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Georgia fans want Richt's head. http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2010/10/04/whats-wrong-with-uga-sad-to-say-it-starts-with-mark-richt/?cxntfid=blogs_mark_bradley_blog

The following records include 7 bowl victories (2 bcs) and 2 bowl losses

2001 - 8 wins, 4 losses
2002 - 13 wins, 1 loss
2003 - 11 wins, 3 losses
2004 - 10 wins, 2 losses
2005 - 10 wins, 3 losses
2006 - 9 wins, 4 losses
2007 - 11 wins, 2 losses
2008 - 10 wins, 3 losses
2009 - 8 wins, 5 losses
2010 - 1 win, 4 losses (losses to bowl bound Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Colorado)

The down years are 8 win seasons.

Richt's contract runs through 2013 season, but as we all know contracts don't mean much when a program is faltering. He is from Omaha but was never recruited by Nebraska. He might not be as aggressive and arrogant as Harbaugh, but there is no way that he wouldn't enjoy just a little bit the opportunity to beat play/beat Nebraska on a yearly basis.

I am probably being just as ridiculous as the Dungy backers but if Richt is out at Georgia I'll trade every regime since 1971 combined in order to get him here.
 

I like him too but a lot of my Georgia friends say he's lost his passion for coaching since going through some stuff in his personal life. Maybe a change of scenery would re-invigorate him?
 

I would take him in a heartbeat. We're not going to get anybody else with anything close to his experience and credentials. I doubt he would come, though. Plus, if he is fired and gets a nice buyout, he might just like the idea of a year off.
 

Looks like another SEC coach is looking to return. Big name, winning record, successfull head coaching experience. Terry Bowden now at Division II Northern Alabama is rummored to be being targeted by Virgina. Why not targeted by Minnesota? One thing I did not realize about him is has a Law Degree.
 

husker70 said:
Looks like another SEC coach is looking to return. Big name, winning record, successfull head coaching experience. Terry Bowden now at Division II Northern Alabama is rummored to be being targeted by Virgina. Why not targeted by Minnesota? One thing I did not realize about him is has a Law Degree.
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Reading year-old rumors are we? Virginia has a coach and will not be looking anytime soon. Either Bowden brother is a decent option, but I'd prefer Tommy. Terry hasn't coached at a BCS school in a LONG time. And I'd prefer Richt to either of them.
 





A lot of the names being thrown out there appeal to me. I would be very happy with Richt. Since the Gophers haven't hired a coach with a winning record dating all the way back to Memorial Stadium, I would be all for bringing in a guy that has won at the BCS level. The Big 10 isn't the SEC and the recruiting landscape would be very different for him. But, previous coaches have been hired with probably too much thought placed on what they MIGHT be able to accomplish, NOT on what they ACTUALLY have accomplished.

I don't know much about Richt beyond his record (which is GOOD) but one thing I remember being kind of stupid was when his team jumped around in the end zone when they beat Florida. I thought it was not a very good idea to shake that hornet's nest... and of course it did come back to bite them.
 




Something I just thought about (and maybe someone with decent knowledge of the Georgia program can answer this):

Is there any chance Richt brings along a handful of transfers with him wherever he goes? They'd be Fr/RFr/So, obviously, but if that possibility exists, it'd be even more reason to pay above our typical scale to get him here.
 

Good point, not to mention his understanding of the recruiting territory that also happens to be the biggest overall hotbed of HS talent. Sure, he wouldn't be able to match the same level of recruits here but if he could translate that same recruiting ability to at least get a few, and also lock up the future Minnesota versions of Floyd, etc... it would be great.
 

