SI's Andy Staples on Mark Richt

[CANEMC]

Richt kept the playbook bland until November. He's not ******* around this season. Chess.

 

[iLoveTDs]

Brad Kaaya at QB was a straight jacket for an OC.

Untrue. Bama, LSU, OSU, ND and other would love Kaaya. Why? He was an accurate POCKET PASSER. Sure, he wasn't mobile, but he didn't need to be if used correctly.

If you don't believe me, WATCH THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akSaNtvlqkU

And you don't think Richt used him correctly?

Kayaa in his Jr year under Mark had 27 TDs 7 INTS, 3500+ yards, and 62% comp. He helped us win a bowl for 1st time in 10 years.

Richt got the most out of him. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/brad-kaaya-1.html

And it was Mark's first time calling plays in over a decade. He's a really good OC, and an even better HC.

 

[407cane]

No doubt he’s getting better and more creative as a play caller but I would slow down on the “all time” kinds of commenrs

There’s still room for improvement, but he isn’t getting the credit he deserves for manufacturing points and production out of a Malik Rosier led offense thats without Walton and an effective Richards.

A few weeks ago some of us were negged for saying losing Walton made him a better and more creative playcaller. Richt himself pretty much said said almost the same exact thing the other day. He's been forced out of him comfort zone and the results have been tremendous. The question is will he fully embrace the spread going forward, or will he revert back to what he was initially trying to build once he gets the pieces again?

Jon Richt has been crucial in being a voice for modernization and creativity, and is another guy that gets a fair amount of flak here. He’s your future coordinator too once he can grow a beard and Dugans/Brown move on, so get used to him.

What do you base your Jon Richt comment on? How do you know he’s the voice for modernization and creativity?

Well I'm sure Staples is including the FSU OC days for richt when he was probably the best play caller in the country. And early days at UGA


We have been frustrated to start this year but to me it seems like it has been an execution problem. Has been dramatically better the last two weeks

 

[Buck Teeth]

Brad Kaaya at QB was a straight jacket for an OC.

Untrue. Bama, LSU, OSU, ND and other would love Kaaya. Why? He was an accurate POCKET PASSER. Sure, he wasn't mobile, but he didn't need to be if used correctly.

If you don't believe me, WATCH THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akSaNtvlqkU

And you don't think Richt used him correctly?

Kayaa in his Jr year under Mark had 27 TDs 7 INTS, 3500+ yards, and 62% comp. He helped us win a bowl for 1st time in 10 years.

Richt got the most out of him. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/brad-kaaya-1.html

And it was Mark's first time calling plays in over a decade. He's a really good OC, and an even better HC.

You are making the point that BK was a Solid QB. BK had to suffer with a Rusty Richt.

Even Jon Gruden said, "Kaaya had no business running a RPO system."

 

[Buck Teeth]

No doubt he’s getting better and more creative as a play caller but I would slow down on the “all time” kinds of commenrs

There’s still room for improvement, but he isn’t getting the credit he deserves for manufacturing points and production out of a Malik Rosier led offense thats without Walton and an effective Richards.

A few weeks ago some of us were negged for saying losing Walton made him a better and more creative playcaller. Richt himself pretty much said said almost the same exact thing the other day. He's been forced out of him comfort zone and the results have been tremendous. The question is will he fully embrace the spread going forward, or will he revert back to what he was initially trying to build once he gets the pieces again?

Jon Richt has been crucial in being a voice for modernization and creativity, and is another guy that gets a fair amount of flak here. He’s your future coordinator too once he can grow a beard and Dugans/Brown move on, so get used to him.

What do you base your Jon Richt comment on? How do you know he’s the voice for modernization and creativity?

Well I'm sure Staples is including the FSU OC days for richt when he was probably the best play caller in the country. And early days at UGA


We have been frustrated to start this year but to me it seems like it has been an execution problem. Has been dramatically better the last two weeks

It was a "Lack Of Creativity" problem. Finally, MR added some much needed wrinkle to the Offense.

 

[ThomasM]

Richt kept the playbook bland until November. He's not ******* around this season. Chess.

I think it was more his comfort level with Rosier, and trying to find what he does best, and not so good. The playbook is certainly opening, and I believe it's because he has more and more faith in Rosier. That, and they actually get to work on new wrinkles in practice since they have ironed out old ones. Again, that's because Rosier has come a long way and earned Richt's trust.

There were times early in the season where it looked like parts of the field were off limits. I still wish we'd attack the middle of the field more, but with everything else working, I am not too concerned with that. Just keep progressing and improving, and we'll finish 11-0, and more than likely beat Clemson.

 

[tcgrad1014]

Brad Kaaya at QB was a straight jacket for an OC.

Untrue. Bama, LSU, OSU, ND and other would love Kaaya. Why? He was an accurate POCKET PASSER. Sure, he wasn't mobile, but he didn't need to be if used correctly.

