By jim

August 26, 2007 8:35 PM | Link to this

Would not expect anything else out of this Christ driven man. We are blessed to have this great leader in the fold of our Bulldog nation. And by the way, a indoor facility would be nice to have,well keep praying for it,thanks Coach Richt,for everything you have done at UGA!

By Brian

August 26, 2007 8:37 PM | Link to this

If you want to be the best you must try to be the best in every way possible. In-door facilities are a must! Coach Richt is a class-act.

By Denver Dog

August 26, 2007 8:44 PM | Link to this

Coach Richt’s comments may have been out of order for the time, but they were right on for the need. I’m sure we all know frustrations at some time, and his were just that.

By reality check

August 26, 2007 8:55 PM | Link to this

Mike Adams and Damon Evans ought to be ashamed Georgia’s facilities are sub standard for the SEC. Georgia has the most profitable sports program in all of college sports ancd we can’t get an indoor prctice facility?

Someone is being obstructionist, and if everybody thinks a great coach like Richt won’t be offered deals that will be hard to turn down you just aren’t being realistic.

Somebody better start paying attention or we will lose him.

By Buck in the NW

August 26, 2007 8:59 PM | Link to this

I’m disappointed that he issued that statement. He was telling the truth and for some reason(we’re planning this or that) it doesn’t happen. Coach Richt has set such an outstanding example of the best kind of leadership since he’s been in Athens and now I would like to see him start to speak out more. Take a more vocal leadership place in the university as it affects the football team and other areas. Thanks Coach for the example you set so far in Athens.

By Patsy_Schedule

August 26, 2007 9:04 PM | Link to this

I doubt that God/Christ cares a whit about UGA football, but it’s apparent that Mark is a class person and was probably over-reacting to a statement that wasn’t that big of a deal.

By GW

August 26, 2007 9:08 PM | Link to this

I hope this retraction is not a sign of fear of the president’s office. Now that the Stegeman facility is done maybe a football building can be started. Ironically, without football there would be no other sports at UGA. Gymnastics would dispute that but I’ll stick with that statement.

By Nikki

August 26, 2007 9:09 PM | Link to this

Coach Richt was oobviously a little frustrated over not having that indoor practice facility. You’d think the school could get it done out of all of the revenue the football team generates. Coach Richt is a kind-hearted man who just got a little upset. It’s understandable.

By TDone

August 26, 2007 9:15 PM | Link to this

Before the indoor practice facility for football, don’t the gymanstics, tennis, swimming, diving, and equestian teams need more equipment and facilities? I mean these are the teams which are winning national championships for the university?

By Gator123

August 26, 2007 9:16 PM | Link to this

Funny isn’t it…Our Gators won last years national championship without an indoor facility….keep making excuses Dawg fans

By 3 Rivers jacket

August 26, 2007 9:19 PM | Link to this

You mean you dogs are telling me that you cannot win without an indoor practice facility. What an excuse. What next will the Basketball coach want an outdoor practice facility. You better quit whining about this and get ready for T. Boone Pickens to ride into town.

By Fergus

August 26, 2007 9:21 PM | Link to this

CMR is a man of character who was felt the delivery of his concerns was not in keeping with the message he delivers to others. I sincerely hope such honesty will not be considered as weak or pressured in the least. I believe his apology was based on the potential perception of what he had to say as being without gratitude and humility. However he did not seem to back down from his topic of the need the program has to remain competitive. He simply stated that he regrets the manner in which the message was delivered and made no claim to have been in error about the oeverall content itself. They do need the facility and the fundraising will most likely be amped up accordingly.

By BooneDawg

August 26, 2007 9:22 PM | Link to this

Coach Richt has no reason to apologize for his comments. I live in a small community outside of Austin, TX and the local highschool team has an indoor facility that was recently built with funds from a $127mm bond issuance by the school district, (Lake Travis High School). If a high school can have the expectation for an indoor facility, why can’t a major university expect an indoor facility?

By Andy Griffith

August 26, 2007 9:26 PM | Link to this

Hey Mark, no need for apologies. You’re a 2nd rate coach at a ‘wannabe’ university! Nobody cares. Now go spoon your QB, he likes that sort of stuff.

By Stuck in Kentucky

August 26, 2007 9:27 PM | Link to this

Even the university of Kentucky has an indoor practice facility. Give the man the proper tools and he will take us to the promise land, so to speak.

