Be careful what you wish for, you never know what is behind door #2.

Richt has won consistently at UGA and he represents your school honorably. Outside of some discipline issues he has run a very solid program. He also has SEC Titles and BCS wins. IMO if a coach shows they are capable of winning the SEC and then winning their bowl they are capable of a NC. The question is if Richt has worn out his message.

The thing is it is a lot easier to go from a consistent 9+ win guy downward than it is to go upward.

A&M learned this lesson. In '02 we had the winningest coach in A&M football history and SWC history. He had 2 undefeated regular seasons and a Big 12 Title. A&M had 18 consecutive years without a losing season. Still, the program was in decline and we fired him and swung our dicks and hired the best coach available (most people didn't think he was available for that matter) in Fran. It has taken us a decade to recover. Hell most people on the Rant still think A&M has always sucked and it is as if that 18 year period didn't exist or is marginalized.

There are far more cases of failure than success when replacing a good coach. About the only one I can think of that worked out was replacing Johnny Majors with Phil Fulmer who got that elusive NC for UT. It is no easy task to replace a consistent winner that recruits very well with someone better.

The really funny thing is A&M went hard after Richt this offseason and likely would have gotten him had UGA not come through with the extension. So another interesting question would be, would you rather that had happened?