Our fan base is a bunch of pessimists

Why are we so afraid to fire a head coach? Everytime the fire Richt bus starts up for good reason, everyone is afraid we won't find another coach "as good as Richt."

First, let's define what being "as good as Richt" really means. We haven't won a championship of any sort in 10 years. Since winning his last SEC championship, He has lost 4 or more games in half of his seasons and is 84-35 (.705) not counting this year. He is 2-3 in bowl games the last 5 years. We won't mention his abysmal record against UF, many of those losses were blowouts or games UGA was out coached and beaten by a less talented team. Some of those losses holding UGA back from competing for the MNC (2002, 2005).

Right now, the only thing keeping Richt here is the age old saying "but he is such a good person." Make him the prayer leader and water boy instead. Being a good person doesn't win football games. Being aggressive and staying ahead of the competition is what wins football games. All Richt has done is steal half of Alabama's staff and ideas and still produced nothing after surrounding himself with personnel that know what it takes to win championships.

We need fresh blood, new ideas, and someone to wake the sleeping giant. Richt has failed to do so and we need to take a chance on someone else to get us to that next level and risk falling into mediocrity. It's better than Richt's ceiling he has set for himself and this program at having a good season, but never a great one. Never a season UGA fans can look back and be proud of the complete body of work a Mark Richt team had accomplished.

Yeah, we could get extremely unlucky and grab a young up-and-Comer that turns into UTs Derek Doolander, but remember they did get the coach they wanted the first time around and in one year, he beat the living he out of us. He did the same earlier this season as Bama's OC. Just a freak situation happened and Kiffin bolted.

We could also UGA the coaching search like we've done for every coordinator hire sans Pruitt and either promote within or hire someone that was on no other school's radar instead of going after the big name that UGA desperately needs.

Or we can narrow our search down and do what it takes to get our guy like we did with Pruitt. UGA administration has shown glimpses of wanting to do what it takes to return to the promise land. I sure hope they do the same when the time comes.