There have been 6 Georgia coaches to coach at least 81 games

Yeah but Kirby is Richt 2.0

tRant is fricking stupid some(most)times.

That’s a great point. Richt turned Georgia back into a program that just needed an extra push to get to the level Kirby has achieved.

I don’t think Kirby would’ve reached the mountain top within 6 years if he had taken over in the 90’s.

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Dooley was mediocre at best. Outside of 1980 to 1982, he was very average and even in those golden years where he had Walker, he should have won more than one.

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So Dooley was actually on a somewhat hot seat in '80. The '76 championship team was a distant memory at that point. I think the year before in '79 he dropped the home opener to Wake Forest who is awful but back then ATROCIOUS. So he was very lucky to have HW and others that won it in 80.

But here is the thing you have to remember about CVD and those before him.......they didn't have to coach in an era of a 24/7 Sports Center microscope like coaches do today. I love CVD but he did have a bunch of 6,7,8 win seasons sandwiched in between some really great SEC championship teams. Early in his career like CMR he knocked off some giants early on like Bama and Michigan so he had a buzz around him in the '60s. Auburn wanted him to come home but he stayed. Like CMR he wins a couple of SEC titles early as well. All the stars aligned in the early '80s for him though which separated him from CMR in that he was able to punch through and win one ultimately probably keeping him in Athens for the rest of his career.