Mark Richt defends UGA’s disciplinary policies, actions of players
Georgia coach Mark Richt found himself defending UGA's disciplinary policies in his first stop on the UGA Days speaking tour Tuesday night in Augusta. (UGA photo)
Georgia coach Mark Richt has spent a lot of time this spring talking about discipline and I’ve spent a lot of time writing about it. I’ve filed a dozen stories on the subject already in 2012, including THIS ONE about drug-testing and UGA’s philosophies on crime and punishment.
So it should come as no surprise to learn that discipline dominated the discussion Tuesday night in Augusta when Richt and other UGA coaches and administrators spoke at the first stop on the annual “UGA Days” tour across the Southeast. Addressing of crowd of more than 200 supporters, the first question/comment received was from a man complimenting him on the handling of disciplinary matters, even though it has resulted in the dismissal and/or suspensions or eventual suspensions of at least seven football players.
Richt thanked the man, then launched into a soliloquy about his and UGA’s doctrine on disciplining students. Here what he said, as recounted in Seth Emerson’s “Bulldogs Blog” on The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer website.
“Did anybody here go through college, did anybody maybe do something stupid, and not have the whole world know? I know I did. . . . When a mistake is made, there needs to be a consequence; there needs to be a discipline; there needs to be a learning experience from it. I’m not gonna change the way I discipline. Some people may think it’s soft. A lot of people think you might be losing control of your program because you have a lot of suspensions for the season. But the reality is that’s how you keep control of your team, by disciplining your team.
“If you notice, we’re not gonna have any partiality as to whether a guy is a walk-on or a starter. I don’t like disciplining a starter. I don’t like disciplining a walk-on. But when they get out of line you want the punishment to stick. And the punishment that sticks the most is playing time. That’s what I’ve learned over the years. And then you’ve gotta educate them. You’ve gotta have them understand why what they did is wrong, and how it hurts them.”
Richt went on to recount his experiences with past players who ultimately benefited from his disciplinary style.
“Just this weekend I ran into Ray Gant and Danell Ellerbe. Now Daniel Ellerbe was this close from being gone. He had a DUI right before he did whatever he did, and he was that close to being gone. But then you know you have a conversation with that kid. You say, ‘one more thing and you are gone,’ and, ‘what you did is not gonna define your career. What you do from this point is gonna define your career.’ And so I said, ‘If you take care of business you have a chance to still have a great career, and still play in the NFL.’ And sure enough, this guy he got serious about school, he got his degree before he let, he got drafted to the NFL, albeit a little bit later than he would have been if he didn’t have an issue. Still he’s a starting linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens and he’s doing awesome.
“There’s so many guys like that. Anybody remember Verron Haynes? What do you remember Verron for? Pass-44 for touchdown against Tennessee? Well if you don’t remember, he got himself in trouble, too. He made a mistake. He got suspended for the first game of the season along with a couple of other guys. But those guys turned it around and they recovered. They learned from it. The sad part of it is it’s so public.”
Richt went on to say he didn’t think we’d ever see a time when there would be a uniform policy regarding drug-testing or any other forms of discipline conference-wide or nationwide. But he did point out that Georgia has been more stringent from a disciplinary standpoint since his arrival in Athens in December of 2000.
There is some tangible evidence to back up Richt’s claim from a drug-testing standpoint. In the last year Jim Donnan was head football coach (2000), UGA spent just $3,385 on drug-testing for the entire fiscal year, according to records obtained by The AJC. That number jumped to $15,480.40 in Richt’s first year and was $39,473.50 for Fiscal Year 2011.
In that time UGA also established a written code of conduct just for student-athletes. In addition to stringent policies on drugs and alcohol, it also has hard and fast bylaws regarding academics, class attendance, tutoring and mentoring appointments.
“It’s not easy to be a student-athlete,” Richt said after the G-Day Game this past Saturday. “There is so much demand we put on them physically, in the weight room, speed and agility stuff, learning the system, playing the game, all of the practices. Then you’ve got academic mentors, you have tutoring, you have class, you’ve got your classwork you’ve got to get done. There’s just not that many hours in the day, so they don’t have much of a break. They’re grinding; they’re working hard. It’s not easy. The more you do it, the easier it gets. the better you do it the easier it gets.”
Richt’s remarks in Augusta are certainly the most candid and extensive we’ve heard him on the subject of discipline. He has tended be a little tight-lipped around reporters this spring as several of the disciplinary matters before him remain fluid situations. The court date for cornerback Branden Smith, arrested in Henry County, Ala., on marijuana possession charges last month, has been postponed until May 21. And UGA has never confirmed multiple-game suspensions for All-America safety Bacarri Rambo and linebacker Alec Ogletree due to alleged flunked drug tests.
Whatever the case, Richt and Athletic Director Greg McGarity have found their disciplinary policies front and center before the public. It will probably be again Wednesday night as the UGA Days tour makes its next stop in Rome.
So what do you think about them and how do you think Georgia is doing?
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RedandBlackDawg
April 18th, 2012
11:21 am
I support his policy. If you don’t expect these kids to uphold standards as far as conduct goes, then you are cheating them, your university and yourself. A scholarship means you have a responsibility to do more than just show up for football games. You are representing the university as well.
Paul in NH
April 18th, 2012
11:23 am
Richt is certainly trying to do the right thing.
PTC DAWG
April 18th, 2012
11:23 am
The entire faculty/coaches/admin should be tested, no warnings, take hair samples…. Let’s see how that works out. Then the ADAMS followers would simmer down.
Vance Duly
April 18th, 2012
11:28 am
I think Georgia does about as much as it can considering that athletes tend to be coddled and are the “superstars” on many high school campuses. So, they are used to special treatment and getting away with things. The disparity among various schools is one thing that bothers me. A player gets suspended for something that would get him a “get out of jail free” card for the first offense at another school. GO DAWGS!
dawg fan
April 18th, 2012
11:30 am
I think our problems are college kids being college kids when everyone wants them to act like eagle scouts. I praise richt for his work and hope we keep home for a long long time.
Newman
April 18th, 2012
11:30 am
Just keep lovin’ em.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
11:30 am
Richt is certainly trying to do the right thing.
I will admit that Richt is trying. It just appears that he has no idea what he is doing.
carolina dawg
April 18th, 2012
11:39 am
on espn.com today, Mark Schlabach chronicles the marijuana usage among athletes. One of the reasons we hear so much about UGa suspensions is because they are one of the FEW who penalize after the first infraction. Some wait until the 3rd failed test before any discipline. It’s not a fair comparison since, as Richt said, different schools have different punishment policies.
Dumbo
April 18th, 2012
11:40 am
GTBob…you’re mistaken again, BOB, not CMR but that joke of a coach PJ, right BOB….BOB…bob on this
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
11:42 am
GTBob…you’re mistaken again, BOB, not CMR but that joke of a coach PJ, right BOB….BOB…bob on this
Who has had less disciplinary issues in the past 4 years? CMR or CPJ?
NWDawg
April 18th, 2012
11:43 am
This is why Mark Richt is the best any program can hope for when it comes to college football — outside of game day. He may not be the best strategy-wise (which I know is all some people care about), but the man takes his job of shaping the lives of young men seriously both on and off the field. If we could all be so principled in our approach to the game of life.
Hello Pot, this is Kettle
April 18th, 2012
11:43 am
**I will admit that Richt is trying. It just appears that he has no idea what he is doing**
GTBOB.. umm.. and you are saying Pajamas has it all together??
LHarding Dawg
April 18th, 2012
11:45 am
GT why don’t you jump up your butt and go away? It must be sad to be you.
PAAAWWWWLLL!!!!
April 18th, 2012
11:46 am
Do they even test like this at other schools?? How many DUI did John Parker Wilson have in HIGH SCHOOL Pawl?? are you telling me he NEVER did that at Tuskytown?
What about Eric ainge at TN when the cops arrested him high and strung out, and called a FRIEND to take him to rehab?? would the UGA police have done that?? huhh??? PAWWWLL!!!!
bubba4dawgs
April 18th, 2012
11:59 am
GTBob, you must have your head in the sand! It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that CMR is doing all he can to develop good players with character. How can you criticize his effort? Oh, I know, because you are GT and that’s all you do is hate UGA no matter how good they are! You can learn a lot by what CMR does! It might even bleed over to your football team and help make them better. They just might become good enough to compete with UGA!! Nuff sed!! Good job, CMR!! GO DAWGS!!
E
April 18th, 2012
12:01 pm
Richt forgot to mention that suspensions rarely hurt the team because the punishment is usually meted out against the pansies on the schdule. So I don’t know why dawg fans get so upset with all the arrests and drug test failures.
piermontdawgny
April 18th, 2012
12:02 pm
sure beats having a coach pay $20k for a concubine, and then wreaking his whole family and career on a motorcycle accident including a whole bunch of misdeads and lies!
Big Mike
April 18th, 2012
12:05 pm
I’m “the man” that made the initial remark when Coach Richt asked if there were any questions. He said from the start that he would only take this one question on that topic, and that he would be brief. Instead, he took about five minutes to make the remarks in the article. He was very forthright and looked me right in the eye the entire time. This is truly a man of conscience with high moral standards. God bless you, Coach Richt!
