Georgia assistant football coaches Tony Ball, Bryan McClendon, get significant raises
Georgia assistant football coaches Tony Ball and Bryan McClendon received significant pay increases recently, but they were the only members of the Bulldogs’ football staff to get raises following the Bulldogs’ 6-7 season.
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McClendon, Georgia’s running backs coach since 2009 and its youngest assistant, saw his pay more than double from $90,000 a year to $200,000 annually, according to documents obtained by the AJC under the Freedom of Information Act. Previously McClendon was one of the lowest-paid assistants in the SEC.
Ball, Georgia’s wide receivers coach and a member of coach Mark Richt’s staff since 2006, will now make $200,000 after earning $165,480 last year.
The raises, which were enacted in February and March, respectively, were the results of “competitive counter offers” from UGA, according to Athletic Director Greg McGarity. Both coaches were offered positions at other schools, but he declined to say from whom.
“All I can say is they were legit offers,” said McGarity, who was attending SEC athletic director meetings in Birmingham on Tuesday. “I think the key is continuity. We had already lost two coaches to other schools. Continuity of staff is important to me and to Mark and we thought it was important to maintain stability, especially.”
Offensive line coach Stacy Searels received a hefty pay increase to take the same job at Texas and linebackers coach Warren Belin left to take a job with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers.
No other coaches — including Richt — are due to receive raises this year, McGarity said.
Ball, who came to Georgia from Virginia Tech five years ago, declined to discuss any other job offers he may have received.
“That’s something I want to keep in-house,” he said. “Those things happen all the time. Obviously, I feel blessed to be at Georgia and excited about the direction under Mr. McGarity and Coach Richt. We’re excited about the future.”
McClendon did not return a phone message seeking comment.
“Salary actions” also were executed for new assistant coaches Will Friend, who came from UAB to coach offensive line, and Kirk Olivadotti, who came from the Washington Redskins to coach linebackers. They will earn $200,000 and $250,000 a year, respectively.
McGarity indicated Ball and McClendon might have received raises anyway.
“They’re well-deserved,” McGarity said. “Both of these men are tremendous coaches who work very hard and were underpaid, in my opinion. We had some momentum going after recruiting and they had a lot to do with that. All signs are pointing up and we needed to be proactive. We will always be proactive.”
Georgia also could not afford to lose two of its three minority assistant coaches. McGarity would not address it but hiring more highly-qualified assistant coaches in a year in which the perception is that Richt’s future is uncertain could have been problematic.
McGarity would not rule out the possibility of additional salary increases in the future.
“Like I said, we’re always going to be proactive,” he said. “If things happen during the season we may feel like we need to do something. I think you have to look at each situation independently, but we’re always going to do what’s in the best interest of Georgia.”
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276 comments Add your comment
Axlrodes
May 3rd, 2011
11:06 am
Where is the 10@10? I like to hear the inside skinny in quick tidbits
What is with the re-shuffling at AJC. There is a basketball guy doing the recruiting section now. One good thing about Chip was he knew to spend as little time as possible talking about basketball.
schmeckdawg
May 3rd, 2011
11:14 am
I love the DAWGS and don’t want to be a buzz kill; however, am I missing something regarding Ball and McClendon getting monster raises?
Joey
May 3rd, 2011
11:15 am
Yep. This after coaching our boys to a 6-7 record.
We got a little over 1 win per $1 Million.
Gonna cost a lot if we ever get back to 10 wins . . .
Jacquigzz
May 3rd, 2011
11:19 am
despite the bad record, UGA still brings in top 5 revenue
red&silver
May 3rd, 2011
11:20 am
Let the bashing begin.
michael
May 3rd, 2011
11:20 am
does the price of popcorn go up at the games or did these coaches get pay raises because there won’t be a mascot around that vet bills have to be paid for??
Top Dawg
May 3rd, 2011
11:25 am
I got no words for this.
UGASlobberknocker
May 3rd, 2011
11:25 am
@Michael.
that’s the best comment you can come up with?
It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought an idiot, than to open it and remove all doubt.
tide roll
May 3rd, 2011
11:27 am
Thatt’s a great move. Should stabilize things. Auburn made a great move in bringing in 5 minority coaches, Trooper Taylor, Curtis Luper Jay Boulware, Mike Pelton, and Tommy Thigpen
Hulk
May 3rd, 2011
11:27 am
Was it worth the raise?
Ball deserved it, McClendon should have been fired. Rushing offense has gotten 2x worse in last 3 years, dropped from 5th to 10th in SEC in rushing, down to 142 a game. This with an experienced O-Line, Ealey & King. Ball’s receivers did an excellent job. McGarity might have been played by an agent, especially in the McClendon case.
All signs are pointing up?
You have one of the worst offenses in the SEC. Rushing down from 5th, to 7th to 10th. Offensive scoring down against ranked teams from 36, to 27 to 20 to 16. Wins down from 11 to 10 to 8 to 6. 2 assistant coaches quit. Georgia enters pre-season unranked in ESPN poll.
McGarity says he’s being proactive?
No, these were made as counter-offers from other teams. This was a reactive move.
michael
May 3rd, 2011
11:28 am
any moniker named slobberknocker should really wipe their knockers.
yuzeyurbrane
May 3rd, 2011
11:32 am
This at a time the budget for academic pursuits is being gutted!!
red&silver
May 3rd, 2011
11:36 am
I don’t blame the coaching. We have two overrated running backs. Ealey comes from Single A ECI and King got all his hype at Parkview but, did nothing at GAC.
AlabamaKnowItAll
May 3rd, 2011
11:36 am
Let me get this correct, you reward mediocrity with a pay raise! Maybe I should see if that applies at my job! WOW, is all I can say! 6-7……..
Jingle Dingle
May 3rd, 2011
11:37 am
Losing pays I guess.
RxDawg
May 3rd, 2011
11:38 am
Well good for them.
mickey7
May 3rd, 2011
11:38 am
The rushing game faltered not because of the running backs coach, but the ineffectiveness of the offensive line against quicker and stronger fronts.
Dawgs Tell
May 3rd, 2011
11:38 am
McGarity is showing his support to Richt.No excuses for a bad season.If there is one in 2011 and McGarity has to make major changes.No one can point at him saying he did not gave Richt all that was requested or needed.Sounds like a good job by a CEO in a highly visible area.Let’s hope all of this works out for the best. GO DAWGS
Wait till next year...
May 3rd, 2011
11:39 am
dream team = pay raise…
DawginLex
May 3rd, 2011
11:39 am
AND TIDE ROLL CONFIRMS HIS AGENDA FOR US…………
Putting money where his mouth is. | Get The Picture
May 3rd, 2011
11:40 am
[...] My guess is that he won’t be thrilled with this news. [...]
mystery science theater
May 3rd, 2011
11:42 am
McClendon must be doing things that we aren’t aware of because on the surface, his running backs haven’t gotten any better under his coaching.
StottsEra
May 3rd, 2011
11:42 am
and the players still get nada
Gsoutherngrad
May 3rd, 2011
11:49 am
They should get a pay cut after last season!!
Cousin Curtis
May 3rd, 2011
11:49 am
Shocking. A Bama fan is a racist idiot. Hey tide roll, don’t you have a spitoon to go spew some ‘backer juice at?
ugaclassof2004
May 3rd, 2011
11:49 am
I’m sorry, I fail to see how making ONLY $90,000 a year is a bad thing? Especially for a running backs coach. Most high school head coaches don’t even come close to that. I could see maybe a raise to like
$120,000, but $200,000 seems a bit much for a position coach.
RHALL55
May 3rd, 2011
11:52 am
10 @ 10???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Al Osmann
May 3rd, 2011
11:53 am
Why am I not surprised? UGA – a learning institute, although some would argue that point so easily spends money when it’s the almighty football but students get their tuition raised, services cut, etc.
The Rock
May 3rd, 2011
11:53 am
The Rock says you don’t reward a backslide with a pay raise! You layeth the smackdown on the non-performers and get someone who wants to perform! Now the dozens and dozens of Georgia Fans are gonna see more of the same and it will cost more.
HECKLE
May 3rd, 2011
11:53 am
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
DAWG ONE
May 3rd, 2011
11:54 am
You McClendon bashers need to be informed. Brian Mc is one of our two leading recruiters. Coaching comes from many fronts, but players come from a different atmosphere in HS. The competition level is a far cry from what these kids are used to. Some logic and reason come into play before blogging your negative thoughts.
As for the amounts of the raises, simply said, we can afford it!
George P. Burdell
May 3rd, 2011
11:54 am
Might as well loot the treasury because they know they will all be gone next year, like our president.
Show me the Money
May 3rd, 2011
11:55 am
@Hulk, dude are you serious? These guys are making the bottom of the barrell as a position coaches in the SEC. UGA football itself gross enough money to fund all of athletics. Despite of what Georgia running game has been, Coaches do not play football….The players do. I never heard of a 14pt. play or a 140-yd touchdown run designed by a coach. Ok, lets be honest GA OLine is not the greatest….Lets see, are the running back fumbling? no, are they running through the same holes G. Hearst or R. Hampton had….No, even Knowshun had major holes to run through. One thing about being a coach, you can’t coach effort and determination……..However, they should be compensated for the time they spend on the road recruiting, going to countless of meetings, not to mention family life(if there’s any) maybe a couple of weeks in January before you are driving day and night recruiting and a Week in the Summer ………….Would you trade your life for $200k? No…. You do it for the love of the sport and developing kids to make it on the next level (whether it Pros, Workforce, or Military). So, please Mr. Hulk do your research before you post.
Jones
May 3rd, 2011
11:55 am
Would have looked bad had McGarity lost 4 of Richt’s assistant coaches in 1 year due to grossly under-paying Richt’s staff.
Buckshot
May 3rd, 2011
11:57 am
definitely should have let McClendon go to another school….if one even offered him. still can’t believe we have a wide receiver coaching running backs at UGA!!!!!!!!
for crying out loud
May 3rd, 2011
11:59 am
Al, you’re an uninformed idiot. The athletic department funds at most major universities (maybe all) are completely separate from the educational funds. They come from donations directly to the athletic department. The athletic departments don’t “dip” into educational funds and steal bread out of the students mouths.
