Redskins assistant headed to UGA, with strong endorsement from an ex-Dog
ATHENS — Georgia is expected to name Washington Redskins assistant coach Kirk Olivadotti to its defensive coaching staff by the end of the week.
And at least one former Bulldog says that is very good news.
“UGA you just got one hell of a coach in Kirk Olivadotti,” former Georgia and current Redskins defensive end Phillip Daniels posted on Twitter. “The defense just got a whole lot better. One of the smartest coaches I have ever known. Enjoy success with him on board. Congrats K.O.”
Georgia hasn’t announced the hire, but the Washington Post reported that Olivadotti is leaving the Redskins to accept the position. Assistant-coaching hires at Georgia often are delayed for a day or longer while pre-employment background checks are completed.
Olivadotti, 37, would fill the position vacated two weeks ago when inside linebackers coach Warren Belin resigned after one year at UGA to accept a job as linebackers coach with the Carolina Panthers.
Olivadotti has been on the Redskins’ staff for the past 11 years in a series of defensive coaching positions. He was linebackers coach from 2007 through 2009 and held the title of “defensive assistant” in 2010. (Daniels, a 15-year NFL veteran, has been with the Redskins for the past seven seasons.)
Olivadotti’s father, Tom, was a long-time NFL defensive coach with the Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants and Houston Texans. Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, who has led the search for Belin’s replacement, coached with Tom Olivadotti on the Texans’ staff in 2004.
– Tim Tucker, The UGA Blog
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Dogs Smell
February 17th, 2011
1:43 pm
Gravy Train ,
Why would he go to a sinking ship? Did you hear of the others jobs he had to choose from? There werent any thats why ! If he was soo good , why were there NO other offers?
Dogs Smell
February 17th, 2011
1:46 pm
boots .
Any chance your pups ever lose a game that isnt someone else’s fault? The Tennessee game ? Are you kidding? The shot clearly was off before the clock expired. That is why you Homers are so Hated ! Always full of excuses and can never see reality !
WIN WITH RICHT
February 17th, 2011
1:57 pm
Wimpy Delusional Eggsucker
Sorry about the tree. But, look on the bright side. All you Awbarnites have plenty of ammuntion for sitting around the outhouse with your whittling knives.
Dogs Smell
February 17th, 2011
2:02 pm
WIN WITH RICHT ?????? Auburn has a NC , when did Uga last play for one? How many schools in the SEC have one since the BCS was in place? As far as rednecks are you implying Ga doesnt have their fair share? Look for 2011 to not be any better than 2010.
schmeckdawg
February 17th, 2011
2:10 pm
@Dogs Smell: It only took you idiots 53 years between National Championships so I wouldn’t be bragging so much. Plus, you’ll be stripped of this soon enough and Scam Newton like Reggie Bush will be giving up his Heisman Trophy.
Ejoy probation!
mcdawg
February 17th, 2011
2:12 pm
i think the guy knows a few things about a 3-4 D
just hope we don’t go backwards on the special teams
Biff Pennington IV
February 17th, 2011
2:15 pm
Yes, we’re delusional. I’ll admit it But when you love something, you see through everything to the good. Why, Muffy, she’s pushing 30 and has had my 3 children, but she still looks like that late 90’s UGA cheeleader to me. I feel sorry for the (people/employees) that come on here just to hate something they can never have. I really do. Now, untie the boat and fetch me some sweet tea!
CDAWG
February 17th, 2011
2:17 pm
GriffSmith, great post last night!
ClinchCountyCanine
February 17th, 2011
2:27 pm
Dogs Smell
I know you are upset over your big loss. It must hurt to lose your wood like that. Why don’t yall plant another one. If it will help, yall can come over to Georgia and get a good strong speciman to transplant.
How2fish
February 17th, 2011
2:39 pm
I have read with horror about the crazy act at Auburn…killing trees of the love of God that person needs help. And I’m thinking a 22 short in the brain pan and not therapy. But when you spend a little time reading some of the Auburn “fans” drivel you sort of back off from that stance. What that guy did was wrong at any level, but if he is tried in Bama…heck he might walk..
thomas
February 17th, 2011
2:54 pm
LOVE COACH RICHT! http://www.upglad.com
HWJ
February 17th, 2011
3:02 pm
Richt has done a great job in off season, but anything but a win against Boisie will be no good. That game may be the most important game of the decade. Especially for CMR
JWH
DawginLex
February 17th, 2011
3:33 pm
2011 will be a big rebound year for Coach Richt.
He hates losing.
He is tired of it.
He is going to prove everyone wrong.
He is too classy to say I told you so.
He raised the bar.
He is a victim of his own success.
2012 will be maybe his best UGA team ever.
2011 will start the turnaround.
Justine
February 17th, 2011
3:42 pm
This seems a more formidable hire than the Oline coach hired recently after Bobo’s call, but I am not going to get excited or down by either, I am willing to wait and see how the players under their tutoring performs on the field next season.
