Georgia update: If Chavis was on the board, take him off
LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis apparently heard rumors that he was a candidate at Georgia, so he stopped them.
I’m not sure if this qualifies as news, since LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis never really has been cast as a realistic candidate for the Georgia defensive coordinator’s opening. But for the record, he apparently is telling LSU players he is not interested.
Tigers linebacker Kelvin Sheppard told a Baton Rouge television station that Chavis pulled him to the side during practice and told him: “You knew if I was going anywhere, you’d [Sheppard] be the first person I’d tell. I’m here with you all, I love it here, I’m not going anywhere.”
LSU is preparing for the Capital One Bowl against Penn State Friday. WBRZ in Baton Rouge reported that neither Chavis nor Les Miles were available for comment. Chavis in his first season at LSU after 20 years at Tennessee. He makes about $450,000 as LSU’s defensive coordinator.
There’s been no shortage of names that have floated around, including Bud Foster (who got a raise to stay at Virginia Tech) and Kirby Smart (who is expected to receive a significant raise to stay at Alabama). The Dogs also contacted Kansas State’s Vic Koenning before he left for Illinois, but it’s not believed they ever offered him the job.
If Georgia coach Mark Richt is getting closer to hiring a candidate, it’s only because he has been saying the process should be wrapped up by next week. That’s after the bowl games and the NFL regular season. I mention the NFL regular season because Buffalo defensive line coach Bob Sanders and Dallas defensive line coach Todd Grantham also have been mentioned as candidates.
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Kirby is Smart
December 29th, 2009
1:22 pm
Weeeeeeee! I cant wait to come to Athens and play in bowl games that start at 5pm on December 27th… what a thrill. I tell you its GREAT TO BE A GEORGIA BULLDAWG… in SHREVEPORT.
Saint Richt
December 29th, 2009
1:23 pm
You Dawg fans are unrealistic at best. How bout Monte Kiffin? I’m sure he would leave UT and his son to coach that fine bunch you have playing defense in Athens! Remember they’re all 4 and 5 stars..
Hey, Dawg Food...
December 29th, 2009
1:23 pm
What makes David Pollack “qualified”? And, injured for the Bengals – really?
Even David said on Monday afternoon that he knows nothing about coordinating a defense – he is a position player and could “probably” coach the DE’s but “there is no way I could be a DC”.
And, oh, yeah, he is RETIRED from the Bengals because of the injury, and has no plans to return, though yesterday he did say he gets the itch to play again, “but that ain’t happenin’”.
Mark Olsen
December 29th, 2009
1:24 pm
well at least he would get to kick tech’s ass every year
Cheeseburger &Fries..
December 29th, 2009
1:24 pm
Mark Olsen, Do your homework Terd. Michael Adams made that decision after Vince was reluctant to pull the trigger!
Denver Dog
December 29th, 2009
1:25 pm
It is a sad day at UGA, Jumbo Weaver passed away.
Mark Olsen
December 29th, 2009
1:25 pm
Did you really just call me “Terd?”
WonderDawg
December 29th, 2009
1:26 pm
Yeah, poor Coach Gardner is a slave on the plantation……. except for that $300,000 salary and Assistant Head Coach title. Jeez
Vickers
December 29th, 2009
1:26 pm
David Pollack has a rising career in broadcasting. Plus he would need to start as a position coach before going to DC. Pollack is not going to be the next DC.
how2fish
December 29th, 2009
1:27 pm
I feel almost as weak and witless as a Bug today..it would seem I am the ONLY member of the Bull Dog Nation with no “source” telling me who is the next D.C. Man that’s just WRONG!
cattle dawg
December 29th, 2009
1:28 pm
Jeff, I got the scoop on Grantham. open up your email.
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
December 29th, 2009
1:28 pm
How about the Dog Whisperer? Works with problem dogs. Good success rate. Has a plan.
BMDPD
December 29th, 2009
1:28 pm
how2fish, my source is telling me that you must know how to fish.
