Q&A: Vince Dooley says Mark Richt will be at Georgia ‘for a long time’

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Richt is staying? Thank god! I love watching UGA lose week in and week out and become the laughing stock of the SEC.

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How do Dooley and Adams get along these days?

Dooley giving this interview is real interesting.

He is clearly in Richt’s corner.

If we go 7-5, i wonder if Adams would boot Richt just to upset Dooley?

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Coach Richt does deserve the opportunity to turn this team around. IMO I think he already has after watching how well those kids responded against SC. They played their hearts out in that game. Every coach no matter how good has a down cycle. Mark Richt knows how to win. He knows how to develope these kids too. He has been doing it the better part of the past 20 years at FSU & UGA. He had problems with the D in 2007 & 2008. A QB in 2009 that didn’t have much playing time and last year with a new D and Frosh QB. Things are coming together form and the program. Stop complaining and support these kids and the coach. You might be suprised at how much confidence that can give a team. If you have a hard time doing that then just keep quiet till the end of the year. GO Dawgs!

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Interesting story Chip–great idea to interview Coach Dooley.

My gut feeling is that CMR and company are going to get the program going.

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Dooley and McGarity have a lot more sense than many of those who will post after me.

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This is like the night mare that re-occurs. The 800lb gorilla in the room that nobody notices. Dooley must have very low standard. Im tired or watching. Nothing can take away this negative feeling the last 4 years of underachieving has given Georgia. This program is not a 2nd perhaps 3rd tier program. Judging by the number of responses nobody cares any more.

fire BO-CMR-ZO-

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I’m hoping for a good season going forward for UGA.

Baring the turnovers against SC, if we can play as well on offense and defense as we did against them, we should be in every game this year.

Yes, they did play good enough to have won that game. With better focus on special teams, those mistakes won’t happen again.

And if we have have any luck, we’ll have a good enough winning season that Coach Richt will be able to sit down with AD McGarity at the end of the season, and assess where changes might have to be made and make them; be it position coaches, OC play calling whatever.

I’m behind Coach Richt and this team for the balance of this season and know that Georgia football is in good hands with the assessments / decisions that will have to be made. .. Go Dawgs!

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Shutup Saban you fraud.

Everyone knows you are a Tech fan

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Just waite until next year

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Think you ladies can handle Coastal Carolina this weekend?

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Comical.I’m sure other teams are laughing…..thinking another easy win for years to come.What is CMR record against Fla.? …there you go!!!

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At Alabama, we honor anniversaries of National Championship teams. Not also-rans that finished 6th or 7th in the country.

UGA, you’re a middle of the road program.

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Why yes you are Kirby? Good luck in Athens.

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Should you bed wetting, cry baby dawg fans not want to pay the price for my services, I suggest to transfer to the ACC…you could then at least finish in 2nd place.

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LUKE CHAPTER 6 VERSE 31…”AND AS YE WOULD THAT MEN SHOULD DO TO YOU, DO YE ALSO TO THEM”….the BIBLE is the truth no matter what anyone says….”IF YOU DONT WANT COACH RICHT TO LEAVE YOU DONT LEAVE HIM”…….I LOVE COACH RICHT AND I LOVE OUR PLAYERS…if they never win another game “THEY ARE MY DAWGS AND I WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT THEM”……..there is more to football than winning ……and remember:::::: most dont know what they have until its gone….so either support coach richt and the dawgs or take that G t-shirt off your back..because u AINT worthy to wear it…. LOVE BEN (:+)

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talla

My point was that the UK fanbase was furious with Brooks. Many were calling for his head.

His AD stuck his neck out and gave him the contract.

It could have gotten him fired but instead got the AD a get out of jail free card that he needed to play when he hired the drunk b-ball coach Gillispie.

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Ah… the voice of reason. A lot of folks will read this and respond, ” … la, la , la, can’t hear you! Don’t confuse me with a reasoned approach. The sky is falling… we haven’t been great for 3 years. The 7 years before that was just smoke & mirrors… blah, blah, blah”
There is a lot to be learned from history. Programs with great coaches go through down cycles from time to time. We need to support the DAWGs and let he team and season develop.

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@Kirby Smart what exactly is your record as a HC ?

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This interview does say a lot as to where CMR is with the decision makers at Georgia. If we win at least 8 games nothing will happen except a 4 year extension for Richt. If that happens I hope McGarity will realize that we need help with play calling and if CMR can’t do it we need a new offensive coordinator. We also need help with evaluating recruit’s . That means you hire a co- recruiting coordinator or you get a new recruiting coordinator. That only thing left is for Richt to accept that Murray isn’t getting the job done. Would any coach in America not give someone else a try if their QB was 2-9 against ranked opponents.

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Richt couldn’t make it to the SEC championship with Stafford, Moreno, and AJ Green on the team. He couldn’t beat Central Florida or Boise St with an enormous talent difference. He has lost his edge and the SEC has passed him by.

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well, apparently Reality Check (there is a fraud just in the name itself) knows more about coaching college football than Vince Dooley. Ok, we know that isn’t true. And the Saban(GT fan) nut job can’t even come on here and support his own team. I mean,it’s bad enough just going to some other teams blog to talk trash but posing as something you’re not in the process? Nice work.

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He’s a great guy and he has the capability of being a great coach (as we’ve seen), but I don’t think his heart and mind are in it anymore. Emotionally and mentally, he’s with his wife…as it should be…but you can’t be emotionally and mentally absent as the head coach in this conference and experience success. Saturday’s opponent has also faced top-10 competition. Florida, Miss St and possibly Auburn will face us in must-win games for their programs. GT always sees us as a must-win game, and Johnson has figured out Richt’s soft spots.

So, while a 10 win streak and a great bowl to finish out the season is possible given the team’s talent and coaches, and I’ll cheer for such a result, I don’t think it’s likely. I think the likely result is 3-4 more losses, including some to hated rivals, and UGA’s leadership wondering whether or not this is the time to hire someone who isn’t distracted.

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jimdawd,

You are dillusional if you think UGA can “run the table”. What’s wrong with you people… are you blind or something?

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Still stuck with Bobo and Grantham.

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DawginLex, I don’t think McGarity has to go that far right now. Those kids responded extremely well last Saturday and I don’t think there will be any let downs the remainder of the year. We didn’t get the opportunity to play and tune up against FCS schools. So be it, it is what it is. Tune up this week. Run better all year long.

Saban, which face are you talking out of this week?

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I love the comments like, “fire him and get the Boise coach”. Does anyone really believe he would leave a school where they play 1-2 games a year to come to a conference where you better be ready every week? Fire CMR and go back to the merry-go-round before he came with one poor excuse of a coach after another. CMR has proven he is a very good coach, and like coach Dooley said once he gets through this he will be better for it.

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Dooley’s son is at Tennessee and UGA plays Tenn. every year. Of course Dooley wants to have Richt at UGA as long as possible to increase the job security of his son at Tenn.

Sick of this BS from Dooley: “Richt is doing just fine. He will be at UGA a long, long time.”

Glad the Michael Adams fired you Dooley with your love of mediocrity.

