What the hell is wrong with UGA athletic last few years

[Indndawg]

These guys should be killing it in every sport, esp football.

 

[patdog]

Same thing that's been wrong with them mostly forever. Basketball has never been anything other than the Dominique Wilkins years. Baseball has had a few outstanding seasons, and a national title, but those are sandwiched around years of mediocrity or worse. And, for all the hell Mark Richt has caught, he's their winningest football coach, other than a guy who coached 1 season in 1894.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

Same thing that's been wrong with them mostly forever. Basketball has never been anything other than the Dominique Wilkins years. Baseball has had a few outstanding seasons, and a national title, but those are sandwiched around years of mediocrity or worse. And, for all the hell Mark Richt has caught, he's their winningest football coach, other than a guy who coached 1 season in 1894.

A school that couldn't give a rats behind about baseball and they have something MSU doesn't. A NC!

But when I lived in Athens a few years high school baseball within a 75 mile radius produced outstanding players. Many went straight to pro ball, but UGA, like a blind squirrel, found just enough acorns to build a nice 3-4 year nest and get the job done.

 

[KurtRambis4]

The last few years? You

mean forever?

 

[tatedog]

They are the Auburn of the East. Never much of a threat to win anything but good enough to keep others from winning. If you are looking for a fast answer as to why they have under performed in football since 90's expansion, much of that probably has to do with Steve Spurrier and the turnaround of Florida football.

 

[Shamoan]

They are the rich retarded cousin. All the advantages except their own natural inclinations.

 

[L4Dawg]

Other than the H. Walker years UGA has never really been a world beater in any sport. They have never sustained it the few times they approached elite level. THAT being said I wish we had their history.

 

[Palos verdes]

Their biggest problem concerning football is sticking with the pro style offense for too long. They would have had more successful runs under Richt if they had adapted to a power spread.

 

[Snog]

Other than the H. Walker years UGA has never really been a world beater in any sport. They have never sustained it the few times they approached elite level. THAT being said I wish we had their history.

You want the history of being burnt to the ground by people that hate your guts and then being a complete sell out and giving those same people public fellatio and still being a second class citizen? No thanks

 

[Hoover Dawg]

At their level, it's coaching. It's funny because they have every resource needed, so all they really have to do is get the hires right. Well, the fanbase is a big part of that. They have the fanbase for football, but not the other sports. Their fans simply don't care about basketball or baseball, so they have no incentive to go the extra mile. In football, they do. They got close under Richt, but never made it. The fact that they fired him shows they'll eventually get it done, in my opinion.

Wait until you see the product Smart puts on the field this fall, it'll resemble Alabama in 2008.

 

[mount lefroy]

They are the Auburn of the East. Never much of a threat to win anything but good enough to keep others from winning. If you are looking for a fast answer as to why they have under performed in football since 90's expansion, much of that probably has to do with Steve Spurrier and the turnaround of Florida football.

I also think that Georgia's entrance requirements are higher than most. It may not be the entire reason,nothing ever is, but it affects them.

Smart is about to change the milk toast success Georgia has known. I have a feeling he is about to make life hard on UT and UF.

 

[Indndawg]

That's what I almost posted

mean forever?

but trying to avoid extremes that have won some NC's in football and baseball...but that seems millennias ago

 

[patdog]

Georgia's not passing on athletes because of academic reasons. No more than any other school is. Entrance requirements for regular students and entrance requirements for athletes are two different things.

 

[mount lefroy]

Georgia's not passing on athletes because of academic reasons. No more than any other school is. Entrance requirements for regular students and entrance requirements for athletes are two different things.

The Jamar Cheney situation wouldn't happen at any other sec school except maybe Vandy

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

I thought the Jamar Cheney situation occurred because he had a significant jump in test scores from one test to the next and Georgia didn't want to risk signing him so they referred him to Croom. Maybe I am thinking of someone else.