UPDATED: Football assistant Rodney Garner leaving Georgia ‘to get Auburn back on track’
Rodney Garner has served as Georgia's defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator for 15 years. He has been Mark Richt's assistant head coach since 2005. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
ATHENS – In the end, Rodney Garner felt like he could no longer ignore his alma mater’s calls for help.
Garner, Georgia’s assistant head coach, recruiting coordinator and defensive line coach for the past 12 years, accepted an offer to handle the same jobs at Auburn, where he played offensive line and started his coaching career. He will also receive a significant salary increase from the $300,000 a year he earned with the Bulldogs.
But as Garner adamantly pointed out in an exclusive interview with the AJC Thursday night, “this is not about the money.”
“It was a very difficult decision,” Garner said. “I’ve been approached many times about this opportunity. But it’s my alma mater. It may be more of a pride thing, just looking at where they are right now and feeling like I really wanted to be a part of getting them back on track. I just felt like God was leading me in this direction. It’s something I prayed about and it was not an easy decision. I would not have left for any other reason than Auburn.”
Garner, 46, has received overtures from Auburn several times over the years, including from Tommy Tuberville and Gene Chizik. Chizik was dismissed after the Tigers went 3-9 this past season. Gus Malzahn, who was Chizik’s offensive coordinator but left to become head coach at Arkansas State, was hired by Auburn on Dec. 4.
Garner has spent the last 12 seasons at Georgia working under head coach Mark Richt. He was hired at UGA by former coach Jim Donnan in 1998. A native of Leeds, Ala., he played for the Tigers under Pat Dye from 1984-88. He also met his wife Kimberly there.
Garner will join the Tigers’ staff immediately.
“It’s just time,” Garner said. “I’ve been at Georgia 15 years. It’s been awesome. Worked for two great head coaches at the University of Georgia. Jim Donnan gave me the opportunity to come here, who I have a tremendous amount of respect and love for. And then Coach Richt who retained me and I worked for him for 12 years. Coach Donnan is already in the Hall of Fame, and I’m sure Coach Richt will be one day. So it was a very difficult decision.”
Garner said he spent a long time Thursday counseling with Georgia’s team chaplain Thomas Settles about his decision, then a long time talking to Richt Thursday night.
“It’s difficult because you’re going to a rival school,” Garner said. “Mark has been very good to me and I want people to know that. People need to recognize the body of work that Mark has done here. Here’s a guy who has been at Georgia 12 years and he’s gone to the (SEC) championship game five times. Prior to him coming there, they’d never been to that game. I look at what he’s done there for 12 years, the way he’s done it, the way he’s won with class and integrity, and he’s just been a great guy to work for. So it’s hard leaving him. I mean it really was. But everything I hear about Coach (Gus) Malzahn is that he’s that same caliber of man, cut from that same cloth, and I think it will be a family-friendly environment, which is important to me, with a wife and six daughters.”
Many preliminary reports about Garner’s interest in joining the Auburn hinted at discord between him and Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham. Nothing could be further from the truth.
“The defensive staff we had at Georgia, Coach Grantham, I just think he’s great; he’s awesome,” Garner said. “I think Todd deserves to be a head coach. I was really thinking he’d get some shots at it this year. I think he’s one of the brightest minds I’ve ever been around. Then Scott (Lakatos) and KO (Kirk Olivadotti), we just had a lot of chemistry on that staff.”
Garner would not discuss the financial terms of his contract with Auburn other than to say, “it’s a good deal.” He was on a yearly contract with Bulldogs.
“I’m sure at some point it will all become public record, but that’s not what this was about,” he reiterated.
Regardless, Garner’s departure comes at a complicated time for Georgia. The Bulldogs are in the midst of recruiting their biggest class of the restricted-scholarship era — around 35 in all — and obviously Garner is the hub of that effort. Best known for attracting great defensive linemen to come play for him, Georgia has been considered a leader for junior college all-star Toby Johnson and 5-star defensive tackle Montravius Adams of Dooly County. Both signings could now be in jeopardy.
“I’m kind of surprised, but it helps Auburn,” Adams told 247Sports. “We have a great relationship. He’s a great guy. I know that he’s a guy that will get defensive linemen to the league. I wouldn’t mind him being a guy that coaches me for three or four years. He’s going to be a guy that I’m going to be with most of the time besides the weight-training guy.”
Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs was the first to announce Garner’s hire via Twitter. Auburn later sent out a news release that quoted Malzahn and Garner.
“We’re excited to announce Rodney Garner as our assistant head coach and defensive line coach,” Malzahn said in the statement. “Rodney is one of the top defensive line coaches in college football who has had great success in the Southeastern Conference. We’re excited to welcome an Auburn man back home.”
Said Garner: “I owe a lot to Auburn and the men who helped mold me to who I am today both professionally and personally. I’m very appreciative to Coach Malzahn for this opportunity and I feel very strongly that I can be an asset to the program. I have a lot of love for Auburn and I felt this was a great chance to help give back to a place that has given me so much. I look forward to helping get Auburn back to where it belongs.”
Richt finally acknowledged Garner’s departure in a statement released at 11 a.m. Friday:
“I want to thank Rodney for 15 years of loyal service to UGA. He was the first assistant I hired when I came to Georgia and it turned out to be a great decision. He’s a tremendous ball coach, recruiter, and mentor and a great example of what a good father and husband should be. He’s been a blessing to my life as well as to UGA. We wish him and Kim all the best.”
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Here’s a link to a “10 Things You Should Know about Rodney Garner” profile I did this past summer.
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JACKIE
December 20th, 2012
11:20 pm
FST
Athens
December 20th, 2012
11:20 pm
Good luck coach……!
dbc
December 20th, 2012
11:21 pm
“It WAS about the money.” No tears shed here…
JACKIE
December 20th, 2012
11:21 pm
NEVER BEFORE
DostaDawg
December 20th, 2012
11:21 pm
Yes! Yes! Yes! You are right Hot Rod…..its past time for you to go!!! Good luck
Taco Meat
December 20th, 2012
11:22 pm
Tough loss from a recruiting standpoint. Best of luck to you, Coach. That is, until you play the Dawgs!
DostaDawg
December 20th, 2012
11:22 pm
Christmas came early for the Bulldawgs this year!! All of those years of good living finally paid off for Coach Richt
Bmcdawg
December 20th, 2012
11:22 pm
This is NOT good for us…..we should find a way to keep him….will come back to haunt us!
Rodeny Garner=AU's new Trooper Taylor!
December 20th, 2012
11:26 pm
Garner WILL be the new ‘Trooper’!!
Former AU Coach Terry Bowden said…
“So I hired Wayne Hall. One week on the job, Hall came in with a ledger of players who have been paid, who paid the money, how much money and when it was paid. He said we’ve still got 9-12 players that we’re paying $600 per month”.
“We paid then $12,000-$15,000 to sign. We sign about four every year that we pay.(Former assistant coach RODNEY) GARNER paid most of the players. He was paid when he was a player at Auburn.(Stacey) Danley is the assistant compliance guy, and he was paid when he was a player. I broke the rules. I said pay it off, and it will never happen again”.
Hall said “OK, but you will change your mind.” Katherine came to Auburn as my assistant, but she worked for Colonial. We were real close. I told Lowder “We have cash all over.” Lowder said “I told Wayne not to collect more than we had to have to pay the players.” Wayne had a safe in his house wherehe kept the money. Within two weeks of me being hired they told me about paying Jelks.
Nothing was done without Lowder knowing. I will go under oath and say that Lowder looked me in the eyes and said, “I didn’t want Wayne to collect more money than we needed to pay the players.” I was hiding a dirty secret. We were paying (star running back and current Washington Redskin) Steve Davis and his cousin the fullback.
http://www.illegalshift.com/2010/11/18/remember-the-terry-bowden-interview-in-2001/college-football/
Smitty
December 20th, 2012
11:26 pm
WOW did not see that this would happen
Jomps
December 20th, 2012
11:26 pm
The defensive line played great all year…not. Good for you and it IS about the money. Auburn will still suck so who cares.
drbasic1
December 20th, 2012
11:31 pm
SEE YA!!!!!!!!!
boots
December 20th, 2012
11:31 pm
Garner has been loyal to UGA, so I say good luck to him. However, Auburn is a flaming mess. They will need far more than Coach Garner to help turn that sinking ship around.
Dawg
December 20th, 2012
11:35 pm
Addition by subtraction ……… you gotta love it
drbasic1
December 20th, 2012
11:36 pm
look his D-line stunk….Grantham can now not have to be a lame duck when it comes to the line…..he was told to “stay away from Garner” when he was hired…there was conflict there….bet the dline improves 10 fold now
Finchdawg
December 20th, 2012
11:36 pm
Wow, NOT good. Richt has got to find a great replacement recruiting coordinator. This is a pivotal hire.
ViningsMike
December 20th, 2012
11:36 pm
Thank goodness he is gone. I am glad he finally left. He made a lot of recruiting mistakes by choosing players that did not belong at UGA. This is an early Christmas present. UGA will be a much better program and groom a much better assitant Head Coach.
Chris Rock
December 20th, 2012
11:37 pm
Whenever they say its not about the money. . .it IS about the money!
sflanagan21
December 20th, 2012
11:38 pm
Adams will sign with Auburn now… God I hope I’m wrong!
DawgsForever
December 20th, 2012
11:38 pm
The Mayans WERE right! It is the end of the world for UGA!!! NOOOOOOT. Bye bye Garner. Now maybe we can hire a DL coach who can actually coach and not give up 350 yards at such important ball games.
drbasic1
December 20th, 2012
11:38 pm
Finchdawg….yes it is good, delve into Garners past at Auburn, BoBo can be the coord. he is better anyway as is McClendon, d line coach will come from the NFL, just wait and see
dawgbasher
December 20th, 2012
11:39 pm
Yea, Donnan is in the Hall of Fame and soon to be in prison. Impressive resume. Maybe he and O.J. can be cell mates.
The Rev Cecil Newton
December 20th, 2012
11:40 pm
Its NEVER about the money!
Columbus
December 20th, 2012
11:40 pm
Regardless of his coaching ability, one thing is SURE about Rodney Garner…..HE IS AN EXCELLENT RECRUITER. That is why UGA hired him from Tenn. His loss will absolutely be felt. UGA will likely LOSE recruits THIS YEAR due to him leaving. This is NOT good PRIOR to SIGNING DAY….Auburn sucks and will continue to suck. They NEEDED Garner BADLY to help get some kids in there especially since they were losing some this year. The only positive thing about him going now is that Auburn sucks so bad, recruits are not going to go there to rebuild. I wouldnt. This new coach would have to have shown something before he ends up being another Chizik and sucks and is gone too.
This is NOT good for UGA though. NOT GOOD…What he does best IS recruit. And he led UGA recruiting and while some offers were slow….kids really like him. Sucks right before signing day….!
Smitty
December 20th, 2012
11:41 pm
I am all about Adams going to Auburn….just get out of Athens
drbasic1
December 20th, 2012
11:42 pm
ok lets talk about some of his recruits…..hmmm, where are they now….i didn’t say ALL, before you jump me…..
RedandBlackDAWG
December 20th, 2012
11:42 pm
I would think from the way M. Adams talked, our chances of seeing M. Adams at UGA just went way down. Oh well, we can’t get all of the folks we want. Adams will sure be able to shine at Auburn, since with the defections they have had, he will be a star and stand out from the rest for the next couple of years.
I don’t know how much difference it will make for UGA if Garner is here or not. I think the kids come to UGA, more for CMR and Coach Grantham, than by any recruiting Coach Garner does. Still he has been a mainstay for 15 years so if he can get more money a another school, good luck to him.
Reuben Foster
December 20th, 2012
11:43 pm
Time to hire Trooper, boss!
drbasic1
December 20th, 2012
11:44 pm
Columbus…come on man, i appreciate and stand up for 99% of your inputs, but, we will be just fine without Garner
AU
December 20th, 2012
11:44 pm
I find it very funny that all UGA fans are so negative towards him now and not at all during the season. Yeah Alabama rushed for a lot of yards that does not just fall on the DL if falls of LBs for being out of place, CB and Safeties missing tackles etc. Jarvis Jones cant do it all.
Law Dawg
December 20th, 2012
11:45 pm
Hines Ward Should be the New Recruiting Coordinator. He could attract so much talent.
St Nicholas Saban
December 20th, 2012
11:46 pm
Who cares?
drbasic1
December 20th, 2012
11:46 pm
Adams is one player and comes off to me as a prima donna, who wants catered to (well most of these recruits do today) lets get some folks who want to be BULLDOGS and play for the “G”. Anyone remember David Pollack…need I name several??
Smitty
December 20th, 2012
11:46 pm
Top ten recruiting classes year after year so he did a good job. I hate to see him go but it is about the money.
Gator
December 20th, 2012
11:47 pm
Amazing how bad someone suddenly becomes when he leaves for another SEC school. Where was all the talk about the pay at Auburn while he was on your staff for 12 years?
Kirby Smart
December 20th, 2012
11:47 pm
How many championships did Garner recruit for?
Smitty
December 20th, 2012
11:47 pm
should not impact big on recruiting but we need d line guys and that is his job
RedPantsDawg
December 20th, 2012
11:48 pm
Thanks to Garner for what he did at UGA. He had flirted with leaving so many times only to get a raise. I think McGarity might have said enough this time. Now, what does Richt do now? Does he get Grantham and BVG together? Does he use the open slot to hire a special teams coach?
Damon "red" Evans
December 20th, 2012
11:48 pm
Ain’t nobody at UGA cheat!
Smitty
December 20th, 2012
11:49 pm
Hey gator I am not bashing him….
drbasic1
December 20th, 2012
11:49 pm
$300,000 + substantial raise= Money talks BS walks
plain and simple
wareagle7777
December 20th, 2012
11:50 pm
Stop WHINING dawgs! Its not like UGA and AU have no history of coaches being part of both programs. Coach Garner is coming home. Welcome Home!
drbasic1
December 20th, 2012
11:50 pm
Grantham and BVG together………now that would be a sight!!
Aaron Murray
December 20th, 2012
11:50 pm
I can’t eat, I can’t sleep!
drbasic1
December 20th, 2012
11:52 pm
wareagle7777
no whining here sir…..you can have him! I do wish him luck and he will need it at that stink hole, the mess is going to get deeper before it gets better!
Meat Cleaver Weaver
December 20th, 2012
11:52 pm
Don’t let the door hit you in the…
Smitty
December 20th, 2012
11:52 pm
on a lighter note ND 5-1 against Alabama all time
drbasic1
December 20th, 2012
11:53 pm
i need to stop with the eggnog, i’m running off at the keyboard
drbasic1
December 20th, 2012
11:53 pm
smitty….soon to be 5-2
CTG
December 20th, 2012
11:54 pm
This guy was lazy. He got exposed by UA. Bye bye!
Aaron Murray
December 20th, 2012
11:55 pm
#2 Bama -10 vs #1 Notre Dame
Smitty
December 20th, 2012
11:55 pm
I hope so…I am A Dawg first SEC second
The Bear
December 20th, 2012
11:55 pm
UGA should be thrilled getting rid of Garner, stagnant.