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You all listen to old Vince. He’ll keep in the middle of the pack for another 5 or 6 years. Bottom line. UGA can’t compete with FLA, BAMA, LSU and now Auburn. Georgie fans fess up to it, you have not been and never will be a legitimate top level football program. You can sell all of “G” shirts and hats you will buy, but that don’t make you anymore than what you are,,,,a 2nd tier program.

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Did the SEC have four different teams to win national titles back to back when coach Dooley coach? Did coach Dooley have the #2 recriuting program10 straight seasons? My guess is no. The landscape has changed since coach Dooley coached. I will always support our young men and I also believe Mr.Richt is a better coach than what he displays on the sideline…….I just don’t believe the man likes Ga fans and UGA tradition.

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Vince is correct; the rest of the conference wants McGarity to give him a life time contract. The SEC East schools will even chip in 100k per year to subsidize it.

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James, what had Ron Zook done as a HC? Even that bumbling fool went 2-1 against the Richtster.

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Look at the gushing fountains of Kool-Aid. Swill it down, folks, you’ll need it this year.

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All of you complete idiots that are calling for change, who is out there with experience as a head coach that would be proven enough to coach in the SEC would you pick? Don’t say the guy at TCU or Boise because you may win one game against an SEC team but it doesn’t mean you can do it on a continuous basis. You may win against teams in the MWC conference but that doesn’t mean you can in the SEC every week. Who else? Michigan had to get a guy from a lower conference and Miami had to settle for the Temple coach. Don’t say some coordinator like Smart because obviously you want to win now and that’s not going to happen. With a new coach and new system we will lose 4-5 games for the next two years. Every coach that is at a program long enough is going to go through some tough times. Coach Richt’s fault is that he won too many games and 2 SEC titles in a short period of time and you got spoiled and expect that every year. Well, that’s just not reality. From what I saw on Saturday the ship is about to turn around and then all of you fleas will be jumping right back on the dog acting like you never doubted coach Richt.

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Dooley sounds just like a man who was directly responsible for hiring this loser coach.

That was CYA coach speak if ever I heard it.

Whatever… It’s only Georgia Football, after all. It’s not like it means anything.

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See, someone in the know, instead of young and negative internet trolls, thells all of them and AJC, like it is. The media and AJC are making something small into something that is not reality based on the YOUNG, IGNORANT VOCAL MINORITY AND SHOULD BE ASHAMED.

Recruits: UGA is fine. Richt is not going anywhere. The microwave generation will jsut have to not get what they want IMMEDIATELY or you knwo what, maybe not at all. because if they want Richt gone, TOUGH. ITS NTO GOING TO HAPPEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUBLISHING A FAIR ARTICLE AND OFFERING THE FLIPSIDE INSTEAD OF LISTENIGN TO ALL THE LITTLE CRYING BABIES, THE MINORITY, AS BEING THE VOICE ANDSENTIMENT OF THE BULLDOG NATION.

THESE YOUNGUNS HAVE NOT BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW S#!Y BUT THEY SURE ARE USING THE POWER OF THE INTERNET TO MISLEAD THE MASSES AND MEDIA.

LOL YOU THINK THEY KNOW MORE THAN DOOLEY? THE SAME ONES WILL BE ON HERE STILL TEARING DOWN PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY CANT HANDLE SOME LOSSES!

MAN THEY BETTER NEVER, EVER GET MARRIED! KIDS WAGGING THE DAWGS!

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“Coach Richt does deserve the opportunity to turn this team around. IMO I think he already has after watching how well those kids responded against SC.”
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Huh?

We haven’t won a game since November, actually have lost 3 in a row, and he’s already “turned the team around?”

I think I’ll wait until we start winning more than we lose before I write something like that.

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Vince Dooley, The worst ambassador of college football that has ever coached….. The worst cheating skumbag ever to coach…. I guess he does have a unique perspective… lol…

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And thank you Chip for actually going out and getting an interview, something your colleagues should learn how to do.

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Good points LakeDawg, but if UGA can beat MS St at home I believe they will go at worst 9-3 and maybe even 10-2. The talent is there except maybe the DC.

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@shanahan

If only we hadn’t done all of those things that caused us to lose, then we would have won!

MOST.DELUSIONAL.FANBASE.IN.THE.WORLD…

GATA!!!

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Kerryb, I didn’t say he couldn’t win, I said that he couldn’t make it to the SEC championship with first round NFL draft picks at the key skill positions. Going 10-3 with the amount of talent he had in 2008 was embarrassing. It has only spiraled downward since then. Open your eyes man.

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These are just really terrible fans and they are leading the media around like nothing I ahve ever seen. How many of these fans calling for Richts head will listen to wisdom and experience and will actually come together and get behind this team? Be a good fan? None. They are probably posting more of the same garbage they have been because thats what they do because they are ignorant and immature for the most part and are TERRIBLE FANS.

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Vince’s teams rarely beat themselves with penalties, special teams or turnovers. Richt would be wise to lean on Vince for some advice in those areas.

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Will someone tell me WHEN the turn around for Richt’s Dawgs will start? I mean, I thought after loosing to UCF would be the start. I also thought loosing to the Gators last year may be a good time for a turn around. Of course, I say that after just about every Gator game I can remember.

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Biff Pocoraba Fan club .. first off, its Biff PocorOba, not raba, but anyway. Nice to see someone happy to have a NC winning coach fired. Guess you’re not a real UGA fan. Real Miami fans weren’t excited to see Don Shula fired either regardless of him not winning a Super Bowl in a while.

@GTBob, you didn’t say he couldn’t win, but you did say he couldn’t MAKE IT in the SEC and to be honest, WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? It’s splitting hairs. If he were winning in the SEC would you say he couldn’t make it in the SEC. Probably not. You got called out correctly so own up to it.

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@Columbus…I’ve been a rabid Dawg fan since 1971 and that magical ‘71 team. I’m not a kid. Yes, every coach goes through a down time. Richt’s is going on 3+ years. Time for him to turn it around. He’s got until the end of this year. If he can’t turn it around this year, then he will be going on 4+ years next year. At that time, it will be obvious that this stretch is more than a little rough patch and is systemic. Most of the coaches mentioned in the article had their down period at the start of their career at that particular school. The ones that were in the middle of their stint didn’t have a 4 year down turn (Bryant-2 yrs; Dooley-3 yrs.) and didn’t have a losing record during their down turn. They also turned it around…with a lot of pressure (remember “Dump Dooley”?). Richt has had his down period. Its time for him to turn it around.

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Whoops I meant Coach Richt! Thanks for catching that one English major Herschel!

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THANK GOD UGA IS GOING TO KEEP MARK RICHT FOR A LONGTIME! THIS IS WHAT SUFFERING IS ALL ABOUT UGA FANS!

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GTBob. Losing to Fla and Bama in 2008 wasnt an embarrassment, they were national champs that year and next. Losing to Tech the first time in a decade was. Nobody should lose to Tech.

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Richt leads the team from the sideline, QB’s lead the team ON the field. the last 4 years, we’ve had Joe T, Joe Cox, and now A Murray(6-9 as a starter). At some time, he’s got to address this issue.

Kinda like when General Lee lost Stonewall Jackson, he simply never could replace him as a QB on the field…

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Georgia is on a three game loosing streak. I’m trying to be positive… really! We should beat CC but it will be hard to find any satisfaction. Ole Miss too for that matter.

