Georgia football coach Mark Richt has full support of Adams, McGarity, athletic board
Georgia AD Greg McGarity (L) and President Michael Adams will have the most to say about coach Mark Richt's future as the Bulldogs' football coach. (AJC photo by Curtis Compton)
St. Simons Island — Truth or fiction, reality or perception, the general thought on Georgia football is that this is a critical season for head coach Mark Richt. Virtually every preseason story that has been written on the Bulldogs so far, has placed Richt on the proverbial “hot seat.”
But there are only a handful of people whose opinions really matter on this subject, chiefly UGA President Michael Adams and Athletic Director Greg McGarity.
It is them, and to some degree the Georgia Athletic Association executive board gathered here at the King & Prince Resort this week, that will ultimately decide Richt’s fate. So I asked them how they felt about things.
“First of all, the guy that has the most to say about it is the AD,” said Adams, presiding over the board’s annual end-of-the-year meeting here the past two days. “Despite what sometimes gets written, I haven’t done one of these things, pro or con, without heavy consultation with the AD.
“That said, I think you look at a person’s whole body of work. And I think the whole body of work by Mark Richt the last 10 years is very strong. We have very high expectations at the University of Georgia. We didn’t meet them last year. But I’m pretty confident that we’re going to spring back, that he made the kind of adjustments in staffing that needed to be made. Now we’ll do what we always do with every coach every season; we’ll sit down at the end of the season.”
The reason for the speculation is Georgia is coming off a 6-7 campaign — its first losing season since 1996 — and a two-year stretch in which it is just two games over .500 overall (14-12) with a losing SEC record (7-9).
But when you look at Richt’s “body of work” before that, it paints a totally different picture — 82 wins over eight seasons, two SEC championships, four first-place finishes in the SEC East and two second-place finishes.
“Our first requirement is to run the program properly,” Adams said. “You will get in trouble at Georgia more for failure to do that rather than for having a bad season once a decade. But we do think with our resources, with our recruiting base, with our fan base, it’s not unreasonable to expect us to have a winning football program. And we have for 13 of the 14 years I’ve been here. I fully expect we will for 13 of the next 14.”
Richt made some significant changes after last season. He replaced his longtime strength and conditioning coordinator, Dave Van Halanger, with Joe Tereshinski Jr. Tereshinski, a former All-SEC player and strength coach under former head coach Vince Dooley, brings an old-school training approach. The strength staff was also expanded and nutritionists are now overseeing the year-round diets of all the players.
“I think we got off to a wonderful start in January,” McGarity said. “I’ve said many times, how you perform in September and October comes down to what you do in January. You set the tone, you set the expectations, you say this is the way we’re going to run our operation. There’s no question – and I think Mark would acknowledge this and I think the players would acknowledge it— that they’ve gotten off to a good start with nutrition and strength and conditioning.”
Board members who were asked about the direction of the football program all expressed support for Richt while also acknowledging that 2011 will be an important season.
“He’s not in my hot seat; he’s still in my lap,” Bob Bishop, an executive board member for 29 years, said with a laugh. “I love him. I don’t think you can find a better human being anywhere and he’s a fine football coach. He’s proven that time and time again. But we all know it goes in cycles. He had a bad cycle last year and he made a lot of changes to improve on that. If you have a real bad season again there’s going to be a lot of turmoil all over the state and on campus and behind the scenes.”
Said board member emeritus Gary Hill: “I’m firmly in Mark Richt’s corner. I want him to succeed. Everything is in place for him to succeed and I’m pulling for him to do so. Who wants to go through the turmoil of changing coaches and changing staff?”
Bishop was asked if the board would have to respond to alumni or fan dissension.
“You’ve got to listen; that’s why we serve on the board. But most of that doesn’t play into it,” he said. “You evaluate the program independently and how the program is progressing. We’ve had a couple of down years. It will be very nice if he can improve that 6-and-7, at least modestly. But I think our program is in good shape.”
McGarity agrees and expressed confidence in the prospects for this coming season.
“I think there’s tremendous leadership on this team and I think that’s one thing that gets lost in the conversation,” McGarity said. “Individuals like Orson Charles and Aaron Murray and Christian Robinson and Ben Jones, you’ve got some guys like that are taking it upon themselves. If we have problems internally, they’re going to take care of it before it ever reaches anyone anywhere.”
That has been another criticism of the program under Richt. Off-field issues, such as 10 arrests of football players last year, made it appear there was a lack of discipline on the team.
So far there have been no arrests this year.
“Are we always going to stay out of trouble? No, chances are we’ll have our bumps in the road,” McGarity said. “But I think the things that you look at from a leadership standpoint, I feel very good about that. How will that translate into wins and losses? I think sometimes winning is a byproduct of what you do, just like in any other walks of like. If you work hard, you pay attention to details, then winning is going to be a byproduct of that.”
McGarity said he was impressed with the way Richt and his staff responded to last season’s disappointment, particularly by going out and signing a Top 10-ranked recruiting class.
“There’s no question that Mark feels invigorated about the season,” McGarity said. “I think he’s excited to go. All of the sudden it’s going to be June 6 and everybody comes to campus and they’re going to be under our wing at that point.”
Bishop has presided over four football coaching changes in his time on the board, so he knows the realities of today’s high-stakes college game. But he scoffs at the criticism of Richt’s ability to coach.
“I remember back when Bear Bryant was coaching, he had a bad year and everybody was saying the game has passed him by,” Bishop said. “Biggest joke I’ve ever heard. He had a few bad years, but he had a few good years, too. All we need is one more point than Boise State and we’ll be on the road.”
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Dbalcer
May 27th, 2011
12:08 pm
Sounds like the board is thinking long term and not short term which makes me happy. There are too many fans who only remember the last two years which is very short sighted. Go DAWGS and Go Coach Richt! I can’t wait for Saturdays in Athens.
JAWJeRDAWG
May 27th, 2011
12:09 pm
Thanks, again, for the updates, Chip. Hope the Board’s support of Coach Richt will lead to a productive and winning season, and his long-term contract renewal.
Enjoy reading your insight and perspective on all things UGA. Have a safe Memorial Day weekend, all. .. Go Dawgs!
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
12:15 pm
I would like every UGA fan to answer this question: Which scenario do you want to play out:
1. UGA has a good season and Richt gets an extension
or
2. UGA tanks or is even 6-6 and Richt is fired.
One of these will happen. So I ask again true fans, what do you want to happen?
Think about it before you start bashing MY coach.
Reaper
May 27th, 2011
12:17 pm
I have no problem with them supporting him but, he must be held accountabale for the poor showing of the team and I do think he has been. Will they hold him accountable for Bobo if he does not get the job done in preparing the offense for the season, not just the first game. No one can deny that the offense has underperformed under him and that his play callling has caused a lot of aches and pains over the last four years. We need a more creative OC because, if anyone watches UGA games, the offense is very boring and predictable. He has to learn how to make proper adjustments on each posession not just at half time. As of now, he has a lot to prove in his game planning and adjustments against top DC.
Delbert D.
May 27th, 2011
12:17 pm
Uh-oh. The dreaded “vote of confidence”
Ringleader
May 27th, 2011
12:17 pm
Bob Bishop……………
I also remember well, when Citizens & Southern was the bank,
and when Aikens Ford was the store…….but changes must
be made, and one point better than Boise State is not enough.
When you saw the total destruction put on us by Central Florida
you understand there are major problems in the program.
51WTGW50
May 27th, 2011
12:18 pm
All the support from Adams and McGarity will not matter if Richt and the Dawgs lose games and don’t finish at least 2nd in the SEC east. Money Fans will tell the AD what needs to be done.
ForeverADog
May 27th, 2011
12:21 pm
Mark Richt is a ‘Dawg as long as he wants to be, as far as I’m concerned. I can’t say I’d blame him if he left due to some of the naysaying idiots and worms in our fanbase, albeit a small percentage. They all think they know more than the next guy. There’s not one guy whose reading this, albeit it but a few, who knows more about most anything than Mark Richt. Go ‘Dawgs
Joey
May 27th, 2011
12:24 pm
“It will be very nice if he can improve that 6-and-7, at least modestly.”
****************************************
Good news Coach Richt. Sounds like Bishop will be happy with 7-6.
JAWJeRDAWG
May 27th, 2011
12:24 pm
If the football Dawgs win each game by only 1 point and the offense, defense, and special teams play their best with solid continuity and on-going improvement during the season, I’ll be one happy Dawg fan this year! .. Go Dawgs!
Matthews Dawg
May 27th, 2011
12:25 pm
I hope they extend his contract!! I believe he is the right man for the job! But, I’m sure there will be many who look at the last 2 years and will still want to run him out of town. I believe this is what is causing problems right now with recruiting of players for ‘12. But, winning will turn some of them around. Keep CMR and extend his contract! Man of class, character, integrity and honor! Traits that are missing in most of society as a whole! Proud he’s our coach! Go Dawgs!!
ugaclassof2004
May 27th, 2011
12:30 pm
Blah Blah Blah…. This means nothing, absolutely nothing. Greg McGarity WILL clean house if Richt goes below 8 wins, believe that. This is a matter of business. You can’t have a team with UGA’s resources only averaging 6 wins a season, especially when the SEC East is down. If Richt shows improvement this season, he will stay. If he goes 6-6 again, he’ll be gone.
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
12:30 pm
Reaper
Rule of thumb: Whatever you say before the word “but” is not the truth.
He is the head coach at UGA in 2011. Get on board or get the hell off!
Go Dawgs! Win with Richt!
Barack Dawg
May 27th, 2011
12:30 pm
Ring Leader – Don’t remember seeing any total destruction of UGA by anyone last year. We lost 7 games but no total destruction and definitely no total desctruction by UCF. So you need to take your blinders off.
The program is definitely headed in the right direction and please, please – if you don’t like the direction get off the damn band wagon. There is plenty of room at Auburn, Alabama, and Florida for the band wagon fans. UGA does not want or need those type of fans.
51WTGW50 – I would beg to differ on what happens with that regardless of the season this year. Again – you should pay more attention to behind the scenes if you have access to that.
Ignore the media they are not important. The important people know the situation and thank god they are much more intelligent and in tune with the real issues and what needs to be done. All of which has been addressed to this point.
dawgman
May 27th, 2011
12:34 pm
Richt made changes Ring, are they not enough in your estimation?
Yaz
May 27th, 2011
12:37 pm
If they REALLY thought Richt was as good as Bear Bryant, tey’d give him a 10 year contract.
But they didn’t even extend him 1 year.
Nothin but happy talk.
They have ZERO confidence in Richt.
JB
May 27th, 2011
12:38 pm
Well, Adams validated my several post the last 6 months. He said he expects Georgia to a have a winning football program. That is a quote from above. Read it again if you have to. The word ” Championship” program was not used. Regular bloggers on here know that I’ve have posted that is all Adams cares about. 9, maybe 10 wins and a decent bowl is just fine by him. It Mark can deliver that, he’ll be the Georgia coach for life.And truth be known, after reading these blogs the last two years, most Georgia fans are OK with this also.
Yaz
May 27th, 2011
12:43 pm
There’s a LEADERSHIP VACUUM at Georgia.
If Richt’s your guy, give him a long term contract.
If he’s not, fire him.
But showing NO LEADERSHIP, sitting on the fence, adds no help for recruiting, transfers, retention of coaches, morale, etc.
Please
May 27th, 2011
12:47 pm
Will the Towers homerism never end? Yesterday he provides Richt a pulpit and today he tells everyone Richt’s job is safe. Meanwhile, not a word about how and why the program is crumbling into disarray.
Ron Smith
May 27th, 2011
12:48 pm
Time will tell I guess. I’m a Richt fan big time and I’m hoping the changes work. So UGA, Florida and Tennessee all had below par seasons sometimes for 2-3 years. The “worm will turn” or all three, hopefully this year but KEEP RICHT.
Dawglasville
May 27th, 2011
12:49 pm
Everything sounds positive going into next season accept for the problems on the offensive lines.
Glad those who matter are behind Richt. I spent five years working for one of the top 5 contibutors to the athletic dept. We would sit in the sky box and gripe, “When are they going to do something about Coach Goff?” Then it was, “When are they going to do something about Coach Donnan?” Every time my boss would say, “I’m sure that Coach Dooley knows a little more about this than y’all do. Maybe we should let him handle it.” I have an B.A. from UGA which my parents paid for and I earned. They don’t owe me anything else and that includes a national championship.
dawgman
May 27th, 2011
12:51 pm
JB- Averaging 10 wins a year and competing for championships (i.e SEC East and SEC crown and BCS Champ) is good enough for most ALL college football fans. Aside from the last 2 years, Mark Richt has given that. How is that wrong?
dawgman
May 27th, 2011
12:51 pm
Expecting a national championship every 5 or 10 years is a lot to ask for any program. Do I think Mark Richt needs to really improve from the last 2 years. Absolutely, but because he hasn’t won a BCS Champ is no reason to fire him.
***UGA FAN BEFORE 2008
May 27th, 2011
12:52 pm
JB
So with that logic we should fire the coach every time we don’t play in the National Championship Game?
