re: While we're throwing out names for the Texas job

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Maybe. But name an experienced HC who has had as much success as Richt that Texas legitimately has a shot at?

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Instead of naming someone who has had more success, how bout use your brain and name someone that would do a better job. Coaching decisions aren't made on paper by listing achievements. What do you think Gus Malzahn and James Franklin would do at Georgia with all that talent, money etc?

And I wasn't saying that they will be the hire or they are the best choices. I am saying who in their right mind would hire Richt at Texas? If he can't win a championship at Georgia, he can't do it at Texas. He shouldn't even be in consideration. One of the top jobs in the country. You can't hire someone just because they used to win SEC championships.

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And I wasn't saying that they will be the hire or they are the best choices. I am saying who in their right mind would hire Richt at Texas? If he can't win a championship at Georgia, he can't do it at Texas. He shouldn't even be in consideration. One of the top jobs in the country. You can't hire someone just because they used to win SEC championships.

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I like Richt, but I've always said this -- Mack Brown is Mark Richt with a ring.

I agree w/ you on Richt. I'm not sure why his name doesn't come up in more searches.
He seems to fit the criteria they are looking for. Maybe a fresh start would give him some new life?

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if I were UT I'd put in a call to Mark Richt

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The downside to Richt is that he doesn't know when to cut an assistant coach loose. His buddy Willie Martinez completely killed any defensive mojo that Brian Van Gorder built in the early/mid-2000s, and once they finally got WM out the door, the defense had zero ability to keep up with the offensive stars that Richt and Mike Bobo excel at identifying and developing.

As for Todd Grantham, same song, second verse. You can cite youth on defense all day long, but when one of the players on the secondary came back home from the NFL, he told the guys currently on the team that the pro playbook isn't nearly as complicated as Grantham's. Any of you that watched a UGA game this year would have recognized that on any given defensive play, the players were looking to the sidelines for Grantham's call, and all together looked 100% lost. They were good enough in HS to have been recruited by most of the top programs, so their fundamentals were sound. Something is happening when they get to Athens to make them go brain dead. I'd give you a kid or two, just for the sake of argument, but when it's your entire defense, something's gotta give.

Richt hasn't been good at evaluating defensive coaching staff since BVG went to the Falcons.

ETA: I don't think Richt has too many seasons left in him. The constant scrutiny by the media and the fan base here in GA seem to be weighing heavily on him. It'd be even more of a circus in Austin. I fully expected him to hang it up after this season, and that was well before the injury bug rose up and smote the offense. He just doesn't have the same spark on the sidelines that he used to. This season, however, he had a bit more passion and emotion during the games, but I don't know if that was a byproduct of having to gut through this year's attrition on what had been our strong suit going into a year when we were to be a contender for the MNC.