It's the perfect storm for a **** poor offense:
1.) Richt has completely lost his instinct for play calling. For like two seconds, on I think our second drive of the game, I thought Richt had made some offensive adjustments (e.g. early TE involvement, a couple quick passes). But, no. We devolved into a scattered, inconsistent mess, with slow developing plays that did nothing to help the fact that...
2.) Brad Kaaya is ****in' shook, and shook nasty he is. He's seeing the pocket collapse even when it isn't. He's stepping into defenders to avoid a rush that isn't there. Every time you see him blink a little too hard, it's because he just withstood visions of defensive tackles dancing on his face. He's holding the ball too long, and hopping around like a kangaroo with his shoe laces tied. I'm proud of him for taking hits and getting right back up. Dude's tough, but it's American Horror Story in his head. He's playing badly, and it's because he's shook, but he's shook because...
3.) Our OL is bad. And what scares me most is we're gonna have to rely on freshmen (yeah, more than one) next year to fix the problem. We have a ton of bodies at the position, but we've recruited OL like I used to recruit women at last call: "You'll do. And you can come, too!"
Richt needs to hire himself a top-notch OC who can utilize the talent we do have (Kaaya is capable, Coley, Richards, Njoku, Herndon, decent RBs) OR he needs to find his juju. I don't think Richt is a lost cause, but I do think he's got some soul searching to do. I'm still encouraged by our defense, but something's gotta give on offense. He's been outta the game, and it's affected him more than he (and many of us) expected. Give up the reigns, or figure it the **** out. Watch some tape. Maybe some of your own from back in the day.