The goal is to win every game. 9 or 10 wins per year SHOULD keep you around in order to be in position for a NC. It’s time to be realistic JB. UGA COULD HAVE PLAYED 3 TIMES IN THAT GAME BEFORE 2008. Is that bad? I believe Richt was our coach during that time span!
Dawglasville
May 27th, 2011
12:52 pm
“Except for the problems”… I owe my parents for wasting some of their money.
JB
May 27th, 2011
12:52 pm
YAZ, Adams is hoping for 9, 10 wins this season( maybe
so he can give Mark 6 more years on the contract and let us all move on. We’re waiting on Florida to have an off year to get us in the Dome. This year may be the year, Hope so. Most years 9-10 wins won’t get you in the Dome.
Send'em U hauls
May 27th, 2011
12:53 pm
Mark Richt has full support until UGA loses to Boise, SC, Tenn, the annual beatdown to the Gators,Auburn and to Tech.
reality
May 27th, 2011
12:54 pm
Is that Jimmy Carter with Richt and McGarity?
Ron Smith
May 27th, 2011
12:55 pm
The Beast will return to the East!!
***UGA FAN BEFORE 2008
May 27th, 2011
12:57 pm
America is going down the tubes because the “I want it right now” logic. It takes years and alot of hard work to be successful. Anybody that calls for anyone’s job and has zero experience in that field IS PATHETIC!!!!! How many people on this blawg has been on a recruiting trip or coached in the Sugar Bowl?
JAWJeRDAWG
May 27th, 2011
12:59 pm
@ Chip
I posed you a Mailbag question to you the other day regarding what exactly have the AD, coaching staff, and team members said and done that has lead to no off-field issues thus far this year.
The comments in you post by AD, McGarity:
“Individuals like Orson Charles and Aaron Murray and Christian Robinson and Ben Jones, you’ve got some guys like that are taking it upon themselves. If we have problems internally, they’re going to take care of it before it ever reaches anyone anywhere.”
answered my question, and I thought as much. Thanks for including that comment. .. Go Dawgs!
JB
May 27th, 2011
12:59 pm
I like Mark. I’m hoping for the best. I know that the University is giving him more rope than Maryland and Miami gave their coach’s this past year. Mark, like Obama, has fans that would keep him in place regardless of results. That loyalty can be admired in some circles. Every article written outside of the Georgia reading area has pronounced Mark gone this year if they don’t have a good year. They are not saying that because they want it or have some inside info, they are saying it because college football logic and history has dictated that a coach at a “football school”, and we are one, can not survive a 3-4 year slide.. Mark is like 12-14 in the SEC the last three years. I feel this way because of my head, not my heart. We’ll just see what happens. Go Dawgs
Dr. Phil
May 27th, 2011
1:00 pm
Adams is like Henry VIII. He will support Richt as long as it is in his best interest. That interest, by the way, is dwindling. Another bad season, and Richt’s head will roll just like that of Harrick, Evans, and the basketball team that Adams pulled from the tournament.
dawgman
May 27th, 2011
1:00 pm
The 1st goal is to win the SEC East.
Thank,
Mark Richt
Will Muschamp
May 27th, 2011
1:00 pm
I guarantee this state!
Joey
May 27th, 2011
1:01 pm
Is it “I want it now logic” to want to beat UF more than twice per decade?
If so, I’m guilty . . .
murfdawg
May 27th, 2011
1:01 pm
The plan this year is pure and simple:
1. Beat Boise St
2. Beat South Carolina
3. Beat fl
4. Win the SEC East
Without a championship, even if it is a directional championship(SEC East) Richt will be in big trouble. He has lost the confidence of a lot of BIG money contributors and there is only one way for him to win them back. I’m thinking he gets it done this year, because we have Bama and LSU coming up in the next two years.
dawgman
May 27th, 2011
1:02 pm
Agreed Dr. Phil. JB most fans feel the same was as Dr. Phil, you know?
Matt in Atlanta
May 27th, 2011
1:03 pm
Chip, you’re really turning in some great work – first the Jake Scott interview, and now this. Keep it coming!
dawgman
May 27th, 2011
1:04 pm
What’s so hard to understand about that, you act like we are supporting a loser? A guy who has had 1 bad horrible season.
gdawginkalamazoo
May 27th, 2011
1:09 pm
Richt went 6-7 last season. McGarity was just hired as AD last year. Who was suppose to give Richt that contract extension everybody keeps mentioning? Not McGarity he just got here during a 6-7 season full of discipline problems. Richt knows he needs to win this year. I thought he was crazy going after the “Dream Team” concept after last season. I thought I was crazy when it actually worked. We all know that Damon Evans didn’t provide any leadership or help to Richt. How many arrest this year under McGarity? I will give Richt this season to seek great improvement, meaning win 9-10 games and don’t get embarrassed by anybody. Plus beat Florida.
Central Florida
May 27th, 2011
1:10 pm
Sure it was an embarrassing loss, but don’t read too much into it. Georgia was in a meaningless bowl, not as motivated as UCF, and got beat. Just as you cannot draw much from Louisiana Monroe kicking Saban in his first year at Bama. Look at what Utah did to one of Saban’s best teams- every coach, and I mean every coach is going to periodically have a game where the team’s heart is not in it. That is true unless you believe a motivated Bama team would have lost to Utah or LM.
I expect the Dogs to be competitive, more so than in the last two years, but the SEC is a tough league. Saban is arguably the top coach in the league, and he is batting .250 in SEC titles, one in four years.
Matt in Atlanta
May 27th, 2011
1:10 pm
Yaz, go away. Who would extend a contract when the team is struggling. Unheard of. That doesn’t equate to zero confidence. Would they extend a contract if they had 60% confidence? No, and that’s probably where they’re at. They’re rooting for him like we all are because he’s a great guy, but they also saw the poor product that was put on the field last year, and are scratching their heads (again, like we all are).
OldFan
May 27th, 2011
1:11 pm
Confirmation again that it’s really about the brand and the revenue. When you say that it’s not unreasonable to expect to have a winning football program, you’re really saying that other things are more important. Sure we want to be champions every year, but over the long term it’s about the program’s success in generating revenue and contributor interest. Those are long term activities, and as long as they don’t change radically, there’s little reason to disrupt the program and deal with the resulting uncertainties. So, enjoy the games, be a fan, root for the ole alma mater. But don’t think that wins and losses alone will run CMR out of town.
JAWJeRDAWG
May 27th, 2011
1:11 pm
@ YAZ
Just my opinion, but I’m not so sure about that. I’m sure they are all just waiting to see how the 2011 season plays out. Only time will tell. .. Go Dawgs!
Send'em U hauls
May 27th, 2011
1:11 pm
Richt’s team better score a TD against South Carolina at home.
JB
May 27th, 2011
1:12 pm
dawgman………..I’m not responding to you because I want Mark gone. Stats are for losers, but it’s not the 1 horrible season, it’s the three year trend. Do yourself a favor and research some of this I speak. Someone on here posted a lot of this 2-3 months ago. Look at things like punt return yardage, block punts, fake field goals, yards & points given up. 3 and outs. Average starting field position. Penalty yardage. Games lost in the fourth quarter when we had the lead. It’s shocking, and the record shows it.
At the end of the Day, I want to compete for the SEC title, and if Mark is the coach, great. By the way, I’m an Alum ( Class of 76) and had season tickets until 1997.
Mark (another one)
May 27th, 2011
1:13 pm
Richt has said that being the HC at UGA comes with high expectations and that he isn’t happy with the results of last year. Nothing more needs to be said. It has to be done on the field. I am confident Richt knows what he’s doing and this year will be a major improvement. Its my opinion and I bought my tickets so I can yell my heart out supporting the team.
As for the constant criticism of Bobo, this is a team game. Bobo isn’t in this alone, and the offense did pretty well last year despite the issues with the line. I don’t see any reason to keep bashing Bobo and I am looking for great improvement from the defense.
Every year in college is a reloading year. Players move on and new ones come in. I am enthusiastic about our returning core and I believe the recruits will provide competition. As always it will be important to stay healthy and eligible. The teal leadership, especially the seniors, can do a lot to ensure a great season, and Jones and Tyson will provide a lot of leadership for this team.
I also don’t understand all the emphasis on style points. If we beat Boise by a point, its a win. That’s all that matters. Win them all with an SEC schedule, and that team should have a shot at the MNC. I’m not saying this team will win them all but that is a goal that is within the control of the team.
The off season is a time to get excited for the new season and get over the past. If you can’t do those things, I feel sorry for you.
***UGA FAN BEFORE 2008
May 27th, 2011
1:17 pm
JB
I would say Richt has done a better job running a 14-12 program over Obama running our Country.
Joey
May 27th, 2011
1:21 pm
Contract extension? Didn’t beat a team with a winning record. Lost to Colorado. Lost to UCF. Lost to UF, again.
Now he’s gonna “start studying football, cutting edge football?” I ain’t for firing him. But I also ain’t for paying a coach $3 Million a year who doesn’t schedule some football studying every day.
ugaclassof2004
May 27th, 2011
1:23 pm
This blind loyalty to Richt is really mindblowing. What matters are results, period. I’m fine with Richt being a great man as long as he is winning or at the very least putting a competitive product on the field. I realize losing AJ Green was a bad break for the team last year, but they shouldn’t totally tank it just because ONE player is out of the lineup. You Richt supporters act like last season was a fluke. How idiotic can you be??? The guy went 9-3 in 2008 with blowout losses to Florida and Bama, and a pathetic showing against a Tech team they should have beaten by at least 2 TD’s. In 2009 they go 7-5 and then 6-6 in 2010, with little or no heat being put under Richt’s butt! Well the time for excuses are over! The guy isn’t getting paid 3 million a year to be our campus minister, he’s getting paid to be out football coach!!! Why is this so hard to understand???? Why shouldn’t Richt be held accountable?? I swear our fan-base man….I just don’t understand it sometimes.
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
1:24 pm
Yaz, extending Richt contract (which isn’t about to expire) before the end of this season would do absolutely nothing to ensure the team’s success. There is no logical reason to do that and would only be a distraction, which I am sure all the parties have agreed. I doubt you really gives a rat’s behind about it to be honest, but there is your answer nevertheless.
ugaclassof2004
May 27th, 2011
1:25 pm
This blind loyalty to Richt is really mindblowing. What matters are results, period. I’m fine with Richt being a great man as long as he is winning or at the very least putting a competitive product on the field. I realize losing AJ Green was a bad break for the team last year, but they shouldn’t totally tank it just because ONE player is out of the lineup. You Richt supporters act like last season was a fluke. How idiotic can you be??? The guy went 9-3 in 2008 with blowout losses to Florida and Bama, and a pathetic showing against a Tech team they should have beaten by at least 2 TD’s. In 2009 they go 7-5 and then 6-6 in 2010, with little or no heat being put under Richt’s butt! Well the time for excuses are over! The guy isn’t getting paid 3 million a year to be our campus minister, he’s getting paid to be our football coach!!! Why is this so hard to understand???? Why shouldn’t Richt be held accountable?? I swear our fan-base man…I just don’t understand it sometimes.
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
1:29 pm
Who says he is not held accountable, 2004?
JB
May 27th, 2011
1:29 pm
Maybe Adams can make him the “Life Czar” and hire us a new coach?
Georgia Peach
May 27th, 2011
1:31 pm
Coach Richt is absolutely the best! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxg1I1jA29c
Dawglasville
May 27th, 2011
1:31 pm
ugaclassof2004 – “How idiotic can you be???”
That is pretty strong. It could be that you are just in a different place in your life and career than other Dawgs. I’ve managed people for 20 years. Through my experience I can tell you that I haven’t been at the top of my game year in and year out. There have been ups and downs. I can also tell you that if blogs were around I would have been screaming for Goff’s head back in the day.
JB – you are a great blogger. It could be that we might have to agree to disagree on this one.
JB
May 27th, 2011
1:35 pm
There is one guy responsible for the team that got off the bus for that bowl game last year against UCF.
ugaclassof2004
May 27th, 2011
1:36 pm
Going 7-5 and then being allowed to go 6-6 is not being held accountable. At Florida, LSU, Auburn, or Alabama he’d be gone.
Douglas
May 27th, 2011
1:40 pm
What did we expect the AD, President, and Board to say? We don’t like Richt and we want to fire him. Really.
gdawginkalamazoo
May 27th, 2011
1:40 pm
Central Florida, kind words but we got out coached and out played in that game. UCF is full of talented kids from the state of Florida and coach O’Leary is pretty good. If Coach Richt wants to keep is job this year he cannot have anything close to a Liberty bowl game.
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
1:41 pm
Alright Dawg fans what do you want in 2011?
1. Dawgs win and Richt gets a contract extension.
2. Dawgs lose and Richt gets fired.
One of these scenarios will happen in December or January.
JB, 2004, YAZ
Also, JOEY = MASSIVE TROLL. PLEASE IGNORE!!!!
JB
May 27th, 2011
1:42 pm
I do want Richt,Bobo and Grantham to do one thing different this year. Give these guys a game plan to give them a chance to win. Quit playing “scripted” football. Quit calling the same play on 3rd and 7 at the 37 yard line. Make the other DC earn his money. Get that defense to play with their hair on fire….and last….start that energy from the coaching staff from the sideline.
