Interestingly, Dogs post job opening for defensive ends coach (w/ updated info)
ATHENS — Georgia didn’t waste any time posting the job opening created by Warren Belin’s resignation Thursday as inside linebackers coach. The position was posted Friday on the UGA employment website.
What’s interesting, though, is that the “replacement” position is advertised as a defensive ends coach, not an inside linebackers coach.
From the posting: “This position serves as Assistant Coach in the area of Defensive Ends.”
That would seem to suggest some sort of reshuffling of responsibilities is at least being contemplated on the defensive staff.
Update from an interview Saturday with defensive coordinator Todd Grantham: Georgia “obviously could go a couple different ways” in filling the position, Grantham said. “We’re basically in the process of looking at it right now,” he said. “We’re going to hire the best person for Georgia and the best fit for Georgia.” But as for the job posting clearly identifying the opening as defensive ends coach, Grantham said: “I wouldn’t put any stock in that. We’re going to hire the best person for Georgia.”
Georgia last had a “defensive ends coach,” per se, in 2009, when Jon Fabris held that title. After Fabris and two other defensive coaches were fired, and after Georgia changed its base defense, defensive line coach Rodney Garner expanded his responsibilities from coaching the two defensive-tackle positions in the old 4-3 alignment to coaching the nose tackle position and the two end positions in the new 3-4. Defensive coordinator Todd Grantham coached the outside linebackers and Belin the inside linebackers.
Belin’s departure for the NFL’s Carolina Panthers left Georgia with two openings on its staff, although the offensive-line coaching position is expected to be filled by Monday or Tuesday, if not before. Chatter continued Friday that UAB’s Will Friend might be in line for that job. More info on Friend is here.
The Panthers, by the way, officially announced Belin’s hire as linebackers coach on Friday. The news release noted that Panthers defensive coordinator Sean McDermott was a player at William & Mary when Belin was an assistant coach there in 1995-96.
– Tim Tucker, UGA Blog
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just a fan
February 5th, 2011
10:20 am
what time is Big John Jenkins going to announce?
AltamahaDawg
February 5th, 2011
10:20 am
Pollack is perfect at what he is, a beloved former player, a personality, a great ambassador for the University of Georgia and the game of football in general.
Hire a real coach.
hobnailboot
February 5th, 2011
10:23 am
Mike,
Panagos also has a background in special teams with the Vikings. Belin coached the kick coverage teams and did a great job improving that unit.
chokeville
February 5th, 2011
10:28 am
to fire up his players after another bad defensive game, grantham can learn some new ways to do the choke sign to try and “rattle” the other team!!!!!
RAID
February 5th, 2011
10:43 am
Just a fan…..Announcement is supposed to be at 1:30……..Now I’m trying to see if it will be broadcast anywhere……..Help anyone?
harold
February 5th, 2011
10:46 am
RICHT AND THE SO CALLED (LOL) DREAM TEAM ON THE ROPES: THE FACTS:
FACT:IN 2011 RICHT WAS SIXTH IN RECRUITING!
FACT:RICHT SAID IT WAS HIS BEST CLASS EVER!
FACT:THE GEORGIA CLASS WAS RANKED BEHIND AUBURN AND ALABAMA!
FACT:TENNESSEE WAS ONLY RANKED A FEW SPOTS BEHIND RICHT!
FACT:IN 2010 RICHT’S GEORGIA CLASS WAS RANKED #12 AND GEORGIA WENT 6-7!
FACT: IN 2010 GEORGIA LOST TO A UCF IN A BOWL & DID NOT EVEN SCORE A TD!
FACT:IN 2009 RICHT HAD A #6 RECRITING CLASS AND FINISHED UNRANKED 8-5!
FACT:RICHT IS 13-12 OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND UNRANKED YET AGAIN!
FACT: BOBO SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED AFTER THE UCF LOSS ( NO TOUCHDOWNS!)
FACT: GRANTHAM GAVE UP ONE LESS POINT THAN WILLIE’S DEFENSES IN 2010!
FACT: GRANTHAM WAS FIRED FROM THE CLEVELAND BROWN’S AND THE D SUCKED!
FACT: RICHT DID GREAT WITH DONNAN’S PLAYERS FROM 2001-2005!
FACT: RICHT HAS GONE DOWN HILL WITH HIS OWN PLAYERS HE RECRUITED!
FACT: RICHT SAID AFTER A MEETING WITH THE AD HE COULD NOW COACH AGAIN?
FACT: WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN DOING IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN COACHING?
FACT: RICHT HAS NOT BEEN TO THE SEC TITLE GAME IN SIX YEARS IN 2011!
FACT: RICHT HAS NOT PLAYED FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT UGA!
FACT: TENNESSEE,LSU,ALABAMA,AND AUBURN HAVE WON BCS NATIONAL TITLES!
