Grantham: Garner will remain D-line coach
Athens — New Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham said today that Rodney Garner, the only holdover from the Bulldogs’ previous defensive staff, will coach the nose tackle and defensive end positions.
“As we move forward, that would be what he would do,” Grantham said.
Garner coached defensive tackles in Georgia’s former 4-3 defense, but the team will convert to a 3-4 — three down linemen and four linebackers rather than vice versa — under Grantham. Garner also is Georgia’s recruiting coordinator.
Grantham spoke highly of Garner, whom he had not met until this week.
“I think Rodney is a very passionate guy,” Grantham said. “He’s been here at the University of Georgia and they’ve had success, and I think if you look at where he has been before, they’ve had success there. I think Rodney has value, and I look forward to working with him and letting him help our defense. I really look forward to that.”
With the hiring of Grantham from the Dallas Cowboys as defensive coordinator and Scott Lakatos from the University of Connecticut as secondary coach, one opening remains on Georgia’s defensive staff. Coach Mark Richt fired three defensive coaches last month.
The current plan is to fill the remaining opening with an additional linebackers coach, said Grantham, who also plans to coach that position.
“It’s not etched in stone right now,” Grantham said, “but [the final hire] is probably going to be a linebackers coach. . . . That’s kind of the direction we’re heading right now.”
As for a timetable on making that hire, Grantham said: “I think we’re very flexible on it. It could be soon; it could be late. I think as [Richt] and I talk over the course of the next few weeks, we’re going to get the right guy in here so that we can have a solid staff from a teaching standpoint. Because I think teaching is very critical.”
If an additional linebackers coach is hired, that person would coach either the inside or outside linebackers, with Grantham coaching the other. Grantham said he has no preference between coaching the inside or outside ‘backers.
Lakatos said today that Richt told him special-teams coaching assignments would be sorted out after the staff is complete and recruiting is finished.
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143 comments Add your comment
Ghost of TK Harty
January 22nd, 2010
12:29 pm
I like what I hear already! Boo!
matt
January 22nd, 2010
12:29 pm
first…oh who cares…
Calhoundawg
January 22nd, 2010
12:30 pm
First! Go Dawgs !!!!
Eat and Tweet
January 22nd, 2010
12:31 pm
first !
Calhoundawg
January 22nd, 2010
12:31 pm
OK, third …Go Dawgs !!!!
matt
January 22nd, 2010
12:31 pm
wow…that’s disappointing!
il5
January 22nd, 2010
12:31 pm
Call Sal Sunseri at Bama.
sswinfordawg
January 22nd, 2010
12:31 pm
Awesome. Thank god they didn’t hire a special teams coach/coordinator. That would be a waste. Also, any word on replacing the strength and conditioning coach? He needs to go.
Eat and Tweet
January 22nd, 2010
12:32 pm
I knew I shouldnt have taken another bite off that chicken leg…
il5
January 22nd, 2010
12:40 pm
Love to see Reggie Herring come over from Dallas Cowboys, Grantham and Reggie have worked together for years at Dallas and Houston, he really gets the 3-4 and his LB’s have been tops in the NFL in production.
toph
January 22nd, 2010
12:40 pm
I’m ready for the players to learn this system and let’s get next season started!!
Natureboy809
January 22nd, 2010
12:43 pm
sswinfordawg- hiring a ST coach would be a waste?!?! Have you watched UGA cover kickoffs lately? Special teams are 1/3 of the game.
chipperdawg
January 22nd, 2010
12:45 pm
Wish they’d get a full time Special Teams coach. Or better yet, maybe Coach Richt is planning on heading up special teams himself. Other head coachs (Meyer for one) have been very successful doing it.
Anthony C
January 22nd, 2010
12:47 pm
hire former Tampa Linebackersplayer Derrick Brooks as a coach .it will be a good fit
MoDawg
January 22nd, 2010
12:48 pm
Bring on Travis Jones (New Orleans Saint’s asst. def. line coach and UGA grad) to coach the linebackers!
Go Dawgs!!
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January 22nd, 2010
12:48 pm
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January 22nd, 2010
12:48 pm
[...] Grantham says that Garner will be the line coach and the next hire will coach linebackers. [...]
ButlerDawg
January 22nd, 2010
12:49 pm
Give Randall Godfrey an interview!
toph
January 22nd, 2010
12:50 pm
MoDawg, that sounds like a great idea. How could a recruit who wanted to play in the League not think about UGA?
il5
January 22nd, 2010
12:51 pm
Keith Butler, Pitt Steelers LB Coach, born in Alabama, went to Memphis, south guy. Runs a mean 3-4. Productive lb’s–lots of sacks, hurries, and knockdowns.
http://www.steelers.com/team/coach/49260/
Really??
January 22nd, 2010
12:51 pm
For those who think UGA needs a new strength and conditioning coach, could you please give me some reason why? The coach is not responsible for injuries. Coach Van Hagler is the best in the business.
munson
January 22nd, 2010
12:54 pm
Travis Jones will be the man. They are waiting for the N.O. Saints season to end.
toph
January 22nd, 2010
12:55 pm
Could be this weekend. The Vikings are tough.
Nice
January 22nd, 2010
12:58 pm
Rodney is one of the best in the business. Yes, the D-Line has been questionable at times, but we need him to stay for recruiting. Travis Jones would be nice. A linebacker coach from Dallas would be nice as well. I think we need to get a southern guy though. I mean I think Lakatos was a great hire, but sometimes a regional guy can help with recruiting. What about the Falcons LB coach? I mean that was one of our bright spots on D this year.
