I am finally ready for a change at the top at UGA

I posted this on our board but haven't been on the SECR much since thursday or so. There are many reasons our program is down (assistant coaching hires/non hires, questionable OL recruiting, etc) but I won't touch on those here. I've been driving the Richt bandwagon for 12 years now, and after Saturday I sadly had to take the keys out of the ignition. It's time to go, regardless of what happens the rest of the year. Games like Saturday aren't an aberration anymore, they're a trend. We're #5 in the country playing against #6 at night, and we came out with NO emotion, no energy, no life. That falls squarely and directly on Richt, and we've seen it time and time again.

This wasn't just a loss either, this was a game that set our program back years. That's not hyperbole either. It took 3 years to really recover from the perception that followed us after bama 08 (preliminary STFU gumps, this is much less about your team and much more about our own incompetence). And this game was twice as bad as that one. There is literally no excuse to look and play like we did. And then to say "well we just got whipped. We lost to a better team" and all that shite, that is on Richt and nobody else. We are by God GEORGIA, and we are now something like 0 for the last 16 against teams that finished the year ranked. That is sickening, disgusting, and I just can't even fathom how something like that at a program like ours happens. It is 100% on leadership and coaching. Beating up on teams we're clearly better than is fine, but when we face a team similar to ours (one that finishes ranked) that has quality talent and coaching we shite the bed again and again. For the last 16 times. Inexcusable.

It's been happening for years and I sadly realized that we will never, EVER win a title with Richt. Teams adopt the personality of their leader, and our leader is soft and for whatever reason can't seem to inspire and motivate when it is needed most. You could see it in pregame warmups as we just meandered our way across the field like it was some grueling chore. Next year won't get any better either as we replace every defensive starter and add clemson and likely bama/lsu to the schedule. It's gonna be a down year anyway, so we might as well cut ties after this year. Sadly, I doubt we will, but we should. What's that saying, "what should be done eventually, must be done immediately"? Richt isn't the answer, so why hang on longer than we have to? After the tech game we should start looking for better answers.

After the UCF bowl loss I was THIS close to wanting to be done, but I relented. I said I wanted to see 10 wins and/or the east in '11 or I want him gone..and lo and behold we did both. But we can't keep doing this same dance over and over again. I fully realize that we might have to bring in someone unproven or with a short track record, and we may struggle a good bit in the first year or so. But I'm more excited about change than I am with what I know for sure we already have. Good is the enemy of great, and all that jazz.


And one final thought. This weekend was yet another in a LONG line of weekends where EVERYTHING was set to really just make it one of the best damn UGA weekends ever. FSU and LSU both lost, setting us up to be 3rd in the country. LSU's loss meant we had the longest regular season win streak in the country (for about an hour). We could've taken a strong grip on the east. It was a chance to get over the hump and people to really take notice that UGA is for real. And, once again, all that went bye bye in a matter of hours due to lack of preparation, focus, and attitude. I'm done with it.