I didn’t think it was possible for anyone with a paying media gig to pull this off, but Matt Hayes has managed to make Mark Bradley seem rational about Mark Richt’s career path.
Georgia coach Mark Richt was asked Tuesday about his name popping up on candidates for the Miami job. And unlike the last time the job came open in 2010 and the former Miami QB shot down any notion of returning to his alma mater, this response had an eerie sense of, well, wanting.
“I don’t think much of it really,” Richt said. “I love my alma mater, the U. No doubt about it, but there’s been nobody calling or writing or texting or anything like that. So I’m sure they’ll find a great coach.”
A couple of things: When Richt was at Miami, it wasn’t the “U” — it was a program that was on the heels of nearly being shut down before Howard Schnellenberger took over. That statement from Richt is a clear message that he’s not only interested in Miami, but he’s interested in other jobs.
Jayzus. Time to start watching that flight tracking service for news, I guess.
Get The Picture 
Shit, there was a geek on Stingtalk a couple of days ago saying that he was on a commercial flight to Miami with Mark Richt. I’ll see if I can find the thread.
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Wth? This guy would spend years in South America looking for a prize from a treasure map he found on the back of a cereal box. Mark Richt likes Miami = Details of the new contract are unclear.
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Here we go:
http://www.stingtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85721
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Can I start blaming the asshole fans for running Richt off and destroying the program or must I restrict myself to reality? In other words, do I have more responsibility as a poster than Matt Hayes has as a sports journalist?
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You misspelled “crediting.”
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The good news is that there will be no “credit” nor “blame” because the people I am describing do not matter. At all. For anything. Ever. Useless. Worthless. Irrelevant.
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Was that supposed to hurt my feelings or make me angry or something?
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My intention was not to stir any particular feelings. My supposition was that the “fire Richt” crowd would treat it like any other factual assertion they might confront in their daily lives, i.e., confusion, denial, ignorance, obfuscation, etc., etc… Obviously all of the evidence showing that they’ll never ever get their way is entirely meaningless to them. I would likewise believe that they would resist the clear truth that they are undeniably inconsequential.
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You’re adorable, Derek.
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Cut that shit out! They don’t issue marriage licenses here – you have to go to Kentucky.
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Excellent.
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Now girls, no scratching.
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HA Nice.
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If you’re gonna’ tell one, tell a good un’!
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Matt Hayes, got any stock picks for us?
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There could be a profit in that: short anything he picks.
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Ah resent tha hail outa yer constant references to height in yer posts…some of us a closer to the ground by choice (of parents) ya know HB.
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Is Matt Hayes the worst college football writer going? He has to be up there.
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I guess Hayes missed the interview with Richt on Sirius XM College Sports about 30 minutes ago where he said he wants to finish his career at UGA and was not interested in coaching Miami.
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Of course not, because there is no money in getting factual info straight from the source. Better to make up your own story line and get the clicks from your National Enquirer-like audience. I would hate to see him end up at Miami but would not be shocked to see him walk away from UGA, couldn’t blame him at all.
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Be still Bradley’s beating heart… Now, the only question really is; when will Cox Media offer him? He’s ready to go PRO, baby!!!
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Heard it from a good source that CMR is gone to Miami after the Tech game and Jon Gruden has been spotted looking for real estate in Athens.
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The house Gruden wanted already had an offer on it from Santa Claus but Gruden got aggressive and doubled his offer. Santa countered by offering a few reindeer but the seller wasn’t interested.
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The seller’s an idiot. Do you have any idea what flying reindeer go for on the hoof?
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Yall aren’t foolin’ me. I don’t believe in Santa Claus any more.
Now, about that pony he left under my tree.. … .. .
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ummm, hello. Gruden is going to be the next coach in knoxville! Its done been determined. His wife is from that area. I have laid eyes on him in a gatlinburg restaurant celebrating with his in-laws. why else would he be there celebrating if he hadnt just signed the contract to be the next coach in knoxville?
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that’s a fact, Jack!
I got my air-brushed t-shirt (“I Chase Whitetails Year Round”) at the same place that he was getting his root canal. I seen him with my own two eyes.
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Not a chance of him coaching Tenn. He has most of his teeth.