By Brett

August 26, 2007 9:28 PM | Link to this

I think Coach Richt is a very humble and God fearing man. I also think that what he said was completely true. I believe his statement was driven more by how he spoke and not what he spoke. As a Christian, how message is deliverd can be as important as what message is delivered. However, I dont have any idea why an indoor facility has not been completed.

By Kendall

August 26, 2007 9:30 PM | Link to this

Hey 3 rivers, we dont seem to have ANY problem beating your team. If you need to ride on anothers team, have at it. NERD>

By dawghare

August 26, 2007 9:43 PM | Link to this

I think Coach Richt was right to issue that statement. After all, he was only following his conscience. He realized how his comments on Friday were born of frustration and did not reflect well on UGA. What a great and godly example he is setting for his players and so many others. How easy it would have been to bury his conscience in prideful justification, but Coach did the right thing (and he made a good point about our facilities.

Speaking of which- Let’s Git-R-Done!

By Brian

August 26, 2007 9:43 PM | Link to this

Im serious. WHy in the hayul does GT even need a practice facility indoor our outdoor with the crap they put on the field every year. And I pray you send some of those gnat football players to help OSU in our first game. I beg you!

By SickandTired

August 26, 2007 9:51 PM | Link to this

Mark Richt needs to keep his mouth shut about the indoor facility and coach football. As previous posters have said, Florida doesn’t have one and they are in the middle of a state that is hotter than hades and it has rainstorms most every day. UGA spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in giving him two Field Turf fields that are fine for practicing on in the rain and the only time they can’t be used is when lightning is in the area. I think he regrets saying it but come on he’s got facilities other schools would kill for and the basketball team is playing in a venue that should be an embarrassment to every person that calls themselves a Dawg Fan. Just win Mark and leave the other stuff to people that know how to run an athletic department.

By Ryno

August 26, 2007 10:03 PM | Link to this

The team doesn’t play inside to January, they don’t need to be practicing indoors. They need to be fit to play outside in this 100 degree heat on Saturday.

It’s good for the players. Just make sure to take plenty of water breaks.

By DunwoodyDawg

August 26, 2007 10:17 PM | Link to this

I have no qualms with making an indoor facility, but where would we put it? Over the existing practice field? Could they put that up during an offseason without affecting normal football practices?

Methinks Richt is a little peeved the basketball and gymnastics teams just got their own brand new practice facility, when its his team that generates all the $$$.

By ramblinwreck

August 26, 2007 10:26 PM | Link to this

Give the man his indoor practice facility! His success deserves it, besides after six years he now owns us yellow jackets.

By John

August 26, 2007 10:30 PM | Link to this

Well done. Mark Richt modeling, for his players and countless others, how to handle frustration AND how to react when you haven’t handled it well.

By John

August 26, 2007 10:44 PM | Link to this

The indoor facility is not about avoiding heat. The NCAA prohibits outdoor practices in thunderstorms due to lightning, but don’t let the facts slow your mouth down.

By MadMerf

August 26, 2007 10:54 PM | Link to this

Here we have a coach who is publicly apologizing to the school president and AD for making comments about not having a facility that was promised a decade ago, and across the border to the east they have a coach who has threatened his school president and AD into making policy changes in order to give his recruits preferential treatment or he’s outta there!

The second game on our schedule presents two coaches who cannot possibly be any more different from each other. The classic battle between good and evil, generosity and greed. I’ll be praying for the good guy!

Maybe we could ask Mr. Pickens from Okie St. if he could fund an indoor practice facility for us in return for adding his team to our tough slate. Heck, that’s chump change to him. GO DAWGS!!!!

By Cuz

August 26, 2007 11:06 PM | Link to this

John you got it. Coach Richt was frustrated practices had to be canceled due to lightning, not rain or heat. An indoor facility would be a great addition and something I personally would like. But it does not win championships(SEC). Coaching and players win the championships. We have a great Coach in CMR and a bunch of fired up Dawgs. Bring on T. Boone’s Pokes.

By Dump 'em

August 26, 2007 11:10 PM | Link to this

Fire Mikey Adams AND damon evans….they’re both bafoons. The clown and his puppet.

Build that indoor facility. Several sports would benefit…not just football.

By NASCARfan

August 26, 2007 11:44 PM | Link to this

Why not make the indoor facility duel use? Design the facility to be more than just a bubble (which would be perfect as well as cheap, if that’s all you really need). Design the facility to be an indoor football field but have the ability to host indoor track meets. And heck, why not make it triple use and make it so it could host indoor tennis? That way, many other teams could get something out of it as well.

