Mark Richt thinks his program’s future’s so bright, he’s gotta wear shades.
“It’s hard to sit here and act all giddy about what happened,” Richt said of this season. “I mean we want to win the East and win the SEC. And we want to be a team competing and winning some national championships. Obviously there were some things that were a little different that we had to manage.
“I know we are on the right track. I mean I am so very excited about what’s going on here at Georgia and what’s happening with our recruiting and our staff and how we have established some things that have been outstanding, or will continue to be in some cases, and I think we’re getting our players to buy in 100 percent, and when we keep doing that and keep recruiting like we are, great things are gonna happen.”
Richt was then asked how close he feels Georgia is to again being a national championship contender.
“Well, I mean how close were we to going to Atlanta and having a chance to get in the thing?” Richt said. “We were probably closer than we think.”
This brings me to where I was heading with yesterday’s post about how B-M would ever go about replacing Richt, as some of you would like. The point being that most of you who want a change are willing to take a risk in the hope that an athletic department that has a shaky record at best with major hires would get this one right. And I don’t have a problem with that attitude. We’re all fans and hope is our fuel. But how is that kind of hope any better than those who hope Mark Richt is right? I don’t see it.
Or, you could just ask Bernie’s question.