Either he’s full of shit, or he canned Richt without a plan ready to go on the next man. Terrific.
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un fricken real.
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The magic words that I was waiting for were ‘search firm’.
The last thread of hope is that this is all about avoiding minority coach lawsuits or something like that. A very thin thread, that one.
Congrats, UGA, you’ve just fired the greatest coach in your school’s history on the heels of possible consecutive 10 win seasons. Eason, go find the school with the best QB coach you can. Pruitt, go find yourself the highest bidder. Best of luck to both of you.
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Come on. What do you guys think he is going to say?
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Um, he could say the opposite of, “We have no plan.”
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David Shaw? Minority & proven coach I think? And would bring some much lacking toughness back to Athens.
Great article in USA Today about UGA becoming “pushed around” over last 5 – 10 years. One of the few media outlets I’ve seen not whining about Richt being a good man.
Time to move on. I really don’t care who. Tired of the blowouts, no shows, head scratching moves (Bauta, Squib, etc.)
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My worst fears confirmed. This move was done without a friggin plan. Damn it.
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Of course if that plan only included hiring an assistant, then maybe it will be better to do a real search. Again, while Kirby may be a great coach someday, why on earth don’t we go for an established winner? If we are as great as we think we are, the candidates should be beating down the door, right?
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There is a plan…they simply don’t care what we think and control the info released.
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There’s a plan. This is just the way things are done nowadays. They also have to interview minority candidates. A source close to the situation told me that the search firm is interviewing Sherman Lewis to fulfill the minority interview…
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Beautiful. Let me get the popcorn.
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He is full of shit and incompetent to boot.
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Tell it all brother
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The best part is he has been planing this crapfest for the past month. So in one month he has been able to come up with the grand idea that he can pay someone to find a new coach.
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So McGarity’s reasons are between he and Richt only????? He’s got to be kidding.
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#fireMcgarity
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I don’t know whether I hope he’s full of shit or telling the truth.
If the search really is wide open, that implies that McGarity’s not locked in on hiring a coordinator who has only worked under a notorious micromanager (i.e., a coordinator who probably doesn’t really run his own unit), which is good.
But by the same token, it would also imply — as you say, Senator — that he fired Richt without having a plan in place.
I strongly suspect that this talk of a “wide open” search is just more empty b.s. from a noted authority on spewing empty b.s.
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Damn, let’s all chill. Wide open? Search firm? None of that means they havent already had serious discussions about the replacement. This is all done back-channel with candidates still coaching teams since the UF debacle. We are eating out own.
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That is the more frightening of the 2 scenarios is that he HAS been working on it. Every time a lead has been reported it seems to have gone another direction lately. Schottenheimer and Pruitt both were surprises. With the report on Kirby out yesterday–I just hope McGarity hasn’t already lined up Mullen to take over. Nightmare.
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Yup
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Come on guys, you just put a Georgia hat on some guy and watch the championships roll in. Nothing to worry about.
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As long as he’s got Jacob Eason on the roster, right?
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I don’t know. Kevin Sumlin got to 5 million a year without the benefit of a decent qb. He just wins with or without qbs. You do wonder how he’d do if he had some young phenom at qb. Might beat Alabama in t-town. Who knows?
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Are you joking here? I can’t tell. TAM looked awful and still has no D
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Of course. It was a sarcastic response to turd’s retort. (He’s got a PhD or something like that you know? Very proud turd is of that.)
Kevin sumlin built his career on Johnny football. Beat Alabama in t-town, gave them all they wanted the next year in college station. Without Johnny? They’ve sucked something awful. Yes in the game of football a qb matters. It’s a demonstrable fact. (To be fair, football was probably not part of turd’s distinguished educational career.)
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Exactly! If I understand some on this blog…CMR was the only thing standing in the way of championships. With him gone, we should win 3 or 4 every five years. Let the championships begin…
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yawn
so in year 16 we weren’t going to shit the bed against a rival and get curb stomped by a better team?