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December 20th, 2012
11:55 pm
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Wilddawg83
December 20th, 2012
11:56 pm
Richt should be on the phone right now with Travis Jones former UGA captain and current assistant dline coach for the saints. He has stated several times that he would love to return to his alma mater. The nfl experience of 8yrs is a bonus in knowledge and scheme plus recruits love a nfl coach. Jones was also a defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at LSU , so he has sec experience as well. Lastly he is also from the state of Georgia.
CRG
December 20th, 2012
11:56 pm
It’s all about the money btw!!!
Columbus
December 20th, 2012
11:57 pm
One attractive aspect for Garner ihad to be that now he can pay significant amounts of money to recruits and players. Add this to his excellent recruiting ability and Auburn might be back in the thick of things quick!…..NEVER trust an Auburn guy…..NEVER.
They have been trying to cheat and do whatever it takes to keep up with Bama at least the last 20 years and been busted numerous times. Probably been going on bad for 25 years. They have been successful at their goal too. But you ALWAYS reap what you sow and it comes back to bite them. Hopefully they will pay for this last fiasco that won them the national Championship(Cameron Newton)for at least a decade….cheaters. SO jealous of Bama it is ALL they think about over there. How to get an edge….cheaters. WORST in NCAA….
Smitty
December 20th, 2012
11:57 pm
Buy the Irish are lucky…..is that just a myth?
theTruth
December 20th, 2012
11:58 pm
just remember, Garner is THE reason that Kirby Smart didn’t come to GA. Numerous other encounters between CTG and CRG….bye Rodney
drbasic1
December 20th, 2012
11:58 pm
wilddawg83
i stated earlier our new dline coach would come from the nfl…you and I are on the same page
Bali
December 20th, 2012
11:58 pm
Law Dawg, couldn’t agree more. That’s a name I hadn’t thought about, but I believe he’s shown some interest in coming back to UGA as a coach. Can’t think of a better person to be a recruiter.
Columbus
December 20th, 2012
11:59 pm
Auburn isnt getting back on track Garner….they got to pay the price for selling their souls for Cam…They pawned their future. One way or the other they are going to SUCK for awhile. Garner or no Garner
Smitty
December 21st, 2012
12:00 am
Wilddawg good idea
AU
December 21st, 2012
12:00 am
@colombus Are you serious about Auburn trying to “keep up” with bama? before Saban they werent shnit for the longest time so dont give me that nonsense.
Smitty
December 21st, 2012
12:00 am
Who will be recruiting coordinator?
AU
December 21st, 2012
12:01 am
we will see about that colombus…
Delusional Georgia hater
December 21st, 2012
12:01 am
Oh boyyyy. Here’s my chance to tell the blog world how much I hate Georgia and how much Georgia, Richt, and Bobo! Yay! I love when new articles are posted so I can post negative remarks about Georgia. Where are my boys at? Where is Bob, SSI, and Logical? You guys know that rush you get when you can bash Georgia relentlessly no matter what the final score is?
Bali
December 21st, 2012
12:02 am
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time……we’ll be fine
drbasic1
December 21st, 2012
12:02 am
Smitty
I would say BOBo will take that over, he too is a great recruiter
Smitty
December 21st, 2012
12:04 am
Delusional….go back to your hole in wall
Smitty
December 21st, 2012
12:05 am
drbasic1…I had not thought about that…good call
Smitty
December 21st, 2012
12:06 am
What is the tree of liberty? Am i missing something….
sflanagan21
December 21st, 2012
12:08 am
I love the idea of Ward recruiting for us Law Dawg! DGD with a great personality and a big smile that the Mom’s will love.
Hmm…Grantham to Recruiting Coordinator and let’s pay Smart whatever he wants to come back as Asst. head Coach/DC. I know that won’t happen but…he and Bobo are best buds!
I bet Foster recommits to Auburn too…
CRG
December 21st, 2012
12:09 am
Delusional: this is a thing yack
67tiger
December 21st, 2012
12:12 am
You whiners and complainers, are f…ing idiots. Coach G held this program together. Why don’t all of you go crawl back in your hole and shut up.
Bali
December 21st, 2012
12:13 am
Smitty, come on man. Thomas Jefferson? The old blood spilled will give way to new blood. Just go with it….believe it or not, it’s relevant…..and also a great line from’The Rock’.
bwell
December 21st, 2012
12:15 am
BS…it is about the money…..how the hell you leave now with what you have helped builded!!!!!! I hope the worst for Auburn.
bwell
December 21st, 2012
12:17 am
Maybe its about respect…. CTG gets 750K a yr and CRG only get 300K yeah ok gotta it!…….. He will regret it. still good luck i guess
Bill
December 21st, 2012
12:18 am
Good luck Coach and thanks for all you did for UGA…..God bless you and your family.
Rick James
December 21st, 2012
12:20 am
I wonder what kind of relationship he has with Reuben Foster..This might flip him back to Auburn.
hop
December 21st, 2012
12:20 am
time for the dawgs to move on and do it very soon!it would be great to get travis jones as recruiting coordinator and line coach!
this would go a long ways to reassure prospects and save this class!
kerryb
December 21st, 2012
12:20 am
Good. He can be late on identifying top recruits for Auburn instead of UGA now. Let’s go after an NFL type line coach and then we have an all NFL coached defense.
Danny Ford
December 21st, 2012
12:23 am
War Eagle!
kerryb
December 21st, 2012
12:23 am
I don’t think Foster commits to AU again just because of Garner. I never heard Garner’s name mentioned by him or about him. I think he’s probably had more contact with Coach O and Grantham because that is his position.
kerryb
December 21st, 2012
12:26 am
Another thing. I bet if you looked you will see that Bobo has landed more top recruits on offense and defense the last several years than Garner has.
Jeff in Calhoun
December 21st, 2012
12:26 am
Sure go from 15 years of job security to insecurity. He may well be coaching for another team other than Auburn in a few years!
Wilddawg83
December 21st, 2012
12:27 am
By adding Travis Jones to our defensive staff u will have 3 former NFL coaches on our defensive staff that coached those same positions in the NFL . That will surely create the kind of tempo and discipline at practice to become a dominant sec defense . Lastly since Sabin is the measuring stick, Travis Jones was the recruiting coordinator when Sabin won the national championship at LSU and he also went with Saban to the dolphins(DC credentials) would love to have this guy in place whenever grantham does decide to leave. Best choice!! Not even close!!
Jeff in Calhoun
December 21st, 2012
12:29 am
John Lilly would be an upgrade over Ganer as a recruiting coordinator! Grantham will have complete control over the entire defense! Whats there not to like?
Jerry Seinfeld
December 21st, 2012
12:33 am
How about Grantham coaches the o-line himself? He was a brilliant d-line coach in the NFL. One of the best in the league.
Jerry Seinfeld
December 21st, 2012
12:33 am
As someone posted earlier, I would LOVE Travis Jones on the staff. The guy can really recruit! Either that or have Grantham coach the line.
flo-ri-duh
December 21st, 2012
12:36 am
This is about Grantham being brought in to b e the DC when Garner was already there and passed over. This will probably have some effect on this recruiting class – depending on who and how fast they replace Garner. Obviously Garner has a relationship[ with several UGA recruits and he will now try to flip them over to Auburn. I still don’t think that Garner will necessarily have the pull to get Adams and others away from UGA.
Dawgman
December 21st, 2012
12:38 am
Please tell me Hines Ward is on his way!!! Please….
Delusional Georgia hater
December 21st, 2012
12:38 am
I have no life so I’m going to get on here and whine about why Georgia is overrated and doesn’t deserve to be in Atlanta and whine about their schedule. Even though they almost won, they still didn’t deserve to be there. I’m a loser with no social skills who gets more out of Georgia losing than my own team losing plus my team lost to Georgia so that’s why I always bash them!
Delusional Georgia hater
December 21st, 2012
12:41 am
I’m so depressed that my team lost to Georgia so now I’ll complain by trying to convince everyone Murray, Bobo and Richt are terrible so maybe they’ll believe me. The other Georgia bashers and I feel the need to bash those guys in hopes Georgia fans will feel worse about their program.
Crimson Pride
December 21st, 2012
12:43 am
It doesn’t matter, Auburn will still suck until their quarterback and offensive line improve a ton. You don’t win without at least a decent quarterback.
Rick James
December 21st, 2012
12:44 am
@Dawgman
Please tell me Hines Ward is on his way!!! Please….
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Hines Ward has no eligibilty left,has never coached anybody,never recruited anybody and probably doesnt need the money..Travis Jones is the guy.
kerryb
December 21st, 2012
12:45 am
Seeing that most of this class is locked up with a month to go I doubt Garner leaving has much impact at all with UGA’s recruiting this year. I don’t think most guys were committing to play for UGA because of Garner. The main players he was recruiting was Shaq Wiggens who is a DB and Mastafa who is an OLB. Those guys have developed a relationship with their position coach. Adams is mainly looking at Clemson and UGA with Clemson holding a slight lead. His Mom mainly likes CMR.
Jerry Seinfeld
December 21st, 2012
12:47 am
Kerry, what are our chances of landing more offensive linemen?
Wilddawg83
December 21st, 2012
12:49 am
If u want to solidify this recruiting class with Adams, Johnson, and even possibly Mr.Nkemdiche, go out and get a guy that has not only won a MNC but a Super Bowl ring as well. This recruits today want to know if they have the talent their coach can get them to the league and Travis Jones and his resume is a resounding Y-E-S !!!!
kerryb
December 21st, 2012
12:50 am
We get Tunsil and our O-line is set for the next few years with Theus and Tunsil as book end tackles.
kerryb
December 21st, 2012
12:52 am
We have 0% chance of getting Nkemdiche. If we had offered his brother, and he would have accepted because he wanted to go to UGA, We would have gotten him. Maybe that was another Garner miss.
sflanagan21
December 21st, 2012
12:56 am
kerryb, I hope your right about Adams my man but he seems to have a lot of respect for Garner and that goes a long ways with young adults.
Wilddawg83
December 21st, 2012
12:59 am
Kerryb I agree Nkemdiche would be a long shot but the thought of playing for a bonafide NFL dline coach would definetly give him something to think about. His brother is a big reason but the only reason he is considering ole miss. After all he was once committed to Clemson. Get Jones!!!
sflanagan21
December 21st, 2012
1:01 am
Tunsil and Crowder are strong probabilities, Nkemdiche not a chance!
kerryb
December 21st, 2012
1:01 am
I really think Nkemdiche ends uo at Ole Miss with his brother.
Ray Drew
December 21st, 2012
1:05 am
You never helped me RG but the pay sure wasn’t bad!
kerryb
December 21st, 2012
1:06 am
I guess the question for the recruits this year is do you want to go to a program that has been having success the last couple of years or somewhere that they are starting over. Auburn will not get a sniff of the SECCG for the next 5 years if ever competing with Bama,LSU, and now A&M.
Hodgedog3
December 21st, 2012
1:07 am
Oh Please!!!!! It was definitely about money. Especially when you have a lot of mouths to feed! I will look at it as a good thing, seeing how he was slipping big time in losing recruits to other programs that we should not have lost. I think he lost his passion and his ability to pursue and attain the positions that UGA needs filled with good, level headed players. Good Riddance and good luck. We will see you next year crying after we woop your butt yet once again!
kerryb
December 21st, 2012
1:07 am
Ray Drew
December 21st, 2012
1:05 am
You never helped me RG but the pay sure wasn’t bad!
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Maybe we can now get an NFL type guy who can develop Ray Drew’s talent.
DooleyDawg
December 21st, 2012
1:08 am
Let him go!!! Big time racist and he’s the coach who didn’t want David P. Much of the dawgs internal turmoil stems from garners antics. Been known since granthams arrival, his feelings were hurt and couldn’t accept, he’s not DC material.
Richt and Dawgs will be much improved upfront now…team will be more cohesive too
GB's Hamburgers
December 21st, 2012
1:11 am
Don’t mind him leaving but why now? Why knife UGA in the back with the recruits? Why would God “lead him” to leave in an uneithical and unfair way? Leaving now puts him squarely in position to influence (even if indirectly) some prime UGA recruits to switch to Auburn. I don’t think it’s right in any system of ethics. But since he prayed about it … it’s all good.
kerryb
December 21st, 2012
1:12 am
Hodgedog3
December 21st, 2012
1:07 am
Oh Please!!!!! It was definitely about money. Especially when you have a lot of mouths to feed! I will look at it as a good thing, seeing how he was slipping big time in losing recruits to other programs that we should not have lost. I think he lost his passion and his ability to pursue and attain the positions that UGA needs filled with good, level headed players. Good Riddance and good luck. We will see you next year crying after we woop your butt yet once again!
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You are right. For a few years Georgia’s recruiting had started to slip until Bobo and Lilly stepped up. It was mostly Bobo and Lilly that reeled in Mitchell, Drew, and Rome. You can also add McClendon to that group. Those have been the main three guys the last few years not Garner.
kerryb
December 21st, 2012
1:15 am
I wonder if Lilly is about to take over recruiting coordinator. I believe he held that job at FSU while Richt was there.
sanjosemutt
December 21st, 2012
1:57 am
how has recruiting suffered in past few yrs?
Columbus
December 21st, 2012
1:58 am
Anyone who knows the 61-year-old Saban understands his anxious side. He is not a man who puts down roots. He’s a man who pulls them up and then heads for the next job. He has told his own players (as he did at Michigan State) that he was staying one day, then left for LSU the next.
Columbus
December 21st, 2012
1:59 am
Until he got to Alabama, he had not been at a place longer than five years. He’s in his sixth season with Alabama, and as much as you’d think he could coach the Crimson Tide for the remainder of his career, that’s not his style.
Saban likes challenges. He has succeeded in turning around programs, winning national titles at LSU and Alabama.
Another telling trait is that Saban likes to live in denial just as he’s about to go from one place to another. There was the move from Michigan State to LSU. When he left the Miami Dolphins for Alabama, he lied time after time about how he wouldn’t be the Crimson Tide’s next coach.
Columbus
December 21st, 2012
2:03 am
As I posted on Twitter, take the adamant denial for what it’s worth, particularly when another source I spoke with on Thursday claimed that Saban has already begun interviewing potential assistants he would take to the Cleveland Browns with him. The source laid out the timing of how current Browns coach Pat Shurmur will be fired after the season, one or two candidates will be interviewed (complete with the name of a minority candidate) and that Saban will be hired on Jan. 8, the day after Alabama’s BCS title game tilt vs. Notre Dame.
Columbus
December 21st, 2012
2:04 am
That bit of information advances an earlier report by Boston Globe ace NFL writer Greg Bedard about Saban wanting to return to the NFL and that Saban would work with current NFL Network analyst Michael Lombardi. Lombardi is a former personnel man with several teams, including Cleveland, Oakland and Denver.
GaDawgsEmOut
December 21st, 2012
2:10 am
Money motivates alot of lives, not saying it made his decision. Though we know it didnt hurt it either. Dawgs will be fine if and when he takes a recruit we hoped for. See ya next yr , best of luck to ya at allbarn.
Jason in Gainesville
December 21st, 2012
2:12 am
Stupid move. Live with it.
Don
December 21st, 2012
2:16 am
We appreciate all the contributions Coach Garner made to the success of Georgia and we wish him well in the future, but just not so much against UGA.
Ghost of Sinkwich
December 21st, 2012
3:15 am
Time to bring Hines Ward, in as recruiting coordinator.
