Thursday, October 11, 2012

Sunny Richt's mid-season assessment

This will beat Kentucky...
“Overall, I think we’ve coached pretty well,” he said. “A lot of really good things have been happening, but when you lose a game the way we did, you start to evaluate everything.”
...but will it beat Florida? In a word, NO. Period. Evaluation of "pretty good" coaching gets you past a road game in Lexington most years. But the next week there's going to be a LOT on the line. When you get your ass handed to you, it's past time to stop "having fun" at practice. It's past time to pretend you had as much fight as Auburn did in the 2007 Blackout game. It's past time to stop pretending we were ever in that game Saturday night.

It's time to be more like Georgia and less like Vandy by looking for silver linings after a "perfect storm". More piss and vinegar, less candy canes and rainbows.

Behind closed doors the "evaluation" needs to sound more like we got beat by a superior team that coached and played their asses off. And something like this is going to be more like a boot camp and less like the Mark Richt Country Club from here on out.

4 comments:

Bigcalidawg said...

I'm really surprised we came out as flat as we did. When Bacarri didn't end up with that ball, it seemed to be the beginning of the end. I'm also surprised we couldn't devise a few wrinkles (screen and draw) or more misdirection running plays, since the rush was so heavy. Lord knows, we have the pieces.......

DawgByte said...

Who doesn't want the Georgia defense fixed. Here's my fix - bench Rambo!

dawgontap said...

Yeah, cause he tells us everything exactly how he tells the team. Just because someone isn't coming out publically and giving everyone the bitch slap, doesn't mean that's what is going on behind the scenes. I know everyone is used to the staff telling them exactly what is going on at every turn. Well, we "know" why Rambo and Alec were benched, but we didn't find out from the head coach. See the difference? Besides....the positions coaches and the coordinators are the guys that need to be jumping on these guys.

Bernie said...

Will you stop raining logic on my pity party!