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By Blackdawg

March 7, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

I believe he should have at least one or two AJC reports to whip his butt when he goes to the bathroom as part of his bonus.

GOOO DAWGS SPOON’EM!!!!!!!!!

By bunch

March 7, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this

CMR is on track to be the greatest coach in UGA FB history and indeed is an amazing ambassador for the school. All he lacks on the resume thus far is a MNC. He’ll, as you suggest, get that compensation bump among his peers if he wins a national title.

By gg

March 7, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this

Does everything have to be a competition with the fans? Do we have to be number 1 in everything? This is rediculous. I’m sure MR doesn’t care. I’m sure he feels more than well-compensated personally. I’m certain he’s more concerned with the needs of the program, the players and the assistants. Take care of the program first and the personal rewards will follow.

By reservoirDAWG

March 7, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this

Blackdawg, are you about 12? You are certainly a homophobe or a homo.

By Naplesdawg

March 7, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

So where does all the money go? We are a top money maker…but our facilities are lacking, and our coach isn’t one of the better paid even in our conference alone…can someone explain? Why other schools that make less on football can afford to pay their coaches more and have indoor facilities as well? Doesn’t make sense!

By Pat

March 7, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

I agree with going ahead to 3 but Chip, this “some people” business only serves to stir trouble. Get off the fence and state YOUR feelings without blaming it on Mr.& Mrs. Anonymous. If Richt is satisfied, why not the rest of us.

By gerry12

March 7, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

He can’t win the big one

By Top Dawg

March 7, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

CMR is loyal to UGA. Let’s be loyal to him. Build the indoor facility NOW!!!!!

By JD

March 7, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

MR has yet to win the National Championship or to beat Florida, Auburn, and Tennessee in the same year. He has agreed to his contract so he must be happy with it…….for now. personally, I bet he can’t wait until the 2008 season is in the books. The Dawgs will hopefully have a ligitimate shot at the National Title at the end of the season and can anyone honestly say that if they do get to the big game, they won’t win it??? I know getting there is a long way away but I feel sorry for the other team they play if, sorry fans……WHEN, they make it.

By scooter11

March 7, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

He will when he actually plays the big one.

By BlueMoon

March 7, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

If he wins the SEC and NC in the next two years I believe you’ll see CMR as one of the top 2 paid coaches in the land.

This raise left room for rework and if he keeps winning, it’ll be reworked.

By brent

March 7, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

Sad to say, but the fact that Richt is not prone to shop around for other jobs is part of the reason his salary is low (among elite coaches, that is). Same is true in all jobs. The only significant raises I’ve ever received were the result of either changing jobs, or using another job offer for leverage. Sad, but that’s the reality.

By JMar

March 7, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

You said it yourself: five SEC coaches have won national championships: Les Miles, Urban Meyer, Pumpkinhead, Spurrier, and Nick Saban. Tuberville had an undefeated season. He shouldn’t be getting paid more than those six coaches, and he is getting more than the underserveds like Bobby Petrino and the less successful coaches in the conference. Richt is right where he should be.

By Pitbull

March 7, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this

CMR has a winning record against every team in the SEC except UF. He is 2-5 vs UF in 7 years; his 2 predecessors were 2-10 vs UF.

He has beat Tech for 7 straight years.

He has a 72 -19 record over a 7 year period.

He has 2 SEC championships, 3 Sugar Bowl appearances with 2 wins, 4 SEC East titles (played in 2 and tied for 2 we didn’t play in).

He is the best coach in the SEC and in the country. We are indeed blessed to have him. Tech people would pimp out their wives and girlfriends for a coach like him.

He is simply the best as a coach and as a person. I hope he is happy with his life, income and job at UGA and hope that he stays with us until he is Jo Pa’s age.

By aa

March 7, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

He’s not an elite coach, which is why he’s not paid more. If he wins big next year - after how many seasons at GA? - then start raising his salary to match those around the country who are in that top category. And keep raising his salary if he wins consistently over the next few years. It’s just that simple.

By timthebrave

March 7, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

When he wins a NC he will get the bump to 4 million. He is making enough money for what he has accomplished. If he wins SEC or NC in next couple of years they can rework his contract again

By wannabes

March 7, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this

The fact that Tech would pimp out their wives, etc for a coach like Richt, doesn’t equate to being the best coach in the country. To put Richt in the same category as Carroll, Stoops, and even Urban is just plain stupid. This could be why the Dawgs don’t ever make it to the big time.

By hop

March 7, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this

we have the worst athletic director in the country and he is only living on coach dooley’s reputation.

the facilities are not state of the art, we make more money than any school in the country. we have a coach who has the 4th highest win total in the country and we pay him only as the 5th highest income in the SEC.

georgia is playing with fire and if we have another great year the offers will be coming fast and furious that could BE INCLUDING an offer of 4mm-5mm and we think he will not be listening,coach richt is not a fool.

what a weak argument to say” well he has not won a national championship,but coach bobby petrino , the ole falcon coach and present arkansas coach is making as much if not more than coach richt. give me a break!

what a crime that is.

damon evans, what are you thinking, this is total stupidity to wait and let our coach have another great year, and risk the chance of losing him, instead of stepping with a package that addresses both the term and compensation that is equal to the top coaches in the SEC. WAKE UP BULLDOGNATION, MARK RICHT IS NOT A FOOL AND IF WE ARE NOT LOYAL TO HIM ; HE HAS EVERY RIGHT NOT TO BE LOYAL TO UGA!

By Fecil

March 7, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this

This is the kind of story that is written when the writer is obligated to put in SOMETHING before a deadline and can’t think of anything substantive or actual. Heck, if making stuff up and asking open-ended questions is all there is to journalism then everyone who posts in this blog is eligible for a Pulitzer.

Come on, Chip, and admit when the writer’s block is acting up. Maybe you could donate your space to someone who has something to say. As it is, this is the news equivalent of standing in front of the post office at midnight on April 15, reporting that people are paying their taxes at the last minute. It’s a space-filler.

By JPat

March 7, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this

All of you are crazy! In UGA’s athletic program, $200,000 is chump change. If MR left for another program, we could not replace him for several times over $200,000! I think Damon Evans is being cheap and shortsighted.

By blackjacket

March 7, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this

well at least they should give him a free Varsity card so he could get all the chili weenies he wantd. Then provide him access to some rolaids.

By Hunk Erdown

March 7, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this

Fecal

I think you’re “full of it”.

By Pitbull

March 7, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this

The AJC prints this kind of stuff to build controversy for more readership for higher advertising rates ie more revenue & higher profits. Nothing sells eyeballs on the AJC website more than UGA football. Unfortunately the AJC has not learned that you don’t s—- where you eat. The AJC would pimp out their wives and girlfriends for more profits. It reflects their lack of values.

By Leslie Brent Bowie

March 7, 2008 3:07 PM | Link to this

It is a FARCE that Wingnut Tuberville is making more than Richt! You have a point about him not winning a NC but neither has Wingnut and he is STILL paid more than than Richt! It’s a disgrace.!!

