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I am Not excited about potential replacements for Richt
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:09 am
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:09 am
Initially, I had a nightmare: Bad karma for firing Richt who goes to Miami of Fla., takes the best recruits that were headed to Georgia, and wins the national championship a few years from now, while Georgia's new coach is a flop who gets fired the year Miami wins the national championship.
But it sounds like Richt might stay at Georgia as an assistant AD. Cancel that nightmare.
I'm still not excited about his potential replacement.
1. Kirby Smart. Has no head-coaching experience. I doubt he'll last more than 4 years. I see a Mushchump-like result.
2. Dan Mullen. He's a clear step down from Richt. Under Richt, Georgia beat him. Can't stand his qb keeper offense either. That offense really sucks.
3. Herman. Only 1 year head coaching experience. Will have to totally change Georgia's style of offense, leading to a disastrous start that he'll never recover from. The spread won't work against the best SEC defenses. Ask Texas A&M fans how they're doing under Sumlin.
4. Bobo. Georgia will only hire him, if negotiations fail with the above choices. He's actually a better choice than the above 3 (despite what many UGA's dawgrant whiners think). So under Bobo, it will be a continuation of Richt, but without Richt.
Keeping Richt beats or at least equals the above 4 choices.
BTW, big names like Jimbo Fisher, Patterson, etc are out of the picture. Why would they make a sideways move? Georgia's not outbidding FSU. Gundy and Patterson don't want to leave at this point in their careers.
But it sounds like Richt might stay at Georgia as an assistant AD. Cancel that nightmare.
I'm still not excited about his potential replacement.
1. Kirby Smart. Has no head-coaching experience. I doubt he'll last more than 4 years. I see a Mushchump-like result.
2. Dan Mullen. He's a clear step down from Richt. Under Richt, Georgia beat him. Can't stand his qb keeper offense either. That offense really sucks.
3. Herman. Only 1 year head coaching experience. Will have to totally change Georgia's style of offense, leading to a disastrous start that he'll never recover from. The spread won't work against the best SEC defenses. Ask Texas A&M fans how they're doing under Sumlin.
4. Bobo. Georgia will only hire him, if negotiations fail with the above choices. He's actually a better choice than the above 3 (despite what many UGA's dawgrant whiners think). So under Bobo, it will be a continuation of Richt, but without Richt.
Keeping Richt beats or at least equals the above 4 choices.
BTW, big names like Jimbo Fisher, Patterson, etc are out of the picture. Why would they make a sideways move? Georgia's not outbidding FSU. Gundy and Patterson don't want to leave at this point in their careers.
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Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:10 am to goodbuds
UGA should be all in for Herman.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:10 am to goodbuds
You guys made a mistake. It's time to deal with the repercussions.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:11 am to goodbuds
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Why would they make a sideways move? Georgia's not outbidding FSU.
funny you say that, considering just 2 years ago we convinced a DC that had been at, guess where...FSU...for 1 season and won a title to come to UGA.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:11 am to goodbuds
This may well end up biting GA in the arse. You don't run off a coach like Richt without having a home run in the bag.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:12 am to Jebeco
Promote Shotty. You need to feel what UF fans did with a UG player as a head coach.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:12 am to goodbuds
LOL at thUGA
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:12 am to Jebeco
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UGA should be all in for Herman.
Agree with this. Herman has the most upside IMO.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:13 am to goodbuds
I do not understand giving up a coach that averages 9-10 wins a season for an unproven coach like Kirby.
I do think Mullen with talent that comes from the state of Georgia would be legit. He has coached up great QB's in college- Alex Smith, Tebow and Dak.
Herman- one season, see comment about Kirby.
Bobo- no. just no.
I do think Mullen with talent that comes from the state of Georgia would be legit. He has coached up great QB's in college- Alex Smith, Tebow and Dak.
Herman- one season, see comment about Kirby.
Bobo- no. just no.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:13 am to goodbuds
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Herman. Only 1 year head coaching experience. Will have to totally change Georgia's style of offense, leading to a disastrous start that he'll never recover from. The spread won't work against the best SEC defenses. Ask Texas A&M fans how they're doing under Sumlin.
