Georgia Football Troubles

I think 420 in Atlanta was more responsible for this report.  Just sayin...

We're actively recruiting a couple Georgia commits/leans. The speculation is that if Richt gets fired the recruits will bolt and there's a good chance they will end up in A2. 

You're a faaast one, Mr Gob1ue22. 

He tweeted this while pinning down Pruitt with a desk. 

This is somewhat true, but on the other hand, the Florida and UT of the last five or six years is nowhere close to what they were in those years prior to Richt.  And yet, UGA has only had one really good year during that time period and only won the SEC East twice despite having by far the most talen in the division.  They have definitely underachieved recently.  

There are good arguments to keep him and UGA hasn't been outright bad (though this year may end up in that category) with him at the helm.  But there's also a reasonable basis to say that Richt is never again reaching the consistent heights of 2001-2007, and that it's time to find someone to reach for those heights again, even if it means risking downside.  

Also, fwiw, the last few years haven't been noticeably worse than Jim Donnan or later era Vince Dooley.  Goff was worse, yes, but that's really the outlier at UGA.  I think it's reasonable for UGA to expect to do better than what Richt is giving them lately.  

It's kind of a shame; he's one of the few decent guys in the SEC. I always thought it was a crock of horseshit that he was cited by the NCAA for paying his assistants bonuses out of his own pocket because he thought they deserved a raise and he couldn't get his AD to pony up. He and his wife also adopted two kids from the Ukraine, one of whom has some rare disorder.

But given the recruiting base of that program and the resources he has at his disposal, it's hard not to get the impression that Georgia has underachieved.  

Your gullibility does not translate to a "bad look" for Georgia FYI.

It will be great for the Big Ten if this happens.

I'm curious, is Richt known as a good recruiter or is it just that UGA basically recruits itself due it's name and position in the talent rich south?  Lotta UVA folks think he's a great candidate to replace Mike London after his inevitable canning.  I have no idea if he's the type of coach that could win at UVA (which needs to run a program similarly to Michigan and Stanford).

He was born in Omaha and played for Miami. Maybe Nebraska and the U will be interested.

If they end up unranked this year, which is probably one more loss from happening, that will be four times in seven years.  That's a far cry from what we were doing up until 2005.  

I envision the boosters buying the new less clean coach a team similar to like Ole Miss has done for Hugh Freeze.  IMO most SEC/Georgia fans would rather win at any cost and don't give a damn about the rules, it's a culture thing.  Have coworkers in the south.  They just wish their team was best at bag men etc and don't see it as anything wrong.

The assistant coaching staff has not been on the same page in a while and Richt is under orders on threat of termination to get his house in order.  What we're seeing is some knocking of heads and him trying to right the ship.  Not sure if it's possible at this point.

1 Apparently Pruitt has been behaving very inappropriately around other staff members. Talking about, physically threatening. It just made it public , and the AD finally had to get involved.
2. Brian Schottenheimer is a terrible offensive coordinator. He has been hated everywhere he has been by fans, and has apparently been a disaster at UGA.