Cowboys’ Grantham next target in DC search?

i dont want grantham.

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What about Manny Diaz of MTSU? http://ow.ly/VIPH.

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It’ll be someone other than Smart, Foster ect. There has been too much conjecture already. I’ll just wait until the movie comes out

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I want DeRuyter.

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There is still Ellis Johnson, Tyrone Nix, Travis Jones, and Grantham

But I will say that a former NFL D-Coordinator who coaches an aggressive 3-4 defense for the Dallas Cowboys would DEFINITLEY be attractive to prospective recruits!

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Whatever happened to the talks about going after the TCU defensive coordinator ..I mean that team has a top defense every year and i would believe that we could pay him much more than TCU

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I’m ok with not getting Kirby….dissappointed but ok. He’s a young coach who will most likely be a HC in 2 years or so. So UGA would risk losing him in a few years. Would have been a great hire but hey it didnt happen…..for the third time… Ok so apparently Todd Grantham is candidate number one. Bad thing about that is the cowboys are on a run and that would leave a lot of those defensive recruits swinging in the wind till way to close to or possibly after national signing day. I say target Ellis Johnson at South Carolina, thats one school you can definatley say UGA is in better shape than right now…

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It’s got to be Garner at this point. Give him one year…continue the search in the meantime. If it works out, great! We can keep our recruits.

If it doesn’t work out, you have a much wider DC pool next year and you can make a more educated decision. Speaking from experience, RG is just as qualified as our remaining options. Did anyone watch the Shreveport Bowl?

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It continues to be the story at UGA under Richt, no direction.

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DERUYTER COME ON DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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It can’t be Grantham & his 3-4 defense – all you UGA fans on the AJC blogs have already said the 3-4 will not work in college. You started saying this after Groh’s name was connected to GT. So Grantham is out
by popular demand of the fans.

I still say Buddy Greene, the Navy DC. If he can be lured away from Navy. He will bring discipline on and off the field.

But it has to be someone who Richt feels he can work with 15 hours a day for 6 months at a time.

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For all the people who keep saying, “Fine, just promote Rodney Garner until we get who we want later,” Coach Garner is extremely valuable as a recruiter and does a good job coaching, if you are going to hire him, it’s only fair to give him a regular contract. I hate to see us take a talented coach/recruiter, hire him as DC, to then only demote him in a year. That’s a great way to loose a great asset. If you hire him, you have to give him a fair shot. I certainly think he wouldn’t be worse than Martinez, but are there better options out there? I don’t think CMR can afford to make a mistake on this one, or he may be out in two or three years. Most Georgia fans are fickle!

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Little Jimmy Mora’s available. Couldn’t do any worse than what you’ve had for the last couple of years.

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They might as well make it Rodney Garner, and go after some top notch position coaches to put under him. Another DC rejection would be embarassing.

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collegeballfan, the 3-4 will NEVER work in college. I mean, look at what kind of base defense Bama runs!…oh wait, nevermind!

LOL!! RTR!

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If this keeps up I’m going to out of my mind!!

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Bama runs the 3-4 just fine. Groh just can’t win.

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JOE LEE DUNN

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I went to school at UGA. It real easy to tell because I don’t know the difference between lose and loose.

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1:54 said “target Ellis Johnson at South Carolina, thats one school you can definatley say UGA is in better shape than right now…”

Is that like saying your the prettiest ugly girl? LOL!!

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I’m surprised that so many other people are concerned about the length of this DC search. Richt is making offers to other coaches in very high demand as shown by the respective schools willingness to keep them no matter what it takes. I’m excited CMR is taking this path for a proven DC. I’m sure by now Coach Richt has several more candidates on his list. Whoever he gets will be a good coach and given CMR’s success at UGA so far I’m not concerned at all how long it takes or how it appears to others. He’ll get the best coach available that fits in his system.

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Don’t much matter who we get. Ponder this and read the writing on the wall. 4 Teams from the SEC have Won National Titles since Uga’s last SEC title in 2005.

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Nix and Johnson have already said they are not interested in moving. It won’t be Garner, there would be a hail storm of critics if you named him now, plus he has never been DC before. I think Grantham would be offered, but the Cowboys may run all the way to the Bowl, so Richt is in a bit of a pickle. The guys at Air Force, Navy or North Carolina would all be good choices.

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Hire Rodney Garner! let him and whoever coached the Defense in the bowl game have a chance. Let Coach Richt give imput just as Sabin does at Bama. There a lot of good young coaches that would come in and bust their butts just for a chance. There are High school coaches that have a vast amount of knowledge that are students of the game just as Kirby Smart was some years ago.

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Paul Johnson:
You can’t run this state losing 2 of the last 3, especially to the corn fed Iowa Hawkeyes….4 best players gone, you gonna run what????

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Is the Green Bay Packer DC available?

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a dc would be nice. gardner deaerves kudo’s for holding our signed players together.there has to be a young talent out there we are missing

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Hello Tim,

Why not trying to do an analysis yourself of the top college team defenses year in and year out to identify the defensive coaches of those top programs as possible candidates? That may actually be news worthy, or at the very least, it would be new.

Stop chasing the rumors and start running down some facts. Remember who, what, when, where, and why? Do some research. Find some real, credible candidates. Go Dogs!!

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I’m just saying… I’ve played under Garner, Martinez, and VanGorder… I’d place RG between VanGorder and Martinez. The DC role is a practice manager and motivator first and foremost. As long as you have competent assistants that have all bought into the your system… you have a winning formula. We had disconnect between Fabris, Jancek, and Martinez…which is why they are all gone.

Pay up for top-notch assistants and give RG a chance to run the show. BTW…those of you who are posting that RG is not qualified, or not the man… obviously have not played a down of college ball and do not understand the role of a DC or OC in the college game.

I’ll give everyone one guess how many play calls Neil Calloway made for the Dawgs when he was OC. It may also surprise you to hear that the defensive calls were coming down from the booth from non-other than Willie Martinez with VanGorder’s final veto, from 2001-2004. Just saying…

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Tony Martin – why would we want an offensive minded head coach having a bigger role drawing up the defense? i am not sure i see the benefit.

Garner ain’t the answer guys. if he was, he would be the DC and McClendon would the recruiting coordinator. wake up.

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Truth is that no one wants to be an assistant at a 2nd class SEC school. If CMR had of fired Martinez last year there would probably of been more candidates. It is now evident that no one sees UGA as any kind of contender… Maybe they could just dress in all black again and see if that works!

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I have no guesses, but hearing about Rick Minter to Miss St got me thinking that there are indeed some credible names floating around that I haven’t considered. I hope Richt has. We won’t know if Smart would’ve been the right guy until he leaves Saban anyway, so I’ll stay optimistic, but we sure could use a guy that makes a splash to hold our recruits and build enthusiasm and confidence in the guys already there. Somebody willing to BLITZ… and have opposing receivers covered!!!

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In the long run, this frustrating DC search will prove best for a bunch of UGA fans. Imagine if UGA had hired Koenning a month ago. The malcontents that frequent boards like this one would be railing against Richt for not going after one of the guys who recently turned the Dawgs down.