How2fish
February 17th, 2011
3:52 pm
Justine wow a well thought out and reasonable stance …are your trying to get banned from the blog??
DawginLex
February 17th, 2011
3:53 pm
dogs smell,
You really can’t be that stupid can you?
What other offers did he have?
Uh, Einstein, he had a job. For 11 years. With the Washington Redskins.
He left on his own to join Richt and Grantham at UGA.
How2fish
February 17th, 2011
4:01 pm
DawginLex why do you constantly try and interject logic into these morons rants…I admire your dedication but your truly beating a dead tigger here! LOL
woebegong
February 17th, 2011
4:04 pm
STUPID REDNECKS
What, they have a college team or for that fact a college, called Georgia Southern. Darn, I figured that was the name of a railroad company. Are you located in Georgia, redneck?
ClinchCountyCanine
February 17th, 2011
4:10 pm
woebegong
South Dakota ain’t in the glorious South!! You must be to ignorant to ba a redneck. We have standards!!
hotdawg
February 17th, 2011
4:10 pm
Hey, Tide Roll–
Know why most folks avoid driving around the Alabama campus in an open convertible?
(Ans. They worry that someone might toss an Alabama diploma in the car.)
Enjoy following the Tide on the road this fall so you can avoid spending too much time in your freakin house trailer. Proudly display your “Roll Tide” pennants on your rusty Plymouth alongside your coon tails and Red Man decals.
hotdawg
February 17th, 2011
4:11 pm
Hey, Roll Tide–
Enjoy living in poverty while you pay Sabin more per year than the entire Governor’s cabinet.
rogeriter
February 17th, 2011
4:12 pm
Hey 1953 Dog! Where are you coaching now? I’m sure many schools must be beating on your door because youre so much a better coach and know more than Mark Richt.
hotdawg
February 17th, 2011
4:13 pm
Hey, Roll Tide–
You’ve wandered off into Georgia Cyberspace. Get your a_ _ back to Alabama.
DawginLex
February 17th, 2011
4:16 pm
tide roll has an agenda and it has nothing to dow ith Bama.
All of the OL players he brings up are African American.
In other words, he is the blog’s version of Rev Al and Jesse Jackson.
According to him, white boys can’t play OL in the SEC.
The Stinchcomb brothers would like to discuss this with you
DawginLex
February 17th, 2011
4:17 pm
how2fish,
My goal is to educate and enlighten the uninformed.
ClinchCountyCanine
February 17th, 2011
4:25 pm
hot dawg
Go easy on the bammers. They could get mad and wreak havoc on your shrubbery.
Bucket
February 17th, 2011
4:25 pm
Only a hater could view this as a bad hire. Chemistry on a staff is really important and I am thankful that CMR let Bobo and Grantham have alot of say in who was selected to coach the Oline and the LB’s. Good chemistry on the coaching staff was severly lacking last year with a lot of backstabbing going on. This was as much the reason for a 6-7 season as anything else.
Dogs Smell
February 17th, 2011
4:41 pm
schmeckdawg – Your ignorance shines ! Im not an Auburn fan. Just stating facts. You on the other hand hate teams that beat your team on a regular basis and make jokes of those who obtain what your team cannot. Those people are called Ga Fans !
Dogs Smell
February 17th, 2011
4:44 pm
DawginLex – Now that comment was funny. You can read it anyway you need through your rose colored glasses.
LHardingDawg
February 17th, 2011
4:46 pm
The only team that has beaten Georgia on a regular basis is Florida.
Dogs Smell
February 17th, 2011
5:23 pm
LHardingDawg – BINGO , damn , you can keep your G.E.D
Orlando Dawg.
February 17th, 2011
5:34 pm
Dogs smell,
Auburn has not beat UGA on a regular basis.Florida is the only team to beat UGA on a regular basis.Also Auburn had better enjoy there National Championship because in a year or so it will be taken away.
Paul N Destin
February 17th, 2011
5:42 pm
sounds like a good hire. Grantham can get the job done if allowed.
woebegong
February 17th, 2011
5:56 pm
Clinch ole boy, You might like to check your spelling a little bit before you call somebody else ignorant. That’s ok though, just go on with your moronic insults, because they further prove you are simply a child, trying to compete in an adult world.
woebegong
February 17th, 2011
5:58 pm
Clinch, by the way, Stupid Rednecks was a poster to this blog back a page or so, duhhhhhhhhh. The comment was in reference to an insult he made about UGA.
Cobb Dawg
February 17th, 2011
6:09 pm
Sounds like the hammer might finally be coming down on *The Plains. Stay tuned for some bombshells!
superDawg
February 17th, 2011
7:19 pm
I say plant a bush,tree or a shrub and be done with all this BS.