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Good Lord, I usually just read instead of commenting, but I’ve got to say that Columbus’ sanctimonious BS is about as bad as the”TERRIBLE FANS” wanting Richt fired.

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SHAME ON THE AJC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOUR SHIP IS SINKING BECAUSE OF THE HATRED THAT YOU ALLOW

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@DJ Dawg

Because me and my many personalities will fill all the coaching roles:

Head Coach….me
OC……………..me(my 2nd personality)
DC……………..me(my 3rd personality)
etc.

No need to spend all kinds of money on coaches. I’ve got sooo many people living inside me I can handle all the duties!

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11 YEARS AND NO NATIONAL TITLES MARK RICHT!

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SUFFER WITH RICHT FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME UGA FANS!

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Aaron Murray needs to go too. He is too short and is mistake prone. He cost us 3 games last year and already one this year. Go out and find a real QB and send frat boy back to Florida where he came from!

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Why does everyone want to compare current coaches to Paterno or the Bear? Those coaches will not come around again. If a HC wants to coach somwhere for 20+ years in today’s environment then they need to stick with FCS or high school ball. Not going to happen in big time college football this day and age.

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THE FANS THAT WANT CMR FIRED ARE NOT FANS! WHY DO PEOPLE NOT GET THIS? THEY ARE WEIRD SMELLY TROLLS! UGA DOESN’T LIE, STEAL, AND CHEAT LIKE MOST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS DO. THIS TRAIN IS ON THE RIGHT PATH IT TAKES TIME. THIS IS NOT A MAJIC TRICK. BAMA AND FLORIDA LOST 4 A SEASON AGO AND WILL PROBABLY LOSE THE SAME THIS SEASON. THIS IS NOT AN EASY POSITION AND YES CMR WILL BE THE MAN.

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@UGA Dawg 97

Are you seriuos?? Surely not!!!!!!!! You would really want that quitter between the hedges over CMR?

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GEORGIA 75: GO BACK TO SLEEP MAN! YOU MAKE NO SENSE! WHAT PLAYER ARTICLES? THIS GUY DEVELOPS YOUNG BOYS INTO MEN DBAG! YOUR PROBABLY A YECH FAN.

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@ Kicka:
Son, my team went 10-3 last year. And with the defense I’ve put together this year there is no way on God’s green earth we will lose that many games this year.

Excuse me. I’ve got to go check on my BCS trophy over at the Bryant Museum. But then again UGA wouldn’t have any of those would they?

Later,
Nick

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Funny how the losers on here want to tell fans who want and know the program can be better to go pull for another team

No you go pull for a Rec team down the road from your house where everyone gets to play and everyone gets a trophy for losing all your ballgames

Your setting back the program

Richt is a great person I have nothing against him but your paying a man $3 million a year for lousy results come on

Whats funny is the same people on here who support years of mediocrity wouldnt support the CEO of their company if in 1 year took their company down which resulted in them being layed off

I guarantee you he would have no support

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PLEASE KEEP: IF YOU CHEAT LIKE THE PROGRAMS MENTIONED THEN YES WE WILL WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP BUT WE DON’T CHEAT. MAYBE THE NEXT GUY WILL SINCE THE NCAA DOES NOTHING ABOUT CHEATERS ANYWAY! BE COOL DBAG

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Let’s see how the year goes. All of this talk is doing nothing to help the team and only hurts the program. CMR is a good guy and seems to be moving things forward. Obviously, the sooner the better.

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PLEASE KEEP RICHT UGA LOSERS

Unanimous National Championships

UGA 1
GT 0

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WHAT DOES LES,GENE AND NICK HAVE THAT 11YEAR MAN RICHT DOES’NT? A CRYSTAL BALL TROPHY! PLEASE KEEP RICHT MUTT FANS,PRETTY PLEASE!

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@Tobias Funke… I see you fail to mention the 8-5 year. Nevertheless, its not about the record, its about performing up to your potential. 2008-coming off a #2 national ranking and bringing everybody back for the most part. Preseason #1 with THREE #1 NFL draft choices on offense and lost to EVERY team on their schedule that had similar talent…by a LARGE margin. They were lucky to win against some mediocre teams. Not only that, but it signaled a trend that has continued. As a matter of fact, the astute observer noticed the beginning of this trend in the Sugar Bowl against WVU. At first it came in dribs and drabs (the dam doesn’t burst overnight). WVU, then even in the great 2007, a 35-14 loss to poor Tenn. team . Richt got the first taste of pressure that season and it spurred him to finish strong. Then there was the mediocre 8-5 year, followed with a 6-7 losing season. Now 0-2. So, yes. 3+ years of a down swing. And that’s not all. My biggest fear is he will turn it around, because he’s desperate. Get his extension and then relax again as we all watch the Dawgs underachieve again and people like you point to the great 2011 season and say CMR deserves a lifetime contract.

Having said all that, my fervent wish is CMR does turn it around. I want UGA to succeed. I’m just tired of the mediocre masses castigating the Dawg fans who want UGA to live up to their potential.

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Richt has done the unthinkable – as a many decade UGA football fan I no longer eagerly read stories about the time nor do I ask “who’s winning” anymore. Losing the rank and file is a terrible thing.

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@Please:

Actually I have 2. Give credit where credit is due.

Later,
Nick

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with the exception of the cheating au tigers what team in the sec really did anything last season?

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KICKA MAN WHEN DOWN

Like Small Johnson said go find another program your a loser who excepts mediocrity

To come on here and act like oh well we dont cheat pat us on the back but if we do cheat we would win your a simple minded retard

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It was unrealistic to expect greatness from this years squad. Depleted O-Line, Lose AJ, and kicked two RB;s off the team. This team is built to win next year and the year after that. Do not change direction now as great things are ahead. Of course, you can also listen to fickly fans and people who support other teams. Just turn in your UGA hat when you do.

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Hey flat tire: GT accepts mediocrity? Gailey’s worst season was 7-5 and he got fired.

You guys keep Richt at 6-9 in his last 15 games… THATS accepting mediocrity.

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Dawg 97 has got no clue. Wants to kick Aaron Murray out. Hysterical. Go freaking learn the game before you call people out. Go learn about the QB position first too. Which brings up Petrino. He had a team last year with a BIG TIME QB and very very good RB and didn’t do much with that either. In fact, he barely beats UGA in their worst year in over 30 years, loses to Auburn and Bama, then goes to a BCS bowl and LOSES TO A LOUSY BIG TEN OHIO STATE TEAM. Yeah, let’s bring him in here. That’s much better.

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@ Tobias:

Richt a National Title? LOL! Son, that’s not happening. He’s guaranteed at least 1 loss in the next 2 years since he plays my team. It’s always “wait til next year” with you Dawg fans.

He had his shot when the league didn’t have the coaches it does now. His window to win one has closed.

Cheer up though. Maybe once he’s fired it won’t take another 31 years to win one!

Later,
Nick

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Hey, if CMR wins 9 games, great! But as someone mentioned, I have lost faith in him. I see 7-5 or 6-6. I truly hope I’m wrong.

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Tampa: Petrino would do WAY more with UGA talent than Richt. Look at what he did at Louisville, then Arkansas (way less talented teams).