Reality check – UGA is not the be-all and end-all of football programs. I believe it was worth a try for Richt to go after Foster, Chavis and Smart but I would have been extremely surprised had any of them ACCEPTED. Now Richt can turn his attention to guys who will look at UGA as a solid career move rather than a lateral or downward step.

I’m amazed that some of you folks think Chavis, Foster, Smart didn’t come to UGA because they don’t respect or want to work for Richt. Could it be that they happen to be in a great situation and don’t want to give that up?

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Why don’t the flea bags hire Jim Mora Jr ?

He would fit right in with their LOSER mentality.

Kirby Smart: “Mama called… and I didn’t answer” RTR

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ExDawgBaller enjoyed your post, this is good information

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Who’s Gardner?

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exdawgballer,

agree that we need to step up witht he asst coaches. we have had some solid head coaching….but notice how our assts never get hired away. that’s the tell tale sign of our program.

the on asst who was hired away was Van Gorder and our defense was lights out when he was at UGA.

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Stay Classy-

Kudos to your observation. Kirby Smart is a UGA grad we should be proud of… but we have plenty of awful fans that are now saying terrible things about him just because he stayed. Looks like he made the right decision after all. Who would want to come to UGA with fans like this?

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Of course I would want one million a year with a four year contract with options.

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This is looking more and more like when we hired Mark Fox. We started after big names, listened to everyone including AJC go crazy with impatience, then came up with, I think, a great hire.

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LOL, always love it when some tool starts posting online that he’s an “ex-player” of whatever team is in question.

Really sad and pathetic. Get a life.

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Coach Richt is personaly responsible for Chavis, Foster, and Smart getting huge pay increases. I hope he is now on their Christmas Card list.

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WAKE UP WHITE PEOPLE!

No wants to hire that shvarzer Rodney Garner as DC, he ain’t too bright.

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By the way, you people believing that ExDawgBaller is REALLY and ex-player are even more retarded than he is.

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Polelock? Isn’t that the same thing as priapism?

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Garner is not the Answer the for DC and I am not sure he wants it. If he wanted it, I believe he would have left already.

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USC’s DC is now looking for a job.

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I don’t care if Richt gets a high school coach. If he can get the most of the talent that’s at UGA that’s all we need!!! I don’t blame him for going after the big names, he had to try, but the odds of them moving laterally were slim to none. Just get a guy who you don’t have to bribe or twist their arm, who truly wants to be at UGA and in Athens, with a proven track record, regardless of the level or program he’s coming from, and let’s rock n’ roll!!!

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anotherdawg

I totally agree, eveyone put down the hire, now those kids leave everything on the floor for him weneed the same in football someone the kids will leave evrything on the field for

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NO KIRBY???? That might not be abad idea!!! RABALAMA is now stuck with him!!! Its still Nicks D….. He to me tels Kirby what to do… This seaso was a Hairy one asa DAWG fan, but CMR is a great guy and will get whats best for DAWG NATION!!! Just SOON plz is all i ask!! I love the Falcons, but do BVG have a beef with UGA? I like a staff with BVG, CWM(insert jokes here) and ole Rodney G!! Plus you got those two grad assistans!!! To m that would work!! Any one agree???

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Kirby’s smart in a way for staying with Saban. Everybody knows Saban’s the real DC at Alabama. At Georgia he would have had to produce on his own. By the way Kirby, Kiss our ….well, good luck.

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TW3A,

I’m pretty sure RG is on record as being totally content with his situation at UGA.

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David Pollock is too busy “tweetering” with his gay online friends.

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Tyrone nix. What’s he make now? Throw the amount we were offering smart and I don’t see him turning it down. Good recruiter and I would love to see what he could do with our talent.

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Did you say Paul Johnson has the “runs”? Or just his _ _ _ _ _ y team?

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Until I see Kirby coach a productive D outside of Saban’s shadow I will continue to believe he is just a puppet. Besides, if he’s only 34 that doesn’t bode well for a long-term coaching career. Hell, he looks older than Richt.

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travis jones,,georgia guy, aggressive style, can recruit

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Tyrone Nix turned down Florida to stay at Ole Siss. No way he would go to that wasteland of a college town known as Athens.

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please with the Pollock plea’s. big time football is a lot more than clapping and rah, rah. Pollock would be lost trying to scheme the defense every week.

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Here is a list of the top 25 defenses this past year. I commented on whether I thought they would come to UGA:
1 TCU- Not Sure

2 Alabama-NO, got more $$$ to stay

3 Texas-NO is HCIW

4 Florida-NO….now HC @ LU

5 Ohio St.-Not likely

6 North Carolina-Name has been mentioned in a lot of blogs.

7 Nebraska-No it is a brotherly thing

8 Oklahoma-NO

9 Penn St.-NO

10 Iowa-Not sure

11 Air Force-Not sure

12 Virginia Tech –NO got more $$$ to stay

13 Arizona St.- Not sure

14 Boise St.-Not sure

15 South Carolina-Name was mentioned early, not sure now

16 Army-Not sure

17 Wisconsin-Not sure

18 Rutgers-Not sure

19 Utah-Not sure

20 Clemson- Name was mentioned early, not sure now

21 Mississippi-Turned down UF, more than likely turn down UGA

22 Tennessee-A father-son thing

23 Pittsburgh-Not sure

24 South Fla.- Who knows with their situation

25 Arizona-Not Sure

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Richt is a push-over who coaches a bunch of underachieving, undisciplined thugs

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Richt should hire Bill Stanfill. Dude was a serious badass at UGA and on the 72 Dolphins. He used to come off the end and sack Steve Spurrier into the next dimension. And he would not tolerate this arm-tackling crap.

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The Air Force dude is the best candidate!!! Let’s lock him up already!!

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Glad Kirby got insulting emails from our fans. He deserved it. If you don’t want to come back to your alma mater, you are nothing but trash. Thanks us for your raise, now we are gonna ram the football down your throat in the championship game next year. See you in Atlanta you pathetic excuse for an alumnus.

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Just pick an up and coming candidate off the list below, generally a program would really rather promote from within but thats not an opportunity this time. The TCU looks great, but older and never coached in the southeast.
http://collegefootball.rivals.com/viewCFSE.asp?selposition=3

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NCDAWG

GOOD LIST THIS WAS WHAT I WAS LOOKING OFR TO COMPARE THANKS

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Bring in Bob Shoop from William and Mary – Div II Assistant of the Year.

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Bill Stanfill……..Are you kidding………………………………First question he would ask, what’s this plastic thing on the front of the Helmet? And by the way, I go to bed at 8, no night games. Oh, And I poop every tuesday and friday at 10 AM…………………………Geez.

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1 TCU- Not Sure

6 North Carolina-Name has been mentioned in a lot of blogs.

10 Iowa-Not sure

11 Air Force-Not sure

13 Arizona St.- Not sure

14 Boise St.-Not sure

15 South Carolina-Name was mentioned early, not sure now

16 Army-Not sure

17 Wisconsin-Not sure

18 Rutgers-Not sure

19 Utah-Not sure

20 Clemson- Name was mentioned early, not sure now

23 Pittsburgh-Not sure

24 South Fla.- Who knows with their situation

25 Arizona-Not Sure

OK NOW LETS LOOK AT WHO THEY HAD TO DEFEND WITH THE ONES LEFT

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13 NATIONAL TITLES – 22 SEC TITLES!!!

