Former LB Tony Gilbert the latest Bulldog to join UGA’s strength staff

Georgia continues to turn to its past for the future of its strength and conditioning program.

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The Bulldogs on Tuesday made official the hiring of former player Tony Gilbert as assistant director of strength and conditioning. Gilbert, an NFL veteran who lettered for Georgia from 2000-02, has been working with the team for the past couple of weeks while awaiting the clearance of a background check.

“I’m thrilled to have Tony as part of our strength staff and program,” said Georgia coach Mark Richt, who is currently on a mission trip to Honduras. “His experience as a member of a UGA SEC championship team and an NFL player is a perfect combination for us. Our players will benefit greatly from his knowledge.”

Gilbert becomes the fourth new member of the ever-expanding strength staff. He joins director Joe Tereshinski, John Kasay Sr., Keith Gray, Thomas Brown and Rex Bradberry. Also assisting in the weight room as they attend classes at UGA are NFL veterans Kendrell Bell and Verron Haynes. All but Gray and Bradberry are Georgia football lettermen.

“I’m very excited and thankful for the opportunity to come back and be a member of the staff here at Georgia,” said Gilbert, who This is where I played, went to school and graduated, so I consider it an honor to contribute once again to the program and to have an impact on young men’s lives. I’m really looking forward to it.”

A native of Macon, Gilbert was defensive captain on the Bulldogs’ 2002
SEC championship team. He had 114 tackles that season, including 2.5 sacks and 15.5 tackles for lost yardage, and earned 2nd team All-SEC honors that season. Gilbert currently ranks 10th on Georgia’s all-time list of career tacklers with 328.

Gilbert was drafted in 2003 by the Arizona Cardinals and eventually played for two NFL teams, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Atlanta Falcons.

111 comments Add your comment

tdawg

June 21st, 2011
7:09 pm

JAWJeRDAWG

June 21st, 2011
7:17 pm

If Tony Gilbert is as good an assistant director of strength and conditioning as he was a player, he will definitely be an asset to the S&C program’s mission.

Welcome back to UGA, Tony. .. Go Dawgs!

Rabid Dawg '84

June 21st, 2011
7:30 pm

Great Dawg, welcome back! We need to continue the zero arrests and hard work for Boise in the Dome. I hope with the new defenders, CTG can stop the option run and zone read this year.

Captain

June 21st, 2011
7:30 pm

Welcome to the Georgia program, Tony. Coach Richt is putting together a staff which is a great blend of the grizzled veterans from old school in Joe T and John Kasay plus guys who were instrumental in winning championships during Coach Richt’s years. Expect a different look, a different attitude, and much better results. Go Dawgs!!!

ScoutDawg

June 21st, 2011
7:35 pm

Heck Yeah, DGD breeding more DGDs.

From Where I Sit

June 21st, 2011
7:36 pm

LOL!!!!

SC or FL wins the East again in 2011!

Enough Said!

BullDawg Rick

June 21st, 2011
7:45 pm

Saw Tony a few months ago & he looks like he could still strap it on & play.. If he can get these players to buy into how he prepared for & played the game he’ll be a HUGE asset to the program! Great addition to CMR’s staff!!!

Go Dawgs!

Lowcountry Bulldawg

June 21st, 2011
7:49 pm

Congrats to Tony and awesome to still have John Kasey Sr around the program. Met him in 92 at a kicking camp and he was a very positive influence those couple of days just knowing how he influenced his son. GOOO DAWGS!!!!

Poobear Jenkins

June 21st, 2011
7:52 pm

Welcome Home T.Gilbert – Get these young pups ready for this Upcoming Season – Let’s Get It #Leeggoo

Long Way Home Dawg

June 21st, 2011
7:56 pm

“From Where I Sit” you are probably a tech fan, good luck with that

Dawg '94

June 21st, 2011
8:07 pm

The more the merrier! I like to see first class Georgia winners come back home. Brown & Gilbert are going to help the Dawgs back to the top of the SEC! GATA

Worm

June 21st, 2011
8:12 pm

I was at a practice when Tony Gilbert tackled Ben Watson about 3 feet from me on the sideline-Luckily, I wasn’t injured..One of the more violent collisions I’ve seen in my 43 years of watching college football..Welcome Tony.