BigDawg
April 18th, 2012
12:07 pm
He’s doing the best that he can. You can’t monitor kids 24/7 and some kids are just going to get into trouble no matter what you do. Guess what? All 5 star recruits don’t pan out. Some recruits have no history of problems whatsoever in high school, but go hog wild when they get to college. You fans have the advantage of playing armchair quarterback and make your comments in hindsight. Frankly, I wish many of you morons would go support another team. Even ESPN spoke about how UGA was one of the few schools that discipline after the first infraction. Other schools just give it a wink and a nod until the second or even third infraction. Just shut your mouth, sit down and know you’re role. If you could coach as well of better than Richt, you would be coaching. So sit there, drink your beer, eat your potato chips and leave the coaching to the experts.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
12:08 pm
How can you criticize his effort?
Effort means nothing if there are no positive results.
a.p. dawg
April 18th, 2012
12:10 pm
Eyou need to get your facts straight. We had several starters suspended for the last time we played Clempson. Rambo was suspended last yr for Boise. Now we will have starters out for Mizzou. Richt’s policy has always been that suspensions will take place in the next game or games after the infraction.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
12:12 pm
Richt’s policy has always been that suspensions will take place in the next game or games after the infraction.
Unless Crowell gets caught smoking weed before the Florida game. Then the suspension will take place the week after when you play New Mexico St.
BigDawg
April 18th, 2012
12:13 pm
Play with the guys that you have and hope for the best. Our offense is running at full steam and I know that the D will hold it together until the starters come back. I can’t wait for the season!
T'ville Dawg
April 18th, 2012
12:15 pm
@E-
More times than not, suspensions occur the first couple of games, since the infractions occur during the off season.
That being said-I wouldn’t consider Boise or SC “Pansies”. For that matter, I don’t think Missouri (2nd game this coming season) to fit the pansy category either.
old dog
April 18th, 2012
12:16 pm
Good thing they didn’t test for weed in the ’70’s……………..
go dawgs
April 18th, 2012
12:22 pm
GTBob
why do you feel like your voice matters? you have GT in your name. you seem pathetic trying to talk georgia athletics. when georgia tech has so much they need to fix.
DawginLex
April 18th, 2012
12:23 pm
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
12:12 pm
Richt’s policy has always been that suspensions will take place in the next game or games after the infraction.
Unless Crowell gets caught smoking weed before the Florida game. Then the suspension will take place the week after when you play New Mexico
******************
do you really want me to destroy you over this again?
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
12:24 pm
do you really want me to destroy you over this again?
I do, let’s hear it.
Loyal Fan
April 18th, 2012
12:27 pm
How can you criticize his effort?
@GTBOB
“Effort means nothing if there are no positive results.”
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Kind of sounds like Tech Football over PJ’s career. According to you, Ga Tech has the meaningless effort down then.
The funny thing is that GTBOB even admits that Tech is the dumpster, but would rather troll in here, and try to stir up trouble. You should drop the GT; you have no loyalty towards them, and just go with TrollBOB, (its more fitting)
Old Dawg
April 18th, 2012
12:28 pm
I support Richt and UGA for having written policies that are enforced. CMR is correct that you can’t get every school to comply with a strict code of conduct. And he’s correct on the fact that college students are going to do some pretty stupid things.
The one thing I wish fans of other schools would acknowledge/realize is that athletes from their schools are just as likely as UGA’s to be in trouble. And, yes, I know that some UGA fans like to point the finger when it happens. That does’t make it right.
Look in the mirror. Remember your days in college and ask yourself, honestly, were your college years or yours 20s error free? If your answer isn’t “yes, I was a knucklehead,” you need to look in the mirror a little longer.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
12:30 pm
You should drop the GT; you have no loyalty towards them
I have extreme loyalty towards them, I am just not the kind of fan who pretends my team is better then they are and ignores their problems.
Loyal Fan
April 18th, 2012
12:39 pm
@TrollBob
“I have extreme loyalty towards them, I am just not the kind of fan who pretends my team is better then they are and ignores their problems.”
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Oh really, well I would say that they have a lot of problems starting with PJ, the old, option scheme, and multiple rapes and robberies on and around campus: just to name a few.
News Flash: Every team is going to have problems. Just sayin’ you should probably drop the whole your a big Jacket fan act. Its obvious you like coming in these UGA message boards everyday because Tech is not worth talking about. Have you quit on them?
gadawgs
April 18th, 2012
12:42 pm
Issues like what we have had happen EVERYWHERE on every campus in America. It is how it is handled which is the DIFFERENCE all you haters. I have a friend that I played high school ball with who has been on the staff of several SEC football teams (and currently still is). I have asked him about these type of scenerios and if they happened at any of his previous employers and he said absolutely yes and unless there was no way to avoid it the issue was handled “internally”. Which meant no suspensions, no public acknowledgement to the media etc… Stop hating on CMR because he has morals and expects more from his guys and does not hide it.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
April 18th, 2012
12:43 pm
This you have to support Richt on. He is trying to run a clean program and not throw these young men out on the street when they make a mistake. Go take a look on the front page of ESPN and read the article Schlabach and Alipour write about the state of College and the college environment ingeneral when it comes to the pervasive use of Marijuana. Richt simply cannot babysit these guys 24/7.
everyday
April 18th, 2012
12:45 pm
cut GTBob some slack….the guy obviously lives a tortured life. Could you imagine what it would be like to have the compulsion to be on a Gator blog every day? I mean, no life whatsoever.
Ace
April 18th, 2012
12:45 pm
More trouble to come, there is a pattern here.
Mark (another one)
April 18th, 2012
12:46 pm
As a Dawg season ticket holder, I appreciate the job Richt is doing and applaud the outcome. Some disagree but Ellerbe and the others show that Richt’s process works. Throwing a young man to the wolves over a discipline issues is wrong. Having a published set of policies and standards is fair and honorable.
Putting his christian beliefs aside, and focusing on Richt’s leadership as a coach is impossible. He is a christian and it influences how he coaches his team. It is also why he would be the last one to take issue with how another coach diciplines his team.
I am not a GT fan but I respect Paul Johnson for how he coaches his players off the field. It’s different than Richt but i believe it is with the same higher goals of being fair and helping his players develop as men. He has also turned out some great young men, and some have gone on to the NFL.
I don’t see that taking shots at either coach over the team discipline issues is appropriate. I read the comments on both sides and wonder if their Mamas dropped them on their heads.
Just Sayin
April 18th, 2012
12:47 pm
Congrats Dawgs! You are the lead story on ESPN. keep up the smokin!!!
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
12:51 pm
Its obvious you like coming in these UGA message boards everyday because Tech is not worth talking about. Have you quit on them?
How have I quit on them? Because I post on UGA blogs a lot? It is obvious why I am here. Unfortunately the real reason went way over your head.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
12:52 pm
I mean, no life whatsoever.
I have devoted my life to the AJC blogs.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
April 18th, 2012
12:52 pm
Far from the lead story but if that fits your agenda Just Sayin have fun with the Lincoln Logs you are putting together with that single digit IQ.
what of it?
April 18th, 2012
12:54 pm
as much stick as I give Richt, I think his statement on this was fairly profound, and he’s right, the sad part is that it’s so public in our muckraking world. For all his shortcomings, no one can argue against the fact that he is honest.
82Dawg
April 18th, 2012
12:55 pm
@Just Sayin…..how do you get UGA out of Orgeon?…Idiot!
NC Trophy Shatters
April 18th, 2012
12:55 pm
When will Bama stop trying to stick their balls in every ones face? Just keep them where they belong on the stand.
Bulldog on the Bayou
April 18th, 2012
12:56 pm
@GTBob – thanks for the comedy you bring to this blog, for I laugh at your asinine posts every time I read them (asinine should be spelled assinine in your case, for you are an A$$, my boy). How old are you – twelve?
Mike
April 18th, 2012
12:58 pm
If we’re the lead story on ESPN on how we stick to strict disciplining these young men and not coddle them, then I’m OK with that. Richt and Co. should be commended with not caving into public pressure and public opinion when it comes to correcting these young men. Notice I say “young men” and not “student athletes.” Most of these guys will not have a big impact in the NFL world, but in OUR world. You know, the world we live in, work in, and raise our kids in. That, to me, is more important than a game of overpriced athletes on TV.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
12:58 pm
Issues like what we have had happen EVERYWHERE on every campus in America.
The UGA strategy for excusing arrests, and suspensions:
1. Cry that it happens everywhere but provide no proof.
2. Cry that UGA is too harsh on it’s players.
3. Commend Mark Richt for running a tight ship, even though it isn’t working.
The Fulmer Cup
April 18th, 2012
1:00 pm
This just in: Bobby Petrino has been nominated for the Fulmer Cup Hall of Fame!
Mike
April 18th, 2012
1:03 pm
GTBob, just because guys aren’t caught or punished, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Richt tries to get any infractions out in the open as opposed to covering it up. I think Penn State, Arkansas, and a slew of other universities can attest that cover-ups aren’t the best for the university…just sayin’.
The Fulmer Cup
April 18th, 2012
1:04 pm
This just in: GTBob has been nominated for the best job at replacing St.Simons!
DIT
April 18th, 2012
1:06 pm
People!!!!
You are doing exactly what GTBob wants you to do. All this guy is trying to do is to get people all riled up. IGNORE HIM and maybe he will go away. Who really cares what he thinks.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
1:08 pm
GTBob, just because guys aren’t caught or punished, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.
It doesn’t mean that it does happen either. It also doesn’t mean that many more players at UGA are not getting caught. All we know for sure is that UGA players get arrested and suspended at a higher rate then most other schools.