Again – in the long run – UGA not getting Kirby Smart is better for UGA>
Why? – He is on the fast track to take over as HC – another year or two of seasoning – and he will be gone from BAMA.

This is not a big deal – with the exception that it is wearing on the patience of an impatient bunch!

Richt needs to stay the course – and he will find an excellent DC.

Remember – Nick Saban was our #4 offer to be HC at Alabama – and same thing was happening with our fan base getting all cramped up wanting the new coach named asap. Patience dog fans – Patience.

ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!1

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TW3A

No Problem………..
I hope this debacle is over by the end of the week……If Grantham wants the job go ahead and take it….finish out with the cowboys and all this will be over….

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BAMA STAN good post and congrats!

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Nobody wants to work for Richt and his God-squad version of coaching.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Tell Richt to call me – I’ll take the job and I’m a perfect fit: I know nothing about coaching and my strategy will always be “takle the mofo with the dang ball and spit on random opposing players.”

I guarantee my D will meet or exceed Willie’s best.

Otherwise, hire some no-name and watch the Dawgs become Vandy-South.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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And yet GT will always play second fiddle to the team over in Athens! Chuck Allison you are a moron that does not even deserve to post anything.

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Grantham does not have to run a 3-4 if he indeed becomes UGA’s next DC. The only reason Dallas is running the 3-4 is because that’s the D Wade Phillips runs. Coaches are very important however, it takes talent on that field to play ball. At the end of the day you just got to want it more than the other guy. The 09 season about killed me. There is just won great thing about that… number 9 GT got beat at home on national tv. Than Iowa spanked them again on national tv. Seems to me Tech fans should get off her and pray for next season to hurry up and get here.

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Usually I’m a voice of reason in a sea of hyperbole but I’m still completely delusional on the true # of Alabama national championships.

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DAWGS4LIFE:

You’re welcome……..I for one would rather have someone who wants to be at UGA…..not because of the money, but because the want to compete in the SEC…..

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What we need to find is a good young candidate on the way up. If Richt ever thought that he had a realistic chance to get Kirby Smart, then he’s a lot dumber than I think he is. Who would leave a top program for a lateral move? Only a dummy, and Kirby is smarter than that.

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the fact of the matter is that Richt has a mountain of resumes and he is smart, he is going after the best and the school is willing to pay top dollar for top talent, which should make the Dawg nation feel good.
Be patient, I would rather he take his time and get a top pick than rush into a subpar hire.

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We should also be looking at young assistants in the NFL who work under good defensive coaches like the Jets secondary coach or someone for the chargers, ravens, jacksonville

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Thanks Bama Stan…………Somebody will get a great job.

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I would be intereted in what most of the recruits would say about who they would like to see come

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Here’s a long shot – How about Paul Pasqualoni, just fired D-coordinator of the Dolphins. College background (Syracuse Head Coach for 10+ yrs – when they were very good), well thought of in the coaching profession. Took the fall for the Dolphins backslide on D this year. If Grantham gets the job, Coach P would be a candidate for the linebackers job – his specialty.

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Hey Tim-

What about Bumpus from TCU?. Is he available?. Certainly he’s not making that much (comparatively speaking, that is).

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Former Big East,

interesting.

if grantham took the job i guessed that reggie herring, current cowboys LB’s coach would also be a candidate the LB’s coach at UGA

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I’m back……….how bout Norm Parker from Iowa. He did pretty good in the South Beach scrimages last week.

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BAMA STAN ………I totally agree

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I know we are all playing arm chair AD but it seems the ones of us on here that are being constructive and supporting our school actually have some decent ideas maybe Richt and Evans should stop by and read some of these blogs.

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I’m glad Kirby Dumb did not return to UGA. I think there are some great pro coaches available and CMR will make the right choice.

Regardless, UGA will roll over GT and their high school offense.

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I know one thing……. I hope Kirby is never mentioned again to be the next head coach at UGA. He turned his back on the Dawg Nation. We want guys that wanna be DAWGS!!!!!

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Richt swung for the Fences, and I admire that, but he needs a solid double now. Bama got turned down 3 times before Saban. We have been good enough on offense even the last two years to win every game. The creeps on here are praying we don’t get our D problems solved, because they know what’s coming.

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Dam……come on guys. It amazes me of all the UGA faithful that are “doubters” out there. I haven’t seen anyone on our blogs that has a resume of a head coach of anything. The speculation and judgement on here absolutely amazes me. This is one of the reasons that we are made fun of. We all know “what’s best for the UGA program” but most of us don’t have a clue what it takes to run a major college football franchise. Please just take a step back and let CMR do what he does. We won’t be disappointed…….I can almost promise you that. We have to have faith in our coach. Until he absolutely let’s us veterans down….we will be behind him all the way.

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That’s for the raise dawg fans…I have to go now…it’s time to shine Nick’s shoes.

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Forget the FSU-Richt ties…….A long shot would be Amato as a position coach……..The only knock one may have on Bumpas is that he is older compared to some of the other guys. But guys remember most of wanted Willie gone, so we can all agree that anyone is going to be an improvement

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Get DeRuyter from Air Force. Look at what the guy has done their with less atheletes!!!! He a smart guy that is known for an attacking defense. Whats not to like???!!! He will bring some more dicipline and structure do a defense that has been seriously lacking in that dept. GATA DAWGS!!!

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Everybody bashing Kirby’s decision to stay…

he did not turn hsi back on the Bulldog Naiton, he made a business decision – there is a big difference. he would not have even entertained the idea of talking to UGA if it were not his alma mater, thus proving he did not turn his back on us.

Kirby has nothing to gain and everything to lose by making a lateral move – regardless of where it was.

his stock rises at Bama and gets a HC job in the next coupel of years.

respect the man’s decision.

have any of you ever had to make a business decision. you have to use your head, not just your heart. i bet it was damn tough for Kirby.

cut him some slack, geez…

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I know 2 coaches DC’s UGA is looking at. Both not big names but you will like their resumes when you see them. I don’t want to start rumors because dog fans seem to go overboard and turn contacts into offers.
Tech also contacted at one of them’s boss.

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While everyone bemoans the lost of the big-names, was Mark Richt on any blog radars before he was hired?

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Mark my words. If Richt waits on Grantham, he loses 3 or 4 recruits to UT’s hostesses, and Florida’s beaches. GET DERUYTER NOW BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES!

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Whew Tech Realist, I’m glad you didn’t say ” BOWL WINS”……LOL……………

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We did not need Kirby simply because he’s a temporary DC. He’ll be a head coach within a year maybe even this year and I don’t want to go thru this again.

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I hope Deon didn’t actually try to land on the building, that is a sign within itself

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I’m still available but you better hurry. I just won 11 games. Find another available DC that did that. That’s several more than UGA won.

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Dave Wommack …yea but one of your loses were to UGA, so you do not count. Sorry……..thanks for the interest!

