The official UGA bulldogs crying like Bs thread

[GVF]

It’s about what you’d think. Blaming Kirby for not taking the points, blaming BoBo, Searels, and Shuman for not being prepared. Plenty of blame to go around, but Kirby has earned many mulligans in my book! Bama always beats us, hopefully we don’t see them again this season.

In all fairness, I thought UGA (Bobo, Stockton) came to play and did a great job overall. Not taking the points at home was odd. Would be different if palying at Bama. But, he was like right at the goal line almost. Not necessarily wrong decision, but that play was so in a blender from the snap. Totally weird call. Not even sure Stockton blew that one. He was pretty solid all night.

GA's biggest issue that was apparent against UT and Bama is the apparent lack of a typical UGA defense. Up until that game, Ty Simpson was regarded by most as a DIII QB, and he did that in Athens.

 

[GVF]

I heard a lot of Georgia fans were upset Cash was the one to lean on for that 4th down. I figured Smart would put a bowling ball RB in and pound it up the gut. But man Bamas DL was playing well. So I understand.

Cash didn't really do much at all IIRC. That play your are referring to was just a bad call. If Bobo indeed bumbled anything in that game, it was that call. I like Bobo,. I think he's solid. more traditional, but solid. Bad calls they make at times.

 

[GVF]

Florida State owns SEC, far better team than Alabama, Georgia. Or Tennessee.

UVA says hello !! lol.

 

[Volnanza]

Florida State owns SEC, far better team than Alabama, Georgia. Or Tennessee.

Last time we face FSU I think it turned out pretty good for us.

 

[VolInNW]

I'm not sure if it is more fun watching uga fans cry and moan, or watching their loyal VolDawgs arrive to help defend that trash program.

Much sadness in the corridors of Butts-Mehre Hall this Monday, for sure!

Just a glorious thread all around. Well done, OP, well done!!!

P.S. The @DirtyDawg poster seems ok. A unicorn among uga fans.

 

[adam.vol]

I wonder if Kirby is honoring a non-compete clause from his coaching days at Alabama.

 

[GVF]

I'm not sure if it is more fun watching uga fans cry and moan, or watching their loyal VolDawgs arrive to help defend that trash program.

Much sadness in the corridors of Butts-Mehre Hall this Monday, for sure!

Just a glorious thread all around. Well done, OP, well done!!!

P.S. The @DirtyDawg poster seems ok. A unicorn among uga fans.

Yeah. UT used to lead the series all-time. Then Richt happened. Then Kirby happened. 19-6 against UT last 25 matchups. They don't have to defend a whole lot.

 

[VolInNW]

Yeah. UT used to lead the series all-time. Then Richt happened. Then Kirby happened. 19-6 against UT last 25 matchups. They don't have to defend a whole lot.

A loyal VolDawg responds. Well done, sir!

I will never understand why so many Vols want to play Omega dog to uga, but if it makes you happy, who am I to judge?

 

[GVF]

A loyal VolDawg responds. Well done, sir!

I will never understand why so many Vols want to play Omega dog to uga, but if it makes you happy, who am I to judge?

Not a VolDawg. Nor a brain dead redneck. A realist looking at a simple 25 year head to head record. And conference and end of season results of those 25 years. Dad was a Dawg however. UGA supported our family for over 30 years. I just have no ill will against anyone that kept me fed and clothed. Prob been a Vol fan myself longer than you been breathing. I'm no spring chicken.

Just find it amusing everyone calls a program trash that has been toting us to the curb for pick up for a long time.

 

[VolInNW]

Not a VolDawg. Nor a brain dead redneck. A realist looking at a simple 25 year head to head record. And conference and end of season results of those 25 years. Dad was a Dawg however. UGA supported our family for over 30 years. I just have no ill will against anyone that kept me fed and clothed. Prob been a Vol fan myself longer than you been breathing. I'm no spring chicken.

Just find it amusing everyone calls a program trash that has been toting us to the curb for pick up for a long time.

Wow. Lighten up, Francis, it's just football. No need for the ad hominem attacks. "Brain dead redneck"?? My oh my!!!

And if you love uga, so be it. I just want nothing to do with that trash program.

