New title comes along with raise, contract extension for D-coordinator Todd Grantham
It doesn't sound like Todd Grantham's new title of associate head coach is going to add many new responsibilities outside of coordinating Georgia's defense. (AP photo)
Athens – That Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham received a new three-year contract and $75,000-a-year raise this year has been well-documented. What hasn’t been, however, is that he also received a title change as well.
In addition to defensive coordinator, Grantham now is also the Bulldogs’ associate head coach. Georgia didn’t make an announcement or anything to that effect. The title simply appears below his name and above Grantham’s bio on page 22 of the recently-released 2012 media guide.
Grantham was asked on Friday what the new role would entail for him. It doesn’t sound like much if anything will change. Here’s his convoluted answer:
“As far as the new title — and the salary, too, for that matter — obviously I’m appreciative of President Adams, Mr. McGarity and Coach Richt for allowing me to continue to be a part of this program and continue to move it forward to where we feel like we can go. There’s a lot of tradition here at the University of Georgia, which is one of the reasons I wanted to come here. And I feel like we’ve really just scratched the surface on what we can do. We just have to understand the things that got us here last year and continue to work hard to improve, because there are still things we can continue to improve upon and make the program better as well as make this season a good season.”
Grantham was asked if it would mean more responsibilities for him.
“Do more?,” he asked rhetorically. “As far as that goes, from a defensive perspective, I pretty much handle everything that needs to be handled from a defensive perspective. So, obviously if there are things in recruiting or things like that, they obviously will go through the head coach. But from a defensive perspective I’m pretty much going to handle the areas that you would think a defensive coordinator would handle.”
All of which is to say, Grantham’s day-to-day won’t change. However, his new contract does mandate a few more public appearances and the like. As of this past week, Grantham still hasn’t signed the new 29-page contract, which guarantees him $825,000 for the next three seasons. But Grantham’s comments indicate the deal is done in his mind.
“In any profession, the ability to have some stability for your family is critical because it allows you to really focus on the task at hand,” Grantham said, “and that’s getting our program where we want it to go. We had a good year last year, but I think there are obviously things left undone and it allows you to continue to work and focus in on that task. So I think that’s critical.”
Grantham and offensive coordinator Mike Bobo each had 30-minute interview sessions with beat reporters on Friday. Bobo talked about backfield adjustments being made in the wake of tailback Isaiah Crowell’s dismissal and other challenges facing the offense this fall. The coaches all returned from vacations this past week and are in the planning stages of preseason camp, which begins July 31.
Meanwhile, the annual “Countdown to Kickoff” event hosted by former Bulldogs David Greene, Jon Stinchcomb and Matt Stinchcomb, gets underway at 3 p.m. this afternoon at Woodruff Practice Fields. I profiled Jon Stinchcomb a couple of weeks ago. Information on the event can be found at ugakickoff.com.
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Go Dawgs!!!!
July 14th, 2012
11:12 am
1st!!!!
Big Jacket
July 14th, 2012
11:24 am
Sounds like someone is pushing for Mark’s job.
Dawg Haus
July 14th, 2012
11:25 am
Good stuff. Keep it up, CTG!
Destin Dawg
July 14th, 2012
11:31 am
Grantham’s the MAN.. JunkYard Dawgs are BACK !! he has a great situation and he knows it ! ” stability is critical ” and its hard to find in coaching.. great lifestyle in Athens, Ga. on $ 900 K
Destin Dawg
July 14th, 2012
11:32 am
Obama “s going to raise your taxes !!
cdpridg
July 14th, 2012
11:40 am
Obama has to go! Grantham is the man! JYDDefense!!!
Smells weird on plains
July 14th, 2012
11:47 am
CTG is one of the best defensive minds in the country. The title is to keep him focused and in it for the long haul. Who knows he could take over some day.
Rainbow Tide Pride
July 14th, 2012
11:49 am
CTG is a stud!
Yeah, that "great defensive mind"...
