re: The Senator hits another one out of the park in this blog post...

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John Calipari is dead on: “Administrations win championships.”

Sadly, I’m in the camp that believes that McGarity is doing exactly the job he’s asked to do. Until the old guard, stuffed shirt, scriveners and misers in B-M die off and are replaced by progressively-minded folks who understand the nature of the modern CFB landscape (the “arms race”), the The Georgia Way will be alive and well. ADGM will continue to do his best Scrooge McDuck impression, high-diving from the vault, spitting a stream of gold doubloons like a fountain.

Red Panties aside, I think Damon Evans was our best shot at keeping up with the SEC Joneses from a culture standpoint. Right now, we’re no better than facing a room full of Montgomery Burnses who are making the calls on the IPF, coaching salaries, etc.

Paying our current coach(es) more isn’t going to accomplish anything right now, anyway. They’ve already shown they can come within striking distance of a NC appearance (’02, ’07, ’12) with B-M holding the status quo, so you’ll never convince the AD’s office that they’re doing anything wrong – we’ve just been unlucky in that regard. The problem with most of the seasons where Lady Luck has appeared to spurn the Dawgs can often be attributed to the team not being adequately prepared for all 14 games. Even when they fire on all cylinders and curb stomp a Top 10 Auburn team, they come out flat against USCjr and send the band & cheerleaders out to play against the Gators.

THAT is a deficiency in coaching. I’m pro-Richt, historically, but I know that the killer instinct that ignites teams to win championships isn’t there to the level that it needs to be, because after all, our HC is very open about the fact that “there’s more important things in life than football.”

The galling subtext of McGarity’s (paraphrased) “Of course we don’t have what LSU, Bama & Auburn have – we don’t spend that kind of money” is that they’re totally fine with 9-3, 8-4 seasons if it keeps a steady tide of cash rolling in. Once something puts a dent in the bottom line, then it will generate enough attention to warrant DISCUSSING changes. All the while, our neighbors to every side will continue finding ways to stack crystal footballs. (I don’t know what to call the God-awful CFP trophy. The Belk Bowl champ’s trophy is more elite-looking than the gold-toned parentheses monstrosity).

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