you were born. We didn’t wina nother one until 2002, when you were probably a senior in college. We don’t have 13 national titles. We have 2 and the last one was in 1980. We had 6 SEC titles from 1964 until 1988. We have had 2 under richt.
That will give you a little hisotry and explain to you why some of us view richt as a very good coach who is the victim of his own success.
If he doesn’t win this year though, I will support the next guy.
DawginLex
April 28th, 2011
12:19 pm
senior in high school, not college
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
12:25 pm
I understand that, DawginLex, I do. And I always appreciate your input because you are rational and understanding.
But my point is just because we have been mediocre for a long time doesn’t mean we should be happy with being “pretty good” when we COULD BE GREAT.
We are the ONLY major team in the state, which produces TONS of talent. We grab plenty of it every year.
While I appreciate that Richt is a good guy (really I do; I’ve met him and he is a great person), he does not have the winning edge that a head coach needs to have. He does not put the BEST candidates in place at key positions, and is WAY too loyal (see Bobo, Mike). I understand loyalty. But loyalty has its limits. This is business.
DawginLex
April 28th, 2011
12:28 pm
timbo,
you are allright for a “youngster”.
I hope we win big so we don’t have to fire him
Timbodog
April 28th, 2011
12:33 pm
DawginLex,
I guess I’m contradicting myself a bit here, but I don’t necessarily want Richt fired. I just want us to be a major player on the national scene.
And, in my opinion, for that to happen Richt has to swallow his pride and let loose his personal ties. Surround himself with the best coaching talent. Mike Bobo is not it.
As for my (obvious) obsession with Mullen, I like the fact that he has a plan.
With Richt, the one thing that really sticks out to me is that he has no real strength. Mullen is an offensive guy. Saban is a defensive guy. What is Richt? He has no identity. And if he doesn’t surround himself with strong coordinators and position coaches, we will continue to struggle in my opinion.
DawgByte
April 28th, 2011
12:34 pm
testing
DawgByte
April 28th, 2011
12:36 pm
After what I saw of AJ Harmon on G-Day… that would be a disastrous move for our OL to make him the starting tackle. He consistently got whupped! Let’s see what Watts Dantzler can do. He’s certainly big enough to man the line.
Snoop Dawg
April 28th, 2011
12:48 pm
Snoop Dawg like’s Timbodog’s logic today. Since the topic is Waushaun Ealey today, let’s talk about leadership and who is being paid big bucks to provide it at UGA. As a 30 year military officer well into his second career, the Army defines leadership loosely as “getting others to willingly do what you ask or tell them to do.” The fact that Ealey, who probably came from a poor background, doesn’t have forged discipline should be a work-in-progress for Richt. Instead, he publicly throws him under the bus. Ill advised. What do you think the team thinks about Richt when he’s thrown about half a dozen players under the bus over the past two years to deflect from his own coaching deficiencies?
The bittersweet reality is that with the creampuff schedule UGA has drawn, we are probably looking at a 9 win season plus or minus, IN SPITE OF RICHT. Richt will not, and can not whip Florida this year or ever unless he catches them way down. My fear is that this will lead to keeping Richt even longer. Richt flat does not have what it takes to take the UGA football program to the promised land. He suvives, and thrives on the raw talent, the fan base, and his canny ability to always deflect blame on something or someone else.
Being a good person does not entitle someone to $3M year after year without achieving goals and realizing the vision. The Bulldog Nation need to quit equating loyalty to blind defense of Richt and instead provide a little tough love: demand championships! Let’s be real. Cam Newton would be right up there with Herschel Walker if Richt had seen his potential and recruited him out of his back yard at College Park High School. You can almost man an SEC all-star team from Georgia hs players that Richt did not bring into Athens but instead signed up with rivals.
If you want UGA to be a player in the BCS more than once in a generation, then we need to get rid of Richt regardless of the outcome of this season.
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April 28th, 2011
12:51 pm
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trupert
April 28th, 2011
12:52 pm
Timbodog, You keep harping on discipline so I assume you’re looking at UGA’s arrest numbers and are compairing them to Auburn, Alabama and the rest and you are suggesting that Richt has less control over his players than other coaches?