DawgLover
May 3rd, 2011
11:59 am
And nobody in the Athletic Department has received a raise in 3 years now. Way to go McGarity. Maybe you should look at giving some of your hard working very unpaid staffers who do a tremendous job a well deserved raise!
nerds! nerds! nerds!
May 3rd, 2011
12:01 pm
I know for a fact that ALL OF THE ABOVE POSTERS ARE MORE QUALIFIED than Ball and McClendon.
Trolls, all of you.
Dawg Gone
May 3rd, 2011
12:01 pm
AlabamaKnowItAll let me ask this any Bama coaches get a raise this year? Since the “mighty” Tide finished 4th in the West I’m wondering how that worked out?
me
May 3rd, 2011
12:07 pm
McClendon got a pay raise for getting Isaiah Crowell and Tony Ball got a raise for, wait why the hell did Tony Ball get a raise?
Outside Observer
May 3rd, 2011
12:08 pm
Whether Georgia wins or loses, $200,000 is too much to pay to assistant football coaches. Georgia’s governor, Georgia’s judges (incl. Supreme Court Justices), professors, school principals, and many, many more with much more important jobs do not make as much. I love football as much as anyone, but our priorities are way off.
DawgLover
May 3rd, 2011
12:09 pm
@for crying out loud – you are correct. I wish other posters were as informed as you are.
Mike McCollum (not going anonymous)
May 3rd, 2011
12:10 pm
This is upsetting: Bryan “McClendon, Georgia’s running backs coach since 2009 and its youngest assistant, saw his pay more than double from $90,000 a year to $200,000 annually.” That’s likely more than EVERY tenured track professor at UGA, for a second-year position coach who most fans want fired. It’s way more than even my department CHAIR. I know these salaries come from different budgets, but as a PhD student, I’m horrified that the doubling of his salary could have somehow been funneled into an academic program as a gift from the athletic dept in appreciation of keeping the players academically eligible for this cash cow. I’m sorry about the CAPS, but does anyone else not see this stark contrast in our society’s priorities? Also, this is Athens, not NYC or SF. You can make a nice home for yourself on $90,000 as a young man with a family, so doubling his salary to $200,000 seems excessive. How about the normal 3 to 7% the rest of the working Joes out there PRAY to get. If they were able to keep their jobs the past few years, many have had to endure pay freezes. DOUBLING this guy’s salary? ___This is another episode of REALLY??!! with Seth and Amy.
Buckeye
May 3rd, 2011
12:11 pm
$90K to $200K??? Sounds like a job in a government institution. Oh, ya, right, it is.
I agree with Outside Observer.
Mike McCollum
May 3rd, 2011
12:13 pm
BUCKEYE. UGA faculty and staff who start out at $40,000, at best, are government employees. The athletic dept is run like a private company.
Honky Talkin'
May 3rd, 2011
12:15 pm
Is that a reward for going 6-7 and proving your mediocrity?
schmeckdawg
May 3rd, 2011
12:18 pm
me
May 3rd, 2011
12:07 pm
McClendon got a pay raise for getting Isaiah Crowell and Tony Ball got a raise for, wait why the hell did Tony Ball get a raise?
Not to be argumentative, but, did McClendon get Crowell or did UGA get Crowell because Alabama already has like 800 running backs!
Mike McCollum
May 3rd, 2011
12:18 pm
I’m currently at a non-BSC school and things are not much better for faculty/Staff, so I know that the football depts are not to blame. I just wish there could be a cap, relative to non-athletic dept. staff, which would prevent such descrepencies, such as position coaches can only make 10% more than a non-tenure track faculty member. Coordinators can make only 15% more than Deans. Head coaches can only make 20% more than college presidents. This sliding scales allows for some hefty pay days, but also allows athletic depts to spend more on non-revenue generating sports, such as baseball, soccer, etc.
Clancy
May 3rd, 2011
12:19 pm
$200,000 for a sports coach? That is obscene.
Grossly Overpaid Coaches
May 3rd, 2011
12:21 pm
Georgia also could not afford to lose two of its three minority assistant coaches.
And that’s the only reason these two morons are still there.
Derek
May 3rd, 2011
12:23 pm
Hmmmm a more than doubling raise for a Coach whos rushing game was #51 in the Country and 10th in the SEC!! Lets compare the other schools who rushed for more yards and better average than UGA!
DAWG ONE
May 3rd, 2011
12:25 pm
Mike McCollum – Perhaps you have forgotten the 5 mil the Athletic Dept. gave the academic side a couple of years ago. Wake up! Some of these professors need a jolt, not a raise. Fortunately, we have a fine institution but like all, we have our share of “slackers”.
Fans contribute and give to the Athletic Dept. AND to the Alumni Society. Wise up.
observer
May 3rd, 2011
12:27 pm
If we are giving Mcclendon a pay raise for being a good recruiter, perhaps Richt should “re-assign” him like he did with the ex strength coach and make him a recruiter not a coach. Replace him with someone who can get a running game going. But then again I don’t know what the hell I’m doing, and Richt does…
Dawg2
May 3rd, 2011
12:28 pm
Thats Stimulas money..right!
Did all Professors get raise are just the ball boys…………..
OJ Dunbar
May 3rd, 2011
12:30 pm
What’s weird is that student tuition is going up, HOPE is going to pay less, and some of the teaching staff will get the pink slip. Yet no one is saying a thing about it. There needs to be a paradigm shift in how/where money is spent.
Mobile Dawg
May 3rd, 2011
12:32 pm
I’m sure McGarity knew it would be a PR problem however in this case with CMR’s job in the balance they know they aren’t going to get anyone else to come in so it was probably money well spent. They are “all” accountable this year and they know it.
78 DAWG
May 3rd, 2011
12:33 pm
If you are honest with yourself you’ll admit Grantham was our 5th choice and they paid him 750k the same as we offered our first 2 choices, Smart and Muschamp. I don’t know which is dumber? How much do they get if we go 5-7?
Fark Badley
May 3rd, 2011
12:33 pm
Alabama has already offered every high school senior football player in the entire southeast. Naw, they don’t cut players, that is just a rumor.
Dr. Phil
May 3rd, 2011
12:35 pm
The athletic department, football facilities, and classrooms for those football players who choose to attend class are all part of the University. To say that the athletic program supports itself is not true. The athletic department and athletic teams exist as part of academic programs, not the other way around. Last year, Ohio State athletics returned 100 million dollars to academic programs and scholarships. UGA returned around two million. Professors have not received pay raises in about five years, and when they do, the raises are based on performance. The performance of Richt and his assistants has been dismal in recent years.
An Old Violin
May 3rd, 2011
12:36 pm
As long as we “the people” allow these pay raises, they will continue ! People are doing without in this great state because we don’t have the money for health care, mental health care, and education yet we can pay sports motivators big bucks to “tell our kids to run, catch, block or tackle” ! I’d like to see us pay those big bucks to the teachers who teach our kids ” to read, write or do arithmetic”, ! For some stupid reason I seem to feel that this is more important…..Coach – Teacher +…..Coaches should be paid a fair salary, but not at the expense of raising tuition for the students, which is what just happened at UGA !
tide roll
May 3rd, 2011
12:39 pm
Auburn has 5 minority coaches on staff. You’d have to be in denial to not make a connection between these hires and a national title. Georgia needs to get with it!
Show me the Money
May 3rd, 2011
12:39 pm
@Mike McCollum- Thats probably why you are at a non BCS school…..It is the law of the land. See what you all fail to understand is UGA football is a multi-million dollar operation…..Just as well as some of the other BCS programs….@Outside Observer…Being a politician isn’t a Multi-Millon dollar industry. I would hope that Government officials wouldn’t make 200K to just over see decisions that are made by the lower governing powers…Please, you all sound like some sour people that can not stand to see younger coaches make this type of money. $200K as a BCS assistant coach? Are you serious, that nothing compared to other schools. Ok, I tell you all what, go pull the salary schedule of all the BCS school assistant coaches pay and then form your arguement. Georgia coaches are still underpaid……..You all have the crab in the bucket disease…..As stated in my earlier blog…..Would you give your life up to UGA football the way these coaches do and don’t want to be compensated. While you are home drinking your coffee or tea, these guys are working. There is a lot more done behind the scenes that you all wouldn’t ever be aware of…..
1eyedJack
May 3rd, 2011
12:39 pm
I can’t think of two men who deserve it less.
I’m a post-secondary instructor in this state and I haven’t gotten a cent in raises for the past three years. Matter-of-fact, counting the furloughs I’ve taken pay cuts just to keep my job.
Tuna
May 3rd, 2011
12:41 pm
Rewarded for what, recruiting the “Dream Team?” What about the 6-7 record and barely better than that the year before? Doesn’t make sense.
Bad bark!
May 3rd, 2011
12:42 pm
No wonder a player sells his jersey when his coach is getting rich off him…Sad day when everyone is hurting and UGA gives coaches double the money. Great PR job..for State Schools.
Matthews Dawg
May 3rd, 2011
12:42 pm
It’s capitalism at its finest! Maybe all of us got into the wrong profession! That’s right, most on here have never played any ball at a level beyond youth league and some high school. Is it fair on what they are being paid? It is if the market demands it! Also, as I have been told by my dad and I’ve told my kids, “life isn’t always fair”! Trying to be fair to everyone is what is getting this entire country into trouble. If they don’t do their jobs this year, then they won’t get that money next year! Here’s hoping they ALL get raises next year! That would mean a great season!! Go Dawgs
SAG Dawg
May 3rd, 2011
12:45 pm
I’m surprised so few posters understand basic economics. These raises are simply based on market value – nothing else. Most professionals (in any line of work) in America are overpaid by any definition, but the market determines the pay. The market has made offers to them that UGA has matched for the sake of continuity.
I personally know Tony and his job keeps him from other activities – including home and family – more than anyone else I know.
