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The dust is beginning to settle, Mark Richt has been hired, and is well on his way to putting a staff together. What are some general thoughts? I feel like he is doing an excellent job of pointing things in a direction that has long been overdue, both on offense and defense. The "buddy system doesn't seem to be a factor in the hires. Especially when it comes to keeping this guy or that guy. Many clamored for an overall housecleaning of the staff and now we have it.
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Don't really post a lot but my thoughts are this. I would be alarmed if this was some small time coach who was handling this process. The fact of the matter is this is a 15 year sec head coach who basically averaged 10 wins a year. Anytime I get a little worried I repeat this. It's quite soothing for me. Again I would ask you to go back to the cincy game or the clemson game, remember how you felt & then imagine that someone could tell you.....you have the opportunity to replace your current staff with the one Richt has assembled. Who would say no? None of us can predict the future but if you can't see brighter days ahead it's probably time for you to root for another team!
 
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BiltmoreCANE said:
Don't really post a lot but my thoughts are this. I would be alarmed if this was some small time coach who was handling this process. The fact of the matter is this is a 15 year sec head coach who basically averaged 15 wins a year. Anytime I get a little worried I repeat this. It's quite soothing for me. Again I would ask you to go back to the cincy game or the clemson game, remember how you felt & then imagine that someone could tell you.....you have the opportunity to replace your current staff with the one Richt has assembled. Who would say no. None of us can predict the future but if you can't see brighter days ahead it's probably time for you to root for another team!
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Holy ****!!!! We winning it all every year!
 
Waiting for results on the field. Butch was my choice but I am hopeful Mark will do better here than UGA. Certainly he is a huge improvement over our last 3 coaches.
 
The staff is now credible..
there is one key item at this point..
--"players"--
players buying in.. players being hungry for success.. players being dedicated.. players being disciplined..
players being accountable not only to coaches but to one another and themselves as individuals.
If those things do not happen then everyone will be wanting to fire Richt in 2 years.
 
I don't post here often either but here's my thoughts...I feel like if you picked up Al Goldens Temple team and dropped them in the ACC you would've gotten similar results, around 8-4 or 9-3 at best. If you take Richts Georgia team and dropped them in the ACC this year they go 9-2 easily and play for ACC champ. Hopefully he can get over the hump and make the playoffs.
 
Being honest, Richt wasn't my choice. I thought he did well at UGA ... Really had them as a top 15 program, IMO, over the past 15 years ... So, he's definitely a quality hire.

But I never felt like he would get UGA to an elite level. He had them just under that. And I was hoping we would hire an elite level coach.

So, my thoughts are that I'm glad we have Richt. I think he's a significant upgrade on the past 3 hires we've made. And maybe being at Miami pushes him to the next level, and he leaves here as an elite HC??

... If not, I firmly believe he'll turn this thing over to the next coach at a level just below elite. And maybe the guy after Richt is the one who wins 6 ...
 
Reppingtheu said:
I don't post here often either but here's my thoughts...I feel like if you picked up Al Goldens Temple team and dropped them in the ACC you would've gotten similar results, around 8-4 or 9-3 at best.
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I don't think so. I believe that team would have lost many more games. I'm thinking maybe 4-8


After reviewing, I'd give them Bethune and FAU, toss up on VT and GT, so maybe only 2 wins.
 
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Don't really post a lot but my thoughts are this. I would be alarmed if this was some small time coach who was handling this process. The fact of the matter is this is a 15 year sec head coach who basically averaged 10 wins a year. Anytime I get a little worried I repeat this. It's quite soothing for me. Again I would ask you to go back to the cincy game or the clemson game, remember how you felt & then imagine that someone could tell you.....you have the opportunity to replace your current staff with the one Richt has assembled. Who would say no? None of us can predict the future but if you can't see brighter days ahead it's probably time for you to root for another team!
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My exact feelings.