By TDOG

March 7, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this

Why pay a guy for a bunch of gimmicks that may or may not keep paying off. Hopefully he will not amass a bunch of thugs like Miami did. He is becomming more like the old ball coach, crass and no class. He needs to win and then give him some money.

By Tom

March 7, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this

This is a business and Damon has treated it as such. He knows Athens is a desirable place to be for a head coach. If living in Athens is of value, why pay more in salary if you don’t have too? Mark has been paid to do a job. He is paid well and he has done well. Everybody wins. Kudos to Damon.

By Andrew

March 7, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this

I think over Two Million a year is beyond ample for anyone to coach football, and I don’t care who it is.

By reservoirDAWG

March 7, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

Richt is an elite coach. He has been winning consistently. Hopefully he will take us to the next level. I know he has the horses.

By vinningman

March 7, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this

He got 51 put on him at home by the vols two years ago and in 07 he was down 28-0 at halftime in ktown, But watch-out they have black unis and beat a worthless Hawaii team. I guess my tax $$ can get him a new lakehouse.

By GA_Tiger Fan

March 7, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this

Until he wins the National Championship game, he is fairly paid!

Also, pitbull must be on serious medication to think Richt is the best coach in the SEC!!!!!

By AltamahaDawg

March 7, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this

Good heavens, can a person enjoy one good thing happening up there without the headlines trying to figure out how many ways they should be insulted over it?

By Dawg Hawg

March 7, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this

CMRINMTAPMCAWAWH.

Oops, sorry about the abbreviation. Coach Mark Richt is nothing more than a poor man’s Chuck Amato with a weatherman’s haircut.

By b carroll

March 7, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this

I know a lot of people will not like my comment but I do have my right to express. I think they, coaches and ball players are all overpaid.. They,coaches, are making over a million a year anyway and why is that not enough?? There are a lot of kids out here who would like to go to college but their parents can not afford to send them. It’s just not right,my opinion, that so much is paid to sport’s. Not just football, but basketball also. I think they could/should set up a fund for less fortunate kids who want to go to college and Pay/help pay and not give the coach money they could use more wisely. Like I said, this is my opinion.

By tbone

March 7, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this

pitbull, You have lost it, best in the country? get your head out of the clouds. let’s hope he does not pimp himself for more money elsewhere, because he is already getting the big head.

By Smitty

March 7, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

Maybe they should all get in front of a mirror and and have a sausage contest to see who gets to make more money. Go Dawgs…..

By DAWGS30

March 7, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

Coach Mark Richt is more of a man than anyone of you. There is no price tag on a person who has more principal than anyone of us could imagin. We are more than lucky to have such a individual as a leader for our young kids at the University of Georgia let alone a football coach.

So the answer to the pathitic question is…NO

GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!

By teeitup

March 7, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

C’mon people…If it wasn’t what Richt wanted, why would he take it? If he is so great, why can he not demand more? Do we just give him the most because we all have man crushes on the guy? Seems to me like its a good deal all the way around. Alabama paid 4 mil and got 6-6…should we be that stupid? Florida pays more because their guy won it all in the CMR era…so did the LSU guy. Richt is a notch below Tubs who has a great record, won conference title, had an undefeated season, beat Florida in back to back years (Richt yet to do that one) and has beat his chief rival sixstraight times (Bama ai’t Tech) Maybe Evans should raise the ticket prices to the highest in the league to pay the total for the coach that all these people want…by the way he only raised ticket prices to the median level. And on the facility end…stop drinking the cool aid. We have everything we need to win, indoor practice does not equal national title…see Florida and USC. Nicer offices…has anyone been in Butts Mehre? How did we ever get Stafford and Moreno to Athens with crap we have?? I love our people…I do, but how many of you wanted to pay CMR more money than them all in Knoxville this year…its a game people. Oh yeah, CMR makes for than Fulmer now. The last two years Fulmer hung 55 on us and gave us the worst tailkicking I have seen a UGA team take since Spurrier laid the wood in Athens! We have a good coach who is highly paid….he got an 800K increase without winning a national, conference or division title. Now lets win the big one…not rebound from mid season butt kickings to make the season look good on paper. Like I said the staff is good, but where did 24 start last season on the depth chart? 3rd string…without injuries making the descion for him does Knowshon have that kind of year? Lets just be happy we got him…where’s he going anyway…!!!

By Blind Homer

March 7, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

He was already very well paid for a coach that didn’t have his team ready for UT last year or WV in the Chick bowl. An excellent recruiter that has probbly underperformed considering the talent he has every year.

By Tom

March 7, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

I think he should resign from the bulldogs and go to a school that would appreciate him. Georgia will always be behind everyone else.

By Dan

March 7, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

Should have bumped it up to $3,000,000. Who would trade him for a Bobby Petrino or the so-called great national champions in front of him? With a couple of breaks (Like Florida on both of theirs and LSU) he would have had a national championship last year and his second year at UGA—TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS!

By DAWGS30

March 7, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this

“TEEITUP” AND LET FLY. AMEN BROTHER!

By joe

March 7, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this

yeah he sure has a big head. he has only spent his last 2-3 summers working with less fortunate people in other countries. CMR is the opposite of classless. He doesnt care about that other $200,000 anyway. Why should we?

By joe

March 7, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this

yeah he sure has a big head. he has only spent his last 2-3 summers working with less fortunate people in other countries. CMR is the opposite of classless. He doesnt care about that other $200,000 anyway. Why should we?

By joe

March 7, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this

yeah he sure has a big head. he has only spent his last 2-3 summers working with less fortunate people in other countries. CMR is the opposite of classless. He doesnt care about that other $200,000 anyway. Why should we?

By Hunk Erdown

March 7, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this

If I’m CMR I take it as one helluva compliment that while the Country is in a recession, people getting layed off left and right, folks losing their homes, I’m in the middle of a long term contract, I get an $800,000 pay raise, and the majority of Dawg Nation thinks I’m getting screwed. Throw me in that friggin briar patch.

By Boots

March 7, 2008 3:46 PM | Link to this

I like Richt and the bulldogs, but all of these coaches are overpaid.

When the football coaches make more that the president of the university or the chief research scientist at the university, something is amiss.

By Dawgdawg

March 7, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this

He got a 40% raise - your article is silly

By teeitup

March 7, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

Dan is an idiot. With breaks like Florida got we would have two championships? Well we got one in 2005 when S.Car beat UF to bail us out after we gave up 4 and 11 to lose to the Cox kid at Auburn. We got a fumble in the final two minutes last year to save the season against Vandy. Plus was it a bad break that DJ was playing and thre the pick six against Zook?

By anotherdawg

March 7, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this

Can’t we find something better to write about? How about some insight on the players? I agree with most of the posts here, Mark Richt is great. He is as deserving as the next, I wouldn’t trade him for another coach, even if he never wins a N.C. He has more class than probably 99% of the people on this planet, and he has won, alot! But, why do we have to spin this like he is being slighted because theres some coaches that make more. Let’s face it, the majority of us would be on cloud 9 if we made 10% of what any of the coaches or pro ball players make. So, it gripes my butt when it is written how any of these guys are underpaid. This is about like feeling sorry for Britney Spears because she has lost from 100 million down to 40 million. Give me a break!

