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Richt: I was too soft on Dogs
It has been over two months since Georgia's last football game. It will be six months before their next one. Sometime between now and then, the Bulldogs need to relocate their edge, toughness and resolve, which Mark Richt now concedes was so obviously missing last season. He blames himself. On the eve of spring practice, the Bulldogs coach said Monday he erred by running softer practices last season after the team began accumulating so many injuries so early. "When a lot of guys get hurt and you've got bodies on the ground, you start thinking, 'If we lose one more guy, our game plan is shot,'" Richt said. "Then you have to re-invent the wheel on Wednesday or Thursday. You start making decisions based on that. It affected our defense in particular. Defensive players need to practice with an edge. When you don't do that, you can lose some of that team speed and attitude. We had three scrimmages in the fall. But by the second scrimmage we weren't going at full speed. That's just not football. You make those calls in the interest of the team. But in hindsight it probably wasn't the right thing to do. It's time to go back to old school."
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"Ward, don't you think you were too hard on the Beaver" - June
GatorBaitor
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You could have them stomp on a few endzones. That worked well in the long run.
VolFanHenry
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"Well June, you were quite hard on the Wally last night" - Ward
BillWrigley
Total Comments (1145)
Other revelations from the Toupe'...
I could have made better coaching decisions......
I could have won more games....
I probably choked in big games....
The TRUTH
Someplacein, OH
Total Comments (14438)
I'll give him one thing - he did have a lot of injuries last year.
Joekidd1992
Total Comments (1845)
ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............
pooloo
Total Comments (230)
I believe that is all the same revelation.
Dawg&BeaverBelie…
Portland , OR
Total Comments (231)
Now that he's 2nd guessed himself, his players will now be 2nd guessing him.
Sospantumaka
Sparks , NV
Total Comments (7)
Now that he's 2nd guessed himself, his players will now be 2nd guessing him.
Sospantumaka
Sparks , NV
Total Comments (7)
In general acknowledging mistakes helps to prevent them in the future. I think the players and other coches will respect him for that. I guess he couldve scapegoated someone on the staff for last years failures, but that's not how Richt operates. I like the "buck stops here" attitude.
Dawg&BeaverBelie…
Portland , OR
Total Comments (231)
At least Georgia has beaten Urban Meyer's Gators.
How 'bout 'em
Marietta, GA
Total Comments (2070)
It worked just fine....we won that game. They got their revenge this year....now we're the ones hungry again. Go Dawgs!
Dawg&BeaverBelie…
Portland , OR
Total Comments (231)
Dang-- he almost sounds like Phil Fulmer. His career seems to be headed in the same direction.
Vols RULE!
Knoxville, TN
Total Comments (2517)
He needs to give his Dawg Puppies a good taste of the Bear's "Junction Boys" activities, that ought to rattle a few dog cages.
GatorRobster
Houston, TX
Total Comments (3621)
Sounds good in theory, but none of those tactics are even remotely in compliance with current NCAA regs.
(Too bad for CFB, in my opinion.)
Vols RULE!
Knoxville, TN
Total Comments (2517)
I say, stomp every endzone! That was the best show of team unity I've ever seen. Those players came together, in that moment, which propelled them through the rest of the season, and into a pre-season number 1 ranking. DO IT AGAIN! (And, I'm not a dog fan, but I love the passion of that display. And football is a game of emotions and passion.)
UPS
Aurora , IL
Total Comments (252)
I was acknowledging that it worked there genius.
But since you're bringing it up, I'm pretty sure you got rocked by us 2 of the last 3.
VolFanHenry
Total Comments (1405)
I think you will still be hungry in 2010. We've got almost the entire team returning and you lost some key offensive weapons.
MountainGator
Total Comments (2706)
with all the injuries they had in practices u gotta do the knee jerk reaction of calming it down some...u're only gonna do so well w/your 2nd string guys starting anyways if u keep up the tougher practices and starters are dropping like flies (which they were)
KillerNut
Total Comments (165)
Agreed.
Heck, when I played, even in HS, the coaches made us do stuff that they'd never get away with these days. Run til your tongue dragged the ground, gave you three seconds for a drink at a water hose, then back to running - and that was during two-a-days in the spring in FLA, it was scorching hot, and the humidity was unbelievable! Amazing the stuff we put ourselves through.
GatorRobster
Houston, TX
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