Mark Richt will get it done (Long)

Got it. Richt isn’t responsible for the QBs on the roster. He shouldn’t have brought in a transfer or JUCO. He shouldn’t have fired his son either because that couldn’t be it. It absolutely isn’t the play calling.

And no matter what, let the QB who has accuracy problems throw the ball ~35 times. That makes the most sense.

Dorsey? Is this real life? I didn’t realize we need Dorsey to beat Pitt.

Also, if Rosier wasn’t his guy. If Richt didn’t want to play him and wanted someone else. Why start him in year 3? Any bullchit Rosier excuse ended when he started him in year 3.

Those are all legit concerns if you take the absolute harshest view of things. In the real world, you do the best you can, and fix one issue at a time. Richt has made a huge amount of improvements to the program in 2 years. Still more areas to improve. His young QB's are in the system and on the way. It's now about producing on the field for them.

Season is young and I'm looking forward to seeing what we got.

Go Canes!!!
 
Advertisement
I am not a part of the Fire Richt brigade yet. Although, I'm close, because its getting clearer, to me, that he isn't going to win the big one. He'll keep us incredibly respected and will bring us from that 8-9 win type team under previous coaches (in a good year) to a 10-11 win type. I actually like, and respect the guy. But the fanbase is going to quickly grow tired of those hollow 10-2 and 11-1 seasons that result in getting thwacked by another Top ACC Team in the Championship Game or getting murdered by the real elites of college football, nevermind taking embarrassing Ls to lesser teams.

With that said, currently, I think its clear, and fair to say the man is leaving a few too many boxes unchecked when we look at his resume for being a National Championship winning coach. I just don't see it in this college football landscape. That doesn't mean he's a corch or a bum, but its possible he just may not have IT. Georgia fans would say he doesn't. It is what it is. Some of the issues:

Recruiting - Lack of focus, evaluation and execution on front seven prospects as well as missing out on South Florida'a elite of the elite are two trends at this University that must have reversed before we even think about being back as an even an ACC Championship winning team.

On-Field - This era of college football requires a commitment to the run game as well as being able to defend the pass (particularly, YAC) as well as the ability to be better on third down. Richt's playcalling and Diaz's scheme leave a lot to be desired here. Neither have championship winning formulas, IMO.

Coaching - I just don't see a championship quality staff. Too many young guys that have yet to pull their weight in both recruiting and player development.

Results - He's 14-8 against Power 5 competition since the 2016 season. That's not really acceptable. If you think it is, we just fundamentally disagree on the expectations for this team, regardless of what he inherited. We all thought, incorrectly, that Richt was legitimately turning the corner with this team and as a coach after we won 15 straight...then he fell, and the team, fell flat on their face and they have yet to get up. Two of those losses (Wisconsin and LSU) were total beatdowns that came after long layoffs, and we looked completely unprepared and undercoached. **** like that is not just alarming, but the horns are blaring.

There are plenty of other aspects I could nitpick, but I think those are some major issues that need to be evaluated and course needs to be corrected on.
 
If you're content with losing to bad teams, winning 9-11 games a year, and winning your conference 2x every 15+ years, I guess CoRch Rix is your guy.

Miami football needs an innovative offensive mind. If CoRch Rix comes to his senses and brings in a Kendall Briles to call plays, we might be ******, and real soon.

If CoRch Rix sticks to his stubborn ways and makes zero major changes, we'll continue to get fvcked and banners will fly.
 
Until Rick gets a real QB coach/OC then we’ll never get over Clemson unless Dabo leaves to Bama which I doubt happens. Dabo is entrenched in Clemson now and his kids attend Clemson themselves. Why would he leave when he can just take their place at a program he built?
 
I know losing to LSU sucked ***. We can question coaching decisions and we should within the eb and flow of the season. In the end though, having our team stacked with players is what will take us back to prominence and i see that happening slowly but surely.
All 11 starters in UGA title game on D were recruited by Mark Richt, Chubb and Michel were recruited by Mark Richt. The guy knows talent. I look at the '20 recruiting class and that thing is gonna be lit. We need to and will get back to when we step on the field we overmatch 85% of the schedule at every position and match the other 15% of the opponents. There are not too many genius coaches. When Saban plays teams that match his team, the games are normally close. The thing is how many teams can realistically match them? Players win games.

