TWTW: Fired UGA Coaches Turn Richt Down

((HT: AJC))

Remember the three coaches that Mark Richt fired earlier this week...???

He asked them if they wanted to come hang out and prepare for the as-of-yet-unknown-but-probably-Shreveport-based bowl game they'll be playing in...

All three told to perch and rotate...

Defensive coordinator Willie Martinez, defensive ends coach Jon Fabris, and defensive co-coordinator coach John Jancek were offered the opportunity to coach through the bowl game, but have declined, according to Richt.

Richt says that he will work along with defensive line coach Rodney Garner, and graduate assistants Todd Hartley and Mitch Doolittle in preparing the defense for the bowl game.

That's a good one... Richt, Garner, and GA's...

Those of us at OSG HQ wonder if the equally-unknown-Big 12-opponent is licking their chops over that one...

BREAKING NEWS: Wednesday Carousel, Martinez Out At UGA

To no one's surprise, Willie Martinez is out as DC at the University of Georgia. Two other Bulldog assistants join Martinez in search for work...

According to WSB-TV in Atlanta:

John Jancek, defensive co-coordinator/linebackers coach and Jon Fabris, defensive ends coach will not return in 2010, according to Richt.

Richt said he has asked all three coaches to stay with the team through UGA's bowl game.

“I cannot express enough my thanks to all three for their contributions to our program,” said Richt. “However, in the final analysis I’m charged with providing the leadership and direction for the Georgia program and sometimes that means making difficult decisions. This was one of them.”

Martinez and Fabris are members of Richt’s original staff that came in 2001. Jancek joined the Georgia staff in 2005.

More when we know more...