By DAWGS30

March 7, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this

Hey Tom go jump in a lake!! your comment is stupid like you!

By DAWGS30

March 7, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this

OK just like all of these dumb articles(or blogs) that we get from this fish rapper we call the AJC it just gets way to silly. Lets just sum it up by saying all of the sport writers from the AJC (except Bisher) hate all georgia sport teams and should go write for the loony tunes.

By teeitup

March 7, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this

Here Here Another Dawg…. Other than the standard writtent statement… a nice thank you and here’s a donation back to UGA would be nice. Maybe the staff could lead the campaign for the indoor facility…have they given anything to start in rolling? I am sure my annual donation will have to go up at some point to pay for what they need.

By Tiger Nation

March 7, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this

You Georgia Cry babies crack me up. You end up on the short end of the stick no matter what you do.

Geaux Tigers!!!!!11

By scott

March 7, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

Hold off on making him the Coach of the Universe. You can give him a raise every single year. You don’t have to do everything in one year. If he manages to win it all like every dog fan in the state thinks will happen, then give him another raise and build his little gym. If in fact the dogs lose 2 or 3 games like they probably will, then you won’t all have to come on the vent and complain that the AD gave him too much and zapped his motivation. Either way you’ll be disappointed next year.

By Toothpick in SAV

March 7, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

Personally I don’t care what his salary is. As long as he’s comfortable with it, that should be all that matters. If he demanded more, I’m quite certain he’d get it. From what I see how he goes about things, he’s happy with being in Athens and would probably push for more pay for his assistants more so than his own contract. It’s not about his salary ranking in the SEC. When you base it on that, every SEC coach would be renewing their contracts every other year to get one up on the others, example - Tubberville / Wingnut.

By Former AJC Subscriber

March 7, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

Spring practice has started and this is the garbage we get on this blog? Why do I even bother. I can get more meaningful information about the Dawgs out of a national news service than I can the AJ freakin’ C. What a joke.

By RedandBlack

March 7, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

Hello,

Coach Richt received a fantastic raise in appreciation for his continued excellent achievements in being the football coach of The University of Georgia. Now, the UGA AD, Damon Evans, needs to ensure that the athletic facilities are updated, the indoor practice facility is built, and that the assistant coaches are rewarded justly as well. Those are the priorities now. Go Dogs!!!

By ron

March 7, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

joe, settle down. Can’t you read the sentence that says “There will be a delay of up to 5 minutes before your comment appears”! Geez. Take a break dude.

By Harry Rand

March 7, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this

If Mark leaves the hedges it won’t be about a few thousand dollars to further pad his pockets. It will instead be about that indoor facility he can’t get. I have listened to the good man talk about his journey in life. Why do you push somones back to the wall unless your trying to push him away? Even a good Christian man can be alienated enough for a Miami or FSU to come calling and say we’ll make sure you have the facilities to make sure you’re as successful as you can be. I’ve seen the public records on how much the university has made off of the coach’s teams since he’s been there. It could be more painful for the program than to spend a few million dollars on facility upgrades. I ask do you really want Jim Donnan back or what? The sore is becoming infected, ignoring it won’t make it go away! I BEG THE POWERS THAT BE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

By patch

March 7, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this

Chip, you need to proof read your columns before posting. Read the first paragraph.

By Dan

March 7, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this

teeitup, You are a DA and that is not for district attorney. Read the question!!!

I’m not talking about the year 2005 which has nothing to do with my statement. On both of Florida’s recent championships they were fortunate enough to get them with a loss. LSU had two losses last year(SAME AS GEORGIA) and still got to play for it all. If we had won either against Tennesse or South Carolina, or if Tennessee had been beaten by Kentucky or Vanderbilt we would have played LSU. Most of the experts (Including Mark Richt) said we would beat LSU and thus play Ohio State rather then Have LSU play them.

By gdawginkalamazoo

March 7, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

Chip, it doesn’t matter what WE think. I believe Richt came out and said he was pleased with the raise and very happy at UGA and looks to be here a long time. If Richt is happy then what the hell difference does it make what everybody else thinks? Besides, who says if he wins the NC that we can’t give him aother raise?

By Wozzo the Wonder Dog

March 7, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this

I assume Prince Avenue Baptist Church just received an additional $80,000 a year.

By Hunk Erdown

March 7, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this

Petrino got paid the big bucks because Arkansas knew that was the only way they could get someone they felt was a quality Coach to come in and take over their 2nd teir losing team.

Saban got the big bucks because everyone else they have had couldn’t see the sunlight because of Bear’s shadow.

Those schools had to overpay to get what they felt they needed to compete in the toughest conference in football.

CMR would be a fool to consider going somewhere else and starting over after what he has finally built here and is now going to be able to harvest the fruit of. The money is more than he dreamed it would be when he was at FSU and when he is able to produce the kind of seasons he has prepared for, he will be vastly rewarded for it. Paying him Saban or Petrino money is not necessary. Those programs were in panic mode. I don’t want a new Coach at UGA, but if its all about money, I guarantee you there are some top notch guys that would give their left nut to trade places with him for far less money.

The thing is… Richt is happy as a pig eating sh!t, its dumbass fans and the media who are making a problem out of it.

By GloryGlory

March 7, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this

Hop, How is Damon Evans the worst AD in the country yet our team makes the most money, that doesn’t make since. Evans handles the business side of football not CMR. I read a quote where Richt intends on giving a large portion of his salary to charity. I don’t think he is going to complain that he is not making as much as Urban and Saban.

By gary

March 7, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this

OUTRAGEOUS! Fifth, soon to be sixth with the best team in the nation! He should be paid $5,000,000. I only partially gest. The program he runs in the most profitable atheletic department in the nation (or close to #1), should be paid much more. I think he should be in the top 5 in the nation. If you want to keep him at UGA, you need to do more. Give him a $1M raise, or the indoor training facilities he wants. Both, or at least either, are required to be on par with most of the upper level programs in the nation. This, coming from a Georgia Tech fan.

By The Hive Will Rule

March 7, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this

Who really cares? Chip, you should be writing about how the GT Jackets are going to lay a serious smack-down on the overrated mutts this fall! With CPJ’s style of the spread offense coupled with the defense we are bringing back this year it should prove to be a very humbling game for the flea bags. Stop doting over UGA so much lest you be deemed a douchebag when the leaves begin to turn color this year!! GT will be ACC Champions - BANK ON IT!!!!!

By Noah

March 7, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

Give CMR an indoor practice facility and put Dooley’s statue in front of the Stadium. Give them what they deserve. How do we get rid of Adams?

By Smitty

March 7, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

Georgia is better than any other school mentioned above. WE have hotter women, tougher academic standards and less f* and queers than anyone. Go Dawgs…..!!!!