At UGA, it’s school policy for the campus police to turn over any player who has broken the law to the Athens Clark Co police and they take the players to jail, especially when it’s alcohol related because it is a school policy. Ever wonder why we never hear about a Auburn or Alabama player getting arrested for the simple things like driving with a suspended license etc.
The last four Alabama player arrests were of players getting in trouble at bars where it could not be covered up. We almost never hear about players at Tennessee, Alabama or Auburn getting into trouble for the simple things that all students do and it’s only when they break into a house and rob a family at gun point or any crime that a coach or dean can’t handle that they ever get arrested. Could it be simple chance that players at other schools are model students 99% of the time and all the sudden decide to rob somebody like they did at Tennessee and Auburn and the Ga players never do the serious crimes despite get into so much simple trouble for drinking, driving with suspended license, driving a moped without a helment etc?
At UGA they never get turned over to a coach or dean when they break the law, they get arrested. At most SEC schools they never get arrested but it’s handled by the coach.
Don’t get me wrong I’m not giving Richt a full pass on the player arrests but when UGA’s policy is that the police always arrest the player when they have broken the law and most other SEC schools players never get arrested except for when it can’t be covered up, we need to keep this in mind when judging Richt or any Ga coach on arrest numbers.
You can repeat, it’s a false dichotomy, but facts are facts and we need to compare apples to apples.
TimmyDog
April 28th, 2011
12:56 pm
trupert, we’re one year removed from winning what people now call the Fulmer/Richt Cup. You may want to cool it with the integrity speech.
1eyedJack
April 28th, 2011
1:05 pm
Snoop, name the other players CMR has thrown under the bus.
Rooster
April 28th, 2011
1:06 pm
Well said snoop dawg. The problem lies with Richt.
trupert
April 28th, 2011
1:36 pm
Timmydog, so if the policy at Ga results in the player getting arrested while the policy at another school results in a player getting taken to his coach for the same offense, we should blame Richt?
What’s your point? Did I lie about the difference in policy? Do we hold Richt to the same level of critism when his players are getting arrested for the same things that players at other schools are getting away with?
I will support Richt as long as he is the coach and if they replace him, I will suport that coach as long as he is the coach. If you are a real UGA fan, you should realize that nothing good can come from critcizing a coach while he is recruiting players and nothing positive can come from it because Richt will be the coach for the 2011 season regardless. There are many more who support Richt than who don’t.
AltamahaDawg
April 28th, 2011
1:57 pm
That “loyalty” argument is so overplayed. The only reason folks cling to it is because they know they don’t have to back it up with anything, and it keeps them from having to say what they are realy implying but don;t have the balls to say. So better to just copycat something that can’t be right or wrong.
But yea, its all about being loyal to a guy he didn’t even know when he got this job. More “loyal” to one coach, or one player, than the other thousands of people in his life.
Nothing to do with the reality that the first logical opportinity to make a move at OC (if so) would be after this season. It’s all just purely emotional. But only for the one guy.
Mark (another one)
April 28th, 2011
2:22 pm
The message to Ealey is that one act can put you in the doghouse and it takes a body of work to recover. Richt didn’t say Ealey isn’t going to play this year or threaten to yank his scholarship. He said he loved him but that he needs to prove himself. The components required are good behavior and time. I expect that Ealey knows exactly what is expected and has agreed to comply.
Richt is running a football team made of over 100 members with various backgrounds. He has to treat each person individually and as a member of the team. There are a lot of people that believe that is easy but its not. He does this will trying to compete in the SEC. Again not easy. He is also responsible for fund raising functions like Bull Dawg Club appearances. There people want to know all sorts of things about the team including discussing disciplinary issues. What do y’all expect him to say?
“Ealey is a stud running back and even though he broke team rules I am going to look the other way because he’s the best we got,” won’t cut it. Richt has to graduate his athletes of the NCAA will cut scholarships, he has to abide by the rules or they will cut scholarships, suspend players, or worse, he also has to compete at the highest level, or the AD will boot him to the curb. That’s the profession and he’s good at it. He does the job with class and I don’t understand all the criticism.