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There is absolutely no sense at all for anyone to be upset with KS. The guy obviously had a very tough time with this decision and if Bama doesn’t cough up the money, he’s back in Athens. But the guy has worked under Saban for years and it really didn’t make sense after the pay raise for him to come on board. Not to worry Bulldog Nation. This will be a blessing in disguise because we’re going to get a guy that will do a great job and leave after 4 or 5 years just like all the others. That’s the sign of a strong program. That’s life! Now go get DeRuyter and and let him hit the recruiting trail to secure all these great recruits. DAMN!

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Good luck Dog Fans.
I think CMR will pick a class guy to be the DC.
Based on Kirby’s whining, your’re lucky he will not be in Athens.
I don’t think Bama will have the talent next year and I think UGA just had an off year.
Although I still want UGA to get kicked by GT…I want that to be your only loss.

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Thanks yellow Jacket Man…………………………………………………………..

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what is sanders doing in athens he is not a coach

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Hey Dawg Fans. It is not the “University of (insert coaches name)”. It is the University of Georgia!
Don’t bash Kirby. He made the best decision for what is best for Kirby.
We will get our guy and look to a great season coming up.
And I am so tired of hearing the talking heads bash CMR for going after the top DC’s in College Football.
We would be pissed off if CMR did not go after the best.

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Why isn’t Paul Pasqualoni being considered? He was a successful head coach in college and is well respected around the nfl.

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In all reality Smart would not have been a good hire, everyone knows Saban runs the defense and gets the athletes. At GA Smart would have been under a major radar and would have more involvement with the football program as a whole(recuiting, Richt’s knowledge of defense over Saban), more than under the control freak Saban. He simply will continue to ride the coat-tail of Saban and land a job probaly within the next two years. Coach Richt really needs to take a look at a lower lever D-I program up and coming coach to consider for the DC and stop giving all these Coaches raises.

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Deon in town to help Richt with his look and recruiting.

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“Exdawgballer” great insights. Tell Mr. Richt of your insight since you were on the team. I know CG to have a great respect from the team and he is like family to most away from home. Great idea with other assistants. Go DAWGS!

30-24

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All that matters is that Kirby is not that good of a coordinator, it turns out….unless of course he took the UGA job, then he would have been the best defensive coordinator in the history of the sport….but since he didn’t, he is worthless and UGA can find someone much better. Go Dawgs!

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Why not get someone from a D2 school and call it the day. Someone who has a proven track record with a top notch D. That way you will have someone unknown and stability with the program. Why not ask Coach Bill B. the former Bal. Ravens coach.

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Shouldn’t it be Kirby Smert would should be told to stay classy. Saban called him “a loyal guy.” That’s like Tiger Woods calling you husband of the year. Face it, Kirby learned class from his daddy Saban and he uerked us around to get more money and traise his profile. Not a very classy thing to do to your alma mater in my opinion. He should have his degree taken away and replaced with a Bama one. I hear , like everything else Bama, including the nat. champ trophy, you can buy one at Wal Mart. As for Richt, he has botched this big time. Just antoehr example of why he is so ill suited to be a HC in the SEC. But he could still get lucky with a Van Gorder type hire.

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Earlier in the process the AirForce DC was mentioned and sounded as if his resume was outstanding. Does anyone know anything about him and his possibilities?

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Hire me!!, We would blitz or do stunts on every down. And my conerbacks would be jamming the recievers at the line,not stand 20 yards away and then watch the reciever blow by them. And maybe institute a 4-4-3 defense every once in whlie

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Anyone is better than Willie Martinez…Anyone. He is not and X’s and O’s coach…never was.

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Chuck Amato – its a done deal.

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I’m a Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an engineer,
A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, hell of an engineer,
Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear,
I’m a Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an engineer.
Oh, if I had a daughter, sir, I’d dress her in White and Gold,
And put her on the campus, to cheer the brave and bold.
But if I had a son, sir, I’ll tell you what he’d do.
He would yell, “To Hell with Georgia,” like his daddy used to do.
Oh, I wish I had a barrel of rum and sugar three thousand pounds,
A college bell to put it in and a clapper to stir it around.
I’d drink to all good fellows who come from far and near.
I’m a ramblin’, gamblin’, hell of an engineer.

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I am ashamed of bashing of kirby Smart. So what, he has chosen to stay at a better situation. He is no more of a sellout than Van Gorder going to Jacksonville as a position coach. He even took the Chicken job in ‘08 before the Mike named him DC of of the Falcons. We need to get a grip. Ask notre Dame about “winning the press conference” with some flashy hire. The fact is get a guy that this is a dream for. Not somebody whose looking to jump for a HC job or who we have to twist their arm to get. Big deal Kirby was a good ball player here (except of course for ‘98 Tech game when he missed about a zillion tackles) Vince Dooley was an Auburn guy but he didn’t bolt. Also Ray Goff was an outstanding Georgia man as a player and assistant coach. Coach Richt will find the right guy who fits the “Georgia way” and hopefully we’ll be fine if not so be it. CMR has earned the benefit of the doubt (I was at Georgia from 95-2000, back then just winning a bowl game was huge) It is called perspective people, GET SOME! You nonsensical ramblings embarrass us.

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Tim, can you tell all of us what offers were made to Chavis, Koerning, and Foster? I have been checking this thing daily for info and seemed to have missed those offers. I know what Kirby was offered and it wasn’t enough to cut the Saban apron strings but all these other guys that have turned down what offers?

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GT-
Is that the fight song I didn’t hear that much at this year’s game. Coach Pajamas runs World of War Craft not this state. His middle school offense was good until he got out of the All Cupcake Conference. 30-24 chump.

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GT-
I hear Joe hamilton is coming out his own line of booster seats. the come equipped with cubbies for hiding your stash.

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I’ll take the job–I’m tired of cleaning grease at Zaxby’s and need some money.

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What about Josh Taylor of Sewanee?

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Heck, get Cavan back on the field, he can coach
the defense, and certainly motivate and recruit.

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We could have gotten Smart but he wimped out because he’s afraid of Saban.We need someone with some heart, and i’m sure coach RICHT will find him.

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Folks, clam down. How many of the so called top 10 teams year in and year out have a DC that was national news every hour and every day for a month??Hmmm? NO ONE ! They were unknowns, most of them. Look at Auburn’s Chizik where nearly 100% of the Auburn fans one year ago screamed about him and now? He is recruiting well, so they shut the you know what up and I am a DAWG and no Auburn man. They did win the Outback too.

Calm fricking down ……… in fact, how many grads (Not stay at home on their mom’s PC “experts”) even recall Nick Saban at Mich State??? How many even remember that his Dad was a AFL/NFL legend Lou Saban? Hmm? None, I suspect. 10 years ago it would have been Saban Who? “Oh yeah that is his Dad that did” so and so. Point made, Case Closed.

My point is that NEW, CAN’T MISS, ALL WORLD COACHES are made every year and will be always. It is up to Mark Richt ( he makes more money in one year than do most on this blog do in a career, so he cannot be that dumb ) to find ONLY a sharp DC that wants to shoot for the SEC conference and come on board. We shot high and did not hit the target with KS and Chavis,etc.

