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Post by bigdawgs on Nov 29, 2015 15:26:43 GMT -5
So Dawg Fans....tell me the truth. Do you really expect a moron like McGarity to make the right hire? I mean, look at what happened just this morning. From Blutarsky's Get The Picture:
This is… awkward.
Jeremy Pruitt was recruiting to the bitter the end.
Georgia’s controversial defensive coordinator was in Elbert County with five-star recruit Mecole Hardman when the news broke that Bulldogs’ head coach Mark Richt had been fired.
“I’m here in Elbert County. I was in church with Mecole,” Pruitt said around 1 p.m. Sunday. “I’m just recruiting. Not sure what to tell you.”
Pruitt said he had bad service and the connection broken when he was asked if the news caught him by surprise or he knew it was coming.
If that’s awkward, this is just plain weird.
Georgia’s assistant coaches have been asked to remain with the program and continue coaching and recruiting through the bowl game. The Bulldogs are off for the next two weeks before resuming bowl practices.
Yeah, they’re still on the company dime. I get that. But without knowing who’s staying or coming, what exactly are they supposed to sell – hang on, something better’s coming than what we’ve been promising you for the last year?
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Post by NCBulldawg on Nov 29, 2015 15:28:15 GMT -5
I was one that could accept change in the very near future, but think this is asinine this year. I will only accept this if Coach Jeremy Pruitt was definitively going to bail on Georgia and seek employment elsewhere, as I truly liked the direction of UGA's D and the recruiting.
I am so against the timing of this this year because Georgia does not have the stability, ability, or capability within the AD department and at the B-M building to make this a positive. I really do fear a cluster fuck of epic proportions as a result of what happened today.
The Athletic Department and McGarity are going to have to prove to me they can make the right decisions, because as of to date, they have failed at everything they have touched. I could easily see Georgia pulling a "Tennessee" and being irrelevant for a string of three to five years, as they struggle with whoever it is they hire.
Maybe I am way off with my assessment here, but I really believe my weekends next year are going to be open to life's other offerings and no need to stay at home and watch Georgia live. And, if Dan Mullen and Kirby Smart ARE the two ADGM/Money people are wanting to go after, just see how bad it gets. Lord, have mercy on Georgia.
Good luck, Coach Richt. I have admired you for years, and what you stand for. I think what has happened is pathetic in the way it was handled and wish you the very best in whatever you aspire toward. If you happen to land another Coaching job, and you happen to play Georgia? Kick our asses and run the score up, even if it is a chance for Georgia to do anything of significance. I wish you the last laugh with the decision by Greg McGarity. I wish to echo bigdawgs sentiments. Fuck Greg McGarity!!!
God bless you, Mark Richt, and here is to your successes.
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Post by Bradimous1 on Nov 29, 2015 15:39:20 GMT -5
UGA is in MUCH better shape then UT was when Fulmer was ousted. His recruiting really started to slip, unlike Richt's. They won't be irrelevant unless their next coach takes them there, which will take some time.
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Post by RHVGator on Nov 29, 2015 15:40:48 GMT -5
UGA's longest regular season unbeaten streak, 28 games 1981 - 1983So Dawg Fans....tell me the truth. Do you really expect a moron like McGarity to make the right hire? I mean, look at what happened just this morning. From Blutarsky's Get The Picture: This is… awkward. Jeremy Pruitt was recruiting to the bitter the end. Georgia’s controversial defensive coordinator was in Elbert County with five-star recruit Mecole Hardman when the news broke that Bulldogs’ head coach Mark Richt had been fired. “I’m here in Elbert County. I was in church with Mecole,” Pruitt said around 1 p.m. Sunday. “I’m just recruiting. Not sure what to tell you.” Pruitt said he had bad service and the connection broken when he was asked if the news caught him by surprise or he knew it was coming. If that’s awkward, this is just plain weird. Georgia’s assistant coaches have been asked to remain with the program and continue coaching and recruiting through the bowl game. The Bulldogs are off for the next two weeks before resuming bowl practices. Yeah, they’re still on the company dime. I get that. But without knowing who’s staying or coming, what exactly are they supposed to sell – hang on, something better’s coming than what we’ve been promising you for the last year? BD, you chided Spurrier, but I'm telling you, the way he did it was the best way for the program to move forward. There is never a good way, unless you go out on top and just leave.
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Post by tonythegator on Nov 29, 2015 15:42:13 GMT -5
So, why all the outrage over this, when most of you were calling for Richt's head a couple of weeks ago?
