That doesn't make them average. The stats were average, but not the players. A great offensive line makes a RB look better than what he is and a bad offensive line makes a RB look worse than what he is.
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It sounds unbelievable but I fell like this happened too. I was actually impressed with how Richt handled the offense in 2017. yes, it was mediocre and they were terrible on third downs but the fact that he managed to hide Malik Rosier for as long as he did is worth noting. Rosier was by far the most limited starter we've had at UM in my lifetime. (I know other bums like Kirby Freeman started an occasional game but Rosier started over 20 games at UM) I mean the offense was watered down and limited in 2017 but nowhere near as predictable as it got in 2018. It's like Richt just said "***** it" we're running these 5 plays and I don't care whether or not we win. I don't know if the job got to him or what but it was like the switch just got shut off for Mark Richt and he just sleep walked through 2018.
And Folden got them under the cloud. I think he could have been a decent to even good coach, if he could have just fired (or found him another job) his bff and adopted an attacking 4-3 scheme/DC.
One could make the argument to be stalked, as you do concerning me, is a compliment. Yet, you are such a whacko troll/stalker your ongoing behavior is not entertaining, but disturbing.Get ready for them, Ernie....
I disagree on folden. That was his D, not Dorito’s. Folden’s deficiencies are his alone. No excuses there.
That's why I said fire Dorito and adopt an attacking 4-3. Obviously he would have to change his beliefs and scheme. Not excusing it though, it was his downfall.
I just started there. There is zero reason to beloeve Alfraud Gluten would have been a good Hc if only he had fired his buddy and adopted a 4-3. Just saying that seems absurd. He had none of the planning, leadership, diagnostic, course correction or other qualities that a Hc should have. Which means he wouldn’t have anticipated, identified or foxed the other many problems that naturally arise. What you are pointing to are SYMPTOMS, not CAUSES. It’s like saying someone with leprosy would be cured by painting over the blotches.
I agreed he was a terrible coach but his recruiting and offenses we're better than we've had in a long, long time. ****, most of his hires got promotions, including an OC that went to the NFL within 2 years. Think of how long it's been since we've had coaches poached to the NFL. Trust me I'm not a Folden fan but I think things could trajected better for the next coach. However in the end, you're correct, he was too stubborn to realize it.
I disagree with all of what you wrote. His recruiting was better in some ways than Shannon’s, and worse in other ways. It certainly wasn’t particularly good. (Nor was Shannon’s.) His evals were on average better but still in many instances were so awful you had to wonder if he was delusional. Larry Hope? Brandon Loftus? Danny Dillard? D’Mauri Jones? Vernon Davis? Gray Crow? These were guys who all the Hs watchers and camp watches said WTF and NFW. He won some local kids before the word was fully out that we weren’t serious as a program. Won few other battles. Preferred to go head to head with cincinatti and kentucky than major programs. As for his offenses, meh. Compared to Richt, Shannon was an offensive genius also. Golden wasn’t good in the red zone, wasn’t good at second half adjustments, and played meh ball. Fall behind and pass isn’t offensive genius. And better than Richt doesn’t mean you aren’t still a bowel movement offensively.
If all that you vomited up about me is true then I have a question for you; why do you insist on chasing me around and commenting on my posts? Based on your description of me, only a drooling moron would troll my comments. Yet, there you are! This after I politely requested that you no longer respond to or comment on anything I post. Yet again, there you are!