What else can we say that we haven't said before?

I said it over two years ago, and it unfortunately still rings true today.  People who want to act like some of us are hopping back on to this fire Richt bandwagon are either a) responding to the asshat AJC crowd who just learned to read, or b) don't know the actual issue some of us are citing.  Because if they understood what the complain is, they might see that the some of the same issues that held us back 10 years ago are still holding us back to day, and even more issues that started showing up strong 5 years ago, and again, as linked, what we complained about two years ago BEFORE that humiliating Colorado game in the subsequent weekend, are still holding us back today. 

Let's go through them again, shall we?
1) Desire- Did the team you saw Saturday look like they wanted to be there?  When was the last time we showed up against an elite team and didn't piss our pants?  See Boise last year, the Bama blackout, Tebow's revenge, etc.  We can beat talented teams in a mess (last year Florida), or talent with a gimmick (We Run This State over Tech), but against talent that knows what it's doing?  You get LSU in the SEC Championship game.  You get what you saw in Columbia.  You get a a team playing pretend, that gets exposed as the fake it is as soon as the real deal walks in to the room.

2) S&C- It appeared Joe T had this going in the right direction.  To be honest, Saturday's problems did not look like they were S&C problems.  That's not really an issue right now, thankfully.  We fixed something.  Blind squirrels and acorns and all that.

3) Talent- We have it, or do we?  It sure didn't look like a talented team Saturday.  We get plenty of acclaim, and look like world beaters against the lesser squads.  But does our talent measure up when it faces the best of the best?  Here and there, sure.  We have some real talents.  But we still have huge holes, like in the secondary, and along the OL.  We've been complaining about the OL for over a decade.  Same cycle, again, and again, and again, and again.  What was it Albert Einstein said about doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result?

4) Discipline- Pot brownies.  Unregistered guns.  Entire positional groups enjoying hot boxes.  Etc, etc, etc.  We still haven't fixed stupid.

5) Player utilization- We're getting better here it seems, (as Richard Samuel seems the last, "Mule with a spinning wheel" type player) except for....

6) Scholarship utilization- Why do we have 2 deep snappers, but are short on OL?  And DBs forcing us to stick out best WR somewhere other than becoming a better offensive playmaker?  Why is our DL gassed, and our receiving core turn to crap because we no longer have a white boy?  Why can't we find someone that can do more than fair catch a punt?  Having fewer scholarship options than teams under severe NCAA sanction doesn't help.

7/8) Scheme and planning issues- I ask you, what was our goal out there?  Were we trying to establish the run?  The short passing game?  Are we just monkeys slinging shit at a wall hoping something sticks?  How come every team we play still looks better prepared to take the field than we do?

We know Mark Richt is a great man, and he's one of the best coaches Georgia has ever had in any sport.  But 12 years is a pretty long honeymoon isn't it?  12 years is long enough to expect some problems might get fixed instead of worse, isn't it?  Sooner or later, when we keep complaining about the same issues again and again and again in big game after big game against top caliber teams, we have to stop doing the same thing we've been doing for years expecting a different result.  Whether that means Richt has to keep making changes, or Richt himself needs to be changed, is a question for people with bigger paycheck.  But we are sitting again in a similar spot we were two years ago, wondering why the same problem just bit us in the butt again, and how long until someone, anyone fixes the damned thing.