Why did you all think Richt was such a great coach?

[LuCane]

I'm curious what some of the threads were like during the coaching search. Would like to read those.

It seems to me that there is no logical reason why you would be "curious".

Can't you go back just like anyone else here and see for yourself?

I highly doubt Andrew has deleted any of it.

I mean it's not like you weren't around here porsting up a storm during that time frame was it?

The logical reason is that our search feature is currently limited.

 

[INCaneFan]

Mainly because he is the first semi-competent HC we have had in over a decade (jury is still out) and he raised UGA from the ashes.

I dont think anybody denies him being a good CEO type figure for a program. However, many thought his OC days at FSU would carry over. Now we just have to wait and see until the offseason on how he deals with his playcalling mishaps.

Also, many thought that with the talent we have down here and the recruiting prowess Richt was/is that the games would win themselves...time will tell.

IMO Harbaraugh is the only coach right now in college football who can take a mediocre roster and turn them into a really good football team. He did it in San Francisco and he's doing it in Michigan, not many of those guys just waiting around waiting to be hired. We ultimately got the best we could in Richt in setting up a foundation for the future.

Harabaugh is a good coach but the 49ers had a lot of talent when he got the team and michigan had talent.

Michigan is ranked 8th in 247 team rankings which is based on the talent on the roster. Harabaugh has only had 1 class. Hoke did a good job recruiting there he just wasnt a good coach.

Out of curiosity, do you happen to know what 247 has Michigan's talent rated prior to Harbaugh getting there? If it was anywhere near 8th, the people who come up with that stuff are the goods since Michigan wasn't showing anything on the field besides ****ty play.

They were ranked 9th in 2015 which was harabaugh first year as coach. The rankings are based on recruiting classes. They count how many 5stars, 4stars, 3stars and etc are on your roster.

Okay, I misunderstood what the ranking was about. Why I thought it had something to do with actual play in college and not high school rankings, no clue.

 

[OrangetieFatface]

Mike Leach has lost multiple games to Portland St. Think about that.....Portland St.

I'll take the current state of affairs over Mike Leach. I can imagine the whining vaginas when we lose to FAMU/FAU and then go back clamoring for Butch Davis to come back.

Mike Leach took a dumpster fire in Pullman Washington, with a bunch of kids who cant play at any of the 4 california teams, UW, Oregon, Oregon St. and Boise st and in his fifth season is competing for the Pac 12.

It say he loses the occasional game to Eastern Washington in spite of his coaching bc hes still beating Stanford, Arizona St., Oregon, UCLA and Oregon st.

Mike Leach isnt a world beater either, but hes as good as Richt and hes crazy as ****, so he'd be a lot more fun and likeable.

 

[Cane Dynasty]

I'm curious what some of the threads were like during the coaching search. Would like to read those.

It seems to me that there is no logical reason why you would be "curious".

Can't you go back just like anyone else here and see for yourself?

I highly doubt Andrew has deleted any of it.

I mean it's not like you weren't around here porsting up a storm during that time frame was it?

The logical reason is that our search feature is currently limited.

That surely is one excuse.

There are more ways to find out what porsters were saying back then than by only relying on the "search" function.

I would hope that professionally you will not interpret this discourse as anything other than I think you are one **** motherfvcker.

 

[LuCane]

I'm curious what some of the threads were like during the coaching search. Would like to read those.

It seems to me that there is no logical reason why you would be "curious".

Can't you go back just like anyone else here and see for yourself?

I highly doubt Andrew has deleted any of it.

I mean it's not like you weren't around here porsting up a storm during that time frame was it?

The logical reason is that our search feature is currently limited.

That surely is one excuse.

There are more ways to find out what porsters were saying back then than by only relying on the "search" function.

I would hope that professionally you will not interpret this discourse as anything other than I think you are one **** motherfvcker.

LOL.

I google'd, too. I don't have access to our DBs, so I'll take any other recommendation.

 

[UMFarArcher]

I'm curious what some of the threads were like during the coaching search. Would like to read those.

