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wlayton wrote:

ogredawg wrote: The reason we are 10-2 is because of CTG and the Defense.....CMR is hands off when it comes to that side of the ball......

I think I understand that but CMR runs the whole show. Same old analogy with a QB as with the HC.....if the HC gets all the blame, shouldn't he get the credit too?

OK I will give him credit for hiring CTG.....how's that.....

wlayton wrote:

Wartdawg wrote: I will say this about McGarity.. I don't know if he was the driving force or just a helping
hand with the delegation stuff, but he most certainly has brought about a no-nonsense attitude to the
program that has definitely helped change the atmosphere surrounding it.

In that regard... probably a bit more than just a helping hand.

Won't argue that either, he has been very instumental in UGA's year. Just seems, other than the island people , people are still reluctant to give CMR much credit.

wlayton, you and I have been around this barnyard together for some time. I truly don't mind answering questions, but sometimes it seems that we (all of us) cover the same territory over and over.

This might be long, but (Buc can't do it any other way) so I will try.

On this board I have recorded and saved so many posts that recently I started to delete some of them. Reason being, it seems that the same message comes up over and over. Nothing really new, just a different time.

When Mark Richt was hired as the Head Football Coach at The University of Georgia (had to do that) Ohio State my butt, if you check back, I was the happiest camper on this board. I knew what we had on the offensive side of the ball. Richt is the one person that helped keep Bobby Bowden in Tallahassee. When Richt left, FSU started to melt down, all one has to do is look at the record books. If it has been in print for several years, cannot be erased. Bowden tried to bring his family (son) into FSU football. That was the death nail. Same can be said for Mark Richt and some of his hires at UGA. There is a pattern.

Coach Mark Richt was reluctant to take the job at Georgia, even the night before or close to that he thought he would stay at FSU. VD worked on him a bit and Mark took the job. Some of the serious FSU folks that I know said that Bobby Bowden knew if Mark Richt left, he (Coach Bowden) had lost his strongest supporter and coach. Remember that Bowden still had Mickey Andrews (head coach in waiting) and that was probably what moved Richt to accept the UGA head coaching job. It just made sense.

Richt said to VD that he was not sure that he was qualified to be the head coach at UGA. That statement alone made me grow even closer to Mark Richt. Richt was being truthful, he had always been a number two (2) whether playing football or coaching. Of course Mark Richt accepted. Knowingly or not he was not ready to be the head coach, not with some on the staff that did not want to play ball with him. VanGorder became an example later.

History began to unfold. Richt brought the FSU offensive system to UGA and as we all know, was very successful. Don't care if the players that he started with were recruited by the previous head coach or coaches. Mark Richt moved forward with a fine bunch of football players, and might I add, a pretty good defensive staff.

So, to shorten this post up a bit . . . . what happened? I can go over the next few years and say what I think happened and why it is not easy for me to throw accolades at everyone.

I think that Mark Richt got too comfortable or did not realize how much UGA football meant to those of us that support our school. He was not filppant, but he was close to arrogant. Don't ever say to me that you have to be on the field to understand the game. I know as much about football as Mark Richt does, give or take whatever it is you would like to discuss. Does anyone think that Mark Richt turned this team around, maybe some. Does he need to be patted on the back, maybe some. College football is a business, and all that the folks that support UGA want is a return on their investment. You understand that wlayton, the business you are in, the business that all of the supporters of the Red and Black are in. Return on investment.

I have a question or two for you wlayton. At what point did you and the ISLANDERS begin to look for everyone on this board to say that history is not history? Do you not think that all of us are not elated with the results of this season? Do you think that we just started questioning the UGA football program under Mark Richt? Do you think that we have not watched and been a part of UGA football more than the years under Mark Richt? Just asking . . .

Must say this . . . . Mark Richt has done a really good job of turning this program around or someone has caught his attention. I do have a question though. Would Willie Marinez still be here if there were not folks that might "undertand the game of football" and raised hell? If McGarity was not here would Martinez still be here? If McGarity was not the Athletic Director would the players be on the training table as it exists today? Someone needs to explain to me how this same group of players (FOR THE MOST PART) go from last years record to playing for the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP. Did Grantham have anything to do with that, or did I miss something. Maybe or could it be that is the reason that I make mention of Grantham so often. This team found itself when we hired a serious football coach, and I stand on that.

well said Buc......I have the same thoughts and try to convey them but I damn sure cannot do it as well as you can......I tend to focus on the main problem and forget to look who is actually pulling the so called strings behind the curtain.....again well said.....

DAWGS 20 TIGERS 14

Alright growl, here I go . . .

I'm feeling pretty crazy right now . . .

UGA 12 LUSers 9

Our kicker hits where 'Bama's missed.

I'll take it!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO DAWGS GATA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!