IF CMR gets a MNC before he Retires...

Better win % and never will have a Herschel-esque player to win him a championship.

This isn't even a question, it would be like asking what would you rather do, watch a UGA game in Athens or go watch tech play in boise in December.

In fact, you could make a case (not a consensus opinion, but you could certainly make a case) that Richt is already our greatest head coach. As of right now.

I'm not one to say "well, if you take away x or if y had happened, things would be different!", because x did happen. But just for the sake of perspective, look at Dooley's career without Herschel. 22 years, 3 SEC titles, many poor/bad/average years sprinkled throughout. Now with that said, 80-82 DID happen and they DO count. All I'm saying is that a lot of old timers have Dooley built up as some sort of icon and legend, when in reality he rode the greatest college player of all time for 3 years and turned that into 3 SEC titles and a natty. That's great, and our program wouldn't be what it is without that and without Dooley. But he ain't all that.

Yes. too easy. NEXT...

Yep

The shite Richt gets now is way overblown, if not for some bullshite luck working for other teams Richt could have two or three crystal balls by now.

2002, 2007, 2012

An argument could be made for Butts being better than Dooley IMO

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The shite Richt gets now is way overblown

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This is also worth noting. If the society we live in today with the nonstop, 24/7, up to the minute media attention/blogs/message boards/sports columns/etc was around in the 1960s there ain't no way in hell Dooley would've even made it to 1980.

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Dooley built up as some sort of icon and legend, when in reality he rode the greatest college player of all time for 3 years and turned that into 3 SEC titles and a natty.

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Do you not think Richt would take this?

Auburn had their Cam.
Florida had their Tebow.
Texas had their Young.

It could be argued that Richt won't get his NC until he gets another Charlie Ward or Herschel Walker.

Because the only other option is to build a team that is just better than everyone else.

And he certainly hasn't done that.

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Richt has only had one really "bad" year, going 6-7. Some other 9-4, 8-5 type years were down sure, but they weren't necessarily BAD, other than 2010. From 1964-1979, Dooley put up records of 6-4, 5-5 twice, 7-4 twice, 6-6, 5-6, and 6-5. If he lived by today's standards, there's no way he makes it to 1980.

And even after our great run from 80-83, he never lost less than 3 games the rest of his career. The best season he had post cotton bowl was 9-3.

I think he will be tops w/o any hesitation at all, K9. UGA will win it all this year and Richts status will be cemented. Enter the next phase, the statues of him, Dooley, and Walker at the entrance to Sanford, or in the Butts Mehre bldg.