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Post by NCBulldawg on Nov 29, 2015 15:44:37 GMT -5
So, why all the outrage over this, when most of you were calling for Richt's head a couple of weeks ago? If you can take the time and pull those quotes from "most of us", I will be glad to offer an opinion. Curious who, "most of us" actually is.
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Post by bigdawgs on Nov 29, 2015 15:55:52 GMT -5
UGA's longest regular season unbeaten streak, 28 games 1981 - 1983So Dawg Fans....tell me the truth. Do you really expect a moron like McGarity to make the right hire? I mean, look at what happened just this morning. From Blutarsky's Get The Picture: This is… awkward. Jeremy Pruitt was recruiting to the bitter the end. Georgia’s controversial defensive coordinator was in Elbert County with five-star recruit Mecole Hardman when the news broke that Bulldogs’ head coach Mark Richt had been fired. “I’m here in Elbert County. I was in church with Mecole,” Pruitt said around 1 p.m. Sunday. “I’m just recruiting. Not sure what to tell you.” Pruitt said he had bad service and the connection broken when he was asked if the news caught him by surprise or he knew it was coming. If that’s awkward, this is just plain weird. Georgia’s assistant coaches have been asked to remain with the program and continue coaching and recruiting through the bowl game. The Bulldogs are off for the next two weeks before resuming bowl practices. Yeah, they’re still on the company dime. I get that. But without knowing who’s staying or coming, what exactly are they supposed to sell – hang on, something better’s coming than what we’ve been promising you for the last year? BD, you chided Spurrier, but I'm telling you, the way he did it was the best way for the program to move forward. There is never a good way, unless you go out on top and just leave. Exactly how do you compare these two actions? Spurrier was going to retire or quit or whatever. Why could he not do it at the end of the season, even if he announced it at mid-season like Frank Beamer did? Beamer and Va Tech did it absolutely right. As for Georgia, Richt didn't quit or retire or resign...he got fired. But supposedly the athletic director made up his mind weeks ago. So how do you let everyone hang for 2 or 3 weeks? And if these last games are really meaningless, then it should not matter if the team folded its tent and quit, should it? I mean, I have heard how meaningless it is to have beaten Auburn and Georgia Tech. I must confess that this is the first time in my lifetime I have heard so called Georgia fans call wins over Auburn and or Georgia Tech as meaningless. McGarity should have told Richt as a minimum yesterday after the Tech game. He should never have permitted any of the coaches to go out on the recruiting trail today. Pathetic. And McGarity's track record for hires since he has been in Athens has been abysmal. Abysmal.
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Post by NCBulldawg on Nov 29, 2015 16:00:14 GMT -5
McGarity is setting back Georgia Athletics years and years. A truly awful hire. PJM needs to fire his ass too!
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Post by bigdawgs on Nov 29, 2015 16:06:06 GMT -5
Chip Towers, AJC
ATHENS — As much as Mark Richt’s dismissal was about what went wrong with him at Georgia, it was also about who might be available to replace him. And by all accounts, the primary target is Kirby Smart.
Word in the coaching ranks is this is the year that Smart, Alabama’s longtime defensive coordinator, is finally ready to leave the shelter and comfort of Nick Saban’s coaching staff for a head coaching job of his own. He had been approached by Virginia Tech about its vacancy — recently filled by Justin Fuente of Memphis — and, in the last couple of weeks, has become a primary target of South Carolina.
In all, there are more than a dozen head coaching vacancies in the Football Bowl Subdivision ranks. It was not until late Saturday night that it was determined that Les Miles would be back at LSU. But significant movement is expect in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, Smart is a UGA alumnus and football letterman. He played defensive back for the Bulldogs from 1995-98, serving as team captain his senior season. He was running backs coach at Georgia for one season for Richt (2005) but has been at Alabama with Saban since 2007, the last eight seasons as defensive coordinator. The Crimson Tide has won three national championships during that time.
A native of Bainbridge, Smart has long recruited the state of Georgia with great success and is familiar with the SEC. At 39, he is at the optimum age to make the transition to being a head coach. Persons close to the Georgia football program who are acquaintances with Smart said the Bulldogs could not afford to sit by idly as “one of their own” took another head coaching job, possibly with a rival program.
Said one source with knowledge of the situation, “this was all about Kirby.”
Should Smart choose to come, it’s thought he might bring some other UGA lettermen with him. Travis Jones is assistant head coach and defensive line coach with the Seattle Seahawks. Auburn defensive coordinator Will Muschamp reportedly could be approached about returning to Athens.