Butch Davis wasn't such a genius at scheming, he just knew what the team supposed to look like. Our team is struggling now because we still have Golden players in the upper class and these players were alot of average players coming out of high school and then indoctrinated in bad teachings. If you search almost every position on our team, OL, RB, Safety, QB, the underclassmen and back ups are way better in talent than the starters, and im talking elite talent that any top 10 school would want. Saban flew a chopper to try prying Gurvan Hall away from us for example.

We must within our anger resist the urge to compare Richt to Golden, sorry i went to the VT and ND game and Golden woulda gotten smashed by both teams, we smashed them, seems like ages ago but that did happen. We now need consistency. Clemson that everyone fawns over, you realize Dabo was there and got beat at home by Shannon and Jacory? They got 70 put on them in a bowl game. Things changed when they started recruiting in the top 5 and top 10, we must get back there, magic coaching cannot get us out of this funk, we are gonna consistently be around top 10-15, we need the special players and a bunch of them to get pass the Wisconsins and LSU'S who themselves get overmatched by Bama and OSU. That's where we are. I expect this team to improve over the season, if we were a terrible team we woulda folded tent v LSU and got 50 put on us.

Last thing ima say, no team from Florida ever went wrong by getting the best players from the state and that's what we are doing. Once FSU started recruiting all those 5 star out of state players it was over for them. We must in this hunger to get back to elite enjoy this process as well as fans, not blind loyalty of course but be fair to the players and coaches as well. We will be back like the electric bill.


I appreciate your points, and am not calling for Richt's head. But I am not comparing Richt to any prior Miami coaches. I am, however, comparing him to Georgia Richt. I was concerned when we hired that guy and remain so, for basically the same reasons.
 
Excellent points.

Guys like Nesta, Lingard, Polk, Hightower are players we have not had in a while. The Storm18 class will the class we look back on that put Miami back on top. Now it is time to stack chips.

We have to have atleast two more classes in a row that are similar to the 2018 class to be serious title contenders and so far 19 doesn't look like its gonna measure up. Hopefully that changes
 
Until Rick gets a real QB coach/OC then we’ll never get over Clemson unless Dabo leaves to Bama which I doubt happens. Dabo is entrenched in Clemson now and his kids attend Clemson themselves. Why would he leave when he can just take their place at a program he built?

Before Dabo and Clemson, Jimbo and FSU with a similar formula ruled the roost. If Miami doesn't make the necessary revisions to what they are doing, someone else will fill the power vacuum in the conference. We will not win the ACC by attrition. Maybe it'll be FSU again (not under Taggart), maybe it'll be Virginia Tech again, or maybe it'll be one of those "team of the year" types like when Wake and Maryland won the ACC in the 2000s. At this point, you're just hoping we come up when the "Team of the Year" roulette comes up and thats a real ****** place to be in.
 
‘18 class was great.
‘19 so far is weak.
Strength program is overrated
We have 1 or 2 legit position coaches.
Richt’s offense = lol
QB development = lol

Miami doesn't have the bank roll to pay for 5-star position coaches. Witness Searles.
 
Until Rick gets a real QB coach/OC then we’ll never get over Clemson unless Dabo leaves to Bama which I doubt happens. Dabo is entrenched in Clemson now and his kids attend Clemson themselves. Why would he leave when he can just take their place at a program he built?

Does Richt have the funds to hire a legit QB coach/OC?

That we don't know. He's made several budget hires to his staff. Patke. Jon Richt. Banda. Rumph. Leads me to believe he is limited financially. Even though it's private, I am sure Miami had to dish out a big raise for Harley and Dugans in the offseason. Georgia offered double Hartley's salary supposedly.
 
Advertisement
We have enough talent and will continue to add more talent... it's not about talent, it's about taking advantage of opportunities when they present themselves and not shooting yourself in the foot.

The better the competition the less opportunities you will have to win a game if you dont take advantage of opportunities and or keep shooting yourself in the foot.