Law_Abiding_Gopher said:
Georgia fans want Richt's head. http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2010/10/04/whats-wrong-with-uga-sad-to-say-it-starts-with-mark-richt/?cxntfid=blogs_mark_bradley_blog

The following records include 7 bowl victories (2 bcs) and 2 bowl losses

2001 - 8 wins, 4 losses
2002 - 13 wins, 1 loss
2003 - 11 wins, 3 losses
2004 - 10 wins, 2 losses
2005 - 10 wins, 3 losses
2006 - 9 wins, 4 losses
2007 - 11 wins, 2 losses
2008 - 10 wins, 3 losses
2009 - 8 wins, 5 losses
2010 - 1 win, 4 losses (losses to bowl bound Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Colorado)

The down years are 8 win seasons.

Richt's contract runs through 2013 season, but as we all know contracts don't mean much when a program is faltering. He is from Omaha but was never recruited by Nebraska. He might not be as aggressive and arrogant as Harbaugh, but there is no way that he wouldn't enjoy just a little bit the opportunity to beat play/beat Nebraska on a yearly basis.

I am probably being just as ridiculous as the Dungy backers but if Richt is out at Georgia I'll trade every regime since 1971 combined in order to get him here.
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Why not?

A. The Minneapolis jail isn't big enough.
B.Its pretty safe to say the 2010 season is going to redefine "down year" for Richt
C.He'd be a PR nightmare, especially with his penchant for lax discipline.
D.We don't need a coach who's a burnout. This program needs someone who will come in to kick azz and take names. If Richt needs to reinvigorate himself, he should go to a spa, not come here.
 



Too Long in the Wasteland said:
Why not?

This program needs someone who will come in to kick azz and take names.
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I'm not saying that wouldn't work. But, the Gophers keep trying to hire guys that look like they could build a winner. What they haven't hired is someone WHO IS A WINNER already.

The idea of hiring an upbeat azz kicking name taker is okay, but it has already left us with Wacker and Brewster.
 


Too Long in the Wasteland said:
Why not?

D.We don't need a coach who's a burnout. This program needs someone who will come in to kick azz and take names. If Richt needs to reinvigorate himself, he should go to a spa, not come here.
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If Richt leaves Georgia chances are Georgia will hire said "kick azz take names" coach.
 

A. It’s not like Brew has brought in a bunch of saints. We were very close to winning the Fulmer Cup until Georgia got a big final push.
B. Yes, 2010 is a big down year for Richt/Georgia. Who wants to go out like that?
C. We’ve seen how much Brew’s hard stance discipline has straightened out the team’s off field actions.
D. We would probably be looking at a Tubby Smith type scenario. We won’t be winning the Big 10 but we won’t be a laughing stock anymore.
 

If he can't win in Georgia with those recruits then he is never going to win here since he won't be able to get those recruits.
 

dpodoll68 said:
Something I just thought about (and maybe someone with decent knowledge of the Georgia program can answer this):

Is there any chance Richt brings along a handful of transfers with him wherever he goes? They'd be Fr/RFr/So, obviously, but if that possibility exists, it'd be even more reason to pay above our typical scale to get him here.
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Most of the guys that are looking to transfer are guys that are not getting the PT they think they deserve. You wouldn't know who meshes with the new coaching staff until they go through spring practice together.

If Richt brought OC Mike Bobo along for the ride, there is an outside possibility that Christian LeMay would sign with the Gophers. He verballed to Georgia and made comments along the lines of he will sign with Georgia unless Bobo and/or Richt were not around.
 

Foggie said:
If he can't win in Georgia with those recruits then he is never going to win here since he won't be able to get those recruits.
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um... the point is he HAS won in Georgia... a LOT (note the list at the top of this thread).
 

Schnauzer said:
I'm not saying that wouldn't work. But, the Gophers keep trying to hire guys that look like they could build a winner. What they haven't hired is someone WHO IS A WINNER already.

The idea of hiring an upbeat azz kicking name taker is okay, but it has already left us with Wacker and Brewster.
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I agree with you on the part of hiring someone who's a proven winner. We did that with Tubby, and it gave our basketball program (which was a laughingstock) instant credibility.

