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Saban saddened by Richt's firing
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:01 pm
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:01 pm
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Count Alabama coach Nick Saban among the critics of Georgia’s decision to fire coach Mark Richt after a 9-3 season.
“I don’t know what the world is coming to in our profession,” Saban said when asked about Richt’s firing Sunday night on an SEC Championship game teleconference. “Mark Richt has been a really good coach and a really positive person in our profession for a long, long time. I think when you win nine games that’s a pretty good season, especially with the body of work he has been able to put together there.”
Alabama will play Florida in the SEC title game Saturday at the Georgia Dome.
Georgia’s Oct. 3 loss to the Crimson Tide in Sanford Stadium began a three-losses-in-four-games stretch that apparently decided Richt’s professional future with his bosses at UGA.
“I hate to see people that have the character and the quality and ability to affect young people in a positive way, like Mark Richt, not be a part of our profession,” Saban said. “And people don’t realize the importance of some of the other things that go into college coaching, whether it’s helping develop young men as people, helping them develop careers off the field by graduating from school.
“We all get it: We know we have to win games. But winning nine games is not bad. And he certainly won a lot of games for a long time, and I hate to see these kinds of things.”
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Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:04 pm to Bench McElroy
So Saban is saying that Georgia is not a program where championships can be won? Sure sounds like it.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:04 pm to Bench McElroy
Life Goes On.
Richt should take his alma mater's job and bring the U back to relevancy. Don't feel bad for him
Richt should take his alma mater's job and bring the U back to relevancy. Don't feel bad for him
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:05 pm to Bench McElroy
Georgia will not be able to land a coach better than Richt this year. LSU figured that out and backed off of firing Les.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:06 pm to Bench McElroy
Good Lord Saban even bitches like the Updyke fan base
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:07 pm to ShreveportHog94
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So Saban is saying that Georgia is not a program where championships can be won? Sure sounds like it.
No, sounds more like every team can't win a championship ever year and a 9+ win season is still a good season, not a 6-6 or worse season that justifies change.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:08 pm to HailToTheChiz
Coaches take up for other coaches. It's what they do.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:08 pm to Bench McElroy
He just mad that he gotta git a new DC...
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:08 pm to Bench McElroy
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Saban saddened by Richt's firing
Lmao I bet he is
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:14 pm to DaleDenton
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No, sounds more like every team can't win a championship ever year and a 9+ win season is still a good season, not a 6-6 or worse season that justifies change
Have you looked at their wins? It all about perspective. I think 9 wins is a good season when at least a few of those wins are against teams with above .500 records. UGA didn't get those. They couldn't take advantage of some pretty dark times in the SEC east and have only been in contention for a national championship 1 time in his career. When your rivals (Auburn & Florida) are playing for and winning multiple titles in your coaches tenure, it's time to go. I think Georgia makes a great hire and will make the SEC even more competitive.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:17 pm to ShreveportHog94
The timing was right to fire Richt after UCF ended his season with a losing season.
The expectation level of continual improvement has come to absurd levels across athletics.
The expectation level of continual improvement has come to absurd levels across athletics.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:21 pm to ShreveportHog94
Who are the great hires available, and you have to scratch every head coach's name from power 5.
Unless it's Tom Herman or MAYBE Kyle Whittingham, lateral move at best or potential step down.
Unless it's Tom Herman or MAYBE Kyle Whittingham, lateral move at best or potential step down.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:21 pm to DaleDenton
Was the loss of Chubb taken into account?
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:21 pm to DaleDenton
Wonder if Richt would be out of a job if Murray had clocked the ball instead of trying to run that pass play in the '12 SECCG?
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:22 pm to ShreveportHog94
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So Saban is saying that Georgia is not a program where championships can be won? Sure sounds like it.
He has 35 years of history backing him up
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:27 pm to SECFan1995
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Who are the great hires available
Too many power 5 jobs are open this year.
Meaning that enough are open to cause a power 5 school to overpay for the up and comer or over pay for the average coach at a lower tier power 5 school.
Its so in favor of the coaches this year that schools like Minnesota and Illinois named their interim HCs as new HCs...
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:29 pm to Bench McElroy
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I hate to see these kinds of things.
Good one.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:31 pm to tigerfan in bamaland
Hate to give alabama any credit but its Sabans frickin fault. If he would have dropped an SEC championship to them in the last 10 frickin years maybe he would still be there. Saban is hogging all the fun and is getting people fired.
Upon further review they only played in 1... saban is a shite. I gave too much credit
Upon further review they only played in 1... saban is a shite. I gave too much credit
This post was edited on 11/29/15 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:33 pm to KTownRebel
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Saban is hogging all the fun and is getting people fired.
He is also giving some opportune coaches massive pay raises with buyouts that mean job security for the schools who are poors like aggy and OM.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:34 pm to Sid E Walker
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Wonder if Richt would be out of a job if Murray had clocked the ball instead of trying to run that pass play in the '12 SECCG?
if you think that was murray's decision and also if you think it was a bad decision just cause it didn't workThis post was edited on 11/29/15 at 6:35 pm
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