 

[Volnanza]

Yeah. UT used to lead the series all-time. Then Richt happened. Then Kirby happened. 19-6 against UT last 25 matchups. They don't have to defend a whole lot.

That worm is turning. As much as they feel they should have beat bama, I feel 10x more that we should have beaten them. Soon.

 

[GVF]

That worm is turning. As much as they feel they should have beat bama, I feel 10x more that we should have beaten them. Soon.

Seems to be happening. We did have a legit shot this year. I'm not so much about the missed field goal as I am about jumping out front on Kirby 2 or 3 games now, then crawling in a shell and hoping to hold it. If you get a leg up on him, you have to keep boat racing him and put him down. We backed off, noticeably, and went into hope we don't lose conservative mode. He's way too good in game to ever pull up.

 

[GVF]

Wow. Lighten up, Francis, it's just football. No need for the ad hominem attacks. "Brain dead redneck"?? My oh my!!!

And if you love uga, so be it. I just want nothing to do with that trash program.

Then you shoulda not started with your first little quip, Francis.

 

[05_never_again]

Yeah. UT used to lead the series all-time. Then Richt happened. Then Kirby happened. 19-6 against UT last 25 matchups. They don't have to defend a whole lot.

I hate it that they were able to pull off the "fire a very good coach to get a great coach" thing. Seems like basically every other school that has tried that has botched it.

 

[GVF]

I hate it that they were able to pull off the "fire a very good coach to get a great coach" thing. Seems like basically every other school that has tried that has botched it.

Timing is everything. Pure luck of the draw at that exact moment. Alumni & former player serving under Saban as then current DC. Coached and learned from the best. Ripe for a promotion and a trip home. The kicker that most programs don't encounter when shuffling HC's after a legend leaves is that Richt/Smart back-to-back just fell in their lap. That hardly ever happens.

People don't realize just how good Richt was even without the extra titles Smart has delivered. Richt was a straight up top shelf person. (Dad even has an autographed tie from Richt he got signed at a meet and greet dinner or something. He wore it all the time). Not too many "nice guys" like him won like he did. Kirby just added that little extra nasty edge that jacked it up a notch. Being UGA was dads entire career & always found it odd me and my brother both were big UT fans. Except dads home was around Cookeville and mom Knoxville. And back in my day UT recruited my georgia high school quite a bit. Never hated UGA like my brother. Prob a point of rebellion for him. But, for me it was always the mystique of orange and white...and Gault going there didn't hurt. That got me started full on.

 

[05_never_again]

Timing is everything. Pure luck of the draw at that exact moment. Alumni & former player serving under Saban as then current DC. Coached and learned from the best. Ripe for a promotion and a trip home. The kicker that most programs don't encounter when shuffling HC's after a legend leaves is that Richt/Smart back-to-back just fell in their lap. That hardly ever happens.

It's also pure luck that Kirby ended up being one of the very few Saban assistants that actually ended up a good HC on their own. Most of them aren't. It was by no means a guarantee that Kirby would be a good HC, much less as good as he's ended up being. It's funny to talk about now, but some of the UGA fans I know were grumbling about him after his first season. And honestly it was for good reason. Kirby inherited a program that was in really good shape overall, went 10-3 and finished ranked in 2015. His first year they went 8-5 and some of those losses were bad (blowout loss to OM, lost to Vandy, lost to GT).

UGA as an institution also decided to get fully behind him. I don't think they ever 100% did that with Richt, and the certainly didn't do that with Goff and Donnan.

 

[GVF]

It's also pure luck that Kirby ended up being one of the very few Saban assistants that actually ended up a good HC on their own. Most of them aren't. It was by no means a guarantee that Kirby would be a good HC, much less as good as he's ended up being. It's funny to talk about now, but some of the UGA fans I know were grumbling about him after his first season. And honestly it was for good reason. Kirby inherited a program that was in really good shape overall, went 10-3 and finished ranked in 2015. His first year they went 8-5 and some of those losses were bad (blowout loss to OM, lost to Vandy, lost to GT).

UGA as an institution also decided to get fully behind him. I don't think they ever 100% did that with Richt, and the certainly didn't do that with Goff and Donnan.