Rodney Garner Leaving UGA for Auburn - Atlanta Sports Today
December 21st, 2012
3:44 am
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jb
December 21st, 2012
4:04 am
Anything that helps AU is good with me. To hayell with Ga!!! – Tech fan
n1dog
December 21st, 2012
4:11 am
It was all about the money–ga should have paid him a lot more than $300,000–that’s chump change.
Red_Elephant101
December 21st, 2012
4:29 am
When coaches leave Alabama, we thank them for service rendered and replace them, with a well thought out hire in (insert pun), this is the business were in nothing more, why are ‘dawgs so cynical about everything?
Zeesh you clowns knock over your own bowl more often than not….
RunninWithTheDawgs
December 21st, 2012
4:34 am
Garner is a dedicated family man and a good recruiter but as a coach? Remember (how could you forget?) that it was his d-line that played in the SEC championship game against Bama this year.
Notso Fast
December 21st, 2012
4:35 am
Could hurt with one or two recruits but Ga.is not going to suffer long term.
Left Coast Dawg
December 21st, 2012
4:38 am
There are 10 active DL from UGA in the NFL that formerly called Rodney Garner line coach:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/complete-list-georgia-football-players-nfl-200500434–ncaaf.html
Left Coast Dawg
December 21st, 2012
4:38 am
Me thinks this is gonna hurt us way more and longer before it gets better.
Cousin Curtis
December 21st, 2012
4:46 am
Best of luck to you, coach. Thanks for 15 solid years.
Sargent Carter
December 21st, 2012
4:52 am
Wow, big loss here…Great for you coach, though…Have fun on the plains
zbulldawg
December 21st, 2012
5:12 am
Well now. It’s not the end of the world. For someone who says e doen’t like the spot light he just put him self at center stage.I sure Todd knows a few good men to replace this traitor !! To all the recruits that he’s lied to about being at UGA & what a great place it is REmember one thing You can join a group of winners now or you can go & hope to be one maybe later. No head coach at a top notch program will ever trust you again Gardner !!! Even though he has put alot of DL in the NFL. There is alot that start in the NFL that didn’t start at UGA. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. What a dirty move at this time of recruiting to make this chioce. I see Bobo coming to the rescue !!!!! It might be Trooper time LOL It’s all good now Todd will have the total defensive staff of his choosing !! LET THE BIG DAWG EAT
its sad
December 21st, 2012
5:30 am
?? Good enough to play but not to coach??? Uga’s roster is over 85% African American but only has one African American position Coach. You want me to send my son to this school with a glass ceiling…. Not Happening. And you wonder why you can’t recruit againts or beat Lsu or Alabama. ATLEAST hire one black coordinator in the schools 100 + year history..
Blake
December 21st, 2012
5:48 am
From a recruiting stand point it will hurt, especially with rounding out the rest of this class. From a coaching stand point, we stand to be greatly improved with the right hire. Would not be suprised to see us grab someone from the NFL.
gomdawg
December 21st, 2012
5:52 am
GOOD LUCK, BUT LIFE GOES ON I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US GET DAVID POLLACK BUT DON’T THINK HE WOULD LEAVE ESPN. HINES WARD SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT MOVE. IF ANY OF THE PLAYERS THAT DON’T COMES TO GEORGIA BECAUSE HE LEAVES THEN THEY WERE NOT DAWGS. JUST THAT SIMPLE. GO DAWGS
Bama_Owns_You
December 21st, 2012
5:53 am
“I just want to go to a team that can actually win a national championship and not simply be content with moral victories. ”
Rodney Garner
Blake
December 21st, 2012
5:56 am
its sad,
You have no idea what you’re talking about. UGA had three african american position coaches prior to Garner leaving and another two or three on the strength staff. Garner not becoming a coordinator has everything to do with his coaching IQ and nothing to do with the color of his skin. Everyone in the Bulldog nation knows that the only reason Garner has stayed around this long was because of his excellent recruiting ability. Our D line’s have underperformed for years, this year being a prime example. UGA has always had the talent, but it has not performed in college like they do when they go to the NFL. Just wait and see how much more improved our line will be next year, with less experience.
Blake
December 21st, 2012
5:58 am
Bama_Owns_You,
Why don’t you go kiss your cusin and poison some more trees. Bama is lucky to be playing for the National Championship, and it’s gonna be funny when you lose to a Notre Dame team that you see as “overrated”.
Uncle Tom
December 21st, 2012
6:04 am
I teach at Peachtree Ridge and we have witnessed several of our top defensive players over the years go on to Ohio State, LSU, etc and become All-Conference. When I ask the coaches why the kids didn’t go to Georgia, they say, “Rodney Garner.” And whenever you watch these running backs streak up the middle untouched for 10 yards over and over again, or watch them just bounce off our defensive linemen, it’s the same reason: Rodney Garner. This is good news for us.
Bama_Owns_You
December 21st, 2012
6:07 am
Blake,
Rodney Garner had nothing to do with the Georgia brain fart with not spiking the football. He didn’t cost you a shot at the national time.
But, whatever gets you through the night. As Georgia fans always say, just you wait until next year…
No hard feelings | Get The Picture
December 21st, 2012
6:50 am
[...] Fifth time’s the charm, I guess. In the end, Rodney Garner felt like he could no longer ignore his alma mater’s calls for help. [...]
RHall55
December 21st, 2012
6:54 am
Just make the right hires and it will work out….too many miscues on CRG…case in point, there were (7) All Americans on this year’s AA Teams / all (7) did not make it to UGA coming out of high school…only Jarvis Jones by transferring from USC did UGA have a player from a GA High School make All American!!
Stout
December 21st, 2012
6:56 am
If Richt know what is good for him he’ll hire Tide Roll and call it a day. I sure hope he got his application in on time.
DG
December 21st, 2012
7:05 am
David Pollack? Hines Ward? If you are going to fantatize about hiring former UGA players with no coaching experience – much less recruiting experience – wouldn’t it more sense to hire Kevin Butler?
Rod
December 21st, 2012
7:12 am
PATHETIC. All these UGA “fans” making nasty comments about Garner. Yesterday you would have been praising him and saying all the wonderful things about him.
He chose to work for someone else – when you do it, you consider it your right. When he does it, you insult him.
Shows how petty and pathetic so many UGA “fans” are. Grow up.
01HAWK
December 21st, 2012
7:12 am
Rich get RICHER …………………………………..ROLL TIDE ROLL
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Despite a scholarship offer from Oregon State, Elite 11 quarterback Luke Del Rio (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Valor Christian) has decided to walk on at the University of Alabama. He was previously committed to Oklahoma State.
“I was never going to make a decision just based on if I had a scholarship from that school or not,” Del Rio said. “Obviously, you want to be wanted, and I felt wanted at Alabama. I’m not afraid to work to earn a scholarship. That’s never been a big deal for me. I trust my work ethic, and I feel like I could be able to earn one, eventually.
“It really just came down to what’s the best fit for me. Both of those schools are very similar, Oregon State and Alabama. Both have great coaches, very stable programs. One of the deciding factors was Alabama’s in the South. I’m by my sister (Sister is enrolled at BAMA). I’m originally from the South. I lived in Jacksonville for the past 10 years, so that was really big. And I know a lot of people who go to Alabama. I just felt more comfortable coming to Alabama.”
Brice Ramsey (Georgia) and Cooper Bateman (BAMA) did not make the final
Birmingham Jacket
December 21st, 2012
7:14 am
You UGA fans that don’t think you’re going to feel Gardners loss in a negative way are crazy.
He’s the primary reason you guys were recruiting top 5 classes every year.
Ask Tennessee. You can mark a point in time when he left Tennessee and their recruiting classes dropped off the map.
Wouldn’t be surprised at all if you end up losing 3 or 4 big recruits this year on the count of it.
Certainly, recruiting will be more challenging in years to come.
jerry
December 21st, 2012
7:17 am
Why they got Garner:
Alabama rallied behind a punishing run game, finishing with 350 yards on the ground, an SEC championship game record. Eddie Lacy – the game’s MVP – rumbled for 181 yards on 20 carries, including two TDs. Freshman T.J. Yeldon added 153 yards on 25 carries, also scoring a TD.
Da man
December 21st, 2012
7:19 am
Adams is the most overrated recruit ever. Can’t believe yall drink this Kool-aid.
JB
December 21st, 2012
7:23 am
Garner is not getting any younger. The pay will probably be six figures better. HE IS AN Auburn man. I thank him for his service and we will move on. I do look for Grantham to be gone after this year or next also. Something just tells me. I have mixed feelings about VanGorder coming back if that’s what Richt decides.
Dave
December 21st, 2012
7:24 am
Our program took a big hit today. Garner was a valuable asset to the team. Wishing him well as he does what’s best for his family.
SouthernGent
December 21st, 2012
7:25 am
I thought Garner did a good job with the line, but his real strength was recruiting. He did not have a long term contract, so I can’t blame him for going home and getting more money. However, he did go to a rival, so I can’t wish him luck either.
bitter "spoiled recruit"
December 21st, 2012
7:33 am
good luck coach gardner and thanks for the service to —UGA
——————–beat the —trailer tramps in tusk–ur–looserville each year–hahahahah
AP
December 21st, 2012
7:33 am
Promote Lilly to recruiting coorinator and hire Van Gorder to coach the DL.
Johnny Vaught
December 21st, 2012
7:39 am
So AU goes from bagman Trooper To Bagman Rodney … impressive.
tell the truth
December 21st, 2012
7:44 am
Time for some new blood.Would love Travis Jones or Hines Ward!
Tom
December 21st, 2012
7:45 am
Head football coach? Check. Shady recruiter? Check.
Vampire Bill
December 21st, 2012
7:45 am
The worst case would be if we lose recruits. Gardner can be replaced from a coaching perspective easily enough. Not sure about recruiting. Might be a blessing?
DKG
December 21st, 2012
7:47 am
I truly hate to see coach G go! His presence will be missed. He is a great recruiter and coach. He really looked after his players both on and off the field. How many times did you hear about one of his linemen getting into trouble. Good luck coach G and thanks for everything! This will effect our recruiting both this year and in future years! Dang, hate to see him go!
Road Scholar
December 21st, 2012
7:52 am
Auburn: If he is so good, why wasn’t he hired as head coach?
tell the truth
December 21st, 2012
7:56 am
I am a white man without a racist bone in my body and I believe UGA needs to hire an Afro-American and balance the color of the coaching staff more.
Dawg_Mike
December 21st, 2012
7:57 am
Note: When someone says its not about the money, you can be sure it is about the money.
Paddy
December 21st, 2012
7:58 am
Coaches leave programs all the time. It always has a way of working out for the best. coach G is 48 and is picing up the check. Good for him. And yes, it is always about the money in the end, as it should be!
iliketacos
December 21st, 2012
8:02 am
Is coach g just a rat jumping off the sinking ship? Rahl jackets!!
Tom
December 21st, 2012
8:03 am
Pssssst. RG. The bag is located 200 paces east of the dying oak trees. Exactly where you left it when you left.
Trooper
Bulldawgman49
December 21st, 2012
8:05 am
This is a business and the numbers were in his favor . Plus with year to year contract …. ?
But anyway we will find someone to take his place I am sure it will be a good one !!!!
JB
December 21st, 2012
8:09 am
300K to 450K…… That’s 12,500 more per month, about 9K after taxes. He’s an AU alum who grew up in Leeds Alabama. He’s 50. Good move on his part.
GT
December 21st, 2012
8:09 am
And weak little Ga. Tech is on probation, strange world we live in.
JB
December 21st, 2012
8:12 am
I would like to see VanGorder hired to coach the line….. Or LB’s and let Grantham coach the down lineman.
Neutral
December 21st, 2012
8:12 am
Someone said earlier that RG has 10 former defensive linemen playing in the NFL. Yes indeed and that number will possibly go to 12 this year. So if he had all that talent why didn’t he dominate the line of scrimmage more? I appreciate all RG did for UGa, but it is time for him to move on and I sincerely believe UGa will make several changes/hires in the next few days that will excite recruits as well as the BullDawg nation. Happy Holidays to all!!!!
legionaire
December 21st, 2012
8:13 am
It may be that Garner sees the prospect of becoming a head coach at turkey buzzard U. Good luck to him. That said Garner’s job as head recruiter was littered with bad picks. Example:Grantham’s 3-4 D has to have a dominating big man in the middle. Jenkins was supposed to be that guy and he came up short. Thus you have rushing games like SC and Bama put up. There will be some defections to turkey buzzard heaven because of the hire but by next season he will be just another ex-coach trying to help bail out the program and that ain’t going to be easy.
Love my Dawgs
December 21st, 2012
8:15 am
Columbus
Chill out
I panic and cussed too.
But the one things Georgia can prove to all incoming recruits is this:
IF YOU ARE GOOD YOU WILL PLAY.
I rest my case
Thank you and have a very merry Christmas and New Years (GO Dawgs)
Hail Varsity Magazine: Hot Reads: On to the next one
December 21st, 2012
8:16 am
[...] the past 12 years, Rodney Garner, is switching sides in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry and returning to Auburn. Garner played for the Tigers from 1984-88. He is joining the Auburn staff immediately. [...]
War Eagle
December 21st, 2012
8:17 am
It’s not about the money, it is all about the money.
GATA
December 21st, 2012
8:17 am
Alumni ties are strong. I don’t blame for going. A lot of people criticizing him would probably love to see some of our own alumni come home and coach. Works both ways. I wish him and his family the best. (And I hope we steal all of Auburn’s recruits, hehehe….)
zorba
December 21st, 2012
8:17 am
Yup, “God” led Rodney to uproot his six daughters for his love of Auburn. “Family man”, I believe not.
Ohno
December 21st, 2012
8:19 am
Welcome home son..
JB
December 21st, 2012
8:23 am
Would love to know how the State of Georgia retirement works for him with 15 years in. I believe you are vested at 10 years.
Buzz Me
December 21st, 2012
8:24 am
LOL>>>LOL>>>LOL>>>LOL
Joey
December 21st, 2012
8:25 am
“It’s just time,” Garner said.”
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I wish Gardner the best at his alma mater, though I hope he never beats his former employer.
At any rate, it was time fora new D-line coach.
.
UPDATED: Football assistant Rodney Garner leaving Georgia ‘to get Auburn back on track’ – Georgia – Dawg News
December 21st, 2012
8:28 am
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Peace out cub scout
December 21st, 2012
8:29 am
I’m glad to see him go. I couldn’t count the number of stories where very good players signed with other schools without giving UGA a second thought because they said UGA never showed any interest or waited to the last minute to show interest. Let him go home to that dumpster fire at Auburn. He was just another piece of the puzzle that CMR
Peace out cub scout
December 21st, 2012
8:29 am
was never gonna fire.
Bubba
December 21st, 2012
8:31 am
Let’s face it, several of the 30 plus comittments will follow Garner to Auburn due to the personal relationship he has established. Adams will now commit to Auburn. Take it to the bank…
jbeggs
December 21st, 2012
8:34 am
Bet a hundred bucks Richt went to the AD for more money and the AD said no. Garner probably thought UGA would pony up and never figured they’d call his bluff. Oh well.