I absolutely, positively, guarantee - I was pulling for Butch Frikkin' Davis.

Even AFTER Richt was hired.

 

[amanan28]

Mainly because he is the first semi-competent HC we have had in over a decade (jury is still out) and he raised UGA from the ashes.

I dont think anybody denies him being a good CEO type figure for a program. However, many thought his OC days at FSU would carry over. Now we just have to wait and see until the offseason on how he deals with his playcalling mishaps.

Also, many thought that with the talent we have down here and the recruiting prowess Richt was/is that the games would win themselves...time will tell.

IMO Harbaraugh is the only coach right now in college football who can take a mediocre roster and turn them into a really good football team. He did it in San Francisco and he's doing it in Michigan, not many of those guys just waiting around waiting to be hired. We ultimately got the best we could in Richt in setting up a foundation for the future.

Only because of his name.

His connections run deep af. His staff is full of NFL caliber coaches. His brother is 10 times the coach he is.

Don't confuse knowing people with good coaching.

He took over a 6-10 franchise that had never finished better than 8-8 in its previous eight seasons, and immediately went 13-3 with a trip to the NFC Championship game. He upped that to a Super Bowl berth in Year 2.....looks like pretty good coaching to me.

 

[Cane Dynasty]

I'm curious what some of the threads were like during the coaching search. Would like to read those.

It seems to me that there is no logical reason why you would be "curious".

Can't you go back just like anyone else here and see for yourself?

I highly doubt Andrew has deleted any of it.

I mean it's not like you weren't around here porsting up a storm during that time frame was it?

The logical reason is that our search feature is currently limited.

That surely is one excuse.

There are more ways to find out what porsters were saying back then than by only relying on the "search" function.

I would hope that professionally you will not interpret this discourse as anything other than I think you are one **** motherfvcker.

LOL.

I google'd, too. I don't have access to our DBs, so I'll take any other recommendation.

Start here https://www.canesinsight.com/forum/eye-sky/162

And work your way forward.

I bet 15 minutes would reveal quite a lot.

 

[Thoughtsoncanes]

Richt was a very good coach.

Whether he still is remains to be seen, and it ain't looking good so far

 

[kutz]

Richt spends his Thursdays nights at optimist parks talking to the kids so he's definitely doing the right things. Does his play calling suck? *** yea it does but he's not having many options when his QB and O-line equate to the recipe of diaster, with a made PAT, CIS would be preaching he's a God. Ponder that, a PAT ruined our entire season and sent us into turmoil. I understand patience is thin around here but let the guy get his **** together these last few games and fix mistakes this off season, possibly hire a creative OC who avoids the triple run then punt series.

 

[SevenNSeven]

I remember a few threads that were very honest about Richt, in such that, if you look at Richt's record at UGA, he was very, very good against the teams he had a talent advantage against...but was, generally, somewhat average against teams with equal talent.


Other than some disappointment at some aspects of his offense, as well as a feeling that I wish he would've hired someone with more experience to help him run it, nothing has changed in the way that I feel. He's a decent game manager, better than Butch and light years ahead of someone like Shannon. He's better than Golden just by aspect of not being a pathetic, sweaty, piece of crap. The big questions are, will his play calling improve a bit, and, will he be able to recruit top-10 classes and keep a fair amount of blue chippers home?

 

[KrazyCane]

The entire cfb world just made it up

 

[BALLHAWKU]

Well see , i accepted the hire but Butch was my first choice . He needs to hire a top notch oc .

 

[Hurracanes]

Richt was a very good coach.

Whether he still is remains to be seen, and it ain't looking good so far

This is my concern too. I just don't know if he has the drive to be great anymore which was one of his biggest criticism at UGA.

 

[orange&green84]

Mainly because he is the first semi-competent HC we have had in over a decade (jury is still out) and he raised UGA from the ashes.

I dont think anybody denies him being a good CEO type figure for a program. However, many thought his OC days at FSU would carry over. Now we just have to wait and see until the offseason on how he deals with his playcalling mishaps.