July 14th, 2012
11:52 am
…really knows how to stop bad offenses, but his record against good offenses (SC, LSWho, Boise State, even GT, etc) is really , really bad. He certainly needs to step up his coaching in order to be considered anything close to “great”…
Destin Dawg
July 14th, 2012
12:03 pm
THIS is the YEAR.. CTG is only in 3rd year with new 3/4 defense !
senor dawg
July 14th, 2012
12:32 pm
Good we need someone with actual emotions to be in a higher control
buzzDawg
July 14th, 2012
12:33 pm
When you get near the top in defense, there is not a lot of room to go up any further. Yet, Grantham will be at the top with his defense this year. Then he will have to work on staying there. He knows what he is doing and wants his players to be smart and aggressive. I just hope he plans to stay at Georgia many more years. There will be a lot of ADs calling and offering him head coaching positions. Let’s hope none of them are appealing to Grantham. Go Dawgs!
WTF
July 14th, 2012
12:40 pm
In other news Vanderbilt Football coach James Franklin wet his pants.
GATiger
July 14th, 2012
12:42 pm
Don’t you want to find out how his defense performs against a capable offense before annointing him HC in waiting? He’s never been a DC until a couple of years ago, and hasn’t beaten anybody with a strong offense.
WTF
July 14th, 2012
12:45 pm
Yeah, that “great defensive mind”.. why did you include GT in the good offensives category?
GATiger
July 14th, 2012
12:50 pm
BTW, I wouldn’t include LSU on any list of great offenses UGA faced last year. By the end of the season, weren’t “run first”, but “run only”. Miles grew less trustful of his passing game as the year progressed, and for good reason. Even Grantham figured out that we weren’t a passing threat. Our offense didn’t beat you, our defense and special teams did.
Dawg Haus
July 14th, 2012
12:57 pm
Very true, GATiger. It was a good game until the Dawgs decided to pack up at halftime. LSU just had weapons for which Georgia had no answer, especially on special teams. What’s your prediction for the Tigers this season? Back to the Dome?
Beast from the East
July 14th, 2012
1:22 pm
The question is, will Game Changer come on here and admit he was a liar and fool for continuously saying there was not a new signed contract by Grantham? He repeatedly called numerous bloggers idiots and INSISTED everyone other than he was wrong.
Brainiac(CMR/UGA fan for life)
July 14th, 2012
1:25 pm
@ Yeah that “great…..
The defense did not cost UGA a single game. The offense cost us the USCe game as it did the MSU game. Boise was a better team at the point we played them and our D held LSU to ZERO 1st downs in the first half but we didn’t have enough depth to hold LSU down. Our O and Special Teams cost us the chance to play LSU close in the 2nd half. The 2 dropped SURE TDs .in the 1st half could easily have had UGA at 24 – 0 instead of 10 – 0 and would have definitely been much harder for LSU to overcome!!!!!!!!!!
We had NO RUNNING GAME all year except early on with IC before he started taking himself out of the game, getting injured, turning his back on CMR when CMR was trying to discuss some of ICs foul ups, getting suspended for various infractions and whatever else you may want to throw in. This forced everything onto AMs shoulders to win the game with his passing/scrambling etc. IC could have made a huge difference this coming season but I believe/hope our incoming freshmen RBs can contribute significantly as game breakers and we are not doomed if we have to rely on Malcom and Samuels. MM can go both ways and he asked CMR to let him go both so with IC gone I expect that to contribute greatly to get us where we want to be..
You know less about more than anybody on here!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah that “great = Large Mouth = Single digit IQ = Negative Troll = ZERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Left Coast Dawg
July 14th, 2012
1:27 pm
Good for CTG
jarvis jones
July 14th, 2012
1:30 pm
Go coach! Thanks for helping me get to where I wants to go.
Brainiac(CMR/UGA fan for life)
July 14th, 2012
1:33 pm
@ Beast from the East:
Game Changer is a “know it all” so don’t expect him to do anything that a REAL MAN would do because it is quite obvious he is not a REAL MAN. I’m confident he still lives at home in his mama’s double/single wide and has no job or girlfriend and has to be home by 10:00 PM!!!!!!!!!
oldmaninatlanta
July 14th, 2012
1:37 pm
They get all these great numbers against schools like Little Sisters of the Poor and everyone just loves this guy.I say everyone ease up a bit..see what happens when they play a REAL school
TuffShhhtuff
July 14th, 2012
2:02 pm
Maybe TG can buy himself some diet pills or join a weight loss program. There’s is no excuse in the world for a football coach, especially college, to have a “gut” like that. Good grief, what kind of example is he setting? Knock off the beers, TG!