Richt has proven consistency and quality on the football field for a 15 year period in the SEC and I don't see this guy, all of a sudden, stepping on his ***k anytime soon.

So, Right now I'm happier than a pig in ***t - knowing that Richt is going to make maximum use of the talent we have. Which will lead to even better talent entering our program in the future. Which will lead TheU to national prominence again and eventually to our rightful spot . . . the top of college football, . . . again!

I can't Wait! To get this party started.
 
My thoughts are it was for the best that we cleaned house so we can change the current culture. I know lot a poster are not happy some of the hires that richt made. I am happy about it and believe we will see the difference
 
i agree cleaning house was the best thing for our program. The culture, attitude, work ethic, and passion all needed to be changed, we became complacent with Da U moniker and thought kids would come just because of that. The recruits soon realized the crappy coaching here and were like forget this.

Good staff that can coach will show a dramatic change in the team this upcoming year. As for recruiting we may not see it in this class, but we will def see it in the future classes. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this 2016 class turns out with some surprises, lets see what cmr has up his sleeve
 
i like the hc hire alot. georgia has talent but not miami level talent. if he can do as well in south florida recruiting as he did at georgia miami will be in great shape.

i like his staff also. most of the hires were huge upgrades on what we had last few years. some of them are young and some don't have alot of college experiance as a position coach, rumph, jon richt. bamba or whatever his last name is, but rumph has proven to be a great hs coach and great hs coaches have proven can coach in college also. see art briles, gus malzahn, bamba has been coaching safties for a couple years under diaz.

i like the experiance and youth mix richt has brought to miami. he has stud coaches like kulgowski, searles, excellent guys in dugans if its true at wr, diaz as dc/lb, thomas brown rb. and young up and comers in rumph,,bamba and hartley. i like this staff should be a very hungry and seem to have guys who know what they are doing.
 
I personally really like the staff Coach Richt has put together. Nice mix of veterans and younger guys. Should be hungry and recruit very well. Haven't been this amped as a Canes fan in YEARS.
 
Overall, I am very optimistic and excited for the future. Like most people, I had concerns about the fact that Richt never seemed to be able to "break through" at UGA. If ur objective however, you have to acknowledge that the guy won the entire SEC twice, won his division of the SEC another like 4-5 times (???), and averaged 10 wins over a 15 year period. You also can't overlook the fact that for most of that time, the SEC was clearly the most talented and competitive conference in all of CFB, though they have declined a bit lately. As for Richt finally getting over the hump, I think that in addition to having the ability to upgrade the talent (both in terms of quality and quantity), I believe that he has taken the criticisms of his career to heart, and will learn from his prior shortfalls, making him an even better coach. I also believe, like many on this board, that he is highly motivated, which is something that cannot be underestimated.
 
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I think overall it's a wash with Golden's staff. I'm expecting similar results.

Head Coach/OC -solid. is a good one. Edge to Richt
RB. - Brown is pretty good. Ice wasn't bad either. Slight edge to Brown.
WR - Dugan and Beard are about equal. Wash. Losing Bruce will hurt
OL - Searls and Kehoe are about equal. Wash.
QB - Coley was better with QB's than Richt's son. Plus we lose recruiting. Downgrade.

DC - Diaz is average, Donofrio was terrible. Advantage Diaz.
DL - Kool is the best hire on staff.
DB/LB - Wash.

Strength - Swasey was better than this new guy
 
CaneInTheBrain said:
I think overall it's a wash with Golden's staff. I'm expecting similar results.

Head Coach/OC -solid. is a good one. Edge to Richt
RB. - Brown is pretty good. Ice wasn't bad either. Slight edge to Brown.
WR - Dugan and Beard are about equal. Wash. Losing Bruce will hurt
OL - Searls and Kehoe are about equal. Wash.
QB - Coley was better with QB's than Richt's son. Plus we lose recruiting. Downgrade.