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Cojo, the house Gruden is looking at is occupied by ah….well, I bet you can guess. 🙂
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Couldn’t be a dentist. They don’t have enough teeth to make the profession a go there.
If it has a sign on the entrance gate that has Kiffen’s name on it, it’s a sewage treatment plant.
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Richt’s agent probably told him to “purchase a round trip to Miami for $250 on Delta and it’ll help us leverage another $500,000 out of Buttsmear.”
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The sad thing is that is so true, which is a testament to how ridiculous the coaching market is now.
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This is just silly.
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How can anyone with even the slightest ability to read jump to that big of a conclusion? Matt like many other media types goes in with a conclusion and then interprets the facts to fit his conclusion.
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I think he was just trying to do his alma mater a favor by elevating that job… and I think it worked. Plus he was able to take a little swipe at his critics and maybe adgm and others.
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RIcht takes the job in Miami…wins a national championship within 3 years….and we are stuck listening to the former Richt haters complain that we let a coach like that get away and now we are stuck with Coach XXXX
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I’m terrible at writing, so being part of the media is out for me. Is there any other industry I can get into where I won’t be held accountable for what I’m wrong about because I generated “clicks”. I guess what I mean is, where can I find a job where being wrong makes money.
I really wish “sports columnists” out there would cover other sports columnists the way the do with head coaches. Man, talk about something being a hoot!
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Maybe try politics?
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Or weatherman …..
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You mean that you aren’t getting paid to blog here like the rest of us? And the Senator throws in mileage.
Hoo Boy! Looky here folks. This guy is doin’ this for nothin’! That’s funnier than a chicken with my balls between his legs.
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No sure what this has to do with what I said. I was talking about folks like Matt Hayes making ignorant predictions. I have no idea what you’re talking about or what you’re even trying to say.
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Excellent, Hassan. 🙂
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Hey…I have no idea, and those are little insignificant polls, too.
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I was speaking of getting paid for clicks.
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There’s always head football coach at the University of Georgia.
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Mark Richt: I love UGA and all of the Bulldawg nation
Matt Hayes interpretation: If any of you pieces of shit says “hot seat” one more time….. I’m leaving for the next opportunity at McNeese State
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Miami is the worst so-called ‘major program’ job in the country, and no successful coach, with options, would dare touch that job. They have a small but fickle fan base, they have limited money, mediocre facilities, play in a horrible stadium 30+ miles away in which the upper deck (and portions of the lower deck) are always empty…I can go on and on.
These days, Miami is USF with a more full trophy case from past success. That’s about it.
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Don’t disagree a bit, and I will add UGA is the top football job in Georgia, whereas Miami is no better than the 3rd best football job in Florida.
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Nick Saban was seen in Athens just a few weeks ago.
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LOL.
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I guess Richt was an overnight guest of that Shapiro guy is some seedy night club with those gals. LOL. I know that comment was a sacrilege.
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Matt Hayes is a Florida grad. Need I say more?
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Oh, I just remembered something I heard Hayes say on the radio down here. They have him on once a week to talk college football, and the week of the Florida-Missouri game, with Florida coming off their signature win over Ole Miss, he said Florida would be facing a completely different challenge against Missouri because they can run the ball. At the time, Missouri was 113th in the country in rushing offense. They’re 123rd now.
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This is my take on Richt’s comment. As an alumni of a University and I am a double alumni of one University (undergraduate and postgraduate), I definitely will show some respect to that university and not readily dismiss any rumors of any job offers without actually being offered and at least listening with the powers of that university. And considering what kind of a person Richt is, it is just hard for me to imagine him doing any lesser than that. Just saying.
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correction: listening to the powers….
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and alumnus. sorry.
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Hey Matt, do you like to play cards? Me and some friends are having a little poker game Friday night. We would love for you to join us.
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Recruiting for the Dawgs is going great. Most of Richt’s family now live
in the Athens Metro Area. The money Is getting even better
There Is no reason for Richt to leave UGA in the immediate future.
He probably pays as much attention to the Fire Richt Crowd as I do. None..
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If you substitute “Spurrier”, “Columbia” and “South Carolina” in your post, you have an almost verbatim copy of what the chicken fans were saying a month ago.
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Except that recruiting for USC was in the toilet and the money was drying up. Other than that, they are apples to apples.
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