He also beat Bama last year with the "spread." It's a spread in name, but OSU relied on power run concepts first and foremost in 2014. Saban and Smart called Herman over the summer to get advice on how to stop it
I'm not saying he should be your guy, but the spread used by OSU last year was effective against everyone
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:13 am to goodbuds
"UGA - where everybody can find something to bitch about"
Funny that all the fans demanding change for the sake of change are now looking around and realizing that an opening at UGA isn't causing coaches like Belichick and Saban to immediately quit and hope to be considered.
You want to trade consistency for potential upside? This is how the process goes.
Funny that all the fans demanding change for the sake of change are now looking around and realizing that an opening at UGA isn't causing coaches like Belichick and Saban to immediately quit and hope to be considered.
You want to trade consistency for potential upside? This is how the process goes.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:14 am to warcry
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I do not understand giving up a coach that averages 9-10 wins a season
people are too fickle.
For YEARS all we've heard is "Richt doesn't have it in him, he can't win the big one. UGA is complacent, if they ever got a real head coach they'd be dominant. UGA always content with mediocrity". So now we get rid of richt, the guy the rest of the SEC has unanimously said is holding us back, and now it's "UGA is dumb, they never should have fired richt. They're going to be UT and struggle for 5 years"
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:17 am to GurleyGirl
Herman may have upside, but would Eason stay if georgia went that direction?
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:18 am to goodbuds
That's the problem LSU faced with replacing Les. Go find a better coach. There's not one.
Sumiln had serious interest from USC a few years ago. What would A&M have done? Let him go and roll the dice on a new coach that had not proven himself, only to go through the same 4-5 year stretch of under 500 seasons as Fran and Sherm? We opted to pay him an extra $2.5 million a year to keep him rather than roll the dice.
Georgia is rolling the dice and dismissed a coach that went 9-3. At some point you do need to seek a new direction, but do it when there are coaches available or when he goes sub-500.
Georgia is now in a position where it will try to find a proven coach while potentially sporting a stigma of unreasonable expectations. I will give Georgia credit for sticking with Richt for such a long time. I don't necessarily disagree with the firing, just the timing. I would have had somebody lined up, ready to hire. Maybe they do, but I can't imagine who that coach would be.
Sumiln had serious interest from USC a few years ago. What would A&M have done? Let him go and roll the dice on a new coach that had not proven himself, only to go through the same 4-5 year stretch of under 500 seasons as Fran and Sherm? We opted to pay him an extra $2.5 million a year to keep him rather than roll the dice.
Georgia is rolling the dice and dismissed a coach that went 9-3. At some point you do need to seek a new direction, but do it when there are coaches available or when he goes sub-500.
Georgia is now in a position where it will try to find a proven coach while potentially sporting a stigma of unreasonable expectations. I will give Georgia credit for sticking with Richt for such a long time. I don't necessarily disagree with the firing, just the timing. I would have had somebody lined up, ready to hire. Maybe they do, but I can't imagine who that coach would be.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:19 am to goodbuds
Doug Marrone
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:20 am to WG_Dawg
You are correct, WG_Dawg.
Let me just say as an AU fan who is on a roller coaster every damn year. You guys had a good thing going and I wish AU had that consistency.
As I have stated on here many times before, I married into a Georgia Bulldog family, so I have a soft spot for the dawgs. I just wish they would have had a ace in their back pocket prior to the admin giving into loud mouth fans.
Let me just say as an AU fan who is on a roller coaster every damn year. You guys had a good thing going and I wish AU had that consistency.
As I have stated on here many times before, I married into a Georgia Bulldog family, so I have a soft spot for the dawgs. I just wish they would have had a ace in their back pocket prior to the admin giving into loud mouth fans.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:21 am to KaiserSoze99
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Georgia is rolling the dice and dismissed a coach that went 9-3
At some point, you have to face reality. I am 100% on board with saying that Richt is CAPABLE of winning a title. I'm sure he CAN. But he's been here 15 years and we haven't won much of note in the last 10. At some point, you have to cut bait. There is no reason a school like UGA should go 10 years between SEC titles. We have literally everything going for us that you could want in a big time program. It's time to let someone else take over the keys.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:22 am to jb4
You guys missed the boat on Matt Campbell. It's too late now
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:23 am to goodbuds
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1. Kirby Smart. Has no head-coaching experience. I doubt he'll last more than 4 years. I see a Mushchump-like result.
Heard that this is done deal.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:23 am to goodbuds
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Georgia's new coach is a flop who gets fired the year Miami wins the national championship.
I wouldn't worry about the Miami national title part.
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