Aubie
December 21st, 2012
8:34 am
You UGA “fans” are pathetic. Garner is moving on. Good for him and good for AU. so what if it’s about money, doesn’t really matter since Obummer is going to steal most of it to “redistribute”. Auburn is an awesome town…..I”ll take Auburn over Athens any day.
Sideline Guest
December 21st, 2012
8:35 am
GOOD DAMN RIDDANCE!!! HE IS A STRAIGHT UNCLE TOM THAT DIDN’T GIVE A D### ABOUT HIS RECRUITS ONCE THEY GOT TO UGA!!!! HEAD ON DOWN 85S & EAT MORE DOUGHNUTS!!! S. DEKALB COUNTY IS REJOICING!!!
Fig Newton
December 21st, 2012
8:35 am
He missed coaching teams on probation. He will get his wish at Auburn, many times and real soon.
DawgSinceBirth
December 21st, 2012
8:36 am
LONNNGGGG overdue…GOOD RIDDANCE!!!!!! And all of you out there kidding yourself about what a “GREAT” recruiter he is (was), etc…..coach on the high school level and get back to me….JOKE!
See ya!!!!!!
Newnandawg
December 21st, 2012
8:38 am
Only 2 of the top 10 players in Georgia are committed to UGA. Good riddance, Garner. Good luck with that, Auburn.
Rodney Garner leaving UGA
December 21st, 2012
8:40 am
[...] Garner leaving UGA This could potentially hurt the Dawgs: UPDATED: Football assistant Rodney Garner leaving Georgia ‘to get Auburn back on track’ … A rational voice for the board. 11 out of 12. When will this stop? Bobby Godd [...]
Joey
December 21st, 2012
8:41 am
I don’t keep up with recruiting that much, just read what Carvell or Scout.com reports.
But, I’ve never read where a commit said he was coming to UGA because of Gardner. Doesn’t mean it hasn’t been said, I just haven’t read it.
Seen Grantham’s and Bobo’s name a lot, and of course Richt’s, as the guys who closed the deals, but that’s it.
Ted Striker
December 21st, 2012
8:41 am
Good luck to Coach Garner, a quality person and a guy who was a DGD. We’ll certainly miss him however this opens a door of unlimited opportunity for someone else. Go Dawgs.
tiger7_88
December 21st, 2012
8:42 am
So according to many of you UGA fans here: (1) Garner paid recruits at Auburn, (2) Garner paid recruits at Tennessee, (3) Garner was innocent and pure as the driven snow during TWELVE YEARS at UGA, and (4) Garner will pay recruits again at Auburn.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!
The amazing thing is, you probably really believe all of that.
zulucanibal
December 21st, 2012
8:43 am
First line says it all…Loyal Alum…As a Dawg fan I hate it. But as man I amire it.
Delane
December 21st, 2012
8:48 am
How about going after Whamy? Coach Ward at SC is a great recruiter, knows a lot about the Atlanta area and he is a defencive coordinator. Oh, and if you think is matters, he is black. I like the way he coaches. He is a great secondary guy too.
Voice of reason
December 21st, 2012
8:49 am
Like rats from a sinking ship. This is clearly a vote of “no confidence” in Richt. All that talent and no ability to get over the hump.
DW
December 21st, 2012
8:50 am
Rodney Garner has twenty-four years coaching experience at the college football level and has never beeen seriously considered for a head coaching position at the FBS level. It’s much the same at most FBS universities. You can go get them for us, but you will not be selected to lead them.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
8:52 am
It’s not good riddance. It’s not bad for Georgia.It’s neither It’s normal. It’s the standard deal in college football coaching staffs. Credit Richt, we have less turnover than most. Also, I have to admit, I am a bit tired of, what seems to be a yearly thing with Garner possible leaving (how many times for Auburn). Best of luck to him.
Plenty of guys are good recruiters. Plenty of guys are good D-line coach. I expect that Grantham knows a thing or two about coaching D-line. Rightfully, that’s what he would have coached had Garner not been a fixture there. Maybe we hire a LB coach instead. Maybe the new guy loves Special teams……huh?
It’s kind of exciting if you ask me. Get some new blood in the staff. Good of time as any, with many new starters next year.
tell the truth
December 21st, 2012
8:52 am
For people that think recruits will follow Garner to The Barn,I think most of them know that theres a good chanch The Barn will be going on PROBATION.
Who's going to cook the Turkey next year??
December 21st, 2012
8:56 am
Our biggest void will be…..Who’s going to cook the Turkey next Thanksgiving day? Will Garner gone?
Who's going to cook the Turkey next year??
December 21st, 2012
8:56 am
Our biggest void will be…..Who’s going to cook the Turkey next Thanksgiving day? With Garner gone?
Gene
December 21st, 2012
8:58 am
Very surprising that Gus would hire Garner after he was paymaster for Dye. Garner is a good recruiter. Hopefully Gus will keep “Garner-quality recruits” (like Ellerbee and Odell Thurman) in line. Garner is a step up from Trooper Taylor but only a very small step. He doesn’t wear his cap sideways.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
8:58 am
I think that the title of recruiting co-ordinator gets mistaken as THE recruiter. The Co-ordinator lines up the trips, meetings, scouting, etc. He’s not really who goes out and sits in the living rooms, and high school games, and coaches offices. (although I sure he does his fair share) Read any recruit Bio, and you’ll see specific coaches assigned to inking the kid.
JB
December 21st, 2012
9:00 am
Purse strings pretty tight in Athens ( say Grantham) so the hire will be an up and comer. VanGorder left over money.
JB
December 21st, 2012
9:02 am
True AltamahaDawg
debow
December 21st, 2012
9:02 am
since when was UGA the leader for Adams???
robodawg
December 21st, 2012
9:02 am
Shoot. Those will be big shoes to fill on our staff. Best wishes to Garner. We have a critical hire coming up.
DawginLex
December 21st, 2012
9:03 am
All you baboons who have been asking for him to be fired, HELLO!!!!
You got your wish.
The recruiting this man did is not something easily replaced. His coaching of many future NFL players is not overlooked by recruits.
He got us players in the ATL area and Gwinnett County.
This is a big loss for Georgia. He wanted to go back to his alma mater. You can’t fault him for that.
But, anyone that doesn’t believe that this was ultimately about money is truly naive.
bamaguy
December 21st, 2012
9:03 am
He has been on that staff a long time. That adds up to a lot of disappointments. Maybe he is tired of seeing Richt shat the bed so much and knows it time to go.
Dawg Fud
December 21st, 2012
9:06 am
Much respect for Jim Donnan?? The dude ran a ponzi scheme.
Give me a break, Rodney.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
9:09 am
And paleezz. You Other fan come in here, read..what 7anonymous guys making negative comments about Garner, and pass some judgements about “UGA fans”. Great deductive reasoning there.
.000001 does not represent a fan base. BTW, they say nasty things about the coaches that didn’t leave too, so what does that tell ya?
Based on that, I suppose I could conclude that all (your school) fans are just a bunch of classless trolls, based on the handful of you guys that live in here.
Rational 1
December 21st, 2012
9:11 am
Got to love UGA fans: when the coach leaves, “we never needed him anyway. He sucks.” When a new coach comes in: “he’s the greatest ever and is from Vince Dooley’s lineage. We are preseason national champs AGAIN!”
Dwags gonna dwag.
Cam Dewton
December 21st, 2012
9:11 am
Just think if Garner would have been at the Barn when I came out of HS, UGA would have recruited me as a QB instead of a TE. Then I could have stole laptops at Georgia instead of UF.
Chuck UUGA
December 21st, 2012
9:11 am
As a 43-year UGA football fan (serious fan) and current booster, I can tell you the history of Auburn derailing Georgia football success is legendary. This is just another example. Georgia’s defensive line recruitment just crashed and probably means they will lose both Johnson and Adams to Auburn and then some (may not sign but one or two DL). What was a likely return to the Dome in 2013 just plummeted to a 9-3 Outback Bowl appearance at best and perhaps one more SEC East title before Richt leaves in a few years. We won’t win another SEC Title for a decade or more. The only thing Richt can do to alleviate the situation is find a defensive line coach with an NFL pedigree to avoid a collapse of the program. You CANNOT WIN in the SEC without a slew of defensive linemen. Both Richt’s legacy and Greg McGarity’s job hinge on a solid hire. Combine that with Adams retirement and the “unknown” as to who will run the University places Georgia football at a crossroads. Could maintain a 9-12 wins-per-season or plummet back to Goff days within five years or less. A LOT of jobs are on the line here!
George Brewer
December 21st, 2012
9:12 am
Coach Garner has done a-ton for the UGA and I for one thank him for a job well done.
Good Luck “G” and may God Bless you and your family!
Cam Dewton
December 21st, 2012
9:12 am
Rational 1 was that Dooley’s lineage or loineage?
Moist Dawg
December 21st, 2012
9:12 am
What a traitor. He’s right, it’s not about the money, it’s about loyalty, and Rodney just doesn’t have it. Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out Rodney. What a disgrace.
PR
December 21st, 2012
9:13 am
Good Luck to Coach RG. He’s given many good years to UGA. I’m VERY excited however about some of the names I’ve seen out there to replace CRG…
The right hire at this position could be crucial for finishing the ‘13 class with a bang.
TIM BUCK
December 21st, 2012
9:13 am
BAMA OWNS BOTH AWEBARN AND GAWGEE…..
Aubie
December 21st, 2012
9:13 am
@ Fig Newton….what the hell are you talking about? Teams on probation????? doesn’t UGA lead the SEC in suspending players for drugs, weapons, assault. Spurrier always said he loves playing UGA in the beginning of the season because half the starters are on suspension. Now thats funny….but true.
The Barn Mentalist
December 21st, 2012
9:16 am
Rational1, “Dyes paymaster” but not CMR’s paymaster? L E G H U M P E R S never cease to amaze me.
Bryant Young
December 21st, 2012
9:17 am
Richt better hire an NFL lineman like me to coach these young pups.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
9:18 am
I’d be happy with a guy who actually has the Other Georgia on his map, for my money. The legends rarely seem to come from Atlanta, IMO. It’s probably the central core of recruiting, based on pure #s, I realize, but we need more plowboys.
And we’ll always get just as many Atlanta boys no matter what.
clem
December 21st, 2012
9:18 am
look for more future problems with recruiting at auburn….to get auburn back on track will cost lots to get the athletes
YeahC'mon
December 21st, 2012
9:18 am
MoistDawg….you’re an a$$
The Truth and you know it fellas
December 21st, 2012
9:19 am
Garner left because he was tired of answering to Choke Grantham after the worlds greatest Defensive Coordinator had the ball jambed down his choking throat by Bama.
Nothing Could Be Finer
December 21st, 2012
9:19 am
Who’s ready for 4-IN-A-ROW?
See yall September 7, 2013.
Rational 1
December 21st, 2012
9:20 am
UGA fans say that the guy who recruited in Knowshon Moreno, Asher Allen, Akeem Dent, Brandon Boykin, Branden Smith, Alec Ogletree, Chris Burnette, Kwame Geathers, Jonathan Jenkins and many others isn’t much of a loss.
LLH.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
9:21 am
Moist, you are the king of negative vocabulary words, aren’t you?
And I am sure you boss will appreciate your lifetime commmitment to your current job.
GimmeAbreak
December 21st, 2012
9:22 am
No sour grapes here. Garner did a good job for UGA as a recruiter. I have never been sold on him as D-line coach though. It shouldn’t take 4 full quarters of missing tackles to see that a big man is rarely brought down when he is hit chest-high! Never did our line try to make leg tackles and the result was… 350 yards rushing! I guess CRG was in grade school when Herschel played for UGA!
But I wish him well… except when playing UGA!
Texas Pete
December 21st, 2012
9:24 am
When you look at all the DL that have been successful in the NFL that Garner recruited, I don’t know how anyone could say he wasn’t valuable for UGA. People didn’t pay Geno Adkins much attention at all on a national level and he instantly became a stud in the NFL so obviously it’s not the talent but the way it’s used that is the consistent problem at UGA.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
9:25 am
No rational, what we are saying is that Knowshon Moreno, Asher Allen, Akeem Dent, Brandon Boykin, Branden Smith, Alec Ogletree, Chris Burnette, Kwame Geathers, Jonathan Jenkins would have been recruited by somebody else had Garner not been here. And for any one of those that did not sign, several other names would have.
The guy did a fantastic job. But he was recruiting for a program with a lot of horsepower behind him, and the next guy will also do a great job.
Nothing Could Be Finer
December 21st, 2012
9:25 am
September 7, 2013
You’ll see a real D-Line do work in Athens.
BMOC
December 21st, 2012
9:27 am
I’ll admit it comes at a bad time, but head coaches are hired after football season, and then they fill their staff soon afterwards. SO, it is never a ‘good’ time when a coach leaves, espcially when it’s a rival school in your own conference. HOWEVER, Rodney Gardner is WAY OVER-RATED. Maybe UGA can recruit like Alabama does & STOP recruiting by selecting from Scout.com.
@bamaguy
December 21st, 2012
9:27 am
LOL A bama person speaking of disappointments over the past 12 years 21 vacated wins, 2 post season bowl bans, 10 years on NCAA probation.
SeaAtl
December 21st, 2012
9:30 am
Auburn is a mess and a stink hole?! This past season was an absolute embarrassment, yes. But Auburn won a National Championship two years ago and has been a premier program for years. UGA has also been a premier program since Richt arrived, but hasn’t had a sniff of a National Championship in 32 years when Buck handed the ball to Herschel every play. Seems like those who live in a glass house shouldn’t throw stones…….?
Nothing Could Be Finer
December 21st, 2012
9:30 am
Dogs fans thought Ray Drew would be better than Clowney.
Whatever happened to that guy, anyway?
Moist Dawg
December 21st, 2012
9:30 am
I am the most positive person on this blog but I’m not one of the sheeple that wish him well. Would you wish a Marine good luck if he decided his loyalties were with the Taliban? It makes me sick to my stomach.
He should have a police escort to the state line. Good riddance, now we can get a true Bulldog to bring those pups into the fold!
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
9:32 am
Grantham will take over D-line, and we’ll hire a new LB coach. Or Olivadotti’s role will change. Current staff member will head up recruiting.
SeaAtl
December 21st, 2012
9:35 am
Moist Dawg….really?! Auburn = the Taliban? The guy, and his wife, are Auburn alumni. It shouldn’t be a surprise that he is going to coach there. The surprise should be that he didn’t make the move years ago. Weird comment, man, from somebody who claims to be “the most positive”…..?!
DIT
December 21st, 2012
9:35 am
For some of you, grow up! Garner did a great job at UGA and we should wish him nothing but the best.
Now it will be interesting to see who will replace him.
Nothing Could Be Finer
December 21st, 2012
9:36 am
Ray Drew for Heisman, 2013!
D line coach
December 21st, 2012
9:37 am
UGA now should allow CTG to interest some hot dog, hard charging, up and coming NFL d guy to come to UGA.
Gus Bus Express
December 21st, 2012
9:39 am
Welcome home Coach Rodney Garner! The Auburn Family is very excited to have you back where you belong!
Funny
December 21st, 2012
9:41 am
Everyone is talking about how awful Auburn is right now. I find it interesting that no one has any grasp of historic precedent.
2008 – Auburn was 5-7. Fired the coach. Won the national championship 2 years later.
1998 – Auburn was 3-8. Fired the coach in midseason. Won the SEC West just two years later.
