re: The Loss to Tech

I listened to the David Greene show from Shula's last night for a while. Probably the only time that I can recall Greene, who is a very homer media guy, criticize a Richt decision. He even said it wasn't like they had Deion Sanders returning kicks. Greene, himself, said it was a case of a coach playing "not to lose" and was the worst decision of Richts tenure here. He made the point that it was a coaching decision that led to the loss and that no coach ever wants to carry that burden. He said that all the player gaffes had been overcome when Mason conducted a drive for the history books of this rivalry game. At that point, having the lead, it became a coaching decision that led(not caused) to the loss. He talked about how Richt acknowledged as much and was as despondent after a loss that Greene had ever seen him. And he was that way because it was his decision that started that :18 chain of events .

We can debate it all day long but when the actual coach who made the decision along with homer media personalities who go out of their way to never put a negative spin on Richt.....along with 95% of fans say it was a bad call, perhaps the few who debate the other side are just doing so to play devils advocate. Does not change the fact that the overwhelming consensus, which includes the coach, is that the call was wrong.