"The Georgia Way"
April 18th, 2012
1:09 pm
Richt’s analogy about “were you a college student” doesn’t hold for beating up girlfriends or stealing from team members. Richt had nothing to do with the drug-testing policy. Adams instituted that when he was campaigning to be NCAA Emperor. When you have players regularly failing drug tests, there is obviously a dealer nearby. like at TCU. When Richt said “whatever else happened” with Ellerbe, he must have forgotten those charges included assault and stealing an automobile, and leaving the scene of an accident–hardly college pranks.
Jake
April 18th, 2012
1:10 pm
Very impressive. I have little or no use for big-time college athletics these days because of the excessive attention they get and the entitlement that is so often a consequence of it. But I’ve never questioned Coach Richt’s integrity or his values. He’s a good man trying to keep a lid on a business in which there is little to admire.
Jessica Dorrell
April 18th, 2012
1:11 pm
May I suggest that GTBob contact my former boss for advice. He certainly had a impact on me.
gadawgs
April 18th, 2012
1:14 pm
Hey Bob…if you do not actually believe issues like this do not happen on every campus you sir are not too intelligent. I never said that UGA is too hard on it’s players. I said that other institutions are too soft with their discipline. As far as proof goes why don’t you do some research and read (that’s what Techies are good at) about the rampant drug use on football teams and how they are handled. I do know first hand because I played college football in the 80’s and I saw it back then and we were not tested. And even though it’s 30 years later I would bet the problem is not any better and probably worse.
Just Sayin
April 18th, 2012
1:14 pm
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7819005/ncf-tcu-marijuana-problem-just-one-many-elite-college-programs-espn-magazine
82 DAWG! YOU IDIOT!!! guess you smoke too!
Just Sayin
April 18th, 2012
1:18 pm
DAYS BEFORE the University of Georgia broke for spring break in March, athletic director Greg McGarity gathered more than 600 athletes and warned them about the consequences of consuming alcohol and illegal drugs.
Not everybody heard him.
“We smoked it all”
Oregon Ducks don’t deny the pot culture in Eugene. Read the story here.
Before the end of the month, police had arrested Bulldogs starting cornerback Branden Smith for misdemeanor marijuana possession and, according to multiple reports, All-America safety Bacarri Rambo tested positive for weed. (The school has not confirmed or denied the reports; according to Rambo’s high school coach, he unknowingly ate pot-enhanced brownies.) Under the school’s drug policy, Rambo, whom the school had previously suspended for a rules violation, could face a multigame suspension. Smith, a first-time offender, will miss at least the Sept. 1 opener.
I know you can’t read “82Dawg”, but here you go! IDIOT!!!
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
1:20 pm
Hey Bob…if you do not actually believe issues like this do not happen on every campus you sir are not too intelligent.
I have never argued that these issues don’t exist everywhere. They are just more rampant at UGA. Even outside of the pot issues UGA players get in more trouble then anywhere else. You can keep excusing it by saying that kids will be kids, but the reality is that UGA has a pretty significant problem.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
April 18th, 2012
1:21 pm
Just Saying-
That is not even the correct quote. The “We smoked it all” is the quote attributed to Cliff Harris when he was pulled over doing 118 by the State Trooper. WOW- The propanganda machine is out in full force today.
te29wr
April 18th, 2012
1:22 pm
Warning to all If you drive onHwy 431 between Phonix City and Dothan, BEWARE if you have a Ga. Tag or UGA stickers on your car. I got caught for following to close and the car was 200 yards ahead of me. The officer ask if I was a UGA fan and I said yep. STUPID ME
After a ticket was issued he told me that he was one of the officers that guarded the Auburn Head coach. What a life
a.p. dawg
April 18th, 2012
1:23 pm
GT Bob, you question the timing of suspensions for smoking weed, but at Tech you can get busted with 100lbs of weed in the trunk of your car and still play. Does the name Reuben Houston ring a bell Bobby? You’re hilarious coming on here questioning integrity at UGA when your school is the one that is under NCAA sanctions for “cheating” and had to forfeit their Almost College Conference title from a few yrs ago.
82Dawg
April 18th, 2012
1:24 pm
@just sayin…here is the correct story not your cut and paste story
This story appears in the April 30, 2012 NFL Draft issue of ESPN The Magazine. Subscribe today!
THE SANDWICH BAG brims with weed.
On a frosty January evening in Eugene, a University of Oregon student plops onto a couch, nestled between a whirring space heater and a muted television at a friend’s off-campus apartment, and pulls a nugget from the bag. At his feet sits a backpack emblazoned with the logo of the Rose Bowl, which he and his teammates had won barely a week before. “Purple Kush,” he says of his preferred marijuana strand, which he rolls into a hefty joint between his forefingers and thumbs. “It’s pretty much all I smoke.”
Higher Education
Read more about the pot problem at other elite football programs here.
The joint, to which he adds a dash of tobacco to make a spliff, is typical for this student-athlete. “Bongs and pipes mean more evidence,” he says. He lights up, kicks back and exhales a dense cloud. Normally, he’d pass the spliff to one of his Oregon football teammates, but tonight he smokes alone. “Most of the guys are waiting until after winter workouts,” he says. Once those conclude in March, he adds, they’ll gather in clusters to partake together. About half the team smokes, he estimates. “It’s a team thing. Like video games.”
The Ducks are savoring their win over Wisconsin, Oregon’s first victory in a Rose Bowl since 1917 and Chip Kelly’s first postseason triumph as head coach. Earlier today, the school buzzed as the team made its victory lap around campus. Now, as one Duck relishes another kind of high, he wants to make something clear.
“It’s not just us,” he says, taking another hit. “If you think Oregon’s the only team smoking weed, you’re crazy.”
bingdon
April 18th, 2012
1:25 pm
Class is something we are not born with but have to learn. It seems CMR has studied hard. I truly believe smoking pot is harmless, at least more harmless than booze and should be legalized, but until it is you’ve got to be vigilant about enforcement or else you have the 1988 Miami Hurricanes. Great job, UGA. I’m proud to be an alumni, even if I did burn a few in Athens while I studied in your hallowed halls. My god, if you ever went to a game on the railroad tracks there was really no choice.
Terry
April 18th, 2012
1:26 pm
I see GTBob is selling his/her snake oil again 24/7, what a sad little person he/she must be, he/she has nothing productive to say, and when he/she does blog, he/she types the same things over, and over, and over. He/she would be funny, if, he/she weren’t so pitiful, he/she is the nerd in high school, that wanted to hang out with the Kool kids, and now, he/she is trying to blog with the Kool people, and its High School all over again, no one wanted him/her around then, and no one wants him/her around now. LOL
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
1:29 pm
at Tech you can get busted with 100lbs of weed in the trunk of your car and still play. Does the name Reuben Houston ring a bell Bobby?
A judge ordered that Houston be reinstated to the football team after we kicked him off of it. Ill give you that one though. The score is now UGA: 200 GT: 1. We will try to clean up our act and get it down to 0.
gadawgs
April 18th, 2012
1:30 pm
Ok Bob..to use your rationale what proof do you have that UGA players get in more trouble than anywhere else? Because maybe we don’t hide it when our players do something stupid and it shows up on ESPN or the AJC. Or maybe because we test more than most other schools (or randomly test everyone and not just the ones that we know don’t smoke as in the ESPN article)and our discipline for failed tests is swifter and harsher than all but 9 other (out 120) FBS programs (again from the ESPN article). The only proof you have is that UGA has no problem putting it out there for the world to see and other schools do not.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
1:32 pm
Terry, ill help you out. Im a he. That should save you around 30-40 words on your next blog post. Also, I know UGA fans drink a lot of Kool-Aid but that is not the actual way you spell the word cool.
@gadawgs
April 18th, 2012
1:37 pm
Here’s GTBob’s proof:
http://www.ajc.com/sports/uga/arkansas-player-charged-with-1420942.html
True Dog Fan #3
April 18th, 2012
1:38 pm
Ir sure warms my heart to know Richt is doing all he can to fix the discipline issue (or non-issue according to the fans). He is such a blessed man and that is all that matters. Forget trying to win games, let’s hold hands and have a group hug! After reading this blog, that seems to be all that matters. You folks really think GA is tough and all the other schools are lax on discipline? For continued proof of player perception, please refer to the RB from Atlanta (Drake) interview. Have a nice day.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
1:39 pm
Ok Bob..to use your rationale what proof do you have that UGA players get in more trouble than anywhere else?
2010 Fulmer Cup Champions.
#8 all time in Fulmer Cup points.
High number of player suspensions/dismissals.
Should I go on? I am going off of actual facts. You are making stuff up in your head and hoping you are right.
Terry
April 18th, 2012
1:40 pm
GTBob, You are one slow, Kool he/She. LOL
Chuck
April 18th, 2012
1:47 pm
Hey GTBob – maybe you could tell us how much Tech spends on testing its players for narcotics?
Until I see any evidence to the contraty, I believe it to be $0.
SugarHillDawg
April 18th, 2012
1:48 pm
That’s all well and good BUT I wish the reporter woulda had the gonads to ask Saint Mark if his policy puts us at a disadvantage when other schools don’t have the same standards??You woulda heard a lot of errs. uhhs and “I don’t care what other schools do”.
Dawg Obedience Trainer
April 18th, 2012
1:49 pm
Does Nick Saban spend $39,473.50
for drug-testing players every year ?