Raheem Williams
July 14th, 2012
2:07 pm
Please leave politics out of our football blog , if we wanted to hear that we would turn on fox and cnn. This about football keep it about football
Larry Bird
July 14th, 2012
2:09 pm
No Dawgs Allowd and Tuffshtuff are really James Franklin! Stop posting on here and go teach your players some football coach. We know you’re still crying about CTG yelling at you but get over it.
DestinDawg
July 14th, 2012
2:11 pm
Obama is the antichrist, he has to to!!!! Grantham on the other hand can stay as long as he wants. Better Raheem?
AMASONxDAWGx
July 14th, 2012
2:11 pm
One step closer!!!
Super Dave
July 14th, 2012
2:19 pm
Yeah AAAAA, your mom got picked up for prostitution again
Chas Hemry
July 14th, 2012
2:27 pm
Can’t wait to see improvement on his choking gestures towards college athletes.
The weird thing is, his defense chokes all of the time!
Super Dave
July 14th, 2012
2:28 pm
Chas, so does your mom
Super Dave
July 14th, 2012
2:28 pm
If you know what I mean
Chas Hemry
July 14th, 2012
2:29 pm
2 SEC Titles in 30 years equals “tradition”… Not even in the top four of the SEC.
Chas Hemry
July 14th, 2012
2:32 pm
Jerry Sandusky posting as Super Dave
Chas Hemry
July 14th, 2012
2:33 pm
Don’t pick on Super Dave because he has two fathers (no mother)
Super Dave
July 14th, 2012
2:34 pm
Good one Chas, pedophile jokes are always funny right? Loser
Chas Hemry
July 14th, 2012
2:35 pm
Name two people that don’t like Super Dave:
His biological parents… Or at least that’s what his foster pappy’s say!
Chas Hemry
July 14th, 2012
2:36 pm
Yeah SD, right up there with “your mama” jokes
Super Dave
July 14th, 2012
2:37 pm
You’re on a roll Chas!!! So funny. This is a blog about a damn fine dc. Not a blog where losers come on here and talk bs. Get a life loser.
italian_29
July 14th, 2012
2:37 pm
Chas, you are an IDIOT. CMR has 2 SEC titles and I think Coach Dooly had a few more than 0.
Chas Hemry
July 14th, 2012
2:38 pm
Go back to the trailer park, Stupor Dave. I bet your jorts are dry now
Super Dave
July 14th, 2012
2:40 pm
You’re posting as a name of the kicker from UF, (kind of, you did not spell it right) and you’re implying I wear jorts? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
DonUGA
July 14th, 2012
2:41 pm
I think Todd is one of the finest things to happen to UGA football in years and it’s going to be sad next year when he gets a head coaching offer and leaves us.
Paddy
July 14th, 2012
2:41 pm
Believe he will make a really good HC one day soon. Glad we have him on our side!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gt4ever
July 14th, 2012
2:43 pm
Grantham has a PEA sized brain…. What a total JERK, and a continuing embarrassment for the University of Georgia….
Bo in North Carolina
July 14th, 2012
2:43 pm
Yes, Bobo, you heard it correctly. He is associate head coach now.
Chas Hemry
July 14th, 2012
2:43 pm
Italian Dog…. Check the record books. 2 SEC Titles after 1982….
Stupor Dave, so talking about someone’s Mom is appropriate. Yes, you are a winner!
You probably didn’t even graduate from college.
Super Dave
July 14th, 2012
2:43 pm
I agree Don and Paddy. I just hope it’s not after this year. Give us a couple more years with him!!! Bobo on the other hand… I hope Akron or Idaho or anywhere is dumb enough to offer him a HC job.
Super Dave
July 14th, 2012
2:45 pm
Chas, go away. You’re a loser. I know it, you know it, everybody reading these comments knows it. You don’t have anything better to do than come on here bashing TG and the Dawgs? Jealousy perhaps? Are you a Vanderbilt fan? Are you James Franklin?
Chas Hemry
July 14th, 2012
2:46 pm
Has Grantham won a title? He’s more known for being an -ss clown on the sidelines and getting fired from the NFL
ValdostaDAWG
July 14th, 2012
2:50 pm
What’s with all these losers coming on here and bashing the Dawgs? Can’t we be excited about our team? Why all the negativity? If we were as big of a joke as a program as yall say then you would have no need to come on here and hate. Only the ones that are concerned we’ll beat them are on here. This is going to be a good year. Go Dawgs!!!