Besides …………….where will you complainers be come early November if UGA is playing well??? Hmmmmmmmmm??

Most UGA grads KNOW that we will be fine.

Go Dogs.

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go after the dc at tcu

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I thought there were dawg fans on here left and right last month saying it was a done deal. Just like your 2008 preseason national title looks like you celebrated a little too early. And now you’re reduced to trashing Kirby because he wouldn’t leave a championship program to come play for a bush league program. Can’t blame him judging by the trashing comments all these dawg fans are saying about him.

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Justin Wilcox from boise state looks like am fine candidate

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GT: Who did you hear that from? Can your mother make calls?

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Wait people at UGA graduate!!!!AHAHAH!!!!

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Or if you don’t want Cavan, any of the Valdosta State stepping stone
coaches would work, ie. Muschamp; NO, Smart, NO; Cavan, YES; Chris Hatcher, YES;
Mike Leach, YES; Mumme, YES (They all are Winnersville trained.)

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Remember from a distance she might be the prettiest thing in town, but up close, damn, it’s a Easter Pig in clothes….Time to move UGA fans…forget Smart and find somebody else. selah

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Cuz, Alt, Gen, Kali. Shane….and the rest of my veteran brothers……what is our concensus thought on this DC situation??? I just don’t know. I trust Richt and his staff and am hoping that we’ll have the DC we need very soon. I’m not going to throw out any names, cause I’m the very least qualified to hire anyone. I do wish the Bulldawg nation would settle down and rely on a proven winner to make the best choice. If any of you think you are qualified…..then please submit your name to Damon Evans as DC…………..other than that……just STFU and let the chosen powers do what they do.

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Texas DC would not leave since he is in line for Head Coach at Texas, Think About It. Would you pass up that stepping stone..

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Puppies your goin to be lucky if the DEtroit Lions safty coch wants the job!!!!! BBBBBBUUUUZZZZZ!!!!

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Who knows more about defenses, Offensive coordinators who
have to beat them, or defensive coordinators who know nothing
about offense?
Go get Hatcher or some good offensive coordinator, they could
certainly coach defenses if they have to outsmart them.

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I said we would be ACC champs!! Puppies come play in a real confrence!!!!

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Reddirt – Would you stay with a job that promised you five
or so years ago you were the Head Coach in waiting, only
five or so years later hve your employer renew the Head Coach’s job for five
more years. Long stride and wait between stepping stones.

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Hire Bozzo the Clown i here he needs work!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!!

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Prime Time Neon Deon is in Athens whats up with that ? DB coach maybe gardner as DC ?

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Dave Wommack is avaialable

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Heck youngstars, I’m around too! I forgotz more about fottbals than that there smartz fellew ever cood learnt

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Bill Lewis

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Actually Greg Davis was Ray Goff’s QB coach, not a Donnan guy. But a good point.

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GT…….what are you……12……..a real conference???? Give us a break. I congratulate you on being the ACC champs, but you need to put down the crack pipe. Do you even follow college football??? Go back to D&D and leave college football to the guys who actually run this country. Good job at an attempt to show your knowledge of your conference and football in general. Come back when you have something to boast about.

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Out of the Blue has a good idea. Bill Lewis would be a great choice. Go find him!

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GT is Ga Taliban and/or Gun Toters U. NBA’s Crittendon has been contacted by the Tech Trust Fund to address the loyal money men about NRA issues and the proper handling of a firearm. HAHAHAHA what a disgrace.

30-24 and it will keep on keeping on. Dwyer? Um, he got 33 vs UGA and 0 ( zero, nada, ZILCH) vs Iowa in the first half. Nesbitt is gonna take a pounding next fall and Tech will be in deep T.

Go Dogs.

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Lewis gave Richt the job of Offensive Coordinator at East Carolina back in the late 80’s. Good connection there.

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Need someone with UGA ties.

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NO UGA ties….lord the last we ended up with GOMER GOOF

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what about Booby Bowden?

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Zeb…obviously you don’t keep up with college football.You must have missed the VT -TENN. game.Was it that team that destroyed uga?And where not talking about a 2 FG win, where talking.. take out to the shed kind of win!!!

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Pollack would be a great coach. He fires up players and yea half of it is being smart the other half is motivation. and David has no shortage of that. Let him coach D ends on new staff.

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I’ll tell you what, if Richt does get this guy Todd Grantham, he will be toast!

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Posted at CollegeFootballTalk.com

Smart out, so Georgia wants Grantham
Posted by Evan Silva on January 12, 2010 3:38 PM ET

ESPN’s Chris Low reports that Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart turned down Georgia’s offer of a three-year contract paying $750,000 per year to take the same position on the Bulldogs’ staff. Smart wants to be a head coach.

Georgia coach Mark Richt has reportedly now made Dallas Cowboys defensive line coach Todd Grantham his primary focus.

Grantham, 43, has a fairly impressive resume. Not only does he have a long history with the 3-4 defense Richt intends to implement, the Nick Saban disciple was the Cleveland Browns’ defensive coordinator from 2005-2007 and was targeted by Saban to coordinate the Miami Dolphins’ defense prior to that. Grantham also coached up the Indianapolis Colts’ defensive line from 1999-2001, a period during which the team went 29-19.

According to Low, Grantham is “very interested” in the position at Georgia, but wants to wait for the Cowboys’ playoff run to end before committing. Of course, Grantham and Richt could always reach a wink-nod agreement so the move wouldn’t serve as a distraction in Dallas.

Either way, it appears Richt has found his new defensive boss, and it’s just a matter of time before the marriage is finalized.

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After Martinez was fired, Richt turned to 2 grad assistants for the Texas A&M game. How was Georgia’s defense in that game? Well? Do we need to pay someone $500k? Promote the graduate students. They are 1-0 and both could be hired for much less than some “big” name. Sounds like a plan to me.

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WTF is wrong with ya’ll?? Why don’t you stop all of this stupid bickering and grow a pair…if you can’t handle it, I can call Sarah Palin…I’m sure she could help you…she’s got more balls than most of you so called dawg fans! In fact, she’d probably make a great DC cause she’s not afraid to go rogue and kick some ass!

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The closest Sarah Palin has come to going “rogue” is wearing socks that don’t match.

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I think it is time to look at what we have at home. I don’t think I would want to be 6th choice. I have lost sleep over this mess and I am too old to lose more sleep. Come on, let’s make a decision!!!!!

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Rodney Garner

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“Richt has averaged 10 wins a year and won 2 SEC titles.” gdawginkalamazoo, my point exactly, misery!

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It’s definitely Todd Grantham.

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Bill Lewis is available. He didn’t coach this past year. Still has family in Athens.

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Zeb, how are you feeling?

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i think that bumpas guy at tcu would be good. you would have to be with a name like dick bumpas. grantham or ellis johnson would be good. johnson has had respectable defenses everywhere he has been. i believe bumpas would come like that ken nugent guy says “one call thats all”.

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The Swamp Fox is 80 years old.

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i think the sooner the better. we have recruits wondering whats going on. i think you could offer grantham and allow him to coach the playoffs. at least then recruits may say ok thats cool and maybe get a phone call from the guy.