Chuck
April 18th, 2012
1:49 pm
GTBob, the judge ordered him back on the team, but any rationale could have been used not to play him.
He’s missed too many meetings.
He’s not in playing shape.
But TECH started him – why? They wanted to win the bowl game more than they cared about discipline.
How sad.
dawgfan
April 18th, 2012
1:51 pm
Did anyone notice the headline: “Mark Richt….defends actions of players.” That is misleading. He did no such thing. Perhaps the local media plays some part in this perception that UGA football is out of control. Is it really worthy of front page status when a UGA football player gets suspended for a couple of games? The AJC posts it as big breaking news like we’re getting freaking invaded by Iran or something. Meanwhile, the Joke By Coke is being investigated by the NCAA right under their noses for TWO YEARS and we don’t hear a single solitary word about it.
Things that make you go hmm…..
kingdaddy
April 18th, 2012
1:52 pm
Bob
More cyber-warfare? UGA must have cost you a bundle on football bets for you to spend so much time posting constantly about them. You really have no life at all except the attention you get on this blog trying to act like an authority on Ga.football. I see you for what you really are. A GT Boob…
Go Dawgs
April 18th, 2012
1:52 pm
Unless Crowell gets caught smoking weed before the Florida game. Then the suspension will take place the week after when you play New Mexico St.
GTBob….this comment is exactly why morons like you are at the North Ave. trade school…….until the results of a test are back it is not final….no matter what you may think…..
Tallydawg
April 18th, 2012
1:58 pm
Richt has his job priorities confused. He wasn’t hired to mold or shape young men into upstanding citizens. He was hired to win football games. Let’s all be honest here. We don’t give a rats a$$ whether Joe Player becomes a model citizen or not so long as he can play ball. Get em on the field, Richt, and quit trying to turn em into saints.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
1:59 pm
But TECH started him – why? They wanted to win the bowl game more than they cared about discipline.
Yes we were very pumped about a meaningless bowl game against Utah so we played a guy who we were legally bound to have on our team. We are so weak. Again, ill give you that one. Care to explain the 50 or so UGA players who have gotten in serious trouble since he got into trouble at Tech?
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
2:01 pm
until the results of a test are back it is not final….no matter what you may think…..
Right. Ignore all of the rumors that UGA had the results before then, and the fact that those test results took much longer then normal to come back for some reason. Richt was pretty slick when manipulating that situation.
kingdaddy
April 18th, 2012
2:09 pm
GTBob
I shouldn’t have called you an boob. Troll maybe, but you aren’t a boob. I know you aren’t stupid, but you like to think all Doggies are. That just makes you foolish. Sometimes it seems like your girlfriend or boyfriend p*ss you off and you spend the rest of the day trying to flog the blog. It’s always against UGA though, so we can only just wonder what Ga. did to get under your skin. You do have an unhealthy obsession with the Dawgs. If you want to be mad at someone though, you should be mad at yourself for being a nerd and Techie fan in public.lol…
Steve
April 18th, 2012
2:14 pm
GT Bob I think you have enough problems worrying about tech, but then again you should be used to annual butt whipping!
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
2:14 pm
It’s always against UGA though, so we can only just wonder what Ga. did to get under your skin.
Who else would it be against? It’s not as much fun arguing with Virginia Tech fans.
gadawgs
April 18th, 2012
2:16 pm
Bob…Fulmer Cup points? Really? That’s your proof? How is that determined by the way? Arrests, suspensions, dismissals? You made my point for me genius. I am not making up anything in my head. Those statistics come about once again because overall UGA is more open, transparent and harsher in their discipline than the majority of other schools. It is not swept under the rug or handled internally like it is at other schools which I know happens (not because I thought it up because I know someone who actually worked at the schools that did it). I am not saying UGA is perfect (far from it) all I am saying is that they are not out of control like you insist.
dawgfan
April 18th, 2012
2:17 pm
“so we can only just wonder what Ga. did to get under your skin.”
Try 10 wins in the past 11 years. GTBob claims not to care, but his actions say otherwise. Georgia Tech fans are about as insanely bitter as I have ever seen them and I’ve been following this rivalry for a while. They really thought Paul Johnson was their savior, but things are looking as bleak as ever for them against UGA. First they win the ACC but still lose to UGA. Then UGA goes 6-7 the next year but still beats Tech. Last year’s game wasn’t nearly as close as the score indicated. This year could be worse. They’ve been relegated to celebrating 8 win seasons and victories over UNC. It just absolutely sucks to be a Georgia Tech fan. I can’t imagine anything is worse.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
2:19 pm
GT Bob I think you have enough problems worrying about tech, but then again you should be used to annual butt whipping!
Nah, I have plenty of time to worry about Tech and give my opinions on UGA. Thanks though.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
2:21 pm
Try 10 wins in the past 11 years. GTBob claims not to care, but his actions say otherwise.
I hated UGA well before the 10 out of 11 started. And it is much bigger then football. If both teams stopped playing football tomorrow I would still hate UGA and all of it’s fans with a passion.
kingdaddy
April 18th, 2012
2:22 pm
Bob
You are a funny man sometimes… Go Bravos…
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
2:24 pm
It is not swept under the rug or handled internally like it is at other schools
So you are claiming that UGA is the only school in the country who punishes players who get arrested or break team rules? And they they are the only school in the country who does not cover up major discipline problems? Im loving how UGA fans can turn something so bleak into a beacon of righteousness.
kingdaddy
April 18th, 2012
2:26 pm
GT Bob—surely you don’t hate kingdaddy???
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
2:30 pm
GT Bob—surely you don’t hate kingdaddy???
You are slightly more tolerable then most.
7576DAWG
April 18th, 2012
2:37 pm
If the offense happens during the football season or just before the season starts I agree that missing games is the worst thing that can happen but if the player does something wrong six months before the season even starts I can’t believe there isn’t some other punishment that will have just as big of impact on the player that will substitute for missing games six months from now. If I did something wrong as a kid but didn’t get punished for 6 months would that really be a deterrent.
The player needs to be heavily disciplined NOW not in September.
kingdaddy
April 18th, 2012
2:39 pm
I love the blogs. We shouldn’t get so serious or bent out of shape at each other. I hate to see my brothers enraged at each other. We have so much in common. We all love football. We love the South. We love America and most of us respect family and tradition. I love my State and am proud to be from Georgia. I love God and hope he still loves me. I also love the fact that we are not all the same because this would be such a boring world without diversity. I love this blog that gives me a chance to tell you so, but I hate you GT Bob—Just kidding…
gadawgs
April 18th, 2012
2:45 pm
Ok, I’ll try it again. Bob…not what I said at all and I am through trying to reason with you because it is useless, kind of like boobs on a boar hog. Please go back to your Dungeons and Dragons or whatever you guys do in your spare time because you have lost all credibility on this blog.
dawgfan
April 18th, 2012
2:46 pm
“I hated UGA well before the 10 out of 11 started. And it is much bigger then football. If both teams stopped playing football tomorrow I would still hate UGA and all of it’s fans with a passion.”
Oh, I see. You’re one of those kind too. You see UGA as a big party that you didn’t get invited to. We get all the attention. We have the most fun. Oh, we work hard too, but you never hear us talk about that because there are too many other wonderful things to talk about. Our campus is beautiful and graces the cover of magazines and the silver screen. Athens is simply too cool for you and you don’t understand it. “How can anybody possibly like this little rinky dink town?,” you ask yourself. Its just like Heaven Bob. Unless you’ve been there you simply cannot understand it. I would be wasting my breath trying to explain it to you. Its beyond your comprehension. You aren’t one of the chosen ones and it hurts doesn’t it Bob? It hurts to know that no matter what Georgia Tech does it will always play second fiddle to UGA doesn’t it?
I see that our time is up for the day Bob. I’ll see you at your next appointment. Next week we’ll talk about all of the mommy issues that Tech fans have.
Thanks.
Ga/Fl.Stillman dog
April 18th, 2012
2:51 pm
It doesn’t matter how ou discipline.. YOU STILL CAN”T COACH AND YOUR PHILOSOPHY IS TOTALLY OUTDATED… Catch up with the SEC..
Ptc dawg
April 18th, 2012
2:52 pm
Can the Ajc say “registration required for use?”
Pupfan
April 18th, 2012
2:54 pm
Georgia fans –
Why do you let GTBob upset you? If you wouldn’t respond, he would go away. Simply skip over his comments!
On the other hand, kudos to you GTBob. You seem to get ‘em riled up every time. Well done…..works everytime huh?!
GO DAWGS!
kingdaddy
April 18th, 2012
2:54 pm
What would be great would be if all the schools had the same rules and were equally enforced. Some schools let stuff slide just for athletics, just for the W. Morals be damned. Same with academic issues such as we hear time and again from Techies and the dores. The non-reporting of violations is probably one of the biggest problems in NCAA athletics. It would be nice to have a level playing field though…
Jack Blade
April 18th, 2012
2:56 pm
As humorous as some of the comments are here, I would venture a guess that most of the commenters did not play football in college. I did, at a school where wins were more important than integrity. I applaud what Coach Richt is doing. A policy like that would have made for a more cohesive locker room as no one would have been shown favoritism. What hurts UGA is the proliferation of media exposure. Still, I would venture that what Mark Richt is doing is far more preferable than what others may be doing within the conference and across college football. My two cents…
kingdaddy
April 18th, 2012
3:09 pm
Braves taking New York to the wood-shed…
It’s good to let Bob vent, it keeps him from having to wrap his head in duct-tape. Doggies, put yourself in his shoes. You would be ill too. Think about G.T.s campus, @#$%&*. Now, think about Athens, ahhhhhhhhhhhh. It’s no wonder he’s mad at us…
ugablackout24
April 18th, 2012
3:14 pm
@GTBOB listen… As a UGA student I know the things these football players do, and with mark richt here the boys are role models compared to the rest of us and we could have the entire secondary scratched, play yall and still have 2 ints and hold u guys to less than ur avg. rushing, dont worry about how UGA conducts their business.. suspensions suck but we do it, paul johnson’s lack luster program is not one anyone expects any discipline from unless its a felony and we still rape… Tech fans love talking about irrelevant thing that dont pertain to them.