Mike McCollum
May 3rd, 2011
12:45 pm
Also, I’m not devaluing his importance to the athletic dept., but I am questioning the amount he needs to be compensated. The SEC is about Keeping up with the Jonses, which is a point I fully understand, but at what point do we say STOP! Will it take a $500,000 video intern, or $300 student tix to games before we finally say, “enough is enough?” How much money do coaches really need to be comfortable?
Mike McCollum
May 3rd, 2011
12:48 pm
@Show me the Money. I undersand this all too well. I went to Auburn and I worked in the athletic dept. My masters was at Colorado, where I saw my program shuttered as we paid our coach Millions$ for being fired. I’m just asking, in general, when enough is enough.
Coach Grohbo
May 3rd, 2011
12:50 pm
Looks like McGarity ran out to BS job titles to hand out.
Show me the Money
May 3rd, 2011
12:51 pm
@An Old Violin you sound very out of touched with reality……”People are doing without in this great state because we don’t have the money for health care, mental health care, and education”. Ok in life there are choices….Careers, Education, etc. etc…….However, Sports in this great state is a form of entertainment……Are you entertained? Is that not why you here?……….Its a demand, people use it as an outlet to get away from the ” doing without in this great state”. You pay an actor millions of dollars to entertain us….Why cause it takes us away briefly from the pain of going without….What is the difference in Athletics? Wake up people….70k people attend Stanford Stadium 6-7 times a year going to games at $50+ a seat….$200k for a coach….are you kidding me?
Coach Grohbo
May 3rd, 2011
12:51 pm
Looks like McGarity ran out of BS job titles to hand out.
Outside Observer
May 3rd, 2011
12:51 pm
Show me the Money: Georgia’s total state budget, which the governor overseees, is $17.9 billion, but the governor does not makes as much as these assisitant football coaches. Georgia’s judges decide multi-million dollar lawsuits, and decide whether people go to jail and for how long, but they don’t make as much as these asst. football coaches. Georgia’s professors are responsible for educating hundreds of students per year, while the RB coach and the WR coach are responsible for maybe 10 guys each maximum, but the coaches make more.
You say these coaches work hard, and I say there are hundreds of equally (or better) qualified football coaches (high school and on down) in ths state of Georgia who would do the same job and work just as hard for half the money.
Mike McCollum
May 3rd, 2011
12:52 pm
@DAWG ONE. Your blind faith in the athletic dept. is misplaced. Also, my concern is that UGA REMAINS a top notch school. This is just a warning that these salaries will get really out of hand at this rate, if they have not already. When does this end? I think it’s more than OK to ask these questions. I love college football. The AUBURN I graduated from is no different than the way UGA compensates its coaches. I just want to see some restraint.
Blackberry Cobbler
May 3rd, 2011
12:52 pm
Hulk @ 11:27 am
Yes, UGA was 10th in the SEC in rush offense………………
But don’t worry dude. CMR “knows what the hell he’s doing”.
Yea right. ROFLMAO.
2011 will be the end of CMR and his girly-man style of coaching.
Sunshine
May 3rd, 2011
12:54 pm
It may be deserving, but come on people! Give the teachers/professors pay increases because they sure as hell deserve it. We keep giving pay increases to the high paying officials of this state but not giving any kind of merit increases and/or cost of living increases to the state of georgia employees. Give back to your worker bees that keep this state moving.
The State of Georgia need to take a good look at all this wasteful spending! Governor Deal need to follow the city of atlanta mayor and make all employees who are making over 80,000 to take a cut in pay.
Note: To the editor of this article, come take a look at the waste the State of Georgia is doing by giving pay increases to the “Good Ole Boy Network”.
emory grad
May 3rd, 2011
12:54 pm
To Matthews:’the problem with capitalism is capitalists’. It would be helpful and rational that those giving to athletic departments would give to the academic side of the university, then this obscene emphasis on college athletics would be mitigated as the funds would dry up and most of us writing in this blog would have to find something productive to do like read a book and NO “show me the money’ the “Far Side Collection” does not count as reading!
Mike McCollum
May 3rd, 2011
12:55 pm
@Outside Observer. Nice Points. @DAWG ONE a $5 million gift will soon be less than the salary of ONE coach on ONE team.
JB
May 3rd, 2011
12:56 pm
Not raises because of results. They better save some money. Wonder who looked at our running game and decided they had to have McClendon?
Summit Dawg
May 3rd, 2011
12:57 pm
Hey Red & Silver, Why you are you knocking single A….It’s not Ealey or Kings fault that BOO BOO is a “quarterbacks Coach” and builds his offense around that instead of running backs….they can’t score if they don’t have the ball…..Oh, and did Garrison Hurst not come from Single A??? You idiot!!!!
Mike McCollum
May 3rd, 2011
12:57 pm
Also, why don’t you all use your real names? This is the public square of the future. I’m sure we are all neighbors. And if you google me, no, I’m not the science fiction writer.
Coach Donnan
May 3rd, 2011
12:57 pm
I miss the days when Dr. Adams would just pay us under the table.
sogadog
May 3rd, 2011
1:00 pm
Washaun Ealey (a four star recruit for what that is worth) : 1. fumbles away the USC game, 2. fumbles away the Miss State game, 3. has a wreck, flees the scene and gets himself arrested and suspended 3. misses a key block in the Arkansas game 4. underperforms throughout the season.
Caleb King (a five star recruit for what that is worth): 1. fumbles away the Colorado game, 2 blows off court gets arrested and suspended 3. underperforms throughout the season.
Richard Samuel (a five star recruit for what that is worth) underperforms so badly he is pulled from the running back rotation and moved to second string linebacker.
Carlton Thomas underperforms, fumbles often and cant get a yard running up the middle.
Bryan McLendon is in charge of developing Ealey, King, Samuel and Thomas and his salary is more than doubled by increasing it 110K per year.
I am sorrying but this makes no sense, McClendon’s performance and the production of his players do not merit a raise. If McLendon wants to take another job then fine.
$110,000 Raise?
May 3rd, 2011
1:02 pm
In an economic depression, after a 6-7 season, uga is handing out 100% raises to average coaches??? Are you serious? What a total waste of taxpayer money in athens. The running backs and wide receivers didn’t do much last year, but these coaches get a huge raise??? No worries–it’s only money. I’m glad they don’t waste money like this at Bama.
SAG Dawg
May 3rd, 2011
1:03 pm
Hey Mike McCullum, did you not take an economics class at UGA or Auburn? Please read my earlier post. It is not what they deserve, but rather what the market offers. If you don’t like it, then change the market. Good Luck.
barneyb
May 3rd, 2011
1:06 pm
One hit after another just keeps coming out of Athens under the Richt regime…..it’s so carzy, you can’t just make this stuff up!
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
May 3rd, 2011
1:08 pm
Thank you “quota” system, it’s working well.
emory grad
May 3rd, 2011
1:08 pm
Agree change the market:to all the morons who support college athletics so they can meet and greet richt and co. STOP IT and give your hard earned cash to the general student fund to educate your neighbors kids and your kids
DEAL OR NO DEAL
May 3rd, 2011
1:08 pm
This is where all the extra tution will go. Not to teachers or labs or anything that has to do with teaching. It will all go to the coaches. Sick, just sick.
Show me the Money
May 3rd, 2011
1:10 pm
@Outside Observer ok….You are right….No need to proceed and collect $200 when you pass go. Just for the record…..Politics is not a multi-millon dollar industry….They make work cases or represents Millionaires….Just being PC…..OK? Now, here is the thing…..I have a Doctorate Degree and I am a Head High School football Coach….There’s is not any money that can compensate me for what I do with this profession and the time I spend away from my family, However I do it because I have an interest of the these kids being successful. I have several close associates that coach on the collegiate level and the reason why they get paid the way they do it because of the HIGH RISK involved. You are talking about school professors or government official….Guess what, have you heard of Job security through government jobs? Well guess what? THERE IS NOT JOB SECURITY IN COACHING COLLEGE FOOTBALL, THEY CAN COME IN TONIGHT AND TELL THEM TO GET THEIR SH>> AND BE GONE BY FRIDAY…….TRUST ME IT HAPPENS….(Not shouting, just bringing home my point).
Matthews Dawg
May 3rd, 2011
1:10 pm
emory….should we all be paid the same? Should that guy or girl in your class when you were at emory get the same grade you got when you worked your tail off and that person didn’t do as much work? Of course not! I agree, teachers should be paid more, but the market doesn’t demand it. I grew up in a family where my dad was a teacher/coach. We didn’t have as much as my friends, but I was fine with that. But, I chose after graduating not to go that same route. It’s a choice we all make. If you are at the top of your profession, you will get top dollar. Maybe I am making it very simple and it’s more complexed, but for someone who is putting kids through college ( and yes sending my first to UGA next fall and out of state to boot! Very expensive paying out of state, but she will be a Dawg and 2 UGA grads are glad she is going there) (Sorry for the rabbit trail) I chose not to go down the teacher/coach path. We all have a choice!
emory…you points are well taken and you are correct, but it’s not going to change. I give more to the academic side than I ever have to the athletic side. But, I do give to both. I wish I had more to give. Which that will stop this year because of out of state tuition cost. I had to give up something. I think the academic side will be getting enough of my money now. Go Dawgs!!
Jim Bo Taylor
May 3rd, 2011
1:10 pm
It sucks big time. Bad message at the wrong time. Guess Coaches can buy more $4 gas etc for their big suv’s. Football coaches don’t work more more than good Teacher…Bet on it.
Mike McCollum
May 3rd, 2011
1:12 pm
@SAG DAWG. Markets are based on consumer confidence, supply/demand, yada, yada, yada. I fully understand WHY he gets paid so much. However, I don’t think it’s wrong question our misplaced priorities. To throw your hands up in the air and say, “Well, life sucks, but what can you do?” is pretty cynical and defeatist. The market will respond if we all ask it to, but it takes collective effort, which begins with these civil conversations. Again, I’m just asking how far this pay system goes until we all really get angry, such as $500,000 video interns. I know that’s a pretty exaggerated example, but if you had told my dad 30 years ago that a position coach would make $200,000, he’d laugh you out of the house. The only one laughing now is McLendon.
