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re: Why did Georgia hire Mike White?
Posted on 3/7/23 at 1:31 pm to Stonehog
Posted on 3/7/23 at 1:31 pm to Stonehog
Reportedly Stegman Coliseum is out of commission for 2 years because the roof is unstable. That speaks volumes about why UGA Basketball is an abysmal failure. I know a PILE of UGA fans....I have only ever met a few who has ever been to a UGA basketball game and that was usually because UK was in Athens....it just ain't a priority, for whatever reason, at UGA. Fans and alumni do not insist and never have.
That is the thing about Alabama football that many refuse to accept...not winning natty's is unacceptable. Period. You gotta give the customers what they want, not what you'd like them to have or, even worse, not something that someone one who is not a customer finds attractive. Basketball just ain't that meaningful in Georgia. Georgia Tech ain't much of a program and the Hawks are a perennial 6 seed or worse and sell out every game. There just ain't no demand for quality basketball in Georgia. I can't recall more than 20 people in my 58 years remotely interested in Basketball at any level. Why I can't answer but is abundantly clear....
That is the thing about Alabama football that many refuse to accept...not winning natty's is unacceptable. Period. You gotta give the customers what they want, not what you'd like them to have or, even worse, not something that someone one who is not a customer finds attractive. Basketball just ain't that meaningful in Georgia. Georgia Tech ain't much of a program and the Hawks are a perennial 6 seed or worse and sell out every game. There just ain't no demand for quality basketball in Georgia. I can't recall more than 20 people in my 58 years remotely interested in Basketball at any level. Why I can't answer but is abundantly clear....
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Posted on 3/7/23 at 1:35 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Last night on the Southern Hoops documentary Tubby said that Dooley flat out told him he could win a national title at Kentucky and probably couldn't at Georgia and he should take the Kentucky job if he wanted it.
That was the rumor when it happened. Probably so. Dooley has also been accused of hiring Ray Goff so his record at UGA would be secured. I ain't no insider but it ain't beyond the pale of reason that a succesful coach, who was a legend at UGA at the time, might be reluctant to share the spot light with anyone.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 1:49 pm to Stonehog
Does it really matter who is the basketball coach at Georgia?
The administration has never cared so why should the fans? Until they get a new arena, that is posh, will it ever matter?
The administration has never cared so why should the fans? Until they get a new arena, that is posh, will it ever matter?
Posted on 3/7/23 at 1:52 pm to bunkerhill
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Does it really matter who is the basketball coach at Georgia?
uh, yeah. When we had tubby and harrick (great coaches), we were damn good. When we've had felton/fox (shite coaches), we've sucked. It aint rocket science.
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The administration has never cared so why should the fans?
So your level of fanhood with a program is directly proportional to how much money the athletic department puts into it? Weird, I've always been a fan just because I like basketball and UGA sports but maybe I'm weird.
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Until they get a new arena, that is posh, will it ever matter?
The current SEC champion and projected #1 overall seed plays in a trash dump that's levels worse than STegeman. The arena is a lazy scapegoat to blame our failures on.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 2:13 pm to WG_Dawg
I realize a few coaches have had pretty good records at UGA.
Of course you can't keep them if they turn out to be pretty good.
Everyone, I have heard speak on the subject, has indicated the old barn is a detriment to recruiting. Established programs don't face the same kind of problems a wanna-be program like UGA has to face.
Georgia's baseball program should be better than it is with the talent that is in this state.
Of course you can't keep them if they turn out to be pretty good.
Everyone, I have heard speak on the subject, has indicated the old barn is a detriment to recruiting. Established programs don't face the same kind of problems a wanna-be program like UGA has to face.
Georgia's baseball program should be better than it is with the talent that is in this state.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 3:07 pm to rebelrouser
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And UF has won national titles and thought White was not good enough. UF is not a "worse program" than UGA in basketball by any stretch of the imagination.