Nice
January 22nd, 2010
12:59 pm
Munson, I said the same thing on another article/blog.
thomas
January 22nd, 2010
1:01 pm
TIM – YOU ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB!… http://www.wedgeorgia.com
toph
January 22nd, 2010
1:02 pm
I read a profile about Travis Jones and it mentioned several times about how good of a “teacher” he was. Sounds good to me!
il5
January 22nd, 2010
1:05 pm
Reggie Herring, the Dallas Cowboys LB Coach, is from Myrtle Beach, SC, his wife is from griffin, Georgia. He has coached and recruited in the SEC and performed well.
He and Grantham have coached together at Houston and with the Cowboys for years. Cowboys LB’s have led NFL in sacks, hurries, and QB knockdowns.
Dallas Bio:
http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/team_biosCoachExec.cfm?newName=Reggie_Herring
TampaDawg
January 22nd, 2010
1:06 pm
TRAVIS JONES
He can coach the OLB
http://www.neworleanssaints.com/Team/Coaches/People/Travis%20Jones.aspx
Grey Dog
January 22nd, 2010
1:07 pm
Travis Jones would be grrrrrrrrrrrreat !
Uncle Willie
January 22nd, 2010
1:07 pm
I wish I had got this much support.
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Uncle Willie
January 22nd, 2010
1:09 pm
Why would a top NFC linebackers coach want to take a step down to coach Linebackers in college? Go from position coach to coordinator yes, but not downward.
JTUGA
January 22nd, 2010
1:10 pm
I believe it will be Travis Jones from New Orleans, he bleeds red and black.
JTUGA
January 22nd, 2010
1:11 pm
As for Special Teams, I heard Richt was going to take over the ST. If my source is accurate which has been so far, I think it will be excellent. One thing about UGA’s special teams, it’s usually all walk on’s.
Uncle Willie
January 22nd, 2010
1:13 pm
JTUGA, was your source accurate about all of the rejects to CMR?
F-105 Thunderchief
January 22nd, 2010
1:13 pm
What about Richard Samuel? Linebacker?
bamadawg
January 22nd, 2010
1:15 pm
Special Teams HELP! Field Position, Field Position, Field Position!!! Game of inches…long returns on us all year!!!! JunkYard Dawg D is back!!! I am excited! Dang, I wish the season started next week!!
NC Dawg
January 22nd, 2010
1:15 pm
We need a Special Teams coach – full-time.
Eat and Tweet
January 22nd, 2010
1:15 pm
Hey JTUGA is your source David Pollock ? Im just saying……
Robert
January 22nd, 2010
1:15 pm
TRAVIS JONES!
GW
January 22nd, 2010
1:15 pm
This would be a lateral move for most of the guys mentioned in the above blogs. Many of them would simply want to stay in the NFL. Need a a young, eager guy that is on fire that Grantham can train if need be. You don’t need another genius, just somebody that wants to be a genius one day. Too much worry about a special teams specialist. The way college practices are limited on time it would be a waste.
il5
January 22nd, 2010
1:17 pm
Travis Jones would give Richt that potential DC in case Grantham moves on so he would get program and system continuity. Jones can recruit like crazy, is a good age match to the coaches, DC mateiral, and coached OLB for the Miami Dolphins. He’s also a big time Georgia guy.
If we get Travis Jones, it’s lights out for Georgia for the next few years.
This, after the Grantham and Lokatas hires, would be that type of hire that would get UGA buzzing.
Nuscrypt
January 22nd, 2010
1:18 pm
My top option would be to bring David Pollack in. He was the best pass rusher UGA has had in a while, maybe all time. Although he played DE in the 4-3, he did play that OLB position for the Bengals. He’s clearly a high energy guy who would relate well college students and nobody outworks that guy! I say sigh him and groom him to be the eventual DC if/when Grantham gets a head coaching job. The fact that he hasn’t coached wouldn’t be much of a problem because he’d be working at the same position group as the DC, who could help teach him how to coach.
bamadawg
January 22nd, 2010
1:19 pm
GW…I heard at VT, Beamer starts every practice with ST play…not important? duh?
bamadawg
January 22nd, 2010
1:19 pm
Enter your comments here
GW
January 22nd, 2010
1:24 pm
bamadawg, Where did I say special teams “not important?” duh?
Uncle Willie
January 22nd, 2010
1:25 pm
Nuscrypt, Pollack not mature enough; his future is on TV and radio.
columbusdawg
January 22nd, 2010
1:25 pm
David Pollack has said on numerous times and very emphatically that he is not interested in coaching.
a
January 22nd, 2010
1:29 pm
travis jones would be huge. morally, though, wouldn’t it be great to get sunseri from bama? just to stick a little something back at em for the kirby debacle (which, by the way, i’m not sad – grantham is going to be a better coach).
Uncle Willie
January 22nd, 2010
1:32 pm
What makes you think that Grantham is going to be better than kirby; bitterness? His defense certainly didnt show up against Minnesota!
a
January 22nd, 2010
1:32 pm
pollack’s future is in tv and radio? are you kidding? all the guy does is spread baseless rumors and claim to have inside connections – case and point, the kirby smart thing wouldn’t have been that big of a deal unless he had made it one. tv and radio personalities are supposed to understand journalistic practices, standards and ethics – pollack understands none of the above.
Uncle Willie
January 22nd, 2010
1:34 pm
what kind of crap do you think that these guys we are reading is. pollack will be great and is already on several natl shows.
PowerDawg
January 22nd, 2010
1:35 pm
Very few D-1 college teams have a designated full-time special teams coach. They are limited on the number of staff they can hire. It’s not like the NFL where there is a coach for everything.
