Coaching, Recruiting Thoughts

AllDawgs5 wrote: Fans screaming for Willie's head is not the pressure I was referring too. Those same fans were screaming during the 07 season as well. I was referring to pressure put on CMR by the athletic department. I do apologize for not going into detail. Keyword in the bold nonetheless, " I DONT THINK" nothing factual, or I was have said I know.

Deep breathe? For what. No panicking here, pretty at ease with what I am posting.

Obviously, CMR doesn't listen to that type of pressure from the fan base or Bobo would definitely be gone.

Contracts?

Do you understand the difference between an offer and a contract. Beginning to wonder about things. Keep searching, it is out there. Do you due diligence, don't wait for others.

Not a clue, hope for a while only because that means we are winning alot. If not, would be more than OK seeing Kirby, CTG, or Patterson. Believe they all could be successful.

See, I like CMR, but I like winning better. 10 games is ok to me. Not great, but definitely don't believe there should be any talk of being fired at the current moment. Yeah, we win 7-8 games next year. He will be gone, and I will be ok with it, I assure you. But come on, the man just won 10 games and he is receiving the treatment of a coach that had a losing record. 2010 is a long way ago to me, just like 2007 and 2005 are. If it is ok to hold 2010 against CMR, than it should be equally ok to hold 2005 in favor. He tanks next year, then ok, start the talk again, but really now shouldn't be the time. Only reason it is happening now is because it will allow a lot of people to say, SEE I told you all CMR wasn't a good coach. One can step around that fact all they want, but there is truth in that.

Sorry, but all this negativity is not fair to any coach who just won 10 games, and did not lose to a team outside the Top 10.

You life time matters, just as mine does. You wouldn't believe the heckling I received before CMR came to UGA. UGA had never done anything significant in my life time until CMR. He has been to 4 SEC champ games in 11 years. I had never seen us there before him.

Read just about every credible source I can on UGA. Especially in that time frame. Never saw one that says UGA officially offered 4 other DC's. Only so many search engines that can come up empty. Found no factual evidence that shows offering 4 before CTG.

Do also believe if you could have backed that up by now, you would have. Offers, yes I do understand. To present an opportunity for acceptance, or to reject. Still waiting to see either that shows the 4.

AllDawgs5 wrote: Read just about every credible source I can on UGA. Especially in that time frame. Never saw one that says UGA officially offered 4 other DC's. Only so many search engines that can come up empty. Found no factual evidence that shows offering 4 before CTG.

Do also believe if you could have backed that up by now, you would have. Offers, yes I do understand. To present an opportunity for acceptance, or to reject. Still waiting to see either that shows the 4.

Is that a question of integrity sir?

You know better than that. Always one of my favorites. Don't doubt you integrity one bit.

Had problems getting the link to come up hope that this works. Will be adding the fourth, liar I am not. UGA supporter I am, does not mean that I have to carry the same thoughts as everyone on the internet.

By Tim Tucker


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

ATHENS -- After a weekend of deliberating between remaining with the national champions or returning to his alma mater, Kirby Smart chose the former on Monday.

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.Smart, a former All-SEC safety at Georgia, turned down a lucrative offer to be the Bulldogs' defensive coordinator, opting to remain in the same job at Alabama.

He became the third high-profile defensive coordinator to reject overtures from Georgia and the third to get a hefty increase in compensation to stay put. Virginia Tech's Bud Foster and LSU's John Chavis previously turned down the Dogs, who continue to seek a replacement for Willie Martinez, who was fired on Dec. 2.

Smart's decision came after days of discussions with both Georgia, which was offering a multi-year deal and the opportunity to return home, and Alabama, which aggressively countered Georgia's offer and stressed to Smart that he should not leave for anything less than a head coaching job.

Alabama said it would not reveal Smart's upgraded salary until it is approved by trustees in the spring.

"I wouldn't have even considered discussing the [coordinator] position with any other school [except Georgia]," Smart said in a written statement Monday, "but when it's a place I've spent some of my best years and had some great memories, I thought it was something I should discuss with my family and figure out what was best."

He said that "after thinking about all the factors," he decided to remain on the staff of Alabama head coach Nick Saban, for whom Smart also worked at LSU and with the Miami Dolphins.

"I have learned so much in the time I've spent with Coach Saban," Smart said, "and every year I feel like I become a better coach."

As for Georgia, Smart said: "I've got a great deal of respect for Coach [Mark] Richt and the job he has done there, and the University of Georgia will also have a special place in my heart. Not only did I play there, but my wife played basketball there and we have a lot of friends at UGA."

Georgia's offer to Smart generated much enthusiasm among Bulldogs fans over the weekend. Some fans even tracked private planes flying between Athens and Tuscaloosa, hoping one would bring Smart back to the Bulldogs, for whom he played from 1995-98.

Saban seemed to be sending a pointed message to Smart on Friday -- the day after Alabama beat Texas for the national title -- when he said at a press conference that he strongly disapproved of assistant coaches making lateral career moves.

"You expect guys like Kirby to get lots of opportunities to do things," Saban said in a statement Monday, "and we want to continue to help him ... develop his career here so that when he leaves here, it's going to be to be a head coach and probably in a very good situation."

Georgia had no comment on Smart's rejection.

"As Coach Richt has said, he won't comment until he gets his man," UGA associate athletics director Claude Felton said.

It is not clear where Richt will turn next, although he is known to have expressed interest in several NFL assistant coaches, including Dallas Cowboys defensive line coach Todd Grantham. The Cowboys, however, remain in the NFL playoffs, potentially stalling any pursuit of Grantham.

Richt has been aiming high in his search. Both Foster and Chavis have 15 years experience as major college defensive coordinators. Smart, 34, has been a coordinator for only two years but won the 2009 Broyles Award as college football's top assistant coach.