re: The state of the program as it pertains to the layperson. (long)

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loss to a team that played-1)at home 2)in the biggest game of their stadium's and schools existence, and 3)Has arguably the best defensive front seven in the conference

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Just more excuses. 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. This isn't an aberration, it's a trend. Well SC was just too fired up! The atmosphere was crazy! Excuses, excuses, excuses. They are South frickin Carolina, and in about 4 years they have managed to severely close the talent gap between them and us, that should never happen. 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 man, 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. 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. Next year won't get any better 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.