Denver Dog
December 29th, 2009
1:28 pm
I think we should check with the Pulpwood blog
DawgOne
December 29th, 2009
1:29 pm
If Kirby Smart were staying at BAMA then they would have announced that by now. He has had plenty of time to work out an extension at BAMA and that has not happened. And not a peep out of any Bama players, etc saying that he is staying. The longer this goes on without an announcement, the more likely he is coming to UGA. They’re waiting til after the BCS game to announce.
Madison Dog
December 29th, 2009
1:29 pm
Will somebody find out if the rumors about Will Muschamp coming to Georgia are fact or fiction? Mack Brown will be at Texas through 2017, and he now makes $5 million per year. Muschamp is 37 years old, and I don’t believe he wants to stick around Austin for eight more years as the coach in waiting. Bring him back to Athens so a former Bulldog can coach this defense up for 2010 and beyond. He’s a true motivator and a wild man on the sidelines. Georgia will be better in 2010, but it’s time to get back into the SEC east race every year. The bowl victory was great last night, but it’s tough to get real excited about winning the Independence Bowl. Go Dogs!!! Sic ‘em!!!
Stupid dawgs
December 29th, 2009
1:30 pm
Dumb dawgs think they have some elite program. LOL
They think they are on the same level with texas, usc, fla, alabama, ok.
Would someone please write an article telling this stupid fan base they are not an elite program and everyone else laughs at them.
30 years since a nat champ. 5 teams in the sec are on a higher status than you. You are 6th in your own damn conference. There are some big time delusional morons in that fan base.
Mark Olsen
December 29th, 2009
1:30 pm
not happening madison, i would love it though
DogFan
December 29th, 2009
1:31 pm
Bill Bellichick and Bill Parcells are in Athens arm wrestling for our DC job. Details to follow…
wow
December 29th, 2009
1:32 pm
Russ…great comic relief to this otherwise retread blog…..
how2fish
December 29th, 2009
1:32 pm
Oh Gerry….I’ll give you 2 reasons he would leave Bama…1) Money its dirty and green and it doesn’t talk it screams ! 2) he would be out of Bama…when you live in a state that has B-ham as its cultural base..its not if you’ll leave its how long can they keep you there!
Stupid dawgs
December 29th, 2009
1:33 pm
Man, as my name implies I am more stupider than a dog!
Denver Dog
December 29th, 2009
1:33 pm
Hey thanks stupid dogs, UGA has won 20% of the SEC championships since 1980, so it makes no sense to say we are sixth in the conference. You appear to be the stupdid one.
Kirby is Smart
December 29th, 2009
1:35 pm
I will announce I am coming to Athens when Hell Freezes Over.
You just had me a few years ago and YOU BLEW IT!
alpharettadawg
December 29th, 2009
1:35 pm
It seems we all have about as much a clue who the next DC at UGA will be as to what Elin did to Tiger on Thanksgiving night.
Blog Observer
December 29th, 2009
1:35 pm
“You appear to be the stupdid one.”
Priceless.
Denver Dog
December 29th, 2009
1:36 pm
Stupid dogs, the last time we played Texas we beat them, The last time we played USC we beat them, we own a winning record against the mighty gators, and Alabama has beaten us 4 times in the last 30 years. You are stupid.
alpharettadawg
December 29th, 2009
1:36 pm
my “insider” was saying Kirby Smart was the target and that the feeling was mutual, but now my guy says Todd Grantham so I don’t think anyone knows right now.
Stupid dawgs
December 29th, 2009
1:37 pm
I are dum!
Cheeseburger &Fries..
December 29th, 2009
1:38 pm
Wonderdawg, speak your peace ole boy!
Wizzard
December 29th, 2009
1:39 pm
Denver, I’m impressed. I did’t know you guys were that good at math.
Dawg Tired
December 29th, 2009
1:40 pm
Stupid, I believe that should be “I is dumb.”
