A look at the SEC hot seats by Joey Martin - posted Thursday, June 14th, 2012 @ 12:00 pm  E-mail Story |  Print Story  So who is making the 2012 SEC Media Days their farewell address? Bobby Petrino and Houston Nutt are the lone non-returners, although everyone seemed to think Dan Mullen was heading for Penn State. And we can certainly cross off Nick Saban, Les Miles and Steve Spurrier from the list. Mark Richt was supposedly on the hot seat last year, The longest tenured coach in the SEC (tied with Gary Pinkel) has had one losing season in his entire head-coaching career. The Bulldogs, under Jim Donnan and Ray Goff, failed to realize an opportunity to grow into the SEC power in the 1990s. While Alabama and LSU toiled, Florida and Tennessee took advantage and won titles. Goff and Donnan claimed seven seasons of six wins or fewer and the program posted only two 10-win seasons from 1984 to 2001. Richt entered the game in 2001 and proceeded to win the programs' first conference title in 20 years in 2002. Richt posted two conference titles, six 10-wins seasons in his first eight years and won two SEC Coach of the Year Awards. However, Dawgs' faithful watched its team get worse four straight years from 2007 to 2011 while Alabama, LSU, Auburn and Florida were winning national titles and returning to national prominence in a big way. Richt adapted, though, by finally making sweeping coaching changes that have saved his job. Todd Grantham reinvented the Georgia defense and Richt got to his fourth SEC Championship game in 2011. He has his team poised to be the favorite to win the East once again this fall. For the full story, subscribe to the The Ouachita Citizen's NEW E-Edition!