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That will never happen again.
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Why should we be surprised? This whole thing is going to blow up in the UGA AA’s face. You don’t make a decision like this without a plan.
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Personally, I’m glad the search is wide open. I would hope it would be. Give guys like Herman the chance to interview and make their case.
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How do you know it is?
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I’ll say it this way. An “open” search isn’t the Georgia Way in any respects.
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He lied like he did for most of the press conference. When he didn’t lie he deferred the hard question of “WHY?” 3 times. He lied about knowing which coaches were on the road. He lied about the search will start right now. He lied about making the decision after the Tech game. He is a gutless chickenshit PR suit that isn’t man enough to tell us about why
Richt is out.
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Wait, he fired Coach Richt without having someone already in line? This should make some heads explode! You can talk about Coach Richt’s stumbles as a reason for firing him, but McGarity sure hasn’t given me any reason to think he is a qualified AD. Those same boosters who whined to him ought to be mad for the total clusterfuck this has become.
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He fired Richt without a hew coach already in line?
Sounds to me that the AD has no clue as to how to handle this situation.
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Guy in the back has a question……
“Coach, other than being a follower of Christ, what has kept you from punching Mcgarity in the throat?”
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Didn’t want to stoop to his level?
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“Well, I don’t know if you could tell over the last 15 years–but ol’ Jimmy Williamson sure likes to make an example out of the football team. Heck–they might have locked up my whole family for just threatening something like that! You know, while we are at it, I’d like to take a second and thank Michael Adams for fostering the antagonistic relationship between the team and the Athens Clarke County PD–that in particular was a big help.”
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Greg McGarity is making Mark look brilliant by comparison. As well as the recipient and victim of some awful leadership moves. The IPF episode………..suddenly looking like the rest of the iceberg surfacing from the depths to ominous effect. Senator, you have been quietly and sometimes not so quietly voicing your concerns about B-M for a good while…….with good reason and prescient observation, it appears.
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Eh. If he didn’t have a plan, he’s a fool (I’m not ruling this out), but I’ll wait and see what happens in the next week before judging anything.
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Reading the tea leaves:
He had someone picked
Now realizes the fans and players aren’t united behind him
He needs cover so he doesn’t get fired
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Just confirms what I’ve been suspecting all along. He’s a coward. You wanted the man gone and you get paid the big bucks to make that decision. OWN IT.
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When I first heard the news, I felt bad for Richt.
The more that comes out, the more I feel better Richt that he’s out from under this leadership. But now I feel worse for the players. And the next coach. And us.
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If the boosters can get rid of Richt whey can’t we get rid of this dipshit?!
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*why
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You can make a case for firing Richt. You can’t make a case for not having a definitive plan in place when you do.
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I think he is FOS.
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Asked when he knew Richt was no longer fit for the job, McGarity’s response was “coming home from the Tech game…”
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GM’s next job will be working for the Clintons in a PR role.
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I’ll write him a recommendation for that job!
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“Immediately after watching Coach Richt beat our in-state rival for the 13th time in 15 years, I knew he wasn’t fit for the job.”
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Please. Tennessee doesn’t lose to Vandy or Kentucky often either. Tech isn’t the measuring stick. Beat Florida, compete for the SEC, you will beat Tech. Hell, we rarely used to lose to South Carolina. Richt single handedly turned that one into a nail biter series.
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It obviously was a political answer—it doesn’t mean that they don’t have a coach already lined up or anything of the sort. As screwy as the AD is, there is just no way they are this incompetent.
But if a HC isn’t named by Sunday, however….
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Do you remember how the AD went about hiring our last two coaches? I bet they are this incompetent.
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Bear in mind that “in some capacity” would clearly include as a scapegoat if the new hire doesn’t work out…
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You are correct sir
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Richt will be long gone coaching for another team by then.