Chas Hemry
July 14th, 2012
2:50 pm
Stupor Dave…. What a great nickname. The joke here is your team, obviously not your alma mater. LSU, UF, Bama have won multiple NC’s and UT and Auburn have won one NC since your last NC.
You have no more tradition than Pitt or BYU.
Chas Hemry
July 14th, 2012
2:52 pm
Stupor Dave is a big fan of UGA’s Professor Reinhart…
Super Dave
July 14th, 2012
3:00 pm
Pitt or BYU have never won an SEC championship have they?
Math douche: Forty-four out of 111 members of the University of Georgia Football team were named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the spring of 2012. Student-athletes earn these honors for finishing the semester with a grade point average of 3.00 or better.
3.50-3.99 GPA: Faton Bauta (W. Palm Beach, Fla.), Scott Eichler (Oakwood, Ga.), Ty Frix (Calhoun, Ga.), Wright Gazaway (Buford, Ga.), Ricky Lowe (Duluth, Ga.), Keith Marshall (Raleigh, N.C.), Hutson Mason (Marietta, Ga.), Aaron Murray (Tampa, Fla.), Lucas Redd (Jefferson, Ga.), Ben Reynolds (Bainbridge, Ga.), Dustin Royston (Royston, Ga.), Kosta Vavlas (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) and Wes Van Dyk (Highland Park, Tex.).
3.00-3.49 GPA: David Andrews (Johns Creek, Ga.), John Bodin (Covington, Ga.), Brandon Bogotay (San Diego, Cal.), Chris Burnette (LaGrange, Ga.), Corey Campbell (Hephzibah, Ga.), Chris Conley (Dallas, Ga.), Watts Dantzler (Dalton, Ga.), Zach DeBell (Tarpon Springs, Fla.), Caleb Drake (Hogansville, Ga.), Michael Erdman (Merritt Island, Fla.), Adam Erickson (Athens, Ga.), Cody Johnson (Marietta, Ga.), Greg Lanier (Clarkesville, Ga.), Jamie Lindley (Savannah, Ga.), Arthur Lynch (Dartmouth, Mass.), Rhett McGowan (Calhoun, Ga.), Greg Mulkey (Fairmount, Ga.), Geoff Rapp (Kennesaw, Ga.) Blake Sailors (Athens, Ga.), Garrison Smith (Atlanta, Ga.), Mike Thornton (Stone Mountain, Ga.), Xzavier Ward (Moultrie, Ga.), Hugh Williams (Atlanta, Ga.), and Chris Young (Hinesville, Ga.).
The 111 student-athletes that are a part of the football team earned a cumulative grade point average of 2.80 for the spring semester of 2012.
Ill take that. If these kids want to be Doctors after college that’s fine with me. If they want to come and get a degree in anything else, I’ll take that too. If they want to come here and play football for 3 years and try it in the NFL, fine with me.
Super Dave
July 14th, 2012
3:05 pm
That’s what I thought. Chas’ mother must have called him out of her basement to go take out the trash or something. I can’t stand people coming on here and bashing the Dawgs. Can’t we be excited about our team? Why all the hatred towards UGA?
LvilleDAwg
July 14th, 2012
3:07 pm
E.G., what does that professor have to do with Todd Grantham or UGA football?
BarryD
July 14th, 2012
3:14 pm
I love TG and the energy he’s brought to this defense. Cant wait to see how they do this year. Recruiting is going well too, it seems kid really want to play for this guy. Good Stuff..
Chas Hemry
July 14th, 2012
3:16 pm
I am excited about your recruiting. Tops every year!
Super Dave
July 14th, 2012
3:19 pm
There he is. Thanks Chas, good point. Thanks for being positive!
RHall55
July 14th, 2012
3:39 pm
BTW: Was Rodney Garner @ Dawg Night or Golden Corral Night……why is it you rarely see or hear of him? How many commits did Gomer Freind get last night….the weakest link on the Team and we only have (3) OL commits so far this year and only (3) OL LOI’s last year!! CTG is one of the positives on the Team that is helping in recruiting, production and performance; sorry to say, he may pulled down by his fellow bafoons!!
Super Dave
July 14th, 2012
3:43 pm
RHall55, yeah I’m not so sure about Friend either. I think he may be in over his head. We need a top notch oline coach and I don’t think he’s it.