Also, many thought that with the talent we have down here and the recruiting prowess Richt was/is that the games would win themselves...time will tell.

IMO Harbaraugh is the only coach right now in college football who can take a mediocre roster and turn them into a really good football team. He did it in San Francisco and he's doing it in Michigan, not many of those guys just waiting around waiting to be hired. We ultimately got the best we could in Richt in setting up a foundation for the future.

Only because of his name.

His connections run deep af. His staff is full of NFL caliber coaches. His brother is 10 times the coach he is.

Don't confuse knowing people with good coaching.

He took over a 6-10 franchise that had never finished better than 8-8 in its previous eight seasons, and immediately went 13-3 with a trip to the NFC Championship game. He upped that to a Super Bowl berth in Year 2.....looks like pretty good coaching to me.

I agree with this. Everywhere Harbaugh has gone, he's been gold.

 

[DiegoCane]

Most people didn't see what he became the last 7-8 years at UGA. He's got no fire left and he's always been conservative. I wanted a savage and he is the anti-savage.

He will still probably do alright here but he wasn't a National Championship hire.

 

[iLoveTDs]

You don't accidentally win 10 games a year in the SEC for 15 years. I don't know if he'll win here, but the guy can coach. (not elite, but really good).

 

[iLoveTDs]

Most people didn't see what he became the last 7-8 years at UGA. He's got no fire left and he's always been conservative. I wanted a savage and he is the anti-savage.

He will still probably do alright here but he wasn't a National Championship hire.

The conservative thing is tbd. Is our defense conservative? Because he knew what he was getting when he hired Diaz? Are our special teams conservative (we go after blocked punts regularly now, and we even kicked a surprise onside last week).

His offensive play calling has been a bit on the conservative side, but it's too hard to judge that at this time.

His routes certainly aren't conservative. The guy has clearly let it be known that he wants to attack downfield. Almost to a fault with this group (Kayaa/OL).

 

[paksat]

I believe it all comes down to recruiting and the man has proven year after year he can recruit.

Being directly involved with the O also gives us the best chance to land a top QB on a consistent basis,the most important position on the field.

For those reasons, I was and still am very confident Richt will do very well here.

if you can pull top 10 classes at uga, just imagine once the ball gets rolling how it work here

 

[Rellyrell]

Mainly because he is the first semi-competent HC we have had in over a decade (jury is still out) and he raised UGA from the ashes.

I dont think anybody denies him being a good CEO type figure for a program. However, many thought his OC days at FSU would carry over. Now we just have to wait and see until the offseason on how he deals with his playcalling mishaps.

Also, many thought that with the talent we have down here and the recruiting prowess Richt was/is that the games would win themselves...time will tell.

IMO Harbaraugh is the only coach right now in college football who can take a mediocre roster and turn them into a really good football team. He did it in San Francisco and he's doing it in Michigan, not many of those guys just waiting around waiting to be hired. We ultimately got the best we could in Richt in setting up a foundation for the future.

Harabaugh is a good coach but the 49ers had a lot of talent when he got the team and michigan had talent.

Michigan is ranked 8th in 247 team rankings which is based on the talent on the roster. Harabaugh has only had 1 class. Hoke did a good job recruiting there he just wasnt a good coach.

Out of curiosity, do you happen to know what 247 has Michigan's talent rated prior to Harbaugh getting there? If it was anywhere near 8th, the people who come up with that stuff are the goods since Michigan wasn't showing anything on the field besides ****ty play.

They were ranked 9th in 2015 which was harabaugh first year as coach. The rankings are based on recruiting classes. They count how many 5stars, 4stars, 3stars and etc are on your roster.

I beg to differ; the upper classmen classes of 2013 and 2014 was an unmitigated disaster! 2023 was ranked like 36th and the 2014 class was ranked like 51st per Rivals. The 2015 class was solid. But the Srs and Jrs on that team by the time he came around were JAGs to the fullest