59bulldawg
May 3rd, 2011
1:14 pm
Hmmm! Seems that some of my brothers in the Dawg Nation are a little on the cheap side! Check out the payrolls on other division 1 schools. Yeah I know . . . all things considered, it’s not the way I’d run a railroad either . . . but I don’t think it’s out of line with other similar size athletic departments around the country.
Outside Observer
May 3rd, 2011
1:17 pm
SAG Dawg: These coaches are public employees at public universities. Public salaries are typically set by the legislature, or other governing body, and are not set “by what the market offers”. That’s why the governor, judges, professors, etc. make less — they get paid what is allowed by law, not what the market says. The problem is we let the athletic directors at major public universities carve out a little fiefdom for major sports, and run it like it’s a private enterprise. If Congress passed a law that set all Division I assistant football coach salaries at $90,000, there would still be a line out the door for these jobs. It has nothing to do with “the market”, or “supply and demand”.
JB
May 3rd, 2011
1:18 pm
To an earlier post, this is not tax payer money. Professors yes. When an English teacher can get 90,000 folks to show up on 6 Saturday’s to here her teach at $45 per person and millions more from TV and radio, then we’ll pay her/him 2.8 mil to teach. Until then, enjoy you salary.
cursive
May 3rd, 2011
1:18 pm
Don’t forget folks, the money for the academic part of UGA and the money for the athletic part of UGA are two completely different things. They pull from 2 different “pools” of funding. Don’t misdirect hostility toward the athletic department because they are getting raises, direct that hostility toward your congressmen and governor for cutting the funding to the academic fund @ UGA.
JB
May 3rd, 2011
1:19 pm
That s/b hear………..Where do I sign up to take the class…LOL
Alabama | MrSEC.com
May 3rd, 2011
1:20 pm
[...] It’s been six drafts since the NFL took a Georgia defensive player in the first round.3. Two UGA assistants got nice pay raises following the Dawgs’ 6-7 2010 campaign.4. This writer says South Carolina is a first-place [...]
Mike McCollum
May 3rd, 2011
1:21 pm
@Cursive. Excellent point.
In_the_cellar
May 3rd, 2011
1:21 pm
See! You dont need to be competent with a college degree! You only need a piece of paper to hang on the wall.
Jim Bo Taylor
May 3rd, 2011
1:22 pm
I have just stop being a dawg fan…..my little support will not make a big difference but its a start. Teachers losing their jobs and these clowns get $200,000.. plus.
JB
May 3rd, 2011
1:23 pm
Difference between Pubs and Dems…..Pubs think you play the game to win and the winners get the trophy. Dems thinks everybody ought to get a trophy win or lose. didn’t matter that the winners prepared more, worked harder, longer. Class over.
Eassyy
May 3rd, 2011
1:23 pm
Good thinking observer! While we are at it why not cap off all Deans of publis universities at 70K? There would still be a line out the door of candidates. Then we can cap salay’s of CEO’s of publicily traded companies at $100 k. There would still be a line out the door right? If there is a line we will cross it and make you the end all be all in who deserves to be paid what amount!
Captain
May 3rd, 2011
1:24 pm
Always good to come here and read so many informed, intelligent, insightful, knowledgable opinions. This season was the second season as RB coach for McLendon, prior to that Tony Ball had been the RB coach. There’s an old saying ‘you can’t make chicken salad out of chicken $h!%. Unfortunately, McLendon has two highly overrated RB candidates he’s tried to develop but due to bad attitudes and lax work ethics, plus a penchant for breaking the law, those two are simply not going to develop into chicken salad. The young man is dynamic, he does an outstanding job of representing the University of Georgia, his alma mater, on the recruiting trail and recruits very well. One day he will be a successful head coach, but he’s only 29. Tony Ball with offers to leave? Wow, I would love to know who offered him, but I would really love to know why Richt didn’t throw a going away party for him. Convincing Tony Ball to stay rivals convincing John Jancek to stay, makes no sense at all.
As for salaries, it is what it is. When Head Coaches make $5 million annually like Saban, or $2.7 million like Mark Richt, when Co-ordinators make $750,000 like Todd Grantham and Kirby Smart, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that assistant coaches make $200,000, it’s the cost to do business.
The real surprise is learning the Fulton Co Tax Commissioner makes $375,000 the bulk of which is charging fees for doing the job he was elected to do and feeling he is underpaid. I guess it’s all good work if you can get it.
JB
May 3rd, 2011
1:25 pm
Jim Bo…………It’s private funding from ticket sales and TV /Radio. The State/Governor have no say. Teachers yes, athetic Dept NO !!!!!!!!
Big Dog 98
May 3rd, 2011
1:26 pm
Just more of the “Cult of the Athlete” … taking care of the jocks by the jock sniffers.
dawg2
May 3rd, 2011
1:27 pm
Mike and cursive–What is it you don’t understand the State is broke!
Ole Roy Barnes
May 3rd, 2011
1:27 pm
If you morons would have voted for me, this would NOT be happening.
Johnny B
May 3rd, 2011
1:28 pm
$10 for cotton candy?? Get ready for it
Gloria Alred
May 3rd, 2011
1:28 pm
Looks like this blog has a lot of jock sniffers.
Outside Observer
May 3rd, 2011
1:30 pm
Eassyy, My point is that many in the line out the door for $90,000 asssitant football coach jobs will be just as qualified or “talented” as these two guys.
Michaels boyfriend
May 3rd, 2011
1:31 pm
Quit those stupid blogs you silly boy
Mike Bobo
May 3rd, 2011
1:31 pm
Does this mean I get a raise?
dawg2
May 3rd, 2011
1:32 pm
To he!! with it, tired on Richt and his getting richer . Hope they lose every damn game.
Damon Evans
May 3rd, 2011
1:33 pm
Man, did I choke or what?
Big Dawg
May 3rd, 2011
1:34 pm
I congratulate both Coach Tony Ball and Coach Bryan McClendon on their raises.
First off fellow Dawgs you should be congratulating these two men on getting very good to outstanding pay raises. IMHO it also sets up an interesting situation for after the upcoming season if the Dawgs don’t make dramatic improvement. It also bodes well for McGarrity if the Dawgs do make dramatic improvement as he can point out that the changes he forced helped turn the situation around or it gives McGarrity cover for firing the whole coaching staff and takes away the excuse that they were underpaid.
Go Dawgs
Bulldawg78
May 3rd, 2011
1:34 pm
Too bad UGA can’t play GT every game…they would be undefeated.
Johnny B
May 3rd, 2011
1:35 pm
Richt is no longer “Mr.Rogers”. He will go full speed,dm the torpedoes this year. 9-2 is my prediction. No more Mr.Nice guy
Red Panties
May 3rd, 2011
1:35 pm
Damon,
Call me.
Yellow Jacket 89
May 3rd, 2011
1:36 pm
UGA will be lucky to win 7 games this year.
So long, Mark Richt.
Jonathan Carter
May 3rd, 2011
1:38 pm
UGA will finish 9-2 in 2011.
emory grad
May 3rd, 2011
1:39 pm
mathews, appreciate your points;I do not advocate socialism although I do lean toward keynsian economics. I simply agree with those who think that relative to educators that coaches are overpaid, I know why, but if the money shifts to the academic coffers, then the “market” will adjust and hopefully the “educators will earn more”
NOT all the same. Anyway, GO JACKETS
DAWG ONE
May 3rd, 2011
1:41 pm
I have read every post to this point. I see where our economy is coming into play in this blog, along with a “wrong” chosen profession by some, along with a lack of understanding that most major colleges are doing the exact same thing that Georgia is doing. If the same amount of attention and venom were directed to our “wonderful”, “entitled” politicians, now that would be productive!
This country is so messed up with the complacency of the past, that it will take years to dig our way out. Football is a “release” from the reality of our depression for some.
You wanna kick some butts? Go for the U.S. politicians and their salaries – go after the real “takers” in Congress. Forget the coaches and professors.
Do that, be successful at it, and I think we would all be happy with the exception of those who never could be. Those are REAL problems in this country.
BTW – The University of Georgia had a most successful year of fund raising again this past year. Remember that.
Johnny B
May 3rd, 2011
1:44 pm
No so fast friend………..Socialist professors don’t come cheap at UGA. I saw enough of these over paid American haters during my time there.
Matthews Dawg
May 3rd, 2011
1:44 pm
JB at 1:23….you are right on the money!
emory…teachers do deserve more and academics should be a higher priority, but sadly it is not. Should have realized that you like the Jackets! Good luck this year, but at the end of Nov.
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
May 3rd, 2011
1:47 pm
We’d like to know the names of all the colleges wanting these two guys.
One of these guys may be a great recruiter…but so what…we’ll coach ‘em down anyway.
7576DAWG
May 3rd, 2011
1:48 pm
I am an Alumni for UGA and of the many classes I took at least half of my Professors actually wrote the book that we were studying from. Along with their regular salary I can’t imagine them not getting royalty’s from these publications. Does anyone know?
WD
May 3rd, 2011
1:49 pm
Johnny B…you are right but all Univ. have them big time its not just UGA. couldn’t believe the crap my kid come home telling me his Professor was teaching at GSU. Brain washing students.
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 3rd, 2011
1:52 pm
Why arent all our coaches paid more they have deserved it
When are they going to raise donations for season tickets
Fans should have to pay more for this winning cast of coaches
emory grad
May 3rd, 2011
1:56 pm
Mathews thanks;then again ,Ga. Tech baseball shows it’s real colors by inviting charlie sheen to practice!!!! Dawg one:let’s start with the lawyers,”First, kill all the lawyers’-Shaekspeare(sp?). 10$ cotton candy! wow that’s a deal for The Ted!!!
TechNow
May 3rd, 2011
1:58 pm
Ga has to employ a certain number of African-American coaches and pay them big money or they will get sued for discrimination—very simple.
Show me the Money
May 3rd, 2011
2:04 pm
@TechNow………………..ignorant…….very!