1991-2 – Auburn was 10-11-1 and fired the coach. 1993-4 went 20-1-1.
FACT – Auburn has more perfect seasons in the last 20 years than anyone.
FACT – each of the last 4 Auburn coaches and 5 of the last 6 either have a national championship or could claim one if we counted like some other school (UAT) do. Look at 1983, 1993, 2004, 2010.
Auburn will be back. And sooner than any of you would like to admit. TO all Georgia fans claiming to be glad that Garner is leaving, you sure were screaming from the mountaintops about how great it was to keep him every year that he had offers to go elsewhere.
Welcome home, Coach Garner!
ghost
December 21st, 2012
9:42 am
Aubie, Auburn set a Fulmer cup record for number of points in 2011.The NCAA is snooping around again(nothing new at Auburn) How does it feel to be like GT, 1-6 vs Georgia , 45-7 , 38-0 .
allDawg
December 21st, 2012
9:42 am
mcgarity should have doubled whatever auburn is paying to keep garner at uga. Ga can pay whatever it takes with all their millions.
HPDawg
December 21st, 2012
9:50 am
Moist Dawg, it sounds to me (and to some other rational bloggers on here) that the moistness can be found behind your freaking ears…………
Gus Bus Express
December 21st, 2012
9:50 am
Ghost, both GT & Auburn have won National Championships since you guys did 32 YEARS AGO! Sorry little doggie, but Gawga is irrelevant in modern day college football.
Stiffneck
December 21st, 2012
9:51 am
Yawn….he’ll be looking for another job in a couple of years anyway.
smlarsen
December 21st, 2012
9:51 am
For everyone that is not a UGA fan.. Specifically, tune in an watch every UGA football program avaliable. Why are you here? Doesn’t your team have a blog? Or is it just that your team sucked so bad this year that none of the articles to comment on are worth responding to? Either way get a life. This is a UGA blog for UGA fans. As far as garner goes 15 years of service can’t be over looked. He did well and I wish him well. However, when the dawgs play him, I’m sorry to say but destruction is immenent.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
9:52 am
No Moist, I would not appreciate a US Marine joining forces with a group of bloody terrorist that would kill my wife and children.
HPDawg
December 21st, 2012
9:54 am
Hail GTBob, King of The Trolls!!!!!
Tide Roll's Tutor
December 21st, 2012
9:54 am
I am not going to bash Rodney Garner. Best of luck to him at Auburn. I will say that there has been a lot of talk the last couple of years about Lily, McClendon, and Bobo being the best recruiters at UGA, and Grantham is not bad either.
Aubie
December 21st, 2012
9:55 am
NCAA is snooping because a dumbass high school teacher and guidance counselor changed a recruits grades to be NCAA eligible. NCAA will come out of this one with egg on their face.
ghost….you actually quoting fulmer cup stats? Really???? douche much?
JB
December 21st, 2012
9:56 am
Nothing could be finer…………..Dawgs SEC East champs last TWO years. WIN THE GAMES you are supposed to win IF you don’t like it. Dawgs will be fine. No one player or Assit coach defines a program.
AubMAtt
December 21st, 2012
9:56 am
I am shocked at the class of the fans here. After dealing with Alabama fans all the time, it’s nice to read comments from fans who aren’t crazy.
Moist Dawg
December 21st, 2012
9:58 am
Boy gtbob, I bet it took you all morning to come up with that witty remark.
smlarsen
December 21st, 2012
9:59 am
@gtbob
Yea HAHAHA you should know exactly what committed to WINNING is all about. Man say what you want about UGA. Maybe we have been pretty good. I’d rather be pretty good for the majority of 25 years then Horrible. Remember what the first part of your “name” says before you comment(GT). It has almost as much say in what you post as what you actually post.
Bobby
December 21st, 2012
10:02 am
It seems that every couple of years there would be stories about Coach Garner leaving for one job or another, and Georgia would ante up money, title, etc., to keep him. If he’s leaving now, good for him. Now Georgia can hire a new coach, bring in some new ideas and enthusiasm, and continue to grow. There have always been rumors about him and possibly shady dealings, but no charges, so that’s that.
By the way – who was the assistant head coach under Goff who only stayed a year or two, and was considered such a great recruiter? Where is he now?
JB
December 21st, 2012
10:02 am
GTBob only days away from new Xbox games, thus gone from here for a while.
Joey
December 21st, 2012
10:04 am
Moist Dawg, you need to go see a Doctor.
Everything you read on here “makes you sick on your stomach,” makes you want to puke,” or makes you need 2 barf bags.”
I think you have an ulcer . . .
Hall of Fame
December 21st, 2012
10:04 am
Hines Ward, Champ Bailey, Richard Seymore, Thomas Davis, David Pollack, AJ Green, Matthew Stafford, Tim Jennings, Justin Houston, JARVIS JONES, etc.
You guys are idiots to think Rodney Garner’s leaving is a good thing. Stupid fans that don’t know a thing about recruitment and coaching… I’m embarrassed of my fellow UGA fans sometimes…
DaveDawg
December 21st, 2012
10:04 am
What’s Trooper up to? We could use Reuben. Win-win.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
10:05 am
It’s pretty well known that Garner wants to be a HC eventually, which means that the difficult departure from the comfort of his position at Georgia was going to have to be tackled sooner or later.
Taking a lateral job, at his AM, and more money to boot, is a very easy transition to announce to the college world he is finally a guy willing to make that move.
I doubt he is at Auburn very long.
senior citizen Dawg fan
December 21st, 2012
10:05 am
irony Garner goes to Auburn and VanGorder leaves.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
10:07 am
You Think Rodney Garner was the reason that Matthew Stafford came to Georgia?
Vince Doodley
December 21st, 2012
10:10 am
You little doggies relax. Garner back to Auburn was going to happen eventually. The guy graduated from there.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
10:10 am
And I think he Tennesse folks would be upset to know he recruited Champ Bailey for Georgia, while he was on thier staff.
JB
December 21st, 2012
10:11 am
Garner will never be a head coach at a school that has over 20,000 at it’s games……….But that does leave Ga. Tech.
Joey
December 21st, 2012
10:13 am
Hey Funny, you forgot these FACTS – UGA has won 6-of-last-7 games. Last two by combined 83-7.
I will admit y’all got hosed in both ‘83 and ‘04.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
10:13 am
Ditto: Hines Ward, Richard Seymour.
smlarsen
December 21st, 2012
10:16 am
@GTbob
That must be why yall still have Johnson right?
OC
December 21st, 2012
10:16 am
How can you question loyalty? The man is a former AU player, student, and coach. He is coming back to help out his Alma Mater that is down and just finished the worst season in history. I think it actually speaks VOLUMES of his loyalty. Don’t be all butt hurt over it. UGA will be fine. Things happen, I’m sure you will continue as you did before.
Joe
December 21st, 2012
10:18 am
Don’t try to come crawling back in 3 years when you need a job.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
10:21 am
Yes, firing a .500 coach that went 0-8 in the conference, really sends a message.
Keeping a .800 coach that has Richt’s SEC resume does too.
smlarsen
December 21st, 2012
10:24 am
Man, so thats it huh. Thats the committment and dedication GT fans have. “We tried”. That is lame brother. “We tried”. Really? That, I believe, is the most deflated comment I have ever heard come out of a football fans mouth. its usually we tried but, or we tried and so, but never just “We tried”. You need to understand that it is possible to be better then nothing(which GT was this season). If the fans dont even have faith how can u ever expect to improve. Get some inspiration dude. I would hate you as a fan.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
10:24 am
Bob as I take you point, it’s that Georgia would have kept Gene Chizik, and Auburn would have fired Mark Richt, if the situation were reversed this year?
Joey
December 21st, 2012
10:25 am
AD, after Hall of Fame should have said he “gets embarrassed BY his fellow UGA fans sometimes.”
You got him pretty good . . .
old man
December 21st, 2012
10:27 am
Auburn will have highly rated defensive linemen that can’t tackle. Gurshall should gain about 400 ypg against them. Good luck with that.
Joey
December 21st, 2012
10:30 am
“Don’t be all butt hurt over it.”
**********************
I’ve seen a couple Bama, and Tech fans say that, now a AU fan.
I’m almost afraid to ask, but what the hell does that mean?
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
10:31 am
Well, some of us are old enough to remember those guys, Joey.
Jack
December 21st, 2012
10:31 am
Probably a good situation for both schools. UGA needed some new energy and Garner will probably be rejuvenated at AU.
DAWGMan
December 21st, 2012
10:32 am
You better believe it’s about the money…..
hit a single
December 21st, 2012
10:33 am
Can’t blame Coach for wanting to go back to his alma mater. We were lucky to have him for as long as we did. He has been loyal to UGA and I wish him luck except when he plays the Dawgs.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
10:34 am
Even those of us that are “Stupid fans that don’t know a thing about recruitment and coaching” still know what a calendar is.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
10:38 am
You guys are idiots if you really think the guy that brought us Eddie Weaver is not a big loss.
Moist Dawg
December 21st, 2012
10:45 am
If I was Richt I would go to Garner’s office, put all of his stuff in the back of my F-250, and dump it all at across state line. Why anyone would want to move to that hellhole is beyond me. I’d rather live in Detroit.
OC
December 21st, 2012
10:47 am
Moist Dawg
December 21st, 2012
10:45 am
If I was Richt I would go to Garner’s office, put all of his stuff in the back of my F-250, and dump it all at across state line. Why anyone would want to move to that hellhole is beyond me. I’d rather live in Detroit.
Then maybe you should, I’m sure your fellow UGA fans won’t miss your crappy attitude.
Joey
December 21st, 2012
10:47 am
Detroit makes me want to puke, Moist Dawg . . .
Summit Dawg
December 21st, 2012
10:49 am
Good Luck Coach Garner……we’ll miss that great recruiting talent~~~~
OC
December 21st, 2012
10:49 am
Oh well, good luck UGA in your bowl game. AU has this bowl season off to get a head start on next year. Good luck keepinbg your program together. I know all too well how it goes when it falls apart. WDE
Gman
December 21st, 2012
10:51 am
Used to be Auburn’s bag man. Watch UGA recruits start to defect. Timing not good on this one. Funny how they need him 5 weeks before signing day.
Let me tell you something
December 21st, 2012
10:51 am
I would rather have my underwear catch fire than go to Auburn. But good luck CRG you may need it after the NCAA drops the hammer on the Tigers. .
DawgNation
December 21st, 2012
10:52 am
Back to the topic. Maybe CMR could assign the d-line coaching to Grantham and hire a special teams coach since there is now an opening?
Nothing Could Be Finer
December 21st, 2012
10:53 am
Seriously, what happened to Ray Drew?
Dogs fans were barking about how he’ll be better that Clowney, but dude fell off the face of the earth.
Moist Dawg
December 21st, 2012
10:55 am
How is it a crappy attitude to expect a little loyalty to UGA? It makes me sick to see someone wish good luck to someone leaving to join a rival. THAT is a crappy attitude.
I want Garner to have bad luck. He obviously has bad judgement, and timing. When we win it all next year Richt should send him a plastic ring fitted for his middle finger.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
11:00 am
We’d rather you lived in Detroit too.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
11:01 am
So you have us winning it all next year, now?
Joey
December 21st, 2012
11:02 am
Exactly who was “barking” about Ray Drew, Finer? By the way he’s doing pretty good – had a scooter wreck last summer which set him back. And, you mighta heard, he had a few decent players ahead of him at LB (’11) and at DE this season.
He may not have a Clowney-like impact next year, but I do think he will be a starter.
OkieDawg
December 21st, 2012
11:03 am
I suppose Garner tried to leverage his offer from AU for a pay increase. I’m glad UGA stood their ground on the money. Garner has 6 kids. He has to need the money. Those kids will go to college and all will have weddings that must be paid for. Coach Garner is looking out for his financial future. This is good for AU, UGA and Coach Garner. AU gets a guy that has performed at a high level and probably needs to be re-energized after becoming complacent in recent years. UGA will get an excellent young D-line coach that wants to learn under CTG. And Coach Garner protects his financial future. Good luck Coach Garner and UGA. AU, you’re on your own.
1eyedJack
December 21st, 2012
11:04 am
Good Luck to ya big guy. I hope you come in second every year!
Slip Bobo in to recruiting coordinator and assistant head coach. Tell Todd to get busy on the phone and find us a DL coach with some cach`e. And it wouldn’t hurt if he knows a little about special teams.
Get on the phone immediately with current recruits and assure them that we will fill this position with a coach as good or better than the one leaving.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
11:04 am
It’s the weak fans like you that claim we are going to win it all, rather than fire everybody and start all over, that make me want to puke.
GTville
December 21st, 2012
11:05 am
Wow, he is good. Make a very nice comment about Coach Grantham and his surprise Grantham is not a head coach yet. This was a very subtle way to let all the defensive recruits know that going to UGA to play for Grantham will mean they play for someone else because Grantham will not be there for more than another year.
That was my take anyway.
smlarsen
December 21st, 2012
11:05 am
@GTbob
That’s just sad. You do realize that you have a more recent NC title then we do. Do you hear any of us saying aw man we just cant do it. ” We just won’t ever have the right people”. “Our school is based more on acedemics”. Which I don’t know if you noticed but you have a better chance of getting into GT than UGA with a 4.0 gpa out of high school. Get some balls man. How bad has Notre dame sucked the last 2 decades. You think their fans balled up and said well we are what we are and we can’t be any better. Im pretty sure you have to be smarter to be a student their than at GT. Seriously you must be the worse fan i have ever had the displeasure of blogging with.
coach j
December 21st, 2012
11:05 am
oh no, are we “BULLDOGS” N TROUBLE…?
Nothing Could Be Finer
December 21st, 2012
11:07 am
Joey
December 21st, 2012
11:02 am
Exactly who was “barking” about Ray Drew, Finer? By the way he’s doing pretty good – had a scooter wreck last summer which set him back. And, you mighta heard, he had a few decent players ahead of him at LB (’11) and at DE this season.
He may not have a Clowney-like impact next year, but I do think he will be a starter.
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Starter by default?
That guy was supposed to own the league according to dogs fans. Of course that was before he stepped foot on campus and was subjected to poor player development by the Ga coaching staff.
ROWDY TIGER
December 21st, 2012
11:12 am
If it wasn’t for AUBURN GRADS where would the DAWGS be ? Not to mention, if it wasn’t for DAWG GRADS where would the TIGERS be ? Chill out guy’s, THE OLDEST RIVALRY IN THE SOUTH JUST GOT BETTER………..FOR AUBURN. WARRRRRRR EAGLE HEY !!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
11:12 am
Move Grantham to DL coach, go get Warren Belin back.
Hall of Fame
December 21st, 2012
11:14 am
AltamahaDawg,
I get your point–my facts are off on some of the players I listed; but, I think you get mine as well. RG has been an incredible recruiter and assett for UGA football. His loss is not a good thing for our squad. He has been second to very few assistant coaches in the nation when it comes to recruiting talent. The guy is a stud. This will hurt immediately and long term…
Boom! AU Swipes UGA Recruiting Coordinator Garner Less Than 2 Months Before Signing Day – Georgia – Dawg News
December 21st, 2012
11:17 am
[...] Garner told The Atlanta Journal Constitution late last night that his decision was not about the significant raise he’ll receive: [...]