HBTD

June 21st, 2011
8:20 pm

Welcome home Tony!

cantondawg

June 21st, 2011
8:29 pm

Coach Richt is putting together a tremendous staff at UGA. Coach Grantham is a huge upgrade to CWM and it looks like the strength and conditioning staff is rock solid again. I just can’t believe that some people just want to throw this all away and take a risk with someone new.

trupert

June 21st, 2011
8:39 pm

The UGA haters are in for a very long season, especially the one’s from GT, Auburn and SC. Go dawgs!!!

Zoli

June 21st, 2011
8:40 pm

Thank you cantondawg. I am in full support of Coach Richt. I like all the changes he has made…a slow for my taste, but great ones at that. We get ‘em back on a strict diet and coaches riding their behinds in the weight room=success on the field. Come on Bulldog nation RISE UP!

MDAWG24

June 21st, 2011
8:49 pm

Keep working hard Dawgs – looking forward to a great season.

Beast from the East

June 21st, 2011
8:51 pm

I never realized the S&C staffs were so large. Does anyone know what the limit is for an entire coaching staff?

Tony Gilbert joins Bulldog S&C staff

June 21st, 2011
9:10 pm

JB

June 21st, 2011
9:21 pm

This is all making sense. The first four years or so, Richt’s teams were feared, and outside of Florida, beat everyone they lined up against. The last three years, we have hoped we can score enough to beat Vandy and Kentucky. Maybe Richt is looking for some of that old magic..

JB

June 21st, 2011
9:22 pm

I don’t think there is a limit beast. only field coach’s.

chuck

June 21st, 2011
9:24 pm

Does anyone know how the size, condition, modernization and overall physical structure of our weight room compares with LSU and Alabama? I want to make sure that Joe T and staff are being given the resources to compete with the top tier programs in the SEC.

Beast from the East

June 21st, 2011
9:28 pm

JB,
Gotta be some kind of limit or else Bama would have one for each player. LOL! They do put some serious money into their football program.

tom

June 21st, 2011
9:43 pm

Things are changing in the weight program. Should result in changes on the field.

Brucerugby79

June 21st, 2011
9:49 pm

Can’t wait to see how we look–i have a great feeling about this year!

SOUTHGADAWG88

June 21st, 2011
9:55 pm

S&C is more than just running and working out.These former players bring some intensity to it while at the same time they are young enough for the kids to remember them playing.It’s a good deal IMO.

Mobile Dawg

June 21st, 2011
10:11 pm

Nothing against Tony but I sure wish Pollack could be enticed back into the program. What a leader and role model he would be.

Canton, like it’s not a risk sticking with Richt for another year. I can’t believe people can be so positive, and naive with the atrocious results and lack of Leadership Richt has provided the last few years. I hope the changes being made pay dividends, but my hope, and patience, has been stretched about as far as it can go.

Nub

June 21st, 2011
10:16 pm

Gilbert= DFD!!!! Remember him being a tough guy…. We need some toughness to take back the Fl games….

ugab

June 21st, 2011
10:25 pm

Mobile Dawg

June 21st, 2011
10:30 pm

Speculation is Joe T may be losing some of the kids who don’t want to work as hard as Joe T is pushing them. Gilbert is salve to help heal T’s wounds.

VININGS DAWG

June 21st, 2011
11:06 pm

Forget comparing the weight room and others to LSU or Bama. Auburn’s new facility is really state of the art. $20 million and it is a really something else.

bgdawg

June 21st, 2011
11:06 pm

i didn’t even know he got a job from uga! let alone a job on the football team! tony was my favorite player when he was at georgia, and a role model for me when i was younger. probably becaise we’re blood realtives lol

newnancoach

June 21st, 2011
11:26 pm

mobile dawg where are you getting this inside info on JT program

Tide Roll

June 22nd, 2011
12:06 am

That makes sense. I’m not suprised the kids aren’t relating to Joe T. Most of your strength and conditioning directors now have master degrees and some have even published articles on proper strength, conditioning, and nutrition. Leave it to Richt and Uga to go half ass on this and promote a guy who yells a lot.