By Tiger Nation

March 7, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

You could not of beaten Ohio State. Stop dreaming and come to your senses.

By Tiger Nation

March 7, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

You could not of beaten Ohio State. Stop dreaming and come to your senses.

By dogsh*t

March 7, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

Dear reservoirDAWG— how can you label him an elite coach?? He has ZERO NCs. Win outside the big game in Atlanta and then start beating your chest! GA fans are a joke!

By Reyno Petree

March 7, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this

It’s apparent to me that coach Richt is happy with his compensation. If it suits him, it suits me. We Bulldog fans should just consider ourselves blessed to have him!

By RedAndBlack

March 7, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Coach Richt has character and has everything he needs being that he’s a simple man. He’s not the type of person that would even think of trying to renegotiate his contract for a higher salary. All he’s asking for is an indoor practice facility. Anything more than that will go to charity or maybe even take the entire team to South America for a missionary trip…something that he wanted to do since 2005. As he’s always said, he’s “blessed” to even have this opportunity. With that said, I think he deserves the raise for getting the Bulldogs to an 11-2 season and Sugar Bowl. I believe once he brings a NC to Athens, he deserves an even bigger raise. So keep the money coming because it will be used wisely by a wise man. Is he underpaid? No he’s not. You reward your men each time they accomplish an even bigger goal. This is unlike most coaches that jump from team to team, college to NFL and back just to get a big raise and was still the same person whey they left the league (sound familiar?). Anyways, I am glad we have Coach Mark Richt in Athens…and I always felt the same even during the “down years”.

By RedAndBlack

March 7, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Coach Richt has character and has everything he needs being that he’s a simple man. He’s not the type of person that would even think of trying to renegotiate his contract for a higher salary. All he’s asking for is an indoor practice facility. Anything more than that will go to charity or maybe even take the entire team to South America for a missionary trip…something that he wanted to do since 2005. As he’s always said, he’s “blessed” to even have this opportunity. With that said, I think he deserves the raise for getting the Bulldogs to an 11-2 season and Sugar Bowl. I believe once he brings a NC to Athens, he deserves an even bigger raise. So keep the money coming because it will be used wisely by a wise man. Is he underpaid? No he’s not. You reward your men each time they accomplish an even bigger goal. This is unlike most coaches that jump from team to team, college to NFL and back just to get a big raise and was still the same person whey they left the league (sound familiar?). Anyways, I am glad we have Coach Mark Richt in Athens…and I always felt the same even during the “down years”.

By RedAndBlack

March 7, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Coach Richt has character and has everything he needs being that he’s a simple man. He’s not the type of person that would even think of trying to renegotiate his contract for a higher salary. All he’s asking for is an indoor practice facility. Anything more than that will go to charity or maybe even take the entire team to South America for a missionary trip…something that he wanted to do since 2005. As he’s always said, he’s “blessed” to even have this opportunity. With that said, I think he deserves the raise for getting the Bulldogs to an 11-2 season and Sugar Bowl. I believe once he brings a NC to Athens, he deserves an even bigger raise. So keep the money coming because it will be used wisely by a wise man. Is he underpaid? No he’s not. You reward your men each time they accomplish an even bigger goal. This is unlike most coaches that jump from team to team, college to NFL and back just to get a big raise and was still the same person whey they left the league (sound familiar?). Anyways, I am glad we have Coach Mark Richt in Athens…and I always felt the same even during the “down years”.

By trah

March 7, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Since there is still about 5 months left before fall practice begins, the Georgia Athletics department had to hold some cash back for bail money.

By Buck

March 7, 2008 4:44 PM | Link to this

Forget what we make this is SEC football. His salary is certainly low in comparison to other teams across the conference, and country. Men with much less dignity, like Bobby Petrino, make more than MR.
As far as the facilities, or lack there of, it’s a reminder that even college football is a business, and that greed at the corporate level extends into our colleges.
UGA posted a larger profit, from their football, than any other school in the country. Nearly $30,000,000!!!!
So for the record, the lack of investment in the coaching staff is understandable, but not funding investing in your own program (ie: new practice facility, training facility,etc. etc) is a shame. Shame on UGA.
Year after year, we watch other teams grab high profile prospects, and it’s not because of our coaching staff. It’s our lack of program funding. Our percentage of funding is less than most teams, including Georgia Tech who posted a $1.5 million profit….

By Buck

March 7, 2008 4:44 PM | Link to this

Forget what we make this is SEC football. His salary is certainly low in comparison to other teams across the conference, and country. Men with much less dignity, like Bobby Petrino, make more than MR.
As far as the facilities, or lack there of, it’s a reminder that even college football is a business, and that greed at the corporate level extends into our colleges.
UGA posted a larger profit, from their football, than any other school in the country. Nearly $30,000,000!!!!
So for the record, the lack of investment in the coaching staff is understandable, but not funding investing in your own program (ie: new practice facility, training facility,etc. etc) is a shame. Shame on UGA.
Year after year, we watch other teams grab high profile prospects, and it’s not because of our coaching staff. It’s our lack of program funding. Our percentage of funding is less than most teams, including Georgia Tech who posted a $1.5 million profit….

By gay poodles always on the rag

March 7, 2008 4:44 PM | Link to this

wah wah wah wah wah - get a life you whiners - worrying if Rich(t) is underpaid at $2.8M blows

By Ben

March 7, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this

I as long as Coach Richt is happy that’s all that matters, Coach is a good Christian, the Lord will provide for him and his family. GO DAWGS !

By TK Harty

March 7, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

How much is enough? He’s a freaking football coach. I’m worried about making ends meet and he gets a 800K raise. I believe I could live on the “raise” alone, as could everyone else on this nonsensical diatribe.

TWHGTP. The world has gone to pot. Everyone is stoned or blind. Booo…TK

By Listen to yourselves

March 7, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

All you people are nuts who think CMR deserves to be paid more than coaches who’ve won NCs. We beat the crap out of a sorry Hawaii team in the Sugar Bowl and you nuts are elevating him to Pete Carrol status. Shut the fvck up already. CMR didn’t even win the SEC last year!! JEEZ. You people are plain dumb.

By Woody

March 7, 2008 5:12 PM | Link to this

Well put, TK Hardy!

By Sure

March 7, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this

Smitty, UGA is a better school than those mentioned according to who? Uga Fans? Florida has been ranked higher in the US News and World Report rankings than UGA for 10 plus years and Florida also has a btter Athletic Program than UGA or anyone else in the SEC having won 17 of the last 20 SEC all sports titles. Guess what else UF has that UGA doesnt, 2 National Titles in the past 25 years.

Having been an obnoxious rival enough I do have to say Coach Richt is a great coach and even better person who should be paid on par with Meyer,Miles, Tubs and Satan err I mean Saban. His missing National Title is only a matter of when and not if.

