Shockley03

I know it won't happen, but would you be happy with it? I would.

The problem with Richt is we know what he can accomplish. That's a 9-10 win season, 2nd in the East, and a huge letdown in the 2-3 huge games each year. Hell, Richt is a genius when it comes to winning games that don't matter. That's the only time you can expect a Richt team to perform at 100%.

What if UGA gets rid of Richt and cleans house? We get Kirby Smart after getting denied by our first option or two. He brings in Bobo and Muschamp as coordinators. We keep McClendon and Thomas Brown and start our basis of our coaching staff filled with alumni. Would anyone like this situation or no?

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.

Is it just me, or did Tud make our OL look way better than we thought they were? I've watched the past few Rams games, and Tud is creating holes for himself and finding holes barely a foot wide. St. Louis still has one of the worst OLs in the league, but Tud is destroying defenses.

Im going to go ahead and give my two cents about this season.

Coaching
Mark Richt's time in Athens is over. He's been our coach for 15 years and the last trophy he won (not counting bowl games) was 10 years ago. He had his best shot in 2012 and found a way to blow a lead. His teams constantly show up in big games flat and not excited to play. It seems like the only thing that fires up Richt and his teams up from big games is either because his job is on the line or because they were embarrassed by that team the year before.
I didn't expect much out of this offense except Chubb being a consistent Heisman candidate carrying the load. I knew we weren't going to have an amazing QB, but I thought it was going to be like Mason a year ago. It also doesn't help Chubb is gone for the year and UGA has a new offensive coordinator. This all falls on Richt for not recruiting a QB to be able to take over the reigns after Murray graduated. We should have done something to keep Bobo. He may not have been the best OC out there, but he did assemble the best offense in UGA history. We have two new coordinators so it's either wait a few more years for the players to pick up the play book and for Pruitt and Schotty to get their guys they want in their system, or we start over and clean house hoping we can grab a quality, proven coach to get UGA over that hump that Richt hasn't gotten over in 10 years.

Players
There is no leadership! Before, we had Murray, Gurley, Shawn Williams, Jarvis MF Jones, etc. We have no leaders. We have good players that wear the "C" on their jerseys, but I don't see any of them taking control of this team. No one is in control and no one leads this team. It's easy to see on the field.

Season
I knew UGA wasn't going to put up 40+ a game like we have been used to seeing via the Murray era. I knew Chubb was going to be our offense like last year, but I thought our defense was going to pick up the slack that the offense was going to leave. Our defense has been moderate at best. Ganus is our best all around player on defense and he's a transfer from UAB. Jenkins and Floyd have either been injured or just not trying very hard. I'm still waiting for either one of them to take over and win a game like Jarvis Jones did. It just seems everyone is going through the motions since Alabama came to Athens.

All in all, there's is no fire left in this program and its time to shake things up. I won't mind if it sets the program back a few years, but we already know what Richt is going to give us. The Bulldawg Nation is ready for a change and ready to have hope again. Not this "it has to be our time eventually" hope that Richt gives us. I want real hope. I want to know the reason our team loses is because we were outplayed. I'm tired of losing games because of terrible coaching, terrible execution, and just the lack of preparedness. I want UGA to not only to show up against bug teams, but I want to hang 50 and blow out teams in big games. It's been too long since that kind of hope had been around the UGA program.

Stacey got traded the 2nd day of the draft.

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Alright, yea, time to remove Equestrian from these lists. There are 18 Division 1 equestrian schools. GTFO with that counting the same as any other sport title.

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An Alabama fan talking about the validity of a title. That's rich! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Can we go ahead and call them Lady Cocks?

1. Justin Houston
2. AJ Green
3. Matt Stafford
4. Geno Atkins
5. Thomas Davis