Go Dawgs!
April 28th, 2011
2:36 pm
It Ain’t Rocket Science
April 28th, 2011
7:33 am
Great post!!!
Go Dawgs!!!!
Go Dawgs!
April 28th, 2011
2:50 pm
I love how some people say Richt plays “favorites” when it comes to discipline but conveniently overlook the facts.
1. Let the Mettenberger thing go. 1st most people judge that he was the better QB based on one eye test in a glorified scrimage that has proven over the years not to mean much as it relates to how players perform in the real season. 2nd it wasn’t Richt who went down to a valdosta bar with a fake ID, got hammered, groped a female or two, and then came back and LIED to his coach about it.
2. W. Ealey- It wasn’t coach Richt who decided to drive while on a suspended DL, crash his teammates car into another parked car and then chose to flee the scene of the accident. It wasn’t Richt who then messed up again by violated some undisclosed team rule and then decided to blow off his agreed to punishment, and then once he’s reinstated and given a THIRD chance decides to do something yet AGAIN to put himself in the dog house.
It has nothing to do with playing favorites. It’s about accountability.
Murray hasn’t done anything but be a model citizen while at UGA and has proven to be a capable leader both on and off the field. THAT’s why he isn’t in or has been in CMR’s doghouse, not because Richt is playing favorites.
Really Bud?
April 28th, 2011
3:05 pm
@Bud are you really going to start throwing around Bible verses on here? Even those that want Richt out as coach would agree that he has always been a stand up guy. Are you trying to prove him a sinner or a bad coach? I’m tempted to use your same tactics and throw some verse out about not judging but I’ll take the high ground and leave you to your Bible bashing.
I would love to see the quotes where Richt explicitly blames team problems on Mettenberger, Ealey or Gray? He never did. Also Mettenberger didn’t just “leave” the team. He was arrested multiple times on charges that included sexual assault. Last season Ealey – arrested. And as much as I love Gray he was just never as good as Murray (hard to argue after Murray broke multiple freshmen records last year wouldn’t you say?). And you are saying Richt plays players based on entitlement?? Let’s keep off the off-field issues in mind. Based on Mettenbergers actions he was ENTITLED to be kicked off the team. Ealey has earned his way into Richt’s doghouse by getting arrested and breaking multiple team rules. As for Gray, he just lost out on a QB battle to one of the premier red-shirt freshmen QB’s in the nation.
I can understand that you have issues with Richt not winning for the past two years (keep in mind he still has amassed a 96-34 record while at UGA). But to say he’s coaching decisions are biased because of favoritism is absurd.
As a student at UGA it’s disappointing to see Dawg Nation ripping their coach so much. The truth is if you’re a UGA fan then Richt is your coach. Whine and complain and moan all you want but he isn’t going anywhere until at least after this year. So get on board with the Dawgs gett ouuutttttt!!!!!
GOOO DAWGS!!!!!
***disclaimer: I love Ealey and think he could be a great college RB. Just needs to mature a little and step up to the challenge***
Big Dawg
April 28th, 2011
3:12 pm
Too many complainers on the blog today— It is preseason guys give it a rest. When the season has been played out things will take care of themselves. A little inside for you guys. Coach Richt has been put on notice by McGarity that the Dawgs had better show marked improvement. To me the biggest disappointment the last 4 years is he stayed with Martinez 2 years too long and now has stayed with Bobo 2 years longer than he should have as well. I admire him for his loyalty but in this day and age it is about winning and if you are not then they will eventually replace you. Now having said this Coach Richt is a gentleman and a decent man and I hope and pray that OUR Dawgs surprise all of us this year and come out with the fire, intensity and win the SEC.
Go Dawgs
Dosta Dawg
April 28th, 2011
3:32 pm
Go Dawgs! @2:50
Excellent post. Many people on here keep calling for Mettenberger. The kid is obviously a talented QB, but the crap he pulled here in Valdosta should have gotten his butt thrown in jail. He then made it even worse by lying to CMR about what happened. CMR had no choice but to cut him loose.
