Stewart Mandel: Mark Richt invigorated by opportunity for a

[DomWorld_Peace]

ORAL GABLES, Fla. -- His team had just wrapped up a Saturday morning scrimmage, and Mark Richt was speaking to a circle of reporters. He donned a familiar straw hat, as he did for 15 years of Georgia practices. But he also wore a green, not red pullover replete with Miami's ubiquitous "U" logo.

That's going to take some getting used to.

For a brief moment in November following his ouster after 15 seasons in Athens, even Richt had trouble picturing himself as the head coach of Miami.

"I was really leaning heavily toward just sitting out a year, just to heal," he said during an interview in his office. "Not from any bad experience at Georgia, but heal from 33 years of coaching, 15 years of being a head coach. It's a blur, man."

Instead, within five days of holding his last Georgia press conference, Richt, 56, was being introduced at another gathering as the head coach of his alma mater.

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[rustywalkedaway]

Two quotes stood out to me:

1. Richt - "We do have some guys that can play; we just don't have a lot of them."

2. Diaz - "We've been trying to push our kids to determine whether they're good enough to be at Miami. Some of them are, and my suspicion is some of them are not."

 

[252cane]

This team is just not as talented as many seem to want to believe. They have enough for the coastal but talking about 11-1 and all that is crazy as ****.

 

[MiamiCaneCane]

That's why I'm predicting 6-7 wins as the most realistic

 

[millertime26]

Lol let the crazy homers live now they think 3 freshman linebackers are going to come In and dominate. Lol and redwine will be 1st team acc.

This team is just not as talented as many seem to want to believe. They have enough for the coastal but talking about 11-1 and all that is crazy as ****.

 

[canes614]

Two quotes stood out to me:

1. Richt - "We do have some guys that can play; we just don't have a lot of them."

2. Diaz - "We've been trying to push our kids to determine whether they're good enough to be at Miami. Some of them are, and my suspicion is some of them are not."

Read the second quote......Ritch is talking depth-wise not overall talent.IMO Sounds like Diaz is just trying to light a fire under those lazy kids who are not trying hard enough. They've already expressed effort means more than anything else.

 

[brock]

Two quotes stood out to me:

1. Richt - "We do have some guys that can play; we just don't have a lot of them."

2. Diaz - "We've been trying to push our kids to determine whether they're good enough to be at Miami. Some of them are, and my suspicion is some of them are not."

He was talking specifically about receivers on that quote....

 

[sotacane22]

we have enough talent just not enough depth but for the acc we should be in the championship with an sec coaching staff

 

[deleted5896]

Two quotes stood out to me:

1. Richt - "We do have some guys that can play; we just don't have a lot of them."

2. Diaz - "We've been trying to push our kids to determine whether they're good enough to be at Miami. Some of them are, and my suspicion is some of them are not."

Loving the oratory skills! I hope Manito can follow that up with a legit D

 

[mirednmediocrity2]

Gonna take 3-5 years to rebuild this program. This is what happens when your cheap administration hires 3 incompetent hacks in a row. I expect teams similar to Butch's probation era teams: not so talented kids who will play hard, get the most out of what they can offer, and only have an average of three losses each year until recruiting well gets us back to being a really competitive program again.

 

[Dwinstitles]

This team is just not as talented as many seem to want to believe. They have enough for the coastal but talking about 11-1 and all that is crazy as ****.

I always said this team is not that talented but the gurus on here think we a super power. Now MR putting it on blast now they listen, whenu let wlite recruits walk away from sfla u wont be talented period

 

[The Franchise]

I'm convinced by all the poor-mouthing. I hope we can win 7 this year and compete for 3rd in the Coastal. The teams we play have much greater talent than us, and we'll be fortunate to win 7. 8 would be a minor miracle.

 

[bacane]

To appreciate the talent level just look at the recent NFL draft classes.

 

[daddacane]

That's why I'm predicting 6-7 wins as the most realistic

We're coming in at 9-3 possibly 10-2. The one thing Richt brings that Golden didn't provide is a belief in ones self and the team...

 

[McGahee2TheHouse]

I'm convinced by all the poor-mouthing. I hope we can win 7 this year and compete for 3rd in the Coastal. The teams we play have much greater talent than us, and we'll be fortunate to win 7. 8 would be a minor miracle.

You know what's funny? All of the chicken-littles who think there is no possible way we can win 10 this year are the same dudes who sucked Golden's ****, claiming every year that Golden was going to win big (with those same players).

 

[The Franchise]

I'm convinced by all the poor-mouthing. I hope we can win 7 this year and compete for 3rd in the Coastal. The teams we play have much greater talent than us, and we'll be fortunate to win 7. 8 would be a minor miracle.

You know what's funny? All of the chicken-littles who think there is no possible way we can win 10 this year are the same dudes who sucked Golden's ****, claiming every year that Golden was going to win big (with those same players).

They're low IQ guys who think that the coaches are always telling the truth and never trying to keep expectations low so that they look like geniuses if they exceed the low bar that they set.

The lower the IQ the more gullible these fish are. They're always bemoaning our talent, but they never view it in the context of the feeble schedule that we are playing against. They act like we're playing FSU and Alabama every week.

 

[rt cane]

I'm convinced by all the poor-mouthing. I hope we can win 7 this year and compete for 3rd in the Coastal. The teams we play have much greater talent than us, and we'll be fortunate to win 7. 8 would be a minor miracle.

You know what's funny? All of the chicken-littles who think there is no possible way we can win 10 this year are the same dudes who sucked Golden's ****, claiming every year that Golden was going to win big (with those same players).

Truth!!

 

[TheSwagger1]

Did I miss a year on a bad acid trip? I'm really ****ed that I missed this last season"

"Defensively, Diaz has a legit stud on his hands in defensive end Al-Quadin Muhammad, who notched 8.5 sacks last season. "

 

[Dwinstitles]

To appreciate the talent level just look at the recent NFL draft classes.

Doesnt mean **** if u pushing out 3-7 rounders

 

[Dwinstitles]

I'm convinced by all the poor-mouthing. I hope we can win 7 this year and compete for 3rd in the Coastal. The teams we play have much greater talent than us, and we'll be fortunate to win 7. 8 would be a minor miracle.

You know what's funny? All of the chicken-littles who think there is no possible way we can win 10 this year are the same dudes who sucked Golden's ****, claiming every year that Golden was going to win big (with those same players).

Ialways thoughtAG didnt recruit enough talent, soi expected losses. I think whoever took over this jobhad to revamp everything including protecting elite sfla studs. If we can do that well be back if not same ****