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SIAP: Insight Into Richt’s Last Year At UGA

If Richt had won a championship or two at UGA, he would have been there another 10+ years and retired.
 
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CANEDAVE91 said:
Sounds like Richt was a push over and lost control.
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This is another reason why he will be our OC until he retires. He is going to run this his way. This could also explain some of his questionable staff hires. He wants guys who fit his mold and not necessarily the best/most qualified guys. I do think this staff has great chemistry now that Kool the OutKast is gone.
 
Pruitt going off like that on a decent man like Richt - who happened to be his boss - says more about him as a person/professional & about the situation at UGA at the time than Richt's reaction says about him. The same goes for the ex player who says he lost respect for CMR, who loves his players like sons, & the posters disrespecting him as "soft". Who are you to judge him on a personal desicion you weren't involved in? A real man? FOH.

Go ask the Orange Bowl refs how soft he is when he has to stick up for his guys.
 
TheChosenOne said:
I'm not taking about Richt ability to actually coach. I'm talking about being in the game for 15 years and handling a situation like that so poorly.
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Richt handled it so poorly that his team that was in "disarray" went 10-3 which is equivalent to the best season we've had in 15 years.

Richt's even-keeled style keeps things on the rails when they could easily go off.
 
I’m surprised to read that. To me, it seems like Richt has full control here and hasn’t been afraid to let everyone know that. Hopefully he’s learned from his mistakes.
 
TheChosenOne said:
The excuses y'all making for Richt. My goodness. I'm going to call it was it is. Reading that was disturbing how a HC who had been there for 15 years let a newly hired DC take full control of his program with little resistance in front of his employers, other coaches, and players to the point it was clear to everyone involved.

Your the HC. You check everyone's attitude and ego at the door coach and player. Point Blank Period. Y'all can miss me with the excuses of what the admin did or did not do. What I read was a HC kneeling to a employee. That has nothing to do with the UGA admin. Richt is the boss he is suppose to check dude at the door or handle that situation when it present itself ESPECIALLY when it in front of your players. You can't be a softie and risk losing the respect of your players.. you just can't. It also show how dysfunctional your staff is and player won't trust them.

Also the hires seem to be flat out terrible. The most concerning hire is that he hired a S&C coach that appeared to not have any clue what he was doing. I also found it interesting how Richt let Manny hire people similar to how he let Pruitt hire people. If Manny had Pruitt's balls I wonder if Manny could do the same thing Pruitt did.

No one can read that and not be concerned. NO ONE.
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Reading way way too much into it. The admin literally had everything to do with it imo.
 
Canezum5 said:
Interesting read.

This part especially:

“That should have never happened,” one starter said about the incident. “Pruitt was wrong about that. That was wrong. You don’t talk to another man like that. Not your head coach.”

Pruitt later reiterated in a press conference the fall of 2015 that Richt was in charge.

“We lost some respect for Coach Richt in that moment,” a player said of the spring 2015 practice. “Right then it should have been handled.”

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I really nd truly hope Richt learned from that. Its one thing to turn the other cheek but what he did that day lost him his team.

Hopefully the 305 is surely bringing that goon out of him.
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He has full control and respect of the staff he's assembled at Miami. I think he got rooted and way too comfortable in Athens, which allowed him to take some unnecessary disrespect and cede control to the admin; something Richt alludes to when mentioning his family roots and the coaching tree he established in Athens.

In fact, honoring Richt's contract extension despite the "mutual parting of the ways" was tacit acknowledgement of the administration's part in undermining and sabotaging his leadership.
 
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TheChosenOne said:
The excuses y'all making for Richt. My goodness. I'm going to call it was it is. Reading that was disturbing how a HC who had been there for 15 years let a newly hired DC take full control of his program with little resistance in front of his employers, other coaches, and players to the point it was clear to everyone involved.