Ealey has a ton of talent. If he gets his head screwed on right , he can still have a great college career and move on the the big $ in the NFL.
Murray is a class act, as well as a talented QB. Wish he was about 3-4 inches taller, but IMO he will be a big winner before he leaves UGA. I also expect to see LeMay get some playing time in 2012(reshirt in 11) like the old days of Greene and Shockley.
GO DAWGS!!!!!
John
April 28th, 2011
3:38 pm
When is he going to call out Murray? If Washaun fumbles he is in CMR doghouse, if Murray throws interceptions nothing happens.
relocated dawg
April 28th, 2011
3:45 pm
who in the world honestly thinks ealy is a great running back. the guy is not fast and he fumbles. ealy will never smell the nfl unless he buys a ticket to the game. ealy is not as good as lumpkin was or danny ware
WIN WITH RICHT
April 28th, 2011
3:51 pm
1953 DAWG
You claim that UGA can’t recruit or develop recievers. A. J. Green, Marlon Brown, Orson Charles, and Jay Rome were players that could have signed with any team in the nation. But, they all sign ed with Richt. Stafford, Murray, and Lemay were all 5 star out of state QBs that signed with Richt.
Jasont13
April 28th, 2011
4:26 pm
Mettenberger can’t beat out Jordan Jefferson. Jordan Jefferson is not really that good of a quarterback. Since most have zero information about UGA football except for what you read on these blogs or see on tv. You would know that Mettenberger did lie to Richt and he was given zero choice. If you all really beleive he kicked him off the team because of his favortisim towards Aaron Murray, then your truly mistaken. Put yourself in Richt’s shoes. hen how would you walk pass and work with Mettenbergers mom every day?
Jasont13
April 28th, 2011
4:27 pm
Knowing you kicked her son off the team because you think Aaron Murray is entitled?
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 28th, 2011
5:27 pm
Contact the American Red Cross, to see where you can help either physically or with a donation, for the victims of the severe weather in the south yesterday. It is going to take a lot of time and money to get them put back together again.
WIN WITH RICHT
April 28th, 2011
5:43 pm
Dosta Dawg
I agree. If, Ealey had the attitude and work ethic of Rodney Hampton, he could be great. He is averaging 750 yards a season splitting time with others. Also, he did not even play in first four or five games as a true freshman because of possible redshirting and still lead the team in rushing.
Stinger2
April 28th, 2011
5:46 pm
CMR is using this as a ploy to motivate Ealey. I don`t belive anyone other thant Ealey will be the starting tailback for UGA come September
provide he is fully recovered.
Jborodawg
April 28th, 2011
6:52 pm
Yes, I would have thought Justin Anderson at RT also. I sure feel for Sturdivant. Hopefully the NCAA will grant another year, if he wants to play again.
Sure hope Ealey gets his mind right.
Georgia Boy
April 28th, 2011
7:28 pm
Chris Burnette!! I love the guy. I hope to see him starting in the GA Dome!
AltamahaDawg
April 28th, 2011
9:07 pm
Martinez and Bobo have zero to do with “loyalty’. It’s a simple matter that his criteria, and timing differs than yours. Stop assuming that he sees thing exactly as you, therefore you need to offer up some backhanded compliment as to why his actions could possible be different that what you (think)you would do. Obviously he simply saw it differently from his perspective. One huge factor is that he demonstrated that it wasn’t just the co-coordinator at stake if/when he makes a change. Is it so hard to imagine he did not think it wise to let the entire defensive staff go in the offseason of just finishing a stellar season and sure to be rated the #1 team in the country? It’s so obvious that you would have?
AltamahaDawg
April 28th, 2011
9:27 pm
John, throwing ball 30 yards in a calculated risk and having the occasional wrong thing happen on the other end, and losing control of a football tucked in your gut…….do we really need to explain the difference?
Mobile Dawg
April 28th, 2011
11:27 pm
College roomates, statistical evidence that the defense was on a downhill slide, for years? Richt didn’t want to get rid of Martinez, he had to. Was it loyalty, or just plain ignorance? My vote is friendship over responsibility, but what do I know.
