Hurricane818
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Richt didn't just forget how to coach. It's been a slow, gradual decline. Don't be fooled by UGA winning 10 games last year. We were a paper tiger. The only team we beat with a winning record was Georgia Southern...in overtime. There's a reason we were the first 10-win team in history to finish unranked. We were awful and he left the cupboard bare.
Richt was an elite coach from 2001-2005. He showed flashes after that: 2007 and 2012. But the truth is, his recruiting had dropped way off. Our OL this year, with his players, is horrendous. We have no wide receivers and have to start a freshman QB. Reading this board is almost a carbon copy of what was on the Dawgvent during his last several years.
You'll love Richt as a person. He's an awesome and genuinely good person; but he hasn't been fully invested in coaching since Kathryn got cancer years ago (and there were some other family issues as well). Football just isn't his top priority...and good for him, because I put my family ahead of my career, too. But I'm not paid $4 million a year. When you're paid that kind of money, you're being paid to put everything else on the backburner.
There was talk around Athens starting around 2013, from people close to him, that he was about a year away from retiring. Then we'd have a disappointing year and he'd decide to stick around another year. So after being forced out at UGA, I was shocked he took another job. I really think he took y'all's job out of spite for our AD...because the last few years, he looked completely beaten down, too. But spite, despite being out of character for Richt, won't fuel him long enough to be successful. He's washed up...and has been for about 4-5 years.
this post is dead on. I am a transplanted Cane living in Georgia, surrounded by UGA fans. The fans who were upset about him being fired were upset for ONE reason and ONE reason only ... he is a good man and a Christian. Talk to any UGA fan who eliminated faith from the equation and they wanted him gone 5 years ago. That is a fact. I am not saying he is garbage as a coach, but his goals as a coach and the goals of the fans are NOT the same. He is NOT judging his success by wins and losses. When he says his goal is to make better people, fathers, human beings, etc ... he MEANS it. Winning is secondary. There is nothing wrong with that, but it is not going to go over well with a city and fan base that has been suffering with mediocrity for 10+ years. I think if next year goes much the same as this year there is a good chance he walks away. He was hurt when he got fired from Georgia (way more so than most coaches are) and he made an impulsive decision based on emotion that might work out, but might keep us right where we are for another 3-4 years.
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