Many times several of the coaches have some experience in the area of ST. We did pretty good in the bowl with GA’s. It is not a necessary hire.
Besides, we have the best punter and one of the top three place-kickers in the country. And nobody has a kick returner any more dangerous than Boykin…nobody.
Gray, Thomas or Smith will handle punt returns. That leaves punt and kick-off coverage. This has already been addressed by CMR…better athletes and more SPEED. (No more walk-ons on the kicking teams like Fabris was famous for!)
My question to the guy that wants Van Halanger fired is why? He is doing a good job with these kids. They are in the top five among SEC teams as far as growth and strength increase percentages. Their average muscle-mass gain and total weight increase are among the best in the league. Their strength increase percentage, (how much weight they are able to lift) are also well above the league average. What else do you want?
This ain’t prison, dude. They can’t lift weights all day, every day. They have to go to class, attend meetings, practice, do homework, eat, sleep…
Get real.
Uncle Willie
January 22nd, 2010
1:36 pm
Van Halanger(aka powerdog) quit tooting your own horn.
a
January 22nd, 2010
1:37 pm
pollack is a hack job, uncle willie. you know it, i know it, we all know it.
Uncle Willie
January 22nd, 2010
1:39 pm
a, yea but at least he beat those nasty gators once in his career.
Cunk Rogers
January 22nd, 2010
1:40 pm
Grantham needs to make sure he gets a linebackers coach who can teach, motivate and inspire the GATA ATTITUDE. Go Dawgs!!!!!!!!!!
bamadawg
January 22nd, 2010
1:47 pm
Georgia ranked 117th in kick-return defense and 82nd in punt-return defense last year. They gave up, on average, 22-yards per kick return. How much of that was due to the decision to use directional kicking is uncertain, but it definitely didn’t help matters much.
IT is our ST DEFENSE that is so bad guys…look at the facts…we need help!!! why put the D in a hole after practically every kickoff!!! I’m just sayin…it is so obvious…duh?
a
January 22nd, 2010
1:47 pm
good point, uncle willie. good point.
Grandad
January 22nd, 2010
1:54 pm
What about Andy McCollum, Ga. boy [Marietta] and according to Rex, he wants to be here.
bamadawg
January 22nd, 2010
1:55 pm
UncleWillie…the Dallas D-line showed up not the safety’s and corners…remember Farve had 3/4 td passes…line was not the problem dude…get on your GT nerd site you bug us…
Cunk Rogers
January 22nd, 2010
1:55 pm
Gator Cadets baby!
Cunk Rogers
January 22nd, 2010
2:02 pm
Grayson Thompson would make a Helluva Great LB Coach!
alphadawg
January 22nd, 2010
2:02 pm
No need to get in a hurry though. It’s good that they haven’t announced this hire yet, maybe it will be Jones, who knows? But it looks like from way back here that CMR and CTG are making the decision jointly, which I’m taking as a positive sign. So far, so good…
Dawg 3/20
January 22nd, 2010
2:04 pm
He knows who is daddy is, he can introduce Coach Grantham to him on October 30th.
Bama Dave
January 22nd, 2010
2:05 pm
Garner is a hired gun!!! He will NEVER amount to anything in the coaching ranks and will never be a D1 HC or DC. It’s bad that the barn would not even hire him with all the openings they have had in the last few years???
If Saban wanted ole Rod, he would walk to Tuscaloosa to be on a winnning team!!!
Roll Tide!!! NC’s baby!!!
bamadawg
January 22nd, 2010
2:09 pm
BTW…Adrian Peterson was held to 6oish yards by the Dallas D-line…now smoke on that stat unclewillie dude
Nerd Central @ North Ave
January 22nd, 2010
2:09 pm
I’m back, baby!!!!!! Your coaches can assemble all the staff they want. They are still going to get beat on the last week in November by the boys from North Ave. Get ready for it; you know its coming! Oh, and……..(((((((45-42)))))))!!!! You know how much it still burns because you love to bring it up all the time.
bamadawg
January 22nd, 2010
2:10 pm
Adrian Peterson held to 60ish yds. pretty good D-line play
Cunk Rogers
January 22nd, 2010
2:10 pm
Take the sucker out your mouth Bama Dave when you are speaking to ADULTS!
Eat and Tweet
January 22nd, 2010
2:12 pm
Is that so powderdawg? Then tell us why is it that teams like vandy and kentucky push our guys around on the line of scrimmage? Why do players like Jeff Owens eat at fast food restaurants every day ?
Grantham Talking And Garner Staying At UGA | MrSEC.com
January 22nd, 2010
2:15 pm
[...] look at where he has been before, they’ve had success there. I think Rodney has value, and I look forward to working with him and letting him help our defense.”It’s expected that Grantham will hire another [...]
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January 22nd, 2010
2:20 pm
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BobDog
January 22nd, 2010
2:24 pm
What is the deal with the strength and conditioning coach. I know that Kevin Butler and Buck Belue have both had things to say about player strength and development. The S&C coach was brought in from FSU, where they had a fair amount of success. Has he forgotten what to do?
bamadawg
January 22nd, 2010
2:26 pm
Bama Dave…Go SEC, but you go home to your trailor park in Tuscaloosa…do you have amnesia or just stupid…Shula guided you too a brilliant 26/23 record earlier this decade and then Franchione left you for Texas A&M like Kiffin did to Tenn., oh, and then your famous strippergate head coach – Mike Price…beware, only a fool forgets where they came from!!!!!111
RxDawg
January 22nd, 2010
2:26 pm
Good post power dawg. You actually sound like you know what your talking about
Uncle Willie is an Idiot
January 22nd, 2010
2:29 pm
The Dallas offense did not show up! The defense actually kept them in the game. Romo is terrible.
