re: Only in Georgia do we...

The only reach is the Auburn game a 2 score lead in the 3rd quarter should be a win, but even in the couple wins we didn't stand on the opponents throat. Look I'm not saying Richt hasn't done some very good things here, but there is a time for the vast majority of coaches when the message goes stale and it's time to move on to something new.

UGA has the players and coaches to win with key freshmen starting.

A decade and more with one team gets stale like a marriage and instead of enjoying the positives, the few negatives become the main focus.

Go out and risk a hire. 10% chance it's a home run. 10% chance it's equal. 80% chance of rain.

It's been almost 20 years since Tennessee won it all. It's been 3 years since Bama won it all. It's been 8 years since LSU won it all and 4 years since they last played for it. It's been 7 years since Florida won it all. It's been 5 years since Auburn won it all and 2 years since they played for it.

There have been so many balls bouncing the wrong way for UGA that kept them right on the edge of playing to win it all. 2007 UGA should have played LSU in the BCSCG. 2012 was a season inches away from being the team to destroy ND and really 2012 UGA should have got to rematch Bama in that BCSCG.

And the teams that did play for it and win it had key lucky moments where the ball bounced THEIR way putting them ahead of UGA.

Mark Richt keeps doing things the way he is doing it and the chances are greater UGA gets their chance and gets the ball bouncing their way. As opposed to gambling on a new hire.

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I predicted 10-2 with loses to Bama and Florida. It looks like it might be 9-3 at best.

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We already lost to Florida, or are you just giving up? Stay away from the football team. They don't need that kind of thinking.

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time for a fresh start (even if it gets worse, before it gets better).

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What makes you so sure it would ever get better? "Marky Mark" has been the most successful coach Georgia has ever had. (Outside of Dooley, and I don't think he is coming back) I'm also curious about how Richt should have changed the outcome? Maybe he should have told Reggie Davis he should catch the ball instead of dropping it in the endzone? Or maybe he should have told Michel not to fumble the ball on the kickoff? had he told them that they probably would have done what he said not dropped the ball, right?

Look, I didn't see where he made a clock management mistake, or a bad play call (which would have been more on Schottenheimer more than Richt) I realize that it starts at the top, but as Chef pointed out, we all were predicting 2-3 losses before the season...so why do you think they should have gone undefeated?

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It's not that we lose. It's how we lose.

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OK. Reggie Davis dropped a TD going into the endzone. Michel fumbled a kickoff deep in Tennessee territory. How is that Richt's fault again? I mean, you want to fire the man based on two 20 year old kids mistakes that Richt could not have prevented in any way?

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why do you think they should have gone undefeated?

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Who said they should?

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Reggie Davis dropped a TD going into the endzone. Michel fumbled a kickoff deep in Tennessee territory. How is that Richt's fault again? I mean, you want to fire the man based on two 20 year old kids mistakes that Richt could not have prevented in any way?

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You are essentially arguing a coach should never be fired for their players screwing up.

Chip Kelly's time in the NFL is about up, but what makes you sure UGA would be his rebounding port? I see him heading back to the Pacific Coast, maybe Southern Cal? Texas would come calling as would MiamiU.

I'm not on board with replacing Richt. As an LSU alum living in Atlanta for more than a decade I've become a secondary UGA fan and my comparisons are to Miles & LSU. The fans have wanted Miles gone since the rumors started Saban wanted out of Miami. The LSU administration has stuck by Miles through some tough times (kicking Perriloux off the team and having no QBs to replace him, and a few less than 10 win seasons). The administration has been right. Miles is fighting to right the ship and doesn't go down without a fight. LSU has had some embarrassing losses (2014 @ Ar-Kansas 17-0) and we've all been mad as hell. But getting rid of a proven winner is not the answer.

There is currently only one Nick Saban and he is at Alabama for the long haul. Miles and Richt have coached teams and created seasons the majority of teams and fans out there would love to have.

Keep Richt and enjoy the ride till the end. And what is the end? Losing seasons or 4-5 years of 6-6 7-5 seasons.

Agree and I don't recall getting worse with either of our past 2 coaching changes.

The championship years were great. Since then, it's not worthy of the defense you give. 06, 08, 09, 10, 11, 13, and likely 15 haven't been anything special.