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 3rd, 2011
2:06 pm
Our coaches are grossly underpaid
Mcgarity:
You should demand that fans have to donate more money to give this hall of fame staff a better lifestyle
Joey
May 3rd, 2011
2:08 pm
“Richt is no longer “Mr.Rogers”. He will go full speed,dm the torpedoes this year. 9-2 is my prediction. No more Mr.Nice guy”
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12 games on the schedule, Johnny B. If Richt’s gonna skip a game, I hope it’s the UF game . . .
emory grad
May 3rd, 2011
2:14 pm
I can see that this has deteriorated into a socialist rant(and I may have contributed!). Have a good day all….
Barack Obama
May 3rd, 2011
2:18 pm
Richt is just spreading the wealth around a little.
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 3rd, 2011
2:19 pm
Mcgarity
The following items should be raised to:
Hotdogs $10
Coke $15
Programs $30
Season Parking $3000
Tail gaiting $500 per game
Donations $5000 per ticket
Fans need to sacrifice their hard earned money even in a down economy to provide a luxurious lifestyle for the coaches
7576DAWG
May 3rd, 2011
2:25 pm
Any profession where the revenue comes from being associated with TV , or the media are off the table when salary’s are trying to be justified. Coaches from the major colleges fit in with this group along with professional football, baseball, basketball players and Actors.
BG
May 3rd, 2011
2:28 pm
These guys both deserved raises. There were several SEC schools that tried to hire away Ball and McClendon. Ball is a hell of a WR coach and McClendon is a good Rb coach and a great recruiter.
Vince
May 3rd, 2011
2:28 pm
Get that money, Brothers!!!!
7576DAWG
May 3rd, 2011
2:29 pm
The salary increases want mean a thing if UGA doesn’t win at least 9 games this year. Neither one of these coaches will be retained. And if CMR keeps his job then both of these coaches will have done a good job.
Chelle
May 3rd, 2011
2:30 pm
I’m happy for anyone who gets a raise! Hopefully they’ll rememember to TITHE!!!
Patrick Romano WAR DAMN EAGLE
May 3rd, 2011
2:30 pm
I would hate to see what they would have gotten if they would have actually won more than 5 or 6 games. WOW, YOU CAN’T FIX STUPID…
WAR DAMN EAGLE, Hope Cooper Taylor and AU’s NC winning team/coaches got pay raies!!!
I’m sure Gene Chizik did!!!
dmr
May 3rd, 2011
2:32 pm
Mark Fox got a pay raise. He deserved it. I don’t care whose players he had, his or Felton’s. Fox has come in and made Georgia basketball relevant in the SEC. That’s step one for him. He did it in two seasons. In his first season, you saw a difference. You saw a team willing to scrap to the end. A team, that despite their record would play with effort and toughness. In year two, you saw the same thing with more wins. Year 3 may be a step back year, but that’s another matter. You can see effort, you can see improvement, you can see tenacity, and you don’t have to be a basketball expert. Why bring this up?
Because we have not seen any of this from Richt’s teams in the past two or three seasons. An established coach who has let the “lunatics run the asylum.” I say that, in spite of being a Richt supporter. Some assistance got raises. Their players effort better reflect that. EFFORT, DISCIPLINE, TENACITY. They better instill this in their players or enjoy the one year bump.
red&silver
May 3rd, 2011
2:33 pm
Summit Dawg
May 3rd, 2011
12:57 pm
Hey Red & Silver, Why you are you knocking single A….It’s not Ealey or Kings fault that BOO BOO is a “quarterbacks Coach” and builds his offense around that instead of running backs….they can’t score if they don’t have the ball…..Oh, and did Garrison Hurst not come from Single A??? You idiot!!!!
Level of competition is why I am knocking a rb from Single A ball! How dare you compare Garrison Hearst not(Hurst) and Washaun Ealey! Every now and then you find gems like Hearst,Champ,and the Great #34! Learn how to spell before you refer to somebody as an idiot.
AceDawg
May 3rd, 2011
2:37 pm
I’d have taken money out of Richt’s paycheck to compensate these guys and then set a couple strict goals that would need to be achieved for Richt to be reimbursed such as a top 15 finish and New Year’s Day caliber bowl victory.
Down South Dawg
May 3rd, 2011
2:43 pm
Grossly Overpaid—You’re the moron here! For you to suggest that ethnicticity is the only reason Ball and McClendon are still with us proves it! SEC football is about as competetive an endeavor as exists! Minority players dominate the game and minority coaches and administrators have began to realize the recognition that they deserve. Rodney Garner is an example of what I’m talking about. He is a solid coach, he is a Great recruiter and evaluator of football talent and it seems that Ball and McClendon are too. They certainly have the confidence of their boss. Mark Richt made it clear in Macon the other night when he responded to another yahoo much like yourself, by stating that McClendon is a “hell of a good football coach and a hell of a good recruiter”. You obviously don’t know what the hell you are talking about. These coaches compete at the highest level, they aren’t involved in some kind of affirmative action game, they compete for their rewards and it’s reassuring that they work for two men, Richt and McGarity, who realize this and not for some moron like yourself.
reader
May 3rd, 2011
2:44 pm
BullCrap
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 3rd, 2011
2:47 pm
I wished I worked for a company that gave me a 6 figure raise
where 30 of my employees have gotten arrested in the last 4 yrs
where my numbers (WINS) have been on a down trend for yrs
where my goals are not being met (13-12 in the SEC east in the last 4 yrs)
where I cannot even get my employees to even compete on a level playing field against our most important competitor (FLORIDA)
How can I work for a company like that
Joey
May 3rd, 2011
2:52 pm
“How can I work for a company like that”
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You can’t, Flat tire.
UGA is the only company like that.
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 3rd, 2011
2:55 pm
Joey
Come on man there aren’t any companies like the one described below. My resume is ready
I wished I worked for a company that gave me a 6 figure raise
where 30 of my employees have gotten arrested in the last 4 yrs
where my numbers (WINS) have been on a down trend for yrs
where my goals are not being met (13-12 in the SEC east in the last 4 yrs)
where I cannot even get my employees to even compete on a level playing field against our most important competitor (FLORIDA)
How can I work for a company like that
WHY???
May 3rd, 2011
2:56 pm
Why isn’t anyone asking what the Head Coach Richt is getting paid, the Success of the Team Ultimately falls on Him. Why is know one questioning the pay of the Head Coach? Or Better yet why is the teams unsuccessful season being blamed on HIM????
Outside Observer
May 3rd, 2011
2:56 pm
How can I work for a company like that”
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You can’t, Flat tire.
UGA is the only company like that.
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UGA football is the only company like that.
Smiling Jack
May 3rd, 2011
3:05 pm
Top Dawg, a lot of folks on this blog ought to be like you and me and have no words for it or about it. Let the Dawgs do their business!
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 3rd, 2011
3:06 pm
WHY???
If you have ever been on these blogs in the past 3 yrs you would have
Richt is grossly overpaid as is the rest of these coaches thats what I meant in my post
The Company is the UGA Program
AlabamaKnowItAll
May 3rd, 2011
3:06 pm
Dawg Gone
May 3rd, 2011
12:01 pm
Dawg Gone Bama has finished the past 3 season with 10+ wins, a Heisman Trophy winner, and a National Championship….Oh yeah, 2 SEC championship appearances (w/ 1 loss)….And what is UGA’s record during that time? But let’s get back on topic…..How do you Reward Mediocity with a pay increase?
Smiling Jack
May 3rd, 2011
3:07 pm
Did you ever think Flat Tire that maybe you’re not good enough to work for a company like that?
bigdave
May 3rd, 2011
3:11 pm
congrats Bryan..
Mays High ‘03
Trey
May 3rd, 2011
3:12 pm
There is obviously no connection between performance and pay at UGA. If there was, every one of the jerkoff coaches would have been canned after the last season.
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 3rd, 2011
3:12 pm
Smiling Jack
No I think Im not a good friend
i.e Slick Willie Martinez
head scratcher
May 3rd, 2011
3:14 pm
so you go 6-7 and you get a raise? Wow. Throw logic out the window. Yea for mediocrity.
Just Asking
May 3rd, 2011
3:15 pm
I’ve never understood how anyone – even an alumnus – could support and take pride in UGA’s football team. When you look at their history for the past forty years, how can anyone ignore Jan Kemp and the “remedial studies” scam, the Jim Harrick fiasco, the DUIs in the athletic office, the DUIs and other arrests of players, the #1 party school tag (i.e., the most drunk students), the suspensions and outright dismissals, the Fulmer Cup, and on and on?
As disgraceful and humiliating as it is, I don’t see many alums and fans demanding an end to this sordid activity. It sets UGA apart as the kind of school most people abhor, and it’s become an embarrassment to the whole state of Georgia.
Will it never end? Apparently not while Mark Richt is at UGA. Richt is perhaps the biggest hypocrite in the United States. But even with all the cheating and lawlessness that he ignores, he still can’t win the SEC.
So you’re paying him to be BCS champions, but he can’t even win his SEC division. So why do you pay him millions of dollars a year?
1eyedJack
May 3rd, 2011
3:16 pm
I guess what they say is true. If a Computer Science professor could get 90,000 to attend his class he could demand, and get, these kind of raises. Screw me for becoming a teacher. I should have went with my first instinct.
Buzz
May 3rd, 2011
3:16 pm
UGA Sucks!
Joey
May 3rd, 2011
3:23 pm
Richt takes care of his boys. Willie got a pay raise after ‘08, after his D gave up 41, 38, 49, 38 and 45 points in games.
M10
May 3rd, 2011
3:25 pm
My thing is if Uga don’t pay them somebody else will, its plain and simple.
DawginLex
May 3rd, 2011
3:31 pm
All you alabama idiots need to shutup.
So you had a good run for the last 3 years???
Where were all you woofers from 1993 until 2007 when you SUCKED???
We are on the way back up and you have hit your ceiling. You are on the way down. Another 3 loss season and you WILL put wheels on that Saban statue.