Nerd Central are you serious? 30-24!!!!!!!! 8 out of 9, bug man!!!!!! PJ is not as great as you think he is. We will continue to assemble an exceptional staff and continue to pound on your head every November because Ealie and King, “Run this state!”
Eat and Tweet
January 22nd, 2010
2:29 pm
Gosh sounds like we have some blind homers for the S & C coach just like they were for ole Willie.
PowerDawg
January 22nd, 2010
2:36 pm
Uncle Willie- it’s PowerDawg! Get it right, genius!
BamaDave- Do you even know what the context of the term “Hired Gun”means?
Eat and Tweet- Neither one of the teams you mentioned “pushed us around”. We beat Vandy and TO’s cost us the game against the the kitties. By the way, tweetness…your boyfriend wants his boa back.
maddawg
January 22nd, 2010
2:37 pm
Bama Dave,
Did they have a teacher furlough day over there today or did you just skip?
1eyedJack
January 22nd, 2010
2:37 pm
Nerd Central….Go somewhere.
Eat and Tweet….Big men love Big Macs.
Caleb King…..First Down!!
Washaun….TOUCHDOWN!!!!
Travis Jones…..I’m with you fellas!
shannon1776
January 22nd, 2010
2:39 pm
NatureBoy, you said: “Natureboy809
January 22nd, 2010
12:43 pm
sswinfordawg- hiring a ST coach would be a waste?!?! Have you watched UGA cover kickoffs lately? Special teams are 1/3 of the game.”
With all due respect, ST’s are NOT 1/3rd of the game. They are roughly 14% of the game. 3/4 of the ST area were great by UGA last year. So, appx. 4/5 plays per game need to improve, so you want to waste money on having a coach deal with that ? When a LB coach would eal with appx. 50% of the plays???????
That is crazy. You want a LB coach trying to get stud defensive recruits in here? or do you want a special teams coach doing that???????????????????????????????????
CJJScout
January 22nd, 2010
2:45 pm
Like what he says about teaching being critical. Our tackling has been lacking the fundamentals.
Case Quarter
January 22nd, 2010
2:49 pm
Not to say it is impossible, but I doubt we are getting anymore NFL assistants, who currently have jobs, and are expected to make a lateral move to college (i.e., Travis Jones). Unless we definitely know to coach wants to move back to college (for lesser pay)… I doubt it.
Mirna from smyrna
January 22nd, 2010
2:50 pm
Travis Jones is making 500K in the NFL.
It ain’t going to happen! I wish it would but don’t count on it.
cajdawg
January 22nd, 2010
2:51 pm
Travis Jones has a great resume but wouldn’t it make sense to get a LB coach that has coached 3-4 LBs?
Cunk Rogers
January 22nd, 2010
2:52 pm
Good one maddawg! The only item I find wrong in your posting is that you allude that they indeed have “Teachers” in Alabamie. You first have to have folks with IQ’s higher than 50 to teach. That my friend they are in short supply of!
Dawg in Augusta
January 22nd, 2010
3:00 pm
I like what I am reading about this guy and the 3-4. If the opposition is left to guess which linebacker is going to run at the QB, it will create confusion…especially for inexperienced college QBs. It should be fun to watch.
And….yes, Coach, many of us Dawg fans love to bark when a defender lays the wood! Give us a reason!!! Please! I love to watch an offense fear a defense. We haven’t had that in quite a while. I, for one, will bark louder.
maddawg
January 22nd, 2010
3:02 pm
Nerd Central @ North Ave or Saint Simons or whatever name your posting under this week,
from your post at 2:09 PM
“Get ready for it; you know its coming!” That’s what Paul Johnson said to you last night.
“you know how much it still burns” that was your reply
maddawg
January 22nd, 2010
3:05 pm
Cunk,
They’re only that high along their eastern border!
Cunk Rogers
January 22nd, 2010
3:08 pm
Maddawg, he also added “you knows I likes it dat way”!!!
Mirna from smyrna
January 22nd, 2010
3:12 pm
Anyone know if Willie caught on somewhere else?
maddawg
January 22nd, 2010
3:24 pm
We need to go after Grayson Thompson!!!!!!!!
He’s from Santeee Cooper and knows the SEC as well as anybody.
That would be the final icing on the cake.
Go get him CMR!!!!!!!
CPJ
January 22nd, 2010
3:33 pm
Somebody find me Al Groh’s viagra … HE MY FRIDAY NIGHT THANG BABY!!!!
To: BamaDawg
January 22nd, 2010
3:35 pm
BamaDawg ……….you said it exactly right. Alabama had about 45 coaches within a three year span. That Mike Price thing was a hoot. Stripper /Cheapo Motel Gate and he was gone in 45 seconds. When Nick bails (and he will next year) they will be in the wilderness again for 10-15 years. There are very few Sabans and simply 0 Bear Bryants of the world.
Bama fans …………enjoy your over due success but always remember were you came from.
Go Dogs.
CPJ
January 22nd, 2010
3:36 pm
Oh yeah … and bring me that vibrating 8uttplug Urban Meyer gave me for Valentines Day last year ….