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“Coach Richt does deserve the opportunity to turn this team around.” “Give the man the season and see where we are then.” Are you people serious? You were saying the same thing last year! This coaching staff has proven over the last three years that they don’t have the ability to keep up anymore. How long are you going to continue to support them? How bad does it have to get before you finally open your eyes and stop making excuses for them? Losing but “playing hard” is still LOSING!

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DEAR: KICKA MAN WHEN DOWN
I did not do all caps, like you did to get a point across. Go to hotseat.com and you can link to some of the players articles about him, if you need more let me know, so read before you open your medicore loving mouth. You have to cheat to win a Na. Championship, man you sure are digging pretty hard. Have you ever played sports before? Are you Mark Richt? I bet you are. Did you go to UGA? Do you donate to the program? Probably all no. What men did he develop, can you give me some names of players he developed? I can give you numerous names of players kicked off the team and suspended. I can also let you watch the games and see the same mistakes over and over again. Like Spurrier said, “Georgia recruits the best talent, but I have no idea what happens to it when it goes there.”

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BTW Murray is the man. He is going to be a great QB if the coaching doesn’t let him down.

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And Gailey actually finished (yes, the post season bowl counts in the record, even if it is a loss) 2007 at 7-6

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Tobias Funke

Please tell me you dont believe that statement you posted about a NC in 2 yrs

If 10-3 with Stafford Moreno Greene and MO Mass is the best he can do with no SEC East title he isnt ever going to do it

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We’ll fire him, no we want, we’ll fire him, no we want, we’ll fire him, no we want, she loves me, she loves me not, she loves me, she loves me not. Leave the man alone and let him coach or not coach, or coach, or not coach.

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Tampa says:GT Joe, you accept that same typical 3-5 loss year EVERY YEAR

Umm, Richt is averaging 4 losses per year the past SIX years, and you accept that…mediocrity is at home in Athens.

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YOU WIN THE DBAG OF THE DAY AWARD! HATER!!!!

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What has Mark Richt done to deserve all of this controversy?

Hmm… Maybe it’s what he hasn’t done?

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GT Joe

When Tech can play in a stadium that at least has 75,000 people stop worrying about UGA or being relevant

Tech rarely has 40,000 fans show up to a game and begs people to buy tickets

No Tech doesnt care; stay in the library or go outside and clean the graffiti off the campus walls and streets

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I am thankful that coach Dooley got out of coaching when he did……… CMR and Bobo are burnt toast!!!!!!!

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Dooley wouldnt be remembered if it werent for Hershel. Thats a fact jack!! Go Dawgs!!

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ONE LOSING SEASON?????? You must add Ga Southern, and West Georgia as actual wins. Sorry the rest of us consider the real teams, like the SEC in the number. No one said win every year moron, did someone say that. We said we are sick of the same issues every year, we recruit the best, pay him a top salary, and get medicore results. Get off your knees and want better results like the rest of us.

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GT Joe, you can’t go off averages you goofball. You have to look at it from year to year. 2009 and 2010 are down years. UGA went 10-3 in 2008 and 11-2 in 2007. GT has had ONE year with less than 4 losses this decade. Nice try though but it doesn’t work out that way.

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dawgs75: you are just a hater! go jump on different team UGA does not need you!

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Hire me back I need the money!!

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Footbal insider. Name your team and If they have not played Georgia yet – let’s see who wins or is your football team in some sissy leauge. Keep up your stupid comments they are laughable!

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Easily Amused

Winning cures alot of ills. Playing likes Hinds JC in the SEC will get you roasted.

Amen!

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PLEASE GO PICK ANOTHER TEAM!!!!! UGA SERIOUSLY DOESN’T NEED ANY OF YOU NOR DO YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE! BE COOL DBAGS!

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GT Joe can spin it all you want dude but the only season since 2002 that GT has had with less than 4 losses was their 11-3 ACC championship year, which, oh, by the way, had to be vacated. Chan Gailey NEVER lost less than 5 times in a season from 2002-2007. YES, your boys put up with mediocrity regularly

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GT Joe…you got a lot of balls talking trash about fan support at the stadium….when was the last time Yech sold out except against UGA….big spenders at Yech U…right, wearing their 1955 Rat Hats…old folks stadium is what the joke on North Ave is.

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Please keep coach Richt!

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No one hates UGA, we just hate the fact this current staff is a failure.

Has anyone heard the Texas Linemen all bragging how much SS has improved their work ethic and output when it comes to run blocking?

Mack Brown was preaching SS and his ability to get the players interchangable at multiple positions across the O line and how they were better than any time in the past 3 years.

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Mako, awesome stadium in Athens, boatloads of redneck fans… to bad it doesn’t help your record.

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And his name is mark richt.

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I understand that Beez can be annoying. What Dawg fans need to understand is that Georgia doesn’t compete with Georgia Tech anymore. Georgia competes with the SEC — or, at least, they’re supposed to.

If you’re aspirations are only to be better than GT, then Richt’s your man!.

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Come on GT Joe. Are you really crowing about beating two cupcakes?

We get to play our last cupcake just after Thanksgiving . . .

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Dooley’s teams usually played better than expected and that started his first year. He was also willing to change as needed. Remember the Wide Tackle 6 and the Veer? In contrast, Richt’s teams seem to play below their capability. And he seems more stubborn than flexible. Dooley may be right. He may be a good coach. But at this point, he’s going up against better coaches. I think that accounts for what we are seeing.

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Hmm… No edit option to correct my typos.

That’s okay, I’m easily amused. Guess that’s why I’m a Dawg fan?

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Joey, I’m sure you’ll be crowing after beating Coastal Carolina, and the fire richt talk will die down too.

BTW, Coastal Carolina, 35-7.

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I get it you are a Tech fan. It all makes sense now. Do you really think that the best coach in the country is just going to drop what they are currently doing and come to UGA? Really? Guys like you are looking for a majic trick to happen. Almost time for you to clock out.

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GT Joe….go pull your side ruler or something….only a DORK form Yech U would hang out on UGA board

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Just giving you UGA guys a hard time. Georgia will be all right. Football is fine but I cant wait for American Idol to crank up in January. Love you all !

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@GT Joe

We don’t care if we lose, so long as we show improvement with each loss.

Man! Did you see how much we improved in our second loss from the disaster that was our first loss? This week’s loss should be even better! Coach Richt must be praying extra hard.

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GT Joe

Bubba Dump stadium is awesome

I love how you have to have an armored car to park near it

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We are DEFINITELY on the right track. No need to change coaches. Thank you for your support!

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Am I missing something? I just seems very very wrong when a Georgia team scores 40 points or more and barely wins or loses a game. It just seems like such a long time ago when 21 points pretty much guaranteed a win. I really would like to see CMR succeed, but the last 3+ years just appear to be a spiral down into sloppy football.

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Oh, and I suck!!!

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It’s not an incorrect statement GT Joe, but again, when you are looking at a body of work, you can’t look at “averages”. If a coach loses 5 games over a 3 year span, then all of that teams seniors go bye bye and he loses 12 games the next two years, then the average of 3.4 losses a season doesn’t reflect the work done in the first 3 years.

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TO SEE THE MARK RICHT LOYAL FANS DEFENDING A MAN WHO HAS’NT WON A NATIONAL TITLE=PRICELESS!

