Not sure how anyone could argue this program doesn’t have a cultural problem. Perhaps, it’s how you define culture and we’re arguing semantics.
You understand, using Mark Richt as example doesn’t support your argument but rather defeats it, right?
I can spell it out for you if you want me to, but I really don’t want to make this post that long, by going through GAs record, Richts declining health, subsequent declining record, Miami’s abysmal record, and then Miami’s first 10 win season in 15 years etc.
But I can expand on that in another post if you want me to.
As to Manny, let’s get the facts straight first.
Richt didn’t PICK Manny as his successor.
Richt suddenly stepped down due to illness and Manny was subsequently PROMOTED by this incompetent administration and Blake James within days without interviewing other candidates. He was a terrible coach and should never have been hired.
After 20 years of watching this crap I don’t know for certain what the **** is wrong with this program but I do know when an organization is failing for two decades, while going through 6 different CEOs, dozens of executives, and 100s of managers, and still can’t get employees to show up or perform simple day to day tasks… YOU HAVE A CULTURAL ISSUE, which has likely been cultivated over years. You can go to any government agency and see evidence of this yourself.
Ultimately, it’s up to the CEO and this administration to fix it. And they have not done it, 20 years of mediocrity falls squarely at their feet.
But you are not going to convince me that all our player over that last 20 years are underachievers, didn’t live up to their projected talent, all their coaches were no good. And we are just a few good coordinator’s away from not losing to FIU, Middle Tennessee and being shut out from Louisiana Tech.
There is something majorly wrong with this program for 20 years. I don’t know how else to explain it, I can only define it as a cultural problem at this point.