Can you IMAGINE CPF demanding a celebration penalty?

[VolBeef88]

So you are able to see in the future or something and can tell that nothing would have been different without the team celebration? I seriously do not think so, college football is affected by emotion and by thinking they could win, they did. After all they knew what they were going to do before GA scored. That fired them up to score in the first place.

If they didnt think they could win before the game even started then CMR should be fired. If any team goes into a game not thinking they can win the coach should be fired.

 

[7IlikeOrange7]

i for one ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!! ithink its ballsy but i love the attitude.. we need more of that around here and i admire richt for it

 

[voldurham]

Richt should be fined and suspended by the SEC. Had Meyer done the same thing after Florida tied it, there would have eventually been a major brawl. Imagine if UGA would have been playing the U.

I have mixed feelings about this.

On the one hand, I agree with you about the possible repercussions of something like this. This is college athletics we're talking about here. I know how competitive and money-driven college football is these days, but these guys are still representing an institution of higher learning when they take the field. From that angle, I'm having a bit of a hard time with a coach deliberately telling players - the whole team, in fact - to deliberately break the rules. Is that really what college football should be all about? Has sportsmanship gone the way of the dinosaurs? I sometimes wonder if too much of the "college" has been taken out of college football. Maybe the game has passed me by.

On the other hand, UGA had to pull out all the stops. UF has owned the dawgs. I can see where Richt had to do everything he could to turn the ship around. Something had to give. He needed to "think out of the box." And it's not like he told his players to go out and deliberately hurt someone.

The old part of me - the part that belongs to an era when things seem to have been a bit more civil - tends to think this was a classless move for a college football coach. But the competitive side of me says 'Way to Go!".

How's that for decisiveness? My wife says I'm world class when it comes to sitting on the fence. It's the only thing I do well.

 

[hitandrun]

Why would you think this?

That's what I wondered.

 

[thagodfather]

If you really think that then you know very little about truly competitive sports and especially football. Emotion wears off much sooner than most realize. UGA beat them because they were better prepared and took advantage of UF weakness. There really is nothing more to it. And being as you say pumped up crazy can actually and often does cause much more problems than it causes benefit.

i coach football, basketball, baseball. my team went undefeated in basketball last year and i coached two different baseball teams to undefeated records last year. i also coached two football teams last year both in the top four in the city. my overall baseball record for 4 years is 54-2 with 5 championships with 5 teams. not bad for knowing nothing about competitve sports. oh yeah, i also play basketball 4 championships in 5 years and one of the top two defensive outfielders in the city in softball.

 

[voldurham]

i coach football, basketball, baseball. my team went undefeated in basketball last year and i coached two different baseball teams to undefeated records last year. i also coached two football teams last year both in the top four in the city. my overall baseball record for 4 years is 54-2 with 5 championships with 5 teams. not bad for knowing nothing about competitve sports. oh yeah, i also play basketball 4 championships in 5 years and one of the top two defensive outfielders in the city in softball.

:clapping:Unbelivable, godfather. Kudos for all the coaching you do. I'm sure you've made a really positive impact in the lives of many youngsters. We all know how many destructive things there are lurking out there to steer kids in the wrong direction. It's a good thing we have wholesome alternatives like sports.

With your coaching experience, you're probably as qualified as any on the board to answer this question:

Is it appropriate under ANY circumstances for a person coaching amateur athletics (I include college football in this category though sometimes one wonders exactly what college FB is all about these days) to deliberately instruct his players to violate the rules of the game, especially rules relating to upsportsmanlike conduct? Is seeking an emotional boost by deliberately violating the rules more important than protecting the integrity of the game? And if a coach orders/condones a deliberate violation of rules relating to sportsmanship, isn't some form of discipline or reprimand appropriate?

Sorry, I guess that was several questions instead of just one. But I would like to hear your opinion on this.

 

[voldurham]

Richt said he thought only those players already on the field would celebrate. Instead, virtually the entire team charged into the end zone.
"On the day of the game I re-emphasized to the team that this was not going to be an individual celebration, but a team celebration," Richt wrote. "Again, I was expecting the 11 players on the field to be doing the celebrating, not for the bench to clear as it did.
"I understand that the entire team running on the field created the potential for an altercation and that excessive celebration is not in compliance with the Southeastern Conference sportsmanship policies and expected standards. My only intention was to create enthusiasm."

