re: We Are Missing The Big Offseason Story Thanks to LSU: Georgia is a Dumpster Fire

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When we tell Tech fans "We run this state," we actually mean it.

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Until this year

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I hope so. I am glad you feel your program has positive momentum. Thank you for the really excellent discussion and good luck next season.

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Thank you for your sincere interest. Best of luck next season.

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all the UGA grads

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All except Leebern...

Which would be pretty funny if he didn't have
the influence he currently holds with our Athletic Dept.

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Below average pay for a below average coach.

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well only 5 SEC coaches make more than Richt and two of them have never won a conference trophy.

so let me get this straight.... if you pay a coach more, he will win more? but if you don't he won't?


ok

Good post. Other teams fans, and most of our own, are not aware of the resource allocation restrictions that have plagued Richt during his tenure at UGA. From facilities, to staff pay and especially in regards to maximum support staff in regards to nutrition, S&C program, consultants, etc.. He did bring much of that on himself by not taking a harder stand regarding resource allocation and Pruitt was, indeed, a God send to him to voice/push the issues that Richt just does not have the personality to do effectively himself. The OP would be very surprised to see how much of the donation from our Hartman Fund(donations to the Athletic Department) were transfered out and into the University Academic funds coffers. I can't recall the exact number but it seems like I read $30+ million have been siphoned off the last few years. Sad thing is that most people who believed that they were donating to fund the AD have just recently discovered that this has been taking place for a while. I am sure there has been strong vocalazation of anger from donors who feel somewhat misled due to their donations not being used to fund what they intended the donation to support. It is certainly an odd institutional culture thing where they had grown complacent due to achieving a maximum ROI by being good enough to fill seats and sell merchandise and being able to benefit the academic side by the business model. Winning another SEC or even a NC while doing so was just considered gravy.

Richt has proven to be the perfect coach for them to prosper this model. In fact, I believe he is only one of a very few men who fit the role to a tee. He is a good enough coach and recruiter to meet and often times exceed expectations. His teams have only not met pre-season expectations a couple of times and he had the one really bad 6-7 year. By expectations I mean to say the expectation predicted by the so called experts. Like this year for instance. We were #12 pre-season and will likely finish #10 or maybe even #9. Anyone can go back through his 14 years and measure pre-season expectations vs. how his team actually performed. Is he the greatest coach? No. He is,however, a very good coach ,administrator, and representative who has done as much with the resources allocated to him as anyone else could have. Nick Saban would not have put up with the restraints that Richt has for more than a couple of years. In fact, he would not have even considered the job to begin with if he knew the UGA admin culture at the time. And if he did hypothetically take the job during those years, he likely would not of had the patience to fight to change the culture. Richt has navigated these waters rather well considering what he has been up against. Hell, he got in trouble several years back for paying bonuses to assistants out of his own pocket that the AD/University would not. He has all but begged for an IPF and it was not until recently with added vocalazation by Pruitt that it's construction became a priority.

The Pruitt hire was the best thing to happen to Richt, and to UGA. It seems the tight wads are finally realizing that you can have a top tier football program at the same time as having excellent academics. It does not have to be one or the other. I credit the hiring of Pruitt as well as the public revelations(articles,etc.) of the Georgia model....resulting in disgruntled donors.....as being the catalyst of change. Yes, we have been reactive for far to long. It appears now that we are moving torwards a pro-active mindset. I applaud Richt for having the patience and loyalty to UGA to last this long. In 2002, on his way to his first SEC title, he was quoted as saying that he "wanted to knock the lid off of this program." I am not sure at that time if he was aware how tightly that lid was attached. But he has stuck with us and given us far more success and exciting seasons than failure and bad ones. Will he ever win a NC? I don't know but I believe he will be better equipped over the next 5 years to do so than at anytime in his previous 14 years.

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We built a 100k+ people stadium in two years. How long does it take to build an IPF that is basically a metal building with astroturf inside? What is the "deliberate speed" if not like three months and a few million?

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UGA was founded in 1785. There's a lot of history here and we don't just throw up sh#t anywhere on campus.

I understand ya'll are from TEXAS but really, imploding that pile of crap was a super state sized statement!!!

Thank you for all that info. The Rant works.

Oh and the aints are 0-2 vs the Falcons...

Rise Up!

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Georgia is on tDecline long-term.

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Thanks for that inspirational message!

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should go into "journalism"

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I did write for The Battalion when I was at A&M.