Yeah I know and I never said that, UGA is obviously a worse program so I don’t know what they think White can do there that he couldn’t do at Florida.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 3:12 pm to Stonehog
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Yeah I know and I never said that, UGA is obviously a worse program so I don’t know what they think White can do there that he couldn’t do at Florida.
serious question, are you intentionally being obtuse? Or just picking an odd topic to troll about?
The bolded part of your post makes zero sense whatsoever to any rational thinking person. Nobody thinks or expects MW to do more here than he did at UF. If he only does half as much here as he did there we would be thrilled. For fricks sake simply MAKING the tournament would feel like a blessing from the gods. Winning 2 games in the NIT would be more than we've done in nearly 2 decades. So when you look at his resume, it's pretty fricking obvious that it was a good hire. Nobody is expcting him to go to the final 4.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 3:13 pm to Stonehog
I think someone posted the correct answer earlier and that's stability. White will make them competitive, probably. Sign better (not elite but better) players. If it doesn't work out after 3-4 years the program will hopefully be in a decent place.
However, I thought that was what the Crean hire would be at worst, too. And it was a flaming disaster (which is still pretty wild to me).
However, I thought that was what the Crean hire would be at worst, too. And it was a flaming disaster (which is still pretty wild to me).
This post was edited on 3/7/23 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 3/7/23 at 3:17 pm to WG_Dawg
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serious question, are you intentionally being obtuse? Or just picking an odd topic to troll about?
You need to settle down, I’m not even trolling. It’s a decent question, and your answer is apparently they hired him to be bottom of the pack in the SEC because at Florida he was middle of the pack and y’all have a worse program than they do.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 3:23 pm to Stonehog
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I’m not even trolling. It’s a decent question,
it's not though. I'd be like if Mark Richt left UGA to coach at boston college or virginia and then asking why those schools would want him.
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your answer is apparently they hired him to be bottom of the pack in the SEC
we hired him to improve our cellar dwelling program which he's already done in less than 12 months you moron. It'd be cool to give him idk like 3 years at least before we write the book on him wouldn't you say?
Posted on 3/7/23 at 3:39 pm to WG_Dawg
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I'd be like if Mark Richt left UGA to coach at boston college or virginia
No sweetie because those teams aren’t in the same conference as UGA.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 3:45 pm to Stonehog
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those teams aren’t in the same conference as UGA.
so whether Mike White improves or doesn't improve UGA basketball, which was the point of his hiring, depends on if he came from another school in the conference. Got it.
Ok fine, it'd be like Mark Richt being hired at Vandy. Does that meet the prerequisite for your trolling requirements?
Posted on 3/7/23 at 3:57 pm to WG_Dawg
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Ok fine, it'd be like Mark Richt being hired at Vandy.
No it would be like Will Muschamp getting hired at South Carolina.
This post was edited on 3/7/23 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 3/8/23 at 10:43 pm to WG_Dawg
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we hired him to improve our cellar dwelling program which he's already done in less than 12 months you moron.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 10:46 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Last night on the Southern Hoops documentary Tubby said that Dooley flat out told him he could win a national title at Kentucky and probably couldn't at Georgia and he should take the Kentucky job if he wanted it.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 6:50 am to DawgsLife
Bruce realizes the goal mine in the Atlanta area. That's why Auburn plays in the State Farm tourney in Atl every year. Exposure to the Atlanta area kids.
Georgia has the potential and recruiting base to have a very good team.
Georgia has the potential and recruiting base to have a very good team.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 7:35 am to BigTastey
But UGA doesn't cheat like Auburn according to WG Dawg.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 7:38 am to bunkerhill
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Until they get a new arena, that is posh, will it ever matter?
Lame excuse. Look at Bama's current arena. Look at our arena circa 2006.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 7:52 am to Jrv2damac
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Because Georgia sucks at basketball and to them he is a step up
This.
Tom Crean's best season at UGA was 16-16 and it took Antony Edwards (a #1 overall draft pick) to get there.
Doing the same with a bunch of nobodies on the team? We're cool with that.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 8:05 am to Stonehog
Their season this year was basically identical to an average Crean season, they just played more bad teams.
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