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2016 Richt had 15 years of SEC head coaching experience. He didn’t exist in a vacuum. But I think I answered your question. His first two years at UM were unquestionably better than Mario’s. He won the coastal and was coach of the year at UM. So what’s the punchline?

No. Richt is a Hall of Fame coach, deservedly so. It’s hard to say what he would be doing here if not for his illness. Obviously he made the IPF happen, but who knows if he would’ve had the ambition at that point to push to get the football facility built and revamp things like S&C and nutrition...

I don’t think I disagree with any of this. Mario is not a coaching savant. His coordinator hires are very important and he’s 1/4 so far in terms of hiring guys that are creative, smart, and adaptive. But for the moment (1) this is less important to me than the progress he’s making on the other...

Not sure if you intended to reply to me but I believe I’m saying almost exactly the same thing you’re saying. Mario was the best guy to get us on track with the overall list of items on PIPO’s list. We were way behind when he started and were making up ground. I believe this will lead to more...

Absolutely. They weren’t going to get it even if they did have the interest in doing the dirty work and not just “coaching.” You don’t want the donors running the program, but in this situation where you need the support and you know there’s a guy who will get it and whose strengths line up with...

I’m not trying to be or seem anything. We’ve been hovering around .500 since 2006 and were 7-5 in 2021. The program has fallen way behind the good P5 programs in every respect. In that context, I don’t really care that we’re continuing to hover around .500 right now. I’m more concerned in the...

There is truth in what is being said here on both sides. We are on the right general trajectory for rebuilding the program while there are some legitimate reasons to question if Mario will get us over the line. Some people seem strangely oblivious to the state of the program that Mario...