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USC – many say the best job in the country is 0-2??? (mike riley and jack de rio).

QUIT the panicking – CMR will find the right coach. he went for big fish, there are more out there. RELAX folks

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Zeb…Thanks for that comment!!

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Guys, Let’s give CMR some support and back him up here.
None of us know what has gone on behind closed doors.
He got rid of Willie and has put it out there for a couple of top DC’s.
Now where is our loyalty? Give him a chance. He is a class act!
We will have a MUCH improved Defense next year regardless.
Nice comments Cuz.
How boutch ya!

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I too like Justin Wilcox(Boise State). Check out his creds. His defenses always exhibit knowledge, fire and intensity—something we haven’t had in a while. He might however, have a hard time adjusting to our Southern heat.

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Hey Oakwood dawg, I like that idea a lot.
I might have missed this earlier, but what is the deal with Johnson from South carolina?
Someone…anyone?

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JMc12203 I feel your pain. But I ask you this:
Has he elevated our program? And I don’t know about you but I think Mark has grown and honed his skills as a head coach every year (save 2009) But I see that he is maturing further and shedding the “players coach” style. Rome was not built in a day and I think Mark will surprise you this season.
But I do feel your pain.

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to JMc12203

i would hardly say that we are looking up to tenn, auburn and arkansas. go back to the engineering lab you nerd

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Is there any hard evidence to support the assertion that Kirby Smart (or anyone else) was actually offered the UGA DC job? Read the Kirby Smart and Alabama statements again. They are very carefully worded…and there’s a lot of innuendo… BUT, if one reads the statements word-for-word and literally, it is never stated that Smart was offered the job…or that Richt (or anyone else from UGA) even discussed it with him. Not to mention that, since this was a written statement, Kirby did not have to answer any direct questions. I certainly don’t know the truth, and wonder if any of the reporters really know, either. The whole story could have been a carefully orchestrated (and very “smart”) effort to get a raise…and Alabama and Saban then utilized the rumors as an opportunity to embarass UGA a bit.

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David Pollack – DC and motivational coach. Bill Goldberg – tackling coach. Terry Hoage – DB coach.

Or Asst. DC Brent Venables at Oklahoma – unless Clemson has already nabbed him?

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“What?” Thank you Thank you Thank you Sgt Carter!
We have all kinds of upside going into next season.
Where was Bama for most of the last 15 years?
Hey, my hat’s off to Bama and there fans.
But we are no “red headed” step child either.
CMR is “our guy”. And he will only get better.
How many of us have gotten a little “stale” at work, etc. and had a bad month or bad year?
Yeah, no $h1t. Then we “cleaned” house and reorganized and moved forward past where we had been. Well let’s give our “class act” coach a little benefit of the doubt.

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I think Uncle Commode is available.

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Ok…This may be a dumb question…but…What about Tenuda?
Yeah, he didn’t have a great run at ND, but that was sort of a weird situation anyway.
We saw what he did for our brethren at Tech.
And he DOES NOT want to be a Head coach.
Any thoughts?

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Please, Coach Richt.. DON’T offer the job to Grantham. He was fired from his last job because he helmed the worst Defense in the NFL. While it’s true that he is doing an adequate job at Dallas, there is no evidence of consistency. UGA has had more than their share of inconsistent defensive coaches. So, again I ask that you pass on him.

The best candidate for the job (now that Smart is out of the picture) is Tim DeRuyter. He is a great strategist who sculpts his schemes to match the Offensive he is facing. He is every bit as good as Kirby Smart. He only needs a bigger program than Air Force to showcase his talent.

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WHY DO PEOPLE WANT GRANTHAM??? HIS 3 YEARS WITH THE BROWNS AT DC THEY FINISHED 16TH, 30TH AND 27TH IN TOTAL DEFENSE. HE DID A TERRIBLE JOB THERE!! DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!

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I seriously doubt Koenning was ever offered the position with UGA. He ended up signing with Illinois for $350,000 a year. I’m sure if we really wanted him we would have offered $750,000 like we did Kirby

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Dave,

I wonder what makes you an expert on NFL coaches. Are you an NFL GM or Head Coach. That’s right i didn’t think so..why don’t you just shut up and let the experts handle this

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Right on Stay Classy UGA. Thats what you call telling it like it is. Great Post!

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It must be frustrating to a newspaper columnist when they are supposed to know something but know nothing and no one is telling them anything…but they have to write something. In addition to getting great raises for certain DC CMR is driving AJC writers crazy.

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Romeo Crennel

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Tweet! Mark it, Dude!! Kirby is coming…DO NOT listen to the AJC…they have not a clue. Presser tomorrow is gonna rock. UGA just landed the Smart Choice!

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How about Bumpas at TCU? He has great credentials! Check this out on TCU’s Bumpus!
http://gofrogs.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bumpas_dick00.html

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How arrogant can UGa fans be? Suggesting that Withers would leave UNC for UGa. You’d as soon get Roy Williams to come be your bb coach.

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Deruyter or Travis Jones would both be great hires.

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Offer the Air Force guy or else Manny Diaz, they can’t match UGA’s offer.

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LOL Lane Kiffin bolts TEN for USC!

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Monte is going with him to USC! I can’t wait to see if the UT fans continue to talk trash on this blog! I love it! UT is back to the back of the pack! HAHAHA

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Haha Kiffin didn’t want to get beat by Florida for the next 10 years! He’s so overrated, he’s 6-6 his first year for the Vols, couldn’t even beat UCLA!

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Kirby Smart to Tennessee?

Let’s start that one just for fun.

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Kiffin to USC! Vols take another L!

-REEcently Roe!!!

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It’s gonna be BVG, he’s coming home folks, get out the train, time for a ride on the BVG Bus.

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HaHAHa, looks like ol’ tennerssee got left holdin tha bag!! BBBWWWAAAAAHHHHAAA!!!

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Bleepity bleep bleep Kiffin, promises never to lose to GA as long as he is there. He beats us once and bolts. Dang, I wanted to see next years payback. Maybe we’ll meet in a bowl one year.

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See you loser hillbillies later- I’m heading to LA baby!! I always hated sucking up to a bunch of inbred, hillbilly boosters.

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If NCAA sanctions are in order for the vols due to Lame Kitten’s big mouth, the sanctions should transfer with him to USC.
Kirby to UT? Dawgnation has already disowned him and we all know about the love fest between Bama and UT, dating back to Phat Phil Phulmer. Poor Kirby might not have any friends left.

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Thank you Lane!!!! Now that he is leaving Tennessee, watch the UGA DC search take a back seat in the AJC as Bradley, Schultz, King all jump on that bandwagon. Now UGA can move forward and hire a DC without the AJC second guessing every move that is made. Also, all the other fans of other SEC teams that are trying to pile on UGA will start piling on UT. Too Funny!!!!!!!

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It’s all TALK, but the choice will be whoever Coach Richt decides and if that DC accepts. I for one am willing to to be patient and trust the coach to secure the services of a good coach. The Dawgs will go on and on and on…What a great football tradition we have here in Georgia.