JAWJeRDAWG
May 27th, 2011
1:42 pm
@ JB
I know you are a loyal Dawg fan and all of us UGA faithful are disappointed and frustrated with our past several year’s performance.
Just hope you can be more optimistic about the upcoming season, and if significant improvement is not seen, then I’m sure changes will be made. I’m just hoping for the best. Have a safe weekend. .. Go Dawgs!
ugaclassof2004
May 27th, 2011
1:45 pm
@Dawglasville
Having a down year is one thing. For instance, in 2006 we lost to Vandy and Kentucky because of youth, inexperience, and injuries on offense. But the team played hard at the end of the year to finish 9-4. That was a rebuilding year, and UGA was able to rebound to go 11-2 the next season. I’m fine with a rebuilding year as long as we rebound the next year. But when a team goes 9-3, 7-5, and 6-6–that’s not a program that is rebuilding, its a program that is getting worse. 8-4 or 9-4( like in 2006) is the WORST this program should be! Anything less than that should be unacceptable,period!
P.S. I agree about Ray Goff. Yet another example of a guy we kept around WAY too long.
dmr
May 27th, 2011
1:46 pm
Win or lose, Mark Richt will NEVER, EVER, EVER, put the University of Georgia in the predicament that OSU and Tressel find themselves in.
LIAR, LIAR, Vest on Fire! (love it)
JAWJeRDAWG
May 27th, 2011
1:46 pm
JB
May 27th, 2011
1:42 pm
That’s more like it! And, I agree. .. Go Dawgs!
Matthews Dawg
May 27th, 2011
1:46 pm
JB…I don’t think Mark and Obama should ever be compared! We don’t like Mark for any other reason than he is an outstanding football coach, leader, mentor and man! Obama….not so much!
Yaz….we hear you! No contract extension, means no confidence, blah, blah, blah!! Turn the page. Go Dawgs!
Roll Tide with Pride!!!
May 27th, 2011
1:46 pm
yep – and like I said the other day – I hope the AD at UGA increases Richt’s recruiting budget for the extra travel since all the ELITE in State talent is going to ALABAMA!!!!
UGA – the Michigan State of the SEC!
Joey
May 27th, 2011
1:50 pm
Actually, Joey = a massive UGA fan who just want the Dawgs to win, as they should, judging by their top ten recruiting classes, and by the number of former Dawgs playing on Sundays.
I’m not a troll, moron.
I just can’t stay on here every day, daylight to dark.
Joey
May 27th, 2011
1:51 pm
So Roll Tide, when are you guys gonna win a championship, when the football program is not on, or going on NCAA Probation?
ugaclassof2004
May 27th, 2011
1:54 pm
Tobias Funke
I’ll answer your question with a two of my own.
Would you rather
1. Have Mark Richt win 9 games, keep his job, have the entire fan-base have delusions of granduer about 2012, and then we go back down to 7 wins
OR….
2. Would you rather the team finish 4-8 with Richt getting fired ( yes this means a loss to Tech because that is what it would take): we continue to suck for a few years but by 2014 or 2015 we’re back in the BCS picture?
Both of these scenarios could also happen. If you don’t believe me, look at Auburn. They did well with Tuberville for a time, but fired him after a 5-7 season in 2008. The took a big risk with Gene Chizik( a VERY unpopular hire at the time) and two years later they catch lighting in a bottle with Cam Newton and win a National Title. Who’s to say the same couldn’t happen to us?
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
1:55 pm
Joey
“But I also ain’t for paying a coach $3 Million a year who doesn’t schedule some football studying every day.”
Take salary out of it. Neither me nor you pays his salary.
I’m no moron. Someone gets on here and uses “Joey” and is a massive troll. Spews the same stupid crap day after day.
So Joey, would you rather see the dawgs win or Richt get fired in 2011?
UGA Insider
May 27th, 2011
1:56 pm
How stupid does the UGA hierarchy think the informed fans are? I have a few questions….. why didn’t you ever give CMR that extension you were talking about in January??? Why did you make CMR tell his best friend that he was a washed up strength coach??
Why don’t you tell the fans the truth that CMR basically has a two game season to prove he has turned the program around? I never believe what the hierarchy says…..never!
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
1:57 pm
As wildly popular as Richt is, the fact is that if/when’ they thought it was the the best interest of the program to fire him, they would. Not sure how somebody could be any more accountable than that.
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
1:58 pm
Joey
I don’t care who is coaching in 2012. Do you really believe that team will only win 7 games? That team will be absolutely loaded. I would love 9 wins this year however. That wins the East.
McDawg
May 27th, 2011
2:00 pm
i think the fire Richt folks are delusional
mgdawg
May 27th, 2011
2:00 pm
I think they are all saying what they are supposed to, you shouldn’t throw your coach under the bus to the public. What good can come from them telling the media that their coach is on the hot seat? I also think that like me, they want to see richt succeed because he is a great man and I believe that he can be a great coach. However, the team has been going down hill the past few years with last year obviously being the worst. My own personal feeling is that richt needs a total of 10 wins to keep his job, that is including the bowl game. The schedule this year is very favorable, there are really only about 3-4 tough teams and those teams have their weaknesses also so I don’t see that as an impossible goal.
McDawg
May 27th, 2011
2:02 pm
i honsestly couldn’t care less about a BCS title
win the SEC beat UF and GT in the process-thats all
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
2:03 pm
Agreed McDawg
I like the Bloggers handle UGA FAN BEFORE 2008.
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
2:11 pm
class of 2004
I don’t care who is coaching in 2012. Do you really believe that team will only win 7 games? That team will be absolutely loaded. I would love 9 wins this year however. That wins the East.
And its nice to wish up a National Championship after three or four bad years. I would never pick that scenario. Crap in one hand and wish in another. See which one fills up first!
You sir are no Dawg fan because you would take losses over victories if it meant a new coach. You want UGA to lose to Florida and Tech? Really?
Joey
May 27th, 2011
2:11 pm
Talking about spewing the same crap . . .
Read my posts. I want the Dawgs to win. I don’t want to see Richt fired. I hope Richt wins big this season.
I’ll take your word for it that you are no moron. Likewise, I am no troll. I am a longtime UGA fan. And my moma named me Joey . . .
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
2:12 pm
Alabama and UF have put up with as bad or worse over the years. Don’t pretend to know thier absolutes. You have no idea what they would or wouldn’t do in a hypothetical situation.
Your disagreement over what critera should be used is fine (albiet nothing more than personal opinion, with no involvment or expereince in the matter), But that’s a completely different thing than “not accountable”. He is VERY much accountable and its silly to even suggest otherwise.
Could it be that the Admin just has a few things to consider that differ from your opinion?
damngoodawg!
May 27th, 2011
2:16 pm
I knew Michael Adams when we were undergraduates at David Lipscomb University. Little did I know that he was Jimmy Carter’s kid…think about it…
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
2:16 pm
2004
You want UGA to be like Auburn? Really?
Do you understand what the phrase “Catch lightning in a bottle” even means?
ATL Sports Fan
May 27th, 2011
2:16 pm
ugaclassof2004, Tubberville resigned in 2008.
Reaper
May 27th, 2011
2:17 pm
@Tobias Funke, been on board since 1979 and I know what reality is. It is a business and it’s about winning. If you want to settle for losing, that is your problem. Personally I like winning and until a lot of people open their eyes and see the truth the problem will continue. Personally I hope Bobo has remedied his playcalling mishaps and we surprise everyone, but if he hasn’t Richt has to replace him with someone that has a clue. So, I hope that you will get a clue.
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
2:17 pm
My apologies Joey. I meant it to 2004.
RxDawg
May 27th, 2011
2:21 pm
A – freakin – men
Gravy Train
May 27th, 2011
2:24 pm
I don’t trust the logic of people that would rather have a confirmed greasy used car salseman as their choice for a coach over Mark Richt. They are obviously lacking morals themselves to favor such a choice. I’ve seen CMR beat used car salesmen and he will do it again.
If your life balance is effected by the outcome of a game you have no control over, you need to seek help. People that demand championships every year either are idiots at best or poorly informed and confused as to how real life works at best.
Get behind the team or get gone, fools!
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
2:25 pm
Reaper
Im not blind. Look at all of Richt’s teams. The really good ones had good DEFENSES. The offense has been pretty consistent over the last 10 years. The truth is UGA is still recovering from the Willie Martinez debacle. The guy had a terrible eye for talent. And the defensive scheme was down-right offensive. His recruits are almost all gone and thankfully his scheme is too. This is a make or break year. I’m not denying that. What bothers me is the fair-weather fans that think a SEC championship is realistic EVERY SINGLE YEAR! Another thing, UGA wins with a QB that has consecutive years playing on the field in the games… Greene, Shockley, Stafford… Murray? Probably.
ER
May 27th, 2011
2:26 pm
Love the Bammer comment. CMR is only 3-1 against the bammers.
Bama will lose more games than UGA this year…… Write it down!
ER
May 27th, 2011
2:27 pm
YAZ SHUT UP ALREADY! YOU SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD.
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
2:30 pm
YAZ
What key players transferred? Name one!
Players leave as Juniors to go to the NFL.
ugaclassof2004
May 27th, 2011
2:31 pm
ATL Sports Fan
“Resigned” is one way to phrase it.
Tobias Funke: are you telling me you wouldn’t want to win a National Title? Are you telling me that Richt is the long term solution even though the last three years clearly say otherwise? 7-8 wins is where we will land with Richt from now on. If you’re happy with that, and the usual win over Tech( which means absolutely nothing), then more power to you. If being a lousy fan means expecting more, even if that means we take a step back for a year or two in order to move the program forward, then so be it. I think this program needs a fresh start, just like it did in 2001 when Donnan got fired and Richt got hired. Who cares if we lose to Tech in a rebuilding year?? Bama lost to La Tech Saban’s first year, and then proceeded to go 12-2 and 14-0 after that. And guess what, nobody is talking about that La Tech loss anymore!! UGA absolutely has the resources and talent to be a National player, and with a fresh start they could very easily turn it around. If you don’t think so then you’re the one who is a bad fan my friend.
ER
May 27th, 2011
2:36 pm
I look forward to the 1st week of December when UGA wins 11 games and are playing for the SEC Championship so some of you so-called fans can change your tune. You need to back CMR while he is still our coach! Couple of you on here are nothing but a bunch of whinners that know nothing about football and my guess have never put on pads before in your life.
Support the program or go on and support another team!
lADawg
May 27th, 2011
2:38 pm
Great to see! CMR is the guy for us! So many haters out there who know nothing about football. Go Dawgs!
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
2:40 pm
2004
Of course I want to win a National Championship. I am just realistic.
I think its great you can admit you are a lousy fan. What guarantees a National Championship just because you hire a new Coach??? Please spill the secret. I’m sure 135 other D-1 colleges are dying to hear you secret.
There are so many crazy things that you say, that just make me disappointed you are walking around saying you are a UGA fan. Bama lost to ULM at home by the way. Such an expert should know that.
Ask any top manager and they will tell you it is more expensive and takes more time to fire someone, rather than sit down and work on the problem.
Who do you suppose we hire starting with the head coach all the way down to the strength coach?
2nd (or is it 3rd) teir
May 27th, 2011
2:41 pm
Here we go again, the never ending pre-season optimism that we will be SEC winners, nay, national champs, nay nay, we are Thors and Iron Men….chaste, pure, unstoppable forces….. veritable GODS…all is forgiven CMR, (tho’ the dogs haven’t done much but crap since the early 1980’s, and you have us mired in mediocrity with little sign of return to greatness)…stay as long as you like…….as for me, I’m dreading the drubbing and predictable excuse making coming up after our whooping from Boise in our own backyard…… whatatool……
Yaz
May 27th, 2011
2:43 pm
2 years ago, happy talk about Florida was even better:
http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/2009/05/22/athletics-board-buzzing-about-georgia-florida-too/
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
2:43 pm
All I’m saying is Mark Richt is the coach in 2011. Shouldn’t we support him until he is gone? The team will ALWAYS be bigger than the coach. We should ALWAYS root for victories.
Stinger2
May 27th, 2011
2:48 pm
I am a GT Fan. I do think that the UGA fans who want CMR out are being
unfair to this coach. As his bosses said, he should be judged on his overall record which may be one if not the best for major college head coaches over the last 10 years. Lighten up UGA fans and be thankful for the man you have.
Joey
May 27th, 2011
2:52 pm
Another thing about those first three QBs was their ability (and full authority) to change the plays at the line. Hopefully, Murray is more comfortable this year doing that.
I’d love to see some hurry-up offense like Greene and Shockley ran several times per game. It sure made them more effective when they HAD to use it.
Yaz
May 27th, 2011
2:54 pm
Wow, does McGarity love to talk “concepts” and “theories” or what? Guy loves to talk, talk, talk. Never DOES much of anything.
No new contract extension for Mark Richt.
But McGarity’s “confident”.
At least conceptually.
