GAME DAY: VANDY vs UGA

Let me throw this out there to you, then. When was the last time we lost to UT, UF, Auburn and Tech in the same season? 1999 is the answer. That year we actually beat Vandy, so I'm saying...until proven otherwise, that Kirby is no better than Jim Donnan. Jim couldn't coach, either.

LimeyDawg wrote: Let me throw this out there to you, then. When was the last time we lost to UT, UF, Auburn and Tech in the same season? 1999 is the answer. That year we actually beat Vandy, so I'm saying...until proven otherwise, that Kirby is no better than Jim Donnan. Jim couldn't coach, either.

So what exactly has Mark Richt proven that he would be undefeated this year or with only one loss?

Last time I checked Richt routinely got out coached, lost to both ranked teams and teams that had no business beating us, had lesser teams hang around, got blown out by good teams.

You are comparing a coach that was here 15 years to a coach that hasn't even been here for one year.

Seems like Miami inherited the classic special teams, just saying.


Your entitled to your opinion of course, but i wonder if you were this pissed off when ole saint Richt went 8-4 his first year.


Donnan won 9 games the year before if memory serves correctly, so wouldn't that be a regression?

No one can say what Richt wouid of done. He would have a totally different staff. He is gone so a dead issue as what he could or would have done.

Now like I said I was all in on Smart. Now not so much. Limey hits the nail on the head. UGA should not ever be a playground or learning center for a HC. Case in point is UF, coached by another Saban disciple who is actually winning out of the gate first season and beyond. A coach that had experience when he came on board there. OJT done out west and made CSU a winner, then moved on to be a winner at UF. Pretty nice formula if you ask me.

Great discussion going on here.....

BullDawg2010, starting off this morning, came across this article penned by Loran Smith. Believe you and others have voiced the same thoughts in this thread and others.

www.dawgnation.com/football/opinion/lora...he-kirby-smart-aisle

ogredawg wrote: No one can say what Richt wouid of done.

Agree totally and that's why I stray away from making those type of predictions.

What I can accurately state regarding that is that if he was still the head coach, we'd be no closer to winning a national championship than we were the previous year. And if 7-5 gets you to the same place 10-2 does, then I'll take something different.

LimeyDawg wrote: Let me throw this out there to you, then. When was the last time we lost to UT, UF, Auburn and Tech in the same season? 1999 is the answer. That year we actually beat Vandy, so I'm saying

Speaking of years and who we lost to in the same season...

In 2009 (Our 9th year head coach) gives us a:

Loss to Oklahoma State
Loss to LSU
Loss to Tennessee
Loss to Florida
Loss to Kentucky

Ok, and in 2010 (Our 10th year head coach) gives us a:

Loss to South Carolina
Loss to Arkansas
Loss to Mississippi State
Loss to Colorado
Loss to Florida
Loss to Auburn
Loss to Central Florida

And in 2013 (Our 13th year head coach) gives us a:

Loss to Clemson
Loss to Vandy
Loss to Mizzou
Loss to Auburn
Loss to Nebraska

ogredawg wrote: Great discussion going on here.....

Indeed.

He (Saban) has proven that he is the best at evaluating and closing. He recruits depth across the board. You don’t find Saban needing to “recruit extra offensive linemen this year,” and “extra linebackers” next year.

Copied from the article by Loran Smith above.

Has often been discussed on Dawgs.com what was said above, underscored.

Mark Richt could never get the total package together (14/15 years) on both sides of the ball. That will change, bet that. Check out the commits thus far, our coaches are building both sides of the ball. Playing for the future, yep I think so. The conversation even a year from now will change considerably. Change because of the direction the coaches did on the recruiting trail in 2016 and preparing for 2017.

Suits you, take a look . . . .

georgia.247sports.com/Season/2017-Football/Commits/Preview