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No sense in getting riled up over what McGarity said. He’s not going to tell us his plan. He won’t even share the administration’s expectations for the head coach in football – he’s sure as shit not going to say, “Oh, we’ve got our guy, see you Sunday!” That would make him look worse than Richt just did by showing he put Georgia ahead of his pride. You can think we needed to do this, but you cannot deny Richt’s affection and loyalty to UGA. He’s DGD.
Re: search firm: I was reminded by a friend that Dan Parker is a UGA alum. One mustn’t forget The Georgia Way also includes funneling money to FOPs when you can.
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What do you people expect him to say, exactly? It’s likely that some or all of his top candidates are still coaching. Everyone is chomping at the bit to castrate McGarity, maybe give him more than 24 hours to get it done, jeez.
Just throwing it out there that we may not hear anything until after the championship games are played. That doesn’t necessarily mean GM doesn’t have a shortlist or even a guy already.
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How about keeping his fucking mouth shut if he doesn’t want to let on, then? It’s not like he had any trouble doing that when he was asked why he fired Richt.
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What does it matter? Can we judge him on who he gets instead of parsing his words leading up to it?
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He’s a bureaucrat, plain and simple. We’ve always known that. We can add coward to the descriptor now, though.
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He is expected to lead and instead he is trying to be evasive. He will be judged on his hire, when and if that happens. Right now he is being judged on his leadership skills and they are falling short of expectations.
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Part of his job is PR for athletics. And he’s proven spectacularly incompetent at that job. Now, maybe you’re right that he’s on his way to hiring a can’t miss trained chimp that will take UGA to the promised land. But he’s certainly looking like an idiot while he’s doing it.
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Goodness are daft. You just keep poking the bear boy.
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We hired and announced Richt when he was prepping his team for the MNC game. In this day and age, there’s no way (except for incompetence) that this is held until after the championship game. And it would be insane to even try it, unless you’re really trying to torpedo the program.
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Conference championships Russ. I’m not talking about bowl games or playoffs.
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Got ya.
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McGarity apologist
lol
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+1000
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Are you related to McGarity? You sure are defending all of his decisions.
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Defending his decision to let Richt go? You know I’ve been in favor of that for awhile. He hasn’t actually made another decision yet to criticize. I’m just pleading for everyone to calm down and see what we get. This has the potential to be an exciting time for Georgia football.
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You did not answer the question. All of his decisions- even some of those who wanted Richt gone are disturbed about how it has been handled. But you act like he did it with style and class which have reflected well on the university. He has not. He has bungled this firing.
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I disagree. You’re just upset because he was fired. There was no way McGarity could have done it that would have made you happy.
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No I would not be happy but I would not be embarrassed. There is a correct way to do this an an incorrect way. McGarity not only did it the wrong way he did it in the almost the worst way possible. I guess I should be proud he was not on a plane ala Tubberville. You are so excited you can not see that while you got the results you wanted it was mishandled.
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You can’t argue this with him Deb. He applauded McG’s North Korean style tactics with the media and players last night, implying that Jenkins and company should know their place, if you know what I mean. You and I agreed several months ago that Dawg165 was reincarnated as boil on someone’s ass in Navada.
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I wonder if both names belong to Alex McGarity.
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I have no problem with McGarity saying he conducting a wide open national search even if he is really talking to the agents for 2 candidates. It serves no one’s interest to tip hands now. See, for example, the Michigan / Les Miles courtship in 2007. Don’t criticize McGarity on that point.
What worries me is announcing we are hiring a search firm. That is the most uninspired move. Did McGarity not use the time between the Florida game and now to identify who he wants to hire? I hope he did. If he did it is weird to announce he is paying someone because he has not done his homework.
Look, Richt’s gone. I am not fighting that battle any more. What I want is a better coach to replace him and an excellent AD to provide the new guy with the resources to win championship.
Once the coach is in place the focus is on the AD’s role. What McGarity does as a part of the transition shed’s light on whether he is a championship quality AD.