Ha!
ruddygala94
May 27th, 2011
2:54 pm
I paid $32.67 for a XBOX 360 and my mom got a 17 inch Toshiba laptop for $94.83 being delivered to our house tomorrow by FedEX. I will never again pay expensive retail prices at stores. I even sold a 46 inch HDTV to my boss for $650 and it only cost me $52.78 to get. Here is the website we using to get all this stuff, http://GoGetBids.com
Yaz
May 27th, 2011
2:58 pm
Hi Chip,
Please ban for life 2:56 May 27th poster trying to act like me again.
DawginLex, is that you again?
He’s threatened by my intellect, no doubt.
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
2:59 pm
Joey
I agree. I loved watching the hurry up offenses Greene and Shockley ran. The look on the opposing defenses was priceless after a touchdown.
Yaz
May 27th, 2011
3:00 pm
I’m not a big fan of some of McGarity’s theories, like how the basketball team and football team working out from trailers wouldn’t hurt conditioning?
Seems to me, the basketball and football team kind of struggled in the 4th quarters.
Theorist, got to love me’.
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
3:02 pm
YAZ
What key players transferred? Your intellect is that of a 14 year old, recently let out of middle school for the summer, if you ask me.
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
3:05 pm
They changed the rule a few years ago to restrict the advantage of hurry up.
UCF Dawg Fan
May 27th, 2011
3:05 pm
Tobias Funke – Amen Brother! Amen! We should be 110% in our team’s and our coach’s corner until the season is over. Just like that preacher doesn’t know when the Second Coming will occur, NO ONE knows how the Dawgs season will turn out this year.
As for me and my house, we want UGA to win as many games as possible in the 2011 season and if that results in a big contract extension for Coach Mark Richt, amen to that too. I, for one, want a winning program with strong leadership, honesty and integrity. A win at all costs attitude is for the weak of mind and poor in integrity.
GO DAWGS!
In_the_cellar
May 27th, 2011
3:06 pm
Americans love a winner and can not tolerate a loser. Someone needs to define fan! My definition does not include being a loser.
In_the_cellar
May 27th, 2011
3:07 pm
Bye the way not all fans graduated from Georgia!
joey is right!!!!
May 27th, 2011
3:09 pm
I understand his overall record is good but 2-8 Vs. our biggest rival is terrible. If the roles were reversed UF would have fired thier head coach long ago. Again different expectations. 2-8 is embarrasing!
Yaz
May 27th, 2011
3:10 pm
Another one of McGarity’s theories was that you could underr pay assistant coaches by $130,000, and retain them.
Unfortunately, that theory didn’t work either, Searels & Bolin got pulled away by leaders who valued them more highly.
In_the_cellar
May 27th, 2011
3:11 pm
Enter your comments here
ugaclassof2004
May 27th, 2011
3:11 pm
Tobias Funke
OK they lost to ULM. My point is so the hell what?? Bama made the move in another direction and were willing to take their licks that first year of rebuilding. Of course getting a new coach is no gurantee that things will get better. But you can’t make huge improvements without taking risks. Marginal risks will get your marginal results.
You’re telling me that Richt is perfectly fine and that all we need to do is make a few tweaks here and there and UGA will be contenders again. And I’m telling you that continuing to keep Richt around is the equivalent of putting new tires on a car with a bad transmission. When the transmission is bad, you’re better off getting a new vehicle instead of continuing to pour money into an old one. I believe we have come to that point with Mark Richt. And yes I think there are coaches out there that could have done better than 7-5 and 6-6 the last 2 years.
And I don’t know what kind of leadership books you have been reading, but it is ABSOLUTELY better/cheaper/smarter to fire an underperforming employee than it is to continue to pour money into them in the hopes that they get better. I can’t think of a single successful business that accepts underperformance from anyone!!! I am now officially done talking to you.
Yaz
May 27th, 2011
3:11 pm
I’m not a big fan of being ‘Lukewarm”, get hold or cold.
Get behind Richt, extend his contract, or fire him.
But lukewarm?
No leadership.
BYRDDAWG
May 27th, 2011
3:14 pm
We really should be much improved from last yr…..Murray will be in his 2nd yr as starter & the D should be understand CTG’s 3-4 scheme!!!! SC may be looking for a new starting QB & UF will be in their 1st yr with Muschump.. Good chance to win the East..GO DAWGS
UCF Dawg Fan
May 27th, 2011
3:16 pm
Yaz – You would have said the same thing about Stafford if he didn’t have the experienced O-Line and TB help he did when he was taking his licks. Heck…he even threw plenty of INTs in two of his 3 UF games, but he failed to come back from either of them. Murray will shut all of your mouths this year.
BYRDDAWG
May 27th, 2011
3:16 pm
should be able to understand
Yaz
May 27th, 2011
3:19 pm
Another McGarity theory has to do with spending/investing. Only invest 26% into the program last season.
Yet wanted a lot of wins.
Lost to every SEC team that invested a higher percentage.
Forbes exposed McGarity’s blunder.
http://blogs.forbes.com/sportsmoney/2011/01/26/whos-making-money-in-sec-football/
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
3:20 pm
Who would have loved to have heard 2004’s comments if UGA had fired Richt a couple of years ago and gone out and hired a Gene Chizik from (5-19) Iowa State? You be all over that wouldn’t you sport?
JB
May 27th, 2011
3:21 pm
We are thin on the OL this coming year. No real proven game changer SEC RB,real suspect at WR. We’ve got a TE playing FB. The D should be much improved. Kicking game outstanding. Excited about two new coach’s, LB and OL.
RHALL55
May 27th, 2011
3:22 pm
Winning = Extension!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Losing = Distinction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JB
May 27th, 2011
3:29 pm
I do think we will be stronger and in better shape this year. Word is coach T is killing them.
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
3:33 pm
2004
Last year was our rebuilding year! And now YOU WANT HIM FIRED. Goodness gracious. You should quit with the analogies. So the bad transmission is the University or our Football program? What money are we pouring into this vehicle?
I received my degree from the Terry College of Business, University of Georgia with a concentration in Finance 2003! What about you bubba?
You don’t fire top employees with a 10% failure rate. I’m assuming you work at Burger King. That is one place I agree it is better to fire underperforming employees and start all over again with a new crop.
Like I said it is embarassing that we went to the same school at the same time. Change your handle also, please. Type either fairweatherugafansince2004 or “just genious.” I am done schooling you.
Utah Dawg
May 27th, 2011
3:40 pm
So from 2000 – 2004 Penn State went 26-33 under one of the greatest coaches in football history (the worst of those years Penn State was 3-9). According to the growing noise from the critics, the game had passed him by. So in 2005 Penn State goes 11-1 and wins the Big Ten. Life runs in cycles particularly if you compete at the highest levels in whatever endeavor in life with a bunch of other talented and driven people trying to out perform you. A lot must go right each and every year including just plain getting lucky now and again. Those of us that have competed in the SEC understand this. Coach Richt should have job as long as he wants it.
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
3:44 pm
Forgive me everyone. I will not stand by and let some people TEAR DOWN everything this man BUILT UP.
Go Dawgs! Win with Richt!
UGA Insider
May 27th, 2011
3:50 pm
UGA will have the 2nd best defense in the SEC behind LSU. I just hope we can somehow average 24 points/game!!!!!!!!!!
ps… coaches fully expect Damien Swann, Corey Moore and Nick Marshall to come into camp ready to take a starting position in the secondary. I think we will be fine back there. Marshall has the same talent as a Champ Bailey type player. If he comes into camp in-shape, he can be a shut-down corner like Champ.
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
3:50 pm
Hey 2004, you going to take that? Tell him your theory of how Richt’s “religious beliefs” is REALLY what is keeping him from wanting to be successful. Go on, tell him. be sure to use the “Tim Tebow also believes in heaven but could be the best he could be” , so that proves Richt is…….go ahead, you tell it so much better.
JB
May 27th, 2011
3:53 pm
Utah Dawg….I want to come to work for you in sales. Have a 2 million territory that drops 2 mil to 1.5 mil to 1 mil…..and have you hug me when I come to work…….and still paying me 100K guarantee by the way………………Comparing him to Jo Pa is a stretch. There were calls for his head by loyal Penn St. folks.
Dawgfan1
May 27th, 2011
3:54 pm
Ok I have read every article you posted about Adams expectations from Richt, but honestly, how long do the UGA fan base have to wait before we see another SEC and National championship? I am totally behind Richt because he is a wonderful coach; however, I am totally behind finding a new OC because Bobo is not the right person for the job and that has been proven time and time again. UGA shouldn’t be complacent with just winning 9 or 10 games a year or just having a winning program. They should want a championship team every year and even if they don’t get a championship every year they will not be far off from getting one from time to time.
I have been a dawg fan since I was 9 when I first started playing football and watching them play every saturday with my dad; however, since then the only thing that people know about UGA is that they won two conference championship, we send a lot of players to the league, and we get our tail handed to us by UF. My buddy’s who are UF fans couldn’t call it better “UGA is ok with winning and if they have a winning season they are fine.” That is exactly true based on one or your comments and a statement from Adams. JB’s quote: ” I’ve have posted that is all Adams cares about. 9, maybe 10 wins and a decent bowl is just fine by him.” That is the reason I feel that UGA could go for the nationals every now and again but as everything it starts at the top. If the president is ok with just winning then everyone below him is ok with just winning; however, if the president demands for a championship caliber team then the everyone below him is going to follow in his direction. How come you have some fans that would like to see UGA bring home a national championship every once and awhile get told to jump off the band wagon or called untrue fans of dawg nation because they want a championship brought back to Athens? Look at all the teams in the SEC that won nationals everyone fans, school officials, coaches, players all wanted it and again based on the statement made by Adams we just have to settle with just winning 9 or 10 games. UGA will forever be my team but I would like to say that dawgs beat UF again and that national championship trophy looks good sitting in UGA’s trophy case. Thats all I want and I am pretty sure that every other fan would like the same.
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
3:55 pm
JB, did you build up the 2 million dollar territoty in the first place? What was it before you got there? Did you boss just fire you or try to figure out what factor were involved, and get them fixed?
One thing I bet is that your boss, if he has been one more than 6 months, did not just decided he would rather break in a new rep, start all over again just to see if he can get back to what he KNOWS from expereince you can already do.
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
3:56 pm
Alt
Very funny.
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
3:56 pm
the funniest part……he actually said that.
Destin Dawg
May 27th, 2011
3:56 pm
would love to see Hutson Mason get a bunch of playing time…. Le May also… it should be WIDE OPEN for QB… because we have the talent and Murray was not THAT impressive consistently !! Richt has a problem with seniority system or call it loyalty 0 Go Dawgs !!
JAWJeRDAWG
May 27th, 2011
3:57 pm
@ UGA Insider
Glad to read some positive news from you for a change. .. Go Dawgs!
UGA Fan
May 27th, 2011
4:01 pm
YOU ARE THE BEAT WRITER AND HAVE PUBLISHED THIS SAME ARTICLE 5 TIMES SINCE THE END OF THE SEASON. THE BASEBALL TEAM JUST WON THEIR FIRST GAME IN HOOVER (THAT’S WHERE THEY PLAY THE SEC TOURNAMENT) IN SEVERAL YEARS AND NOT A WORD IS WRITTEN.
DO YOUR JOB – THERE ARE OTHER SPORTS GOING ON – AND THEY ARE IN THE POSTSEASON
GoldenDawg
May 27th, 2011
4:09 pm
Mine too.
He's better be on the HOT SEAT
May 27th, 2011
4:14 pm
Of course they’d say that preseason!!! Even Tech’s AD said similar things at the start of basketball season and we all know how that ended regardless of the HUGE buyout. If Richt does not win a minimal 9 games with this softest of UGA schedules he needs to be canned. LSU and Bama aren’t on our schedule. Boise is in our backyard and while they play hard certainly have nowhere near as much talent…and does anyone really expect us to lose to the triple option anytime soon??? There are few doubts on our schedule (UF and USC)! Auburn lost everybody. Tennessee is still far off challenging to win the EAST much less the overall SEC. Lose to Vandy or KY an he should be fired immediately. My goodness can anyone truly find three losses on the schedule? Only if we underperform yet again….
JAWJeRDAWG
May 27th, 2011
4:47 pm
Not football related, but:
It was good to see the Diamond Dawg’s starting left-hander, Alex Wood pitch a complete game yesterday, helping UGA beat Auburn 3-2 to stay alive in the SEC Tournament.
Hopefully we can win again tonight in our 3-win game quest to advance to an at-large bid to an NCAA regional tournament. Go Diamond Dawgs!
And, best wishes to the UGA Women’s Softball Dawgs hoping they continue their season with a win tomorrow verses Baylor in the NCAA Softball Super Regional!
Go ALL Dawgs!
OLDDAWG
May 27th, 2011
4:49 pm
I went to my first Georgia game in 1958,it was magic then and ii still is today!There has been some bad seasons,some good seasons and plenty of great seasons .FROM BUTTS,DOOLEY( WHEN FOR 26 YEARS fla wore a CHOKE COLLAR)TO GOLF,DONNAN AND NOW COACH RICHT ITS ALLWAYS BEEN GREAT TO BE A GEORGIA BULLDOG AND GATER HATER!Of all the coaches Coach Richt has been the best and the finest and saying that above Dooley is saying alot!!FOR all you whiners its a game and thats why its still played,so get a job,get off the bottle and stop whining like a bunch of girls!!!!!Just thank GOD you weren’t born wearing jean shorts or Orange highway uniforms!
