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Zanecane

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What a coach should do after being fired is swallow his pride and learn from his mistakes. Prime example, Coach O at LSU.

Coach O swallowed his pride and begged his former offensive coordinator (that he let go) to come back after 1 year because he realized he made a mistake.

LSU had a bunch of 4 star QB's on the roster but Coach O knew none of them could win games in the SEC and rolled the dice on a grad transfer even if it meant 2 guys would transfer out.

Coach O has been coaching Defences for 30+ years, he could be a hero and coach the D himself, or hire a YES MAN and never get challenged.

Instead he holds on to Aranda the top D coordinator in football, who would have replaced O if things went south, because he's focused only on what gives LSU the best chance at winning.

Richt isn't going to change, because he never accepted the responsibility for not winning at Georgia, and because Miami gave him full control, and for Richt that means surrounding himself with yes men.
 
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I still believe Richt was the right hire at the time. He has done wonders with the indoor facility and upgrading areas within the program.. Now will be the test to see if his self evaluation results in some changes. I fear as his past at Georgia shows he will not make the changes needed to improve. IE a new OL coach and OC.
 
Coach O also has the financial backing of LSU. We couldn’t pay aranda even if he begged to come here with richt getting way overpaid
 
Babscanes said:
I still believe Richt was the right hire at the time. He has done wonders with the indoor facility and upgrading areas within the program.. Now will be the test to see if his self evaluation results in some changes. I fear as his past at Georgia shows he will not make the changes needed to improve. IE a new OL coach and OC.
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The things he's done well are mostly off field. IPF/Recruiting/Attendance.

But we arent any further ahead on the field.

We will waste the talent he's assembled if he doesn't change the O. The fans will stop coming out for a middle of the pack team. The recruits wont care about the IPF and the easiest thing to negatively recruit is bad loses.
 
Who would have thought before the season that cmr would be beating Eddie o on the corch meter
 
305407cane said:
Coach O also has the financial backing of LSU. We couldn’t pay aranda even if he begged to come here with richt getting way overpaid
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We can afford an Offensive Coordinator, stop lying to yourself. Richt doesn't want one.
 
zanecane said:
What a coach should do after being fired is swallow his pride and learn from his mistakes. Prime example, Coach O at LSU.

Coach O swallowed his pride and begged his former offensive coordinator (that he let go) to come back after 1 year because he realized he made a mistake.

LSU had a bunch of 4 star QB's on the roster but Coach O knew none of them could win games in the SEC and rolled the dice on a grad transfer even if it meant 2 guys would transfer out.

Coach O has been coaching Defences for 30+ years, he could be a hero and coach the D himself, or hire a YES MAN and never get challenged.

Instead he holds on to Aranda the top D coordinator in football, who would have replaced O if things went south, because he's focused only on what gives LSU the best chance at winning.

Richt isn't going to change, because he never accepted the responsibility for not winning at Georgia, and because Miami gave him full control, and for Richt that means surrounding himself with yes men.
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Richt got hired too quickly after being fired from UGA, which only served to boost his notion/idea that he wasn't the problem if another big time program scooped him up so quickly. Orgeron bounced around cfb as a coordinator after being fired at Ole Miss, which gave him to reflect and humble himself. Miami snatching up Richt almost immediately after he was fired only served to boost his ego. He wasn't humbled after being let go.
 
I got no problem with hiring Richt it the years we've committed to Richt. For a while it looked like we weren't going to fire Golden assuming it was because of money so you know we defiantly don't have money for Richt's buyout and if we do expect a 1 million dollar coach with the same resume as Al Golden as the next hire.

Could probably get Butch for that 1 million though.
 
zanecane said:
What a coach should do after being fired is swallow his pride and learn from his mistakes. Prime example, Coach O at LSU.

Coach O swallowed his pride and begged his former offensive coordinator (that he let go) to come back after 1 year because he realized he made a mistake.

LSU had a bunch of 4 star QB's on the roster but Coach O knew none of them could win games in the SEC and rolled the dice on a grad transfer even if it meant 2 guys would transfer out.

Coach O has been coaching Defences for 30+ years, he could be a hero and coach the D himself, or hire a YES MAN and never get challenged.

Instead he holds on to Aranda the top D coordinator in football, who would have replaced O if things went south, because he's focused only on what gives LSU the best chance at winning.

Richt isn't going to change, because he never accepted the responsibility for not winning at Georgia, and because Miami gave him full control, and for Richt that means surrounding himself with yes men.
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BINGO!:cool:
 
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zanecane said:
What a coach should do after being fired is swallow his pride and learn from his mistakes. Prime example, Coach O at LSU.

Coach O swallowed his pride and begged his former offensive coordinator (that he let go) to come back after 1 year because he realized he made a mistake.

LSU had a bunch of 4 star QB's on the roster but Coach O knew none of them could win games in the SEC and rolled the dice on a grad transfer even if it meant 2 guys would transfer out.

Coach O has been coaching Defences for 30+ years, he could be a hero and coach the D himself, or hire a YES MAN and never get challenged.

Instead he holds on to Aranda the top D coordinator in football, who would have replaced O if things went south, because he's focused only on what gives LSU the best chance at winning.

Richt isn't going to change, because he never accepted the responsibility for not winning at Georgia, and because Miami gave him full control, and for Richt that means surrounding himself with yes men.
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It's definitely some of that, and it's also a bit about being a legend in his own mind about QB whispering and offensive play calling.

My biggest concern was that Richt was not nasty or egotistical enough to place his legacy as a head coach over treating the UM job as a retirement hobby. Sure, he doesn't have the budget for top end assistants (OC and DC especially) that state schools provide, but he can't even make the most critical and necessary admission...somebody else that he agrees with in philosophy needs to be calling plays while he runs the team with his head out of a **** play sheet.

The other problem like you mention is that UM was like a starving dog eating saltines who finally had a sirloin throw them. Can't afford the filet, but it sure looked som much better than the saltine...so whatever he wants...we will accommodate.

UM
 
Richt getting us the IPF and fixing the broken relationships in Sf is all well and good but that has to translate into wins or else it’s all pointless
 
Couldn’t agree more. Was just thinking to myself that the offensive coaches room must be just a bunch of yes men.

There’s no way that Brown and Dugans sit there and believe that inside zone runs and 4-verticals is an efficient use of the skill guys we have at those positions.

Someone on the inside definitely needs to say something.
 
zanecane said:
We can afford an Offensive Coordinator, stop lying to yourself. Richt doesn't want one.
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I agree completely. I’m saying specifically aranda on top of the overpaid richt. We can definitely fix our issues with a young guy like briles
 
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