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Why we're really screwed

JOE'CANE said:
We are a good OC away from being dangerous. If Richt wants to retire here, he'll make the adjustments. If not he will lose a championship starved fan base that will get real nasty real fast if adjustments arent made. Get Briles or Kingsbury if hes fired asap!!!!!!!!
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This is true...IF we had a semiconscious offense we would be in the top 10.
 
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MiamiHotline said:
I tried to tell some of y'all after the LSU bludgeon. And I was downvoted for it. Richt is good enough to get you 9/10 wins a season. But he won't win a national title here at Miami. Yet I'm proven right again.
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This was my argument based on his career at Georgia. but MANY pointed to SEC championships (2002 and 2005) as "evidence" that he was a championship coach. Many of those also loudly proclaimed that you can't expect Georgia to compete for national championships (good call, see last year, a.k.a. 2 years post-Richt), so Richt was at a disadvantage there.

I'm not piling on Richt because he is about what I thought he would be AND we cannot overlook what he has done relative to both facilities and forcing the administration to become more competitive in terms of resources. We should all thank him for that. As far as winning us a national title, I never thought that was going to happen under the Richt regime.
 
Very well put OP. You are spot on.. But holy **** was that depressing to read, b/c we all know he is not going to make the necessary changes.
 
NicKane said:
Dang it 1mg don’t do that to me! The only thing keeping me hanging on is CMR has a come to Jesus moment during this bye and looks in the mirror and makes the necessary changes.
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Nick! What’s up bud!?

Yea dude... I think we’re screwed. We’re in the same situation we had w Al, just on D.
 
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njstateofmind said:
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CanesZ06 said:
No problem. Its a very versatile piece. After it bruises your pancreas, you can change the attachment and make the most delicious banana nut muffins you ever had
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I prefer cranberry muffins.

I like the texture of the cranberry.
 
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terdferguson said:
I really see three scenarios:

1. Best case scenario is Richt goes out and hires a Kendall Briles-esque oc. An innovative modern mind that will make our offense hum. But as has been hashed out repeatedly, that's not likely because of multiple things: Richt has emphatically stated that he wants to call plays and be the oc, and it would require someone from the offensive staff leaving (Jon Richt or Thomas Brown) and at this point it's hard to envision who that would be. Furthermore, even if Richt decides to hire an oc, he has to hire the right one. What evidence is there that he would hire a Kendall Briles or the guy from Utah State? Does Richt have any sort of track record of going out and hiring a guy like that? I'm guessing no, but this is more of a question since I haven't really researched all of Richt's oc hires. Richt going against everything he has said, deciding to hire an oc, AND making the right hire of a young innovative offensive mind is a very, very low odds event.

2. Richt decides he wants to learn and update his offense. Bring it into the 21st century. Perhaps he will visit the rams or chiefs in the offseason. Or consult with urban. So on and so forth. I think a lot of people would be excited about that. Here's why I don't think that would work. It's one thing to go and learn about an offense, play design, etc. But you still have to implement it. You have to teach it. You have to gameplan. You have to call the plays. Richt can talk to others and pick their brains all he wants but at the end of the day no one is going to hold his hand and do those things for him. He has to do it.

So, in his three years of calling plays, have you seen anything that makes you feel confident in his scouting of other teams defenses? Gameplanning? Attacking their weaknesses? Calling the right plays at the right time? Being unpredictable with the playcalls? I haven't. I hate to say it, but Richt kind of strikes me as an older gentleman whose best has passed him by. Not quite as sharp as his younger days. Diaz having to tell him not to score a td against fsu was alarming. Richt not addressing special teams at all this offseason after how bad it was last year showed me he was out of touch.

3. Richt hunkers down, keeps the offense the same and tries to get the players to execute it better and tries to improve with better personnel.

Number 3 is most likely. Then 2 and then 1 is a long shot. The problem is that number 1 is the ONLY option that fixes our problems.
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Its been pointed out in several threads, but still amazing that we are essentially experiencing Golden all over again. He chose "loyalty" and stubborn pride over doing whats RIGHT...Richt has reached the point where he needs to choose doing the right thing or being a selfish, stubborn POS. My money is on the latter. *** him.
 
Richt isn't going to fire his son so I only see 2 realistic ways this offense gets better.

1. We fire Searles and hire a OC that can double as an O-line coach and OC. Problem is I dont know very many OC's with that background as most our skill position coaches.

2. This being the more likely and realistic scenario. We bring in a respectable quality control assistant with a good offensive mind that can help Richt gameplan and install new concepts in this offense (ala Steve Sarkisian at Bama) .
 
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