Golden could have been successful with a quality staff. The problem is that you can't attract a quality staff unless you have stature which Golden didn't have. He was a bottom feeder with his hires. Ex Canes, former rejects, high school coaches all low hanging fruit. He started well enough with Fish, McDonald and others who bolted. No question the Shapiro mess was a factor but if he had tweaked along the way he had a shot. I know I may be a little too generous but I hate to see a hard working guy fail so miserably. We have never had a coach who tried harder. Someone once said that a high jumper will never know how high he can jump until he knocks the bar off. That happened at Temple with Golden. Richt has stature and the ability to hire a quality staff. On paper I view hir hires with mixed emotions. I don't know enough to judge quality yet but my first take is that with the money available the DC is slightly disappointing. I'm concerned about the co-OC arrangement. I can't see the resume plus on young Richt. Start him in another capacity like Ice and Beard had. Around the team, learning but not the main guy. All of this may work out and I certainly hope so. The improvement at the top will compensate for miscalculations down the ladder.