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Surely it’s just a rumor, but is the Lame Kitten really going to USC after all the stuff he stirred up in the SEC?

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You gotta be kidding!

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I wanted to be the first to say Kiffin lived up to his word that he would never lose to Georgia. You wouldn’t believe the folks in Ob-knoxville. They are already calling for people like David Cutcliff and Mike Leach. Guess that’s why UT isn’t know for its intellect.

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I don’t think it’s outrageous, I just think he would have made a lot more people mad.

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Holy freakin crap, the off season is just gonna be so much fun. Tennesee, you have to look at it this way. This man was embarressing a great program. You are better off for it. Hopefully you can get back to good respectful , tough , hard nosed football. Lame is gone and maybe he did not leave any NCAA sanctions behind him.

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Dick Bumpas is back to being my number one candidate for the UGA D-coordinator job…he is older and will not leave in two years plus his numbers are out standing at TCU.

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Kiffin (a probation waiting to happen) going to USC is a marriage made in heaven. Why would any parent want their son to play for that slim?

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Hey Lane Kiffin blogger. Just make sure you don’t schedule any real SEC teams. You just keep playin OSU and Arkansas.

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You know what, I am gonna say it as loud as possible. Richt hasn’t got that MNC yet. But he has kept our program respectable and consistent. No Slime or nothing. Thank god for Mark Richt because alot of current coaches like Lame Kiffin and Nick “I’m gone in a coupla years” Saban , make things look real good for us in Athens. We should all thank god for Mark Richt and his professionalism.

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Who—
I think you omitted assault

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TRAVIS JONES or BRIAN VAN GORDER! no subs please!

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Hey puppy dawg fans! First, your inability to get a top notch D Coordinator is your issue, your program’s issue and your standing in the SEC and National Standings issue. Trash GT, Trash TN now that Kiffen’s FINALLY gone, blog BS. The fact is you’ve gone for 3 (yes 3) top D Coordinators and all three turned you down! Good news, is you got all three a raise. So stop diverting the conversation about other programs and focus on your sorry pathetic program. I hear Shreveport does not even want you back!

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What about Brian Vangorder for DC?

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WHY DO PEOPLE WANT GRANTHAM??? HIS 3 YEARS WITH THE BROWNS AT DC THEY FINISHED 16TH, 30TH AND 27TH IN TOTAL DEFENSE. HE DID A TERRIBLE JOB THERE!! DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!!!

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Why are we going after Grantham? Does he need a raise too?

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Kippy Brown is the interim head coach for the Tennessee vols.

Mike Hamilton, vols’ AD, you are a joke, have been, and continue to be.

And, what is this that the students in Knoxville started a fire to keep Lame Kitten in Knoxville by leaving their trailers to burn their mattresses ? Hillbillies.

Please come back in here and put a spin on this vols’ fans.

I can’t wait.

Tell us all again of your moral victories ?

Lame Kitten 7-6 one season who beat no Final AP Poll or USA Today Coaches’ Poll Top 25 team, gone. When he was at USC, he was NEVER the Offensive Coordinator. That was 2 other guys, both now gone. Norm Chow UCLA now who was then replaced by Steve Sarkisian who left after last year to Washington. He was their assistant and he grinded on the players, other coaches, and media the whole entire time at Southern California and all the other places he stayed for a year thereafter, too. An impetuous impatient child smart-aleck know-it-all Spoiled Brat, and a huge big loose cannon who will step in at USC for all their NCAA Major Violations including Reggie Bush’s Court Trial which finally comes up with Sworn Statements finally now. And, the added issue of now not only Reggie Bush’s Mansion provided to his entire family under market value, but now too yet the rift between Pete Carroll and USC AD Mike Garrett over tailback Joe McKnight’s illegal use now of a vehicle not in his name. A Land Rover. At least at USC, it’s a Mansion and a Land Rover. Nice perks. Lame Kitten will fit right in there. These NCAA sanctions will happen this year. Why did Pete Carroll leave for a lousy Seattle team when he is failed as an NFL Coach at New England and the Jets 33-31 record ?

Lame Kitten Fresno State Quarterback who NO ONE LIKES, who NEVER was the Offensive Coordinator at USC. Never. Pete Carroll was the Defensive Coordinator, make no mistake of that, just like Nick Saban. At UGA, all we have is a damn CEO whose only job responsibility anymore is to hire a “coaching staff” which he has been totally miserable at doing for 10 years now this season.

Coach Richt Era 17-19 vs. Final AP Poll Top 25 teams in 9 years plus another 8 Losses to teams not even ranked in the Final AP Poll Top 25, including David Greene 8-9 vs. LSU, Florida, vols, and Auburn. David Greene was 9-8 vs Final AP Poll Top 25 teams but dropped 2 games Losses to teams not even ranked in the Final AP Poll Top 25.

It’s NOT like we are something great s c dawg.

And, the problem is and has been the “coaching staff” all hired by Coach Richt including his first hire of Rodney Garner December 20, 2000. Brian VanGorder’s Falcons defense sucks. No coach with any NFL experience not 1 coach 1 day. Losing record against Final AP Poll Top 25. The real teams we played each of 9 years now. Only 3 wins against teams in the Top 10 of the Final AP Poll Top 25 in 9 years, and only 1 of those is David Greene. His 1st win which he never duplicated. The offensive woes of this Coach Richt Era are Legendary for all 9 years. Even the 2 years we did play Knowshon Moreno and not redshirt him again that year, we handed him the ball 13 times only in loss after loss after loss. Then, we actually run the ball against GA tek and low and behold, we win a game – so we KEEP Mike Bobo. I’m sorry Willie Martinez and Jon Fabris are hardly all our issues on this “coaching staff.” Which 1 is in charge of the 121 suspensions/arrests in 9 years now of the Coach Richt Era ? Who teaches a position as position coach who actually played that position as a damn player ? No one. Who is in charge of kick-offs and returns ?

vols of course, should have kept Chief. I tried to tell them that. I tried to tell Coach Richt to snap him up then too.

s c dawg, though knows so damn much more about all this than all of us and than God Above.

DISNEYdawg.

By the way, like UGA’s DC, Lame Kitten was Choice Number 4 at USC who finally settled on Lame Kitten after 3 whiffs. It is no better for him than it is for whomever Coach Richt gets off his butt and hires as his 4th Choice.

Don’t let the trailer trash door hit you on the backside on the way out Lame Kitten, you failure at 12-22 as a head coach all-time. He will do better in the PAC-ZERO which is why he left.

Granddad Monte Kiffin, Defensive Coordinator, gone.

Ed Orgeron, Recruiting Coordinator, gone.

After all you said in here about how great Lame Kitten is, please put a spin on this for me vols’ fans. I eagerly await your B.S. now about Lame Kitten’s FAILURES, totally after all your attempted DEFENSE of him HERE.

Go ahead. Defend him again, or make an about-face and agree with me all along that the jerk Lame Kitten is a sorry NOTHING of a Coach and person. How is his entire only recruiting class, put in jail over armed robbery, drugs, alcohol, and weapons charges, doing ? Been by to see them at the jail, or are you waiting to leave your trailer only to burn your mattresses to keep Lame Kitten there. God Almighty. And, what now becomes of the NCAA Investigation of just 2 weeks ago of Lame Kitten’s orange Kittens leaving campus to pursue Ed Orgeron’s recruits ?

