(12-01-2015 11:08 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(12-01-2015 11:06 PM)eltigre Wrote:  

(12-01-2015 09:56 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  exactly why Richt got "reassined"

I think UGA always had theirs eyes set on Smart so when it looked like South Carolina was about to seal the deal that was all the anti-Richt faction needed to force the issue. So they replace a multi-year coach that averaged around 8 to 9 wins a year and placed a buttload of kids in the NFL for an untested homeboy. I don't see this working out like they planned.

It won't. Smart will be done at UGA in 4 years.

Why do you say Smart will not win at UGA?

(12-01-2015 11:06 PM)eltigre Wrote:  

(12-01-2015 09:56 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  exactly why Richt got "reassined"

I think UGA always had theirs eyes set on Smart so when it looked like South Carolina was about to seal the deal that was all the anti-Richt faction needed to force the issue. So they replace a multi-year coach that averaged around 8 to 9 wins a year and placed a buttload of kids in the NFL for an untested homeboy. I don't see this working out like they planned.

Actually Richt avg'd almost 10 wins per season & got replaced by an unproven DC. But that's who the money folks wanted. AD wanted Mullen - a proven OC at UF & proven HC at MSU - but the money folks got their man. Hope it works out for them.

(12-01-2015 11:26 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(12-01-2015 11:06 PM)eltigre Wrote:  

(12-01-2015 09:56 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  exactly why Richt got "reassined"

I think UGA always had theirs eyes set on Smart so when it looked like South Carolina was about to seal the deal that was all the anti-Richt faction needed to force the issue. So they replace a multi-year coach that averaged around 8 to 9 wins a year and placed a buttload of kids in the NFL for an untested homeboy. I don't see this working out like they planned.

Actually Richt avg'd almost 10 wins per season & got replaced by an unproven DC. But that's who the money folks wanted. AD wanted Mullen - a proven OC at UF & proven HC at MSU - but the money folks got their man. Hope it works out for them.

Big MR fan and MR won alot of games. but in the past 5-6 years, UGA hasn't won a game of any significance. And they have been embarrassed in several. I don't think UGA has beaten an SEC team that finished in the top 15 in like 7 years. Lots of 'Pastnerish stats' That is why MR is no long CMR.

Georgia hasn’t won an SEC title since 2005.
Georgia has played for the SEC title only twice since then, the same number of times as Missouri, which entered the SEC in 2012.
Eight times since Richt took over in Athens, an SEC team has won the national championship; in that same time Georgia has yet to play for one.
Georgia has a 16-9 record vs. Power 5 opponents in the past three seasons.
Georgia is 14-21 vs. ranked teams since 2008.
Since 2008, when Georgia’s decline under Richt began, the Bulldogs have finished the season unranked (three) more often than they have finished ranked in the top 10 (two).
Georgia has suffered a loss by at least 18 points in nine of the past 10 seasons.

(12-01-2015 11:06 PM)eltigre Wrote:  

(12-01-2015 09:56 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  exactly why Richt got "reassined"

I think UGA always had theirs eyes set on Smart so when it looked like South Carolina was about to seal the deal that was all the anti-Richt faction needed to force the issue. So they replace a multi-year coach that averaged around 8 to 9 wins a year and placed a buttload of kids in the NFL for an untested homeboy. I don't see this working out like they planned.

Couldn't agree more.

I get that every successful head coach has to start somewhere, but if you are going to fire a coach who won 145 games then you better have a proven winner lined up. I'm not going to say Smart won't win there, because he may do just that, but you've set the bar pretty high by firing Richt.

Besides, if you're UGA and you hear South Carolina wants Smart, you let them hire him. That way if he beats you 2 or 3 years in a row you just steal him from the Gamecocks.

(12-01-2015 11:50 PM)SMUleopold Wrote:  

(12-01-2015 11:06 PM)eltigre Wrote:  

(12-01-2015 09:56 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  exactly why Richt got "reassined"

I think UGA always had theirs eyes set on Smart so when it looked like South Carolina was about to seal the deal that was all the anti-Richt faction needed to force the issue. So they replace a multi-year coach that averaged around 8 to 9 wins a year and placed a buttload of kids in the NFL for an untested homeboy. I don't see this working out like they planned.

Couldn't agree more.

I get that every successful head coach has to start somewhere, but if you are going to fire a coach who won 145 games then you better have a proven winner lined up. I'm not going to say Smart won't win there, because he may do just that, but you've set the bar pretty high by firing Richt.

Besides, if you're UGA and you hear South Carolina wants Smart, you let them hire him. That way if he beats you 2 or 3 years in a row you just steal him from the Gamecocks.

Don't agree with you much but that's exactly what UGA should have done. Make Smart show he's the real deal at SC, then hire him away. Richt had the #1 QB in the nation coming in as part of a top 5 recruting class. UGA could have lived with what they got from Richt until Smart was proven. Don't forget Richt lost his running back & didn't have a QB this year. Now UGA is starting over with an unproven coordinator.