You're* the HC. You check everyone's attitude and ego at the door coach and player. Point Blank Period. Y'all can miss me with the excuses of what the admin did or did not do. What I read was a HC kneeling to a employee. That has nothing to do with the UGA admin. Richt is the boss he is suppose to check dude at the door or handle that situation when it present itself ESPECIALLY when it in front of your players. You can't be a softie and risk losing the respect of your players.. you just can't. It also show how dysfunctional your staff is and player won't trust them.

Also the hires seem to be flat out terrible. The most concerning hire is that he hired a S&C coach that appeared to not have any clue what he was doing. I also found it interesting how Richt let Manny hire people similar to how he let Pruitt hire people. If Manny had Pruitt's balls I wonder if Manny could do the same thing Pruitt did.

No one can read that and not be concerned. NO ONE.
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nah...

Richt got deeply rooted in Athens and--for the sake of his family & assistants--let UGAs administration/boosters get involved in running the football team.

Pruitt calls a presser to chop down the administration about an IPF and the admin responds by giving the man an extension and raise; what more do you need to understand about what happened?

Pruitt had his mandate with an opportunity to flex and generally do WTF he wanted based on the circumstances of his hire and extension. MARK RICHT WAS NOT HIS BOSS and it's clear Pruitt was operating with that understanding. If you'd like to question how Richt could let the administration run the team then it's another conversation, but why--with all the understanding he had about the circumstances--should Mark Richt embarrass himself & validate Pruitt by stooping to his level after 15yrs as HC at the joint?

Pruitt should have been gone that day, but it clearly wasn't Richt's call.
 
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Mahoney-Pearson said:
nah...

Richt got rooted in Athens and--for the sake of his family & assistants--let UGAs administration/boosters get involved in running the football team.

Pruitt calls a presser to chop down the administration about an IPF and the admin responds by giving the man an extension and raise; what more do you need to understand about what happened? Pruitt felt like he had his mandate and opportunity to flex & do WTF he wanted based on the circumstances of his hire and extension. MARK RICHT WAS NOT HIS BOSS and it was clear Pruitt was operating with that understanding. If you want to question how Richt could let the administration run the team then it's another conversation, but why--with all the understanding he had about the circumstances--should Mark Richt embarrass himself & validate Pruitt by stooping to that level after 15yrs as HC at the joint?

Pruitt should have been gone that day, but it clearly wasn't Richt's call.
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I agree to a point.....Look...I love CMR....and I'm aware of the quality person he is....But in my opinion he should've nipped that in the *** immediately.....I personally watched Butch get all in Bill Millers *** more than once (ended up firing him after 98 season, even though they were close friends) and I saw Butch tear into Monkey Boy Shiano's *** as well....Shiano was a poor mans Pruitt....@Brooklyndee will vouch that Butch wouldn't of put up with the likes of Pruitt pulling punk crap like that....I'm wondering if Pruitt had little or no respect for Offensive minds...(Richt...Fisher etc....) Where Butchs entire Backround was defense. Either way, Pruitt seems to like to undermine Authority.....
 
caneinorlando said:
I agree to a point.....Look...I love CMR....and I'm aware of the quality person he is....But in my opinion he should've nipped that in the *** immediately.....I personally watched Butch get all in Bill Millers *** more than once (ended up firing him after 98 season) and I saw Butch tear into Monkey Boy Shiano's *** as well....Shiano was a poor mans Pruitt....@Brooklyndee will vouch that Butch wouldn't of put up with the likes of Pruitt pulling punk crap like that....I'm wondering if Pruitt had little or no respect for Offensive minds...(Richt...Fisher etc....) Where Butchs entire Backround was defense. Either way, Pruitt seems to like to undermine Authority.....
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What don't you understand about Richt not hiring Pruitt and not being his boss?
 