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Has any other QB gotten time with the first team? Aaron should be penalized a little for that loss. Maybe sit him out the first two series.

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CMRs teams always take a nap at some point during the season….usually against SEC opponents.
look for nap time to occur after the first W of the season. Which means, we will get our tails handed to us in Oxford. Book it.

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GT Joe…must be sad at old Yech U, no wonder ya’ll play with your Slide Rulers…the women…YIKES!!!!!!!!!!

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Restore UGA

What coach in the history of college football “sits his starting QB for a couple of series” as a “punishment” for a loss? That’s the worst idea I have heard on here today.

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Dooley was an average coach who just happened to have Erk Russel and Herschel Walker.

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11 YEARS AND COUNTING WITH NO NATIONAL TITLES! 0-11
UGA HAS NOTHING TO SHOW FOR THEIR NICEGUY PREACHERMAN MARK RICHT!

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Okay Tampa, keep using the first 3 years to make up for the last 5 years of mediocrity. Pretty soon these lousy season become a pattern instead of outliers.

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@ GT. Joe: When Tech plays UGA, Tech fans usually weep when they read the scoreboard.

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At least Rev Richt is RICH, B^tch!

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Interesting that he touched on some recruits not being all that good, hmmmm.

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Who y’all like in the Vol/Gaytor match up this weekend?

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0-12 BUT MARK RICHT HAS A NICE TAN

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All due respect to Coach Dooley but Mark RIcht is not even close to being a Joe Paterno or a Bear Bryant…..he is a flunky imitating a Christian for the positive exposure it gives him and a big zero as a head coach…..the faster they run him out of Athens and the state of Georgia, the better off the Dawgs will be…..

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Because some people don’t need a National Championship every year to make them feel good about themselves. Some people are loyal to a fault… see Richt,Mark. He is a victim of his own success. Some people are realists. Some people have an understanding of college football before the year 2000. All of this immediacy talk takes away from the college game.

Win or lose on Saturday, I won’t base my attitude on it. Go Dawgs!

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Vince, your boy will get exposed in Gainesville Saturday.

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GT Joe

September 15th, 2011
4:18 pm
Okay Tampa, keep using the first 3 years to make up for the last 5 years of mediocrity. Pretty soon these lousy season become a pattern instead of outliers.

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So whats your comment for the last 15 years of mediocrity then? Besides, not sure that 11-2 (with no violations) and 10-3 counts as mediocrity.

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Barbara Dooley, I don’t care. They are both coached by UGA boys and UGA needs to beat both of them later in the season.

It would probably be better for Dooley to get his against the gators.

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Matthew Stafford is living proff of how horrible the Bulldogs are coached, We could have had the most high powered Offense in the nation during Stafford’s time, instead his talent was held back due to a lack of coaching!

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Voice of reason from someone who’s been there and done that.

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why can’t we all just get along?

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The 66 Bama team was robbed of the national title by Northern and Western voters in the AP poll as a backlash of the civil rights movement and violence in the state. Bryants boys went 11-0,destroyed
Nebraska in the Orange bowl. Obviously Ga and Bama did not play in 66 and shared the title. Perhaps Dooley forgot lol 22 SEC TITLES, how many you dogs have? 12 or 13…….

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TampaDawg, reading your back and forth with the techie, I feel it necessary to give you the sage advise my daddy gave me when I was about 12.

“Never argue with an idiot. Use that saved time for something productive.”

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Whats a MILF?

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Joey, I agree with your wise father. It’s just fun to crack on the easy dumb comments

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I know I’m gonna get blasted for this… but anyways, here goes. I’m an Auburn fan who loved – LOVED – Tommy Tubberville. Much like UGA fans think Richt is a class guy who truly loves UGA, many Auburn fans felt the same way about Tubberville. At the time, I was indifferent on the firing of Tommy. Obviously now, I think it was the right move. Sometimes its about injecting new blood at the top to revive a program and its fan base. In Chiziks first year when we went 5-7, every home game was more electrifying than the last. People felt a new sense of hope, even when we lost.

I’ll always think highly of Tubberville and will be glad he coached for Auburn. But I’m also glad that our athletic department made the change when they saw the program starting to stagnate. UGA is a top notch program that could get an amazing coach. And, UGA is certainly more talented than Auburn was when Chizik first came. Which means success would come very fast. I hope, for Auburn’s sake that Richt stays. For yall’s sake, the entire UGA fan base needs someone new to lead the way.

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Is it Basketball season yet . Every year in football we have to say maybe next year . Looks like
it will be no different this year.We have the talent every year we just need to have a dream team coaching staff.

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Barbara Dooley
September 15th, 2011
4:29 pm

Whats a MILF?

You should ask Derek. He knows all that football stuff.

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I thought it was all my fault?

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Little Kirby, not so SMART…I beg your pardon. “The Dawg nation is not desparate” as you say Only a hand full of bloggers who post here sound desparate. Those who say “NOTHING can take away the negative feeling” God help your pathetic souls.

The boys will suit up and play again this Saturday and every Saturday until the season ends. The Dawg Nation will cheer, some will boo, but if you’re a Dawg you’ll be pulling for the team to do its best and win if at all possible. And they will! Just saying get a life and keep it all in perspective. Real men do.

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Babs, I can’t wait for the 3rd Saturday in October. I’m gonna beat your son’s tail like he was my quarterback! LOL!

Gonna go have some oatmeal creme pies on the Champions Walk and admire my statue. Richt have one of those? LOL!

Oh and to Tobias who said ‘Bama will be downsizing next year.’ Lay off the meth son. Bama’s not going anywhere.

Later,
Nick

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@GTBob

Heck, UCF almost beat us last year.

Oh, wait… Never mind.

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GT Joe has a buddy in GT Bob .. even gt4ever called him out on stupid comments

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I guess facts hurt.

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Someone asked on page 1 what Dooley’s relationship with Adams currently was. I haven’t read all the posts, but I can report that when I had Dooley sign a book last year, there was no warmth expressed toward Michael Adams. I still think he is very bitter.

Wish Dooley would understand that he is a legend, and I sincerely doubt that there will be very few structures named for Michael Adams after his departure. Vince has been a part of the fabric of many of us since the 60’s. Nobody is ever going to take that away from him (OR US)

SUPPORT THE DAWGS-THEY NEED US.

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Send Mark Richt packing.

I’ll drink to that!

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Funny thing is, CPJ is more likely to wear a hobnail boot than Richt.

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Hey Saban and you other idiots blogging on this site should get a life and go back to redneckville Alabama.

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According to rivals, in the past 10 years here are the top 5 recruiting teams:

1. USC – 2 MNC’s.
2. UGA – 2 SEC championships, no MNC game appearances.
3. Florida – 2 MNC’s
4. LSU – 2 MNC’s
5. Texas – 1 MNC, played in another MNC

Which team is the odd one out? Just how much talent does Richt need to be able to compete for a MNC?

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GTBob – smart techie

GT Joe – not so much

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Time to quit being a ‘pain in the neck’ Coach Richt and hit the road! Please just resign at the end of the year!

