BUD FOSTER MEETS WITH UGA

Seriously? Wow. Damon Evans must be ready to spend some of that ESPN money he didn’t have to spend on Mike Anderson.

I’m for it.

I think this has roughly the same chance that “Chris Petersen to UVA” did a couple weeks ago. There’s a reason that though Foster has tossed his name out there (WFVU, Clemson, most notably), nothing’s come back.

Dear Santa,

Forget the Wii, the erotic weekend in Barbados with Marissa Miller, and world peace. All I want for Christmas is Bud Foster.

Love,

EF

(A delusional Dawg Fan who realizes this is just jibba-jabba and is preparing for the worst – like ending up with Willie Martinez’s half brother Lyle.)

I will join the others in saying: WANT SHINY DC! However realizing that this is quite unlikely as VT will just go ahead and name him head-coach-in-waiting, I will enjoy the sparks of excitement while they last.

Screw UGA, come to UF. We’ll allow you to be beat Addazzio whenever you want, even just for fun.

“Liking it!” (hang cleans, Dodge Dart)

“Let’s see him do it barefoot” (pens vein, inserts Redbull/pure adreneline drip)

“Why wasn’t he on the phone with a recruit while he was surfin that wake?” (fires half staff, hires Petrino brother)

Bulldogs, I’ve said it before but it bears repeating. No one is more adept at stopping Florida’s offense than Addazzio. I suggest that you snatch him up before Kiffykins does.

That said, forget “charlesbutt.” Word out of Tally is that “Chucky Chest” is more than available.

No Natty Light was consumed in the filming of this video. None. Nada. Zilch.

@4, that’s unlikely as well, because both Beamer and Jim Weaver (the athletic director) expressed their disapproval of such a thing, citing the clash of dynamics occuring at FSU at the time (VT was talking about this around the time that Will Muschamp was named HCIW). Though, I think Foster’s the odds-on favorite after Beamer retires anyway. VT won’t be pursuing the Saban-Brown-Meyer price tier of coaches.

Thoughts while watching video:

Hmm, drunk rednecks on lake in boat. One attempts to “surf” in wake of prop, less than a few feet from prop. This will end badly.

Alas, not a “hey watch this” to be heard.

I don’t think UGA is going to be able to pull Coach Smart away from Alabama. The rationale that I’ve heard are that he and Coach Richt had a falling out and that UA would match any amount set out by another team.

Just from this guys standpoint, why would he want to jump on that sinking ship? If he stays a little bit longer at UA, he is a lock for a head coaching job in the very near future.

The sumation of things is that if Coach Smart does leave, I feel confident that UA will keep chugging right along. When Coach Steele left for Clemson, everyone thought that Alabama would struggling on the D due to the loss. We turned out okay, I guess.

As an aside, Coach Hayes wants to know what the big fucking deal is over Jim down at USF.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Mdp7ieR2A

@11

Pfffffft. “Sinking ship,” indeed. The hyperbole we’ve come to love and expect from Alabama fans, but without the high-in-fiber reality. Sheesh, just two years ago they’d lost six straight to their inferior in-state rival, lost to a 1AA team at home, and had a COKE RING INSIDE THEIR LOCKER ROOM. Compared to that situation, righting the ship in Athens will be easy enough.

Man, I’ve been water skiing in some form or another since I was about 4-5 and I’ve never seen that wake surfing stuff. Pretty cool.

@12 = That ambulance stealer video was awesome, and that the woman was pretty good lookin’ was entirely unexpected. Looked more like something you might see on Reno 911 than reality.

Lasagna Hog says, "There’s a reason that though Foster has tossed his name out there (WFVU, Clemson, most notably), nothing’s come back.

When Wf’nVU’s head coaching job came open, Bud Foster was my first choice. However, since our DC, Jeff Casteel, was one of the few who stayed (my understanding is RR asked him to go UM also) hiring Bud as HC would have been, let’s just say, problematic. Then Ed Pastilong got drunk after the Fiesta Bowl and gave the job to Grampaw Bill. That said, I think he’d do excellent work at UGA.

