Fact: Richt has managed to produce 10 win seasons for the majority of his long career. He has a reputation for not winning big games. First you have to win 10+ games a season to play in the biggest games. It is an established fact that Richt has a system that is proven to average more than 10 or more wins a season. Miami does not appear to have either the players (size /talent) or the comfort level yet to run Richts system which averages more than 10+ wins a season. He believes (and track record supports) that if he gets the right players running his system well he will win 10+ games a season. Richt tried to modify the system as much as he could without scrapping it to accommodate player deficiencies but was unsuccessful. So the question now that the ACC championship is out of the picture (no one of intelligence seriously thought we'd be playing in the ACC championship his first year), does he continue to run his system that will likely produce ten win seasons in the future (get players more comfortable in it so they are more experienced with it next year) or do something different and essentially waste a year that players could have been learning his 10+ win system so that in 2-3 years the freshman who will be juniors will be able to execute the system in their sleep? I lean towards focusing on developing the freshman and sophomores, not watering down what he wants to run to accommodate players who are unlikely to be on the team a year from now.
I agree with this. As much as we'd like Richt to be an X's and O's guru, he's just not. He's a lot like Butch in terms of program building.
Richt's offense revolves around having a strong inside run game. Ours is non existent and thats not his fault.
Until he has his OL, RBs, and QB... I'll reserve some judgement.
I think we're all just disappointed in this season because diaz turned the defense around so fast.
