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re: Georgia fans, what is the leash for Kirby?
Posted on 7/23/19 at 1:23 pm to UnderDog68
Posted on 7/23/19 at 1:23 pm to UnderDog68
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This year? Nothing. Next 5 years? Who knows? UGA is notorious for having given coaches a long leash. Donnan wasn't even fired until he lost 3 in a row to GT and then came on his radio show and said the GT game was meaningless.
Honest, no bullshite answer, thanks
UF on the other hand is notorious for having coaches on a short leash.
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Posted on 7/23/19 at 1:36 pm to UFMatt
If you'll look back on UGA football history, you'll see what I mean.
Dooley was fairly mediocre after 1983, but stayed another 5 years. He was allowed to leave on his own terms, though, because he won a Natty, and because he regularly beat Florida and GT.
Goff got 7 years, and should have been fired after 5.
Donnan got 5 years, and probably would have gotten another year or two had he not made an arse out of himself on his call in show after the third loss in a row to GT. He was recruiting well, just didn't translate to on-field results.
Richt should have been realistically fired after 2011.
The only coach since the early 60s to have been fired after a pretty short tenure was Johnny Griffith, who only got 3 seasons...1961 to 1963.
Even Wally Butts was allowed to stay on after a pretty bad decade from 1950-1960. And it took an alleged game-fixing scandal (later proven to be false) between him and Bear Bryant to get him to step down.
Dooley was fairly mediocre after 1983, but stayed another 5 years. He was allowed to leave on his own terms, though, because he won a Natty, and because he regularly beat Florida and GT.
Goff got 7 years, and should have been fired after 5.
Donnan got 5 years, and probably would have gotten another year or two had he not made an arse out of himself on his call in show after the third loss in a row to GT. He was recruiting well, just didn't translate to on-field results.
Richt should have been realistically fired after 2011.
The only coach since the early 60s to have been fired after a pretty short tenure was Johnny Griffith, who only got 3 seasons...1961 to 1963.
Even Wally Butts was allowed to stay on after a pretty bad decade from 1950-1960. And it took an alleged game-fixing scandal (later proven to be false) between him and Bear Bryant to get him to step down.
This post was edited on 7/23/19 at 1:40 pm
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