ESPN - Georgia coach apologizes for celebration vs. Fla. - College Football

I had mixed feelings about this issue until I read this article. Now I'm not torn anymore.

It doesn't matter how many players were on the field. If you read the entire article, it says that Richt admitted threatening players with extra running if they didn't get called for excessive celebration. This makes it clear that he deliberately instructed his players, under threat of punishment, to violate rules pertaining to sportsmanship. It is abundantly clear that he places breaking the rules above the integrity of the game. His actions simply can't be defended no matter how desperate he was to end UF's domination of UGA.

Apparently the SEC has accepted his so-called "apology" and plans no punishment or reprimand. Shame on them. It's a disgrace to the great game of college football and absolutely sends the wrong message. Let's just forget the rules and win, baby, win! That's what it's all about! We can always apologize after the fact.

Makes me sick.

 

[thagodfather]

:clapping:Unbelivable, godfather. Kudos for all the coaching you do. I'm sure you've made a really positive impact in the lives of many youngsters. We all know how many destructive things there are lurking out there to steer kids in the wrong direction. It's a good thing we have wholesome alternatives like sports.

With your coaching experience, you're probably as qualified as any on the board to answer this question:

Is it appropriate under ANY circumstances for a person coaching amateur athletics (I include college football in this category though sometimes one wonders exactly what college FB is all about these days) to deliberately instruct his players to violate the rules of the game, especially rules relating to upsportsmanlike conduct? Is seeking an emotional boost by deliberately violating the rules more important than protecting the integrity of the game? And if a coach orders/condones a deliberate violation of rules relating to sportsmanship, isn't some form of discipline or reprimand appropriate?

Sorry, I guess that was several questions instead of just one. But I would like to hear your opinion on this.

i think it was a good idea by richt and believe that it worked to georgia's advantage. no one can for certain say that it didn't because they won. i don't think it hurt them. also when i agree with call by richt, it is because he told them to go celebrate with their team not to taunt the other team. some georgia players were taunting the florida players and i certainly would not condone this or order it done. there's nothing wrong with celebrating on the field with you're teammates and creating more chemistry, just don't do it by making gestures towards the other team.

 

[JonWard]

Sorry to bump an old thread...but this action is probably the beginning of the end for Richt.

Ever since this, his team has become the most undisciplined team in the Conference if not nation.

Yesterday, when they pulled within 14, they did their soulja boy thang, immediately after they had a late hit, face mask out of bounds on the ensuing kickoff.

This and Richt's loyalty to Willie is his undoing.

Since then, the program has resorted to numerous gimmicks to unsuccessfuly manufacture emotions....black helmets, lol.

 

[ericberry4heisman]

yeah i dont think he is going to be around to much longer.

 

[gavol2572]

Sorry to bump an old thread...but this action is probably the beginning of the end for Richt.

Ever since this, his team has become the most undisciplined team in the Conference if not nation.

Yesterday, when they pulled within 14, they did their soulja boy thang, immediately after they had a late hit, face mask out of bounds on the ensuing kickoff.

This and Richt's loyalty to Willie is his undoing.
Since then, the program has resorted to numerous gimmicks to unsuccessfuly manufacture emotions....black helmets, lol.

I think this will be his entire undoing if he doesn't rectify the situation, quickly!! :yes:

 

[Vercingetorix]

If Richt doesn't figure out a way to somehow beat Tech in a few weeks, then he's going to be coaching for his job next year IMO.
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[tvolsfan]

Sorry to bump an old thread...but this action is probably the beginning of the end for Richt.

Ever since this, his team has become the most undisciplined team in the Conference if not nation.

Yesterday, when they pulled within 14, they did their soulja boy thang, immediately after they had a late hit, face mask out of bounds on the ensuing kickoff.

This and Richt's loyalty to Willie is his undoing.

Since then, the program has resorted to numerous gimmicks to unsuccessfuly manufacture emotions....black helmets, lol.

I'm hoping I still get to see them attempt that woof-off or whatever they call it.