Macon Jacket
December 21st, 2012
11:18 am
HUGE loss for UGA; and as a Jacket fan, can’t say I’m not happy.
It was when Garner left Tennessee that they were no longer able to get top caliber talent to compete, and the program tanked.
I just don’t see Richt and Bozo being able to sign top caliber talent the way Garner did.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
11:20 am
This is just Malzahn’s way of setting up Arkansas State’s new HC.
Malzahn hires Georgia’s ace recruiter Rodney Garner | Saturday Down South
December 21st, 2012
11:20 am
[...] was a tough decision for Garner to leave Georgia, too. “It was a very difficult decision. I’ve been approached [...]
Nothing Could Be Finer
December 21st, 2012
11:21 am
Oh, by the way, here’s the blueprint for beating Nebraska:
Stop the run
Good luck with that.
Joey
December 21st, 2012
11:28 am
Why the insults, Finer? Like I said, Drew didn’t practice in his first fall, getting behind, and playing behind the best OLB in the country. He was deemed to be better with a hand down, so was moved to DE this season.
He will be a force next season.
Clowney is already an All American.
It is what it is . . .
MC
December 21st, 2012
11:31 am
Good luck coach. Hate to see you go.
Nothing Could Be Finer
December 21st, 2012
11:33 am
Thats my point Joey.
Dogs coaches can’t figure out where to play guys and lose valuable time to “coach-em-up”.
See Malcombe Mitchell for another example. Talk about a confused dog.
UGA Grad'71
December 21st, 2012
11:34 am
Rodney is a great recruiter no doubt. He reminds me of the ball player that spends his entire career at AAA but never getting to the major leagues. He could sign great players, but did they develop?
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
11:37 am
Good grief, macon jacket,. are you a grown man? bozo? how clever are you.
And do you not understand that Garner was the Co-ordinator. HE personally did not do the one-on-one recruiting for the most part. He was highly profession. Likable. Great guy. But he is ONE guy. Other SEC schools have outrecruited Georgia plenty, so obviously he is not the only guy capable of doing the job.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 21st, 2012
11:39 am
So maybe AUBURN can get a DREAM TEAM like Garner got UGa.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
11:40 am
I cannot think of a player in the SEC was used any better to help his team win, than M.Mitchell. I suppose you think that RS him last year would have been the best coaching decision?
Joey
December 21st, 2012
11:43 am
So you are telling me if Clowney had come to UGA, and Drew to SC, Drew would be the All-American now because of the coaching?
If so, congrats on your superior coaches, man!
Whew – we never beat y’all again . . .
MC
December 21st, 2012
11:48 am
GTBob CPJ’s winning percentage won’t hold up much longer. What’s his record the last 2 years? 6-7 and probably 6-8 this year?
MC
December 21st, 2012
11:49 am
Chan Gailey’s players are the reason CPJ’s record is not sub .500
suwanee dawg
December 21st, 2012
11:53 am
GT Bob – I actually agree with you with one qualification – Tech could recruit a little better if they had a different head coach. CPJ is not very likable and it impacts recruiting. He won more early with Gailey’s recruits. I actually hope the GT program does not continue to decline which in turn hurts the rivalry.
OC
December 21st, 2012
11:54 am
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Aubie
December 21st, 2012
12:03 pm
Have any of you haters actually stepped foot on the AU campus? It’s a cool place to be, steeped in rich traditions. Great school with a small town feel. Unlike Athens the townies of Auburn actually welcome having college students. Athens is a dump all you have is a crappy arch….so do McD’s!!
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
12:03 pm
Good ol Finer. Still trying to pass that casual knowledge off as expertise.
Joey
December 21st, 2012
12:07 pm
Auburn makes me and Moist Dawg want to puke.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
12:08 pm
Got to love Auburn fans…damn It, it really a nice place, why does every keep saying it’s not!
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
12:11 pm
Don’t puke, or I’ll ………..bwha.wwha uuungghhh….
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
12:12 pm
Taliban.
The Commissioner
December 21st, 2012
12:19 pm
Everytime I see GTBob on here, I feel like I’ve stepped in something and it smells bad. Just let people say what they want to say and be done with it. You don’t have to argue about everything. Do you want us to bring up some things that you may think we don’t know about you? Give it a rest, dude. I guess I’d feel slighted too if I constantly wanted to be included in Georgia blogs. Are you under duress of some sort? Your comments only confirm what common sense defines: you’re on here Georgia bashing all the time because you made the wrong decision and didn’t have a good time at Tech (that is, if you went there). Psychology 101 proves that you just want to get everyone involved in your unhappy existence.
GT53
December 21st, 2012
12:23 pm
I would bet that any one of you dawgs would jump on a new job if the money and benefits were an increase. Loyalty to any organization unless it is the church only goes as far as the next payday. Quit crying and belittling Rodney because he wants to help his family.
oh brother!
December 21st, 2012
12:26 pm
Who was the last UGA coach who went to AU…oh yeah…Van Gorder. Pretty much another similar scenario.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
12:27 pm
GT53. you are lecturing one guy. That the rest of us are making fun of.
That was your big statement?
GTBob
December 21st, 2012
12:27 pm
@ The Commissioner – yeah, you’re right…thanks for the lecture. I’ll try to do better next time.
Malzahn hires Georgia’s ace recruiter Rodney Garner | ARKANSAUCE
December 21st, 2012
12:28 pm
[...] was a tough decision for Garner to leave Georgia, too. “It was a very difficult decision. I’ve been approached [...]
Pitbull
December 21st, 2012
12:31 pm
Well, Auburn bought Cam Newton and Nick Fairly to get them a NC.
Now they have bought Rodney Garner to try and buy themselves UGA’s recruiting class.
Auburn is the call girl of the SEC and it never ends, does it?
Joey
December 21st, 2012
12:32 pm
Just shut up GT53 (12:23) most of the whining is from you dorks posing as Dawg fans.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
12:33 pm
Like the guy said, they have a lot of tradition.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
12:35 pm
“rich” tradition.
Joey
December 21st, 2012
12:36 pm
Damn that’s good, Pitbull – “call girl of the SEC.”
Wish I’d wrote it. lol.
The Commissioner
December 21st, 2012
12:38 pm
@ GTBob – you need help…seriously.
flo-ri-duh
December 21st, 2012
12:39 pm
Garner is a good man but not DC material. He saw the writing on the wall when Grantham was brought in as DC – a position Garner interviewed with Richt for. Garner’s DL has not gotten it done the last two years when big games were on the line. Due to a lack of quality depth the DL wore down in the 2nd half. Garner wiffed on big time DL talent from the state of Georgia this year.: DE’s #1 Nkemdiche #2 Carl Lawson #7 Isaac Rochelle and so far #1 DT Montravius Adams are all from Georgia so far all three DEs are committed out of state and Adams is uncommitted. Garner saw the writing on the wall and got out before the screen door hit him in the behind. At the same time he got a raise. Now Grantham can bring in who h really wants as DL coach – someone with high achivement in both the NFL and on the college level. Auburn is in turmoil and their 2012 class is self destructing. I doubt if Montravius Adams wants to step in to that situation. Whoever Grantham chooses will be a quality teacher and recruiter and he will get a raise – as will Bobo. Toby will stick with UGA and will redshirt this coming year to rehab his injury. I would liketo thank Garner for his service to UGA but it was time for him to move on.
Joey
December 21st, 2012
12:44 pm
AD – on fire today – funny funny . . .
Pitbull
December 21st, 2012
12:45 pm
So if a man and a woman get married and then divorced in Alabama are they still brother and sister.
Oh no, UGA lost its recruiting coordinator...
December 21st, 2012
12:45 pm
Now they won’t be able to beat Bama or Spurrier anymore. Wait…
Rainbow tide pride
December 21st, 2012
12:55 pm
This guy lost his edge years ago. Auburn thinks they have landed a diamond.
Aubie
December 21st, 2012
12:57 pm
Hey Pitbull like there are no rednecks in Athens….or Georgia for that matter? BTW, you got proof AU paid for Newton or Fairley? Cuz if you do you need to give it to the NCAA. Oh wait, they investigated the hell out of that and found nothing. And I’m sure UGA never “paid” anyone. Maybe they should pay for Jarvis Jones to attend diction classes b/c that guy is an embarrassment when he opens his mouth. I’m sure JJ is passing all his classes……ummmmm yeah that’s it!
smlarsen
December 21st, 2012
12:58 pm
Dont let the GT fans in this blog comments mean a thing to you. We should feel sorry for them. We know why they are here. Its really quite simple. There is know one in theres. Why you might ask. Well besides there team being a complete flop their fans are some of the absolute worst. When your team sucks and you have fans that are content with sucking and you also have a coach that is as far as i cant tell leagley blind how do you ever expect to improve. I think i have a good idea. GT should just close the doors. Know one would even notice. They could move to North Dakota and try something up there. Oh and make sure to bring your 15,000 fans with you. Get lives/a team/new outlooks. GT fans in this blog need a reality check hopefully that might be a start.
LawDawg
December 21st, 2012
1:01 pm
Good luck, Coach. I cannot fault a man for taking more money at his alma mater. The string of DL from UGA to the NFL says it all.
ryan
December 21st, 2012
1:01 pm
New recruiting coordinator: Hines. Freakin. Ward.
Universal Dawg
December 21st, 2012
1:02 pm
Hire Hines Ward to the staff! What high school kid has not heard of Hines? Imagine what he could do with special teams and receivers! I know he has spent time in Athens since his retirement and would love the opportunity to coach.
YeahC'mon
December 21st, 2012
1:05 pm
smlarsen hitting the Christmas egg nog a little early? Because it appears you don’t KNOW the difference between KNOW and NO or THERE and THEIR. My favorite though is “leagley”. I’m just sayin’ dude.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
1:05 pm
We are not all rednecks in Alabama damn it! Why does everybody keep thinking that!
mambo
December 21st, 2012
1:12 pm
Hope we get one better that you.
War Eagle
December 21st, 2012
1:12 pm
You guys are screwed just like Tennessee was when Garner left. Enjoy mediocrity.
What was that I just heard?
Did 3 of your top commitments this year, just agree to take visits to Auburn?
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
1:17 pm
We are screwed huh.
This from the fan base that doesn’t even bother to remember the coaching staff names anymore, they pass through so often.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
1:20 pm
Assistant head coach at Auburn is a lot like assistant Santa’s helper at the mall. Not exactly the model for job security.
He’ll be the 39th assistant coach hired in 4 years over there.
JB
December 21st, 2012
1:20 pm
Another story on Yahoo sports today from a different writer than the Boston Globe saying Saban to Cleveland Jan 8th is a done deal. Big bucks and some stock. You know, giving Bama 3 titles in like 5 years, what else can he do for them. Five years or so in Cleveland for 60-70 mil then retire…..Makes sense. Thus, Kirby slides right in.
JB
December 21st, 2012
1:22 pm
And before you Bama nuts go nuts, It’s the Boston Globe and Yahoo sports saying this, Not Georgia fans
War Eagle
December 21st, 2012
1:23 pm
@AltamahaDawg
Maybe you guys should try some coaching changes more often.
We got a NC on the count of it! Something UGA can’t claim since when???
1980???
Hint: If Richt ain’t got it by now, especially with your powder-puff schedule and loaded roster this year….
He ain’t going to get it!!!
jim davis
December 21st, 2012
1:24 pm
Joey, judging from your word use and sentence structure, presuming you majored in journalism or perhaps English at UGA…what was your major? It’s obvious you wouldn’t be as lunatic unless you’re a graduate. Amazes me that the most fanatical fans so often have never darkened the door of UGA or any other university classroom. I know that doesn’t apply to a wordsmith like you however.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
1:25 pm
So, you are bragging that you school is FINALLY going to get a visit from a recruit that was already sure he wanted to visit Miss State, but not your school?
JB
December 21st, 2012
1:25 pm
First thing Garner did this morning was go out to his F150 and take that ” Honk if you’ve Beat Auburn” bumper sticker off his truck, just say’n
Moist Dawg
December 21st, 2012
1:26 pm
Joey, you’re right. Every time I am forced to visit Auburn I seriously place a barf bag in the passenger seat. Why any sane person would want to actually live there is beyond me. At least Auburn has bama beat (barely) on one thing, Biggest dump in Alabama.
Good riddance Garner. We’ll enjoy that BCS crystal next year with a recruiter that actually wants to be a loyal Dawg.
JB
December 21st, 2012
1:29 pm
Moist Dawg…….I personally think Garner was more than loyal. He went to Auburn. He grew in Leeds Alabama. He’s 50. He was offered a huge raise. Thank him for his service and good luck except against the Dawgs.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
1:33 pm
Here is the God’s Honest Truth, War Eagle.
You couldn’t GIVE me that NC, if I had to endure what your fans went through to get it, or the harm to your schools reputation it cost you. Fair or not, nobody respects that fluke trophy.
Seriously, you are going to brag about that NC, as a model of how to run a program? You were pretty bad before it, and horrible after it. No thanks.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
1:35 pm
Moist, somehow I don’t think 2013 BCS Champs is exactly lining up with your comments prior to today.
Joey
December 21st, 2012
1:36 pm
Boy, that 83-7 the past two seasons has built up some animosity, huh?
Pitbull
December 21st, 2012
1:38 pm
The three most common lies told by an Auburn fan:
3. My trailer is paid for.
2. I didn’t know she’s my sister.
1. Honest officer, I was just helping the pig over the fence.
smlarsen
December 21st, 2012
1:39 pm
@yeac’mon
Haha, wow thats what GT fans are lowered to. Picking out misspelled words. That is impressive. That must be why the football program is so good. They can’t have a person play there that couldn’t when the pulitzer prize. Well good job buddy. I nominate you. Atleast then you will have somthing to look forward to, but unfortunately get let down on. Hey, its ok though. I am sure as a GT fan your used to that. Have fun next season with another losing season, no recruits, and coach Johnson.
smlarsen
December 21st, 2012
1:42 pm
Can you find the misspelled word in that? “C’mon” I bet you can. You will have plenty of time since you won’t be looking at any GT blogs. Do they even have those?
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
1:43 pm
I personally appreciated the typos.
Taco
December 21st, 2012
1:43 pm
This is going to be big and he will get some names off the UGA board. Don’t underestimate what he has done. He has filled the cupboard with talent at UGA, Richt just has not cultivated it properly. Chuck Oliver was a wuss for standing up for his on commentary.
drew
December 21st, 2012
1:43 pm
Having lived in Auburn the past five years, until this summer, I can only wish him good luck. I can’t tell you the number of racist jokes I heard while living there. I am sooooo glad to be away from Alabama (not that Ga. is that much better!!!)
Joe
December 21st, 2012
1:44 pm
Thank you Coah Garner for a great job. I nominate Thomas Brown as new recruiting coordinator.
Moist Dawg
December 21st, 2012
1:45 pm
Altamaha, please tell me a time when I have stated otherwise. Good luck because it has never happened. Being disgusted by the SEC championship game and even more disgusted by the reaction does not mean I don’t believe in my boys.
Mudpuppy
December 21st, 2012
1:45 pm
Throw the bank at David Pollack. Great player,hard worker, excellent speaker & motivator,former all-american, well-known locally & nationally as player and ESPN analyst.