Kobie
April 18th, 2012
3:15 pm
GTBob, your constant barbs and random hatred of UGA and its fans is quite amusing. Being a UGA alum and actually going to school during the Ray Goff era, I admit that a lot of things go on at all campuses throughout the country that people do not know about. UGA does a much better job at dealing with student athletes than a lot of schools as evidenced by the suspensions and dismissals. My only question to all the sanctimonious folks out there, what would you have Coach Richt do? It amazes me that anything that ever goes wrong at UGA people love to blame the Coach. Should he sit with his athlets and hold their hands 24/7? People make mistakes in society everyday. This is why you spell out punishment to allow people to know this is what happens if you do this. Being an attorney, I see this constantly. I don’t blame parents for the mistakes that are made by their adult kids. Should we just throw everybody out of school when they make a mistake, if that is the case schools will be empty. It would be nice if every school had the same rules and punishments, but alas they do not. These blogs are quite funny with the opinions of many and I get it you are representing your school and showing your distate for other schools. Just would love to know what some would do if faced with similar circumstances if you were a major college coach.
schmeckdawg
April 18th, 2012
3:44 pm
It is what it is!!!!!!!!!!!!
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
3:53 pm
Doggies, put yourself in his shoes. You would be ill too. Think about G.T.s campus, @#$%&*. Now, think about Athens, ahhhhhhhhhhhh. It’s no wonder he’s mad at us…
We have had this discussion before but there is no chance I would ever consider living in Athens over Atlanta. Sorry, but cow towns don’t offer me anything.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
3:55 pm
Should we just throw everybody out of school when they make a mistake, if that is the case schools will be empty.
UGA would be empty. There are some people at other schools that aren’t drunk and high 24 hours a day.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
3:58 pm
“How can anybody possibly like this little rinky dink town?,” you ask yourself. Its just like Heaven Bob. Unless you’ve been there you simply cannot understand it.
I have spent plenty of time in Athens, and it certainly isn’t like heaven. It’s a small town without much to do except drink and count flies. One of the reasons I chose GT over UGA was because of Athens.
7576DAWG
April 18th, 2012
4:22 pm
What I would do would be to build a 25 room athletic Dorm and if you screw up your punishment would be that you have to live the next 6 months in the Dorm with curfew and bed checks, like it use to be a long time ago. This would be for the entire athletic department which would include all sports on scholarship. It would also include anyone in academic trouble where tutoring is mandatory.
Captain
April 18th, 2012
4:33 pm
GTBob
Here you go buddy…..Daniel Drummond, ILB, Georgia Tech arrested for
DUI, pled guilty to DUI in Hall County GA state court today. First of all, where is the AJC and its “supposed to be” beat writer Ken Sugiuara? The same beat writer who didn’t have a clue the NCAA was all over GT. Oh how did I forget, he’s busy putting on his cheerleader skirt and readying his pom-poms for another session of “what’s up with the Jackets”. To the point, will Fish Fry suspend Drummond? How many games did Danny Hall suspend his starting 3rd baseman last Spring for his DUI? That would be NONE.
Now that we know GT does N O T H I N G to athletes who are charged with DUI, dispelling your 12:58pm post and comment #1, shall we move along to #2 – we certainly punish ours more than GT punishes its players, thus anything is more harsh than the GT reward system. #3 – I will take Richt and his tight ship over your guy, Fish Fry Johnson. Mark’s record of graduating players is significantly higher, his winning % is higher, his APR is higher, and he’s 10-1 vs GT. What’s not to like!!!
We know Fish Fry is a tough one don’t we, a real hard nosed disciplinarian – reming me, How much time did the GT LB sit for his “fist to the head” cheap shot against the UVa QB? As I seem to recall Fish Fry didn’t even pull him from the game. Now that’s being tough in anybody’s book, don’t you agree.
Dawg Fan
April 18th, 2012
4:44 pm
Here are the drug testing policies for the SEC schools. Only Georgia and Kentucky have a penalty for first time offenders.
The minimum required number of games a student-athlete is suspended for each of the 68 automatic-qualifying BCS conference football programs, using next year’s conference affiliations, based on a (1) first-positive test for recreational drugs; (2) second-positive test; (3) third-positive test; (4) fourth-positive test and (5) fifth-positive test. Drug policies are obtained through public records requests or from the school’s official website.
Alabama: (1) none; (2) 15 percent of games; (3) one year; (4) dismissal.
Arkansas: (1) none; (2) 10 percent of games; (3) 50 percent of games; (4) dismissal.
Auburn: (1) none; (2) 50 percent of games; (3) dismissal.
Florida: For marijuana/synthetic marijuana: (1) none; (2) 10 percent of games; (3) 20 percent of games; (4) dismissal. For all other drugs: (1) 50 percent of games; (2) dismissal.
Georgia: (1) 10 percent of games; (2) 50 percent of games; (3) dismissal.
Kentucky: (1) 10 percent of games; (2) 50 percent of games; (3) dismissal.
LSU: (1) none; (2) “up to 15 percent of games;” (3) one year.
Ole Miss: (1) none; (2) none; (3) three games.
Mississippi State: (1) none; (2) 50 percent of games; (3) one year; (4) dismissal.
South Carolina: (1) none; (2) 25 percent of games; (3) dismissal.
Tennessee: (1) none; (2) 10 percent of games; (3) dismissal.
Texas A&M: (1) none; (2) “possible suspension;” (3) possible dismissal.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
4:55 pm
GTBob Here you go buddy…..Daniel Drummond, ILB, Georgia Tech arrested for DUI, pled guilty to DUI in Hall County GA state court today.
Do you have a link for this?
gt4ever
April 18th, 2012
4:55 pm
Hmmmm.. Wonder why we didn’t hear anything about Drummond…. Hopefully Drummond is better this year. I watched him alot last year, and he was always out of position… Pathetic really…
Cam
April 18th, 2012
4:55 pm
What most people fail to realize is that Georgia has one of the strictest drug policies in the country. When a player from any other college team makes a mistake they are given a slap on the wrist, but Georgia players are held to a higher standard, and they will be better men because of this. I applaud Coach Richt and UGA!! GO DAWGS!!
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
5:00 pm
but Georgia players are held to a higher standard, and they will be better men because of this.
Yet they don’t care and continue to break the rules without regard for the punishments.
Jimboga1
April 18th, 2012
5:12 pm
Richt was hired to win football games. He doesn’t appear to be doing so good at it lately.
GT Bob
April 18th, 2012
5:17 pm
How’s that 4 year NCAA probation that the Tech bugs find themselves on?
Charles
April 18th, 2012
5:17 pm
GTBob – Georgia Tech is currently on probation for covering up the truth. Your school has made a habit of it.
By the way, Daniel Drummond plead guilty to a DUI charge today in a Hall County courthouse. Not one mention of it here. Doesn’t mean it didn’t happen; nope, mainly means nobody gives a damn about Tech.
Richt does it the right way. And it’s hilarious how butthurt you are at all things UGA. Silly maggot. Keep hating.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
5:22 pm
By the way, Daniel Drummond plead guilty to a DUI charge today in a Hall County courthouse. Not one mention of it here.
Ill ask again. Do you have a link for this? I am starting to think UGA fans are making up criminal offenses just for fun.
Tide Fan
April 18th, 2012
5:27 pm
I think every college has some “dirty laundry” out there and I sincerely believe the UGa coaches are the strictest in the SEC. Even tougher than Bama…..as painful as that is to admit!!!
dawdfollower
April 18th, 2012
5:28 pm
if uga gave fewer drug test there would be more players taking a cahance and then would not be ready to play i. e. vince carter aganist usc where he threw 5 inceptions ,, yes vince had smoked pot with others but jim donnon did not give many test. id rather have players playing with heart then with players with tallent and getting high and causing uga to lose cause they are not in the game
7576DAWG
April 18th, 2012
5:30 pm
Dawg Fan
Thanks for listing all the schools punishments. Ole Miss should be ashamed. The players sure to run things at Ole Miss.
I couldn’t punish a UGA player for first offense if he was guilty by association only because after taking his blood there was no use detected. If my roommate or friends riding in the same car was busted for testing positive but upon a blood test I could prove I was not using then on first offense I should only get a warming about who I associates with. If it happens again then you would have to suspend me.
Tide Fan
April 18th, 2012
5:34 pm
@GTBob
I’m reading your UGa attacks through the eyes of a neutral Bama fan and I’m amazed that you have the nerve to rip the Dawgs. I may be wrong, but I think it is GT who has been in the news recently for having players and coaches lie to the NCAA and obstruct an investigation. Didn’t Tech get burned for this or do I have the wrong university. Also, was it GT that recently had a coach fired for rape? Just asking and sorry if I have the wrong school.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
5:37 pm
I may be wrong, but I think it is GT who has been in the news recently for having players and coaches lie to the NCAA and obstruct an investigation.
