The point is ND and UGA are/were in the same position. UGA badly wanted to get rid of Richt years before they did. The problem was, he was doing just good enough not to get fired but not good enough to really matter. On top of that, who were they going to hire that was "better"?
ND has been sitting on that fence the past couple of seasons. Without going 4-8 we would be in the exact same position that UGA was with Richt.
It's very very similar situations, again disregarding this years total meltdown.