Denver Dog
December 29th, 2009
1:40 pm
Priceless blog observer, like most Techies you have no verbal skills and don’t know the difference betwenn statements and jokes. Blogs are not observerd, they are read. Oh yeah Tech is a joke.
Cheeseburger &Fries..
December 29th, 2009
1:41 pm
Denver Dawg, Love that you bring facts man keep it up!
cattle dawg
December 29th, 2009
1:41 pm
What the voices in my head told me is that UGA will make a run for Smart. UGA doesnt want to get into a drawn out bidding war with bama. Kirby knows the job is his if he wants it. If this falls through , then Grantham is the man. Now I will take the tin foil off my head.
First
December 29th, 2009
1:41 pm
No more refried beans please. They give me gas.
Stupid dawgs loves Blog Observer
December 29th, 2009
1:42 pm
Dang Denver, you made a couple of typos in that response. You aint got many smarts like me!
WonderDawg
December 29th, 2009
1:42 pm
What is “mis-educated”, Mr Cheeseburger?.
Blog Observer
December 29th, 2009
1:43 pm
“Priceless blog observer, like most Techies you have no verbal skills and don’t know the difference betwenn statements and jokes. Blogs are not observerd, they are read. Oh yeah Tech is a joke.”
Even better than the first one!
Coachczar
December 29th, 2009
1:43 pm
There is no doubt that the best solution is Withers who would bring App State’s D Line (FCS Coach of the Year in 2009) Mark Speir. AND Reicht can afford this dynamic set of coaches.
Jamal Lewis
December 29th, 2009
1:44 pm
I would’ve went to UGA, but in their infinite wisdom they wanted Jasper Sanks.
Stupid dawgs strokes Blog Observer
December 29th, 2009
1:45 pm
I aint got nothin too say.
Dawg fan
December 29th, 2009
1:47 pm
What about John Tenuta or Norm Chow?
Lacey UnderVols
December 29th, 2009
1:50 pm
New name on the rumormill…..Jerry Sandusky.
Reality Check
December 29th, 2009
1:54 pm
Stupid Dawgs, not a lot of teams or coaches have won 90 games in 9 years. UGA fans are not dillusional enough to say that this year we are elite. Even elite teams have down years, USC has four losses this year, Oklahoma has 5 losses, etc. Three BCS bowls over the last nine years is tied for second in the SEC over this same span. Stop trying to paint UGA as a mediocre program. The stat on ESPN that shows Mark Richt with the fourth highest winning percentage in the nation in the same span, so with your logic UGA must be 6 or seventh best in its own conference.
Top Dawg
December 29th, 2009
1:56 pm
I had previously thought that Jon Tenuta was great. However, while one season does not make or break you, Jon Tenuta’s defense at Notre Dame was terrible this year.
Norm Chow is an offensive coordinator.
Me
December 29th, 2009
1:58 pm
It’s GARNER, not GARDNER. The fact that you don’t even know his name makes me think you are either not a Georgia fan or you are stupid.
Bride of Chucky Knapp
December 29th, 2009
1:59 pm
Lacey uses BumpIts, right?
scott
December 29th, 2009
2:02 pm
Its Kirby folks, UGA has put these names out there brilliantly so Kirby can focus on Texas. Mark it down. I bet the AD office just laugh silly when guy like Shultz write this stuff.
By the way, after seeing how awful A&M was last night, my guess is Bama could win w/o any caoch’s in the Nat’l title game. Big 12 must be just awful. UT beats A&M by 10, UGA beats them by 24…..????
Dude, FOR REAL
December 29th, 2009
2:03 pm
This is a freakin TRAIN WRECK!!! Marky Mark, Quit swingin for the fences!!! Just get a solid DC from a small school. You have to remember that this job is going to be a tough sell, and not many big names will bite. Play the hand you are dealt, suck it up and hire a guy from a smaller school. Trust me it will work out better and save a lot of embarrassment in the end.