What you all fell to realize is the TEAM follows THE LEAD of THE COACH.
Don’t believe me? I’ll give you the example of my beloved Chicago Bears. John Fox was the head man, a guy who was in the twilight of his career; good coach, had some solid moments but could never get over the hump (sounds familiar). By the time Chicago got him, he was worn down and those **** Bears played worn down, too.
Bears get rid of him, hire a young, energetic guy from an offensive play calling coaching tree, and those same tired Bears are lighting up the score board smoking fools.
What changed? Change in leadership, is what changed. QB looks better, WRs look better, OL looks better, defense looks better (although Mack helped w that too)...the whole culture changed.
Under Fox it was, ‘let’s grind em out and see what happens.’ Under Nagy it’s ‘Keep ur foot on the gas and don’t let up until it turns 0:00.’
Coker, Shannon, Golden and now Richt have created a very **** poor, laissez faire culture here. I still remember in 2015 all that tough talk that was going on b4 the Clemson game and during the game, you all know what happened.
So the question is who r the leaders? Where r they going to come from? Who r these older guys that r held in esteem and y r they OK w losing? I can tell u why; just like I can tell u why for the last 15 yrs...COACHES.
You call out Coker, Shannon, or Golden and not call out Richt just b/c of what he did in the past? The past is the past. Look at UGA now and look at them then. Look at the culture w Richt & look at the culture w/o Richt.
Funny, even I drunk the Kool Aid to think Kirby was winning only b/c of Richt’s players, and yet here he is WITH YOUNG GUYS going back to another SEC Championship game.
Facts.