Ringleader
May 27th, 2011
4:50 pm
Barack Dawg………
I guess you could not afford the $49 Trailways ticket to Memphis and the rabbit ears
did not function well in your 12 wide, but the offensive and defensive lines were slaughtered
by Central Florida.
I am a 68 classmate of Lewis Grizzard and Jiggy Smaha……..You do not know jack.
There are serious problems within the program, I am hopeful the preacher figures it out,
but it is not optomistic.
dawginduluth
May 27th, 2011
4:58 pm
It’s a sad day when the Bulldog Nation is happy with mediocrity. One of the early posters said that heads will roll if we don’t finish at least second in the East. We have come a long way from the early years of the Richt era when a National Championship was our goal. We are now pulling for this lame ass coach to lead us to second in the East? $3 million gets us second in the East and you Richt suck-ups are happy? Pathetic.
No NC with Richt. Never!
Joey
May 27th, 2011
4:59 pm
“They changed the rule a few years ago to restrict the advantage of hurry up.”
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Altamaha, didn’t Oregon run the hurry-up all game long last season? They must have figured something out with the rules change. That is, until they ran into the Cal team, whose coach had his boys faking injuries.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/520034-video-is-this-proof-that-cal-football-players-were-faking-injuries
FBFan
May 27th, 2011
5:00 pm
“Our first requirement is to run the program properly,” Adams said……
Were there not 11 arrest of players in 2010? Well over 40 arrested players since 2005? How many scholarship players do we lose each year out of a signing class? eight or nine? Yet these folks are insinuating the program is run properly????
As the arrest went up the wins went down yet everything stays the same. Why?
This must be the same bunch that voted to hire Damon “red panties” Evans?
superDawg
May 27th, 2011
5:05 pm
Coach Richt should remain at UGA for a long time.Better days are in the near future and Mark Richt is the MAN for the task at hand.GO DAWGS!
Tank & Fire
May 27th, 2011
5:07 pm
Richt is a really nice guy.
icedawg
May 27th, 2011
5:09 pm
If he won every game there would still be those to whom that would not be good enough.
Got Jorts
May 27th, 2011
5:12 pm
I say keep him. Nobody wants to win in Jacksonville anyway.
Mediocrity
May 27th, 2011
5:13 pm
Some on here think anything short of a national championship is mediocrity. While a NC would be great, I happen to believe winning an SEC title is quite an accomplishment. Win enough of those, and the NCs will eventually come.
I know of no UGA fan that is happy with the last two years. Richt will either turn it around in the next couple of years or we will be breaking in a new coach, but to fire him because he has not won a NC is setting the bar rather high.
Here is a partial list of coaches that could not meet that criterion, and never won a national championship until they had coached several years past Mark Richt’s ten: John Wooden, Bear Bryant, Tom Osborne, Joe Paterno, Vince Dooley, Bobby Bowden.
Good thing some of these posters were not in charge of hiring and firing, or some great careers would have been nipped in the bud.
kb
May 27th, 2011
5:35 pm
Jorts, considering Mark Richt has a winning record against every SEC opponent other than Florida and is tied with LSU same number of conference titles as Florida and Auburn with 2 SEC titles over the past 10 years shows you don’t know what you’re talking about. Every SEC program has down periods, the fact that no team since 97-98 Tenn. has won back to back title speaks volumes for the competitiveness in the SEC.
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
5:39 pm
They did Joey because that worked well with thier spread type offense, which is completely different than our traditional pro set.
Thier reason for running a hurry up is stlye, which is completely different than why we used to do it, which was to wear down the other guys who werent substituting as fast as we were.That doesn’t exist anymore because of the rule chance.
fpice
May 27th, 2011
5:49 pm
They should ALL be fired.
Worm
May 27th, 2011
5:51 pm
Yep, I remember when Bob Bishop “hired” Dick Sheridan..I still have the AJC article entitled, “The inside story on the hiring of Dick Sheridan”.
HECKLE
May 27th, 2011
5:54 pm
12-0 or go!!!!!!!!!!!
What The Heckle?
May 27th, 2011
5:56 pm
If he goes 12-0 keep him another year!
LoganvilleDAWG
May 27th, 2011
6:22 pm
Hey ugaclassof2004, you sound like a big loser yourself. I would love to have as one of my employees, you might learn the right way to do something. What do you know about college football, NOTHING. What do you know about this program,NOTHING. Coach Richt is a great coach who had a couple of down years. One problem was Willie & his staff, the other was Coach Van getting comfortable. They will be better this year, I do not know by how much. Our OL & WR are my biggest concerns. The defense will be better, LB’s will be better. So why don’t you let all the negative hot air you have & make some positive noise at our games. You want to continue whining, then whine about our so-called fans that show up at games & DO NOT make any noise to pump our coaches & players up. Our loyal fans just want to whine & whine. Get behind our coaching staff & players & see what that might do.
Again, the West Virginia game many moons ago
May 27th, 2011
6:28 pm
Again, the West Virginia game many moons ago was his defining moment. WV 28-0 before GA woke up. I said it would come to define him and his undisciplined teams.
Beast from the East
May 27th, 2011
6:28 pm
Good arguments from both sides of the fence. Best case scenario for the UGA faithful is that Richt can right the ship so all of this infighting goes away. Only time will tell.
Best of luck with the obvious excpetion of the WLOCP.
Happy Talk
May 27th, 2011
6:35 pm
Great Coach. Just a few down years. He will right the ship. Mark is invigorated now. Defense will be better. I’m runing out of Happy Talk.
david
May 27th, 2011
6:37 pm
We run the table this year and whip Oklahoma in national title game!
jerry
May 27th, 2011
6:41 pm
@LoganvilleDAWG…….just about everyone was behind Richt when things were going good and look what happened. See, the way it works is when he does good, people get behind him and when he does not, not so many are behind him. It will never be any different, anywhere.
Tech Guy
May 27th, 2011
6:50 pm
HO HUM
Destin Dawg
May 27th, 2011
6:58 pm
improved S & C will produce exciting results… out of shape last year !!! Grantham’s Junkyard Dawg DDDD !! reasonable schedule… Kicking game.. field position.. but Richt needs to play’em all and play’em early !!!! we have 3 good QB.s.. play ‘em… Go Dawgs !!!!
kb
May 27th, 2011
7:07 pm
LoganvilleDawg, Good post, some of these so called fans need to grow a pair and get over it.
and the Winner is ...
May 27th, 2011
7:11 pm
when UGA hits the field against Boise State ?
51WTGW50
May 27th, 2011
7:15 pm
I hope the UGA people at this meeting on St. Simons left the place cleaner than the UGA fans that attend the Annual Butt kicking in Jacksonville do.
Hodgson's Pharmacy
May 27th, 2011
7:19 pm
Loganville Dawg forgot to take his medication again.
Loganville Loser
May 27th, 2011
7:22 pm
I can remember when it was a winning program. See, I do know something.
trupert
May 27th, 2011
7:23 pm
82 wins over the first eight seasons.
2 SEC championships. A # 2 national ranking to finish 2007.
2 1st in the East.
2 2nd in the East. That’s finishing no worst than 2nd place in 6 out of his first eight years.
The defense showed improvement in the first year of coach Granthams 3-4 defense and that while not having several key types of players for his system. I look for Ga to have a defense that will challenge for the best in the SEC in 2011 and if that happens, the sky is the limit.
The strength and conditioning program is doing very well, with the O-line gaining 100lbs and the D-line gaining 103 lbs of muscle while while losing body fat.
There have been no arrests of players this year, who else in the SEC can say that, not Auburn as they are already leading the Fulmer cup standings by (ASTRONOMICAL PROPORTIONS) with a score that may never be matached, not Alabama, not LSU, not SC,etc
There will be very few coaches who have a better 10 year SEC record, if any, than what Richt has put together, and most will be long gone before they even make it that long.
I can’t wait till the season get’s started, because the tables are about to turn and if you’re a dawg fan, it’s gonna be a fun year.
Loganville Loser
May 27th, 2011
7:36 pm
Does that job come with fries?
51WTGW50
May 27th, 2011
7:48 pm
Loganville Loser
May 27th, 2011
7:36 pm
Does that job come with fries?
No but you do get a Clown that will stand beside you. The Clowns name is BoBo. He is BoZo’s cousin.
JRW7
May 27th, 2011
7:58 pm
CMR is a good man, CMR is a good football coach, BUT CMR is not a GREAT FOOTBALL COACH.
Drive By Dawg
May 27th, 2011
8:04 pm
The sad fact of the matter is Georgia just isn’t as serious about having a winning football program as are many of our rivals. McGarity has done little to inspire confidence. Georgia fans should settle in, because our journey in the wilderness is just beginning. Our “big three” sports have traditionally underachieved and little seems to be changing.
ToccoaDawg
May 27th, 2011
8:11 pm
Those people who would get rid of Coach Richt would have fired Coach Dooley Long before 1980. Leave the man alone and let him do his job.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 27th, 2011
8:12 pm
To all of the outstanding folks, graduates of UGA or just supposedly fans,
Who do you people want as the coach of UGA if not CMR? The definition of a loser is one that sees a problem but only complains and offers no solutions. A dreamer think every year, their team should be on top and if not, make a change.
Most of us, myself included do not have 1/10th the knowledge that CMR has about football and probably about life in general. You think that putting together a team composed of 85 individuals of vastly different backgrounds and abilities is an easy task. You try to compare your job, to his job, when his is vastly harder than your’s will ever be.
Got a better offensive game plan, pass it on, if you think he is such a failure. Apply for the job he has if you know so much about what it takes to run the program. Criticize him for his beliefs and the fact that he tries to mold a lot of these young men into successful people for the game of life, if it makes you feel better.
I don’t care if you are a graduate or just an average fan. If you can not offer solutions, then why don’t you just try supporting the coach and the team, rather than being critical of anything they do, will do or have done. If not, why don’t you just go and cheer for the other team, because UGA doesn’t need you.
ugab
May 27th, 2011
8:15 pm
Fans have seen MR and his staff collect millions for the last 4 to 5 years from UGA. MR took alot of other coaches players and won a few games. MR won a SEC title with other coaches players. These players he won with were ga fans from the time they were born. These players were not a dream team!!!!!!!!Stinchomb and Pollack are gone and we have no OL or DL. We have no coaching or discipline on the team. How long do you think fans and alumni are going to put up with the soft play in the sec of MR. The fact of the matter is for the last 4 years ga has not been ready to play snot nose sec football. We would have a NC if with Saban. It is about the trenches in football.
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
May 27th, 2011
8:22 pm
“Georgia football coach Mark Richt has full support of Adams, McGarity, athletic board”
Kiss him goodbye, he’s gone now. A vote of confidence is the beginning of the end. I know. They told me how good I was doing right before they brought in Big Bad Bruce, RIP. Bruce was so inbred he was bumping into furniture and had no bladder control. Our AD has big ears and Coach Richt has a bald spot but I am the one that got his a$$ painted.
kb
May 27th, 2011
8:24 pm
Drive by dawg 11th best record all time in college football, 6th most bowl appearances and tied for 3rd most bowl wins isn’t underachieving, Finsihing in the top 10 6 out of the last 10 years isn’t underachieving. all programs have their ups and downs. its a sad fact you can’t look at a larger picture.
throwing Mcgarity under the bus and he barely been on the job for a year.
Big Dawg
May 27th, 2011
8:29 pm
Here’s the deal. Richt as Mr. Nice Guy is going to last up until the Boise kickoff. Then it’s put up or shut up. And another major point to remember, Richt has lost 8 times out of 10 to Florida. That’s something all of the homers on this blog need to know that McGarity will take heavily into account. What else is the new AD going to say at this point? Let losing to the Gators continue, and Richt will be out of town faster than you can say Muschamp. Richt either needs to start performing on a higher level or turn in his whistle. As the saying goes, winning talks and b.s. walks. Enough of these ninth and tenth chances. Being a great person does not automatically translate into wins.
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
May 27th, 2011
8:29 pm
I’ve been working out at running back for the new season. I think I can run through some people and shake off tackles. When the Clarke County Sheriff heard about me trying out for running back he had me tailed. Most UGA running backs spend a little time in jail before and sometimes during the season.
Dawg Tired
May 27th, 2011
8:39 pm
The national magazines seem to all think Boise State is a top 5 team. The ones I’ve read, including Lindy’s and Athlon, are high on UGA but much higher on BSU. It appears the so-called “experts” all believe Boise State will win the opener. If that does happen, I don’t see us bouncing back unless team attitude is much better than last two years. We just have not shown any fight lately, especially when adversity hits. If this year’s team plays hard all the time and represents the University well, I will be pleased. If they don’t, a change will need to be made.
Beast from the East
May 27th, 2011
8:39 pm
Not sure how I’d feel if the same situation was going on in Gainesvile.