Whomever the new guy is is my coach and your coach. You and I share the goal of him being supported by a top quality AD.
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I disagree. While I wouldn’t expect McGarity to be completely transparent about his communications with top prospects, there’s a big difference between keeping one’s cards close to the vest and announcing that there is no plan. Also, by hiring a search firm, that’s just evidence that he’s being truthful that there is no plan. The other possibility is that he’s just wasting money to avoid answering questions.
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Well I’ve not posted since the UT loss…yes, I’ve been pouting that long.
GM’s message is not reassuring at all. I agree with some here in that you don’t fire a coach with CMR’s record without a solid plan to hire the person that you have confidence would raise the bar. If CMR is gone because of not winning championships…then you pay the price to make sure you have the staff that would. Why just regurgitate the whole process every 3-5 years?
I don’t know exactly how I feel about the CMR termination. I like the man, but he doesn’t need UGA no more that UGA needs him. He will be fine in the long run as I hope UGA will be. I would like the very first coaching hire to be the savior of the football program. Whether that can happen without more changes to the administration…time will tell.
I do not think Smart is the answer. Just because he is adapt at plugging in Saban’s system doesn’t mean he can run a program. And, I really don’t want to see Pruitt gone. I would like to see a spectacular hire at HC and OC…all other staff intact.
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We need to get rid of the OL coach too…
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Pruitt doesn’t want to go but he is gone….they’re all gone. If we’re all assuming we get Glenn Mason(aka Kirby Smart) I bet you are wrong …we’ve shot ourselves in the foot and the bleeding don’t stop for a while.
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Weird how so many people echoed Richt’s “in the arena” sentiments a few days ago, but are now quick to criticize every single word that comes out of McGarity’s mouth. Had no idea I was surrounded by so many current or former ADs.
And for the record, I’m the last person to defend the guy. But then, I also thought the “in the arena” thing was bullshit to begin with.
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I’m not an AD but In everyone’s “arena” we all observe other lying just like GM did during the press conference. I also observe gutless suits PR spinning decisions they are scared to back up for fear they were wrong. If he wanted to let Richt have his say, GM should have not been there. Let Richt talk and have another Press conference with GM.
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I’m asking these questions sincerely:
I’ve seen it reported in multiple places that Don Leebern is no longer highly involved in making decisions for the UGA Athletic Department. With that as context:
(1) Is that true? Has Leebern truly stepped aside and stopped influencing decisions at Butts-Mehre?
(2) Who are the most influential “behind-the-scenes” people when it comes to telling McGarity what to do?
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I am no insider but I believe Don is no longer on the BOR though he is still on the AA.
Not sure if we have one single whale donor but the one donor that endowed the most scholarships (looking through the media guide) died last year.
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yeah going to be netflix and chill over here. They are going to hire someone, they are not going to ask me. It might be fun to listen to the national guys talk about the UGA.
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Uhm…”Netflix and chill” means: Invite someone over to have some hot sex. Not judging you Dawg, seems like a pretty good way to kill some time while waiting for the next hire. You whacky kids!
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What exactly does everyone here want? I would say over the past year 80% of the commenters (and the host) have wanted to move on from Richt. You just got what you wanted. I have heard Kirby Smart’s name mentioned many times. I think it is likely you get him. All of a sudden he is not good enough. So there is a national search using a search firm and this is not good enough. So I guess the only thing to do is complain?
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What you have here I’d say is the people who didn’t want Richt fired who are going to be critical of this process regardless of the outcome, the skeptics who are convinced the outcome will be bad regardless of what happens, and some who just want to wait it out and see. All in all its going to make for some very negative bloggery and comments.
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“… some very negative bloggery and comments”
And that’s different from the past two years how?
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Well given that change is happening there actually is a possibility that something good happens. Even if the general mood around here is fatalistic.
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GMs response is “coach speak” for we have our man but I’m giving the media this BS/political response until we can formerly announce our new man.