I don’t care that you obviously now will end up with a better coach; I just want you to admit The Spoiled Brat Little Monster is gone and that you burned your mattresses to keep him there you Hillbillies – along with the fact that I told you so, and you DEFENDED Lame Kitten : Choose : Defend him AGAIN, Admit I was right all along. Where is his win like our win over GA tek ?

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TOMMY T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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UGA would look real bad if they hired garner at this point. Richt has already announced that garner is not in the discussion, and hiring him will be saying that UGA can’t hire anyone. BTW, the interior Dline which is what he coaches has underperformed for the talent that has been there. Not to mention if he wasn’t just a strong recruiter he would’ve been fired also, I want a coach as DC, not recruiter.

If grantham is the guy it needs to go ahead and be announced. I don’t see how it would distract the cowboys that much, he’s just the dline coach. Tell him that uga just needs to announce it, then that’ll be it until the cowboys are done. UGA could get a big boost in recruiting right now if they had a DC with kiffin leaving UT.

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I still feel like there is a up & coming young defensive line, linebackers coach just waiting on a chance to show his stuff. Cmon Dawgs go find him

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UGA’s end of year Sagarin rank: 26
Average end-of-year Sagarin rank of teams we beat: 64
Average end-of-year Sagarin rank of teams we lost to: 28
Draw your own conclusions.

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WRITE A BLANK CHECK TO MUSCHAMP OR VAN GORDER NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Great job Richt on finishing well. After going 4-4, Georgia climbed from #56 to #26 on the USA Today rankings. I predicted it would happen and Richt pulled it off. Ana amazing finish to a tough year where we lost our start QB and RB to early NFL draft.

Funny, we didn’t even make the final top 30 in the ESPN poll. ESPN has an ANTI-GEORGIA Bias. USA Today got it closer, I’d rank us about 11 or 12, because we beat Tech, should be higher ranked than Tech.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt09.htm

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What if Kirby went to UT. Who would Saban go after, well that would be Grantham. Therefore, we need to secure a deal with Grantham now so we don’t get stood up again. I agree that there is no reason that Grantham cannot go ahead and commit and let UGA announce it. He can finish the playoffs with Dallas. I will never have any respect for Kiffen, what he did was wrong and I place him in the same category with petrifiedtrino.

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Since Richt went so hard after SEC Conference rivals, Chavis and Smart, you have to think Sunseri is being targetted with everythign Richt has right now. Sunseri, Bama’s LB Coach, is an impressive guy, who helped run Carolina Panther’s D for years. I wouldn’t be surprised is Sunseri is the guy.

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Heard some disturbing news this morning, and my question is how involved is Damon Evans in this mess. Here’s the rumor:

* Foster was Richt’s #1, but the limit was $650K/year. VT upped the ante.
* Koening (spelling?) initially got a whopping $300K but that was upped to $400K. Had already signed with Illinois and a lawsuit was threatened.
* Chavis was initially offered $500K, but that was later increased. LSU exceeded UGA’s offer.
* Smart – everyone knows about that debacle, but the offer was $700K/yr.
* Tyrone Nix was offered $250K, but that is now up to about $400K.
* Grantham will take in excess of $800K.

These salaries are all over the chart. If this is correct, then who in the hell is in charge of setting the pay for this position? Is it Richt, Evans, Adams, or some combination? This is turning into a joke.

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PEOPLE, QUIT BRINGING UP DAVID POLLACK!!!!! He has repeatedly said on Twitter he does NOT want to coach. At all. Ever.

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UT is in disarray and UGA will find a fine, up and coming HDC coach. I can name many, many guys that were relatively unknown when hired for BIGGER JOBS. Auburn hired Chizk and now? He is on top of one of the best recruiting classes in a long, long time at Auburn or anywhere. I am no War Eagle fan. Chizk makes my point. Yes, he is a HC but there are many of unknowns looking to move up and yes, move up to a winning program of 13 in a row 8 + win seasons.

ONLY UGA can claim that status. No, we have not won one NC in 30 years but we are holders of that fine 8+ win record. No one else can say that. UGA grads LOVE the U of Georgia and we love em win or lose.

2010 will be a fun, exciting year for us UGA grads. By the way, if you bad mouth UGA or any school and have never even driven up to the place, then your comments are invalid. Worthless, as you do not know of what you speak.

Go Dogs.

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Hey guys, lay off the UT fans. Sure they were pretty quick to rub our noses in that debacle in Knoxville a few of months ago and they managed to rationalize that a-hole of a coach because he was their a-hole. But no sense in stating the obvious – they screwed up and they know it. Doubt if they’ll do than one again.

Like so many things in life that go wrong – there’s one question that inevitably gets asked and only one response that’s necessary: ‘What in hell were you thinking?…and…’It seemed like a good idea at the time’. Right Vols?

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Rodney gardner is the only solution to the dawg nation give the guy a chance whats all this talk about some other D.C when the man is standing right there, he have showed the dog nation nothing but loyalty and we continue 2 avoid him.
WHEN WE PLAYED TEXAS A.M WE BEAT THEM WITH OUR DEFENSE ADJUSTMENT AT HALF AND RODNEY GARDNER WAS THE MAN.

TEXAS A.M 20 GEORGIA 44 GIVE THE GUY A CHANCE GEORGIA WE WANT BE SORRY PERIOD.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!

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Message to Coach Richt, I know this has entered your mind but how about David Pollack for DC? His personality, enthusiasm, knowledge of he game at the highest level and his personal character would make up for his lack of experience as a coach. After all, he did make All American his freshman year when others are extremely fortunate just to make 1st string as a freshman. I just haven’t read any conversations about his becoming CD. It would truly be a bolt from the Blue (Red and Black). Someone that would lift the spirits of every Dawg in the Dawg nation.

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Emmitt Thomas would be a great hire

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Bring in Tony Dungy for a couple of years to mentor Rodney Gardner. CMR, please do this.

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Just happy we are not in Tennessee’s shape right now!

GO DAWGS!

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People! I can’t believe GA fans continue to call him Gardner and not his real name – Garner. Get a grip, if you are real fans you would know we don’t have a Gardner for our RC….

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I cant believe that we pursing a coach who have done nothing as D.C THREW OUT HIS CAREER, look with the talent the cowboys have on defense any body can coach them and still look good as a D.C. come on bulldog nation the chant is on GARNER!!!! GARNER!!!! GARNER!!!!!
GO DAWG!!!!!!!!

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Well I tried to tell the mutt nation ………
Didnt listen , did you???
Now, godown the road and get bitc/ slapped again.

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Louie, Get a clue about reality. I’m a Tech fan who’s memory goes back to ‘58. Tech was in the SEC, Atlantans were all natives and Tech fans and the real rivalry was with Alabama. We took beating the doggies for granted in those days. I miss the hell out of ‘em. It will never be that way with us again, so just accept it. What are you doing on the doggies’ blog?

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