re: Overrated CFB coaches

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Kind of like Mark Richt was...and that's why he is now out of coaching.

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Mark Richt had the greatest recruiting situation in college football. Brian Kelly recruits to a cold weather school that is closer to Stanford and Vanderbilt in terms of kids they can and can't recruit than they are Alabama and LSU. Not even close in terms of reasonable expectations there.

Also - Mark Richt finished ranked outside the top 15 in 6 of his last 8 seasons, and the only one of those last 8 seasons he had any realistic shot at being a national player was 2012.

So, all in all, I'd say Kelly is pretty similar to Mark Richt of 2005-2012.......but without the inherent advantages of getting NFL level players that Richt had.