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FullyERicht

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I'd love to discuss all the elite coaches that came up under Richt in his 15 years at UGA.

Since I am unable to find any, I figure the board can use this post to inform me.....
 
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FullyERicht said:
I'd love to discuss all the elite coaches that came up under Richt in his 15 years at UGA.

Since I am unable to find any, I figure the board can use this post to inform me.....
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Todd grantham
Brian van gorder
 
Are you guys serious? I think he actually asked a decent question...Kinda does says alot about a coach when his assistants go on to be great...(Saban, Urban, even Butch)...15 Years as a HC and not 1 person has elevated them self to at least be the winning HC of a lower FBS team?
A lot of us ridicule this staff for where they will likely end up once they leave here. But most of UGA staff is taking lateral moves..nobody is being pursue'd in upgrade fashion outside of Richt hiring Brown with the co-oc title.

Decent question IMO...could've been asked in a less "**** richt" fashion but I see the point he is making.
 
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Astcloud11 said:
Are you guys serious? I think he actually asked a decent question...Kinda does says alot about a coach when his assistants go on to be great...(Saban, Urban, even Butch)...15 Years as a HC and not 1 person has elevated them self to at least be the winning HC of a lower FBS team?
A lot of us ridicule this staff for where they will likely end up once they leave here. But most of UGA staff is taking lateral moves..nobody is being pursue'd in upgrade fashion outside of Richt hiring Brown with the co-oc title.

Decent question IMO...could've been asked in a less "**** richt" fashion but I see the point he is making.
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Mike Bobo CSU?
 
FullyERicht said:
I'd love to discuss all the elite coaches that came up under Richt in his 15 years at UGA.

Since I am unable to find any, I figure the board can use this post to inform me.....
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He's had some decent coaches under him including Neil Calloway, who was his first OC and is now coaching
the OL at Western Kentucky.
Brian VanGorder is a pretty good coach, currently the DC at NDame.
Scott Lakatos was a highly-regarded DB coach at Rutgers and UConn before he took the UGA gig.
He left there for "personal reasons" and is now at Monmouth.
Not sure what happened there.
Kirk Olivadotti worked for him and is now with the Skins.
He lost another OLine coach, Stacey Searles, to LSU, and he later moved to Texas and
coached at VT the last 2-3 years.
No one will ever confuse his coaching tree with that of Larry Kehres, Bill Snyder or Hayden Fry, but
lots of great coaches have also had disciples that have not fared well when they have moved
on.
 
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I think its a very legitimate concern. We just have to wait and see how it plays out.

The defensive coordinator position is obviously going to be the huge hire.
 
MedleyCane said:
FullyERicht said:
I'd love to discuss all the elite coaches that came up under Richt in his 15 years at UGA.

Since I am unable to find any, I figure the board can use this post to inform me.....
Click to expand...

He's had some decent coaches under him including Neil Calloway, who was his first OC and is now coaching
the OL at Western Kentucky.
Brian VanGorder is a pretty good coach, currently the DC at NDame.
Scott Lakatos was a highly-regarded DB coach at Rutgers and UConn before he took the UGA gig.
He left there for "personal reasons" and is now at Monmouth.
Not sure what happened there.
Kirk Olivadotti worked for him and is now with the Skins.
He lost another OLine coach, Stacey Searles, to LSU, and he later moved to Texas and
coached at VT the last 2-3 years.
No one will ever confused his coaching tree with that of Larry Kehres, Bill Snyder or Hayden Fry, but
lots of great coaches have also had disciples that have not fared well when they have moved
on.
Click to expand...

also, when the new AD took over, he was forced to hire coaches that they wanted.
 
brock said:
Astcloud11 said:
Are you guys serious? I think he actually asked a decent question...Kinda does says alot about a coach when his assistants go on to be great...(Saban, Urban, even Butch)...15 Years as a HC and not 1 person has elevated them self to at least be the winning HC of a lower FBS team?
A lot of us ridicule this staff for where they will likely end up once they leave here. But most of UGA staff is taking lateral moves..nobody is being pursue'd in upgrade fashion outside of Richt hiring Brown with the co-oc title.

Decent question IMO...could've been asked in a less "**** richt" fashion but I see the point he is making.
Click to expand...

Mike Bobo CSU?
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Was unaware of him. Though even then, he is only in his first year, so too early to tell if he is a winning HC.
 
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Astcloud11 said:
Are you guys serious? I think he actually asked a decent question...Kinda does says alot about a coach when his assistants go on to be great...(Saban, Urban, even Butch)...15 Years as a HC and not 1 person has elevated them self to at least be the winning HC of a lower FBS team?
A lot of us ridicule this staff for where they will likely end up once they leave here. But most of UGA staff is taking lateral moves..nobody is being pursue'd in upgrade fashion outside of Richt hiring Brown with the co-oc title.

Decent question IMO...could've been asked in a less "**** richt" fashion but I see the point he is making.
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Agree that is a fair question.
By the same token, a coach like John L. Smith had a bunch of quality assistants under him at Idaho, Louisville, and
Michigan Sate who proceeded to do really well, but would you want Smith to coach our program?

Conversely, many of Brian Kelly's assistants have not done much after moving on with possible exception of Diaco at
UConn.....but we would all hire Kelly in a heartbeat.
 
What are the coaching trees of Al Golden, Randy Shannon, Larry Coker? Absolutely 0! Coach Richt is not Jimmy Johnson, but give the man a chance as he is a dramatic upgrade to these last 3 losers!
 
nycane said:
MedleyCane said:
FullyERicht said:
I'd love to discuss all the elite coaches that came up under Richt in his 15 years at UGA.

Since I am unable to find any, I figure the board can use this post to inform me.....
Click to expand...

He's had some decent coaches under him including Neil Calloway, who was his first OC and is now coaching
the OL at Western Kentucky.
Brian VanGorder is a pretty good coach, currently the DC at NDame.
Scott Lakatos was a highly-regarded DB coach at Rutgers and UConn before he took the UGA gig.
He left there for "personal reasons" and is now at Monmouth.
Not sure what happened there.
Kirk Olivadotti worked for him and is now with the Skins.
He lost another OLine coach, Stacey Searles, to LSU, and he later moved to Texas and
coached at VT the last 2-3 years.
No one will ever confused his coaching tree with that of Larry Kehres, Bill Snyder or Hayden Fry, but
lots of great coaches have also had disciples that have not fared well when they have moved
on.
Click to expand...

also, when the new AD took over, he was forced to hire coaches that they wanted.
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LOL I love this angle. I really do.

The idea that Mark Richt wasn't allowed to call plays or manage his own staff is laughable. I like Richt, didn't have him in my top 5 of coaching candidates, but I think he is a good coach.

But you look very foolish and pathetic when you try to sugar coat the fact that he 1) doesn't have an eye for coaching talent 2) doesn't win big games 3) got fired from a program that isn't as successful as we are.
 
IamaCane4Life said:
What are the coaching trees of Al Golden, Randy Shannon, Larry Coker? Absolutely 0! Coach Richt is not Jimmy Johnson, but give the man a chance as he is a dramatic upgrade to these last 3 losers!
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Since when is the objective at the U to be "better than Randy and Al"......??? Seems like a really low bar.
 
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