Richt had GREAT success ealry in his tenure and he certainly is the type of person that anyone would want to be the face of their program.
Then you have a 3 year skid that was capped off by a bowl loss to a so-called “second tier” team. That ended up being the first losing season in 15 years. In the same year you had the Fulmer Cup “victory” because of all the arrests (albeit most of them petty) that caused public embarassment to the UGA faithful.
I see both sides and I honestly don’t know where I’d stand if it was the Gators. The infighting amongst the UGA faithful seems to be reaching a fevered pitch. Something needs to give soon or this could get even worse. For ya’lls sakes, I hope Coach Richt can turn things around.
Grandma Bandit is CMR's Fault
May 27th, 2011
8:47 pm
Mark Richt will be toast come December. BTW Grandma Bandit is a man.
powerhouse?
May 27th, 2011
8:50 pm
do nice guys beat boise or good coaches? dogs start 0-2 and ? Dogs start 2-0 and ?
Love, Patsy
Coach Grohbo
May 27th, 2011
8:50 pm
Someone’s lying, Lord, kum bay ya;
Someone’s lying, Lord, kum bay ya;
Someone’s lying, Lord, kum bay ya;
O Lord, kum bay ya.
will-cobb
May 27th, 2011
8:54 pm
If I had any say so, and I don’t! Mark Richt will be out coach for as long as he wants to coach!!!!!!!!
I have never been prouder of having him as our coach after reading some of the things I have read the last couple of days. I want the Dawgs to win like everyone else, but I want the Dawgs to graduate and learn how to become Dawgs off the field more than anything else (I know I sound like a Tech guy don’t I)! My hope is that Mark Richt leaves UGA when ever he wants too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UGA Doesn't Need Me?
May 27th, 2011
8:57 pm
Say it isn’t so. With all the great advice I have? Kool Aid drinkers are no better fans than people with a head on their shoulders.
Howard Floyd
May 27th, 2011
8:58 pm
It would be helpful if we knew some more about the experts who offer their criticism every chance they get. Bobo played quarterback in the SEC and has the support of one of the best offensive coaches in the nation over the last 20 years. When you are bringing your criticism, tell us where you played and coached. It will help the rest of us evaluate your expert advice.
JB
May 27th, 2011
9:00 pm
If we start out 0-2, I better learn how to fish.
Coach Grohbo
May 27th, 2011
9:08 pm
CAPTION:
“Greg, are you going to cut him loose this fall, or am I?”
Dawged Out
May 27th, 2011
9:10 pm
As a long time fan and follower of UGA football I would hope that you’re not content paying someone nearly 3M a year to win 8 or 9 games. Fact……..Richt’s been at UGA for 10 years and still no NC despite having players the caliber of Stafford, Moreno, A.J. Green, Thomas Davis, Odell Thurman, David Pollack, etc., and we’re still the “whipping post” for the Gators, Tide, etc. Look what both Saban and Meyer accomplished in a lot less time; 3 NC’s between the two of them. Richt can recruit, but you gotta be able to coach em. Hopefully all these changes being implemented are going to bear fruit. I think his current contract runs another 3 years, and if he ain’t got it together by then…..its time to cut your losses.
JB
May 27th, 2011
9:19 pm
The men in that picture have the titles…and the authority……….They don’t have the money….and the few high profile guys writing the checks that make a difference are use to a return on investment. Sitting in their box every year in Jacksonville and seeing our stands empty before the game is over, is a site they are tired of.
JB
May 27th, 2011
9:25 pm
CAPTION:
“Hell Greg, As President I’m doing a great job, and only make 600K. What’s wrong with that picture?”
SugarHillDawg
May 27th, 2011
9:27 pm
Talk about a meaningless get together. All that was accomplished is everybody got fed. It comes down to this, don’t win the East, you’re history CMR.
JB
May 27th, 2011
9:31 pm
Sugarhill…..we’ll know after the first two weeks.
G. Tampa Bedwetter
May 27th, 2011
9:37 pm
Comparing CMR to Coach Bryant is worse than comparing Elle McPherson to Phillis Diller.
Richt may be a decent coach, not for me to say; but I can say that I remember Coach Bryant very well, and never once did I ever hear him call the Crimson Tide faithful too stupid to understand the defense they were using.
Never did I hear Coach Bryant belittle a fan at an official Tide community get together.
I could go on and on. But for me; if Mark Richt is a Christian; I don’t wanna be one. He is always so very quick to blame everyone except his chosen crew.
PS get a decent looking Watergirl and you might get better athletes
Buckhead Bulldog
May 27th, 2011
9:40 pm
Sic ‘em Dogs! Mark Richt will restore order…another SEC crown within 3 years!
51WTGW50
May 27th, 2011
9:48 pm
@Buckhead
3 yrs.? Do you really think Richt will get 3 more years? If he don’t do well this year there will be no Next year.
boots
May 27th, 2011
9:52 pm
I think McGarity has a strong idea of what needs to be done. He is as strong as a Linden Tree and will make great decisions to lead us forward. I’m glad we have both him and CMR in our corner.
Georgia football coach Mark Richt has full support of Adams, McGarity … – Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) | USA Baseball America
May 27th, 2011
9:55 pm
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kb
May 27th, 2011
10:03 pm
LOl at the tech fans on here, CMR may have trouble with Florida , but he owns GT, as amtter of fact GT has been Georgias bitch for 5 decades. Big 15 wins vs UGA since 1957.
Snoop Dawg
May 27th, 2011
10:06 pm
Here’s the bottom line. Richt lucked out with the early wins with folks like Greene and Polack and DJ. He’s not a coach, not a leader, just a logo, an image. That is why we are losers ten years down the road. UGA football is in shambles by any quantitative or qualitative measure. Yet all these ignorant homers want to keep da Preacha Man and run the ship right into the iceburg. Just look at almost any statistic over the past four years and you will see a Terry Bowdoin in red and black. UGA football will just sink deeper and deeper into the morass until Richt is finally fired. How long will that misery be? Longer than it needs to be with so many ostrich fans and alumni…
hind tit
May 27th, 2011
10:11 pm
I wish Adams was on Deltas hot seat
kb
May 27th, 2011
10:13 pm
Snoop do you know anything about Georgia football, you make the same idiotic posts daily.
ugaclassof2004
May 27th, 2011
10:14 pm
@Dawg Tired
Good points.
@Big Dawg
Good points.
@He Better be on the Hot Seat
Good points.
@ LoganvilleDAWG
A positive comment: I think Aaron Murray is good.
@ Altamaha Dawg
You’re a moron.
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
10:21 pm
A moron huh? That really hurts my feelings.
Just wondering, is it because I embarrased you with YOUR own words? OR did I say something before that you disagree with? Surely you could correct me. Me being such a moron.
51WTGW50
May 27th, 2011
10:28 pm
I don’t know but I don’t really think Richt cares if he is the UGA coach after this year or not. I bet he learned a lot from Bowden. Richt is good with what he has done and is doing in his life. UGA Football is NOT WHO Mark Richt IS. It is just his job right now. I am sure he feels some pressure, but not nearly as much as DIEHARD UGA fans would wish him to. I don’t think his job at UGA means as much to him as it does to Bobo for damn sure.
SugarHillDawg
May 27th, 2011
10:28 pm
Buckhead Bulldog, who is CMR gonna be coaching in three years? You must be clairvoyant.
51WTGW50
May 27th, 2011
10:30 pm
Altamaha
realize 2004 is just about 30 yrs old & he/she is still too young to know much.
rocketfuel
May 27th, 2011
10:46 pm
Wonder if Leeburn feels the same way Adams and McGarity feel.CMR is gone after this year.Like someone stated earlier,3 million a year for 8 and 9 wins is Horsehockey compared to what Saban and Meyer have accomplished.
Nub
May 27th, 2011
10:56 pm
2 wins 10 losses against the gators …. .3 out of the last 21…. If you think for I minute that what be tolerated at AU or UA……. Or UT …. LSU…
sports
May 27th, 2011
11:03 pm
Georgia is just fine, it’s the jealous filthy media the problem!
Ed
May 27th, 2011
11:27 pm
2-8 against Florida, with three of those losses coming against some of the poorest teams they’ve had since the 80s. 7-9 against the SEC in the past two years, 11-12 against real competition when you take out the non-BCS conference cupcakes. And a slew of off-field problems. I don’t buy it, this sounds like the dreaded vote of confidence. There’s a football season ahead – what are Admans and McGarity supposed to say?
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
11:30 pm
Enter your comments here
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
11:36 pm
51, what is so odd is that a couple of weeks ago when I offered agreement, and defended a point he was making, I just don’t recall being called a “moron” for that. Appearantly, agreeing with him are all good points. Not agreeing…… moron. Hmm. That’s so unexpected.
Harold
May 28th, 2011
12:13 am
Finally a REFRESHING article! Thank you!!!
MARK
May 28th, 2011
12:20 am
I guess if everyone is happy with us being a mediocre football team then we are Great! If you want chamionships like Alabama, Auburn and Florida then get rid of Richt! S.EC Championships mean nothing to other conferences, I want a National championship which nobody seems to care about!
Jonkdawg
May 28th, 2011
12:37 am
You fall down 99 times then you get up 100 times, you just don’t give up got it? go dawgs!
rocketfuel
May 28th, 2011
2:01 am
MARK,I guess the powers that be are happy with mediocrity.Thsy will be happy with 8 or 9 wins and going to the PapaJohns Bowl
ES
May 28th, 2011
4:29 am
We need new OC!!!!!!!!!!!! And to stay with Richt.I remember 20 years playing for nothing!
E-money
May 28th, 2011
6:55 am
Like some of the other comments, Richt may have the administrative confidence, but doesn’t have the confidence of he big money doners. We’ll see how long the admins stay with Richt if he goes 0-2, looking to head down the same path as last year. My guess is the confidence follows the money
Nerd Furgeson
May 28th, 2011
8:03 am
Go Coach Richt! I think we’re going to have a great year.
Gsoutherngrad
May 28th, 2011
8:16 am
Maybe Winnpeg would want to buy UGA too!
Paul N Destin
May 28th, 2011
8:29 am
Don’t mention Mark Richt and Bear Bryant in the same sentence. If Mark were to ever…ever..ever win a NC then think it but don’t say it! If he wins 5 then talk all you wish.
Wes
May 28th, 2011
8:36 am
I am glad the board is looking at long term plans instead of short term like ignorant fans. Richt is a great coach and is has won more games than any coach in the SEC. We can’t be # 1 every year! Fans let emotions get the best of them and don’t think things out. God bless Mark Richt. I hope he is at UGA for years to come!
Paul N Destin
May 28th, 2011
8:48 am
#1 every year? The AD and President of UGA is a bigger hypocrite than anyone other than the President of UF. They speak of oversigning and greyshirting as evil while UF and UGA lead the world in arrest!!! Using the county jail to cull players is the plan of these two fine colleges. Just STFU about greyshirtting and oversigning until you can keep you players out of jail. Do these fine educated people every think before they speak? You can be damn ignorant to life and have a PHD.
chilidawg
May 28th, 2011
8:51 am
I, for one, am hoping that the poblem in recent years has been that too much has been placed on CMR’s shoulders. If this is the case, having McGarity for a year now will pay dividends.
ugab
May 28th, 2011
9:01 am
MR can not fix a sunken ship in one season. We have to run the ball to make a living in the SEC. MR does not have a OL or a FB. It is going to be a long season. We start with Boise State. Boise is going to pick the dawgs apart with our weak secondary. New lbs, safeties suck, no proven dl, we can not stop the run. Jenkins and Geathers are not our saviors.
Breaking News
May 28th, 2011
9:04 am
They will ” sit down at the end of the season.”
Man, I feel a lot better now!
ugab
May 28th, 2011
9:06 am
We need to recruit diehard ga fans to play for us. Not big headed 4 to 5 star recruits. We need Pollacks and Greens.
joe taxpayer
May 28th, 2011
9:08 am
No support for CMR from me. Remember dog fans you can love the school and the team and still wish CMR would go away. CMR teams have been trending downwards for 4 years. He has been an absent CEO and now is butt is on the hot seat and he’s more involved. He has had discpline issues, a bad Def-coor. who hung around way too long, O-depth has been a problem it seems like forever, he will not play players early, etc. etc. However he is a fine Chrisitan man, as if that has any thing to do with wins and losses.
joe taxpayer
May 28th, 2011
9:10 am
thats O line depth
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 28th, 2011
9:12 am
Paul,
I think UGA has done pretty well in off field incidences by their players.
Below is the latest update to the fulmer cup standings.
http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2011/5/26/2191505/fulmer-cupdate-if-a-mississippi-cop-says-youre-drunk-then-youre-drunk?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+edsbs%2Frss2+%28EDSBS%29
The over signing issue will be straightened up if the SEC West teams vote on the proposed changes.
Beast from the East
May 28th, 2011
9:13 am
Paul N Destin,
A Bama fan talking about hypocrites? Been on probation lately? You Bammers and Barners sure do deserve to live amongst each other. Kissin cuzins.
joe taxpayer
May 28th, 2011
9:18 am
Why is CMR able to run a taunt ship this year and not in years past?