Tide Roll

June 22nd, 2011
12:15 am

By the way, did you hear the rumor that Richt was going to use his Christian background to counsel Leebern and Yucalan about the dangers of living in SIN, but couldn’t bring himself to do it because when he thought about the relationship he went Isiah Crowell on them – he puked.

newnancoach

June 22nd, 2011
12:19 am

tide roll you are offically a waste of the minutes it takes to read your posts

Destin Dawg

June 22nd, 2011
6:05 am

Tide Troll continues to amaze with total stupidty !! Junk Yard Dawgs will be Back !!!!!

Florida Dawg

June 22nd, 2011
6:10 am

Tide Roll .. Yes Nutrition is important.. but you will EAT your Words !! My drill Sgt. in the Marines did not have masters degree.. don’t think he was published ??

tell me again

June 22nd, 2011
7:22 am

Jethro Gibbs rule # 5 – “Don’t waste good”……………..welcome back Tony – show ‘em what it takes to win.

just sayin'

June 22nd, 2011
7:29 am

Z…don’t bring that ‘RISE UP’ crap with the Dawgs….slimy with the falcants and won’t work for the Dawgs…Dawgs don’t need that…looking forward to the 4th qtr with a new attitude…no more bending over double trying to catch their breath…standing tall and beating down on SC and FL…go Dawgs…

harry norman

June 22nd, 2011
7:34 am

Ain’t no speculation Mobile. He needs to back off or he won’t have anyone left standing when camp comes. No rest= no gains= injuries.

koolaide is flowing this morning

June 22nd, 2011
7:53 am

wow.

we added an unemployed NFL player with no experience training a football team to our strength and conditioning program. now we are certainly destined to win it all in ‘11.

does anyone but me find this rationale a little crazy?

“those rose colored glasses….they hide all the truth”

Atticus

June 22nd, 2011
7:54 am

I always hear this BS about the “new weight facility being state of the art” every couple of years. Every SEC program has enough weights and bars and dumbells. It’s what you do with them that counts.

JB

June 22nd, 2011
7:59 am

Tony was hired to push and motivate. Not teach.

Gotta Go

June 22nd, 2011
7:59 am

folks…you are setting yourselves up….we still have a great man who is only an average coach on his good days.

just sayin'

June 22nd, 2011
8:04 am

Joe T needs to keep the pressure on….no Prima Donna’s on the team…raising the 4 at the beginning o the 4th qtr is gonna mean something this year….

newnancoach

June 22nd, 2011
8:21 am

again Hnorman and MD who are you talking to that you have the great inside info on the sc program? Who wants out at UGA because of hard work? You always push kids beyond what they percieve as their limit and when they reach beyond they are better for it. i can tell you from experience most players love getting bigger and stronger some just take a little more motivation. In the end when the pads go on and whistle blows and they see that when the guy across the ball is gassed and they are still running on a full tank they will understand and then we will be headed in the right direction

newnancoach

June 22nd, 2011
8:23 am

Chp any updates on Jenkins, Crowell, Drew, etc…?

1eyedJack

June 22nd, 2011
8:36 am

Hopefully by the start of the season they’ll have this team strong enough to hoist Richt, Bobo, AND Grantham onto their shoulders for the victory lap.

DawginLex

June 22nd, 2011
8:49 am

tide roll with another dumba$$ comment

Joe T and the players not relating?

Joe T doesn’t care.

He is there to kick butt, take names and win football games.

He is not there to make friends.

You are dumber than a bag of hammers

DawginLex

June 22nd, 2011
8:53 am

Plus tide troll, the only reason you said what you did about Joe T not being able to relate to the players is because he is white and Tony Gilbert is black

Your agenda is always clear.

just STFU

Big Johnson Dawg

June 22nd, 2011
8:58 am

Message for “From where I sit” : Be sure to use enough of “Tide Roll” before you get up, and don’t forget to flush!

tom

June 22nd, 2011
9:07 am

I am sure the guys with master’s degrees do not scream and yell in the weight room. I think that is S & C 101. How to get guys stronger and mentally tough by talking like Stuart Smalley. “Your good enough, your smart enough, and gosh darnit, people like you.” I am sure that is how they do it at Bama. Push em Joe T. If they can’t hang, find the ones that will.

newnancoach

June 22nd, 2011
9:18 am

I am still waiting for my answers about the sources boys??? Also if either of you have ever played a competitive sport, which i doubt you would know that you are NOT going to like every coach, but often the ones that work you the hardest you respect the most when you time is over. on a related topic, I have personally seen the benefits of the new program. I can tell you that from the players I have seen the tremendous amount of muscle put on by the new program is impressive.

jbdawg

June 22nd, 2011
9:30 am

I agree with the Lex. It’s not JT’s job to relate to the kids. It’s his job to scream, yell, and put together a solid S&C program. All of the athletes I’ve been around, who have a big heart and winning attitude, respond well to the screaming and yelling because of the desire to be better. I’m a fan of JT, and I hope we see results on the field this season. I will say, however, that we do hear the same stuff year after year regarding the kids’ weight, strength, etc. I think the increases in size, strength, etc. comes naturally as the 18-22 year old bodies mature.

