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I don't know if I've ever heard an excuse as bad as Richt's deflection of "If all 11 players do their job, the play will work." Forget about the fact that it is blatantly obvious that Richt is shifting the blame by throwing his players under the bus. That is not the point that I am making here, considering that the point has been well documented by many posters on this board. I am more focused and concerned about the fact that Richt actually believes his statement to be true.
First of all, Richt's statement is set on a foundation of delusion and is layered with hypocrisy....
The delusion: Regardless of the profession or task, it is impossible for anyone to do their job perfectly, 100% of the time. Any CEO, Director, or even a Manager, knows that mistakes are inevitable. That is why bonuses, raises, prizes, and other incentives are always used to create "high performances." If you give one player a solo assignment and tell him to do it 100 times, he will not have a 100% success rate at said task. Human error validates this fact. Take that same player and ask him to complete a task that is connected to the tasks of 10 other individuals, who also are also limited by human error, then the probability of perfection or as Richt calls it, "doing your job 100%", decreases to the point of being not just being improbable, but impossible. That is why it is highly important for a CEO, Manager, or in this case, Coaches, to put their employees/players in positions of achieving success. If your objectives, plans, or plays are predicated upon perfection, then you don't have a plan, you have a dream! Human error should always be a constant variable in any game plan, regardless of the profession.
The Hypocrisy: Richts comment is literally the antithesis of the concept "team." If only one player misses an assignment of runs an incorrect route, the success rate of the play should not be a significant drop. If the plays are not working because players are not doing their job 100% of the time, it is because the coach didn't do his job 100% of the time to make sure that the players achieved perfection. Richt's plays commands such a high level of execution because of the basic nature of the play itself.
My biggest concern is the moral of the players. I honestly believe that there is nothing more detrimental to a players psyche, than to have them chase a goal that is literally unobtainable. Perfection is literally impossible. On top of not obtaining the goal of perfection that Richt demands of them, they have to hear their coach constantly say that it is the players fault for the lack of success. Creating high performance teams has little to do with the task at hand. It has more to do with creating an environment that exudes confidence so that "skill" is not as much as a factor as other traits/intangibles. This is how the "Virginia's" of the world can beat a team like Miami, or how Virginia Tech, Wisconsin, and the San Antonio Spurs consistently perform at a high level, even though their rosters are not as "skilled" as others.
How important is confidence to a player and to the success of a team? Look no further than the other side of the ball on our team. Our defense makes more mistakes than I care to think about. They constantly miss assignments in the secondary. Linebackers constantly are in the wrong gap. D-lineman constantly over pursue. In the mist of all of the imperfections, we have THE #1 DEFENSE in the country!!! It's not because our defensive players have more skill than our offensive players. If fact, most would argue that it is the opposite way around, with the offense actually having more talent overall. The defense has achieved such a high level of success because of their confidence, environment, and because their success ratio for any particular snap, does not depend on a perfect play being called.
Lastly, every thread on the board is getting derailed about talks of Miami needing an OC. The **** is not going to happen. For one, Richt truly believes that the cause of him being fired at UGA, was because he gave up play calling. He points to that moment as to when things began to spiral down at Georgia. Secondly, Richt does not believe that their is anything wrong with the plays or the calling of the plays. Richt is not giving up play calling. There is a better chance that Trayvon Martin's mother will have a sexual affair with George Zimmerman and then announce that George's d'ick was so magical, she has now agreed to become the spokesperson for the N.R.A.
The best we can hope for regarding our offensive scheme is that the fans can put enough pressure on Richt and James, that it will force Richt to attend certain clinics that are ran by the offensive geniuses of Pro Football, like the LA Rams, for example. I think Richt's ego is too big to seek advice from anyone in the college ranks. As stubborn as Richt is, he has at least shown in the past that he is willing to make changes (revamped the offense for Kayaa for the second part of the 2016 season). It is my hope that he will do the same for Perry, which will in turn allow our playmakers to f'ucking make plays.
Richt is similar to Coach Boone from "Remember the Titans." Coach Boone said, "This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law!" Does that sound like anyone we know? Coach Boone also said, "We will be perfect in every aspect of the game......Perfection! Let's go to work" Boone's quotes are eerily similar to that of Richt's. Though the movie was based off of a true story, Boone's quotes, were still lines in a film; a fictional world, perhaps. Richt's world is a real one, but his expectations of perfection are from movie-land! Since the blame is being pushed on our players, if there is a quote from that movie that should play a role in Richt's daily routine with his team, it is......
