re: Richt v McGarity tension

As Seth Emerson and Gentry Estes both agreed, Bobo was gone the moment CSU offered the job and there was no amount of money UGA could have thrown at the issue to remedy it.

Given that bit of info, I think a lot of this fear mongering is based on faulty assumptions and info. Honestly, we have nothing substantial to go off in believing that Richt and McGarity are at war other than rampant rumors and speculation that breeds even more rumors. Let's look at what we do know:

- McGarity allowed Richt to force Grantham out and to hire Pruitt shortly thereafter.
- McGarity approved the hiring of numerous analysts and assistants that UGA did not have prior to now.
- McGarity has signed off on an IPF already. That's not that it is being discussed. That is he has already approved spending of hundreds of thousands on an architect to plot out and design the damn thing. It's on its way.
- McGarity is engaging in discussions over preliminary ideas for a redesigned locker room and recruiting room at Sanford brought to him by Richt.
- The UGA football staff is generally underpaid relative to comparable programs.
- There are many other areas (facilities, staff size, etc.) in which expansion or renovation is possible but has not yet been undertaken.
- There was no public statement made with regard to Mike Bobo. There has been no mention of a counter offer or what it might have entailed by those who would actually know.

Given all that, this is what I think:

Let it play out.

Win Tuesday. Lose, and only more questions will arise.

Hire at least an OC before the dead period ends in a couple of weeks. Fail to do so and watch our recruiting class fall to pieces.

Right now, I'm willing to bet things work out well given the circumstances and we'll have weathered yet another storm as fans and a program. But, I've been wrong before.