As for Wacker and Brewster, they could talk the talk in the azzkicking& nametaking dept, but they couldn't walk the walk. I'm not saying Richt couldn't be that guy, but I think he'd be bringing so much baggage along with him he'd have 2 strikes against him before his first presser. Especially with the local media. Richt would get pilloried the first time some moron on the team got overserved and then tried to recreate the car chase scene from "The Italian Job" on a moped.
 

Comparing Wacker and Brewster really isn't that fair. Both had terrible runs at the U, but the hiring of Wacker actually made some sense on paper. The guy had a successful run as a head coach at several levels of the game prior to coming here. Brewster had done nothing at all to earn a shot at running a D1 program.

Did you know that the stadium at Texas State is named "Jim Wacker Field?"
 

Foggie said:
If he can't win in Georgia with those recruits then he is never going to win here since he won't be able to get those recruits.
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Insert Kentucky and you'd have been saying the same thing in March 2007. Give me a break.
 

No matter who we pick, some of us are going to be displeased, at least until the team actually plays. Every choice has its risks.
 

discochris said:
Brewster had done nothing at all to earn a shot at running a D1 program.
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I'd say being gainfully employed as a football coach at both the NCAA and NFL levels for nearly two decades is more than enough to meet the experience criteria. It just didn't work out here for a variety of reasons. But it's not like Maturi grabbed some bum from the 35W offramp and handed him a headset.
 

dpodoll68 said:
I'd say being gainfully employed as a football coach at both the NCAA and NFL levels for nearly two decades is more than enough to meet the experience criteria.
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By that logic we could have hired an equipment manager with 25 years experience. The key thing is that Brewster had no management experience. He probably knows how to coach up a TE, and he supposedly is a good recruiter, but he had zippo, nada, none experience managing a team, or even just one side of the ball.

dpodoll68 said:
It just didn't work out here for a variety of reasons.
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That's quite possibly the understatement of the year. Let me just list two of them
1.Brewster was unqualified for the job
2.Maturi made a dumb hire

'nuff said.

dpodoll68 said:
But it's not like Maturi grabbed some bum from the 35W offramp and handed him a headset.
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That might have worked out better. There's a guy who occasionally hangs out by the westbound offramp of I-94 at Dale who's pretty good with a squeegee.
 

Too Long in the Wasteland said:
By that logic we could have hired an equipment manager with 25 years experience. The key thing is that Brewster had no management experience. He probably knows how to coach up a TE, and he supposedly is a good recruiter, but he had zippo, nada, none experience managing a team, or even just one side of the ball.



That's quite possibly the understatement of the year. Let me just list two of them
1.Brewster was unqualified for the job
2.Maturi made a dumb hire

'nuff said.



That might have worked out better. There's a guy who occasionally hangs out by the westbound offramp of I-94 at Dale who's pretty good with a squeegee.
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It's almost time for rush hour, don't you need to leave the library?
 

Richt is about fifty; hard to believe he's burned out already. I'd be happy to have him here - he'd be head and shoulders above some of our recent coaches. What I fear is that we'll do a coach-by-association again (Trestman, etc.): people who have some tangential links to Minnesota or the U of M, or who worked with certain people, etc. Perfect example was Cal Stoll, who "had played for Bierman," been an assistant on a Michigan State staff that produced three or four excellent head coaches, and the like. Bottom line was he had a losing record at Wake Forest and had been a head coach only three years. Cal gave it his best but was .500 after seven seasons and Giel fired him.
 

howeda7 said:
Insert Kentucky and you'd have been saying the same thing in March 2007. Give me a break.
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I guess if you like a middle of the road Big Ten team, then Tubby was a great hire. Don't get me wrong, he is better than Monson, but that is not saying much.

They need to catch lightning in a bottle with the next hire. Mark Richt ain't it. He is washed out already and his players can't stay out of trouble. We already have half that equation.
 

Richt is probably a good coach. And likely would greatly improve things here.

But let's say he does more than respectably here. I feel like Minnesota would be his rebound job --- a gap filler, and a way to simply prove he still has it, until a more prestigious job opportunity presents itself.
 

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