By The Who

March 7, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this

Are you kidding me? Not enough? All this fuss for a man who could not even “fess up” to his role in the bush league antics of sending HIS team onto the palying field during a game to celebrate a touchdown!Maybe the conference will subsidize his pay since he apparently wields influence there as evidenced by the lack of a financial penalty for the above referenced antics when in fact other conference schools were fined for much less offenses (i.e. Ky.for fans on the field AFTER the LSU game).

By AltamahaDawg

March 7, 2008 5:28 PM | Link to this

HunkErdown, I think the only way coach Richt walks is if they try to insult him with tributes and athletic complexes in his honor. Such a slap in the face.

By Gene

March 7, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this

Wasn’t Richt really hot for Jarboe? He appears to be a “Richt quality recruit” and armed robber. Maybe he can sign with UGA when he gets out of prison.

By Sure

March 7, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this

Smitty, UGA is a better school than those mentioned according to who? Uga Fans? Florida has been ranked higher in the US News and World Report rankings than UGA for 10 plus years and Florida also has a btter Athletic Program than UGA or anyone else in the SEC having won 17 of the last 20 SEC all sports titles. Guess what else UF has that UGA doesnt, 2 National Titles in the past 25 years.

Having been an obnoxious rival enough I do have to say Coach Richt is a great coach and even better person who should be paid on par with Meyer,Miles, Tubs and Satan err I mean Saban. His missing National Title is only a matter of when and not if.

By Bear Bryant

March 7, 2008 5:32 PM | Link to this

$2,800,000.00. Are you kidding me? Give me that kind of salary and take your crummy half-a-stadium sign back.

By JJ

March 7, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

What will you do if he doesn’t win “the big one” this year?

By Stephen

March 7, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this

Would he be willing to put a buyout clause in his contract like Tuberville has? If so, pay him the bigger bucks. If not, I say he’s paid well enough. Let’s see where both parties loyalties TRULY are.

However, our AD sucks, period.

By zinoDawg

March 7, 2008 6:04 PM | Link to this

Richt will deserve a BIG raise after we burn thru college football and win it all this year. Go Dawgs/24/7. And hey “Sure”, the Gators will never beat the Dawgs as long as Moreno is in our back field.

By ............................................BuLLdawg

March 7, 2008 6:18 PM | Link to this

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Leave it to the AJ-C to come up with yet another BS story about some BS slant on Coach Richt getting a $800,000 raise he didn’t even ask for, need, consider, tell his wife about even, or know he might be worth.

All the AJ-C can do is try to make UGA look bad.

Hey AJ-C ! Get a Life.

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By WJ

March 7, 2008 6:58 PM | Link to this

All of this makes me a little nervous about the AD and program. First, we don’t put Dooley’s name on the field or the stadium….then we don’t take Richt higher than midpoint in the conference, and then we don’t build an indoor facility that the coach says we not only need….but we have to have. And add to this that the Univ. failed to put a buy-out clause in Richt’s contract similar to other coaches, so the Michigans and Notre Dames and Southern Cals and Texans of this world can’t/won’t court our coach and try to buy him away leaving us holding the bag? All of this in a year when we will be pre-season top three, depending on the poll. Do we think Florida or LSU will wait for us to catch up? Or Ohio State or Southern Cal? Heck, even Auburn has an indoor practice facility in their plans. Unfortunately, the gap will continue to widen until someone does a “stop-gap”. Who wants to look back next year, after the season, and say what we should have done now, but didn’t.

By SamoanDawg

March 7, 2008 7:40 PM | Link to this

As long as Richt is happy and wants to remain at UGA, I’m a happy go lucky dawg. If we win the NC, I’m sure they’ll renogiated again. I hope the buy out clause is still intact in his new deal.

By FB101

March 7, 2008 7:56 PM | Link to this

WJ and you other supoosed guru’s

1)Don’t kid yourself…Southern Cal, Texas, Ohio State won’t come calling…your boy has never won the big one.

2)Faciltities - I read you are expanding the wight room, training room and coaches offices. How big of an office do you need. Oh and guess what Florida and Southern Cal don’t have indoor places. I think they have won a titles.

3) Profit….maybe your school needs the profits because your legend who campaigns for his name to be on stadium did not do much to keep the cofers full. At least your new AD doesn’t need a nap every afternoon and is seldom seen pimping storm doors and his own books…geesh

4) Richt as a negotiator. Good gracious… his name is never mentioned with anything…plus he tells everyone he is happy at UGA. If a coach is happy and makes it known he is not going anywhere, way pay more than market scale!

5) Big games… How many has Richt won? 2005 SEC Title game…that was a big win. 2002 SEC Title Game…yawner against Arkansas. BCS Bowls…beat a second rate FSU in 02, lost to WVU in 05 and played a joke of a team in Hawaii. His teams play great without pressure…see every game after the UT a$$ kicking.

6) Man of the People…Yes..those that don’t give big bucks love him. Those that do must not. If the big money people thought the indoor thing was a big deal, I am sure Richt could ask and he would receive. Haven’t seen any big donors step up to the plate to build what he wants….makes ya wonder.

7) Insecure Georgia fans. You recruit well every year…hell you got the two best players in the league in Stafford and Moreno and Caleb King could be better than Moreno…but still you think you don’t have enough to attract the better players. I can see your point when you superuir talent flopped against the likes of USC and UT. You want to pay Richt big bucks and looks like he did not even have his own team figured out last year until 6 games into the season!

But heck what do I know…I am only a realistic Auburn fan…Beat Bama

By SamoanDawg

March 7, 2008 7:57 PM | Link to this

“The money really doesn’t drive me, but a strong contract means good stability for the program and it means good stability for our coaching staff and for our players too, I believe.” There, I’m satisfied.

sic’em!

By G-man

March 7, 2008 8:13 PM | Link to this

I think all this “Richt should be paid higher” and all this other stuff is getting way overrated. First of all, let me clear myself when saying Richt is an excellant football coach and I think he represents our University better then any coach in America. Now I wouldn’t mind seeing his salary go to 3 mill, but 2.8 million is not bad. And the thing I think we have working in our favor is Richt’s attitude and beliefs. I think he really loves Athens and will stay there until Georgia thinks it is time. Richt has strong Christian beliefs that he follows and has great morals that you can’t find any coaches today. I don’t thin he is the type of coach to go around hunting for jobs because “there is more money.” Richt is a great football coach and I think the University will find a way to say the least, to keep him happy and satisfied.

By Will

March 7, 2008 8:56 PM | Link to this

Richt’s salary is quite good. First, to insist that it be raised even higher only contributes to the senseless arms race going on in college football right now. Second, why is being tied with a football school like Auburn a bad thing? Tuberville, too, is an excellent coach. Besides, all four SEC coaches above Richt and Tuberville have shown their backsides. Money doesn’t equal class.

War Eagle!

By Dawg1

March 7, 2008 9:30 PM | Link to this

Is there a full moon tonight or maybe it’s just ‘idiot night’..

CMR is the perfect coach for Georgia.

For you knuckle heads who want to bring up the Tennessee game. You show your ignorance of the game.