It’s delicious …
Knuckle Sandwich
January 22nd, 2010
3:36 pm
I certainly probably hope that the D is better next year
The NFL, per Coach Groh
January 22nd, 2010
3:43 pm
As a big time HS recruit, imagine being spoken to by Tech’s Groh. He will recall the 1958 Baltimore Colts ( yes Baltimore ) and the NY Gaints ( they were in NY too ) and how wonderful that game was with Don Amechi and Lenny Moore and Frank Gifford and of course, Unitas.
The recruit? He will be thinking, “um coach must be talking about the Super Bowl of 1981 or something.” When Groh mentions the KC Chiefs vs Vikings 1970 Super Bowl, and he speaks of Francis Tarkenton, the kid will wonder if they allowed gals to play in the NFl in the good ole days.
Recruiting is all about building a repoire and communication. With the 1958 NFL Championship game memory and the 1970 Super Bowl and Hank Stram, Groh will really connect with today’s kids. HAHAHAHAHA
Vince's Dooley
January 22nd, 2010
3:49 pm
Damon and Mark, have you heard anything back from the Jenny Craig folks on us pitching Todd to them as a spokesman? I’d rather not call Subway, if possible. Thanks
TXDawg
January 22nd, 2010
3:58 pm
I wonder if Jesse Tuggle would be of any interest??
TXDawg
January 22nd, 2010
4:00 pm
Wow, it looks like I’m FIRST!! ….on page 2.
Grantham: Dogs can be better than Florida, Texas, Southern Cal | UGA Sports
January 22nd, 2010
4:12 pm
[...] Also: Grantham says Rodney Garner will remain the Dogs’ D-line coach. [...]
phoenix falcon
January 22nd, 2010
4:51 pm
wow, some of you people have wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to much time on your hands.
Kim Zs Package
January 22nd, 2010
4:57 pm
If RG was to go a lot of recruits would walk too.
The Watergirl
January 22nd, 2010
5:22 pm
Ok if im a 4 or 5 star recruit and you send in a damn special teams coach for my recruiting im going to laugh at you and show you the way out. Get one of the grad assistants to dedicate the whole off season to this job!!
PT
January 22nd, 2010
5:58 pm
Really – You are just soooo wrong!
Rod
January 22nd, 2010
6:10 pm
David Pollack is not very smart so how do you expect him to be able to coach? Yes he was an outstanding DE but it doesn’t make him a good teacher just because he was an outstanding pass rusher. Where in the world do these people come from that says just hire DP.
Rod
January 22nd, 2010
6:20 pm
I all ready like CTG, he sounds like he is on the same page as CMR. He basicly said everything CMR has been saying when CMR was discussing the hiring CTG. Great to see CRG will keep the same assignment because he is a heck of a line coach and recruiter.
T'ville Dawg
January 22nd, 2010
6:26 pm
Thank you Lord, it would be a huge loss.
GT3O
January 22nd, 2010
7:28 pm
Hey dawg fans,
What makes you think your D is going to be any good? Your “guy” is unproven a the DC level. If I were you I’d wait to make claims that the Junkyard D is back.
The guy hasn’t even evaluated players yet. Jeeze.
Ever heard of cautious optimism?
Buddy El
January 22nd, 2010
7:29 pm
Natureboy809: I am quite certain sswinforddawg was being sarcastic. Atleast thats what I hope.
NC DAWG
January 22nd, 2010
7:36 pm
Hire Travis Jones…he is a UGA guy and can coach OLB’s: http://www.neworleanssaints.com/Team/Coaches/People/Travis%20Jones.aspx,
Spike
January 22nd, 2010
7:41 pm
This is good news for the Dogs. Bad news for all the UGA haters. HAHAHAHAHA.
LEROY
January 22nd, 2010
7:52 pm
to Grandad, why does Andy McCollum’s name keep coming up? Lord, he had 4 straight losing seasons at MTSU before being fired. Of course he wants to be at UGA, probably like to be anywhere. The same line of bull he fed UGA, he fed GT 2 weeks ago. Not to mention other questionable antics of his at former schools. L O S E R
Not disappointed
January 22nd, 2010
7:54 pm
Good for Garner! Honestly, I am surprised he didn’t tell UGA to shove it after the way he has been treated but glad to see it has worked out.
30 years and Counting......
January 22nd, 2010
8:33 pm
The second-tier ship up there in Athens is getting some new deck workers. 41-17
904DAWG
January 22nd, 2010
9:12 pm
30 years…. seems like your staring to get nervous???? you lost all the remaining coaches that were worth a damn, along with having nothing but freshman to count on. hmmmmmm you rememeber what happened with your basketball program after the 1 good class left????????
BTW if you want to bring up past records remember the 1 that counts the most! all-time record!!!
I cant wait to see Brantley running for his life and throwing up loafs of bread!!! talk about anxiety attacks
904DAWG
January 22nd, 2010
9:14 pm
And 30 years thinks a Miami coach that was getting let go anyways is going to right the ship!!! GATA and swarm!
jesse james
January 22nd, 2010
9:30 pm
Coach Garner has been a team guy. I hope the players look at him and learn something from the example he has set. He has been loyal and done what was best for the program. How would you not want to bust your butt for a coach like that.
Louie
January 22nd, 2010
9:39 pm
richt can ill afford to lose garner. He knows if he were to go a LOT of what he MIGHT get would not commit to a thin talent bunch of UNDER ACHIEVERS. Gotta calm down doggie-ville, the natives are a little restless. Need to right the ship, so to speak.