Goff and Donnan didn't earn it. Richt did, but he was always an outsider, so he never got the 100%. Kirby was an alum and player. Richt was an easy fire when Kirby appeared ready to poach because IMO his Parkinson's was already surfacing and he was in early decline. He did as well as anyone would have at the time at Miami, but it was obvious then he was not progressing well and he retired. If they hadn't of done the deed then, Kirby would have been poached somewhere else and history would be different. UGA just knew what was coming with Richt and pulled hte plug so as not to lose out. Otherwise, no coach with Richt's then school record winning gets fired after a 10-3 season and no truly bad seasons ever. It was a well orchestrated and successful coup.

Sark had a rough go setting out on his own but is doing good now that he has got that past behind him.

Dabo did very well too and got two natty's. But, he is in decline because unlike Kirby he won't get with the times like it or not. Saban didn't like it, but he got with the times until he was ready to walk away on his terms. Dabo didn't get that or Clemson would still be a force. Kiffin could have been much better than he's been, but his immaturity set him back a bit and he had to oversome some perceptions of him and grow into the job. I think he still has a pretty hard ceiling because of all that.

Also notice though that even though Richt was a Miami alum/player and 3 year HC, because of his long tenure at UGA, all his involvement post-career is with UGA. He has stayed involved with them and he was not "cast out" when he was fired. He supports the program, does charity events with Kirby, etc. for Chrone's and Parkinsons. His oldest 11 year granddaughter has Chrones. My brother has it. Nasty stuff. He still has enough wits to be an ACC analyst, but at only 65 now, he looks and shuffles like a 75 year old. Still lives in Athens.

 

[05_never_again]

Goff and Donnan didn't earn it. Richt did, but he was always an outsider, so he never got the 100%. Kirby was an alum and player. Richt was an easy fire when Kirby appeared ready to poach because IMO his Parkinson's was already surfacing and he was in early decline. He did as well as anyone would have at the time at Miami, but it was obvious then he was not progressing well and he retired. If they hadn't of done the deed then, Kirby would have been poached somewhere else and history would be different. UGA just knew what was coming with Richt and pulled hte plug so as not to lose out. Otherwise, no coach with Richt's school record winning gets fired after a 10-3 season and no truly bad seasons ever. It was a well orchestrated and successful coup.

Sark had a rough go setting out on his own but is doing good now that he has got that past behind him.

Dabo did very well too and got two natty's. But, he is in decline because unlike Kirby he won't get with the times like it or not. Saban didn't like it, but he got with the times until he was ready to walk away on his terms. Dabo didn't get that or Clemson would still be a force.

Also notice though that even though Richt was a Miami alum/player and 3 year HC, because of his long tenure at UGA, all his involvement post-career is with UGA. He has stayed involved with them and he was not "cast out" when he was fired. He supports the program, does charity events with Kirby, etc. for Chrone's and Parkinsons. His oldest 11 year granddaughter has Chrones. My brother has it. Nasty stuff. He still has enough wits to be an ACC analyst, but at only 65 now, he looks and shuffles like a 75 year old. Still lives in Athens.

Yeah, I saw the press conference last week where Richt came and spoke with his granddaughter. He still seemed to have all his cognitive faculties (probably speaks a little slower) but physically it was very sad to see.

I've never been a big believer in a school making a coach "earn it" before fully supporting them. If you don't think the HC you just hired is good enough to receive the full support of the university, then don't hire him.

 

[GVF]

Yeah, I saw the press conference last week where Richt came and spoke with his granddaughter. He still seemed to have all his cognitive faculties (probably speaks a little slower) but physically it was very sad to see.

I've never been a big believer in a school making a coach "earn it" before fully supporting them. If you don't think the HC you just hired is good enough to receive the full support of the university, then don't hire him.

Yep. And he sure is looking far past 65. Considering I'm 60, the difference in our 5 years was startling. Cool thing...in his earlier to mid-years coaching UGA we lived about 45 NE in Hartwell, which is on Lake Hartwell. We weren't on the lake, but they built a house on the lake not too far from our house. I guess being HC kept him pretty busy. We never ran into him in town or anything. They ended up selling it a couple years before getting fired. Probably didn't get to use it often anyway. (I guess I better chill before I get called a dawg homer again. lol. But, as they say, don't bite the hand that feeds you. To be fair, dad did go to a Fulmer meet and greet dinner too). He wasn't all UGA. TN native. BS at TnTech. MS at UT. Ph.D. and career at UGA. Retired and moved back to TN farm.

