richt leaving is premature right now, but will be a bad thing. He is one of the few coaches that we have an "advantage" on. If he leaves, they will get Kirby Smart or Will Muschamp - or somebody better. Georgia will not struggle in a coaching search the way we did.
He won't get fired this year. It will take a couple more tough years. If they do fire him, it depends who they bring in. If it's a coach with a big name, it will HURT us. If it's someone unproven, it will help us for a few years.
richt leaving is premature right now, but will be a bad thing. He is one of the few coaches that we have an "advantage" on. If he leaves, they will get Kirby Smart or Will Muschamp - or somebody better. Georgia will not struggle in a coaching search the way we did.
IMO, I think it will be Muschamp. Isn't UGA his alma mater? Didn't he play DB for UGA? The amount of $ UGA could potentially throw in his face could be quite persuasive, which would be bad for UT. We could dominate GA in recruiting this next off-season, but if Muschamp got established, forget it.
It's best for Richt to stay because he can't coach. 1-4, beat very comfortably by Mississippi State, have yet to play Florida (a big rival), and they probably won't beat Auburn. If they lose to UT and GT, they could go 5-7. If that happens, Richt is gone.
EDIT: He will probably be gone after this year, during or after next season. He has a $8 million buy-out on his contract. UGA would be kinda crazy to be that adament about getting rid of him this year.