Tennessee football recruit Da’Rick Rogers had ‘a lot of bad dealings with UGA coaches’ before switch, according to QB Nash Nance
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Why did Calhoun wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers, the state’s No. 1-rated football prospect, make the last-minute switch from UGA to Tennessee last February?
Rogers isn’t talking, but his high school quarterback provided some insight into the infamous flip, according to the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
“The [UT] coaches are a lot more professional … He had a lot of bad dealings with Georgia coaches,” said Nash Nance told the newspaper.
Nance and Rogers both signed with Tennessee, and enrolled in summer classes last week. Neither Nance nor the News-Sentinel disclosed any specifics on the “bad dealings.”
Da'Rick Rogers (left) isn't talking but QB Nash Nance is (AJC)
Here are a few other items of interest from the article:
- After Rogers changed his mind, Nance and his father “got crucified a lot on the Internet.” Nance said both he and Rogers got death threats, but neither called the police. ”Da’Rick and I both got a lot of Facebook messages and wall posts that were insane. Nothing was ever serious – I don’t think.”
- Calhoun coach Hal Lamb supported and defended his players after they both switched schools, even if he was privately disappointed, according to Nance — who was committed to Vanderbilt before flipping to Tennessee. Nance said Lamb is very close to Vanderbilt’s football staff. Also, Lamb’s father, Ray Lamb, is UGA’s coordinator of high school relations. “I’m sure they all wanted Da’Rick to go to Georgia,” Nance said. “But [Hal Lamb] was real accepting of the fact that we signed with Tennessee. I don’t know about his dad. He’s a little different breed than our coach.”
- Nance knew that Rogers both liked Tennessee and was reconsidering his pledge to sign with UGA, but says he wasn’t sure about Rogers flipping to the Vols until signing day. ”It wouldn’t have surprised me if he would have pulled out a Richmond scholarship, signed it and gone there,” Nance told reporter Dave Hooker of the News-Sentinel.
Update: Both Hal and Ray Lamb, along with UGA recruiting coordinator Rodney Garner, could not be reached for comment on Monday. UGA spokesman Claude Felton told the AJC that UGA’s coaches are out of the office at camps this week, but was confident that Garner and the elder Lamb would not comment in response to Nash’s accusations. What about Da’Rick? He appears to be keeping a low profile, doing his public speaking via Twitter.
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Bulldog59
June 8th, 2010
8:22 am
How predictable. Of course Nance is going to point at UGA coaches. He and his dad played Da’Rick, doing what they felt was best for Nash, not Da’Rick. Now they are all personae non gratae in the state of Georgia, so let’s try to blame the UGA coaches.
All this does is fuel the fire for October. UGA will look to run up the score.
In the long run, most likely, Nance will NEVER see the field, and Da’Rick won’t face UGA until 2011 in Knoxville.
Memphisdawg
June 8th, 2010
8:30 am
Bottom line is playing time. UGA is loaded at wide receiver this year and the kid knew he would have to compete to get on the field.
papadawg
June 8th, 2010
8:38 am
Nash is upset cause the DAWGS didn’t want him. Unprofessional, BULL____
turkeycaller
June 8th, 2010
8:40 am
These are just kids so wish them well and move on. I am very glad we didn’t get the D R punk. These little street hot shots are part of the problem with the program now. There ARE kids out there that can play, keep out of trouble, pass college courses and are more deserving that alot of the 5 star hoodlums schools seem to run after.
Fillin' up @ Juniors
June 8th, 2010
8:41 am
Why would one expect the UGA coaches to be classy when their fanbase certainly isn’t. These kids committed to the school that would take them both and get them in the SEC…Their best friends thats what people do with friends… The only children seem to be the adults who keep making comments about these people they don’t even know. Wish them luck, or not, but don’t be arse wipes about it… It is incredible how trival and small minded some people are about college football and the decisions of 18 year old kids… grow up
my perspective
June 8th, 2010
8:49 am
Rogers was kicked out of a single A school in a small town as a high school sophomore. He is a real problem and has a bad attitude. UT fans had better brace themselves for the worse with this kid. Does anyone really think he will make it in Knoxville at a major SEC school? I certainly don’t think he will. This kid is going to find the trouble, just wait and see.