FACT: RICHT IS NOT A CHAMPIONSHIP COACH:
FACT: RICHT DOES NOT HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP STAFF!
FACT: GEORGIA FANS ARE TIRED OG DREAMING WHILE OTHERS LIVE THE DREAM!
FACT: RICHT WILL LIKELY BE FIRED AFTER THE 2011 SEASON!
FACT:
Dirty Dawg
February 5th, 2011
10:48 am
I got an idea, quick, somebody call Jenkins and tell him that if he comes to UGA he can name his own line coach….I mean if somebody else does the DE’s in a 3/4, then all you got left is the nose guard, right? How tough can coaching that position be if you got a 6′3″, 300+ pound, 4.6 guy that can bench a million? Just turn him loose.
Mike
February 5th, 2011
10:50 am
Oh One thing we left out tio the Dream Teamers. Our coaching staff is in flux or chaos and we are cheap on the budget. Nice
Dirty Dawg
February 5th, 2011
10:54 am
Hey RAID…don’t know if his ‘announcement’ will be televised or not, but if you tune into the Georgia/Auburn Bball game that’s scheduled at the same time, 1:30, on WPCH, I suspect they’ll tell us as soon as it happens…shoot, if it’s good news they’ll probably announce it to the crowd.
RAID
February 5th, 2011
11:03 am
Good idea Dirty Dawg…….Will do!
Winston Wolfe
February 5th, 2011
11:06 am
Fact: harold still lives with his mom
Fact: harold has never been with a woman
Fact: harold is obsessed with UGA
Fact: harold is mad at anyone with social skills
Barkin'Dog
February 5th, 2011
11:15 am
Fact: Like an old woman who leaves her turn signal on, Harold ignores the Caps Lock Light. Probably doesn’t know which letters to cap anyway.
Mike
February 5th, 2011
11:15 am
Can’t beat panagos, he’s the perfect guy for the job, his d-lines are tough to run on, they get a lot of sacks, his guys have made all-conference like Belin’s, he coached Special teams at Minnesota in the NFL and could handle that, plus, Richt knows how tough he is, UGA got whooped by UCF’s D-Line.
I also like that he did a sales job for 4 years, good thing for a recruiter to know how to do is persuade.
Dirty Dawg
February 5th, 2011
11:16 am
Oh yeah RAID, and to complete the thought…if the ‘news’ is bad, I’m not sure I want to hear it anyway, so watching it live could ruin the whole day. Keep your fingers crossed, etc.
Barkin'Dog
February 5th, 2011
11:18 am
FYI: Dawgs play at 1:47PM on Peachtree TV. Pregame starts at 1:30.
Jim
February 5th, 2011
11:24 am
Why not Pollack? Because we need a coach not an X player!
Einsteindawg
February 5th, 2011
11:32 am
Get rid of these worthless “Steve Greer/Mike Cavan” positions, along with our Vice President of Game Day Activities (no joke, actual position) and hire Pollack and a special teams coach.
JB
February 5th, 2011
11:40 am
I want both these hires to hire 3 day beard growth, slobbering mouth, Criminal records and a restraining order keeping women and children 1,000 feet away. That’s what this team needs !
JB
February 5th, 2011
11:40 am
s/b to HAVE a three day beard growth
tenn.DAWG
February 5th, 2011
11:41 am
You have to approach Pollack (maybe with say 300k) take a chance.You will get that back in recruits and the energy he would bring to the program.
JB
February 5th, 2011
11:43 am
I do not want to waste 300K on someone who has never coached a down of College ball. Most of the great assit. Coach’s have worked their way up through the ranks working for different head coach’s. Cheerleaders are great, but they are cheaper than 300K.
ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME
February 5th, 2011
11:48 am
ALL CAPS = STUCK ON STUPID
gomdawg
February 5th, 2011
11:49 am
HAROLD YOU NEED TO GET A LIFE SON. DAMN
gomdawg
February 5th, 2011
11:50 am
Pollack, would be GREAT as a coach
Murphy
February 5th, 2011
11:54 am
We need a Tracey Rocker Replica for UGA-Look what he did with Fairley.We need that and Jenkins at UGA in 2011
ugab
February 5th, 2011
11:57 am
Willie and Vangorder suck!!!Non aggressive. They cost us many of games. Good players made WM and VG
Murphy
February 5th, 2011
11:58 am
ugab,
Vangorder not aggressive? Did you watch him coach?
ugab
February 5th, 2011
11:58 am
Pollack was a great player. His motor ran all the time. I just don’t know how good of a coach he would be
ugab
February 5th, 2011
11:59 am
Yes VG sucks. I would say he cost us a naional championship.
ugab
February 5th, 2011
12:01 pm
WM and VG are not welcome back at UGA.
ugab
February 5th, 2011
12:02 pm
VG had hard hitting safeties. The safeties got burned in coverages. They were lbs.
