I'll stick up for Coach Richt

Olde dawg, did you really put Dooley in that mix???? He had ONE losing season in 25 YEARS.

I am tired of hearing people tell us WHY we lost-"the players not executing"; I am tired of people telling what broke down to start a bad play. THAT is the problem: for the past three years, we haven't been coached well. If we had been coached well, we wouldn't have knocked down the punter; had we been coached well, we wouldn't have fumbled on the goal line in two straight games; had we been coached well, we wouldn't score TD's and have them called back because a WR doesn't know HOW to block down field; had we been coached well, we wouldn't have had TWO 30 yard penalty mark-offs against UF in the 2007 game; had we been coached well, we wouldn't have been called for only having FOUR players lined up to the left of the kicker before a kickoff against LSU; had we been coached well, we wouldn't have had 4 WR's running 20 yard routes on 3rd and four from the 50; had we been coached well, we wouldn't have had FIVE straight "fades" thrown into the endzone from inside the 5 yard line three years ago (4 batted down, one interception).
Richt gets $3.5 million per year to coach the players. He has to go. You make yourself look like a homer when you do this.
Jim Harbaugh or Jon Gruden or Chris Peterson would do a better job with the fundamentals. You can blame everyone but the coach for only so long.

I for one am sick and tired of blame everything on the coach. Equivalent to blaming Katrina on Bush. Yea he's in charge, yea he's the one that takes the blame because that's his job but gimme a break. For all the hootin and holloring on this board, how many have played the game? Of those how many have missed an assignment or gotten beat? How many have made a mistake? How many have not played at 100% ? I for one can say yes to all those. Ya know what, it wasn't from coaching, or practice, or anything other than I screwed up, me, not the coach, not the fans, nobody but me. So when I see all this whining and whimpering cause your 19-21 year old kids aren't perfect I wonder what the heck is going through your mind. Heck, there are guys in the NFL that make big bucks making game changing mistakes. Is that coaching too? Or are they mental errors, fatigue errors, I don't give a hoot errors cause nobody has kissed my backside lately, or an error in what have you done for me lately. OOPS I forgot one very important expectation in all this, the coach AND the players must be perfect by YOUR standards.

Couple of years ago on this same board I put together a similar paragraph. I for one believe that the guy we hired can fix this. Until he quits, is fired, or what ever I support him and the program. All programs go through ups and downs, I dare any one of you to find me one that didn't. Bama (this one is cute, fire Gene Stallings after he wins a MNC), USC, OK, NEB, Penn St, FSU, UF, LSU, TX, UCLA, Ohio St, ...if you've got the guts to support a team in the good times, hang with them when times are tough or crawl back under the porch. Its darn easy to be critical of the coach cause he's the one in charge isn't it? But thats what its all about, fan ego and no bragging rights this year so lets can the coach with a winning record, national recognition, good program (scuse me here didn't he replace Donnan whom ya'll hated, who replaced Goff whom ya'll hated) cause neither one produced enough bragging rights. Ya'll have a ball, but I for one am still in CMR's corner.

Guess that is what the boards are for oledawg. Most have opinions, don't always seem to match.

Don't think that you have to have played the game to understand the game. Know that you have been around here for a while. Is this the first time that you have seen hootin and hollering on this site?

Call it guts or whatever, you, me or anyone that hits the button that allows us to come into this site, show respect, give an opinion, follow the rules and say what is on our mind.

You have made it pretty clear in this thread that you are a supporter for Richt, good for you, that is where you stand. If others differ in their opinions, does not make them right or wrong, allows us to say what and how we feel about UGA football.

Would never try and change your mind, that is your mind. Same goes for me, I think what I think and am not afraid to say it. Promise you I don't hide under the porch for anyone, or do I accuse anyone of hiding under the porch.

This is UGA football, and one shoe does not fit all.

No one can deny that CMR has given us 10 solid years of football; however, the team has faltered in the last few years. Yes, they have still had winning records, been ranked #1 pre-season and graduated countless prospects to the ranks of the NFL but NFL grads or Wins do not tell the entire story. I don't know if the game has passed CMR or he has lost the desire to coach but he is time is at an end. Will this Dawg support CMR and our guys until the end of this season? Absolutely. I still want change though.

Olddawge, I noticed those great programs you mentioned. Notice anything about one of those? FSU. Why go through 5-7 years of the same thing when we can change it now?

Oklahoma? Between Switzer and Stoops, what did they do? They sucked, b/c they didn't have coaching.


One more question for you: if it's just the players, and making mistakes is notmal, why doesn't Bama make as many as we do???? They went 9 games last between holding penalties on the OL. We make about 2 of those a game.

Why are the same players we recruit are also being recruited by UF and Bama??? The ones who are busts for us, are you saying they would be busts at Bama???

You have to seperate the man from the business. He is a great man. Proud he represents the school. Would want my daughter to marry him, etc etc etc.

The business is, he makes $3.5 M to get to SEC titile games. The result? Since Meyer and Saban have got it going , we are going backwards.



let this sink in: until a useless TD at the end of the game, we were BULLIED by Miss State.



To answer your questions, yes I played the game. I know the game too.


Just a question for you: Bama is at the 50 yrd line, 2 minutes to go. 3rd and 4. What is Bama gonna do?

1. Bootleg rollout to a dragging TE?
2.Quick slant to a WR???
3. Quick toss sweep to his fastest back?
4. Wildcate package and run behind the extra blocker?
5. Have 4 WR's run 20 yard 9 patterns????????????????????????


I don't know whcih of the first 4 Saban would call, but it sure as hell wouldn't be #5.

oledawg wrote:

if you've got the guts to support a team in the good times, hang with them when times are tough or crawl back under the porch.

Really, oledawg? Your argument has reverted to telling people who disagree with your opinion to crawl under the porch? Seriously?? You have made your stand well known with some valid arguments and some fine points, which many people have offered counterpoints to. Good discussion, IMO. But to just dismiss everyone whose opinion is different? Pretty weak, dude. This is in no way meant to be a smart @$$ response, but if you're tired of reading that some folks on this board want Richt fired, well, I'm sure you can fill in the rest.