Snoop Dawg
June 8th, 2010
8:50 am
Yo, Dawgnation-
We oughta be celebrating the fact that some ghetto pimp named D’Rick ain’t gonna get a chance to stain the Red and Black. He’s unworthy as is his little rich pimple-faced brat friend. I’m hoping we get a great recruiting class, but the Dawgs need to keep the pressure on Preacha Man to actually do some coaching. He seems to think it’s all about recruiting, but that’s just the first step to put togeteher a championship season…
Nuthin to it…
papadawg
June 8th, 2010
8:53 am
Fillin up, who started this. All was quite unitl this nash kid started running his mouth. All I’m looking at is the classless remarks coming from his mouth. Why doesn’t his soul mate speak up and give out the reason for accusing the DAWG coaches of not being professional
MooreUGA
June 8th, 2010
9:05 am
I wonder if the “bad dealings” Nance is talking about is the fact that UGA wasn’t going to give him a scholarship too?
seabass
June 8th, 2010
9:27 am
Well Nash sure is an ugly young man isn’t he.
joe
June 8th, 2010
9:36 am
LOVE reading all the comments from UG fans (BTW, where does the A in UGA come from? UT doesn’t go by UTE and UF doesn’t go by UFL, so leave the A out). All these jilted petty comments just show how classy UG fans are…but then again, everyone in the south already knows of this. Stay classy UG fans.
Dawghater
June 8th, 2010
9:39 am
No surprises here….UGA recruiters and coaches are your typical rednecks who will do anything to land a decent recruit. Other schools show class and style, while UGA continues to prove why this proven is tanked and needs to be overhauled.
BG
June 8th, 2010
9:41 am
Why is this news??? Who cares what Nash Nance says? This guy will hold a clip board the whole time he is at UT. Mr. Nance used Rogers to get Nash a chance to play football. Mr. Nance is probably throwing money at Rogers.
PHIL
June 8th, 2010
9:43 am
BuLLdawg,
geez, I didn’t hear any mention of anything about a record. I thought you were arguing with the Disney guy about recruiting, etc, I was just pointing out that you have no valid points in most of the rants you post here. It’s just usually a list of facts with very creative spin on them. But in a real debate you’re clueless. That’s all. I didn’t notice the mention of an excuse for the UGA recent SEC record in anything I wrote. Did you? Are you confused? Up too late in your moms basement? The only excuse I would give for a record that is not as good as you would like is that maybe the players we get aren’t as good as the players the other team has. It’s either that or maybe its because at times, the teams UGA play score more points than they do. It could be that. Just sayin.
PHIL
June 8th, 2010
9:48 am
JOE the abbreviation for Tennessee is TN, not TE. You’re just another example that people who have an IQ below their shoe size should not be allowed to post on an internet blog.
And as far as the jilted part goes, you’d be very hard pressed to find a single UGA fan who actually knew about this Da’whateverhisnameis that feels jilted.
RealDawg
June 8th, 2010
9:48 am
White dude looks a little like a vampire.
Steve
June 8th, 2010
9:55 am
Jilted on the field…….Vols 45 Dawgs 19, lol!!!!
Relax
June 8th, 2010
10:04 am
This Nash kid was a pretty good high school qb, but he didn’t merit a scholly offer from UT or UGA. Vandy was a stretch for him, as I know Vandy recruits/signs better. Everyone knows why UT offered him.
Two things I’m certain of:
1. Considering what’s happened at the qb position at UGA since spring practice ended, I’m relieved that we offered Mason, and an “add on” qb recruit like Nash isn’t sitting there as our 3rd scholly qb.
2. The most attention Nash will ever receive has come through this recruiting process b/c of his star teammate, and of course he can make the papers by mentioning UGA. That’s it. He now has a free education and can one day say he “played” in the SEC. UT will recruit like made to make sure they are never ever down to having to put Nash in the game.
Relax
June 8th, 2010
10:08 am
of course i meant “UT will recruit like mad”
Houdawg
June 8th, 2010
10:21 am
Yeah ….. let’s all believe everything this Nance punk says. Just like his father …… pure piece of crap !
How2fish
June 8th, 2010
10:28 am
Dawghater your a tool of the 1st water..always have been always will be…I understand the anger of the UGA fans and the need to defend their guy by the UT fans…your just a tool.
Dawghater
June 8th, 2010
10:34 am
How2fish
You do not understand how your program is the joke of D-1 football. Everyone from east to west laughs about the Bulldog program, because is the most underachieving program since D-1 began.
1 title in 117 years and all you can talk about is how tough the SEC is. Well sooner or later you have to quit making excuses, and step up. You can only tell your boss the dog ate your keys for so long.
Your program is tanked from the AD down. Your recruiters are not getting it done, and CMR is not even close. You had 10 years to win a title and could not get it done. You get drilled year after year by Florida, but everyone just keeps writing those booster checks and loves CMR.
Well, Meyer, Miles and Saban all love CMR also and would like to extend his contract. UGA is becoming the Vandy of the SEC, so everyone loves an easy win on Saturday in Athens.
Dawghater
June 8th, 2010
10:35 am
The comment from Houdawg just galvanizes the entire article. When will Athens ever step up and show some class……that’s right….never.
