It's time to fire the coach

johncu said:
I honesty still haven't decided if Richt being fired is a good thing. On one hand, Richt has maintained a program that has been consistently better than ours. On the other hand, he will never win a championship at UGA.
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The general consensus on the board over the years is that Richt is the only thing holding the party that is Athens Correctional in check, and that, in his absence, it will return to some semblance of its alcohol and cocaine fueled past.

With that said, the coaching landscape is changing. Factory coaches are putting an emphasis on summer classes and early graduation as a means to both mitigate off field issues and provide early degrees should a player go to the NFL. Saban is especially known for this. A former co-worker of mine confirmed the same at Ohio State.

Ultimately, Richt has less NY6 appearances than CPJ in the same amount of time, and he has all of the built-in recruiting advantages Tech lacks. This is a bad year to try and find a replacement. The hopes at UGA are always extremely high, and the athletic staff has a proven history of commitment to its coaches. If they get the coaching hire right, it could spell disaster for us. If, and more likely, they get the coaching hire wrong, they will be in a long-term relationship with bad coaching decisions. Unlike Florida, there is no win "floor" that you must achieve to maintain your job at UGA.
 
It depends on how much money UGA actually has and is willing to spend on a replacement. Michigan, Alabama and tOSU had the money to go the one certain route: shell out money making their new coaches the highest paid in football. Saban getting four million was ground-breaking, but now Harbaugh got $7 million.

Even Florida and Texas didn't shell out that kind of money for McElwain and Strong. Those are two good hires, while places like Michigan and Tennessee have seen mediocrity despite also hiring HC's with good records. It could go either way, assuming UGA would have around $4-5 million to spend.
 
floridajacket said:
It depends on how much money UGA actually has and is willing to spend on a replacement. Michigan, Alabama and tOSU had the money to go the one certain route: shell out money making their new coaches the highest paid in football. Saban getting four million was ground-breaking, but now Harbaugh got $7 million.

Even Florida and Texas didn't shell out that kind of money for McElwain and Strong. Those are two good hires, while places like Michigan and Tennessee have seen mediocrity despite also hiring HC's with good records. It could go either way, assuming UGA would have around $4-5 million to spend.
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I heard them say on 680 the Fan last week that UGA has over $90 million in cash in the bank for the Athletic Department at UGA. I have no idea if that is true or not, but if it is, then money isn't a problem.

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They apparently had $68 million reserve funds in 2012 and used $30 million of that to help pay for the indoor facility. Still, they have plenty of money. They can spend what they want. And it wouldn't surprise me if they had raised the reserve back up into the $60 or $70 million range.
 
The Nad-licker Daily (AJC) is nothing but articles on how Mark has disappointed the Dawgs, how it has been so long since they won the SEC. A team so full of talent and stars?

GET real you MF's. These fools are getting worst about why their dream if a national championship is not fulfilled at least once every 3 years.

öööö I wish I had a bird cage to put the 11-3 paper in for the toilet that rag is.

Off to work and reality, no Dawgs in the office.
 
johncu said:
I honesty still haven't decided if Richt being fired is a good thing. On one hand, Richt has maintained a program that has been consistently better than ours. On the other hand, he will never win a championship at UGA.
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It's a great thing. They have very little room to move up. They have a whole lot of room to move down.

I don't see any coach out there that is a home run, sure fire improvement. So odds are strongly in favor of any hire being a downgrade.

They will be in the same spot Tennessee was in with Fulmer and Florida was in after Meyer left. I'm sure both had to cash and prestige to hire anyone they wanted. Both turned into dumpster fires. Several coaches later Fla. *might* have found a winner. Tennessee looks like they will be mediocre forever. Michgan after Carr, USC after Carroll, Texas after Brown...

Firing or losing a great coach rarely works out well. They're just too hard to find.
 
ConyersJacket said:
It's a great thing. They have very little room to move up. They have a whole lot of room to move down.

I don't see any coach out there that is a home run, sure fire improvement. So odds are strongly in favor of any hire being a downgrade.

They will be in the same spot Tennessee was in with Fulmer and Florida was in after Meyer left. I'm sure both had to cash and prestige to hire anyone they wanted. Both turned into dumpster fires. Several coaches later Fla. *might* have found a winner. Tennessee looks like they will be mediocre forever. Michgan after Carr, USC after Carroll, Texas after Brown...

Firing or losing a great coach rarely works out well. They're just too hard to find.
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Agreed. Richt has the highest winning percentage of any coach in Ugag's history (save maybe someone in the 1920s or something). Odds are whoever they hire is not going to set the new record for highest winning percentage. Let's hope for a regression to the mean.
 
I would love to see them make a hire thinking it's gonna make them the top dawg and then things go the exact opposite and they are wished they had Richt back!:lol:
 
I would caution looking too much at UGA's history. UGA didn't have a national fan base like ND, Michigan, Nebraska, etc. That was a big deal before the late-90's and all the cable channels.

Now, TV is a nonfactor in recruiting. It all comes down to two things now: 1. Money and 2. Local recruiting. Also, money.
 
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