Yep, you are wrong. Unless you can name the coaches or players who lied.
7576DAWG
April 18th, 2012
5:38 pm
dawdfollower.
That was Quincy Carter and you were correct. Carter was stoned EVERY day. Donnan was a very good coach and a great recruiter but let the kids do anything they wanted. Donnan got fired because of this lack of control and discipline.
Rumor
April 18th, 2012
5:46 pm
gt bobby is a poser. He never even attended GT. He sits and slaves away in some Waffle House, back in the supply room banging away on his lap top.
He has never been out of metro Atlanta, except to stalk coeds over in Athens right now, hiding in the shrubs.
He is what he is ………….a techer.
Tide Fan
April 18th, 2012
5:49 pm
Hey Dude,
I just looked it up and it is GT who lied to the NCAA and obstructed the investigation. This is a fact my friend….not fiction. Apparently GT didn’t have a major violation, but they all lied out their butts and got burned. If you don’t know the names look them up because this was on the front page of the AJC and not my role to tear people down by names……I think you know who the culprits are. Also, the fired coach was also on the front page of the AJC. Sounds like you may want to read a little more and quit throwing stones in your glass house!!!
Hugh Jass
April 18th, 2012
5:49 pm
Georgia has the strictest policy in the SEC. Many schools do not suspend a player at all for a first positive drug test. Georgia suspends a player for 10% of games, which in football translates to the loss of 2 games with a 12 game schedule because 10% is 1.2 games. They round up to 2 full games. I honestly think Georgia is at a competitive disadvantage if there are not uniform NCAA rules for suspensions for offenses because we are harsher than many schools.
jalex49
April 18th, 2012
5:52 pm
This is the proper thing to do for the players and the university. I’m sure that some top talent will not want to sign with Georgia, but the ones that do will understand that they will be treated as their conduct dictates.
This is not only good for the player and university but to NFL teams that are looking for both a quality athlete and individual. This can only be a plus for those who really want to be successful.
Congradulations to Coach Richt and the coaching staff for following such discipline codes. It says a lot about the university in a positive way and I believe that they are top players that are considering Georgia for 2013, will find this appealing.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
5:54 pm
Sounds like you may want to read a little more and quit throwing stones in your glass house!!!
I have read the NCAA findings word for word multiple times. Maybe you should read a little more. Nobody lied to anyone. If you would like to prove me wrong then just tell me the section of the NCAA findings that says someone from GT lied to the NCAA. Here is a link to help you out.
http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports/2011/07/14/read-the-ncaas-public-report/
Tide Fan
April 18th, 2012
5:55 pm
@Jalex49
If the players don’t find CMR’s discipline appealing……I’m sure most of their parents will.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
5:56 pm
Congradulations to Coach Richt and the coaching staff for following such discipline codes.
You have got to be kidding me. Congrats Mark Richt for having one of the largest criminal rosters in the country. What an accomplishment.
Tide Fan
April 18th, 2012
6:06 pm
@GT Bob
Hey meathead…..I read it all and recommend it to everyone on this blog. Don’t have a clue as to how the lack of cooperation isn’t related to lying out their butts. Man, you just make the rules up as you go along!!! P.S. Thanks again for the good reading…..I didn’t know until you sent the link how many GT teams have been on probation in recent years…..wow!!! And on top of that, doesn’t GT have the lowest grad rate in the ACC. Incredible stats….#1 in flunkies and probations!!! I think you need to take a break dude because you are burying yourself alive and I’m sure your fellow GT fans are proud of you embarrassing your university. Thank goodness you don’t represent Bama.
Just Sayin
April 18th, 2012
6:10 pm
@82Dawg….defend your football program all you want…All CMR recruits are weed smokin thu _ s!
PunishEmD
April 18th, 2012
6:11 pm
GTBobGump, ummm…you’re stupid, And your girlfriend needs inflating again…nerd.
Tide Fan
April 18th, 2012
6:13 pm
@GTBob@5:54
Please read your 1st sentence over and over. I can’t believe you are so bored that you have read the “NCAA findings word for word multiple times”. Dude, get a life and I promise if you read it 100 more times the NCAA will change their ruling…..promise, no joke, believe me on this.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
6:14 pm
Don’t have a clue as to how the lack of cooperation isn’t related to lying out their butts.
Well, since you didn’t read it I will tell you. The lack of cooperation was pegged on GT because of our idiot Athletic Director told our coach of the investigation before he was allowed to. A bad rules violation but he never lied about it and completely owned up to it. Should he have been fired? Yes. But he never lied during the process and neither did the players or coaches. I also find it funny being lectured on this by an Alabama fan, the team with the most Major NCAA infractions in the past 25 years.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
6:16 pm
Dude, get a life and I promise if you read it 100 more times the NCAA will change their ruling…..promise, no joke, believe me on this.
I read it multiple times to understand it so that I wouldn’t look like an idiot when talking about it like you do.
Tide Fan
April 18th, 2012
6:18 pm
@Justsayin
Read my blogs because you are just as bad as GTBob. If you are a GT fan you should be ashamed to say anything negative about UGa.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
6:24 pm
Read my blogs because you are just as bad as GTBob. If you are a GT fan you should be ashamed to say anything negative about UGa.
Why should he be ashamed? UGA is an easy target. Alabama is too but I will leave them alone for now.
Tide Fan
April 18th, 2012
6:27 pm
@GTBob
Man, I got your goat……sounds like you are bouncing off the walls on this one. Hey dude, you forgot to mention the coach being fired, rapes, etc. , along with all the LYING!!! Oh yea, you tear down the UGa players, but readily admit it is your AD and coaches who are responsible. Hmmmm what is wrong with your logic? Oh yes, you also forgot the football players who got GT in trouble in the first place for breaking rules and LYING. Dude, quit while you have a chance….arguing with you is like shooting down an unarmed man!!!
Tide Fan
April 18th, 2012
6:34 pm
Dang I’m having fun!!! Never thought this Bama fan would be ripping ignorant GT fans on a BullDawg blog. What is wrong with this picture? Well, I need to go for now, but will appear on the GT blogs soon to see if these 2 Tech idiots (probably the same psycho) is/are posting his/their lies and spewing venom!!! Good night y’all
Just Sayin
April 18th, 2012
6:47 pm
@ Tide Fan…FYI. I am not a GT fan. In fact I went to a small school, but who are you kidding. Comparing GT and UGA is hilarious. Even the Tide! Anyone can go to Alabama or UGA and get a diploma. Like going to DeVry!
Lamar
April 18th, 2012
6:56 pm
Again chip, very good story! YOU ARE ON A ROLL LATELY! I am sure Richt don’t like to discipline his STAR players, but he also TREAT EVERY ONE OF THEM THE SAME WAY! Even though he hurts him just like it does them. Richt knows without HIS STAR PLAYERS, it hurts his chances of winning and winning helps him keep his job. BUT, RICHT IS FIRM, UNLIKE URBAN CRYER, SATAN, SPURRIER, ETC! Old Spurrier put up with Garcia getting DRUNK about 6 times at SC, BUT HE KEPT HIM UNTIL SHAW started playing better, THEN HE KICKED HIM TO THE CURB! You think Richt would have put up with Garcia this long? NO WAY! I think its good to because ALL THE PLAYERS are treated the same way, and this is the way it should be! Perfect example, Mettenberger’s mom worked in the front office, THIS PULLED NO WEIGHT WITH RICHT, the kid messed up, HE WAS OUT OF THERE! Now he is at LSU, and the funny thing is, THEY MIGHT PLAY THEM IN ATLANTA! The reporters will have a field day on this! GO DAWGS!
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
7:29 pm
Dude, quit while you have a chance….arguing with you is like shooting down an unarmed man!!!
You have already been called out for claiming to read something that you didnt, you still claim we lied when we didn’t, you are pretending to be an Alabama fan when it is pretty obvious you aren’t, and your best argument for problems with the football team is that GT had an assistant tennis coach get into trouble. Quite frankly, you are one step above a minor league troll. You will work your way up though. You have potential.
Just Sayin
April 18th, 2012
7:44 pm
Night Tide Fan…guess your off to your night shift at the factory or Huddle House.
Just keep those “testicles” big for that fall afternoon. That is obviously all you care about.
Make sure you brush that tooth before you go to bed now!
Uncle Kracker Jack
April 18th, 2012
8:03 pm
I guess Missouri’s a pansie ?
Uncle Kracker Jack
April 18th, 2012
8:05 pm
Wasn’t Malcome burnin blunts with IC & CT last year ???
Techie and proud of it
April 18th, 2012
8:13 pm
@JustSayin and GTBob
Tide Fan chewed you guys up….even with one tooth! Please quit embarrassing Tech with your stupid and hateful blogs. Obviously you don’t know how hard it is to get into UGa. My daughter had a 4.2 GPA and a very high SAT score and didn’t get into Georgia, but she will be attending Tech this upcoming Fall. UGa may be easy to graduate from, but you have to be pretty smart to get in which is step #1 in the graduation process. You may have more success on the Tech blogs because all of us Tech grads just cringe every time you appear on these Georgia blogs. Thanks
Dawg Alum
April 18th, 2012
8:23 pm
@Techie and proud of it
Right on pal…..and I’m embarrassed when “make believe” Dawg fans act like fools on Tech’s blogs. I agree, we (Dawg fans) all sat back and had fun watching “Tide Fan” chew those guys up with merely one tooth. Imagine what he would have done with a full set!!! I wish he would come back because he had those guys realling big time.