Dogs Smell
February 17th, 2011
7:46 pm
Orlando Dawg. – Im sure Auburn will enjoy their NC , just as uga has for the past 30 years ! By the way Im not an Auburn fan. Just a realist.
patrick
February 17th, 2011
8:05 pm
IT’S A FREAKIN TREE………….we kill millions just like it every day……..get a life and mourn over something that actually had feelings. How the heck can you “love” a tree? Only in Alabama
Around the bowl and through the hole. . .
February 17th, 2011
8:13 pm
. . . roll, tide, roll.
harold
February 17th, 2011
8:25 pm
WORD IS FROM THE REDSKIN PLAYERS THIS GUY IS WEAK AND SHOULD COACH IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. NOT GOOD FOR GEORGIA WHO IS 13-12 THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE DC WAS FIRED AT THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. RICHT WILL BE FIRED AFTER 2011
SE Dawg Fan
February 17th, 2011
8:27 pm
Some of those people trashing UGA are AJC sports writers.
BILLY JACK
February 17th, 2011
9:20 pm
THE GUY THAT KILLED THE TREE IN AUBURN LOOKS LIKE A TYPICAL BAMA FAN- IN THE STANDS AT BRYANT-DENNY. THEY ARE THOUSANDS THAT LOOK LIKE THIS HILLBILLY.OH BY THE WAY THAT TREE IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT IS GETTING THE DEATH PENALTY IN AUBURN -IN ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW.
bgdawg
February 17th, 2011
9:22 pm
harold you should be enrolled in middle school. isn’t past your bedtime? let the grown folks talk.
BILLY JACK
February 17th, 2011
9:24 pm
HEY HAROLD-WITH THAT NAME YOU MUST BE A LOSER-YOU KNOW ABOUT AS MANY REDSKIN PLAYERS AS I KNOW ABOUT ESKIMOS.
bgdawg
February 17th, 2011
9:24 pm
and by the way, the redskin players, who have been around this guy for 11 years is saying that he’s weak??
yeah right, time for bed, you got school in the morning.
BILLY JACK
February 17th, 2011
9:34 pm
90% of these folks night after night are tech people posting like they are bama-fla etc-they are tragic people who are utterly pathetic.How would you feel if you brought in a recruiting class like they did this year?They have had an inferiority complex for 40 years because UGA has dominated them like no other in state game.Richt-9 manboobs-1
JRW7
February 17th, 2011
9:46 pm
As much as I hate AUBURN, this was uncalled for, tasteless act! GO DAWGS!!!!
RMikel58
February 18th, 2011
1:39 am
Its a fact that its alot harder to get into Georgia than most schools out there. Ever since the Jane Kemp saga its been tough. Auburn and Alabama’s level of acceptance is way lower than Georgia’s. That is a simple fact. We have to pass up on alot of Blue Chippers every year that in turn go to Alabama and Auburn because they have lower standards. Has nothing to do with winning because alot of them always wanted to go to Georgia but had to settle.
This in no way demeans Auburn, Alabama, LSU and Florida its just a fact.
All those schools have great programs and education.
To sit there and brag about something thats not entirely true is just a waste of time. Alot of players go to a junior college to get their grades up so they can enroll at Georgia later. Even if they get offers from Alabama and Auburn they dont wanna go there cause they only want to go to Georgia.
I guarantee you that if another college offered Saban 7 million a year he’d go! His track record proves that so i’d be careful boasting cause next year he could be gone. Remember your lean years when you could get no one to coach at Alabama? Auburn even as great as they were this past year doesnt know where they’ll be this upcoming year. Lets face it….take Cam out of the picture where would you be? Well you get to see this year dont ya? Youre not even ranked in the top 25 pre-season and im sure the writers know something you dont know so i’d be careful with your words cause you might be eating them.
For me, i have no idea where Georgia will be next year. But i like our chances.
You know i think alot of people here were rooting for Auburn in the BCS, know i was. I dont care for Auburn to be truthful but they were representing the SEC and i was with them on that game.
We’;re all for the most part “Sports Fans” here and some are Die-Hard Fans. To me its just a game thats fun to watch but not my life. I have 5 kids that are more important than a game and hopefully your kids are as important. If we are to comment on other schools then we should show respect to individuals and not make this personal because thats just stupid.
Almost like shooting a person because he stole your piece of chicken. We are all Americans and have a passion for the game but not enough to make threats and personal attacks on individuals here. At the end of the day its just a game folks.
woebegong
February 18th, 2011
4:29 am
Hey UOAD,
Maybe if you drive around an elementary school, and of course they do not arrest you as a child molester first, possibly through osmosis, you can pick up an education.
Understand, you are such an easy target because everyone on an AJC blogs knows at some point in time, you will only say something classless and insulting. It is pretty bad when Schultz is threatening to ban you. Tone down the rhetoric a little and try and be a little more civilized.