Mark Richt
June 8th, 2010
10:38 am
Well guys, hate to tell you, but I will be leaving this program shortly. I was warned by Donnan that the fan base was weak, and the entire program had holes, but I thought I could fix it.
I did the best I could, but I am going to take an OC job in Miami shortly, but I am confident you can bring in Ray Goff to replace me.
It has been grand, and thanks for all of your money.
RxDawg
June 8th, 2010
10:49 am
PaulPaul
June 7th, 2010
5:03 pm
Best post I’ve read so far.
GatorMike
June 8th, 2010
11:07 am
VolFan22,
You don’t honestly believe UT is in better shape than UGA, do you? UT will be a bottom feeder for the next 3-4 years, while UGA is loading up in talent once again. I’m a Gators fan and I seriously doubt UT will be anywhere near .500 in the next couple of years. This team won’t be bowl eligible. Stop being a homer. I hate the Dawgs as much as you do, but they are far superior than UT. No one and I mean no one out side of the state of Tennessee takes this team seriously. Good luck to the Tennessee reVOLvers
tony
June 8th, 2010
11:09 am
The Bulldogs are reaping what they sow. Remember when AJ Harmon committed to Clemson and then decommitted to sign with the dawgs? I knew then that one day it was going to happen to the dawgs because he disappointed Clemson fans. I didn’t like that I idea in the first place. Mr.Richt should have told AJ Harmon to stay committed to Clemson.
I didn’t like the idea that Mr.Richt gave Christian LeMay a scholarship because now Nick Marshall(qb/sg) mightl sign elsewhere. Marshall would have helped the football and basketball program. I don’t know if anyone else notice this, but it seem like LeMay’s teammates don’t like him. This could be a problem for the dawgs if this is true.
Dawg Trainer
June 8th, 2010
11:18 am
Attack the young men all you want. The Dawg Trainer takes comfort in 51-33, 35-14, and 45-19. The goal in 2010…put up 52 in Neyland South. Or maybe not, we might call Coach Dooley “Derek the Merciful” after we start taking knees in the 4th quarter.
And keep on growling, Gators. You’ll be dealt with, and that right soon…
Volunteer Brain Transplant
June 8th, 2010
11:25 am
This is a piggyback signing ploy foiled by the savvy recruiters at UGA. This prink couldn’t play QB for the Kennesaw Owls (I mean that) and he wanted to ride a true athlete’s coattails all the way toward a UGA scholarship and failed, so they had to take sloppy seconds. Period.
We are going to kick their cheating Volasses for the next 4 years at least! Head on a swivel Duh Rogers!
jr
June 8th, 2010
11:34 am
It must be even drier in terms of sports news stories than I could have possibly imagined
JCOOP
June 8th, 2010
11:39 am
Da’Rick, get over yourself. No one cares, one injury and no one will even remember you. Quit acting like you have proven yourself. You’re still a high schooler.
Nance, how does it feel to piggyback your way to a scholarship?
I’d feel pretty pathetic myself.. you’re garbage
mason
June 8th, 2010
12:07 pm
Only the AJC would dig up this skeleton to try and get blog hits.
59bulldawg
June 8th, 2010
12:23 pm
I agree that these young men want to be thought of as men. But when you throw a rock at a hornet’s nest, you can expect to get stung a few times. If there is any truth behind what this punk is saying, then he will be able to offer specifics to back up his story. Otherwise he is just throwing crap against the wall in hope that some of it will stick. He got what he wanted . . . a full ride at UT with his buddy. He should be happy and not looking to jab UGA unless that is really where he wanted to go all along. And I suspect that’s the case. He’s just mad that he wasn’t offered by the Dawgs! Son if you’re mad because you weren’t offered, show us we were wrong by competing at UT and earning the starting QB position any of the next 4-5 years. I don’t think you can do it . . . that is unless everyone in front of you gets hurt. Hell I don’t even think you would have done it at Vandy!
DOGS=FAIL
June 8th, 2010
12:30 pm
Crompdaddy threw all over the mutts in ‘09. Now it will be a true freshman throwing bombs all over the dog secondary to a Da’rick in ‘10. BAHAHAHAHA!!! Richt is falling, face it mutts.
Paul The Vol
June 8th, 2010
12:34 pm
ATTENTION POTENTIAL GEORGIA RECRUITS: Next time you hear all these UGA fans tell you how great you are – think back to this blog and see them as they really are.
John
June 8th, 2010
12:38 pm
Is it just me or does Nance look like Wallace from Wallace & Gromit??? Seriously…
Best of Atlanta
June 8th, 2010
12:48 pm
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….. Nesbitt for Heisman …..
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MooreUGA
June 8th, 2010
12:50 pm
ATTENTION HOLIER THAN THOU TENNESSEE FOLKS. Next time you want to cast stones at Georgia folks about blog posts, think back to the blog posts left by Tennessee folks when Marlon Brown switched to UGA. Glass houses and all that.