STILL L M F A O
Bob
January 22nd, 2010
9:52 pm
Like CTG has choice.
hind tit
January 22nd, 2010
10:21 pm
coach garner has truly been a loyal and true team guy and will excell under new dc.coaching under willie has caused his stock to go down. if this works out like we think it will coach garner will be a much better coach from all tricks of the trade he’ll pick up from these new coachs. he’ll be a much sought after coach if this defense comes together like we think it will.
gadawgs
January 22nd, 2010
10:39 pm
Any chance of stealing Lance Thompson (LB/Asst. coach) away from TN? I know its a long shot but he is from Georgia and he is very good. Not to mention an outstanding recruiter as well.
RED DOG 77
January 23rd, 2010
12:34 am
Rodney Garner…….IS….Regardless of what some say ,an excellent Dline coach….Just listen to what his players say about him………He is the perfect father figure for these kids while away at school. His recuiting prowess is unparraleled. But the finest quality Rodney Garner gives you is loyalty ! Some would say that CMR waited too long to pull the trigger on WM……And mabe he did ,but friends I will tell you what: Loyalty is the very foundation that breeds winning attitudes, especially in college football…..GEORGIA has the talent…..so when we get to the point where we dont just want to win , but instead WE EXPECT TO WIN……we ,my friends will begin winning championships like Fla has in recent years…….It is our turn now….GO DOGS !!!!! GATA
RED DOG 77
January 23rd, 2010
12:57 am
….GT30……..I have an answer for you as to why we think our 3-4 D will work, though not many college teams use it “YET” it is the perfect answer to any gimmick O ……Take for instance the option or the run and shoot or spread…….The 3-4 takes the game to the O not the other way around.I know why so many GT people come to this blog: Because the 3-4 literally blows the option out of the water ! Talk about cofusion, Hell your QB wont have a clue all game long on where to go with the ball………So he will probubly just throw it all over the place……Oh yeh he does that anyway when he gets scared !! GO DOGS !!!! GATA
CajunDawg
January 23rd, 2010
1:17 am
I think Travis Jones sounds very logical. That makes sense why they haven’t hired anybody yet. They are waiting for the Saints to lose before making the announcement.
gdawgs
January 23rd, 2010
1:23 am
TRAVIS JONES!!!! TRAVIS JONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gdawgs
January 23rd, 2010
1:29 am
TRAVIS JONES!!! TRAVIS JONES!!! TRAVIS JONES!!! TRAVIS JONES!!! TRAVIS JONES!!!
BuLLdawg
January 23rd, 2010
2:33 am
vols
Let me get this straight.
You DEFENDED Lame Kitten, while I told you that he was horrid.
You end up WAY WORSE than UGA, exactly as I said, in the Final AP Poll for the 8th Consecutive Season and still counting.
Then, your recruits instead of being the Number 6 class in the country have dropped like flies and you drop below in the Recruiting Rankings now today worse than Texas A&M for God’s sake, worse than Florida State, worse than Notre Dame and worse than Missouri. None of those teams has recruited anyone in so long, and there you are WAY WORSE than all of them.
Then, you hire a coach from Louisiana Tech. He has a losing record as a coach.
Then, all the rest of your coaches leave.
And, we are supposed to feel sorry for you ?
Is that what I am hearing ?
Sympathy for the vols ?
I asked you if you were still DEFENDING HIM, when you had your RIOT into the morning burning your mattresses in the streets to keep Lame Kitten there.
You have a 7-6 record.
Again.
Well ?
Are you still defending Lame Kitten ?
Are you ?
Or, have you finally come around to what I told you all along that Lame Kitten has done nothing.
He fed you the Orange Kool-Aid and you drank it up.
So, which is it ?
1.You now AGREE WITH ME that Lame Kitten has never done anything ? He was NOT the Offensive Coordinator at Southern California. NOT.
2.Or, are you still DEFENDING Lame Kitten and now want everyone to feel sorry for you vols ?
BuLLdawg
January 23rd, 2010
2:43 am
RED DOG 77
We will BEAT Florida ?
What Kool-Aid are you selling ?
BuLLdawg
January 23rd, 2010
2:45 am
QUOTE by
RED DOG 77
“we ,my friends will begin winning championships like Fla has in recent years…….It is our turn now”
END QUOTE
BuLLdawg
January 23rd, 2010
5:18 am
The Defense is NOT going to be sloppy. If you wrote about the Defensive Players as I have, instead of just talking about the offensive players as you just have Bill King once again, you would know that we have Our Best Defense in 3 Decades this season (and the 2 best kickers on any team in America, along with Todd Grantham to Coach Special Teams’ Kick-Off Coverage.)
Instead of saying there are those, why not say it Bill King that I have said that the problem with this football team is Mike Bobo as Offensive Coordinator ?
Me.
And, we are NOT great in the Coach Richt Era, we are 17-19 vs Final AP Poll Top 25 teams, have another 8 Losses to teams UNRANKED in the Final AP Poll Top 25 and are 2-7 vs Florida in our Own Division of Our Own Conference. Consistently LOSING to Top 25 teams, that is what we are.
Todd Grantham who is on campus 22 January 2010 quote : ““Right now, take the players that you have here, the players that are committed and you basically rank those players. I think it’s important that you find ways to get your best players on the field. That’s what we’re going to do over the next few months. We’re going to be evaluating the players that we have right now. We’re going to be teaching them the system. We’re going to work to find out the things that they do well and find ways to put players in position to be successful to make plays. Ultimately, you have to make plays on defense and to do that you have to have guys that are playmakers. I think you do that by getting your best players on the field. I think player evaluation is critical.”