Torching a Blunt with the Bulldog Nation
April 18th, 2012
8:33 pm
Until CMR learns the difference between a “mistake” and wrongdoing there will never be any real order at UGA. This is the term he uses whenever this topic comes up. A mistake is when you zig & the receiver zags. Beating up your girlfriend is wrongdoing. Also, everything Techie and proud said is a lie including being a Techie. What an idiot.
Just Sayin
April 18th, 2012
8:42 pm
@Techie and Proud of it….My daughter got accepted to UGA without a problem! She went to a great private school, and was a National Honor Socierty Member. Sorry your daughter went to a Public School! The reason UGA is hard to get into is because the number of applicants and “Hope”. Know your facts tool before you spout! BTW..Throw the acceptance letter in the garbage!
RHall55
April 18th, 2012
8:44 pm
When you are constantly defending yourself something is wrong!! Enuff of that!! C’mon CWF, do your job and get more OL in @ UGA!! “Win, Baby, Win”!!!
Just Sayin
April 18th, 2012
8:49 pm
BTW..Techie and proud of it….I have no interest in either GT or UGA. Have no connection to either school.
KJ
April 18th, 2012
8:51 pm
“National Honor Socierty Member”
Obviously wasn’t genetic.
Dawg Alum
April 18th, 2012
8:55 pm
Geez “Techie and proud of it”…..sounds like you hurt “just sayin’s” feelings. That guy has a real attitude problem. Glad his daughter got into UGa because he needs some help raising his family’s intelligence level after reading his 7:44 blog. Sounds like a real hateful idiot to me.
Dawg Alum
April 18th, 2012
8:57 pm
@KJ
Right on brother
Just Sayin
April 18th, 2012
9:01 pm
Pretty funny ‘Dawg Alum” I know you want to defend your school and almighty SEC tradition.
Lets face it. The SEC is not about academic excellence! Sorry your feelings are hurt. I do understand though that the SEC fans stick together.
Dawg Alum
April 18th, 2012
9:09 pm
I thought it was funny too!!! I also like KJ’s comment……what are you dumb or something?
Just Sayin
April 18th, 2012
9:10 pm
KJ…Got me on that one! Fat fingers
Dawg Alum
April 18th, 2012
9:20 pm
Just saying, when have I mentioned football and/or how my team does on Saturday? You are so out of touch with reality.
CasualObserver
April 18th, 2012
9:22 pm
GTBob…you think if Tech drug tested all players after Spring Break there would not have been a few flunked tests? At least the UGA boys are just smoking weed, not smuggling harder stuff in from out of state and selling it! You won’t find anything if you don’t look, and if you do find something but don’t impose any disciplinary measures, then it never makes the papers.
hind tit
April 18th, 2012
9:39 pm
So Bama trophy ball got busted.
OkieDawg
April 18th, 2012
9:39 pm
GT Bob makes a stool look good.
hind tit
April 18th, 2012
9:41 pm
Look what happened to the gators when their ball got busted. Maybe seven years of bad luck.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
9:42 pm
You may have more success on the Tech blogs because all of us Tech grads just cringe every time you appear on these Georgia blogs. Thanks
Hmm. Ending the post with a Thanks. Just like every post by dawgfan. Sneaky, but im not fooled.
GTBob
April 18th, 2012
9:44 pm
You won’t find anything if you don’t look, and if you do find something but don’t impose any disciplinary measures, then it never makes the papers.
You have no idea who we tested, and who we didn’t. All that you know is that you have a new suspended player or two every week, and we don’t seem to have any problems.
Brainiac
April 18th, 2012
9:45 pm
@ 82 DawG:
How dare you call “Just sayin” an idiot.
You need to apologize to idiots everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!
takedowndawg
April 18th, 2012
10:01 pm
I believe that there should be a uniform NCAA drug disciplinary policy that all coaches are required to enforce.in order for their teams to be bowl eligible. Over the last three years how many Div I teams would be playing a major bowl must less a national championship? Just something to ponder……..Hope the issue does not let up for coaches not disciplining their players for dope use.
chicken boy
April 18th, 2012
10:27 pm
Richt is what he is—there is no changing it—-he is a nice guy. Every now and again though you have to be a you know what if you want results. Practice is the answer. Repetiion. (sp?)–???? It is what it is————–Saban is on top I think right now——–he is a business man, so to speak. Hopefully Georgia will beat Florida and Tenn this year anyway.
The Truth
April 18th, 2012
11:07 pm
Smoking weed…not a problem. Smoking crack…huge problem. Let’s get our priorities in line. Weed is no worse than alcohol. Sure, if a guy is driving under the influence – of anything – that is a problem. The bottom line is that the biggest joke in America is that marajuana is illegal. The majority of your children’s teachers and your bosses partake of weed on a recreational basis – deal with it and get over it. This is no big deal. Those of you who disagree with me most likely have wives who are sexually frustrated…there is a commonality between people who think weed is “bad” and those who suck like Tech in the bedroom.
National Grantham
April 18th, 2012
11:37 pm
Its against the law you dummy!
Profiler
April 18th, 2012
11:39 pm
I think it sucks he will be in Savannah at noon. “That’s the only time available.” That’s a bunch of crap.
Shawn
April 19th, 2012
12:20 am
At least CMR does not sweep it under the rug like other coaches in the conference. I just wonder if he had coached the kid from Bama that OD’d in the off season and disciplined him at the first sign of trouble…. Maybe he would still be alive. I’m sure there were signs of trouble prior to that happening!
SEC Football Daily: April 19th | Saturday Down South
April 19th, 2012
5:16 am
[...] Mark Richt defends UGA’s disciplinary policies on his first stop of the “UGA Days” tour across the southeast. He spoke candidly and was adamant about his policies: “I’m not gonna change the way I discipline. Some people may think it’s soft. A lot of people think you might be losing control of your program because you have a lot of suspensions for the season. But the reality is that’s how you keep control of your team, by disciplining your team.” Richt and his Bulldogs have been front and center this off-season, with the arrests and pending suspensions of several key players, so he better be prepared to answer this question again and again on this tour. [AJC] [...]
notso fast
April 19th, 2012
5:49 am
Coach R other than game day is great. I think he really cares about his players. Maybe he can improve on game day and become one of the best.
Lobosolo
April 19th, 2012
8:48 am
Wow. GTBub… you must not have much to do with your life rather than beat an insignificant horse… Richt deals with it and doesn’t hide it… if Johnson deals with it you wouldn’t know… WHO CARES??? Your dope smokers must be better than ours… sheesh…
notsofast, I’d venture to say that on his worst day, Richt has you beat by a mile… he IS one of the best… you can look it up…
AVikingFan
April 19th, 2012
10:00 am
In response to THE TRUTH and his/her comments at 11:07 pm yesterday: I assure you the majority of your teachers and bosses do NOT use weed. First of all, it’s against the law! And you’ll NEVER convince me a majority of teachers use “weed’ or break the law. And whether or not I agree or disagree with a knucklehead like you has nothing to do with my wife! It’s the way I was raised and the way I’ve lived my life! And weed is indeed “worse” than alcohol, because people smoke it, and it get’s in their lungs, and the smell is on their skin, in their hair, on their clothes. It stinks and is offenseive to anyone around them! And like I said, it’s against the dadburn law!
Hatfieldgeoff
April 19th, 2012
10:07 am
GT Bob,
Paul Johnson and the Tech AD and staff coached a kid to lie to the NCAA infractions committee. So don’t hold up Paul Johnson as the poster boy for a clean program.
Charles
April 19th, 2012
10:33 am
GTBob – still need that link to the Drummond DUI? LOL. If that had been a UGA player, you would have known about it a while back; instead, you had to find out from a couple of UGA fans that actually get some good info.
Tech isn’t worth caring about, and this is just another example. Not until he’d already entered a plea and a couple of UGA fans pointed it out to the AJC did the paper even bother to check…at UGA, that’s front page news. And that’s because we’re just better than you. People actually care about what is happening in Athens.
Again, your sad little program is the one on probation for lying and covering up the facts. Don’t worry…I don’t expect you to respond. You’ve been owned as usual by big brother. Now run along.
GTBob
April 19th, 2012
10:40 am
Paul Johnson and the Tech AD and staff coached a kid to lie to the NCAA infractions committee.
And you know this how? Even the NCAA didn’t go so far as to imply this.
Top Row Dog
April 19th, 2012
10:42 am
Not until he’d already entered a plea and a couple of UGA fans pointed it out to the AJC did the paper even bother to check.
Is this true AJC. This happened last July, how come CPJ didn’t know about it until now?
GTBob
April 19th, 2012
10:42 am
GTBob – still need that link to the Drummond DUI?
I am not sure how you got the story that early but kudos to you. As for Drummond, he should have been kicked off the team already and I am losing respect for CPJ if he really only gives him a 1 game suspension. That is a Mark Richt like punishment and is pretty embarrassing.
Charles
April 19th, 2012
10:51 am
Sure, Bob…a Mark Richt-like suspension…uh huh. There is documentation that you can find very easily that will show you that UGA’s suspension policies are among the toughest in all of college football. You hear about things at UGA that you would never hear about at many other schools, and that my friend is a fact.