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The secret to Dooley’s success was that he was always able to bounce back from a down year or two with a great season, often an SEC Championship season. Winning the SEC in ‘66 and ‘68 bought him goodwill in ‘69 and ‘70, then going 11-1 in ‘71 sealed the deal. A down ‘74 was followed by a good ‘75 and a great ‘76. Bad seasons in ‘77 and ‘79 were followed by a good season in ‘78 and a historic run from ‘80-’83.

Richt has been pretty mediocre since winning the SEC in ‘05, except for the last 6 games of ‘07. Even the 10-3 ‘08 season has to considered in light of the talent we had (a ton) and the relative ease of the schedule. Fact is, we got the crap beat out of us by the only two teams that were supposed to be an even match for us, then choked away the Tech game.

This was supposed to be the “bounce-back” season (actually more like the second one), but it looks like more of the same. Unless this team goes on an amazing run, Richt is toast. And Dooley darn well knows it.

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CMR didn’t throw that crucial pick or fumble the ball away to SC. This team will get better throughout the season.

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Why not since he’s the head coach!(pun intended)

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I can read the post on the seven pages and tell the difference between the REAL Dawg fans and the trollers and haters. I don’t know what it is but the hate and the jealousy is evident. I guess the Richt haters from other schools are hoping that Richt gets fired because they seem to be real scared that he’s about to turn things around. What I saw on Saturday showed that he’s getting real close.

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Can someone explain why there are so many comments about Adams not liking Dooley and vice versa?

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@Stinger2
September 15th, 2011
5:21 pm

Can someone explain why there are so many comments about Adams not liking Dooley and vice versa?

Most folks have a problem being friendly with the guy who fired them.

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Just give Coach Richt one more chance! He’ll have them winning next year!

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Blowout losses by UGA from 2007-2009. 2007 TN 35-14, 2008 UF 49-10, 2009 TN 45-19, UF 41-17. Doesn’t equal Dooley’s.

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I hope he is here for a long time. He will win at least a couple of NC befor he’s gone. It took Bowden 18 years and Paterno 14 years to do it. The ONLY people that come on blogs calling for Richt to be fired are not even UGA fans.

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Joey, I don’t think it had anything to do with not studying football and being lazy. Head coaches are CEO’s of teams. They have the whole team to worry about not just spending time researching the new trend in football. They leave studying football to their coordinators. I think the OC has had trouble studying it but he called a lot better game Saturday.

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Joey, Just like Richt, Dooley won 2 SEC titles in his first 5 years. He didn’t win another one for 8 years. Were the fans ready to show him the door during that stretch? Dooley had 23 years to win those titles. Like Paterno and Bowden he didn’t win a NC until his 16th year but everyone is ready to show Richt the door now.

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People that say its not coaching are drinking too much kool-aid. The lack of discipline, being surprised by trick plays(again), the lack of time management, the neaderthal play calling are all coaching. What did you expect Dooley to say “Yes I think he should be fired”. Dooley was very guarded in his statements and was trying to defer to later in the season. He knows that Georgia is not teaching fundamentals. If we were just talking about this year it would be disappointing but different. If you don’t extend the contract it hurts recruiting. So what do you do , extend the contract with a pay cut? I hope plans are being made to stop the slow painful slide and bring a modern coaching staff to what should be the premier team of the SEC.

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Was there anything that he said in his comments to leave anyone to believe that he thinks they are not teaching fundamentals. What a dumb post.

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People like kerryb will accept mediocrity and the funny thing is – that is what they get in life. Waiting for next year and wishing and thinking good thoughts will not get you there.

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Bobo called the best game of his career vs SC, no doubt, kerryb and I have sung his praises all week. But Richt, himself, bizzarely said in Jan he was going to start studying football, cutting-edge football.

Dooley had more years, but having more years doesn’t necessarily mean more titles, right? Look, I hope Richt somehow gets back on track, but hoping it hasn’t made it happen, yet.

Facts are facts. He has lost 3 games in a row. He hasn’t lead UGA to a meaningful (against a ranked team) win but once since 2008. (I bet Dooley didn’t have a streak like that.)

He’ll break one streak Saturday (3 in a row). I just hope he can break the other streak a couple of weeks later.

Go Dawgs.

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VINCE, A “LONG TIME” CAN BE ONLY 2 MINUTES WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PASS A KIDNEY STONE. IT MAY SEE LIKE A “LONG TIME” TO RICH, BUT HE HAS ALREADY PROVEN HE EITHER DOESN’T WANT THE JOB OR CAN’T COMPETE WITH TODAY’S NEW SEC COACHES. A “LONG TIME” FOR ME IS HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES TO GET US A CHAMPIONSHIP COACH AGAIN.

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“There is no one out there that would be any better.”
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kerryb, that’s just a matter of opinion, right? Well, my opinion is that there are probably a dozen college coaches that would have run the table in ‘07 or ‘08 with the talent UGA had. But that’s just a guess.

What I do KNOW for fact is, Richt has gotten beat in half of his last 28 games. 14 Losses. How many of those losses were to teams with more talent than UGA’s?

Probably only the ‘09 UF game, and the ‘10 AU (Cam). So either he has had a LOT of bad luck in the other 12 losses, or he (and his staff) are getting out-coached.

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So Joey, are those guys available. My guess is no.

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Joey, that 07 team at the end of the year WAS the best team in the country and should have played for a NC which they would have won but they were denied the opportunity. The 08 team was totally decimated by injuries. We lost Sturdivant the first time and Figgins early in the year they were having to patch the O-line together and moved Kiante Tripp to TE. The defense was really hit hard. The injuries is what happened to the 08 team. The 09 team had a 5th year senior QB that in the end showed why he should not have been a starter. The 2010 team had a new defense and a Redshirt Freshman at QB. They also were not counting on losing their superstar WR for four games. There are reason’s why UGA has struggled the last few years and it was not all coaching.

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6-9 under Murrary as Q.B.

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@GATA

What do you think Peterson and his staff would accomplish with the talent here?

He’d have whipped the hell out of Boise State — that’s a sure bet.

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Nice touch with the Vince Q&A Chip, still a class act and a Georgia man though he would have every right to be somewhat embittered the way he was unceremoniously shown the door by Adams. Sure, I’m disappointed, as are my friends and family. To tell you the truth I thought we would beat Boise and lose to SC, but definitely was looking for the split we almost got. The play calling was much more creative last week and this group of young receivers is starting to find an identity. Crowell is so smooth when he runs and has that extra gear come daylight. In other words, this is kind of a fun team to watch if you can stand the growing pains by Murray et al. Can you imagine how good these guys could be in a year if they all hang together and continue to improve? I sometimes have questioned whether Richt wants to be doing this, but I’m willing to stick with him certainly through this season. Worst case scenario: A loss to one of these upcoming cupcakes — already penciled in as Ws — and the mood around these parts will be as ugly as those hot-pink Nike unis. Best case: Dawgs continue to gel as a team, finishing strong and beating UF, then draw a tough bowl opponent and win. That would seem to be enough to recoup considerable enthusiam among coaches, players and fans. Though much has been taken, much abides.

