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Objectively, Richt is a good coach but a better person and creates positive PR for UGA. Unfortunately, he has tragic flaws as most of us do which prevent him from ever being a great coach. We have an undisciplined team because we have a coach who doesn't believe in strict ongoing discipline. We also for whatever reason have never been able to recruit well in the trenches especially on the OL and our coaches apparently aren't capable of coaching up the linemen we do get. We appear to have top 10 recruiting classes because we focus on getting top skill players who are never able to excel at the highest level against good teams because we don't have a comparable skill level in the trenches.

Completely agree with this assessment.

Sadly, there are trade-offs in this business. We suspend and expell players that would never be suspended or expelled from other programs. Look how Spurrier handled his former alcoholic trouble-maker QB. Look at how UT whitewashed a brawl where heads were stomped on Cumberland. Lord knows what goes on at places like Alabama but you can be sure that winning and winning at all costs is the mantra. The fact is that as fans, we want to win and never want to lose. However the foundation and the school administration may not have such brazen goals at UGA. They want to be "above" the less than savory aspects of the game and that is where Richt is a safe choice who can win 9 or maybe 10 games in a lot of seasons.

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Posted by davesdawgs

Georgia - Class of '75

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Posted on 10/7/12 at 12:13 pm to Lucius Clay

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The fact is that as fans, we want to win and never want to lose. However the foundation and the school administration may not have such brazen goals at UGA. They want to be "above" the less than savory aspects of the game and that is where Richt is a safe choice who can win 9 or maybe 10 games in a lot of seasons.

Yep, that pretty much describes our condition.