Pete Golding had no time for introductions when he took over Lane Kiffin's head coaching duties at Ole Miss.
From retaining his staffers and players, to studying tapes and laying out plans for College Football Playoffs, all while secretly burning with revenge as a fellow Rebel to rub it in Kiffin's face what he missed, Golding was drinking from a firehose.
Amid all this, and even after that, when he got a chance to connect with Ole Miss fans in his press conferences, Golding intentionally left out addressing the doubts surrounding him as a suitable replacement.
He sure said things like "I know how to win," and more, but never "Guys, relax. I know what I'm doing."
He left that judgement for the audience.
For them, he was just an assistant coach putting on the head coaching cap for the first-time-ever, that too making his debut in a College Football Playoff game.
Pete Golding's CFP journey needs to speak for itself
Then came the Rebels' thumping 41-10 blowout win over Tulane in the first-round of the College Football Playoff, one that shut down the majority of doubts surrounding his head coaching skills.
The ones still not convinced though, said it was a win against an AAC team (no disrespect to Tulane), when they were an SEC squad that went 12-1.
And that is precisely why somewhere or other, the Rebels' quarterfinal CFP game against Georgia will be another test of sorts for Golding.
Facing off against a blue blood squad like Kirby Smart's will bring the best and worst out of Golding's head coaching playbook.
Whether he wins or loses isn't the real question here. It is he pulling off a competition that even Georgia applauds, even if they lose.
And if Golding could pull off a win against Georgia in his only-second game as a head coach, then the silence from the doubters will do the talking.