Some interesting stuff in here. Another poster asked in the ? thread about the off-field issues recently with some of Georgia's players. The other thing in here that I find interesting is the comment, "This staff that is over there today—and I am going to be very kind about it—it is not functioning properly," former Bulldogs quarterback and NFL legend Fran Tarkenton said in early November on WCNN 680 The Fan's Chuck and Chernoff (h/t Marc Weiszer of the Athens Banner-Herald). "I think the culture there of the staff is not functioning properly. As we all know Mark Richt is a good, fine, wonderful person. I think there are things going on inside of his staff that are unsavory. If you don't have your whole staff and your whole organization of respect and understanding the roles of everybody, things happen badly."


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-georgia-latest-details-comments-and-reaction

Is anybody else concerned that he is 55? We are talking 10-15 years tops and we may be getting a watered down version of Richt. I would be excited if we got him but he is not a long term solution unless you consider 10-15 years long term.

I think it's really important that we hire someone who is committed to Uva long term.. who is committed to building something that lasts, much like Tony hoped and is doing with hoops. The thing that worries me with a guy like say MSU's Mullens, is that he has his eyes on even bigger jobs down the road if he turns a program like Uva around. Even someone like Matt Rhule (Penn State Alum) or Jeff Brohm (Louisville Alum) could bolt if they were offered a job at their alumni after having success at Uva. Think about how it will affect UNC if Fedora leaves... even though it may be their own doing because of NCAA sanctions. Obviously I think this is something that Uva will think about when hiring the guy... but I think it needs to be a point of emphasis. Is our next guy committed to Uva for the long haul or is he using Uva as a potential stepping stone? We need to make sure we know.

We are all wanting you to name Mark Richt as the new UVA head coach!!

Stephen Spanellis:

"It's not a big shock to me, I loved coach London but I didn't commit to UVA because of him. I'm still 100% commited to UVA."

He will take his official visit in January.

I have never been super high on him because he had the talent to win at times during his run at UGA, but never got over the hump some years, but look at the talent he brought in.

You will always have studs at RB and WR, QB has been an issue of late.

If he comes on next year, we win 6-7 and I am willing to bet a top 20-23 class in 17. His hire then helps basketball because we'd have football, basketball and baseball on the map for years to come.

He has his downsides, but with the state of the program the last few years, this is a slam dunk hire if ever unless he is our Tubby and someone like Herman who would be our TB and we just haven't heard anything about it.

How quickly do we need to move so we don't lose recruits? And who don't you want to see decommit?

I am not sold on this whole class if we can get better talent, but these 5 guys I don't want to lose regardless who comes in:

N'Shaka
Terrell
Abramson
Mack
Harbison

I pointed this out last week and will reiterate it, because people have posted clearly, verifiably wrong information.

Dan Mullen was Cam Newton's OC at UF. Mullen left after the 2008 season to take the Mississippi State job for the 2009 season, the same year Newton got in trouble for the laptop incident and ended up at Blinn JC (i.e., they left UF the same year although I don't know if the incident at UF happened after Mullen had already left). Newton ended up at Auburn in 2010 and the saga surrounding his eligibility had to do with his recruitment and booster activities vis-a-vis his recruitment WHILE Mullen was at Mississippi State. Unlike what other posters have said, Mullen was not "at MSU long after the Newton situation."

Two ways to look at this ... Newton probably looked at MSU because of the relationship with Mullen and not because of booster involvement and there has not been a lot of other accusations about Mullen/MSU in the interim (and the accusations involved boosters on top of that and the coach can't control everyone). Flip side is that Mullen WAS tangentially involved in a recruiting scandal that was ultimately dropped only because there was no smoking gun (in addition to the mentor to a guy who made a very bad choice somewhere in close proximity to the time of his tutelage under that coach). As with most things in life, the truth is probably involves a little bit of both factors.

Personally, I do not think this is the type of hire that UVa should be looking to make. I know others on the board have and will disagree, but just my own personal desires for the program.

Hey, don't look now, but with London gone, there's actually interest in UVA football again!

I love ML as a person (from what I've read/heard), but from a strictly football standpoint, this has re-energized the fan base and the board.