2011-THE YEAR OF THE HONEST COACH/PROGRAM
Boise State getting hit with NCAA violations
Auburn going down the crapper.
Outside Observer
May 3rd, 2011
3:32 pm
My thing is if Uga don’t pay them somebody else will, its plain and simple.
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Let them. You don’t think there are hundreds of other football coaches out there who could do the same job as these two guys just as well for less money?
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 3rd, 2011
3:38 pm
Joey
Your right
And fans have to pay out the you know what to see mediocrity at UGA
Joey
May 3rd, 2011
3:39 pm
“Where were all you woofers from 1993 until 2007 when you SUCKED???”
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Mostly on NCAA probation.
Big Money
May 3rd, 2011
3:42 pm
when your team goes 6-7 with a terrible offense, that means the team sucked. Raises should be given out after good seasons. Grantham’s been a bust but he’s making $750,000–probably the highest salary for an assistant in the country. Ga rewards mediocrity, so they keep getting it. Why produce if you get big raises after bad years!!!!!!
leslie
May 3rd, 2011
3:42 pm
Good to see black men prosper. They worked hard, now it’s time to REAP the BENEFITS! The newspaper always showing black men as criminals, good to see these black men being successful!
Vulture
May 3rd, 2011
3:46 pm
Why not? We’re giving Pakistan 1.3 billion annually.
Reaper
May 3rd, 2011
3:47 pm
@Axelrods, I agree where is the 10@10. This new college recruiting info or lack there of sucks. Please AJC put someone in charge of the column that knows how to report on college recruiting. Now, for the pay increase for the two coaches in charge of two of the most underperforming positions is a joke. Neither of these guys know how to coach up their players and it shows.That’s another reason there is so much doubt about the offense. The RB and WR Coaches are not developing the players and the OC is not developing anything. I we see some creativity out of the offense this year. If not it will be another boring, predictable year for the most boring offense in college football.
DawginLex
May 3rd, 2011
3:50 pm
big money,
Saying Grantham is a bust after one year shows what a big dumba$$ idiot you are.
The defense switched to a 3-4 scheme. Do you know what that means?
This is year 2 and he now has more players in proper positions and also has 2 true nose guards where last year there were none. Do you know what that means?
The Ghost of Wally Butts
May 3rd, 2011
3:52 pm
When I grow up, I want to be an Assistant Coach for CMR. A 6 and 7 season, and pay raises. Yeah boy!
Old Coach
May 3rd, 2011
3:55 pm
The two most stupid comments on this blog are1, Georgia’s offense is so predictable. 2, We have a wide receiver (player) as a runningback coach. If you had a clue about either of these topics you would never make such backward comments.
Paul N Destin
May 3rd, 2011
3:57 pm
DawglEX…and what in the hell has UGA got to show since 81? I ask you what beside mouth?
1961,1964,1965,(screwed in 66),1973,1978,1979,1992 and 2009 vs 1981 or whenever in hell Vince one IT for you. Until you actually do something other than talk you need to STFU.
DawginLex
May 3rd, 2011
4:00 pm
you bama morons come on here and talk like you have been great and wonderful for the past twenty years when in reality, since 1992 you haven’t done anything until the last 3 years.
Congrats on being rated #1 preseason again like 2010. lose 3 again and listen to the excuses
DawginLex
May 3rd, 2011
4:02 pm
why do you bammer boys feel the need to get on a UGA blog anyway?
Just go talk to your own inbred kind about what kind of tobacco you are chewing this week.
Dawg Gone
May 3rd, 2011
4:02 pm
AlabamaKnowItAll I repeat LAST year how many BAMA coaches got a raise to finish 4th in the WEST…it was a question about BAMA..not UGA…
ugaclassof2004
May 3rd, 2011
4:03 pm
*Yawn* wake me up when we decide to get serious about winning again.
collegefootball junkie
May 3rd, 2011
4:04 pm
Amen Outside Observer. College football is the best sport on the planet, but coaching salaries are out of line. I wonder how many of these guys would still be in the business if they only made say 30,00-40,000 like they did 20 0r 30 years ago.
FLA DAWG
May 3rd, 2011
4:06 pm
Asst Coaches getting $200K after a 6-7 season!?
What the he!! is going on!?
Reward diversity, reward failure, reward mediocrity…………..forget about the consequences of poor performance and losing – just reward everyone because the money is there so let’s just give it away.
My alumni donations ceased over three years ago. Any of you still donating should think twice.
leslie
May 3rd, 2011
4:08 pm
Thank God. It’s good to see a black man propser!!! Amen and Amen. They are always in the news for the worng reason. This story is refreshing.
Shannon in Athens
May 3rd, 2011
4:10 pm
The RB coach did not earn a raise.
beebee
May 3rd, 2011
4:23 pm
dawginlex: you don’t want to start a football war with Alabama! no you don’t!
The Tide is back. UGA, on the other paw, has never really been!
At least we have a so-called 3-year run that is very likely to continue. And that is just a small little bitty PIECE of Bama football lore.
UGA’s WHOLE d.a.m.n. HISTORY is centered around ONE super player! HW!
And Bama has not “sucked” from 93 till 2007.
BG
May 3rd, 2011
4:26 pm
Screw Bama and slime ball Saban!!!
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 3rd, 2011
4:27 pm
lesli
Your right
I get tired of watching those same news stories blaming the white man for the reason they are commiting crimes
I wonder who will get blamed this time for this “refreshing story”.
BG
May 3rd, 2011
4:27 pm
Fla Dawg are you a TRUE fan?????
BG
May 3rd, 2011
4:30 pm
Richt is 9-1 aganist Tech! I love it!!!! GO DAWGS!!!
Joey
May 3rd, 2011
4:31 pm
hey, beebee, at least UGA was the best team in our state last season . . .
Even the Great Saban didn’t have an answer for the “Son of a Preacher Man!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiL5UJmkfco
Einsteindawg
May 3rd, 2011
4:34 pm
It’s always easy to spend other folks’ money…just ask Congress. I agree that McClendon should have been fired. While these guys may be top notch recruiters, look what they do with our heralded recruits…why don’t we just find some coaches that actually know how to coach?
Chris
May 3rd, 2011
4:35 pm
Congratulations to these two fine young men. It’s amazing how we get on these blogs and try to criticize someone else’s wallet. These guys are giving their blood, sweat and tears to the game of football and we balk when they make 200K. Georgia brings in millions of dollars in revenue and they can’t afford to give their assistant coaches a raise?
Give me a break and give these guys there raises! Congrats gentlemen and I look forward to seeing you in action this fall. Go DAWGS!!!!!!
Vote For Pedro
May 3rd, 2011
4:38 pm
FINE BUT IT SHOULD HAVE COME OUT FROM RICHT’S SALARY
Einsteindawg
May 3rd, 2011
4:45 pm
@Vote For….I agree with you, but I’m surprised that Richt didn’t ask for a raise himself. Afterall, he did win six games.
John
May 3rd, 2011
4:52 pm
A RB’s coach is worthless if the OC sucks…
Hey I heard the Virgina senior QB is considering Auburn, afterall they have a offensive coordinator that only needs 1 year to groom a QB into a national champion. Georgia’s “vaulted” offense a QB needs years of studying a playbook that any fan can sit on their couch with a chicken bone in their mouth and guess their offensive plays.
Ramma Bama
May 3rd, 2011
4:54 pm
It doesn’t matter what ga pays their coaches–Bama will be dominating the SEC for years with all the superstars that Saban has recruited. Bama beats OU for the BCS title —- mark it down! This may be the strongest bama team since Bear’s teams in the 70s.
DawginLex
May 3rd, 2011
5:02 pm
funniest thing about Bama football from 1993 to 2007 is 29 wins had to be vacated or forfeited during those years
Auburn Fans are Horrible
May 3rd, 2011
5:08 pm
W.T.F!?!?
I agree with the phd student earlier…You should be able to live very well in Athens on $90k. Bump McClendon up to $110K. If I were McGarrity I would require a real offer from another school on paper before more than doubling a guy’s salary…then figure the cost of living multiplyer and argue.
Jealous? You betcha!
If I was in charge of a project at my company that netted virtually no results, they would laugh at me if I asked for a raise.
McClendon should earn $200k as soon as we don’t lose games on fumbles by RBs…as soon as we don’t lose games because of missed blocks by the RBs…he should make $200k as soon as our best 2 RBs stop acting like damned idiots all the time!
BrokeBottom45
May 3rd, 2011
5:15 pm
How does anyone get a hefty raise when babysitting a bunch of losers? Wow, dogtown will really pay out the yazoo when and if this team ever reaches a .500 record again. I have heard that crime does pay and now this verifies that losing does pay. Could have let these boys go on to other schools and still have gotten back to the winning column just as fast. But then, this loser line of thinking is consistent with UGA.
BrokeBottom45
May 3rd, 2011
5:27 pm
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teacher
May 3rd, 2011
5:29 pm
Too bad they don’t use the No Child Left Behind approach to paying college coaches-where are the results, where is the accountability when the kids won’t behave or leave school early?
This is crap
gcs
May 3rd, 2011
5:30 pm
Well-deserved raises. How else would UGA have gone 6-7 without them?
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trey
May 3rd, 2011
5:41 pm
Now I see why Richt got his boxers into such a wad when challenged about McClendon — he knew he’d given the goof a more than double payraise.
I’m surprised BOO BOO didn’t get a $1M raise.
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 3rd, 2011
5:47 pm
Mcgarity should consider giving raises to every coach on this staff after making that gutsy 4th and inches call against a Conference USA team
I mean what a nail biting decision against powerhouse UCF
They really should be rewarded
Brandy
May 3rd, 2011
5:51 pm
I was always under the impression that the purpose of college was to EDUCATE. Why are teachers paid so notoriously poorly, while sports coaches received hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Dawghater
May 3rd, 2011
5:59 pm
Makes sense to me. The running game sucks, give the coach a raise!
Ivy League Alum
May 3rd, 2011
6:08 pm
These second and third tier ‘colleges’ are nothing more than NFL farm teams masquerading around as educational institutions.
