Paul Westerdawg is frustrated with Richt's hesitation and indecisiveness...

Though he stops short of giving up on Mark Richt, Paul Westerdawg at the Georgia Sports Blog does indict Richt's tendency to hold on too long to assistants and wait too long to address glaring problems with the program:

It's a systemic issue of urgency that we've discussed frequently over the years.  A coach with "hair on fire urgency" doesn't do the following:

• Tolerate Neil Callaway's recruiting for 6 seasons
• Tolerate John Jancek's epic fail linebacker coaching for 5 seasons
• Tolerate John Fabris' idiotic kickoff "strategies" for 9 seasons
• Redshirt Knowshon Moreno
• Promote a kid like McClendon when *obviously* more qualified candidates were available
• Wait to terminate Martinez and post-pone an inevitable rebuilding process
• Blow off two a day practices in favor of pool parties
• Let the strength program fall to where we're getting mauled up front

So here Richt sits scrambling to find answers that are less painful than the obvious ones.  Just like last year.

I, personally, totally agree that Richt's loyalty to assistants and veterans and tradition aggravates me to no end.  Many people criticize Richt's lack of "fire" or "urgency" on the field.  My problem, and apparently PWD's problem, with Richt is more the lack of urgency on the days in between games or in the offseason.

We've now lost 10 games in the past two seasons, and appear very likely to lose 11 in two seasons. As a point of comparison, Jim Donnan lost 11 games in his final THREE seasons in Athens.  Regardless of Richt's excellent achievements in his first five years, he absolutely cannot take the program to a level lower than he found it.  That's simply not acceptable.

He's being paid to make the tough decisions BEFORE those decisions become obvious to those of us who've never been in the arena.  Waiting for years after we can figure it out is far too long.  And that's my frustration.

I agree.  This is a very rational and reasonable approach to many of the frustrations we as fans have with Richt and the state of the current program.