Mobile Dawg
April 28th, 2011
11:39 pm
Every successful Leader I have ever been exposed to had a plan, a system for success, a model. I remember when Saban came to Bama and addressed “his” team. He laid down his rules, told his players those who don’t buy in will be gone and suffered a 7-6 season. Probably twenty five percent of the players were lost during that period. Saban never flinched and although last years record was off a bit not many will doubt he still has a juggernaut.
I’ve never heard Mark Richt come even close to expressing his views on a system, or plan for success. I’m totally lost with most of the “blind” support he has. How does a “program” get so out of a coaches control? If Richt turns it around I will give Greg McGarity most of the credit.
Chris
April 29th, 2011
3:57 am
I know Durham is viewed by the NFL as pedestrian. I could have used other descriptions but they would be tasteless. Fact is the guy is 6′, 6″ right? Although I know they exaggerate but he is an excellent route runner, has great hands and is not afraid to go over the middle. From what I’ve read, he’s resigned to not being drafted and possibly going the training camp invite thing.
There was a guy named Steve Largent who had the same attributes without the height and probably at least a step or two quicker but he also reminds me a bit of Jordan Shipley out of Texas. I think he might make someone an excellent third or fourth choice receiver. He’s got more heart than that entire team showed last year.
JE
April 29th, 2011
5:02 am
Get over this Ealey had more yards per carry than Herschel. Math shows that the more carries a player has the averages decrease. Especially when defenses are keying on you. More pass attempts get less opportunities to run the ball. Look at the total carries HW had per game and compare what WE has done then talk about what WE has done. What was it the HW did…Oh yes. he was a Heisman winner and a National Champion winner.
crocodile man
April 29th, 2011
7:17 am
how do it know? And, where do it go from here? They have 4 other running backs——–boot him off the team and get on with it man ———good grief. Where do they dig these guys up from anywho———–
AltamahaDawg
April 29th, 2011
7:18 am
Bottom line, you would not have replaced your entire defensive staff in the weeks following the 07 Sugar bowl. Hindsight it all day long now, that would not have happened. That’s the reality, you’re talking hypothetical.
AltamahaDawg
April 29th, 2011
7:19 am
08 sugar bowl I guess it was.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 29th, 2011
8:37 am
I think CMR is trying to prod Ealey into becoming a team player and forgetting about “me” so much. After all the chances this kid has gotten, I am not sure that is possible. I think he will probably be more a distraction than a plus. It is a shame because this kid has all the tools it takes to be a great runner, if all you needed was physical talent. His attitude has and probably will continue to make him a problem for his team and himself. This is his last year to impress the pros. and I don’t think he will. If not for CMR, trying to help this kid no matter what, he would not even be on the team. Bet most of the other coaches woud have given up on him by now.
AltamahaDawg
April 29th, 2011
9:02 am
All the leaders I’ve been exposed to would have never make broad generalizations based on what they didn’t hear somebody say. I can almost guarantee there is not a coach in the SEC that doesn’t have a system or a plan for success. I don’t know that I remember hearing any of them talk too much about it, but Nick Saban does tends to be a lot more publicly vocal about himself and his philosophies than some. No problem with that.
(as I have said many times)I think that Saban is a better and more experienced coach at this point in his career than Richt is now at this point in his, with a decade less in the business. Saban hit Alabama as his 3 college HC job, NFL HC, co-ordinator at college and NFL, 5 more assistant job as various places, I’d say Alabama was very smart to hire him.
Are we going to fire Mark Richt and hire Nick Saban this summer? Just wondering why we are going through this exersise.
9 out of 10
April 29th, 2011
9:20 am
If A.J. Harmon ends up being our starting right tackle our offensive line is even worse than I thought. We can forget about any deep routes because there’s no way we can protect the QB that long. Our defense is definitely going to have to carry us.
