Man, toooooooooooo many facts are coming out. Good chit OP; no lie, I was wondering this myself and just b/c of how chitty a coach Golden was, I assumed the same thing happened under his regime. Boy was I wrong.
I think ppl are confusing a new IPF and finally winning the Coastal as things being better. Both r nothing more than shiny distractions. The 10-0 start last yr was fun, but so was the 7-0 start back in 2013 w Golden. Winning the Coastal was fun, but so was “technically” winning the Coastal back in 2012 (a year we forfeitted winning the Coastal to stave off harsher NCAA penalties).
Dreams can become nightmares real soon when u finally wake up to reality. The dream was Richt would be the guy leading us back to relevance. We got a new IPF, we started 10-0, we won the Coastal, but the reality is Richt once upon a time was a good coach, and we over achieved last season. The close wins v. FSU, UVA, GT, UNC were sprinkles of balls bouncing our way as opposed to being a good team. Now, we see the result when if everything is even, when the ball doesn’t bounce our way, how we are truly coached.
Again three 4 game losing streaks back up this reality, going 3-8 in our last 11 games against P5 teams and all 3 wins have come against teams w/ losing records back up this reality.