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Posted on 12/23/21 at 7:13 am
Posted by dirty bastard
Delacroix, Georgia
Member since Aug 2020
2484 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 7:13 am
What will it have to take to get decent basketball and baseball teams in a state with so much talent in both sports? What's the problem? Does our Admin suck that bad and don't care about these sports? I mean, it's really pathetic.
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
Member since Sep 2020
43337 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 7:39 am to
It's Xmas baw. Be happy.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
89443 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 8:15 am to
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Does our Admin suck that bad


the former one did. I think the current one will be much better but he's only been on the job like a year. Crean will be gone after this year and I susepect stricklin won't be far behind.
Posted by GurleyGirl
Georgia
Member since Nov 2015
14398 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 8:18 am to
It would take a UGA administration overhaul.
UGA is among the most profitable universities so it's hard to argue against the economic strategy of our administration.
However, we are only competitive in 1 out of the top 3 sports so there seems to be an opportunity cost.
Other SEC schools like LSU, Alabama, Auburn and Florida have invested in all 3 sports while remaining profitable and it shows in their results. And even Tennessee and South Carolina, while not competitive in football in the last decade, are at least competitive in 2 out of the 3 top sports.

Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
15584 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 10:53 am to
We need to drop the legacy shite in our AD. Football is set hire the best basketball centered AD in the country.

Strickland caught a bad break in 2019 but people dont understand how far we are behind the rest of the sec in the arms race. Terrible.
Posted by Floyd Dawg
Silver Creek, GA
Member since Jul 2018
4877 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:34 am to
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Strickland caught a bad break in 2019 but people dont understand how far we are behind the rest of the sec in the arms race. Terrible.


Major cash has just been committed to renovating and updating Foley Field. Let's see how that goes.
Posted by bunkerhill
Georgia
Member since Oct 2017
1469 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:53 am to
I have always been under the impression that football and only football mattered. Until Kirby got here even football was not supported the way Alabama or LSU supports it.

The baseball field is a dump compared to most other teams in the SEC. The basketball program can not recruit top talent and when they recruit very good talent, they bail after a year or so. With the one and done plus the transfer portal I don't know how any program can build a basketball program. A good program might can hold on but a bad program like Georgia can't begin to get over the hump. If Crean is fired or given a contract extension, it won't make any difference.
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
Member since Sep 2020
43337 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 12:27 pm to
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hire the best basketball centered AD in the country.


You can't fire Brooks after just a little bit over a year, that's just silly.
Posted by superdawg
Chattanooga
Member since Oct 2013
1610 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:52 pm to
I always thought Stegman was a dump, even when I was there in the early 70's. Now they've put lipstick on it .......
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
89443 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:57 pm to
There is nothing wrong with stegeman, and it's damn sure not the reason we aren't successful.
Posted by bulldawger
Fish Creek, GA
Member since Jul 2010
3002 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 7:12 pm to
Tired of this crap about Stegman.

Such a old and lame excuse by our fans.

Ever been to Cameron Indoor.

It’s a f’n dump. Yet some how Duke continues to have excellent teams.

When UGA has the right coach, they win. It has nothing to do with the building.

I’ve also been to Memorial in Tuscaloosa. Now that place is a dump.
Posted by K9
wayx....BOBO IN '19 &lt-- oops
Member since Sep 2012
26844 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 7:43 pm to
For some reason there is a contingent on the board that thinks we have to build a new basketball stadium and baseball field to be competitive in each sport. Rather spend money on a coach, which they tried to do with Crean, just hasn't worked out at all.
Posted by agentoranj1990
Mableton
Member since Oct 2016
1197 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 9:36 pm to
I really don't get how we have fallen so far behind in basketball. The Crean hire looked good at first but it's not working out. Still most of my alumni friends only care about football. When I was in school I would say we were ahead of Florida and Tennessee in hoops but they have jumped way ahead. It really felt like were were establishing a program when Tubby was here but unfortunately he had ties with Kentucky and Pitino so jumped. Brooks has to know his hire in basketball will do a lot to establish his legacy.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
13904 posts
Posted on 12/23/21 at 10:32 pm to
I have seen us win a natty in baseball and almost in basketball. Hate that those were flashes.
Posted by bunkerhill
Georgia
Member since Oct 2017
1469 posts
Posted on 12/24/21 at 11:51 am to
I am old enough to remember when Florida sucked at basketball about as bad as Georgia sucked at basketball.
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