Funny Bunny
July 14th, 2012
3:44 pm
Just toss it in. There is no need for any justification. Why should we be concerned ?
JiMiFLiX!
July 14th, 2012
3:50 pm
…$857,000? seriously? and the players? they get squat? just take a look at all those folks who are feeding righteously at that Bulldog money trough!!! you wonder why your kids tuition costs are going thru the roof? That is insane…!
mike davis
July 14th, 2012
3:52 pm
TG’s defense does great against mediocre teams. When he plays a decent team, they fold like a paper house.
lj
July 14th, 2012
4:19 pm
I wonder how Bobo feels about the title change for Grantham to be associate head coach. With Bobo’s unexpected problem on offense going into the season that were just announced then this has to be wake up call for him. If Rambo and ogletree are going to be suspended for drug test that have not been announced yet then I don’t think Grantham has much to brag about either.
English professor
July 14th, 2012
4:36 pm
Ha ha
GFJacket
July 14th, 2012
4:40 pm
lj, good question. Bobo is a Bulldog through and through – - unlike Grantham who has a neutered turkey heritage (or is it VippySue or whatever they call themselves nowadays). Given his tenure at UGA Bobo must be wondering…”what am I, chopped liver”….He can’t be happy with this.
GT80
July 14th, 2012
6:16 pm
I just don’t understand the anointing of Grantham, yet. The Dawgs only played 4 decent teams last year, and they lost to all of them. In those games, Grantham’s “great” defense gave up 35, 45, 42 and 33 points! Bobo and his “inept” offensive play calling scored 21, 42, 10 and 30 in those losses. A good defense would’ve won 2 or 3 of those games. So, which one is the great coordinator?
dap01
July 14th, 2012
6:54 pm
Grantham does not blame Martinez for defensive problems, he simply leads (Blame Bush…..)
Old Dawg
July 14th, 2012
7:06 pm
“In those games, Grantham’s “great” defense gave up 35, 45, 42 and 33 points!”
I think you better go look at the replays and see how many of those points were scored against us WHEN THE DEFENSE WASN’T EVEN ON THE FIELD!
Tom
July 14th, 2012
7:08 pm
Does he get a bonus if he makes a ‘choke’ sign to an opposing player and they actually do?
fan
July 14th, 2012
7:10 pm
convoluted? where did you come up with that term, chippie techie.
NickTheSaint
July 14th, 2012
7:41 pm
Hmm, looks like I might be coaching against TG in a couple of years. Maybe CMR will be my QB coach.
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July 14th, 2012
7:41 pm
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kral
July 14th, 2012
8:02 pm
dang life is tough as a coach…dang being fired by the Dallas Cowboys …kills a resume every time ..thanks…chass
Old Dawg
July 14th, 2012
8:35 pm
“Hmm, looks like I might be coaching against TG in a couple of years.”
Sounds like Saban is quaking in his boots! I would love to play Bama with Todd Grantham as our Head Coach and Saban has Mark Richt as his QB coach. Saban: ” Mark, what the h*ll are you doing. Your QB has thrown three straight pick-sixes! Get him out of there.” Richt: “I can’t do that to the boy, Nick, I promised him I would play him all the time, and I am a Christian man and I don’t go back on my word.”
Georgia wins over Bama 42-35.
7576DAWG
July 14th, 2012
8:43 pm
JiMiFlix
85 players get free room and board and free education every year. The total cost of one player being on Scholarship per year is probably $50,000 when you add all the benefits each get.
Where are you getting that players don’t get anything. A free education, since that is the MAIN reason the players are there in the first place is an amazing thing. Approx. 10% of all players will get a chance at the Pro level so I hope they are all there for the right reason since 90% of all players are playing football in exchange for that free education. I wish UGA would have paid for the 4 years that my son was in Athens. Hope only paid about half of the total cost.
kral
July 14th, 2012
8:47 pm
oh to know the thoughts of others…or promises of another person..esp..CMR…you are truly gifted od..but maybe that was all a fantasy…somewhat like sci..fi channel
bitter spoiled recruit
July 14th, 2012
9:06 pm
does anyone fill strange that grantham has not signed the contract extention????strange
and chip——–do you have a problem with grantham—-sounds like it from your–verbage
Columbus
July 14th, 2012
9:07 pm
To all of you Grantham haters….why dony YOU go coach the UGA defense? You wouldnt last 2 games. Screw you haters. Thsi year the UGA defense will even be BETTER. BTW SC scored most of their points on special teams. Didnt do much scoring on offense l….look it up….losers
Columbus
July 14th, 2012
9:09 pm
UGA will be in the SEC championship game wth last years experience in the game under their belts.