But there’s no guarantee the Bulldogs would get Smart.
If Smart chooses to stay at Alabama or goes elsewhere, there are several other candidates to whom the Bulldogs could turn:
Mike Bobo, the Bulldogs’ longtime offensive coordinator, who just completed his first regular season as head coach at Colorado State (7-5); Dan Mullen, the Mississippi State head coach, who has a relationship with Georgia Athletic Director Greg McGarity from their time together at Florida; Charlie Strong, the Texas head coach, who has struggled some with the Longhorns but who also has a relationship with McGarity from Florida; Tom Herman, the first-year Houston head coach out of Ohio State. But all indications are Kirby Smart is who the Bulldogs want and who they will go after first.
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Post by NCBulldawg on Nov 29, 2015 16:14:21 GMT -5
The politics of "Georgia" is going to make this awful. I really hope I am wrong.
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Post by bigdawgs on Nov 29, 2015 16:16:12 GMT -5
Dan Fucking Mullen? Are you serious? Dan Fucking Mullen?
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Post by 75tranzam on Nov 29, 2015 16:16:54 GMT -5
The politics of "Georgia" is going to make this awful. I really hope I am wrong. Calm down, take a deep breath...just let the process play out.
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Post by NCBulldawg on Nov 29, 2015 16:19:43 GMT -5
The politics of "Georgia" is going to make this awful. I really hope I am wrong. Calm down, take a deep breath...just let the process play out. I am far from over amping on this. I'll ask you, 75TA, if you are able, please cite one instance under McGarity that has been handled admirably. Cite one incident that has not been embarrassing with how it was handled by those in B-M and the AD. If you have faith in this team(not as in the football team, but the power folks), God bless. I do not. Calm down? No sir, I am just fine.
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Post by NCBulldawg on Nov 29, 2015 16:20:29 GMT -5
Wonder if you are going to try and calm bigdawgs down.
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Post by bigdawgs on Nov 29, 2015 16:22:43 GMT -5
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Post by tonythegator on Nov 29, 2015 16:26:17 GMT -5
Tee-hee.
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Post by RHVGator on Nov 29, 2015 16:27:39 GMT -5
There have been 25 head coaches, so far, in UGA's history Dan Fucking Mullen? Are you serious? Dan Fucking Mullen? That's the name on that list that got you rilled up. You'd rather have Bobo than Mullen?
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Post by bigdawgs on Nov 29, 2015 16:30:11 GMT -5
Bobo is not coming to Georgia. Dan Mullen might...and that should scare anyone. Exactly what has he done? Well, he has managed to lose to Saban like everyone else has.
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Post by 75tranzam on Nov 29, 2015 16:41:11 GMT -5
Dan Fucking Mullen? Are you serious? Dan Fucking Mullen? Calm down, take a deep breath...just let the process play out. Happy NCBD?
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Post by NCBulldawg on Nov 29, 2015 16:42:56 GMT -5
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Post by bigdawgs on Nov 29, 2015 16:43:50 GMT -5
Keith Niebuhr @keith247sports Mark May says UGA should hire Mack Brown. That's exactly who everyone else in the SEC is hoping for, no doubt. 2:58 PM - 29 Nov 2015 That is funny. Mark May certainly has Georgia's interest at heart. What's funnier is that McGarity has a close relationship with Mack's ultra successful successor. Imagine the PR coup if the Texas head man goes east.
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Post by Bradimous1 on Nov 29, 2015 16:47:38 GMT -5
I feel strongly that if they hire Mullen or Smart, they missed on some bigger targets. I will be fall off my chair shocked if any names we are hearing is the one to get hired.
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Post by athens on Nov 29, 2015 16:51:59 GMT -5
Shoot for the moon with Kelly. Throw a big offer at David shaw.
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Post by bigdawgs on Nov 29, 2015 16:54:21 GMT -5
Both are West Coast guys. Best possible option is Herman and he is going to cost more than UGA will be willing to play. Don't want to touch the reserve fund.
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Post by Bradimous1 on Nov 29, 2015 16:54:35 GMT -5
Shoot for the moon with Kelly. Throw a big offer at David shaw. Either would be morons to not take the gig.
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Post by athens on Nov 29, 2015 17:18:34 GMT -5
I would actually prefer shaw to Kelly because he runs a pro style offense
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Post by USCGamecocks on Nov 29, 2015 17:39:33 GMT -5
That's pretty crazy if they fired Richt after a 9-3 season in order to hire a coordinator. Should be interesting to see how it plays out.