JB
December 21st, 2012
1:49 pm
Georgia doesn’t throw the bank at anyone. Look at Richt. Most senior SEC coach, been to the SEC title game 5 times….And is in the middle of the pack in pay. and about a .750% in wins
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
1:50 pm
You have to give blame to Garner for the Crowells, Kings, Ealeys, Seays if you are going to suggest that he was THE one that gets credit for all those successful players, dont you?
JB
December 21st, 2012
1:52 pm
There are a lot of diamond in the roughs in this state. ( see Pollack, a 3 star FB in high school). My hope is the new guy will have some energy to find these, scout them and sign some
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
1:53 pm
I see. Georgia wins the east 2 years in a row, is clearly one of the best teams in the country, you have them picked to be THE best next year……….but you have been in here for a month telling us all we are disgusting for ………..well, why don’t you refresh my memory what it is that makes you want to puke on a daily basis.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
1:54 pm
Because it sounds like you think things are going pretty darn well.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 21st, 2012
1:57 pm
Garner got UGa the Dream Team(haha) and the Dream Team II(haha) that everybody loved but it is Richt, Bobo & Grantham that have failed not Garner.
Moist Dawg
December 21st, 2012
2:01 pm
This blog isn’t about me but I will say that I am disgusted by fans that are happy to lose to bama as long as we “tried our best”. All the “good job Dawgs” comments made me literally sick to my stomach. If it was such a good game then why am I not making reservations in Miami? Garner is just the latest.
UGA WILL be the best next year and anything less will be failure. Period.
Joey
December 21st, 2012
2:02 pm
For the record, jim davis, I have a framed, sheepskin above my desk that reads, Bachelors in Business Administration. Give me your email and I’ll send you a copy in exchange for a copy of your PhD in English. Yes?
When on a football blog, I choose to not act like a smarmy, haughty, librarian, bustling around correcting my fellow commentors, while they attempt to discuss football.
However, feel free to knock yourself out, big man, and study my posts for supposed errors and structure, and all that heady stuff.
ps. I may eschew proper punctuation marks and such in order to make you grind your teeth, and mutter to yourself incessantly.
pss. Enjoy.
JB
December 21st, 2012
2:06 pm
Moist Dawg, I have been hard on Richt also on here, but they have improved the last two years. The sins of of 09 & 10 are still with us ( roster management) but he seems to be coming out of it. Don’t know if Richt will ever get us there, But we’ll do what we do legal. There are about 110 D1 schools out of 120 that would trade with us now. I learned to just enjoy what success we have. Saban and all that talent over there is a once in a life time deal. Soon they will be back to Cotton Bowls and Shula type years.
NorthGADawg
December 21st, 2012
2:08 pm
He’s going to really miss out on some big fun next week at all the cement ponds in Orlando.
AltamahaDawg
December 21st, 2012
2:08 pm
AH, I see. The fans aren’t negative enough in thier comments about the program that you think is the best in the nation. How outrageous.
Colorado Dawg
December 21st, 2012
2:09 pm
I always thought Travis Jones would be a good DL coach for Georgia. Though not sure you can tell much by way Saints play D. But he’s a DAWG and has run a Football Camp for years.
JB
December 21st, 2012
2:13 pm
Would love to see Travis in Athens. Don’t know if we could afford him ( we can but won’t) and I’m not sure he would leave the NFL for us. Totally different animals and time commitments.
Fair n Balanced
December 21st, 2012
2:17 pm
One thing you always know for sure: when people say “it’s not about the money”, its about the money.
smlarsen
December 21st, 2012
2:19 pm
@c’mon
thats what i thought
Dawg Tired
December 21st, 2012
2:22 pm
Watch some the UGA “commitments” follow him.
Aubie
December 21st, 2012
2:27 pm
LOL Pitbull that’s so funny because there are no trailers in Athens or Georgia. What a loser. BTW you probably couldn’t afford to buy my garage at my house on Lake Martin outside of Auburn. You need some new material because the fact is we’re in the South and the South is synonymous with trailers, rednecks, toothless wonders, people who use the word “fixin”, ranking at the lower end nationally in education, etc….. I’m sure I don’t need to go on. Any ignorant comment made about AL can easily be interchanged with “insert any Southern state, i.e. MS, GA, SC, TN, AL….
FL dawg
December 21st, 2012
2:27 pm
How come Auburn gets away with blatant violation of #@%$ NCAA rules? I’m from Warner Robins, James Brooks came from the poor side of town. After going down and commiting to AU he rolls back to Robins in a brand new ‘78 sports car. It never ends, hell everyone knows Scam Newton’s old man literaly demanded money from any school that wanted the SOB. AU is a dirty school with a filthy athletic program. No respecr for AU, they should be eliminated from the SEC.
Moist Dawg
December 21st, 2012
2:30 pm
Amen FL dawg!
Colorado Dawg
December 21st, 2012
2:32 pm
@JB, I don’t know… He has coached the college ranks – App State, Kanas & LSU under Saban. So maybe he’d be persuaded to come to his alma mater and home state. They might need to sweeten the deal and offer him more than just position coach but I guess could be a risk to offer him Recruiting Coordinator role too for instance since he has done that in a while.
Colorado Dawg
December 21st, 2012
2:33 pm
“Kansas” not Kanas
YeahC'mon
December 21st, 2012
2:33 pm
sm I’ll bite….It’s WIN not WHEN a Pulitzer. SOMETHING. Sorry doesn’t take a rocket scientist but I find it hysterical that you think I’m a GT grad. You lose (yes I said LOSE not LOOSE)
but thanks for playing.
smlarsen
December 21st, 2012
2:41 pm
Haha knew you couldn’t resist you scum bucket. So if you are not a GT fan then why would you choose to pick out misspelled words in my statement. Is that what you do? Go around AJC blogs and tell people they misspelled words?
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 21st, 2012
2:42 pm
Moist FL dWag…………And Herschel Walker got a scholarship for his older sister and a Smoky & the Bandit Trans AM…………..UGa is so far from clean so don’t even throw rocks.
Smokey
December 21st, 2012
2:52 pm
We tried to use the old alma mater heartstrings to get Tee Martin to come home to Rocky Top, but the lure of USC proved to be too much. Looks like Athens/UGA didn’t have the same effect on Garner.
B.
December 21st, 2012
2:57 pm
Good luck to you Mr. Garner and continued success. Thank you for serving well to Georgia.
poise
December 21st, 2012
2:59 pm
…good luck rodney, make auburn proud i understand its the alma mater….15yrs. later, prolly understood the new face coaches coming in means new changes…so a new start is good….(((-georgia, this is pivotal to get this right if we really wanna win championships-)))….happy holidays ery’body, no punches thrown from here….200 to 300, 000/yr. x 15yrs in athens, ga…damn
Joey
December 21st, 2012
3:01 pm
How many times has Tech been on probation since UGA? At least two or three, and is currently, still in the NCAA’s pokey.
And you are dumber than dirt if you think ANY program offered Herschel inducements – he was the most heavily recruited high schooler ever at that time, and the NCAA had investigators living in Wrightsville.
The sister got a track schollie – better be nice to her – her son has been offered a football scholarship at GA Tech.
Chris Mike
December 21st, 2012
3:03 pm
Hire Hines Ward end of discussion.
MB
December 21st, 2012
3:08 pm
Uh oh….Jawja needs to find a new bag man
wins-by-a-link
December 21st, 2012
3:14 pm
Can’t blame Rodney for going “Home”, I wish Vince would have gone when they tried to get him to come Home.
Tom
December 21st, 2012
3:18 pm
I like all this Auburn rebuilding talk….Auburn is not rebuilding. They are bouncing back with better coaching. There will be 20 returning starters on this team. You can see by the way we played Clemson and LSU earlier in the year we had talent. This team just flat gave up and the season snowballed big time. When you are constantly reading how bacd you suck, your coach is getting fired, and you were only good because of Cam Newton you eventually stop playing and that’s what happened. There is new blood and the players are going to have to go back to impressing their coaches which will make them better. That’s why Malzahn cleaned the coaching staff. No more of the same. These players will have to earn their position. There is plenty of talent and I am really liking next year’s schedule. This will be an immediate turn around. At least 8-5 next year and will compete for the SEC in 2014. Watch.
Dawgshine
December 21st, 2012
3:19 pm
Well, this stinks. Everyone knows that we only win championships in February. Now we won’t even be the Kings of Signing Day anymore.
YeahC'mon
December 21st, 2012
3:20 pm
No I just like to pick on morons. And you keep taking the bait. I like this game – this is fun.
CaliDawg
December 21st, 2012
3:27 pm
Love it when they say it’s not about the money…it’s always about the money! If it wasn’t he’d go to AU for the same salary, right?
Loran, Whatayagot?
December 21st, 2012
3:28 pm
It’s not all about the money, it’s mostly about the money.
Aubie
December 21st, 2012
3:33 pm
Welcome home coach!!! Come back and help us win another National Championship at Auburn. Something UGA knows nothing about.
Don
December 21st, 2012
3:36 pm
Hines Ward…go get him. He is a UGA legend, served his university with distinction, and wants to be a coach at UGA. What an ambassador! Not rocket science CMR…go get him, NOW!
Fed Up
December 21st, 2012
3:39 pm
Good bye, Bag Man…
Dogg
December 21st, 2012
3:48 pm
Could you take Honey BoBo with you ?
Miama Dog
December 21st, 2012
3:49 pm
Thanks Coach Garner for years of service. Done. Now, anything else about him is Auburn news, UGA has moved on already.
DANNY
December 21st, 2012
3:51 pm
Welcome home Rodney!
GatorinGa
December 21st, 2012
3:59 pm
This will cost the dogs several recruits. Sweet. Not that we need the help, here we are heading for the Sugar Bowl and you are playing one of those who cares bowls. Go Gators!
GTBob
December 21st, 2012
4:01 pm
Do you want us to bring up some things that you may think we don’t know about you? Give it a rest, dude.
The Commissioner, I am a little late with this response but I would love to hear some things that you supposedly know about me. And also, I had a great time at Tech. I completely love the school and would do it all again in a heart beat if I had the chance.
GTBob
December 21st, 2012
4:02 pm
GTBob CPJ’s winning percentage won’t hold up much longer. What’s his record the last 2 years? 6-7 and probably 6-8 this year?
He went 8-5 last year. Not 6-7.
james
December 21st, 2012
4:12 pm
This is a great opportunity to add a high quality senior member to the coaching staff. Use the amount of money that Auburn is paying Garner, to find a new coach.
james
December 21st, 2012
4:13 pm
Don, great call.
DawgFan58
December 21st, 2012
4:13 pm
Another leading candidate should be former CCHS standout, All SEC @ UT and former Falcon Chuck Smith who coached D line for the Jets and for UT and would bring some new intensity to the Dawgs. He could also help in the area of recruiting having done so previously. He works with other pros, top college and high school athletes thru his training company in helping to develop the skill level of D Line players at all levels. Great football mind and a home town guy that could step into Coach Garners former role. UGA should consider this guy seriously!!!!
big al
December 21st, 2012
4:21 pm
Huge loss for the dawgs. Has been uga’s top recruiter for years. Come signing day this will hurt georgia bad and in the future. Very very disappointed
MotherDawg
December 21st, 2012
4:26 pm
Its always about the money…especially when you are making a lateral move! Crappy timing though. Look for UGA to lose some recruits. Oh well…
DONNAN OF A NEW ERA
December 21st, 2012
4:35 pm
“Thank goodness he is gone. I am glad he finally left. He made a lot of recruiting mistakes by choosing players that did not belong at UGA”
UGA fans are completely stupid.
PT
December 21st, 2012
4:36 pm
Everybody HAPPY!
DONNAN OF A NEW ERA
December 21st, 2012
4:36 pm
It’s funny/sad that some UGA fans have to resort to trashing Rodney.
Neutral
December 21st, 2012
5:00 pm
I just want to hire a good recruiter who has a clue about coaching a defensive line. CRG was a good recruiter and at best a mediocre coach. He has 10-12 linemen playing in the NFL, but hasn’t been able to dominate the line of scrimmage in the past 5-6 years. Good luck Rodney and I’m excited about our possibilities with your departure. Probably good news for Auburn and great news for UGa!!!!
Bernie Matt
December 21st, 2012
5:44 pm
@ dawginlex and altamahadawg – you 2 are not supposed to be posting. As wrong as you were yesterday, you both should be hiding. You look silly today!
45 ACP
December 21st, 2012
6:06 pm
Defensive line coach, hmmmm. See ya later and good luck!
jerry
December 21st, 2012
6:39 pm
Oh hell, there goes another National Championship. Oh wait, let’s see. Donnan-no, Richt-no. Goff-no. Griffith-no. Dooley……..yes. The Mother of All Flukes, but yes.
That70sGAdawg
December 21st, 2012
6:40 pm
Garner threatens to leave every year, gets a raise and stay… I’m glad ƒor the change .Richt will hire someone that can teach the DL to tackle AL running backs.
Big Crimson 75
December 21st, 2012
6:43 pm
Terrible move by the Barn.
A. He can’t coach.
B. His days as an elite recruiter have long since passed.
I can’t help but chuckle remembering the days of Garner “coordinating” the dwag defense!!
Willie Martinez looked like Nick Saban compared to Garner.
Aubie should’ve kept the Trooper if this was the alternate plan.
Btw, whenever they say its not about the $$$, it’s about the $$$.
No. 1 Braves Fan
December 21st, 2012
6:48 pm
Just wanted to pass this along to all UGA fans: 35 GT football payers (23 on scholarship) made the Dean`s list in the fall quarter. I have not seen an announcement from UGA yet. Has anyone?
icedawg
December 21st, 2012
7:02 pm
Great opportunity! Will be missed. Did a great job for us.
Jborodawg
December 21st, 2012
7:16 pm
Great recruiter; he’ll be greatly missed in that regard. Why do so many of you keep saying, “It’s about the money” when you have no idea? He said it was a chance to return to his alma mater; help a program in need; and that it’s not about the money. I take him on his word.
Good luck Coach Garner. Thanks for fifteen years of loyalty to the Georgia Bulldogs, the players and your head coaches.
Ciao Rodney!
December 21st, 2012
8:50 pm
I’m ok with the move. Our D line studs never seemed to play up to their potential until they reached the NFL. Seymour, Johnson, Grant, the list goes on. I hope they give Grantham the opportunity to bring in the next coach like they did with Lakatos, who in my opinion is excellent.
murray
December 21st, 2012
10:38 pm
Or maybe he was told a coaching change was coming at UGA ….. His job that is…. piss on Garner and his Auburn asssssssss self…. He will be fired down there in 2 years… He cant coach at all…
College football roundup: Georgia assistant joins Auburn stafff – Yahoo! Sports | The Art Of Football
December 21st, 2012
11:32 pm
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Hunker down
December 21st, 2012
11:32 pm
Does not make sense to make CMB in charge of recruiting. A couple of reasons. First the offense did their job this season. So why lose your OC which is a huge position that Bobo has spent many seasons developing his craft. Also, he will be a head coach some day in the not to distant future I suspect. So it does not make sense to change for short term. I also am not sure how long CTG will stay if opportunity knocks. So a young coach like McClendon who is popular among young players seems the most logical of choices of existing staff.
sanjosemutt
December 22nd, 2012
2:42 am
When someone says its anot about the mone..well its all about the mooooney!!! And same position at Malzahanville…great for him!