You can chew and choke on that too …UGA, Richt and Grantham haters…..Richts not going anywhere for ay least 10 more years….ESPECIALLY when he wins the SEC a couple times in the next 5!
LogicalUS
July 14th, 2012
9:10 pm
“he gets a head coaching offer ”
Grantham isn’t getting any head coaching offer anytime soon…he lacks the requirements.
Grantham is a symptom of everything wrong with the UGA football team…he has been horrid as a DC. Anybody who witnessed his complete embarassment agaisnt Boisy last season after supposedly having all summer to use his “great defensive genius mind” to scheme for them should knows that he is way, way overrated. Yet delusional UGA beaners somehow have deluded themselves that he is actually respected or feared as a DC. Bhhahahahahahah..
Only at UGA would a DC who was coming off getting torched for 37.5 pts in his last two games be put on a pedestal as the greatest defensive mind in football. Embarrassing. How far from reality are UGA when they are crowing about Grantham when LSU put up 44 against him in the SECCG only to have Bama completely shutdown that same offense a few weeks later.
Hades, Grantham is so overrated that he had to have Bobo and a punter making a tackle to save him after getting shredded by Vandy???
kral
July 14th, 2012
9:14 pm
dang logical you’er insight is often to logical
kral
July 14th, 2012
9:17 pm
do not think that was a compliment…really hard to denote sarascasm on a blog…logicalust
Neutral
July 14th, 2012
11:19 pm
Who was the idiot who insisted for weeks that CTG was gone?
jh30906
July 15th, 2012
12:06 am
Quote:
Only at UGA would a DC who was coming off getting torched for 37.5 pts in his last two games be put on a pedestal as the greatest defensive mind in football. Embarrassing. How far from reality are UGA when they are crowing about Grantham when LSU put up 44 against him in the SECCG only to have Bama completely shutdown that same offense a few weeks later.
Um, Bama LOST the first time they played. Bama has more depth than us on defense. Bama watched the tape on us shutting down LSU for a entire half without giving up a first down. They used the same gameplan we run only kept it up the entire game. TG’s defense showed the world how to stop LSU. Our offense had to many 3 and outs which led the DEF to get gased. I blame that loss on the offense, Not the DEF.
pmdawg
July 15th, 2012
12:26 am
I hope in 2-3 years HCMR retires and DCTG takes over
Troup Co. Dawg
July 15th, 2012
4:42 am
Dawgs got it goin’ on !!!!
North Georgia Dawg.
July 15th, 2012
5:59 am
Defense is about having a pair, ,vicious attitude and intensity.Coach Grantham brings that every day..
This defense changed at the end on the Vandy game with Franklin / Grantham verbal exchange. I LOVED IT! Finally a D coach that unlike Willie Martinez does not let his wife hold his stones for him..
We Run the East
July 15th, 2012
7:27 am
I agree with Destin Dawg- Obama is anti-christ. Beat Obama, football will take care of its self. I would give up every victory for my team if Obummer is defeated. Don’t worry, its a done deal, no one that idiotic and destructive to country will be reelected. What a DISASTER for all the Makers. We are overrun by Takers.
kingdaddy
July 15th, 2012
7:55 am
Do you really think this will be a “fair” election with Eric the Red Holder allowing Mickey Mouse and Scooby Doo to vote, lol. This will be the dirtiest election in history. I’m not even sure there will be an election. More like a CORANATION…
Joey
July 15th, 2012
8:13 am
“Yet delusional UGA beaners somehow have deluded themselves that he is actually respected or feared as a DC.”
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ILLogical, you are truely an idiot. Ask your, “New Sheriff in Town” (PJ) how Grantham has done vs his ingenius offense. And Grantham’s D only gave up about half of the points in our losses last year. Special teams and a QB who fumbled and pick-6 ed us to death (Murray) provided the rest.
You should stick to something you know about – maybe post some comments on the “Knitting and Needlepoint” blogs. I bet the old gals would love your kind over there . . .