He is NOT Redshirting 9 of the Very Best Top Football Players, and then go 8-5 without them. That strategy has not worked. Oh, it’s worked if you like looking at the won/loss record of LSU and Florida in the same timeframe Coach Richt has been here, and see that BOTH of them have been BETTER than us. It’s worked if you look at Alabama and see that they too have passed us by. That’s 4th in The SEC for UGA. It’s worked if that is what you want. What you settle for. To be 4th in your own conference, never mind that during the Coach Richt Era not only are all these SEC teams a LOT BETTER than we are, but that on the National Stage so too have all these teams been BETTER in the Coach Richt Era than we are :
Southern California
Texas
Florida
Alabama
LSU
Boise State
Oklahoma
Ohio State
All of these teams are not only FAR MORE SUCCESSFUL overall than we have strapped ourselves with in the Coach Richt Era, but every single one of them except for Boise State has WON IT ALL.
3 out of 20, that’s what we’ve done in our own Division of our own Conference, never mind the National Stage after you get out of your own Conference. Out of our own Division of our Conference we are 3 wins out of 20 games against Florida.
They have totally killed us recruiting. Truth be told they have recruited the very top football players from the state of Georgia. They always have. They own us.
They own Coach Richt at 2-7 for us.
Todd Grantham understands that we UGA fans want more than that. We want to be better than that.
He knows we are out-recruited in our own state.
He knows we have left 9 of not our best players but 9 of the best players in all of America on the Sidelines, Redshirted in a season we sorely needed them at 8-5 with horrid losses to horrid football teams like 7-6 UNRANKED Kentucky and like the 7-6 UNRANKED vols.
And, we tried to Redshirt Washaun Ealey the Number 11 Tailback Nationally we recruited last year too. Until the 3rd quarter of the 5th game, then we ripped the Redshirt Off Washaun Ealey. By then, the season was over, lost and in a tank. What in the hell are we doing on Offense any more here at UGA ?
Todd Grantham will tell Coach Richt and Mike Bobo to get Washaun Ealey on the field in Game 1 last year, were he here. That he is a hard player for his players to stop.
And, he wouldn’t be looking at Richard Samuel and Caleb King as our Saviors when it is obvious to everyone you have to play favorites to put those 2 ahead of Washaun Ealey. The season before this, Richard Samuel and Caleb King proved that they don’t catch the ball well, don’t block well, do not hold on to the football well, and do not run well. Not as well as Washaun Ealey.
Todd Grantham also knows that UGA has sent our Secondary Defensive Backs to the NFL for the time when he got started in the NFL 11 years ago, and that we don’t have those players on this Defense this year, or last year or the year before.
What we once had, we haven’t had.
We lined up All-America Secondary Players in our Backfield my whole lifetime. I picture them. They are indelibly in my mind, clearly. Those players go elsewhere from our state. Now. We don’t get them.
Beat Florida. Yeah. Right.
I think we have some this coming season. I really do. In fact, I know we do. I have seen them. Not that they got to play much.
Knowshon Moreno Redshirted.
So we only get to see him 2 years.
The best Running Back we’ve had in 3 Decades.
And, we Redshirt him.
B.S.
Leading the nation in Turnovers and Penalties and Arrests/Suspensions EVERY YEAR since the very day DJ Shockley graduated with Honors in 2005. That’s 5 years ago now.
3 of the last 4 years, UGA Bulldogs have no business claiming that we are even deserving of being a Ranked Team in the Final AP Poll Top 25.
3 of the last 4 extremely disappointing seasons, because our Offense sucks.
We don’t evaluate talent well.
We don’t.
We needed Todd Grantham. I hope he stays here a long time for us before becoming a head coach elsewhere. I still do not think we have any strategy whatsoever on play calls, either. But, I am certainly aware of the fact that Coach Grantham ranks players and figures out how to get the best players on the field making plays. Coach Grantham will be listened to when he says that Washaun Ealey has to play in Game 1. If Coach Richt wants to play favorites and tell Mike Bobo to play instead Caleb King and Richard Samuel after they proved the year before they neither one were what we have to have to beat ALL THESE FAR BETTER FOOTBALL TEAMS than we have been in the Coach Richt Era, then by God when Caleb King cannot play against Oklahoma State, Todd Grantham would have said, Washaun Ealey plays. Wait until Game 5 in the third quarter. B.S.
That part I am totally clued into.
We have NOT done that.
We are going to have a very successful year for Todd Grantham. He is a smart guy. He can look at this Defense as well as anyone can. It takes just a few moments to realize that UGA did not have good players in the Secondary last year. Those guys are all gone.
We Redshirted 9 of the Best Players in the Nation.
That doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out, either.
We have a hell of a lot of Number 7 in the Nation Best Recruiting Classes, 10 in a row now according to Both Rivals and Scout.com.
We have, in short, a not solid or very capable starting 11 on Defense, we have in fact a Great Defense this coming season.
And, the 2 Best Kickers on one team in America. We just have a weak offense.
Todd Grantham came here because he considers this an opportunity in his career. He is not an UGA man. He is a football coach.
Todd Grantham is not a Coach Richt guy either. Loyalty. Give me a damn freaking break RED DOG 77.
Why did he come here ?
To teach us with 11 years NFL experience that which we have demonstrated we have no clue about.
Rank them, get them on the field, coach them to be in position to take advantage of what they do well, but mostly get them on the damn field and leave them on the bloody hell field, making plays – the playmakers. . This will catch on at UGA and it will catch on with the Recruits.
You have a 53-man roster in the NFL. You cannot have your Best Players not play. Every other team has 53 players. You get your 53 players the best 53 and you play the hell out of them.
B.S. on this Redshirt our best football players and then go out and embarrass yourself against lousy 7-6 UNRANKED Kentucky and lousy 7-6 UNRANKED vols.