Hugh
December 22nd, 2012
4:21 am
Has ‘t Richt interviewed Travis Jones in the past? It seems that we’ve been down the road before. I hope Richt gives Grantham a nudge in that direction.
7576DAWG
December 22nd, 2012
5:23 am
If I were a recruit the only coaches that would influence me going to Georgia would be Richt, Bobo and Grantham. Whether Garner was there or not would not influence me any. I hope we do not lose any rec ruits because Garner decided to leave . We may have a lot of Linemen who have made it to the NFL in the last 15 years but the Defensive Line has not been rated year after year , good enough to make Garner leaving a problem that Richt can not fix real easy .
booger
December 22nd, 2012
7:20 am
This has been coming for a LONG time…..
His days were numbered, he will not be a huge loss ..
Now go get a BIGGER, BETTER D-line coach.
This is an opportunity to better the staff.
dap01
December 22nd, 2012
7:34 am
FACTS:
Garner is a good man. We appreciate is contributions and service.
Garner use to be a great recruiter, not so good lately.
Garner is not the best coach in the world, state or county.
UGA might lose ONE recuit, leaving them with only 30+ remaining.
Auburn was the worst team in the SEC this year, one of the worst last year.
Auburn is in deep trouble with the NCAA.
NO RECRUIT WANTS TO GO TO AUBURN NOW.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 22nd, 2012
7:40 am
dap01……..what have UGa’s recruiting class been ranked over the last 5 or so years? What about the Dream Team(haha) and Dream Team II(haha)?
Banker
December 22nd, 2012
8:04 am
1. Anyone who thinks Garner wasn’t feeling pressure, after giving up 300+ yards rushing in each of the last 3 games, after finishing 79th in the country in rush defense, has no clue. Last 3 years, against ranked teams, Garner’s d-line dropped from a decent 35th in rush defense in 10′, to 48th in 11′ to 70th in 12′. Grantham wouldn’t be a solid coach if he didn’t have a SERIOUS talk with Garner concerning his anemic rush defense and the direction of the rush defense over the last 2 seasons.
2. How do you finish 79th in rush defense with Jarvis Jones, John Jenkins, and Alex Ogletree, three future NFL 1st round draftpicks? no excuse, that’s incomprehensible. At a minimum, it’s one of the epic fails of all time considering the defensive talent UGA had in 12′. Worst case, means Garner was not being able to coach em up.
3. Getting humiliated and gashed for 350 yards rushing in the SEC Championship didn’t help Garner, that’s for sure. After all, no other SEC defense got pummeled that bad by Alabama, with a LOT less talent than UGA had.
4. He said it wasn’t about MONEY, but he just HAPPENED to receive a significant pay increase. What a coincidence?
5. Jim Donnan is not a great coach. Garner thinks so, says a lot about his ability to evaluate talent
6. If you’re going to leave, head out West or coach a team in a different conference, Garner left to play for one of UGA’s biggest annual rivalries. You don’t do that to one of the classiest coaches of all time, Mark Richt. Really a low ball move.
7. Garner appears to be full of Garner, he’s had countless opportunities to coach elsewhere, 79th in rush defense, sure they were beating the door down.
8. Auburn got a dline coach that ranked 79th against the run. Wow, really impressed.
South Ga Dawg
December 22nd, 2012
8:22 am
Did anyone watch M.Adams against ECI in state championship game at the Dome??
Eddie Lacey
December 22nd, 2012
8:34 am
yea, he sho did coarch your D-line well.
last i saw them i wuz runnin’ over them pussies
Footbal Guy
December 22nd, 2012
9:15 am
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Larry
December 22nd, 2012
9:16 am
Garner leaving is the best news I’ve heard since Ray Goff was fired !!!
Pete
December 22nd, 2012
9:59 am
@ No. 1 Braves Fan
That is because football players @ GT take such easy classes.
Ben
December 22nd, 2012
10:04 am
Garner leaving; should be looked at as “opportunity” not “loss”.
Steve
December 22nd, 2012
10:11 am
I heard Auburn paid him.
PlowDog
December 22nd, 2012
10:18 am
SHOULD UGA AD GREG MCGARITY BE FIRED? I MEAN LAST YEAR, WE LOST THE WHOLE STRENGTH & OCNDITONING STAFF DUE TO 1 YEAR CONTRACTS AND POOR COMPENSATION, THIS YEAR, YOU LOSE YOUR POSITION COACH & RECRUITER.
IS GREG MCGARITY IN OVER HIS HEAD? SHOULD MCGARITY BE UNDERPAID, AND ON A 1 YEAR CONTRACT TO WIN THE SEC IN FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL OR FIND A NEW JOB?
MY Dawg
December 22nd, 2012
11:10 am
Van Gorder is looking for employment. He has the pedigree and has coached in the league. He won’t stay long anywhere, but could fill a void for a year or two. He is already getting paid by Auburn anyway, so the salary shouldn’t be that big of a deal, and it would put him in the national spotlight yet again. Hire Van Gorder… How fun would it be to watch him and Grantham freaking out on the sideline…..
Jborodawg
December 22nd, 2012
11:25 am
@Banker…
“…giving up 300+ yards rushing in each of the last 3 games, after finishing 79th in the country in rush defense, has no clue…”
Wouldn’t that fall on the D coordinator? With your reasoning we could also blame the LBs coach; or even the DBs coach, when they’re supposed to come up for run support.
Sadly, many pundits will read some of the comments here and think they represent Dawg Nation.
Jborodawg
December 22nd, 2012
11:29 am
GTBob, and others who continue to decry the academics at UGA:
I’ve asked before and I’ll ask again; please research the number of Rhodes Scholars, Academic All Americans, etc at UGA. Compare those numbers to Tech and report back. You’ll be graded appropriately for your response.
Boosters are auburns recruiting coordinators....cheetahs
December 22nd, 2012
11:37 am
when they say it’s not about the money…..it’s about the money.
auburns a train wreck, but it’s his alma mater.
Rodney did well for us, I hope he doesn’t get entangled in his recruiting with infamous auburn boosters. Otherwise his career move to auburn will have turned out as well as Brian Van Gorders and willie martinez
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 22nd, 2012
11:44 am
Jborodawg…………..
Rhodes Scholars from Tech…Zero.
Rhodes Scholars from UGa…Zero.
I don’t know How many Academic All Americans either team has but I know UGa has easier majors to take to qualify. Why don’t you come back with the Academic All American from both and what they majored in. You will see GT players with BS degrees and UGa players with BA degrees.
Rick James
December 22nd, 2012
11:47 am
@GTBob
Its UGA. A school with no academic standards that is built on football and drinking. It doesn’t matter who the coaches are, they will get top 10 recruiting classes every year.
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Didnt a Georgia Tech assistant basketball coach just get arrested in Jacksonville on a DUI charge? Funny you would bring up drinking and not mention that.Along with the fact that Joe Hamilton lost his job at Tech because of a hit and run/DUI..
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 22nd, 2012
12:10 pm
Rick James….Coaches with DUIs is different than the Culture in Athens the students and fans create to be in the top 5 party schools regularly.
Mike
December 22nd, 2012
12:18 pm
I read where some of you dog fans said that Auburn sucks and will continue to suck…yada, yada, yada….when was the last national championship at uga? That’s what I thought…uga is a program that plays dirty and it was sooo funny to see you whining about Nick Fairly and then the hit on Murray in the SECCG…somewhere Brandon Cox was smiling…
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 22nd, 2012
12:19 pm
Rick I would also say unless a UGa coach got in and accident they wouldn’t get busted for DUI in Athens. In Atlanta or Jax the UGa coaches wouldn’t get the breaks they do in Athens. Like D. Evans only did his lil dance the 1 time he was busted in ATL. S. Yoculan is famous for drinking. After Halloween partying in downtown Athens 3 teachers and administrators were busted for DUI. people make mistakes but Athens has a Drunk Culture that they love to promote.
The AlphaDawg
December 22nd, 2012
12:34 pm
I don`t care who it will be to replace Garner, but that person needs to extend an offer to Lorenzo Carter 5 star DE class of 2014 from the AAAAAA state Champions and 6 ranked team in the nation ( Norcross Blue devils ) He has been rated as high as the #3 prospect in the nation for the class of 2014 . Can someone explain why he does not have an offer from Georgia. He has said he is intrested in the bulldogs. What is the issue.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 22nd, 2012
12:41 pm
The AlphaDawg
Instead of posting that on EVERY Blog why don’t you email the UGa football staff? I bet the UGa coaches get on the AJC blogs all the time to find out about recruiting gems they some how missed.
Rick James
December 22nd, 2012
1:18 pm
@Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
Rick I would also say unless a UGa coach got in and accident they wouldn’t get busted for DUI in Athens. In Atlanta or Jax the UGa coaches wouldn’t get the breaks they do in Athens. Like D. Evans only did his lil dance the 1 time he was busted in ATL. S. Yoculan is famous for drinking. After Halloween partying in downtown Athens 3 teachers and administrators were busted for DUI. people make mistakes but Athens has a Drunk Culture that they love to promote.
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So does New Orleans and Las Vegas.But it does not mean that everybody there drinks.I guess if you’re a Tech fan talking Tech/ Georgia football is just out of the question since there’s not much for you to talk about.I dont see Tech competing with Georgia on the field for the next five years so I guess off the field comparisions are all you have..Next year when Georgia is leading Tech by 35 at halftime I’m sure that if you repeat to yourself that more students in Athens drink than at Tech you’ll feel better about the score.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 22nd, 2012
2:36 pm
Rick are you serious? New Orleans and Las Vegas? Those are not college town you fool. Athens doesn’t have enough people of Legal Drinking age to support the BARS in Athens. Shut down the college and all those bars go O-o-B. How can the College students keep them in business Legally?
Loo
December 22nd, 2012
2:48 pm
Grantham has done a terrific job.
a) His OLB has finished in the top 10 in sacks in 2010, 2011, 2012. Jones was No 1 or No 2 in 2011 & 2012 in sacks nationally, and was a 2 time All American at Georgia. Houston was #8 in sacks in 2010.
b) His defenses have finishes in the top 20 in defensive scring nationally 2 out of the last 3 seasons.
c) His olb’s have heled UGA rank #15 in sacks, against ranked teams. That’s ballin’.
UGA was Top 10 in pass defense, could be because couldn’t stop the run. But still, you have a top 10 pass defense, and a top 20 scoring defense against ranked teams, so shore up the run defense, and the defense should be much better.
Garner, real, real glad he’s gone, his rush defense was ranked @#80 nationally in 2012. He was the weak link on the defense.
Olivadotti needs to step up this year, or he might be next in line.
Rick James
December 22nd, 2012
3:00 pm
@Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
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Rick are you serious? New Orleans and Las Vegas? Those are not college town you fool. Athens doesn’t have enough people of Legal Drinking age to support the BARS in Athens. Shut down the college and all those bars go O-o-B. How can the College students keep them in business Legally?
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Again fool..When Georgia is up by 35 at halftime at Bobby Dodd next season hopefully the fact that more kids drink in Athens than at Tech you will feel better.
NCDawg
December 22nd, 2012
3:48 pm
I have stated before that I wondered if Coach Garner needed to update his line techniques because if you watch our line they do not get any penetration. A noseguard isn’t supposed to just sit there an soak up double teams. They are supposed to force double teams by disrupting the middle of the line. Our guys don’t penetrate, they dance around with the guard and center and act like a big moving pick for the back. This is why our rush defense is lagging. The LB’s are tackling guys laterally as they are coming through the hole… dodging that moving pick. The back has a couple of yards by default because of it. Anybody else see this?
Anyway, I appreciate Coach Garner’s decision to go help out his alma mater. More money doesn’t hurt but I don’t think it was the only factor by far. Good luck at Auburn.
Jojoba
December 22nd, 2012
5:05 pm
This is great. Suddenly garner is at fault for the shytty defense??? What??? I thought grantham was in charge. This is as dumb as blaming bobo for richt’s ineptness when he was supposedly the genius behind all fsu’s success
NCDawg
December 22nd, 2012
5:28 pm
Jojoba – the line play is Garner’s biz… the overall defense is Grantham’s biz. The D-line has not been as dominant as everyone expected… so where do you look? The D-line coach. When the O-line was supposed to be great and came up short where did you look? Searles not Bobo. Same thing.
Moist Dawg
December 22nd, 2012
6:36 pm
Someone please pass me the Pepto.
Anybody that comes on here and spews their filth about the good grades of their players is pathetic. Nobody cares about academics on a football blog
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 22nd, 2012
6:48 pm
Moist…I guess you don’t have a diploma to be proud of. It is a College or University FIRST and the players should actually be STUDENT athletes. 97% will never make money playing in the NFL, NBA or MLB so they better be smarter than a gutter rat.
Rick James
December 22nd, 2012
7:14 pm
@Moist Dawg
Someone please pass me the Pepto.
Anybody that comes on here and spews their filth about the good grades of their players is pathetic. Nobody cares about academics on a football blog
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When you support a school whose football team stinks what else is there to spew about?
Glenn
December 23rd, 2012
10:38 am
Good luck coach Garner and I wish you the best. As for UGA it will be better because they will hire a better person for the job.
Jborodawg
December 23rd, 2012
1:31 pm
Put In Timeout, Moist, GTBob et al…
Over the years UGA has had 23 Rhodes Scholars, including this year, Elizabeth Allan…
(Tech totals four)
http://president.uga.edu/index.php/about_president/messages/rhodes_scholar_2013/
UGA this year is a “…top producer of Fulbright Scholars…”
http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-fulbright-students-121212/
In addition, UGA has more academic award recipients than ANY university in the south. UGA has more combined recipients of the NCAA and National Football Foundation Post-graduate Scholarship, NCAA Top Eight Award, and Academic All-American honors than any university in the south.
Jborodawg
December 23rd, 2012
1:33 pm
Moist, I no u aint gone lack it that theys moor to skoolin than jest football.
Fed Up
December 23rd, 2012
5:44 pm
Maybe UGA could hire Hines “DUI” Ward? He’s a DGD!
FastEddie
December 23rd, 2012
8:48 pm
Hope Auburn hires our other DUD defensive coach, Auburn, hire Olividotti, he’s incredible. If you liked Garner, you’ll love Kirk!!
dap01
December 24th, 2012
2:07 pm
PutIn- I know that you had hoped to have progressed in 2012 enough to actally post in a blog for your team but inspite of it all you are still trolling. You still don’t have a girlfriend, you still pull for a team that is bad and getting worse and your face still has a white head or two that needs popping.
harold
December 24th, 2012
2:11 pm
MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE GEORGIA BRAND. THAT UGA CLASS COULD DEFECT TO AUBURN.
GT simply does not matter anymore in football
December 24th, 2012
3:11 pm
GT has not been to two major bowl games in a row since the mid 1950s. That says itvall about GT football.
Bobby Dodd was done by the late 1950s, because he never attended a major bowl game after 1955 or 1956 but one. He was slaughtered in that last one, in the 1967 or 1968 Orange Bowl by the U of Florida where he son Jr. Played QB. Even BD Jr,. KNEW then,that GT was a joke.
CPJ is on the hot seat. All GT football coaches end up on the hot seat, after two or three shaky Yeats and CPJ is theta. NEXT !!!