Here's the bottom-line:
The Canes haven't even taken a single **** snap under Richt's tenure yet. He picked his staff - and absolutely nothing we say or do will have any effect on it.
So what's the point of the incessant bit*hing and moaning? What, exactly, is the end-goal?
To get the ball rolling more quickly this time so we don't have to waste 5 good years on more disappointng Canes football. This staff, with this HC, will not get us where we want. I want to move on quickly this time.
Gave the dude a chance. Didn't like the hire all that much. But gave him a chance to build a "monster staff". Instead he gave us Coach Kool, a few jags, and a bunch of grad assistants---and a disastrous DC who is the D'Onofrio of the long star state.
So you want to get the "ball rolling" on the FireMarkRicht campaign?
Seriously?
Our fans.....amazing.
This dude doesn't even want to wait for spring ball. He wants to start flying banners before signing day.
When all is said and done, we hired a HC who couldn't get over the hump at UGA and couldn't win any big games. This same guy made a very dicey hire at DC. There's a pretty decent chance Richt will basically replicate what he did at UGA with maybe an additional win or two because of a weaker conference and awful division.
There's also a decent chance that Richt will get over the hump here like Roy Williams did at UNC with access to better talent 5 minutes from his doorstep.
We've also never seen what Diaz can do with access to this sort of talent. My suspicion is Diaz will flop, but there's nothing we can do about it now except to hope for the best and go hard if he does flop.
I'm sure none of the resident geniuses thought Brent Venables was a slam dunk at Clemson. I know I didn't. I'm sure they'll claim now that they knew he was awesome after checking their post history to make sure they never commented on him while he was floundering at OU or Clemson.
OU's defense was getting gored with Venables there, and he struggled early at Clemson too. Now, he's got rabid dogs everywhere and a HC that lets everyone hunt, and he's killing it.
I have no idea if Diaz will do the same. I tend to think he won't. But until it happens all a sane fan can do is hope for the best because it'll be absolute misery banging a "fire the world" drum before spring ball even starts.