In the SEC, the record after bye weeks was something like 8-2 (Alabama/LSU played each other). The two losses were Arkansas to Alabama (very early game) and South Carolina to Clemson.

Georgia was playing their 5th game in a row. Tennessee played Arkansas State two weeks before and then had an off week. The Knoxville paper ran a story ‘right before the game’ that if the Vols lost to Georgia - that there would be a coaching change. On that day we were beaten by a well rested, highly motivated and very talented Tennessee team. “WE HAVEN’T LOST SINCE”!!!!!!!!!

You should also know that CMR is uncomfortable with all of the money. He loves Athens. His entire family has moved there. I mean his Mom, his Dad, his sister. He’s happy….

And the Georiga Alumni and Fan base should be thrilled. If your not - your either stupid, unappreciated or both!

By reality check

March 7, 2008 11:07 PM | Link to this

It isn’t all about money. The Georgia job is a good fit for Coach Richt. The money is good, the situation is better.

By vwburt

March 8, 2008 3:41 AM | Link to this

ritch is a good coach.he really should have a better deal than what he got. after next season old georgia will have to anti up, big time.

By ............................................BuLLdawg

March 8, 2008 5:32 AM | Link to this

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Georgia Tech former golfer John Henry Eisenhour III now has been charged with several counts of cruelty to animals and killing a PROTECTED red-shouldered HAWK.

“He drove closer to the bird in his golf cart and started hitting balls at it. Isenhour started again when the hawk moved within about 75 yards, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer Brian Baine indicated in a report.”

Isenhour allegedly said, ” I’ll get him now ,” and aimed for the hawk.

“About the sixth ball came very near the bird’s head, and (Isenhour) was very excited that it was so close ,” Baine wrote.

“A few shots later, witnesses said he hit the hawk. The bird, protected as a migratory species, fell to the ground bleeding from both nostrils.”

“Bartlett said Isenhour’s case, like the Michael Vick dog fighting case, is disappointing for society. “

“We look up to professional athletes and we want them to reflect the best of us as a society and I think we’re appalled when it turns out they instead reflect some of the very worst attributes ,” he said in a phone interview Thursday night.

” Americans have no tolerance for cruelty to animals. Such a petty, mean-spirited act against a wild bird is inexcusable and prosecutors are right to hold Isenhour accountable to the law,” Humane Society executive vice president Michael Markarian said in a statement released Thursday March 6, 2008.

” Both charges against Tripp Isenhour are misdemeanors that carry a maximum penalty of 14 months in jail and $1,500 in fines. “

Nice, Georgia Tech.

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By DawgBarky

March 8, 2008 6:33 AM | Link to this

At lease we ain’t got a bunch of thugs playing at UGA.

By Zach

March 8, 2008 7:48 AM | Link to this

Could someone please edit the first sentence of this article? There are so many grammatical errors that I can hardly understand what it’s saying

By dogfashion

March 8, 2008 7:56 AM | Link to this

The raise was n****. They should have given him the indoor practice facility, weight room, offices and extended his contract.

And Chip, does anyone proof read your stuff? It was full of grammatical and syntactical errors. Makes us all look bad, man.

By HERE HERE

March 8, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this

You people (UGA fans) have totally lost it. You whined when you were not “placed” in the championship game, you whined about playing a lesser opponent in the sugar bowl, you (including state legislators)whined about other college license plates, and now you are complaining that $2.8MM is not enough money for your coach.

What does it take to please you dummies????

By dogfashion

March 8, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this

I guess the same illiterate who proof reads this stuff edited out “n****” in my last message. It has no connection to the “N” word.

By Mike

March 8, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this

$2.8 million for coaching football??? That’s about 8 times what the president of the US makes with about 1/8 the responsibility. Do ya think our priorities have gotten just a bit out of whack?

By Matthew

March 8, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

Oh, boo-hoo Mike. This is the way the free-market works: you bring in money, you get rewarded for it.

And last I checked, Presidential salaries are not related to the market… besides, most of them are fairly well off anyway.

Like it or not, high salaries are necessary to retain talent. Coach Richt just got a piece of what’s coming to him after these next two seasons!

Go DAWGS.

By DawgBarky

March 8, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this

After we loose at ASU will Coach Richt return some of his riase?

By JarheadDawg

March 8, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this

Coach Richt doesn’t strike me as being solely motivated by money. Dangling a $200K carrot for a national championship won’t make him focus more, try harder or be more creative. He should be fairly compensated in relation to his peers, but the kind of effort it takes to win comes from having heart, not money.

By richard

March 8, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

I’m glad I am part of a College that’s wants to pay our coach more. I’m glad we have a coach that is happy with what we pay him. Other Colleges would give their right arm to have that kind of situation

By doggonegadawg

March 8, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this

The bottom line is “Do we believe Mark Richt or not?” He has not voiced any discontent about his position or compensation package. He has said, again and again, that he wants to be at UGA as long as the school will have him. And is it really necessary to be the school that has the highest compensation pkg for its coaches? Let’s face it, coaching at UGA is a bargan for the coaches. What more could one ask for? Facilities, commitment, recruiting base and tradition. It just doesn’t get any better. And as coach Richt continues to build on what he has started the University will show its appreciation accordingly. Count on it.

By Kyle

March 8, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this

No, but that is a testament to Richt. Believe me, if he’d demanded more, he would have gotten more. He sincerely likes it in Athens and, besides, he, Damon, and every other Dawg fan are expecting great things soon so by giving him a modest $600k raise, they have room left for a post championship bump and extension.

By Bobbo

March 8, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this

If Mark is satisfied why is it anybody elses business. It’s kinda like Leno said about Letterman making more than him: I’m satisfied. How much money do you need antway?

By shane#1

March 8, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

here here,what does it take to please us?jerks like you staying off our blogs would be a start.as for the subject at hand,if cmr is happy,i am happy.

By Noles14st8Top5

March 8, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

Mark Richt learned from the BEST, Coach Bobby Bowden.

By tennille dawg

March 8, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

If we win the SEC as well as the National Championship this coming year, then break out the bank for him. But for now this raise is in line. Now look after our asst. coaches with those mentioned pay raises! Go Dawgs!

By AltamahaDawg

March 8, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this

Those coordinators do NOT make enough for what they do, (and put up with).

By AltamahaDawg

March 8, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

HERE HERE, I don’t think there was any bigger whining in town, than all the tech fan, when they lost thier beloved gator car tags.

By KCL

March 8, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this

DE is smart to do this as it leaves room for more depending on what happens next year. Additionionally, football makes the money but they are running this like a business and just spent a ton on new facilities next to the gym. That was a major project needed for the entire sports program. When you are running this type of program you have to prioritize and I would guess that an indoor practice facility would / should be one of the next things on the list - at least within the next three years. Remember they have other sports and coaches wants, needs and requests to consider and can’t just jump when MR askes for something. Don’t get me wrong I’m a huge MR fan but attend other events at UGA as well. Go….Dawgs!!!