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I agree TampaDawg DEAD ON IT,you are with us or not. Do not pretend to be another fan. Like Dooley stated,the majority of fans are for the Dawgs and CMR. GO DAWGS!! It is not about always winning or losing but how you play the game. I am proud of the team and coaches & proud to wear the “G”

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Coach Dooly would not accept lack luster effort from his players or repeated confusion and and stupid procedural mistakes by his players or his coaches. Though I played the game I would never presume to judge the coaching decisions Coach Dooly or Coach Rich, but I do believe my own eyes and what i have seen over the past several years is reason enough for me to question what has happened to this program. Even in a terrible year like 1977 it was evident what was wrong and by the end of the 1979 season Coach Dooly had taken the steps necessary to turn it around, and look at 1080. My eyes tell me that other than last week, we keep on making the same mistakes, year after year. I am not for firing our coach in the middle of the season, but I still see a long standing problem, and it will not go away by playing like everything is great and that the fans are nuts…
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North Dawg: You make the case for beleiving the fans are nuts. True fans don’t fill the spaces with negative crap day after day and most of you started before the season began.You, and many others, need to remove “Dawg or Dog” from your name because whether or not it is your intent, you are really hurting everything UGA and scaring off potential recruits.

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Come on Vince: You are dumb/stupid enough to be triplets. Your 7:56 PM comments leaves no doubt.

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Pigiron: Ain’t NOBODY whipped hell out of Boise State lately.

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Yea, I don’t think we were like Oklahoma and Barry Switzer buying players like Marcus Dupree. I saw an ESPN show where they said that Oklahoma bought Dupree’s mother a double wide trailer in Mississippi.

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We’re both devoted Dawgs, kerryb. We just disagree on a few points. I want the best for my school and football program.

I am critical of both Richt and Bobo, but you will note that I have given Bobo his props for the SC game, all week. We lost that game due to trickery and turnovers, not the O & D.

But we still lost . . .

Go Dawgs.

But we still lost. I want to see Murray and Co beat a good team

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georgia fans need to get behind coach richt—a good man who does a lot of missionary work. Georgia can’t be expected to beat teams like alabama and florida that cheat all the time to get all these good players. Richt plays by the rules.

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At least vince could beat florida—if richt goes, get vince back for a few years.

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AS LONG AS YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN MAN OF FAITH LIKE MARK RICHT YOU CAN GO 0-12
WITHOUT ANY NATIONAL TITLES!

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[...] This piece in today’s AJC with Vince Dooley is crap.  I respect Coach Dooley a great deal. But the following logic is tragically flawed. [...]

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Do you really think Vince is going to say anything negative about Richt? He’s a true Southern gentleman. I kind of take what he says with a grain of salt.

Accept mediocrity and that’s what we’ll get and that’s what we’ve gotten. This season is just a tiny part of Richt’s recent body of work that is not acceptable. How many time have we started out the season or a bowl game completely unprepared or overwhelmed (remember the 2006 Sugar Bowl, the beginning of the 2006, 2007 and 2010 seasons, the Boise State game and of course my favorite, the mailed-in performance at the Libery Bowl?) The decision to start over should be made now, but not carried out until the end of the season. As I’ve posted many times before, the simple fact that this coaching staff has fractured the fan base speaks volumes.

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Dooley was a great coach in a different era. That does not mean that he does not have some good insight on certain things. But for him to compare himself to Richt is not relevant or valid here. He had only one losing season and really never stayed down for a long time. For whatever reason, the Georgia program is not experiencing the same success as it did in his first 6 years. Donnan never had a losing season and lost his job due to mediocre results for a few years. When Richt arrived it was a breath of fresh air for the program. And sometimes a new perspective and rejuvenation is needed. I think the same is true now. One thing I thought to be humorous were his references to Joe Paterno. Paterno should have been shown the door 10 years ago even if he is the entire reason for their programs success over the years. And the same was true for Bowden after so many years of mediocrity. The truth is that the athletic program at a university is bigger than any one person and actually a lot of people depend on its success. It is sort of like the Brett Favre syndrome for coaches. While once among the greatest of all time, they just don’t know when it is time to quit.

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“If you don’t think UGA is winning your blind”
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You tell em, BIGMIKE!

We ain’t lost a game in years!

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The point Stevie is that unlike your eyesight the scoreboard will soon favor UGA and their winning way will return, because they are doing what it takes to be successful and it shows. Forget the last two games, they were growing pains. They get to polish up for a few weeks against lesser opponents and then its on. You heard it right here..

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And his son is head coach at Tennessee. Why don’t we interview Will Muschamp’s father and see what he thinks UGA should do?

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All you naysayers. When are you and the others of your ilk going to stop fanning the flame regarding the demise of CMR? Most of those jumping on the “fire Mark Richt” bandwagon don’t know their
@$$ from a warm rock. Stop trying to bury the man before he is dead. I, and I’m sure many others, are tired of the daily diatribe of all you so called “experts” and “others in the know” . Wait till Mark is gone to begin the crucifixion

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I have been saying this all along but these hardheaded younuns dont listen, they think they know it ALL.

Congrats AJC. Its about time some balance came into this witch hunt.

And as Coastal Carolina’s coach said: Shame on you AJC. Shane on you fans. You got a great coach, one of the winningest in the nation and he has one losing season and some of you are trying to run him off? Shame on you. Hes a great coach and you aint going to get one any better.

Amen!

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watching LSU last night and they are 2 deep with players at every position that would start for UGA. I tired of hearing about needing to start a walk-on because we are thin at a position due to injury.
Better recruiting, better coaching, better motivation…..

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I hear you Kirby……….Just like we heard Ray……Give me a fricken break….What a bunch of fair weather fans……….Richt is so many notches above the vast majority of coaches out there today that it is actually becoming comical what a minority of people are looking for in their coach……..Winning……yeah man, I love it…….Being a total A** hole like the Bear………..Nah, keep your crap in Alabama. Hey fair weather folks……Delta is ready when you are!!! Quit……..get the hell off the bus……..run on down the street and grab you some tigers and tide. Franky, I don’t give a damn what you do (or say). We will be back on the winning track but at the same time we will have a Coach that sets an example through character that is unrivaled on this planet. The majority of you writing would not know how to support a system if it was strapped around your waist in attempts to support your little gonads. Get in the fricken game and support this team and coach. If not, get out of our space. YOU do not belong and YOU are not wanted. Look at yourself…….Do you see a winner……Ha Ha Ha ….just a wannabee b**ch!!

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OK EVERYONE THAT WANTED DAN MULLEN HE IS 0-2 IN SEC UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, I WILL TAKE CMR ANYDAY

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Keep it rollin in……….Go GREAT fans!!!

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Look at Dan Mullen. He’s not coming through like the media and fans think he should. Watch him start catching hell. Dooley hits the nail on the head. Not everybody can be on top. If Mullen has two dismal years, he’s gone and no longer the media darling as up-and-coming coaches go. Let Rich have this season and then evaluate him.

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I understand Dooley’s thoughts but doesn’t make me feel any better when you see Alabama, LSU, Auburn and SC flourish.
Miss State has lost 2 games but does anyone here really think MS is not progressing?
Mullen has them going in the right direction and their playing hard for him.
Our players are playing hard for Richt (except 1st game) but we are really talking about the past 2-3 years…years..not just two games.
Saban’s performance is no accident.

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I agree. I know now’s not the time to fire a coach, so I say let the season play out & see where we are at in November. If we don’t have AT LEAST 8 wins, I would be surprised if Richt stays — and those loses cannot include FLA & TECH.