Steve Spurrier
May 28th, 2011
9:23 am
I sure hope yall keep Mark…makes my job easier
drsoul
May 28th, 2011
9:43 am
As stated, it is not the same as years ago when there were dominating teams….CMR has had several winning seasons, which few colleges can really boast of anymore… there has been a flux of off-field incidents with athletes, which with the caliber of recruiting almost predicts the character of these people off the field (hard to change a kid’s character overnight….this will take stronger leadership within the team members than coaches)…. the truism is that GA fans are disappointed not to have a national championship or two for the decade… that is understandable… but, remember there again is little dominance anymore… there are a lot of schools with alums and fans that would trade GA any day of the week… no school can sustain very long and it is a vicious cycle… there were two years in the mid-60’s when the BEAR had 6-5 seasons and they were ready to burn him at the stake, where the drugs, long hair, etc were influencing everything around him and everywhere… if you look at the years after that, there is no question that a program will cycle out when there is a proven winner… Richt has proven himself a winner…he is no BRYANT, but does not need to be to succeed… he has the ingredients that it takes… a program really fails when the alums and fans do not support a program rebuilding and that is the biggest GA fault… the whiny attitudes will only bring your program down… would you do your best in any environment when the people who are supposed to be your best supporters continually whine and bitch and give you an automatic ‘thumbs down’…. we all need affirmation from those who we perform for, no matter the stage..!!!!
Mark
May 28th, 2011
9:48 am
McGarity said, “Ten arrests of football players made it appear that there was a lack of discipline”. No sir, what made it appear that there was a lack of discipline was more than ten penalties per game. Oh and the lack discipline that made it appear that there was a lack of discipline.
hmmmmmmmm
May 28th, 2011
10:13 am
Lack of discipline, this coach has NEVER had ANY discipline……. Florida State had the SAME problems….. I mean Richt wasn’t the head coach at FSU, but it sure is a coincidence that the same crap that was going on there is happening at UGA….. Let’s face UGA people, he is a GREAT man, but Richt is NO leader of MEN….
dawgfan13
May 28th, 2011
10:26 am
I think Richt’s record warrents another chance this year, but if Georgia struggles early and lose the first 2 games of the season which they may be picked to do, then Athens will burn! All of this crap about suppurt will be out the window and the coaching search will be underway. These people who support him cant come out and say they dont support him that would be stupid! I am not really sure what the purpose of this article is. Of course everyone is going to say they support him. Wait until after the SC game. Its at home to, all he** will break out if UGA dont win and then you will have somnething to write abiout
gt
May 28th, 2011
10:45 am
These same people hired Evan. I thought I would never say this but I see more intensity in the Tech program than I do the Georgia football program. This is not good because at Tech we purposely try to put the whole person in the equation which is not always the formula of winning but matches our purpose. At Georgia it is just plain lack of focus. The results are not intended nor expected. No athlete is handicapped getting into Georgia or no more than any SEC school. Do you really believe that Spurrier or Saban or a half dozen other coaches in the SEC with the same talent as Georgia’s couldn’t get better results. Most all have won a national championship with less since the one won by Georgia. I think at the other schools they can figure out who doesn’t have legal driver’s licences and actually do something about it. The team and the assistant coaches ,at other SEC schools, just work harder. Some people including ex players thought Dooley was a jerk, but I will tell you one thing he was smart and he was mean and we didn’t want to play him. We got one of his legacies at Tech through Erk Russell’s side of the family, he is real stick around and you will see. Georgia invented good coaching in this modern era. Look at all these programs in the SEC and you will see Dooley’s fingerprints. Your arch rival Florida just hire one and you are staring at his son at Tennessee, lots of good assistants out there too. I hate to say it but our state school desires better. When you wake up Smart will be head coach at Mississippi and that will only leave Ky. and Vandy as schools you can beat.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 28th, 2011
10:47 am
WOW!!!!!!
I like this quote
“We have very high expectations at the University of Georgia”
What is the expectation
An SEC Championship every 30 yrs or so
3-20 against FL
Arrests galore
A BCS appearence once every 30 yrs or so
This is laughable and this is our leadership at UGA
We have become Miss St, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt
AltamahaDawg
May 28th, 2011
11:09 am
The 20 losses to florida span 7 coaches, and 5 AD’s. Obviously its not just in a name as you suggest. What exactly do you propose we do about it? Please help the guys in Athens figure it out smart guy.
Although deep down wouldn’t you be a little sad, since you seem to have take such pride in letting losing to Florida defines who you are?
suwanee dawg
May 28th, 2011
11:24 am
2 championships in the last decade is up there with Auburn and Alabama. Only LSU and Florida exceed. The only real issue is 3-20 against Fla. Fix that and all is good. I think the world of Richt as a man and think he is a solid coach but I am afraid the OL recruiting will be his demise as coach. Too many 5 stars with speed and not enough horses up front or guys who can tackle. Yes, I know you cannot coach speed, but it does you no good when you are on your back.
funny...
May 28th, 2011
11:43 am
The first post states something along the lines that “fans” forget what Richt did two years ago.
No, we didn’t forget, we remember the GIGANTIC dissapointment of a season that started with a preseason #1 ranking.
You need to go back to 2005 to start talking about when Richt was good. Guy can’t put together a full season of good.
Louise
May 28th, 2011
11:58 am
Two years ago RIcht had future #1 pick Stafford and future #4 pick A J Green, He did nothing then, how do you expect Richt to win without extremely top players?
Kendell Jones
May 28th, 2011
12:24 pm
Does anyone on this board think that the Reaper could call a game as well as or better than Bobo. By the way Reaper, Have you ever played football, and have just been an onlooker.?
AltamahaDawg
May 28th, 2011
12:51 pm
I’m betting you couldn’t name a coach or a team in the history of the game that accomplished what Georgia did in 2008. The fact that you rate that as a gigantic disappointment says a lot about the teenie tiny little world you must live in.
HECKLE
May 28th, 2011
12:51 pm
Now, now……
ColumbDAWG
May 28th, 2011
1:03 pm
Its simple when you do the math
MARK RICHT = PHIL FULMER – National Championship
Georgia = (Tennessee – 5 years)
AltamahaDawg
May 28th, 2011
1:43 pm
Columb = Name of your town – knowing
Disinterested
May 28th, 2011
1:56 pm
If CMR doesn’t get out there and start kicking some A$$es of his football players and his coaches and stop being “Such a nice human being” then we will be back where we were this past year…..ready to CMR go on down the road!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 28th, 2011
2:11 pm
AltamahaDawg
#1 Altamaha tells me just about where your intelect is since you probably live along the Altimaha river basin with the rest of the uneducated hicks down there
#2 You state “The 20 losses to florida span 7 coaches, and 5 AD’s”
Did you just become a UGA fan
We have had 3 coaches during that span, Goff, Donan, and Richt. 3 AD’s Dooley, Evans and now McGarity
#3 I will help the guys in Athens; If Richt continues to lose to FL and has more than 3 losses this yr we should find someone else as the following programs did when their coaching staff continued to lose and lose to rival teams all the time
USC
Alabama
FL
Ohio State
Texas
Michigan
To name a few
And yes losing to FL defines who you are when you lose out on a chance to play for the national title because you lost to FL in 2002. As well as watching them year after year play for the SEC championship
So why dont you get off this blog and get back to career of Noodling, yea sticking your arm in the Altamaha River and let catfish swallow it.
AltamahaDawg
May 28th, 2011
2:47 pm
Florida doesn’t employ coaches and Athletic directors, smart guy?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 28th, 2011
3:04 pm
Altamaha
What is your point, do you just love the status quo
3 BCS bowl appearences in 29 yrs
2 SEC championships in 29 yrs
3-20 against FL who continue to beat us yr after yr and represent the SEC east
A losing record against top 10 teams
13-12 in the SEC EAST since 2006
30+ ARRESTS in 4 yrs
11 ARRESTS last yr
Put friendship ahead of the program in refusing to fire Martinez
Has lost 2 times to KY once to Vanderbilt in the last 5 yrs
All while putting more NFL players than FL has in 20 yrs and
Ranking 4th among NCAA schools in putting players in the NFL since 1999 and
Having a decade straight except last yr in top 10 recruiting classes
Now I hope Richt can turn it around but the above has to stop or either stop making fans have to give so much of their hard earned money or Richt can take %50 pay cut because thats the production we have gotten
AltamahaDawg
May 28th, 2011
3:36 pm
“Altamaha tells me just about where your intelect is since you probably live along the Altimaha river basin with the rest of the uneducated hicks down there”
Says all we need to know about you.
Have fun losing to Florida every day of your life.
Paul N Destin
May 28th, 2011
3:43 pm
I wouldn’t use Bama as a measure unless you leave out 2000 thru 2006…Dubose/Fran/Shula and probation. Nick took over a program that was low to say the least. 2007 was a down year but even then we took your great UGA team to OT and had LSU going into the middle of the 4th qtr (NC tream). Mark isn’t starting a program so that is why you should be worried.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 28th, 2011
3:56 pm
Altamaha
Have fun watching other SEC programs pass us by while you enjoy your 10 win seasons
And says all I need to know about you, you have yet to make a legitimate argument for your support of way this program is headed
Cheers, Here’s to another glass of kool-aid for you
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 28th, 2011
4:01 pm
and I forgot to ask. How much did you make last year on selling your catfish. Hopefully you had enough to buy cable or satelite. If you made extra on crawfish you might could afford tickets to the GT game this year.
Since thats what you consider a successful season is: Beating a Div II level opponent in GT
Bobby Dodd left decades ago
AltamahaDawg
May 28th, 2011
4:11 pm
Wow, so you are really going to keep going with that insulting somebody for not living in your part of the state huh?
Just wondering, when meet people in real life do you say “hello, my name is Losing to Florida” there as well?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 28th, 2011
4:25 pm
Altamaha
Your the one who got your feelings hurt and started your crap with me because I made a statement about your best friend Michael Adams comment
I wasnt even talking to you or any of your posts
If you dont want to be insulted then dont start insulting someone in the first place
Remember “SMART GUY”
Since you have nothing to say as to why you think this program is in great shape, other than “SMART GUY”
Why dont you stop acting like some 8 yr old who got his feelings hurt because someone made a statement about their hero
AltamahaDawg
May 28th, 2011
4:46 pm
Speaking of bottom feeders taking the easy bait, but in the end give a very disappointing fight, you might want to have that #2 circle hook removed from your lip.
Spurriers Buddy
May 28th, 2011
4:46 pm
Gonna run the score up. Fun will be had by all except, maybe, UGA fans. Oh and two baby. Dream Team demolished!
Dawg
May 28th, 2011
4:51 pm
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville, Gosh you sound like an idiot. Oh and stuff you talk about “3 BCS bowl appearences in 29 yrs
2 SEC championships in 29 yrs
3-20 against FL who continue to beat us yr after yr and represent the SEC east”
CMR hasn’t been here 29 years but thats his fault you idiot?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 28th, 2011
5:03 pm
Dawg
Your the idiot
Read my post at 10:47 am you illiterate retard
I was talking about Adams statement
Why dont you join your catfish hunting buddy Altama-tard and shut your kool-aid drinking mouth
Dawg
May 28th, 2011
5:21 pm
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
“Now I hope Richt can turn it around but the above has to stop or either stop making fans have to give so much of their hard earned money or Richt can take %50 pay cut because thats the production we have gotten”
You’re the idiot that said this.
AltamahaDawg
May 28th, 2011
5:24 pm
When it comes to the role of a fan, what we can actually do in trying to beat UF, There is 3 , maybe a distant 4th, thing we can do. I will put my actions on those up against yours any day Bubba. And I guarantee you I would blow you away. It ain’t much, it really doesn’t matter, but its a far cry from talking about it day after day, over and over and over till it completely bores the hell out of everybody else.
4 legs and a tail
May 28th, 2011
5:26 pm
All good things being said and witnessed by the key players in the organization and chain of command. However, with fees going up, economic issues and 4 dissppointing seasons in a row that has somehow produced over a dozen first and second round NFL draft selections, there is definitly something missing in the formula. This is occurring while other institutions in and outside the league have upgraded various aspects of their programs.
The facts are facts and the UGA program has taken a few steps back during this latest run. Will the changes made help the program? Only time will tell.
AltamahaDawg
May 28th, 2011
5:35 pm
BTW, I think rational people can have a discussion about the team and Not be either 100% negative every single comment every single day …..or else it means they have to be saying the program is “in such great shape”.
Perhaps the reason I can’t give you reasons that I believe that, is that I never said any such thing.
I’d entertain you with what I believe can be positive going forward, but I know that would violate your policy of ever talking about anything but losing to Florida.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 28th, 2011
5:44 pm
Dawg
Seriously you need to take a reading comphrension class; 2nd grade level
Please read the 10:47 am post
Then read 3:04 pm NOT JUST THE 3:04 pm
This is a colobaration of my original point about ADAMS making the statement “We have very high expectations at the University of Georgia”
Yes I added Richt to make my point, as to say that I hope he can turn it around but if not then fans shouldnt have to pay like they are asked to do or if this program continues with the current results and does nothing about it then if people like you want Richt to stay then he should take a pay cut.