So it's about being disciplined in all phases and not having punters like Feagles constantly putting your defense in bad situations or a starting QB constantly missing open WRs.
 
Last edited:
People keep saying “Look at who Kirby is winning with. These are CMR’s guys. Richt knows what he is doing and will turn it around here”.

The problem is, these types of statements are MORE damning of Richt being a coach, not less. If Kirby can win with Richt’s recruits but Richt couldn’t, well that speaks volumes.

Yes he can recruit. That was never a problem. But can he coach them up? That remains to be seen. Sure, I’ll concede his 1st 5 years or so at UGA he did well. But after that, diddly...
 
Until Richt gets a better staff, the team will continue to get smacked in the face when playing a worthy opponent. Also, you mention recruiting, hasn't he kinda underwhelmed/been unable to close strongly the last two NSDs?

By "staff" you mean "O line" right?
 
If a coach needs a team full of their players to field a good team then it means they aren't a good coach. In Richt's second year at UGA he went 13-1 with Donnan's players.

Not a good comparison. Donnan was bringing in NFL pro bowlers and couldn't win with them. Al Golden wasn't.
 
People keep saying “Look at who Kirby is winning with. These are CMR’s guys. Richt knows what he is doing and will turn it around here”.

The problem is, these types of statements are MORE damning of Richt being a coach, not less. If Kirby can win with Richt’s recruits but Richt couldn’t, well that speaks volumes.

Yes he can recruit. That was never a problem. But can he coach them up? That remains to be seen. Sure, I’ll concede his 1st 5 years or so at UGA he did well. But after that, diddly...

I dont agree bc non of the upperclassmen talent at UGa were ready to win big when they first got out of high school. And Kirby didn't need a talent infusion to win. His recruiting classes just added to what was already there.

Kirby didnt come in to UGA like "where are all the big guys at, and looking at an OLine full of upperclass scrubs like Bar Milo. Different situation. If Richt was still there, UGa would still be the best team in the SEC East and top 2 team in the SEC overall.
 
Last edited:
Honestly, there is no question he knows enough about x's and o's to be successful. What will determine his success, in my opinion, is whether or not he can address issues in a timely fashion. Going into year 3, it's pretty clear that the time to build for the future is now. The holdovers from the last regime are not performing up to snuff and the upside of what is sitting on the bench waiting for its turn is significantly higher. I think he needs to put the team of the future on the field together and let them go through the ups and downs of learning how to win now while they're young.
 
I don’t get much into the “Fire the coach” rallies, never have. But I am guilty of calling for tweaks within the staff, occasionally, where the incompetence is blatant (Present QB progress, for example). All year we heard MR was improved over last year. I am not going dissect that any further as it is getting old and nothing will come of it.
I already feel this year is going to be like last year, or perhaps minimally better than the last. I am now resigned to waiting for next year (I know, insanity, right?), hoping CMR can show significant improvement over 2017 overall, prove Jr is a good QB coach, prove his call to be the OC was right, and somehow, inexplicably, prove that the level of ST production is by design. I bleed orange and green, and sometimes it hurts. I just don’t find it productive to hammer my displeasure day in, day out. It hurts recruiting, takes away my fun watching games for what they are, affects my otherwise blessed life.
 
Advertisement
Excellent points.

Guys like Nesta, Lingard, Polk, Hightower are players we have not had in a while. The Storm18 class will the class we look back on that put Miami back on top. Now it is time to stack chips.

10 years ago I was hearing about how a great recruiting class was going to put Miami back on top. Has the jury reached a verdict on the IrmaMariaAndrewFlorence #1 ranked Class of 2008 yet?
 
I dont agree bc non of the upperclassmen talent at UGa were ready to win big when they first got out of high school. And Kirby didn't need a talent infusion to win. His recruiting classes just added to what was already there.

Kirby didnt come in to UGA like "where are all the big guys at, and looking at an OLine full of upperclass scrubs like Bar Milo. Different situation. If Richt was still there, UGa would still be the best team in the SEC East and top 2 team in the SEC overall.
richt's first practice here he said "wheres the miami speed?"
 
Sorry but AGs D and MRs O share some traits. It’s uncomfort to admit, but neither have been able to use the talent.
 
Back
Top