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Mark Richt is a quality person and a good coach. Things do not look rosy right now but I believe that things will turn. The worst thing you could do for the team and for the University of Georgia is fire Richt now. I think the worst problem we have is a bunch of fans with nothing between their ears except maybe some beer soaked sawdust. True fans support their team and their school. Some of you who maybe played high school football 30 to 50 years ago and don’t have a life, need to get one. You ARE NOT football experts. Say something constructive or shut up!

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Its hell being a Georgia fan these years—————————–

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rotflmao. coach mark richt is toast unless he runs the table this season which ain’t going to happen

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Boy, there are a lot of cry babies on here. I guess in their life if they have a few hard times they will commit suicide. They don’t realize that things do go in cycles. I’ll bet they believe in global warming made by burning fossil fuels. The Bulldogs have a bunch of sophomores and freshmen in skilled positions that are only going to get better. Pull up you pants and keep plugging along or move on to
another team.

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In 2008, they were 10-3. I’ll take 10-3 most any year.

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I too believe that Richt deserves more time (another season) to turn his team around. The man has done a lot to get to where he needs to be, BUT still has a way to go. If he hasn’t already, Mark may benefit by hiring an outside group to critique game film, practice film, and coaching. He needs an outside view with a critical eye to help turn the ship.

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I just think he has a couple of bad years, but it will get better. We need some patience!

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I say let’s arrange a MMA fight between those who pull for UGA and those who don’t on Saturday. It will ensure a full house and the concession stands will sell more cokes and hot dogs. Just make sure it’s a cage match. As a true Dawg fan, I can’t wait to get rid of the low hanging fruit on the fan tree. It’s sickening and you homers ought to be embarrassed at yourselves.

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Richt is staying! Wonderful…I was so worried for him. I just love horror movies and knowing Richt will stay at Georgia keeps the horror showing rolling!

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Richt should reunite Dawg nation by stepping down. GRUDEN or COWER please

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There is no way these headlines, fit the words in the story thereafter. All we do around here is to beat cupcakes (and not all of them) and run up stats vs just the cupcakes.

If they know what needs to be addressed why don’t they do it instead of losing every game vs good teams and sprinkling in losses to sorry teams too ?

No, I think the fans who try to make out that after the 2005 season, for these last six (6) seasons then, that they arrests and transfers out off the field and on the field # 30 in won / lost record are somehow the greatest we have ever experienced, are the problems with this program altogether by themselves.

What coach wouldn’t want to come here, where fans try to say we’re great just staring at all this off the field bad press yet again this 2011 season with the great exodus of our talent just leaving the program all of 2011 and on the field having once again not beat the good teams.

Now, we can go run up our stats vs cupcakes and tell everyone that we’re simply the best and better than we ever have been. What are we to measure ourselves by that which has been done after 1983 through today, or want to do more – and feel disappointed in the product actually provided ?

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Vince Dooley and Mark Richt are just the same. Did some thing for the program for a couple of years, then ran the program into the dirt. When Dooley left, it was YEARS TOO LATE. Dooley, Richt and Adams can all go for all I care. And no matter what they say, Richt is going. Dawg fans don’t pay all this damn money to watch Geogia get the crap beat of of ‘em and not show up to games, year-after-year.

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Those of you still hanging on to hope Richt will be around, you must at least come to realization that the tide has completely turned. The unrest has finally gone throughout Bulldawg Nation. It’s irreversible. The people with the money make the final call. If you really support Georgia you will join the protest to remove Richt as wuickly as possible so that we may move on. If not, you’re actually hurting our university.

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UGA grad 90;on you truly need to shut your piehole about things with which you do not know. I and many others have been around much longer than you and have seen things that your young sensibilties can not comprehend. Coach Dooley is one of the most iconic people in college football history. He did not get that honor by being stupid. It never ceases to amaze me the way that you younger dawgs think you have the experience or knowledge to make a judgement on anything related to the state of the program. You are a UGA grad so that makes you damn good but calm yourself a little bit. Once you have seen 50 to 60 years of Georgia football your perspective might just change. Both Dooely and Richt have the same thing, class. Son you might understand what it means to have your school represented by class once you had enough time under your belt to see what it is like when you do not. I think that the downward trend is a blip on the overall radar. But, at least let the man finish this season and make a call then. Until that time comes get behind your team and support your coach no matter what. That is what it means to be a damn good dawg.

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never mind!

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AFTER THE MISS ST BEATDOWN LET’S SEE HOW MANY RICHT SUPPORTERS THAT WILL WANT TO KEEP HIM?

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The bulk of thee kids are fresh out of high school when they come to UGA. All freshmen are generally poor at the college football level becuase of lack of experience. Well…that is why coaching is so important. Funny how 1 of our very best players right now is that LB kid that transferred from Southern Cal. I guess the coaching is better there……you think?

28 of Scar’s 45 pts were basically cheapie style points. Thats coaching folks. What kind of formation was Ga in when Scar took the fake punt for a TD? Thats coaching.

Murray’s inability to have the awareness to prevent that sack…fumble and TD….thats coaching.

The fumble by Crowell and then our offense cannot tackle and they take it to our 5 yd line? Thats coaching.

The pick 6 was Murray’s fault but….maybe if the coaches recruited better O lineman…Murray would feel more comfortable with his protection. Again…coaching.

5 losses….count them….five. IMO….as soon as Richt picks up his 5th loss…..and believe me…he will. The very next Monday….he should be fired.

9-4 Richt…that is what its going to take sir.

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go clemson go

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thank the lord for some sanity,thank you coach dooley for providing it. i think coach richt has done a great job with the dawgs. why can’t people understand georgia has had several high profile players leave early for the nfl and when this happens it upset’s the team’s long range plan’s,and then you have the ultimate dissapointment having to release talented player’s who don’t get it. COACH’S RICHT AND DOOLEY MY PRAYER’S ARE WITH YOU AND THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR MAKING UGA THE BEST THERE IS .

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Coach Dooley hired Mark Richt. What else do you expect him to say? He’s not going to throw him under the bus. And saying that we haven’t recruited well? Georgia is 3rd in the past 12 years in NFL starters. And IF we hadn’t turned it over against SC? Newsflash…….the Dawgs did turn it over, and those turnovers count. Unfortunately, this is not something that has suddenly appeared. Richt has a losing record against Florida (2-8). That’s a decade of losing, not some overnight
problem or blip on the radar. Everyone on here wants Georgia to win, but Mark Richt had better step it up. Beating Coastal Carolina and playing tough against SC will never save him. Nor should it. If those are the high points of a season, God help us all.

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Why want anyone talk about facts. Why does Ga. always shot themselves in the foot with mental mistakes. Why does Ga. always have a FG kicker with High Average of Scoring points in the SEC(signs of an offense that cant score in the redzone except for FG. Why does Ga. always have all there great players that cant make the Big Play(dropped interceptions, dropped passes, fumbles after interceptions) I see none performance from a lot of highly recruited players. Put there butts on the bench and play the ones that want to WIN…..GO BOISE STATE!!!!
Know go watch the first half of the SC game and tell me Im wrong. There should have been a minimum of 24 points on the board for GA at the half.

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