Per the AJC's Seth Emerson, at this point Mark Richt appears that he will not coach anywhere this coming season. I haven't heard anything from my sources to indicate that UVa has given up its push for Richt but the writing may be on the wall.

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I was out of town and away from any computers or using the smart phone and just saw the article that was posted on the 24th of November.

He is calling Mike Sanford Jr. the front runner for the UVA job.

Anyone care to post their thoughts on Mike Sanford Jr.?

He (DD) is selling the legacy pick like Bennett and the success UVA has had for hiring a son of a coach like Tony Bennett and hopes it would work for a hire like Mike Sanford Jr, whose dad is/was a coach.

I bashed him, but some things under him did change.

He repaired the relationship with a lot of coaches not only in the state of Virginia, but most importantly the 757.

Pretty much during his whole tenure how many football players did you hear of who got in trouble? Not that it happened a ton under Groh, but it didn't get worse under London.

We were able to finally get it administration to admit mid-year enrollees which will make it easier for the next coach to bring in guys earlier.

I've been very harsh, but he's a good man and didn't leave the cupboard bare for the next coach. I would like to thank him for being a man who held the integrity of not only the job but the University in high regard.

Glad it's over.

What really bad officiating. So many no calls ( except against our offense) I do not know where to start.

ND loses again in an upset, this time by 1 to Alabama allowing a layup against their zone with 6 seconds, then missing a layup at the buzzer.

Got fired by Miami. I didn't think their offense was the problem

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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