And again, your program is the one on probation for lying and covering up. Keep those stones in your pocket, big guy. Your pathetic little house is already missing most of its windows, and lord knows the broke GT athletic department can’t afford to replace them.
Charles
April 19th, 2012
10:53 am
Oh, and one other thing…I didn’t get that story ‘early’. The kid was arrested last July. It’s just that Tech is so irrelevant no one bothered to pay attention.
Rest assured, the AJC doesn’t even cover the story if a few of the good guys hadn’t dropped it in their lap and essentially forced them to do so.
@GTBob
April 19th, 2012
10:54 am
GTBob, I would really like to know your take on this story:
http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports/2012/04/19/techs-drummond-faces-suspension-for-alcohol-conviction/
Cdpridg
April 19th, 2012
10:55 am
Gt bob…since you are representing the bug comunity on a bulldog blog lets discuss CPJ’s running of his program and recent events surrounding Daniel Drummond. what is your take on what exactly is going on down on North Ave??
UGA Insider
April 19th, 2012
11:04 am
I am going to give everyone a little inside nugget this morning…..
McGarity and Richt think the Smith, Ogletree and Rambo weed issues are a complete joke!
The MAXIMUM these three will get is the first game…… I don’t care if it’s second offense. McGarity is gonna work around it somehow or another.
GTBob
April 19th, 2012
11:07 am
what is your take on what exactly is going on down on North Ave??
My take is that Drummond is a criminal and should be kicked off the team immediately. Personally I will never root for the guy again.
GTBob
April 19th, 2012
11:09 am
There is documentation that you can find very easily that will show you that UGA’s suspension policies are among the toughest in all of college football.
Their drug policies are. There policies on arrests are a joke. No kid on any team should be getting arrested and any that do should lose a years scholarship and a year of playing time at a minimum.
UGAgirlFAN
April 19th, 2012
12:02 pm
Good article and you TELL ‘EM CMR!!! GOOOOOO DAWGS! I love UGA football, cannot wait for the season to start!!!!
What happens to the rest
April 19th, 2012
12:15 pm
Stuff happens all over the country all the time, but if CMR’s policy is to punish everyone, it will be reported more often. If you don’t think things happen in other places as much, if not more than at UGA, then you are in denial of the facts or just want to torment UGA fans.
Just this morning, shots were fired on campus at Alabama that allegedly involved players. If you lived in other places, you could mention lots of other stuff.
Chip Towers
April 19th, 2012
12:33 pm
Charles: News is covered no differently for Georgia Tech than it is Georgia. Regarding arrests, it’s much more difficult for us to discover the information because Tech is locating in the middle of a 5.5 million population metropolis. There are dozens of jurisdictions and jails and court districts handling thousands and thousands of cases. This case was adjudicated in Hall County. We could have easily missed it. In the case of UGA, there’s one jail which post inmates daily.
WDE
April 19th, 2012
12:48 pm
Hey anyone know when Tech gets off probation??
GTBob
April 19th, 2012
12:50 pm
Hey anyone know when Tech gets off probation??
Im going to introduce you to a website that might help. It’s a little old now but still works relatively well:
http://www.google.com
AltamahaDawg
April 19th, 2012
1:34 pm
Insider, with that nugget are you more or less “ashamed to call yourself a Bulldawg Fan” this afternoon?
Better declare now before we lose those FIVE games that you predicted.
SEC Football Morning Coffee: Eliminate Pete Carroll from the Arkansas Search | SEC Football
April 19th, 2012
1:50 pm
[...] Towers of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution notes that Georgia head coach Mark Richt is defending Georgia’s drug policy, which has resulted in the suspension of several players to start the [...]
Spanky
April 19th, 2012
1:53 pm
Chip, I just wonder why when a UGA football player is suspended, it’s open-season- however when this Tech LB was arrested/suspended..”comments closed”. Just curious- no offense meant….
Spanky
April 19th, 2012
1:59 pm
My point?…Ken’s a wuss.
GTBob
April 19th, 2012
2:05 pm
however when this Tech LB was arrested/suspended..”comments closed”.
Chip has closed the comments on UGA arrests pretty much every time.
WDE
April 19th, 2012
2:09 pm
GTbob thanks loads that site directed me to this…very informative thought I’d share it http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6769894/ncaa-places-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-four-years-probation man lying to the NCAA is some kind of dumb…and I know you agree.
Spanky
April 19th, 2012
2:16 pm
GTBob, why are you so into UGA football??..Seriously!…This is the first time I’ve read one of Kens’ articles, but no comments at all were allowed…Chip closes comments after 7-8 pages, btw….
dawgs1966
April 19th, 2012
2:53 pm
A member of the Alabama football program sustained non-life threatening injuries during an early-morning brawl in Tuscaloosa, the Birmingham News is reporting. Citing sources close to the situation, the News’ Andrew Gribble reports that Tide wide receiver DeAndrew White was hospitalized following some type of altercation outside of The Strip sometime around 2 a.m. local – taken from today’s news – it’s everywhere – hard to control when the board of regents are run by liquor barons . . .
Bama=home of the T-bag special
April 19th, 2012
2:58 pm
let’s see in Tuscaloosa you can get beat up in a nightclub and have to go to the hospital and if your a Bama football player no ones gets arrested…try that in Athens hell fart in a nightclub in Athens at 2 am and if you play football for UGA your headed to jail…
AltamahaDawg
April 19th, 2012
3:46 pm
Odd how some Dawg fans always respond to any story about thier own with : Saban doesnt have that kind of crap from his player because they “respect” him. Nooooooobody wanted to respond to me when I pointed out a couple of weeks ago that Nick Saban has had just as many suspensions, just as many players leave the program, and just as many players arrested as Mark Richt (and how many more “internal” issues we cannot know) in the past couple of years.
I’m sure this latest strip club brawl was done with all due respect to Coach Saban.
joe
April 19th, 2012
5:26 pm
I don’t agree w/ the policy–THROW THEM OFF THE TEAM.
BillDog
April 19th, 2012
5:30 pm
UGA should suspend all drug testing until the SEC or NCAA comes out with a standard policy for all the schools.
Jborodawg
April 19th, 2012
7:12 pm
I applaud coach Richt and the way he ‘disciplines’. I don’t know how many times it has to be pointed out that UGA’s process is decidedly stricter than most schools, especially in the SEC. For instance, CMR would never have given Steven Garcia five chances; nor would Garcia have started all those games after being suspended for one day-five times. The Crowell thing got vetted ad nausea and the fact was the drug test didn’t get confirmed until AFTER the Flawduh game.
CMR tries to be fair and not dish out punishment until all the facts are in. He does in fact dish it out to starters and walk-ons alike; no favoritism, contrary to what some of you bashers think. None of us CMR supporters think he is “Saint Richt”. That moniker comes only from the haters.
It’s so patently obvious that CMR runs a very good program designed to develop the ‘complete man’. Other schools and coaches do too. Bashing and belittling CMR, staff, and UGA over this issue is asinine.
A very important point also is that UGA athletes’ “issues” are published in one of the largest newspapers in the country. Far more people are going to read the AJC than the Montgomery Advertiser or the Baton Rouge Advocate.
Again, my hat’s off to coach Richt and the UGA athletics department.
Vinning Dawgs
April 19th, 2012
8:31 pm
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-alabama-player-hospitalized-185000905–ncaaf.html;_ylt=ArfMG5hE0_kti4Qxs9GVOGo5nYcB
An Alabama football player was hospitalized after an early morning fight, where shots were fired, said a person familiar with the situation.
Receiver DeAndrew White is being held Thursday at DCH Regional Medical Center, the person told The Associated Press Thursday on condition of anonymity because neither Alabama nor the police have identified the individual.
Tuscaloosa Metro Homicide Unit commander Loyd Baker said police responded to reports of a fight and shots fired at 2:10 a.m.
He declined to identify the 20-year-old man involved in the fight or provide any details of his injuries.
ugab
April 19th, 2012
9:19 pm
CMR is a joke.. Recruits will not want to come to Uga, because of the stupid drug policy.. The policy needs to be changed. Other SEC schools do not suspend for the 1st failed drug test.. DO WE WANT TO WIN OR SUSPEND PLAYERS FOR SMOKING A LIL POT??? CMR IS A JOKE
ugab
April 19th, 2012
9:20 pm
FANS WANT TO WIN
Dawg Alum
April 20th, 2012
1:35 pm
Ugab…….you’re the joke, not CMR!!! He May not be a Saban, Spurrier or Meyer, but he is a class act and I sincerely would not trade him for any of those guys or a National championship.
DAWGMAN
April 20th, 2012
5:26 pm
They are young men, not kids. We do not need any kids. Kids misconduct jeopardizes the success of the team. These young men are not allowed to be kids. Kids need ‘life coaches’.
The University of Georgia needs a Football Coach. Let’s stop.watching these recruits get coached down to the lowest common denominator on the team. Let’s require our coaching staff to coach up these young men to be unselfish, responsible’ and dedicated team players. You win with discipline.
Test the coaching staff too!
dbell
April 21st, 2012
10:44 am
Mark(another one) and NWdawg said it best! — ANY nay-sayers might want to looking into carolina dawg’s great point before they talk. We are lucky to have Richt! Go Dawgs!
MorgantonDawg
April 25th, 2012
6:03 am
With this much time before the season, give them the opportunity to “work off” their punishment through whatever means. Come fall, when they are not being allowed to play, the punishment will likely not resonate except in a way to harbor bitterness.