Stacey Searels OUT

I'm kind of torn on this one--on the one hand, I agree, the recruiting hasn't been about the big uglies, so he may not have had the greatest to work with. On the other hand, very few coaches are handed the "perfect" unit. That's what seperates the good coaches from the great ones--the great ones can get production out of the less than stellar units. I also read somewhere that he was the running game coordinator, or some title like that, and we know how well the running game has performed since Moreno left. As Savannahdawg said, maybe a new mindset is in order. Unfortunately, I think that is the case for more than just our O-line coach.

Go get Hugh Nall. He is available. He is in private business down in Albany. He would come. A Georgia man.

None of us know the reasons behind Coach Searels leaving.

If as savannahdawg suggests . . . good riddance . . . takes me to what I think the real issue is. Lose every coach that we have and at some point the finger is going to point in the direction of the real problem.

It amazes me that these coaches were hired and I suppose either fired or left on their own. The head coach was responsible for the hiring of everyone of these men until McGarity arrived. Don't know what the policy is now, do know what it was prior to the new AD.

Is was at one point impossible for me to understand why Richt could not run the UGA football team like many successful coaches do at other institutions. Figured it out, he is not a leader. Apparently he can recruit and at one time he ran a successful offense at FSU.

I won't argue the fact that based on media ratings UGA has had some offensive line athletes that were supposed to be good or better than they have been at UGA. I will argue the point that there have been recent circumstances that say UGA athletes, not just the offensive line but the entire football team is not in shape. If you are not in shape and are a 5* athlete, that athlete facing you that was not rated coming out of high school, is in shape, will kick your butt at some point. Not once but until that final whistle blows.

An example of that might be, and this might be going back too far for some. Sonny Liston could hit harder than any heavyweight in his day, knocked out many good fighters. Along comes Cassius Clay, in terrific shape, does not have the power that Liston does. What happened made history, the athlete that was in shape whipped Mr. Bad Ass, no contest. Check the Vegas odds on that fight.

Who the heck was responsible for S&C? Richt's buddy. If he was so good why is he now on the outside looking in? Was Richt not aware of the shortcomings of the S&C program until McGarity arrived? Maybe Coach Searels was not the right man for the job . . . why was he hired? WM now in Oklahoma, was he not the right man to run the defense . . . why was he hired? There has been a lengthy list of coaches and assistants that have either left or removed from UGA under this regime in the past 5 or so years.

All will be fine however, Richt is now going to concentrate on coaching football. Bless his sweet little heart. Maybe he has found himself. He is paid to run a program, not run it into the ground. If Richt is not responsible for where UGA is now, explain to me why he is called HEAD COACH.

One more thing savannahdawg, you said . . . They seemed to lack that fight that you want out of your O line.

Maybe when you have a passive head coach, it could possibly rub off on the athletes.

AD5 said that when it goes bad, folks like me (more of less) blame everything from the water cooler not working to bug inspection on the head coach. He could not have been closer to the truth. You fix the water cooler, and step on the damn bug. Fix problems, don't continue to dig a deeper hole for us and yourself.

Go Dawgs, hire another coach, fire him or have him leave on his own, then watch him take a job at Texas. My, my what a come down that would be.

Searels will do an excellent job at Texas.

savannahdawg wrote:

I think the most disappointing part is that it seems like there has been no improvement in the line, to going backwards. As an offensive line works with one another they typically show improvement. There never seemed to be that chemistry with our line. Maybe some fresh ideas and a different mindset can push the line a little more.

savannahdawg, don't disagree with that paragraph at all. I especially agree with the last sentence. I would include in that sentence that maybe a fresh or different mindset coming not only from the offensive line coach, but those that run the program overall.

I have found in my lifetime that the company is a TRUE REFLECTION OF THE LEADER.

I guess what I am saying is that I think if you looked into a lot of coaching staffs across the country, you would discover that the great coaches hire position coaches to be totally responsible for that position. Just like every other business. I mean hell, we could blame Richt for everything. But the simple fact of the matter, I highly doubt he is telling Searels how to do his job. I would say Searels is given a lot of freedom as well as the other coaches.

If you want to blame Richt for hiring the wrong fit, or for keeping him too long. I am ok with that. If you truly believe that Richt is behind some kind of conspiracy where he enforces coaches to coach the way he wants, or totally changes their coaching style, I am willing to bet that doesn't happen. You only hire people that you don't have to change. You bring them in to do what they do. I definitely wouldn't say it has anything to do with the talent we are bringing in. Almost everyone said we should have had the best O Line in the country last year. Let see how many of these guys get drafted. I would say it is quite a few.

My example is this. Saban gets his horn tooted on this board by all. He is a great coach no doubt. But did everyone watch the series they had on ESPN about bama. Saban never said one word to the offense besides joking with them. He was not coaching them, or calling any plays. He was coaching the secondary, or helping on the defensive side of the ball. He was not in the O line drills, or providing any orders to the O Line coach because that is just not how it works. Saban puts in the hours, is a great recruitor, and a great defensive mind. He sticks to that. He is not over there trying to come up with an offensive game plan. He delegates that responsiblity.

If you want to take the outlook, that Richt hired these guys so he should be responsible, I agree. If you want to take to mindset that Richt brought these guys in, and handicapped what they were allowed to do as a coach, I think you couldn't be further from the truth. It is simple. Searels didn't get it done. His fought. He wasn't fired. In the article it says he is leaving for quite a bit more money. Not because he has a problem with Richt, or anything else. Money, and I would say he is going to have a nice pay day. Richt should take the blame of the teams lack of success. Searels should take the blame for the terrible O Line play. Richt will pay ultimately, but Searels did a poor job.

I am still ok with change. However, I am leaning toward waiting it out to see what Richt does this year. Like I said before, what choice do I have. Hope the man wins every game he coaches in next year. After the year, I hope we do what is best for the program.

GO DAWGS