By A-ville Ranger

March 8, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this

I love CMR and hope he’ll retire at UGA.The question is almost obscene considering the problems many are having just making house payments though.I think Richt and his family will be fine financially.

By Judy

March 8, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

Pay the man!!!!!!!!!!!! He should be at the top of the heap in the SEC!!!!!!!

By Coach Richt

March 8, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this

Dear friends,

Thank you for your concern. The reason I didn’t accept a contract extension is because they consider me the 6th most valuable coach in the league.

I want to stay in Athens forever, but I’m not losing out on millions of dollars over 15 or so years just to stay in my nice house in Oconee County. There are nice houses and good churches in every college town.

I’m grateful to be here, but don’t take it for granted.

Thanks for your support.

Mark

By Dink Nesmith

March 8, 2008 7:18 PM | Link to this

Dear Coach Richt,

I have faith in you but I want you to get paid according to how many games you win.

2nd in the nation earns you 6th in the SEC.

Dink

By Adam

March 8, 2008 8:16 PM | Link to this

I’m sure Coach Richt would rater leave some money on the table himself and have it used for his assistants to be paid more. After all, he can’t recruit everyone….a LOT of the praise for recruiting needs to go to the assistant coaches, not just the head coach!

By SickandTired

March 8, 2008 11:35 PM | Link to this

The man is overpaid for what he’s been able to accomplish. Mickey and Pluto could win 8 games a year at Georgia with the resources available. While he’s had all these wonderful accomplishments, there have been 3 National Championships come from the SEC. He’s really average with his peers in the conference so he’s still below the more accomplished coaches in pay. Right where he should be. If there is to be more money spent with all the revenue coming in I think the fans should demand that a new basketball facility be built so that a decent coach will come to Athens. It shouldn’t be just about the football program. At least it’s not that way at the elite schools of the SEC. Until something is done about the basketball program, Georgia is nothing more than a new milennium plantation for the red neck fans. 75% of which the only time they’ve ever stepped foot inside an education building in Athens is to relieve themselves from their drunken tailgate before a game on Saturday in the fall. Georgia fans ignorant arrogance is an embarrassment not only to the State of Georgia but to humankind.

By AC

March 9, 2008 12:39 AM | Link to this

Hey SickandTired,

What is basketball? Oh yeah I think we had a women’s team once, but that was just so we could have 85 football players on scolly.

Don’t be mad at UGA just b/c GT’s basketball program out draws their football program.

Yeah, I’m a rednect and you need a tan dood.

By P Dawg

March 9, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

As long as CMR is happy I’m happy. He seems to be pleased with the deal and pleased with the University of Georgia so we’re VERY lucky to have such a class act running the program. Would love to see them go ahead and extend the contract though. Scary to think about the possibility of him leaving. There’s no other coach in the world better suited for the job.

By P Dawg

March 9, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

SickandTired, shut the f@#$ up and get a life! How long will it take for you to realize that BB is FAR less exciting and brings in FAR less revenue to the school. Yeah, it would be alright to see UGA have a good BB team but FB RULES!!!

By AltamahaDawg

March 9, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

Oh, if only your hero Dr. Spock could Vucan mind-melt with you. Such pain, such utter desolation!

In all fainess, Mickey does that that magic flying bag of tools, so yea, he should be able to win 8 games. Pluto can’t even talk…come on, get real.

By gerry12

March 9, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this

As a lsu fan i think mark is a very fine coach. but i must say i don’t think he can win the big game every year he get’ts the best players but comes up short. this year uga is picked to win it all, my guess he will lose two games and remember ga must play us in baton rouge we will not roll over for the dawgs

By AC

March 9, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this

Hey Gerry, I’d rather go 10-2 with CMR than win the big one with your fool. This is college football not the NFL.

Winning it all must have been fun, but are you really proud of your coach. How does it feel to know your coach really loves another school?

Anyway- good job tigers for taking care of Ohio State.

By Chip Towers

March 9, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

Fecil: This was a blog topic, not a story. If you don’t know the difference then I can’t help you.

Pitbull and BuLLdawg, if you are indeed two different people: I don’t know how you conclude that the AJC (aka, me) is creating controversy here or even displaying an editorial position. As a beat guy — this is the beat blog, after all — I was merely relaying some sentiments I had encountered. The reality is agents and people in the coaching business that command the kind of money that people like Richt do aren’t sure he got what he deserved. I didn’t say if he did or didn’t. It’s certainly not up to me. I just threw it out there for discussion. The great majority here seem to understand that concept.

By Chip Towers

March 9, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

dogfashion: To answer your question, no, nobody proofreads our “stuff” on these blogs. It’s as raw as it gets. But I’ll try to take a little more time and be more careful in the future. Thanks.

By RoseBowlsAJoke

March 9, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

Where do his assistants rank in pay? I think CMR, although a great coach, needs to keep Coach Garner, Bobo, Searels and Martinez in order to be successful. IMO, as long as his assistants are among the highest paid and we continue to upgrade facilities to keep pace, I don’t mind CMR being on the high end of the middle of the pack until he wins a national championship… in other words, until next year. GO DAWGS!

By AltamahaDawg

March 9, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this

gerry, LSU won’t roll over for us, ahhhhh man! We were so counting on that.

By Dr. Merkwurdigliebe

March 9, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this

CMR is fairly compensated, IMO!

By hop

March 9, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this

TO GLORYGLORY,DAMAN EVANS is only following the business model that coach dooley establish some time ago.

he has done nothing since he has been AD.

now, we have a major problem if richt has another BANNER year making what he is today, only fifth in the SEC IN TOTAL PAY!

WHAT DO YOU THINK COACH RICHT will do IF HE IS OFFERED $4-5MM NEXT YEAR.

HE WILL BE LONG GONE OR HE IS STUPID TO STAY.HE IS GOING TO tAKE CARE OF HIS FIRST RESPONSIBLITY AND THAT IS HIS FAMILY.

FURTHER, IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MUCH HE IS BEING PAID,WHAT DOES MATTER IS DETERMINE By THE MARKET AND WHAT PEOPLE THINK ON THIS BOARD does not matter.

I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISE IF HE GOES TO THE NFL WHERE HE COULD MAKE $5-6MM A YEAR. DAMON, I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU DID NOT STEPUP TO THE PLATE ON THIS ONE,but that is your MO so far.

By AltamahaDawg

March 9, 2008 9:04 PM | Link to this

Hop, please don’t try to speak for Coach Richt as to what he believes is best for his family.

By oldgold

March 9, 2008 9:48 PM | Link to this

Richt has to get his team ready with- out an indoor practice stadium, he has to decide what colors the fans must wear, he has to always have a handfull of bail money and he has to convince all of the players that they will get an NFL contract. I’d say he earns every cent.

By AltamahaDawg

March 9, 2008 9:59 PM | Link to this

And he has to shut up the tech fans every year. Or at least you would have thought so by now.