 

[DirtyDawg]

Goff and Donnan didn't earn it. Richt did, but he was always an outsider, so he never got the 100%. Kirby was an alum and player. Richt was an easy fire when Kirby appeared ready to poach because IMO his Parkinson's was already surfacing and he was in early decline. He did as well as anyone would have at the time at Miami, but it was obvious then he was not progressing well and he retired. If they hadn't of done the deed then, Kirby would have been poached somewhere else and history would be different. UGA just knew what was coming with Richt and pulled hte plug so as not to lose out. Otherwise, no coach with Richt's school record winning gets fired after a 10-3 season and no truly bad seasons ever. It was a well orchestrated and successful coup.

Sark had a rough go setting out on his own but is doing good now that he has got that past behind him.

Dabo did very well too and got two natty's. But, he is in decline because unlike Kirby he won't get with the times like it or not. Saban didn't like it, but he got with the times until he was ready to walk away on his terms. Dabo didn't get that or Clemson would still be a force. Kiffin could have been much better than he's been, but his immaturity set him back a bit and he had to oversome some perceptions of him and grow into the job. I think he still has a pretty hard ceiling because of all that.

Also notice though that even though Richt was a Miami alum/player and 3 year HC, because of his long tenure at UGA, all his involvement post-career is with UGA. He has stayed involved with them and he was not "cast out" when he was fired. He supports the program, does charity events with Kirby, etc. for Chrone's and Parkinsons. His oldest 11 year granddaughter has Chrones. My brother has it. Nasty stuff. He still has enough wits to be an ACC analyst, but at only 65 now, he looks and shuffles like a 75 year old. Still lives in Athens.

I agree. Also, Kirby could have had a head coaching job much sooner, but he chose to stay under Sabin and learn and thrive. He could very likely see something coming way before it did. He grew up a Dawgs fan and played there, he wanted that job. We are lucky that’s what he wanted.

 

[DirtyDawg]

Yeah, I saw the press conference last week where Richt came and spoke with his granddaughter. He still seemed to have all his cognitive faculties (probably speaks a little slower) but physically it was very sad to see.

I've never been a big believer in a school making a coach "earn it" before fully supporting them. If you don't think the HC you just hired is good enough to receive the full support of the university, then don't hire him.

Yes, it is sad. Richt, was a very good coach for us and is very good for the university and whole area. You hate to see these things happen to anyone, and especially to a good person.

 

[GVF]

I agree. Also, Kirby could have had a head coaching job much sooner, but he chose to stay under Sabin and learn and thrive. He could very likely see something coming way before it did. He grew up a Dawgs fan and played there, he wanted that job. We are lucky that’s what he wanted.

Maybe there was some uber private conversations that have never been spoken of, and he was told to stay and learn and perfect the system to the best of his ability and they would bring him home soon enough ???? But, yeah, he did put in the most time learning from the master. And Bama had some darn good defenses under him too.

 

[LouderVol]

Maybe there was some uber private conversations that have never been spoken of, and he was told to stay and learn and perfect the system to the best of his ability and they would bring him home soon enough ???? But, yeah, he did put in the most time learning from the master. And Bama had some darn good defenses under him too.

well I wonder if the opposite kinda happened too. Smart told UGA he was ready for a job and thats why they gave Richt the boot.

 

[YankeeVol]

Florida State owns SEC, far better team than Alabama, Georgia. Or Tennessee.

Based on what? We may all think that but based on what happened on the field, Alabama and Georgia are mid-tier in the ACC.

 

[05_never_again]

well I wonder if the opposite kinda happened too. Smart told UGA he was ready for a job and thats why they gave Richt the boot.

I highly doubt Kirby was waiting until he was "ready" and then told UGA he could head over. He would have taken that job the instant UGA offered it to him, even if it was several years prior.

I think things just finally came to a head with Richt during/after the 2015 season. They were a play away from playing for the title in 2012, then finished unranked 2 out of the next 3 seasons. In his last year, they were preseason #9 and had a pretty favorable schedule where they only played a couple of good teams, but got blown out by both (also lost to us) and had completely listless wins against Mizzou, Georgia Southern, and Georgia Tech.