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Richt Hired as Head Coach: Q&A Transcript

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On how and what changed in his mind for him to realize he still wanted to coach…

“Two things happened, quite frankly. One was just the outpouring from former players that were wishing me well, that were thanking me for being an influence in their life - a positive influence. Just incredible. Text messages, phone calls, even [from] guys that I dismissed from the team just thanking me for loving them enough to discipline them and help them change the bad course they were going on – a lot of that.