By gerry12

March 9, 2008 10:35 PM | Link to this

Hey ac les miles might be a fool but you have to love him even uga you got to admit he has ball’s makes you think he is more like a riverboat gambler. hey dude we are the sec the best of the best we all take pride in our school’s some of my best friends are dawg fan’s

By hop

March 10, 2008 12:46 AM | Link to this

altamaradawg, if you do not think coach richt’s first responsibility is not to his family, than you don’t know much about coach richt.

georgia had a chance to step-up and they did not. don’t blame me with your lame post. you should direct your anger at our do nothing AD mr. evans.

we do not have adequate football facilites that richt continues to bring out, but mr.evans has not delivered.

coach richt is the 4th winningest coach in the nation and he is only the five hightest paid coach in SEC. WHAT A JOKE THAT IS!

many NFL insiders have encourage HIM, including hall of famer terry bradshaw to coach in the nfl,because he has the right temperment.terry stated this on fox tv.

the bulldognation does not appear to fully appreciate what they have and think his good nature will keep him at uga forever. there is an old adage,”b****** walks and money talks”, i don’t care who you are.

By decatur dawg

March 10, 2008 7:33 AM | Link to this

Chip, once again, stupid media stirring up something that doesn’t even exist. Richt said he was “humbled by the raise”. As we all know CMR, he is not a guy to lie about something about this. Chip, you are going to take something that an extremist would say, and make an article about it! What a joke! Of course he is behind Saban, Meyer, Fulmer, Spurrier, etc. They have NC rings! CMR is one thing away from being paid more than all of them, and that is a National Championship. All UGA is doing is letting him know that he is wanted, and if he wins the NC, believe me, he will be compensated!

I wonder where CMR’s salary stands as far as College coaches who have not won a NC in the last 10-12 years?

Probably pretty good!

By AltamahaDawg

March 10, 2008 7:38 AM | Link to this

Hop, not surprisingly, you totally missed the point. First of all, I am not “directing any anger”. I am pointing out how I think you are incorrect. I’ll leave the anger to you, you seem to have an abundance. And YES, he would do anything to take care of his family. I have meet the man a couple of times and followed him pretty darn close, and I do not believe that taking an NFL job for more money is his idea of taking care of his family.

I don’t think that NFL owner’s would wait till he had one more good year. It seems silly to believe his stock as an NFL coach is going to hinge on the outcome of his 8th year, and not his 7th, or his 5th for that matter. I would think they already know if he was interested or not and would have surely already offered him the big bucks. Who is to say this is the last raise the man gets at UGA anyway? NO, this wasn’t the defining moment in his UGA career.

Oh, and I think the chances that we have the actual “worst AD in the country” are pretty slim to say the least.

By KCL

March 10, 2008 8:04 AM | Link to this

Chip, why don’t you dig a little and find out how our assistants compare to others. Maybe what type of raises they got (doesn’t have to be actual dollars), if any and then see what folks think of that. If my guess is correct MR is trying to take care of those people too so that they stay - and he can stay. Look at the example coach Bobby has set in this area. The smartest coaches and schools take care of those well as they do the lions share of the work anyway. Go Dawgs!

By GoHawks

March 10, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this

No it’s not enough. He’s the best coach in the SEC and he isn’t paid like it. Who gives a rip if the coaches ahead of him in pay won National Titles years ago.

By WFC

March 10, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

$2.8 million is enough for anyone, including Bear Bryant, the best coach who ever lived. Better hope that the PLAYERS never realize how badly they are being ripped off (except for the select few who go onto bib $$$ in the NFL.)

By P Dawg

March 10, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this

I don’t think it would be very smart on CMR’s part to even entertain an NFL offer because college coaches typically don’t do well at that level. Look at Saban and Spurrier, just to name a couple. He might make double the money for 2 or 3 years, but then what. He would regret leaving a situation like UGA eventually. I know I’m biased as a UGA fan but there aren’t many college programs better than UGA football. He WILL win a NC soon and the university WILL make him the highest paid coach in the SEC and the country. I do think that Chip was on target with that dangling carrot.

By P Dawg

March 10, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this

I think that being paid along the same limes as Tubberville is pretty much fair because Auburn should have and would have won the NC if they hadn’t gotten screwed by the BCS when they went undefeated a few years ago.

By Gen Neyland

March 10, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

…and congrats to the Tennessee Lady Vols, SEC Tourney Champettes…carry on.

By AltamahaDawg

March 10, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

I think history will show that if a coach has aspiration to go to the NFL, money is usually only one of the factors, IMO not the prime reason. And IF you were to lose a coach for strickly money, Id say that is a no-win battle.

By hop

March 10, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

no altamaha, your the one who does not a have a clue and totally missed the points! your pointing the finger at me for saying ” i was speaking for caoch richt”.that is a statement without any merit and seem to upset you.

you need to settle down and stop being a policeman on this web site.

also, i have met coach richt as well in a private office in north atlanta had a 30 minute conversation along with one georgia’s great players of the past. we also several times since then. please don’t be a name dropper because two can play that game.

as far damon evans is concern he has dropped the ball on this issue and many others and you would be better served to do some homework before you may the mindless comments and homely support continues for this guy.

i do believe i would accept terry bradshaw’s view of coach richt’s ability to be successful at the next level than yours. so far i don’t see much credibility from your post to think otherwise.

richt is an outstanding person and coach and is one of the few college coaches who could be very succesfull at the next level. so to my point once again that you seem to continually overlook, damon evans had a chance to commit this great coach to a long term contract and he did not. georgia and mr. evans may later on regret it. i know it does not. p.s. please do not speak for what is best for coach richt and his family. i think he is capable of doing that. did you ever hear of jimmie johnson? i think he was able to be successful in both college and pros.

By AltamahaDawg

March 10, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this

Try fishing for those anger issue pal.

By robby

March 11, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this

theyre all overpaid…

thank god uga made a statement of restraint…

the roots of our current economic ‘downturn’ is unrestrained greed in the housing market…

i dont give a fck what alabama pays their guys…2.8 mil is a ton of money…when we let foolishness drive the market we end up with crisis…and only ourselves to blame…

how about pumping monies into rural recreation departments…there are other athletes out there well never see cuz of where they live…

By Cuz

March 13, 2008 9:16 PM | Link to this

Two million, two million eight hundred thousand, sooner or later you are talking real money.

By cgros

March 14, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this

extend him to make him feel loved, but don’t give him the big $$$ until we are crowned national champions! Then blow them all out of the water!!!

By Workinlkeadawg

March 29, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this

Georgia is the most fortunate team in the nation to have CMR. No he hasn’t won a NC but yr after yr he puts a team on the field that competes for the SEC championship. IMO the SEC is harder to win than the NC. The NFL would be in trouble or need minor league teams to prepare for the NFL if it wasn’t for the SEC. Sure Ohio State, OSU, Michigan, USC, etc. contribute. I’d just like for them to play an SEC schedule 1 yr. I think all knowledgable fans will agree, they wouldn’t finish in the top 10. Wake up Adams, Richt is the only reason you have any kind of status or job!