Not so sure about these trust issues. I trust Rick to win 9 or 10 games **** near every year. He's got a very long track record of doing that. That's what I "trust" him to do.
You have to transition from trust to faith in order to talk with any kind of certainty about Rick playing for conference championships regularly, winning them semi-regularly, and being in the NC hunt as often as this program should be when it's firing on all cylinders.
He's a definite improvement over the last few bums, but a Ritz Craaker is a huge improvement over a distended belly and flies circling you looking at their tiny fly watches tapping their microscopic fly fingers on the table waiting for you to die from imminent starvation.
Exactly this. He won 2 conference championships over the span of 13 years. His last conference championship was in 2005, when the SEC was a shell of what it is now. No Meyer, no Saban. No championships or even appearances.
I'm not saying this to bash the guy. I think we're on the right track as a program and I think Richt can be very successful here, but what I am saying is that he isn't some legendary coach who's above scrutiny and criticism.
I didnt expect much more than that at Georgia.
You speak as if he was coaching at USC... Georgia will never be anything more than above average. No matter how much "talent" comes from Georgia they aint winning shid.
You judge Richt by the expectations HE CREATED at Georgia.
I didn't either.
He coached up an Offensive Flying Circus at FSU, and while some expected the same to start at Georgia - it never happened. Different football, different conference, different local talent.
The Florida speedsters just weren't there at Georgia.
Younger men always have in the back of their mind - "there's next year." They get involved in raising a family etc., and one day they realize - time's just about up. If I'm going to do this, I have one more burst in me.
I firmly believe both Richt and Butch had a "come to Jesus" moment - and they both burned to get back to UM to hit the top ONE MORE TIME. I think both would gather a top crew for that purpose, and put everything they've learned and figured out over the years to get to the top - they've done it before - just not with consistency.
Now, without distractions characteristic of younger men, they both could have jumped in nuts deep.
Richt wanted to call plays. He wasn't exactly up to it - especially last year - with his QB and Oline -
Hopefully, he's ready this season, and our QB while lacking experience - will not have had the **** beat out of them play after play.