By RODAWG

August 27, 2007 12:13 AM | Link to this

TO THINK THAT CMR APOLOGIZED TO ADAMSORRYDOG & UNCLE TOM DAMON IS SICKENING. ADAMS HOPES THAT CMR LEAVES.HE IS SO JEALOUS OF RICHT’S ENORMOUS POPULARITY. HOW CAN 95% OF DAWG NATION DESPISE ADAMS, YET HE REMAINS AT THE HELM OF OUR BELOVED UGA. CMR MUST TAKE NOTE OF THE WAY LEGENDARY COACH DOOLEY IS BEING DENIED HIS DUE; SANFORD-DOOLEY STADIUM AND ACT ACCORDINGLY. UGA WILL LOSE THIS FABULOUS CHRISTIAN HERO COACH IF ADAMS CAN HELP IT. PASS THE PLATE BABY, LET’S BUILD THIS FACILITY NOW. NAME IT ADAM’S FOLLY AND THEN SEND THIS WORM AWAY!

By Upstate SC

August 27, 2007 12:51 AM | Link to this

First of all with all due respect RODAWG, the good Lord has nothing to do with this fight. I’m sure He could care less if our beloved Dawgs have an indoor or not. That being said, given that CMR is a good Christian man and a praying man as well, I will trust his judgement and agree that they need an indoor facility. In fact, if I was Mr. Adams, or Mr. Evans and CMR asked for 2 donkeys, a monkey, and a jungle gym, I would everything in my power to make it so….and quickly. GOOOO DAWGS!!!!

By Lane

August 27, 2007 5:48 AM | Link to this

Start construction on the indoor facility - IMMEDIATELY!!!! Also, the Florida game needs to be a home/away contest. The trip to Jax is not fair to the players- this is one tradition that needs to be eliminated.

Also, Adams is responsible for Rick’s being at Georgia, if everyone remembers Adams wanted Donnan OUT, Dooley resisted. I AM NO FAN OF VINCE!!!

By ptra

August 27, 2007 6:32 AM | Link to this

I was really shocked to learn Ga does not have an indoor practice facility. A major program like this without that facility? That is pretty pathetic. What in the world do you people do with all of the donations? This should be easy. Georgia is now about 10 years behind other major schools when it comes to facilities. If I were recruiting against UGA, it would be easy. Just look at the facilities.

By shane

August 27, 2007 7:47 AM | Link to this

hey lane,you think the trip to jax is hard on the players? hah! have you ever been to a game at the swamp? i checked uf’s record for the past ten years,including zook’s tenure,they average losing LESS than a game a year at home. we have a hard enough time beating uf in jax,where half the fans are in red,what makes you think we would beat them in the swamp?

By Gene

August 27, 2007 7:59 AM | Link to this

Richt should be more concerned about keeping his players out of jail.

By john

August 27, 2007 8:13 AM | Link to this

Can we talk about what’s happening on the field? This is useless banter. This is a media creation, as evidenced by some bozo actually asking Richt if he’d leave over this. I guess he did his job and got the ball rolling, but alot of you bit in to it. I’ll check back with the AJC when they start talking about football.

By Bill King

August 27, 2007 8:17 AM | Link to this

My name is Bill King. I bought this goofy looking UGA shirt at Wal-Mart.

My UGA Crocs have been ordered and should be here by the OSU game. They are going to look awesome.

Put on those two items with my standard jean shorts and $4.99 UGA hat I bought at QuickTrip, and I beg you to find a better look that screams “GO DAWGS!!” and “Incest is BEST!!”.

Yours,

Bill

By ME

August 27, 2007 8:21 AM | Link to this

Is the Coach starting his reasons for when he leaves us (uga) for FSU? I for one do not think his first comments were a slip of the tongue.

By john

August 27, 2007 8:22 AM | Link to this

Shane - since Richt has arrived, UGA has lost 3 times in opponents’ stadiums. UGA has lost 5 times in Jacksonville. I’d gladly switch to a home and home series.

By Corey

August 27, 2007 8:28 AM | Link to this

I admire him for saying what he felt and has been feeling for sometime. We have the most profitable program in the NCAA and I say let’s build the indoor facility so the top notch recruits will come and our excellent coach will stay.

By shane

August 27, 2007 8:51 AM | Link to this

i don’t see richt going anywhere,that was a comment by a reporter. i think urban will leave and go to notre dame before richt goes anywhere. john,i will ask you the same question i asked lane,have you ever been to a game in the swamp? there is no more intimidating place to play in the sec. i have been to games at the swamp and in baton rouge at night and i would say they are about equal. no opposing coach is going to make a living at either place.