Murphy
February 5th, 2011
12:02 pm
ugab,
You might think he sucks-that’s cool-your opinion,but you cant say he wasnt aggressive-He was a fireball on the sidelines.
Murphy
February 5th, 2011
12:05 pm
ugab,
Richt should have hired Diaz when he had the chance.He is an all-star defensive coord.Richt interviewed Diaz for the UGA position and passed on him.Guess he was good enough for Texas but not UGA.That was a HUGE strike out for Richt.
Murphy
February 5th, 2011
12:07 pm
ugab,
He interviewed Diaz before he got the Miss St job with Mullen. Just wanted to clarify the time line for you
Murphy
February 5th, 2011
12:24 pm
One more comment concering Diaz-He would have cost about $400,000 less than Grantham
Columbus
February 5th, 2011
12:28 pm
I cannot STAND negative people like HAROLD who spout out only PART of the FACTS. Just like a politician trying to get people to believe their view by omitting ALL of the story. If that is how you see it Harold then you definately MUST go root for another school becasue Mark Richt will be at UGA another 1-15 years and he will win more champinships than Dooley EVER did and we dont want or need you or any other fans like you celebrating with us, the ones who supported the coach and the ones who could see the forest and not just the trees! There is a big picture and it is that there were reasonable and acceptable circumstances why UGA had 2 years of decline and any idiot with a brain can understand that and see that it was only TEMPORARY and FIXABLE and that UGA is on the way back up and progressing and is going to BE the TEAM to beat for the eastern division championship for the next 5 years and you morons want to fire the coach? The question is will you be MAN enough to admit you were so WRONG? And apologize to the coach and other fans that had to read your negative and ignorant comments? What kind of fans are you? Do you want Donnan back? Goff? Dooley? Richt is a better coach and will win more championships than them COMBINED. This is like the QB always gets the blame for the loss when there are over 40 players who played in the game. Tell me what school or coach never had 2 down season in a row? PLEASE tell me that? I will tell you…….NONE. You have great and good seasons and then there MUST be a decline and often a further decline and then there is a resurrection and rebuilding and this was actually expected the year before last BUT Richt did an exceptional job with Cox at QB and NO RUNNING GAME and before that all Freshmen linemen and it was a really good year. So get over your little selves and accept a losing season LIKE a MAN! Hang in there and watch the next 5 YEARS! It’s only going to get better EACH and EVERY one of them……….!
bob
February 5th, 2011
12:42 pm
Is Claude Humphrey still alive?
BigGAdawg
February 5th, 2011
12:42 pm
Get out the checkbook and steal Kevin Greene from the Packers as an Outside Linebackers coach. He was the very definition of heart and intense motor as a player and has done a great job of teaching that as a OLB coach. He coached two rookies to the franchise record in sacks for a rookie tandem. Enough money might get him after the Superbowl is over.
Murphy
February 5th, 2011
12:49 pm
BigGAdawg,
Great idea but he is being mentioned with some NFL coordinator jobs for 2011
Paul
February 5th, 2011
12:52 pm
@Old Coach. I could not agree more. I am sick and tired of the bashing all the time. I have won 11 National Championships in a row on my xbox NCAA football, but that does not make me qualified to be the off cord. lol. Go Dawgs. Get behind your team people or become a techie, or better yet, loose your job and see how it feels.
STEINER
February 5th, 2011
1:01 pm
SugarHillDawg:
You don’t know how to fix any problems, all you know how to do is gripe…You should have been a woman, or yet, may be…They gripe and bitch about everything, never got any solutions..Coaching and UGA solutions are way over your head….90 wins in 9 years, sugarhill, you got any numbers like that??? Get back in that McDonald’s kitchen and supersize my fries….
STEINER
February 5th, 2011
1:07 pm
harold:
This is what I have for you today Harold…I think this statement and a strong laxitive might solve your problems…
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive valiantly to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
STEINER
February 5th, 2011
1:09 pm
OLD COACH:
YOU GOT IT RIGHT…NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF WHINERS AND BABIES AMONG A LOT OF THE GEORGIA POSTERS…GET A LIFE….
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February 5th, 2011
1:14 pm
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NCAA
February 5th, 2011
1:14 pm
Pollack might as well coach. He was recruiting for the Dawgs this year, which is a violation of NCAA rules. We are already asking questions about some illegal contact between a booster and some recruits.
Dawg Lover
February 5th, 2011
1:16 pm
They should go after John Thompson the Defensive Cordinator from Georgia State. Probably could offer him the same amount of money too.
Tee off
February 5th, 2011
1:22 pm
anything from Jenkins yet? What time is he announcing?
Delbert D.
February 5th, 2011
1:27 pm
The 3-4 DE is different from the 4-3 DE in terms of responsibilities and technique. A coach with 3-4 DE experience would be the right pick, other things being equal.
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Hector
February 5th, 2011
1:42 pm
Bring back Willie Martenez!!!