My Dad can whoop your dad

June 22nd, 2011
9:59 am

You have got to be a loser if you only post First and nothing else….

Hamco

June 22nd, 2011
10:02 am

Anyone that has ever gone through basic training in the military knows that mental toughness is paramount. Mental toughness has to be embraced just as much as physical toughness. Once that mental toughness is attained they will have no trouble relating to a coach.

Today's young men ............

June 22nd, 2011
10:11 am

About 90% of the today’s young men ( football players) come from impoverished backgrounds with absentee older men serving as role models. This is why pastors seem to be the only men to fill that role.

These former UGA men, now with solid NFL pedigrees can MENTOR these young man and help them with issues and guide them along. All programs have these guys around. It is the way that it is.

It does not gurantee wins or a title, it will provide some needed direction for these young guys.

Go Dogs.

J-Dawg

June 22nd, 2011
10:14 am

Tony Gilbert was one of the best defensive players ever at GA. He was not a loud mouth, but just went out every game and got the job done. Watched him in high school too, and his work ethic was the same there. He is a solid individual and will be a huge positive influence to the Dawgs. Great move!

Falcondawg

June 22nd, 2011
10:14 am

Newnancoach I agree with you! If we loose players because they dont want to work hard, GOOD! We dont want those players around dragging everyone else down. To be able to push yourself to the limits on the field it is a must to do it off as well! Also, being that your from newnan I assume you are speaking about the ogletrees looking impressive. Is that true because it would be scary to see Alec add 10-15 more of solid middle lb jackhammer!!

Hit A Single

June 22nd, 2011
10:21 am

Great to have Coach Gilbert. He played with that Coach Erk Russell mentality. Welcome home!

AltamahaDawg

June 22nd, 2011
10:25 am

We HAD a guy with big degrees and published reports, and was one of the few S&C coaches to earn the distinction of Master Trainer (whatever it was called). But thanks for the advice, I’m sure they never really considered that or thought it through.

It Ain't Rocket Science

June 22nd, 2011
10:25 am

Did anybody consider that these former players will also mentor and probably help keep these kids head on straight and out of trouble? Never under estimate the power and influence a big time former player can have over these young minds. They will look up to these former DAWG players and they will be shown how to be successful in this football program. A good coach, just like any good leader knows that the men you appoint under you to lead, go a long way towards making you successful. It is the same in the military, as you are usually taught mental toughness and are broken down to be built up into a team player. Great move by the S and C staff and CMR.

GO DAWGS

rt

June 22nd, 2011
10:25 am

Can UGA hire someone with actual strength & conditionign experience?

Then again, program is run by the former Video editor Joe T Sr.

newnancoach

June 22nd, 2011
10:25 am

both boys look great. they are working hard and ready to go, honestly that 10-15 pounds for each is about right and pure muscle, no loss in speed from what i can tell. now some of that weight gain will be worked off when practice starts just by the addition of heat and pads, but i would say that they play 10 pounds bigger. But they are not the only ones, you will most definatley see a difference just in the thickness and arms of all of these kids this year

Bigboy

June 22nd, 2011
10:41 am

Chip can we get a pic of Jenkins and Kwame together here soon?A picture is worth a thousand words.

BG

June 22nd, 2011
10:42 am

Great news! GO DAWGS!!!!!

NICK

June 22nd, 2011
10:53 am

Welcome aboard!
Mostly positives this off-season, which I like alot.

Serenity now!!

Go Dawgs!!

piermontdawgny

June 22nd, 2011
10:55 am

i love this hire…i love that coach t is yelling, pushing these guys to their max limit…i love that guys feel like giving up…this means we are actually working hard…we win the first 2 games…roll big…lose to tenn…beat the heck out of florida…win the sec east…beat lsu for sec championship…and then whip somebody like nebraska or texas for the bcs championship.