First of all, Richt's statement is set on a foundation of delusion and is layered with hypocrisy....
The delusion: Regardless of the profession or task, it is impossible for anyone to do their job perfectly, 100% of the time. Any CEO, Director, or even a Manager, knows that mistakes are inevitable. That is why bonuses, raises, prizes, and other incentives are always used to create "high performances." If you give one player a solo assignment and tell him to do it 100 times, he will not have a 100% success rate at said task. Human error validates this fact. Take that same player and ask him to complete a task that is connected to the tasks of 10 other individuals, who also are also limited by human error, then the probability of perfection or as Richt calls it, "doing your job 100%", decreases to the point of being not just being improbable, but impossible. That is why it is highly important for a CEO, Manager, or in this case, Coaches, to put their employees/players in positions of achieving success. If your objectives, plans, or plays are predicated upon perfection, then you don't have a plan, you have a dream! Human error should always be a constant variable in any game plan, regardless of the profession.
The Hypocrisy: Richts comment is literally the antithesis of the concept "team." If only one player misses an assignment of runs an incorrect route, the success rate of the play should not be a significant drop. If the plays are not working because players are not doing their job 100% of the time, it is because the coach didn't do his job 100% of the time to make sure that the players achieved perfection. Richt's plays commands such a high level of execution because of the basic nature of the play itself.
My biggest concern is the moral of the players. I honestly believe that there is nothing more detrimental to a players psyche, than to have them chase a goal that is literally unobtainable. Perfection is literally impossible. On top of not obtaining the goal of perfection that Richt demands of them, they have to hear their coach constantly say that it is the players fault for the lack of success. Creating high performance teams has little to do with the task at hand. It has more to do with creating an environment that exudes confidence so that "skill" is not as much as a factor as other traits/intangibles. This is how the "Virginia's" of the world can beat a team like Miami, or how Virginia Tech, Wisconsin, and the San Antonio Spurs consistently perform at a high level, even though their rosters are not as "skilled" as others.
How important is confidence to a player and to the success of a team? Look no further than the other side of the ball on our team. Our defense makes more mistakes than I care to think about. They constantly miss assignments in the secondary. Linebackers constantly are in the wrong gap. D-lineman constantly over pursue. In the mist of all of the imperfections, we have THE #1 DEFENSE in the country!!! It's not because our defensive players have more skill than our offensive players. If fact, most would argue that it is the opposite way around, with the offense actually having more talent overall. The defense has achieved such a high level of success because of their confidence, environment, and because their success ratio for any particular snap, does not depend on a perfect play being called.
Lastly, every thread on the board is getting derailed about talks of Miami needing an OC. The **** is not going to happen. For one, Richt truly believes that the cause of him being fired at UGA, was because he gave up play calling. He points to that moment as to when things began to spiral down at Georgia. Secondly, Richt does not believe that their is anything wrong with the plays or the calling of the plays. Richt is not giving up play calling. There is a better chance that Trayvon Martin's mother will have a sexual affair with George Zimmerman and then announce that George's d'ick was so magical, she has now agreed to become the spokesperson for the N.R.A.
The best we can hope for regarding our offensive scheme is that the fans can put enough pressure on Richt and James, that it will force Richt to attend certain clinics that are ran by the offensive geniuses of Pro Football, like the LA Rams, for example. I think Richt's ego is too big to seek advice from anyone in the college ranks. As stubborn as Richt is, he has at least shown in the past that he is willing to make changes (revamped the offense for Kayaa for the second part of the 2016 season). It is my hope that he will do the same for Perry, which will in turn allow our playmakers to f'ucking make plays.
Richt is similar to Coach Boone from "Remember the Titans." Coach Boone said, "This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law!" Does that sound like anyone we know? Coach Boone also said, "We will be perfect in every aspect of the game......Perfection! Let's go to work" Boone's quotes are eerily similar to that of Richt's. Though the movie was based off of a true story, Boone's quotes, were still lines in a film; a fictional world, perhaps. Richt's world is a real one, but his expectations of perfection are from movie-land! Since the blame is being pushed on our players, if there is a quote from that movie that should play a role in Richt's daily routine with his team, it is......
