No one knocked Richt's ability to recruit at UGA, it was what he did with that talent.
won more games than all but 4 coaches ever in his first 15 years ? LMAO .Also Richt had 2 seasons that ended up in the top 5 . It was UGA and those fans had expectations way off base with who they are. Every time they had a sorta down season they knee jerked and made him fire someone he shouldn't or change a coach and it always messed up things. UGA's success this season is more of Richt then Smart . I have no idea if Smart will be a good coach or not ( I do think he probably will though ) . i never thought we get Richt but I always laughed at UGA fan for how they treated Richt. I do think after 15 or more years at one place a change can be good though.
i was a butch guy and not a richt fan but then i found out from people the back story in UGA. first off, prior to richt, uga football was basicically herschel walker and garrison hearst. it was never an elite program. second, he was apparently micro-managed extremely tight by the AD which makes sense because richt was near dominate prior to his arrival. The guy was an Aaron Murray blunder away from a NC game, however, its my understanding he was more an adminstrator than solely a coach. Also the AD approved his hires and forced him to play a certain style of "bulldog" football. I really thought he was a bit soft but hes proving me wrong. Im just hoping he finally gets us back to the top but lets be real, he was the best hire available.