Mark Richt vs. college football fans




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I grew up in Tennessee and became a passionate Tennessee Volunteer fan at an early age.  We lived on a farm without a TV, but I remember walking through fields on Saturday afternoons fixing fences while listening to Tennessee play on a hand held radio.

As I got older, my addiction got worse.  I am ashamed to say that I was one of those fans who would worry the entire week before a big game and would let a loss ruin the entire next week.  I remember slamming down TV remotes and yelling at the TV in front of my wife. 

Fortunately, I grew out of it.  Today, I barely watch the games.  As a matter of fact, I watched Tennessee play yesterday for perhaps the first time in two or three years.

I enjoyed the game because Tennessee destroyed Georgia (the place I live, and a place filled with passionate fans that unfortunately remind me of me ten years ago).  I was reading the paper online today and noticed incredibly disturbing comments by Georgia fans about their head coach, Mark Richt.

I have always thought Richt is a good guy.  He is a Christian who does not seem to lose his temper.  He has also been successful by Georgia standards.  My biggest beef with him is that he seems to laugh off the lack of discipline on his team.  While Georgia has not won any national championships in thirty years, they like to strut around the field like they never lose.  And Georgia leads the world in penalties per game, many of them being for unnecessary roughness and inappropriate sportsmanship.

I noticed today that Georgia fans are just livid about Richt.  They are mad that he is too loyal to his assistants.  They are mad because he does not lose his temper when things are not going well.  And they are even mad because he tries to be positive after a loss.  I saw where a few of them even indicated that Richt's faith was getting in the way of his coaching.  One said that he could be either a preacher or a coach but not both.  I wonder how many of these fans wrote these things after going to church this morning.

Some of the fans were saying that they felt that Richt does not show the fans enough respect.  They believe that he does not like them.

Can you blame him?

Could it be that Richt actually understands that there are more important things in life than college football?  Could it be that he does feel a little disdain for men old enough to be his father who let the actions of college students actually affect their life in any significant way?

My guess is he is a little tired of dealing with Georgia fans who frankly should be focused on more important things.  He probably just wants to do a good job coaching and influencing kids and is frustrated that he has to waste his time pacifying 50+ year old children as well. 

I am being hard on these fans.  We all have our weaknesses and like I said, I was as bad as they are for years.  I am glad to be free of that insanity though.  I still watch football but very casually.  In fact, it is my favorite thing to do on Sundays while catching a nap. 

If you are a Georgia fan who is all worked up over their bad season, work toward a point where you can sleep through their games.  I promise you will be a lot happier.


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