Atticus
July 15th, 2012
8:22 am
It has become glaringly obvious that on one side of the ball we have a great coach who is paid according to what the market bears and to try and keep him here. It is also obvious that he is making double what the offensive side of the balls coordinator is making. If we can have a great coach on defense why can’t we expect the same for the offense. This program makes way too much money and charges way to much for tickets (especially the glorified scrimmages) that we should expect more. Richt is shortchanging this offense (like he did with the defense for all the Willie years) and it has hurt us for years.
kingdaddy
July 15th, 2012
8:37 am
I don’t normally defend CMB but he hung 42 on a very good S.C. Defense last year. I exoect UGAs offense to be very potent this year. Don’t know why so many non-UGA fans seem to be so concerned about our offense and defense this year? If you’re so scared of UGA FOOTBALL, maybe you should take up another hobby…
Game Time
July 15th, 2012
8:49 am
Another indication of priorities at UGA. Apparently character doesn’t count. Give the choke sign and curse opposing student athletes, get into a shoving, shouting match with opposing student athletes and coaches and get made Associate Head Coach. And UGA wonders why they have the problems they do!
JB
July 15th, 2012
8:52 am
Grantham will never be the Head Coach at UGA. He’s not polished enough based on the last 2 successful coach’s ( Dooley & Richt). The face of the program is important to UGA, and you can say all you want about Dooley and Richt, but representing the program and the University to the world was and is a 10. I would bet you money that big time Tech folks privately cringe at Johnson.
Atticus
July 15th, 2012
8:55 am
kingdaddy, if he’s such a great coach, why is NO other school trying to hire him and why is Grantham paid twice as much when he’s been here half as long? Because he’s not the best qualified OC in the country and that is what Georgia should have. And by the way its not all Bobo’s fault, Richt is also to blame. That same team you say scored well against SC, they scored 10 against LSU 19 against KY and 20 against TN.
fl dog
July 15th, 2012
9:04 am
Well seems his riff with the head dude at Vandy sure didn’t hurt Grantham any, way to go Georgia!!
Atticus
July 15th, 2012
9:05 am
Grantham in his 3rd year has significantly elevated the defensive talent. UGA could have 8-10 players drafted depending on who leaves early. Last year’s defense wasn’t a finished product but this years should be Top 5. Mike Bobo has had 2 great QBs in Stafford and Murray but the running game is a disaster whether its picking the wrong recruits, poor scheme and as OC he is also responsible for the offensive line and its development and that has been mediocre at best. He is responsible for it all. Don’t give me BS or opinions, we are all hacks, but the fact is, if he was the best coach in the country then he should be paid that way and other teams would be coming after him. He is a great recruiter and shouldn’t be let go, but you are kidding yourself if you think we are getting out of this offense what we should.
Gulf Shores Dawg
July 15th, 2012
10:28 am
Our D was on the field way too much with no running game to speak of last year. Give the D a break and decent field position and we will be awesome! CTG for future head coach! I want a HC with FIRE and Brimstone spewing from him. NOT a Vandy crybaby HC…Class means sticiking up for your players! CTG is the man!
GATiger
July 15th, 2012
11:43 am
You want a HC with fire and brimstone. How about one that has had prior experience and success as a HC? Do you think UGA should be a place where coordinators learn to become HCs, or where position coaches learn to become coordinators, or, for that matter, where asst. ADs learn to become ADs? Is that where Georgia is as a program? Because that’s what’s been happening for the past 10 years.
TOP DAWG
July 15th, 2012
12:20 pm
gt4ever we own you nerds 10 out of the last 11. Nerd stay on your own blog! DO NOT METION GEORGIA IN THE SAME SENTENCE WITH tech.
Let me splain it kids
July 15th, 2012
12:21 pm
UGA fans love their team. We look forward to the fun, the excitement, the pagentry and the overall fun of it all. Been doing this since 1959, then with my GT alum grandfather. Yep ………….since 1959.
If we do not win the SEC East and have a shot at the SEC title, then things might change at the head coach level and the entire O side of the ball. Most UGA fans feel that we DO have that better than 50-50% shot at the SEC East Championship AND the resulting SEC CG. That is really all that UGA fans can plan on this season. How fabulous is that??? Easy schedule? I care less, as injuries even it all out anyway for most good teams. You play your schedule and let the chips fall where they may in this world.
Usually for UGA? Over the last many years mostly, UGA alumni and fans have not enjoyed this optimism but this year we can. RICHT NEEDS to bring back the enthusiasm among the players, develop their thirsts to win big and get them focused on each game.
