Searels to Leave for Texas?

According to Gentry Estes, of 247Sports, Stacy Searels may be on the move. For years now, Searels has been regarded as one of the top O-Line coaches in the country. When he came over to join Richt's staff from the Bayou, it was considered a HUGE win for the Dawgs. When we retained him and he declined to join the ATM operation on the Plains that his his alma freaking mater, well, that was another win.

Given the Dawgs recent struggles on the line and running the football, more than a few Georgia fans have started jumping off the Searels bandwagon (he's also been the "running game coordinator"). Some, even, may be excited to see him leave. Here are a few stream of consciousness-type thoughts on the situation (no... not the dude that cleared $5 mil last year thanks to MTV, although at this point, that may Garner (see what I did there) more hits):


So, is the fact Searels is considering jumping ship a negative sign? What's changed that would make Searels more likely to take this job than the alma mater? Were Bobo and Searles at odds on the play-calling? (*conspiracy theory* /lost'd) Searels contract is good through June 2011, so something has to give -- either we extend his contract, he works for free during the 2011 campaign, or he finds employment elsewhere. Did Richt (read McGarity if you believe Richt is spineless) grow some serious cojones and politely encourage Searels to consider another place of employment? If Searles does leave, who is his replacement? And finally, OMFG! What does this mean for recruiting?!?!

On a serious note, here are our thoughts:

1.) The O-Line grossly underperformed in 2010. Searels did some great work with the patchwork lines we've put out there in recent years, but I challenge anyone to praise his work this past year. You've got to wonder if Searels' approach was starting to fall on deaf ears.
2.) We really do wonder what would cause Seaels to leave now when he passed on Auburn previously.
3.) The idea of Richt and McGarity having to find a replacement is pretty exciting. While it's not as high profile a change as OC or DC, it is a significant part of the staff. The logic behind Richt hanging onto Bobo after the stellar (wait.. we lost?) performance against UCF is that it's widely believed Richt has one year to turn this thing around. Combine wholesale changes to the offensive staff with a young quarterback just starting to grasp the CURRENT offense and you've got a recipe for a long road back to the dubya column. If hiring a new O-Line coach offers an opportunity to make an impact in 2011 without completely jacking our swagger, then yay.

[*full disclosure: Our only interaction with Stacy Searels occurred inside Son's -- the new, not the old -- one day when he was eating with Bobo. Allegedly, Searels and Bobo are besties!]


For reals, y'all, what do you think about all this? As I've always said...

Merry Christmas, Dawgs!

There's something about stones and glass and houses, but it's always nice to see your neighbors are doing well around the holidays! Go Dawgs

More Thoughts on The Spicy Chicken Kickoff Game

It's hard not to agree with the Senator when he says this:

"The bigger and badder Boise gets portrayed, the better Georgia comes off looking."

Pre-Brotzman meltdown (the good times roll) (h/t EDSBS), I was pulling for Boise to run the table. Now, don't get this twisted, I wasn't looking for a BCS buster, but just wanted Boise to come in as highly regarded as possible. There will always be elitist, a camp in which we generally reside, who think Boise was, is, and always will be the "little guy", but I think that program is for real. Hell, give them an entire off season to prepare and the Dawgs are going to be up against a wall. Still, at this point, Dawg fans shouldn't be worried about playing a tough opponent, losing, Bobo's Sybil-like play calling, or Richt's inability to /insert Internet meme here/, we should want to play this game.

As much as it pains me to say it, Boise is a bigger deal than the Dawgs right now. Period. The Red and Black needs something to get this B-52 (plane, not the band -- Athens is rad) off the ground because right now, it feels like we look like this guy trying to pull the World's Strongest Man bus with a rope...
















Cliff notes version: I hope Boise comes in ranked as highly as possible. I hope Richt and Co. get things going and we get back on track so we can be where Auburn is in a year or two... minus all the unmarked credit cards, the dog track alum, the bank fraud, Trooper Taylor and his towel, and the NCAA investigation. Otherwise, I want to be exactly the same.