Interesting graphic here:
Note how, compared to Georgia’s peers, financial support for Richt’s recruiting was solid under Evans and then drops precipitously as McGarity runs the athletic department, only to rebound significantly with Smart’s arrival. I’ll leave you to draw conclusions from that pattern.
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Frankly, I always thought McGoof was trying to get rid of Mark Richt. That’s where the Boise State game in 2011 came from. Putting Georgia, coming off a 6-7 season, in against a team coming off a 12 win season with all its starters coming back, and the game being set up at the last minute the way it was……
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I agree with you, Mayor. McGarity did not do all he could to support football until December 1, 2015
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Come on, Mayor. It’s obvious that Mark Richt quit caring about football when Evans left. He was just there to collect a check.
(I’m being sarcastic. To me, it’s obvious BM didn’t give Richt shit for support later in his career.)
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How much lead time on the Boise scheduling? Point is, how could UGA have known they would be coming off a 6-7 year….?
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Dibt interrupt those crazy anti Richt theories!
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November 19, 2010 – there was not a lot of lead time.
https://georgiadogs.com/news/2010/11/19/Georgia_Boise_State_Set_For_2011_Chick_fil_A_Kickoff_Game.aspx
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The AD was choking off money to every program. Other than track and field (and finally football), what program is in better shape now than in 2010? The baseball program is headed there, but you could make the case that’s in spite of financial support.
I don’t know if he used money as the way to hamstring Richt, but it certainly feels that way. I agree with the Mayor … the Boise game was odd timing at best.
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That’s right. Baseball got railed. We kept Mark Fox for way too long to keep paying someone better more. Staved off the IPF. Asked for more and more donations. Did a bake sale to build a new band tower. It wasn’t anti Richt, it was save money in the department n
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The data is pretty clear for the most part. The programs spending the most money on recruiting are having the greatest success on the recruiting trail.
The numbers are skewed in Georgia’s case, because of helicopter and plane charters. By contrast Florida has 2 plane’s – Georgia 0. I suspect that will change in the near future.
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Not sure I’m buying the McGarity trying to undercut Richt by under funding the football program because he under funded most of the programs being cheap the way I see it. I will however, keep an open mind about it though beacause McGarity was at UF when the infamous “endzone celebration” took place so he probably wasn’t that enamored with Richt as a head coach from the start.
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If he wasn’t enamored with CMR, he should have come in and fired him rather than choking the program of needed resources when it was needed most.
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Baseball got it worse.
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Smart is as innovative as far as McGarity is willing to open the checkbook.
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Money well spent. Spend more. Dominate. Win titles.
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Can I ask you one question? Are you a Hartman donor or a season ticket holder? It’s easy to call for more and more when you aren’t one who is paying the freight.
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Does paying for my own degree and buying merch count? How about buying crazy priced tickets occasionally? What is the exact fee required to have an opinion.
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You can have an opinion regardless.
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Kirby had huge leverage when he came in. Pay up or I will go to South Carolina. Period. And yeah, McGoofy screwed Mark Richt. CMR should have raised hell, but that was not his nature.
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But he didn’t just screw CMR. He screwed the fans. He screwed the university. He screwed the players who gave their blood and sweat for ole UGA. He did it so he could hire the football coach himself.
Everyone wanted the fence around the state but McGarity was never going to pay for that fence.
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Congregation say AMEN
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If true, he should have been FIRED a long time ago….
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Well…YES! Exactly. McAsshole was and is a bad AD.
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Didn’t know there was any debate about him, who could possibly like the man? Maybe some like-minded bean counters, he has spit in everyone else’s face. His lack of vision, and tone deafness is legendary….yet he survives. I am sure Jeremy enjoys a compliant “yes man”, but surely he is getting heat from others.
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I would like to see a similar chart for wins vs. dollars spent on recruiting.
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You’re seeing that graphic different than I see it. I see it rebounding dramatically in 2014 and 2015, when Richt was still there.
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Its called 3d chess for a reason. If you are going to fire the coach.. you can’t have the cupboard bare for your guy. Otherwise you will look bad too. So you ramp up spending in the 2 years prior to hiring the new guy so you have a good base for him to leverage. Duh!!
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McGarity must have some real good dirt on someone really high up to be able to keep his job.
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