If you don't believe me, WATCH THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akSaNtvlqkU

And you don't think Richt used him correctly?

Kayaa in his Jr year under Mark had 27 TDs 7 INTS, 3500+ yards, and 62% comp. He helped us win a bowl for 1st time in 10 years.

Richt got the most out of him. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/brad-kaaya-1.html

And it was Mark's first time calling plays in over a decade. He's a really good OC, and an even better HC.

You are making the point that BK was a Solid QB. BK had to suffer with a Rusty Richt.

Even Jon Gruden said, "Kaaya had no business running a RPO system."

Kaaya with a clean pocket was very good and very accurate. That doesn't counter my point that an OC is severely limited in calling plays with Kaaya as QB.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Brad Kaaya at QB was a straight jacket for an OC.

Untrue. Bama, LSU, OSU, ND and other would love Kaaya. Why? He was an accurate POCKET PASSER. Sure, he wasn't mobile, but he didn't need to be if used correctly.

If you don't believe me, WATCH THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akSaNtvlqkU

And you don't think Richt used him correctly?

Kayaa in his Jr year under Mark had 27 TDs 7 INTS, 3500+ yards, and 62% comp. He helped us win a bowl for 1st time in 10 years.

Richt got the most out of him. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/brad-kaaya-1.html

And it was Mark's first time calling plays in over a decade. He's a really good OC, and an even better HC.

You are making the point that BK was a Solid QB. BK had to suffer with a Rusty Richt.

Even Jon Gruden said, "Kaaya had no business running a RPO system."

Who the **** is Jon Gruden? You mean that guy who only had one good season as head coach of Tony Dungey's team? He gets all this credit for winning a Superbowl with a team he had absolutely zero to do with building or developing. Take away the 2002 season and Jon Gruden is a sub-.500 coach. He's a bum.

 

[Buck Teeth]

Brad Kaaya at QB was a straight jacket for an OC.

Untrue. Bama, LSU, OSU, ND and other would love Kaaya. Why? He was an accurate POCKET PASSER. Sure, he wasn't mobile, but he didn't need to be if used correctly.

If you don't believe me, WATCH THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akSaNtvlqkU

And you don't think Richt used him correctly?

Kayaa in his Jr year under Mark had 27 TDs 7 INTS, 3500+ yards, and 62% comp. He helped us win a bowl for 1st time in 10 years.

Richt got the most out of him. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/brad-kaaya-1.html

And it was Mark's first time calling plays in over a decade. He's a really good OC, and an even better HC.

You are making the point that BK was a Solid QB. BK had to suffer with a Rusty Richt.

Even Jon Gruden said, "Kaaya had no business running a RPO system."

Kaaya with a clean pocket was very good and very accurate. That doesn't counter my point that an OC is severely limited in calling plays with Kaaya as QB.

Again, you are wrong. An OC that "wants his QB to be apart of the running game" is severely limited. What part are you not getting, My Friend? BK is a Pocket Passer, not a Dual Threat QB.

 

[gruntking]

Brad Kaaya at QB was a straight jacket for an OC.

Untrue. Bama, LSU, OSU, ND and other would love Kaaya. Why? He was an accurate POCKET PASSER. Sure, he wasn't mobile, but he didn't need to be if used correctly.

If you don't believe me, WATCH THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akSaNtvlqkU

Those schools you mention would not have loved Kaaya's immobility, just look at the type of QB's those programs have today. Look, I hope Kaaya becomes the next Marino cause he is a Cane after all... but what's the likelihood of that???????

 

[Buck Teeth]

Brad Kaaya at QB was a straight jacket for an OC.

Untrue. Bama, LSU, OSU, ND and other would love Kaaya. Why? He was an accurate POCKET PASSER. Sure, he wasn't mobile, but he didn't need to be if used correctly.

If you don't believe me, WATCH THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akSaNtvlqkU

And you don't think Richt used him correctly?

Kayaa in his Jr year under Mark had 27 TDs 7 INTS, 3500+ yards, and 62% comp. He helped us win a bowl for 1st time in 10 years.

Richt got the most out of him. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/brad-kaaya-1.html

And it was Mark's first time calling plays in over a decade. He's a really good OC, and an even better HC.

You are making the point that BK was a Solid QB. BK had to suffer with a Rusty Richt.

Even Jon Gruden said, "Kaaya had no business running a RPO system."

Who the **** is Jon Gruden? You mean that guy who only had one good season as head coach of Tony Dungey's team? He gets all this credit for winning a Superbowl with a team he had absolutely zero to do with building or developing. Take away the 2002 season and Jon Gruden is a sub-.500 coach. He's a bum.

Call him what you want. He won that Superbowl with Tampa Bay when Dungy could not. Let's not act like Gruden did not improve the 2002 Bucs. Also, don't forget about the Oakland's 2001 team (who were screwed out of a Super Bowl) and 2002 team (who made it to the Superbowl)...they were Gruden's squads too.