Kick-Off Coverage should be Todd Grantham’s JOB ONLY.
We still have to do something about the damn offense. We cannot waste these years of Todd Grantham with the FAILED OFFENSE of Mike Bobo. He doesn’t even try to make 1st down on 3rd and 10. No effort. He has beat NO Final AP Poll Top 10 team, losing EVERY GAME. He is 5-6 vs the Final AP Poll Top 25. And, worse yet he has even LOST to FOUR (4) TEAMS UNRANKED in the Final AP Poll Top 25.
We cannot line up, call a play without a penalty, and even execute the poorly designed play the players are not coached how to execute without a Turnover Fumble or Interception, never mind the play was never designed to be a play to gain 10-yards on 3rd and 10. And, under Mike Bobo, we do THAT EXACTLY against Top 10, against Top 25 and against UNRANKED teams.
Coach Richt Era 17-19 vs Final AP Poll Top 25 plus 8 Losses to Unranked teams
That is JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH RED DOG 77. And, there is NOTHING you can say that will SHUT ME UP ON MY POINT that you are and I am NOT satisfied with :
Coach Richt Era 17-19 vs Final AP Poll Top 25 plus 8 Losses to Unranked teams
So, do NOT get all hyped up on your Kool-Aid and tell me we are WINNING ANY DAMN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP when after this season we LOSE 14 seniors and another half a dozen Juniors. Beat Florida. B.S. Now I return you to your FEEL GOOD LIARS hyping the crap out of Coach Richt’s coaches on the Offensive Side of the Ball where they have done NOTHING. DISNEYdawg RED DOG 77.
Rank them, get them on the field, coach them to be in position to take advantage of what they do well, but mostly get them on the damn field and leave them on the bloody hell field, making plays – the playmakers. . This will catch on at UGA and it will catch on with the Recruits
We continue to be out-recruited in our own state, with only 3 better at sending their high school players from their state to the NFL. In the Secondary, on both lines, and especially on offense. Oh, yeah, we are really going to beat Florida RED DOG 77, and win National Championships like Florida you tell us all RED DOG 77 while telling us we cannot talk about anything but how great we’ve been in the Coach Richt Era. You ain’t beating Florida when they take not only their best players there, but your best players here too RED DOG 77.
BuLLdawg
January 23rd, 2010
5:35 am
QUOTE by
RED DOG 77
“we ,my friends will begin winning championships like Fla has in recent years…….It is our turn now”
END QUOTE
BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA
January 23rd, 2010
7:28 am
BuLLdawg……………
A BIG BLOW HARD AKA YELLOW FUZZ ST. SIMONS, LOUIE , M. ,WHO ACTS LIKE A FOOL WHO SLOBBERS OVER THE GAYTORS.
LET IT BE KNOWN WE DO NOT READ OR CARE ABOUT YOUR CRAP , WE JUST SCROLL PAST YOU.
KEEP WASTING YOUR TIME ………………..
Kenny Powers
January 23rd, 2010
8:57 am
let’s see; Meyer puts the “special” in special teams and wins 2 NC. We have 27 linebackers coaches and get our a$$ whooped.
Good job Richt, your buyout is imminent in the next 24-36 months.
Nobody outside REDNECK NATION cares about UGA
January 23rd, 2010
8:57 am
When was the last time UGA ever fulfilled their so-called potential based on their incoming class draft rank or talent on their roster? They will once again fall short in the SEC, and to be honest, no one outside the state of Georgia will give a s**t.
The UGA Football program is a Legend Only In Its Own (small) Mind!!
surfdawg
January 23rd, 2010
10:10 am
Bulldawg I can’t believe you spent 2 1/2 hours on that post.
coloradobulldog
January 23rd, 2010
11:27 am
Travis Jones of Saints would be a perfect fit as LB coach… He’s currently an assistant DL coach so would an upgrade, knows 3-4, even though most of work has been at DL he has coached LB before at App State and w/ Dolphins under Saban, played for DAWGS, was a captain and then a grad assistant, has a home in GA, also has experience as a recruiting director so you know he can handle that, has developed some really good players through the years whether @ KState @LSU @UGA as grad assistant or with Saints.
Hopefully the reason we haven’t filled that coach yet is because Saints are still in playoffs.
Big L
January 23rd, 2010
12:26 pm
Okay, some moron named bulldog compiled a list of teams that did better than UGA. And he had me until he listed Boise st. It’s called validity sir, and you have none. Boise consistently plays lesser opponents on a much softer schedule. And as far as I can remember, in 2005 when the Dawgs played the Broncs, we smoked em. Shorter blogs, better points, try it.
Mr. thomas AnthonY "The taxman Cometh"Jones, SR (Waf-SS, Lt. Colonel, Berman, Germany, 13th Ss Panzer Division, ret.)
January 23rd, 2010
1:33 pm
When are the players going to get paid for taking all the risks? The lying greedy coaches use, abuse, exploit, and discard the players. the players need a union badly. No one is looking out for the plyers. I have a client who is a former Ole Miss player. He has lost his home while the coaches at Ole Miss continue to coach abd make money. The players need to unionixe so they don’t end up like the players at Texas teck, Kansas, and South Florida. Never trust a lying greedy coach.
Big L
January 23rd, 2010
2:37 pm
Boise st. Are you kidding me?
Big L
January 23rd, 2010
3:36 pm
I am not gonna be naive and proclaim a national title. But I believe by changing the defense, albeit a year later than he should have, Richt has done something great. Grantham has the appearance and sound of hardnosed defensive minded hardass mofo.