Pay and ticket cost come under the decision of leadership of the program
Which in my original 10:47 am point was about the leadership of the program
So again why dont you shut your kool-aid drinking mouth
Hit A Single
May 28th, 2011
5:46 pm
It all comes back to intensity and the Dawgs better have it. Joe T. will definitely help here. Coach Richt has had to make some tough decisions that were not easy. Some fans have no idea what it takes to Coach at any level when it is your livelihood. I have heard Volunteer Rec. Coaches say I know what I am talking about because I have coached for years at the Rec. department or I coached travel ball. They don’t have a clue. Good luck Dawgs and Coach Richt!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 28th, 2011
5:57 pm
Altamaha
Your the problem at UGA
After 5 yrs of a downtrend enough with positive thinking crap either put up or shut
Your so use to status quo while programs like AUB, LSU, AL, FL are moving on and their fans laugh at us all the time on this blog
Look why dont come to the game, drink your 1/5, wear your red pants and enjoy the day
Again my point to you is this, I have had enough of being priced gouged for tickets while the coaches continue to make huge salaries with sub-par results again if you enjoy this, Im fine with it but stop requiring me to fork over more and more money to watch lackluster results
UGA2010
May 28th, 2011
6:02 pm
Good recruiting classes doesn’t translate to wins. Basketball, you can win with talent alone, but not football. CMR is too finest for SEC football. His offense will not consistantly dominate in this conference because there are too many good defensive players in this conference.
Dawg
May 28th, 2011
6:04 pm
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville,
“What is your point, do you just love the status quo”
You said that too in the 3:04 post.
The status quo before CMR was zero sec titles, bcs bowls and two coaches with fewer wins against UF. Stop associating the pre CMR era with CMR and stop sounding like an idiot.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 28th, 2011
6:22 pm
Dawg
Again my point was with Adams making the statement ““We have very high expectations at the University of Georgia”
Dont make a stupid statement as that with the results we have had since 1982
The only high expectations from this organization is robbing more money from fans with mediocre results
How hard is that to comprehend IDIOT!!
AltamahaDawg
May 28th, 2011
6:23 pm
Well good. You have a plan now. You are going to “had enough”. That’s great!
If I were you I would boycott even talking about UGA till folks like me move along. I’d start today.
(BTW, you need to stop farming out the carrying of your ballsac to “other fans in here”)
Dawg
May 28th, 2011
6:57 pm
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
“Dont make a stupid statement as that with the results we have had since 1982
The only high expectations from this organization is robbing more money from fans with mediocre results”
This blog is about the support for CMR and anything pre CMR should not be discussed and stop insinuating CMR should be held responsible for everything before he got here. The CMR Richt coached years are the best I have seen since 1980.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 28th, 2011
7:02 pm
Altamaha
Let me give you a reality check as to what the program has come to
4th and inches, 3 yds to the endzone on the first drive of the game, and you kick it.
Against UCF,
UCF “BUBBA” thats right a conference USA team that was a Div II program just a few yrs ago and then you lose to them
UGA is better than that in my opinion but I guess not you “BUBBA GUMP”
““We have very high expectations at the University of Georgia” (Adams, 2011). Sure
You keep drinking your kool-aid and doing whatever you stated above with your ballsac BUBBA
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 28th, 2011
7:12 pm
Dawg
Seriously you really are on a 2nd grade reading level aren’t you
I sorry I hurt your and Altamaha hahaha feelings today. I didnt know you 2 controlled what was to be posted on this blog. Please dont go back and tell Adams and Richt what I posted.
I dont want to go to detention.
Hit A Single
May 28th, 2011
8:05 pm
rocketfuel – what do you cost a gallon now? I hope and feel you will be wrong. If the Dawgs can be 2 and 0 after the first two and I feel they will it could be a great year. But if we don’t beat Florida it could be rough for Coach Richt.
Don Diam
May 29th, 2011
2:05 am
ЗАКРЫВАЕТСЯ ЮВЕЛИРНЫЙ ОН-ЛАЙН СТОК MONROE GEMS CH !!!
Продолжается финальная ликвидация всей коллекции драгоценностей по финальным ценам .
ИМЕННО ДЛЯ ВАС ДОПОЛНИТЕЛЬНЫЕ СКИДКИ !!!
Win P.
May 29th, 2011
8:06 am
“a crack appears”…Like most UGA fans I was excited over coach Richt’s early success. We had found “Moses” to lead Georgia through the football wilderness to the mountain top. It is difficult to find fault with an average of 10 wins a season.
A game stands out in my mind that caused me concern, about Moses. In a bowl game in Atlanta between UGA and West Virginia.. six(?) years ago. UGA falls behind in the 1st half, but came back strong in the second half. The defenses on both teams disappeared and both offenses were scoring with ease. With the score close, it was clear that the team with the last scoring opportunity would likely be the winner. With less that 3 minutes left in the game, UGA’s defense prevents West Virginia from making a 1st down and sets up a punting situation on 4th down. West Virginia sets up to punt and I screamed fake. West Virginia faked the punt, recovered the ball, scored and won the game with that score. I’m sure the coaching staff had considered the fake punt as a possibility, but to me it appeared that UGA was totally surprised.
FanSince59
May 29th, 2011
8:23 am
We will see if Richt still has their full faith and confidence if he goes 0-2 the first two games of the upcomming season, especially if one is a nationally televised beatdown. We all know that “expressions of confidence” won’t mean a damn thing if there are 4 or 5 loses again this year. In addition another possible loss to FL won’t help matters either. Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, Richt will be on the “hot seat” this season.
Bug Killer
May 29th, 2011
8:52 am
It appears that Adams, McGarity & the rest are glad Richt acted with some urgency, recruited well, made a change or two and didn’t rest on his laurels. That’s what they wanted to see — I do not buy those “body of work” quotes for a minute. I have no expectations this season, other than I do not think we have a prayer in hell of beating Boise unless our time of possession is 40 minutes.
And Adams, 15 yard penalty for bull—t. You have never done anything without consulting the AD? Are you kidding me? The way you dealt under the table with Donnan on your own without getting Vince involved? Please.
Tom / Palm Coast Florida
May 29th, 2011
9:31 am
You must believe in the Dawgs!!!!!!!! Coach Richt is a man of outstanding quality. As Scripture states, “He who is without sin cast the first stone.” He who has never had a bad couple of years in their life has never trully lived. We learn and go forward!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come to Reality
May 29th, 2011
9:36 am
Tom/ Palm Coast FL
Can I submitt my application for employment where you work
I want to be employed at a place where I know that if my production and results are not where they should be for 5 yrs and I can make a huge salary:
Im still going to be employed
Please hire me, I want that job
AltamahaDawg
May 29th, 2011
12:03 pm
I have a feeling at Tom’s company, he does not hire and fire based on the hurts egos of anonymous and questionable customers. As long as your department is the most profitable segment on the industry, I suspect you are safe.
Now you miss miss out on certain bonuses based on leaderboards, and when you fail to meet HIS criteria, based on several factors important to HIM, or he feels that his company is better served investing in an uncertain new direction…you might have a problem. That probably will be driven by real customers dropping off.
Please don’t insult Tom with your amateur “corporate” refences that completely ignore how they operate.
Expectations can do wonders
May 29th, 2011
12:18 pm
Complacency can set in at the very, very top of any organization. It hasin prior years at UGA. Dr. Adams felt totally happy with his former AD and that set the tone and it was downhill from there. The players had no respect for anything. That caused huge rifts on the team, which led to 8-5 crap and 6-7 disasters. UGA was a divided camp top to bottom.
Now? UGA top to bottom has no such luxury. ALL at the U of Georgia are feeling the pressure to win and win in a fashion that confirms a great season and confirms concretely that CMR should remain at the helm. This means maybe a loss to Boise with 2 SEC losses but somehow, UGA could make the Dome as the East Champ or Co Champ. This likely is our best shot ………… 9-3 with the season like I describe here, is CMR’s best shot.
A 10-2 thing with an outright trip to the Dome is optimum but it is unlikely.
Icing on the 9-3 cake, mimimally a Capital One Bowl trip. A Liberty Bowl or even Outback Bowl or Chic Fil A would be a major let down, but time will tell. This season needs to point toward a fabulous future, not just a holding on and we got lucky and limped into the Outback Bowl type of year.
Go Dogs.
Hey, Win P
May 29th, 2011
12:24 pm
Recall the UGA- Florida game back in 05 or 06. UGA should have won it, although DJ was out with a knee. Florida with maybe 1:20 on the clock lines up to punt at their 40 and they FAKED IT and ran about 30 yds to a first down and then went on to win. At the time, I am positive UGA was leading that game up until the fake punt and we simply laid down mentally.
THAT GAME and the UWVA game ticked me off about or game readiness from a mental standpoint. There are others too that I could conjure up.
2011 is the year.
Go Dogs
FBfan
May 29th, 2011
3:08 pm
OK, athletic board, what part of the following instills confidence in CMR?
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — During a timeout in the waning minutes and with the Georgia Bulldogs already in range for a game-winning field goal, Colorado defensive coordinator Ron Collins decided to turn linebacker B.J. Beatty loose on a blitz.
“I told him, ‘Let’s run it,”‘ Beatty said. “Because we knew they were going to try to run the ball……
Lining up with the Buffs clinging to a 29-27 lead, Beatty was just hoping for the Bulldogs to run the ball, and sure enough, it played out exactly like he envisioned…..
It’s not that often you see a crowd go crazy over beating a team that’s 1-4…..
But it does reveal how down in the dumps they are over their first four-game slide since 1990.
Not even the spectacular return of Georgia wide receiver A.J. Green from a four-game suspension could halt the Bulldogs’ fall……
but he didn’t catch another pass after his 50-yard grab on the third snap after halftime, spending plenty of time on the sideline……..
They methodically moved downfield and had first-and-10 at the Buffs 27 when Richt called for a run up the middle.
“That’s as basic of a play as we’ve got,” Richt said……
Blair Walsh’s…. was warming up on the sideline about to go in for a potential game-winner when Beatty stripped the ball and the game away from the Bulldogs, who are 1-4 for the first time since 1993.
“Man, it’s tough,” Green said. “I’ve never been 1-4 in my life.”
SI
AltamahaDawg
May 29th, 2011
3:52 pm
Florida did convert a fake punt in that game but it was midway 3rd quarter. They ended up punting it anyway a few plays later.They were also leading the game at that point. Georgia never had the lead in that game.
Not sure what laying down means, I was at the game and it seemed to me they tried very hard till the end. Gave up 14 quick, stop UF from scoring again, and fought back to get a couple of shots at it.
As I recall the 2 missed FG by normally reliable Couto was a much bigger part of the equation.
Dawg
May 29th, 2011
11:31 pm
We would have scored atleast 30 points against UF and blown them out that year if DJ Shockley hadn’t been hurt and then we would have played for the BCS Championship.
Johnny Beach
May 29th, 2011
11:46 pm
Glad to hear Adams is going to STAND STRONG behind Richt NO MATTER WHAT. Adams is THE MAN
Anthony Cowan
May 30th, 2011
12:14 pm
God Bless Marc Richt And The Georgia Bulldogs.I Am A Dawg Fan Forever!!!!
AltamahaDawg
May 31st, 2011
8:39 am
Interesting take. No doubt DJ woudnt have made a 5 point difference. And then he rolls into the Auburn game shy high and not “recovering”. Good enough for one point probably. There were 2 previously higher ranked undefeated teams in the MNC game that year as I recall, but certainly UGA would have been in that discussion. Maybe leapfrogged. Never really considered that about the 2005 teams. I guess technically that team was as deserving as LSU’s last trip.
AltamahaDawg
May 31st, 2011
8:44 am
or…sky high
Ocean Drive dawg
May 31st, 2011
9:52 am
I am excited about this year. I am pulling so hard for Mark Rict to pull off a great season and get an extension. Because, I want him to remain the face of UGA football. He really makes me proud to be a UGA fan. I expect UGA to be in the hunt for the East every year and get to the dome 3 or more times a decade. No that’s not settleing. I think any SEC school would be proud of a record like that. But doing it with a guy like Mark Rict, makes it even better. Go Dawgs
Evansdawg
May 31st, 2011
10:26 am
Had all of these folks that want Richt fired had their way in 1979, Dooley would have been fired the season before the national championship.
4th in the WEST
May 31st, 2011
11:13 am
Great Coach and human being!!!!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
May 31st, 2011
12:09 pm
1979? Try would have been fired 3 times by then. 1979 does make the point with added significance though.
Return to Glory
May 31st, 2011
10:04 pm
CMR: 2011 Coach of the year and all the morons that want him fired will shut up.
From 2002 -2007 I was worried he would leave for another school.
GOOD MAN, GOOD Coach, GOOD DAWG !!!.
GOOO DAAAWGS, GOOO CMR.
Dawgs will back in the hunt.
Players make plays..we lacked that the last two years.
If Moreno and Stafford had come back in 2009 we would have been talking only about last year as a rebuilding year because we would have won 2-4 more games with those two leading the offense in 2009.