And the rumor ends:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/hokies-journal/2009/12/foster_staying_at_va_tech.html

I guess I’ll go ahead and further rain on the parade:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/hokies-journal/2009/12/foster_staying_at_va_tech.html

From the Man himself. Not a head coach in waiting deal (thank god), but a nice fat raise and probably a silent handshake with Beamer that in 5 years, VT is his.

http://hamptonroads.com/blogs/kyle-tucker

BTW, $400k goes a loooooooooong way in Blacksburg.

SuperMugs of Natty Light at PK’s for everyone!

I guess I’ll just further reiterate what everyone already knows:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/hokies-journal/2009/12/foster_staying_at_va_tech.html

This man belongs in the SEC. “Hey Ya’ll, hold muh beer n watchiss”.

Did Las Vegas oddsmakers see the same two games I saw – Florida/Alabama and Texas/Nebraska? Five points!? What did I miss? They’re going to have to come up with at least ten more for me to take that sorry ass Texas offensive line. Alabama will cover that five in the first quarter!

Yeah Joe Cox, that’s clearly the vitriol of a fan who is calmly anticipating the “righting” of the ship… no, you don’t sound like you’re clinging to the rail and grabbing for that life preserver at all… nope, not a bit…

Either way, it makes no sense for Smart to go to UGA. If Richt does pull it together (insert giggles here), they’re about the same age and Smart will be DC for life. If he doesn’t pull it together, Smart would be fired with the rest of the staff when they hire a new coach. If he stays in Tuscaloosa, he’s essentially the CIW for Saban (who stays, what, maybe 5-6 more years), and if Richt, um, leaves, well then he can take the head job at UGA.

@18, fashionably late again, eh Jonas? Fashionably late. Gimme kiss, baby!

That was mesmerizing… how far did he go before sinking? Did someone say, “work it” at 1 min 30?

My family almost killed my ex-girlfriend by talking her into doing something very similar to that.

Scariest moment of my life. By far.

Peter Pumpkinhead (great XTC song, btw): Nobody cares about an HCIW title. It’s a silly platitude. Every coordinator worth a damn is an HCIW for any number of other programs.

I’m fairly neutral about Smart. Yeah, Bama’s D is phenomenal, but who knows how much of that is Saban. All I know about Smart is that his stock is extremely high right now. And, if he’s really interested in jumping to be an HC in the next two years, then I don’t want him.

But you’re kidding yourself if you don’t see what UGA can offer Smart:
1. The ability to hire/fire his assistants
2. The ability to recruit his home, talent-rich state for the state’s flagship school, which just happens to be his alma mater.
3. Every bit as much money as Alabama
4. The chance to step out of Saban’s shadow

Saban’s lost five coordinators to lateral moves (Muschamp, Applewhite, Steele, Thompson and Fisher), so it’s hardly out of the question that a sixth would do the same.

The prospect of Georgia firing Richt is too slim to be a reason to do or not do anything. I know this is impossible to grasp when you have an Alabama/Auburn football mentality, but there is this thing called the longview and it entails the ability to see beyond one 7-5 season amidst eight seasons of eight wins or better and seven straight New Years bowls. I know how you’ll characterize this, and I don’t care, because I’ve seen where the shortview has taken programs.

I think it’s very presumptuous to think that Smart will be the coach-in-waiting if he stays in Alabama 5-6 more years. Even if he stays that long and Saban leaves around then (both are iffy propositions), Alabama has the resources to target almost anyone, and may do so. Whoever the athletic director is at the time, his proclivities, and the availability/price/ability of other hot coaches may preclude a hire like that.

Kirby Smart would be a fool to think he could ever get a CIW tag at Alabama, for the only replacement that could possibly satisfy the Alabama fan base in the wake of a Saban departure would be a Voltron formation of Bear Bryant, Wallace Wade, Vince Lombardi, Bill Belichick, and John Heisman. And even then some members of the fan base would be complaining about which coach was which piece.

It’s only dangerous if you’re wakesurfing behind an I/O. As long as the boat’s an inboard and the prop is safely underneath the transom, you’re alright. Wakesurfing behind an I/O, however, is a great way to fuck yo’self up.

/misses the point, doesn’t care

I’m sure Dave Wommack, a DC with SEC experience, could be talked out of his job at GT for a relatively bargain amount of carrots. Just sayin’.

I would gladly like to offer UGA Dave Wommack as their new defensive coordinator, and I think the entire SEC could probably pass a hat around and get enough money to buy out his contract at GT. See, free defensive coordinator!