re: The Eason Saga

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This is the biggest fricking cop out.

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It's actually the opposite. I don't know why you're hell-bent on comparing us to UF. That's not the only school we're up against. You could make a good argument that they're getting buried too.

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Tell me EXACTLY what they have that we don't.

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An extremely good AD who had the whole operation running at peak efficiency. All their sports have been great under Foley. The same isn't true for UGA under McGarity. I think there's a correlation there.

You could also make the argument that Spurrier is the rare "plus" coach. I don't see another one out there right now, quite frankly.

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It's actually the opposite. I don't know why you're hell-bent on comparing us to UF. That's not the only school we're up against. You could make a good argument that they're getting buried too.

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I compare us to Florida because in regards to facilities, budget, every tangible thing you can measure, we are comparable in. Just because they have slipped with Muschamp doesn't mean they aren't a first rate football program. And he will be shown the door at the end of the year.

You keep saying we don't have the resources to compete with the big boys. Yet you can't tell me anything other than "Foley is a great AD" that seperates us.

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You keep saying we don't have the resources to compete with the big boys.

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We have the resources (money). We just aren't utilizing those resources to give our football program every advantage they could need to keep up in the arms race that is the SEC. I'm not saying fire Richt or not to fire Richt because honestly, the problem is bigger than him.

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I compare us to Florida because in regards to facilities, budget, every tangible thing you can measure, we are comparable in. Just because they have slipped with Muschamp doesn't mean they aren't a first rate football program. And he will be shown the door at the end of the year.

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Two of their last three coaches have failed, and the one that didn't was leading a regressing program that he quit on instead of seeing the end result. I think it's a similar trend to the early Richt tenure, except Richt hung in there instead of bailing.

I think our football competitive climate is more similar to Auburn than it is to Florida. They've invested in their program, and it's working.

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You keep saying we don't have the resources to compete with the big boys. Yet you can't tell me anything other than "Foley is a great AD" that seperates us.

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If you can't already tell from my posts, I think it's a big fricking deal. Our sports, not just football, are regressing our flatlining, while UF's teams are thriving. I don't trust that the UGA admin is doing what it takes to win in any major sport.

Foley is the best AD in the entire nation and I don't think it's even that close. He has made two bad football hires, but I'd argue Muschamp would have been hired by >90% of the SEC teams if their HC position was open. Look at UF's programs other than football and how much are invested in those. As much as I don't like saying it, UF should be our role model for how to run an athletic dept (w/o the murderer of course.)

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Oh ok, we got our shite pushed in by Florida because they have a different drug policy. I swear to God some of y'all will defend Richt to the ends of the earth.

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I for one am not defending Richt. He is part of the reason the team didn't show up Saturday. HE IS NOT the reason Gurley broke rules, the NCAA decided to give the full suspension, 20% of what should be our defense players are on other teams, etc, etc.

Had we won Saturday, like we should have, all the annual spew about fire CMR wouldn't even be on the top 20 of the board. It would all be about KY, Auburn, SECCG, and playoffs.

We screwed the pooch now everybody wants one to kick.

Every friggin time something bad happens we need a new damn coach. Pruitt is a rock star then he is overated. CMR is great man and a leader then he is unmotivated and not fiery enough.

A fickle friggin fan base sure as hell doesn't help. Throw me in there too...I doubt Mason about as much as he doubts himself. I had faith in our d-line and coach..until Saturday.

Had we made the natty a couple years ago and for god's sake lost all the talk would be back to Richt can't win the big one.

The odds of us getting a new coach and going to a natty in the first 2 to 3 years after are miniscule. My god, UF and UT have been friggin train wrecks. You mean we would rather be in their position than ours the last couple of years?

Rebuilding is just a lame arse way to say rolling the dice.

No big secret to winning in the SEC.

A) Sign great players and LOTS of them
B)Keep great players in school
C)Coach great players

Does anyone think for 1 second we lose that UF game had JHC been in our starting safety?

You think UF comes close to rushing for 400 yrds with his run support?

No doubt the FB Gods have smiled upon the Aubbies the last 2 years.

Never seen anything like it in my life.

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Does anyone think for 1 second we lose that UF game had JHC been in our starting safety?

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And that falls solely on the admin. One can blame Richt for dismissing him, but it wasn't his call. He was following orders. Which leads us to the fact that the admin is more concerned with student-athlete conduct/achievement than it is with anything else.