Why Georgia Shouldn't Fire Richt

[ajvol01]

At UGA pulling a Hamilton is called pulling a Dooley.

Vince hired Goff and Donnan.

 

[Coug]

I truly believe Mark Richt is good guy, good morals, etc.

The world we live in is very impatient. I believe, after what we have been through, the prudent action for UGA would be to stay with Richt based on the very fact, pointed out by joevol33, that it could all blowup in their face and set them back 10 years. I would lean toward they are going to make a move.

The more I think about it UT's situation was very unique and likely never to be repeated any time soon. We hired Kiffin and he bolted after a year most likely for the only school that he would have left any other program for. We proceeded to hire Dooley(horrible AD decision) and for the next 3 years watched him tear down the program. That particular sequence of events all wrapped up is like a unicorn sighting. The sad thing is things would have been way worse now if Kiffin had stayed. Him bolting for USC was a blessing in disguise.

Any chance he bolts to VT?

He's a very religious guy. The talking heads speculate he retires from football and goes into ministry and mission trips.

Because we don't fear a Richt coach team.

We beat them once after they ran a 5 year streak on us and suddenly he's not to be feared? Let's pad this years win with a few more before we start talking crazy. There is a reason Georgia is a rival unlike Kentucky or Vandy.

 

[DiderotsGhost]

The more I think about it UT's situation was very unique and likely never to be repeated any time soon. We hired Kiffin and he bolted after a year most likely for the only school that he would have left any other program for. We proceeded to hire Dooley(horrible AD decision) and for the next 3 years watched him tear down the program. That particular sequence of events all wrapped up is like a unicorn sighting. The sad thing is things would have been way worse now if Kiffin had stayed. Him bolting for USC was a blessing in disguise.

Yeah, I'd be shocked if UGA made that bad of a hire with all the good coaching candidates out there. I'm pretty firmly in the camp that our issue was Hamilton. There were plenty of good coaching candidates out there in 2008. Hamilton had this idea that he could make himself look like a "genius" if he found and up and coming coach with a bunch of potential, rather than making a good solid hire of a proven coach.

I like Butch Jones and I'm happy he's here, but we would've never been in this situation to begin with if Hamilton had hired Cutcliffe rather than Kiffin / Dooley. At the time, Mike Leach was also available, and a Mike Leach / John Chavis combo would've been deadly at UT. We might've even been able to lure in Kyle Whittingham. Other coaches available: Brian Kelly, Todd Graham, and Brady Hoke (failed at Michigan but left that program in much better shape than Dooley did UT). Probably quite a few coordinators and maybe even some other NFL guys available. There were literally a dozen better, more qualified candidates out there than Kiffin. Even with the Dooley hire, there were better options. (Arkansas was smart using an interim coach for 1 year.) Hamilton was just an awful AD.

 

[Remy]

I think he's toast. It's been way too many years where the "Richt can't win the big one" label is talked about in the preseason. This year, all the talking heads on the SEC network picked them (with the exception of the big swagu).

And once again, they have stumbled badly.

Living on the rollercoaster ride that has been UT football over the last 7 seasons, it's EASY to have an out of body UGA experience and understand how that fan base is frustrated and suffering.

Granted - the injuries to potential Heisman running backs can't be dismissed in Chubb and Gurly. A back like either one of those guys can be the difference in a winning and losing season, however if you have all your eggs in one basket, a catastrophe can happen.

I barely follow GA, but watched the game because I really wanted Florida to lose. I was baffled by the new QB - hanging in there the whole game - throwing interceptions galore, when Lambert (who I thought looked pretty good in Knoxville) stood idly by. That is the sort of thing that the Monday morning quarterbacks slam a coach for - and makes them forget about the injuries.

Spurrier might have just had one last win. He hung up the jock strap before it got ugly. Is it too late for Richt to save face?

The Lambert item is even more bewildering when you factor in he set an NCAA record for completions a few weeks earlier of which Dawg Nation was crowing.

 

[jhen713]

The more I think about it UT's situation was very unique and likely never to be repeated any time soon. We hired Kiffin and he bolted after a year most likely for the only school that he would have left any other program for. We proceeded to hire Dooley(horrible AD decision) and for the next 3 years watched him tear down the program. That particular sequence of events all wrapped up is like a unicorn sighting. The sad thing is things would have been way worse now if Kiffin had stayed. Him bolting for USC was a blessing in disguise.



He's a very religious guy. The talking heads speculate he retires from football and goes into ministry and mission trips.



We beat them once after they ran a 5 year streak on us and suddenly he's not to be feared? Let's pad this years win with a few more before we start talking crazy. There is a reason Georgia is a rival unlike Kentucky or Vandy.

We've pushed them to the edge the last 3 years with less depth and tallent. Then we beat them this year. We don't have to beat them every year to not fear playing them. Even when they're ranked in the top 10, it's never a game I look at on the schedule as a most likely loss. Never has. He tends to play down to his opponent.

 

[holdemvol]

Lots of twitter smoke saying Pruitt could be out as early as today. "680 in Atlanta reporting Pruitt could already be out. And there may have been physical altercations."

 

[BowlBrother85]

It's been a long time since UT got a really great qb prospect. Now, they have a few in the future headed this way possibly but nothing is concrete yet. The last great qb prospect UT had was probably Casey Clausen or Tee Martin. UT hasn't had a 5 * qb commit in a long, long time and I am not 100% sure if Clausen or Martin were.

Actually, Crompton was a solid prospect. Not a 5*, but a solid 4*. His offer list was 5* quality. He picked Tennessee over Georgia, UNC, Clemson and he was in the AA Army game.

 

[tm3]

Since 2007, he is only 5-21 against SEC teams with winning records.

Beating the losers doesn't mean anything if the goal is championships. Same modus operandi as Jones had at Cincy.

Oops

 

[CountVolcula]

Over .500 against ranked opponents first part of career

Under .500 middle part

Under .400 later part


He's getting worse, just like Fulmer was