CHIP – DOES THIS SOUND ABOUT RIGHT TO YOU?

gdawginkalamazoo

June 22nd, 2011
10:58 am

LMOA! Gilbert only played in the NFL for a few years. You people talking about “hiring somebody with S & C experience” are just plain dumb. Gilbert has been living S&C most of his life. At UGA and in the NFL. I would think he knows how to do it properly and can teach all the methods, etc. that he learned in the NFL to the young kids. What more experience do you need than to live it everyday for 15+ years.

Shar

June 22nd, 2011
11:08 am

Why is this newsworthy? Shutting down the whole football program – now THAT would be newsworthy.

##1

June 22nd, 2011
11:21 am

The General Feeling

June 22nd, 2011
11:27 am

Will the new strength staff be coaching offense and calling plays?

You mutt fans can get excited over ANYTHING in June. But wait until, oh October, when the fleabags are wondering what happend… again.

From Where I Sit

June 22nd, 2011
11:29 am

Hey Morons!

GO GATORS!!!!

LogicalUS

June 22nd, 2011
11:30 am

After following the sunshine pumping AJC “journalist” for a while it is becoming clearer why every September we have UGA fans cursing at their players and coaches on the sidelines in Athens.

They are lead astray by idiotic UGA homers at the AJC who spin ever occurrence at UGA as the leading indicator that in fact this year UGA is indeed the greatest collection of football talent to ever take the field.

Then when the average UGA players do not live up to this delusional promotion, the fans turn on the kids.

Just in this week we have one UGA homer spinning that the next Hershel and savior of UGA football, Isiah Crowell, was so out of shape that he was hurling and could not complete the introductory training session in summer workouts? Of course this was represented to the gullible UGA fans as proof positive that the S&C at UGA was now so incredible that not even superman could compete???

Here is a little dose of reality for those with unrealistic expectation for this kid, when that Lattimore kid arrived at SC last summer and went thru similar test, he was ranked in the top 5 players in both strength and endurance.

So tamper down the delusional expectations for the next Hershel, he will be an average contributor this season but if he has the work habits of a Moreno or a Trent Richardson, he may develop into a solid back.

Les W. Moore

June 22nd, 2011
11:31 am

Well good for Saint Richt for hiring unemployed ex-players. Speaking of the unemployed, where’s David Greene these days?

Bigboy

June 22nd, 2011
11:34 am

I care more about on field production than weight room workout numbers.It was said that Moreno didn’t care for much other than scrimmaging while he was in Athens..worked out pretty good for him.

AltamahaDawg

June 22nd, 2011
11:37 am

yes rt, he was the film guy. He was ALSO the assistant S&C director. Long time member of that staff, well known weightroom junkie, and in charge of getting the scout team guy up to speed. Perhaps you have heard of a guy named Knowshon Moreno?

AltamahaDawg

June 22nd, 2011
11:40 am

it was said? By whom? My understanding is that Moreno worked VERY hard under JoeT his RS year so that he could be ready to go the next year (and was not ready when he got there). I’m sure he didnt “care much for it”, so what, he did it.

UGA Insider

June 22nd, 2011
11:44 am

Crowell is struggling and is the only dream team member not able to complete workouts. He has puked every day according to my sources. Same can be said of Boo working out with the veterans however he had an injury in the spring so give him some credit.

John Jenkins has come into Athens in great shape and look for him to dominate this fall. He is currently working out with the new enrollees but will soon start lifting with the veterans. Also look for Ray Drew to be starting by Sept 10. He will be the top freshman in the SEC this year.

TheItalianDawg

June 22nd, 2011
11:47 am

Tony is one of my favorite LBs, great hire

DawginLex

June 22nd, 2011
11:52 am

LogicalUS

No one with a brain is touting Crowell as the next Herschel.

Each kid is different. Regarding Lattimore, he was a weight room junkie before he arrived at Sc and that is part of why he did so well in 2010.

Crowell will have to work hard to catch up. No one is saying the S&C program is so tough that Superman couldn’t do it. We have all been upset with the S&C program and the early reports about the changes made are encouraging.

It remains to be seen if the improvements translate to on the field results.