 

[Buck Teeth]

Brad Kaaya at QB was a straight jacket for an OC.

Untrue. Bama, LSU, OSU, ND and other would love Kaaya. Why? He was an accurate POCKET PASSER. Sure, he wasn't mobile, but he didn't need to be if used correctly.

If you don't believe me, WATCH THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akSaNtvlqkU

Those schools you mention would not have loved Kaaya's immobility, just look at the type of QB's those programs have today. Look, I hope Kaaya becomes the next Marino cause he is a Cane after all... but what's the likelihood of that???????

Look at the QB's that Bama won NC's with. Greg McElroy, etc............Pocket Passers.

 

[ddann]

Take away the 2002 season and Jon Gruden is a sub-.500 coach. He's a bum.

Dude is about to put Tennessee's program back on the map and you're calling him a bum?!?!

smh

:Y-u-no:

 

[Gatorhater]

"Mark Richt was let go in Athens after a string of disappointing years, how likely is it that he wins a title at Miami before Kirby Smart wins one at Georgia?" Lets see, biggest game of the season so far last week for both teams. UGA gets slaughtered; Miami does the slaughtering. Hum, I think Mark's problems at UGA might have been tht he wasn't at Miami. The real question is, should Mark had taken the job at Miami when Larry Coker got fired?

 

[gcane44]

Where I would give him a lot of credit is that he seems to try to tailor the offense to the personnel he's dealt, rather than doggedly sticking to one style. Go back to his days as OC....his offense with the immobile but accurate Weinke looked a lot different than it did with Ward - two extremely different QBs, but he got a lot out of both of them in different ways. ****, the Kaaya/Walton offense wasn't the same as this Rosier/Homer offense we are seeing. I still think he's scheming to try to limit Rosier's exposure to mistakes as much as possible, and that's why we don't see many mid-range passes in the middle of the field.

Yup. The evolution of our offenses towards the 2nd half of the season each of the past 2 years has been great. He definitely figures out his personnel into the season and really seems to get clicking once he has that feel for his personnel and offense.

The beautiful thing is next year will be the first time Richt will already be familiar with the core of his offensive personnel from the jump

 

[Buck Teeth]

Richt kept the playbook bland until November. He's not ******* around this season. Chess.

That's not True. For the great majority of his UM tenure, Richt play calls flat out lacked creativity. We used motion FOR THE FIRST TIME within the last 2 weeks. Richt admitted that UNC influenced him to be more creative AND I HAPPY THEY DID. We ran half Back pass to Rosier a week after UNC did it to us. LOL I'll Take It!

Richt is letting his nuts hang now! We Rolling!

 

[Buck Teeth]

"Mark Richt was let go in Athens after a string of disappointing years, how likely is it that he wins a title at Miami before Kirby Smart wins one at Georgia?" Lets see, biggest game of the season so far last week for both teams. UGA gets slaughtered; Miami does the slaughtering. Hum, I think Mark's problems at UGA might have been tht he wasn't at Miami. The real question is, should Mark had taken the job at Miami when Larry Coker got fired?

MR turned us down 3 times. After Coker, After Shannon and expressed no interested when Golden was initially fired.

MR never intended to leave UGA, even when it was blatantly obvious that he should have. Our Gain Now!

 

[ThomasM]

"Mark Richt was let go in Athens after a string of disappointing years, how likely is it that he wins a title at Miami before Kirby Smart wins one at Georgia?" Lets see, biggest game of the season so far last week for both teams. UGA gets slaughtered; Miami does the slaughtering. Hum, I think Mark's problems at UGA might have been tht he wasn't at Miami. The real question is, should Mark had taken the job at Miami when Larry Coker got fired?

I believe Richt took the Georgia job before the Miami job was available. Also, Miami probably wouldn't have paid him what Georgia was willing to, at the time. Now, HAD that happened, we'd more than likely have another few titles, because Richt knows Miami, and how to use the talent. Something none of the other coaches we hired understood. Richt's hands were eventually tied at Georgia, and it showed. He needed out of there, and to be where he had complete control, and the hottest recruiting bed in the US. He's a perfect fit for us now, and would have been a perfect fit in 2001. Better late than never, but it is sad it took so long to get him home.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Take away the 2002 season and Jon Gruden is a sub-.500 coach. He's a bum.

Dude is about to put Tennessee's program back on the map and you're calling him a bum?!?!

smh

:Y-u-no:

 

[canecat]

A. Richt has always been a great play caller. Sometimes the kids don't exacute but the plays for the most part are great.

B. anyone calling Kaaya anything but a very good , but not great QB are just haters . Kaaya is good enough to be a back up in the NFL that should say it all. He is good . Nothing more . He definetly isn't a " straight jacket" . Rosier has all the intagibles though that Kaaya didn't have and that makes the difference.