Isn’t tuition being increased at UGA?
Aren’t staff layoffs on the horizon?
Do anything, but protect the football team. Bread and circuses.
AltamahaDawg
May 3rd, 2011
6:26 pm
Either it will be worth it in the long run, OR it really won’t be worth it for a very short period of time.
Roadrunner
May 3rd, 2011
6:27 pm
Coaching-wise, Georgia will either win as a team or lose as one. Richt is the CEO of his management/coaching team and its up to him to decide who’s worth what and then win with that combination. If this isn’t a good move, it will ultimately cost Richt so let him manage/coach the team as he sees fit and we’ll all hold him responsible for the results. I’m a Dawg fan through & through, but we all know another mediocre or bad season won’t cut it this year, and if that happens most of these coachs will be looking for work at seasons end.
AltamahaDawg
May 3rd, 2011
6:33 pm
McClendon wasn’t the running game. The Running game co-ordinator was the running game. He’s gone, now we shall see if McClendon is anything more than a great recruiter……..which BTW…his efforts this past year in that respect did deserve a little bump in pay. not sure about 200K……He also can’t be one of the lowest paid guys in the conference either.
Tony Ball, I am all for matching what the going rate is for his staying around. Any SEC team would jump at the chance if we was looking for a job.
WDE
May 3rd, 2011
6:38 pm
They’re doing a great job. Keep up the good work.
Ed (The Original)
May 3rd, 2011
6:40 pm
Durham and AJ Green had great years under Ball, so I can see why he got a raise. But McClendon’s is a head scratcher. There wasn’t much to be proud of with the running game. But on a personal level, good for them and their families.
mark
May 3rd, 2011
6:41 pm
I wish teachers could go out on free agency. If GA wants preformance based pay, i am all for it!! Free agency for teachers. I too was offerred more money from an undisclosed school.
Jerry
May 3rd, 2011
6:43 pm
Man, the fake blogger has been busy, last 4 pages, all same person.
Clinch County
May 3rd, 2011
6:54 pm
@red&silver…What does Ealey coming from class A have to do with his production on the field? Oh yea, thats right. We wasted good scholorships on Class A backs Herchel Walker and Garrison Hearst. Should have learned from past mistakes..Thanks for reminding us dude!
Time for a Change!
May 3rd, 2011
6:59 pm
After the way the RB’s have performed over the last couple of years with their off the field issues and lack of dedication to UGA on the field, I think Mclendon is WAY overpaid now. He didn’t get it done at 90K a year…. what in the hell makes them think doubling his pay will get it done. If anything he should have gotten a pay cut! I say they should have let him go somewhere else. He isn’t worth it IMHO.
drew
May 3rd, 2011
7:04 pm
Pathetic…..when families all over the country are struggling to make it football coaches (is it really a job?) keep getting more and more….Oh yeah…America has its priorities in order. No wonder we becoming dumber and dumber each year….
Jerry
May 3rd, 2011
7:06 pm
Clinch County = Time for a change = mark = ed = everybody else on last 3 pages
same blogger, blogging to himself
chicken boy
May 3rd, 2011
7:14 pm
pass the grits please I is hongry dowun heeeuuhhh========this article is real is guess—-hard to believe
John
May 3rd, 2011
7:43 pm
Sports is the only industry where people get raises after having a crapola year.
rufus floyd
May 3rd, 2011
7:48 pm
As a UGA grad I find this insulting. They could have hired a grad assistant if they have any desire to control costs. These guys are terribly overpaid. Add another buck to season tickets. It is as if there is no control to athletics.
FLA DAWG
May 3rd, 2011
7:50 pm
If The Dawgs go 3 – 9 with no bowl game I guess the coaches will get another $100K.
UGA: The place coaches go to lead their teams to losses and get raises for doing it.
How low have we sunk?
I remember a time when our O Lines were highly respected and a Defensive Unit that flew to the ball like a bolt of lightning. Now the only high point of UGA Football is the BS Talk of Pre Season.
Danny Wofford
May 3rd, 2011
7:52 pm
A pay raise after a horrible season and a terrible running game? That makes a lot of sense!
Pay raise or not if the Dogs don’t do better next year, all the coaches will be released to find other employment. I think it’s probably realistic to think that a better year is highly unlikely.
Two Georgia assistants on the receiving end of pay raises | CollegeFootballTalk
May 3rd, 2011
7:59 pm
[...] Two Georgia assistants on the receiving end of pay raises Posted by Ben Kercheval on May 3, 2011, 7:59 PM EDT Despite the fact that Georgia is hot off a disappointing 6-7 season that ended with an even more disappointing Liberty Bowl loss to Central Florida, the university is rewarding two assistant coaches with some not-too-shabby pay raises. [...]
Nub
May 3rd, 2011
8:05 pm
Blah ….. Blah …. Blah…. Win the east next year or they are all calling the movers….. Excuses and B S have been flowing out of Athens for years….. Anybody remember the beat down at the hands of the tide with the whole world watching …. Espn game day hasn’t covered the dawgs since….
BallMachine
May 3rd, 2011
9:21 pm
6-7 failed season—give out huge raises to keep the brothas happy or they sue! keep on, keepin on baby!! It’s only taxpayer money —no big deal–give it out!
AlabamaKnowItAll
May 3rd, 2011
9:32 pm
Dawg Gone
May 3rd, 2011
4:02 pm
Imagine that……4th place finish in SEC West with 10-3 record is considered a down year @ Bamam however 10-3 is GREAT season @ UGA! Win a National Championship and maybe we can continue to chat….@ Bama bad coaches are FIRED!
AltamahaDawg
May 3rd, 2011
9:49 pm
Enter your comments here
AltamahaDawg
May 3rd, 2011
9:58 pm
Here is a little trick I like to use. Read the article before pipping in on it. McGarity never said the raise was reward for having a great running game. What he said was the way to improve the running game, and thus the upcoming season, was NOT to absorb even more staff changes. Also his recognition that recruiting is the key.
Burroughston Broch
May 3rd, 2011
10:15 pm
@ JB
Everything associated with UGA is taxpayer money at the end of the day. If the Athletic Association cannot pay its bills or the payments on the loans for expanding the stadium aren’t made, the taxpayers must pay. It’s the same thing as the Georgia World Congress Center.
It’s a pity that 1/4 of what UGA alumni squander on a half-assed football program cannot instead be spent on the University where the entire state would benefit. The University provides a much greater return on investment than the football program.
Heath
May 3rd, 2011
10:32 pm
If you reward mediocrity, you get more of it. You know, let Joe Cox keep starting after he throws 17 int’s, let Murray keep starting after 4 to’s against Florida, now, add another, let coaches who finish 10th in rushing in their conference get a raise.
truedawg
May 3rd, 2011
10:51 pm
I really hope CMR has a good hold on the wheel…I see this shaping up to “I gave you all you asked for” from AD. If CMR wins, it’s money well spent, if he looses it’s no excuse left. AD runs this place well so far…without heart, cold and calm. like it or hate it, its the way it has to be for him. I have faith in CMR though…Going to the Dome to start the regular season and to end it!!.. has to end there, cause Crystal balls are jokes. Has there ever been a Team holding a ball up in Jan that if it didn’t come from the SEC, could have made it that far in the SEC???
AltamahaDawg
May 3rd, 2011
10:54 pm
What game did Joe Cox start after throwing 17 Ints?
Johnathan50
May 3rd, 2011
11:02 pm
Richt’s undesserved salary should be reduced by half, and that money should go to pay the salaries of the other coaches. Richt apparently believes in getting something for nothing.
oldbird
May 3rd, 2011
11:21 pm
This is for all you folks that try to compare coach’s salaries to more “worthy” employees such as the faculty and staff. College football is in the entertainment business, and we as Americans support it wholeheartedly. Sandra Bullock making one movie which takes up 6 months of her life, earns what, 25 million. Not knocking Sandra, but even at 6-7, Bulldog football is very profitable, and in order to compete(which I hope we will again), requires retaining talented personnel on the coaching staff. Entertainment simply pays big money. When I was CFO at a bank, nobody stood in line to pay $50 a ticket to watch me run excel spreadsheets.
red&silver
May 4th, 2011
1:20 am
Clinch County
May 3rd, 2011
6:54 pm
@red&silver…What does Ealey coming from class A have to do with his production on the field? Oh yea, thats right. We wasted good scholorships on Class A backs Herchel Walker and Garrison Hearst. Should have learned from past mistakes..Thanks for reminding us dude!
Wow! We struck gold twice in how many years? Exactly! Get out of the past my friend!That’s why people say our fanbase is delusional!
red&silver
May 4th, 2011
1:24 am
AltamahaDawg
May 3rd, 2011
6:33 pm
McClendon wasn’t the running game. The Running game co-ordinator was the running game. He’s gone, now we shall see if McClendon is anything more than a great recruiter……..which BTW…his efforts this past year in that respect did deserve a little bump in pay. not sure about 200K……He also can’t be one of the lowest paid guys in the conference either.
Tony Ball, I am all for matching what the going rate is for his staying around. Any SEC team would jump at the chance if we was looking for a job.
Thanks for being knowledgeable! People don’t understand that you have a running game coordinator and that guy is in Texas!
51WTGW50
May 4th, 2011
1:34 am
Wah Mother F..ing Hoo. After a 6-7 season I know they earned it for GD sure.
Who is going to wear the #43o the SMOK’N jersey number next year? I think Ealey should get it. No, it should be King #4, Ealey #3, & Murray #0. That is about how great the DAWGS back field was last year.
Why do all the UGA players breakout in a cold sweat when they see a person caring a plastic cup heading their way?
Don’t worry guys Richt will never make you fill the CUP. He would HATE to have more than HALF his team miss a game against a SEC team, even VANDY.
51WTGW50
May 4th, 2011
1:39 am
ALL CLASSES WILL BE CANCELED FRIDAY. CINCO DE MAYO IS THURSDAY AND SINCE MANY TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WILL BE NEEDING TO BE BAILED OUT OF ACC JAIL ALONG WITH THE STUDENTS THERE IS NO REASON TO EVEN TRY TO HAVE CLASSES.
