Agree and I don't know why anyone would ever think that unless some inexplicably link the seemingly general anti-Christian trend in our nation. Put simply, I can't remember any public statements by our university that suggested that Richt needed to reign in his Christian values. As you say, if anything the positive PR associated with Richt's good Christian image probably gave him the benefit of the doubt during tough times.

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On paper, it was because he couldn't win enough big games. Another significant issue was that UGA had a lot of kids publicly in trouble.... That waned the past few years, but it was still attached to his administration.

I agree with this also. Richt was at times a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde personality. Overall he was a good guy but I think because he knew that some perceived him as soft, he would have his Evil Richt moments to counter that perception. The clear-the-bench incident during the '07 Florida game was the classic example which we paid for many times over in the obvious way game officials ruled against our team thereafter.

Also, a premise of Christianity is discipline yet one of the prominent characteristics of Richt's teams was a lack of discipline. And considering Richt's good guy image, he sure wasn't a good judge of character when you consider all the high profile players who have gotten in trouble and got kicked off the team. Reactionary discipline is not helpful after it is too late and you feel compelled to dismiss a key player.

Regardless, I still consider Richt the best HC in UGA history in spite of the lack of a NC. But he certainly had his share of shortcomings, otherwise he would still be our HC.

This post was edited on 12/3/15 at 8:40 am