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Mahoney-Pearson said:
What don't you understand about Richt not hiring Pruitt and not being his boss?
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It's not that I don't understand....it's that the SECOND Richt realized his say meant nothing...he should've stepped....Shame on the Powers above at UG to have ever let this happen to begin with....Man Won 150 games in the $EC in 15yrs...and this is how you treat him??....
 
caneinorlando said:
I agree to a point.....Look...I love CMR....and I'm aware of the quality person he is....But in my opinion he should've nipped that in the *** immediately.....I personally watched Butch get all in Bill Millers *** more than once (ended up firing him after 98 season, even though they were close friends) and I saw Butch tear into Monkey Boy Shiano's *** as well....Shiano was a poor mans Pruitt....@Brooklyndee will vouch that Butch wouldn't of put up with the likes of Pruitt pulling punk crap like that....I'm wondering if Pruitt had little or no respect for Offensive minds...(Richt...Fisher etc....) Where Butchs entire Backround was defense. Either way, Pruitt seems to like to undermine Authority.....
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Butch Davis is a football God!
 
Coaching at Miami has given da Coach Richt the opportunity to be his manhood back. Coach Klien got his manhood back when he went up against Coach Red Beaulieu and beat him and Coach Richt can too!
 
Man, Pruitt is lucky Richt is saved, cause I know some coaches that are not, and a grown man cussing out another is immediate grounds for an *** whopping. Coach Brown was about to give his *** the Business, just off GP!
 
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Mahoney-Pearson said:
nah...

Richt got rooted in Athens and--for the sake of his family & assistants--let UGAs administration/boosters get involved in running the football team.

Pruitt calls a presser to chop down the administration about an IPF and the admin responds by giving the man an extension and raise; what more do you need to understand about what happened?

Pruitt had his mandate, opportunity to flex, and generally do WTF he wanted based on the circumstances of his hire and extension. MARK RICHT WAS NOT HIS BOSS and it was clear Pruitt was operating with that understanding. If you want to question how Richt could let the administration run the team then it's another conversation, but why--with all the understanding he had about the circumstances--should Mark Richt embarrass himself & validate Pruitt by stooping to that level after 15yrs as HC at the joint?

Pruitt should have been gone that day, but it clearly wasn't Richt's call.
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I guess there's nothing that could've been done...but what a terrible way UGs Powers handled the entire situation....
 
caneinorlando said:
It's not that I don't understand....it's that the SECOND Richt realized his say meant nothing...he should've stepped....Shame on the Powers above at UG to have ever let this happen to begin with....Man Won 150 games in the $EC in 15yrs...and this is how you treat him??....
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Right, so that's a completely different conversation than saying Richt was "kneeling to a employee".
Also, for the record, Richt did step when he realized he had no control. See post #29
 
Obviously, you have never been in the same position for 15 years. When CMR was hired on by the U he acknowledged some of his personal failings at the end of his tenure at UGA and how coming to the U had rejuvenated him.

As for Pruitt, it’s going to be fun to watch this dumpster fire that he creates at UT. It’s sad that morons like Bogle are buying into his lies....
 
Pruitt deserves to be in a wheelchair today for the way he conducted (and still conducts) himself but it's a misleading narrative to say Rick could've nipped the situation in the bud at that specific instance. The time for bud nipping on his behalf was wayyyyyy before that and it involved not coaches but the AD and a lot of those around the program there.

Rick obviously only saw the better angels in a lot of the clowns in Athens and didn't seize complete ownership of that program when he could've and should've and it eventually came back to bite him- although it will end up being a blessing in disguise. He obviously has a public "partnership" with Blake, The Frenkinator and the BoT here but anyone thinking this ship isn't going to be navigated completely by him and his calls for better or worse is mistaken. That'll involve him never giving up playcalling. That'll involve him grooming Jon Richt. And that'll involve him giving whatever leeway he wants to Manny- not because it's mandated or he's intimidated or wary of conflict but because that's what he actually WANTS to do.

This is Rick's last stop. He's not going to suffer anything remotely close to the nonsense that went down in Athens. The dude will just walk wayyyyyy before that.
 
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