I have no problems with Da’Rick Rogers switching to Tennessee. He was within the rules and it was his choice. I have no problem with Tennessee offering for Nance in order to get Rogers. That was within the rules. I DO have a problem with the kid’s implication about UGA coaches and their integrity. If the kid has an issue with how UGA recruited or did not recruit him and believes that UGA violated any NCAA rules then he needs to spell it out and let UGA answer the charges. If not, just taking pot shots at men’s careers for whatever reason is NOT classy and it’s damn sure not “professional” for someone looking for respect as a college level player and as a person.
DOGS=FAIL
June 8th, 2010
1:02 pm
CROMPDADDY
DOGS=FAIL
June 8th, 2010
1:04 pm
mutts got murdered by one of the WORST Tenn teams EVER.. wasted talent going to UGA under Richt.
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Asylum13
June 8th, 2010
2:42 pm
There is not a Georgia fan that I know that would want these two at Georgia. Nance , Rogers and Ambles, made complete fools of themselves in the last 6-8 months. Putting their egos out there for everyone to see….acting like they are all that and they have not even played one down of college football. As far as DaRick, he has loads of talent but you can see it already going to waste. He was so concerned with extra curricular activities he layed a egg in the state game and in the all star game. Nance will never see the field, unless ut has some really bad luck at qb. Nance really isn’t that good. You can’t hide film and his tape shows how bad he really is.
John
June 8th, 2010
4:54 pm
Chaney wanted Nance before Kiffin left. He thinks he can improve his arm strength by working on his mechanics. Nance is as good as Drew Brees was when Chaney got him. Oh, remember the Marlon Brown deal, payback is a bitty.
gsuga
June 8th, 2010
5:10 pm
Just a different thought on all this. Why did Vanderbilt not show much concern about losing the Nance kid?
Hot Tuna
June 8th, 2010
9:32 pm
You folks are wasting way to much energy over this…
Dr. Dave
June 8th, 2010
9:47 pm
John, the difference between Marlon Brown and Mr. Rogers is that Brown did not commit to Tn and then de-committ the day before signing day. I have no problem with an 18 year old changing his mind, but to string UGA along for so long and then changing is like jilting them at the alter. A lot of wide receiver recruits chose to go elswhere because they thought they’d be behind Rogers.It is not a coincidence that UGA has already signed 3 highly rated WR this year.
Chuck UGA
June 8th, 2010
9:59 pm
The Nance kid is a prima donna who will NEVER play a down against Georgia, Florida, Bama or any other SEC team. He is also a liar. If the UGA coaches were “less professional,” would they be pulling in the majority of the top recruits in Georgia year-in and year-out along with other top-tier recruits from other states? Sounds like the kid is a baby. Probably takes after his prima donna dad who expected him to be a top QB. It will be a miracle if either of these two kids experience a win over UGA while at UT, and Da’Rick Rogers probably will never score a TD against UGA now that he has pi$$ed off the entire UGA team with the way he backstabbed Mark Richt. If he had wanted to keep his recruiting open, he should have said so and not pledged to UGA just so he could back out at the last second costing UGA a chance to sign some other top player. What goes around comes around…justice will be served one way or the other for these two Benedict Arnold types.
Chuck UGA
June 8th, 2010
10:07 pm
One more thing. Nash Nance is trying to help Derek Dooley recruit Georgia by bad-mouthing the coaching staff. Problem is, UT is so far behind in this State now that their Cadillac coach Kiffin has left that it will take years to rebuild. Richt has stuck a 20-foot fence at the border that is doing wonders keeping UT away from the top players coming out in February. I wish Derek all the best, but he has a tremendous uphill battle ahead of him competing with Meyer, Saban, Richt, Spurrier, Petrino, etc. It is going to be very tough to succeed up there. Da’Rick on the other hand is very smart to keep his mouth shut. He is probably going to receive some blind-side hits when he faces the Dawgs..
Big L
June 8th, 2010
10:16 pm
That fugly buzzard is full of crap. I don’t see how he can talk with his lips firmly planted on Duh-Riques ass. You just keep riding that free scholly courtesy of the real talent (Da’Rique , of course). But be quiet , cause you gotta deal with the consequences against UGA eventually and noone wants to hear from a second rate QB who needed a push from someone else to get an opportunity.
Chuck UGA
June 8th, 2010
10:19 pm
“Dawg Trainer,”
Enjoy those memories. They will be all you have for some time. UT is going to go down hard in Athens. The coaching staff had a discussion about the Tennessee game during SPRING practice. That should help you understand the degree of focus this staff has to defeat Tennessee (making it seven of the last eleven thank you…with more GA wins to come).