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Early UGA Richt vs. Recent UGA Richt (I think we get early)

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It has been reported that Mark Richt gave up play calling in 2007 and became more of a CEO type. It has also been reported that the AD was putting pressure on him for this type of change (why, I don't know).

I'm splitting Richt's time at UGA into two time periods... 2001-Stafford Era vs 2009-2015.

The reason I am splitting it like this is because Stafford (06-08) came in when Richt was more of the QB coach and Play caller, which probably had more pull with recruits and with getting Stafford there. During Stafford's time at UGA Richt gave up the play calling and QB coaching duties but I assume there was probably some residual coaching/play calling that rubbed off on Stafford and the OC the next year or two.

Stafford was a phenom that got thrown into the starting job when UGA's QB got hurt in 2006. He was a true freshman and I think UGA would have done better than 9-4 in 2006 if their senior QB didn't go down. We know the rest about Stafford. This is just a side note.

Back to the point... Richt’s record and win percentage from 2001 through Stafford’s years are much better than after Richt gave up control of the offense and then Stafford left.

Year W-L
2001 8-4
2002 13-1
2003 11-3
2004 10-2
2005 10-3
2006 9-4
2007 11-2
2008 10-3
2009 8-5
2010 6-7
2011 10-4
2012 12-2
2013 8-5
2014 10-3
2015 9-3

OVERALL
2001-2008 = 0.788 Overall win Pct -- 10.25 wins per season
2009-2015 = 0.685 Overall Win Pct -- 9.00 wins per season

BOWL RECORDS
2001-2008 = 6-2
2009-2015 = 3-3


Richt has said in three different interviews I have watched already that he wants badly to get back to teaching and coaching QB's and calling plays and be involved in the offensive scheming. He will do that at UM because I am sure he has complete control of his program. We all know that the DC hire will be a huge factor but with him running the offense and coaching the QB's I am confident we get the Mark Richt from his early years at UGA.

Let me know what you think.
 
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It all depends on the dudes as he said at the end of the Herald interview.

If he can lock down the best players in Dade he will be leading us to Playoffs in no time.
It really is that simple.
 
I trust him more if he's doing play calling and that's what he prefers to do. On D, he has said that he wants to change it up like we used to play - aggressive and fast instead of read/react, i.e,. UM defense instead of Penn State defense. Music to my ears. That's a good recipe for success at Miami. I expect a very successful first 5 years.
 
He called his own plays in the first half of UGA career, coordinators in the last half. Whatever he decides, hope it works.
 
What's interesting, is that all the stats (the bad ones) being thrown at Richt, are about "since 2007, he has a 14-22 record vs Top 25 teams with average margin of loss being 13 points" and "since 2007, he's 4-14 vs Top 10 teams with average margin of loss being 17 points"

Seems 2007, when he stopped calling plays and turned into a CEO, was when their downfall started. Generally speaking, of course
 
what I hope we get is a guy who's learned a lot since early Georgia Richt and is ready to become a Don.. He needs to hire a bunch of future head coaches and became a coaching tree type guy, he can do that here, and it sounds like he has a ton of momentum and support to put that type of structure in place.
 
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If he calls plays and installs the sort of offense he ran at FSU, then we'll wreck ****. If he hires a slug like Shyttenheimer and goes the CEO route, then we'll likely have similar results to what he had at UGA.

This is going to be all about how he decides to use the vast local material that he will have access to. If he misuses the local resources like the last guy we'll struggle to get over the hump. If he's smart he'll kill it because I know he can lock down the area recruiting. He's an absolute living room king.
 
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