» SEC: Ex-NC State quarterback could end up in SEC John Clay’s Sidelines
May 4th, 2011
6:36 am
[...] Georgia assistant football coaches gets significant raises, reports Chip Towers of the AJC. [...]
Columbus Dawg
May 4th, 2011
7:10 am
Hey Chip, What do you think the chances of Boise getting hit hard by NCAA?
FLA DAWG
May 4th, 2011
7:13 am
AltaDawg,
Before typing I read the article for details and am then pensive about the entire issue…………bottomline the team has progressively gotten worse by anyone’s standard and these guys have received big raises.
The fear they may go elsewhere is a plus in my book. But by all means let’s keep them to maintain the continuity of performance our players have demonstrated over the last three years.
A load of Dawgs were just selected for The NFL………………the same guys that could not consistently execute plays because of poor coaching by some of the very same coaches who received these raises.
This season is shaping up to be something like last and if so UGA just wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars. Here’s a novel idea……………….when someone or group perform very well then give them a raise…………not the opposite.
AltamahaDawg
May 4th, 2011
7:19 am
Actually, if you look at UGA list of past All-Americans, you will see a pretty fair proportion of them coming from smallish high schools. Not sure about the exact GHSAA clasification, but was that really the point? The Bailey Boys, Stanfill, Tarkenton, Hearst, Walker. What about AA, is that much different. I assume the % is pretty equal as well in that list. I’d’ be inteested to see that list from other SEC schools and who came from small HS.
Mediocrity Pays!
May 4th, 2011
7:34 am
Bad season, bad offense, bad running game—-giant raises! Great work by the uga athletic dept., where money grows on trees.
Dawg
May 4th, 2011
7:56 am
Awesome news that really makes me want to be a season ticket holder so I can THROW MORE MONEY AWAY! Are you kidding me? Everyone associated with the program should be taking pay cuts, especially in this economy. What a bunch of underachievers.
bitter chip
May 4th, 2011
8:12 am
just when im on the top—-i bring in the dream team and they kick me to the curb!!!!!!ajc punks
AltamahaDawg
May 4th, 2011
8:59 am
Fine Fla Dawg, the he should fire them all, in your opinion. But that’s a completely different issue. That doesn’t change the reality of this particular situation for McGarity. I also think he has a slightly bigger picture to deal with than what you know about.
Dixiedawg
May 4th, 2011
9:13 am
If you are not a donor to the Georgia Athletic Association you aren’t paying for his pay raise. The money for the coaches and the athletic programs comes from donations. The football donations support all of the other programs. Basketball is starting to support itself but not quite there. If any of you spent the hours these guys did on the road recruiting, coaching and speaching and such you would soon realize that the pay wasn’t that great. Most rarely see their families. McClendon is one of the top recruiters in the Southeastern Conference. He does deserve a raise. Many of you complaining make more than he does and probably work half as much. I say all of this because I have worked within the athletic dpt as a tutor, manager and other jobs as a student under Vince Dooley and it was non stop for those coaches and anyone else involved. Glad I can now sit in the stands and cheer on my DAWGS.
Auburn fans are horrible...
May 4th, 2011
9:49 am
Dixie…well if all of the Coaches are SOOOO overworked recruiting and speaking that they can’t teach fundamentals like blocking and not fumbling; perhaps the answer is more coaches rather than paying an overworked guy that is not getting the job done, more. Why not hire 2 100k Bryan McClendons? He gets a raise (11% in a year–pretty good compared to the rest of us) and works half as hard–maybe…just maybe leaving time to teach not fumbling and blocking.
Auburn fans are horrible...
May 4th, 2011
9:51 am
Oh yeah…and to buy season tickets, you are required to donate money! Is that still a donation or merely an increase in the price of the tickets?
AltamahaDawg
May 4th, 2011
10:00 am
Why wouldn’t every program hire a lot more coaches if they could? Plenty of program could afford it. A recruiting only position, a guy who only coaches left tackles. Why is a TE coach having to cover punters too? Obviously there are some externally placed restrictions.
SLCDawg
May 4th, 2011
10:02 am
did the offensive line cause all of those fumbles?
SLCDawg
May 4th, 2011
10:04 am
McClendon must really be critical to recruiting
AltamahaDawg
May 4th, 2011
10:10 am
You aren’t “required” to do anything.
Should Dogs be ranked as a Top 20 team? | UGA: The Junkyard Blawg
May 4th, 2011
10:47 am
[...] lot of eyebrows were raised when our Chip Towers reported that Georgia running backs coach Bryan McClendon had his salary more than doubled in the offseason, [...]
2 field goals, a cloud of Bobo and Richt knows what the hell he is doing
May 4th, 2011
11:06 am
The significant $110,000.00 pay raise
for the running backs coach in this economy,
better bring an undefeated National Championship or Richt is gone.
Auburn fans are horrible...
May 4th, 2011
11:08 am
I realize there are limits to the size of the coaching staff and number of GA’s one team can have. But is there any rule about designated upperclassmen baby sitting football players off the field to free up coaches to coach? I’ll bet there is not.
Altamaha…required literally means “to demand as necessary or essential.” By Webster’s definition, you are indeed required to donate to the Hartman Fund to buy season tickets.
Matt
May 4th, 2011
11:33 am
Grossly overpaid- duh. Why else would McClendon get a raise?? Almost last in rushing last year within the SEC. You don’t double the pay of people who are doing crummy job.
Schmekdawg- I don’t care if he got the raise for getting Crowell or not. That kid could be a bust and then you doubled his salary for nothing. You pay people based on results.
Dog Food Online − Should Dogs be ranked as a Top 20 team?
May 4th, 2011
11:52 am
[...] lot of eyebrows were raised when our Chip Towers reported that Georgia running backs coach Bryan McClendon had his salary more than doubled in the offseason, [...]
AltamahaDawg
May 4th, 2011
11:59 am
Not in the real world Matt. The overwhemlming majority of people in this country are compensated the going rate for the position they hold.
To all the Haterade Drinkers
May 4th, 2011
12:12 pm
As an earlier poster alluded to, McClendon’s contributions come heavily on the recruiting side of the fence. Coaching at the college level is more than just position responsibilities.
The running game has suffered NOT because McClendon’s efforts as a coach weren’t up to par, but because the O-line play has suffered.
I don’t know what favor Searles called in to get his job at Texas, but you all are fooling yourselves if you don’t think he would have been replaced had he not gotten that job.
The REAL Irony of all this talk is the very people who criticize McClendon for being a RBs coach when he played WR and claim they know what’s best for UGA and any other program in many cases have never even dressed out and played football. Those that did are like Napoleon Dynamite’s uncle “man if coach had put me in, I know we could have won state!” You people are a joke, your knowledge of the game is at a pre-school level at best, but keep running down the coaches, players, and everyone else who’s ACTUALLY doing the job if it makes you sleep better at night.
Cheers and continue to enjoy the Haterade!!
FLA DAWG
May 4th, 2011
12:12 pm
I know more than you think and the lead being dragged in Athens to make changes because of diversity and other excuses has caused the problem we face.
The big picture is to care for the Cash Cow and in Athens you know that is UGA Football. Another year similar to last in any way will turn us into a GT……………………….perhaps that’s what Adams has had in mind all along.
AltamahaDawg
May 4th, 2011
1:52 pm
Well, I never said how much I think you know, so not sure how you can place that quantifying. Now, If I had to take a guess, I’d say you don’t know as much as you think you do, but that’s not what I said. I said that you don’t know as much as McGarity knows about this situation.
Effie's of Athens Boarding House
May 4th, 2011
2:41 pm
Kinda reminds me of the big raise darling Damon Evans got before the red panty raid.
damngooddawg!
May 4th, 2011
4:31 pm
What??? In the first place how did Tony Ball get on the coaching staff after his disasterous quarterbacking career at Tech. What were they thinking…..Reggie???? Oh, never mind….
FLA DAWG
May 4th, 2011
9:01 pm
Alta,
Your posing as an insider and for years taking the opposite viewpoint to support what has obviously been a disasterous program has become an ongoing joke. But during preseason we all need a laugh!
AltamahaDawg
May 4th, 2011
10:26 pm
Maybe I would be less of a joke if I base every single comment on a purely emotional responce, and stay away from the rational stuff. Did you actually have a dispute of anything I said today? Just checking.
Oh yea, full disclosure, I am not an insider. Not even close. There ya go. I do know a couple of former players, and a former coach, live deep deep in the middle of Bulldawg country, have contact with dozens of Dawg fans on a weekly basis, but I think that’s just normal for most that have been around awhile.
$110,000
May 4th, 2011
11:25 pm
$110,000 raise??? for what? competing offer? OK—let him take it—he can’t coach a lick.
FanSince59
May 6th, 2011
9:55 am
Let me guess. Merit pay raises. Rationalize it this way. Richt is grossly overpaid, so why shouldn’t his assistant coaches be grossly overpaid as well?
Chuck Norris' Beard
May 6th, 2011
11:57 am
Is this some sort of massive joke? These two should have been fired, and I would have GLADLY let them go. Running game has sucked, and the only reason we had any receiving game was AJ (which had nothing to do with coaching). The fact that these two idiots got raises is amazing.
AltamahaDawg
May 6th, 2011
12:12 pm
And we all knew Durham was headed for the league from the moment he arrived.
ugab
May 6th, 2011
11:36 pm
WTF! Our rbs have no clue how to hold on to the ball. So uga gives a coach a raise. I do not care bout garners and mcclellands recruitin. We can hire someone with that kind of money to recruit and coach too. Dawg fans are tired of seeing alabama and the rest of the countries college teams with little talent out coached. I can teach a rb to hold on to the ball. MRs idea is to not let them play. WTF
Bulldog blog killed the anon poster
May 8th, 2011
12:39 pm
This is just plain stupid. Get raises for a 6 – 7 season with a no excuse loss to Mickey Mouse U in a bowl game. UGA is in big big trouble.