By randy

August 27, 2007 8:53 AM | Link to this

build it and they will come!

By Drew

August 27, 2007 9:09 AM | Link to this

The Georgia coaching staff should do what all other high school football programs do when stormy weather affects pratice, go to the gym (Stegeman).

By we want a "duel"

August 27, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this

between BuLL and NASCAR

By Charles Cross

August 27, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this

Unless Micheal Adams has ordered it torn down doesn’t UGA still have a Colosseum. It’s not perfect for football practice but if can handle rodeo, it could handle the DAWGS.

By great job Drew

August 27, 2007 9:38 AM | Link to this

Georgia should do what all other “high school” football programs do….!!!LOL!!!

By mooshie

August 27, 2007 10:05 AM | Link to this

Instead of adding another 10,000 to sanford, how about building a practice facility. The wrong time for CMR to b*** at the height of recruiting season. Win a title and you can have what you want.

By JW

August 27, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this

NO he shouldn’t take it back. As much money as we pay and make off football there is no excuse at not having an indoor facility. We should be able to show recruits that we have the best to offer them in academics and sports.

By D'Marcus Jefferson, Kappa Alpha pledge

August 27, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this

Coach Richt should NOT retract from his statement. He said it, because he believes an Indoor Facility is needed.

Let’s quit wasting the HOPE SCHOLARSHIP aka Gambling money of the Poor and Minorities on student “education” and use it for the Football Program. Let’s get him an Indoor Facility! After all, what are we at UGA for? An Education or a national Football program?

By 2N4YEARS

August 27, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this

FOR SOUTH CAROLINA FANS out there….’COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier stood by troubled safety Emanuel Cook on Friday, saying his arrest on a gun charge — which resulted in his suspension from the school, making him ineligible to play for the Gamecocks — was a case of being “at the wrong place at the wrong time.”

The 19-year-old player was charged with unlawful possession of a pistol, according to a police report. Cook and James Gore III were arrested by university police Thursday night at a parking lot near campus dormitories, the report said.

“He’s a good young man and obviously was at the wrong place at the wrong time,” Spurrier said Friday. “You’ve got to choose your friends. Supposedly, the gun was not his (Cook’s) but he was with a guy with a gun. You’re guilty by association.”

Hhhmmmm…. Guess this gives new meaning to Spurrier’s ‘C**&Fire’ offence.

By 2N4YEARS

August 27, 2007 11:23 AM | Link to this

Patsy_Schedule , you say “I doubt that God/Christ cares a whit about UGA football,”. You’re probalby right. But he does care about Rich’s success, which just happens to be Georgia Football.

By where have all the real men gone?

August 27, 2007 11:51 AM | Link to this

So a man speaks his mind and the takes it back? Why? Are we such a society that cannot handle a little criticism?

By Buck in the NW

August 27, 2007 1:53 PM | Link to this

I don’t understand why the formal retraction was needed and what was so bad about what Coach said to begin with? PC must control the campus these days but lets play some FB. If reporters want to did into this more then go for it…….We’re favored by 7 points? Matthew and his gang will have to put points on the board…..side note for me is seeing if Bobo plays for the F.G. as much as CMR did.

By BigNCDAWG

August 27, 2007 3:07 PM | Link to this

I have been to UT’s indoor pratice field on many occasions and it is first class. There is no excuse for us not having one. Their’s is at least 10 years old.

By MV 7

August 27, 2007 3:55 PM | Link to this

That DAWG won’t hunt…

By GATOR

August 27, 2007 5:53 PM | Link to this

Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! We don’t have an indoor practice facility….Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

UGA has not won a National Championship in over 25 years…that’s what I’d worry about!

Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

By Anonymous

August 27, 2007 6:45 PM | Link to this

Onto the sad news, unfortunately Antavious Coates is out for the year again. I feel horrible for the guy. What is this, three straight years with season ending surgery. Some guys just don’t have any luck. I wish you well Antavious. Keep your head up

By AnnistonBoy

August 27, 2007 6:46 PM | Link to this

Richt was just PMSing. This is a non-issue. Moving along…

By dawgsrule

August 27, 2007 7:19 PM | Link to this

UGA needs to get with it now and build an indoor practice facility—-it’s a priority item. Just raise tuition a few dollars for each student for a few years—that will easily pay for it and some other improvements needed for the football team.