We would not have fired Richt without a new coach ready to go. & it sure as shit isn’t Mullen or Kelly or Carrol.
The former captain, #16 from Decatur co. will be our next HC. We are about to get new energy pumped into this country club style program. We are about to embark on the new Georgia Way.
Thank you Coach Richt for your service and leadership. Good luck to your future endeavors.
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if Kirby isn’t announced by next Monday with both coordinators already known then the boosters that pushed for this will be heading out of town on vacations and adgm will know that his days at uga are numbered.
The grass ain’t always greener and some people actually don’t know as much as they think they do.
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I’m beginning to be concerned about Morehead. I have written multiple letters in that direction and my donor level is significant(Both to GEEF and to UGA’s general fund) and have had no responses back to letters sent over a year ago as well as recently. Yes, I am/was a Richt supporter, but I can see both sides and I’m moving on from the era of our highest winning percentage coach ever.. So, why can’t you Richt haters see that McGarity’s hires thus far have been total boondoggles and at 5 years he has not been held accountable at all. Look at Stricklin, look at Gymnastics. His handling of the Gurley situation. His scheduling fopah’s (See Southern, La/Monroe and Ga. Southern in the same year), his lack of financial support up until last year and then his unwillingness to allow his changes in money handouts(Forced by Morehead) to work(CMR just was able to pay assistants less than 1 year ago, the recruiting budget moved to comparable SEC school’s budgets, the indoor facility just approved) and on and on………………I think McGarity got pissed over being forced to do some things and decided to show he was in charge. Well, now it is time to stand on your own record GM!
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are you saying Perno and Jay should’ve been kept instead of replacing them with Strick and Dana?
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I’m saying the performance has gone straight downhill. I’m a season baseball ticket holder. We have been pitiful the last 2 years. Perno had us in the World Series regularly and was runner-up. There is only one UGA baseball team that did better….ever The same goes for the gymnastics program pre – McGarity. The ONLY successful teams in YOUR terms now are the swimming (Bauerle, a non McGarity hire that McGarity has not supported)teams and the tennis team(Another Non-McGarity hire) and marginally the golf team. What I am saying is that so far McGarity has been a bust as far as hires go.
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You hire a search firm even if you have your target picked out. They do due diligence and investigation. They also serve as a buffer. Your criticism of this is unwarranted. It’s like doing a title search on a home. Trust, but verify.
I get it you don’t like McGarrity, but this is unfair.
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If I understood McGarity correctly, they haven’t hired the search firm yet. Is it okay to criticize that?
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“The Georgia Way” will end being GM and/or boosters sent out feelers to Smart and he gave them the impression he was coming when he never really was. GM fires Richt to make this happen and now Smart strings us along before saying no. Georgia after several turn down’s such as Strong and McGundy with Tennessee will hire Larry Culpepper. Sure we’ll be at a disadvantage with MacKenzie cramping up swilling Dr. Pepper instead of Powerade after taking it to the house but imagine the money that will go into the reserve fund from the royalties. Heck maybe we can even change DGD to mean Damn Good Drink.
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Isn’t that what Smart did in 2010 when we wanted him as DC?
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I think its important that we wait to hear what Tarkenton has to say about everything that has transpired. Enlighten us, oh Fran the scram.
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First time I’ve been able to laugh about this but it wasn’t the good kind.
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We fired a pretty good coach and the best we’ve got is a search firm. That’s ballsy enough WITHOUT a dozen other programs also looking, nearly half of them every bit as “top tier” as ours. That’s the kind of pride/ego that puts you in a world of hurt. There is blood in the water…
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To sum up my feelings: I’ve never felt as bad or unsure about the future of the program as I currently do and I’ve been around for the end of the careers of our last four HCs. I really hope we get this right because it’s a hell of a lot more fun going to games when I don’t have to worry about giving away tickets.
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I actually hope the search really is wide open, rather than just settling on Smart.
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