Stacey Searels OUT

AD5.....couldn't agree with you more (you and I seem to think very much alike).

CEO's hire and DELEGATE, just as you have stated......AND if they don't produce, they certainly should take the blame. But in 99% of the cases, the CEO hires THE people he/she believes can do the job and leaves them ALONE to do the job they were hired for. A CEO doesn't just hire anyone off the street to do the high profile work at hand, they go after experienced and saavy professionals that have proven themselves.

If the hires fail.....the CEO made the mistake and is at fault.....if the hire produces, then that's what SHOULD have happened, right? A HC doesn't have the time to coach the coaches at every position and he shouldn't......they are certainly qualified, have the knowledge and should be left alone to execute what they were hired to do. Monitored, yes, but given the space to work and to be held accountable.

AD5 don't think that conspiracy has been discussed here or suggested. That came from your collection of words. Maybe a better selection would be concerned.

Your comment on the talent level also comes from you. There have been many good olinemen recruited and accepted.

Then it seems you contradict yourself. You say that the problem must be with the coach of the offensive line. Then you say there will be many playing at the next level. What do you base that remark on considering just the past two years? If the players did not perform because of coaching, why would the next level bother to look at linemen that don't perform.

You mention Saban, as a lot of us do. OK, he is a defensive coach. Spends his time with the defensive players and coaches. Leaves the offense alone.

Then what the heck has Richt been doing? He is the ring leader of the offense, that was one of the main reasons he was brought in. For damn sure the offensive line has not been the only problem with our football team.

Think on one or two of your posts some time back you laid heavily on the fact that Richt's offense was scoring a lot of points. How did that happen without an offensive line? Are you suggesting that everyone on the offensive side of the ball was doing their job with the exception of Coach Searels?

Your statement . . .
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.

Where you are pulling that from, I don't have a clue. Explain to me what you mean by Richt handicapping these guys that were/are coaches.

Another statement from you . . .
Coach Searels didn't get it done. OK, going to give you that one, just for the sake of conversation. Does that not apply to Richt? Tell me he is getting it done. I know, wait another year or two, maybe he will straighten this mess out.

I would probably phrase it this way. I hope that we win every game next year. Do we do that with the same offensive coaches and system that Richt runs? It is no longer Bobo with me, it is head coach. Bobo was hand picked and trained for a certain system as you suggest coaches do when they run either the offense or defense. You like the play calling, stay with Richt, don't blame Bobo. Want to utilize your talent in Athens, I have a suggestion.

If ya'll are interested, here's "my guy's" take on Searels and last year. (he's pretty perceptive and knowledgeable....played QB for Princeton some time ago).

Anyway, here's his thoughts whether agree or disagree.........


I don’t think recruiting has been that bad. I think that there are some good players on the OL. However, they grossly underperformed last year. They were supposed to be the strength of the team with all of the starters returning. Going into last year, the outlook for the offensive groups were:

OL: Strength of the team. The most experienced line in the SEC and possibly the country.
QB: Biggest question mark for the team. Expect many freshman mistakes.
RB: Solid. Good not great.
WR: Good, with AJ being the best in the country
TE: Very good.

This is how it looks now, looking back at last year:

OL: Huge disappointment. Very poor run blocking, below average pass blocking. Nothing like what was expected.
QB: Most pleasant surprise. A future star and now the leader of the team.
RB: Average. Never felt that King and Ealey were exceptional backs, but their performance was hindered by no room to run. King was injured/suspended a lot.
WR: Outstanding with Durham having a big year in addition to AJ. King had a pretty good year, too.
TE: Good. The group had their moments, but probably not as many as we expected.

Far and away, the OL was the biggest disappointment. Last year’s line had plenty of experience and depth. Still we couldn’t run the ball. We forced Murray to throw it all the time, which he did incredibly well for a freshman. However think of all of the shots that Murray took this year. It’s amazing that he stayed healthy. Imagine how good he can be if given plenty of time to survey the field and find an open receiver.

Searels has been very well thought of in the coaching community. However, he is the coach that I find the most fault with of anyone on the staff…. More than Bobo, more than Grantham, more than anybody else. I hope the move doesn’t hurt recruiting, but I know plenty of UGA fans that will give Searels a lift to the airport on the way out of town. I would be one of them.

For the record . . .

Prior to Georgia, Searels was the offensive line coach of the LSU Tigers from 2003-2006, during which time the team won a national title, an SEC title and two SEC East titles. Searels coached three All-Americans during his tenure at LSU and five future NFL offensive linemen.

Seems as if Searels performed well under a different head coach.

Agree Buc. I disagree with wlaytons friend about there being good players on the OL. if that were so, the NFL would still draft them on potential-the NFL does that every year. When is the last time we even had a 2nd round pick on the OL? Maybe I'm missing someone. It has to be CMR-Searels didn't get stupid overnight.

Virginia, Baylor, Boise State have all had 1st round OLmen picked in the last 7 years or so. Are you kidding me? And we can't have ONE?

wlayton wrote:


OL: Huge disappointment. Very poor run blocking, below average pass blocking. Nothing like what was expected.

Think that the above statement was from another source . . .

Let me see if I understand. The football players either laid down, quit or Coach Searels forgot how to coach.

His head coach admits to the press and all who would listen that he had laid down on the job, quit or forgot how to coach. Sounds like both of these coaches were cast from the same die. I however don't think so.