By Dark Corner Dawg

August 27, 2007 7:20 PM | Link to this

I applaud Mark Richt,after all he is human! We should have had an indoor practice faculty years ago. AD Damon needs to get off his rear end and make it happen but I’m not so sure if he can make it happen with our Snobbish President Michael Adams at the helm. Give’em Hell Coach because you are allowed to do that every once in a while. CMR is a Class Act and UGA needs to keep him. Now coach you can give those Refs Hell too every once in a while as well. Go Dawgs!!!!!

By Dark Corner Dawg

August 27, 2007 7:40 PM | Link to this

oops ” indoor practice facility”

By MarkRichtFan

August 27, 2007 8:55 PM | Link to this

The AJC omitted the most interesting part of the story. Last spring CMR was asked which was more important to him: (1) the addition to the Butts-Mehre Building or (2) an indoor practice facility. He chose the addition to Butts-Mehre, and the Athletic Board appropriated the money for the design of the addition. I am sure that CMR realized that he set his own priorities, and the indoor practice facility was not number one on his list. He is a gentleman, and he did not like the way his comments sounded in print, so he set the record straight.

As I understand it, the future plans for an indoor practice facility are much more elaborate than a simple bubble. It will be a mixed use facility that will be second to none. CMR knows that it cannot all be done at once. He is willing to wait so that UGA can have the very best.

By Hairydawgfan

August 27, 2007 9:05 PM | Link to this

They should call The General and just buy a steel building and put it over the practice field.

By S.E. Dawg

August 27, 2007 10:24 PM | Link to this

Shane, If we did loose in the swamp that means we may win in athens. So that’s 50/50 better than our current rate in Jax. What do you think?

By shane

August 28, 2007 2:24 AM | Link to this

i am not sure we win in athens, it’s possible,but i think we need to beat them in jax,and beat them dadly. once we do this we will have the confidence to beat them anywhere.

By shane

August 28, 2007 3:13 AM | Link to this

s.e.dawg,i guess what bothers me most is that some fans,some of the players,and i think,some of the coaches don’t think we can win in jax. that is a bunch of baloney. we won in jax the whole dooley period,often with an inferior team. i don’t remember how many sec titles we knocked uf out of,but that is one reason they hate us. richt has to believe in himself,and his men,then we will win. as fans,we have to believe it too. ya’ll can cut tail and run if you want to,this old soldier will be fighting a rear guard action on the bridge and leave his body on the field. i’ll be damned if i’ll run from a bunch of gators! our big old line should know how to run block by november,so i want the guys to line up,knock those fast linemen back,and ram that ball down their throats untill we break their spirits as well as their noses. one way to defeat speed,maybe the best way,is to run right at it,with enough misdirection thrown in to keep them off their guard. we are young at the o line,but we should be deep by then,our o line injurys are pretty minor. we should be able to keep fresh linemen and backs in the game and pound them. once we have them with 8 or nine men in the box,then we can throw the bomb. urban can run the spread all he wants,it does no good if we play keep-away with our running game. i would like a win,but what i really want is to beat the hell out of them! i want us to score 50 points! i don’t believe in running up the score,but i want payback fo what sos did to us in athens.

By Buck in the NW

August 28, 2007 7:54 AM | Link to this

Shane, you’re right about the mental part of some coaches and players when it comes to the “party”. As opposed to wining by 50, I’d rather be SOS for the 3rd time in a row here in ‘07. In order for the SC program to take the next leap forward, they’ve got to beat the Dawgs and don’t you know that’s churning a stomach or two in Columnbia?

By Jim

August 28, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this

I had no problem with Richt’s comments on needing an indoor facility. In fact, I was surprised to learn that UGA didn’t already have something. I thought this was pretty much standard issue at major universities. Anyway, don’t know what prompted his backpeddling but would have felt much better had he let his comments stand.

By War Eagle

August 28, 2007 4:30 PM | Link to this

Coach Richt was not out of order with his indoor facilities comment, this is a BIG recruiting tool in the SEC. As if UGA needs it!!!

By Matt Stafford

August 29, 2007 5:11 PM | Link to this

We REALLY need an indoor practice faciltiy so that when me and my team mate Joe Cox have our famous tickle piles with the rest of the tream, the media and gator fans will not be able to see us…I just wish Joe C. and I could live together like Greene and Pollack used to do…

By william l moore

August 30, 2007 4:35 PM | Link to this

Indoor facility ?? Next thing you know it’ll be indoor plumbing!!!