DC - Diaz is average, Donofrio was terrible. Advantage Diaz.
DL - Kool is the best hire on staff.
DB/LB - Wash.

Strength - Swasey was better than this new guy
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You sound a little bitter about our new staff. NO WAY one single hire is a wash... No. Way.

Williams might be the worst coach in America. Rumph is already better without even stepping on the field. Kahoe wasn't good, not a wash. Dugan is a MAJOR upgrade and I was pro Beard. Coley might hurt recruiting, but did you see Richts recruiting classes?

You need to be honest in your assessments. No way our staff ranks 5-7 in the ACC man. And I'm not head over heels with our staff. Wouldve hoped for one or two other guys, but this staff is so much better than our old clown crew. It's simply the truth
 
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CaneInTheBrain said:
I think overall it's a wash with Golden's staff. I'm expecting similar results.

Head Coach/OC -solid. is a good one. Edge to Richt
RB. - Brown is pretty good. Ice wasn't bad either. Slight edge to Brown.
WR - Dugan and Beard are about equal. Wash. Losing Bruce will hurt
OL - Searls and Kehoe are about equal. Wash.
QB - Coley was better with QB's than Richt's son. Plus we lose recruiting. Downgrade.

DC - Diaz is average, Donofrio was terrible. Advantage Diaz.
DL - Kool is the best hire on staff.
DB/LB - Wash.

Strength - Swasey was better than this new guy
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You sound a little bitter about our new staff. NO WAY one single hire is a wash... No. Way.

Williams might be the worst coach in America. Rumph is already better without even stepping on the field. Kahoe wasn't good, not a wash. Dugan is a MAJOR upgrade and I was pro Beard. Coley might hurt recruiting, but did you see Richts recruiting classes?

You need to be honest in your assessments. No way our staff ranks 5-7 in the ACC man. And I'm not head over heels with our staff. Wouldve hoped for one or two other guys, but this staff is so much better than our old clown crew. It's simply the truth
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I disagree.

Not only is Diaz a mediocre DC in his own right, now he will also have to split time coaching linebackers himself and babysitting two DB coaches who have zero experience.

The defensive hires are a disaster. Our defense might actually get worse.
 
CaneInTheBrain said:
I think overall it's a wash with Golden's staff. I'm expecting similar results.

Head Coach/OC -solid. is a good one. Edge to Richt
RB. - Brown is pretty good. Ice wasn't bad either. Slight edge to Brown.
WR - Dugan and Beard are about equal. Wash. Losing Bruce will hurt
OL - Searls and Kehoe are about equal. Wash.
QB - Coley was better with QB's than Richt's son. Plus we lose recruiting. Downgrade.

DC - Diaz is average, Donofrio was terrible. Advantage Diaz.
DL - Kool is the best hire on staff.
DB/LB - Wash.

Strength - Swasey was better than this new guy
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I can appreciate that you don't have your orange and green glasses on but seriously? Searls and Kehoe are about equal? I disagree. Also how can you say we will lose in recruiting in terms of replacing Coley? No matter what the titles say, it's going to be Richt Sr who pulls the QBs and I'll take Richt over Coley any day. You say that LB/DB are a wash but how exactly did you arrive at that conclusion? Paul Williams was so bad it was a ******* embarrassment! Rumph and Banda may be young coaches but I must defer to The Grim Richter's judgement based on his track record.

As far as the WR coach goes, Beard had the opportunity to interview and keep the job and if The Grim Richter thinks that Dugan is a better option then again I will defer to his judgement until he proves otherwise. Lastly I can't argue much about Diaz based on the numbers but I think he is an intriguing hire. I think his best is most definitely ahead of him and with the talent he will have access to here it's not a huge stretch to imagine his career really blossoming here. We'll see.

I almost forgot. "Swassey better than this new guy"? You're really going to make that statement and expect people to take you seriously? What exactly did Swassey accomplish in the last 15 years for you to make such a statement? Take a look at UGA's players and compare them to ours.
 
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