Take some friendly advice and stop speaking in generalizations about the UGA fanbase. You make it sound like everyone is saying all the crazy crap you wrote when that is the farthest thing from the truth.

MarineDog

June 22nd, 2011
11:55 am

All of those that are under the impression that S&C does not make a difference are sadly mistaken. In fact, a player that’s not properly conditioned is more likely to be injured. Perhaps, that’s a reason why so many players have been injured in the past few years. When I went through Parris Island, the out of shape blobs were always injured. In fact they were placed in a seperate platoon that we called the “porkchop platoon”., where they were broken down and built back up in the hopes that they would rejoin the platoon and only remain at Parris Island for 3 months. Those who failed to rejoin their platoon would start over. That was your incentive to work hard; spend 3 months at Parris Island or spend 6 months there. Later on while at TBS in Quantico, if you were injured, there was no sympathy; you were considered as being out of shape; otherwise you wouldn’t have been injured in the first place.

This same concept translates to conditioning or lack thereof on the football field. I’m not saying that it will translate to wins, but I can tell you that it will make them meaner and it will help them to bond as a team. Those 2 things alone can make a huge difference as to the success of a football team or any other team. If quitting is sometimes flashing across their brains, then I suspect that they’re being worked hard and that hard work will better prepare them for the heat of battle. As we always say, “sweat now, so that we don’t die later”.

Knewshon

June 22nd, 2011
12:03 pm

24, Rennie and several others used to workout at Ramsey to supplement Coach Van’s workouts….doubt anyone has time or energy for that now.

Tripp DOG

June 22nd, 2011
12:13 pm

None of you Guys have mentioned the other addition to our Strength and Conditioning Program Kendrell Bell who is a Total BEAST PERIOD.

Big Albany Dawg

June 22nd, 2011
12:16 pm

RedPantsDawg

June 22nd, 2011
12:29 pm

When is Dan Inman coming back to show the OL how to block?

tide roll

June 22nd, 2011
12:31 pm

Hey Dawg fans, When you get a chance, take a look at the credentials for Florida’s Strength and Conditioning director, Mike Marotti. 23 years experience, Certified through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association and National Strength and Conditioning Association. Serves on Board of Directors of Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association. Certified by the National Academy of Speed and Explosion. One of only 70 individuals in the World to hold the Masters of Strength and Conditioning Certification. Gators have won TWO National titles during his tenure and have defeated UGA an incredible 18 times in 21 years!! Does Richt even consider the caliber of UGA’s competition’s support staff before he makes decisions like bringing in Joe T. and Kasay?! Stop trying to re-invent the wheel. Just emulate Florida. They’ve had a little success against you over the past 20 years or so .Wouldn’t you say?

that's impressive tide what else u got?

June 22nd, 2011
12:36 pm

we have x players yelling

azdawg

June 22nd, 2011
12:41 pm

TG was a sure tackler and helped save win at TN w/a great tackle that left him dazed yet came off the field on his own. Think it was the 2000 game but not sure.

AltamahaDawg

June 22nd, 2011
12:41 pm

One of the other 70 guys to hold that distinction was our last guy.

AltamahaDawg

June 22nd, 2011
12:44 pm

Is “your sources” every article already written on this, Insider?

DawginLex

June 22nd, 2011
12:45 pm

tide troll

another amazingly stupid comment

Our last S&C guy was one of those 70 specialists. He got booted for something that actually works.

I guess all the coaches at Bama are black since according to you, a white coach like Joe T can’t relate to the black athletes.

I guess Saban’s mother was black.

DawginLex

June 22nd, 2011
12:46 pm

Maybe Bama should hire Auburn’s S&C guy since they have owned you over the last 10 years including you blowing a 24 point lead at home with the greatest defense in America.

