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When longterm judgments about coaching can be made is a subject for another debate (and certainly after 1 bad half isn't the answer) but the "inherited player" defense/justification is one that is comical to use in relation to any of our regular season games. I'm personally still all in on Rick and his staff but would caution those also with me from stretching too hard to defend him at every juncture or you'll end up wanting to kill yourself as anyone did that offered Alfredo one too many benefit of the doubts.
I'm all in on Richt. This only one game, lost by one point. He needs to evaluate his offense and adjust his play calling. What appeared to be conservative exhibition game plans now appear to be the core offense. Last night Richt played the game not to lose. And lost.
Everyone on offense has limitations. Kaaya struggles under pressure, Walton and Yearby lack game breaking speed, and the OL isn't physical. This was true last season, but Richt's job is to find a way to generate more from less. If he insists on a power running game out of the I and RPO formations the offense will continue to struggle.
Ironically, it assumed Richt would instantly fix the offense while it would take time to build a defense. Many of us were disappointed with the hire of Manny Diaz. There were a few lapses last night but we haven't seen a defense play with that level of violence in over a decade. Hopefully they can stay healthy over the course of the season.
And oh, by the way, Tom Herman the God of #6 Houston got mauled by unranked Navy and the Legend Gary Patterson at TCU had to scratch and claw for a 1-point win over Kansas. Even though TCU was unranked they was a 30-point favorite on the road. Kansas is that bad.
Perspective.
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