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Post by bigdawgs on Nov 29, 2015 18:02:09 GMT -5
Barrett Sallee ✔ @barrettsallee Saban on Richt: "I don't know what the world is coming to in our profession. Mark Richt has been a really good coach." 5:41 PM - 29 Nov 2015
Barrett SalleeVerified account @barrettsallee McElwain on Richt: "This is a miserable time of year in this profession. Let's celebrate what he's done."
David Hale ✔ @davidhaleespn Dabo: “There’s not a better football coach in America than Mark Richt. He’s won with dignity and class and consistency." 4:31 PM - 29 Nov 2015
The Football Four @thefootballfour Dabo Swinney: "When they're firing a coach like Mark Richt, that gives every coach out there perspective." 4:31 PM - 29 Nov 2015
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Post by 75tranzam on Nov 29, 2015 18:08:20 GMT -5
I quit reading Dawg Nation except for recruiting news two weeks ago when Bradley, Schultz and Towers started calling for his head. My opinion is this sucks and I feel really bad for CMR and staff but the bottom line is this is a business and CMR has done a horrible job running the team the last 2 years. He hired Shotty and then with the fuckup in Jacksonville of playing Bauta as the starter but keeping the same playbook as Lambert had with an off week and the debacle is on him. I feel we had gone as far as we could as a program under CMR. Even with a lame duck year to try one last time to get over the hump I personally don't see anything better than a 9-3 season under CMR with a young team including a freshman QB starter or one of the three we have now. The final nail in his coffin was the 57,000 paid attendance at the Kentucky game. The UGA Brand was damaged to bad to have this drag out another year. I have to laugh at how many Dawg fans are upset that the recruiting class might fall apart as if CMR was just missing that one or two players to be competitive. This is a guy who refused to oversign and on top of that mismanaged the roster to nearly disastrous results 3 short years ago. Are we so scared as a group of fans we look back to 2012 and think that 5 short yards against Bama in the SEC game is the norm the last 5 years? UF was down, The Vols were down, the Gamecocks were down and instead we managed to lose games we shouldn't lose to teams we were better than and Mizzou took those trips to Atlanta. Hell, even the Vols and gators aren't going to be drastically better next year but with CMR we would have been projected to be third at best and that is a pity third at best. Look at the game yesterday, some players decided to go out into the middle of Tech's field and "plant" a huge UGA flag before the game. Of course CMR says he didn't know anything about it. Dancing on team's logo's, bum rushing them and trash talking them as they enter the field, stupid personal fouls during the game yesterday and the cherry on top of the crap sundae was calling timeout AFTER a timeout because the play clock is running out. We beat a 3-8 team by 6 points yesterday, a team that's probably the 3rd best team in the state. Don't get me started on CMR's stubborns streak of special team blunders. Pooch kicks, directional kicks, refusing to hire a special teams coach after probably the worst year of special teams 2 years ago only to be eclipsed by this year's pathetic play. As I've said in person to BD and here on the board, I'd love for CMR to be my son's Sunday School teacher or scout leader but it's time for him to go. Could it have been handled better, probably, but personally I'm just happy ADGM had the stones to do this and school president went along with it.
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Post by 75tranzam on Nov 29, 2015 18:12:22 GMT -5
Take it for what it's worth... www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/3uqcyq/georgia_has_fired_mark_richt/cxh7d81Friend got this from the Inside: Ok he told me what cost CMR his job was the IPF. They were having donors hold them hostage by not donating unless CMR was let go. CMR resigned today he wasn't fired. He will serve at UGA as assistant AD and also will run the student outreach program and the Paul Oliver network for UGA. He will also serve as athletic ambassador and be very much involved with his old players. UGA and Kirby smart have a deal in place it will be announced Monday. Jermey Pruitt will stay on to be the DC with Kirby. They will also possibly hire from with in for a OC or look to Bama wide outs coach Billy Napier. Also Scott Cochran is mentioned to join Smart in Athens as Strength coach. He is best is business I believe this guy very much. He was also guy who told me Pruitt wouldn't be fired. For this reason It could be a solid hire. And save our recruiting class by having CMR stay on in the AD role. Also he said that's what he was doing by flying to talk to Eason. He knew what was going on and wanted to reassure him Also he is very confident that McGarity will be fired this week as well possibly opening door for CMR to be AD
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