Our D needs to dominate!!! They need to cause TURNOVERS that lead to TDs!!
Go Dogs.
UGA class of 71 & 73
Let us tee it up!!
Go Dogs.
TOP DAWG
July 15th, 2012
12:31 pm
I am with you valdosta dawg,the nerds and every one us is on the blog that know we will beat them. Get a life you bunch of losers,the dawgs are going to have a good year.12 of the last 11 after we rip tech again this year. Just love it.
Ray
July 15th, 2012
1:55 pm
I’d support CTG for a move to the HC position Coach Richt is just too damn nice and like they say nice don’t cut it in the SEC.
Why you think Tennessee has the problems it got now I know Dooley is the coach, but he rubs off as TOO NICE!
Romeo Crommel
July 15th, 2012
2:01 pm
Da Preacha Man had better watch his back; Phat Boy Grantham stabbed me in the back we we wus wit Cleveland Browns.
whatever
July 15th, 2012
5:48 pm
I find Grantham’s comments ““In any profession, the ability to have some stability for your family is critical because it allows you to really focus on the task at hand,” very laughable. Heck – you mean to tell me he (and his family) felt “unstable” from the salary he was making???
I make less than $70K a year and Grantham thinks his family was “unstable” and he couldn’t “really focus” on his job while making 10x that???? (And yes – I DO NOT have a contract – the company can let me go at will or anytime). This is what is part of the problem with sports today – too much greed and money.
gt4ever
July 15th, 2012
6:45 pm
@topdawg
Grantham is a classless JERK… But hey, you guys keep drinking the grape juice….
I dropped my fried twinkie
July 15th, 2012
7:13 pm
pay by the pound?
I dropped my fried twinkie
July 15th, 2012
7:14 pm
Is Bobo upset about Granthm’s new title?
Bobo is Mr. Georgia Bulldog.
Disney
July 16th, 2012
1:53 am
He will be a head coach somewhere in 1-3 years max. Hopefully at UGA and sooner than later. Let Richt be PR guy while Grantham gets after it and coaches some Georgia football. He is absolutely right. Georgia has not scratched the surface of the potential of where they could and should be with the abundance of talent that we have year after year.
Give someone like a Saban the same talent base that Georgia has and we would win National Championships also. Coach Grantham also has those same characteristics and will not settle for mediocracy. However, just like when Saban went to Bama, he cleaned house with the ones who were not getting it done and brought in his own championship calibur staff. Unless UGA gets serious about winning and competing with the big dogs then it will continue to have 9-3 and 8-4 seasons. Georgia barely won the SEC last year and probably would have lost to Florida again last year against 1st season head coach Wil Muschamp had Brantley not been gimpy. With a schedule like we have this year, anything less than going undefeated will be sub par. Its going to take a guy like Grantham who has a no nonsense attitude and a play to win mentality to clean house, bring in his own guys and start doing things the right way. If UGA does not see this also, I am afraid he will be a head coach somewhere else in a year. He will be the next $3-5 million dollar man. He’s worth alot more than $850K. Go Dawgs and go coach Grantham, you the man!
Just the Facts
July 16th, 2012
5:52 am
I had no idea a douche nozzle could make that much money.
Mandrell Dawg
July 16th, 2012
10:04 am
The title change didn’t come with much fanfare because of the lack of success(up to this point anyway)for Texas, West Virginia, and Florida State. Let’s face it, associate head coach = coach in waiting and right now no AD in their right mind would utter that phrase right now, but it is what it is
Buckhead Bulldog
July 16th, 2012
10:21 am
Bring the heat, baby, bring THE HEAT!!!!
Associate HC Mike Bobo??
July 16th, 2012
10:32 am
Wow! Richt promised me that title.
So, what happens when Lattimore gashes his 3-4 defense yet again? Is Richt gonna give him another raise???
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
July 16th, 2012
11:08 am
How many job offers has he had? People must be knocking down the door to get to a coordinator who averages 39 pts to ranked teams…
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
July 16th, 2012
11:09 am
Wasn’t he Richt’s fourth choice?
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Dawg4Life
July 16th, 2012
3:20 pm
GATA DAWGS!!!
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
July 16th, 2012
3:32 pm
Didn’t Vanderbilt light up this guy?
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