Do we even have a basketball, baseball, tennis, or other teams (TIC)?

Sorry! I was late to the party! Ignore!!!!

Western Kentucky is averaging 44 points per game and Brohm is young enough (44) to maybe be a long term solution.

You only managed the on field success we wanted one season, but you took a program that had many issues off field and brought honor and dignity back to our program. You kept the kids in class and out of trouble, earning their love, respect, and devotion along the way. You reestablished broken and damaged relationships. You recruited quality players who believed in this team and this proud university. I wish I had half your character and integrity. I wish you well in your future.

Thank you, Coach.

Go Hoos!!!

IT'S LINING UP!!!!

As expected, just waiting on the official announcement.

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Had no clue who he was until this week and I know he hasn't been a HC yet, but just look at all the schools he's coached at?

If that doesn't fit what we are looking for!

Just heard from a source and wanted to pass along the following:

Depending on if the administrative details can get worked out, we should have an official announcement tomorrow afternoon but if not, Monday at the latest. Word I've heard is that there are some buyout details to work out and obviously they want to give London a chance to meet with his team one last time.

And now seems like a great time to reiterate: Anything you read here, stays here.

After all the hullabaloo regarding Les Miles, the President and AD made the smart call and kept him.

Today's loss was one of the toughest to swallow in a long, long time. As another thread says, a microcosm of the London years. As distasteful as the loss itself is the fact I had to endure it surrounded by Tech fans. I am fortunate to have incredibly good seats in Section 107, which is VAF central on the east side. I had Tech fans to my immediate right (as seems to be the case every game as the guy who owns those seats sells them to whoever is coming to Scott every game), in the entire row behind me and the entire row two rows down. It was absolutely incredible to have a home game overrun by the opponent's fans. It disgusts me that our fans sell or give their tickets to Tech fans. I know it is anyone's prerogative to do with their seats as they will, but it is nonetheless a disappointment.

How we can dominate a game for three quarters and end up losing today's game is beyond me. I haven't read any of the other threads yet, just glanced over the titles. I guess you can blame it on the coaches but the players will have to own their efforts. How you can give up the big plays we did down the stretch is beyond comprehension. Our players are going to have to figure out how to make plays or we will never win consistently, no matter who our coach is. I am just flat out frustrated with today's game and can only hope our athletic department makes a fantastic hire to turn things around. It will take an entire change of attitude and performance on behalf of the new staff and the players. I hope those who have consistently blamed every single shortfall on Mike London are correct in your assessment that we have plenty of talent that only needs better coaching.

UVa's Mike London begins and say that was a heckuva tough way to lose a game. He was proud of his team's effort but he's really proud of them for dealing with the adversity all season long. It's always tough to lose close games to your rivals but hats off to Tech and Coach Beamer.

On the fake punt call in the first half, London said that there was a look they were going on and the audible was there. Tech did a good job of responding to it. "We needed to execute one more yard and we did not," he added.

Asked about his job status, London said his thoughts remain on this game and his players. He said he's thankful to have "had this opportunity" as the head coach at UVa and to influence young men's lives. He said the character of those guys in the locker room have really impressed him and it's important for them to know this is a tough game. You win, you lose, you try to get better and "there's consequences for a lot of things."

More coming...

Let his players storm the field after the interception to get an unsportsmanlike. Real class act...

Despite the pain of this loss, the new era of UVA football begins NOW!!! WAHOOWA!!!

New day! It's morning in UVA football! Nail this hire, which seems to be going in the right direction, and don't look back.

Great days ahead!

Go Hoos!

So will CL do the unthinkable by retaining London to finish his contract and go out with him when he retires?

Or will Mike Go and When?

Are we going to sit around as other teams snatch up good choices and take sloppy seconds or thirds?

I don't post very often and make NO claims to being an insider or to having inside information. So with that disclaimer, and FWIW, I did speak with a big $$ donor buddy of mine today; he claims that we have been having some serious discussions with Lincoln Riley, the OC at Oklahoma. Has anybody else heard anything along this line that would substantiate this??? Also heard we have been talking to Mike Sanford -OC at ND. Again, any info along this line as well???