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Posted Monday November 23, 2009, About: Hawkins on way out of Colorado?

UGA is NOT going to fire Richt.

Posted Sunday November 15, 2009, About: Ga. Tech DE pondering NFL

Passing up the money seems pretty stupid.

Posted Sunday November 15, 2009, About: Victim: Arrested Vols should play

Good God, what is society coming to?

Posted Sunday November 15, 2009, About: Bowden on Memphis short-list

Bud Foster? You are dreaming. I am still not sure why he is not a BCS AQ head coach. I hope that UGA goes after him for DC with an open check book. Coaching a SEC team would put him in an even better position to be a HC.

Posted Thursday November 05, 2009, About: Georgia AD backs Richt

I liked the Donnan hire. Most of you may not know/remember that Glen Mason had been hired as the UGA coach after Ray Goff; then over Christmas Mason backed out. I am not sure if Donnan was always the 2nd choice or not, but with his success at Marshall he made sense. Some people might have objected at the time, but the internet was not what it is today so we will not never know.

Donnan, in addition to losing to Tech, was not successful against UT or UF either.

However, his greatest sin was in the way he treated the big money alums. Even on his call-in show he would talk down to callers with a "what do you know about football" attitude--heck almost saying as much. The call in show was a train wreck. It made for riveting radio.

Richt is safe.

Posted Sunday October 18, 2009, About: No Plan B for Pryor's lack of progress

Very strange how Pryor looks to be no better now than when he first appeared. Either he is not being coached well or he is not coachable. I recall how Tressel revamped the offense to take advantage of Troy Smith's skills and it led them to the national title game. Either Tressel & Co are not making the changes or Pryor is not capable.

Also, his throwing mechanics look terrible. Florida overhauled Tebow's throwing motion. I suggest Tressel call on the biomechanics folks at Ohio State for some help there--although Pryor also needs help with his footwork.

Pryor has not lived up to the hype. Maybe he made a bad choice in choosing Ohio State and maybe Ohio State made a bad choice with Pryor.

Posted Friday October 16, 2009, About: Sources: Louisville wants Gruden

Brilliant move. We all know that former NFL coaches have a great track record in college!

The bad part is that they will do this dance and Gruden will decline and then the fellow that is hired will be seen as the second (or worse) choice. Not a good way to go.

Posted Wednesday October 14, 2009, About: Jets LB: Dolphins Wildcat is 'nonsense'

What an idiot!

I thought the idea was to win and use your personnel in the best way possible to reach that end.

Posted Monday September 14, 2009, About: Hawkins feeling heat in Colorado

CU does not have a lot of talent; the state of Colorado does not have a lot of HS talent either. That means getting kids from Texas or California. Hard to get those kids to leave those states when the college teams in both states have gotten a lot better in the last 10 years.

Posted Monday August 10, 2009, About: Recruit picks Knoxville over SEC 'cow pastures'

LSUDYNASTY, Atlanta does not have a SEC team.

I read the AJC story where it referenced his use of the third person, then all the quotes were in the first person. I found that humorous.

Let the kid go where he wants to go. A lot of SEC are more rural than say PAC-10 schools, big deal.

Posted Monday July 27, 2009, About: Jeff George wants to play again

He never could play in the league when he was 28.

Posted Monday July 27, 2009, About: Moreno may miss Broncos camp

Bad move Knowshon. Holding out is a really, really bad idea and the impact on his rookie season will be felt for a long, long time. I am very disappointed. (I am a UGA grad/fan).

Posted Saturday June 20, 2009, About: Recruit picks Ga. Tech over Georgia

CB play was not the issue in the loss. Tech's defense gave up 42, so your D could obviously use a lot of work as well.

Posted Tuesday June 09, 2009, About: Congressman calls Hewitt about apology

Heck, I think if a football player wants to try to make the jump from HS to the pros he should be able to do so. I do not think you will see many doing it not only because of size and strength (power) but also the mental side of the game. Pro football is remarkably complex.

That said, do not stand in their way. That said, I also think a league should be able to institute its own rules for eligibility. If the NFL passed a rule saying only those with a college degree could play, then I would be okay with that as well.

Posted Wednesday June 03, 2009, About: Team USA wants Coach K back

I have had the good fortune to know an official for USA Basketball. The stories he tells about how K connected with the players and got them on the same page is amazing. Look at the MVP voting. The top 5 players in voting were all on the US team. The team had superstars but even they bought into the "system".

Go with him, but I would bring in an assistant coach as "coach in waiting" to learn the ropes.

Posted Friday April 24, 2009, About: Louisville commit to play in Europe

I wondered when this would happen. Makes sense.

What happens to a kid who is home schooled and has no graduating class? When can he get drafted? What happens if a kid (and this would be a rarity) skips a grade when he is young? What is his graduating class?

As bad as public schools are, is he going to miss much? High school prom--way overrated. If prom was the best day of your life, you either just finished HS or, well you can figure it out.

Maybe if enough kids do this, the NBA will scrap its stupid rule.

Living overseas can be a really cool experience if a person is willing to give it a legit chance. I have spent several weeks in Europe (and not the glamorous spots either). I wish I had had the chance when I was young.

As for the comment about the NBA forgetting about him, I am not an NBA follower but I believe something like 20% of the players are from overseas. It seems like the NBA was a pretty sophisticated scouting structure.

Posted Friday April 03, 2009, About: Georgia fans scratching heads over Fox hire

Because so many people on message boards know so much about coaching and hiring a coach. As I will state again and again, if you think you can do a better job then become an AD. I bet it pays better than your current job.

BTW, this is the AD's first major coaching hire. Not sure how you can toss him in with Adams. Apparently Adams stayed out of this whole mess.

BTW, Juan, Harrick was not a decent hire. I have witnesses to me stating he was going to be bad news (one witness is a UCLA alum who agreed with me).

To "The Unit": none of the people you mentioned were ever seriously considered nor should they have been. Coaching in the pros and coaching in college are different things. What career pro coach has done well as a college coach? What career college coach has done well as a pro coach?

Go Dawgs

Posted Thursday March 26, 2009, About: Gillispie on way out of Kentucky?

I hear Donovan's name a lot, but what has he done the past 2 years? I'll tell you he has been to the NIT and lost to UGA. Same thing Gillespie has done. If UK fires Gillespie, it will be going down a path that leads to nothing good. Changing coaches every 2 years is not a good way to rebuild a program.

Posted Tuesday March 24, 2009, About: UGA denies talking to VCU's Grant

Evans and Adams may not have talked with him, but UGA is using a headhunter service in the coaching search. Someone should have asked if someone from the search firm had talked to Grant.

Posted Tuesday March 24, 2009, About: Mizzou coach sidesteps open jobs

I have at least $2 million reasons he would consider UGA. Also the state of GA has a good deal of basketball talent. It has been a long time since a UGA coach kept any of them at home. (Ever might be appropriate when I think about it).

Posted Monday March 16, 2009, About: Lions bypassing Stafford for Cutler?

Moreno would not be a good choice for QB :)

I bet Stafford is praying not to be selected by the Lions. While it might cost him some money, going to a better team would be better in the long run.