Mobile Dawg
April 29th, 2011
9:32 am
Agree that Saban had more experience to draw from. When I look at Richt and view the body of his work I just don’t see what a lot of his supporters see. I see a “series” of problems, a broad decline of the program as a “whole” over his tenure. It’s no “one” thing, in fact I really can’t think of “one” area in this program that is a strength at this point. Hopefully this season will start to turn some things around. I just think as a “Leader” Richt should have seen the light much earlier and am disappointed with the job he’s done. Seems right now that it’s more McGarity’s Leadership that’s responsible for the changes we’ve seen so far than CMR’s.
Simple Dawg
April 29th, 2011
10:09 am
The Augusta Club is second to none! Those folks set the bar high for how a club presents itself. Always impressive.
Mark Richt gets feisty with whiny fan at Macon Bulldog Club meeting | UGA sports blog
April 29th, 2011
10:22 am
[...] Club tour stop there and found coach Mark Richt to be calm and typically laid back. Other than his pointed comments on Washaun Ealey, the meeting was generally warm and fuzzy and it came and went without much [...]
Stinger
April 29th, 2011
10:31 am
If GT had Ealey he would be a star because CPJ would make him one. CPJ is better than CMR. We didn’t try to get Crowell. We have better running backs already. If we did get Crowell he would run for 2,000 yards a year with CPJ coaching him up.
AltamahaDawg
April 29th, 2011
10:33 am
If it’s all going to be McGarity’s leadership as the solution, was It all Evans fault setting up he decline.
Or is is more likely Richt’s fault and Richt’s solutions, and the AD position has played a role one way or the other?
One other thing that I completely disagree with is the idea of: a “broad decline as a whole” over his tenure. That can only be accurate IF you thought the program was in better shape before he got here. I would be willing to bet that if I had to make 3 dozen calls to Dawg Fans around these parts, nobody would say they believe that. That he elevated it way beyond where it was, but has let it slip back a bit, would be how I believe most folks see it.
Bravoman
April 29th, 2011
10:58 am
Good for Dimitroff, no guts no glory. Oh, don’t make the trade and draft another Witherspoon? Good player, not a game changer. Jones will make Whie, Ryan and Turner all have better games because of it.
Evansdawg
April 29th, 2011
11:11 am
Stinger…are you serious? Really???? LMAO! Thanks for the morning comedy. I needed it.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 29th, 2011
1:51 pm
Stinger,
If anything, the coach of tech. has showed his lack of patience rather than his outstanding amount of it. Seems to me, he got upset when a kid went on some official visits after he said he would sign with tech. Think that might have caused the kid to just give up on tech? The kid probably just wanted to get some free visits, entertainment and meals. I think he got too used to the discipline at Navy. Not so, outside of the service academies for the most part. Ealey’s attitude will probalby kill his chances, if he has that many left.
Mobile Dawg
April 29th, 2011
2:04 pm
I would venture that Evans was a partner, joint responsibility in the decline of the progam, he was pretty much focused on other things vs his job.
I think Richt inherited a “very strong” bunch of players from Donnan and got the most out of them, the decline I speak of, along with the culture change was slow and almost non evident to the naked eye for several years but make no mistake about it, the “foundation” of this program was “weakening” every year. Just like a house that doesn’t get regular maintenance, paint can cover up the blemishes, until the house collapes. What I can’t understand is why “intelligent” people can’t figure that out.
Ed (The Original)
April 29th, 2011
7:21 pm
Richt needs to be called out for being a lousy coach.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 29th, 2011
11:53 pm
Ed the original,
You need to be called out for being such a fair weather fan, although I suspect you are probably a fan of another school and are just being stupid, with your comments. If you are by some slim chance a UGA fan, I suggest you go for another team. You are not a coach or probably never even been a player. You have no idea the pressure that man goes through.
Yellow Fuzz
May 1st, 2011
12:51 pm
It Ain’t Rocket Science:
Stop using the SEC as an excuse for your lack of results. We can compete there as well as you (and Vandy) have the past 3 years. By the way, how did those last 3 close games with us feel? Get used to Paul Johnson and Staff! georgia is less than a touch down better than us (on paper) and our coaches can out coach yours so you better watch what you say little man. Enjoy your pathetic life-LOOOOOOZER! Hahahahahahaha.