HECKLE

June 22nd, 2011
12:47 pm

Is Crowell still puking?????????

schmeckdawg

June 22nd, 2011
12:51 pm

@tide roll: I freaking hate the gaytors, but, your point is spot on. I’d have liked to the guy that you guys have @ Bama too. Outside of Coach Grey who was a stud LB @ Virginia Tech and won the Super Iron Hokie award for his work in the weightroom, he has been doing this for a long time. But no, we bring in a guy who has only walked around the weitroom spottin people (Joe T., Jr) and we bring back a guy that was a strength coach back in the 70’s and early 80’s Kasay Sr. Now what in the hell do they know. We need someone with some experience that cant eat lightning and crap thunder that will kick thses kids in the a** as needed! Just my HO!

schmeckdawg

June 22nd, 2011
12:53 pm

Make that weightroom and spotting. Sorry, I slept through spelling class!

schmeckdawg

June 22nd, 2011
12:54 pm

DAMMITT! Meant can not cant. What a moron! Left off the apostrophe anyway! Jeez!

theevilone

June 22nd, 2011
1:00 pm

LMAO!!!! This continues to have EPIC FAIL written all over it!!! Richt is lunging at every possible “feel good” move he can before the disaster that will be the 2011 season hits. Too rich!!!

Coach Must-be-a-Chump

June 22nd, 2011
1:01 pm

TIDE ROLL…GET BACK IN THE TOLIET!

AltamahaDawg

June 22nd, 2011
1:18 pm

I think JoeT had done a tad bit more as his role as long time assistant S&C director, and scout team coach, than walk around and spot some guys in the weightroom. This might also not be the last hire every made in this position.

AltamahaDawg

June 22nd, 2011
1:23 pm

Coaching Experience: 1982-84 Georgia (Offensive Line, Special Teams, Asst. Strength Coach); 1985-86 Georgia (Asst. Strength Coach, Adm. Asst. to head coach); 1987-05 Georgia (Asst. Strength Coach, Video and Game Analysis

It Ain't Rocket Science

June 22nd, 2011
1:25 pm

A lot of folks complained that UGA was dead by the fourth quarter last year, and yet, when something is done to try and improve the system, there you are again complaining. Some folks would P and moan, if you were hung with a golden rope.
I will bet that the team that represents UGA this year will, be one of the more conditioned teams they have fielded in years. Not that this will stop some people on these blogs from complaining.
Young Mr. Crowell is just learning what it will take to be a top RB in the SEC, and he will catch up physically and I hope, be a good back. If not he will ride the bench and be just a memory. My guess is that he will respond and will get in the shape necessary to play.
If some of the other players are complaining about it being too tough, they may need to find a school more to their liking where the coach is not as interested in conditioning. It will pay off in the long run, with less injuries and more strength come the 4th quarter.

GO DAWGS

schmeckdawg

June 22nd, 2011
1:25 pm

AltamahaDawg

June 22nd, 2011
1:18 pm
I think JoeT had done a tad bit more as his role as long time assistant S&C director, and scout team coach, than walk around and spot some guys in the weightroom. This might also not be the last hire every made in this position.

That is exactly what he did. I have sold weight equipment to Coach Van Halanger and Coach Grey and I am telling you that when I was in there, that is exactly what Tereshinski was doing. Hell, he was in charge of cutting up the video tape for up coming opponents etc. When could he have been an S&C coach? He’s just a glorified cheerleader. We need someone with expereince with the up to date training methods not a couple of 60 year old old farts running around thinking Vince Dooley is still the coach!

Michael

June 22nd, 2011
2:07 pm

I feel good with him and Thomas Brown on staff. They are young and can really relate with the current players, but they are also both mature professionals who have worked in the NFL.

Tony was a beast on defense, and played with that fiery passion weve missed. Thomas was the same way as an offensive player. Together they could really put some umpf back in our playing style.

schmeckdawg

June 22nd, 2011
3:14 pm

HECKLE

June 22nd, 2011
12:47 pm
Is Crowell still puking?????????

Now even as a DAWG fan, that’s funny!!!!!!

AltamahaDawg

June 22nd, 2011
3:55 pm

So he was spotting somebody the day(s) you were there, so in 29 yrs on the S&C staff at Georgia that must have been all the ever did? The couple of past players that I know don’t seem to share that opinion. I got to go with them. I’m sure you aren’t offended.

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Moonpie the Tech fan

June 23rd, 2011
5:24 am

It’s too late. The Dawgs are history

It Ain't Rocket Science

June 23rd, 2011
11:04 am

Moonpie,

The only part that is history for sure again,is that they will put on a whuppin’ on techs. sorry butt again.

Pitbull

June 24th, 2011
11:27 pm

Pollack, where are you dude? We need you back coaching at UGA also! Pollack was the best Defensive Dawg ever under Richt. Always gave a true 100%.