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Anyone want to make any bets on whether or not CMR already had agreed to deal in principle with Miami after the Florida game? IMO, he did. Look at the timeline....
Miami fired their coach the week of our UF game. Miami says nothing about who their potential choices are for the next HC the last month of their season.
UGA wins out, but has terrible games against Ga. Southern, KY, Auburn, and GT....Richt is let go the day after the GT game....Miami hires Richt a few days later.
Y'all do the math......
Richt wanted to stay at UGA.
The only reason he might have been looking is if he knew he was going to be let go.
Remember when he flew to Washington State to see Eason ? That was an attempt to keep his job.
Saban knew Pruitt, he said hiring him ''was a no brainer''.
I'm going to guess he wanted to stay if he could, but his people and Miami's people were probably sending out feelers "just in case" and "to do due diligence" if an opportunity arose.
I think it was more so Miami putting all their eggs in one basket and hoping we would fire CMR which we did.
I believe UGA meant everything to CMR he didnt want to leave. But ultimately he and us are better with him gone
Say ''to do due diligence'' 10 times as fast as you can.
I would still rather win titles with Richt than any other coach on the planet.
That's not to say I think we made the wrong call though.
I hear that he flew out there on his own dime, too.....McGarrity wouldn't approve the trip out there with UGA money. I am pretty sure McGarrity knew that he was going to fire Richt after the UF game in 2015....and I think Richt kinda knew that too. That's why I am speculating on whether or not he was already negotiating with Miami after that UF loss.
I would have liked to win one with CMR, too....But, according to the article, he was basically mailing it in by the 2015 season. The inmates...(Pruitt & Schottenheimer) were running the institution. And Richt should have put both in check, but didn't.
The article makes the loss of Bobo after the 2014 season seem a lot bigger than we all thought. Bobo, not Grantham, was the real fire to CMR's ice on the team those last few years. Bobo was being groomed to take over, had he not left.
This is what upsets me most about Richt. His early success was attributed to him being so heavily involved. Play calling duties etc. Somewhere along the line he choose to be more of an ambassador than a head coach. Then he goes to the U and does all the things we wanted him pick back up here. I’m happy with the change and happy for CMR too. But he created his own problems imo.
Today's Part II is a paid post
I was/am a Richt fan, but looking back at that season, I hate to think it to be so, but I really think Richt went to UF looking for a good arse kicking just to "test the waters" with the powers that be at UGA. That was by far the worst called game (by the coaching staff) that I have ever seen.
I just joined dawg post thanks to this article and so that I could read part 2
Then he goes to the U and does all the things we wanted him pick back up here. I’m happy with the change and happy for CMR too. But he created his own problems imo.
His hands were tied by the administration, who wanted more of an ambassador and CEO than someone who was 'hands-on.'
I don't believe for a second Richt was mailing it in. It's not in his character.
On the other hand, he never had the constant energy of many top coaches, it ebbed and flowed troughout his time at UGA.